tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15297461199674916522024-02-25T01:45:56.208-05:00Lisa's Loves(Books of Course)I love books--- paranormal, urban fantasy, romance of any kind, historical fiction, YA, and many others. Political or self help are about the only kind I don't pick up.Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2932125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-75431034678631645912022-03-30T00:45:00.000-04:002022-03-30T00:45:56.422-04:00Review of THE LAST HOUSE ON THE STREET by Diane Chamberlain * * * * *<div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlPQdM8Z8sUzuIiNkE6KXX0m28JuVxCvA0k4TT0ws8dTIFNLGyOg3tOQ6PmvGV6ToF-WavvxGBjrWbFq5q1-Vo2ChA8zfYN2mbW7---OxJrvzeU--GCoBKpfkmpe7jv0Y9ES5DN65zg7iZ-nU8fDsM8LIfDZUHYpW8eHnubXjWMsiq8heeSfA5AsZKw/s480/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlPQdM8Z8sUzuIiNkE6KXX0m28JuVxCvA0k4TT0ws8dTIFNLGyOg3tOQ6PmvGV6ToF-WavvxGBjrWbFq5q1-Vo2ChA8zfYN2mbW7---OxJrvzeU--GCoBKpfkmpe7jv0Y9ES5DN65zg7iZ-nU8fDsM8LIfDZUHYpW8eHnubXjWMsiq8heeSfA5AsZKw/w264-h400/1.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br />Title: </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>The Last House on the Street </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Author: </span></b></b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Diane Chamberlain</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Genre: </span></b></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Mystery/Suspense</b></span></span><b style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Rating: 5*</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Publishers: </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>St. Martin's Press</b></span></span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">(</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b>Jan 11, 2022</b></span><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">)</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Hardback: 352 pages</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">ISBN: </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b> 978-1250267962</b></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white;">FTC Disclosure: </span></b><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b>Book provided by my local library</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large; line-height: 21.735px;"><b><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span>A small town divided by prejudice. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">A family torn apart. A secret that won't remain silent.<br /><br /></span><span style="text-align: left;">Read the magnificent new novel from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">'Compelling, important, devastating: you have to read this one' </span><span style="text-align: left;">Sunday Times</span><span style="text-align: left;"> bestseller Clare Mackintosh</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">'Both powerful and page-turning' </span><span style="text-align: left;">Sunday Times</span><span style="text-align: left;"> bestseller Cathy Kelly</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">'Sensitively written yet unflinching... Taut, compelling and moving' </span><span style="text-align: left;">Sunday Times</span><span style="text-align: left;"> bestseller Adele Parks, Platinum magazine</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">1965.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> A young white female student becomes involved in the fight for civil rights in North Carolina, falling in love with one of her fellow activists, a Black man, in a time and place where an interracial relationship must be hidden from family, friends and especially the reemerging Ku Klux Klan. As tensions rise in the town, she realises not everyone is who they appear to be.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">2010. </span><span style="text-align: left;">A recently widowed architect moves into the home she and her late husband designed, heartbroken that he will never cross the threshold. But when disturbing things begin to happen, it's clear that someone is sending her a warning. Who is trying to frighten her away, and why?</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Decades later, past and present are set to collide in the last house on the street...</span></span></i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large; line-height: 21.735px;"><b><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 21.735px;"><b>This book was a wonderful blending of the past and the present and the </b></span></span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">captivating mystery kept me reading late into the night.</span></b></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I grew up in a town very like the one in this story in the foothills of North Carolina and though I'd have only been 10 at the time this happened, I am both </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">fascinated and </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">horrified to realize that events that happened in this book could and did take place in my lifetime and possibily in my community. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3c4043;">It took awhile to see the connection in what was going on in 1965 to the events in 2010 but when they connected wow! I must say I had very little of it figured out and what a surprise ending. It was perfect. If you want a read that will keep you thinking about it long after you've finished it then read </span><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE LAST HOUSE ON THE STREET.</span></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtL7RbmK5sf8V3aE0dLrvyM6W01YhkNGAEq5yhyFvuorMme73mTT3fVLORGn4dXkM0Lm9ACq1vNIK_o7IR-GB4Pbz7CCveniVzrTA21PW2wg2uB-BwYfStradcLabBW7W8utIdf4eqXm8-li5fkn-J3Gnpj8E2Olm9euymvhQAfHEjz2ldJ6Ny0bnZw/s600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="491" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtL7RbmK5sf8V3aE0dLrvyM6W01YhkNGAEq5yhyFvuorMme73mTT3fVLORGn4dXkM0Lm9ACq1vNIK_o7IR-GB4Pbz7CCveniVzrTA21PW2wg2uB-BwYfStradcLabBW7W8utIdf4eqXm8-li5fkn-J3Gnpj8E2Olm9euymvhQAfHEjz2ldJ6Ny0bnZw/s320/1.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br /><span><b>Diane Chamberlain is the RITA Award winning author of sixteen novels, published in over twelve languages. A former hospital social worker and psychotherapist, Diane writes complex stories about relationships, redemption and forgiveness with a touch of mystery and suspense. She lives in North Carolina with her significant other, John, and her shelties, Keeper and Jet.</b></span></i></span></span></div></div></div>Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-63980634845564988092022-03-28T06:37:00.000-04:002022-03-28T06:37:09.054-04:00Review of AFRAID- An omnibus of novels by Lisa Childs, Alexandra Ivy and Lisa Jackson-* * * * *<p> <b style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Afraid-Lisa-Jackson/dp/1420153633/ref=tmm_mmp_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJWZJXpcfow_fECIP920aoQeJWEfa3zPt1BAYHovNTXt48wvrkpFHh_hsHO2p-ZG14pvqzjyccIMcyvNUyEaN1scraQ_M_TKjrOaug2frQ-Pbx7cRJQKU7H7CdwtfIOnPwavy5rsB0jrKZsML9vE0MhfO5uhO5A4_7feZmJGFFQbmhdpIL1yIrRM7aQ/w434-h640/1.jpg" width="434" /></a></span></b></div><b style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><p></p><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Title:AFRAID</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Author: </span></b></b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Lisa Childs, Alexandra Ivy and Lisa Jackson</b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Genre: Murder Mystery</span></b></b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Rating: 5*</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Publishers: </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Zebra</b></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #333333;">(</b><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Feb 22, 2022</b></span><b style="color: #333333;">)</b></span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Paperback: 368 pages</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">ISBN: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Afraid-Lisa-Jackson/dp/1420153633/ref=tmm_mmp_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">978-1420153637</a></span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white;">FTC Disclosure: </span></b><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b>ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley</b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: x-small;">Copy provided for the purpose of providing an honest review.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: x-small;"> This does not affect my opinion of this book.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><p style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b><i>A thrilling new book featuring the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Third Grave, that fans of Allison Brennan and Lisa Gardner won’t want to miss! Dark secrets and revenge converge as former students from an elite boarding school, which is also a haven for the daughters of the rich and famous, come face to face with the crimes of the past…<br /> <br />LUCY<br />Lucy Champagne was sent to St. Cecilia’s after her movie-star mother was brutally attacked by her sleazy boyfriend, Ray Watkins. Lucy’s damning testimony landed Ray a twenty-five-year sentence. But now, Ray is free. And he’s going to find Lucy and make her pay, no matter how far and how fast she runs . . .<br /> <br />RAYNE<br />Rayne Taylor found unexpected happiness at St. Cecilia’s, until her roommate, Natalie, committed suicide. Only when Rayne finds a box of mementoes from that time does she realize how wrong she may have been about Natalie’s death—and how far someone will go to keep the truth hidden . . .<br />ERIN<br />Erin MacDonald remembers little about the long-ago night she and her sister, Anna Beth, were kidnapped. While Erin was found safe, Anna Beth vanished forever. Now Erin has reluctantly come back to the family estate, where Detective Rafe Montego hopes to finally crack the case. But as flashes of Erin’s memory reemerge, she learns how deep the danger goes . . .</i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>As all of these three authors are familiar and loved by me, this book was an automatic choice for me. While normally I don't read a lot of novellas, they were just the right size for a quick read late at night when I didn't want to be up till 4 AM finishing a suspense novel that would not let me sleep until resolving "who dun it" before being able to sleep. I loved the fact that these books were loosely connected yet stood alone. The only fault was that they ended way to quick. Each novella would have been a fabulous full length novel as they kept me quessing up until the end.</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVGCq9z3LxJDJJ3wgOM9dm7q9SOiU7vK1Z2LzcvmUFUgFNhOBOEeJVPnPBwaUDu5kQg8dIvga8CbT8cRI9czjnN5H0-bk5iW6l3puI7BWltdM-_DwOFrDI-pwRz7SG6azglW7um5GQGjrWW17Rc4mhfm04I55N95gFVXIhi942b_BsLIIxpNcEYrC7Q/s201/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="140" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVGCq9z3LxJDJJ3wgOM9dm7q9SOiU7vK1Z2LzcvmUFUgFNhOBOEeJVPnPBwaUDu5kQg8dIvga8CbT8cRI9czjnN5H0-bk5iW6l3puI7BWltdM-_DwOFrDI-pwRz7SG6azglW7um5GQGjrWW17Rc4mhfm04I55N95gFVXIhi942b_BsLIIxpNcEYrC7Q/s1600/1.jpg" width="140" /></a></div><br />Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over ninety-five novels, including Liar, Liar, You Will Pay, After She's Gone, Deserves to Die, Running Scared, and Shiver. She is also the co-author of One Last Breath, Last Girl Standing and the Colony Series, written with her sister and bestselling author Nancy Bush, as well as the collaborative novels Sinister and Ominous, written with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan. There are over thirty million copies of her novels in print and her writing has been translated into twenty languages. She lives with her family and rambunctious dogs in the Pacific Northwest. Readers can visit her online at LisaJackson.com and find her on Facebook.