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The Best Intentions
Scotland's Melody
The Secret Society of Salzburg
Secret of the Sonnets
20-40-60-Minute Dinners: Meals to Match the Time You Have
Through the Wilderness: My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild
Secret Santa Claus Club: A Tool to Help Parents Unwrap the Secret of Santa
Mr. Pudgins
Revenge Never Rests
The Best Mistake
Meriden Park
More Inspirational Stories for Young Women
The Great Tree: A Christmas Fable
To Capture His Heart
The Call of the Sea
Esperance
Livvy and the Enchanted Woodland
Come, Gentle Night
The Bad Boy Theory
Guide To Smart Wedding Planning: What You want to know and everything you haven't thought of yet.


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Monday, September 25, 2017

Cover Reveal for A Promise For Tomorrow By Michele Paige Holmes

Coming November 2017, from Michele Paige Holmes, Amazon’s bestselling historical romance author and Whitney Award Winner, comes the Hearthfire Historical Romance, A PROMISE FOR TOMORROW, sequel to Yesterday's Promise.



Scottish Highlands, 1700s:

Barely two weeks have passed since Laird Collin MacDonald first darkened Katherine Mercer’s doorstep and married her. Marriage has hardly been what she expected, given their grueling and adventurous days of travel to the Scottish Highlands. Along with the discovery that Collin’s twin Ian would like to see her dead, Katie must now face her own clan, whose chief wants to kill Collin and take her to wife himself. All because Katie possesses the Campbell gift of sight, passed down through centuries of her ancestors.

With little more than faith in her grandfather’s vision and her unique bond with Collin to guide her, Katie steps bravely into an unknown future, where the glimpses afforded her may bring more danger than direction. When the misuse of her gift takes Collin from her side, she is left alone and vulnerable. Help arrives in the most unexpected form as Ian MacDonald makes good on his threat to attack the Campbells and Katie learns that the bond between brothers and love knows no bounds.


Goodreads link https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35693997-a-promise-for-tomorrow

Other Hearthfire Romances:
SAVING GRACE
LOVING HELEN
MARRYING CHRISTOPHER
TWELVE DAYS IN DECEMBER
YESTERDAY’S PROMISE (Scottish Historical)
A PROMISE FOR TOMORROW (Scottish Historical, coming Fall 2017)
HEARTHFIRE ROMANCE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1 (box set)

Friday, September 22, 2017

Wish Me Love By Michele Ashman Bell-Blog Tour Review and Giveaway- $25 Amazon Gift Card and a Free Copy of ’Wish Me Love’



{Product Details}

Title : Wish Me Love

Author: Michele Ashman Bell

Paperback: 288 pages

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc. (September 1, 2017)

Genre: LDS/Contemporary Romance

ISBN-10: 1524402699

FTC, FYI: I received a review copy in exchange for an honest review.


{Book Synopsis}
Charlotte Wells does not date. After surviving a broken engagement, she's taken a leave of absence from the social scene. So when her best friend and coworker, Jack, challenges her to get back in the game, she's not so sure she's ready to play. But ultimately, curiosity gets the best of her, and Charlotte accepts the daunting challenge: she will attempt to have fifty first dates in her effort to find "the one." Unfortunately, she quickly realizes that the dating pool mostly holds clown fish as she goes on one lousy outing after another. Without a good man in sight as summer ends, Charlotte cuts her losses and sets her sights on a fun-filled trip to her cousin's destination wedding in Brazil.
Brazil is a land of beautiful sights and delicious offerings—including Max, the charming brother of her cousin's new husband. Max has all the makings of a Prince Charming in soccer cleats, and Charlotte's happily ever after seems to be within reach. But love is a funny thing, and soon Charlotte finds herself wondering: could it be that her true soul mate has been right in front of her all along?

{My Review}
This was a cute book. I liked the main character Charlotte and her friend and co-worker Jack. Right from the beginning I loved their friendship and couldn't wait to read the chapters where they were together. As Charlotte was dating other guys I felt bad for her as every guy just turned out to be "Mr. Wrong". Even when she goes to her cousin's wedding in Brazil and starts falling for the grooms brother, something was off. 

