Mysteries are my favorite genre and Harlan Coben is one of my favorite authors. In Promise Me a man promises his old friends teenage daughter that if she ever needs a ride home from anywhere that she should call him....then she does. He drives her to what he thinks is her friend's house, then she disappears.
Great, original premise and writing. Myron gets a little snarky with tough guy Dominic, and I'm pretty "Eh" about snark, but I'll let it pass since the rest of Myron's character is so easy to read. Also the ending, it ended...and then it ended again...and then one more time. I would've stuck with just one ending instead of having to go through each one. Otherwise, solid all around. I'll be adding more Harlan Coben mysteries to my Goodreads shelves.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Where Secrets Sleep by Marta Perry
I love it when I find a new series I want to get into and Where Secrets Sleep is the first book in a series of three: Where Secrets Sleep, When Secrets Strike, and Where Secrets Die. Yum! And by the way, Amazon has a limited number of these in stock, like 13 left and 19 left with more on the way, which means I am not the only one discovering these books!
Where Secrets Sleep is a mystery/romance/fiction set in a picturesque little town called Laurel Ridge. Allison inherits a large house that houses several small businesses on Laurel Ridge's main street. Allison is forced to move in with the stipulation in her estranged grandmother's will that if she doesn't stay for a year she forfeits the place to her cousin, a stern faced character who wants Allison to give the place up. Allison becomes quick friends with Sarah the Amish quilt shop owner and Sarah's mother. And then there's nervous nellie Ralph who feels Allison's grandmother didn't just have a stroke when she fell down the steps and died.
Amish? Mysteries? Hunky carpenter? I loved Where Secrets Sleep. Count me in for books 2 and 3!
Where Secrets Sleep is a mystery/romance/fiction set in a picturesque little town called Laurel Ridge. Allison inherits a large house that houses several small businesses on Laurel Ridge's main street. Allison is forced to move in with the stipulation in her estranged grandmother's will that if she doesn't stay for a year she forfeits the place to her cousin, a stern faced character who wants Allison to give the place up. Allison becomes quick friends with Sarah the Amish quilt shop owner and Sarah's mother. And then there's nervous nellie Ralph who feels Allison's grandmother didn't just have a stroke when she fell down the steps and died.
Amish? Mysteries? Hunky carpenter? I loved Where Secrets Sleep. Count me in for books 2 and 3!
The Two of Us / Victoria Bylin
My latest review for Bethany House publishers is The Two of Us by Victoria Bylin which I received in exchange for my honest review.
My favorite thing about this book is the realistic characters and situations. These people are not perfect. Lucy is set for a shot gun wedding because she's already pregnant, Jake's family struggles with his mom's Alzheimer's, they question their faith...They're situations that regular people face and the story is told in an honest way, not sugar coated with bible passages, but just questioning and seeing the answers to their faith-sometimes in a different way than they expected, which is just like real life.
Mia meets Jake in an unsuspecting way when they both find out they're attending Mia's sister Lucy's wedding. Subplots involve Jake's plans to start a well-intentioned camp for struggling teens that meets furious opposition in town. Mia needs to find out where her life is going, so she applies for a medical mission to Africa. And Lucy and Sam struggle with being very young newlyweds while Sam is in ROTC and Lucy is pregnant.
I had not read anything by Victoria Bylin before, but her work is fantastic and I will look for more. A great read for anyone who likes romances with good stories behind them.
My favorite thing about this book is the realistic characters and situations. These people are not perfect. Lucy is set for a shot gun wedding because she's already pregnant, Jake's family struggles with his mom's Alzheimer's, they question their faith...They're situations that regular people face and the story is told in an honest way, not sugar coated with bible passages, but just questioning and seeing the answers to their faith-sometimes in a different way than they expected, which is just like real life.
Mia meets Jake in an unsuspecting way when they both find out they're attending Mia's sister Lucy's wedding. Subplots involve Jake's plans to start a well-intentioned camp for struggling teens that meets furious opposition in town. Mia needs to find out where her life is going, so she applies for a medical mission to Africa. And Lucy and Sam struggle with being very young newlyweds while Sam is in ROTC and Lucy is pregnant.
I had not read anything by Victoria Bylin before, but her work is fantastic and I will look for more. A great read for anyone who likes romances with good stories behind them.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Abigail and Mistletoe by Karen Rose Smith
The latest book I'm blogging is not really the 'latest' book, it's Abigail and Mistlestoe, a Silhouette Special Edition from 1994. It's aged well over the years and reads like a contemporary romance. (On a side note, there's nothing like a book that's taken on that yellow-paged tinge.) Abigail and Mistletoe follows the romance novel formula: Gruff man who doesn't know love and has been hurt in his past, a vulnerable woman...the two meet and it's love. In this case, Abigail is a makeup artist stays at Brady's father's Colorado cabins to help a woman dealing with scars. Abigail has a birthmark on her face that she tries to hide from Brady, but he doesn't mind, of course, once he sees it.
I really enjoyed this story. The Colorado setting is beautiful, the characters are friendly and likeable, and my favorite romances are the ones that take place at Christmastime.
You'll have a hard time finding this book anywhere, but for what it's worth, if you can track it down, it's a good, classic 90's romance.
I really enjoyed this story. The Colorado setting is beautiful, the characters are friendly and likeable, and my favorite romances are the ones that take place at Christmastime.
You'll have a hard time finding this book anywhere, but for what it's worth, if you can track it down, it's a good, classic 90's romance.
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