I Love You Three: A Green Pines Romance By Milou Koenings

 

 

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STORY-LINE I LOVE YOU THREE:

I Love You Three is an intense story of love, lose, and forgiveness.  Mac, back from several tours in Iraq where he lost his best friend Sean, now finds himself with PTSD and no job.  Irrational anger, depression, and mood swings are ruling Mac’s life.  Needing a job, Mac finds himself in Green Pines as the new coach and teacher; Green Pines Sean’s home town.

Julie, young mother and divorcee, works in the school office.  Julie’s life is one huge conflict.  A mother just this side of crazy, very little money, a son to care for alone, and a former mother-in-law she greatly loved but now ignores her and her son; all turn Julie’s life into conflict and crisis. The attraction between

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Philo and the Patience SuperHoly By Mireille Mishriky

 

 

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STORYLINE PHILO AND THE PATIENCE SUPERHOLY:

In Philo And The Patience Superholy, author Mireille Mishriky teaches the lesson of patience and how a child can achieve patience.  Philo is an active little boy and he has problems sitting still and quite during church services/liturgy.  Always disruptive, Philo’s told a secret by his grandmother.  He has Superholy powers!  One of his Superholy powers, Patience, can help Philo learn patience and discipline.   His Superholy Patience power can help Philo not only in church but everyday life.

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A Harvest of Thorns By Corban Addison

 

 

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STORY-LINE A HARVEST OF THORNS:

A Harvest of Thorns is an intense drama set in several countries.  Following the deaths of hundreds in a garment factory fire in Bangladesh, the author Corban Addison, gives the reader a look into the terrible trade of human suffering; in bondage to the mighty dollar.

One photograph of a young woman, sprawled on the ground with a brand name pair of pants around her head, gains international notice.  An intense investigation by the Presto company in America follows.  Cameron Alexander, general counsel, heads the investigation.  Secrets and terrible procedures are revealed as Cameron ferrets out the horrible truths.  Truths which will turn the reader’s stomach.

Joshua Griswold, former journalist, disgraced and reviled, receives information which will blow Presto sky-high. Contacted by a whistle-blower, Joshua sets out on journey and the story of a life time.   Joshua

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I See You By Clare Mackintosh

 

 

 

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STORY-LINE I SEE YOU:

I See You is an intense psychological thriller.  Zoe is an ordinary divorced mother of two, working everyday, daily riding the tube to and from work, and with a live in boyfriend.  However Zoe’s life takes a u-turn into a nightmare as she’s stalked by a psychological killer.  Seeing her face in an ad for findtheone.com, Zoe’s life will never be the same again.  Other women’s photo’s begin appearing in the same ad, then rapes, attacks, and murder occur.

One police officer believes her story, and follows through. Can the police keep Zoe safe?  Who is stalking these women and why?  What is findtheone.com?  Who is behind this evil?

Grab a seat, my psychological mystery thriller novel review of I See You follows.

 

CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, DEVELOPMENT:

First, let me say, this novel made me consider the manner in which I conduct myself during my daily

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Let’s Meet God By Christopher Hearn

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CONTENT LET’S MEET GOD:

In Let’s Meet God, author Christopher Hearn, crafts easy to understand, clear, and concise answers to many age-old questions.  Questions ask by young believers and non believers alike.  Starting with the graciousness of God, what is sin, am I a sinner, is Jesus the only way and 16 more chapters, he clearly states the case for God using Biblical principles.  In the appendices, Hearn address baptism, purgatory and more.

Grab a comfortable seat, relax, my Christian religious book review of Let’s Meet God follows.

 

COMPOSITION OF CONTENT:

In Let’s Meet God, the reader finds a book which is just the right length for easy reading and will not

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Sole Connection By William ODay

 

 

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STORY-LINE SOLE CONNECTION BY WILLIAM ODAY:

Sole Connection follows a short span of time in the life of Charles Wilder.  Professor Wilder’s life was wonderful.  He loved his wife, Isabel, to distraction; they both loved and cherished their daughter, Emily.  Life was good.  Then fate stepped in and Charles and Emily’s life imploded, only to rebound and implode again.  How much can a daughter and father take and still go on?  Do the Gods look down and laugh at the anguish humans endure?  My review of  Sole Connection follows.

 

CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, DEVELOPMENT:

Although I fully expected I would not like this short story, I found myself immediately enmeshed in the pages and longing for more at the end of the bookSole Connection is an intense look into the life of Charles Wilder; a look which left me in tears. I felt his anguish and sense of lost as well as his hope and joy.  ODay skillfully crafted this story-line, filling the pages full of human emotions and desires.  He also demonstrated we are at the mercy of something other than ourselves and what we wish or want.

ODay created a love story of such large portions, I was amazed at the emotions I felt.  This is not your typical romance by

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Oliver and Jumpy The Cat Series By Werner Stejskal

Stories 55-62: Bedtime stories for children in illustrated picture book with short stories for early readers. (Oliver and Jumpy, the cat series) Ages 1-8 and older children

 

 

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STORY LINE OLIVER AND JUMPY THE CAT SERIES:

Author, Werner Stejskal created an entertaining teaching tool in the latest Oliver and Jumpy The Cat Series Stories 55-62 picture book.  I reviewed three stories, each teaching a different lesson, any child will enjoy Oliver and Jumpy’s continued adventures.  The balance of the stories follow after the same excellent composition but geared for older children.

Story 55:  Flood: A big storm has come and everyone must take shelter in the tree house.  Crowding into the tree house, there’s no room to spare.  Saved by helping each other and cooperating together, Stejskal teaches the valuable lesson of coöperation and getting along.

Story 56:  Lazy Squirrel:  Winter is coming and Squirly’s stash of nuts for winter disappeared.  Oliver discovers Lazy, the squirrel, is taking them.  To teach Lazy a lesson, Oliver and Jumpy remove the nuts

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One Magic Kiss By Holly Cortelyou

 

 

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STORY LINE ONE MAGIC KISS:

Author Holly Cortelyou takes us back to Timber Falls in novel/novella, One Magic Kiss.  Crafting a sweet magical valentine tale, Cortelyou gives us a glimpse into love when helped along with magic.  Violet Greenlow always adds a little something extra into her love cakes.  As the unofficial local matchmaker, her ingredients usually work like a charm.  Her eye lands on Jake Sterling on Valentine Day.  Local bar owner, Jake has resisted all her attempts at matchmaking.  Jake’s fiancée ran off with his best friend leaving a deep hurt. The new librarian, Cara, would be perfect for Jake. Cara has a hurt heart which needs healing as well.

As Violet works her magic, it is up to Jake and Cara, to bring the magic into the real world with one magic

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Valentine’s Rose By E. E. Burke

 

 

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STORY-LINE VALENTINE’S ROSE:

Author E. E. Burke created an intriguing and satisfying novel filled with emotion in Valentine’s Rose.  The first book in a new series, the reader will find everything needed for an enjoyable and entertaining read.  Set in Kansas during the height of the railroad boom, the workers are desperate for women.  Hoping to calm down the fights and destruction, the railroad devises a plan to bring brides out west.

The men nor the brides get exactly what they thought they would.  Primarily, the men are dirty, crude, and unmannerly.   The women are from varied backgrounds and do not look fondly on a marriage raffle with themselves as the prize.

Rose Muldoon, former laundress, grew up in the Five Point District of New York.  No worse slum existed.  Rose is looking for love and security in her husband.  Due to unforeseen circumstances, Rose finds herself married to Constantine Valentine, formerly of the English nobility.  Can these two polar opposites forge a lasting marriage?  Will Val leave Rose to return to England if he finds his fortune?  Come and follow Rose

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Little Boy Blue By M. J. Arlidge

 

 

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LITTLE BOY BLUE:  STORY LINE

In Little Boy Blue, DI Helen Grace, is on a case which will touch home.  Helen has deep dark secrets;  secrets she does not want brought to the light of day.  Consequently, this case will showcase all of Helen’s skill as an investigator as well as her secrets.

Men in the BDSM world are dying horrible deaths.  As a result, it falls to Helen’s squad to find and bring the perpetrator to justice.  The investigation filled with pit falls, suspects, nemesis’, and an investigative team which has become disjointed. Consequently, will jealousy, temper, and desperation fracture the team and Helen?

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Rise: How A House Built A Family By Carla Brookins

 

 

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The permit office seemed to have as much confidence in my ability to learn from YouTube videos as the bank, so I gave it everything I had.

 

 

 

 

STORY-LINE RISE: HOW A HOUSE BUILT A FAMILY:

In Rise, How A House Built A Family, you find an abused family, living day-to-day in terror and fear.  As a result of the abuse, after the cause is no longer in their environment, they live with the aftermath and insecurities.  Cara Brookins knows her family needs something to solidify them.  Deciding to build a house, with no experience or help other than YouTube videos, and friendly advice, Cara and family set out to build their home.  From pencil drawn plans on the back of old papers and no knowledge of construction, they begin an adventure of a life time.

The reader follows Cara and four children through this trial by fire, and in the end, find they have built much more than a house.  For Cara knew, if they could build a house they could rebuild their lives from the ground up.

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Secret Father By Suz deMello

 

 

 

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STORY-LINE SECRET FATHER:

Sweet romance oozes from the pages of Secret Father.  Written by award-winning author Suz deMello, the reader will find a clean romance filled with emotion and character driven.  Linda Travers has loved Dave Madsen since she was fourteen.  Seventeen year old Dave, rescued Linda from a deadly snow storm and won her immediate love.  However, the course of true love did not run smooth, as Dave left town never knowing of shy Linda’s feelings.  Meeting again at college, and after one night of love, Dave’s gone again;  this time to the Amazon jungles.   Unfortunately, he left a little something behind this time.  Nine months later, none the wiser, Dave is a father.

After a career changing injury, Dave’s back in town to recuperate and receive physical therapy, leaving Linda, his newly appointed physical therapist, no option except tell Dave about his son.  A son who looks exactly like Dave does not go unnoticed in the small gossipy town of Renegade Ridge, California.

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The Grand By Dennis D. Wilson

 

 

 

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STORY-LINE THE GRAND:

Set in the Grand Teton Mountains of Wyoming, author Dennis D. Wilson’s novel, The Grand is a masterpiece of mystery, thrills, and suspense.  Widowed Chicago cop Dean Wister’s, in the Grand Teton Mountains to reminisce and visit the valley his deceased wife loved, finds himself in the middle of a battle ground.  Murder, sex, power, and greed, are in play in quite Jackson Hole. With a visiting presidential candidate caught in flagrante, a hit man found dead, a murdered real estate agent, Russians mobsters around every corner, and a deceased wife who is very real and in the flesh to Dean, he has his hands full.

Ranging from Wyoming, Chicago, and the highest place of government, Washington, D.C., Dean’s investigation has huge ramifications for the lowly and high in the political and criminal arena.  With

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The Cynical Sheikh By Barbara McMahon

 

 

 

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STORY-LINE THE CYNICAL SHEIKH:

In The Cynical Sheikh, author Barbara McMahon, crafted a solid heart stirring romance between a working girl and ultra rich sheikh.  Working middle class Laura Toliver and rich privileged Jenna Stanhope have been friends forever and are closer than sisters.  Jenna has found the man of her dreams in Yuusuf bin Mohammad bin Horah.  Yuusuf has made bad decisions in the past; falling for gold diggers and fortune hunters.  His cousin, Talique bin Azoz bin Al-Rahman aka Tal, dispatched by their grandfather to get Yuusuf out of his latest disastrous relationship, has his own problems.  He arrives in America ready to nip the romance in the bud.

Unfortunately Laura, seen in social photo’s with Yuusuf, is mistakenly identified as his latest gold digger. 

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Combustion By Martin J. Smith

 

 

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COMBUSTION, STORY LINE:

In Combustion, Martin J. Smith has crafted a top drawer murder crime mystery novel which pulls the reader into this intriguing story-line.   Lives collide, mysteries solved, and secrets revealed as a fire storm combust in Los Colmas.  Ron Starke followed in his father’s footsteps of law enforcement in the Inland Empire of California, Los Colmas.  A dedicated officer, passed over for promotion to Chief, Ron loves his job.

It is the dry season in California and fires are rampaging.  Meanwhile, the lack of rain has revealed the under water grave of missing Paul Dwyer, wealthy construction magnate.  Dwyer, super wealthy, abusive,

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Paint The Town Dead By Nancy Haddock

 

 

 

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PAINT THE TOWN DEAD, STORY LINE:

Leslee Stanton Nix, aka Nixy, and the Silver Six are back in Nancy Haddock’s latest mystery, Paint The Town Dead.  Nixy and the gang have a new business enterprise.  Therefore, hard work and fortitude are the order of the day.  As a result, they have lined up craft demonstrations and prize giveaways for grand opening week;  everything from gourd painting to wall art is on the calendar.  Consequently, a lot is happening at The Handcraft Emporium.

Needless to say, things do not go as planned.  Most noteworthy are:  family squabbles, verbal assaults, theft, and murder.  These were not on the agenda.   However, gourd painter Doralee finds herself accused of murdering her ex-husbands obnoxious fiancée.

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The Alex Cave Series Book 4 Gravity by James M. Corkill

 

 

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STORY LINE Gravity:

In The Alex Cave Series Book 4 Gravity, hero Alex Cave is back in action. Author James Corkill crafted a first-rate sci-fi mystery suspense which grabs the reader immediately and does not let go.  Something strange has happened in Iceland and the Director of the Nordic Volcanological Center needs Alex on the job. Alex and sidekick, Okana will face danger from all sides; asteroids, greedy villains, gravity gone amuck and girl friends problems.

An ancient machine is active and the destruction of earth is eminent, an asteroid on a collision course with

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When Death Draws Near By Carrie Stuart Parks

 

 

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WHEN DEATH DRAWS NEAR; STORY LINE:

Gwen Marcey, forensic artist, is back in action in When Death Draws Near, book 3 of the Gwen Marcey stories.  Pikeville, Kentucky is the center of murder, accidents, and rapes; then, we have the Pentecostal Snake Handlers to add spice.  Gwen’s is in Pikeville to render a drawing the latest victim.  What starts as a simple case spirals out of control into much worse.  Gwen finds her cancer has returned, her ex-husband is still a controlling conniving jerk who loves to humiliate and demean her, and something is very off in Pikeville.

The Hillbilly Rapist is active, bodies are found murdered, the Sheriff’s Dept seems ineffective, and the local underground snake handling Pentecostal Church is going strong.  Gwen finds herself hired to infiltrate the

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Podcast Dec 30, 2017: Elizabeth Grace

 

 

 

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Ever wondered about the personalities behind your favorite books? Victoria Danann’s new podcast with Riley J. Ford has an incredible lineup of authors booked through January. No question is out of bounds. Check it out!

THIS WEEK’S BEST SELLING AUTHOR…

ELISABETH GRACE!

 Link December 30, 2017:

TUNE IN:

USA Today Bestselling author, Elisabeth Grace, has a hot spot for alpha males and a soft spot for happily ever afters. She lives outside of Toronto, Canada with her husband, two small children, and killer cat. Her theory is that Satan himself spawned the white furball. She’s almost always eaten a chocolate bar before 10am (don’t judge) and has a mild, but healthy obsession with model David Gandy. ?

If you’re a lover of romance novels, hot sex in obscure places, alpha males, and a little LOL on the side than you may enjoy her work!

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A Love Transformed By Tracie Peterson

 

 

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A Love Transformed by Tracie Peterson is a fast paced Christian romance you will not want to miss.  The 3rd in the series, it is a standalone book with a story-line of self-forgiveness and God’s love.

 

A LOVE TRANSFORMED;  STORY LINE:

Clara Vesper’s life has never been what she wished.  Her mother, domineering, demanding, and controlling forced her to marry for wealth and position.  Forced into a loveless marriage, Clara finds solace by designing jewelry for her husband’s business and raising her twins.  She and her husband never had a loving relationship and now, he has been murdered.  Surprised to find he has left her without any means of support, Clara, with her two children, decides to return to the only place she ever felt loved;  Montana and the loving arms of her Aunt and Uncle.

Meanwhile, Curtis Billingham, the love of Clara’s life, is recovering from a sapphire mining accident at

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A Dance At The Christmas Ball By Caroline Johnson

 

 

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STORY LINE, A DANCE AT THE CHRISTMAS BALL:

In A Dance At The Christmas Ball, author Caroline Johnson takes us back to Regency England in her latest inspirational romance novel.  Madelene Blackmore receives an invitation to her Aunt and Uncle’s estate for the Christmas season.   Matchmaking is on their mind.  Her relatives have decided Madelene and Lord Langley would be the perfect match.  Her cousin, Julia, does everything she can to further their mission.  However, when introduced to Madelene, Langley appears standoffish and cold.  How will Madelene overcome her first impression of Lord Langley?  Will Madelene dance with him?  Will the matchmaking bear fruit?

Grab a cup of your favorite hot beverage, relax, and enjoy my romance novel review of A Dance At The Christmas Ball.

 

CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, AND DEVELOPMENT:

First and foremost, A Dance At The Christmas Ball is perfect for an afternoon of relaxing enjoyment,

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Breaking Amish Tradition By Sandra Becker

 

 

 

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STORY LINE BREAKING AMISH TRADITION:

Author Sandra Becker’s new box set Breaking Amish Tradition has nine heartwarming books; you meet continuing characters in the various stories.  I love books with continuing themes and characters.  Some of the stories have two to three parts.  Immersing her stories in fundamental Amish traditions, romance, and Amish way of life, Becker’s nine books provide enjoyment and entertainment.

Books 1 and 2 finds Miriam facing her baptism without joy.  Falling in love with an Englisher John, they find trials and tribulations.  In books 3, 4 and 5, you find Sarah, aka Wildflower, born to Joshua and Mary, falling in love with banished Doctor Jacob, during rumspringa.  They must face the heart breaking possibility of Sarah losing one of the things she most loves.

Book 6 will introduce you to the Zook family of brothers and sisters.  Sarah and Aaron have many questions and hesitations before finding happy ever after.  In Book 7, twins Rachel and Abigail Zook must face separation and finding the one they thought they wanted may not be the one God intends to impart to them.

Book 8 introduces Joseph Zook and Rebecca Weidler.  Rebecca is the bane of Joseph’s life as a child.  However, God and nature turn the tables on Joseph.  Zachary Zook’s story revealed in Book 9 is next.  With his rumspringa approaching, he has questions.  Girls annoy him; he is man of the land with tools in hands and the smell of earth in nostrils.  God places Elisabeth in his path.  Elizabeth has questions and trials of her own.  This is their story.

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Bite Somebody By Sara Dobie Bauer

 

 

 

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Bite Somebody, a wonderfully funny paranormal vampire novel, will entertain the reader from the first page to the last.  Get ready to laugh.  Celia is a riot a minute and Woodsy BO Guy is just plain wonderful.

 

BITE SOMEBODY; STORY LINE:

In paranormal novel Bite Somebody, author Sara Dobie Bauer has created a vampire novel which is funny, witty, and just good entertainment.  Celia Merkin is a newbie.  A vampire newbie that is!  She sees herself as wimpy, lumpy, fat, and far from irresistible.  After her creator ask her if she wanted “to be perfect”, Celia woke up alone, a new vampire, unable to bite anyone for food, and she certainly was not perfect.  In fact, she was her same insecure old self, lumps and all.  She has a psychiatrist who does not understand her, a new friend, Imogene, who is crazy, and a new neighbor, Ian, that makes her motor run.  Her new crazy friend, Imogene, tells her to just bite somebody.  Celia wants her first time special, not just a bite for the bites sake.

Is the woodsy bo guy next door the answer to Celia’s problem?  Will Celia ever realize her insecurities are

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MEMORY HOUSE BY BETTY LEE CROSBY

 

 

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“A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.”   Edward deBono

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STORY LINE MEMORY HOUSE:

Author Betty Lee Crosby created a heart-tugging romance novel in Memory House. Crosby crafted characters in Ophelia and Annie, which were strong, determined and warm.

Ophelia, widowed early in life from her lifetime love, has a gift few possess. Ophelia spends her life in others memories by touching their possessions; possessions she calls her treasures. Reaching almost 90, Ophelia meets Annie and instantly knows she will play a role in Annie’s life.

Teaching Annie herbs and potions is only part of what Annie will learn from Ophelia. Annie craves security, love, husband, and children. Leaving a long-term dead-end relationship with manipulative Michael, Annie leaves the city for small town Burnsville. Ophelia rents Annie a room and the story begins. Each realizes

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Nolan’s Vow By Linda Hubalek

 

 

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STORY LINE NOLAN’S VOW:

Author Linda Hubalek creates an adventure in the Montana Territory and Kansas Prairie in her latest book, Nolan’s Vow. Part of the Montana Sky Grooms With Honor Series Kindle Worlds. You will find adventure, misunderstanding, prejudice, and love.

Half-breed Holly Brandt found respite and work with Myrtle after her father’s death.   Working as a cook and waitress, life has been good until Myrtle takes a fall and is injured. Working by herself, in Myrtles café, she meets Nolan Clancy when snow stops the train in their small town. As a result, many passengers are looking for food. Nolan offers to help in the café, after two obnoxious culprits harasses and threaten Holly. Although, Holly has found the life of a half-breed, full of prejudice and misconceptions, Nolan sees her as a person.

Myrtle surprisingly announces she is closing the café to live with her daughter. She assumes Holly will be welcome in her daughter’s home. They arrive to find a very different situation. Nolan traveling on the same train to protect Holly and Myrtle offers Holly work in his family café.

Upon arriving, Nolan and Holly are met with varying degrees of acceptation and prejudice. One surprise

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Tears To Cheers By Stacy Eaton

 

 

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STORY LINE TEARS TO CHEERS:

Once upon a time a boy seventeen and a girl sixteen, fell in love and spent every possible minute together. He declared his undying love for her.  However, without a word the boy left town and the girl found she was pregnant.  He never contacted her again.  She had their baby, matured, became an ER nurse, and provided for their daughter.

This is the back drop of romance novel, Tears to Cheers.  However, fate will step in to bring resolution to this tale.  Fourteen years later that same boy, Ian Dugan, now a man, is laying in the ER with Linda Maxim standing over him.  Shocked beyond belief, Linda faints dead away.  Ian, badly injured, leaves Linda with lots of questions about why he is back in Celebration after so long.  Has he come back for her, does he know about their child Megan, why did he leave fourteen years ago, and why did he never contact her?  So many questions, mysteries, and problems needing resolution.

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Finding You At Christmas by Kristin Wallace

 

 

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STORY LINE FINDING YOU AT CHRISTMAS

Finding You At Christmas is a clean sweet inspirational romance novel by Kristin Wallace.  Set in Shellwater Key Florida, just before Christmas, Janie Worthy, is oh so worthy.  Janie is the sister everyone wants.  Hard working, responsible, ready at a moments notice to step in, and always the one called on to head the latest project.  She is so worthy.  However, Janie wants a life.  At the wrong end of 39, she wants a man to call her own, a family and the happy ever after everyone else has.

