Delilah moved to Snowflake Valley for a fresh start. She buys a bakery that went out of business a few months ago after rumors of the previous owners supplementing their products with sawdust, and then of course there is the rumors of ghosts after the death of the girlfriend of one of their employees in their bakery. When Delilah first moves in, she sets to getting things ready and open, and thinks she’s lucked into the perfect situation, until weird things begin to happen in her bakery and at her new home. With twists and turns that will keep you guessing. This book is told from several different perspectives, and the links aren’t always clear until nearly the end of the book, but the reveal is worth the wait. If you enjoy mysteries, who-dun-it’s and surprises, this is a good book for you.
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This book will definitely remind you of life as a middle school girl (if you were one) and may even remind you of middle school in general. Landry is a typical middle school girl who gets dragged into a contest for a modeling reality show by her friends. She doesn’t view herself as pretty enough, and she doesn’t want to be a part of it really, but when she is the only one of the three girls selected, her two “friends” begin to treat her like she’s invisible. Landry is forced to make other friends. Landry’s new friends, one of whom is also part of the contest, help her to get over the sting of betrayal, but that doesn’t necessarily fix everything. There are the typical kinds of inner group fights, but eventually Landry finds her true friends.
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Peyton attends a party with her new boyfriend, who turns out to be a married professional baseball player. Peyton never would have found out the truth, if Simon’s wife hadn’t shown up at the same party with a group of friends. This inconvenient problem causes Simon to introduce Peyton to his wife as the girlfriend of a fellow player, Ryan. Ryan isn’t on board with this plan AT ALL, until he gets to know Peyton more, through her youth program that the team has partnered with. Ryan and Peyton start to get closer to each other and start a real relationship until Simon decides to make everyone’s life as unhappy as his own. This book has a happily ever after, but not before many ups and downs for the main characters.
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When Marley and Max first meet, Marley is having one of the worst nights of her life, being a brides maid for her ex-boyfriend and former friend, while also planning the wedding as well. When Marley escapes to the beach for some time away, she meets Max and the instantly click. After a one night stand, Marley ends up pregnant with twins and Max is none the wiser until the two see each other again four years later, unexpectedly. The two decide to try to find a way for Max to fit into the lives of his children, and for them to fit into his life, since they do not all live in the same town. They instantly fall into being a family, until strange events start happening to put Marley on the radar of the local police department. This is a good book with a few steamy scenes, and plenty of drama and life events that keep you on your toes and keep you guessing until the end.
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This book is a follow up to Caspian’s story of his Unbirthday Present of a magic wand that can manipulate time. With this installment, Caspian’s cousin Belinda gets her own wand, and there are definitely some unexpected consequences. This was a quick read for my 8 year old, and she read it as a bedtime story, to me in just a few minutes. My kiddo was also able to find some issues in the kids behavior and comment on it, making it a learning experience as well as a bedtime story, which I love. I would definitely recommend this to young readers.
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This book is a steamy romance that sets up a forthcoming series that I can’t wait to get my hands on. While I am waiting, I may just have to back up and pick up the first series. This book functions as a standalone, and is great to read just as is, but don’t be surprised if you find yourself wanting more. Isaac and “Jack” meet at a bar, and decide to spend two hot days and nights together, without telling each other their true identities or any other identifying information. What was supposed to be a fun time with plenty of sex and no strings attached doesn’t exactly stay that way, as they both start to feel things they don’t necessarily intend to feel. Then, Jack walks away just as she always said she would, leaving the book on a cliffhanger that makes you want to know more.
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This was a great book, and quick read. Once I got started, I didn’t want to stop reading it until I finished it.
In this non-traditional romance, the marriage comes before the love story. When Abi decides to sign up for a reality show in which she marries an unknown celebrity for the 3 months for a large pay off….money she intends to use to help her sister pay off medical debt…she never expects to find true love. For Finn, Abi’s married at first sight husband, the show offers an opportunity to rehab his reputation and try to save his career, after rumors cause him to be too much of a risk for studios. What neither Finn nor Abi expect is to find love and a real marriage.
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This is my first book by this author, and I now want to go back and read the first four books in this series. This book can be read as a standalone, but once you get into it, you may find that you feel the same way I do. I didn’t want to put this book down.
