Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Made for Mistletoe by Nan Reinhardt

 


The town of River's Edge welcomes grieving young widow Harper into its fold. She is lost without the life she and her husband planned. When she meets Christmas lover and woodworker Cam, she finds a friend to listen to her. Slowly her walls begin to fall but her grief still lingers. Cam, she finds, is the best man to reckon with and handsome, too. A very sweet and moving Christmas romance.



Wish Upon a Christmas Star by Elle Douglas

 


A Christmas romance to love. Love is in the air at a winter lodge between a lawyer and a musician. Jeannie is not quite sure of Everett, a guitar player. He is cute and nice and so much more. Everett is sure that Jeannie is meant for him. He is aware of her having her eye on an associate at work-a playboy at that. The magic of Christmas and the wonder of the stars brings them close as the notion of the other guy hovers.



Tuesday, October 29, 2024

A Cowboy's Pursuit by Anne McAllister

 


Loved this story to bits. The decision of a man to seek the woman he loves is so precious. Celie had a middle School crush on Jake. Jake barely noticed Celie. Then, he has to tell her that her fiance is bailing on her. This makes Celie despise him. All the while, Jake had developed a thing for Celie and when she leaves to work on a cruise ship, he finally decides to take action. He signs up to take her cruise and the excitement takes off. It is such a sweet romance.




Saturday, October 26, 2024

Book of the Month by Jennifer Probst

 


A lively and engaging story of a writer searching for idea content for a bestseller and a guy she hopes will create the story within her. Aspen wrote an emotional bestseller but her two next books flopped. She thinks that if she recreates the emotions that triggered her first book, it will happen again. Enter Brick-desperately striving to revive his grandfather’s business and a willing player in Aspen’s plan. Brick and Aspen make a deal to both of their advantages but a contract does not guarantee the outcome.



Identity Unknown by Patricia Cornwell

 


 A great Kay Scarpetta crime solving novel. I have been a reader of Patricia Cornwell for years and love her interlacing of forensic details, interrelated crimes, and deep characters with flaws.

In this novel, a longtime friend and once lover is violently and brutally murdered. Microscopic clues are the sole source of information. Kay’s job is to determine what connects another death to this one and who did it.



A Corgi Conundrum by M. Alfano

 


The death of a middle school secretary brings all sorts of trouble out of the woodwork. Leslie, a dog groomer and amateur detective, is in the thick of it because she found the body. The Ag teacher who grows chili peppers and the school groundskeeper are prime suspects. But who did the deed? Leslie is nosing around town to find out.

A cute cozy mystery.



Monday, October 21, 2024

The Woodsmoke Women's Book of Spells by Rachel Greenlaw

 


A beautiful story of loss, friendship, belief in magic, and the pull of home. The characters all struggle with past mistakes and the serious course they took for each one. Their belief in the power of mountain magic and lore deeply shadowed the truth of mistakes, failure, regret. A simply wonderful novel.