What We Find by Robyn Carr (Sullivan's Crossing #1)

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Join Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River and Thunder Point series, as she explores the healing powers of rural Colorado in a brand-new story of fresh starts, budding relationships and one woman's journey to finding the happiness she's long been missing

Between the urban bustle of Denver and the high-stress environment of a career in neurosurgery, Maggie Sullivan has hit a wall. When an emergency, high-risk procedure results in the death of a teenager, Maggie finds herself in the middle of a malpractice lawsuit—and experiencing levels of anxiety she's never faced before. It's in this desperate moment that Maggie's boyfriend decides he can't handle her emotional baggage, and she's left alone, exhausted and unsure of what her future holds. One thing is certain, though: she needs to slow down before she burns out completely, and the best place she can think to do that is Sullivan's Crossing.

Named for Maggie's great-grandfather, the land and charming general store at the crossroads of the Colorado and the Continental Divide trails have been passed down through the generations and now belong to Maggie's estranged father, Sully. Though raised by her mother and stepfather after her parents divorced, Maggie has always adored Sully—despite his hands-off approach to fatherhood. When she shows up unannounced in Sullivan's Crossing, he welcomes her with opens arms, and she relishes the opportunity to rebuild their relationship.

But when Sully has a sudden heart attack, Maggie's world is rocked once again. Consumed with his care, she's relieved to find that Cal Jones, a quiet and serious-looking camper, has been taking over many of Sully's responsibilities as he recuperates. Still, Maggie is suspicious of this mysterious man's eagerness to help—until she finds out the true reason for his deliberate isolation.

Though Cal and Maggie each struggle with loss and loneliness, the time they spend together gives Maggie hope for something brighter just on the horizon…if only they can learn to find peace and healing—and perhaps love—with each other.

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: MIRA (April 5, 2016)

My review: What We Find by Robyn Carr (Sullivan's Crossing #1)

4 STARS

A new series start.  I enjoyed reading What We Find.  I was not sure where the characters would end up till the end.  I look forward to seeing the characters again hopefully.  We met a lot of characters. Maggie Sullivan is a Dr. a neurosurgery.  Maggie's life is falling apart.  She decides to go visit her father at Sullivan's Crossing.  The family campground and store.

The day she gets there a lot is going on.  A medical emergency walks in and then her father has a heart attack.   Sully is not a good patient and it is not happy away from home.

A camper Cal Jones is a mystery stays to help the take care of things while Sully takes it easy.  He is waiting for it to warm up before he goes out on the trail.

There is a lot of drama, humor, romance, secrets as Maggie and Cal decide what they want there lives too look at.  There is also a few love scenes. Is Maggie going to give up being a doctor?  Where does Cal want to live and what about the career he left behind?

I like the choices they make apart and together. I want to go to Sullivan's Crossing again to visit.

The setting is Colorado.  One of the trails people are hiking is the divide.

I was given this ebook to read by Netgalley and Harelquin.  In return I agreed to give a honest review of What We Find. 

Mortal Dilemma by H, Terrell Griffin (A Matt Royal Mystery #10)

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Jock Algren arrives on Longboat Key in a state of depression and hopelessness. His most recent mission for his secretive U.S. government intelligence agency has been disastrous, and his friends Matt Royal and J. D. Duncan aren’t sure they’ll be able to pull him out of his despair—then the bad guys show up and danger erupts on all fronts.

Longboat Key Detective J. D. Duncan is investigating a cold case when the brother of the victim shows up on the island and complicates the investigation. A grizzled sailor—described by Matt as “the meanest man I’d ever known”—brings his boat into a local marina and bodies begin to accumulate. A Middle East jihadist intent on revenge locks on to Jock’s clandestine past, bringing a deadly chase to the last outpost in the continental U.S.—Key West. Three prongs of evil descend, clashing violently. How could all this malice be interconnected?

• Series: Matt Royal Series (Book 10)
• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Oceanview Publishing (April 5, 2016)
• Language: English

ISBN-10: 1608091740

• ISBN-13: 978-1608091744

My review: Mortal Dilemma by H, Terrell Griffin   (A Matt Royal Mystery #10)

4 STARS

This is back to Matt fighting bad guys with guns not law.  Though Jock is not up to do anything much except drink.  Somebody is trying to kill JD.  

Matt Royal is a retired lawyer who lives on Longboat Key FL  His girl friend is J.D.  She is a Police detective.

J.D. is working a 3 year old murder case when someone tries to kill her.

Jock works for a secret agency he can call the President up.  He is sent in to kill bad guys.  He has no family but considers Matt family and best friend.

Mortal Dilemma deals a lot with how the different characters feel about killing bad guys.  Jock can't do it anymore. 