<p></p><p> </p><p>Alexandra Ivy is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgu6TdDURw4i7H1uTA8xn7vFIsLxjsP14DIwjWomeNaL1ajdw7OUy92b5RCN4UGG3RK706tRhEqOUKl1qiMQTWpyGKXf0AZTNt6fARHkDfp3QmskjGCbkq3gQU2vz95KdS4vij8__GcYFXYvuO2eCSxrvbM52Ic7cHXW8fWFF_ZT2ooF_esMekdhiZg/s175/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="140" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgu6TdDURw4i7H1uTA8xn7vFIsLxjsP14DIwjWomeNaL1ajdw7OUy92b5RCN4UGG3RK706tRhEqOUKl1qiMQTWpyGKXf0AZTNt6fARHkDfp3QmskjGCbkq3gQU2vz95KdS4vij8__GcYFXYvuO2eCSxrvbM52Ic7cHXW8fWFF_ZT2ooF_esMekdhiZg/s1600/1.jpg" width="140" /></a></div><br /> bestselling author of romantic suspense, paranormal and erotic romance. She has also written Regency historicals under the name Deborah Raleigh. A five-time RT Book Award Finalist, Ivy has received much acclaim for her Guardians of Eternity, ARES Security, Immortal Rogues and Sentinels series. She lives with her family in Missouri and can be found online AlexandraIvy.com.<p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaEKu02cSINwzLyIB0yI6K0ejs7iGlHkEIKcC9R_eoSHgB6uaXreftzhb2PJjpDG1C91Jay2uG42_xNCKZ3yBPTCu9Y0FINUzAUrotBcMm38wfSsYtLW8x2T-MaTyWmoYe2svDMhpYdbkJHOcmry4Vo7FY3lt0NMlRki13NNRWDMzkLA1b905AUrkDA/s184/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="140" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaEKu02cSINwzLyIB0yI6K0ejs7iGlHkEIKcC9R_eoSHgB6uaXreftzhb2PJjpDG1C91Jay2uG42_xNCKZ3yBPTCu9Y0FINUzAUrotBcMm38wfSsYtLW8x2T-MaTyWmoYe2svDMhpYdbkJHOcmry4Vo7FY3lt0NMlRki13NNRWDMzkLA1b905AUrkDA/s1600/1.jpg" width="140" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p>Lisa Childs is an award-winning and international bestselling author of more than seventy novels. She was born on Halloween, which may have fated her predilection for spinning dark and twisty stories. In addition to romantic suspense, she also writes women’s fiction, paranormal and contemporary romance. Lisa loves to hear from readers who can contact her on Facebook, and through her Website LisaChilds.com.</p></span></span></span></span></div></div></div>Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-55849892400523353392022-03-27T16:58:00.000-04:002022-03-27T16:58:31.659-04:00Review of FREE FROM SIN by Karen Ann Hopkins * * * * *<p> </p><p><b style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4375FA8Y3XtTqRC_lGyGmU42ljWy3pOmIVveqExudtP5Zu4YpvDOkTdr6yt4rn8Z6YH4yTQWYK4L90jNC9LFanGazQGs9Tg1RquNe_Arb-_6SO9NkTatDeQVH1KwqKnvEglpwGsSzPDAPrqi-ObsqEFwzkaXT-L-bo7vhjzVL-kNyU5gE8e3QkjzBdA/s500/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4375FA8Y3XtTqRC_lGyGmU42ljWy3pOmIVveqExudtP5Zu4YpvDOkTdr6yt4rn8Z6YH4yTQWYK4L90jNC9LFanGazQGs9Tg1RquNe_Arb-_6SO9NkTatDeQVH1KwqKnvEglpwGsSzPDAPrqi-ObsqEFwzkaXT-L-bo7vhjzVL-kNyU5gE8e3QkjzBdA/w400-h640/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> Title: FREE FROM SIN</span></b><p></p><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Series: </span></b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Possum Gap #1</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Author: </span></b></b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Karen Ann Hopkins</b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Genre: Crime Mystery</span></b></b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Rating: 5*</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Publishers: </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Independently published</b></span></span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">(</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b>Feb 9, 2022</b></span><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">)</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Paperback: 280 pages</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">ISBN: </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>979-8799900489</b></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white;">FTC Disclosure: Free copy</span></b><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b> provided by the publisher via Goodreads</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: x-small;">Copy provided for the purpose of providing an honest review.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: x-small;"> This does not affect my opinion of this book.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">FREE FROM SIN is a gripping psychological crime thriller/mystery story about the intertwining lives of three unlikely women in the hills of Kentucky, and the explosive results when a troubled teenager has her day of reckoning.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">Sheriff Sadie Mills navigates the challenges of single motherhood while solving crimes in the rural community of Possum Gap, Kentucky. The recent trailer shootings in her jurisdiction have her on edge, and the new coroner, a Yankee transplant from the east coast, is still adjusting to life in the wilderness when all hell breaks loose. Cases stemming from an out-of-control hillbilly clan, sex trafficking, and a murder in the nearby Amish community collide, and Sheriff Mills finds herself in a race to stop a serial killer before they strike again.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">Lucinda Coblentz is a devoted wife, mother, and member of a strict religious order. Her kind and generous ways make her the perfect target of a master manipulator and has put her beloved family in grave danger. Can she make matters right before it’s too late?</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">Charlie Baker endured years of torment by a wicked stepfather and a coldhearted mother before she finally escaped her suffering. Now eighteen, her powerful journey takes her between two worlds, one good and the other evil. Struggling to cope with buried secrets and the demons from her past, she’ll stop at nothing in her search for the one thing that has always eluded her—happiness.</span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b>When I first started this book, I thought it was going to be a bust as I hate books told from different points of view. In fact, I often avoid a book written in this manner. However, the story managed to drag me in. I loved the location, the hills of Kentucky, and was surprised to realize there were Amish communities in Kentucky. Being from the foothills of North Carolina, I can't believe I hadn't run across this fact before. In fact, there are nearly 8000 Amish in the state of Kentucky.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I loved the pacing of the story and was back and forth about my feelings for Charlie. The story was so compeling that I managed to complete it in several hours and I'm already looking forward to the next story in this series and checking out her </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Serenity's Plain Secrets series.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5xtjqMZaiIAT1P5ki97Q_im-6TBm-oSlqNvCB5VHRLLUaOjMjDjOObRKO3LaGM6TclcNyyXLk8ys4LOT5wamIqFXcr1YKUoSkCU1juOBFjqfcOyUTlxgvqzD1A6VbmOY-yuMxNY_WO-3XkUiEjvaCYb-YnmWkIed-E7DwVBJBrHZC6oAsTn0Qt5G0A/s563/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5xtjqMZaiIAT1P5ki97Q_im-6TBm-oSlqNvCB5VHRLLUaOjMjDjOObRKO3LaGM6TclcNyyXLk8ys4LOT5wamIqFXcr1YKUoSkCU1juOBFjqfcOyUTlxgvqzD1A6VbmOY-yuMxNY_WO-3XkUiEjvaCYb-YnmWkIed-E7DwVBJBrHZC6oAsTn0Qt5G0A/s320/1.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><div style="text-align: left;">You can visit Karen Ann Hopkins at her website: www.karenannhopkinsfiction.com.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Karen Ann Hopkins resides in northern Kentucky with her family on a farm that boasts a menagerie of horses, goats, sheep, peacocks, chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigs, dogs, and cats. Karen rescues and fosters a variety of pets and farm animals, but she also finds time to give riding lessons, coach a youth equestrian drill team, and of course, write. She was inspired to create her first book, Temptation, by the Amish community she lives in. The experiential knowledge she gained through her interactions with her neighbors drove her to create the story of the star-crossed lovers, Rose and Noah.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Karen grew up about a mile from Lake Ontario in Upstate New York. She was bitten by the horse bug at the age of five, and after diligently taking riding lessons for several years, was rewarded with her first horse at the age of eleven. The feisty horse's name was Lady, a Quarter Horse-Thoroughbred cross, who became Karen's steadfast companion. Through the years, the constant force in her life was horses. Eventually, Karen found her place as a riding instructor herself. Before accepting her fate in the barnyard, she worked a short stint as a paralegal, traveled abroad, and guided tourists on horseback riding tours in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Karen is currently working on her Amish mystery series, Serenity's Plain Secrets, along with several new projects.</div></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div>Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-90400072018603581792022-01-08T07:09:00.002-05:002022-01-08T20:25:05.563-05:00LITTLE SISTER By Isabel Ashdown * * * * *<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6hsansMahaIfWb08sa0_7aDksyfXz8W5gDuFiUoltm9uZkcD-5pj7N7UhDpo-H1DxgVoLUrPOyzbrNh9AMpmfBYgE5Q9Cpkw0wbKpzuB1BBZezK6vaD0lIVsTHXNAXMBUSQqhmbZwD6EaS2RO2dmYqD2RrWDfYuIj3-iuODI_AGCCCXRNIfZGdJeXfw=s280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="154" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6hsansMahaIfWb08sa0_7aDksyfXz8W5gDuFiUoltm9uZkcD-5pj7N7UhDpo-H1DxgVoLUrPOyzbrNh9AMpmfBYgE5Q9Cpkw0wbKpzuB1BBZezK6vaD0lIVsTHXNAXMBUSQqhmbZwD6EaS2RO2dmYqD2RrWDfYuIj3-iuODI_AGCCCXRNIfZGdJeXfw=w352-h640" width="352" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></b><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Title: Little Sister </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b> Author: Isabel Ashdown</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Genre: Psychological Thriller</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Rating: *****</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b> Publishers: Kensington</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>(June 26, 2018)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Hardback: 336 pages</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>ISBN: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Sister-Isabel-Ashdown/dp/1496714776/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">978-1496714770</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>FTC Disclosure: Copy provided by the public library</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;">No one knows you better than a sister—your dreams, your fears, your mistakes, and all your secrets.</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">It was just that way when Jess and her older sister, Emily, were children. Born barely a year apart, they were deeply entwined, complementing each other in their differences. When Jess felt awkward and shy, Emily, the consummate big sister, was happy to take the lead.</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">After a long estrangement, they’ve become close again. Jess moves into the comfortable Isle of Wight home Emily shares with her husband, step-daughter, and toddler. Any misgivings about the past are swept away and forgotten.</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">And then, on New Year’s Eve, little Daisy disappears while in Jess’s care.</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Jess is in shock, unable to remember what happened. Emily, traumatized, watches helplessly as her life unravels. But as the search intensifies and the police detective’s questions grow more pointed, a different picture emerges. Behind the image of a seemingly happy family—Daisy’s doting teenage sister, Chloe, loving father and husband, James, and siblings Emily and Jess—there are devastating deceptions and long-ago choices that can never be unmade. And underlying everything is the story of what really happened to drive Emily and Jess apart years ago.</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Unfolding through shifting perspectives, </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;">Little Sister</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> is a brilliantly plotted, dark, and constantly surprising tale of love, rivalry, and broken loyalty that reveals how far one sister might go to protect—or destroy—another . . .