Until I Met You by Tari Farris

When she hears that the small town of Heritage, Michigan, is looking for a new librarian, Libby Kingsley jumps at the opportunity. Little did she know the library is barely more than a storage closet stuffed with dusty, outdated books. What the community really needs is a new building. But the only funds available are those being channeled into the new town square, and the landscape architect in charge of the project wants nothing to do with her plans.

All Austin Williams wants to do is get the town square project finished so he can do right by the family business and then extricate himself from the town that reveres the brother who cost him so much. But the local media and the town's new librarian seem to be conspiring against him at every turn. Will the determined bookworm find her way into his blueprints--and possibly even his heart?

I had a lot of trouble liking Austin during most of the book.  He had a lot of anger issues and Whitney didn’t know which Austin would show up.  The kind or angry one.  Most of Austin’s anger was directed at his brother.  The local pastor.  But he took his anger out on those around him.  He had a lot of work ahead of him to resolve the issues.  Whitney had a lot of trust issues she needed to work through.  Her former boyfriend ended up robbing the store she worked at and held a gun on her. 

It was a good book and I did enjoy the story line.

I was given this book Revell Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way. 

Two Reasons to Run by Colleen Coble

 A lie changed her world.

Police Chief Jane Hardy is still reeling from the scandal that rocked her small-town department just as she took over for her retired father—the man who wrecked her life with one little lie. Now she’s finally been reunited with her presumed-dead fifteen-year-old son, Will, and his father, documentarian Reid Bechtol. 

A crisis looms. 

When a murder aboard the oil platform Zeus exposes an environmental terrorist’s plot to flood Mobile Bay with crude oil, Jane and Reid must put their feelings for each other behind them and work together to prevent the rig from being sabotaged. 

A killer targets her son. 

Then the terrorist puts her son Will’s life on the line. Protecting him could be the common ground they need . . . but then ghosts from the past threaten to ruin Jane and Reid for good. 

She’s got plenty of reasons to run. But what if she stays? 

This is the continuation of Police Chief Jane Hardy and documentarian Reid Bechtol.   They have to work together to figure out who is behind the threat to an oil rig in the bay.  As they get closer to the answer, their son Will is threatened.  They will do anything to keep him safe.  While keeping him safe, Reid and Jane and to put their feelings aside and work together.  

This isn't an edge of your set suspense book.  But it is still a good mystery.  This is the second book in the series.  I  would recommend you read the first book One Little Lie before reading this one.  

I was given this book by Thomas Nelson Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

Behind the Frame by Tracy Gardner

 Savanna Shepherd, an art expert turned elementary art teacher, is planning the Art in the Park festival for her hometown of Carson. But apparently, someone isn’t happy that Carson got to host the event: the beloved statue in the park is destroyed. Not long after, Savanna finds the dead body of one of the people on the planning committee.

Savanna and her sisters are convinced that the arrested murder suspect didn’t do it, despite strong evidence to the contrary. With the help of Dr. Aidan Gallager, Savanna’s new romantic interest, they uncover hidden resentments and intrigue. Several people in Carson had a motive for the murder. Can they find out which one of them is behind the framing of an innocent person?

This is a good book to take to the beach or set in front of a fire.  There is a mystery involved in the book as well as the beginning of a romance between Aidan and Savanna.  All Savanna wants to do is hold Art in the Park.  Little did she know that she would be investigating a beheaded statue, vandalism to her car, and to top it off a murder.  Who would what to kill one of the planning committee members.  The more she digs into the background of the victim the more suspects she finds.  

I was given this book by Hallmark Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.