Life, Love and Books

Where The Road Bends  Rachel Fordham As her wedding day gets closer Norah King is struggling with the decision to marry a man she barely knows.  As she is out surveying her families land she finds a injured stranger. Her act of kindness in nursing the injured man in her home ends up turning into a bad situation. Realizing that his being around Norah is damaging to her reputation, Quincy Barnes makes a decision to move on.  After being nursed back to health, Quincy chooses to turn his life  around and make something of himself.  He devotes his life to helping others in their time of need, while becoming a very successful businessman. When he decides to go back and repay Norah for her kindness, he finds that her life is very different than when he left her.  Norah's life has taken a drastic turn and she has had to make a  dire choice to be able to keep living. One day her rescue comes in the form of the same man that she nursed back to health. Will Norah...

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...

    The Prince and The Prodigal by Jill Eileen Smith   This is a retelling of the biblical story of Joseph alongside the story of his eldest brother Judah.  We find Joseph being trained to take over as the heir to his fathers flocks. Which causes much strife between Joseph and his elder brothers  to the point of causing grief for their elderly father. Joseph finds himself in a very foreign land as an servant to powerful man. While back with his family, eldest brother Judah is struggling with the guilt that came with selling his younger brother to slave traders. Weighed down with seeing his father grieving for his beloved son, Judah chooses to move away and settle in a different land. Each of the brothers are taken on very much different journeys that leads them down a path that intersect later in life. Jill Eileen Smith takes a well known bible story and gives us a deeper insight to it. She helps us to see deeper into the relationship between Joseph and his elde...

          The Lady of Galoway Manor by Jennifer Deibel In this novel we go back to the 1920's Ireland; where we meet Annabeth DeLacy, a young lady whose family moved from Britain. Having an interest in working with craftsman, her father gets her an apprenticeship with the family who descended from the creator the famed Claddagh ring. Stephen Jennings has grown up with the shadow of romance and love all around him. After having his heart broken he no longer want to follow in his fathers footsteps of creating jewelry.   When Annabeth walks into his family's workshop, Stephen  is not happy take on a privileged young lady as others in his village are struggling to survive. After being appointed by his father to teach the jewelry making to Annabeth, Stephen choses to do his best to see that she is bored of it. But what he did not realize is that Annabeth is thrilled with a challenge. The more time Stephen spends with Annabeth, he starts to se...

Sunrise By Susan May Warren We return to Alaska in the newest series by Susan May Warren;  where we meet one of the three  Kingston brothers, Dodge.  His fathers recent accident has brought Dodge back home to give his dad a hand with the family business. His return back to Sky King Ranch brings back many memories, good and bad. Echo Yazzie is a true Alaskan, raised by a father who made sure she knew how to live off the land. The love of her life walked out of her life several years ago, so Echo chose to  dedicate her life to being a research guide.  Coming back home has not t been easy for Dodge, the memories from his past are still fresh in his mind. When he sees Echo for the first time, his feelings for her return full force. Dodge does not fully approve of Echo's choice of work. But when  one of Echo's fellow researchers goes missing, Echo is   determined to find her. Dodge longs to protect Echo from the dangers that are in the Alaskan wildern...

A Heart Adrift By Laura Frantz A Heart Adrift is a story of a long lost love reunited in a time filled with the threat of war. We meet twenty-eight year old, Esmee Shaw who has devoted her life to making sweet treats that brings smiles to those who eat them. But her own heart is heavy as she longs to find a passion that fills her each day. To Esmee's surprise, one day her long lost love walks back into her life turning it upside down.  Captain Henri Lennox returns to port from a lengthy absence, with plans to complete the lighthouse that he and Esmee had dreamed of together as a couple. His return brings him back into Esmee's life and their romance is rekindled as the days go by. But the wounds of their past still hang over each of them as they navigate back toward other. The threat of war has the colonial government requesting Henri to lead a secret naval expedition against the French. With their future being plunged into the unknown, Henri and Esmee have to cling to the ho...

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.  ...