</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">First of all--can I just say WOW! This was one of the best p</span></b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>sychological thrillers I've read in a while. While I'm not fond of books told from two or three different POVs, as I tend to forget who it is that is speaking and I get lost, I was able to tolerate it for this story. Other than for two facts, the book kept me guessing pretty much all the way to the end. </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>What was particularly disturbing for me is that I could so relate to these sisters as I have a younger sister that is a habitual liar, has been all her life, and I saw so many characteristics of her grasp of reality/truth and the ability to fabricate an ongoing lie, that it really shook me up to think that she so could have starred in this book. Pretty damn scary, I must say.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>I've got to agree with several other reviewers, that the long ago party could have had less time spent on it, yes I figured out what really happened here right off the bat. But on the whole it was twisty enough to keep me reading almost nonstop. </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>This is an author that I intend to check out further.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>If you enjoy this type of thriller, check out <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>THE PERFECT NANNY</i></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><i>https://lisaslovesbooksofcourse.blogspot.com/2018/12/review-for-perfect-nanny-by-leila.html</i></b></span></span></div>Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-22805267731440692892022-01-05T21:32:00.000-05:002022-01-05T21:32:16.336-05:00Home for the Holidays By Amie Denman * * * *<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAwHtY63h7ToOi1Xv5d-8MWP3sNtyR9uvyG8Qz8A9vb2dkXF3lzMCk-n0-LnzsZTUj3nNk3nSjVM48JodCWdWOwOH6Trwfn1Z9EYp8U7JzJAQFylostUxqYCOz1NJ0RAVeCgF-A0Egqn7jT9lBnrG8IfpmLIO-UaXPYKERh84Nl0Sj_m_2GmrKXyXHhA=s400" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="254" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAwHtY63h7ToOi1Xv5d-8MWP3sNtyR9uvyG8Qz8A9vb2dkXF3lzMCk-n0-LnzsZTUj3nNk3nSjVM48JodCWdWOwOH6Trwfn1Z9EYp8U7JzJAQFylostUxqYCOz1NJ0RAVeCgF-A0Egqn7jT9lBnrG8IfpmLIO-UaXPYKERh84Nl0Sj_m_2GmrKXyXHhA=w254-h400" width="254" /></a></div><p></p><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>Title: </b></span><a class="bookTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58232004-home-for-the-holidays" itemprop="url" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.3; text-align: left;"><b>Home for the Holidays</b></a></span></div><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span>Series: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;">Return to Christmas Island # 2</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span>Author: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;">Amie Denman</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Genre: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;">Clean Romance </span></span></b></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Rating: * * * *</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">Publishers: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;">Harlequin Heartwarming Larger Print</span></span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">(</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #565959; text-align: start;">January 25, 2022</span><span style="background-color: white;">)</span></span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Paperback: 384 pages</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">ISBN: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Home-Holidays-Romance-Return-Christmas/dp/1335426612/ref=tmm_mmp_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1641433769&sr=1-2" target="_blank">978-1335426611</a></span></span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white;">FTC Disclosure: </span></b><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b>Copy provided by the author.</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: x-small;">Copy provided for the purpose of providing an honest review.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: x-small;"> This does not affect my opinion of this book.</span></span></span></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">On Christmas Island…</span></b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">Some loves can't be forgotten</span></b></i></span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">For Camille Peterson, coming home to Christmas Island to take over the family’s candy-making business is complicated. After all, she left so much behind. And when it comes to single dad Maddox May—who broke Camille’s heart back in high school—complicated is only the beginning. If only she could wrap up her feelings and forget them. But if forgiveness is sweet, a second chance might be irresistible…</span></b></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This book was an unexpected surprise that I received in the mail. I'd just spent about 10 days fighting the flu and was too lazy to figure out what I wanted to read next and this gem appeared like magic. I didn't start it till about 4 am but it didn't take me long to get deep into the book. I loved the idea of living on an island where the only way off was by ferry or plane. As a NC girl who frequents the Outer Banks, I've often wondered what it would be like to live on an island where you couldn't just bop over to Walmart or other stores and be totally dependant on the local stories for your needs. This is a second chance romance that I was so glad to see the author give the main characters a chance to rebuild their lost love. Betrayal of a loved one, even or especially as a teen, needs time to allow regrowth and isn't always assured. In seven years time, you are going to mature (hopefully) and though it was never mentioned, hopefully met and date others. You then have a chance to weigh if what you lost is worth fighting for or not. Throw in a cute kid and you got me hooked.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Return to Christmas Island</i></b></span></span></span></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /></i></b></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Book 1: <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">I'll Be Home for Christmas</span></i></b></span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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display: block; font-size: 1px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px;" /><span id="freeTextauthor5131242">Amie Denman lives in a small town in Ohio with her husband and sons. When she's not reading or writing, she's walking and running outside. The victim of a lifetime of curiosity, she's chased fire trucks on her bicycle just to see what's going on. Amie believes that everything is fun: especially roller coasters, wedding cake, and falling in love</span></div><div class="big450BoxBody" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: repeat-y; color: #181818;"><div class="big450BoxContent" style="overflow: hidden; width: 430px;"><div id="review-like" style="float: right; margin-top: 8px; text-align: right;"></div><div id="review-follow" style="margin-top: 8px;"></div></div></div>Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-55597107839684154262021-03-22T21:42:00.002-04:002021-03-22T21:42:44.379-04:00Review for -IN FIVE YEARS by Rebecca Serle * * * * *<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwtGL1O5UUmtqAT64ddwVfL-s4yuuszV3ctL09ssu0OF56cUUyaxOiiMG-Wbkz_FKtRmiT0_KG9-3Fs4DjeUgEDOTehuyrLRPml_lPm0SnPnfiZb0uiXjkODCOahHvNmfEJdLXU4JCxNN/s475/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwtGL1O5UUmtqAT64ddwVfL-s4yuuszV3ctL09ssu0OF56cUUyaxOiiMG-Wbkz_FKtRmiT0_KG9-3Fs4DjeUgEDOTehuyrLRPml_lPm0SnPnfiZb0uiXjkODCOahHvNmfEJdLXU4JCxNN/w258-h395/1.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p></p><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><b><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Title: In Five Years</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b><b><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Author: Rebecca Serle</span></b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span face="" style="font-family: verdana;">Genre: Women's Fiction</span></b></b></div><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Rating: * * * * *</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Publishers: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;">Atria Books</span></span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">(</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;">March 10, 2020</span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">)</span></span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Hardback: 272 pages</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">ISBN: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;">978-1982137441</span></span></b></div><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">“In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;">Where do you see yourself in five years?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;">Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;">She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;">But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;">In Five Years </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;">is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e6f2ff; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", arial; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>This book was as close to perfect as it gets. I won't go into any specifics but whatever book you thought was the best, that made you almost suffocate with emotion, and made you stop and wipe your eyes and blow your nose---double it and it still may not come close to this book. I read it in less than a day and expect it will be with me for a good long time. This is what friendship and love should be for everyone!</b></span></span></p></div>Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-55889730551004823572020-08-21T22:19:00.001-04:002020-08-21T22:19:38.680-04:00ACCIDENTALLY FAMILY - By Sasha Summers * * * *<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFf801kn9HjWSIrcRzMh0WkJywNc0_SvWuqgWci6cxhXR_tjLaFKWAEr84_jBnh071h-FOMSQeI9zXnpjFyybVjP4My0nuR-Lt2-KRbJhxZ8IYjisqT-FUeTSa4GxpQlzdFWRmlvLSMtrB/s500/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFf801kn9HjWSIrcRzMh0WkJywNc0_SvWuqgWci6cxhXR_tjLaFKWAEr84_jBnh071h-FOMSQeI9zXnpjFyybVjP4My0nuR-Lt2-KRbJhxZ8IYjisqT-FUeTSa4GxpQlzdFWRmlvLSMtrB/w416-h625/1.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b> Title: Accidentally Family</b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b> Series: Pecan Valley #1</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Author: Sasha Summers</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Genre: Clean & Wholesome Romance </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Rating: * * * *</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Publishers: Entangled: Amara </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(May 26, 2020)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Paperback: 368 pages</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>ISBN: 978-16882814741</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="text-align: left;">Welcome to Pecan Valley, where the town may be small but the townspeople will always lend a helping hand or a shoulder to lean on. Where good times, good humor, and good people will always lead to happily ever after. </span><span style="text-align: left;">— Life for Felicity, and her teen children, is finally back on track. After her divorce, she wasn’t sure if</span><span id="e_1598061627.3406_content" style="text-align: left;"> her sweet family would ever be the same. But things are good –– right up until her ex’s spirited toddler lands on Felicity’s doorstep. If the universe is going to throw lemons at her, thank God she has her best friend, Graham, to help her make lemonade out of them. How did she never notice how kind and sexy he is?