At 17 years old Janie stepped in as the mother of the family and helped her father, the local Reverend.   Meanwhile, her life has passed her by.  Deciding to grab life by the horns, Janie heads out on a blind date orchestrated by her older sister.  Fate steps in and the rest is history.

When her car gives up the ghost, Janie is standing on the side of road when around the corner comes Bikerguy.  Handsome, gorgeous and mannerly, Bikerguy AKA Caleb Montgomery, lights a flame deep

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Christmas Mystery Of The Heart By Caroline Johnson

 

 

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STORY LINE CHRISTMAS MYSTERY OF THE HEART:

Although a short  inspirational mystery romance novel, Christmas Mystery Of The Heart, is a clean, satisfying, and enjoyable readAuthor Caroline Johnson set this romance novel in 1820, Regency England.  Running from an abusive father, Lady Sarah Sayers becomes governess for the hunky Duke of Huntington’s son and daughter.  Taking the name, Sarah Brown, she finds two lovely small children.

Meanwhile, as time passes, Sarah and Oliver, become closer, sharing their love of the children.  However, Oliver has a dilemma.  He seeks Sarah advice to find a solution which will protect his children and his name.  Will they find the solution needed?  Will they overcome their problem of the commoner and the Duke?  Who is the man terrorizing the estate?  Will Sarah find the courage to reveal her sordid history?  Is there a happy ever after for this small troupe?

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Judas and Jezabel By C. Y. Brown

 

 

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STORY LINE JUDAS AND JEZABEL:

Set in New Jersey, Judas and Jezabel is an intense look into a dysfunctional family. Rich beyond measure, Sharon and Connor hire a reputable nanny, Carol, for her baby girl, Cindy. The family appears a fully functioning stable home. However, beneath the surface hides, greed, lies, deceit, and betrayal. As time passes, the marriage hits the rocks. Carol, stuck in the middle, watches as these two battle over everything from parental rights to money, play psychological games, lie, and defraud. Trapped in the middle of these battles are Carol and young Cindy.

Come alone as author C. Y. Brown gives us a look inside the marriage, attitudes, and divorce of the rich.  As well as how this rich family really saw their employees. My contemporary novel review of Judas and

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Revenants The Odyssey Home By Scott Kauffman

 

 

 

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Revenants:  noun

1.  a person who returns after a lengthy absence
2.  a person who returns as a spirit after death; ghost

 

 

 

 

 

STORY LINE REVENANTS THE ODYSSEY HOME:

In Revenants The Odyssey Home, Scott Kauffman creates an intensely emotional and revealing contemporary novel spanning decades.  Grieving the death of her beloved brother in Viet Nam, Betsy struggles to survive and continue on.  Working at the local VA Hospital as a candy-stripper, the pet project of Congressman Mark Hanna, Betsy finds a mystery.  She discovers a secret patient known only to a select few.   Determined to solve the mystery of the patient sequestered on the top floor, she will encounter the depths to which man can fall in his search for vengeance.

Congressman Hanna rules small town Hanna, Ohio as if it is his personal kingdom, including the VA Hospital.  As a result, he has managed to keep a horrible secret for 50 years.  However, grieving Betsy’s determined to return this unknown and unnamed soldier home.   So begins a journey of grief, discovery, secrets revealed, and consequences made known.

This intense journey highlights the depths and cruelty of war for the combatants as well as the ones left

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Immortal Writers By Jill Bowers

 

 

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STORY LINE IMMORTAL WRITERS:

In Jill Bowers latest novel, Immortal Writers, you will find adventure, action, treachery, and romance.  Elizabeth (Liz) McKinnen, returning home from her first successful book tour, will find her life turning 360 degrees from normal.  Finding herself kidnapped, Liz believes crazy fanatical fans have abducted her.  That is until the fire-breathing dragon and dead famous authors appear.  Between William Shakespeare, Curtis the hero from her novel, Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, Earnest Hemingway and others, Liz has no option except to believe.

Trained to battle an evil foe from her book, Liz finds herself initiated into the realm of the Immortal Writers

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Romancing The Holidays by various authors

 

 

 

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Romancing the Holidays, an anthology containing seven novellas, arrives just in time for the holiday season.  Grab a cup of hot coco, relax, and enjoy this wonderful collection.  I  chose to review the novella by Kait Nolan, Dance Me A Dream.  My romance novel review follows.

 

STORY LINE ROMANCING THE HOLIDAYS: DANCE ME A DREAM:

Welcome back to Wishful Mississippi, where dreams come true if you wish hard enough.  Tara, latest resident of Wishful, has found life rarely fair.   Her career of dance has ended; replaced by responsibility and worry.   Caring for two young siblings on a small budget while working at The Grind, specialty coffee shop, does not lend itself to luxury items.   However, after a small wind-fall from her custom jewelry, a live Christmas tree is in order.

The local Christmas tree farm will bring changes for Tara’s family.  Unbeknownst to her, Jace’s family owns the farm.  What a surprise to find her favorite coffee customer is also part of the local tree farm.   Life could

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Tangled in Tinsel By Stacy Eaton

 

 

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Tangled In Tinsel, Cover

 

STORY LINE TANGLED IN TINSEL (The Celebration Series Book 1):

Tangled in Tinsel, by Stacy Eaton is an exciting intense romance novel.  After a crisis, Casey is running from her past and starting her life over.  With her friend, Brandy’s support, they head up North in her BMW leaving all she knew behind her.  Acquiring a job as the local ER supervisor, Casey is ready to start a new phrase of her life.

Buying a house in need of many repairs, Casey’s next door neighbor, Thad Wagner, fits the handyman bill.  Not only is he handy with repairs, he is handsome, hunky, and seethes sex appeal.  In addition, he carry’s a big gun; Thad is a law enforcement officer.  The intense immediate attraction runs both ways.  She has her very own hero right next door.  However, there is a huge problem, Casey has no intention of becoming involved with a married man who is also the father of a 5-year-old son, Tommy.

However, these two just can not stay away from each other.  Casey does her best to fight her inner desires.  While Thad’s determined to break down those walls.  Come along with Casey, Thad and the town

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Death Unmasked By Rick Sulik

 

 

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DEATH UNMASKED STORY LINE:

In Death Unmasked, a romance mystery novel, you will find an intense reincarnation crime story.   Author Rick Sulik grabs your attention with an action packed story-line.  In an earlier time period,  Emil and the love of his life cross paths with an evil that out lives time.  Reincarnated many times before, Emil is now Sean Jamison, detective with the Houston Police Department.  Sean has searched all his present life for his lost love, finally she’s within his grasp.  Meanwhile the evil has followed them to this life and will do its best to kill that love as it is killing many others.

Murders are happening, horrible murders.  The Homicide Division is on the case and activates The Think Tank.  Is this murderer a psychopath who is supernatural?   A coat from long ago, a framed creed, evil incarnate, and a love that withstands time; come along for the ride of a lifetime.  My romance mystery novel review follows below.

 

DEATH UNMASKED CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, AND DEVELOPMENT:

First I must say, as I started this book, I did not think it would be my cup of tea.  Filled with flowery prose

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The Forgiving Bride By Emma Kingsly

 

 

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The Forgiving Bride by author Emma Kingsly is a short sweet romance novella.  Ms. Kingsly’s heroine and mail order bride, Sarah Woods, is a young widow running for her life and what she hopes is security and safety.  Simon Stone hopes to find a companion, peace, and a helpmate.  Can you run from your past or will the past follow?  Can forgiveness come to these two or will they botch this second chance for happiness?

 

THE FORGIVING BRIDE, STORY LINE:

After the death of her no good husband, Sarah Wood is alone in the world with a small child, Ally.  When visited by his low down criminal cohort, Sarah must decide the course of her life.  As a result of his threats, she answers the advert placed by Simon Stone for a mail order bride.  Although, Sarah is a Godly woman, she has insecurities which will follow her to Wyoming.

Meanwhile, Simon Stone decides it is time to go on with life and find a wife.  Simon has secrets from his

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Caitlyn’s Christmas Wish By Laura L. Walker

 

 

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STORY LINE CAITLYN’S CHRISTMAS WISH:

Author Laura L. Walker created a Christmas romance in her latest romance novel, Caitlyn’s Christmas Wish.  Caitlyn Drevier Reel’s life has turned around on a dime.  Divorced from famous singer Grant Reel, Caitlyn had a eating disorder and diet pill addiction. Grant’s personality is selfish, self-center, a druggie, and unfaithful.  He did not handle fame and fortune or family well.  With help from her former in-laws, Charles and Jacinda, Caitlyn got her life together.  Invited to Charles and Jacinda’s for Christmas, Caitlyn and Brody travel to Danzy, Wyoming.

Subsequently, the first person she meets upon arriving, is Ridge Reel, Grant’s brother.  Brothers  which are as different as night and day.  The attraction between Caitlyn and Ridge is fast and mutual.  Caitlyn craves home, family, security, and the love of a good man; things she never had with Grant.  Ridge, a good but sad man, has tragedies to face and over come.

Working with Ridge, Charles, and Jacinda to make the Winter Festival an outstanding success for Danzy

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Wish I Might by Kait Nolan

 

 

 

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Wish I Might, Cover

 

STORY LINE WISH I MIGHT:

Welcome back to Wishful, Mississippi in Kait Nolan’s romance novel, Wish I Might.  Wishful, where everyone knows all the latest gossip and everything about the residents.  Wishful, where everyone’s considered family or friend;  typical small town USA.

Cecily Dixon, graphic designer extraordinaire, followed her boss, Norah to Wishful.  Cecily loves Wishful and the small town atmosphere of gossip, warmth and caring.  A day at the diner can be better than an episode of Days of Our Lives.  However, Cecily is keeping a secrets.  Secrets which impacts every area of her life.

Reed Campbell, owner of the local bookstore, had one chance with Cecily last summer.  A chance he bungled. What did he do wrong?   Reed hands are full fending off his latest employee and keeping the bookstore from stagnating.  His vision for the bookstore as a community hub has not materialized.  However, Reed has a plan to bring Cecily back into his sphere, solve his cougar problem, and revitalize his bookstore.  Now he just has to get Cecily on board.

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Fairly Safe By Deborah Ann Davis

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Deborah Ann Davis’ latest romance mystery novel, Fairly Safe, is based on a legend:  Once upon a time a magical tree existed.  To keep the magic safe, the tree was cut into boards and used to build a Gypsy Kissing Booth.  On your birth date if kissed on these boards, your fate is sealed.  Birthday Kisses Married By Christmas!

STORY LINE OF FAIRLY SAFE:

First, I must say, Author Deborah Ann Davis’, romance mystery Fairly Safe, is a wonderful romance with mystery and intrigue.  Jacob has never known security or love of family.  A product of the uncaring foster system he has always longed for a family, love, unity, and security.

Through extraordinary circumstances, he acquires a mentor in wealthy William Randall Hatch, III.  William has secrets only a trusted few are privy.   William met his only love at a fair and kissed her on the boards of

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Hello Faithful Subscribers:

Today a new promo started on my blog.  Please click on the Blog Tour tab above or the link provided at bottom of this page, to check out this wonderful book entitled Yellow Hair by Author Andrew Joyce.  Mr. Joyce has given us an in-depth look into the book and how his research was accomplished.  Don’t miss this opportunity to delve into the author’s mind.

 

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Mr. Joyce for taking time out of his busy schedule to provide us with this look into the creation of Yellow Hair.

 

Please feel free to drop BY Mr. Joyce’s blog;  drop a few lines letting him know how much we appreciated his appearance.

 

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Lalibela’s Wise Man By Matshona Dhliwayo

 

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Lalibela’s Wise Man

is revelant to our world today.  With Christian values and insight, come with Christian as he discovers the true values in life are not money or riches.

 

 

STORY LINE OF LALIBELA’S WISE MAN:

Author Matshona Dhliwayo has crafted a wonderful tale of the true meaning of wealth and life in Lalibela’s Wise Man.  Christian’s very wealthy father has died and amazingly left Christian nothing except a small box containing a note.  Hence, this was gut wrenching for Christian as he was his father’s favorite son.  Consequently, Christian is left downhearted, angry, and without an anchor.  Christian’s two never do well brothers were the recipients of his father’s vast empire.  Christian’s instructions are to travel to Ethiopia and the wise man of Lalibela.  Christian embarks

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Tidewater Summer By Jo Huddleston

 

 

 

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STORY LINE, TIDEWATER SUMMER:

Set in South Carolina of 1952, Tidewater Summer is a story of physical abuse, renewal, and redemption.  Rose Marie Henley thought she had everything until her fiancé Walter physically abused her body and her mind.  With her world out of sync, Rose’s Aunt Clara offers her beach house on Silver Island for peace, contemplation, and healing which Rose gratefully accepts.

The local hardware store sends over a hunky handyman to repair Rose’s hot water heater.   Rose’s nerves and fears are too raw to appreciate gentle and kind Frank Sutton.  As nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof, Rose does everything except accuse Frank of being a rapist.   However, Frank refuses to give up on Rose.  A true southern gentleman and Godly man, Frank pursues Rose with gentleness and caring.  Frank is more than he seems at first glance.

Will Frank’s gentlemanly ways and kind sweet spirit break through the shell of horror that haunts Rose?  Will Silver Island and the close-knit community heal the wounds Rose suffered?  Does Walter discover Rose has sought refuge on Silver Island and come knocking?

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Bless Me Father By Georgette Symonds

 

Bless me Father

 

  Insidious Evil

Murder and Pedophilia

Three People Determined To Find The Truth

A Roller Coaster Ride From Start To Finish

 

 

 STORY LINE FOR BLESS ME FATHER

First I must say, Author Georgette Symonds, crafted a tale which grabs you from the first page.   Ms. Symonds wove a story which could be taken from today’s headlines.  Bless Me Father is an intriguing emotional novel of good and evil;  one Priest the ultimate evil, the other grief-stricken by the crime revealed to him.  As well as, the ultimate evil which has intruded into the very place of faith and sanctuary.

Father Eugene O’Reilly, a fiscal manager, travels where needed when accusations against a priest or parish occur;  he does his best to keep the parishes from financial destruction and solvent.  Consequently, on this day, Father O’Reilly receives a visit from an unknown priest who states:

“Bless me father for I have sinned.  Father do you believe in him whom no one knows? Yes, my son, Father O’Reilly said, I do.  Oh, thank god.  Father, I have the body of a boy in my trunk and I need your help in disposing of it.”

So begins our journey through the harrowing tale of psychopath, pedophile, murderer, cultist, and Priest,

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Rise Of The Chosen By Anna Kopp

 

 

 

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Rise Of The Chosen, Cover

 

 

STORY LINE RISE OF THE CHOSEN:

Set in post-apocalyptic Savannah, after a world-wide phenomena, Rise Of The Chosen is an exciting and intriguing roller coaster ride.  When the dead started rising, some wanted to call them zombie.  However, the zombie of fiction mindlessly ate its kill.  Know as The Woken, they are not zombies but just plain mindless super killers of the worst sort.   The second type of undead, the Chosen, are rare.  The Chosen have the super abilities of the Woken, but still have their humanity.  To form a workable society and protect humans, society formed a group called the Watch.  The Watch consist of teams containing 2 humans and 1 Chosen, given the responsible of protecting the living, and beheading the Woken.  Closing off the cities, the Watch guards the humans and keeps peace.  Meanwhile, not all are happy with this arrangement, and covert groups form to fight the Watch and the Chosen.

Watch team mates, human Julian and Chosen David, found themselves teamed with newbie Sam.  Her father was a great fighter in the Watch until his heroic death.  Sam will have decisions to make, some will

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First Contact: Strings Attached by Paul J. Nelson

 

 

 

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STORY LINE FIRST CONTACT STRINGS ATTACHED:

First Contact Strings Attached, set on an industrial world, Zeon, is a fantasy ride.  Zalk invented a powerful telescope during a time period of the cart and horse, no electricity, and denial of other beings existence in the universe.  Ostracized for his beliefs, he has finally made his way back into the academic scientific world when he discovers he can mentally talk to a being, Sorba, on their neighboring revolving planet, Arken.  Sorba makes promises of huge benefits in return for help from Zalk and his world.  Or are there benefits?  Are the intentions of this being really as harmless as they seem?

Will these beings be friend or foe?  Are they on the road to friendship or to conquer?  Come along with Zalk as he ferrets out the truth and mysteries behind the request.

 

CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, AND DEVELOPMENT:

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Dangling By A Thread By Lea Wait

 

 

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STORY LINE DANGLING BY A THREAD:

The Maine Needlepointer’s are back on the case again in Lea Wait’s new novel, Dangling By A Thread.  Set in the beautiful and quaint small town of Haven Harbor, Maine, the wealthy are migrating to Haven Harbor and Kings Island.  Only time will tell if this is good or bad for small town life.

Angie spy’s a strange loner on her walk through town;  curiosity and her detective instincts win as she does her best to ferret out his identify.  Angie discovers Jesse, The Solitary, as he known around town, lives on uninhabitable Kings Island.   As a product of war, Jesse has PTSD, and the island helps Jesse cope.  In turn, Jesse does all he can to protect the nearly endangered Maine Great Cormorants.  Kings Island is one of the last habitats for the Cormorants.  Haven Harbor left in part ownership between Jesse and his brother, Simon, becomes a hot bed of controversy.

Things in Haven Harbor heat up as Jesse, finds his brother wants to sell the Island to wealthy Gerry Bentley.  Needless to say, Gerry, Uncle to Patrick West and wealthy beyond imagination, can buy Kings Island twice over.  Patrick West and his famous wealthy actress mother Sky West’s story appeared in Threads of Evidence.  All books in this series are standalone.  However, knowing the back story gives the reader a more in-depth understanding of the characters.

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Play Dead (D.I. Kim Stone Book 4)By Angela Marsons

 

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PLAY DEAD…

Murder

The Body Farm

Play Dead Is An Intense Psychological Thriller

 

STORY LINE FOR PLAY DEAD:

D.I. Kim Stone is back in action in book 4 of the Stone Series.  Play Dead is an action packed thrill ride of suspense from the first pages to the last pages with nonstop plotting and development.

Westerley research facility, aka the body farm, is the dumping ground for a depraved and evil murderer.  Bodies that do not belong on the farm are appearing and D.I. Kim Stone and her team are assigned to solve this disturbing and confusing case.  However, the villain has made a mistake and left a victim alive but horribly injured.  As a result can Stone and her team solve this case or will forces that they have no control derail the

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Jilted By Varina Denman

 

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Book 3 of Mended Hearts Series

Jilted is the third book in the Mended Hearts Series by Author Varina Denman.  Prepare yourself for a soul wrenching finale, an in-depth look under the facade of small town U.S.A., and a look into depression and its aftermath.

 

 

JILTED, BY VARINA DENMAN STORY-LINE:

Jilted is Lynda Turner’s story.  She has spent her adult life in depression and deep dark mental depression.  Nothing ever seemed to last for her.  As a result, Lynda always sees her glass half empty rather than half full with a crack down the side of the glass. 

In addition, her parents are dead and her beloved high school sweetheart jilted her.  Her husband ran off leaving her in a dark depression without a way out, her married high school sweetheart chased her for years telling lies about her, and her church in Trapp ask her to leave the congregation.

Through all this her daughter has found the love of her life, Dodd.  Simultaneously, Lynda has fought depression, prejudice, gossip, narrow-mindedness, and evil intent.  Into all this turmoil comes Clyde Fenton, ex-con, falsely accused of rape and imprisoned for 20 years. 

With Gods mercy and grace Clyde has faced his own demons and revelations;  his story’s detailed in the previous books in this series.   Finally, Clyde has set his sights on a forever love and he’s determined to show Lynda the man he “can be“;  if she will accept him with all his faults and issues, as he accepts hers.

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The Obsidian Chamber By Preston And Child

 

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STORY LINE, THE OBSIDIAN CHAMBER:

Once again, Preston and Child have crafted a first-rate suspense novel.  In The Obsidian Chamber, Pendergast presumably died in the last book and Constance has gone to ground in the chambers beneath the residence on River Dr.  Evil is stalking Constance in the underground chambers; the greatest evil from her nightmares.  When Constance disappears, Proctor, bodyguard, butler, and friend, vaults into action.  With Pendergast dead, her care and protection falls to him and he takes his responsibilities seriously.

Come along with Proctor and Constance on a roller coaster ride of mystery, suspense, and intrigue.  Follow them on a harrowing journey and conclusion.

 

CHARACTERS, PLOTTING,DEVELOPMENT ,THE OBSIDIAN CHAMBER:

First I must say, this book is a nonstop action ride filled with mystery, suspense, and emotion.  Preston and

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Dead by Dinner By Lillian Dore

 

 

 

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DEAD BY DINNER, STORY LINE:

The setting for Dead By Dinner is England during the 1920’s.  Author Lillian Dore has penned a short sweet cozy mystery involving the upper crust.  Lady Clara Callaway and her maid, Alice Hart, journey to Bramblehead Hall, home of the Rossington-Smythes for a fun weekend with the Rossington-Smythes and friends.  To her surprise, Malcolm Wexley, falls over dead in his supper plate.  Ah, as Sherlock Holmes so apply states:  “Come, Watson or in this case Alice, The Game Is Afoot”!  Ruled murder by the investigating constables, who did it and why?  Wexley, the victim, is not all he appears.

Come along as Lady Clara and Alice become Sherlock Holmes and Watson to solve the murder.

 

DEAD BY DINNER, CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, AND DEVELOPMENT:

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Saint George: Rusty Knight And Monster Tamer By John Powell

 

 

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Saint George Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer, Cover

 

STORY LINE, SAINT GEORGE RUSTY KNIGHT AND MONSTER TAMER:

Saint George Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer features Saint George, poor knight of old.  Dressed in his rusty suit of armor which does not fit correctly, George has searched far and wide for employment.   During his search, George discovers Marmorgugelhupf Cake which when eaten by monsters, tames them to pet status.  Meanwhile, when Good King Freddie hears of George, he promotes him to Patron Saint and Minister for Environment, as the monsters in England have run amuck.

This book is a wonderful hilarious journey through the tales of George, Merlin, King Freddie, various monsters, and the many characters found along the way.  Perfect for older children and young adults, Saint George Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer will provided hours of entertainment.

 

CHARACTERS AND DEVELOPMENT, SAINT GEORGE RUSTY KNIGHT AND MONSTER TAMER:

The characters and monsters are many and varied as we read Saint George’s adventures. You will find,

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Open Season By Maryann Miller

 

 

 

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OPEN SEASON STORY LINE:

Detective Sarah Kingsley’s career has taken a bit of a left turn after the shooting death of her partner and the shooting death of the suspect at her hands.  A young black youth has died.  Racial tensions are spinning out of control thanks to the good Reverend Billie Norton and a self-serving news reporter.  The review board finds it a good shoot, but still there are political, departmental, and community issues to overcome.  Meanwhile, partnered with a Black female cop, tensions are spiraling between Sarah and Angel.

