Life, Love and Books

Never Leave Me By Jody Hedlund We return to the Waters of Times series and find Harrison Burlington caring for the dying Ellen Creighton. While Ellen has accepted that she is dying, she is still struggling with the deaths of her sister and father who have been taken by the quest for the healing waters. Harrison has kept hidden his true feelings for Ellen; so he desperately continues the search for the Holy Water to save his one true love. . But when he finds 2 more vials, Ellen is still not convinced that they actually contain the Holy Water. Harrison makes a decision to demonstrate his everlasting love by drinking one of the vials. When she witnesses the healing properties of the Holy Water, Ellen is unable to  deny the truth in front of her.  But there some dangerous criminals that will do anything to get their hands on a vial of Holy Water. Harrison and Ellen soon learn they will do anything, even sending Ellen back to the past to get more of the Holy Water for them.  ...

Come Back To Me By Jody Hedlund The latest book by Jody Hedlund is very different then any of  her other books that I have read. It is a time travel series that takes you back to a time period of knights and maidens that cross over from present day.  We meet research scientist Marian Creighton whose research has been focused on finding a cure to save  her beloved sister from a genetic disease. Their dear father also on a quest of his own, to find the holy water from the tree of life. When Marian receives a phone call that her father is in a coma, she rushes to his side. But when she finds out that her father may have crossed to the past, she starts to question her assumptions about her fathers quest.  As she follows the clues and starts to explore more about her fathers quest, she starts to get glimpses into the past. When Marian ingests the same water that her father took she is transported back to the Middle Ages. Marian is rescued by a valiant knight and is put in...

The Way Of The Brave By Susan May Warren This book was one I have been  looking forward to reading and it was so worth the wait. So I was very delighted to get the chance to review this book. Jenny Calhoun is a former CIA profiler and psychiatrist, whose way of easing her guilt from her time  overseas is to bury it. Now each year she and her two best friends embark on a extreme challenge, this year they are climbing the Denali in Alaska. What she never thought would happen was her past would be standing in front of her again. Orion Starr is a former pararescue jumper who wants to just not deal with the past that haunts him each day. Now he is being bugged to join up with his friend's Hamilton Jones's elite rescue team. So when he hears that three climbers are lost on Denali, he feels called to assist the rescue team on the rescue.  When the long awaited climb turns into the worst nightmare for Jenny and her friends. She has to put he...

Merchant of Alyss by Thomas Locke  The second book in the Legends of the Realm, Merchant of Alyss finds Hyam living at in Falmoth Port with his wife Joelle. Many changes has happened in his life, a chance encounter has brought new wisdom and love finds a way into his heart. As he is slowly recovering from his last battles, a mysterious shipment arrives that draws his attention. When his dreams become haunted by soon coming conflicts and mythic beasts, he has to face another battle; the battle to rescue his beloved from  a sorcerers spell. Hyam sets out over desolate lands to save what is dearest to him, his wife and community. As he sets out on this new journey, he must rely on his abilities and his forbidden past to be able to win the battle. This quest could either bring deliverance or devastation. I truly like reading fantasy and checking out new reads, but this book was a hard one for me to get into. This was not the kind of book i would read, but I would recommen...