tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47138149760790183282024-03-17T21:03:38.465-06:00To Everything There Is A SeasonMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.comBlogger1727125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-60271976995819272502024-03-16T13:48:00.000-06:002024-03-16T13:48:01.527-06:00Hidden Yellow Stars Review<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185723993-hidden-yellow-stars" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2775" data-original-width="1838" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtmZhF93t4KoVbUu6rqTx51Jhp9cNFDMUcC4ra3ce05WklWr1DBOaW84Bs2PwgQ8I9-227bgy6G6mfqMxKhwXroCfZj3Ljuz6G33BSZ6hDoyBr3V0AqruOxwMVdHDjAg5Z4Sr7P4a6cdAExG8oNXjrkHnGOVo7ZtNe8uveWQ2Ixu0EgUoBi8cbv_4bgs/w265-h400/185723993.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;">Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium.</span></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Belgium, 1942</i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Young schoolteacher Andrée Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium, who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star of David. Andrée is not Jewish, but she feels a maternal connection to her students, who are living in constant fear, and decides to take action. No child should have to suffer under such persecution. But what can one woman do against an entire army?</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ida Sterno is a Jewish woman who works with the Committee for the Defense of Jews in Belgium, a clandestine resistance group tasked with hiding children from the Gestapo. She wants to recruit Andrée because her Aryan appearance can provide crucial security measures for their efforts. Andrée agrees to join and begins work immediately by adopting a code name: Claude Fournier.</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Together, Andrée and Ida, and their undercover operatives, work around the clock to move Jewish children from their families and smuggle them to safety through the secret channels established by the resistance. As each child is hidden, Andrée commits to memory their true name and history. Someday, she vows, she will help reunite as many of these families as she can.</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i>But with the Gestapo closing in and the traitorous Fat Jacques who has turned from ally to enemy and is threatening to identify and expose any Jew he meets, Andrée and Ida must work even harder against increasingly impossible odds to save as many children as possible and keep them safely hidden—even if it might cost them their own lives. (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185723993-hidden-yellow-stars" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)</i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1639932348/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1639932348&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank"><br /></a></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1639932348/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1639932348&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">My Thoughts</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">This story holds so much it is difficult to put my thoughts into a review. The ladies in this book are remarkable and it still astounds me how resilient people can be and more evident when you can peek into the past. The research that went into this book is well done and while this is a heavy time in history and a difficult story to read it is necessary. I thought the different perspectives from each woman was well written. I didn't get lost in the back and forth and I thought it added a lot to the plot. The start of each chapter has some type of Nazi quote that shows how awful and evil their thought process was. That really brought the reality of this time to the forefront because this wasn't made up, it was reality. This book really shines a light on how hard it was for families to be split a part, specifically mothers and their children. I can't even imagine and yet so many did in order to protect their child. The ending wrapped it up as best as could be expected and for World War II history I highly recommend! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Five Stars. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"I received this book from Shadow Mountain Publishers for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review." </i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-40763311828565715192024-03-16T12:42:00.000-06:002024-03-16T12:42:25.399-06:00The Winged Tiara Review<p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201335454-the-winged-tiara" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="255" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9WwdLRqPiMz7fnwdLr_wjzS5scqQcn_ewRdp1nGOD7nyV-_MnzIp9nCoECDc2-dE8wTwM57C4JYbR9hWZSBQEWNaoU-iArpB8Xa4oYKK_V3HJk7rQKICuq8co_cbt0coE4sY4FME_Ppz4sf-DtShLJQgDXQT21ItChl238mHlk8TROTJoaQLMC2MWuA/w263-h400/201335454.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After a hasty wartime marriage and an even quicker divorce, two jewel thieves risk it all to obtain the grandest prize of them all, the last Valkyrie tiara, but their hearts may have something else in mind.</span></i></p><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">It was a match made in champagne-soaked heaven, but all too soon the bubbles dried up and divorce papers were issued just in time to ring in the end of the Great War. Jewel thieves and ex-lovers Jasper and Esme find themselves circulating among the elite of British aristocracy where the diamond-lined pockets are ripe for picking. But when the last Valkyrie tiara ever created becomes the talk of the season neither will stop to obtain it, not even when they inadvertently find themselves in the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse where their lives are suddenly at stake.</i></div></span><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Bestselling author J'nell Ciesielski's latest novel combines her signature blend of thrilling adventure, glamorous atmosphere, and sweeping romance in a story readers are sure to be thinking about days after turning the final page. (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201335454-the-winged-tiara" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)</i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/084072120X/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=084072120X&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">Pre-Order HERE</a></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">My Thoughts</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">This story takes you right into Europe during the flashy 1920s. The author does an excellent job in portraying the attitudes, styles, and popular society during the time. Everything from the outfits to the smoking this book covers what you would expect from a 1920s time frame. This story reminded me a lot of the movie <i>Fool's Gold</i> which stars Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey only in a historical context. It is labeled as historical fiction but this story is very much a romance and boasts a silly adventure type feeling that doesn't really feel like typical historical fiction. You follow the two main characters in hijinks across countries as they lie, cheat, and steal their way through life only this time they are both looking for the same item. It is a typical lovers to enemies to lovers romp that had a bit more spice to it than I was expecting. This book is very different from the author's other novels and honestly I never know what to expect with her writing as no book is similar to the next. While I did enjoy this story for the most part, I was pretty disappointed in the character growth and lack of morals as a whole. As a reader I was frustrated most of the time with Esme and Jasper wasn't a hero I would want to look up to. It was just a bit disappointing in that aspect. The setting and silly treasure seeking adventure was entertaining.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Three Stars. </div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i>"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i>*Please understand that this is not Christian fiction and it doesn't claim to be aside from the publisher. I read this book as if it was secular fiction because that is how it reads. </i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; 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font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-81626220080605223242024-03-10T04:30:00.001-06:002024-03-10T04:30:00.245-06:00Millie Book Review <p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185724104-millie" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQE5sQsQwAZ0Z1OJZ658LAFBPxOb-r4_NhjYsKCG4uKCkM-gWolu9UGixXDrV_EsVUfGzamn2NTsIPtGHJwVm64te5WTrf3g7kGPlyoze9jYpuUsoMOcd2CY9yswrNqkxaNITPPqMDB7XTI7q3NuWTnXLg_OHcOO_YkQHhvxrX09iTwXMeRjeDnEqndGY/w265-h400/185724104.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;">From the author of Stella—nominated for fourteen Best Book of the Year state awards—this heartwarming story is about a street dog named Millie and a young girl who are both dealing with abandonment issues and must give trust and belonging a second chance.</span></i></p><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Millie is a feisty border terrier who lives on the streets and has a keen sense for finding scraps of food, usually in the shadows or the cover of darkness. She protects herself with a shield of what is perceived by many as aggression—barking and snarling—when in reality, Millie is just plain scared.</i></div></span><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Turned over to animal control after a recent run-in with the dogcatcher, Millie is rescued by a special education teacher who also rehabilitates and rehomes dogs. It’s a win-win. Together, the dogs and her students learn emotional resilience, anger management, and other coping skills.</i></div></span><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">When one of the students, a struggling reader named Tori, shows a natural gift for dog training and working with fearful dogs, Millie is temporarily placed in her care. Tori may be young, but she knows a thing or two about anger, fear, and abandonment after her mother could no longer care for her and she was placed in kinship care with her grandfather. Millie wonders if she’s finally found her person and begins to let down her emotional guard. But when trust and belonging are challenged, Millie reverts to old habits—fleeing, hiding, and growling. Will she end up back on the streets? Or can Millie and Tori embrace their training, trust in each other, and find a forever home together?</i></div></span><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Millie is an empathy-building novel for young readers who love dogs and is a tender portrayal of the importance of emotional safety and what it means to truly belong. (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185724104-millie" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)</i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/163993233X/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=163993233X&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My Thoughts</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Millie is a border terrier and the reader gets to experience life from Millie's point of view. I loved this book! It shows SO much about life, not only a dog's life, but us as humans and how we treat others and our pets. The story line is really a pretty great adventure that tugs at the heart strings. It kept my interest and I was curious to see where Millie would end up. the ending even has some unexpected twists that made the book all the better and realistic. This story shows not just children how important it is to be a part of a family unit, even if it is a family that you stumble upon. The explanation of things is so well done and people young and old will love this book. </div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Five Stars. </span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">"I received this book from Shadow Mountain Publishers for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-13495801765549813562024-03-09T17:43:00.000-07:002024-03-09T17:43:12.359-07:00An Inconvenient Letter Review<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dCEm2JMn9yUxpj3LUQ3ib3Ald3XtNM546-BX8NGP8Ci_J9LKRSubGKZ4IA7ZuJlk9IMjb-gZMNltvjk4fg3tFSUgIxX_3r7u7OZp_dp4pIs9x75yHfdbOpnhxQzz0KKTHG94enRLmyeNJy4LhIrvOLBJmwrhT6_TeOY_DyCJljGMaoqjcaJTO_YqxU4/s1545/185723952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dCEm2JMn9yUxpj3LUQ3ib3Ald3XtNM546-BX8NGP8Ci_J9LKRSubGKZ4IA7ZuJlk9IMjb-gZMNltvjk4fg3tFSUgIxX_3r7u7OZp_dp4pIs9x75yHfdbOpnhxQzz0KKTHG94enRLmyeNJy4LhIrvOLBJmwrhT6_TeOY_DyCJljGMaoqjcaJTO_YqxU4/w259-h400/185723952.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;">Complications arise when Marietta’s secret love letters are accidentally found by the wrong man.