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Among The Innocent By Mary Alford Ten years ago tragedy struck the small town and left behind a lone survivor, a teenage girl. All grown up now, Leah Miller has found a career as a deputy with the police force. But when an amish teenager is found murdered with the same MO as the family ten years ago, it brings to question was the wrong man blamed for the deaths.  As the new police chief, Dalton Cooper has an alternative motive to why he chose to take the job. But he did not expect to be working along side the daughter of the murdered family, Leah. Their time spent together has drawn Dalton and Leah closer, but their secrets may tear them apart or even help them work towards finding the truth. Is there a copycat or was the wrong man accused of murder? Mary Alford writes a read that keeps you turning the pages to see what is next. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good suspense read. I was provided a complimentary copy of this book by Revell and did not receive anythi...

. Always Look Twice by Elizabeth Goddard In the second installment to the Uncommon Justice series, we return to the wilderness of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  It opens with a bear, a camera and a eyewitness to a murder! Harper Reynolds is on a sabbatical from her job, when in the midst of getting a award worthy shot  movement catches her eye. Now she is running from the killer that she just witnessed shooting a unknown woman. Heath McCade is now a reserve sheriff deputy in his home county, but he did not expect to have a witness fall right into his path. While he is out with a wilderness group from his ranch retreat;  something catches his attention in the woods. His dear childhood friend, Harper; was back in his life as fast as she had disappeared years before. Harper is devastated to hear that all the evidence of  the crime that she has witnessed has  disappeared. Now she is determined to ...

Room For Hope by Kim Vogel Sawyer Neva Shilling has carried the most of the responsibility of raising her two kids, while her husband Warren travels to neighboring communities selling items from his wagon. She ran the mercantile all on her own, working her hardest to keep their business going in the midst of the Depression. Late one evening a wagon pulls up, rushing out to shower a warm welcome on her husband after his long trip; Neva and her kids are met with bad news. A deputy had come bearing the news that Warren and his wife had died and left behind three young children that he wanted to live with their "Aunt Neva".  Shocked by the news of her husband's death and betrayal of their marriage vows, Neva chooses to pick up the pieces of her life and continue her life without her husband. Knowing what it was like to live in an orphanage, she does not want these little ones to have to go thru the struggles she went thru growing up.  By taking her husbands ...