Review: Color My Horse by Bev Pettersen

5 STARS
I was throughly into this story and fought to stay awake so I could keep reading, but after 1:30am lost the battle. But was able to finsh this morning. This is the second book by Bev I have read and hopefully won't be the last one.
Jessica was injured last year and with her knee still troubling her could no longer be on ski team.  Her grandfather Boone wanted her to work in his company, but Jessica wanted to work outside .  She was thinking she wanted to open a dog daycare center. Her grandfather made her a deal if she could work for the horse racing and live on just what money she made he would finance her dog day center.
Boone got her a job working under horse trainer Mark who was training  Assets for him. Assets was a favored to win and if Mark did not hire Jessica then he would move his horse's too different trainer.  Boone wanted Mark to give Jessica hard work and then fire her before the season was over
Jessica did not have a clue how to do the job. So he gave her one horse to groom Buddy. She learned by making a lot of mistakes but learned them and gained knowledge fast.  Jessica used her conditioner on the horse and braided his tail and put purple ribbons in it.  Soon another groom was putting ribbons his owners colors in her horse's tail too. Jessica worked hard but her phone was stolen,than her bike was almost stolen.  Her money and room in barn was taken and ransacked.  A little boy stoled her phone and tried to still bike. After awhile befriended him.
Lots to this story. drama of horse racing, murder mystery, Who
 was the little boy why did he steal her stuff.  It also was a love story for Jessica and horses and trainers
I was given this ebook in exchange for honest review.
PUB 2011

Review: Against the Storm by Kat Martim

4 STARS
It was a great mystery,romance novel that I enjoyed reading.  Would not mind reading any more of her books.
Maggie is a Photographer and is making a name for herself.  While she was at lunch with a friend a celebrity couple was meeting with their lawyers,band members and a bodyguard to keep the peace.  But the husband was abuser and he was mad and started to reach for his wife and bodyguard stopped him and also took one other band member out. Maggie had her camera and started taking pictures of band members on floor when Trace the bodyguard took her camera erased the pictures. Then took her camera away till she left.
Maggie's friend told her that she might want to hire him to help her with her stalker. Maggie has red hair and everyone was already warning her about Trace liked red hair ladies.
Maggie called Trace's security company when she had another note left on her car. She did not call cops, because when she was 16 she said her boyfriend raped her and a  week later said , she lied. His father was a cop so no one trusted her or wanted to help her.
Then someone broke into her house and Trace had alarms put in plus security cameras on front and back. Then the stalker called and left messages on her answering machine.
Her half sister Ashley that she only saw a few times showed up with a baby asking for help. Ashley and Maggie started to get a long and know each other.  Ashley loves to cook and wants to go to chef school when she ready.
Maggie started seeing Trace apart from just working to find her stalker and she left his house to go home in the middle of the night and found her condo on fire.
Lucky Ashley and her baby got out safely and were going to stay with Trace.  Jason met Ashley when he followed Trace over their wanting to know if he had found out any new information on his father's sucide.  He could not keep his eyes of Ashley and their first date was the night of the fire.  He found a place where they could stay at a friends apartment who was away for weeks.  So Ashley and the baby stayed there.  Maggie stayed with Trace till her stalker was found.
Their was a whole lot more going on with Maggie and Trace besides trying to find the stalker and see if he was also had paid someone to destroy her office and all photos and memory cards.
10/25/2011 PUB  Harlequin  MiraBooks

Seers by Heather Frost

5 STARS
Kate is starting her senior year different from last year. Her parents were killed in a car accident that she survied.  Kate woke up in the hospital able to see auras around other people. After she realized everyone was treating her weirdly she faked getting over it.  Kate could tell what the people around her was feeling because of the colors they had around them.
Her best friend Lee was the only person she could tell about what she saw. Aaron was her boyfriend of a year but things are not the same, because she is not the same person.  Her grandparents moved into the house to take care of her and her younger twin sisters. I really like Kate's grandpa.
On the first day of school their is a new guy at school with only an outline of silver no other colors in his aura.  Patrick  and the weird thing he was in everyone of her classes, in fact he even joined eating lunch with her friends at the same table. Also on the way to school she almost ran over a guy who had the same silver aura but Lee could not see him.  Kate was a little scared and confused about what she kept seeing.
It is a very well told story and threw me some surprises I did not expect to come.  I really want to read more about Kate and all her friends.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange of honest review.
10/03/2011 PUB Cedar Fort Sweetwater

Review:Guardian of the Green Hill by Laura L. Sullivan

4 STARS
 I have not read the first book of the series and I felt a little lost at first.  Though I enjoyed the story and it does stand alone.
Phyllida Ash is the current guardian of the green hill she protects the fairies from humans and humans from ferries. Shes is in her 80's and Lysander Ash her husband have no children so no heir.
Her nieces and nephews and friends come from America not sure why. Rowan is the oldest male and Meg is oldest female(Only females inherit the guardian of Green Hill) Silly and James who 4 are the Morgans. Their friends are Finn Fachan and Dickie Rhys.
Their is a plot from distant relative to take controll of the guardian and the rookier through magic trickery. He paints things he wants to happen and wills it. He also has a talking goat that has to do what he is commanded to.
James is taken down into the ferry kingdom and it is a test for Meg to rescue but no one can tell her.
Her Aunts test was to rescue her father and did not succeed untill this year. So while she is 80 her father is young man.
Their are humans in the village that are taking advantage of a few of the fae, but the children step into help and Meg has to decide what to do.
Their is pressure for Meg to accept the guardianship but it has to be what she decides. If she doesn't the ferries will eventually be killed off and the humans will be worse too.
Their is a lot going on in the book and it keeps your interested in the story. I know by the story that their will probably be another book at least. I would like to read more. I even would like to go and read the first sometime.
I was given this ebook in exchange of honest review.
10/25/2011 PUB Macmillan Children's Publishing Group Henry Hoit