Bodies are dropping, Sarah and Angel are at each others throat, Angel’s family is against the pairing of their black daughter with a white cop, and

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Savage Reckoning By C. Hoyt Caldwell

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Savage Reckoning

 

SAVAGE RECKONING STORY LINE

Author C. Hoyt Caldwell has crafted a first-rate crime thriller in Savage Reckoning.  Set in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, Mr. Hoyt reveals the most horrendous crime and acceptance of the mountain people of Baptist Falls.  Dani Savage, known as the little deputy due to her size, works for her Uncle in Baptist Falls enforcing the law.  By chance, Dani stumbles on a decade old crime and what she finds is horrifying.

Mountain people have their own code of honor, justice, and looking the other way.  The local crime boss, aka Boss, has many fingers in many pies including selling of young girls.  With law enforcement in his back pocket, Boss, has a lucrative operation of murder, kidnappings, and slavery using “closeout kings”, aka assassins, to control the area.   Meanwhile, Dani discovers two closeout kings, Step and Kenny, have a story to tell.  While they are, lowlifes and killers, even they have limits, and kidnapping and selling young girls is beyond the pale for them.  Dani will find these two killers will become trusted allies in the coming battle.

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New Dawn By Andrew J. Morgan

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NEW DAWN

Sci-Fi, Suspense

Psychological Thriller

Journey Light Years Through Space

 

 

NEW DAWN, STORY LINE:

As an introduction to Author Andrew J. Morgan novel, New Dawn, you will meet Jake and the crew of the Athena.  Interplanetary Geologist Jake Brooks, has signed on to the Athena, a Planexus space tug sent to explore planet HD 95521B, aka New Dawn, for possible habitation by humans from Earth.  Earth is over populated and her resources are almost exhausted.  Hence, this planet could be earth’s citizens new home.  Consequently, Jake, the crew, and a surprise addition, ship out on the Athena on a journey which will take 8 months.

Almost immediately Jake realizes something does not feel right on the Athena.  Crew members begin to die.  As a result of the deaths, fear is running rampant.  However, Jake is smart and realizes something awful is happening and someone on board

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Dodgers By Bill Beverly

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Author Bill Beverly has created a gritty raw novel in Dodgers.  This book will take you on a roller coaster ride through gangland and average America.  It will educate you in gang dynamics and mentality.

 

DODGERS, STORY LINE:

East is a product of the L. A. gang scene.  A juvenile by average American standards, East is an adult in the gang element of L. A.  He stands watch at the drug houses and rules his group of boys with an iron hand.  He follows all the rules laid down by his boss.

East and three others travel to Wisconsin to assassinate a witness.  What follows is an education for the reader as we travel with East and his cohorts through a world that is as alien to East as the gang scene is

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Wisdom Tree By Mary Manners

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Christian Romance Fiction At Its Finest

A Wonderful Book Relevant To Today

 

Author Mary Manners’ novel, Wisdom Tree, ask and answers many questions.  Does running from our problems ever work?  Can we out run the piper and must we face our problems alone?  Wisdom, when is it acquired, is there a certain age we suddenly become wise?  Author Mary Manners has penned a wonderful Christian romance novel in which each character will find the answers to these and other questions!

 

WISDOM TREE, STORY LINE:

Pastor Jake Samuel’s plate is full to over flowing with a rebellious adolescent brother, a Church to pastor, and the many parishioners problems and programs to supervise.  Into his life walks a beautiful woman who is his brother teacher, Carin O’Malley.

Jake is striving to parent Corey to the best of his ability while they are dealing with the sudden death of their parents. Corey is a typical under-achieving, always in trouble, hormonal, rebellious, full of attitude adolescent.  Carin is dealing with the death of first her mother and shortly after, her brother.

As a result, each has wounds and issues that color their life and relationships.  Carin ran from Nashville to find peace;  what is she afraid of and why did she run?  Corey is failing in school and rebelling against everything.  Jake is hanging on with God’s help doing his best to be the parent Corey needs and the Pastor God wants.

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Casimir Bridge By Darren Beyer

 

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A Mystery, Suspense, Techno, Thriller At Its’ Best.  Casimir Bridge is not just for the sci-fi techno audience!  Clear your schedule, take a seat, and get ready for a thrill ride through space.

CASIMIR BRIDGE:  STORY LINE:

In Casimir Bridge, Reporter Mandi Nkosil, receives a mind-blowing tip along with documentation from an anonymous informant which will blow the top off AIC.  AIC is one of the largest companies in the world;  the information points to their involvement in a nuclear terror plot.  They are a science and technology giant with many enemies.

Mandi has found herself on the run from killers and evil men who do not want the world to discover the evidence framing AIC was the brain child of Greg Andrews.  The evil goes all the way to the hallowed halls

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Conjesero By Carl Alves

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A Monster is Loose

Can One Man Stop Him?

 

 

 

CONJESERO, STORY LINE:

In Conjesero, Kevin Russell, homicide detective with the San Francisco Police Department, has caught the most infamous serial killer since Manson, the Hail Mary rapist. It was an arduous investigation but he gets his second wind when he receives a call from his best friend Paul Richardson.  Paul has a flat tire and needs Kevin to come to his aid.  Before Kevin can reach Paul, a monster out of deep and dark nightmares, almost kills him.  Rushed to the hospital and treated by Dr. Wendy Davis, his injuries will heal physically, however emotional healing will take time.  Telling Kevin what attacked him, leaves Kevin wondering about his

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Win, Love, Or Draw By Crystal Barnes

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A Strong Independent Woman And

The Wayward Husband

 

 

 

WIN, LOVE, OR DRAW :  STORY LINE:

Author Crystal Barnes takes us on a journey to 1877 Cater Springs, Texas in Win, Love, or Draw (Book 1 Marriage & Mayhem).  Here we find an emotional adventurous love story between Catherine McGarrett and her husband Samuel.

Catherine, aka Cat, has prayed and looked for the return of her absentee husband for almost 6 yrs;  she and her son, Benin, have prayed for him every night.

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These Heroic Happy Dead By Luke Mogelson

These heroic happy dead

 

THESE HEROIC HAPPY DEAD:  STORY LINE:

Author Luke Mogelson’s, These Heroic Happy Dead, has ten short stories highlighting the costs and effect of military conflict. Each story is different yet some intersect.  These are intense stories which at times you will question what just happened.

 

THESE HEROIC HAPPY DEAD:  CHARACTERS, PLOTTING AND DEVELOPMENT:

Author Luke Mogelson expertly shows the cost of war to our military personnel. As a result, this book is edgy and insightful as it demonstrates the effect of conflict on our military

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The Granite Key (The Arkana Archaeology Mystery Series Book 1) By Nancy Wikarski

 

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THE GRANITE KEY, COVER

 

 

The Search For Antiquities

Two Different Groups Involved

Good Versus Evil; Who Will Win?

 

 

 

 

THE GRANITE KEY, STORY LINE:

In her book, the Granite key, Author Nancy Wikarski has created a history story-line that is far different from the one told by archaeologist, scientist and the educational system.  Her take on the creation story and worship is intriguing; although I did not research her sources, her research appears in-depth and from many sources.

Two groups are searching for religious artifacts for two very different reasons.  The Arkana are preserving artifacts from the beginning of history, the Blessed Nephilim’s Cult leader Abraham Metcalf, has a very

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Stark September By C. D. Bradley

STARK SEPTEMBER

 

 

 

 

 

 

STARK SEPTEMBER, STORY LINE:

In Stark September, we find Captain Kira Riley, new graduate of medical school, stationed at Fort Carson.  Her world turns on a dime when she literally runs into Sergeant Owen Stark.  Kira strives for success as a doctor and Owen’s life is his team.  Kira and Owen have issues and tragedies in their past which they hold close to the chest and heart.  The attraction between the higher ranking Captain and Sergeant is immediate and intense.  The emotional scars, fraternization, a multitude of other women, alternate life styles, and issues will make their journey a long twisted road.   Kira discovers a dark side to Owen’s love life.  Can the dark lover and the vanilla woman find happiness?

Come along with Owen and Kira as they journey through the many twists and turns of villains, mysteries, military service and life.

 

STARK SEPTEMBER, CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, AND DEVELOPMENT:

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Helm Abomination By Gryffyn Phoenix

 

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HELM ABOMINATION, COVER

 

 

The World of Helm Filled With Wondrous Creatures

Verity Is Back In Action In Book 2

 

 

 

 

Helm: a world so different from the human world.   In Helm Abomination, you will find handsome hunky male fairies and the new Veil-Seer is the female in this all male world.  What more could a girl want!  Get ready for a look into author Gryffyn Phoenix’s world of Helm; full of secrets, mysteries, evil, riddles, and half-truths.

HELM ABOMINATION, STORY LINE:

Verity as the new veil-seer has new responsibilities and a ripening desire for Haydn; Haydn is the Leader of Helm.  Teenage hormones are raging as Verity and Haydn fight against the attraction and Verity learns to battle in this strange world as the veil-seer.

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Indigo Lake By Courtney Pierce

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The Dushane Sisters And Pogo Are Back

Murder, Mystery, Secrets, Family History

Mobsters, Books, And Memoirs

This Book Has It All:  5 Stars

 

 

In Courtney Pierce’s latest book, Indigo Lake, we find the Dushane Sisters on the front lines again.  Yes, they are back again for more snarks, funny quips, and shenanigans. These ladies are the funniest women in the United States.   Of course Pogo, former mobster’s buddy and pampered standard poodle turned service dog, is right in the middle of the action.  You have to love a dog that watches the Meerkat Manor show on television.

 

INDIGO LAKE, STORY LINE:

Olivia Novak’s novel, The Executrix, is a success which garners an invitation for all three sisters and Pogo, to the Wake With Jo Show in New York.  Danny, always the motor mouth, tells ALL in regards to Pogo’s ownership and reveals Olivia’s real life mobster secret memoir manuscript which contains names and details.  Ms. Pierce’s first book in this series, The Executrix, details how this manuscript came into existence.   Olivia, Lauren, and Danny are living in a whirlwind after this revelation on national television.

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MICHAEL’S ANGEL, Book 2 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series by Karen Wiesner

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They ran from evil, horror, and murder.  They ran until they reached Peaceful;  will evil stalk them again in this quaint little town?  Have they run far enough and fast enough to out run Sam Oligee, evil incarnate?  This book will keep you up long into the night reading!

MICHAEL’S ANGEL, STORY LINE:

Michael Fremont’s mother killed herself in front of him, forcing him into the foster care system.  Abused physically and emotionally, his only saving grace is meeting the shy,

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Me Tarzan You Jane By Camelia Miron Skiba

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ME TARZAN YOU JANE…

The Sexy Book Cover Model

The Repressed Author

And A Very Precocious Loving Child

 

What could be better than a sexy book cover model and a new writer at the author‘s conference!  Picture a man better than Fabio with a capital B, and you have our hero in this story.  Me Tarzan You Jane has handsome hunky men and the strict, you have to go by my rules, writer come together for fun, laughter,

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Die, Die Birdie (A Bird Lover’s Mystery) by J. R. Ripley

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DIE DIE BIRDIE

A WONDERFUL COZY MYSTERY

DIE DIE BIRDIE STORY LINE:

Author J. R. Ripley has created a hilarious cozy mystery filled with laughter, mystery, murder, and numerous worthy suspects.  Amy Simms is just days from opening her new store Birds and Bees in Ruby Lake, N. C.   She has purchased an old Victorian house, which unknown to her, needs lots of tlc and money spent for repairs;  to top it off she has a busy body nosy tenant know to the residents of Ruby Lake as Esther Pilaster and better know to Amy secretly as Esther Pester.  As result, Esther Pester finds Amy

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Kiss Of The Virgin Queen By Sharon Buchbinder

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Author Sharon Buchbinder has continued her wonderful tale of werewolves and jinnis.  This one will take you back in history to King Solomon as she builds on her story-line in present time and incorporates history.  Intriguing and action packed, relax with a cold drink and enjoy this wonderful story.

 

STORY LINE:

Eliana Solomon, agent with Homeland Security, is back in the thick of things in this action packed book created by author Sharon Buchbinder.  Called to Summertown, West Virginia to investigate the disappearance of 3 werewolf boys and 3 eighteen year old sisters, Eliana finds she must once again face the jinni, their danger to humanity, and their evil natures. Calling her team together, she is forced to ask for the help from attractive Dr. Arta Shahani, Psychiatrist and jinni expert and the man who left her to die in the desert on their last mission together.

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Kiss Of The Silver Wolf by Sharon Buchbinder

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STORY LINE OF KISS OF THE SILVER WOLF:

Author Sharon Buchbinder sets the stage for Kiss Of The Silver Wolf with murder at a mine shaft in Eden, Kentucky.  Homeland Security is in charge of the operation and something goes very wrong resulting in a death.  At this point, I realized this was not the average werewolf story I had read in the past. Ms. Buchbinder has set the stage for an action packed werewolf romance.

Zachariah Abingdon and the wolf pack are on their monthly run; this time it is a run for their lives to escape certain death.  These two scenes set the stage for author Buchbinder’s story-line.

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The Wedding Day By Sharon Kleve

 

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A Reluctant Bride

A More Than Eager Groom

 

 

STORY LINE:

Cora Henley is an excellent employee at Weddings by Abby Blackwell, as well as one of her best friends.  Abby and Hunter are tying the knot in an all-out elaborate story book wedding.  Cora’s instructed to pick up Hunter’s brother Kane at the airport.  For Kane, who has been hurt in the past, it is love at first sight; for Cora, not so much.  Yes, she’s attracted to hunky, handsome, good-natured Kane, but she has hurt and rejection in her past and she must now protect her heart.

Come along with Cora and Kane for the ride towards the love of a lifetime.

 

CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, AND DEVELOPMENT:

This is a wonderfully sweet love story of two people meant for each other and who deserve to find that love together.  Author Sharon Kleve created a sweet lovely story for Cora and Kane in which she included three wonderful pets.  The inclusion of the Jethro, the rescued dog, was brilliant as he added much to the story and highlighted the character of Kane.

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The Bloodmoon Curse Cove Spirits Series: Book 2 by Karen Wiesner

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Love, Romance, Faith

Gothic Style Suspense, Horror, And Mystery At Its Best

 

 

 

What a story!  You have everything in this book by Author Karen Wiesner from deep faith in God, mystery, murder, terror, horror, suspense, and evil.  It left me gasping for breath; good heavens, what an attention grabbing novel.  What an imagination Ms. Wiesner possesses.

 

STORY LINE:

Cain and Amberlyn Lyons are at a cross roads in their life and marriage.  After several miscarriages and loosing a son just before birth, they are floundering in guilt, despair and grief.  Cain’s faith is

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Senile Squad: Adventures Of The Old Blues By Chris Legrow

Senile Squad

STORY LINE:

A retirement home for retired police officers with a secret mission is a startling new idea.  When a group of millionaires, AKA the Bureau, decide to fund a retirement home for old police officers having a hidden agenda, the fun is just beginning. Get ready for false teeth, catheters, diapers, hospital gowns without backs paired with uniform shirts, and secret weapons in every conceivable piece of handicap equipment.

 

The Ol’ Blues are not ready for the nursing home!  Far from it, they have a wealth of experience that could

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The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala: A Book Club Mystery By Laura DiSilverio

 

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THE STORY LINE:

The Readaholics, of Heaven Colorado, are in the thick things again with the Celebration of Gothic Novels.   In anticipation of the event, their latest reading, du Maurier’s Rebecca, has set the atmosphere of Gothic suspense and mystery.  The event includes authors, Gothic backdrops, costume party, and of course, murder most foul.  Who knew how hard authors were to manage and keep in line!   What follows is a first class mystery with intrigue, secrets, resentment, deception, egos, and of course, murder.

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Silk Stalkings By Diane Vallere

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STORY LINE:

Author Diane Vallere’s engaging character, Polyester Monroe, is back in the thick of things in San Ladron.  Her knowledge of fabrics, the design industry, and her knack for ferreting out mysteries and murderers are in top form in this novel.

Poly finds herself in the middle of the annual Miss Tangorli pageant which brings in many visitors and money to San Ladron.  Add in several mysteries and the murder of the pageant founder and you have a

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A Time Of Torment By John Connolly

A Time Of Torment

“There’s a kind of evil that isn’t even in opposition to good, because good is an irrelevance to it.  It’s a foulness that’s right at the heart of existence, born with the stuff of the universe.  It’s in the decay to which all things tend.  It is, and it always will be, but in dying we leave it behind.  And while we’re alive?  We set our souls against it, and our saints and angels, too. Especially the destroying ones”

STORY LINE:

Charlie Parker is back in action in this fast paced thriller.  Author John Connolly has once again created a novel of intrigue, suspense, and mystery with paranormal elements.

Charlie Parker fights evil; evil of the most insidious kind, evil that seeks to erode the soul and framework of man.  Charlie Parker is a man who died and came back.  He is different now; he has a fire in his soul as he seeks to destroy evil as he senses and see things others can not.  Charlie Parker and his friends Angel and Louis will fight the ultimate evil in this novel from the imagination of John Connolly.

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Tinman’s Heart By S. Carman Knight

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Mystery and Intrigue

Two Hurting Hearts

Can They Beat As One

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

Maris McKinney is heart-sore after her domineering, controlling, emotionally abusive husband threw her out with only a small day bag of clothes.  She is down but not out as she starts her own business, The Cake Company.

Lucas Kemsley was a renown surgeon until a near death accident took away his occupation.  After his physical injuries and his post-recuperation, his fame and riches seeking girlfriend left him.  Lucas

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Wayward Angels: Wounded Warriors Series, Book 4 By Karen Wiesner

 

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I have never read a book with so much human anguish and so much hope.  Author Karen Wiesner created a story that is so real it is scary.  I have lived this story through a close relative.  Thank you Ms Wiesner for bringing this illness to the attention of the public through this wonderful thought-

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Marrow Island By Alexis M. Smith

 

Marrow Island

 

 

MYSTERY, VIOLENCE, EMOTION

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER

ALL IN THE NAME OF MOTHER EARTH

 

 

Where do I start with this review?  Marrow Island is a griping harrowing tale.  I am not sure where to begin, so I will begin at the beginning!

STORY LINE:

The May Day quake destroyed Marrow Island, the oil refinery, and lives.  The island was left uninhabitable.  At least, that’s what everyone thought, until Sister J, former nun, and her followers

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Saving Her Reputation By Annie Boone

Saving her Reputation

 

 

The Rich Girl Loses Everything

Western Adventure As A Mail Order Bride

 

 

STORY LINE:

Addison Haley is a privileged rich young woman in Baltimore.  At least she was until the police arrested her father for embezzlement.  Addison, her mother, and young brother Benjamin, are forced to move into her Grandmother’s home.  Her mother has retreated into her own world, Addison has lost everything including her reputation, and her Grandmother is going to send Benjamin to England for schooling.  Addison sees no alternative;  she must go west as a mail order bride.

What she finds waiting in Derby, Kansas is a nightmare; a disgusting foul bridegroom going by the

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Helen And Albert Committed: Book 4 of The Parson’s Daughter’s Series by Annie Boone

 

HELEN AND ALBERT COMMITTED

 

STORY LINE:

This is the story of the three Parson’s daughter’s mother and father, Helen and Albert.  Albert’s father is a hard and unbending man of business.  Albert has been called by God to be a Parson.  Albert is disinherited after he refuses to turn his back on the Lord’s calling.

Helen is a faithful service of God with deep faith.  After meeting Albert they begin a courtship.  Helen’s faith

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How to Make Lavender Powdered Deodorizer

As you know I can not use any manufactured produced due to a medical condition.  I have found a way to make the sheets and pillows on my bed smell wonderful.  I use lavender powder and below I have described the steps I take.

 

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YOU WILL NEED:

  • Good quality lavender flowers or buds.  Only buy good quality from a reliable source.
  • Small shaker bottle.  I use clean and sterilized spice bottles with the shaker top. (tops with smaller hole work the best)
  • Baking Soda
  • Inexpensive electric coffee bean grinder.

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Charity Gives Her Heart (Book 3 of The Parson’s Daughters) By Annie Boone

Charity Gives Her Heart

 

 

Sweet Romance

A Parson’s Daughter

A Parson’s Son

 

 

STORY LINE:

Annie Boone has penned a sweet tale of Charity Barnesdale and Eli Smallwood.  Each children of parsons.  Charity is the third daughter in The Parson’s Daughters Series.  Eli is the son of Pastor Smallwood, parson of Charity’s church in San José.

Mutual attraction is instantly felt by Annie and Eli when they meet for the first time at Hope’s wedding.  Charity is deeply devoted to her Lord, his work, and her church.  Eli has just graduated from Seminary School and returned home to learn more under his fathers guidance.  He will receive notice of Church placement shortly.  Charity is frightened of love, the possibility of Eli leaving her behind, or the possibility he might ask her to leave her family.

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The House On Windridge By Tracie Peterson & Bonus Story: Lucy’s Quilt By Joyce Livingston

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It is always a pleasure and a privilege to read and review books by Tracie Peterson. This story will bring your emotions to the surface as the characters face grief, loss, and new beginnings all with Gods help.

This book has two excellent books; The House on Windridge by Tracie Peterson and as a bonus, Lucy’s Quilt by Joyce Livingston another talented author.

THE HOUSE ON WINDRIDGE BY TRACIE PETERSON

STORY LINE:

Gus Gussop had the world by the tail; a ranch doing well; a large ranch house, a wife he adored, and a baby on the way. Then fate stepped in and took his wife during childbirth. The anchor of Gus’ world was gone. Gus has no idea what to do with a child and no desire to try.   He sends his baby daughter, Jessica, to his wife’s Aunt Harriet Nelson to raise; unknowingly sending Jessica to a woman who loves appearance,

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Mystic Montana Sky By Debra Holland

Mystic Montana

 

 

The Upright Snobby Handsome Banker

The Beautiful Gypsy Widow

 

The banker and the gypsy’s vehicles collide on a bad mountain road resulting in the death of the husband and the woman in labor.  The story that follows this harrowing beginning is one of prejudice, abuse, preconceived ideas, community, love, and lives changed forever.  Relax in your favorite spot and enjoy this wonderful warm novel from acclaimed author Debra Holland.

 

STORY LINE:

Once again we return to the close-knit community of Sweetwater Springs.  We find the stiff, snobby, prejudice banker and hotel owner Caleb Livingston on his annual journey to Morgans Crossing for business, driving a little distracted and too fast. He will meet, in a dangerous curve, the vardo

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Until One Day By Charlotte Symonds

 

 

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The author’s importance information-please read”, found in the front of this book made the hair on my arms stand up and shivers go down my spine.  Do not skip this section, as Ms. Symonds wrote, sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.

STORY LINE:

Author Charlotte Symonds has created a novel in Until One Day, which grabs you immediately and does not let go.  In this emotionally charged story, you will find 4 strangers who end up at the same place on Christmas Day 2011

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The Dove (Wings of the West Book 2) By Kristy McCaffrey

The Dove

 

The Soiled Dove?

The Ex-Lawman

Let The Adventure Begin!

 

 

We find Claire and Logan’s story in Book 2 of the Wings of the West; this a fast paced mystery romance revealing the mysterious life of Claire Waters.  Claire’s life has not been a bed of roses, far from it.  Come find out Claire’s secrets and Logan Ryan’s story.

