A Summer to Remember, Marilyn Pappano

What's the book about:

FIRST LOVE NEVER FADES . . .
It's been a long time since widow Fia Thomas felt the spark of physical attraction. But from the moment she meets Elliot Ross one stormy night, she yearns for a fresh start, for him to make her feel whole and well again. With his broad shoulders and a warm smile crinkling his dark eyes, he could finally offer her the solace she's been seeking. And she's willing to give him anything in return . . . except a promise that could break his heart.
Now that Elliot is out of the Army, he's looking for a place to call home. Tallgrass was just a stop to stretch his legs, yet one look at Fia halts him in his tracks. In her sweet, sassy company, he finds the soul mate he never thought he'd have. But Fia is holding something back-something that keeps her from making any plans. Elliot's new mission: gain Fia's trust...and convince her that summer's end can mean a new beginning.

My thoughts on the book:

Elliot just got out of the Army and he's ready to find a place that feels like home. He's been to his sisters house and his parents house but nothing felt like home. He pulls into Tallgrass, Ok and he realizes he maybe staying for a little bit. Fia is home in Tallgrass she is dealing with the loss of her husband and the one person who loved her unconditionally and she has a secret that could make or break her. She has the Margarita   girls and they are the best sisters and family she could have ever hand picked. When she meets Elliot on a fluke she wonders if she can be normal and have another chance at love. But will the secrets she is hiding destroy any chance with her and Elliot or will they open the doors to so much more?
While the storyline was powerful and at sometimes emotional dealing with love and loss and forgiveness. I felt that the story also was distracting by running another story hand in hand which had no ties to Elliot and Fia's story at all. I found that it took away from the over all flow of the book. I did enjoy the relationship between the women and it shows that loss can really draw people together and bring them to a place of love and healing. I really did enjoy the relationship between Cadence, Marti and Dillion and hope they have a story of there own to come. I feel like this book may be a good book for the right person it just wasn't for me. 

Where you can buy the book:
www.amazon.com
www.barnesandnoble.com

Where you can connect with the author:
www.marilynpappano.net


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Love on Lavender Island, Lauren Christopher

What's the book about:

What’s worse than Paige Grant getting stuck in a window while breaking into her late grandmother’s Lavender Island ranch? Being discovered—and saved—by next-door neighbor Adam Mason. The Grants and Masons haven’t exactly been friendly in recent decades, despite Paige’s teenage crush on handsome, standoffish Adam. But the down-on-her-luck actress now needs more than saving: she wants to use part of Adam’s property to pull off a dramatic wedding for her idol, screen legend Dorothy Silver, in exchange for a movie role that could make her dreams come true.

Adam has been struggling with emotional and financial burdens inherited from the recent death of his father. Yet he reluctantly agrees to help Paige prepare the ranch for the wedding. As they continue to spend time together, sparks fly. But Paige is troubled by a secret that could ruin any hopes they have for a future together. When fire destroys the land that holds the key to both their dreams—and the secrets they carry make tensions run even hotter—can love rise from the ashes on Lavender Island?

My thoughts on the book:

Paige is back at Lavender Island and she has a sole purpose in mind getting Adam to hold off selling so that she can plan a wedding of the lifetime and save her mom's business. When she comes face to face with Adam she wonders if her feeling for him can stay buried and they can work together to make this wedding happen. When things start happening and she is forced to spend more time with Adam she wonders if her moms right if she can really trust him. Adam has never like Paige's mom Ginger he feels like she ruined his life. With his dad gone and his own set of plans and secrets he wonders if he can avoid her completely, but when things start happening at her grandmothers house he knows he needs to help her but with his guard up he starts to wonder if this is a good idea and how much he can trust her. Will they learn to trust each other before its to late or will another tragedy send them in different directions?
At first I thought this book was going to be a super fun read, but that quickly changed it seemed to repeat it self a lot and that drove me nuts. I felt like I kept loosing my self only to have read the same thing over. How ever half way through that did seem to change and the book draws you in and has you changing the pages to see what these fun characters were up to and what was going to happen next. I really enjoyed the last half of the book, if seemed to flow a lot better and has some fun adventures. I think if your patent this book could be a pretty good book. There is some strong language in this book but its very small amount which was nice as well.   Over all I give this book a three and half stars. 

