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/

Just in Time for Christmas Kim Boykin

What's the book about:

Nobody does Christmas like Miranda Hamilton, and now that she finally has her chance to chair Magnolia Bay's tree lighting and the cotillion, which benefits her late mother’s breast cancer foundation, this Christmas is shaping up to be the best ever. That is until her childhood nemesis Logan Mauldin buys his way on her committee and starts making plans of his own. 

Logan Mauldin loves to get under Miranda's very sexy skin, and it's only fair. She's been getting under his since long before their first kiss at 13. Logan’s the last man interested in co-chairing a Christmas committee or participating in a sexy bachelor auction, but since that night he interrupted Miranda on a date and cornered her under the mistletoe, he can't stop thinking about her. Or vying for her attention and bugging the hell out of her.

Christmas cheer isn’t the only thing that heats up between the Miranda and Logan, but, thanks to a lie that is as much her fault as it is his, he loses the woman he’s loved since forever. Logan will need a Christmas miracle for Miranda to forgive him. A grand gesture to melt her heart and win her back just in time for Christmas.

My thoughts on the book:

I really likes the story over all. I think that the story could have done with out all the jesus and god in a manner of a curse. I did like how they said they were not taking Christ out of christmas. I feel like the story is cute and I loved how it ended. I loved the setting in LA it really puts you into the spirit and I loved the sixchicks and there scale. I love each of there personalities and how each one shows in the book. I love the feeling of home and family in the story line. This book will put you into the spirit of christmas for sure.

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

Where you can connect with the author:
www.kimboykin.com

Before He Was A Secret Becky Wicks

What's the book about:

“What if we can’t choose

Every battle we win and lose

What if we decided years before, to live this life, to fight these wars

And all the dreams we ever thought were ours

Were written in the stars”

Waiting tables isn't exactly what singer/songwriter Stephanie has in mind for her move to Nashville, but memories of the past and a case of writer’s block mean inspiration isn’t coming easy. When brooding pianist Conor Judge opens his mouth in a smoky bar he proves music can heal, and even help you re-write your story, but a history of his own means the one thing he starts to want most is always just out of reach. Stephanie. 

Enter Travis Flynn - an upcoming star who won’t take no for an answer, and a record label intent on helping Stephanie shine, without Conor. As fame comes knocking as hard as the ghosts of their pasts, it soon becomes clear that no matter how hard you might fall in love, having the perfect songs doesn’t always mean perfect harmony.

My thoughts on the book:
After appearing on a game show Stephanie moves to Nashville in hopes to follow a life long dream of writing music and singing and making it big. She is also running from something. Conor lives in Nashville and he has ton of secrets he's trying to hide. He's doing what he love he writing music and working in the family business. 
   Ok so I was not a fan of this book the book is very predictable and left nothing to hope for or anticipate. The first half of the book dragged and I kept hoping the book would pick up at some point. Just over half way through the book does finally get good, however it still is very predictable, but it does stay good the rest of the book. 

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

Where you can connect with the author:
www.beckywicks.com

A Stitch in Crime Cathy Elliott

What's the book about:

Thea James has accepted an assignment as co-chairperson for Larkindale’s first quilt show extravaganza. Juggling the new assignment with running her antique business, she’s already feeling frayed when things start to unravel.
Mary-Alice Wentworth, a much-loved town matriarch, respected quilt judge, and Thea’s dear friend, is covertly conked on the head during the kick-off Quilt Show Soiree, throwing suspicion on her guests. It also appears that a valuable diamond brooch has been stolen during the attack. The family is furious. But is it because of their mugged mother or the missing diamonds?

When a renowned textile expert goes MIA and the famous Wentworth heritage quilt disappears, Larkindale’s reputation as a tourist haven is at risk. Thea attempts to piece the mystery together and save the town’s investment in the quilt show before Mary-Alice is attacked again . . . with far worse results.
 

My thoughts on the book:

Thea is the co- chair for the up and coming quilt event, she didn’t expect it to be too much work but it seems like everything has fallen on her. At every corner everything seems to be falling apart, and she can’t figure out how to keep her head in the game and keep this event falling apart before it even takes off.

