Thief of Magic by Bree Moore
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Lee was an orphan who had to steal to survive. She is slow to trust anyone. Lee has a surprise around every corner, mostly suspenseful surprises. (LOL) This world Bree Moore has created will absolutely draw you in. I loved every second of it.
Limbo by Laura Koerber
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This novel is well written and has a very diverse cast of characters. While I enjoyed the premise of the tale I found it lacking in detail and in answers. Why are these lost souls stuck and can they move on? Are they doomed to purgatory in Limbo forever? Thus I gave it 3 stars. I really feel there is more to this world that needs to be built upon and with a little more detail and a better back story this book could hit the best seller list. It is definitely a book I would love to see updated with more information. I can see a great story in between the lines and I really like the idea behind the scenes.
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this heartwarming historical Christmas romance and was hooked from start to finish. This was a wonderfully written western romance which was full of the Christmas spirit, full of hope, humour, warmth and of course love. Following the death of her parents Cora Lee Schuster signs up to become a mail-order bride and has to travel across the country to the newly established town of Holiday, in Oregon. However, when she arrives she is met by her future father-in-law rather than her betrothed, and it soon becomes clear that he has no intention of marrying her. Cora is taken to the family ranch where she meets Jace Coleman, her betrothed’s brother. Jace loves trains and works as an engineer driving the Holiday Express line’s new engine, named Hope.
When Cora arrives at his family’s ranch to marry his brother, Jace is suspicious and wonders if his father is matchmaking. As Cora and Jace spend time together, Jace finds it increasingly difficult not to fall for his brothers fiancé. Whilst Cora wishes she was Jace’s mail-order bride and not his brothers. This was an enjoyable and engaging read and I found myself happily turning the pages, completely immersed in the town of Holiday and it’s residents. The author really made both the era and the setting come alive through her descriptive narrative and all the small historical details. I fell in love with the likeable and relatable characters and was just hoping that Cora and Jace would get their HEA. This is the first in a series of holiday romances and I look forward to reading the rest of the series this festive season.
A Cold Creek Christmas by K.G. Fletcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a great Christmas time feel good story. It was nice to see a woman “Scrooge ” for once. It had me smiling at specific parts and tearing up in others.
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What a lovely way to spend a cool winter’s night by reading such a sweet little historical romance. I really got swept up into this book and could not put it down. I just love historical romances and this book really hit the spot.
The characters are very lovely and written so well. I like how the author is able to balance a bit of drama with the romance and create a lovely world. I love how it is set in the old west. The setting really adds to the story as well. This book is such a nice little romance and the characters have such a personable quality. I like how it has such a romantic ending and I really look forward to reading more from this author in the future.
Reviewed by @caraleeloonat
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I usually shy away from this genre but I’m so glad I took a chance with this book! Not only is a sweet romance, but the historical part isn’t too much. It’s written in a way that I can understand and identity with even though it’s set in the 1880’s. I knew from the first few chapters that Jace & Cora Lee would be a good couple. I was so glad the way things turned out for Jude, lol. This author is an excellent writer that writes in a way that makes the time period seem just as exciting as today.
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a good historical fiction story. Its been a while since I have read this genre and I am always interested in mail-order brides plus this has some interesting train facts in it. . What a risk those women took…I felt sorry for Cora Lee when she arrived then later changed my opinion and feel she got the better end of the deal. I enjoyed the characters and their activities.
Overall its a good story, nice characters with a lot of little details.
Fall to Pieces by Becky Flade
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
If you are a fan of detective and romantic suspsense books then this one is for you. Throw a little pull at the heart strings and have some emotional, tear induced moments and you are all set. Fast paced read that you don’t want to put down. You start to fall in love with the main character a few chapters in, at first she comes off as smug and hard nosed but once you start to really get to know her story, your mind will be changed. Highly recommend this great read!
Born in Darkness by Amy McKinley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This author never disappoints me! I love the writing in this series so much. I enjoy getting to know the characters better and better throughout the books – including the ones we met in past books. I also really love the mafia trope in general so continuing this series was a no brainer for me!
