Reading Excursions

MY REVIEW   Paperback:  308 pages  Publisher:  Union Bay Publishing (March 26, 2024)  Language:  English  ISBN:  1735241199 ISBN-13:  978-1735241197 ⬅️   Click Photo for Order Information        “ With Papa dead and Mama in assisted living, Mona Lisa Buttaro plans to sell Booty’s, the family restaurant, as well as the family home, but her quirky brother, Joey, is a roadblock. Mona Lisa persuades him to work at the restaurant, but his phobias about germs dominate his thoughts. Yet, if she sells the place, where else could Joey work?   Mona Lisa hires former classmate Cliff McFarlane to do repairs on the family home. Newly sober and single, Cliff was in the popular crowd that excluded her in the past, but she is still attracted to him—not that she’d let him know. Mona Lisa wonders if she should give up all men—unless she can find one like Papa, her idol.   Then she uncovers an outrageous discovery: while...

  MY REVIEW   Paperback: 304 Pages Publisher: Revell (June 6, 2023) Language: English ISBN 10: 0800742958 ISBN-13: 978-0800742959 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Is the Life She Can't Remember One She'd Rather Forget?    One year after her family was in a tragic car accident that killed her teenage son, Lori Mendenhall returns home with a traumatic brain injury that has stolen the last eight years of memories from her, leaving the life she has returned to unrecognizable. Her once-loving husband, Michael, is a distant workaholic she isn't sure she can trust and her once-bubbly daughter, Avery, has spent the last year hidden away in her room.  If Lori wants to reconnect with her family, she'll have to uncover the information her brain is trying to keep secret. As memories return and past secrets resurface, it will take the whole family to repair what’s been broken and find a new future together. ”   Thank you in advance to ...

  Book Details: Book Title :   Mirrored Reflections  by J.F. Ridgley Category :  Adult Fiction (18+) ,  418 pages Genre :  Christian Romance Publisher :  R Pride Publishing Release date:    December 2022 Content Rating :  PG-13 +M.   This is a Christian Romance, no sex. two hot kisses. Lots of trauma but a happy ending. There is a language warning: Chad's debridement is painful, being a burn survivor is painful and the story is about also about sexual trafficking. Book Description: “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU”   - Hebrews 13:5 Opposites attract and Chad and Sierra are that. Chad is destroyed on the outside by a suicide bomber while Sierra is broken on the inside by human trafficking. They are each other’s reflection of who they are - beautiful but ravaged by life. Chad Michaels, an Afghan vet, comes home to a suicide bomber who destroys not only his family but the man he was. Now, he must deal wi...

  MY REVIEW     Paperback:  336 Pages Publisher:  WaterBrook (May 3, 2022) Language: English ISBN-10:  059319361X ISBN-13: 978-0593193617 ⬅ ️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Working at a little shop on Main Street in a small town is exactly the break that executive Merry Anna Foster needs following her divorce. She’s made a bet with her ex-husband that she can live on the amount of money she’s giving him in alimony. If she can do it, then Kevin will have to stop complaining and leave her alone. But after three months of this new life, will she even want to leave Antler Creek?    Adam Locklear, bull rider and owner of the local feedstore, is having the best year of his rodeo career. He’s also a bit distracted by the pretty new neighbor living in his old bunkhouse. But Adam has no time for matters of the heart. He’s got his future all mapped out, and that future doesn’t involve a woman just yet. It doesn’t involve par...