Blueprints Barbara Delinsky

What's the book about:

Some women are born with an instinct for knowing how things work

-and what to do when they break.

Caroline MacAfee is a skilled carpenter, her daughter Jamie, a talented architect. Together they are the faces of Gut It!, a home renovation series on local public television. Caroline takes pride in her work, and in the way she connects with the show's audience. But when she is told the network wants her daughter to replace her as host-the day after Caroline's fifty-sixth birthday-she is devastated. The fallout couldn't come at a worse time. 

For Jamie, life changes overnight when, soon after learning of the host shift, her father and his new wife die in a car accident that orphans their two-year-old son. Accustomed to organization and planning, she is now grappling with a toddler who misses his parents, a fiancé who doesn't want the child, a staggering new attraction, and a work challenge that, if botched, could undermine the future of both MacAfee Homes and Gut It!

For Caroline, hosting Gut It! is part of her identity. Facing its loss, she feels betrayed by her daughter and old in the eyes of the world. Her ex-husband's death thrusts her into the role of caregiver to his aging father. And then there's Dean, a long-time friend, whose efforts to seduce her awaken desires that have been dormant for so long that she feels foreign to herself.

Who am I? Both women ask, as the blueprints they've built their lives around suddenly need revising. While loyalties shift, decisions hover, and new relationships tempt, their challenge comes not only in remaking themselves, but in rebuilding their relationship with each other.

My thoughts on the book:
I usually summarize the main characters and my thoughts on each one and there parts in the book. For this book I won't do that because I feel like for the first portion of the book there were to many characters and to much going on. Towards the middle of the book it did come down to mother and daughter and there views, which is different for a book about life and romance. I felt with this book there was to many details and the book could have been from Caroline's and Dean's point of view and her and Dean's story and then another book  written about Jamie and Chip's story to include the a different view to include the guys point of view and that may have made the story a little bit more interesting. I feel that the story lagged and the amount of detail even down to the design on plates, really took away from the story because it was to much and to overwhelming at points. There were good parts in the story but that was about half way through and then it went up and down from there. Over all I didn't like this book that much, I can't give it a one rating because it was not the bad. I would say this is about a 2 1/2 star for sure. 

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

Where you can connect with the author:
barbaradelinsky.com

Cherry Lane Rochelle Alers

What's the book about:
A place to call home . . .
In New York City, attorney Devon Gilmore devoted all her time and energy to fast-track her career. She lost her boyfriend . . . but found herself with a surprise baby on the way. To begin a new life, Devon needs a place to settle down-a place like Cavanaugh Island, where the pace is slow, the weather is fine, and the men are even finer.
From the moment David Sullivan meets Devon, he knows he can't fight the laws of attraction. Whether it's helping fix up the old cottage she just bought on Cherry Lane or working together on a pro bono legal case, he can't help feeling a little protective. But will the most eligible bachelor in town be ready for an instant family? Only if he can convince Devon to put her heart on the line one more time-for all time.

My thoughts on the book:
Devon has made a name for herself as an attorney, she works hard and has try to become something her month would not be proud of. She is asked by her best friend to come to Low county for his finances party and she never really expected all the surprise that low country had in store for her. She only has one problem she is pregnant. David is working for a law firm and is well known in the law world but he feel like there is so much more then just making money and helping the rich and famous. When he shows up at his best friends party he meets someone who has his attention he just never thought it would turn his world upside down and in a good way. He now has to face things and some scare him and he is ready to take on the world. This book is a fun read, there is a lot of chemistry and a lot of fun happening in the book that really makes the book. There is some up and downs that keeps you guessing and turning the pages to find out what happens. You really won't be disappointed.

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

Where you can connect with the author:
www.rochellealers.org

There Goes the Bride Catherine Mann, Joanne Rock

What's the book about:

Hair stylist Lindsey Ballard hates answering questions about her family’s country music roots in Nashville. She’s been avoiding music producer, Myles Emery, at all costs, who’s trying to write a book on her famous relative. But he can’t get to her today. It’s her wedding day. Or so she thought…

When Lindsey suddenly needs to call off the ceremony to Atlanta’s popular mayoral candidate, she makes her getaway with the persuasive producer, all the while trying to ignore the chemistry between them that had never existed with her ex.