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
It has been a long time since I have read a book in this genre, a western set romance, but thanks to this wonderful author, I can tell you it wont be so long before I read another this time around. This new series has me captivated.
In this first book we are brought the story of Cora Lee Schuster, a young woman in search of better life and mail order bride and Jace Coleman, a young man with a deep love of trains and being a train engineer. While Cora is intended for another true feelings develop between the two and with some shall we say adventure along the way Love will be found. This will truly warm your heart.
Tally and the Angel Book Two, Canada by Eleanor Dixon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Tally and Jophiel are back at it again with a new adventure! We go the exact opposite of warm India to cold snowy Canada and its definitely a wild ride! We learn sledding with Tally and I adore the huskies. The village was a complete surprise and then for Tally to have to face the fear of losing someone else so soon after her mother’s death my heart went out to the girl. It’s another great story where we learn of more mystical beings and once again we see Tally being her strong and courageous self with the help Jophiel.
A Cold Creek Christmas by K.G. Fletcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This story reminded me a lot of the Donna VanLiere books I enjoy so much over the holiday season. It gives off such a feel-good happiness that you can’t help but love it. The characters are normal and relatable you can’t help fall in love with them. The perfect read for Christmas time when we all have a little extra hope and happiness laying around. It is a good reminder to appreciate what we have and be grateful. I hadn’t read any of the others in the series and the story was good on its own, I look forward to reading the rest of the series.
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Holiday Hope is such a wonderful story! Starting a new life with uncertainty, our heroine travels to the Western US coming to meet her husband. Only she has never met him! She is a mail-order bride! Through heart-warming days, a new love grows in spite of the difficulties surrounding the Coleman’s. Add a dash of adventure and this is a lovely romance!
Hanging Softly in the Night: A Detective Nick Larson Novel AUDIO BOOK
By Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra
5 stars
This audio book was such a fantastic listen! I wasn’t 100% sure when I first read the synopsis but once I started it I was hooked from beginning to end. The author’s writing was fantastic, so gripping and engaging – it didn’t change the whole way through the book either. The characters were complex and the story was multi layered – it honestly is one of the best books that I have listened to this year! I can’t believe I have never come cross this author previously but that will absolutely change now I cannot wait to get my hands on more of her work!
As well as the amazing story the narrator was great too, really brought the story to life!
1 100% recommend this audio book!
Master Trentino by Sylvia Black
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This series just keeps getting better and better. Each time I start a new book I honestly rhino there is no way it can top the last and each time it does. I love the story to this book. It pulled me in completely and I just had to dins out what was happening. The characters just added to this even more. They were so engaging and fit the story perfectly.
This is one or those series that you honestly can’t describe enough to do it justice. I would highly recommend reading it as it is such a fantastic collection of books.
Master Trentino by Sylvia Black
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh oh Master Trentino – I think you may be my favourite! This author is for sure becoming one of my favourites! She definitely knows how to write dark paranormal and has certainly captured my interest in a genre that I’ve not really read much of previously! Trentino has to act fast when he finds Angel and I really liked reading about her as she recovered from her transformation. There was so much passion and chemistry between them but he knew he couldn’t act as he wanted. I loved the new friendships that were formed in this story also. The story is fairly fast paced and with some fantastic and unexpected twists and turns I couldn’t turn the page fast enough!
Another wonderful book in this series and one that I 100% recommend!
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh my what a wonderful read. I absolutely loved this book and have definitely found a new author to love! I was completely swept up in the story from beginning to end. There was so much going on and some of it quite unexpected which made the book even more exciting to read, it definitely felt like I was watching a movie at times with the authors wonderful attention to detail. I loved the characters Cora and Jace! Things were definitely unexpected with them considering Cora was meant to be marrying Jace’s brother but I adored them both! I loved the time period for the story too. I am definitely looking forward to reading the next book in this series and I would highly recommend this book to other readers.