Where you can buy the book:
Amazon.com

Where you can connect with the author:
Facebook.com
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Joshua's Mission Vannetta Chapman

What's the book about:

Joshua’s Mission is a new standalone novel in the Plain and Simple Miracles collection from popular author Vannetta Chapman. These stories of love and family and Amish community in Oklahoma tell of the miracles that can happen when lives are lived in service to God and to one another.

Joshua Kline travels from his farm in Oklahoma to offer aid to an Englisch town on the gulf coast of Texas after a category 4 hurricane has ravaged the area. He brings his brother with him, who needs a change of environment. The last thing he wants for Alton is another brush with the law. He is pleasantly surprised when he hears that Becca Troyer, the bishop’s granddaughter, plans on joining their team.

What will Joshua find when he arrives in Texas? A lack of electricity, certainly, which poses little problem for the Amish volunteers as they help restore order from destruction. But a budding romance? A call from God? And a possible healing of his relationship with Alton?

Joshua’s Mission is a story of love, forgiveness, and the grace of God that carries us through even the worst situations.

My thoughts on the book:

Charlie was married and loved being part of the his community and helping every where that was needed. He had a special place in his heart for widows and Alice and her grandkids. When Hurricane Orion is headed for there small island he has some decisions to make and he knows he needs to make them fast, but will it be to late? Joshua is sick of bailing his brother Alton out of all kinds of trouble but he knows that he needs to to keep his brother on the straight and narrow and help his parents out. When the bishop sends him and and his brother on a mission will he be able to help those in need and help his brother. Becca is a rarity in the amish community being an only child but she know that its what God planned now at the ripe old age of 20 if she can just find a husband she feel like life would be that much better, when her granddad suggest she go on a mission and maybe find her purpose but will she be able to protect her heart in the process.       

The first half of this book is two separate stories going one you know based on the description they will merge but to me it seem to take a long time getting there. Once the book was merged the story flowed well and it draws you in leaving you wanting more. The book its self I would give a 3.5 stars, once the story merged into one story, I had a hard time putting the book down it was enjoyable with  some serious parts as well as some fun parts. It was just getting to that point I had a hard time getting into the story and the first part of the book, not much of a page turner.

Where you can but the book:
www.amazon.com
www.cbd.com

Where you can connect with the author:
vannettachapman.com

In Bed with the Bachelor Megan Crane

What's the book about:
Our latest bachelor has enough family in Marietta to qualify as an honorary native, but hails instead from Seattle, WA, which is where he’ll fly you for a glamorous weekend on the shores of the sparkling Puget Sound. Jesse Grey will treat you the way a local boy turned construction tycoon should: five star accommodations, gourmet dinners, and celebrated Washington wines. We just can’t promise he’ll smile much. Or at all.
Sold to the highest bidder!
Jesse Grey, notorious bachelor and one of Seattle’s foremost construction tycoons, has been roped into participating in the Marietta Bachelor Auction thanks to an expertly executed guilt trip laid out by his family.
Michaela Townsend already has a fiancé and certainly doesn’t need another man in her life. So when her family buys her surly, sexy Jesse at the auction and wrangles him into driving her from Montana to Seattle, she’s appalled yet disturbingly attracted.
As far as Jesse is concerned, Michaela is forbidden fruit. Even though he knows her fiancé isn’t all he seems, Jesse would never take what didn’t belong to him. But how long can he resist the one woman he shouldn’t touch?

My thoughts on the book:

Ok this is by far my least favorite book out of all 6 in the series. Jessie Grey is a hard working guy and he is conned by his uncle to be part of the auction to help a family in need. He is not looking for a girl of any kind especially after he was screwed over by his dad and his last girlfriend. Michaela is in a relationship her family can't stand. Her family bids and win Jessie Grey and then all seems so break loose. 
Ok when this book came out I was excited and couldn't wait to read it, once I started I was like um ok. I was so over it. I felt the book was very much complaining and the whole book seemed that way to me. It seemed that the whole book ok most of the book up to about 60% it seemed that Jessie and Michaela just fought and could not agree with each other on Michaela's relationship and her work and just about everything it seem to turn me off from the book.  

Bachelor Auction Series  

Book 1: Bound to the Bachelor  

Book 2: Bachelor at her Bidding  

Book 3: The Bachelor's Baby  

Book 4: What a Bachelor Needs 

Book 5: In Bed with the Bachelor  

Book 6: One Night with her Bachelor

Where you can but the book:

www.barnesandnoble.com
www.amazon.come

Where you can connect with the author:
megancrane.com/