Sunday, February 18, 2024

If the Boot Fits by Karen Witemeyer

Samantha thinks her father doesn't really love her and thinks he is trying to pawn her off to the highest bidder.  Taking a break in the garden during the party she spies someone running away from the house after they had been in her fathers office.  Asher has been looking for evidence that Samantha's father has swindled his family.  As he is running away, he loses a boot.  Sound like a familiar story.  He saves the life of Samantha's brother as he is running away.  During the story several attempts are made on Samantha's life and Asher is there to save her.

During this book Samantha realizes her father does love her and really doesn't care if she marries.  Asher also learns that Samantha's father is really not a bad person.  

I found this book to be an enjoyable read.  It had a little mystery and a little romance all in one. I would recommend this book to everyone.

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

Never Fall Again by Lynn H. Blackburn

Landry has worked hard for three years to get her life back together after her abusive husband died.  She took her daughter and ran because her in-laws despised her and wanted her daughter.  Now she is working at a high end resort as an artist in residence and selling her crafts.  When a fire destroys the area she teaches in as well as all of her crafts items, she is devastated.   Other things begin to happen which makes her wonder if her in-laws have found her.  Cal is her next door neighbor and a artisan as well.  He is also a contractor.  Cal has been hurt in the past with a women that had children and he vowed never to get involved with another women who has a child.  As the story unfolds, he keeps getting drawn to Landry and her daughter Eliza.

This is not a book that I thought was a typical Lynn Blackburn book.  There didn't seem to be as much action as in her other books.  I was still a great book and one I would recommend to everyone.

I was given this book by Revell Publishing via Net/Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

Trapped in Yosemite by Dana Mentink

Overall this was a very good book.  It had a lot of action.  It starts out with Stella witnessing a murder.  As she's running away, there's an earthquake.  She finds herself trapped at a resort with none other that her old boyfriend, Von.  The mystery kept be guessing right up till the end.  

The negative aspect of this book is that she lived with her former boyfriend and had a baby with him.  He doesn't know the baby is his till the middle of the book.  There was never anything really mentioned about that not being the way a Christian should live their life.  I would not want my teenage granddaughters to read the book and think living together before marriage was ok.  In the description it is listed as a Christian book.   For this reason, I giving the book 3 stars instead of 4.

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

Sunday, January 28, 2024

One Final Target by Janice Cantore

Jodie and Sam are each struggling with why are they alive.  Jodie lost her team in an IED explosion and Sam lost his partner is a fiery car crash.  Jodie was not seriously injured.  Sam received burns that left him slightly disfigured.

Jodie and Sam must work together to find out why Jodie is still being targeted.  Now that Sam is trying to help her, he is now a target also.  

This is a good mystery with lots of action.  I did think I had it figured out who the culprit was.  I was right. But the story leading up to the reveal was good. Jodie and Sam's struggles are also dealt with and the reader is given a good understanding of what they are going through.   

I received this book from Tyndale House Publishing via Net/Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

Undercover Colorado Conspiracy by Jodie Bailey

Thalia and Phillip are military investigators.  They go undercover to investigate an adoption agency they think is defrauding people.  While investigating someone tries to kill them several times.  They wonder if more is going on besides the adoption ring.  

I enjoyed the mystery of this book.  Thalia and Phillip have worked together on many cases and can almost read each others minds.  The problem with that is now they are starting to have feelings for each other.  In spots there seemed to be too much internal dialogue with themselves.  I found myself skimming some of that. It was written well enough that I wasn't able to determine who the bad guy was.   

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

Sunday, January 21, 2024

The Legacy of the Rocking K Ranch

This is the story of the four women of the Rocking K Ranch from 1850 to 1910.  Eleanor and her family are abandoned by the wagon train when her family is stricken with smallpox.  Grace is Eleanor's daughter who also had smallpox.  Her face he horribly scared and she keeps it covered.  Caroline is meets Ray Cooper, Grace's son.  Ray is an Indian who has a law degree from Harvard.  Then there's Penelope.  She is Ray and Caroline's daughter.  She is an author who is trying to get published. I enjoyed reading all these stories about these women who survived the trials of the west.

I was given this book by Barbour Publishing via Net/Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.


Fatal Witness by Patricia Bradley

Dani Bennett has no memory of the first few years of her life.  She witnessed the murder of her parents.  Her uncle wisks her away and raises her as far away as he can get from where the murders took place. Dani's grandmother has been searching for her for 25 years.  She is convinced that the picture she saw in a pottery magazine is her granddaughter.  She has her k-9 officer friend Mark Lassiter track Dani down.  This sets off a series of assaults and murders.  Someone doesn't want Dani to remember what she saw the night her parents were murdered. 

This book kept me guessing all the way to the end.  Another great book by Ms. Bradley.

I was given this book by Revell Publishing via Net/Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.