Posts tagged with ‘review’
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Ride the Polar Express on the Mt. Hood Railroad (Oregon) Review
This was a review I posted back in 2012, and as far as I know, it is still happening. I invite you to check out the website for more information. Right after Thanksgiving, my family and I got to do something really special–ride the Polar Express! That’s right! I am a native Washingtonian, and I grew up knowing of Mt. […] -
“Shadows of Pain” by Ashley Dawn Book Review
Revenge is sweet…unless you are on the receiving end of it. “Do you know of anyone who would want…you dead?” Officer Daniel Jenkins was no stranger to the dangers his job posed but usually he knew who was trying to kill him. Being stalked was a completely different ball game, and he wasn’t sure there were any rules… “…I need […] -
“Challenging the Legacy” by Genie Gabriel Book Review
Super-mom Tallie O’Shea took on eight adopted children and built a legacy of compassionate justice with her policeman husband. When he is gunned down, she doesn’t think it’s an accident. Then a former lover shows up and the lies from her past start unraveling. As dangers explode around her, can Tallie set things right before everything she loves is destroyed? […] -
"Cinder" by Marissa Meyer
Summary: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by […] -
“Every Perfect Gift” by Dorothy Love Book Review
Book 3 in Dorothy Love’s Hickory Ridge Romance series. Ethan and Sophie long to share a future together. But the secrets they’re not sharing could tear them apart. Sophie Caldwell has returned to Hickory Ridge, Tennessee, after years away. Despite the heartaches of her childhood, Sophie is determined to make a home, and a name, for herself in the growing […] -
“No Safe Harbor” by Elizabeth Ludwig Review
She came to America searching for her brother. Instead all she’s found is a web of danger. Cara Hamilton had thought her brother to be dead. Now, clutching his letter, she leaves Ireland for America, desperate to find him. Her search leads her to a houseful of curious strangers, and one man who claims to be a friend–Rourke Walsh. Despite […] -
“Cairo:The Mother of the World” by Herbert L. Smith Book Review
Travel Narrative Title: Cairo: The Mother of the World Author: Herbert L. Smith Date Published: 2008 Cairo: The Mother Of The World explores the heart of a city that most tourists never see – an affectionate, humorous close-up of the aggregation that is Cairo, as well as an adventure among the streets, tombs, houses, and monuments that are the city […] -
“Beside the Still Waters” by Jacqueline T. Lynch Book Review
Four towns, gone. Dismantled slowly while their inhabitants grieve for a history and heritage that has been voted away from them. The present threatens; the future belongs to the fearless. “Beside the Still Waters” is a family saga based on an actual event which displaced four entire towns in central Massachusetts for the construction of a reservoir. Today, the Quabbin […] -
“The Breath of Dawn” by Kristen Heitzmann Book Review
“Heitzmann weaves a many-layered tale keep[ing] readers entertained and wondering when the next bit of drama will occur.” –Publishers Weekly Corporate turnaround specialist Morgan Spencer, dubbed the “success guru,” has a Midas touch in business. But losing his wife sent him to the brink, and his two-year-old daughter, Livie, is all he’s living for–until they encounter a woman whose trouble just […] -
“Angel’s Assassin” by Laurel O’Donell Book Review
Title: Historical Romance Author: Laurel O’Donnell Genre: Historical Romance Formats Available in: EPub, mobi, pdf Damien is an assassin, a man with no home and a tortured past. Sold into slavery as a young boy, he is trained to kill with cold calculation, without remorse. As a reward for his ruthless success, he is given a chance to earn his […]