Lots of action, drama, humor and violence.  There are terrorists trying to make Jock suffer like he made them suffer by taking out there father.

The setting in this book is Florida key Islands.

I like Matt Royal Mysteries and look forward to reading more of them in the future.

I was given this ebook from NetGalley and Oceanview Publisher.  In return I agreed to give a honest review of Mortal Dilemma.

Want Ad Wedding by Cheryl St.John (Cowboy Creek)

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Second Chance Bride 

When Daniel Gardner convinced the residents of his Kansas boomtown to advertise for mail-order brides, he never expected the woman he once loved to respond. But Leah Swann steps off the bride train…pregnant and widowed and in need of a husband. Drawn to protect his fragile childhood friend, Daniel proposes a marriage of convenience.

Seeing her onetime best friend waiting to meet the bride train is a wonderful shock for Leah. After her first rocky marriage, a practical partnership with Daniel sounds perfect—as long as her heart doesn't get involved. But when she starts to fall for her husband, will her plans of a fresh start be ruined…or is a real marriage to Daniel exactly what she needs?

Cowboy Creek: Bringing mail-order brides, and new beginnings, to a Kansas boomtown.

• Print Length: 288 pages
• Publisher: Love Inspired Historicals (April 1, 2016)
• Publication Date: April 1, 2016

My review: Want Ad Wedding by Cheryl St.John  (Cowboy Creek)

4 STARS

Want Ad Wedding is set in Cowboy Creek, Kansas April 1868

Three friends after the civil war decide to start a town in Kansas.  The Texas trail herds are coming up to their town for the railroad.

Daniel Gardner convinced the town to send away for mail order brides.  Lots of single men come out to meet the first four woman. 

 Leah Swann  is a widow and with child.  She has lost her whole family.  She hopes to find a good husband.  She is surprised to find two childhood friends Daniel and Will behind the town. In fact she was engaged to Will at start of war but they broke up.

Both Daniel and Will are glad to see Leah again.  Leah when she sees them does not feel so alone in the world anymore.

There is plenty of drama, mystery and it is fun to see them build their town.  Someone is trying to Sabotage the town.

I want to comeback and read more books in the Cowboy Creek series.

I was given this ebook to read for free from NetGalley and Harlequin. In return I agreed to give a honest review of Want Ad Wedding.  

Proposals and Poison by Rachelle J. Christensen (A Wedding Planner Mystery #3)

Proposals and Poison by Rachelle J. Christensen
Love can be a very dangerous thing.
At least it seems that way to Adri Pyper, the premier wedding planner in Sun Valley, Idaho. When one of her clients dies mysteriously, Adri takes the advice of the local detective and swears she will stay out of the investigation . . . this time. Luke Stetson’s involvement in the case, along with the possibility of a kiss between the two, should be enough incentive to keep Adri out of trouble. But when a dog-themed wedding is almost ruined by a suspect, Adri and her assistant, Lorea, are thrust into private eye mode. When poison enters the picture, even a reluctant sleuth can’t steer clear of danger.

• File Size: 2292 KB
• Print Length: 270 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Peachwood Press; 1 edition (April 12, 2016)

My review: Proposals and Poison by Rachelle J. Christensen (A Wedding Planner Mystery #3)

4 STARS

I like A Wedding Planner Mystery series.  Proposals and Poison fits right in,  Plenty of drama, mystery, different craft ideas, recipes at the start of each chapter.  Familiar characters and plenty of new characters.  Lot of weddings.  A clean read, there is kissing.

Adri Pyper is a wedding planner.  She has been dating local divorce lawyer Luke.  She also does crafts on a blog with her mother.  

One of Adri's bride is murdered.  It hits her hard.  When the groom is the chief suspect Adri thinks he is innocent and decides to prove it.

Luke  Stetson is local divorce attorney.  He is busy with a custody case.  He does not want to be married again.

The setting is Sun Valley, Idaho.  A Small town.

Some of the craft ideas are ones I would like to try. She gives a real blog address to the blog.

I was given this ebook to read for free and in exchange I agreed to give a honest review. 

First Light by Michele Paige Holmes (Forever After Series)

First Light by Michele Paige Holmes

Seventeen-year-old Adrielle doesn’t believe in magic; she merely possesses it, though no one has ever mentioned that her unusual gifts—exceptional speed, a flair for fire, and an intimate knowledge of flora—aren’t things she was born with. When Adrielle starts a fire that burns down the family home, she must deal with both her grief and her siblings’ hurtful rejection.