So I have to say that I expected this book to be on the edge of your seat type of book something to keep you guessing. I have to say for me that was not the case the book seemed very predictable from the beginning and I kept wanting to keep reading in hopes the book would get there. I wanted to have more interaction with Thea and Cole also in the book. The ending tied everything up just in case you hadn’t tied it all together, I did however feel it left you hanging at the end with one thing. Over all I will say the book was a decent read and will keep your attention from the beginning to end. Once I started I did have a hard time putting it down. If you have read other quilt of loves books this will be worth your time to read this one. If you have not this book is still worth the read, the storyline is well written.

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

Where you can connect with the author:
https://cathyelliottbooks.wordpress.com/
 

Heaven Help Heidi Sally John

What's the book about:

Welcome to the Casa de Vida—eleven quaint bungalows located three blocks from the Pacific Ocean in tiny Seaside Village, California. Owner Liv McAlister never advertises vacancies beyond a small hand-lettered sign out front, preferring to trust that God will send the right tenant at just the right time. And He always does.

Heidi Hathaway’s life has been turned upside down. After an accident leaves her injured, unable to work, and incapable of negotiating the stairs in her multilevel oceanfront condo, she leases her home and moves into a cozy little cottage in the charming garden complex where her friend Piper lives. There she finds so much more than a place to rest and recover.

Piper Keyes knows Jared is not coming back from Afghanistan. After making it through the fifth anniversary of his death, she wonders if she’s at last ready to get on with life. She gingerly explores new avenues—photography, cooking, and buying her own boutique—and learns to open her heart again.

The most comforting thing about living at the Casa is that the women there become each other’s mentors and confidantes, learning from their own mistakes and arriving at new, healed places in their lives.

My thoughts on the book:

I have never read anything by Sally John I have heard good things about her books so I was very excited to read this book. The book is about a Heidi and her struggle through lifes challenges. I will say this much the story its self was well written and over all the story was good. I felt like the book had WAY WAY WAY to much going on. Even though it seemed that all the characters where tied together in one way or another and the transition of the was well written, to me it felt like there was way to many characters I honestly felt like I was reading a few peoples stories. I felt like if the book would have stuck with maybe two or three people as the main character and there story is would have been a lot better. I can't give this anything less the a 3 star rating because like I said over all the story was good. I was just really glad when it was over.

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

Where you can connect with the author:
www.sally-john.com

Caught in the Act (The Davenports #2) Kim Law

What's the book about:
Catherine Davenport Carlton needs a break. After dedicating her life to her political-minded family, shocking scandals from the past have shaken her to her core. Summer in the quiet town of Dyersport, Maine, is just what she needs, especially with a super-hot neighbor right next door…who’s none other than Brody Hollister, the boy she fell in love with as a teen. Cat wants nothing more than to pick up right where they left off eighteen years ago, but she’s still haunted by a terrible secret that could devastate Brody.

Brody Hollister spent years pining over Cat Davenport. They met young and loved passionately—until she disappeared from his life. Now she’s back, as spirited and beautiful as ever. But while Brody is determined to help Cat free herself from her family’s drama, his own family may be hiding something that could ruin their rekindled romance for good.

In Book Two of the Davenports romance series, sex and politics collide…with passionate results.

My thoughts on the book:

Catherine (Cat) loses her husband four years ago and she is ready to find herself again. So off to “vacation” she goes, she heads to Maine to where her family vacationed when she was younger. She loves everything about Maine it feels like coming home, all but one thing.

She is renting a beach house and every morning to spies on her really hot neighbor while he is out for his run. Only Brody wants to know why Cat is back and what happened all that time ago.  Brody has worked really hard to become the person he is and avoid certain family members who may make him or break him. This book starts off slow for me I had a hard time really getting into it at first but once the book picks up about a third way through it becomes a book that is hard to put down. I will say there are some slow points in the book again but overall the book keeps your attention and leaves you wanting more. This book has some strong language but for the most part, it’s quite mild and doesn’t overwhelm. This book is well worth the read.

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

Where you can connect with the author:
http://www.kimlaw.com/

Aloha Also Means Goodbye Jessica Rosenberg

 

What's the book about:

Jo and Jordan tied the knot five years ago in a mud hut in the middle of Zambia far from all their friends and family. Now they're in Hawaii for a big wedding vow renewal ceremony elaborately planned by Jo's mother. There's just one small issue, something’s wrong with the wedding license issued in Africa and only Jo knows that she wasn’t legally married in Zambia. Enter her old flame, the man she was running from when she met Jordan. He’s on the island and with his two kids, both of whom are named after her.