<br /><br />Graham is still recovering from his wife’s death years ago and trying to help his teen daughter get her life together. Who is he kidding? His daughter hates him. Forget lemons -- he’s got the entire lemon tree. So when Felicity suggests they join forces and help each other, he’s all in. And suddenly he can’t stop thinking about her as more than just a friend. Too bad their timing couldn’t be worse…<br /><br />Because life rarely goes as planned. Luckily there are many different kinds of family to hold you together and lift you up... plus maybe even a little love between friends.</span><span id="e_1598061627.3406_less" style="text-align: left;"> </span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>This book brought me to tears several times, and though the character cast is deep, the author does an awesome job of fleshing out the minorist character. This book would definitely be considered a great beach read and definitely going to look for more of this series. Just realized while looking at her Amazon author page that she has several Harlequins with kids on the cover that I've read. That explains her ability to make the teenagers and toddler in this story feel like you know them. It's not often you get a mature romance to go along with the teenager angsty romance. While in general I don't like a book told from mutiple POVs it worked so well in this book.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBz9S7DmDnEXp5bZQpkVJgJ6HAlaOkxIiLO5lQ9ojlTvcQXfjI2tO9a4JoXr_dly9TYB4qG13FIG9beOeZuNrbMAlUk0ZvG6Vfg2zAlHwQzEiBbyQBBcF1mNCDhV-saKthzx-HL5Ckec9U/s260/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="200" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBz9S7DmDnEXp5bZQpkVJgJ6HAlaOkxIiLO5lQ9ojlTvcQXfjI2tO9a4JoXr_dly9TYB4qG13FIG9beOeZuNrbMAlUk0ZvG6Vfg2zAlHwQzEiBbyQBBcF1mNCDhV-saKthzx-HL5Ckec9U/w313-h406/1.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Born in San Antonio, The United States</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Websitehttp://www.sashasummers.com</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Twittersashawrites</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>GenreRomance, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Member SinceAugust 2010</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>URLhttps://www.goodreads.com/sashawrites</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Sasha Summers grew up surrounded by books. Her passions have always been storytelling, romance and travel--passions she uses when writing. Now a best-selling and award winning-author, Sasha continues to fall a little in love with each hero she writes. From easy-on-the-eyes cowboy, sexy alpha-male werewolves, to heroes of truly mythic proportions, she believes that everyone should have their happy ending--in fiction and real life.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Sasha lives in the suburbs of the Texas Hill country with her amazing and supportive family. She looks forward to hearing from fans and hopes you'll visit her online. Facebook: Sasha Summers Author, Twitter: @sashawrites, or her website: www.sashasummers.com</b></div></span></span></div></div>Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-60768024164193886902020-08-08T21:19:00.002-04:002020-08-21T21:58:37.854-04:00The Pout-Pout Fish Board book – by Deborah Diesen<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zN7BX6JhUqFtEoGJns7-l7Gf88toiqUI3GjIsK1V19xDcmasszp3LX1qx8Vyw8IU9gGg3x9CTKUP8voFUI_AM_Chl2xXQgoPBh_TE0Zi5UrQx0lmxBP_sFCvuZQ6zJ3iDRe3FCMs5GI4/s328/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="318" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zN7BX6JhUqFtEoGJns7-l7Gf88toiqUI3GjIsK1V19xDcmasszp3LX1qx8Vyw8IU9gGg3x9CTKUP8voFUI_AM_Chl2xXQgoPBh_TE0Zi5UrQx0lmxBP_sFCvuZQ6zJ3iDRe3FCMs5GI4/w398-h410/1.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><span id="freeText14980519482766933379" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER</span><br /><br /></span></i></span></p><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span id="freeText14980519482766933379">Deep in the water,</span></i></b></i></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span id="freeText14980519482766933379">Mr. Fish swims about</span></i></b></i></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span id="freeText14980519482766933379">With his fish face stuck</span></i></b></i></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span id="freeText14980519482766933379">In a permanent pout.</span></i></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></i></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="freeText14980519482766933379">Can his pals cheer him up?</span></i></div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="freeText14980519482766933379">Will his pout ever end?</span></i></div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="freeText14980519482766933379">Is there something he can learn</span></i></div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="freeText14980519482766933379">From an unexpected friend?</span></i></div></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that being glum and spreading "dreary wearies" isn't really his destiny. Bright ocean colors and playful rhyme come together in this fun fish story that's sure to turn even the poutiest of frowns upside down.The Pout-Pout Fish is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></span><p></p><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Undoubtably the cutest book, I've read to my grandchildren. I can't believe that anyone found it offensive. It's not for school aged kids but little kids that will love the bright pics and rhyming sing songy story. I doubt the 1 year olds that are being read to are going to remember this and just pop up and kiss a stranger or think that everyone should smile and never have a down day. Get a grip people and give your little kids a chance to laugh when you go "blub, blub, blup " and give a more age appropriate book to your kids that might be inclined to kiss a stranger! Geeze!</b></span><p></p>Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-9680596521354018812020-08-08T20:37:00.002-04:002020-08-08T20:46:50.656-04:00Review- MORAL COMPASS by Danielle Steel * *<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="185" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilr73enf-NSBVp32Cg2bmNjnZIvRxNudUSbZCTkfwJEql1rQ3_W0yGEir8qJfHBIu005cGhTOeqCyFRq5N_JBvfSlC8U94N8q9upgijbnQ6n1pV2rNYRWCGQEqxry45K4XPMhcyeMCfJKd/w231-h350/1.jpg" style="color: #333333;" width="231" /></p></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span face="">Title: MORAL COMPASS</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><b><span face="">Author: Danielle Steel</span></b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Genre: </b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Contemporary Fiction</b></span></span></div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Rating: * *</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Publishers: </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Delacorte Press </b></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b> (Jan 7, 2020)</b></span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Hardback: 288 pages</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">ISBN: </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399179534?SubscriptionId=AKIAJXCVBYSZT4DROVVA&tag=pbs_00004-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0399179534#customerReviews" target="_blank">978-0399179532</a></b></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white;">FTC Disclosure: </span></b><span face="" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b>Copy provided by the public library.</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Copy provided for the purpose of providing an honest review.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> This does not affect my opinion of this book.</span></span></span></span></div></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span id="docs-internal-guid-d95c40b0-7fff-f826-82b9-b8a74cb96563"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saint Ambrose Prep has been the school of choice for the sons of the great and the good for over a hundred years. Now, for the first time, Saint Ambrose has just enrolled its first female students. While many of the kids on the campus have all the privilege in the world, some are struggling dealing with family, insecurity and loneliness. In such a heightened environment, even the smallest spark can become a raging fire.</span></span><span id="e_1596928050.8526_content" style="background-color: white;"><br />The day after a Halloween party, a student lies in the hospital, seriously injured and with a dangerous level of alcohol in her blood. Only the handful of students who were there when she was attacked know what happened, and they have closed ranks. As parents, students, staff and the media attempt to establish the truth, no-one at Saint Ambrose will escape the fallout.<br />As the drama unfolds, those involved will reach a crossroads where they must choose between truth and lies, between what is easy and what is right, coming to rely on their own moral compass.</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>First let me say, I've read Danielle Steel books since the mid 70's and loved them. Very few left me disappointed. However, that was not the case with </b><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MORAL COMPASS</span></i><b>. This book had so much potential. It was timely and could have been great but it fell boringly short. The characters were flat and the story was dull. There was no build up, no suspense, no feelings at all. </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>The facts were pretty much done as an info dump in the first three chapters and it only got worse as it went on. I never </b></span><b>empathised with any of the characters at any point in the story. They were dull as cardboard cutouts. If this book had been written by anyone other than Steel, I'd have quit by page 50 but I did read the whole thing as I kept expecting it to take off and actually entertain me. Possibly, if this had been a mystery type of book, it would have been better but it read basically as going from point A to B to C and not only did you not care about point A, B or C , you didn't care about the journey. I don't think I've ever been so relieved to get to the end of a story. I'm not sure that this story actually deserved two stars instead of one, but out of sentimentality for DS, I gave it two. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhUXOMnmifQNXRngmhFZISvZ5SZke7zuvssY3eBPF4LvieP2VWCBQXyDJ0WCB518nWaTXliLotrAmXvf5pRAWcyA2h-pEZnysyrOgtSXm6MbfrWIDPgzf3sOHD2dIUM6P-GOB4Y8khhGr/s180/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="180" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhUXOMnmifQNXRngmhFZISvZ5SZke7zuvssY3eBPF4LvieP2VWCBQXyDJ0WCB518nWaTXliLotrAmXvf5pRAWcyA2h-pEZnysyrOgtSXm6MbfrWIDPgzf3sOHD2dIUM6P-GOB4Y8khhGr/w180-h145/1.jpg" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhUXOMnmifQNXRngmhFZISvZ5SZke7zuvssY3eBPF4LvieP2VWCBQXyDJ0WCB518nWaTXliLotrAmXvf5pRAWcyA2h-pEZnysyrOgtSXm6MbfrWIDPgzf3sOHD2dIUM6P-GOB4Y8khhGr/s180/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Danielle Steel has sold 650 million copies of her books internationally, and every one of her books is a bestseller. She is published in 69 countries and 43 languages.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Steel has written more than 163 books, 139 of which are novels; 18 children’s books, including Pretty Minnie in Hollywood and Pretty Minnie in Paris about her white long-hair teacup Chihuahua.</span></b></span></a><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba193d36-7fff-b448-8d1a-7a7f0b01f016"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She also founded and runs two foundations, one named in honor of her late son, The Nick Traina Foundation, which finances organizations involved in mental illness, child abuse, and suicide prevention. The second foundation was established to assist the homeless. She lives in Paris and San Francisco and is the mother of nine children.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></b></span></span></div><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div>Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-20298878433115646402020-04-18T23:04:00.000-04:002020-04-18T23:04:47.962-04:00Review- DEEP IN THE ALASKAN WOODS by Karen Harper-* * *<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I've read oodles of Karen Harpers books and loved them.