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A Ruff Week 

by Lorraine Bartlett 

When five abandoned puppies were found behind Victoria Square, merchants and Artisan Alley vendors scrambled to claim them. But one of those adoptions hasn’t worked out. Katie Bonner has one week to find Lily a new home or she’ll be turned in to a kill shelter. When door after another slams in her face, Katie fears she won’t be able to stop what seems inevitable, as the only person interested in saving Lily has plans that would destroy this sweet dog’s nature. 

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Nothing To Die For 

by Richard Houston 

Jake Martin solves a locked-room murder with the help of his Golden Retriever, and seventy-year-old neighbor. It looks like a Fremont county commissioner has committed suicide because no one could have left the room after shooting her, but Jake isn’t buying it.   

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Fatal Fascinator 

 by Jenn McKinlay 

It’s wedding season and Viv’s longtime frenemy Piper May is getting married. She convinces Viv and Scarlett to take on the job of designing the headpieces for her “wedding of the year.” The well-to-do bride and her entourage are delighted to have Viv and Scarlett as their famous hat designer guests, but the hat-making pair are really just looking forward to a getaway at a castle in Sussex. It is to be a weekend full of events, culminating in the big ceremony. 

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Of Mushrooms and Matrimony 

by Amy Patricia Meade 

Literary caterer and owner of Cookin’ the Books café Tish Tarragon is pushing thoughts of her impending eviction aside to prepare an appetising welcome buffet for a wedding weekend at Abbingdon Green Bed and Breakfast. While there, Tish witnesses one of the guests, controversial TV chef and restaurant critic, Gunner Randall, threatening staff after missing breakfast and making do with a mushroom omelet. 

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Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle

by Jessica Fletcher/Terrie Farley Moran 

Jessica Fletcher is quick to accept an invitation to replace a speaker who couldn’t attend a Book Festival in Belfast, Ireland. When her Cabot Cove neighbor Maeve O’Bannon hears about the trip, she asks Jessica to deliver some paintings to her family in the village of Bushmills. Happy to extend her travels and see more of the Irish countryside, Jessica agrees. 

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A Murderous Persuasion

 by Katie Oliver 

Phaedra Brighton has her life all figured out—she has a profession she enjoys, a wonderful (if exasperating) cat, and a cozy carriage house on the grounds of her aunt’s inn. She needs no Captain Wentworth to sweep her off her feet (though, she would not mind a Mr. Darcy).

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The Summer House at Larkspur

 by Kay Pritchett 

When Mosey Frye, real estate agent and amateur sleuth, hunts for a summer house on the grounds of an abandoned plantation, she finds not only the house but also skeletal remains at the bottom of an old cistern. That same day, news of the horrific stabbing death of an eremitic nun leaves the citizens of Hembree in hang-jawed shock. Given that the tumble-down estate belonged to the dead nun’s family, Mosey insists there must be a connection between the two events. 

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Chapter . . . & Book Stores I Could Live In . . .

 

Have no idea where this beauty is but.  I sure could cozy up here! 

The Wedding Ranch by Nancy Naigle My Review

 

About the book 

A second chance at love awaits two brokenhearted people if they’re just willing to trust each other—and themselves, in USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle's The Wedding Ranch.

When Lori Walker’s husband gifted her with a mastiff puppy on Valentine’s Day, she believed he was recommitting himself to their marriage after going astray. Six months later, he left both her and their dog for someone else. Since her recent move to Dalton Mill to unbraid herself from the past, Lorri’s graphic design business is now flourishing, her growing mastiff, Mister, has plenty of space to romp, and her ex in Raleigh can fade to a distant memory.

Ryder Bolt is haunted by the tragic loss of his wife and young son seven years ago. Thankfully, ranching keeps Ryder busy, and spending time with his niece and nephew—whose venue, The Wedding Ranch, has become a popular tourist destination—keeps him from getting lonely.

When Lorri and Ryder met, love was the last thing they were looking for. When they’re together, smiles come easier and burdens feel lighter, and both are embracing the possibility of something deeper.

But when a long-buried revelation surfaces, the fate that brought them together threatens to tear them apart.

And I thought 

Just a feel good Romance.  I  was searching for an audio book and this one popped up.  Sounded good so I gave it a whirl. 

I am glad I did.  I am happy to meet Nancy and her characters. 

 Well most of them. 

I actually really liked all of them except Lori's ex.  His fiancee and a couple of Lori's friends that in my opinion weren't really her friends. 

True friends don't befriend the new fiancee especially when she and he were/are cheaters.  

But it made for a good story.  

Lori was able to walk away and start over.  In a really better life.  

I did feel like the prologue was way too long.  I didn't feel we needed so much back story of the cheating.  Especially since Lori kind of had a hard time putting it all to rest and dwelled on it a bit even after the divorce and moving.  But who could? 

All in all I enjoyed listening to this book.  

And I will look for more by the author.   

 I received a complimentary copy from Net Galley. 

My review will appear on Amazon, Good Reads and Net Galley. 