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">1828, the London countryside</i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">For years, Marietta Stone has harbored a secret infatuation for the handsome Frederick Finch and has poured out her deepest feelings in a series of passionate love letters that she keeps in a locked drawer. But when Marietta’s private letters are accidentally delivered to Frederick’s house, she must retrieve them immediately before they fall into the wrong hands. If the letters were read by anyone else, the resulting scandal could jeopardize her reputation.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Gerard Hartwell has no time for infatuations, courtship, or even love. He must find a wife with a substantial inheritance if he wishes to save his late father’s bankrupt estate. When he accidentally discovers Marietta’s love letters at his cousin Frederick’s estate, he strikes a bargain with her. If she helps him court her older sister, Anne, he will return the letters and help Marietta win Frederick’s heart.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Marietta agrees, and the two quickly pretend to be courting in order to spend time with their individual love interests. Yet, what appeared to be a straightforward bargain becomes complicated when Gerard realizes that the more time he spends with Marietta, the more he wishes he could court her for real. But can he persuade Marietta to give him a chance when her heart might belong to another man? (Goodreads)</div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1639932305/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1639932305&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank"><br /></a></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1639932305/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1639932305&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My Thoughts</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">I went into this book slightly wary because I am typically not a fan of love triangles. They can be written in a way that isn't terrible but I am always a tad nervous. This book was a pleasant surprise! There is a bit of a "love triangle" but not really how it is typically portrayed. It is obvious to the reader who the best hero will be in the end. This story moves a tad slow in the middle but there are some really fun scenes and quirky character attributes that make the rest of the book most enjoyable. The love letter debacle is fun and made for a unique plot line through the entire book. I enjoyed the setting, characters (except for a select few which you will understand!), and the ending wrapped up nicely. This was an enjoyable light read with a bit of sweet romance. </div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Four Stars. </div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i>"I received this book from Shadow Mountain Publishers for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-23958717163088622332024-02-24T05:00:00.001-07:002024-02-24T05:00:00.248-07:00Cabrini Movie Review & Giveaway<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvGyPg4w4HiuAqve3K4D63umPSCb8JvBz1H9K9Xbi8wIUqW3UlmfLJdcqiGYommX2qi6uZMu_T6JHXkG9AL4okWs82jmGcfPuKx8tQlw6zFLioV_5dNupSkTQX6rLi30wDmNJw5MzBPvjhdAFvD5JjcKKv4CvRktDcoxqBwp9z_-UJlCxCeCDHycGUkU/s1600/Cabrini_Key%20Art_DIGITAL_1080x1600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvGyPg4w4HiuAqve3K4D63umPSCb8JvBz1H9K9Xbi8wIUqW3UlmfLJdcqiGYommX2qi6uZMu_T6JHXkG9AL4okWs82jmGcfPuKx8tQlw6zFLioV_5dNupSkTQX6rLi30wDmNJw5MzBPvjhdAFvD5JjcKKv4CvRktDcoxqBwp9z_-UJlCxCeCDHycGUkU/w432-h640/Cabrini_Key%20Art_DIGITAL_1080x1600.jpg" width="432" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b>About the Movie<br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮,<br />comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in<br />New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children.<br />Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing<br />and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health,<br />Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything<br />the world had ever seen. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.angel.com/tickets/cabrini?utm_campaign=cabrini&utm_source=hub-hero-cta&utm_medium=web" target="_blank"><b>Buy tickets today to see Cabrini in theaters starting March 8th! </b><b><br /></b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lihCRaOj0Lg" width="320" youtube-src-id="lihCRaOj0Lg"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Over the course of 34 years Cabrini established an astonishing 67 hospitals, orphan-<br />ages, and schools. Her energy was fueled by an intense focus on serving Jesus in<br />whatever he asked of her and her legacy still stands today.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.angel.com/movies/cabrini" target="_blank">Learn More HERE </a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>My Thoughts</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love movies that are based on true stories and I was excited to see the story of Cabrini. I had never heard of her and knew nothing about the history surrounding this film. Set in 1889 New York the viewer gets a front row seat to the sad and unheard of living conditions that the immigrants, specifically the Italians, survived on a daily basis. How other people treat another people group is appalling and during this time you could do what you wanted and pretty much get away with it or even be encouraged to do so. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In steps a very strong willed woman who wants to help the young children who are surrounded by the violence and who are in poor living conditions in New York City. The film doesn't back away from showing the hard things. There are prostitutes, gore from a hospital scene, murder while trying to protect oneself, and overall violence of hate for a specific people group. This isn't a movie I would watch with young children. It is rate PG-13 for a reason. Also, this movie is very long as it covers so many details from Cabrini's life and what she accomplishes. It is a slow moving film that is also spoken mostly in Italian. You have to be able to read the subtitles or you won't understand much that is happening. Going into this movie I wish I had known that or been better prepared because you really have to read what is being said and pay attention. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All that to say I have a deeper interest in the life of Cabrini and what she did is incredible. She knew her life mission and she did it no matter what. She was a servant to others and it is evident in this film what she accomplished. This is a tough movie to watch due to the content so I am not sure I would want to watch it twice. Films like this tend to stick with the viewer for a long time. 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With his youngest daughter<br />waiting for a liver transplant, Sharon sets her mind to helping the family and will<br />move mountains to do it. What unfolds is the inspiring tale of faith, everyday miracles, and ordinary angels. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://ordinaryangels.movie/" target="_blank">BUY TICKETS TODAY</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R1vn8kPgCYA" width="320" youtube-src-id="R1vn8kPgCYA"></iframe></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">This is a great movie! Hilary Swank is a great actress and she does an incredible job in this film. It is based off a true story and it is pretty remarkable what a person can accomplish. There are more layers to this story than I was anticipating which is a good thing. Sharon is a pretty broken person who struggles with alcohol. The film digs deeper into her story and it was well done. The main story line of course is hard and deals with a little girl who needs a transplant. This movie deal with hard life things in a tactful way that gives the viewer glimpses into such lives. There isn't much of a faith element and I wouldn't say this is a "Christian"movie per se. They attend church and talk about prayer. There is forgiveness and healing but there isn't a great Biblical message. 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Whether by nature or by man, these disasters changed history and were a day to be remembered.</em></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;">Pastor Montgomery Childs has tended his flock in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for two years. While his pews are full every Sunday, he most desires to see a reckoning between God and the kings of industry who recreate on Lake Conemaugh. The pleasure grounds, flowing alcohol, and business dealings of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club taunts Monty as he works to heal the wounds inflicted from his own privileged childhood among Pittsburgh society. Like Noah, Monty prays against the evil surrounding him, but he never expects God to send a flood.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;">It takes five days for the Red Cross to respond to the Johnstown flood disaster, but when it does, Annamae Worthington is ready to help. Apprenticing under Clara Barton has prepared her for the job, but nothing can prepare her for the death and destruction that awaits. As if the survivors haven’t suffered enough, typhoid fever ravages the town, resurfacing suppressed emotions regarding her father’s death.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;">Narrowly surviving the flood and the horrifying things he’s witnessed, Monty’s faith is floundering. Then a Red Cross nurse puts him to work helping with the typhoid fever victims arriving at the hospital tents every hour. Monty and Annamae work together distributing disinfectants and supplies, housing orphans, and serving those left behind. Slowly, his faith resurfaces. A kinship forms between them neither can ignore. But when an investigation into the collapsed dam points to the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, secrets emerge that may tear them apart.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;"> </p><pre style="border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; text-align: start; text-wrap: wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/47yh4DV" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;"> </p></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #27272a; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26924" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 253px) 85vw, 253px" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CandicePatterson-253x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CandicePatterson-253x300.jpg 253w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CandicePatterson-865x1024.jpg 865w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CandicePatterson-768x909.jpg 768w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CandicePatterson.jpg 974w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="253" />Candice Sue Patterson</span> studied at The Institute of Children’s Literature and is an elementary librarian. She lives in Indiana with her husband and three sons in a restored farmhouse overtaken by books. When she’s not tending to her chickens, snuggling with her Great Pyrenees, or helping children discover books they love, she’s working on a new story. Candice writes Modern Vintage Romance–where the past and present collide with faith. For more on Candice and her books, visit www.candicesuepatterson.com.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;"> </p></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Candice</span></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #27272a; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;">On May 30, 1889, the industrious residents of Johnstown, Pennsylvania fell into slumber to the sound of rain pattering their rooftops, unaware that, for many, it would be their last night on earth. This was the thought I carried with me through the entire journey of writing <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">When the Waters Came</em>. Every survivor’s account of that day, every loss, every miracle, every emotion will stick with me for years to come.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;">My first knowledge of the Johnstown Flood came several years ago when I watched <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Men Who Built America</em> in its first airing on the History Channel. The idea that so great a loss of life could’ve easily been prevented by some of the richest men in the world strummed an invisible chord inside me. I remember looking at my husband and saying, “I’m going to write a book about it someday.”</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;">A few more years went by and each time I sat down to plot a new story idea, Johnstown whispered across my heart, but the timing wasn’t right. Then, in 2021, I was shopping at our local community book fair and stumbled upon a first edition of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">History of the Johnstown Flood, Illustrated</em> by Willis Fletcher Johnson, published in 1889, months after the disaster. Not meaning to sound hokey, I felt as if God handed me the book Himself and confirmed He wanted me to write this story. The next year, at the same book fair, I found a first edition of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Life of Clara Barton</em> by Percy H. Epler, published in 1919. It contained transcripts of her journals and correspondence, some specifically mentioning the Red Cross and her role in aiding the survivors of the Johnstown flood. Once again, I felt that God had provided all the material I would need to tell my tale. Then, in 2022, when my publisher reached out looking for proposals for a new series centered on disasters, I knew the time had come to remind folks of that tragic day.