Reading Excursions

  MY REVIEW     Paperback:  304 pages Publisher:  Revell (March 7, 2023) Language: English ISBN:  0800739760 ISBN-13: 978-0800739768 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Who doesn't love a second chance?    When Mallory Farrell inherits her grandmother's run-down tourist shop in Portside, Oregon, she knows selling it is the only sensible thing to do. The place holds treasured memories for her, but it would take a fortune to restore it.   But she learns her childhood crush, Grayson Matthews, wants to buy the building to redevelop the funky town's business district into a soulless, cookie-cutter outdoor mall, Mallory digs in her heels. With a lot of hard work and a little bit of help, she is sure she can renovate the property herself.   Though Mallory makes incredible progress turning the store into an eclectic home décor shop, she’s heartbroken when an exciting opportunity turns into a guaranteed nightmare. Should she surrender her dreams to Grayson’s b

MY REVIEW   Series:  Hopeful Hearts (Book #3) Paperback:  250 pages Publisher:  Scrivenings Press (March 27, 2023) Language: English ISBN:  1649172826 ISBN-13: 978-1649172822 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Nicki Mayfield is getting married! Or is she?   Three days after deciding to marry so she can adopt the young Chinese girl who has captured her heart, Nicki Mayfield heads to Texas to become Mrs. Ben Carrington. However, as the unlikely pair prepares to say, “I do,” a shocking revelation threatens their plans to become a family.   While searching for the answers to the mystery holding her future hostage, Nicki must also keep Ms. O’Connor’s legacy alive at New Hope Orphanage – whose future is at serious risk.   As she and Ben work toward building their unconventional family, they discover that sacrificial parenting requires putting the child first in ways that bring indescribable joy and unexpected heartbreak to everyone involved.   In the end, will Ni

  MY REVIEW   Series:  Serenity Peak (Book #2) Paperback:  24 pages Publisher:  Love Inspired Books (March 28, 2023) Language: English ISBN:  133558563X ISBN-13: 978-1335585639 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ To truly come home,   She must face the reason she left…   Moving back to her Alaskan hometown was an easy decision for soon-to-be-single mom Autumn Hines. It’s the perfect place to raise her baby. When her path crosses that of her old flame, widowed fisherman Judah Campbell, new sparks are ignited. There’s just one thing standing in their way: Autumn has a secret. Revealing it could set them free, but can she find the courage to speak the truth? ”   Thank you in advance to the author, Belle Calhoune, for providing a complimentary review copy. A positive review was not required nor requested, and all words are my own.   Belle Calhoune has a wonderful way of delivering beautiful stories of second chances, dramatic backgrounds, heart-breaking loss, a

MY REVIEW   Series:  Defying the Crown (Book #2) Paperback:  314 pages Publisher:  Black Rose Writing (March 30, 2023) Language: English ISBN:  1685131670 ISBN-13: 978-1685131678 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information     “ 1667 Quebec. Committed to a double life to save her fellow Protestants, Isabelle turns spy against her deceitful Catholic husband. When he devises a ruthless plan to imprison and torture her people, Isabelle learns to fight from a brave young Huron woman. Isabelle seizes the opportunity to undermine her husband's efforts by escorting him to France. There, she plays the doting wife while she secretly works to subvert the Catholic Church and plot his demise. But Paris is full of poisons, street gangs, and cruel nobility who threaten to destroy all Isabelle has worked to protect. With her found family on the line, Isabelle must challenge the most powerful man in France-King Louis XIV.   Defying the Crown may seem impossible, but Paris has yet to me