Life, Love and Books

                            Her Secret Hope                                 By Shelley Shepard Gray In book 3 of A Season in Pinecraft, we find Lilly Kurtz returning to live at Pinecraft to be closer to her friends and their families. Wanting to start afresh as a new and improved, Lilly accepts an position as a housekeeper at the inn. Excited to spend time with her friends, she does not expect to make a new friend along the way.  Eddie Byler came to Pinecraft with his eccentric grandmother for a long awaited vacation. One day he runs into Lilly and is very intrigued by this newcomer to the inn. Her personality and love of life brings a breath of fresh air to him. Lilly's struggle with being adopted has held her back all of her life, now its something she has to face down as she may have found the love of her life in Eddie. But Eddie is only on vacation and will be heading back home in a short time period. When Lilly's job is on the line, she is offered another opportunity to be

                         The Warsaw Sisters                    A Novel of WWII Poland                                       By Amanda Barrett In this novel set in World War II Poland we meet sisters, Antonia and Helena whose lives are uprooted by the war. Within days th e world they know is shattered by the bombs, causing the sisters to take a second look at their lives. When confronted with  the reality  Antonia makes a hard choice to help the precious little ones that have been forced behind the walls of the Ghetto. But it means losing an relationship with her sister to protect those who are also risking their lives to save the children. With her sister following a different path in life, Helena finds herself drawn into the  underground secret army. Finding her purpose she chooses to fight for  her precious homeland, alongside  her fellow countrymen. This fight takes Helena away from her beloved sister and down a very dangerous path. The secrets that Helena and Antonia are forced to

  Shadows at Dusk                                        By Elizabeth Goddard In the second book in the Missing in Alaska series, we meet  Montana detective Trevor James who travels to Alaska in search of his missing sister. Armed with a few photographs as the only clues to help him find his beloved sister, Trevor arrives in Alaska seeking the help of an experienced bush pilot, Carrie James.  Having found a place in the middle of the wilds of Alaska where she could heal from the wounds of her past, Carrie has created a new life and meaning for herself. Suddenly she is feeling like someone in her past has come back to harm her, causing her to turn to the handsome detective for help.  Not wanting to put Carrie into harms way more than he has to, Trevor just wants her assistance to locate the landmarks in the photos. Then he can pursue clues to help him find out what happened to his missing sister, but Carrie makes a deal that he can not ignore. She would help him find the landmarks in th

  Letters From My Sister                                  by Valerie Fraser Luesse This is the first book I have read by Valerie Fraser Luesse, the title drew me in and I was hooked from page one. This is one book I would recommend to anyone who loves to read an historical read.  As we open the book we meet the Bullock sisters Emmy and Callie who live a very rich and fulfilled life. One day their lives are turned upside down, when their family opens their home up to the granddaughter of one of their servants. Lily McGee was born with an exotic beauty and has a secret of her own she is trying to protect; her unborn baby.  Shortly after Lily has her little girl, terror visits the Bullock household and Callie suffers from short memory loss. The only image she can remember is an image of her sister Emmy standing on the riverbank holding Lilys baby girl in her arms. Having to take the steps to face down the truth, Callie has to go away to a place of retreat. Her time away from her sister pr