Life, Love and Books

Deep Extraction: An FBI Task Force Novel by Diann Mills  Deep Extraction brings another thrilling read that dives into the deep world of oil drilling. The story follows an FBI agent and US Marshall who are investigating the mysterious death of a businessman and friend. When an oil and gas magnate Nathan Moore is found dead by his wife, she becomes the main suspect in the murder case.  Special Agent Tori  Templeton is torn between choosing to stand by her dear friend Sally's side or focus totally on finding the person who has killed Sally's husband. Joining Tori and her partner is recently reinstated Deputy US Marshall Cole Jeffers, who has just come back from a time away.   As more clues are unearthed that reveal a secret lifestyle that was unknown by victim's family it gets to be more difficult for those investigating the case. The more the team sift thru the clues it seems they are finding that the case may be more of a maze of bad new...

Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage by Dr Greg and Erin Smalley Looking for hope toward having a marriage filled with passion and advenure, look no further Dr Greg  and Erin Smalley bring a fresh look to the issues  that face many couples.   The newest edition to the resources at Focus on the Family, brings a new outlook to marriage and the issues couples face. Each of the 12 secrets are broken down and discussed in a very real language that is very understandable to all. Dr Greg Smalley even inserts bits of humor into the chapters that will give everyone a laugh, while being able to see the thoughts he has given. Erin provides a female perspective into each of the secrets for marriage.  This book opened my eyes on several on the secrets, I will truly apply this book to my marriage and pass it on to my friends. I loved the way authors shared about their marriage and used the term war as a thought of marriage. Truly we are in a war to keep our marriag...

Coming into my marriage, I truly thought is was going to be the most beautiful thing in my life. I would be swept off my feet by this prince charming and carried off to live happily after. We would spend our honeymoon making wondrous and beautiful love just like the couples in the harlequin books  that I read when I was a teenager. Yeah Right!!! Reality  struck on our first day of our honeymoon, the man I thought I had married was not who I thought he was. He was flawed, he was not the prince charming or the amazing lover I had dreamed of. Our first big fight happened on our honeymoon, I was devastated  my dream of a beautiful time together was ruined. The months passed by and things justed seemed to get worse for us. I was working away from home and when I came home all I wanted to do was spend time with my dear hubby. His thoughts was he wanted to spend time with his family and friends, not this woman who was being very demanding with him. This is not what I thought...