STORY LINE:

Author Kristy McCaffrey has penned another winner.  This time we have the story of Logan Ryan and Claire Waters, characters from The Wren, Wings of West, Book 1.

Logan heads to Las Vegas to check Claire Waters’ welfare; their ranch hand, Lester Williams, has not returned to the ranch after delivering Claire to Las Vegas.  Logan finds him recovering from a fever; he doesn’t have a lot of information on Claire and her situation.

Logan, outside the White Dove Saloon finds a woman suddenly barreling out of the Saloon, falling

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Christmas Love And Romance By Sharon Kleve

Christmas Love and Romance

 

Wonderful Stories

Feel Good Romances

Collection Of 8 Stories From The Pen Of Sharon Kleve

 

 

 

BOOKS  IN COLLECTION AND STORY LINES:

IN LOVE WITH PARIS: STORY 1

Paget Murphy received an all expense paid holiday in Paris from her boss for Christmas.  In the airport she meets a fellow passenger, Christopher Paris returning to Paris.  This is the beginning of a whirlwind romance.  Come along with Christopher and Paget as they find lasting love.

CHRISTMAS KISS: STORY 2

This is story of Roman and Adelaide. Roman has come to the Christmas tree farm to check Adelaide

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I’m Thinking Of Ending Things By Iain Reid

 

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RECOGNITION:  June 2016 Indie Next Selection

 

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

This story begins with Jake and a young woman known in the book only as “the girlfriend”  on a long drive to visit Jake’s parents.  The awkward visit is over and the girlfriend is left alone and stranded in a school where she will face a harrowing experience.  To give too many details will spoil the book.  Suffice it to say, this is a very intense physiological story of what happens before, during and after the visit to Jake’s parents isolated farm.

 

CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, AND DEVELOPMENT:

I am not sure where to start with this review.  This book is very different from anything I have read in the

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Jamie Quinn Mystery Collection Box Set 1-3 By Barbara Venkataraman

jamie Quinn Collection

 

 

Jamie Quinn, Lawyer Extraordinaire

Mysteries and Murders

Family and Friends

 

This is a bundle collection of Jamie Quinn Mysteries, book 1 thru 3.

 

DEATH BY DIDGERIDOO Book 1

STORY LINE:

Jamie Quinn is a family practice attorney living in Hollywood, Florida, trying to get over her mother’s death, sleeping very little, roaming her home, and doing nothing.  Her life is at a stand still of insomnia and depression.  Her practice is almost nonexistent.

All that will change when she receives a call from her Aunt Peg.  Peg’s son Adam, who has Asperger’s

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Crumpets And Cowpies (Baker City Brides Book 1)By Shanna Hatfield

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The English Spinster Aunt

Two Adorable Children

And The Handsome American Cowboy

 

 

Come along to see what happens when an English spinster is paired with a tough American cowboy.  You will howl with laughter and even cry a few tears. Sparks, snarks, and quips, are going to fly!

STORY LINE:

Americans Thane Jordan and his brother Henry parted ways years ago; Thane to the west and a ranch in Oregon, Henry to England to raise interest in his new invention for cotton mills.  Both are successful in their business adventures.

Thane receives word his brother has died and he must sail to Liverpool to settle his estate.  However,

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Rogue Moon (Bad Boy Alphas) (Rogue Moon Series Book 1) By Lashell Collins

Rogue Moon

 

 

Vicious Murders

Werewolves

The Lady Cop And the Billionaire Werewolf

 

 

STORY LINE:

Trevor Dare is a billionaire, owner of a medical robotics company, Dare Enterprises, and a werewolf.  He is also on a mission of vengeance to avenge his wife’s murder.  He intends to kill everyone involved in her death.

 

Melissa Cartwright is the detective on the case of vicious murders that seem to show animal claw marks,

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Lily And The Octopus By Steven Rowley (Featured Book On BLog For June)

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Love In It’s Highest Form

Unconditional And Unending

 

 

 

What an emotional heart wrenching roller coaster story of love, grief, acceptance, and letting go!  I have read several books I felt I was not skilled enough in prose to do justice;  this is one of those books.  I hope this review will inspire you to run and buy this book.

STORY LINE

In Lily And The Octopus, the reader finds Ted; gay, quirky, lonely, has issues.   He’s in therapy with a therapist that just doesn’t get him.  Lily, a dachshund, is Ted’s faithful companion, his friend, his rock, his sounding board, his greatest love

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Magruder’s Curiosity Cabinet A Novel by H.P. Wood

Magrudgers Curiosity Cab

 

 

Coney Island

The English Teen, The Freaks

And The Plague

 

HOW DO I START THIS REVIEW?  I am almost at a loss;  can I do this novel justice?  When I started this novel I did not think I would be able to finish it;  by the time I had read chapter one I knew this book had huge possibilities.  By the time I was half through chapter two, I was engrossed in this fascinating book.  WHAT A STORY, KUDOS MS. WOOD, KUDOS!

 

STORY LINE:

Kitty Hayward’s life has taken an unexpected turn. She is in America fresh off a South African ship, her mother is ill, she is sent by the doctor for medicine.  When she returns, Kitty is turned out of the hotel;  she returns to threats and denials of knowing of

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Divergent Bloodline By TJ Shaw

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THE BEAUTIFUL COP

THE HUNKY VAMPIRE KING

AND AN ATTRACTION THAT CAN’T BE DENIED

 

 

They don’t what know has hit them when the heat, attraction, and longing begins;  they are confused and worried.  Can the lonely cop and the vampire king form an alliance of life and love?

STORY-LINE:

Viviane Taylor is a detective in the homicide division; she is a good detective with excellent instincts and hunches.  Called to the scene of a gruesome murder, Viviane has a hunch that Julian DeMatteo’s involved.  DeMatteo, reputed mobster, has his fingers in lots of pies.  His reputation is one of philanthropic endeavors and community action, but Viviane knows he has a seamy side as well.

The first meeting is a revelation to both of them.  What is going on?  What are they so attracted beyond reason to each other?  How can this possibly work to the good of the human or vampire world?

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Signed, Sealed, & Delighted By Crystal Barnes

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Christian Romance At Its Best

From A Talented Author

 

STORY LINE:

Author Crystal Barnes has done it again!  She has created a sweet lovely Christian western romance that will grab your heart and make you feel good.  Originally released as “Lets Make A Deal”, it has been improved and expanded for your reading pleasure.  This novella is the introduction of the Marriage & Mayhem Series;  you will see these characters again in the first book titled “Win, Love, or Draw”.

Sarah Asher is no shrinking violet.  She is a strong woman with opinions of her own;  to

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Subject X By Emma Hunter

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Secrets and Mysteries

Love That Will Not be Denied

 

 

Secrets, mystery, intrigue, suspense, and intense sexual attraction;  this book has it all.  Get your favorite beverage, relax in your favorite chair, and get ready for a roller coaster ride as you enter Emma Hunter’s world of Subject X.

 

STORY LINE:

Charlotte Kane, graduate of Harvard bio engineering, has been accepted into the Genesis Life Systems assistant program. Genesis is renowned for its’ work in the biological sciences and part of the well-known conglomerate, Garrison.

Her supervisor is a nerdy secret man;  you realize immediately something is off with him.  After processing

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Caught by Lolita London

Caught by Lolita London

 

The Young Handsome Doctor

A Radical New Medical Treatment

And The Beautiful Thief

 

 

A hot young doctor in the Victorian Era with a radical new treatment for women’s hysteria.  Can you see where this is going?  Read on for a Victorian romp!

STORY LINE:

Dr. Thomas Winterbourne has a radical new therapy for women’s hysteria.   The only problem with the therapy,  it leaves Doctor Winterbourne in a state of arousal.  Ashamed, Dr. Winterbourne finds relief at the local brothel with Maggie Green;  he lets slip that he is looking for a new maid.  Maggie contacts Andy

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How To “Not Use” Harmful Dryer Sheets

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I think we have been brained washed by the industry to believe you must use a dryer sheet loaded with chemicals to have clothes that smell good.  I have found this is not true.  When I became ill with multiple chemical sensitivity I had to find alternative solutions.  Very little information was available at that time, I improvised and found things that worked.  Cheap easy solutions.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is so simple and easy you will think, why haven’t I already done this?

 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

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Widow Mouse: Appalachian Mountain Romance Book 2 by Janet Biery

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The Widow Mouse

The Deaf Store Keeper

And The Mountain Community Of Kyles Ford

 

STORY LINE:

Author Janet Biery has crafted another heart-touching, warm, feel good novel.  This is book 2 of the series, however, it is a standalone.  I look forward to publication of book 3.

Jeanne’s traded in marriage to fur trapper Henri LeSouris in exchange for LeSouris’ furs.  Henri and Jeanne are constantly on the move until Henri settles in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in Kyles

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A Chance At Love By T. K. Chapin

 

A Chance At Love

 

 

Searching For Answers

Love and Romance

Christian Fiction At Its Best

 

 

STORY LINE:

Kyle Reynolds is a nineteen year-old searching for answers:  what should he do for a career, how will he find and win the love of his life, does God fit into his life and if so, how?  He has a year off from school before he must choose a study program.  Kyle instinctively knows the girl he saw while delivering pizza to

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How To Make Laundry Smell Delightful

 

I have a fondness for lavender.  It is a restful peaceful smell and I love it.  It can be strong so in any recipe, please so lightly and increase as you need.

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Laundry can smell gross.  Hey, all that dirt, grease, grime, and body stuff, YUCK!  I can’t use the softeners off the shelf due to the chemicals in the product.  I had to find something different to use.

 

 

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WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

  • high quality lavender 100% pure essential oil or whatever 100% pure essential oil is your favorite
  • a glass dropper

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Big Bear (Rescue Bears) Book 3 By Scarlett Grove

 

Big Bear

 

 

The Big Gentle Grizzly Bear

Smart Curvy Accountant

Fated Mates on Fate Mountain

 

 

Wow!  This book is the best of series.  I hope I can inspire you to read about this gentle giant shifter.  Ms. Grove’s story-telling skills are evident in this book.  This book does not use sex to sale the story-line.

STORY LINE:

Author Scarlett Grove has given us the tale of Angus Grant, the big gentle giant.  Angus has a good heart and a very large body as a grizzly bear shifter;  he yearns for a mate but has not been matched on Mate.com with his 100% fated mate.  Poppy Robins, accountant for Sound Import/Export, is curvy, wears glasses, a nonexistent romance life, and is

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Wild Bear (Rescue Bears Book 2) By Scarlett Grove

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Handsome Hunky Troubled Bear Shifter

A Fated-Mate Left Behind

Can Love Prevail

Book 2 Of The Bear Rescue Series

 

 

STORY LINE:

Shane Keenan, grizzly bear shifter, world-famous chef and member of the Bear Rescue Team, is a troubled bear with little control over his bear.  He has run from his troubled past, his fated-mate whom he knew from childhood, and life.

 

After serving in the human war, he spent a year in bear form in a cave.  Now is he head chef for Levi at

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Parents For Sale By Dr. Nicole

 

Parents for Sale

 

 

Children’s Story

Containing Lessons On Responsibilities

Good Graphic Appealing To Children

 

 

STORY LINE:

This is a good story with learning lessons of responsibility.  Every child has wished for different parents.  In this story the twins were not taking care of their dog, Pistachio.  Yes, they loved the dog, but feeding, walking, and caring for the dog fell to their parents.  When the parents tell the twins, they are selling the dog, the twins decide to change the sign to Parents For Sale.

They find it is not as easy to sale their parents as they thought.  They have several customers and sell to

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Chief Bear (Bear Shifter Paranormal Romance) (Rescue Bears Book 1) By Scarlett Grove

CHIEF BEAR

 

 

Shifters Are Out In The Open

Secret To The World No More

Romance And Mating

 

 

STORY LINE:

They have existed for thousands of years and finally they are out in the open.  They live within the human world and have dealt with prejudice, bigotry, and poverty.  Then the war came, and the shifters became heroes to the American public.  They are revered after years of abuse.

Levi Blackthorn, former Navy Seal, is leader of the Rescue Bears Team and owner of Fate Mountain Lodge on Fate Mountain; he is lonely and needs to find his fated mate. One of the rescue group has created a

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How To Make Laundry Detergent Powder

As you are aware, I make my household and personal products.  Laundry detergent is another product I make.  I found my first recipes years ago; they were long and complicated.  The internet age has advanced the process to almost nothing.  There are hundreds, if not thousands, of sites with laundry powder recipes.  This is the one I use.  Not only is it a good detergent, it is very inexpensive to produce.

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WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

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The Lost Prophet By Francis B. McPike

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Vince Ramsey And April Are Back

Fighting Evil Men Committing Atrocious Crimes

Christian Fiction At Its Best

 

 

Author James B. McPike’s latest Christian fiction book is packed with action from start to finish. I love books based on biblical facts and/or biblical prophesy.  Find a relaxing seat and get ready for a roller coaster ride.

 

STORY LINE:

Religious prophet’s tombs are destroyed in Jerusalem;  tombs dating back to biblical times are gone forever.  Soldiers and innocent victims are murdered in an inhuman and inconceivable manner.

Vince Ramsey and girlfriend, April, are back in action again.  Vacationing in Tahiti, Vince is

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How to Make Foaming Hand-Soap

I make my foaming hand-soap for pennies rather than $3-4.00 per container.  The foaming hand-soap dispenser is available on-line for $1.19 each at Specialty Bottle Co.  These bottles are reusable.  I have three I have used for over 2 yrs.  I brought a well-done expensive name brand

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Dreams Of Her Own By Rebecca Heflin

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Mousey Millie

Ian, Handsome and Strong

The Air Sizzles Between Them

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

Millie Stephens’ life is dull, she dresses in shades of brown and she wears old lady SAS shoes. She has few friends except for her employer and her employer’s family.  She graduated summa cum laude, is intelligent, has a wonderful job as assistant to best-selling romance author Darcy Butler-Ray, and her

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Dead Lawyers Don’t Lie ( A Jake Wolfe Novel) By Mark Nolan (My Featured Book for April)

 

 

 

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DEAD LAWYERS DON’T LIE, COVER

 

Murder

Conspiracies

Action Packed Mystery/Crime Novel

 

 

 

 

STORY-LINE DEAD LAWYERS DON’T LIE BY MARK NOLAN

Jake Wolfe, former marine, call sign Jukebox, now a photo journalist, along with his friend and cop, Terrell,  become embroiled in a murder conspiracy.  Jake inadvertently becomes the target of the most successful assassin in the world when he is at the right place at the right time.  This novel follows Jake and his pals as they ferret out the assassin, and try to solve the mystery.  There’s more involved in these murders than meets the eye.  Though a lengthy novel, it is well worth the read as you become enmeshed

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A Crippled Mail Order Bride For The Unexpected Horse Whisperer By Emma Morgan

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How do you like Westerns?

A Crippled Mail Order Bride for the Unexpected Horse Whisperer: Benson Creek Mail Order Brides by Emma Morgan is a wonderful story.

 

I love a good western love story with a wonderful hero and a strong leading lady.  This book has it all.

 

This is the last book in the Benson Creek Mail Order Brides. I am sorry to see them go as I have enjoyed coming to know the town the citizens. Perhaps Ms. Morgan will see fit to add a few more books to this series.

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Tiger In Her Bed 2: Animalistic By Lizzie Lynn Lee

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Weretiger Hero

Curvy Woman In Need Of Rescue

Adventure and Love

Erotic Love Play

 

STORY LINE:

Arielle Winter’s life has gone to pot.  She loves to eat, food comforts her, and she’s gotten curvy, her job as a paralegal has gone from heaven to hell due to her boss Sabrina, she’s mugged, gets stuck in a chimney dressed as Santa trying to serve papers on a mobster, and her apartment burns down.  To make things worse she catches her on-again off-again boyfriend and her boss in flagrante delicto

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Billionaire Publisher: Secretary (Alpha Billionaire Romance Series Book One) Sofia Madrigal

Billionaire Publisher

 

 

The Handsome Rich CEO

And His New Secretary

Let The Fun Begin!

 

STORY LINE:

Sebastian Reed has been appointed CEO of Reed Publishing by his father.  He is handsome, rich, well-known, has an active social life, and many women in his life.  However he has a problem; his father’s long time secretary, Marie, is retiring.  Sebastian must find and hire a new secretary to facilitate his running

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Conflicted on 5th Avenue By Abbie St. Claire

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Handsome Talented Doctor

Beautiful Next Door Neighbor

Love And Romance on 5th Avenue

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

Author Abbie St. Claire has created an emotional novel of need, insecurities, and love. Widower Dr. Ian Briggs is raising his son, Oliver, trying to deal with his wife’s death, and has a thriving surgical career.  He will do anything for his small son including moving from Los Angeles, California to Dallas, Texas to insure

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Complicated on 5th Avenue by Abbie St. Clare

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How Does Life Become So Complicated

Love, Crisis, And Tragedy

Come Join This Roller-coaster Ride Of Emotion

In The Continuing Story of Ian and Chelsie

 

 

STORY LINE:

Author Abbie St. Claire continues the story of Ian and Chelsie in book 2. This is not a standalone book, you must read book 1 to fully enjoy Complicated on 5th Avenue.

 

What a story!  Ian and Chelsie are trying to commit to their love, share their lives, and knit two children together in acceptance of their commitment.  Oliver is standing off from Chelsie, Ian is feeling insecure of

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Blind Mail Order Bride For The Rebellious Cowboy By Emma Morgan

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Strong powerful cowboy characters, strong independent women!

 

A Blind Bride for the Rebellious Cowboy:  Benson Creek Mail Order Brides by Emma Morgan is a story of love.

 

Ms. Morgan has taken a secondary character in the other books and made him the focus of this story.

Story Line:

Tim Benson has ordered a mail order bride, Rebecca; his future bride is blind. Ms. Morgan instilled in Tim

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Resisting Darkness Book 3 of the Forrest of Darkness Novels By Kate Wendley

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Ethan’s And Harmony’s Story

Is Harmony His Salvation Or His Downfall?

 

 

This book grabbed me from the first page and left me screaming for more at the end.  The hook is set deep and fast in this novel by author Kate Wendley as we learn more and more about her shifter/vampire community and the lives of each shifter/vampire.

STORY LINE:

Author Kate Wendley continues our journey in a very different shifter/vampire world.  In Author Kate Wendley’s latest vampire tale, we follow Ethan and Harmony.  Ethan is out for vengeance against the person that killed the love of his life, Sonya.  He is a hot mess obsessed with killing Isaiah who just

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Lord Bachelor By Tammy L. Bailey

Lord Bachelor

 

Abby, The Poor American Working Girl

Edmund, The Rich Lord Issued A Proclamation In His Father’s Will

Reality Television Show To Find A Bride

Is Romance In The Air? Let The Eliminations Begin!

A 5 Star+ Emotion Filled Read That Is Sweet and Romantic

 

Debut Novel By A Talented New Author

Grab a cold drink, your favorite chair and enjoy!

 

STORY LINE:

Lord Edmund Rushwood, playboy, rich and entitled, has received marching orders from his father’s will.  Find a rich noble blooded bride in three months or lose his wealth and position.  To say he was flabbergasted would be an understatement.

“Born rich ad privileged, he had no idea what it was like not to drink champagne every night or have a butler wait on his every whim.”

His mother’s friend suggests America for his hunt.  After meeting Abby Foster, thru Abby’s arch-enemy, the

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The Midwife’s Dilemma By Delia Parr

The Midwife's Dilemma

 

 

Last Book Of The At Home In Trinity Trilogy

The Midwife And A Wonderful Cast Of Character

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

Martha Cade is the midwife for Trinity;  the last in her family to take up the midwife skills.  She is capable, strong, independent, and has great faith in God.  She has her daughter Victoria back in Trinity, her son Oliver is doing well up North, her long ago love at her side Thomas Dillon, her duties as midwife, and wonderful friends.

But there is trouble in paradise.  Thomas is making demands she can not abide, Victoria is sneaking

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Abandoned Darkness By Kate Wendley

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An Alpha Wolf Shifter

A Timid Jaguar Shifter

Is Love Waiting?

The Story Continues In Book Two!

 

 

Kate Wendley’s second novel in the  Forest Of Darkness series is a winner.

 

STORY LINE:

Sebastian is an Alpha Wolf Shifter.  He loves being a wolf shifter, however he hates his job in the shifter/vampire world and the loneliness he endures because of his talent.  His friend and Vampire Master Anthony uses his talent as a mind reader in the magical world of shifter and vampire.  He is hated, feared,

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Finders Keepers (The Jane Barnaby Adventures Book 1) By J. J. Dibenedetto

 

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A Race Across France

Stolen Antiquities

Thieves And Crooks

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

Author J.J. Dibenedetto has created a novel with adventure, action, thieves and stolen antiquities.  American, Jane Barnaby, is attending Oxford; her advisor, Professor Welldon, ask her to deliver his new car and a box of pottery shards to him in Mallorca, Spain where he is vacationing.

 

Through a series of mishaps and mistakes, Jane unintentionally retrieves a box of antiquities and the

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Just For This Moment (Wishful Romance Book 4) By Kait Nolan

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“Welcome To Wishful, Where Hope Springs Eternal”

The Local Newspaper Owner Left in a Quarry

A Trust Fund With Stipulations

Love And Romance In The Deep South

 

 

JUST FOR THIS MOMENT:  STORY LINE:

In Just For This Moment, Ms. Nolan has penned a delightful story of small town USA in the deep South.  Myles Stewart, newspaper owner of the Wishful Observer and single man about town, thought he had life by the tail until his investment partner wants out within 45 days.  He has a trust fund tied to marriage, and an attraction to his

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The Haunted Heist By Angie Fox

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Gang Is All Here Again For The Latest Mystery and Murder

Verity And Company Are In The Middle Once Again

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

Verity Long is still trying to release ghost gangster Frankie, Ellis is still her sometimes boyfriend, Ellis’ mother is still making Verity’s life miserable, and Verity still doesn’t have a job.  Could things get any worse?  Yes!  Reggie Thompson, the most powerful man in Sugarland and Sugarland’s banker, is murdered in the bank vault after offering Verity a graphic design job.

The bank has ghosts; did the ghost kill the Reggie? What are the noises the employees have heard

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The Executrix By Courtney Pierce

 

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Mystery, Laughter, and Snarkiness

Tragedy

Family Dynamics

A Poodle Named Pogo, Criminals, And Mobsters

You Don’t Want To Miss This One

It Is A Winner! 5 Stars

 

STORY LINE:

Olivia Novak’s life was perfect;  a successful romance author, a loving husband, a beautiful home.  Yes, Olivia’s life was perfect until the day her husband was killed in a hit and run auto accident.  Her obsession in finding the driver has over-shadowed her life. Her career is going strong but she is dissatisfied;  she wants to write a serious novel, one her mother would appreciate.

 

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Mastering Darkness By Kate Wendley

 

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How Do You Like Your Vampire?

