Monday, September 16, 2024

Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks

 


The sweetness of this story plus the relaxed pace delivers a heartwarming tale of friends, family, and love. The blending of a directionless man searching for his biological father with an older man seeking to protect an albino deer and a mother and her kids dealing with the now smoothly creates a gem of a story.



Saturday, September 14, 2024

Black Cat Comes Back by Emmie Lyn

 


A fun to read cozy mystery. Tily, long time friend of the recently deceased Audrey, is asked to come to Audrey’s home before Audrey is murdered. Audrey wanted Tily to investigate some strange goings on. Ghost Audrey appears to Tily and her companion Susan to request that they find her murderer with the help of cat Mocha. So many suspects with motives to figure out.



Cowboy Don't Go by Barbara Ankrum

 


Connor came back to Marietta to reclaim his life and to pick his father up from prison. Liam Hardesty hired him for the family ranch but his sister, Shay, is dead against it due to Connor’s father’s crime of cattle rustling. As Connor spends time with Shay’s son Ryan, she begins to soften and love sneaks in. An enemies to lovers story. 



Written in the Stars by Helen Rolfe

 


An engaging and enjoyable story about friends to lovers. Gio and Bess have been friends for a long time but only friends. He is a not going to settle down type of guy. She lives her life for the now since her father died. They have always considered themselves only as friends but something is changing between them. Will it cause them to lose everything or bring happiness?



When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson

 


I thought the synopsis of this book sounded good. I tried several times to grasp ahold of the story but to no avail. I might return to it and try again. Probably not.



Monday, September 9, 2024

Nightmare of a Trip by Maureen Kilmer

 


A nightmare of a trip proves true of the Somerset family.On a roadtrip to a Florida amusement park, ghostly things begin to happen after they see an abandoned, burnt out house in Indiana. Mother Leigh is shaken repeatedly by ghostly apparitions and incidents. It becomes an honest trip of a lifetime for the family. A little scary, a lot of family.



A Baby at Bramble House by C J Carmichael

 


Such a lovely, purely enjoyable book. Not only is there a baby due at the Bramble House B and B but there is love in the air for some of the guests. Turmoil comes but is carefully penned by the author to blend seamlessly into the story.