Jorja Knight is a Private Investigator who is asked by a friend to look into the death of someone he was friends with. What she discovers is a tangled web of people, antiques, mystery and plenty of intrigue. While investigating the death she’s been asked to look into, she quickly finds other odd occurrences, and deaths, that she tries to figure out the connections between, or even if there’s a connection at all. The characters are relatable and human in a way that is often missing in books, without it going too far and making the characters more about their problems than their story. Excellent book if you like mystery and a who-done-it kind of story.
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This is a cute book for young readers about a little girl who finds ladybugs while playing in her families yard, and decides to protect them, since it’s starting to get cold outside. Loretta decides to bring the bugs inside to keep them safe until spring, with the hopes that they will help the family’s garden. The problem with this plan is that the bugs wake up once they warm up and start to make a mess of the house. Loretta’s mom has her put them in the fridge to keep them cool until spring when she can release them back into the wild. The problem is, after the initial group of ladybugs, Loretta keeps collecting them until her families fridge is completely full of them. The solution is simple, give them to neighbors! Once spring arrives, Loretta returns the bugs to the wild, and they help the family’s garden to be better than ever. My 8 year old daughter flew through this book, and loved it.
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Mary and Brad have known each other most of their lives, and from grade school on, Mary had a crush on Brad. When Brad takes too long to ask her to senior prom, Mary makes a fateful decision that changes the course of their relationship until many years later. When Mary’s sister Katie gets married, she is somewhat surprised to see Brad in attendance. Mary hopes that she can save her relationship with Brad before it’s too late. Brad isn’t sure he can get over the pain and bitterness from that fateful decision so many years ago.
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This book was very cute for kids to read. Lucas is a cat that wanders off every night, and wanders back every morning. One day, the children of his owners’ family decide to attach a camera to his collar to see where he goes at night. With much childlike speculation, the children go to sleep hoping to find out that their cat goes out and is a spy or does other interesting things. This book shows that sometimes imagination is better than reality. My girls, ages 8 and 9, found this book interesting to read, as well.
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This book is a prequel to the Mafia Elite series, and is a phenomenal addition to the original series. For me, getting to see the female main characters, our mafia princesses, during their last year of college and see what life was like for them at that time, was a great new addition. The main thing that I found interesting was getting to know Marissa, a mafia princess who was not a part of the original series other than her death being a motivation for many of the mafia members. This book allows you to see how close Marissa was with the others, while also at times giving us her perspective at times. I do hope that this is still not the end of this series, because I never want to leave this world!
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This is a great anthology, in no small part because each book can be read independently, or if you are really in the Christmas spirit…or just love to read…it can be read all at once. There are seven different books within this one purchase. The books do not tie together in any way other than being about Christmas and the magic of finding love at that time of year. If you are an animal lover, someone who has recently lost a loved one (even if it is due to unfaithfulness) or just someone looking for a Hallmark movie type of read, there is something here for you. Just remember not everything is as it seems, especially people.
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Overall, this was a pretty good book. The story is short, which can lead to gaps that make you wonder, but the pacing is very quick. When Pippa meets a man at a Halloween party, she decides to act out of character for herself, and has a one night stand with him. When she discovers she’s pregnant, she has no way to find him as they chose to not exchange any information. She has the baby and raises him by herself for the first two years of his life until her one time lovers father happens across the pair in a local park and realizes that the little boy looks like his son. Tanner’s father tells him of his suspicions, and the pair try to find out more information about Pippa and her son, Bryce. Just as they think they have enough information to possibly consider Tanner approaching Pippa about the little boy, Pippa’s ex-husband kidnaps her and her son. Tanner, along with his other navy SEAL teammates, works to get Pippa and Bryce back.
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Declan has loved Renee since they were children. Renee felt the same way…but that was before she was kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. Renee was taken away from her family and friends for nearly three years. During those long years, she never lost hope that she’d be rescued somehow, even through all of the Once Renee is rescued and returns home, she sets off to start trying to reclaim her life even though she is constantly afraid, at first, of doing that very thing. With Declan by her side, she eventually gains more confidence and begins to feel like she can manage not just her life, but possibly even a physical relationship with Declan. After everything she’s been through, Renee and Declan deserve the happily ever after that they are finally able to find.
