Posts tagged with ‘review’

  • “River’s End” By Melody Carlson Book Review

    By Ruth on September 12, 2012
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    ABOUT RIVER’S END In the final story of The Inn at Shining Waters, Anna Larson’s granddaughter Sarah is beginning to find her independence. But her relationship with her parents suffers as a result and she travels away from all that is familiar. While the solace of the river calls Sarah back, surprises await upon her return. Three generations of family […]
  • “The Haven” by Suzanne Woods Fisher Book Review

    By Ruth on September 6, 2012
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    When Sadie Lapp steps off the bus in Stoney Ridge after being in Ohio for the winter, she is faced with a decision–one that goes against her very essence. Yet it’s the only way she can think of to protect a loved one. Schoolteacher Gideon Smucker has been crazy about Sadie since boyhood. But his response to her surprising decision […]
  • “Too Many Cooks” by Shirley Ann Wilder Book Review

    By Ruth on August 27, 2012
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    Bitter news leads a San Diego widow and widower to true love—and to a scheme to marry off their adult children, a plan that goes deliciously awry. Gaetano Lorenzo was the sweetest man that the widowed Estelle Bennett had ever met. That morning began terribly, with awful news, but now the owner and head chef of a local San Diego […]
  • “Train Station Bride” by Holly Bush Book Review

    By Ruth on August 26, 2012
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    Title: Train Station Bride Author: Holly Bush Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Book Baby Number of Pages: E Book, aprx 216 1887 Debutante, Julia Crawford endures a lifetime of subtle ridicule as the plump, silly daughter of a premiere Boston family. Julia strikes out on her own to gain independence, traveling to the Midwest to marry an aging shopkeeper and care […]
  • “White Lies” by Jeremy Bates Book Review

    By Ruth on August 20, 2012
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      About White Lies While driving to a charming village tucked away deep in the Cascade Mountains of eastern Washington, where she is to begin a new job teaching high school English, Katrina Burton picks up a young hitchhiker who turns out to be drunk and predatory. Fearful for her safety, she lies about her destination in order to get […]
  • “The Fairy Tale Bride” by Kelly McClymer Book Review

    By Ruth on August 19, 2012
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    ABOUT THE BOOK Miranda Fenster, known throughout society as the Fairy Tale Miss because she insists that happily ever afters are possible even amongst the arranged marriages of the Victorian aristocracy,  is on a mission. Her goal? To rescue her brother. Her adversary? Simon Watterly, Duke of Kerstone. A man who almost offered for her five years before. Simon has a […]
  • “Captain” by Thomas Block Book Review

    By Ruth on August 17, 2012
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    Author: Thomas Block Featuring the book: Captain CreateSpace (April 7, 2012) – 348 Pages Available in Paperback and Kindle ($16.99/$6.99) Action/Adventure/Thriller About the Author: Thomas Block has written a number of aviation-oriented novels, many which have gone on to acquire best-seller status in numerous countries. His novel writing began with the publication of “Mayday” in 1979. That novel was rewritten […]
  • “Colorado Silver, Colorado Gold” by Terry Irene Blain Book Review

    By Ruth on August 13, 2012
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    Synopsis: Socialite Juliette Lawson fled west from Philadelphia on a train and in disguise. In Colorado she’d be safe; she’d take work with her uncle at the Rio d’Oro, his smelting operation. Her actions back east had been wrong, but to protect her pregnant sister from scandal she would have done anything. Then she met a man as hungry for […]
  • “Kentucky Green” by Terry Irene Blain Book Review

    By Ruth on August 10, 2012
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    Synopsis: Daniel McKenzie was an army scout—quiet, capable, handsome…and utterly unwilling to be the trail guide April Williamson needed to reach Kentucky. The Indian attack at Blue Licks was but one bitter taste of the American frontier, a massacre that had taken her father just as cholera had taken her mother. But April would not give up on her dream. […]
  • “Love Finds You in Mackinac Island, Michigan” by Melanie Dobson Book Review

    By Ruth on August 4, 2012
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    As the Gilded Age comes to a close, Elena Bissette’s once-wealthy family has nearly lost its fortune. The Bissettes still own a home on fashionable Mackinac Island, where they will spend one last summer in the hope of introducing Elena to a wealthy suitor. But Elena is repulsed by the idea of marrying for money. Quickly tiring of the extravagant […]