It was fun to read about Charlotte's vacation to Brazil but it's funny how this wasn't my favorite part of the book. I actually loved the first part as Charlotte found her first home to buy and Jack and her parents were helping her to fix it up. 

This book is written with many Latter-Day Saint (LDS) ideas and the main characters talk a lot of things that some not of this religion may not be familiar with. I didn't feel this detracted from the story at all but just know there is talk of religion and God. 

I was happy about the ending but I just wish that there had been an epilogue detailing how things had turned out for everyone in the book. I wanted to know how Charlotte and Jack's new business had done, how her cousin's new marriages were doing and how long it took for her and a certain man to get married. 

This book is a fun one to read with great romance, terrific descriptions of vacationing in Brazil, and the ups and downs of dating. There are so many things that will bring a smile to your face by reading 'Wish Me Love'.








Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The Wondrous World of Violet Barnaby By Jenny Lundquist-Book Blast and $100 Gift Card Giveaway

 


{The Wondrous World of Violet Barnaby} 
 Violet Barnaby searches for the joy in life after losing her mother in this sweet and funny follow-up to The Charming Life of Izzy Malone. Violet Barnaby is a having a blue Christmas. She’s still grieving the loss of her mother, and to make things worse, her dad has just married Melanie Harmer, a.k.a. the meanest teacher at Dandelion Hollow Middle School. But on the day Violet and her dad are packing up and moving into the new house they’ll share with Melanie and Melanie’s two children, Violet finds a letter her mother wrote to her before she died, asking Violet to enjoy Christmas, along with a Christmas Wish List—things her mom wants her to do during the holiday season. On the list are exactly the kinds of things Violet doesn’t want to do this year, like Be Someone’s Secret Santa; Give Someone the Gift of Your Time: Volunteer; and Bake Christmas Cookies. Violet shows the letter to her friend Izzy’s Aunt Mildred, who calls a meeting of the Charm Girls, a club Izzy and Violet belong to along with their friends, Daisy and Sophia. Aunt Mildred decides she will give them each a charm to put on their bracelet if they do all of the tasks on the Christmas Wish List, which Violet is not too happy about. She’d rather forget about the list completely, but feels compelled to honor her mother’s wishes. And when Izzy’s crush confides a big secret to Violet, Violet feels like she is stuck between her best friend and the boy who she just might have a crush on, too…  

  Praise for The Wondrous World of Violet Barnaby 
 "[an] emotionally perceptive novel of grief and recovery." - Kirkus 

 You'll fall in love with Violet and love every minute of living in her wondrous world! - Stephanie Faris


  {Author Jenny Lundquist}
 Jenny Lundquist was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California, where she spent her time unsuccessfully learning how to surf. When she was younger, she wanted to be either a rock star or a published author. After she taped herself singing and listened to it on playback she decided she'd better opt for the writing route. Jenny is the author of multiple YA and Middle Grade titles including Seeing Cinderella, The Charming Life of Izzy Malone, The Wondrous World of Violet Barnaby and the forthcoming The Carnival of Wishes and Dreams (2019).
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Cover Reveal for Drowning Sandy By Sarah Daley and Giveaway





 
Sarah Daley lives in Arizona with her best friend and husband, Chris, their adorable monster child, and neurotic dog.
At the age of six, she became a reading machine. Devouring everything she could possibly get her hands on. In high school she almost failed English three times because of her detest for writing book reports. Today, Sarah writes whatever stories haunt her dreams, and struggles to focus on one idea at a time. When she isn’t enjoying time with her family, or writing, you will find her nose stuck in a book, or out walking and enjoying the sunshine.
Drowning Sandy is her debut novella!

  

Connect with the Author here: 





  The water is calling...

and Sandy can no longer resist the urge to unleash her mermaid form. But a simple swim in Lake Ontario ends when she discovers the truth of her own banishment. When long time crush, Alardo, seems to shift in a direction she never dreamed possible, Sandy must make a choice — mermaid or human? Once she chooses, she can never go back.