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;">I’ll be honest, I shed a lot of tears during my research. The accounts are heartbreaking. But the faith and determination in some of those accounts are inspiring as well. Many of the characters in <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">When the Waters Came</em> are real survivors of the flood, and Clara Barton, herself, walks on and off the pages throughout the story.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;">In May 2023, a month before I turned the manuscript in to my publisher, my husband and I traveled nine hours to Johnstown to experience what we could for ourselves and to make sure my historical facts were correct. I stood where the South Fork Dam once did. I imagined the roar of the water as the dam crumbled. I toured the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club clubhouse, where America’s elite once recreated. I stood at Colonel Unger’s homestead where he’d stood that fateful day, powerless to reinforce the dam and save the folks in Johnstown below. I walked the rows of 777 graves in Grandview Cemetery honoring the unidentified bodies that were rescued. I thought of all the lost loved ones never found.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: start;">Where the retelling of the Johnstown Flood is hard and tragic, I also packed the story with plenty of faith, hope, and love to give readers a well-balanced experience. 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box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">Connie’s History Classroom</a></span>, February 9</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"To Everything There Is A Season "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="http://www.ihopeyoudanceinlife.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">To Everything There Is A Season</a> </span>, February 9</p></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #27272a; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img class="" height="200" loading="lazy" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/d3e70626-ac58-4c3a-8bee-08a33a324a88" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="238" /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">To celebrate her tour, Candice is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon e-gift card and a copy of the book!!</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p></h1><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3f3f46; font-family: "Open Sans", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> <a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/299c0/when-the-waters-came-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank">GIVEAWAY</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was an interesting book about the flood that happened in <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1e1915;">Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1889. I had no idea that this was a part of history and so that aspect had me focused on the story at the start. I can't imagine what those people went through and this book doesn't hold back on the hard parts. It is a clean read but with such a disaster you can't avoid the hard things of death and some details. There is a bit of a love story and you really get to see into the life of Pastor Montgomery Childs. I had a difficult time really getting into the last part of the book. I hate to say it but it just didn't hold my attention. I didn't care a lot about the romance and the historical aspects were interesting but just didn't grab me at the end. I think many people will love this story but it is just okay for me. I am glad that authors are taking little known historical events and making them come alive. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1e1915;">Three Stars. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1e1915;">"I received this book from the publisher for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</span></span></span></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-84308873831814274102024-02-04T14:07:00.000-07:002024-02-04T14:07:52.496-07:00A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure Review<p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182093632-a-lady-s-guide-to-marvels-and-misadventure" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1295" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0m8P7dQZ-Hb3FuNTFqhj8b6DNKGxeArA9R4LX9JVpCQV2WNCp3rpeqe8ybRyeZ7FYgnUhs_rhlZdBPiAULDlZDyDS9pMiWU3G1I_CXQZQGCkx4dMoIFiuG5moaJ_Kaso50SckTNC2xtQbuL1vwmAajCagCzQ_pdeuUc0fzLWNYeDLxMlI58PBGqbAIkQ/w259-h400/182093632.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>About the Book</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When Clara Marie Stanton's ex-fiancé begins to spread rumors that her family suffers from hereditary insanity, it's all Clara can do to protect them from his desperate schemes and society's prejudice. Her family may be eccentric, yes, but they certainly aren't insane. Then Clara's Grandfather Drosselmeyer brings on an apprentice with a mechanical leg, and all pretense of normalcy takes wing.</span></i></p><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Theodore Kingsley, a shame-chased vagabond skilled in repairing clocks, wants a fresh start far from Kingsley Court and the disappointed father who declared him dead. Upon returning to England, Theodore meets clockmaker Drosselmeyer, who hires him as an apprentice, much to Clara's dismay. When Drosselmeyer spontaneously disappears in his secret flying owl machine, he leaves behind a note for Clara, beseeching her to make her dreams of adventure a reality by joining him on a merry scavenger hunt. Together, Clara and Theodore set off to follow Drosselmeyer's trail of clues, but they will have to stay one step ahead of a villain who wants the flying machine for himself--at any cost. (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182093632-a-lady-s-guide-to-marvels-and-misadventure" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076424213X/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=076424213X&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">PRE-ORDER HERE</a></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b>My Thoughts</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">This book has such a fun cover and as a debut novel I wasn't sure what to expect. I imagined this story to be fun and light and a tad silly. It did prove to be a light and silly read with needed life lessons throughout. The silliness at times was a bit over the top for me. There are some fun family dynamics that I enjoyed and this truly has a cast of colorful and unique characters. I struggled to fully be engrossed in this book. I love the idea and the travel adventures is great but at times it felt a bit slow. I did appreciate how this story shows a different side to personalities. Often with books set in this time period the people tend to be very much the same with perhaps one quirk about them. In this book it veers greatly and shows how people all have different personalities. This has always been true, it just isn't often written into the books we read. So I commend the author for taking a leap and writing something different. I am eager to read what comes next! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Three Stars. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i>" I received this book for free from NetGalley. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review." </i></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-22749839501696161062024-02-01T03:00:00.001-07:002024-02-01T03:00:00.141-07:00One Wrong Move Review<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182092868-one-wrong-move" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="249" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4GpaoiFwOwPfBwXziqZQvTBE2YI4uUVA8kcwSu1ZATBuU0rpauwvdFTP22eYhDNvsiKnMbhK_TbdpRH2XTPH6Q_6o1waZOLfobJ4H6-Qx7-751OtAJ9p3UeFmu3Pf-asmPY4KxGuglHeNMcW9ILE8nKbXn4UtJc-dGe8EQt3xg8SG3ZdqBbHoh1o6vU/s320/one%20wrong%20move.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">About the Book</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Taunting riddles.</i></span></p><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">A deadly string of heists.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Two broken hearts trapped in a killer's game.</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Christian O'Brady was pulled into a life of crime at a young age by his con artist parents. Now making amends for his corrupt past, he has become one of the country's foremost security experts. When a string of Southwestern art heists targets one of the galleries Christian secured, he is paired up with a gifted insurance investigator who has her own checkered past.</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Andi Forester was a brilliant FBI forensic analyst until one of her colleagues destroyed her career, blaming her for mishandling evidence. She now puts those skills to work investigating insurance fraud, and this latest high-stakes case will test her gift to the limit. Drawn deep into a dangerous game with an opponent bent on revenge, Christian and Andi are in a race against the clock to catch him, but the perpetrator's game is far from finished, and one wrong move could be the death of them both. (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182092868-one-wrong-move" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764238485/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0764238485&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wow, this story starts off with a bang and keeps your hanging on until the very end! I love that this is the start of a new series.I think this is the best book that this author has written since her Alaska series. I love the setting and I am eager to see where the next book takes us. The characters in this story have a lot of layers and I really enjoyed getting to know each of them. The suspense and mystery is fantastic and it is all a tangled mess of murder and robbery and past history. I loved it! There is a lot happening and as a reader you really have to pay attention because there are a lot of details and moving parts that conclude in the end. The romance I honestly could have done without or perhaps just not as much. It isn't over the top it was just kind of there and I thought it happened way too fast. All that to say that this is a great read and kept me on the edge of my seat. I highly recommend! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Five Stars. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"I received this book from NetGalley for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-73162781879948973612024-01-24T20:20:00.000-07:002024-01-24T20:20:01.636-07:00Cabrini | Official Trailer 2 | Angel Studios<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This looks like an interesting film that shows a history that is not well known. I love that it is based on a true story! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">About the Film</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Releases in theaters March 8th!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">***Disclaimer: This film is rated PG-13 and includes some (tastefully-portrayed) mature themes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">#CabriniMovieMIN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/lihCRaOj0Lg?si=V4aqF21db6X51DgJ" width="480"></iframe></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-52707710075886115242024-01-21T19:35:00.000-07:002024-01-21T19:35:53.690-07:00Double Take Review<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181857579-double-take" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1294" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrF94QIAHLTlNNoRUeMpHmeIUCCuVqHxwccq0qSEewXr1nu0mrwzxnoi0VGQpZsSIGf7qtdyDTyLF1sdSnxgqR0oEia-bXM4EVE8tbeitpW1CqVm9WlbDywr08H102lu6srxUWeRsFAAW7bCQS82UkxnFSR5jPTrvHLzAJu-ncJfI2iq6Ffc-NZ-AJdY/w259-h400/181857579.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>About the Book</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Detective James Cross has been honorably discharged from the Army Criminal Investigation Division due to wounds sustained when an IED blew up near him. Now with the Lake City Police Department, he's rooming with this good buddy and partner, Cole, while he figures out his family dynamics.</span></i></p><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Physician Assistant Lainie Jackson is eighteen months out from an attempted murder perpetrated by her ex, which ended when she managed to grab the weapon and shoot him. When he appears to have survived and is back to finish the job he started, Lainie insists it's not possible. But someone keeps trying to kill her, and she keeps seeing his face.</i></div></span><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Together, Lainie and James must work together to find out who, exactly, is after her and why he wants her dead. And failure is not an option.