Working with nature, bees, birds, animals requires a certain sensibility. Understanding connections between species and their environment, natural or otherwise is essential to the wellbeing of everything. So in COURAGE UNDER FIRE Lindsay McKenna first sets the stage by teaching us how awareness of our surroundings is imperative to Read more...
Lori Wilde has a gift and if ever in doubt of what that means then just read THE KEEPSAKE SISTERS, her newest novel. Lori Wilde has written several wonderfully enjoyable series--and standalone titles--that range from cowboys to CEOs Read more...
I truly can’t figure out B.J. Daniels does it. . . FROM THE SHADOWS begins with a rather benign introduction to a man spending time in an empty, abandoned-looking hotel that is known for ghosts. Yes, you read Read more...
Ah, young love – how can you not get sucked right in. Needless to say, that was the intention of Jill Mansell when she penned TWO’S COMPANY. Anyone who ever had a young teenage love will be swept away into the romance of a lifetime of Cass Read more...
Talk about roadblocks. Two people have never encountered as many hurdles. Each character has a preconceived notion about what their future holds but in COWBOY COURAGE, they both are going to have to take a good hard look at those Read more...
It’s not very often we meet a character that make you grind your teeth. It is rather difficult to say whether or not you will even like this character but the story is compelling as you look through her eyes. Perhaps that is the author’s Read more...
MY KIND OF COWBOY is actually book one in R.C. Ryan’s Wranglers of Wyoming series. Needless to mention I am reading this series out of order which often happens to me. I read and reviewed Read more...
Thorn Grayson had respect for Judge W.T. Landusky but even more gratitude. When it came to life altering events the Judge had been the one to take a chance on a rebellious teen. If and when the Judge ever needed anything there was no doubt in Thorn&rsquo Read more...
An intriguing topic forms the core of THE ENTICING OF MISS STANDISH by Julia Justiss. In this story, Julia Justiss reminds us of society just over one hundred years or so ago. In England, the class structure was alive and well. A lady of twenty-three was considered over Read more...
CALDER BRAND is a story based on revenge. Life on the open range on cattle drives is steeped in all sorts of danger. Getting fat cattle to market is the difference between survival or collapse of a ranch. You know that expression – it isn’t personal its Read more...
Probably the most impactful story in the Silver Springsseries. All the previous stories have done a great job of introducing success stories due to the efforts of the New Horizons Boys Ranch and there have been many thanks to Read more...
I don’t know how I have time for anything other than reading when there’s a new book out by Brenda Novak. I truly covet each and every story by this amazing talent. Every book so far in the Read more...
Bargello needlepoint was very popular around the 1960s and 1970s. It was chock full of colorful geometric designs that when worked on canvas produced beautiful fabrics that could be used to make hanging art or décor pieces. What I always loved about Bargello is its ability to Read more...
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous pictures to be completed using color pencils. AUTUMN INSPIRATIONS by George Toufexis is filled with forty-six illustrations on individual perforated pages ready to be colored in preferably using hard colored pencils and then framed for display if desired. The illustrations are just beautiful and highly Read more...
NO HOLDING BACK is book number one in Lori Foster’s new series entitled the Mackenzies of Ridge Trail and promises to be a doozy. Human trafficking is a harsh reality. Has been going on for years – perhaps centuries – but now in the modern Read more...
Hard to believe the Silver Springs series started way back in 2017. Actually, that’s really only three years ago but just feels like a long time. RIGHT WHERE WE BELONG is the fourth book of the titles published Read more...
NO ONE BUT YOU is the second book of the Silver Springs series by Brenda Novak. Well known for her crime novels fans of Brenda Novak originally met her through her romance series novels. The Read more...
The first book in series with Silver Springs as the backdrop, FINDING OUR FOREVER by Brenda Novak introduces us to some really amazing characters that certainly will pass the test of time. FINDING OUR FOREVER was published in 2017 but I just discovered it and since I’ve Read more...
Well, we are off to the races once again. Sharon Sala gets better with each of the Blessings Georgiainstallments. Each one in this series is just chock full of the best-written characters and A RAINBOW ABOVE US is Read more...
Well, it seems as if learning to live with guilt is quite a challenge. No matter if your crime a tragic accident when just seventeen. For someone born on the wrong side of the tracks so to speak people are reluctant to consider any leniency. Tobias’ mistake was Read more...
Sandra Wurman
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Okay I'm hooked - definitely have three more books to add to my must read list. Dogs love us unconditionally - you can't really say that about anyone or anything else. My Maxwell will always have a special place in our hearts along with our Coco and Shani. Now we have a rescue grand doggie Annie who loves her little girl sooo much.