While journeying to far away Tallinyne, in search of her older, estranged sister—the only relative who might take her in—Adrielle is separated from her escort when the carriage is beset by thieves. Alone, she is thrust into a dangerous and unfamiliar world where she encounters fairies and gypsies, a wild boar, a drunk cook, and an evil queen whose curse is sweeping death across the land. Adrielle also finds love, falling hard for a kind, funny, handsome—and completely unavailable prince.

From the glowing pearls tucked beneath her mattress and keeping her awake at night, to Queen Nadamaris’s curse that seems to thwart Adrielle’s every effort, Adrielle struggles to navigate a world of magic she never imagined, where people she knows and loves are not always what they appear to be. With the glowing pearls—and her fondest desire—within her grasp, she is forced to make a choice no girl should ever have to—satisfying her own heart or saving the kingdom.

Series: Forever After Series

Paperback: 494 pages

Publisher: Mirror Press (March 22, 2016)

My review First Light by Michele Paige Holmes (Forever After Series)

5 STARS

A good fairy tale. While it had some elements that you could see coming their were plenty of twists and turns I did not expect.  Now I have to wait till the next book comes out.

Adrielle is 17 The youngest of 11.  Her family is really poor.  They live on a farm and there has been a drought for years. Adrielle forages in the woods for food and plants to help the sick. 

After Adrielle's family home burns down and she is blamed she runs to find her oldest sister Cecilia who she has never met.  None of the rest of her family wants her.

 There is a curse on the land, Queen Nadamaris's wants to gain more power.  She wants the Princess to marry her son. She is a evil Queen.

There is a lot of drama dealing with magic, gypsies, fairies and beasts while Adrielle travels to the castle.  There is romance, with a gypsie, a prince who has to marry to save the kingdom.  There are choices to help or to be selfish.

It is a good exciting clean read.

I was given this ebook to read for free in exchange for a honest review of First Light.

Silver Cascade Secrets by Rachelle J. Christensen

In this romantic suspense novella, SILVER CASCADE SECRETS, by Rachelle J. Christensen, Jillian is the master landscaper at a beautiful park. Meeting Travis there soon after breaking up with her boyfriend, Jillian is wary at first. Travis seems like a great guy, but Jillian had fallen for great guys before. When she learns that his brother, Craig, was murdered six months before, her heart goes out to Travis. True to her curious nature, she starts asking questions and learns about Craig’s close connection with the park. But finding the answers puts Jillian’s life in danger, and she must decide who she really trusts.

• File Size: 3919 KB
• Print Length: 82 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Peachwood Press (September 8, 2015)

My review: Silver Cascade Secrets by Rachelle J. Christensen 

4 Stars

This is a romantic suspense novella.  It is very good story that you can read in just a short time.  It has mystery, drama, romance and danger.  It is also a clean read.

I have enjoyed reading Rachelle J. Christensen books.

Jillian is working in a park planting flowers. She loves her work.

Craig is a mechanic that has moved back to his home town for his sister.  His brother-in-law was murdered.  The killer was never caught.

Craig and Jillian meet at the park when Craig is searching for his keys. 

I was given this ebook to read for free in exchange for a honest review of Silver Cascade Secrets.

A Cowboy's Claim by Marin Thomas (Cowboys Of The Rio Grande #3)

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF HERO 

Everyone knows Victor Vicario—he's the scarred loner who's on his way to the National Finals Rodeo in Vegas. But no one knows about the guilt that drives him. And until he achieves his goal, there's no room in his life for attachments.

So when Vic is given temporary custody of his young nephew, he is torn. He can't turn his back on family, but how can he look after a kid when he's traveling the rodeo circuit? Then he runs into feisty barrel racer Tanya McGee and makes her an offer. She helps him with Alex, and he'll pay her rodeo expenses. The problem is their little "family" starts to feel all too real.

• Print Length: 240 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin American Romance (April 1, 2016)
• Publication Date: April 1, 2016

My review: A Cowboy's Claim by Marin Thomas (Cowboys Of The Rio Grande #3)

3 STARS

This is the third of  the Cowboys Of The Rio Grande series but the first one that I have read. It was cute rodeo romance.  I thought it stood alone well I thought. Might be better to have read all 3 books in order.

Victor Vicario goal he has been trying to get the rodeo finals champion win.  He has made it to the finals three times but no win there.  He has no plan till he makes the goal.  He has been given temporary custody of his four year old nephew.

Tanya McGee is a barrel racer who has a wild horse.  After her divorce she is trying to come back from injury.  They have a one night stand,

They decide to travel together and help each other and take care of 'Alex.  While they try to help him and compete in as many rodeos as they can.  Alex does not speak.

I was given a ebook to read by NetGalley and Harlequin.  In return I agreed to give a honest review of A Cowboy's Claim