</i></div></span><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">USA Today bestselling author Lynette Eason will leave you breathless with this fast-paced first book in a brand-new series. (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181857579-double-take" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)<br /></i></div><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C9S11GVP/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0C9S11GVP&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></b></i></div><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My Thoughts</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This story starts off with action and doesn't let up until the very end. I really enjoyed Lainie's character the most and I felt for her through the book. There are creepy stalker scenes and also a confusing mystery of a past death that make up the majority of this book. The suspense is really well written and I tended to not read it at night if I was alone. I think the author did a good job in wrapping up the loose ends and taking the plot where it needed to go. I do wish I liked the secondary characters more and the romance just seemed super rushed and thrown in. I enjoy a good suspense novel and this book is pretty good. I just couldn't quite give it five stars. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Four Stars. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">"I received this book from Revell for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></i></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-25896878204147723162024-01-10T05:00:00.001-07:002024-01-10T05:00:00.138-07:00The Juliet Code Review<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXRYdlwTrk3SyrG7ByWr8f17X95zxlKKq0Vby0laj7rmVvbERnkF5cEw1nKw3mZr5VLw72dNNnpS41ar25hN2RWlw3k-hodycYKGxL35sLySl1M5EuKRSOumhrbnwm0xxlDg8jxBu5qZ3scfxrZ87-pxQmGpQsIwvUUccU1wrtSCR2e64GbLEVjPNSW4/s851/The-Juliet-Code.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXRYdlwTrk3SyrG7ByWr8f17X95zxlKKq0Vby0laj7rmVvbERnkF5cEw1nKw3mZr5VLw72dNNnpS41ar25hN2RWlw3k-hodycYKGxL35sLySl1M5EuKRSOumhrbnwm0xxlDg8jxBu5qZ3scfxrZ87-pxQmGpQsIwvUUccU1wrtSCR2e64GbLEVjPNSW4/w640-h236/The-Juliet-Code.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Book</span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book: </strong>The Juliet Code</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Author: </strong>Pepper Basham</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><b>Genre: </b>Christian Fiction/Historical Fiction</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Release Date: </strong>December, 2023</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26706" height="300" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9781636096940-197x300.jpg" width="197" /> </strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New Mystery in Need of Solving</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed
honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice. To
their surprise, their friend, Detective Jack Miracle, is also in the
city, investigating a series of art heists starting at the house of
eccentric millionaire, Laraby Covington. Drawn into a world of boat
races, mysterious houses, and parties of the rich and unusual in Venice,
Frederick and Grace learn of the existence of the Juliet paintings,
(Renaissance paintings feature Shakespeare’s tragic heroine) rumored to
hold a secret code to an underground vault of similarly treasured
artwork assumed lost over the centuries. As Freddie and Grace are pulled
deeper into the mystery and their beloved Detective Jack disappears,
can they use their wits and work as a team to find the thieves and Jack
before it’s too late.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>The Juliet Code</em> is a Freddie and Grace Mystery, sequel to <em>The Mistletoe Countess </em>and <em>The Cairo Curse</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/40jHm9Y">here</a> to get your copy!</pre></div>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-27248" height="300" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PepperBasham-1-200x300.jpg" width="200" /> </strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Pepper Basham</strong>
is an award-winning author who writes romance peppered with grace and
humor with southern Appalachian flair. Both her historical and
contemporary novels have garnered recognition in the Grace Awards,
Inspys, and ACFW Carol Awards. Her historical romance, The Thorn Healer,
was a finalist in the 2018 RT Awards. Her historical romance novels, <em>My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge </em>and <em>The Red Ribbon</em>, and her contemporary novels, the <em>Mitchell’s Crossroads</em> and <em>Pleasant Gap</em>
series, showcase her Appalachian heritage, as well as her love for
humor and family. She currently resides in the lovely mountains of
Asheville, NC where she is the mom of five great kids, a speech-language
pathologist to about fifty more, and a lover of chocolate, jazz, hats,
and Jesus.</p>
<p> </p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">More from Pepper</span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Ever After</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I’ve always loved fairytales.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Especially the romanticized version (#romancewriter).</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The wonderful sense of a two people meeting, overcoming obstacles to be together, and then the happily-ever-after?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Well, those are some of my favorite reasons to read and write
fiction. However, I didn’t realize the challenge I took on when I agreed
to write a second and third book with the main characters staying the
same!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You know what I mean?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In most series, the main characters from book one become secondary
characters in the consecutive books so that the secondary characters in
book one can become the main characters in book 2 (everybody still
following along? )</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite book series that do this so well is the Amelia
Peabody series. I fell in LOVE with Amelia and Emerson in book one, but
just loved watching their continued dynamic as a couple grow with each
new book. I felt as if I got to know them so much better in their “ever
after” while they engaged in all sorts of adventures together.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">So…that’s what I hoped to accomplish with Freddie and Grace.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Where <em>The Mistletoe Countess</em> ends with a happily-ever-after, <em>The Cairo Curse</em> and <em>The Juliet Code</em>
take over to show us more of the…ever after – my attempt at showing how
two main characters continue to grow beyond the end of book one.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I didn’t realize what a daunting feat it would be. Watching two
characters meet, fall in love, and show some growth in book 1 was what I
was <em>used</em> to doing. But how was I supposed to continue that character growth in consecutive books?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Well, I had to grow myself as a writer to understand how small
changes can make lasting differences especially when writing about a
beloved couple.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I think The Juliet Code shows a little of that growth – of our
Freddie and Grace have not only matured spiritually and, in Grace’s
case, experientially, but also as a couple.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Do you have a series that you love where the main characters stay the same?</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://kellybridgewater.blogspot.com"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Where Faith and Books Meet"}">Where Faith and Books Meet</span></a>, January 1</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://truthandgracehomeschoolacademy.wordpress.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy"}">Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy</span></a>, January 1</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/category/backporch/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Back Porch Reads "}">Back Porch Reads</span></a>, January 1</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://babblingbeckyl.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions"}">Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions</span></a>, January 2</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.lifeonchickadeelane.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Life on Chickadee Lane"}">Life on Chickadee Lane</span></a>, January 2</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://connieshistoryclassroom.blogspot.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Connie’s History Classroom "}">Connie’s History Classroom</span></a>, January 2</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://booklooksbylisa.blogspot.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Book Looks by Lisa"}">Book Looks by Lisa</span></a>, January 3</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://arynthelibraryan.com"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Aryn the Libraryan"}">Aryn the Libraryan</span></a>, January 3</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://girlsinwhitedresses.wordpress.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Girls in White Dresses"}">Girls in White Dresses</span></a>, January 3</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://daysongreflections.com"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Daysong Reflections "}">Daysong Reflections</span></a>, January 4</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://hollysbookcorner.home.blog/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Holly's Book Corner"}">Holly’s Book Corner</span></a>, January 4</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Splashes of Joy "}"><a href="http://www.splashesofjoy.wordpress.com">Splashes of Joy</a></span>, January 4</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storiesbygina.wordpress.com"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":2561,"3":{"1":0},"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":2575891}}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Gina Holder, Author and Blogger"}">Gina Holder, Author and Blogger</span></a>, January 5 (Author Interview)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.wishfulendings.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Wishful Endings"}">Wishful Endings</span></a>, January 5</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amoderndayfairytale.net"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"A Modern Day Fairy Tale"}">A Modern Day Fairy Tale</span></a>, January 5</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.beccahope.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Becca Hope: Book Obsessed"}">Becca Hope: Book Obsessed</span></a>, January 6</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blossomsandblessings.blogspot.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Blossoms and Blessings"}">Blossoms and Blessings</span></a>, January 6</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pausefortales.blogspot.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pause for Tales"}">Pause for Tales</span></a>, January 6</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://montanamade.weebly.com/tell-tale-book-reviews"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tell Tale Book reviews"}">Tell Tale Book reviews</span></a>, January 7</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://coverloverbookreview.blogspot.com"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cover Lover Book Review"}">Cover Lover Book Review</span></a>, January 7</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lovewhatyourreading.blogspot.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Live. Love. Read. "}">Live. Love. Read.</span></a>, January 7</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://labornotinvain.blogspot.com"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Labor Not in Vain "}">Labor Not in Vain</span></a>, January 8</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.walshmountainpublishing.com/blog"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mornings at Character Cafe"}">Mornings at Character Cafe</span></a>, January 8</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://allofakindmom.wordpress.