Reading Excursions

  MY REVIEW   Series:  Season in Pinecraft (Book #1) Paperback:  352 pages Publisher:  Bethany House (January 17, 2023) Language: English ISBN:  0800741684 ISBN-13: 978-0800741684 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Mary Margaret Miller needs an escape from her small Amish community. She boards a bus, all alone, for a vacation in Pinecraft, Florida. Meeting Betsy and Lilly on the way, she's amazed to find two kindred spirits. They become fast friends and determine to have the best two weeks of their lives. For Mary, it starts when she meets Jayson Raber.    Jayson is taken by Mary from the get-go, but he has responsibilities back home in Kentucky--including a girl he's supposed to marry. And when someone from Mary's past shows up in Pinecraft, it seems like her perfect vacation is ruined. But that's nothing compared to what's coming when she realizes what Jayson has been hiding. ”   Thank you in advance to the publ...

  MY REVIEW     Series:  Triple Threat Series (Book #3) Paperback:  368 pages Publisher:  Revell (October 4, 2022) Language: English ISBN:  0800736192 ISBN-13: 978-0800736194 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Forensic pathologist Grace Reilly has seen her share of unusual deaths in rural Missouri. But when she begins to notice a curious pattern in autopsies of elderly residents whose demise appears to be natural, she takes her concerns to Sheriff Nate Cox.   Nate is skeptical about the link Grace is seeing between the deaths--and her suspicions of foul play. But her persistence is compelling. Once she finally convinces him her theory is credible and they join forces to investigate, danger follows. Because exposing the truth could destroy several lives--including Grace's.   Queen of inspirational romantic suspense Irene Hannon closes out her bestselling Triple Threat series with this gripping tale of secrets re...

MY REVIEW     Hardcover:  176 pages Publisher:  Revell (September 6, 2022) Language: English ISBN:  0800739345 ISBN-13: 978-0800739348 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Christmas should be celebrated with family. But for Vera Swanson, that's not an option this year. Widowed and recently relocated, she is lonely in her condo-for-one--until little Fiona Albright knocks on her door needing help. With her mother seriously ill and her father out of town, Fiona enlists Vera's help, and when she finds out her new neighbor is a quilter, she has a special request--a Christmas quilt for Mama.   Vera will have to get a ragtag group of women together in order to fulfill the request. Between free-spirited artist Tasha, chatty empty nester Beverly, retired therapist Eleanor, and herself, Vera has hopes that Christmas for the Albright family will be merry, after all--and she may find herself a new family of friends along the way.   Bestse...

  MY REVIEW     Series: Natchez Trace Park Rangers (Book #4) Paperback:  400 pages Publisher:  Revell (August 2, 2022) Language: English ISBN-10:  0800735765 ISBN-13: 978-0800735760 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information “ After being forced to kill an FBI agent gone rogue in self-defense while working in the violent crimes unit for the Investigative Services Branch, ranger Madison Thorn is comfortable with her move to the fraud and cyber division. At least numbers don't lie. So she's less than thrilled when a white-collar crime investigation in Natchez, Mississippi, turns violent. She could also do without being forced to work with former-childhood-enemy-turned-infuriatingly-handsome park ranger Clayton Bradshaw.   When a woman who looks just like Madison is attacked on the same night Madison's grandfather is shot, it becomes clear that there is something much bigger going on here and that Madison herself is in danger. Madison and Clay...