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Title: Wild Horse Springs Author: Jodi Thomas Series: Ransom Canyon #5 Holding on… Dan Brigman is the sheriff of Crossroads. He’s been alone for a long time, though not always lonely, per se. He loves his daughter, who’s grown and moved away, trying to figure out life for herself. He loves his job, and it keeps him busy. But it isn’t until he meets Brandi Malone, a singer who goes from gig to gig in an attempt to run away …
Title: Mulberry Moon Author: Catherine Anderson Series: Mystic Creek #3 Suspend your disbelief and you’ll enjoy this book Sissy Bentley wants nothing more than to run a successful business and leave her impoverished past behind her. She is not in the market for a man; men only got friendly with her if they wanted something, usually one specific thing, and she learned a long time ago that she owed them nothing and needed nothing from them. When Ben Sterling begins …
Title: My Not So Perfect Life Author: Sophie Kinsella Series: n/a A well-crafted illustration of the age-old adage about books and their covers I would like to thank Sophie Kinsella, Penguin Random House, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Life in London isn’t what Katie Brenner thought it would be. She doesn’t have a group of quirky friends to go out with, she has a hard time navigating the office politics, …
12/6/2016 Disclaimer: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, including the characters of Lily and James Potter, belong to their creator, J.K. Rowling. I own none of it and merely express my opinion of it. And thank you to Emmyjean of The Hidden Tower for allowing me to mention her and her fanfic Crossroads in this post. This isn’t a book review, more of a free-write essay that’s humming through my veins. I burned myself out a bit the last couple of …
Title: A Very Ruby Christmas Author: Lavinia Kent Series: Bound and Determined #4.5? What is going on? I would like to thank Lavinia Kent, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Madam Rouge aka Ruby aka Emma Scanton finds herself with a dilemma. She’s had plans to sell her pleasure house for months now, but it’s not as easy as she’d thought. She doesn’t trust anyone to run it …
I was so impressed by The Governess Was Wild that I purchased the first and second books in this series. I wanted to know the other girls’ stories, and I wanted to read more of Julia Kelly’s work. I’m still listing my review of the third installment first, because I read it first, but the other two follow. Title: The Governess Was Wild Author: Julia Kelly Series: Governess #3 Impressive I would like to thank Julia Kelly, PocketStar Books, and …
Title: Another Chance Author: Kathy Clark Series: Austin Heroes #3 Intriguing plot, lovable characters, slow in spots I’d like to thank Kathy Clark, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this story. The suspense subplot was intriguing—and somewhat unsettling, because it’s completely plausible and I’d never thought about it before—and wove well into the larger picture, that of Luke and Bella’s rekindled love. I had a …
Title: Once a Gypsy Author: Danica Winters Series: Irish Traveler Series #1 Fascinating I would like to thank Danica Winters and Diversion Books for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Helena O’Driscoll wants more out of life than marriage to a “good enough” Traveler boy and the subsequent brood of children. She longs to break free of tradition and do something she’s passionate about—pursue an education, forge a career…fall in love with kind, awkward …
Title: Wind River Wrangler Author: Lindsay McKenna Series: Wind River Valley #1 Either very lazy or trying way too hard I would like to thank Lindsay McKenna, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corporation for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Shiloh Gallagher is stressed to the max. Someone has been stalking her for the last six months, and she’s become terrified and distracted to the point that she won’t leave her apartment and can’t …
Title: A Night of Forever Author: Bronwen Evans Series: Disgraced Lords #6 Confusing I would like to thank Bronwen Evans, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Lady Isobel Thompson finds herself ensnared in a revenge plot when Arend Aubrey, aka Baron Labourd, begins to suspect her stepmother, Victoria Thompson, aka Lady Northumberland, of being the culprit behind the attacks on his friends, known collectively as the Libertine Scholars, …