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"All-of-a-kind Mom"}">All-of-a-kind Mom</span></a>, January 9</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://familymgrkendra.blogspot.com"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Happily Managing a Household of Boys"}">Happily Managing a Household of Boys</span></a>, January 9</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thelitlady733988438.wordpress.com/blog-2/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The Lit Lady"}">The Lit Lady</span></a>, January 9</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tblbkreviews.wordpress.com/"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lily's Corner"}">Lily’s Corner</span></a>, January 10</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://beckiebythebook.com"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"By The Book"}">By The Book</span></a>, January 10</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"To Everything There Is A Season "}"><a href="http://www.ihopeyoudanceinlife.com/">To Everything There Is A Season</a></span>, January 10</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="" height="208" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/a9e7f944-fa5c-415b-bd42-fe534e3d60e5" width="248" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Pepper is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon eGift card and a print copy of the book!!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/293d6/the-juliet-code-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY </span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts </b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">This is the third book in a series and I have read them all. I do recommend reading them in order so you fully understand the backstory and relationship of Frederick and Grace. You could also pick up this book and read it as it is and enjoy it as well. This book is similar to the last where there is an ongoing mystery. I think these books would make really fun movies because they are set in wonderful places with mystery and romance but also a lot of silliness. The author takes us to Venice in this latest escapade. They end up meeting up with some interesting characters and getting involved in a situation that they weren't expecting. This isn't my favorite of the series but I enjoyed the humor and the setting. Fans of these books will love it and if you are wanting something light and fun you will probably enjoy this also! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Three Stars. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>"I received this book from Barbour for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i><br /></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-5805125034456317402024-01-09T05:00:00.001-07:002024-01-09T05:00:00.143-07:00Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> A new year always means new books. I am eagerly awaiting for many different books this year and this is just a small list. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182094740-the-elusive-truth-of-lily-temple" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZx3-rpwUW_nYXB1gxi1j06UYlJJkIbJzpPonA5OhYKJ6JunLDxK5PHcfvYWxZw4jWnRj2_49yZP1CjFRmipSqot54AjpQPjFV8k1FrUUk9Ty7oQ01qbXm6wsp592JY6KAOBBlxZifVfjHkCaHupLnFz18GaX5E2goxFrjUn10-caoxjYv9bocgE6sKA/s320/182094740.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Peter Driscoll, an underground investigator to the wealthy, has never met anyone like Lily Temple. The beautiful silent-film actress spins fairy tales and plays frivolous roles in front of the cine-camera, but beneath the costumes and stage makeup is a woman with a quick wit--and a murky past.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Peter has been tasked with locating the legendary Briarwood Teardrop, an exquisite sapphire, which Lily wears beneath her gown. In order to stay close to her and hopefully unravel the mystery of her story--and the sapphire--Peter employs Lily's help on a case, which leads to a useful partnership. But as they are investigating together, Peter is also investigating Lily. The closer he gets to the truth, the more danger they face. And the closer he gets to Lily, the clearer it is that he needs her even more than she needs him.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Award-winning author Joanna Davidson Politano whisks you away to Edwardian England in 1903 for a whimsical and layered tale that treads the crooked line between real and make-believe. (Goodreads)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182094843-while-the-city-sleeps" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1294" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdkCp2BC_NhN477Hlb_d6DiZFMM3Jt8hS5KdtEGP5cmHuzAS0uNAor3iknlrFEAENaYSG7vFYuPHaABnGX7zw_UO6INeGcckrk21wTL8_rkI5QvPTqTccHWeEooJ0iSvTVFfDRzG3-3bQfgtTMpzQyhwy5Ohv-zysdXyMP0ewYUPiRMojWnpBdn0nSAw/s320/city.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div>Katherine Schneider's workaday life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals details of a deadly plot while under the influence of laughing gas. As she is plunged into danger, she seeks help from the dashing Lieutenant Jonathan Birch, a police officer she has long admired from afar.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Jonathan has harbored powerful feelings toward Katherine for years but never acted on them, knowing his dark history is something she could never abide. Now, with her safety on the line, he works alongside her through the nights as they unravel the criminal conspiracy that threatens her. And throughout it all, Jonathan fears what will happen should Katherine ever learn his deepest secrets. (Goodreads)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182093632-a-lady-s-guide-to-marvels-and-misadventure" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsD8dNVEVk1z-MR1ih3TnMJ1rpZIMn-9L9iHbpCrVpPgSbx6epdiomBZYKiU21Bnq7wwGzGs3YX94mpEICaCctRxqC01tif-t4XOMG_Ij7Gt1N996nSzEKLF8uc45wuE3Ua1DqJI506qHbDdJdM_sLvFwqVi5pUKXofvuLP_c4E7oMGrKxdIMCu_U5Qw/s320/182093632.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">When Clara Marie Stanton's ex-fiancé begins to spread rumors that her family suffers from hereditary insanity, it's all Clara can do to protect them from his desperate schemes and society's prejudice. Her family may be eccentric, yes, but they certainly aren't insane. Then Clara's Grandfather Drosselmeyer brings on an apprentice with a mechanical leg, and all pretense of normalcy takes wing.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Theodore Kingsley, a shame-chased vagabond skilled in repairing clocks, wants a fresh start far from Kingsley Court and the disappointed father who declared him dead. Upon returning to England, Theodore meets clockmaker Drosselmeyer, who hires him as an apprentice, much to Clara's dismay. When Drosselmeyer spontaneously disappears in his secret flying owl machine, he leaves behind a note for Clara, beseeching her to make her dreams of adventure a reality by joining him on a merry scavenger hunt. Together, Clara and Theodore set off to follow Drosselmeyer's trail of clues, but they will have to stay one step ahead of a villain who wants the flying machine for himself--at any cost. (Goodreads)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127305853-the-women" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68cRP_naYiNI9dasSZJ6gzXqha0Ac4rlCPGKN_46cO8iTi3v3aElEllbzRF1TnMQG_12GHCRW46hms9jTdn4lqMiZlWssu90ufeJBIvH-vP0EZVCbu9Ry6oApmtlggh6abYAEELqtcxQM8CfpVzHkOb2arsma1yKOsizSU36sYDUG_YeNkBrWlhnPH_A/s320/women.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The Women</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The Women</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era. (Goodreads)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198335268-rocky-road" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9l-Uxt4QBYXokzEYT-ZK_OubMj_hNpdEIQ9_in52iCjOD6DWocaBeZG3iOefkIjO99IZX103JDQdYqn8aVDkF9as2m6SlznnW6rGqtvR80ysO6mhJFK28ckIximYxtR_R7ufZN5wObWyihHWP0EE5qnrGr0-7hXdRG2kszuvL_Mow4ZCricG0RnU2ks/s320/rocky.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">FBI Agent Jude Camden handles every aspect of his job with by-the-book professionalism. There's no reason why his latest assignment—which calls for him to pose as the boyfriend of perfumer Gemma Clare—should be any different.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Except </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Gemma</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> is different. She's creative, bold, and feisty. And as soon as she meets Jude, she wants to loosen him up, wrinkle his perfect shirts, and test every ounce of his towering self-control.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The FBI has an iron-clad rule against romances between those working together on operations. Jude's never met a rule he didn't respect. But adhering to this one is going to be tough because, as time goes by, he finds Gemma more and more irresistible.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Buckle up! It's going to be a rocky road. (Goodreads)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196614815-murder-road" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtb-8hngXKgYoZHWiA91p7pAXn0PKCkDCJ-KNL_AjXWSjyQcP7nyXTAiQJIwDI6odf6Tyx0_ZzViCZiqISldw0sIpIPXfx0D19Xd4Lh5cfG6V5MHiEOnG5g5BGqG9l3y-MdUcYCJSU9HK4AsypeNkbDaE48uFc_i0rhNKy2NjPHfx60nIBvV3-C1ZOJAU/s320/murder%20road.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; text-align: start;">A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">July 1995</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to be a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchhiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">When the hitchhiker dies at the local hospital, April and Eddie find themselves in the crosshairs of the Coldlake Falls police. Unexplained murders have been happening along Atticus Line for years and the cops finally have two witnesses who easily become their only suspects. As April and Eddie start to dig into the history of the town and that horrible stretch of road to clear their names, they soon learn that there is something supernatural at work, something that could not only tear the town and its dark secrets apart, but take April and Eddie down with it all. (Goodreads)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61138863-on-her-watch" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs81H53uLK14TQfPWI2FcJqdzYW2AG-dE7qXfkZhitvuBRoWJ2yOXr96YbrDofsuQVP-4FQ3WLi3pTyrnnpVFnLgEws8h6tGf4PiDi1EIwGXpBbUJy9Wr8rg5SBX36Nx5-zyDXbAlF8tJii33JyNI_o6PXlBn0Lwsuf3UhZH6gWlucwuloqSSz0vVJAHc/s320/melinda.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">A pair of hikers find a tarp-wrapped body in a clearing in the woods. When a search in the surrounding area yields two more, Sheriff Bree Taggert knows they’ve stumbled onto a serial killer’s dumping ground.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">With the help of investigator Matt Flynn, Bree works the case. They go to interview Jana, the best friend of one of the victims. But when they arrive at her apartment, it’s been ransacked and set on fire. And Jana is missing.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">It’s clear the killer is escalating. To make matters worse, he threatens Bree’s family and a young mother vanishes. Will Bree and Matt uncover the link between the victims before more women die? (Goodreads)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181857664-night-falls-on-predicament-avenue" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="224" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3OSveicFel3Z8WoC2R6awVJiVMZooZMm7FH6eceVuEoST9jD3AYnPtEvgDE6RHb8ghfNlaMoeupLT3Cen7529wuxWkuUTtt1jf8GihWft22Q4-ey787faDmQfeno_SP83jNjVCjkjtQg36-KROfa5D-MunNvgUo3dgV6qZZP8Vd2TsMdfQ_FAYeiYao/s320/night%20falls.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">In 1910, Effie James is living a dream for two. Her younger sister is harboring a secret that has left timid Effie determined to fulfill her daring sister's grand plan of seeking out adventure in their small Iowa town. When a British gentleman arrives, disrupting their peace with efforts to find the wife many claim lived her final days at the now abandoned house at 322 Predicament Avenue, Effie is thrust into intrigue she couldn't have prepared for. But what she finds inside will forever link her to the scandal staining the house's walls and to a woman whose secrets promise a curse.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">A century later, Norah Richman is living out her late-twin's dream of running their great aunt's bed-and-breakfast on Predicament Avenue--a place Norah believes nothing good can come out of after her sister's abduction and murder thirteen years ago. Her first guest is a crime historian and podcaster, and Norah resolves to stay far away from the charming and enigmatic man--until another guest is found dead. As they dig deeper, something sinister unfurls that will reveal an ominous unknown far greater than the possibility of death itself. (Goodreads)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/134113888-the-lily-of-ludgate-hill" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegrBOsz7QgVnp5aRzfYQXrDcDH15hhz3_kLmxZc01bjGfDzu1G2kTs6Y01v4mzHdTJyx2DMOSUSPY1OAUt3BBfdpOHS83uT5sJLN0zQ4NC9sECefoEUiW9TuqPZBuePLaMJ2V_JCX_2LUTk244aE8woTO2vC1fRIxNIiESEV-7d0bllsQ_EmnswcvFGY/s320/lily.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Lady Anne Deveril doesn’t spook easily. A woman of lofty social standing known for her glacial beauty and starchy opinions, she’s the unofficial leader of her small group of equestriennes. Since her mother’s devastating plunge into mourning six years ago, Anne voluntarily renounced any fanciful notions of love and marriage. And yet, when fate puts Anne back into the entirely too enticing path of Mr. Felix Hartford, she’s tempted to run…right into his arms.