A Master Vampire Of The Atlanta Territory

A Beautiful Human Woman

Shifters And Vampires As You Have Never Seen Them

Filled With Emotions And Desire To Belong

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

Author Kate Wendley has created a world of shifters and vampires that is very different.  We see them with emotions, insecurities, jealousy, envy, in other words, we see human emotions in her characters.

 

Anthony is the Master Vampire of the Atlanta Territories; he is a good Master who punishes when he must and has been emotionally alone for almost 300 years.  Romantic relationships never work for him

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The Cowboy’s Bride Collection: 9 Historical Romances From on Old West Ranches

THE COWBOY BRIDE COLLECTION

 

 

By Susan Davis Paige, Vickie McDonough, Susanne Dietze, Nancy J. Farrier, Miralee Ferrel, Davalynn Spender, Becca Whitham, Jaime Jo Wright.

 

 

STORY LINE, PLOTTING AND DEVELOPMENT:

This is a wonderful collection of western romance stories of strength, love, romance, adversity, and faith in God.  Each author is talented in story-crafting, plotting, and development.  These stories are so well written and developed, if you did not know you were reading 9 different authors, you would think one author wrote the stories contained in this book.  The authors are in harmony with each other in regard to writing style

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Shattered Lies By S. J. Francis

 

 

General Fiction Official Selection in the 2015 New Apple Book Awards

Semi-finalist in the 2015 Authorsdb Book Cover contest

 

Shattered Lies

 

 

Family Dynamics

Revelations of Long Hidden Secrets

Lies and Heartache

 

 

 

 

STORY LINE SHATTERED LIES BY S. J. FRANCIS:

What a story we find in Shattered LiesAuthor S. J. Francis has created a story-line which will grab you from the first few sentences to the last.  Widowed veterinarian Kate Thayer Logan, heir and granddaughter to grand dame Katherine Beauregard Thayer IV, of Magnolia Lane Farm, makes a decision to explore the mansions attic; a decision which will shatter this family and others, reveal long-held secrets, and cause Kate to question everything she has ever believed.

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Far From True By Linwood Barclay

Far from True

Powerful Novel

Murder, Who Did It?

Don’t Pass This Book Up

This is the second book in the Promise Falls Trilogy by Linwood Barclay and the first of his books I have read and reviewed.  Mr. Barclay caught me up quickly with the back story.

 

Suspense Level:

I found I couldn’t wait to finish this book so I could read the first book of the trilogy.  Mr. Barclay created a lot of action, secrets, mystery, alternate life styles, crime, evil deeds, and a strange attacker with the number 23 on his clothing.  He keeps you guessing throughout the book as he introduces new situations

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Desert Heat By P. H. Turner

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The Desert Of The Nations

Ghost, Witches, and Human Trafficking

Action And Love In The Desert Heat

The Nation Book Two

 

 

STORY LINE:

This is the 2nd book in P. H. Turner’s Nation Series;  it is a stand alone read.  In this novel by author P. H. Turner, we find the deplorable business of Human Trafficking of juvenile girls from Mexico to the U.S. for the sex trade.   Ms. Turner showed this industry in all its low and dirty elements and the men that become rich from this crime.  The two main characters, CPS Investigator for the Navajo and licensed social worker

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The Snows By K. M. Daughters

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 Miraculous Signs

A Message From God

Will The World Listen

 

 

 

 

Do you not have to be religious to enjoy this novel. 

 

STORY LINE:

Three children in Croatia, Anna, Elizabeta, and Josip, receive visitations from The Lords Mother, Mary.  They continued to commune with her through adulthood.  Anna, the only one to know the full details,  is commanded to deliver 7 prophesies, known as the Marian Prophesies or The Prophecies of Valselo, to God’s messenger, Father Mark McKenzie.  Father McKenzie has known of these children and made pilgrimages to Croatia.  He was unaware of his part in the prophesy until contacted by Anna.

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Wolf’s Blade (The Paladins Book 1) By by Clare Dargin

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The Enforcer For His Wolf Pack

A Beautiful Woman

An Egomaniac

All Come Together In Willowridge In A Fight For Their Life, Love, And Pack.

 

 

STORY LINE:

Callum Blake is Paladin for his pack and 2nd son to the Alpha.  After an ancestor was cursed by the Wolf Goddess, the ancestor became a Lycan.  Callum’s bloodline has inherited the Lycan gene from this ancestor.  He fights his inner Lycan, bent on killing and terror.  He is on a mission to capture Eryx, to return

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How To Reuse Plastic Grocery Bags

If you are like me, I have tons of plastic grocery bags.  I can’t seem to remember to return them to the recycle bin at the grocery story as often as I should.  I found ways to use them around the house until I could recycle.

So little mighty bag instead of waiting in the closet for recycling, I have found you a purpose.

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The Human Cure By Tracy Auerbach

The Human Cure

 

 

How Do You Like Your Vampires?

Loving, Kind, Scary, Cruel?

Welcome To A New Vampire World!

 

 

 

Author Tracy Auerback has created a vampire world I have never seen before.  This is a tale of vampires in the down and dirty world they occupy below New York and the world where they hunt.  It is raw, gritty, gory, and filled with monsters.  It also a story of love and sacrifice.

 

STORY LINE:

Kate Plesser is an office assistant that can not seem to find her niche in life or a boyfriend worth his salt.

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Uses For Your Empty Plastic Vinegar Jug

The Humble But Noble Empty Vinegar Jug

 

If you are like me, you have many empty gallon vinegar jugs at your house.  Either we throw them away or we find a use for them.

I always try to find ways to use things and these jugs are marvelous.  They have many uses after empty:  clean thoroughly and sterilize.

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Island Secrets (The Island Escape Series Book 1) By R. T. Wolfe

Island Secrets

 

 

Peaceful Island Life

Treasure, Love,

Abuse And Murder

This Novel Has It All!

 

STORY LINE:

Zoe Clearwater lives in a small gulf community on beautiful Ibis Island off Florida’s coast; she had a perfect life.  A family that was loving and close; 2 sisters, Raine and Willow, a brother Seth, a thriving diving business and a gift shop.  Then her brother, Seth, diving alone disappears.  Her world changed.  She held

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Hog Killing Day On The Farm By Vera Mallard

 

STOP:  IF YOU ARE AN ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, EMOTIONAL, OR TENDER-HEARTED, PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS POST.  THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SLAUGHTERING OF HOGS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AS IT WAS DONE ON FAMILY FARMS ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY FOR MANY DECADES!

 

This article is written from my memories as a child.  I wish I could take a trip back to experience it all over again.  Before too long, no one will remember the way of life I will describe because those of us who lived it will be gone.  Few in the our country carry on the traditions of raising and slaughtering their food.  Believe it or not, those lovely packs of chickens, steaks, and pork chops, ready for you to buy and cook, started their life on a farm somewhere.

 

This is the story of one day of life on our farm.  We were poor country people; no different than anyone else in our small community.  We grew what we ate and shopped at a country store on credit for what we could not grow.  The thought of jumping in the car to grocery shop for our weekly groceries, never crossed our minds.  The Winn Dixie, A&P, Food Lion nor any other major chain existed in our small town; they were many years in the future.

 

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The pork and beef you buy in those beautiful packages at the grocery and meat market has to be slaughtered and packed at a processing plant.  We did not have this luxury when I was a girl.  We had to slaughter and process our own meat to feed the family.

 

 

Above photo is free public domain

 

 

DAYS BEFORE “HOG KILLING DAY”:

Dad had to gather everything he would need for Hog Killing Day and have it ready and waiting.  He placed all the wash-pots where they needed to be, tables setup, gun and shells ready, the scalding vat was ready for use, water hoses to wash out the gutted hogs, 50 lb bags of salt for pickle, lard stands, ham box ready, and he had wood for the fires. Mom gathered all the knives, pots and

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How To Make Fine Mist Room Deodorizer

I love for my house to smell as if I just baked a pie, a bowl of fruit is on the table, Christmas is just around the corner,  or a fir-tree is sitting in the den.  I can’t use commercial room deodorizers due to a medical homemade-pain-relieving-salvecondition known as multiple chemical sensitivity.  Which means if the product has a petro chemical I will become very ill.  I had to find an alternative.

There are thousands of recipes on-line for DIY room deodorizers.  I am going to tell how I create my deodorizer.

 

 

READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE BEFORE YOU BEGIN CREATION OF YOUR RECIPE

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Life On A Tobacco Farm By Vera Morton Mallard

This article is written from my memories as a child and teenager. I wish I could take a trip back to experience it all over again just for a day.  Before too long, no one will remember the way of life I will describe because those of us who lived it will be gone.  Rural farms are disappearing just as King Tobacco has disappeared.  Now, instead of growing tobacco, the land sets forlorn or is growing houses, condos, apartments, or mobile homes.

 

 

 

Life on a tobacco farm was hard back-breaking work.

I grew up in the South during a time when tobacco was King.  Everyone we knew grew, harvested, and cured tobacco in eastern rural North Carolina.

It was our cash crop and the only way of making a living for our families.  This was before we knew how harmful tobacco products were to our health.

We rose early on the farm when tobacco season was in full swing.  My father would rise around 4 in the

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No Cats Allowed By Miranda James

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What Do You Like?

If You Like Murder Mysteries, This One Is For You!

It Was Murder; Murder Most Foul!  But To A Richly Deserving Victim!

No Cats Allowed By Miranda James Opens The Office Doors!

Diesel, a beautiful Maine Coon cat, is back on the job at the university library with his owner Charlie, along with a cast of characters.  Author Miranda James infused this book with awesome characters and opens

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How to Make Crock Pot Room Scent/Deodorizer

I can’t use commercial products to make my house smell good;  I had to find an alternative.  I found many recipes on-line and adjusted to suite my sense of smell.

I purchased a small inexpensive crock pot familiar to the one at the bottom of the page.

 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED AND INSTRUCTIONS:

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Northwoods By Bill Schweigart

Northwoods

Powerful book full of monsters and evil!

Frightened By Monsters?

You will be frightened!  Sit down, relax, and prepare to be scared!

 Northwoods by Bill Schweigart has the horror market cornered!

 

I love Bill Schweigart novels, and I feel sure you will also.  The beginning chapter is action packed with horror, blood, guts, gore, and unexplained happenings as something deadly and evil has come to the Superior National

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How To Make Hair Spray From Oranges

 

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How to Use The Mighty Orange For Hair Spray

 

I posted a recipe for DIY hairspray some time ago.  I wanted to give you an update.  I always made this spray with lemons for light hair as my hair is grey.  Two weeks ago I needed hair spray, all I had was a huge orange; I mean a HUGE orange.  I decided to use this BIG boy for my spray.

I cut in rounds, added two cups of filtered water to pot and simmered down to 1 cup total.  After it cooled, I

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Mae’s Choice By Kate Cambridge

 

 

 

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Could You Be A Mail Order Bride?

 

A Woman’s Search for Freedom And

 

The Choices She Made

 

 

STORY LINE:

This is the story of a young woman, Mae, searching for freedom to become who she’s meant to be and the man, Paul, she goes West to marry as a mail-order bride.  Knowing she will never meet a man in the East who will allow her to be her own person, she is off to the West and a mail-order marriage.  Afraid and

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A Hard Candy Christmas By Hebby Roman

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An Abandoned Woman Abused By Her Husband

 

A Strong Man With Issues Of His Own

 

 

 

STORY LINE;

In this novel by Author Hebby Roman we find Clint Graham sheep rancher and newly appointed Sheriff inquiring at the boardinghouse for a place to stay in town. He will have his hands full with the sheep ranchers and railroad workers at odds and his attraction to Abigail and her son. He has tragedies in his past he has not resolved.

 

Abigail Kerr Sanford, abandoned wife and mother, is a slave in her father’s boardinghouse.  After an

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The Wren (Wings of West): Book One by Kristy McCaffrey

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Riveting

A Young Woman Thought Dead

A Man Carrying Guilt For Not Saving Her

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

Texas:  May, 1877

Molly Hart was dead.  She died along with her parents in an attack on the family’s ranch 10 years ago. The only thing wrong with that statement:   Molly wasn’t dead and she wasn’t buried along beside her parents.  She was alive and standing in front of Matthew Ryan on her run down family ranch.

 

Matthew had worked for Molly’s father and had carried guilt that shadowed all aspects of his life because

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Bad Moon Rising by Mina Carter

 

Bad Moon Rising

 

New York Times & USA Today Best Selling Author

A Hunky Werelion!

A Thief That’s Not What She Seems!

Sexual Attraction!

The Pages Steam!

 

 

Story Line:

Wow!  This novella is action packed with shifters, demons, werelocks, betrayal, and a hunky purring feline shifter that gets our heroine’s motor running.  Ms. Carter’s heroine, Beth, has run since she was 11 years old when her Warlock father tried to kill her.

 

Springing a tail for a Warlock just is not done.  After all, Warlocks are a snobby group.  That tail revealed a

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Hope Makes A Decision By Annie Boone

Hope Makes A Decision

 

Annie Boone’s  Book #2 of The Parson’s Daughters Series

An Independent Woman Meets

Her Match In Man And God

 

 

 

Story Line:

Annie Boone has penned the second novel in The Parson’s Daughters Series.  In this novel, you will find Hope determined to start her own business and spread her wings.

 

She wants to be an independent business woman.  She doesn’t have time for a man or love.  At least that

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How Do You Define Success?

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Success:

We each define success differently.  For me it was removing all the spammers from my blog.  What a nightmare that has been.  I have installed security measures that hopefully will stop them.

Who knew what a problem spammers could cause.  It is now clean and fresh.  Some of you will have to

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The Milch Bride By Janet Biery/J. R. Biery

the milch bride

 

How To Love A Texas Cowboy?

Big, strong of back and character, Texas cowboys.

This is the first book in a wonderful series by Janet Biery, a very talented author.  She is one of my favorite authors.

The Milch Bride By Janet Biery is great!

This is the first book in the Western Wives Series by Author Janet Biery.  I found this an emotional roller coaster ride from sorrow to laughter and joy.  I don’t think I have ever felt so many emotions reading a book.  Ms. Biery’s talent is obvious to the reader as you journey through this story.

Story Line:

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The Skeleton In The Closet by Angie Fox

How Do you Feel about Humor, Ghost, Love

If you like all the above, this book is up your alley!

 

 Vesity Long’s life has been spinning out of control since her “almost marriage” to philandering Beau Wydell, son of Sugarland, Tennessee’s most prominent and wealthy citizen, reigning queen bee, Virginia Wydell.

That fiasco nearly costs Verity all her worldly possessions except for her car, she calls the land yacht, and her ancestral home. Don’t you just love what she calls her car?  I could see it from the descriptions, a huge tank rumbling

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Aside

How Cold Can It Become; It’s Tuesday January 19, 2016

It is So Cold

Well, folks, here on the crystal coast the temperature dropped to 18 degrees last night. Cold is an understatement.  Ivera at hoover dam am starting a new book for review today, The Skeleton In The Closet by Angie Fox.  As everyone knows,  she is a very talented author.  I love her books and can’t wait to read this one.

I hope to post the review by week’s end, that is, if live doesn’t interfere.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday yesterday celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  Did anyone do anything special?  Give us a shout out!

Will post again later this week with process.

 

A Stuttering Mail Order Bride For The Hotheaded Cattle Wrangler: The Benson Creek Mail Order Brides by Emma Morgan

A Stuttering mail order bride for the heotheaded cattle wrangler

Handsome, Strong, Hunky Cowboys 

Meets His Match!

 

Why did Emma Morgan create Nantucket Murray as Gilbert Snyder’s mail order bride? Read on and find a wonderful story of disabilities of more than the physical.

 

Story Line:

Nantucket Murray is on her way to meet Mr. Gilbert Synder in Benson Creek with marriage in mind as a mail order bride. She was honest with him about her abilities except for one little thing. She stutters and all the men in Boston rejected her because of her stutter.

 

Gil as he was known, told her he had cattle, pigs, chickens and such. He didn’t tell her the pigs and chickens lived in his cabin or that he was short tempered, loud, cussed like a sailor, his cabin was filthy and he had few to none cooking or cleaning implements.

 

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Sunset Beach Romance Series Angela Ford,Sharon Kleve,Jennifer Connor,Natalie-Nicole Bates(An Anthology of Four Friends and Love) Would You Like Four, Price One?

Sunset Beach Romance Series

 

 

How Would You Like More Than 1 Book?

Don’t we all like more for less?  If you answered yes, this book is for you.  This book contains four books, each penned by a different author, but with a continuing story.

 

 

Story Line:

This book is an anthology of four friends, raised in the same town and attended high school together; they stay strong friends throughout the following years even though separated by distance coming together for

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Angels Burning By Tawni O’Dell

 Why A Horrendous Murder?

 

Murder Most Foul! Read on to find out why

 

Angel’s Burning by Tawni O’Dell  is a roller coaster ride

 

A brutal murder opens this book with a bang. Veteran Police Chief Dove Carnahan has her hands full trying to solve the murder of Camio Truly and deal with her own emotional family crisis.

Dove and her sister Neely have secrets; secrets that have been hidden for many years; a murdered

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The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection by Bell, Breidenbach, Carter, Connealy, Jepson, Lillard, Welborn, Y’Barbo, Zedik

the lassoed by marrige romance collection

 

How did you marry?

 

Whether you married for love or other reasons, read on to find 9 stories of marriage before love.

This is a wonderful collection of romance.

 

 

Character, Plotting And Development:

This collection of nine stories are unique in that the romance does not start until after the marriage takes place.  Each is penned by a talented author and you will spend wonderful hours immersing  yourself in this clean romance collection.

Each is a unique story of love after marriage and the problems that each must solve to reach a solid firm foundation for their marriage. The authors had the plot, pacing and development of the characters spot on.  This book will leave you wanting more.

 

Stories:

The Substitute Bride by Angela Bell

This story is a different take on the story book “The Ugly Duckling”, and

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The Readers Of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katrinia Bivald

 

the Readers of Broken Wheel recommend

Powerful, Character Driven Book!

Powerful story with powerful characters.

Read on to learn about Broken Wheel and its citizens.

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald is the up and coming book of the year! 

#1 Indie Next Great Read

 

I really don’t know where to start with this review. This was a wonderful book, one of the best I have read in some time. It was hard for me to review, as I am not sure I have the words to do it justice.  Ms. Bivald’s talent is obvious as you read this story;  you will come to love this town and the residents.

 

Story Line:

Sara Lindqvist from Sweden has corresponded with Amy Harris of Broken Wheel, Iowa for two years. A

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Mail-Order Marriage by Tracie Peterson, Mary Davis, Denise Hunter, Judith Miller, and DiAnn Mills Tracie Peterson, Mary Davis, Denise Hunter, Judith Miller, and DiAnn Mills Tracie Peterson, Mary Davis, Denise Hunter, Judith Miller, and DiAnn Mills

Mail-order marriage

 

Would You Become Mail-Order Bride?

If you answered yes, this book is for you.  You will meet 5 different couples that were wedded as mail order brides.

 

Mail-Order Marriage by Tracie Peterson, Mary Davis, Denise Hunter, Judith Miller, and DiAnn Mills Tracie Peterson, Mary Davis, Denise Hunter, Judith Miller, and DiAnn Mills Tracie Peterson, Mary Davis, Denise Hunter, Judith Miller, and DiAnn Mills is a treasure cove of reading enjoyment.

 

Characters, Plotting and Development:

This book has 5 novels of marriages contracted thru the mail to form solid, loving marriages.  To say all is

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The Beast of Barcroft by Bill Schweigart

 

The beast of barcroft

Do Monsters Scare You? 

If you answer is yes, this book is for you.

Monsters are here, monsters of the worse kind!

 The Beast Of Barcroft has Monsters most foul.

 

The neighborhood near the seat of power for the U.S. should have been a fantasy come true; old stately homes, quite neighbors, the perfect place to live.

Do not be deceived, something is very wrong in Barcroft, Virginia.  It started with the neighbor from hell, Madeleine Roux; raccoon rehab, feral cats, rats, and an ecosystem altered inviting something evil to come, commune, and feast on the community.

Ben McKelvie’s life has been on a downward spiral for sometime, however the horror to come will forge him into the man he was meant to be.  Along with a small group of fellow believers, Ben will fight for his life and community.  Hero’s will emerge

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Crimson Shore by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston

FBI, Monsters, Evil; What More Could You Want?

 

Crimson Shore Is Another Hit For Preston And Child

 

FBI Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is back in action; his classic ultra expensive black suit, austere expression, white skin and lighter than light hair, expensive taste, and genteel manners; do not mistake him for a sissy, to do so would be a mistake of enormous portions.

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Nirvana by J. R. Stewart

Nirvana

The Future Looks Bleak!  Would you like to find out why?  Then read on!

 

Nirvana is a novel of our possible future.

 

Author, J. R. Stewart created a different world.  The world of 2030’s is a hard place of barren land; the bees have all died. The “company” Hexagon, controls everything and unless you are one of the few, life is very hard.

Story Line:

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War Baby by Lizzie Lane

war babyCould you survive War?

This book although fiction, demonstrates what our families had to do to survive in World War 2.
War Baby is an enlightening novel of family, love and community!

Story Line:

This is a story of war, family, pooling community resources and love. In 1941 in England, twins Mary and Ruby Sweet with their father Stan, run a bakery in a small English town.

Mary and Ruby also work for the Ministry teaching housewives how to make

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Missing by Randa Flannery

Missing by Randa Flannery

Grabs You Right Away

 

Missing by Randa Flannery is riveting!

 

This book will grab you from the first chapter to the last as we watch an emotionally crippled analyst investigate the disappearance of her best friend, solve a haunting mystery and fall in love.

 

Story Line:

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Healing Montana Sky by Debra Holland

Healing montana sky

Heart-Wrenching Story

 

Healing Montana Sky is an emotional roller coaster

 

This is the heart-wrenching story of two families from totally different backgrounds and social standings thrown into desperate circumstances by the death of their spouses. 

Through perseverance, patience, and love those families will form a new family unit made of love from forces beyond their control.

 

Emotions roll through this book from beginning to end. I felt sorrow, amazement at the resilience of the human spirit, and admiration. Ms. Holland’s talent as an author shines through. I could feel the sorrow

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The Sweetest Rain (Flowers of Eden) Book 1 by Myra Johnson

The Sweetest Rain

Emotional Novel On Every Level!

 

The Sweetest Rain by Myra Johnson is a clean novel of love and families with and without family values. 

This novel is set in Eden Arkansas during a time period of great poverty and desperation. 

 

Story Line:

The country had survived the First World War, the stock market crash of 1929,  and now Arkansas’s tenant farmers were faced with the worst drought in its history.  Two families are featured and inter-meshed in this book; one is rich and entitled, the other poor, desperate, and giving.

 

The author created a story of love, lies, expectations, and secrets as the Senior Heath rules from his mansion. We watch as unrestricted power, prejudice, and inequity in the hands of the Heath patriarch ruins not only his family but others.

 

His son Michael will be the saving grace of the family with his gentle caring soul and artistic nature; he battles PTSD, depression, the physical effect of mustard gas, and a father that wants him to be something he is not.

