Reading Excursions

  MY REVIEW       Paperback:   303 Pages   Publisher:   Lake Union Publishing/Amazon Publishing (August 29, 2023)  Language:   English   ISBN 10:   1662512511   ISBN-13:   978-16625125113 ⬅️  Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ In this heart-wrenching exploration of unconditional love, what a mother finds in the aftermath of her son’s death could put her family back together―or tear them apart for good.   In the wake of her son’s sudden death, Margaret Dobrescu struggles to keep it together in the face of her grief…and her guilt. She can’t help but blame herself for Kyle’s own lifelong struggles―namely, the alcoholism that plagued him.   But within mere days of his funeral, secrets and suspicions begin to surface, and Margaret’s husband admits that Kyle once confessed to having a daughter. Clinging to the hope that some part of her son is still out there, Margaret embarks on a search to fi...

MY REVIEW   Paperback:  322 pages Publisher:  Admission Press (November 1, 2022) Language: English ISBN:  1955836116 ISBN-13: 978-1955836111 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Fate had not smiled on her yet.   Could she shoot this man?   She’d never killed anyone before.   Emma Rosales is the heiress to the largest ranch in Texas—The Thorn. All of the responsibilities of managing a million acres now fall into her fifth-generation hands.   A task Emma could handle with her eyes closed . . . if The Thorn was any ordinary property.   The Thorn is home to many things. Clear, cloudless skies. Miles of desert scrub and craggy mountains. A quiet disrupted only by whispers of the wind. And an ancient web of secrets that won’t let Emma out alive without a fight.   The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch is a family saga as large as the state of Texas. ”   Thank you in advance to the author, Julia Brewer D...

  MY REVIEW     Paperback:  378 pages Publisher:  Atmosphere Press (September 18, 2022) Language: English ISBN:  1639884319 ISBN-13: 978-1639884315 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ In a terrible time of war, one woman must fight for what she holds dear...   Pennsylvania, 1777: As war rages in the American colonies, Clara Fletcher struggles to make do on her Chester County farm while her husband is off in the fight. Lonely in the woods, with no hope of returning to her beloved Philadelphia, she has no other wish than to survive. Then, one morning her son finds a wounded man in the carriage house and her life takes an unexpected turn.   The man is Declan O'Reilly, and as Clara nurses him back to life, she finds in this mysterious stranger a kindred spirit and the welcome spark of love. But day by day the war is moving closer to her door as the British Army embarks on its Philadelphia Campaign. And once Declan O'Reill...