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Friday, September 15, 2017

Love Remains (Hope Springs #3) by Sarah M. Eden -- Book Tour Review and Book Giveaway

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{Product Details}

  • Title: Love Remains
  • Author: Sarah M. Eden
  • Paperback: 372 pages
  • Publisher: Mirror Press (September 5, 2017)
  • Genre: Historical Romance
  • ISBN-10: 1947152025
  • FTC, FYI: I received a review e-copy in exchange for an honest review



{Book Synopsis}
From Sarah M. Eden, the USA Today Bestselling author of the Longing for Home series, LOVE REMAINS is a new romance novel set in the beloved world of Hope Springs.

For nearly a year, Tavish O’Connor has carried the crushing weight of his family’s future on his shoulders. He has taken on the care of his youngest brother, Finbarr, who lost his eyesight in a terrible accident. But the lad needs more than Tavish can provide. Finbarr needs hope.

Cecily Attwater specializes in hope. As a tutor to the newly blind, she has dedicated her life to helping others overcome the obstacles she herself has conquered. Her new assignment in a remote corner of Wyoming proves trickier than usual: Finbarr refuses to learn. To make matters worse, his family—and the other Irish townspeople—are less than thrilled to discover an Englishwoman in their haven.

Cecily’s only hope lies in securing the cooperation of her pupil’s brother Tavish, who happens to be her harshest critic and quite possibly the most frustrating man she’s ever known.

For Finbarr’s sake, Tavish and Cecily forge an uneasy alliance that, as the weeks pass, tiptoes toward something deeper than either dares admit or face, and toward a future they know to be impossible. There can be no hope of a happy outcome for an Irishman and an English woman amongst a people reeling from violence and centuries of hatred between their two homelands.




{My Review}

What a beautiful story! This novel has so many wonderful characters that I've met before and it truly was like coming home. I also loved the new character of Cecily who not only showed amazing strength in her life but also how it's OK to be vulnerable and let others in. Tavish is my favorite character in this whole series. I was thrilled to know that this story was about him and how he hopefully would be getting his happy ending. 

There are so many wonderful messages in Love Remains. There is the hope and courage that Cecily gives young Finbarr in his life, now almost blind after his accident. Cecily changes so many lives in the town of Hope Springs including her own. I also loved how grief was handled in the story. The main characters learned how finally allowing grief to happen also allows healing to begin. This story will bring you to tears as well as make you laugh out loud. Of course the witty dialogue that Sarah Eden is known for is a huge part of this book. 

The love story of Tavish and Cecily is amazing. They start as almost enemies, and it's beautiful how their relationship unfolds slowly, in a delicate and funny way where you can't help but cheer on this couple. This story wouldn't be complete if dear Granny Claire hadn't been there. She was a pillar of strength and wisdom that both Tavish and Cecily needed. I've loved all of the books in this series but Love Remains is now my favorite. I read this enchanting book in a few hours as it weaved it's magic over me. Love Remains could be a stand alone book but I highly recommend you reading the series of books in the order they were written. This is another 5 star book for author Sarah Eden.

{The Hope Springs Series}

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Other Books by Sarah M. Eden

Regency Romances:
The Kiss of a Stranger
Glimmer of Hope
An Unlikely Match
For Elise
All Regency Collection
British Isles Collection

The Jonquil Brothers series:
Friends and Foes
Drops of Gold
As You Are
A Fine Gentleman

The Lancaster Family series:
Seeking Persephone
Courting Miss Lancaster
Romancing Daphne

{Meet Author: Sarah M. Eden}

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Sarah M. Eden is the author of multiple historical romances, including the 2-time Whitney Award Winner Longing for Home and Whitney Award finalist Seeking Persephone and Courting Miss Lancaster.  Combining her obsession with history and affinity for tender love stories, Sarah loves crafting witty characters and heartfelt romances.  She has twice served as the Master of Ceremonies for the LDStorymakers Writing Conference and acted as the Writer in Residence at the Northwest Writers Retreat.  Sarah is represented by Pam van Hylckama Vlieg at D4EO Literary Agency.
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September 12 - Bookworm Lisa



September 13 - LDS Writer Mom



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