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A Deaf Mail Order Bride for the Reluctant Rancher: Benson Creek Mail Order Brides by Emma Morgan

a eaf mail order bride forthe reluctant rancher

Book Review

She was physically deaf, He was emotionally blind to a wonderful woman!

 

This is another of Author Emma Morgan’s wonderful books about strong women with disabilities and their search for love in the Wild West.

Story Line:

In this story Sally Tidwell, a deaf young woman, is on her way to Benson Creek as a mail order bride. She’s tired of everyone treating her defective when they find she is deaf. Ms. Morgan created a character in Sally that is a hard worker, pretty, a good cook and home provider.

Ms. Morgan added drama to the story as Jeb has no idea his future bride is deaf. Jeb is expecting a whole bride not one that as he puts it “is as deaf as a tree; he is floored when he realizes Sally is deaf. Jeb is stuck on her disability.

 

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Idiot! by Christopher Klim

Idiot! by Christopher Klim

I Was Hooked On Page One

 

 

Idiot! by Christopher Klim is an emotion roller coaster ride from beginning to end.

 

I am not sure I can do this book justice.  What a story.  The author, Christopher Klim is talented; he set the hook from the first page and reels you into the story.  The story was electric, emotional, and evoked thoughts

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Orphan Train Romance Series: 4 Books in One by Zoe Matthews

 

ORPHAN TRAIN SERIES

Ready Made Families

Desperate Children

 

This book actually contains 5 stories that are sweet romances, each story is related; it is better to read them in this one book as the minor and major characters appear in subsequent booksZoe Matthews writing talent is evident in this book.

 

The Unexpected Family: Amanda and Craig

Widowed Amanda and bachelor Craig each want to adopt a child from the train; they will find the love of a lifetime, as Craig has loved Amanda for years.

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The 12 Brides of Christmas Collection by Various Authors

the 12 brides of christmas collection

Sweet, Clean, Christian Romances

The 12 Brides of Christmas Collection:   is a wonderful collection for the season of celebration and renewal.

 

This book is a collection of gentle, sweet, very clean Christian romantic tales. We have twelve brides in this collection that will find the love of their life at Christmas time.Each one is special in it’s owns way; all are historical Christian romances.

They are not preachy or pushy in presenting Christian values and beliefs. The recipes were an added

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Never Too Late by Jo Barney

Never too late

Is It Ever Too Late To Live Life?

This Is A Must Read Book.

All I can say is wow! This was an emotional roller-coaster ride. For me it was a story of guilt, giving up, disillusionment, unhappiness, and settling for second best or maybe even fifth or sixth best.

But the real story beneath all the emotion, is it is never too late to begin again.  The author, Jo Barney, is talented and it shows in this book.

Edith is in her sixties, she was born in the time period that demanded marriage if one committed the unpardonable and became pregnant; their lives became a study of settling, making do, just existing,

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A Song of Shadows A Charlie Parker Thriller by John Connolly

a song of shadows

A Thrill Drive

A Song of Shadows is a crime thriller at its best!

Throw in a little paranormal, and it’s unbeatable!

 

Charlie Parker is back, worn and torn, but in one piece. He has come to Boreas, Maine to recuperate from a near death attack in his last book. He just wants to heal, but life has something else in mind for Charlie. Charlie Parker is a very gifted detective in more ways than one; Charlie has insights that normal humans do not have into the spirit world.

 

Story Line:

Mysterious happenings abound in this small seaside town and the town’s people include Charlie in those mysteries even though they have taken him in as one of their own.

Charlie has a 6-year-old daughter, Sam; Sam communicates with her dead half-sister. His neighbor, Ruth Winters and her daughter Amanda are newly arrived in town, and Ruth has

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Brides of the Old West: Five Romantic Adventures from the American Frontier by Darlene Franklin, Peggy Darty, Sally Laity, Nancy Lavo, Kathleen Paul

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Clean Christian Romance At Its Best!

Brides Of The Old West  has five novels. All are wonderful stories of  inspiration and love in the old west.

This book has a total of 720 pages and are not short stories; each is novel.  Each author is talented, well-known, and seasoned; it shows in these stories.

You will love each novel.  My hope is that this book review inspires you to buy the book.

 

Morning Mountain by Author Peggy Darty

This is the story of Luke Thomason, Suzanne Waters and the forever love they find in the old west. Luke has been lucky at the poker table, but luck was not on his side when he was shot and robbed.

Suzanne finds Luke barely hanging on his saddle and nurses this fine figure of a man back to health. Luke

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DIY Bleach

 

 

 

 

 

I finally got the photo from computer-land.  It only took 24 hr for computer-land to spit it out.

Today we are going to make our bleach.  That’s right, you can make your own for a lot less than the stuff you buy in town and this recipe will not make you cough and hack.

It is an easy, quick recipe and works great.  I found this on the internet several years ago.  I can’t remember the site.  If anyone knows, please let me know I will give them credit. By the way, there are hundreds of recipes for bleach on the internet, this is the one I use.

 

YOU WILL NEED:

 

  • 3 cups 3 % hydrogen peroxide (the big box store has it cheap)
  • 3 cups water
  • 3 Tablespoons citric acid.  (I use food grade because that is what I have on hand)

Mix all together, place in a DARK BOTTLE (MUST BE DARK), as hydrogen peroxide loses its strength when exposed to light. Use as you would bleach. Just as you would with manufactured Clorox, Do Not mix anything with product( such as ammonia),  I don’t know what chemical reaction it would produce.

DIY bleach
DIY bleach

 

Yes, it will bleach out color in color clothes. I have spots on a pair of jeans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now for the legal stuff: 

This recipe has not been approved by any gov agency, FDA, scientist, etc.  Make and use at your own risk.  See home page for full disclaimer.

Give Me a Texas Outlaw and Give Me A Cowboy: by Jodi Thomas, Linda Broday, Miranda Phyliss, Dewanna Pace

give me a texas outlaw adn give me a cowboy

Two Books For the Price Of One

Strong Cowboys, Strong Women, Strong Love! 

Great Authors

 

FIRST BOOK:  GIVE ME A TEXAS OUTLAW

The Touch of An Outlaw by Jodi Thomas

First is a story of an outlaw; Michael Hughes and a young woman pregnant and unwed, Cozette Camanez; both have never known love. Fate has a forever love in their future as these two find the love of a lifetime.

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Update on orange cleaner made of orange peels and vinegar

Remember I told you about an orange cleaner recipe I was going to make and if it worked I would post the orangerecipe.  I used the recipe and I love it.  I cleaned my frig, counter tops, bathroom toilet, sinks, cutting board, and stove; it worked great.

I originally found this recipe on the following site:

https://arealfoodlover.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/homemade-orange-cleaner/#comment-8018

She has beautiful photos of the product as well as a description.  Take a look at her site.

I am going to tell you what I did.

You will need

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Pioneer Brides-Mail Order Bride by Indiana Wake and Belle Fiffer

mail order brides

Romance in the West!  Strong Sexy Cowboys, Need I say more?

 

This is a four box set of western romances about strong men and even stronger women that settled the west.

The women came to find the love of a lifetime. Each is a short novella that is very enjoyable. I love Ms. Wake’s and Fiffer’s writing style.

 

 

The Rival Bride Book 1

This is the first story in this four box set. Kristine is a young woman with a gambling father that has practically sold her to Robert Miller, a rancher and widower still in love with his dead wife, as a bride.

In exchange he will pay her fathers debts and enable her 2 sisters, Courtney and Patricia, to stay in finishing school. This novella is full of sorrow, jealousy, insecurity, sadness, and finally joy in the morning.

Ms. Wake and Fiffer filled this story with emotion and she added an adversary, Abby, for Robert’s affections. Though short this story was very enjoyable as we watch Kristine grow and Robert find he has a jewel in Kristine; they find their happy ever after.

Had the story been longer Ms. Wake and Fiffer could have fleshed out the story of the rivalry for Robert’s affections; this was still a short enjoyable read.

 

 

Letters of Love Book 2

Courtney, Kristine’s seventeen-year-old sister, is the star of this story. Court is in love for the first of her life; Curly, Abby’s ranch hand, has been writing love letters to her. She and

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Tennessee Waltz by Tana Mae Simmons

Tennessee Walt

Sweet love story set in the Tennesse mountains.   A strong man, a woman finds her worth!

Tennessee Waltz is a wonderful book of love, family, and acceptance!

(The Homespun Hearts Series Book 1)

 

In 1898, Sarah Channing is a very rich young woman; she is also very plain and has never been allowed to forget that she will never find a husband without the inducement of her father’s money.

 

New York City society is self-serving and shallow; Sarah doesn’t fit into their mold of beauty and money.  She wants a child; she must have a husband. She accepts Stephen’s proposal only to gain a family; he is

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Occult Assassin #1: Damnation Code by William Massa

Book Review

What a roller coaster ride. This book is non-stop action from the first page to the last. Mr. Massa knows how to ramp up the action in no uncertain terms.

The story begins with the murder of Steve Delaney, a UBER driver. The murderer’s IPhone telecast Occult AssassinDelaney’s murder to a mysterious man wearing a robotic death mask and to two other phones. Strange sing-song chanting by the masked man is heard and the 3 others then committed suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Flash forward and Mark Talon, Delta Force Soldier and most decorated soldier in all the military branches, is on his way home to pop the question to his investigative reporter girlfriend, Michelle. After accepting his proposal, all hell breaks loose in her apartment after Talon goes to the aid of an old military friend; Michelle is murdered in a horrible way within a pentagram by a Satanic Cult before he returns. What was she investigating that could have led to her death? The villains do not realize the can of worms they have opened by killing Talon’s fiancée and he has the backing of Simon Casca, owner of a technology company, billionaire and occult expert. Casca has personal knowledge of the evil of this cult.

Enter the villain of this story, Robert Zagan, CEO Of Omicron Technologies and Satanic Cult Leader. His

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A Secret to Bear by Ana W. Fawkes & Karolyn James writing as Ana James

Book Review

Scarlett’s life has not been very fulfilling, she is curvy aka fat, works at a dumpy diner, her mother died giving birth to her, and her father, John Harrorway murdered; after his death she never felt valued a secret to bearagain. In her fathers journals he wrote of the town of Strykersford and told her wonderful tales of bears and humans when she was a child; Scarlett wants to know what happened to her father. She heads to Strykersford and encounters Max, whose father was also murdered. Max is a werebear, gorgeous, huge, has a heart of gold and is crazy about Scarlett at first sight; Scarlett is likewise affected.

This is the story of Scarlett and Max finding the love of a lifetime and solving mysteries.

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Alone and Expecting: (Soldier’s Widow Mail Order Brides Book 3) by Susan Leigh Carlton

Book Review

Author Susan Leigh Carlton has written another winner series; this is book 3 of the widow series. From the Alone and Expectingopening prologue that described the infamous battle of Gettysburg where we as a country lost so many of our fine young men on both side to the last page I was hooked.  I cried over all those lost lives and the lives that would be changed forever forward from this awful war; men, women, child forever changed some for good, some for worse in desperate times.

Cindy Britton is widowed after this awful battle, left pregnant and with a son, Titus a little over 2 years old.

Whit Goodson, a rancher, survived the war to only have Apache burn out his ranch; he became the best trail boss in the west and his life continued. He signs on with Tom Cannon to drive cattle to Montana, and stays on as foreman of Tom’s ranch. Whit wants a home, wife and children; mail order brides were frequent out west due to the shortage of women and

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Downton Tabby by Sparkle Abbey

Book Review

Caro Lamont, transplanted Texan and pet therapist is back in action. Cash, Jake, and Caro share office space in the same building. After Cash ask Caro to watch his cat while he runs home on an errand; he Downton Tabbynever returns.  Caro finds Jake dead in Cash’s pool and she thinks Cash has been kidnapped. From there the action, mystery and suspense is on a roll in this cozy mystery. Caro just can’t help herself; she gets involved in the investigation much to the dismay of Detective Malone.

There is a lot going on in this book. Cash and Jake are techies that own a technology company which developed the Woofwalker app for healthy dogs, one is dead the other has disappeared, Caro is trying unsuccessfully to dodge her ex-husband and a noisy reporter, she is followed by a black SUV, she is still fighting with her cousin over Grannie’s

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Gone But Knot Forgotten by Mary Marks

Book Review

Author Mary Marks, has Martha Rose and her two best friends back in the thick of things again. This is the first of her books I have had the pleasure of reading; I found it delightful as only cozy mysteries can entertain.
gone but knot forgottenMartha is Jewish, her two friends, Lucy and Birdie, are not; this does not stop the intrepid trio from being fast and loyal friends, who respect each other, quilt together, and get in scrapes together. I loved the fact that Ms. Marks explained a lot of the Jewish traditions especially in regard to the Sabbath and funerals. This added to the book and I loved the information she included, it was educational and interesting as well as adding to the depth of the story.
In this book, Ms. Marks has Martha named as the executor of her old high school friend, Harriet Oliver’s estate. Martha hasn’t been in touch with Harriet for years. Harriet’s estate is worth millions and something seems fishy to Martha about the scene of her death. She was not found for 10 months after she died; it seems that Harriet led a sad and solitary life, her son drowned at five, her husband disappeared, he was eventually declared dead, and she had few friends. To make things even more interesting, Birdie is a walking talking CSI expert from watching television; she is up on all the latest “speak” in regard to criminal investigation.

What follows are plot twists and turns, mysteries, murders, an entire list of suspects, antiques, a priceless quilt and other extremely valuable items are missing, greedy family

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Refuge of the Heart by Ruth Logan Herne

Book Review

This is a wonderful story of courage, survival, the undefeated human spirit, terror, relationships, faith in God and redeeming love.  I loved this story and couldn’t read it fast refuge of the heartenough. Author Ruth Logan Herne did a wonderful job of instilling emotion into this story; I could feel Lena’s emotions; the cultural differences, the language, having to start her education over here, I thank God I live in America.  Lena, the main character of this story has suffered as no human being should have to suffer, and came to America with the help of the Catholic Church for a new life. Grozny, Chechnya was a battleground of fighting and evil men with evil intentions.

Lena and her 5-year-old sister, Anna, live in an apartment skirting a crime-ridden neighbor but a good school for Anna.  Mitchell Sanderson is the county DA up for re-election.  God has plans in store for Mitch, Lena, and Anna; God orchestras a

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The Visitant: A Venetian Ghost Story by Megan Chance

Book Review

Elena Spira, after a scandal, has been banished to Venice to nurse Samuel Farber, who has been injured. She arrives in Venice in 1884 to find the palazzo is derelict, covered in mold, mildew, soot, windowed boarThe visitantded and on the inside total disrepair, ruin everywhere. I could see the ruin and feel Ms Spira’s despair from the author, Megan Chance, descriptions. Megan Chance did a wonderful job setting the scene for the meeting between Samuel Farber and Elena. Samuel used laudanum liberally for the pain of his injuries. Elena immediately takes the situation in hand.

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A Texas Christmas by by Cecil, Dooley, Franklin, Griffin, Hake, Y’Barbo

Book Review

The book has 6 of the sweetest, wonderful, and clean, in some cases hilarious, romances I have ever read.

The first book Here Cooks the Bride by Cathy Marie Hake takes place in 1879; a hilarious romance between a young woman Lacey, and the local blacksmith Jeff, in Cut Corners, a small town in Texas. She came to a texas christmastown to help her sick aunt, who is a miserable cook, with her diner. Between every swain in town wanting to marry her for her cooking, the 4 old men, retired Texas Rangers,  that founded the town plotting to keep her in town to cook at the diner, and Jeff teaching her to make real Texas chili I laughed and laughed. This was a treat to read.  Watching Jeff and Lacey fall in love was a joy. This was a clean Christian read with strong Christian values.

The 2nd book A Christmas Chronicle by Pamela Griffin takes place in Cut Corners, Texas again in 1881. The four Meddin’ Old Men are at it again, this time trying to marry off Stone’s nephew Travis to Vivian who is clumsy and awkward.  Travis

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All The Beautiful Brides by Rita Herron

Book Review

Thirty years ago three young girls were murder at what is now called Graveyard Falls. Thirty years ago, Johnny Pike was convicted of the murders. Thirty years to the day, another murder has occurred with the same m.o., and now Johnny is due for parole.

 

Mona, psychologist, amateur profiler, and the widow of a FBI agent now lives in Graveyard Falls, but she is there for a reason. She was given up for adoption from this town and she is determined to find her birth mother. She

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Threads of Evidence by Lea Wait

Book Review

Picture a cozy small seaside town on the coast of Maine filled with colorful characters and we have the setting of this suspenseful cozy murder mystery book.   This is the second book in the Mainely Needlepointers Series and I must say I greatly enjoyed the book. This can be read as a stand-alone.

threads of evidenceAuthor Lea Wait has our main character, Angie Curtis investigating the forty-five year old death of Jasmine Gardener. Jasmine was the daughter of the town’s rich family who owned the estate, Aurora.   Each summer the family hosted an end of season party for the entire town prior to their return to New York, however at this last party tragedy occurred. Jasmine died and her mother insists she was murdered, and continued to insist until she died, which left Aurora empty and falling into disrepair. Suddenly the house is sold to an actress from California and things really begin to happen as the actress, Skye West and her son, Patrick, are in town to solve the mystery of Jasmine’s death and restore Aurora. The author, Lea Wait did a wonderful job of filling this book with colorful characters; a murder mystery that someone does not want solved, attempted murder, arson, and secrets, long-held secrets.

A part-time investigator, Angie is managing her grandmother’s Mainely Needlepointers,

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Fairytale Beginnings by Holly Martin

This is a feel good book from the first page to the last.

 

Author Holly Martin without a doubt knows how to fill her stories full of laughter, quirky characters, ghosts, hidden treasurers, oogie monsters, curses and love.

I laughed so much during this read; Ms. Martin has a way with humor and words.

 

Story Line:

This is the story of Milly a woman full of life and loves all things Disney including castles, Princes, Princess, magic, and wishes. Her hair has pink ends and her shoes have sparkles.

 

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The Bones Will Speak by Carrie Stuart Parks

The bones Will S[eak

 

Serial Killer At Work!

 

 Action packed thriller from the first page!

 

This book begins in Washington State and a bombing by a Neo-Nazi group in Seattle, the little old cat woman who recognizes them hiding next door, and the pursuit that follows.

 

Fast-forward 15 years; forensic facial reconstruction expert Gwen Marcey is living in Montana, her dog brings her a human skull.  It is not long before more body parts are discovered and a live victim that

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The Arrival by J. W. Brazier

The Arrival

 

DNA Munipilation!

A Baby Born!

 

The premise for this book was set in stone thousands of years ago; if you believe the Bible it is all laid out in precise order. This is a take on the end times with America being in the center; in today’s advanced times of medicine, research, and science anything is possible.

 

This story begins in Palestine in 1948, Ian Taylor, archaeologist and Dr. Charles Wagner, scientist are hired to find a certain 2,000-year-old zealot Jewish body for Abram Solomon, CEO of Solomon Industries in the

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The Upside of Being Let Down by Karolyn James writing as London Casey and Ana W. Fawkes

The upside of being down

Troubled Young Woman

Life Out of Control

 

When I started this book, I thought it was not my cup of tea, for the first time I would not be able to write a positive review. I found I was very wrong. I was swept up in the book within a few pages.

This is the story of A. J., a girl who just never seems to get her life on the right path. At times I felt so sorry for her, I wanted to cry when she was revealing how their parents treated her and Wendy as children; then other times I just wanted to shake her.

 

She stopped going to her college classes and has been thrown out of college, she stopped going to her

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Good Mourning by Elizabeth Meyer with Caitlin Moscatello

good mourning

Inside Look At Death

Good Mourning Is A Gem:  witty,  clever, humorous

Powerful!

When I opened this book I was not sure what I would find inside.  Was I going to cry for the next few days or was just sadness waiting in the pages?

 

I was wonderfully surprised at the content; witty, clever, humorous, yes, sad at times, eye-opening, irreverent, and tongue in check with quite a different formula for funerals that I found I quite liked.

 

In the Southern Bible Belt a funeral is almost a religious experience; Ms. Meyers ideas of the send off were so different from we have, I found myself saying, yes, why not!  What a wonderful idea to have all the things that person loved and valued placed at the funeral. I found this a wonderful idea.

 

The portrayals of the ultra rich as pampered, spoiled, selfish, royalty were educational as I did not realize the rich expected so much to be done for and given to them as a course of life, a product of their privileges. As Ms. Meyers says in this book, death is the one thing that unites all of us, rich or poor.

 

I enjoyed this book from the first paragraph to last sentence as Ms. Meyers and Ms Moscatello entertained and kept my interest as they documented Ms. Meyers travels from an ultra rich privileged spoiled party planning young woman grieving for her

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Promises Kept by Scarlett Dunn

promises kept

Big Strong Cowboy

Needy Woman

Victoria works in a boarding house in St Louis, Missouri as the cook.   She arrived with two small boys in tow claiming they were her brothers. That was not exactly the truth; she took the boys with her when she left a saloon in Abilene two years ago to save them from the orphanage.

 

She needs a husband to help her care for the boys, provide a home, and a father figure. The boys keep asking for a Pa. She won’t consider a cowboy, as one had almost raped her; she had nothing but bad trouble with cowboys.

 

She advertises for a husband out west and travels to Promise, Wyoming to farmer Chet Barlow; he was the only that did not make reference to her wifely duties. The writers were very explicit in what they expected whether they married her or not.

 

Before leaving St Louis for Promise she served dinner to huge handsome cowboy, Colt McBride, from Wyoming in town checking on an inheritance left from his uncle.

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Cactus Rose by Samantha Harte

A DespeCactus Roserate Woman

A Powerful Strong Man

And Evil Surrounds Them!

Rosie Saladay raced into town in her worn out wagon and worn out horses on a mission. She needs a husband, and she needs him today.  The local gambler, Wesley Morris, is determined to practically steal her land and mysteriously her husband was killed last week.

 

Everyone believes there is gold on her land, she has something more valuable to history, ancient cliff dwellings; her husband, Abner, swore her to secrecy.

 

Del Grant riding thru town, drinking and gambling decides to marry Rosie even without “boots under the bed” as they said in the west, a marriage of convenience and protection for Rosie who believes she will be the next one killed for her land.

 

Rosie, a mill girl, had come west to find her future husband, found he didn’t want a wife, only a housekeeper, so he could research the dwellings and artifacts. She lives a lonely almost destitute existence. I could feel Del’s emotions rolling off of him as he listened to Rosie describe her life.

 

I could feel Rosie’s desire that her late husband had felt a little something for her, fear of what was to become of her, and her determination to safe guard her husband’s legacy. The author poured emotion throughout this book, as we watched Del and Rosie grow into the people they were

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Wedding Matilda by Heather Hiestand

An UnwWedding Matildaed Mother

A Proper Gentleman

A Mystery To Solve

 

This is book six of the Redcake series; it can read as a stand alone. The Redcake Tea Shop employs Ewan Hales, which is under Matilda Redcake’s control.  Ewan is a hard worker and proud of his employment as he is in line to manage the new enterprise to open shortly.

