Life, Love and Books

  Murder Comes by Mail by A. H. Gabhart The first thing that caught my eye about this book is the cat on top of the mailbox, that sold me on reading this book.Upon reading it, I find out a cat does play a crucial part in the book. I love when authors give animals a part to play in their storylines. I have read several other books by A. H. Gabhart and she has done it again with this very cozy mystery. She grabs you from the first page and keeps you till the end of the book. As the second book in  the series, the tile holds true that murder comes by mail. When Deputy Michael Keene receives a package containing photos from a murder scene, with it a letter that points him toward a suspect. The same guy that he stopped from jumping off the local bridge the week before. Feeling like he could have stopped this murder, Michael chooses to assist on the investigation of  this murder. When a second body is found, the reality hits home that Hidden Springs is no longer a q...

Roots and Sky: A Journey Home in Four Seasons by Christie Purifoy Arriving at her new home in September, all Christie was longing for was a place to settle down in the craziness of this world. This was going to be the place where her family could settle down and grasp the things that was right in front of them, a place they would call home. An old farmhouse sitting on top of hill, called to them with so many possibilities. Looking forward to welcoming her fourth child into her family, she had many plans of making this new home a place of sanctuary for her family. Roots and Sky tells of the first year of life spent at Maplehurst thru the trials and triumphs for the family. It starts with the September they moved thru to the next august. We get a glimpse into a life and struggles of a mother and wife setting roots down and  learning to branch her limbs out to make friends in a very different area than what she was raised in.  There is so much spiritual and life...