Myles Emery has his own reasons for needing the truth about a country music legend–secrets the Ballard family keeps closely guarded. But when he happens to catch Lindsey running out on her wedding, he knows his luck is about to change. Too bad Myles wants Lindsey on first sight and the attraction is making it complicated to stay on task. “Uncovering her secrets” begins to take on a whole new, delectable meaning…

Runaway Brides Series

Book 1:How to Lose a Groom in 10 Days

Book 2:The Wedding Audition

Book 3: There Goes the Bride

Book 4: Bride on the Run

My thoughts on the book:
Lindsey is about to have the best day in any girls life she is just missing one important thing in the day and she needs to see her best friend and groom before the big day and feel the love there, however when she seeks him out she never thought what she finds out would ever happen. She is also hiding a family secret that she has been sworn to take to her grave when the ever present and good looking Myles Emery will not leave her alone even on her special day. Myles has one thing in mind uncovering a family secret and proving to the world the truth only problem is its not his family secret to tell  or is it? He sets out to uncover things that some people just feel should be left in the past. 
This book is a fun and quick read lots of excitement and a bunch of chemistry between the characters. The book is not a very deep book which is great so the light heartedness of it make is a book you really find your self loss in from the beginning to the end. 

Where you can but the book:

www.amazon.com

Where you can connect with the author:
www.catherinemann.com
www.joannerock.com

Forget Me Not, Erika Marks Loveless and Dunn Book 3

What's the book about:

When aspiring-writer Mallory Reynolds packed up for New York City, she ditched more than her quiet hometown of Magnolia Bay—she left her high-school sweetheart, Josh Loveless, behind. But when the big city didn’t deliver big contracts on her novels, she turned to writing erotica under the pen name Farrah Ivory to spare her family any embarrassment. Soon, her scandalously-sexy series, The Lost Diaries of Scarlet, is a break-out hit. Just as Mallory begins to enjoy her sweet success, her publisher leaks her true identity and a media firestorm ensues. Exposed, she decides there’s nowhere to hide—except for home.

For Josh Loveless, getting over Mallory Reynolds hasn’t been easy, but he’s done his best to move on. For starters, he’s turned his love of the outdoors and rock-climbing into his own business. And just as things are starting to settle for him, he learns Mallory’s coming home to ride out her scandal, and suddenly his world is turned upside down again…

Can Mallory convince her friends and family that she’s still the same good-hearted girl they knew? And more importantly, can Josh trust the woman she’s become, and give her a second chance to rewrite their love story with a happy ending?

My thoughts on the book:
Mallory has wanted to do two things in her life she wants to be a writer and she wants to marry Josh Loveless. Only thing is she never thought she would have to choose between the two. When things in her life get out of control she knows the only place she can turn to is home and she just not ready to face some of the people of her small town. Josh has loved Mallory forever when he's ready to take the next step he never imagined it turning out the way it did. Finally five years later he is excited to get things going again for his rock climbing store, but when Mallory crashes back into his life he not sure what to make of it or where it will go. 
This is a fun and short read can be read easily in one setting. The book has a lot of fun people in it that really make the book but they storyline keeps you turning the pages to find out whats is happening. There is a fun amount of chemistry. This book is worth the read and is really fun. 

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

Where you can connect with the author:
/www.facebook.com/ErikaMarksAuthor

Bride by Mistake Nicole Helm

What's the book about:

And Kaitlin Shuller’s groom of her dreams is marrying someone else… her sister.

Worst day ever. Her heart is broken, and all her carefully laid plans destroyed. Enter Beckett Larson, her older brother’s best friend and a very good bad decision.

Beckett has spent his life trying to outrun his bad reputation, but everyone already thinks the worst of him, so when Kaitlin offers herself to him — virginity and all— he just can’t say no.

But one night together has permanent consequences, and this time Beckett knows he can’t outrun his bad boy reputation. He’s determined to make Kaitlin his bride…even if he has to seduce her down the aisle.