Holiday Hideout by Julie Kenner/Jill Shalvis/Vicki Lewis Thompson

4 STARS
This is 3 stories about Jill and Kens cabin that brings couples together,rekindles love,put single people together. I enjoyed all 3 stories.
Thanksgiving Fix by Vicki Lewis Thompson Owners Jill and Ken made a leak under the sink at her cabin, so Beth would call their handyman Mac.  They were both single and she thought they would make a great couple.  Plus Beth was in no hurry to get married and would be great for their experiment paper on the magic of the cabin to strenghten couples.
Beth is a 30 years old Manager of a Reno hotel.  She decided to spend Thanksgiving by herself than go to family and be set up with a blind date again. She planned to write down her arguments so that her family would stop fixing her up.
Mac is 31 year old handyman who fixes a lot of cabins in the area. He is in no hurry to get married only if right women comes along. His family already has a blind date fixed up on Thanksgiving for him.
when Mac gets call by owners of cabin to check to see about a leak they forgot to tell him earlier about. When he gets their finds out Beth had fixed it already,  he checks it and she offers him a glass of wine and they really hit it off. Mac figures out that they were set up, but figures out he would still like to know her cancels his trip to Reno for Thanksgiving dinner and stays to have a small one with Beth.
The Christmas Set-up Jill Shalvis
Jason and Zoe are co-workers that are very competive architects in their firm.  Their boss wants plans for a bid from everyone.  Jason's brother and a few other co-workers are matchmaking.  Mike told Jason that he rented a cabin for christmas but they had to cancel and his girl friend would stay at Jason & Mike's apartment.  So Jason went to the cabin to get away from Christmas.
Mike stole stole Zoe memory stick and made it look like Jason had taken it.  Sent to cabin for it. Zoe is mad, but when she finds Jason at cabin with injury she stays.
The New Years Deal by Julie Kenner
Josh and Cleo have dated their whole four years at collage.  They plan to go next Harvad, Cleo law school.
But right before graduation Josh's dad died and Josh knew he had to stay in Nevada and run mining company for his family and knew Cleo still had her dream. So they broke up while and said in five years they would meet and even if its only to catch up. The hotel they were to meet at burned up but Josh ran into his professors and friends and was invited to stay at their cabin. I was given this ebook to review by Netgalley.
10/25/2011 PUB Harlequin  Halequin  Anthology

Review: Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl

 3 STARS
Okay this book was uncomfortable for me.  Their was way too much sex everywhere for me. Not only love scenes but Beth managed a risque business  that had clothes,sex toys. Wrote articles about sex . Even had sex talk classes. So much was revolved around sex.
Beth even though she managed the store she was not as free with sex that everybody thought she was.  She taught the classes because owner thought it would be good.  Her co-workers were willing to talk about their experiences with the subjects of the week. Even took writing some of the articles that were on the wild side.
Beth though six months ago had a one night stand that was just supposed to be the one night only.  Though she could not stop thinking of him.
Erik (Jamie) managed a brewery and since the age of 24 raised his brother & sister and managed  a business that he did not want to do.  So when beth thought his name was Jamie he did not correct her, because he wanted to be free like his brother.
Their two business were close by even though they met at a business conference.  Beth found out he used his brothers name and came to his brewery and yelled at him. Jamie was mad at him so was his sister.
Erik and Beth started meeting for sex.  They both were trying to decide what direction their future career path they wanted.  Both had family issues to resolve too.
I was given this ebook too read in exchange for honest review.
10/27/2011 Harlequin  HQN books

Review:In Close by Brenda Novak

5 STARS
In Close has a 15 year old mystery that kept me guessing till the end. Once I started I did not stop till I was finshed.
Claire Mother for 15 years has been missing. Its bothered her why no one cares. Her sister last time she got the new sherrif to open the case talked her in to dropping it.
July 4 while everyone was watching fireworks Clair went to the cabin her mom used to paint in. She got in the attic and was going to go through all her mom's boxes and see what she can find now. Before Clair could start she was startled to find all the boxes she put her husbands stuff after he died last year. Someone had moved them there but their was one box that had David's name on that she did not pack. Opened it was things from his youth and figured his mom wanted to keep them all together. In that one box she found a file that had her mom's police file and notes in her husbands hands. She did not know that David was trying to find her the answers without telling her. On the way out of cabin she saw man.s boots as he knocked her back and she screamed.
Isaac had been a boyfriend back in high school and he had bought their house. Heard Clair scream and was running to the cabin when he ran into a branch and injured himself. Isaac had grown up and was still attracted to Clair and offered to help her to find the answers she needed. Was David murdered instead of hunting accident. What were her family hiding all the years. Did they really think her mom had left them 15 years ago. Someone did not want them to find out and was determined to stop them.
I liked it. Mystery had a lot of suspects. lots of action and watched Clair & Isaac romance bloosom again. I was given this ebook in exchange of honest review.