Whisper Falls

Whisper Falls by Toni Blake

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really liked this book. It is an easy book to spend the afternoon with. There is enough character development to make you feel a connection to these people.

This is the third book in the Destiny novels.

Tessa Sheridan has moved back to Destiny after an illness causes her to loss her job. Trying to establish a interior design business in small town Destiny has been slow. But she tries not to let things get her down.

Lucky Romo left Destiny just after high school and has not been seen or heard from since, not even his family knows if he's still alive. Back in town to build a new life after leaving a troubled past it is just his Luck to move next door to Tessa.

When these two meet, they find a mutual attraction that they can't help but act upon. But Lucky has a past that may come back to cause trouble for those he cars about.





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Ravishing in Red

Ravishing in Red by Madeline Hunter

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I enjoyed reading this first book in the Rarest Blooms series. Madeline Hunter is a wonderful writer in the historical romance genre.



Hoping to clear her dead fathers name, Audrianna Kelmsleigh decides to respond to the advertisement placed by the mysterious "Domino" Armed with her cousin's gun, she takes a room at the Two Swords Inn. But the handsome man of commanding sensuality who shows up is not the Domino at all, but Lord Sebastian Summerhays one of her fathers prosecutors - who has been lured by the same advertisement. When Audrianna's gun accidentally fires the situation suddenly becomes public...

There is only one way out of the scandal that erupts. But she remains determined to exonerate her father even if it means risking her life, and her heart.



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Creed's Honor

Creed's Honor by Linda Lael Miller

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Linda Lael Miller can tell a good story. Her cowboys are legendary.



This is the second book of three featuring the twins Conner & Brody Creed and their cousin Steven Creed.

This book is about Conner Creed a hardworking small town rancher who is working to keep their ranching legacy in Lonesome Bend Colorado going.



Conner has some issues with his twin brother Brody, he feels betrayed and some anger that Brody is off on the rodeo circuit roaming around while Conner has to stay & work hard keeping the ranch going. When Brody suddenly returns things have to get worked out between.



Meet Tricia McCall a beautiful woman who is in town to sell property her father left to her. Maybe together her and Conner can build a relationship where dreams and love can take root right there in Lonesome Bend.



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An Unwanted Hunger

An Unwanted Hunger by Ciana Stone

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


For me this book was all over the place. The premise could have developed into a great story, but never quite made it. Resa and Constantine were interesting characters but the interaction between them seemed forced. There was not enough development of the characters for me to believe the feelings between them.

I finished the book but didn't enjoy it.

Since this was the first book I have read by Ciana Stone I will give her writing another chance.



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One True Love

One True Love by Barbara Freethy

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is a well written novel, that is easy to read. Though some may say the ending is predictable, the ending is exactly what we are wanting for these people.



Maggie's husband has been dead for a year when she receives a note from a woman addressed to her husband. Due to the circumstances of her husbands death this pushes Maggie to the breaking point. Needing a short break from her three kids so she can think about what to do, she calls her best friend Lisa to come watch the kids for a weekend.



Lisa who is also her brother Nick's ex wife. Lisa agrees and comes face to face with her ex husband Nick. Lisa and Nick lost their infant to SIDs a few years ago and the hurt and pain broke them apart.



Now they each must face what they are feeling now and what they were feeling at the time their baby died. Can they get past all the hurt they caused each other? Can they heal?



Will Maggie find the truth about her husbands death ?





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Angel's Peak

Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Robyn Carr's Virgin River novels have characters that are warm, funny & flawed, yet they work to overcome and survive what life has thrown at them. They come together as a community, as a family. This book starts with Sean Riordan's Story, mixes in some Ellie & Noah and even a little about Sean's mom Maureen. There are appearances from others in this series also.



Sean has settled down in spite of himself - he's not the cocky young fighter pilot he was when Franci left, and he wants them to try again. After all they have a history...but that's not all they share.



Franci's secret reason for walking away when Sean refused to commit is now three and a half ; a redheaded cherub named Rosie who shares her daddy's emerald green eyes. Sean is stunned - and furious with Franic for the deception.



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Paper Roses

Paper Roses by Amanda Cabot

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Her future stretched out like the clear blue Texas sky.

But a storm is coming.

Leaving the past behind in Philadelphia, mail-order bride Sarah Dobbs arrives in San Antonio ready to greet her groom—a man she has never met but whose letters, her paper roses, have won her heart from afar. But there is a problem—Austin Canfield is dead, and Sarah cannot go back East.

As Sarah tries to reconcile herself to a future that is drastically changed, Austin's brother Clay wants nothing more than to shake the Texas dust from his boots, but first he must find his brother's killer. And then there's Sarah.

Something is blooming out in the vast Texas landscape that neither Clay nor Sarah is ready to admit, and the promise of redemption blows like a gentle breeze through the prairie grasses.

I totally enjoyed reading this first book in the series and look forward to reading the next.



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