</b><span style="color: blue;"><i><b> DEEP IN THE ALASKAN WOODS</b></i></span><b> not so much. The story had great potential and I loved the setting but I never connected with the characters. The romance felt flat as did the suspense. Normally, when reading this type of book, I'm obvious of everything going on around me. At no time in this book did I feel like I anything other than I had a book in my hand. I'm not a fan of instant attraction. I like a relationship to grow and develop so that may have been part of my problem with Alex and Quinn. The only thing that kept me reading was I don't like not know who did the deed. </b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Karen Harper is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of romantic suspense and historical novels. A native Ohioan, Karen is a former high school English teacher and English-and-writing instructor at the Ohio State University. (Go Bucks!) The Harpers are avid Ohio State football fans, but they have a serious side too. They were on the 10-year committee which revamped the main library on campus. The Ohio State Library houses her author collection in Rare Books and Manuscripts.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Harpers love to travel, and Karen often uses her favorite places as settings for her novels. She's recently written books set in Edwardian England and South Florida, the latter where she lived for 30 winters. Her latest trilogy is THE SOUTH SHORES NOVELS, with forensic psychologist Claire Britten and criminal lawyer Nick Markwood. Her most recent historical is THE IT GIRLS.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">These bring her published books to over 70 in a 35-year writing career.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Karen belongs to several writer's organizations, including International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime and The Historical Novel Society. She appreciates hearing from readers on her website at www.KarenHarperAuthor.com and www.facebook.com/KarenHarperAuthor--and she answers!</span></div>
Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-71301629095298953072019-10-15T17:11:00.002-04:002019-10-15T17:36:44.890-04:00Review of HIDDEN HEARTS by Marci Bolden 5*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Police Detective Jack Tarek wasn’t officially working the Julia Frederickson case until a second victim made the matter personal. Holly is willing to cooperate with Jack “unofficially,” but she quickly becomes a distraction he can’t resist. The leads on their cases might be running cold, but the attraction between the investigators is sizzling hot.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>While I found Holly more than a bit prickly, she grew on me and I loved her with Jack. There was a perfect mixture of romance and suspense that had me staying up all night devouring this book. While I don't want to say anything that will ruin the story for you, the layers of the characters and crime will keep you reading long after you should have turned off the light.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">As a teen, Marci Bolden skipped over young adult books and jumped right into reading romance novels. She never left.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Marci lives in the Midwest with her husband, two teenaged kiddos, and numerous rescue pets. If she had an ounce of will power, Marci would embrace healthy living but until cupcakes and wine are no longer available at the local grocery store, she'll put that ambition on hold and appease her guilt by reading self-help books and promising to join a gym "soon."</span></b></span></div>
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Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-51311510381998635822019-08-05T20:27:00.000-04:002019-08-05T20:27:54.824-04:00Review For UNDER CURRENTS By Nora Roberts 5*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Within the walls of a tasteful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, young Zane Bigelow feels like a prisoner of war. Strangers - and even Zane's own aunt across the lake - see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children's ballet recitals and baseball games. Zane and his sister know the truth: There is something terribly wrong.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>This is one of those books that you absolutely cannot put down until the end. While it didn't have any mindblowning twists, (it's more a romance than a suspense story) you'll realize very quickly the who, it will make you flinch with horror that parents could be so cruel. It will often have you near tears, but the main characters had so many Roark/Eve mannerisms and words of wisdom, I knew it would be a satisfying read.</b></span><br />
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Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-8426926308125115832019-02-25T21:51:00.000-05:002019-02-25T21:51:02.524-05:00Review of CONNECTIONS IN DEATH By J D Robb- 1*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Lyle is living with Rochelle while he gets his life together, and he’s thrilled to hear about his sister’s new job offer. But within hours, triumph is followed by tragedy. Returning from a celebratory dinner with her boyfriend, she finds Lyle dead with a syringe in his lap, and Eve’s investigation confirms that this wasn’t just another OD. After all his work to get clean, Lyle’s been pumped full of poison―and a neighbor with a peephole reports seeing a scruffy, pink-haired girl fleeing the scene.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Now Eve and Roarke must venture into the gang territory where Lyle used to run, and the ugly underground world of tattoo parlors and strip joints where everyone has taken a wrong turn somewhere. They both believe in giving people a second chance. Maybe even a third or fourth. But as far as they’re concerned, whoever gave the order on Lyle Pickering’s murder has run out of chances…</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Author: J D Robb</span></b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white;">I never thought I'd see the day that I gave a JD Robb/Nora Roberts book a one star review. While this was absolutely the dullest murder mystery that Eve Dallas has ever been involved with, I also have my doubts that it was penned by Robb. There is none of the clever wit, snarky humor, or warmth that I have come to expect when reading an IN DEATH book. There was no clever evil doer that Eve matched wits with. It was blah! It was so flat, no life at all to the story. I've been less than satisfied with the last couple of books in the series but this one was a new low. All the characters were there, Eve , Roark, Somerset, Peabody, Feeney, McNab, but none of the life that you expect from this series. Thank goodness it was a library book. I thought I might be getting burned out on the series so after the last book I started listening to the series as audio books and nope they were as great the second time as the first. The newer books just fail to rise to the level of the earlier books. So as much as it grieves me it may be time to pull the plug on what has up to now been my favorite on going series.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>In Death</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1. Naked in Death (1995)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2. Glory in Death (1995)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3. Immortal in Death (1996)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>4. Rapture in Death (1996)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>5. Ceremony In Death (1997)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>6. Vengeance in Death (1997)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>7. Holiday in Death (1998)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>7.5. Midnight in Death (1998)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>8. Conspiracy in Death (1999)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>9. Loyalty in Death (1999)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>10. Witness in Death (2000)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>11. Judgment in Death (2000)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>12. Betrayal in Death (2001)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>12.5. Interlude in Death (2001)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>13. Seduction in Death (2001)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>14. Reunion In Death (2002)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>15. Purity in Death (2002)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>16. Portrait in Death (2003)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>17. Imitation in Death (2003)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>17.5. Big Jack (2010)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>18. Divided in Death (2004)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>19. Visions in Death (2004)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>20. Survivor in Death (2005)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>21. Origin in Death (2005)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>22. Memory in Death (2006)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>22.5. Haunted in Death (2006)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>23. Born in Death (2006)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>24. Innocent in Death (2007)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>24.5. Eternity in Death (2007)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>25. Creation in Death (2007)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>26. Strangers in Death (2008)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>27. Salvation In Death (2008)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>27.5. Ritual in Death (2008)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>28. Promises in Death (2009)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>29. Kindred in Death (2009)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>29.5. Missing In Death (2009)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>30. Fantasy in Death (2010)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>31. Indulgence in Death (2010)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>31.5. Possession in Death (2012)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>32. Treachery in Death (2011)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>33. New York to Dallas (2011)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>33.5. Chaos in Death (2013)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>34. Celebrity in Death (2012)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>35. Delusion in Death (2012)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>36. Calculated in Death (2013)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>37. Thankless in Death (2013)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>37.5. Taken in Death (2013)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>38. Concealed in Death (2014)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>39. Festive in Death (2014)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>40. Obsession in Death (2015)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>41. Devoted in Death (2015)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>41.5. Wonderment in Death (2016)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>42. Brotherhood in Death (2016)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>43. Apprentice in Death (2016)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>44. Echoes in Death (2017)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>45. Secrets in Death (2017)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>46. Dark in Death (2018)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>47. Leverage in Death (2018)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>48. Connections in Death (2019)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>49. Vendetta in Death (2019)</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>50. Golden In Death (2020</b></span></div>