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">No one understands why Lady Anne withdrew into the shadows of society, Hart least of all. The youthful torch he once held for her has long since cooled. Or so he keeps telling himself. But now Anne needs a favor to help a friend. Hart will play along with her little ruse—on the condition that Anne attend a holiday house party at his grandfather’s country estate. No more mourning clothes. No more barriers. Only the two of them, unrequited feelings at last laid bare.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Finally free to gallop out on her own, Anne makes the tantalizing discovery that beneath the roguish exterior of her not-so-white knight is a man with hidden depths, scorching passions—and a tender heart. (Goodreads)</span><br /><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178836173-of-love-and-treason" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9fx1FS5Dz79lssn-iUMVtaCd96Dnt0wi7XmUytGuJHkcNzFjLj3WzKy92E1uFzNqHt2QXuscnHSxxB4i9219RxjtbezPhcb-GZAwPO-xzuH-S5RCCUVnbPiTKlt73Dl80e5IPI9MXMaQAnJCcNYt2Q44BrVZFaRZmFgmVG13nG3JDktfq4_Bow_m-VA/s320/treason.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Valentine defies the emperor and becomes a hero . . . and the most wanted man in the empire. Compelled by his faith, he has nothing to lose, until a chance encounter with the daughter of a Roman jailor changes everything.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Rome, AD 270. In the wake of the emperor’s marriage ban, rumors swirl that there is one man brave enough to perform wedding ceremonies in secret. A public notarius and leader of an underground church, Valentine believes the emperor’s edict unjust and risks his own life for the sake of his convictions. But as his fame grows, so do fears for his safety.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Iris, the daughter of a Roman jailor, believes regaining her sight will ease the mounting troubles at home. Her last hope rests in searching out Valentine and his church, but the danger of associating with people labeled a threat to the empire is great. Still, as Iris's new friends lead her to faith in God, Iris is drawn to Valentine and they both begin to hope for a future together beyond the treacherous empire.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">But when a past debt and a staggering betrayal collide, Valentine, Iris, and everyone they love must fight for their lives . . . and wrestle with trusting a God who can restore sight yet does not always keep His followers from peril. (Goodreads)</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-62572280105929854502024-01-03T07:30:00.001-07:002024-01-03T20:06:49.362-07:00Protecting Her Heart Review<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87556731-protecting-her-heart" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySGAj_JVyyjmWm2wSgQ_8YuI5IGTLCxRWMJb-hESSRc6Al2mOTCSClJMRUAxtOzQgBKvPmRAhiq9qwPwAIR5COJvDnxM07TfjoqgteQIXvVWTwX-dTMxvqKjf00Xn-TvljTFT59iPvq5R29BkB8gII7HHSJTPJPI2YJZthsEgElcPTt4dWpFPbaokm0s/w259-h400/87556731.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">About the Book</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> <span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">London, 1887 When newly graduated medical doctor Charlotte Duvall receives word that her father has died, she immediately leaves America and returns home to see to her family's estate. Among her father's possessions is a box of her late mother's letters, which feels like a balm to Charlotte's grief-stricken heart. But the letters contain some inconsistencies that suggest there was more to her mother's death than Charlotte had been told. She turns to the one man she trusts more than anyone--her treasured friend and director of London's police force, John Ellis. John Ellis has harbored feelings for Charlotte ever since he first met her. Tucked into his heart are thoughts of her sharp mind, quick wit, and remarkable beauty. Though he has not yet found the courage to share his feelings with the young doctor, he is eager to help her in her hour of need. Investigating the details of a death was not how Charlotte imagined she would find love, but as she and John work to unravel a dark web of secrets and lies, she finds herself relying on him more and more--and opening her heart to him in the process. As the danger draws ever closer, John vows to do everything in his power to protect Charlotte from harm. But he fears protecting her heart might come at the cost of breaking his own. (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87556731-protecting-her-heart">Goodreads</a>)</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Protecting-Heart-Proper-Romance-Victorian/dp/1639931694/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1702771887&sr=1-1" target="_blank">ORDER HERE</a></b></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>My Thoughts</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have really been enjoying this series. This book you can pick up and really don't need to have read the previous books to know what is happening. The previous characters are in this story though and it is fun to read the parts with them in it. The mystery that runs through this book I thought was pretty good. I wasn't sure where it was going and I truly couldn't figure out the web of lies and past scandal that made up the suspense. I had a hard time really loving </span></span><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Charlotte but I did love John who is the hero. This is a sweet romance that is friends to more and it didn't overtake the story. The setting is delightful and the ending wrapped up nicely. I think this is a well written novel but not my favorite in the series. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Four Stars. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: arial;"><i>" I received this book from Shadow Mountain for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></i></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-40692074267613772452024-01-02T06:00:00.001-07:002024-01-02T06:00:00.245-07:00 Favorite Books of 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> Oh my, I read so many great books in the past year. Here are some of my favorites!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/top-ten-tuesday/" target="_blank">Top Ten Tuesday</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90234454-on-moonberry-lake" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-gEEmyA0x9ECNURnsnL752_J8YyHYE0Po_ErtnBTJfStHN5PcytNw1qD1ek0M7ATsAbiM-IdYa-d0VG34bqeFyCxkEbJQ8LBWJFfAC9oEXPPXurkQcvBvSm8V9tz5VMlpH2hYK82topDEkgyd9H0LwCiDbtWINTY5RInbRF09rLaiqA559vF5eK9Quw/s320/lake.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196602272-just-don-t-fall" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpvoXSuOCiFa403nnLDfhU7QyOoe6zdNo9Y9wR9mg1fNna1BOrrtGNmrMDp0LbwfP7oudWzJU9oaTAUV6QJCr8T0Sh_lwgR0Mk_8ZpK8IcH8chVvuxeFFkLdmC95TCsHmQtaIaG0KTHlWdTqw_vrBobDJzZavlv5YxIEbYt_5N_FLnKejGRIvlaFyqNs/s320/fall.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195512522-the-revelation-of-eden-pruitt" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCuvx7DrvUJCgEDISac98s5kJaedE_5uhyfZvIphzEfBqynmXfHdm1QOG1njqo8t_box6LsAABIRpJPg784F3AgOHbYUUgntAJqUhA8VIWNJzKppJzh_6xr7cATmRvS8UQE_56XJYSZRXCmDmi43YbFpUp9yhVMGsXESImQCXhXnQlDQMXgN-_9UrXHY/s320/pruitt.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61999635-the-earl-next-door" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlgLjD1mngOrlb3Bm2m8O9f94gIel19_l-dCxxgKXhX2ajox7OpuyASKbyPpBGuTYEutN5RuaeXv0DKXQPZoHZ4jt_hRP13XSp6p1MRSjGtiMgXmbxmlzftqiBkbXXqNOe-eKL6iDX2mnNyAgTHzuQyzHjp-gOL-G84nr7AdYSNYaZq6j_2mjqnp-G0w/s320/reg.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63020190-with-every-memory" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGnbsaVCf0JRkFi1op1dmGF8yOmczNdbvl3WJi_Pnbprxciujd-viCgj6CiF9nmTmln99zNrndc1Z6a_-OE44qyKG4SZrVtsPXxfAPqBN4myLUhD4Fxss3mwGc9rRlVD1ibdQFuLfCMMzf6U4656RgiyEOl0WHO3_EqJTv0WHZA5CLiXiYVsSmR-Z07Y/s320/memory.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62877850-man-of-shadow-and-mist" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2437" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7qvmJAh3fBhTMOHP2IeHwCw5Vc2B91V8BWRuk2HU5s711J-ZN6F0vekx1IBBHUdxotGgyTkQE2pVMJmrT47srgnQxH6fK1XsaNkVM7kEbfVd6siKn1VTMX3EBB7mP9GaJGbmtFVDTxMri8aIrGIn6-hjMTQpnPNc1XqXGl0xbJujxo7WIoXvXSF-fOY/s320/man%20of%20shadow.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63019896-in-this-moment" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUZWDGeq8gjL10ZutgQ6snMlXHXbsnYdPgxGr4fwkW6MBlnYvjsW2ZGXqUKUJNkBNV-_0mJgnA7EZph5ydUyFgLpR23VYwQfRgFBfLe20WWF6EAEPqhZCEBsOTdmQqt2mZXzqpa_37TAximMffAT1Gv3zyul2ul1I6pwN2e50UZuaZKOCiwDzfgdYJ9Q/s320/moment.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87556725-under-the-java-moon" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2775" data-original-width="1838" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyuoKWjWGt3arDCnKfWQckf-5kOpDGx7lczUdXCWvp6ilDA5pciAyvgap_1LRmsW8n2tKeN4Eq_6nHqNOvlcpI6SlJLV5fjwVUFiYfP3cZKSNLgAbUu9mX-2USlcB-mQrSGYKNMvFN_EYvR5rnWooxzwIZxDiw_BBBVrVTFIosoUVp1tvhh7CSl6j0Xo/s320/java.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61387272-stay-with-me" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLMFpXwVhoLy3P33UjWscWuB2k6E5NNH28kJysXA76tiq5PFPGOItsd6L68HwJTht2WP44zKiSEszt9PM27rqb_XyyWu_9wY4lmTkD8EJX0oKuiYgFSv4M3tH-o6YpOX7XO8r1FCK4zp8ii-7cNzKKv4sZOtjPShARxMLQ9xtiqvTdzu7mogRdp4ZSac/s320/time.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61151416-what-happens-next" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTtUTc9SP7Ol7qO07e1GCmjKK-gQNZVQwJ3oDLmIu1xJQbUAzX1FBLSsAqpmlyA53ZYcdgdosWdeL5OJ7oTZLEFoN-IHYPISklS8lDGXk2q4gfbaMB4iF-iVo3zU4pWX1AV7BPGXDzmggAEesiF4W-LCigfNva6i9tQj21VIZbDGxEe8qemz4Po6jE1c/s320/next.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-84395701878353695652023-12-26T15:09:00.001-07:002023-12-26T15:09:12.445-07:00The Seamstress of Acadie Review<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182093563-the-seamstress-of-acadie" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="971" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtLw_I0GQFGtX91OVp06gnoRyCX-VPIDjul5OO7wYeRpBvzlpLBmOdlAcA8AXfx1zVbG3-yVXRlfpBEUeJxY4oP89hongvewd1MFhnndo7l0yt_ReVuj6B8A-2qfAgvPPO_bjfhH2IAf0IW2xnI3ZAb2I2k6JBQ6sIeID7AeYoFastM9FBtBJi1fUnag/w259-h400/182093563.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>About the Book</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family--French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral--are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war, and William Blackburn, the British Army Ranger raising havoc across North America's borderlands.</i></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>As summer takes hold in 1755 and British ships appear on the horizon, Sylvie encounters Blackburn, who warns her of the coming invasion. Rather than participate in the forced removal of the Acadians from their land, he resigns his commission. But that cannot save Sylvie or her kin. Relocated on a ramshackle ship to Virginia, Sylvie struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. When her path crosses once more with William's, they must work through the complex tangle of their shared, shattered past to navigate the present and forge an enduring future. (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182093563-the-seamstress-of-acadie" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0800740688/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0800740688&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">What an excellent novel! I simply couldn't put this book down. Right from the start I was swept into the world of Acadie and the life of Sylvie. I could just picture the beauty of the setting and imagine her beautiful orchards. The story takes a turn when tragedy strikes and her whole world changes. The historical aspect of this story is astounding and I had no idea any of these things actually happened! The second part of this book is almost like a part two because it is vastly different and really shows character growth. We get to see characters from <i>A Heart Adrift</i> (one of Frantz earlier books) and the reader really gets to know the hero of the story whom I just adore! There is a sweet love story that progresses slowly and was written to perfection. Laura Frantz has written another beautiful novel and it is absolutely a must read.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I highly recommend! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Five stars!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"I received a copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-76422774611608703962023-12-26T06:00:00.001-07:002023-12-26T06:00:00.249-07:00Top Ten Tuesday: The Ten Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf <p style="text-align: center;"> This second half of this year I haven't acquired quite as many books and my reading really slowed down. I hope that the start of the new year will get me back in the reading mode. Here are my most recent additions to my bookshelf! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/top-ten-tuesday/" target="_blank">Top Ten Tuesday</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89011586-calling-on-the-matchmaker" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="969" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vCjwPQDEoZtVKviT5MBVTQXHSKlzMlONEPhW6gKivG5QKwyZQ66HjMmxES6rnRqBUZHdwZQzG8xTtqehkb0n5VZZJn1KMWFOyoge5qX7pxVNqt68rBuyA1o_uUdLMxihgcBb6PyWBSh2O0jmXAMkEANkX1QMUiKVKQf0KfVo1HdBjn2gWN9KZ6GSTeI/s320/89011586.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123070782-a-million-little-choices" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAQqpVJDZQuWrLo3cnnr0V2mFjO2MFWQ_t9chhRsF3If2ge525c2X_CYyefHNgEeFbbHTPm8VDzTUENbdFt6Izi1IDEzSksWP7CYUq9H2rIG4dXpHLcjme-anguw1N3Sx1pTRWSBODDRQE-_S5Sa6Bd_4OTft1q3JXBh__bG_RmuL1j_6CQVBZV4QIQo/s320/123070782.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90240384-the-wind-blows-in-sleeping-grass" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CHea2reXPUYaEbF1uE8r95tAIjnu-8DseBEXB-HvHP_pyp5yxmZENPDMETdRtXAet7tgtDbM9rrlhqBdgLjPVm3wAhkN-Nz-_M4oYwFQvkJfNqlSRNG5niJ8Sx1eu_RXSUt5MT70-93-D7IYmM_BcvOGxeNWcmUzD2XZpvL6ZW6kFag9d3MP4ff6qjk/s320/90240384.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50829745-mansfield-park" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIORNYaOW3avimwXi6z-2-zm866nlle2whAKgxYk4wOJtqEDzBbTcd93WUAgHgVYM75TMHWpewX6cGZB5P8EDC7SRYxQi9giil37AKkEbr39strzwVUOEyJY68Knlfaw13GqSaxGtPDZzt4juA_t0sWVcypkxSzhWxeu1JOjpXQkccVgBC3KwGdB1y46U/w234-h320/50829745.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqDkN3FVsP8fqBdDqcpgB0ZTTRwZmmC1aRYLmCodA5piyf16QmmBMxVCsDLum3lKKAbm_Thdwjru_wTKo8c_xs5lXZrYGguxtjqzvSpBo18QLsBD-NbPft_5WwQToxY1hJqMCbDoIwenRJzL8C153421soQtD7QTw3cyoR7iGAdelL8Lo2EtPyFB_10M/s851/the-seed-of-faith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqDkN3FVsP8fqBdDqcpgB0ZTTRwZmmC1aRYLmCodA5piyf16QmmBMxVCsDLum3lKKAbm_Thdwjru_wTKo8c_xs5lXZrYGguxtjqzvSpBo18QLsBD-NbPft_5WwQToxY1hJqMCbDoIwenRJzL8C153421soQtD7QTw3cyoR7iGAdelL8Lo2EtPyFB_10M/w640-h236/the-seed-of-faith.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>The Seed of Faith: A Christmas Miracle</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Daniel Petronelli</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Religion & Spirituality, Holiday Celebration, Children’s Chapter Book, Inspirational, Action & Adventure</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release Date: </span>October, 2021</p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26690" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 201px) 85vw, 201px" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/THe-Seed-of-Faith-Cover-201x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/THe-Seed-of-Faith-Cover-201x300.jpg 201w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/THe-Seed-of-Faith-Cover.jpg 428w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="201" />In the small foothill village of Shiloh on a stormy Christmas Eve, a group of children find themselves lost in a powerful storm. When a chance encounter with a kind stranger presents itself, their faith is put to the test as they discover the true meaning of Christmas, learn valuable life lessons, and experience the transformative power of just one tiny seed: The Seed of Faith.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">This unforgettable, multi-award winning story will inspire readers of all ages to believe in miracles and the unwavering presence of God in their lives.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; text-wrap: wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/46Kgp1Q" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26691" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 194px) 85vw, 194px" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Daniel-Author-Pic-194x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Daniel-Author-Pic-194x300.jpg 194w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Daniel-Author-Pic.jpg 417w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="194" />Dan Petronelli</span> was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts. He currently divides his time with his wife between West Bridgewater, Massachusetts and Stuart, Florida.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">He is a strong member of his local community and has served as a Christian worship leader where he led a large congregation in praise and worship songs, including two of his original songs: “ Walking in the Light” and “ Providence.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Dan Petronelli participated in Smith’s Magazine’s Six-Word Memoir contest, and his memoir was selected and later published by HarperCollins.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Dan found a message in a bottle when he was a young boy tinkering on a rocky shoreline. It was a profound spiritual message that he has kept and still treasures today.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">This inspired story was written as a cherished Christmas gift for his family, and it is his hope that the <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">SEED OF FAITH </i>will also bring joy and continue to grow in the hearts of readers around the world.</div><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Dan</span></h1><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div id="m_-8017821280582543817ydp460f8757yahoo_quoted_6720848843" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div id="m_-8017821280582543817ydp460f8757yiv9511619133" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div id="m_-8017821280582543817ydp460f8757yiv9511619133m_-1701694689304630359ydpdd1c8168yiv8912984169" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">“The Seed of Faith: A Christmas Miracle” is an inspiring story about the joy and blessings of faith.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">I originally wrote this heartfelt story as a Christmas gift for my family, and it has since become a cherished tradition for us to read together on Christmas Eve. Encouraged by friends and relatives, I was inspired to share this story with a wider audience.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The book features numerous beautiful color illustrations by the talented artist Emily Pritchett.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">At its core, this multi-award-winning tale focuses on finding courage during life’s most challenging moments and drawing strength from the Lord, knowing that He is always by your side.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Its captivating spiritual adventure unfolds as a small group of children finds themselves lost in a powerful storm on Christmas Eve, making it an engaging read for children.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">This story glorifies the true meaning of Christmas—the birth of Jesus Christ, not Santa Claus.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">It illustrates the power of just one tiny seed of faith, showing that with God’s blessings, it can grow in the hearts and change the lives of all who believe.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">My earnest hope is that “The Seed of Faith” will continue to take root and flourish in the hearts of readers around the world.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Planting a Seed of Faith in the hearts of our children—what greater gift could we possibly give?</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 style="box-sizing: inherit; 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margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://labornotinvain.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Labor Not in Vain "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Labor Not in Vain</span></a>, December 18</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ihopeyoudanceinlife.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"To Everything There Is A Season "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">To Everything There Is A Season</span></a>, December 19</p></div><h1 dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="210" loading="lazy" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/ddf23cb7-859f-49d0-bd2a-1df46dddc0a1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="250" /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate his tour, Daniel is giving away the grand prize package of a $50 Visa Gift Certificate, as signed hardcover copy of the book, and a Christmas Tree Grow Kit!!*</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">(* Grow your own Christmas Tree from seed!<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Includes: Seeds, Growing medium, a mini-greenhouse, and detailed instructions)</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/29248/the-seed-of-faith-a-christmas-miracle-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank">GIVEAWAY</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts </b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> This is a great children's book. It has a fun Christmas story that I wasn't expecting. The main theme I took away from reading this is having faith even the worst of circumstances and also caring for others. It shows how people can change and when caring people persevere they can make a difference that lasts a lifetime. The illustrations are really wonderful and cozy which is perfect for a snowy Christmas read. I think many children will love this story as it has a lot of excitement and will keep them on the edge of their seat as they read or listen. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Five Stars. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>"I received this book from the author for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i><br /></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-14316494897796871622023-12-06T20:00:00.003-07:002023-12-06T20:00:59.619-07:00The Prince of Egypt the Musical + Giveaway!<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.theprinceofegyptmusical.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="8974" data-original-width="6116" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuD39lD8rOpN8y7Zkw_iGEVpY3wYqhM7-aKccO2jGMgkBdVjYsrmja_fC94lNfiFF2oVIdMVC1OpSnh0dTKJ7MdsB-7ysMiJ8sYzBZ90QZkO8Dv9olHofIqifEPJjeW748jPxFlOqD-EVRSDlSSRJNhF4YfHlA_hPe1fCOthDteESWNArRRmxCVu9WRFg/w436-h640/PrinceOfEgypt_1Sheet_Art_UniversalLogoOnly.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>About the Musical</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Filmed live at the West End's Dominion Theatre, London, the show features
a cast and orchestra of 60 performers, making it one of the biggest musicals ever
staged. The Prince of Egypt: The Musical is the must-see event for all fans of musical
theatre. Based on the classic DreamWorks Animation film the classic story has been
brought to life by Stephen Schwartz’s “miraculous music” (Time Out), including
Academy Award®-winning song ‘When You Believe’ and Sean Cheesman’s “astonishing choreography” (The Guardian). This epic, critically acclaimed production tells
an inspiring tale of resilience and hope. Journey through the wonders of Ancient
Egypt as two young men, raised together as brothers in a kingdom of privilege, find
themselves suddenly divided by a secret past. One must rule as Pharaoh, the other
must rise up and free his true people; both face a destiny that will change history
forever.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0JIpIourAas" width="320" youtube-src-id="0JIpIourAas"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Buy or rent The Prince of Egypt on digital starting December 5th!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.uphe.com/tv/the-prince-of-egypt-the-musical" target="_blank">RENT HERE</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/8977b47984/?" target="_blank">$10 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!</a></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Open to US entries only.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a class="rcptr" data-raflid="8977b47984" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/8977b47984/" id="rcwidget_hu6lxtvw" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>My Thoughts</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">I was so excited to find out that this movie made it to the stage. I loved watching the Prince of Egypt growing up. I love watching stage productions and they filmed this wonderfully. The performers did an excellent job. The music is pretty much the same as what was in the movie though they did add some songs. The scenes are also mostly just like the movie but again some new things were added. I think the people they chose to portray each person was spot on. It is amazing how these people can perform and sing and dance for such a long production. The only thing I didn't love is that they changed the ending a little bit. There is still the parting of the Red Sea but how the brothers part ways was changed drastically. I didn't think that was necessary. Also, how Moses parts the Red Sea is not at all how it was in the movie and I didn't love how the focus was all on Moses' "power" when it was all the Lord. All that to say it is well worth watching. I would have loved to have seen this in person but the next best thing is watching it on your screen! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Many thanks to NBC Universal for providing a sample of the product for this review.
