Hi all you Seppies, she’s back with a new Chicago Stars book. Susan Elizabeth Phillips has penned a new fabulous story with cameos from her Chicago Stars series. I am a huge fan Read more...
Instant love. Well, that’s what you experience reading LOVE FOR BEGINNERS the newest story by Jill Shalvis. Ironically instant love is not what her characters enjoy in this lighthearted tale of folks diligently working to get back on their feet, literally and figuratively. Starting over from a Read more...
Bit of a literary irony in LEGACY by Nora Roberts. We are drawn into, what appears to be on the surface, a lovely family drama of sorts. Kind of parent-child competition. Adrian’s childhood had been an unscripted array of events evolving around her very successful mother Read more...
What does it mean to be really rich. Filthy rich, successful and gorgeous to boot. Well to some it’s the dream come true. To others, it is a means to an end. To Sarah, it is a way to support herself and her sons. For Sarah, her Read more...
Memories are difficult to give up. They invade your consciousness when you least expect it. Finding something to take their place is the answer. Heading toward a new future instead of living in the past is not easy but basically necessary for a happy life.
THE SUMMER SISTERS is the second book about the Buchanan sisters (Juniper Springs). The three sisters Dahlia, Rose, and Magnolia found out in HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS that their lives were definitely in Read more...
Okay, so two of the stepsisters make Cinderella look like a true fairytale. Evil stepsisters. Daisy’s sisters make them pale by comparison. I can’t even imagine where Susan Mallery’s mind was when she created these three steps. Two sisters, Cassidy and Sage, have Read more...
Julia Justiss is such a romantic, which pretty much describes me as well. Additionally, Julia Justiss clearly has a love of cowboys – ditto for me, too. So, getting the opportunity to read and review THE RANCHER which is the Read more...
There are times when a story just touches you. Funny, endearing, and essentially rather simple. Life in Little Cove is simple. What it lacks in numbers it excels in characters. In the NEW GIRL IN LITTLE COVE, the author Damhnait Monaghan immerses the reader in the traditions, language, and Read more...
What a ragtag group of characters Jodi Thomas has created in PICNIC IN SOMEDAY VALLEY. First impression is that living in this time and place is certainly no picnic for its folk. They work hard and seem to have difficulty making time for play. But one thing is for Read more...
Back to Gold Valley and revisits some folks we’ve met before in the Gold Valley Vineyard series by Maisey Yates. THE RANCHER’S WAGER seems to be the ending to what has been an Read more...
Reading THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah brought back memories of Clan Of The Cave Bear a favorite from several years ago. Rich details spanning hundreds of pages set the stage and scenery for wondrous pages to follow and required Read more...
I’ve been a fan of Brenda Novak since I read Lightning Strikes way back in 2012. I had requested it as a reviewer and started reading it with the preconceived notion that it was just another romance novel. Needless to say, the story Read more...
An interesting and controversial topic takes center stage in LOVE OF A COWBOY by Jennifer Ryan. The entire idea of an autonomous community is a relatively uncommon one by today’s standards and yet there are many in existence Read more...
Independence is a hard-fought achievement but at what cost to forming connections with people? Jess and her sister Rachel couldn’t be more different. For most of their youth, they had been a team, and then their team was ripped apart by the foster care system. Rachel Read more...
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...
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.