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</b></span></span></span> <span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Now, her mother Laurel Mack is trying to put her life back together. It’s been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since the last clue in Ellie’s case was unearthed. So when she meets an unexpectedly charming man in a café, no one is more surprised than Laurel at how quickly their flirtation develops into something deeper. Before she knows it, she’s meeting Floyd’s daughters—and his youngest, Poppy, takes Laurel’s breath away.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Because looking at Poppy is like looking at Ellie. And now, the unanswered questions she’s tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt Laurel anew. Where did Ellie go? Did she really run away from home, as the police have long suspected, or was there a more sinister reason for her disappearance? Who is Floyd, really? And why does his daughter remind Laurel so viscerally of her own missing girl?</b></i></span><br />
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</b></i></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Ahhh, a very satisfying read!!! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Although I thought I had figured out part of this mystery, I was pleased that the author threw in enough curves to keep me guessing but still stay true to the story. It was at times horrifying and totally had me wiping tears from my face while still offering a look at the resilience of the human soul.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>All of the characters were well flushed out and even the minor ones were believable. The villains were evil but humanized by the events in their lives. In general, I don't like a story told from multiple viewpoints but it absolutely worked in this instance. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>As a parent, I can't imagine the unbelievable horror of having a child disappear without knowing what has happened but I'm not sure if Laurel had known the intimate details of Ellie's disappearance if it could have been any less horrifying. While there is a satisfying ending to the story, the trip is full of bumps and turns that makes it impossible to slow down or take a break until the end is reached.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "proxima nova alt" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Lisa Jewell is the internationally bestselling author of eighteen novels, including the </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Proxima Nova Alt", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">New York Times </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "proxima nova alt" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">bestseller </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Proxima Nova Alt", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Then She Was Gone</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "proxima nova alt" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, as well as </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Proxima Nova Alt", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">I Found You</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "proxima nova alt" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Proxima Nova Alt", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The Girls in the Garden</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "proxima nova alt" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, and </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Proxima Nova Alt", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The House We Grew Up In</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "proxima nova alt" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. In total, her novels have sold more than two million copies across the English-speaking world and her work has also been translated into sixteen languages so far. Lisa lives in London with her husband and their two daughters. Connect with her on Twitter @LisaJewellUK and on Facebook @LisaJewellOfficial.</span></div>
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Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-83788945077241830142018-12-22T22:42:00.001-05:002018-12-22T22:42:45.644-05:00Review of Mary Poppins Returns- 4*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "franklin gothic fs book" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>Directed and produced by Rob Marshall, "Mary Poppins Returns" also stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer and Julie Walters with Colin Firth and Meryl Streep. The film, which introduces three new Banks children, played by Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh and newcomer Joel Dawson, also features Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury. The film is set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period of the original novels) and is drawn from the wealth of material in PL Travers' additional seven books. In the story, Michael (Whishaw) and Jane (Mortimer) are now grown up, with Michael, his three children and their housekeeper, Ellen (Walters), living on Cherry Tree Lane. After Michael suffers a personal loss, the enigmatic nanny Mary Poppins (Blunt) re-enters the lives of the Banks family, and, along with the optimistic street lamplighter Jack (Miranda), uses her unique magical skills to help the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Mary Poppins also introduces the children to a new assortment of colorful and whimsical characters, including her eccentric cousin, Topsy (Streep). The film is produced by Marshall, John DeLuca and Marc Platt. The screenplay is by David Magee based on The Mary Poppins Stories by PL Travers with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman writing all new songs and Shaiman composing an original score.</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>While I loved Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins, <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Joel Dawson as Georgie Banks stole the show. He was so adorable. </span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">I probably have not seen the orginal </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Mary Poppins</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> in 30 years so I'd probably forgotten more than I remembered. This wasn't a bad thing as I wasn't constantly comparing the two movies. I was able to just sit back and enjoy Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins and the fabulous musical numbers. So grap a big bag of popcorn, a cold drink, and sit back and enjoy.</span></i></b></span></div>
Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-85886033566983754162018-12-20T20:33:00.000-05:002018-12-20T20:34:13.797-05:00Review of The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware-3*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-47560348293422882022018-12-17T08:00:00.000-05:002018-12-17T08:00:03.445-05:00Review For NOT THE DUKE'S DARLING By Elizabeth Hoyt- 4*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.735px;"><b><i><span id="freeText4922528771463858509" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Freya de Moray is many things: a member of the secret order of Wise Women, the daughter of disgraced nobility, and a chaperone living under an assumed name. What she is not is forgiving. So when the Duke of Harlowe--the man who destroyed her brother and led to the downfall of her family--appears at the country house party she's attending, she does what any Wise Woman would do: she starts planning her revenge.<br /><br />Christopher Renshaw, the Duke of Harlowe, is being blackmailed. Intent on keeping his secrets safe, he agrees to attend a house party where he will put an end to this coercion once and for all. Until he recognizes Freya, masquerading amongst the party revelers, and realizes his troubles have just begun. Freya knows all about his sins. Sins he'd much rather forget. But she's also fiery, bold, and sensuous-a temptation he can't resist. When it becomes clear Freya is in grave danger, he'll risk everything to keep her safe. But first, Harlowe will have to earn Freya's trust-by whatever means necessary.<br /><br />Features a bonus novella from New York Times bestselling author Grace Burrowes!</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> </span></i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.735px;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">While this isn't Maiden Lane (which I loved, loved, loved), I still enormously enjoyed the start of Hoyt's new series. Hoyt manages again to create some simply awesome heroines and heroes. Freya is definitely not the typical female from 1760 London nor is Christopher the typical Duke. </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.735px;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">It's always a treat to get to read a new book by Hoyt and it blew me away to realize that it was almost 500 pages long.(One of the things I love and hate about the Kindle is not getting a true feel of the length of a book. I always feel kind of shocked and sad when I realize the story has ended.) It was a weekend read for me that seemed to speed by much, much to fast. Presumably, I slept and ate this weekend (I don't recall) but obviously I must have had the Kindle attached to my hand most of the time as I did finish it so quickly. I love Hoyt's details of life from both the upper class point of view and the staff's. It's rather like getting a Downton Abbey moment with Hoyt's particular recipe for suspense and romance blended to produce a meal that is totally satisfying and filling.</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.735px;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">One additional note that I just must add, if you haven't read the Maiden Lane series, it is now complete. Picking up this series for a binge read would be so awesome and I almost hate (nah, not really) I've already read it all cause I never reread a series. Just not enough time to indulge in rereading no matter how great it was.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.735px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;">Elizabeth Hoyt</span><span style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;"> is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weeklybestselling author of historical romance, including reader favorite, The Raven Prince.</span><br style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;">Elizabeth was born in New Orleans but grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was fortunate to be able to travel extensively as a child, visiting St. Andrews, Scotland; Germany; France; and Belgium. She spent a year in Oxford, England and was a summer exchange student to Kawasaki, Japan.</span><br style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;">Elizabeth has a BA in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and, as a result of having no clue what to do with her life thereafter, a career history as a barista, a (terrible) sales clerk, a Wisconsin Revenue Service data entry slave, and an archeological field work grunt. Fortunately, Elizabeth married relatively young and produced two children who kept her busy until her mid-thirties. At about this time, when her youngest was entering Kindergarten, Elizabeth’s mother hinted that perhaps Elizabeth should get a Real Job.</span><br style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;">Sadly, Elizabeth was so delusional she thought writing a romance novel might qualify as a Real Job.</span><br style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;">But! Five years later, to everyone’s surprise, she actually sold that romance novel (The Raven Prince) and began a rather successful career as a Romance Novelist. This was most fortunate since Elizabeth is singularly unqualified to do anything else but Make Up Stories. Since then Elizabeth has written over twenty books to critical acclaim including three contemporaries under the pen name Julia Harper.</span><br style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-size: 17.875px; text-align: left;">Elizabeth lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with three dogs, a garden in constant need of weeding, and the ever faithful Mr. Hoyt.</span></b></span></span><br />