Priscida Finds Greatness: In Herself and in Others by Constance Mays
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was such a good children’s book. Teaching that there is greatness in everyone is a good lesson for everyone to learn. My kids loved it. The main character being a cat made it even more adorable. My kids laughed and loved the pictures. The message was simple enough that my 5 year old understood what was going on and my 9 year old understood that little things can build up to bigger and better things! This author did a wonderful job! I’m glad to have it on my shelf for my kids to read over and over again!
Limbo by Laura Koerber
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
What can I really say about this book without giving it all away, it takes place in the limbo, the same place where Catholics are used to think souls go when we pass, so does this mean everyone in here is too good for hell or too bad to go to heaven?
Limbo, by its description, reminded me of a wild west city, but without its life, you have the buildings, but its empty, there’s nothing to do, nothing to help pass the time, a bar that don’t have drinks, a card game made from the wallpaper…
You have animals there, dogs, cats, mouses, cows, but the people there don’t see these animals growing, eating or anything, so are they being punished as well?
This book, reminded me very much of the show the good place, most people in the limbo are old, but there are exceptions and to make things worse you won’t find anyone you loved in your past life… you may find people you hated but why are people sent there? How can they move on? Why can you find children there?
Alyse, one of our main voices is only a teen that died of cancer… other people on the book we get to know their backstory and some of those stories only make us wonder, why are they there?
Probably If you liked the good place you will like this book, you get to know almost all people background and how they got there, but at the same time there’s many things left to learn about them.
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What a lovely, sweet book! This is a historical fiction set in 1884. Cora Lee Schuster has lost her parents and is left alone with no money or real way to care for herself. She decides to become a mail order bride. She travels to Holiday, Oregon to marry Jude Coleman. Upon her arrival, his father, Grant, picks her up and takes her to their ranch. Jude is nowhere to be found, and Cora Lee has a sneaky suspicion that things aren’t as they seem. She spends a lot of time with Jude’s twin brother, Jace, and finds herself falling in love with him. Will Cora Lee and Jace untangle the mess around his brother and find a way to be able to marry? Find out in this book! It is charming and well worth the time!
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield is a sweet holiday romance. This first book of the Holiday Express series, this book leaves you ready to devour the entire series. The book reminds me of a feel-good Hallmark movie that draws you in right from the start. The characters are loveable and well written. I could not stop smiling at how adorable they were and you start to care deeply for them. You root for their happiness and are sad when the book ends. I could read a whole series just surrounding the main two characters. I am looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
Priscida Finds Greatness: In Herself and in Others by Constance Mays
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Priscida is a cute cat that goes from being an alley cat to having owners that are like her parents, she never loses her hope and learns new things (like reading) and this is a wonderful teaching message to children, don’t forget, “greatness is contagious!” ^___^
My oldest daughter is having a tough time in catching up on school (she has autism), and she thought it was brilliant that a cat could learn to read, the only down to the book, that we could find, was, that it doesn’t have too many pictures.
It’s a good bedtime story, not too long, and it ends in a really positive note, but it is better for a plus 7 years old kids in my experience, my youngest son that is 4 got distracted, I recommend this story!
The Box: A Greek Myth Paranormal Romance by Hazel Storm
Of course I loved this book!!! I loved every book in this series!!! I love the way it ended talk about a happily ever after! I am going to look into more books by this author I love her writing style. The characters in this series are very well thought out and the plot is amazing. The ending was a surprise even though I think a small part of me subconsciously thought about it… I wish there were more books in this series…
A Cold Creek Christmas by K.G. Fletcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a short and sweet Christmas romance. Although this book is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone. I’ve read several books by this author and enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed her others. It’s a classic tale and a bit steamy, but the characters also have some emotional development and backstory, although I thought the characters could have had a bit more depth. Still, this is a warm story, perfect for the season.
Chain Reaction by C.L. Schneider
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I was totally hooked with the first in the series. The quest for truth and to learn more of things I had grown to love in the first book, continues in this amazing book. I found this one for me was more suspenseful than the first, but still pulled me in and would not let go! This book and series, seriously is amazing 100%!