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Jude is desperate to get his sister back from the human traffickers who took her nearly 3 years ago. He and his friends, all of whom are freemasons, have been working the past three years to free Renee and others like her who were snatched off the Australian streets and whisked away for nefarious purposes. Sienna works for a shelter ran by a charity set up by Jude and his friends to help homeless and those who have been trafficked and rescued to be able to reunite with family or to be self sufficient, due to being given help, counseling, and jobs. When Jude and his friends come up with a plan to send Sienna in undercover to try and verify information that they have received that might lead them to Renee, Sienna must rely on her experience as a soldier who has been undercover before to save and protect not only herself, but Renee and all the others who are in the same location that Renee is. Jude, who is also a veteran, must rely on himself as well as the team they go with to get Sienna, Renee, and the others to safety without losing himself, the sister he’s been missing, and the woman he loves but has been resisting because he didn’t think he deserved happiness while his sister was gone.
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This book is yet another great addition to this series. This book ratchets up the intensity and pressure on our core group of characters. The Italian Mafia bosses and their spouses bring Elena Caruso back into the fold after a four year absence, which was done to protect her from the Russian Mafia. Mafia boss Marco La Rosa has loved Elena for years, but always kept his distance due to an arranged marriage that is no longer in play. Elena is a cousin to Max and Tony Caruso, but was raised as Tony’s adopted sister until the summer she disappeared and was presumed to be dead. The surprise twists and turns in this book will keep you guessing (though, perhaps you’ll solve it early, but doubt yourself until the reveal like I did) until the end. The best rule of thumb in this series, and especially this book, is not everything is what it seems to be. This book can be read as a standalone, but is so much better as a part of the series it belongs in.
Ruthless Heir
Luc is a business man used to getting his way, until he takes over a company and suddenly his money disappears. He quickly learns the mafia did it to get his attention, but not before he accuses the companies temporary secretary, Summer, who he slept with the night before he takes over the company. He soon discovers his mom, who abandoned him as a child, was a mafia princess from the Chicago Five Families, and that he is now the next in line to head the family. This is another amazing book by Amy McKinley that can be read as a standalone, but is so much better as a part of the series that it is a part of. This is the fifth book of seven, and I cannot wait to read the rest of them.
Collateral Damage
Yet another amazing entry into this series. I can’t believe that the next book is supposed to be the end. This book is great, and can be read as a standalone, but trust me, you won’t want to stop here. I can’t wait for Rivals to release later this year, as I never want to leave the world of these characters. I feel like they are family!
This book is about Trey, the doctor/surgeon to the Five Families of Mafia in the Chicago area. He is unexpectedly reunited with Hailey after he is brought in by her stepfather to investigate and hopefully solve her kidnapping. When the pair first met, Trey wasn’t in a good place mentally, and was definitely not in a place to want any part of a relationship with someone outside of “his world” of mafia families. Through trying to figure out Hailey’s kidnapping and what led to it, the couple gets closer and Trey realizes he can’t be without Hailey. My only advice is this: always remember, people aren’t always what they seem.
And if the passing references to Tony are a question by the author about rather readers of the series want to see more about him and see him get his happily ever after, let this review serve as a resounding YES! I never want to see this series end! Rival
The final book in this series is just as great of a book as all the others. Amy McKinley is most assuredly becoming one of my favorite authors.
In this entry to the series, we follow Nico La Rosa as he finally finds his happily ever after, even if it’s not quite how he expected it. Nico is on a trip to his family’s home in the Caribbean, when Mia Tucci finds him unexpectedly…or rather, he finds her standing on the deck of his house pointing a gun at him as he returns from the beach. Mia proposes the idea of marriage for information on how to bring down a human trafficking ring that her father and “adopted” brother are running as part of their New York mafia family business. Nico agrees, but isn’t quick to trust Mia at first. Eventually, the two share more than just their own secrets, and work together with the Five Families to bring down Mia’s father’s trafficking business. Through everything, Nico finally finds his happily ever after, and Mia finally finds a loving family that will take care of her and protect her at all cost.