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Christmas New Releases offered by Faith Books

Miracle Inn (Christmas at the Inn Book 22) by Regina Walker

Layla left Double Creek and she left behind the things that held her down. She swore she'd never move back, even after her best friend, Megan, returned to their small hometown. Everything changed when Layla's grandmother got hurt, and now Layla is back in Double Creek. Running her grandmother's beloved inn, Layla realizes she's not the same girl that left this town.

Jacob Haskill is just a cowboy. Punching cows, baling hay, and fixing fences are all he knows. Well, and he's had a crush on Layla since grade school. Her return gives him hope that maybe now she'll finally notice him. Riding in on a white horse, Jacob determines to save Layla from what troubles her, and to help her save the inn, too.

But is a cowboy on a white horse really what a paramedic-turned-inn-manager needs?

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To Rescue My Love (A Christmas Surprise) by J.E. Grace

Jake Prosser, owner of Prosser Ranch in Nortonville, Colorado had fallen hard when he met the love of his life. He trusted God for his future, but nothing went as planned. It appears he must endure more than he ever expected, and can his faith withstand it all?

Emma Wright, kidnapped by outlaws, leaving behind a life she loved, now spends time imprisoned in a strange town. Held by an abusive man, she only dreams of her escape. An unexpected event and help from someone she didn’t expect, brings her freedom, but only to suffer another fate. It seems she can’t win but never gives up hope.

Will God heal their broken hearts and bring them the happiness they desire?

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A Bride for Harley by Heidi Gray McGill. My Review

 

About the book 

I would have preferred to choose my destiny rather than have it thrust upon me. I’m not sure what I wanted out of life, but it wasn’t being a proxy bride to a man I never desired to marry. While others flock to the west to hide their past sins and start a new life, I killed any hope for a new life and live in my transgressions.”

“My name is Mrs. Harrison. The story I am about to tell you is not my own. Neither is my past.”

Set in the wilds of Montana above the Yellowstone River in Assiniboine Indian territory, the realities of life in 1868 come alive in this sweet, heartwarming coming-of-age story.

And I thought

A new fan of Historical Romance and it is 'All' author Heidi Gray McGills fault.  

This is the second title that I got into my hands and I just loved A Bride for Harley.

The author proved to me that a really good Historical Romance is possible.  To be able to write an exceptional romance in a time period that you can only research shows me a really great author! 

The story is unbelievably wove together with a bit of drama.  The story is emotional and sweet and filled with faith.  

Thank you Heidi for giving this reader a surprise.  

I received a complimentary copy.  

My review will appear on Amazon and Good Reads and be featured in a in Love Is In The Air post here and in My Journey Back the Journey Back blog. 

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Meet  the author 

So, who am I? In a nutshell — preferably pistachio — I love Jesus, my husband of 30 years, my two precious adult girls, my son-in-love, and my two adorable grandsons.

Writing is my ministry. I’m less of an evangelistic writer and more of a hands-on craftsman. Finding unintrusive ways to weave God throughout my stories and into the lives of my characters is fun for me. I strive to write characters who become so real you think of them long after turning the book’s final page. I work to write books that leave you yearning for the same kind of faith as your new character friend.

I’m an avid reader myself and enjoy wholesome and proper romances, clean mysteries, sweet historical fiction, and literary classics. Reading allows me to travel the world and through time, which is only beat out by the real thing. So, if you figure out time travel, let me know!

I daily live out my favorite Bible verse, 1 Samuel 1:18 “[Hannah] said, ‘May your servant find favor in your eyes.’ Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.” I identify with Hannah, believing we each choose to be joyful in our hearts, no matter our circumstances. Besides, eating something, especially chocolate, can solve myriad issues.

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Cozy New Releases

 

 The case of the Absent Heirs 

by Cathy Ace 

The sixth book in the series finds the women of the WISE Enquiries Agency looking forward to spending their first Christmas and New Year together as guests of the Duke and Duchess of Chellingworth. They’re expecting some memorable festivities – which might owe more to ancient Welsh traditions than mince pies and plum puddings if Dowager Althea has anything to do with it.

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Muffin But the Truth

 by Ellie Alexander

Ashland is known for its Elizabethan charm and touches of Shakespeare around every corner, but the surrounding Rogue Valley draws adventure enthusiasts to its outdoor wonderland of high alpine lakes, mountain ranges, and pristine rivers. Jules Capshaw and the team at Torte have been hired to cater a weekend getaway on the mighty Rogue River. 

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Killer Cupid

 by Laurien Berenson 

Melanie is delighted at the prospect of three uninterrupted days alone with Sam (and, of course, her prize-winning Standard Poodle, Faith). They’re booked at the White Birch Inn, a picturesque New England resort nestled at the foot of a snow-covered mountain. 

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Vinyl Resting Place

 by Olivia Blacke 

When Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie put all their beans in one basket to open Sip & Spin Records, a record-slash-coffee shop in Cedar River, Texas, they knew there could be some scratches on the track, but no one was expecting to find a body deader than disco in the supply closet. 