As per the first novel I loved as well in this one, learning more about Dalia and who she was and more about her, in different ways. I love how she is such a complex character, and mysterious in her own ways, but never ever makes life or the story boring in any sort of way! Things take a lot if twists and turns in this book and Dahlia literally fight her own demons as well what could be the reason for all the issues the city is facing. I loved how things didn’t seem to go her way at times, but she always was more determined than ever. The suspense was very real this book was amazing beginning to end! Also, as loved in the first novel, the visual as if a work of art in the descriptions of things! I loved how the author played on words and really created a visual master piece of Dahlia’s city and world!
Loved this book so much. This series as well as the writing of the author is so freaking good and amazing! The author knows how to keep their readers interested and wanting more, and us as the readers get what we want in installments, as to keep us in anticipation haha! I can not wait to see what Dahlia is to face next as well as her city! I highly recommend this book, series, and author! Truly a must read!
King of Pain by Donna S. Frelick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is book 5 in the Interstellar Rescue Series. I have loved the stories in this series and this one was just as good as the previous ones. I’m not a big sci-fi reader however this author and this series had definately made me fall in love with sci-fi.
These stories are so enjoyable. You are gripped from the beginning. The stories are fast paced which means you are captured from the first page. I love that both characters in this story are very strong determined people but with pasts that allow them to be vulnerable and human.
As well as the sci-first aspect there is also a romance. This romance is strong. When Trevyn meets Lael on a ship he is sent to stop as it carries weapons for slave traders he is surprised to see her at the helm. However things aren’t what they seem. Lael is the leader of Uprising against the people who killed her father.
Because of a crime she was supposed to have committed she is sentenced to death. But Trevyn doesn’t understand why.
Trevyn decides he needs to find the truth which leads him back to his home, a place he never wanted to return. Between them can they solve the mystery and save Lael? What they find out will shock them both as their pasts are closer than they even realise.
This story is full of questions, conspiracy and danger. Both of our main characters have their hearts broken by the past, so can they heal each others pain or will the past come back to hurt them both in ways they don’t realise?
Fall to Pieces by Becky Flade
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is completely different from what I normally read. Yes there is romance which is right up my alley but it seemed more of a mystery to me. The suspense is there but the focus seems to be on finding the person who did these acts. It is also about self discovery after loss. The characters in this book are great and have an amazing character development throughout the book. The story line is amazing and it will keep you turning the pages in order to figure out who did what and if they will actually be able to catch the person who did these things. The reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because even though there is a love story in the book it seems to be more about the mystery/thrill of the story, I highly recommend reading this is suspense/mystery/thrill with a side of romance is your thing.
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Master Trentino by Sylvia Black
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was the best one out of the trilogy.
This author has an amazing way of sucking you into the story and I love and hate characters.
I am part of this world.
The vampires, the underworld, the magic.
There are always issues within the covens and the reign.
This was amazing I cannot really explain without spoilers.
I would recommend to read book one and two.
Such a creative writer, I didn’t realize how much I needed this book.
Master Tuscano: Dark Vampire Romance by Sylvia Black
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Not my favorite, I did enjoy it but it is a new story, same universe.
So now we have Christian and I did not like the character.
The story continues from another characters time line in the series.
We keep the story alive and it is an adventure and experience of the dark and experience.
I have always imagined being a vampire.
If you had no other choice but to turn…..
I give this author great credit to focus on new characters within the same series.
Book two is a great bridge to book three.
Looking forward to more.
No Names to Be Given by Julia Brewer Daily
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
After finishing this book, I still thought about it a lot, and still am days later. The attention to detail and descriptions were excellent. I felt connected to the characters like I knew them on a personal level and was there with them. I spent an entire day reading this book because I couldn’t put it down, wanting more and wanting to know what happens. I really related to this book as an adoptee myself. Excellently written and I highly recommend it.