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Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-86587152252014507422018-12-06T11:39:00.001-05:002018-12-06T11:39:46.121-05:00Review For THE KISS QUOTIENT By Helen Hoang-4*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i><span id="freeText3754774745457308473" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases — a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice — with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan — from foreplay to more-than-missionary position...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but to crave all the other things he's making her feel. Soon, their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic...</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow! After seeing how many reviews this book had I almost didn't bother. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, as a courtesy to those that don't enjoy reading about graphic sex acts, while this is not erotica, it's close enough that it may make you uncomfortable. You can just skip these sections and you really won't lose much of the storyline. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thoroughly enjoyed this story and though it wasn't bust out loud laughingly funny, it did have me smiling through a great deal of it. I don't think I've read a story where the main character has Aspergers and it was pretty fascinating seeing how the mind of someone who has Aspergers works. (Author was diagnosed with this disorder.) I also loved how the author wove Michael's Vietnamese heritage into the story. A definite plus to the storyline.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of all though, I loved the meshing of Michael and Stella. I loved how brave Stella was with putting herself out there and trying to understand how a relationship "should" work. I loved how gentle Michael was with her and understanding of her syndrome, though she did not know that he knew.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It feels kind of weird to use the term "sweet" when speaking of the romance in this book after the graphic sex scenes but this really was a sweet romantic read.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If there was one flaw, it was (I felt) that Michael acted out of character by not being outraged that Stella had basically paid his mother's medical bills. I thought it would have been more in character for there to have been at least a mini spat over this. One other minor flaw, this book so deserved a better cover. Generally, I pay little attention to covers as I read mostly on my Kindle but this sweet story deserved more. This was a great read that had me up most of the night and I didn't miss those couple of extra hours of sleep at all.</span></b><br />
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Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-36062769641356186202018-12-04T19:17:00.000-05:002018-12-17T18:24:09.211-05:00Review For THE PERFECT NANNY by Leila Slimani-3 *<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="background-color: white;">She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">When Myriam decides to return to work as a lawyer after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their son and daughter. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family’s chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page, The Perfect Nanny is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, motherhood, and madness—and the American debut of an immensely talented writer.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The #1 international bestseller and winner of France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, by the author of Adèle</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Anyone who is a parent should never, ever read this, cause you will never be comfortable with leaving your little ones with anyone ever again, not a nanny, a baby sitter, heck probably not even a grandparent. Let's face it, the title alone- "THE PERFECT NANNY" scares the crap out of you! Unfortunately, that's about the thrillingest (is that even a word?) part of the whole book.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>That said, I don't see the French "GONE GIRL" you are promised or even the gripping thriller part. Yes, there is a psychological downspin but that's about it. I love psychological thrillers and this one doesn't even come close. It was an okay story but that's about it. It definitely won't blow you away but it will make you think.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The book starts off pretty good. I got to admit the first three pages for me were a great hook and the best part. I was fully convinced that we would learn that the Mom, not the Nanny was the killer. ( I just wanted that great psychological twist that I've come to expect.) However, after the great beginning, I thought it went flat pretty fast. I kept reading till the end, not cause I felt like I must, to see what happened next but because it was a short book. We were doing it for book club and I really hate not to finish a book. Overall, I think the book suffered from too much hype but that is the way of things today. I really didn't like the ending. Maybe we are being set up for a sequel but if so, not one I'll be reading.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I did feel like the author did a great job of nailing the guilt that a working parent, especially a Mom feels and yes as a Mom who worked long hours when my kids were growing up, I speak from experience. I can remember days when I wished I was anywhere else other than in the midst of motherhood. The days of homework not done, toys not picked up, endless laundry, and never feeling like you had a minute alone or got a good nights sleep. Just wanting to go to the bathroom and sit on the toilet undisturbed for 5 minutes took on a nirvana type fantasy. But I also remember a great husband who saw this and made sure I got a mini vacation with my girlfriends (also Moms). Once a year we went to the beach, recharged our batteries and totally didn't give a damn if there were clean towels or toilet paper on the roll. We went to bed when we wanted, got up when we wanted, ate what we wanted and had adult beverages all day long if we wanted for 3 or 4 days. It allowed us to return to the fold and pull on that mantle of working Mom and do an excellent job for another year and hold our heads up cause we could have it all! And despite all of it, once they leave for college and get married, you will miss a lot of the little things you did with them. That's one of the truly great things about being a grandparent, getting to do these things again----and then sending them home to their Mom.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Slimani was born in Rabat, Morocco and studied later political science and media studies in Paris. After that she temporarily considered a career as an actress and began to work as a journalist for the magazine Jeune Afrique. In 2014 she published her first novel Dans le jardin de l’ogre, which two years later was followed by the psychological thriller Chanson douce. The latter quickly turned into a bestseller with over 450,000 copies printed within a year even before the book was awarded the Prix Goncourt.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Chance Blackwell’s return—</i></span></strong><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="text-align: start;">Could cost her everything!</span><span style="text-align: start;"></span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Ten years after he eloped with Katie Montgomery’s sister, Chance Blackwell is back in Montana to sell his family ranch. Katie could lose her job and the only home she’s known. But the loyal cowgirl is keeping a secret that could shatter trust and jeopardize her future with the widowed musician and her toddler niece. Unless Chance’s growing affection for her and all things Blackwell can earn Katie his forgiveness—and his love.</span></i></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-align: start;">I just realized when doing this review that each of the books in this series was by a different author. I think this is the last book in this series, but not sure. I've throughly enjoyed this series and the sometimes quirky characters. There's romance, suspense, and that small town vibe that I so enjoy. One of the most awesome things about this series is that the books were all published in 2018 so it's a breeze to binge read.</span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>1. The Rancher's Twins (2018) </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>A geek at heart, national bestselling author Anna J Stewart writes refreshingly unique, quietly humorous, and profoundly moving romance (RT Book Reviews) for Harlequin Heartwarming (The Butterfly Harbor series), Berkley InterMix (The Tremayne Family Romances), and the upcoming BONDED trilogy for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. Shes also the author of the Lantano Valley novella (sweet romance) series and a regular contributor to USA Todays HEA Blog (The Writers Box). Anna lives in Northern California where she deals with a serious Supernatural & Sherlock addiction, surrounds herself with friends and family and tolerates an overly affectionate cat named Snickers (or perhaps its Snickers who tolerates her).</b></span><br />
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Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-26043432701513560882018-12-01T15:24:00.000-05:002018-12-01T15:24:00.486-05:00Review For THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE DUKE by Janna MacGregor -4*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Lady Daphne Hallworth is ready to celebrate the holidays with her family. But when they accidentally leave her home alone, Daphne uses the time to work on her dream—opening a home for unwed mothers. But her quest isn’t problem-free: She’s in a battle to win the property for the home against her brother’s best friend-turned-enemy, Paul Barstowe, Duke of Southart. And that’s not all: someone has stolen her personal diary, which holds secrets that could devastate her family. Daphne has always harbored private feelings for the man her family scorns…though perhaps striking a bargain with the handsome Duke will solve both their problems?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Paul, long considered good for nothing, aims to open a hospital to honor his brother and restore his reputation. So when a conflict over the land brings him straight into Daphne’s life, they make a deal: He will help her find her diary if Daphne can change her family’s opinion of him. But before he can win her family’s affection, he has to win hers first. Maybe love was the answer to their family feud all along?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>First, what I loved about the book-- mostly, the heroine, Daphne. She was headstrong and pretty modern thinking for a woman of this era (although I'm not sure what the time period was). I also adored the history that she had with our hero, Paul. I so love getting a peek at the childhood of characters and watching them morph into the adults they become for us in these books. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What I didn't love -- that Daphne was so headstrong. Let's face it, she was pretty impetuous and was lucky that her escapades did not land her in more trouble than they did. All in all though, this was a pretty enjoyable book. I read it in only 1 day and when I discovered that there were actually three earlier books in this series, kind of glad that I read it out of order (and if you've read any reviews I write, you know I'm a stickler for NOT reading a series out of order). So now, I can binge the earlier books without having to wait a year to visit the Cavensham heiresses again!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It is not a problem at all reading this book out of order. It does an excellent job of standing on it's own though I'm sure once I get the first three read, I'll probably reread this just to get the full enjoyment of an excellent series.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cavensham Heiresses</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1. The Bad Luck Bride (2017)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2. The Bride Who Got Lucky (2017)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3. The Luck of the Bride (2018)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>4. The Good the Bad and the Duke (2018)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>5. Rogue Most Wanted (2019)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Following the doctors cheerful announcement of triplets, the first thing Janna MacGregor did was pick her darling husband off the floor. The second thing she did was make a decision about what to do with all her newfound free time. Take her word for it, mandatory bed rest can skew ones perceptions. During her sojourn in bed, Janna remembered her attorney-husbands sage advice that successful attorneys always have the last word in an argument. Taking these wise words to heart, she became an attorney and soon was managing partner of his law firm. She is certain he and their triplets rue the day he ever made that comment.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>After living in a variety of Midwestern cities, she settled in Kansas City Missouri, the crown jewel of the Midwest and home of her favorite team, the Kansas City Royals. Through all her wanderings, she has always found time to read passionate, sweeping romances. It didnt take long for her to decide to add Author on her resume. Practicing law by day, she writes sexy historicals set in the Regency period whenever she is not in court arguing those last words.</b></span><br />
