05.29.09 at 6:26 pm by Kara_S
Beyond This Moment by Tamera Alexander is the 2nd book in her Timber Ridge series.
ABOUT THE BOOK
When Dr. Molly Whitcomb, Professor of Romance Languages, steps off the train in Colorado Territory, she makes a choice–one that goes against everything she stands for. Yet it’s the only choice that offers her a chance to regain a fraction of all she’s lost.
Sheriff James McPherson’s instincts about people rarely miss the mark. He knows Professor Whitcomb is hiding something. He just doesn’t know what. When James learns Molly’s secret, his own reputation is undermined. But when Molly Whitcomb’s reinvented life begins to unravel, it threatens his job, the stability of Timber Ridge, and what he always knew to be true about himself.
MY THOUGHTS
A complicated and socially disgraceful situation brings Molly to Timber Ridge, Colorado, where she makes a rash decision. She never imagines the consequences of her split second choice and what just
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05.29.09 at 6:00 pm by Kara_S
A vivid story of a private grief, a secret painting, and one woman’s search for hope
Still mourning the loss of her family in a tragic accident, Lillian Diamon finds herself drawn back to the Rose House, a quiet cottage where four years earlier she had poured out her anguish among its fragrant blossoms.
She returns to the rolling hills and lush vineyards of the Sonoma Valley in search of something she can’t quite name. But then Lillian stumbles onto an unexpected discovery: displayed in the La Rosaleda Gallery is a painting that captures every detail of her most private moment of misery, from the sorrow etched across her face to the sandals on her feet.
What kind of artist would dare to intrude on such a personal scene, and how did he happen to witness Lillian’s pain? As the mystery surrounding the portrait becomes entangled with the accident that claimed the lives of her husband and children,
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05.26.09 at 10:06 pm by Kara_S
Jillian Dare: A Novel by Melanie M. Jeschke takes the story of Jane Eyre and drops it in to our world complete with cell phones, laptops, and luxury cars.
Jillian, the main character, grew up in foster homes and is determined to make a difference in the life of a child. Much to her delight, she lands a job as a nanny for little Cadence Remington.
Cadence is the only daughter of Ethan Remington, a technology tycoon and film producer, who divides his time between his Virginia estate and his castle in England. Ethan is smitten with Jillian, but she can’t figure out why he would be interested in her.
As the story progresses, strange things happen – threatening e-mail messages, a “ghost”, secrets from a previous life…
Will Jillian learn the truth about the Remington family before she makes a wrong choice?
Overall, I enjoyed Jillian Dare: A Novel. To me, the similarities to Jane Eyre weren’t obvious until
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05.26.09 at 12:25 am by Kara_S
We’re heading to the “big city” library today. While I love our local, small town library in Spencer, I get really excited about going to the “big city” library in Charleston.
Guess what? The big city library has 3 floors of books! Three floors!!! Three biiiig floors – like one floor is twice the size of the small town library. (The small town library could probably fit inside my house. Things might be a little tight, but it would fit.)
The only gripe I have about the big city library is the layout is confusing. Couldn’t they start the Dewey Decimal system at the front door with the 000’s, then 100’s, then 200’s? Nope, that would be too easy! They have special sections that repeat poor Mr. Dewey – oversized books, reference books (can’t check out), reference books (can check out), W.Va. stuff, new releases, not-so-new releases-but-still-new etc. Does your library do that?
Over the years I’ve learned
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05.22.09 at 10:40 pm by Kara_S
ABOUT THE BOOK
MARGRET WANTS TO BELIEVE SAMUEL’S PROMISES.
Is deception fair in wartime Margret Scott must deal with this question as she finds herself attracte to the enigmatic Samuel Lowe. As the tensions grow between the colonists and the British soldiers and loyalists, Margret cannot always tell where Samuel’s loyalties lie.
“If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.” -Job 31:5-6
Samuel’s duties have him working for both sides of this war, and he often finds himself torn between what is right and what is wrong. He promises Margret she can trust him, and Margret promises him she does. But can promises born in deception be trusted? Can a relationship built in uncertainty survive?
If you would like to read the first chapter of Deceptive Promises, go HERE.
MY REVIEW
Deceptive Promises is the 3rd book in author Amber Miller’s Delaware
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