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Evelyn lost the one guy that she’s ever felt a strong pull toward, when the guy she was tutoring in her senior year of high school just disappears without warning and without any further contact. Damian was a teenager who was at the mercy of the adults in his life in high school, so when his parents tell him they are moving; he has no choice but to move. He chooses not to try to communicate with Evelyn even after she continues to try to reach him, because he is told that she doesn’t want anything to do with him, by her father, who does whatever is necessary to ensure that Damian is as far away from his daughter as possible. When Damian suddenly reappears in her life, Evelyn is initially angry about his departure all over again, but eventually learns the truth. Damian tries to keep Evelyn at arm’s length because his career as an undercover FBI agent in the Italian mob makes his life far too dangerous for her and he wants to protect her even though he can’t tell her the truth about his life. Overall, this was a good book. I did feel that most of the intimate scenes were over the top in the graphic department, but I understand that some people won’t necessarily agree.
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When Jemma tries to bring down the Freemasons on the misguided belief that they had something to do with the death of her father, she crosses paths with the leader of the local lodge, Dominic. When her life is put in danger, Dominic tries to protect her, even when Jemma seems determined to believe the worst about him. The couple tries to fight their growing attraction while also trying to figure out what the other knows about the Freemason lodge and their past and present activities where missing and exploited children in the area are concerned. Jemma believes that the Freemason lodge is behind the missing children, while the truth is the exact opposite. Dominic and his friends from the lodge are doing everything they can to figure out who is responsible not only for the missing children, but also for his friends missing sister.
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This is a cute coloring book. My girls love several of the designs. There is one that is a very adorable kitten in a pumpkin. This coloring book is perfect for this time of year. I have even colored a few of them myself.
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Brooke is living a relatively normal life, until she happens to cross paths with Levi. Levi is an elemental who can control, cause, and create, fire. It’s not until her apartment building explodes and Levi rescues her from the aftermath that Brooke learns that there is something more to Levi than meets the eye, though she doesn’t know quite what yet. Eventually, Levi tells her the truth, in an effort to protect her from the Chaolt, the chaos creators who often kill Sleepers, or humans with latent elemental powers, in an effort to bring about as much chaos and destruction as possible. When it becomes clear that Brooke is a Sleeper, Levi and his team work to protect her, which puts Levi and Brooke in close quarters are they try to use her as bate to get the Chaolt to come out of their hiding places. With all the time they spend together, Brooke and Levi start to develop a relationship, even though elementals are not allowed to have relationships with humans.
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Ava and Cole had been dating for a while, ,but rushed into marriage, after Ava became pregnant, but when she lost the baby, the couple lost each other. Ava lost herself in her depression, anger and self doubt about her relationship with Cole. Cole lost himself I his own sorrow and didn’t know how to try to reach out to Ava and try to fix their marriage. Shortly after, the separated until Ava decides to ask Cole for a divorce, which Cole has no interest or intention in giving her. Cole wants their marriage to be saved, and wants to try and work things out. Cole decides to agree to the divorce if Ava agrees to help him plan an event for his Freemason Lodge. Ava agrees, hoping that not only will she get her divorce, but also hoping that the event will be good for her event planning business. In the time it takes the couple to plan the event, Ava and Cole discover that they never quit loving each other.
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This book is a great ending to this series. Our core group of friends, Melody, Lance and Imani are faced with new life challenges, and must sort out their relationships in order to be able to save their friendships. When the spouse of one of them unexpectedly passes away, the three musketeers must pull together to help one of their own. Their relationships as well as their individual relationships to other college friends, and even their own family members are all affected, examined, and changed. This book will make you realize just how important relationships are in life, and help you to appreciate those who are always there for you, no matter what.
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Five Years ago, after a pregnancy scare that ended his relationship with his high school sweetheart, Marissa, Weston left his hometown of Postscript Island for college and refused to go back. Now that his mom has suddenly been offered a substantial offer to buy out her shop in town and needs his advice, he goes back and must face his past in hopes of creating a future with Marissa.
Marissa is afraid to trust herself or Weston after their past, and struggles to move past her own pain and fear, until she realizes that things on the Island aren’t adding up and people she thinks she knows and can trust aren’t who they seem to be.
