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Book Review – Wounded Heroes Book Two: Trespasses by Anne Patrick
The second book in the Wounded Heroes Series by Anne Patrick is called Trespasses. In this book, forensic sketch artist Mackayla Kensington has come back to her home town to help local authorities identify the remains of three people found buried on the grounds of a US Senator’s home. She is partnered with Special Agent Gabe Landry of the Behavioral Science Unit who is there to determine if a serial murderer is on the loose. As they get closer to the truth, it becomes obvious that whoever it is doesn’t want Mackayla to identify and sketch the victims and will stop at nothing to keep that from happening. I enjoyed…
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Book Review – Wounded Heroes Book One: Kill Shot by Anne Patrick
Recently I started reading the Wounded Heroes series by Anne Patrick. The First book in the series: Kill Shot, introduces us to Kory Wagner. Kory has been back in the United States for about 8 months after her discharge from the Army. As a decorated infantry combat medic, she made a name for herself being willing to go places right in the thick of danger. Shortly after she got back, her sister was killed by an apparent drunk driver. But the more she looks into her sister’s death, the more it seems that someone here wants her dead, too. As Kory is searching for answers to her sister’s death, Sheriff…
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Book Review – Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry
Andrea Hampton was all set for life in the fast lane. She was moving up the corporate ladder when her sister has an accident that could end up jeopardizing her Grandmother’s financial future, Andrea moves back in with them to Amish country to help turn her Grandmother’s house into an Inn. While there she meets the mysterious carpenter Cal who seems to have more of a story than he lets on and strange pranks begin to happen that threaten to keep the Inn from opening on schedule. Cal and Andrea are forced to search for answers before someone, possibly one of them, ends up dead. I enjoyed this suspense book…
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Book Review – And Then the Rain by Karina Harris
I love reading Karina Harris. I enjoy her first two books (See more here) and I always look forward to her articles on the Sisters in Cahoots blog. So when I purchased her newest book “And Then the Rain,” I fully expected to enjoy it. However, to say that I enjoyed it is an understatement. I loved it! In this historical fiction novel set in the 1800s, ten year old Ella Ferguson leaves her mother and father and five younger siblings to go stay with her aunt because times are hard and her family can’t provide for her. Fast forward six years and Ella finds herself in love with Alec…
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Book Review – Gateway Weddings by Myra Johnson
I have enjoyed reading the books from the Romancing America series and recently I read Gateway Weddings by Myra Johnson. In this book we meet three separate individuals all set in the state of Missouri. In the first story Valerie Bishop is dealing with post-traumatic stress following the senseless killing of her husband. She meet ex-con Healy who is also learning how to make a new start. The second story is about young Sailor Kern who has an opportunity to meet the romance novelist she’s dreamed about and finds that things are not always what they appear. The final story tells of Jilly Gardner who had left her foster family…
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Book Review – Ohio Brides by Cara C. Putman
Ohio Brides is another book in the Romancing America series. This book by Cara C Putman contains three Christian romance stories. In this case the stories surround three siblings and is set in the 1940s. In each case, one of the Miller children find themselves presented with a crisis that causes them to look deeper at their relationship with God. One thing I really enjoy about this book is the openly Christian themes and explanations about faith. I found the first story a bit slow and not as interesting as the other two. I had difficulty relating to the characters in the first story. By contrast, I really enjoyed the second…
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Book Review – Dangerous Deception by Anne Patrick
I have found another author to add to my favorites! I love reading Christian romantic suspense stories and I am so excited to have found Anne Patrick. In Dangerous Deception: A Short Story, journalist Gwen Jacobs just can’t forget the last dangerous assignment that ended so badly with the slaughter of an entire village. Now, a year later, she is given a chance to right those wrongs, but at what price? Philanthropist Jack Peterson is leading a group of humanitarians to a war torn country and agrees to bring along Gwen to do a story about the situation there, without realizing she may have an alternate purpose. This is an…
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Book Review – Six Miles from Nashville by Elaine Littau
Elaine Littau knows how to craft beautiful fiction stories with interesting and believeable characters, so when I saw that she had a new book out, “Six Miles From Nashville,” I was excited to get my copy. This latest book didn’t disappoint. Young Betty is struggling to recover and find herself again following difficult and devastating circumstances. She feels alone and in need of medical attention when she stumbles into a café looking for work in a little town just six miles from Nashville, Tennessee. The owner “Sweetie” gives her a job, but then immediately realizes the extra care that Becky needs. She slowly nurses Betty back…
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Book Review – The Bridge of Peace by Cindy Woodsmall
As our final love story leading up to Valentine’s Day, I wanted to share with you The Bridge of Peace by Cindy Woodsmall. This book is the second book in the Ada’s House novel series. This book takes us to the world of the Old Order Amish with a young school teacher, Lena Kauffman, who has a noticeable birthmark on her face. She has felt burdened by it her whole life. Still it is not the birthmark but her lack of submission to the old ways that lands her into continuing trouble with the school board. Grey Graber, one of the school board members, has his own difficulties as his wife…
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Book Review – Lorna by Debra White Smith
I ran across Lorna by Debra White Smith while looking through the bargain books again. This book is the second in The Debutantes series. In this story Lorna Leigh, the famous and rich former professional tennis player, works with her two other high society friends to investigate and solve crimes in the Houston area. What she didn’t expect was to become romantically involved with the new mayor of Houston who unfortunately has found himself in the middle of their latest investigation. How are the three friends supposed to catch the man responsible for accusing a local pastor of child pornography when Lorna’s new boyfriend is one of the leading suspects.…