Reading Excursions

MY REVIEW     Series:   Moonberry Lake (Book #2)  Paperback:  320 pages  Publisher:  Revell (September 24, 2024)  Language:  English   ISBN-10:  0800744985 ISBN-13:  978-0800744984 ⬅️   Click Photo for Purchase Information      “ Making the perfect match is like arranging the perfect bouquet--and no one is better at it than Delphinium Hayes. Except when it comes to making a match for herself.     As far as hidden talents go, she is blessed with one of the more unique ones. With the slightest passing whiff, she knows someone's most admirable or weediest characteristic. This peculiar perception never fails to give her an advantage in understanding people--except for one man, whose scent doesn't seem to match his demeanor.    Prim and proper Elliot Sturgis, director of Moonberry Lake's Gardens Assisted Living and Senior Care Facility, carries the scent of violets--meaning love and loyal...

MY REVIEW   Series:  Missing in Alaska (Book #3)  Paperback:  336 pages  Publisher:   Revell (June 4, 2024)   Language:   English  ISBN:  0800742060 ISBN-13:   978-0800742065 ⬅️   Click Photo for Purchase Information       “ At the behest of her ailing mother, former FBI special agent turned rare-book collector Ivy Elliott arrives in Alaska to secure an unpublished Jack London manuscript kept secreted away for decades. But when she arrives, she learns the manuscript is gone--taken by the granddaughter of the woman who possessed it. Ivy sets off in pursuit, not just to save the manuscript but to save the vulnerable girl, who was previously trafficked and has no idea what she's getting herself into.    Joining forces with Alaska State Trooper Nolan Long, Ivy must battle a blizzard, sabotage, and the worst of an Alaskan winter as the search goes on. But every answer they find only raises more questions--and the danger to t...

  MY REVIEW     Paperback:  320 pages  Publisher:  Revell (February 13, 2024)  Language:  English  ISBN-10:  1681902125  ISBN-13:   978-1681902128  ⬅️   Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ As daughter of a well-known matchmaker, Catríona Daly is no stranger to the business of love--and sees it as her ticket away from the sleepy village that only comes alive during the annual matchmaking festival. Enter Lord Osborne's son, Andrew, who has returned to the festival after being disappointed by a rival matchmaker's failed setup. Catríona seizes the opportunity to make a better match for the handsome man--and for herself!   Cattle farmer Donal Bunratty is in desperate need of a wife after loss left him to handle the farm and raise his daughter on his own. Shy and lacking the finer social graces, he agrees to attend the matchmaking festival to appease his daughter. But when he arrives, it's not any of th...