Coming face to face with her past, just as she's trying to brave her future, forces Jo to make some big decisions. It might even force her to grow up. Luckily she doesn't have to do any of it on her own; her two best friends are there to hold her hand and help her down the right path. But what path will she choose?

Despite all the upheaval and complications, Jo will eventually walk down the aisle to say “I do” to the man who completes her. But will the wedding be the one Jo's mother planned? Or will it be something much, much better?

My thoughts on the book:

This book it about 2 people who were madly in love and then loss causes them to loose touch. Then years later they run into each other on a remote Island and try and decided if they need to be back together or if something else hold the future.
Ok so I felt like there was lot going on in this book. I felt like the author was trying write 3 stories in one and to me at some point it just didn't flow right. I felt like it would have been better if she would have wrote each story separate instead of trying to squeeze JO and Jordan, Sadie and Kona, and Roxie and Andys stories together. I liked the story line over all but it did seem hard to keep up with some of the story line as well. If someone asked if I would read this book again probably not. The end also seemed to be just abrupt almost like it was opps I forgot to finish.
 

Where you can but the book:

www.amazon.com
www.barnesandnoble.com
 

Where you can connect with the author:

www.jesrosenburg.com
 

Studs and Stilettos Bev Petterson

What's the book about:

Emily Murphy isn't afraid to swap her fancy wardrobe for a borrowed pair of barn boots. Working on the set of a Kentucky movie might be just the ticket to landing a real acting job and proving to her sister she can accomplish something worthwhile.

Dan Barrett knows a lot about hard work and even more about horses. And while he's drawn by Emily's beauty and pluck, he wants a stay-at-home ranch girl. But fighting their attraction is difficult, and soon they both realize that what they thought they wanted isn't what they really need.

Unfortunately, Dan isn't the only person watching Emily. And the other one is a ruthless killer determined to keep a secret buried.

My thoughts on the book:

Ok so I saw this was a sequel so I went and got the first book as I read it I was like omg I was not a fan but I wanted and hoped that is was a little better. I started the book out and it was a slow go at first. If you can can get to chapter 8 the book picks up and it gets really good. The book is way better the book one. It goes up and down but the downs are a lot less. The book is about Emily who is working to find a job in the movie industry to show her sister that she can be a individual and not have to rely on her and her husband. When she finally thinks she has a break she starts to realize maybe this is not what she wants, maybe she needs to look at this a little bit different. The author did an amazing Job telling Emily and Dans story as well as the other characters in the story. I can't say this was just Emily and Dan's story because there was another storyline going on at the same time. The way that both stories were told was done well and did not take away from the other. Like I said if you can just get past the first part of the book this is a story that will keep you on the edge of your seat to the end and you will find your self not wanting to put the book down until its done. I am now getting ready to get book three of this series just to find out whats going on this Burke and Jenna, and  Emily and Burke.

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

Where you can connect with the author:
http://www.bevpettersen.com/books.html

Essence Mackenzie Lucas

What's the book about:

All Haven Jameson ever wanted was to own a little piece of paradise. Now, she does, having established a successful luxury spa in St. Augustine, Florida. But when the property next door is sold to a mega developer and his pro-golf celebrity brother who design trendy, bustling playgrounds for the rich and famous, she fears her dream could slip away. Confronted by her late husband’s infidelity, Haven learns everything she believed about her marriage was a lie; so she finally sets aside her grief and opens her heart to loving the widowed pro-golfer who is her biggest professional competition. In the end, Haven discovers that living a safe, loveless life is far worse than embracing passion and taking a chance on a man who’s vowed never to love again.

My thoughts on the book:

Ok wow where do I begin. This story starts off with two best friends who truly have lost everything and they have fought through life's trials to open their dream spa. As they are getting off the ground the find out that two brothers are buying the land next to theirs for a resort. When Haven finds out more hurt and betrayal and now has to work through the pain.


I  liked the story line it draws you in and keeps you to the end of the book not a really dull moment in the book. Lots of steamy moments for sure in the book. I think the only downside I had with the book was all the cursing I think that it could have been just as a good book without a gd coming out of there mouth every time. I would not let that deter you from read a good love story

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

Where you can connect with the author:
http://www.mackenzielucas.com