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Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-47458109476639086722018-11-19T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-19T08:00:06.681-05:00Review For WRANGLER'S RESCUE By B.J. Daniels- 4*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">She'll risk everything to bring her cowboy back home... </span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 21.735px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">One week ago, Cyrus Cahill told Ashley Jo "AJ" Somerfield that he'd be back in her arms by the weekend. He just needed to buy a bull</span></i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 21.735px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">for his ranch, and then they'd pick up where they left off after that romantic ride through the foothills. But now he's gone missing and everyone - even the sheriff - believes he's dead. </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Everyone... but AJ. She suspects foul play and she won't rest until Cyrus is back home in Gilt Edge, right where he belongs. Because Cyrus isn't the kind of cowboy who breaks a promise. And since she's not the kind of woman who gives up on her man, AJ will risk anything to help bring him home... even her own life. </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Don't miss this suspenseful conclusion of The Montana Cahills series from </span><span style="text-align: left;">New York Times</span><span style="text-align: left;">bestselling author B.J. Daniels.</span></i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 21.735px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: left;">Wow, what an awesome ending to an awesome series! Cyrus is not Daniel's typical hero, he is so shy it is almost painful. I don't know if she's had a Montana cowboy that wasn't so sure of their masculine appeal, it was actually kind of refreshing and cute. I loved how loyal and sure AJ was of Cyrus's feelings for her. I don't want to spoil any of the awesome twists and turns in this conclusion so will not say anymore about AJ's determination to discover what happened. If you haven't started this series now's the time to round up copies of the rest of the series and indulge in a binge read of one of the best of Daniel's series.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">NYT and USA Today Bestselling author B.J. Daniels was born in Texas but moved with her family to Montana at the age of five. Her first home was a cabin in the Gallatin Canyon and later a lake house on Hebgen Lake outside of West Yellowstone. </span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>B.J. Daniels' life dream was to be a policewomen. After a career as an award-winning newspaper journalist, she wrote and sold 37 short stories before she finally wrote her first book. Since then she has won numerous awards including a career achievement award last year for romantic suspense. </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Most of her books are set in Montana, a place she loves. She lives now in a unique part of the state with her husband and three Springer Spaniels. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">When she isn't writing, she loves to play tennis, boat, camp, quilt and snowboard. There is nothing she enjoys more than curling up with a good book.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">www.bjdaniels.com</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Publishers: Flatiron Books </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(Mar 13, 2018)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b style="text-align: left;">There are three things you should know about me: </b><br style="text-align: left;" /><b style="text-align: left;">1. I’m in a coma. </b><br style="text-align: left;" /><b style="text-align: left;">2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. </b><br style="text-align: left;" /><b style="text-align: left;">3. Sometimes I lie. </b><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?</span></i></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>This is one of those books that once started you won't want to put down and hours, nay, days afterwards you are going to question what you think happened. I won't rehash the storyline as I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but seriously this is one twisty, turny book! If you like a good psychological mystery, put your life on hold and ban everyone from your home for the day and go for the ride of your life.</b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I'm still questioning what I think I know and it's been a week since I finished it and read everyone else's opinion of what they think happened (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/32326398-sometimes-i-lie/questions" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>here</i></span></a>). I keep having to remind myself though that the title was "Sometimes I Lie". </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I can so see this as the next great "Big Little Lies" type of TV drama.</b></span></h3>
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Lisa Richards/alterlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529746119967491652.post-73203935023713980352018-11-07T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-07T08:00:06.619-05:00Review For CHRISTMAS HIDEOUT By Susan Sleeman -4*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">Author: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">Susan Sleeman</span></div>
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<b>Genre: Romantic Suspense</b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rating: * * * *</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Publishers: Love Inspired Suspense</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(Nov 6, 2018)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Paperback: 224 pages</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ISBN: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1335490736?SubscriptionId=0QCHRJVSKG6F3BRGBNG2&tag=pbs_00004-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1335490736" target="_blank">978-1335490735</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white;">FTC Disclosure: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b>ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley</b></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-align: start;">Cowboy lawmen make the best protectors </span></i></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="text-align: start;">Fleeing from her dangerous ex-boyfriend, on-the-run single mother Nicole Dyer takes refuge in a cabin—and is discovered by the ranch owner, Deputy Matt McKade. It’s easy to fall for the handsome lawman and his kind family, but staying at the ranch endangers them all. When everything Nicole loves comes under direct fire, can Matt keep her—and her heart—safe?</span></i></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-align: start;">This is a tightly written romantic suspense that will keep you reading till the wee hours of the night. I found myself gripping my Kindle till my fingers cramped many times throughout this story. Having an adorable three year old tossed into the story definitely added to my enjoyment. The secondary characters were as engaging as the main characters and I loved the final twist in the story. Having read the earlier books in this series, it was nice to find out what this family had been up to since last visiting with them.</span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;">1. <a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/susan-sleeman/holiday-secrets.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Holiday Secrets</a><span class="year"> (<a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/years/2017.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;">2017</a>)</span></b></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;">2. <a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/susan-sleeman/rodeo-standoff.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Rodeo Standoff</a><span class="year"> (<a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/years/2018.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;">2018</a>)</span></b></div>
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<b>3. <a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/susan-sleeman/christmas-hideout.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Christmas Hideout</a><span class="year"> (<a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/years/2018.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;">2018</a>)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white;">4. <a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/susan-sleeman/taken-in-texas.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Taken in Texas</a></span><span class="year"><span style="background-color: white;"> (2019)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white;">)</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">SUSAN SLEEMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author of more than 30 inspirational/Christian and clean read romantic suspense books. Readers love her romantic suspense series for the well-drawn characters and edge-of-your-seat action. She graduated from the FBI and local police citizen academies, so her research is spot-on and her characters are real. In addition to writing, Susan also hosts thesuspensezone.com. She has lived in nine states but now calls Oregon home. Her husband is a retired church music director, and they have two beautiful daughters, a very special son-in-law, and an adorable grandson.</span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">To learn more about Susan’s books sign up for her monthly email that includes exclusive excerpts, giveaways, and other goodies. </span><a href="http://www.susansleeman.com/susans-newsletter/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.susansleeman.com/susans-ne...</a><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Or stop by any of these locations on the web.</span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Website - </span><a href="http://www.susansleeman.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.susansleeman.com</a><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Facebook - </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/SusanSleemanBooks" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/SusanSleemanB...</a><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Twitter - </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/susansleeman" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/susansleeman</a><br style="background-color: white; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Review Site - </span><a href="http://www.thesuspensezone.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.TheSuspenseZone.com</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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