This book is a guaranteed happily ever after set on a beautiful island.
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These books are cute for kids. My girls (3rd and 4th grade) read these and really like them. Conifer and Spike were faced with different issues (in one, they were trying to stop a volcano, and in the other, they were trying to escape a fire), and they found creative solutions to their problems (though to be honest, I’m not sure the solutions would work in the real world. These are creative stories targeted for young audiences and they are engaging and short/easy to read.
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This book is full of twists and turns, with a happy ending that makes everything else worth it.
When Angie and her friends are carjacked and kidnapped on their last night of Spring Break, Angie’s quick thinking allows her to escape, but due to the way her abduction and the murder of her friends occurs, she is quickly blamed for the murders, and after further trauma in the jail, she shuts down completely until an intelligent FBI agent, Brenda, finds a way to reach her. Brenda reaches out to a “friend”, Jake, and his therapy trained dog, Cody, to try and reach the young woman and try to unlock her from the prison that her mind has become. Once she is free to talk and able to help, Angie, Jake, Cody and Brenda set off on a mission to find the man responsible for her abduction and the murder of her friends, and along the way, discover that he was always just a cog in a much bigger machine of human trafficking.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Candice Esteshttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngCandice Estes2022-09-01 05:23:132022-09-05 12:53:28The Girl Who Escaped by Mark Nolan – Review by Candice Estes
Kellie Kirby left home as soon as she could after the love of her life, Harrison Hayes, leaves without a word to her, to pursue his golf career in an effort to be able to provide a better life for them. Kellie landed on her feet planning events for a major hotel in Las Vegas, while Harrison’s career took off. The two haven’t seen each other in over a decade when Harrison finds himself roped into a marriage to a swim suit model, for the sake of his “public image”, and Kellie ends up being his wedding planner. While Kellie and Harrison work together to make all of the decisions for this wedding, the intended bride stays completely checked out, when she even bothers to show up at all. As the two spend more time together, old feelings come back to the surface, and eventually, Harrison calls of the original wedding plans to try and save his relationship with Kellie. The question is, will it work?
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This book certainly has a lot of drama and misunderstandings. I certainly don’t agree with all of the choices made by, well, any of the characters. Then again, who ever truly agrees with all of the life choices of the people around them, in the real world, anyway? I am hoping the Epilogue means that there will be a second book, perhaps with fewer complications.
Mavis walked away from her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, without a word or explanation, when she found out she was pregnant, to protect him and his dreams of becoming a doctor. Many years later, unexpectedly, she finds out that her ex, Josh, is now looking to find her because he realizes he has always loved her, even without contact or knowing where she has been all these years. Josh has just gotten divorced, and wants to find the one woman he’s ever actually loved. When he discovers that his twin brother, Austin, knows where to find her and has for years, he is finally able to reconnect and learn what really happened when Mavis just disappeared without a word. Can love really forgive all past acts? Mavis and Josh are about to find out, one way or another.
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This is a great follow up to the first book in this series. After the horrific events at the end of the first book, and all that Melody and her best friends Lance and Imani were put through, this book shows us a bit more about the recovery process and the healing of the friendships between our main characters. Not only do we see how Junior and Senior year of college goes for them, but how the first few years after school turned out as well. This book is told from Lance’s perspective, for the most part, but has input from Imani and Melody as well. While I definitely don’t agree with all of the characters life choices, and at times found myself wanting to smack some sense into a few of them, I also found myself getting so lost in the story that the real world ceased to exist until I had to put the book down to do real world things. I can’t wait to see how this series ends.
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Eliza Darcy is an American who has a ton of family in England, and is headed there for a Darcy/Bennet family reunion. She is hoping to spend time with a couple of cousins she’s already met, and meet other family members she doesn’t yet know. What she doesn’t know is the amount of mystery and intrigue she is about to walk into. What she can’t possibly anticipate is the murder and mayhem that she is about to walk into and have to contend with…or the love she will find. Love for her family, and for a new love interest. One way or another, Eliza’s life is about to get more interesting. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys mysteries, international intrigue, and maybe even a healthy dose of appreciation for Pride and Prejudice.
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The Muffin Shop Murder: A Delilah Crumbworthy Mystery by Holly Tierney
