The Lost Manuscript by Mollie Rushmeyer

I had trouble getting through this book.  It seemed to drag in places.  Ellora is going through a difficult time in her life.  She is heading to a divorce.  She's s having to move our of her house and needs a job.  She kept talking to herself and saying the same things.  It was a good story, but it seemed to take forever to get to the end.

I received this book from Love Inspired Trade via NetGalley for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.  

Crime Scene Conspiracy by Jessica R. Patch

A string of staged deaths forces Texas Ranger Emily O’Connell on a covert mission to investigate a governor’s connection to the deceased women. She doesn’t trust anyone—including crime scene cleaner Stone Spencer. But when Emily’s questioning makes her the serial killer’s next target, she must turn to ex-ranger Stone for help. With threats at every turn, outrunning a merciless villain could be the last thing they do.

Emily has serious trust issues.  A lot of it stems from her job as someone who is task with investigating crimes committed by supposedly upstanding citizens.  She has also just found out that her father has led a secret life for years.  Stone and his brothers operate a crime scene cleaning service after their sister committed suicide.  Emily and Stone has got the attention of a serial killer.  Every time they turn around someone is trying to kill them.  Along the way her trust issues get in the way of her trusting Stone and his brothers.  This book was a good book that kept me guessing all the way to the end.

I was given this book by Love Inspired Suspense via NetGalley for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.  

Shadows at Dusk by Elizabeth Goddard

Carrie James is a bush pilot in Alaska.  She flies supplies into remote areas.  She wasn't always a bush pilot.  She worked for a mission in Africa.  As she puts it in the book, she was murdered there.  She is approached by Detective Trevor West.  He is trying to locate his sister who has been missing for a year.  Her last reported location was in Alaska.  He wants to hire her to fly him around.  She says she'll do it for one day as she is going on vacation.  The one day stretches into more as it becomes apparent that someone is trying to kill them.  

Carrie has trust issues that she is dealing with.  Her former boyfriend threw her out of a flying plane.  She feel 200 feet. Broke multiple bones and spent months in the hospital.  Trevor also has trust issues.  His former wife was having an affair with his best friend.  He also feels he has let his sister down by not protecting her.  

This is not so much a mystery of who the bad guys are.  Because I figured that out.  It's more of the journey of how it is all resolved.  This was a book that kept me reading to get to the end.

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

Into the Fire by Irene Hannon

Bri Tucker is a former smoke jumper who is now working as an arson investigator.  The fire she is investigating now is that of her former boss who has just retired.  The pieces just don't add up as an accident.  She is joined by ATF Special Agent Marc Davis.  This book is full of mystery.  They have to solve the current fire.  Also, they discover a pattern to this fire that connects to other fires that have been ruled as accidental.  It has to be someone that knows about fires.  While they continue to delve into the investigation, someone is trying to silence them.  Strange accidents keep happening to Bri.  

This is a good mystery that kept me reading and guessing to the end.  Ms. Hannon does not disappoint.

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

Against the Wind by Amanda Cabot

This is the second book in the Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing series.  It's not necessary to read the first book to read this one.  Book one is good so I would recommend reading it.

This book is about, Louisa, a woman who wants to be a doctor in the old West.  It was a time when women were expected to be nothing more that a wife and mother.  Louisa wants that also.  But she has wanted to be a doctor since she was very little.  Sweetwater crossing is not very receptive to her being a doctor.  Even with her successes the people don't think she has any business being there.  Josh is one of her success stories.  He was thrown from his horse and broke his leg.  She came across him in the road and took him home and fixed him up.  Josh is on a mission to come up with an idea to propose to his grandfather so he can be the one to take over the store in New York instead of his cousin.  This is Louisa's journey to become a doctor against all kinds of odds.  Josh has to learn what he wants to do rather than what his grandfather expects of him.  Then have the courage to do something about it.  

I also recommend this book to anyone who likes a good read.

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

The Cairo Curse by Pepper Basham

This book takes us on the honeymoon of Lord and Lady Astley.  They have already seen their share of murder and kidnapping.  Lord Astley decides to take Lady Astley to Venice by way of Cairo for a visit with his cousin who is sponsoring an archeological dig.  Of course they find themselves in the middle of a mystery when they get there.  Lady Astley has a vivid imagination which isn't helped by all the books she reads. She also has a very spontaneous nature that gets her into trouble.  She approaches every situation as if she were Sherlock Holmes. 

This book involves murder, tomb robbing, and kidnapping.  It's not a suspenseful novel. But full of mystery.  This is the second novel in the Freddie and Grace Mystery series.  This book sort of fills the reader in on what happened in the first book so it would be possible to read this with out reading the first book.

The only negative I have for this book is that sometimes I felt like I was reading a history book instead of a novel.  Other than that, I enjoyed it.  

I received a copy of this book from Barbour Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.  

Wildflower Falls by Denise Hunter

Charlotte Simpson is trying to restore her mother's ranch to it's former glory.  Only one problem.  Money.  With the death of her mother, she uses the insurance to build a barn to house the horses she hopes to be able to have.  Gunner Dawson is an excellent horse trainer.  He has a problem too.  He doesn't stay in one place very long.  Of course there's the spark between Charlotte and Gunner.  Charlotte is also hiding a secret that could have major consequences to people she has to come to consider as friends.

This book is a good book to read while sitting on the beach or in front of a fire on a cold wintry day. It was a little bit slow in spots.  But I tend towards more of a mystery most of the time.  The characters are likeable.  They each have their own set of problems that need to be worked out.  

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