 

When sub-quality flour is discovered, Ewan and Matilda work together to discover if the tainted flour sold to Redcakes was sabotage or a mistake. He and Matilda slowly realize an attraction is growing. Meanwhile Ewan discovers he is the heir to the Earl of Fitzgerald, which will disrupt his life but also improve it in others. He now could address Matilda.

 

Matilda is an unwed mother.  After one indiscretion, her lover refuses to marry her, and then returns to persuade her marriage was possible.  Matilda refused and proceeded to raise her son alone. Matilda’s chances are ruined as far as marriage due to birthing her son out-of-wedlock.  Her two-year son is kidnapped and her life is falling apart. Ewan,along with her family, wants to help her find him.

Characters, Plotting,  And Development:

The plots keep coming in this book. Author Heather Hiestand kept my interest from the

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The Congregation A Jake and Amanda Bannon Novel by Desirée Bombenon Pub date 8-25-15

the congrgation

Powerful Secrets!

Secret Organizations!

Time Running Out!

Jake and Amanda are back in action in this book; this maybe their toughest case yet as it deals with the Church, beliefs, secret organizations, secret meetings, secret agendas;  so many secrets.

 

Jake and Amanda are vacationing in Rome, as well as, getting a blessed rosary from Cardinal Roland for a friend of Amanda’s very religious mother. Amanda offers to deliver a religious relic to the Cardinals friend, Father Kristofferson in Chicago when they visit Chicago.

 

Cardinal Roland and Father Kristofferson have a secret between them. Something that will take place Dec 12, 2012. Cardinal Roland is inconsolable with grief over the secret.

 

Once in Chicago, Amanda is getting the sixth sense, clairvoyance, that Cardinal Roland may be in trouble of some kind.

 

Anytime the Church is involved you know your heart is going to be pulled from your chest.  There are a lot of twists and turns, which Ms. Bombenon will weave together to form a complete story. There is Josh and

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Take and Give (Haven Seekers Book 3) by Amanda G. Stevens

Take and Give

 

Persecution & Hatred Of Christians

 

Powerful Story!

 

Awesome Author!

 

This is the 3rd installment of the Haven Series by Amanda G. Stevens. This was the first book of this series I have read.

 

I read as many reviews of the first two books as I could, to have a sense of the issues and back story in the books. I still felt I was missing something as I started this book, however I was soon caught up in this story.

 

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The Offering by Desiree Bombenon

The Offering

 

The Offering is  a thrill ride with surprises.

 

Action Packed And Frightening

 

Jake and Amanda are the perfect couple, rich, intelligent, business savvy, and Amanda has a sixth sense that has helped them in the past solve crimes.  Amanda and Jake are strong, brave and strongly in love; they share everything.

 

They are in Hawaii relaxing when their neighbor in Canada. Bernie Wright, calls with a request for Amanda

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Deep Time By Rob Sangster

Deep Time

 

Non Stop Action

Evil Villians

You Can’t Put The Book Down!

 

Rob Sangster has done it again.  Great book with fly by the seat of your pants action and adventure.  This book has everything it takes to make a great book.

 

Jack is back and it’s very personal. Jack’s goddaughter, Katie, a radar operator on the Greenpeace ship

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Castile Soap Shampoo And Hair Rinse DIY Recipes

Castile Soap Shampoo And Hair Rinse DIY Recipes

I have used both DIY products for years and love them.  It does take some adjustment as these are not commercial products that are full of stuff you that is not good for your body or hair. There are thousands of recipes on-line for shampoo for hair rinse, these are simple and effective. These are the recipes I use.

 

Castile Soap Shampoo: NOT FOR USE ON COLORED TREATED HAIR

OK, I confess, I don’t measure this recipe anymore, but I have made it a long time and can eye-ball the amounts to use.

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To Love a Texas Cowboy by Julie Benson

to love a texas cowboy

 

A Town Wishing Well!

A Town Legend!

A Hero To Die For

 

Wishing, Texas has a wishing well; but legend says it only works if the wish is for someone else.  Aubrey Rogers makes a wish for her brother to have the kind of marriage he deserves, a happy marriage.

 

In the prologue we are introduced to Ty, Zane, Cooper and A.J, friends and pals from their first meeting at Texas A&M.  This book is the beginning of a series of each of these exceptional men.

 

This book is the tale of Ty Bennett, Ella a six-year-old left parent-less, and her Aunt Cassie.  Ty was left as Ella’s financial guardian and her Aunt Cassie has custody.

 

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Bright Morning Star: Western Historical Romance Series (Western Wives Book 4) by Janet Biery

Bright Morning Star

Powerful Emotions

Powerful Story

Will Be Your Favorite Author

The journey west continues in the latest installment of Western Wives books by Janet Biery.   This story is told from Claire’s point of view. Claire is young, spoiled, vain, and immature as she starts this journey, it is our privilege to watch Claire grow into a mature adult by the time her journey ends.

 

All of Ms. Biery’s stories are full of emotion and this story is no exception. You will feel every emotion available before the end of the book, from envy, sadness, joy, and even the urge to smack Claire.

 

This was a hard journey for everyone with endless perils and dangers whether it was from inexperience or

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The Rancher and the Renegade (The Three Goddesses Series Book 2) by Jackson D’Lynne

the rancher and the renegade

 

Time Travel Western Romance

Humorous, You Will Laugh And Laugh

Awful Evil Villains And A Hunky Cowboy

This is the second book in The Three Goddesses series. Perez Cantana, the incorporeal spirit imprisoned in a pocket watch by three sister Goddesses until he completes three missions, is back in action for mission number two.

 

It can be read as a stand-alone book.  I did feel I would have understood the circumstances a little better had I read the first book, which I plan to do. It did not take away from my enjoyment of the book.

 

Sergeant Marisol Sanchez is a DEA Agent under cover as things go wrong on her mission and she sent to

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A Radical Arrangement by Jane Ashford

a radical arrangement

 

How Do Like Romance Wrapped In Mystery

 

Romance, Mystery, All Wrapped In One Love Story

 

Jane Ashford, as author of this book, has created another wonderful Regency Romance.  She is a seasoned writer with many books to her credit.

 

Margaret Mayfield is a typical gentle young woman of her day; repressed, timid, naive, totally controlled by her overbearing mother and father, totally unaware of what was happening outside her narrow world of parties, teas, and socials.  Her life is ruled by the standards of the day.

 

Sir Justin Keigley is the opposite of Margaret. He promotes progressive legislature and improvements for

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Dylan’s Faith by T. K. Chapin

Dylan's Faith

 

Do you Like Strong Men?

Do Like Men Overcoming Up bringing?

A Novel of Faith And Love

 

This is the first book by Mr. Chapin I have read; I can assure you it is not my last. What a wonderful story.

 

Dylan is reviewing his life as he sits on his porch, thinking of the love of his life, and his family;  what a story it is. No, he is not famous, he is not in society, he is not a leader of the country, he’s not important at all; he is just a God-fearing, God-loving country boy, a Christian man who was far from perfect as all of us are.

 

I found the analogy of the flaws in his woodcraft so like our lives as Christian’s; imperfect like his wood yet still beautiful, living in the love of God and his forgiveness. I thought Mr. Chapin’s portrayal of Dylan’s life so realistic, Christian but still doing things God would not love, still sinning, still flawed, but assured of God’s love and even though God does not love the sin, he still loves the sinner.

 

Mr. Chapin shows so aptly that we are still sinners; the difference, we as Christians are forgiven. Dylan walks the walk as well as talks the talk, yet he is far from perfect. You could feel Dylan’s faith

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Never Die Alone by Lisa Jackson

Never die alone

 

 

Powerful, Full Of Action

Murder Of Twins

 

This is the first book in this series I have read, I did not feel I needed to read the others first, it is a stand-alone novel. This one was very good; I will be reading the others.

 

From the first paragraphs this book is a heart stopping “full on action” murder story. A serial killer is on the loose in Louisiana and he’s having fun with twins on their 21st birthday, lots of macabre fun.

 

The action never lets up. It is a sit on the edge of your seat book that will make you wonder if people like this really exist, if so, God protect us. Author Lisa Jackson has an amazing imagination and an amazing

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Midnight on the Mississippi by Mary Ellis

 

Nicki Price is 25 ymidnight on the mississippiears old, and comes from a poor country family; freshly graduated from PI school and ready to help her cousin Nate with his PI business.   She presents a case for her services to Nate; he’s not buying, that is, until his client over rules him.

 

Nate has a rich society client charged with murdering his partner and doesn’t want Nicki in the way.  Nicki is attracted to said accused murderer, Hunter Galen and ready to ply her trade of private investigator.

 

Hunter is not just a privileged society boy, he is a hard-working, hard playing high-powered stock trader that loves the risk, and it doesn’t hurt that he is as handsome as sin in the Big Easy.  He is prime suspect number one in the murder of his crooked partner.

 

He also has a spoiled society “almost” fiancee.  The dance of attraction and love between Hunter and Nicki begins. It will not be without twists and turns, then more turns, nor is it a smooth ride, mysteries, murders new and old, blackmail, vengeful almost fiancée, and the games people play.  We watch Hunter learn to see the world through

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Recipe for DIY Grass and Weed Killer(really anything it is sprayed on)

Actually this will kill anything you spray it on, so be CAREFUL not to let the spray hit something you do not want to kill.

You will need:

sprayer

1 gal of white vinegar

2 cups of Epson Salt

1/4 cup of Dawn Blue Original Dish Soap

I heat the vinegar in the microwave, then pour in the epson salt and stir until melted.  The original recipe did not say to do this, but I found the epson salt plugged up my sprayer if I didn’t melt the salt. It is a little hard to dissolve, get the vinegar hot and it melts well.  Pour vinegar salt mixture into sprayer, lastly pour in dish soap to keep the bubbles down.

I have found this is a good alternate to roundup and so much cheaper.  You can find the epson salt on amazon cheaper than buying the small boxes/bags in town, the vinegar is really inexpensive at Sams Club.  I buy 4-6 two packs at a time we use so much vinegar at our house.

I don’t know where this recipe came from originally, but if anyone knows the original site, please let me know and I will give credit to the original poster.  I think everyone desires credit for their work and will be glad to do so.  The photo is from the University of California.

 

 

 

The President’s Shadow by Brad Meltzer

MysteriesThe President's Shadows abound in this novel.

 

Brad Meltzer is a very talented author; he has done it again in the latest offering for our delight.  The Culpepper Ring is back in action, hints, clues and mysteries are left all along the story.

 

Tot is hospitalized and in a coma, Beecher is consumed with mysteries of his father’s death, his old military unit and the White House, buried arms clutching­­­­­­­­­ something in the fist found in the Rose Garden of all places, and who was the insider that helped the culprit, a friends betrayal, Nico a psychotic killer and assassin has escaped the mental institution, Nico’s cancer ridden daughter Clementine, what’s she after?

 

The Knights of the Golden Circle what are they and why are they orchestrating events behind the scene and what is the final result they want?  Does the President really want Beecher to investigate and solve the mysteries; conspiracies abound. Beecher and the President are not friends and not quite the ultimate enemies; they could be described as frenemies; barely civil on the outside, killing enemies on the inside.

 

The President has sworn to destroy the Culpepper Ring along with Beecher; Beecher knows the President’s long buried secret that can destroy him. George Washington created the Culpepper Ring to

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Hello Everyone

This week I am in Raleigh NC with my hubby, attending a conference for his job.

I am reading a wonderful book by Brad Meltzer. If you like a good political thriller, then Meltzer is your man.  Murder, old secrets, a President that is not fit for job he is so disgusting, political intrigue, a secret organization, betrayal by friends, this book has it all.  I hope to finish it either today or tomorrow and will post asap.

I hope to post a recipe for the round up I use on Friday. I found it on the internet, but can not remember the site it was on.  It works very well.  If anyone recognizes the recipe and it is yours or you know the site it came from, let me know and I will post credit.

I am trying a new DIY toothpaste also, I don’t want to post this until I have tried it for a few months as it is supposed to cure cavities, yes, you read that right, well, we will see as I have one a tooth.

I am off to read some more of the Meltzer book.

 

 

 

 

 

The Vault by Karen Long

The Vault

 

 

Powerful, Suspense, Mystery, Murder

 

If you like all the above, this book has it all!

 

 

Story Line:

DI Eleanor Raven is back in action after a harrowing escape from a mad man in book 1 and the relationship with her new partner Detective Laurence Whitefoot is strained.

 

He knows a few things about Eleanor; Eleanor has secrets, deep dark secrets that she hides. Eleanor is also struggling to overcome the horror she went through six months ago.

 

A body is found in the dump after a fire and it’s a little strange, so strange Mackenzie Webber, a landfill

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How Would You Like To Be: Bayou Bound by Linda Joyce

Bayou Bound

 

Family Dynamics

Feuds, Secrets, Manipulation

Love

Bayou Bound has it all!

 

Nicholas Trehan and Biloxi Dutrey’s families have a long-standing feud, and in the South feuds are righteous to the old guard.   The feud will have great impact on Nick and Biloxi’s relationship.

 

I understood that author, Linda Joyce, knew the south when I read the sentence, “a come-to-Jesus meeting”, for only in the south can that statement have such monumental meaning.

 

This is a story about families; family dynamics, family secrets, family history, family manipulation, family love, families that stand against all odds, and the love of two people who can bind those two families back together.

 

Ms. Joyce has a knack for hitting southern families dynamics right on the head of the nail.  She definitely understands long-standing feuds and the damage they can do.   She also understands that times change,

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Secrets at Maple Syrup Farm by Rebecca Raisin

secrets at maple syrup farm

 

Mystery, Ghosts, Community

 

Healing, Growth, Love

 

This is a wonderful story.

 

Story Line:

Lucy, 28, and her mother live in Detroit and have always been travelers; on to the next adventure until her mother became ill. As her mother lays in a hospital bed she has a request she makes of Lucy, a promise Lucy does not want to make, but must for her mothers peace of mind.

 

The request is for Lucy to quit her job, get on the first bus out town without looking at the destination, and spend a year working and saving money; she then wants Lucy to apply to the Van Gogh Institute of Paris for an art scholarship.

 

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Wild Thunder by Cassie Edwards

Wild Thunder

 

Handsome, hunky, Potawatomis Indian

Freedom, Love And Evil

 

Story Line:

Hannah Kody is a fiercely independent 18-year-old tomboy that is tall and lanky.  Hannah does not consider herself a beauty.   She craves freedom and wants to control her own destiny without parental or sibling interference.

 

Trying to tame her nature, her parents placed her in a nunnery.  Plotting to return home, her parents arrive to send Hannah to her brother, Chuck.  Hannah needs to be his eyes, he is going blind on his ranch in the Kansas territory.

 

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The Orchard At The Edge Of Town By Shirlee McCoy

the orchard at the edge of town

 

What A Hoot!

You Will Love This Novel

I Laughed And Laughed Through This Book!

 

Story Line:

Aunt Rose’s house in Apple Valley Washington is a hideaway for Apricot Miller.  Apricot is running from a groom that didn’t know what fidelity meant; well maybe not running, when her old truck, King Henry III,  gave up the ghost and died on the side of the road, Apricot pulled her 1940 Schwinn out of the trailer attached to old Henry and pedaled off in her pink wedding gown.

 

Don’t you just the name for her truck!  What a beginning to this novel.  I could see her wedding gown and all peddling for all she was worth.

 

So, Apricot was pedaling her way to Apple Valley Washington, which is just the beginning of Apricot’s adventure in Apple Valley Washington. She peddles into an almost arrest for B&E at Aunt Roses empty house, meet her cantankerous neighbor and that handsome Deputy Simon Baylor.

 

Characters, Plotting And Development:

The cast of characters in Apple Valley never ends, gossips runs rampant, some are just odd, some eccentric, and some just plain crazy, oh the life of a small town.  Author Shirlee McCoy betrayed small town life so well with all its quirks.

 

Apricot is not what she seems, rather than being a fruit cake in a dingy pink wedding dress, she is a millionaire owner of an herbal company;  Apricot childhood was very unconventional; she was reared by hippies and an Aunt that was an original DIY herbalist.

 

She craves consistency, peace, quiet, and structure. Something she never had as child.  Guess what, she doesn’t get it in nosy, gossipy, interfering Apple Valley either.  This story was a riot!

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Nine Buck’s Row by Jennifer Wilde writing as T. E. Huff

Nine Buck row

 

Jack The Ripper

Victorian London’s East Side

Evil, Mystery, Adventure, and Love

 

Author Jennifer Wilde has created this story in London’s east side which in the reign of Queen Victoria was a hell hole, during the day it was relatively safe.  At night evil reigned supreme, from young bucks looking for fun to the new evil of the murderer called the Ripper.

 

The Ripper kills silently, efficiently and very brutally.  Ms. Wilde’s descriptions of the east side were so vivid I could see each street and the activities taking place; I could see the trash and offal, I could almost smell the odors.

 

The heroine of the story is Susannah; she lives in the east side with her Aunt Marietta until her Aunt is violently killed.  Susannah moves in with Margaret, a distant cousin of Marietta’s; our hero Nicholas Craig, who is wealthy, sullen, cold, distant, and has a strange occupation of creating statistics lives temporarily with his Aunt Margaret until he completes his book of statistics.

 

Aunt Margaret also has a strange boarder, Mr. Lord, in her attic.  The stage is set for this murder mystery.  The Ripper is running a muck in London’s East Side and Susannah is trying to solve the mystery of her guardian, Ms. Margaret’s house on Nine Buck Row, and fighting her attraction to Nicholas; attraction which runs both ways.

 

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Be Careful What You Kiss For By Jane Lynne Daniels

Be careful what you kiss for

 

“The Do Over”  Do You Really Want It?

Paranormal Romance, One of the Best

 

Author Jane Daniels has crafted a story on the premise that many of us have wished for at some point in our life, get “the do over”, to do things differently than we did the first time.

 

However we never think about the circumstances or repercussions of the “do over”.  Do we really want a “do over”,  I think you should ask Tensley for her opinion.

 

Story Line:

Tensley’s ,( a business woman),  love life just never seems to jell, it started in high school with her first love

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High Country Spring Las Morenas #3 by Genevieve Turner

high country spring

 

Hunky Cowboy

Independent Woman

A Mercantile Marriage

 

 

Story Line:

Franny Morena is one of the heirs to the Morena Ranch; her father has spoiled her by allowing her to work by his side in total disregard to societies rules of the day.  Her brother Juan, will take over the leadership role once their father retires.

 

Franny knows no fear and will not fit into the mold that her family and the ranch foreman Felipe desire.  Felipe has set himself as Franny’s protector, watching over her in secret to keep her from harm of her own obstinate ways.

 

She wants to work the ranch; to use her abilities, Franny can run the ranch as well as any man.

From the first few page author, Genevieve Turner, created a character in Felipe that has a big problem he would deny if confronted.   He’s attracted to Franny and he knows he can never fit into her life.

 

He is on the outside looking in, sitting at the table but never sleeping in the big house, always the hired hand never the son.  Ms. Turner gave us a look at class distinction in 1903, but this was overcome by Ms. Turner as the story progressed.  Neither will he admit that he is close to loving Franny.

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A Bride At Last by Jagears, Melissa

A bride at Last

 

A Homeless Child

The School Teacher That Loves Him

And A Hunky Hero

 

 

Story Line:

Kate Dawson, resident school teacher,cares for Lucy Riverton and her young son Anthony, in Missouri 1885.  The Rivertons live in poverty in a run down boarding house and Lucy is dying.  Lucy ran from two husbands.

 

According to Lucy, husband number one, Silas Jonesey a farmer, treated her like a work horse and

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Refining Fire by Peterson, Tracie

Refining Fire

 

Seattle 1889

Two With Faith, Two Without

Human Trafficking

 

This is the 2nd book in the Brides of Seattle Series; it is a stand alone read. This book was a joy to read and review.

 

Story Line:

Militine is a very bitter young woman in 1889 Seattle Washington. She has turned her back on God.  Her best friend Abrianna Cunningham is the adopted daughter of the prioress of the Madison Bridal School, very religious and zealous in her beliefs, to the point of being obnoxious at times.

 

Both young women live at the Madison Bridal School of Seattle.  Militine has a past that she is running from and what better place to hide than the Bride School. Abrianna is a little general and

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The Midwife’s Tale by Delia Parr

the Midwife's Tale

 

 

Christian Fiction

 

 

 

 

STORY LINE:

Martha Cade is a midwife in 1830 Pennsylvania. She is excellent at her job. However her world is about to spin out of control and the events will test her faith in herself, community, and her deep faith in God.

 

After a delivery she receives word that her 17-year-old daughter Victoria has run away with a theater troupe. Martha immediately goes in search of her daughter leaving her home and obligations behind. Martha will return home without her daughter to face the town she left 3 months earlier.

 

She will find things have changed during her fruitless journey.  Martha feels shame and deep anger over

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Night of the Living Demon Slayer by Angie Fox

Book Review

This is the 7th book of this series and the first one I have read. I did not feel I was lost by beginning with number 7.  I will be reading the earlier books now that I have had a taste of night of the living demon slayerAngie Fox work.

This is not your normal paranormal romance story.   Lizzie Brown is a demon slayer; she  has a talking Dog name Pirate, a toddler dragon she calls Flappy, a Granny that is a witch and part of a spell casting witch biker gang that recruits at the senior citizens home,  her husbands Dimitri is a (hot with a capital H) griffin, whom by the way, she has a thing for, a necromancer friend Carpenter that needs help in New Orléans, and a cast of assorted odd, quirky, and unconventional characters.   Carpenter had no idea what he’s getting into when he asked for Lizzie’s help, suddenly he has the witch senior citizen biker gang helping as well and traveling not only on their bikes but with a school bus full of witch stuff.  Off the entire band

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Secondhand Bride by Nancy Warren

Book Review

Ashley Carnarvon has always been the poor relation of the very rich Carnarvon family.  She lives with her unwed mother, Melody Carnarvon, on the largess of the Carnarvons; living on Secondhand Bridehand-me-downs and a home provided by the Carnarvons.  Her life is aimless partying with her friend and lover of ten years, Eric Von Hoffendam, working enough for spending money, and living on the outside of the ultra rich, never invited inside their world to their parties or tables.  Suddenly Eric proposes and somehow she’s engaged to a very rich aimless young man. She felt something was a little off;  his parents, Grace and Charles, welcomed Ashley and her mother with open arms and can’t seem to get them married fast enough. The Carnarvons loan Ashley a  used “Evanageline Wedding Dress” worth thousands of dollars.  It seems cursed as the seamstress cursed the dress after Evanageline criticized her work; Cousin Ted’s bride never got to wear it, as Ted chose an older woman

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The Gem (The Malloy Family) by Beth Williamson

Book Review

This book is part of a series; it can be read as a stand alone.