My thoughts on the book:

Kaitlin has spent most her life in love with Carter and he loves her sister and she is just ready to  be over the wedding and see where life goes. She has decided that she is sick of living what everyone else wants and she is ready to make some changes. Beckett has been known as the bad boy for so long and he is so over it. He comes face to face with the last person he ever thought he would have to deal with his biggest fantasy come to life. 
This book is a quick simple and fun read packed with lots of ups and a few (good) downs but downs that keep you guessing and wanting to find out what is going to happen. This is a book full of chemistry from the begging to the end and leaves you wanting just a little more. Its also a fun book from Marietta Montana where you find your self visiting from pervious book that really having you coming back for more. 

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

Where you can connect with the author:
nicolehelm.wordpress.com
twitter.com/nicolethelm/



Other books in the series:

The Closer You Get Carter Ashby

What's the book about:

If there’s one thing Rye Holcomb hates, it’s small, tight-knit towns with high virtues and zero tolerance for outsiders. Fidelity is just such a town. And Rye is just such an outsider. So when he and his brother, Cash, take jobs in Fidelity, Rye decides not to get too comfortable. Which is why he is avoiding some rather confusing feelings for his new boss, Cora McKay.

Cora was born, raised, and baptized in Fidelity. She owns a thriving construction business, has a close circle of friends, and is the breadwinner for her mother and four sisters. The one thing she lacks is a sex life, something she’s never longed for until now. One conversation with Rye sparks her sexual awakening, and, in spite of his reputation as a man-whore, Cora can’t resist giving in to his advances. 

As Rye enjoys initiating his virgin employer, and Cash experiences a relationship with a man for the first time in his life, they begin to think of Fidelity as home. But small towns have brought them trouble in the past, and it appears Fidelity holds trouble for their future. Can their newfound relationships be enough to overcome a past that relentlessly follows them? Can two men who have been burned by love learn to trust again?

My thoughts on the book:

Rye and Cash are brothers and they trust no one, they are moving again to yet another small town. Rye goes to a job interview and with one thing on his mind women. He has been accused of treating them like dirt and has no respect for them. He has and I don't care attitude and is just set to make his brother happy and live on his own terms. Cash is laid back and is ready to settle down in one place he has secrets and he is so ready to put them behind him and move on and find the love of his life but he seems like he just can't get a break. Cora and Adam have been friends since kids they both are from the small town of Fidelity and have each others backs no matter what. They are both looking for love and once doesn't realize it until its right in front of them. 
I am not a huge fan of this book. There are two stories going on at once and I get why they "make" the book overall. However I feel like if both stories could have been told in two separate books it would have been a lot better and easier to keep everything straight some points at the beginning were confusing.. However I will say the storyline was well written the author did a good job grabbing your attention and leave on important part of the book hanging through most of it which had you turning the pages and wanting more. 

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

Where you can connect with the author:
www.carterashby.com
www.facebook.com/CarterAshbyRomanceAuthor

Life After Perfect Nancy Naigle (Montlake Romance series)

What's the book about:

Katherine Barclift had it all: the perfect job, the perfect car, and what she thought was the perfect marriage. But when her entire world collapses in one stomach-churning instant, she hits the road and keeps driving until that so-called “perfect life” is just a dot in her rearview mirror.

A chance encounter leads her to make a pit stop in Boot Creek, a drowsy little North Carolina town where she can call herself Katy, soak up the peace and quiet…and drink in the bluer-than-blue eyes of Derek Hansen, a local doctor still wrestling with his own painful past. Both Katy and Derek are wary about giving romance another shot, but they can’t deny the intense attraction between them. And if being in Boot Creek has taught them anything, it’s to take life as it comes and never pass up a chance at true love…no matter how wounded your heart may be.

My thoughts on the book:

Katherine "Katy" was living the perfect life, she only missing one thing and she knows it would be really close if not soon she would get it. Then everything change in one instant and she felt like her whole world has fallen apart when, when she hits the road and is ready to find herself again. Derek is starting over again in his hometown and is facing his own healing process. He run into Katy and just knows there is something special there, he just doesn't know what.
This book is hard to put down and its amazing the storyline keeps you drawn in and I found my self staying up late just to keep reading and wanting to find out what happens. This author did an amazing job connecting with the reader and the characters. The characters where amazing, they where really fun and you had a few very serious moments that really get to the heart of the matter.  I really hope that there is a story for Angie. You can not go wrong with this book. 

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

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