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Bookclubbed to Death

 by V.M. Burns

After the local library in North Harbor, Michigan, is flooded in a storm, Sam offers her bookstore as a new venue for the Mystery Mavens Book Club. Unfortunately, she immediately runs afoul of the club leader, Delia Marshall, a book reviewer who can make or break careers—something Sam can ill afford with her debut historical mystery soon to be published. 

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Lack of Luxury Tenant and Trouble 

by Hope Callaghan 

When a mysterious stranger is found beaten and barely alive just hours after demanding to speak with her new tenant, Liz and the Garden Girls jump in to investigate and begin unraveling the tenant’s troubling past to figure out if Liz and Floyd have a tenant in trouble or a tenant who is trouble. 

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Cat Dancer

 by Shaw Collins 

After one month in Forgotten Valley, Cassia Lemon knows three things: Owning a mansion costs a lot, her friend Genevieve’s idea of fun frightens her more than a little, and Sheriff Andrews will punish the slightest infraction of the rules. Most of which Cassia decidedly does not like. 

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A Spot of Earl Slay 

by Aubrey Elle 

When Naomi Front moves her teenage daughter, Ella, to the small town of Fayette, all she hopes for is a new start after an ugly divorce. But the mother-and-daughter duo have a rocky start on day one—finding the corpse of the local busybody in their storage shed. Welcomed into their neighbors’ house when the police arrive, Naomi and Ella quickly learn that the victim on their property is not likely to be missed. 

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Honeymoons Can Be Hazardous

 by Amanda Flower 

Millie’s decidedly not Amish best friend, Lois Henry, is outspoken, colorful, and so hopelessly romantic, she’s had four husbands. Millie doesn’t judge, and she also doesn’t expect to run into Lois’s most recent ex, gambler Gerome Moorhead, in small-town Harvest, Ohio. With him is the very young, new Mrs. Moorhead, aka “Honeybee.” Lois is outraged, but Millie is completely shocked to learn the next day that Gerome is already a widower.

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Rum and Choke 

by Sherry Harris

The Florida Panhandle Barback Games are coming up and Chloe’s been drafted to represent the Sea Glass Saloon—competing in various obstacle-course events that conclude with rolling an empty keg up a hill. The rivalries are so fierce that some of the participating bars even stoop to bringing in ringers. 

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Slippery Saturday

 by Denise Jaden 

Tabby is excited for the winter solstice festival, where she plans to gently introduce her little sister to the magic of Crystal Cove. But when the local witches act evasive rather than friendly, and when one of them falls to her death from a high-wire act that appears to have been rigged, Tabby has no choice but to give her sister a crash course in magic-led sleuthing. 

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The Lies That Bind

 by Karen MacInerney

Bookstore owner Max Sayers of Seaside Cottage Books is starting to settle into Snug Harbor, Maine when a local playboy plunges to his death… and Max’s best friend Denise is on the hotseat for murder. Denise is an obvious prime suspect—the dead man just nabbed the coffee house she’d been planning to buy for years right out from under her—and Max seems to be the only one in Snug Harbor who believes her friend isn’t Maine’s answer to Lizzie Borden. 

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Death by Arts and Crafts

 by Alexis Morgan 

As the newest member of the Snowberry Creek City Council, perpetually overextended Abby McCree is picked to liaise between the council and the new planning committee for the town’s first ever arts and crafts fair. As far as gigs go, it’s a fun one—Abby’s spending the weekend tooling around Washington State, checking out similar fairs with her two besties, coffee shop owner Bridey Roker, and ceramic artisan Dayna Fisk. 

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Moving is Murder

 by Nellie H. Steele (Paranormal)

Ellie Byrne’s pending divorce from her cheating husband threatens to leave her broke and homeless. But when she inherits a bed and breakfast in the unique town of Salem Falls, her prayers may be answered. That is, until she finds out her aunt didn’t just die on the property, she was murdered. 

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Katrina The Christmas Quilt Series by Annee Jones My Review

 

About the book 

She knew the trip could be difficult, but she never imagined it’d change her life…

An unfortunate stagecoach accident leaves Katrina with no memory of who she is and where she was headed. The only clues to her identity are stitched in hand-sewn quilt, but to unravel them she must traverse across the countryside and find someone willing to answer her many questions.

Luke, the man who saved her after the accident and is now providing shelter for her, volunteers to travel with her. Their journey and those they meet along the way provide some clues, but unless she can stitch the pieces together, she may never learn the truth about who she is and why she was traveling on that fateful day.

Will she and Luke find the answers she so desperately needs or have memories faded and secrets remained intact?

And I thought  

A heartwarming holiday read featuring two of my favorite things quilts (quilting) and Christmas. 

Katrina is part of the Christmas Quilt Series written by several authors.  

Author Annee Jones gives the reader a sweet story with some mystery too since Katrina has lost her memory.  Being able to write a good story set in a historical setting makes me feel like the author is good at her craft. 

The characters draw you into the story and are easily likeable. 

I have enjoyed several books written by Annee Jones and look forward to reading more. 

And reading the other books in the series.  

I received my a complimentary copy.

My review will be appear on Amazon and Good Reads. 

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This is a multiple author series available on Amazon.  Click the purchase link for Katrina and you can find the links to the rest of the series. 

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