Miss Charlotte Marie Chastain, better known as Charlie, is not your ordinary frock wearing, every hair in the gemplace female.  Miss Charlie is just a little odd and a  tomboy of the first order; she does everything she can to not appear weak, dependent or female, wears pants, hunts, and swears like no-bodies business. Charlie has a hidden trauma that has cast shadows over her life and made her what she has become.  Elijah (Eli) Sylvester, better known as Fixit around the fort because he can fix anything is considered slow, dim, a throwaway by most except Charlie. Eli spent his whole life being bullied.  Eli is not slow nor dimwitted, he is actually very smart though shy, and he is Charlies best friend.   Eli has loved Charlie for years; Charlie is clueless.  That is, until she walks in on Eli naked.  Wowzer, that was an eye opener for Charlie, both physically and mentally.  Watching Charlie blooms from an unaware, emotionally stunted, awkward teenager in a 25 yr old body was amazing.  Growing pains are hard in the teenage years, but for a 25 yr old this was especially hard; the trauma Charlie hides has stunted her emotional and

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Chasing Victory by Joanne Jaytanie

Chasing Victory

 

Paranormal Romance

 

Super Soldiers, Super Men

 

Full Of Action

 

Chasing Victory is an action packed paranormal romance book containing a cast of characters,  with and without paranormal abilities. It is rich in military SOCOM ops, science experiments to create super soldiers, human and animal DNA sequencing, kidnapping, murder, telepathy, hot love, and more.

 

Author Joanne Jaytanie catches your attention from the first chapter with a brutal murder and the action keeps coming with romance thrown in to rev up the action.  Victory Winters is on the run after seeing an old boyfriend and colleague, Jeffery Maxwell,  killed; one of

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How to Make Favored Water Recipe For Pennies

Since it is so HOT,  I thought I would post an excellent drink you can make and it taste go good. I will also be reviewing about 13 books in the coming weeks from different genre.oranges-1117498_640

YOU WILL NEED:

1.  1 glass jug or whatever you have that can hold at least 1/2 to 1 gal of liquid. I use glass because of my chemical sensitivity.

2.  1 orange ( I use Naval Oranges from the box store, they were huge).  You do not have to use the entire orange, I use about 4-5 slices of a large naval orange. Store rest in refrigerator for use later.  Use organic if available for all the fruit in the recipe as they are better for you.

3.  1-2 lemons (it really depends on how much lemon you like or leave out if you like)

4.  l medium to large sprig of mint(doesn’t matter which flavor, just whatever you like, personally,  I grow

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Gambling on the Outlaw, A Nevada Bounty Novel by Margaret Madigan

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A Band Of Misfit Women

 

A Good Man Framed

 

A Villain Most Foul

 

Beth Caldwell is the widow of a gambling man; she was always at his side except for the day he died. Widowed, serving as a lowly paid midwife, Beth Caldwell has problems of major proportions.

 

She lives on her small ranch with a cast of women misfits, the neighboring very rich rancher, Clay Dearborn, wants to marry her for her land and doesn’t want the misfits; a gambling friend is holding a $5,000.00 marker of her husbands and wants his money, and to just finish off a really bad day, she finds a

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Five Days in Skye by Carla Yvonne Laureano

Book Review

This is a romance set in beautiful Scotland.  Andrea Sullivan is a professional hospitality consultant; she is good at her job but on her last consultation she rebuffed a clients advances.   Andrea feels she is being punished when her boss sends her to Scotland and international acclaimed Chef James MacDonald on a consulting job.

 

Andrea is obsessed with her job and redeeming herself after the last fiasco.  Both characters are strong independent career minded people.  Andrea keeps seeing James as a man with ulterior motives. All  James wants is to open a hotel in Scotland that he did not get to open with his father before he passed and to become close to Andrea.

 

The book begins with a funny meeting between Andrea and James, that just made me howl.  What follows is a ramp thru beautiful Scotland.  The author, Carla Yvonne Laureano’s descriptions of Scotland were so vivid I could see each scene she

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Hello World

How is everyone on this HOT HOT Wednesday?

I am late with this week’s review because the book I was reviewing had editing problems. Soooooo, I gave up, it was too distracting. Good story but pages were in the wrong places and other things.

I have started a new book and hope to have it up before the week ends.

Stay cool, remember to hydrate as much as possible in this heat.

Wear light color clothing (at least thats what my mama always said)

Remember our pets are just as hot as we are, leave them plenty of water and place them in a shaded area if you cannot bring them inside. Check on them frequently and, as always,  have your vets phone number handy in case it is needed.

 

Second Helpings At The Serve You Right Cafe by Tilia Klebenov Jacobs

Book Review

Emet is the chef at the Second Helpings At The Serve You Right Cafe, he is also an ex-con released after 10 years spent in the Big House for manslaughter.  Eden Rose, a reformed alcoholic, is Emet’s boss and fount of 2nd helpings at th serve youwisdom.  Eden Rose’s one liners were wonderful and full of sage advice. I loved them.

 

She befriends everyone and dispenses her brand of wisdom and help.  Emet has met someone he wants to date, Mercedes; he has a dilemma how does he tell her he is an ex-con.

 

Mercedes has her own problems, her mom left Mercedes and her brother Clay her house when she moved into assisted living.  Mercedes promised that Clay could always stay in the house.  Clay, is a good for nothing low life junkie that does not work nor does he want to work; dope is his life.

 

Mercedes is moving out and leaving Clay in the house, and Clay is livid.  Clay doesn’t want to lose his

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Beauty and the Rake (The Rookery Rogues #3)by Erica Monroe

 

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This is the third book of the Rookery Rogues, but can be read as a stand alone.

Beauty and The Rake is the first of this series I have read.  Author Erica Monroe has created a wonderful take on the old fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast.  This is a different type of Victorian novel as it does not involve nobles nor people of quality.  I found this very refreshing.

 

Abigail and Inspector Michael Strickland are definitely not from the noble class. Abigail Vautille lives in impoverishment in the poorest area of Whitechapel. Life is an exhausting business in the

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His Blushing Bride by Dani Collins

Book Review

Piper Tierney is a music teacher in the small town of Marietta; she has a few issues.   Although she is a beauty, she has a birth mark on her face that has always made her feel inferior and insecure due to the cruelty she endured during childhood.

 

Then her world is turned up side down when Sebastian Bloom moved into her parents home for his sister wedding while her parents are traveling abroad.

The sparks fly between Piper and Bastian, as he prefers.  He is very worldly, rich and very attracted to Piper.  Piper is a  24 yr old repressed small town virgin that never dated until college and very little then.

 

She is the girl that’s always ready to help with the latest school project; filling her life with busy.  The sexual tension and love scenes in this book are very intense.  Bastian must

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A Minor Shift by Tabitha Conall

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Shifter Novella

 

 

 

 

Bowie Garrison is a lion shifter and he has an obsession, its’ name is Eva.   His lion is loose after Eva refuses his attentions. Their first kiss is earth-shaking and Bowie marks her with his scent.

 

Eva, is a jaguar shifter, and  is not ready for a mate; her career is first now.  Eva had seen what trying to have a mate, a family,  and a career had done to her mother.   Eva will find that with Bowie she can have it

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How To Make DIY Hairspray with lemons or oranges

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As I promised:

following is my do it yourself (DIY) hairspray.  No, it’s not commercial hairspray that is full of bad stuff for your hair and it wont hold a Mack truck in place.  It is an alternative spray. I love it.  I use the lemons in my recipe as I have grey hair, if you have dark hair use oranges. There are many recipes on the internet for DIY hairspray. I found this one on diynatural.com. This site has many wonderful recipes you can make and I have found their recipes are reliable and their information is accurate.

Recipe for Hairspray from diynatural.com

You will need:

1 orange for dark hair or lemon for light hair(organic if possible)

2 cups distilled or filtered water

2-3 tablespoons of high-proof vodka or a clear gain alcohol(the first time I went to the ABC Store I almost crawled in and out of the store, I had never been in an ABC Store. I felt as if everyone in my community was watching me)  🙂 🙂

6-8 drops of lavender essential oil(100% essential not fragrance oils) I do use the any oils in my spray as I have multiple chemical sensitivity and any highly scented product will induce an asthma attack. THIS IS OPTIONAL

Now:

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Justified (Book 2 Mended Hearts Series) by Varina Denman

Justified

 

Contemporary Christian Novel

Fantastic Novel

 

Although this is Book 2 of the series, Mended Hearts,  it is a stand alone novel. However, I would suggest you read Jaded first, as it will give you an in-depth look at Trapp, its citizens and the Church in Trapp.

 

This story will take us back to Trapp, Texas, small town America and it’s still the same gossip laden town it was in Jaded.  To give you some background, Fawn Blaylock is trying to put her life back together.  Alone, pregnant, and almost penniless, she is befriended by Ruthie Turner and Ruthie’s family which includes JohnScott.  JohnScott will become a major part of this book.

 

Fawn’s daddy, Neil, is the richest man in Trapp and an hypocritical Christian. Fawn had lived the life of 

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Jaded by Varina Denman

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Trapp, Texas could be any town in America. We find a small town rift with gossip and deceit. In Trapp, Author Varina Denman shows us what happens when the Church forgets God is head of the Church and not man, and man circumvents the teachings of God.

STORY LINE:

This book is captivating. Author Varina Denman gives us the mom, Lynda Turner,  considered a tramp and turned out by the Church, the daughter Ruthie tarred with the same brush, the new single Preacher,  Dodd and his family, Ruthie’s cousin JohnScott who stood by Ruthie through thick and thin, the newly released convict Clyde convicted of statutory rape,  and of

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Holding Fire By Scott Hughes Short Stories of Self Destruction

BOOK REVIEW

I will admit I have on more than one occasion skipped the introduction to a book, I want to get to the meat Holding Fireof book, fast. I am glad I did not with this one, I started this book with a thoughtful mind in regards to vengeance, holding on to it and its self-destructive traits.

Running with Guilt by Maggie Stancu was proof of the old adage if you seek revenge, go ahead and dig two graves, one for them and one for you.  Ms. Stancu proved this adage in this story and did so very well.

 

The victim kills Vic’s sister. Vic wanted revenge for her sister death. Vic found she was not as cold-blooded as she thought, she had a conscience.

 

Dog Eat Dog by Joy Meenah.  Ms. Meenah certainly proved that vengeance is a two-sided sword. Pam is the supervisor from hell. She demoralized the office. She had a secret agenda.  Pam found she had met her match in the lowly employee, Elaine.  Elaine is much more than she seemed. Ms. Meenah did such a

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Rescuing An Angel By Ann Jacobs

Book Review

Contemporary Romance

After a very trying surgery Dan Newman, surgeon, literally bowled over Gayla Levin in the hospital hallway. Rescuing an Angel All Gayla wanted to do was deliver an envelope to her estranged domineering father Dr. Eli Levine; she is not happy to find herself laying on the floor.

 

Dan was immediately attracted to Gayle.  Gayle thinks all doctors have a “God complex” but still the attraction hits her.

 

Dan has a physical handicap, so much so, Dr Levine tried to persuade him not to become a surgeon.  Gayle’s handicap is not physical but emotional and mental.  Dan has overcome his handicap but just as in life, Dan is thrown a curse ball to overcome.

 

Gayle picked herself up out of the bottle and  pills to try to redeem her life, to make a difference in others lives, Dan can give the support she needs.  Mrs. Jacobs portrayed the sexual tension, frustration, and family discord very well.

 

The attraction between Dan and Gayle was fire hot. Their thoughts about each both could melt cold steel.  The love scenes burn up the pages.

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Hello World

I hope all of you are doing well on this wet Friday. Rain, Rain go away! As you see below I finished my latest book, sorry for the delay, we were all over everywhere this week with doctors and therapy. I hope you enjoy the review.  The book was very good. I will be reviewing a horror anthology next week. So get ready to be scared.

Nascar races this week, Yahoo!  Go Junior!!!!!!!

Have a great weekend.

Vera

Into The Land Of Darkness By Kristy McCaffrey

Book Review

Ethan Barstow and  Kate Kinsella are looking for the same man, Ethan’s brother Charley, in this action into the land of shadowspacked western romance authored by Kristy McCaffrey.  They are under several misconceptions.

 

Kate’s looking for Charley Barstow to return him to his pregnant fiancé, Agnes. Kate mistakenly thinks Ethan is a killer and outlaw per Charley’s drunken ramblings. Ethan is looking for his brother Charley to mend fences and make peace. From conversations in town, Ethan thinks Kate is Charley’s fiancé.

 

They decide to continue the hunt together after an action packed rescue of Kate by Ethan.  This story features two very strong people who believe the worse of each other, but know in their hearts it can’t be true.

 

Author Kristy McCaffrey gives us raging river crossings, outlaws as Kate stated “the most inept outlaws ever”, mysterious appearances of  Joe the Indian,  a wolf called Bart is there when needed, attacks by Indian children, good and evil spirits, and attraction between two main characters that grows day by day until there is nothing to do but give in.

 

Kristy McCaffrey kept the story moving with a good plot, and sub-characters and lots of action.  The story has more than a touch of the paranormal that was very enjoyable and added flavor to the plot, as well as the mystery.  I

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Hello Everyone

I started a new book today.  Due to doctors appointments the next several days, I can’t post my review as quickly. I will post as soon as possible.

Nascar race was good yesterday.  My boy, Junior did not do very well, but, hey, that’s ok he’s still my man.  Just one time I would love for the radio announcers to call the televised race. I love how excited the radio broadcasters get calling the race, can you imagine seeing what they call! No, I can’t put the radio on the tv, it’s too big and it would drive me crazy to hear the race from one part of the room and see it in another.

I need to make more shampoo and hair conditioner, I will post those recipes soon. I also make a good hair spray, very simple and works great for pennies rather than dollars. I will so post a few sites for lots of DIY recipes.

 

It is time to make my DIY weed killer, works great, I will also post that soon. Only thing I have found it will not kill is poison oak and sumac.  Boy, poison oak and sumac are tough.

Will post again soon

vera

 

 

Silk and Scars by Cassandra Dean

Book Review

This story begins in London and Devon in 1845. Gwen is employed by Lord Beecham in the London law Silk and Scars by Cassandra Deanfirm that handles legal matter for the Edward, Duke of Sowrith. She mistakenly mixes a personal letter in with correspondence to Edward.

 

Thus begins the writing friendship of Gwen and Edward. The letters flow back and forth for over a year.  In these letters each show their fears.  Edward reveals he is physically scarred and for this reason he rarely leaves Devon , where is he accepted. Gwen reveals her fear for the health and well- being of her parents and how she longs for home.

 

Author Cassandra Deans descriptions were so vivid I could easily see the scene described; whether it was the tors and moors described by Edward or setting the scene of reading Gwen’s and Edward’s letters.

 

Edward demands Lord Beecham and his scribe Gwen come to Devon immediately, after Gwen wrote of an incident occurring at the firm. Edward and Gwen would finally

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An Elaborate Hoax by Shirley Marks

Book Review

Mr. David Cavanaugh has a problem. His Grandmother has been on her death-bed several times; she elaborte hoaxwanted him married with heirs before she died. He invented a family, then she miraculously recovered.

He kept up the ruse to keep her healthy and happy. On her death-bed again, David must produce his family. Mrs. Penny Parker is just what he needs, along with his niece and nephew as his children. This begins the tale of David and Penny.

 

David’s idea of caring for his grandmother is writing to her not providing his companionship.
David is rather dense when it comes to women and their emotions or how to deal with either. Author Shirley Marks portrayed him as rather out of touch, in his words, he never seemed to do the right thing. Is David correct, are his grandmothers servants ease-dropping on their every word? Did everyone really believe his hoax family really existed?

 

Mrs. Penny Parker takes on the task of moving David from standing back and watching life, to becoming involved in the everyday world of family life. As with many gentlemen of his time period, they did not take

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Hello World

Hi everyone,
Finally its Saturday. I watched the Xfinity Nascar Race today from Dover. It was a good race. Looking forward to tomorrows race with the big boys. GO JUNIOR. yes I am one of the Junior Nation!
Finished my latest book, Finally His Bride, the review follows.
My next book is a little longer than some, it will take me a little longer to read, but it sounds like a goody.
See ya next time.
vera

Finally His Bride (Montana Born Brides Book 4) by Maisey Yates

Book Review

Luke is a man on overload when he enters Grays’ Bar and sees his friend Melanie hitting on a stranger. He Finally His Brideis dealing with a lot in his life now; his unmarried sister and Becket from Montana Born Brides Book 3 are pregnant. He thinks his business partner has stolen money, he needs to get laid but doesn’t hook up in his hometown; his life is going down the tubes, and his friend Melanie doing something totally out of character.

 

His Melanie was a delicate flower abused physically by her father as child; not this woman dressed to seduce and looking to hook up. So begins the story of Luke and Melanie, two people with issues, they have a lot to work out before they find that happy ever after.

 

Luke had always been Melanie’s protector, why is she so suddenly appealing sexually . Melanie had always wanted Luke. She wasn’t waiting any longer.  A dance of attraction begins. This book runs the gauntlet of emotions; physical and emotional abuse, dyslexia, fears of commitment, family issues, and low self-esteem. Author Maisey Yates did a great job of depicting the fear and

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Sarah’s Heart and Passion by Ginger Simpson

Sarah's Heart and Passion

 

 

 

 

Western romance full of emotion

 

 

Author Ginger Simpson has crafted a western romance full of emotion.  Get out the hankies because this one is a tearjerker.

 

STORY LINE:

On the Santa Fe Trail, Sarah awakes to a nightmare. Indians have attacked the wagon train on which she is traveling from Independence to California.  Sarah was running from a forced marriage after her parent’s death. Everyone on the wagon train is dead except for Sarah and another traveler Molly. Sarah will become much stronger than she ever thought possible.  Sarah does her best to treat Molly’s injuries, but Molly does not survive.  Sarah dresses as a man and heads out, leaving a wounded Indian Gray Wolf, on the side of trail.  Later she is rescued by Gray Wolf.  This is the beginning of an emotionally story-line.

Come join them for a journey of discovery, love, desperation, prejudice and surprises.

 

CHARACTERS, PLOTTING AND DEVELOPMENT:

The Author Ginger Simpson’s character development and descriptive writing was intense.  The author sets a scene of graphic horror.  The opening of the story was very powerful for me, as I could see the devastation, as she stumbles around the wagon train; Ginger Simpson’s writing was very vivid .  Sarah meets many mishaps: hunger, heat, stampeding basin, an injured Indian, and snakebite.

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Montana Man by DeAnn Smallwood

Montana Man

 

 

 

 

Ben spent 4 yrs in Yuma Prison; aptly name “Hell Hole”. Those years turned him from a boy to a very bitter man, imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit.

 

He had received treatment within those walls no one should have to endure. His one driving need is to prove himself innocent & seek revenge. After release he is near death on the banks on the river. Wisteria is a spinster caring for her widowed brother’s child, Robin.

 

Wisteria’s brother sent for her under devious means then left her alone with the baby in near poverty. Baby Robin just made me want to smile. Author DeAnn Smallwood created a wonderful character in Baby Robin; she brought a wonderful element to this story. Wisteria finds Ben, sick, fevered, and unconscious, nurses him back to

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Unconquerable Callie by DeAnn Smallwood

Book Review

This is a wonderful western with Callie as the heroine. Her spinster Aunt Bertha, who late in life has Unconquerable Callierecently married, raised Callie. The new husband has a nephew, who needs a wife. Aunt Bertha thinks Callie needs a husband.

 

Callie is a woman out of step with the time; she is smart, stubborn, independent, and determined. She refused to fit the mold of the day, so she runs away to find her dream, a bakery in South Pass Wyoming.

 

Woven thru this story are the realities of crossing to the west on a wagon train; this is the story of one of those crossings. Only strong men and women survived the trip, Callie is one of those women. Callie grows into a strong woman who has a smart mind that earned the respect of her fellow travelers.

 

Her opinions were respected and sought out. The way west was harsh, Callie became a woman who met each challenge as well as any man as she faces, raging rivers, heat, unforgiving terrain, disease, and Indians, earning the respect and love of the Seth, the wagon captain.

 

What a character in Callie, author DeAnn Smallwood created. I chuckled as I read some of Callie’s antics in dealing as a woman in a mans world. I thought I would howl when Seth was oh so

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Heart of the Hawk by Justine Davis

This book is a historical western romance with a paranormal twist, very well done by the Author Justine Heart of the HawkDavis.  Josh Hawk is a well-known gun fighter, the last of a long line of Hawks.

 

According to his grandfather a mysterious book will appear to the last Hawk when needed. This book is a history of the Hawk bloodline and prophesies the Hawk bloodline will never end. After the victim’s widow, Kate, rescues him from hanging proving her husband was not unarmed when he attacked Josh, the book suddenly appears in his saddlebag.

 

The widow, Kate, greatly abused by her husband, is left alone to run their general store. Josh feeling guilty decides to stay and help her. Between the book and his growing attraction

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Bride By Mistake By Nicole Helm

This contemporary love story features, good girl virgin Kaitlin and sad seed, bad boy, playboy, Beckett; two Bride by Mistakepeople who do everything they can to live up to what people think and want of them.

 

Good Girl Kaitlin has been in love with a fantasy, Carter, since elementary school; a fantasy that proposes to and marries her sister. Kaitlin is devastated. Both meet again at the wedding of rich fine reputation Carter and Wild sister Sierra. Beckett had always rubbed Kaitlin the wrong way, and she did her best to rub right back.

 

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Undercover Bride by Margaret Brownley

Undercover Bride

This is the 2nd book in a series and occurs after the Civil War. Can be read as a stand-alone.

 

Maggie Thomas is a Pinkerton Detective Agent under orders to either prove or disprove Garrett Thomas, father to Elise and Toby, is the Whistle Stop Bandit, while appearing as a delicate, charming, unassuming, ladylike mail-order bride Garrett ordered.

 

This is a little hard to carry out for out spoken, opinionated, independent

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At Home In Persimmons Hallow by Gerri Bauer

My first book review on my blog:

Author: Gerri Bauer

In 1886, Agnes Foster flees, St. Isidore’s Home, the only home she has ever known to find herself on a train bound for the frontier, Persimmon Hallow, Fl. At the behest of Miss Eunice and Fanny Alloway of Persimmon Hallow, Agnes is the new teacher.

 

Agnes was raised by nuns in an orphanage, and has a solid faith in God and is a devoted Catholic. Florida is a world away from the city and Catholic orphanage, but the teaching of Mother Superior was ingrained in Agnes, especially, her advice that preachiness is not Godliness and to not offer advice when it is not sought.

 

Mother Superiors advice to Agnes is sorely tested when she meets Seth Taylor. Seth is the Uncle to young Billy, whom Agnes agreed to watch over on the train until they reached

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Welcome World

Hello everyone!

Welcome to my blog. I will be reviewing books that I have read. I hope to find books that will also interest you as well. I hope to also post on lots of DIY projects and recipes in the future.

I am a reviewer for Reading Alley, Netgalley.com and post to OnlineReadingClub.org

THIS IS MY FIRST BLOG! We will publish this blog together, you with your comments, and I will implement your great comments and suggestions.

This blog is a work in progress, please bare with me, lots of great stuff will be coming! Bookmark me and return frequently for the latest.

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