Opinions are 100% my own.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"> #PrinceOfEgyptMIN #PrinceOfEgyptMusical #MomentumInfluencerNetwork</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-3542303582657726622023-11-28T04:00:00.012-07:002023-11-29T18:58:57.504-07:00The Shift Movie Review & Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82n4qmB0q3lND2CSreuP0eMjSDaz4u0fAjSnA3r5dYJkf1n-NZBsqTwHpN64dO9yJJFT_HD-onB5sEK7eQhcuXFkCJMgnoXB9zRrQWfMAn6rGxEh9T4c-tWx6fDFuuRoyokj_rRC_oYfXbzNbgTqrR2fBz96jrMHo_s1TPHeu_Zs-2YLXOimFI4mw-Ls/s2160/Poster%20-%20square.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82n4qmB0q3lND2CSreuP0eMjSDaz4u0fAjSnA3r5dYJkf1n-NZBsqTwHpN64dO9yJJFT_HD-onB5sEK7eQhcuXFkCJMgnoXB9zRrQWfMAn6rGxEh9T4c-tWx6fDFuuRoyokj_rRC_oYfXbzNbgTqrR2fBz96jrMHo_s1TPHeu_Zs-2YLXOimFI4mw-Ls/s320/Poster%20-%20square.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>About the Movie</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"> In The Shift, a dystopian drama and sci-fi thriller, one man is faced with
infinite worlds and impossible choices. When Kevin Garner meets a nefarious adversary known as The Benefactor and refuses his offer of wealth and power, he must
escape an alternate totalitarian reality. With survival on the line, Kevin fights to
make it back to the world he knows and the woman he loves.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fozskMtdwI8" width="320" youtube-src-id="fozskMtdwI8"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.angel.com/tickets/the-shift?utm_campaign=the-shift&utm_source=hub-hero&utm_medium=web" target="_blank">BUY TICKETS</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">From Angel Studios (The Chosen, Sound of Freedom) comes The
Shift! Get your tickets to see this movie in theaters starting 12/1! </p><p style="text-align: center;"> Featuring Sean Astin (The Goonies, Rudy, The Lord of the Rings),
Neal McDonough (Band of Brothers), and Elizabeth Tabish (The
Chosen), THE SHIFT is a movie you and your friends won’t want to
miss!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.angel.com/movies/the-shift" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In Theaters December 1st!</span></b></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/8977b47983/?" target="_blank">GIVEAWAY!</a></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Win two tickets to see the movie in theaters. US Entries only. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><a class="rcptr" data-raflid="8977b47983" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/8977b47983/" id="rcwidget_4rakcjm8" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a> </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts</b></p><p a="" class="rcptr" data-raflid="8977b47983" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/8977b47983/" id="rcwidget_4rakcjm8" rel="nofollow" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>I am a huge Kristoffer Polaha fan and that is why I first took interest in this movie. He is the main actor and truly gets almost all of the screen time. This film is quite a mind bender. I think I could watch it a few more times and still not catch everything that is happening. There are so many details and comments made that it ended up being an intense watch. There isn't any language or scenes that I didn't find appropriate. There is some violence and scenes that include people getting shot but it is filmed without showing all of the gore. I would caution young viewers though due to the violent scenes. My first takeaway from this movie is how our selfishness rules our lives. The Benefactor thrives on selfishness and it is made quite clear how that destroys our lives. It was a really interesting "twist" on the story of Job. It really doesn't follow the Biblical story but it is brought up and quoted. </div><p style="text-align: center;">I enjoyed this movie because it is different and held my attention. It is a movie that makes you think a bit. I would watch it again. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Many thanks to Angel Studios for providing a sample of the product for this review. Opinions are 100% my own.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">#TheShiftMIN #TheShiftFilm #MomentumInfluencerNetwork</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-57548957134717932282023-11-27T16:11:00.000-07:002023-11-27T16:11:38.672-07:00Julia Monroe Begins Again Review<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Formatted"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPBJD2RA6Qc5afFQWuLFy3Y_oCah8EX1xDN0HUkP2SEsNhUfql2TXKfCVHEQxW5kTFSfh3aWeQD1olH96MKt2MCL-dZ8sN8-ng7elsj75UsR8xRHtmcZe-lUAhFG9yIuuRHI03nfWxvEfCjkzFC7YPQ8xZphabatTjugZXflWYRLgAYJnWahOwVYE-x8/s400/90588721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPBJD2RA6Qc5afFQWuLFy3Y_oCah8EX1xDN0HUkP2SEsNhUfql2TXKfCVHEQxW5kTFSfh3aWeQD1olH96MKt2MCL-dZ8sN8-ng7elsj75UsR8xRHtmcZe-lUAhFG9yIuuRHI03nfWxvEfCjkzFC7YPQ8xZphabatTjugZXflWYRLgAYJnWahOwVYE-x8/w259-h400/90588721.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Formatted"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Formatted"><b>About the Book<br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Formatted">Julia Monroe has just turned forty and hopes
this next decade goes much better than the last, in which she became a
young widow raising two children on her own. With both her boys off to
college, it's time for new beginnings, and she can finally focus on
expanding her New Orleans-based cleaning business--but God has other
plans. Samuel Reed, the ruggedly handsome Green Beret who broke her
heart over twenty years ago, has returned to town and is the kind of
distraction she never saw coming.<br /><br />After their first interaction
in years leaves her mind spinning and her emotions out of control, Julia
knows she needs to keep her distance from him if she wants any chance
of keeping history from repeating itself, but her meddling best friend
has other plans to throw them together. It seems inevitable that Julia
will have to face her past with Samuel, but only if she can work up the
courage to embrace the kind of new beginning she never thought she'd see
again.<br /><br />Rebekah Millet will make you laugh, swoon, and cry in
this delightful debut novel of first loves and second chances wrapped in
the magic of New Orleans.</span> (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90588721-julia-monroe-begins-again" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764240951/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0764240951&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;">This is a fun romantic comedy set in New Orleans. I loved the setting as it really made parts of the story all the more fun to read. This book revolves around the life of Julia, who to be honest, drove me a bit nuts. Yes, it is a funny silly over the top Rom-com. There is a lot of modern day general life humor that most readers will enjoy and be able to relate with. But with Julia's attitude at the start of this book I really struggled to love her character. There is a bit of depth added when we find out more of the back story between her and her long ago ex Samuel. I slowly came around to appreciating the characters as the story unfolded. All that to say that this is a fun lighthearted read. I personally didn't love it but it was still enjoyable. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Three Stars. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>"I received this book from Bethany House Publishers for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-52411214416775535842023-11-19T06:00:00.000-07:002023-11-19T14:37:27.096-07:00A Courageous Betrothal Review with Celebrate Lit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBCB3urYIGz96nVAA1a6cKq7T8dLQ4Fl-gT-87Zs_zuwIPIboSUlxgyVmvJc0hGvutipstT1bOCs1JB1U8dMJczyCb3wd0ywSfP8SKePgxW3M51BkGo18Wz7EcL_Aeky2vmIgMHUx-DhQA14l_GPllsu1l9hnp2Dco2rjCah0gjGsGyTuoCCW5i6W5xQ/s851/a-courageous-betrothal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBCB3urYIGz96nVAA1a6cKq7T8dLQ4Fl-gT-87Zs_zuwIPIboSUlxgyVmvJc0hGvutipstT1bOCs1JB1U8dMJczyCb3wd0ywSfP8SKePgxW3M51BkGo18Wz7EcL_Aeky2vmIgMHUx-DhQA14l_GPllsu1l9hnp2Dco2rjCah0gjGsGyTuoCCW5i6W5xQ/w640-h236/a-courageous-betrothal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>A Courageous Betrothal</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Denise Weimer</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christian Historical Romance</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release Date: </span>November 7, 2023</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26564" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ACourageousBethrotal-200x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ACourageousBethrotal-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ACourageousBethrotal-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ACourageousBethrotal-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ACourageousBethrotal-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ACourageousBethrotal-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ACourageousBethrotal-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ACourageousBethrotal-scaled.jpg 1707w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" />A wounded lieutenant, a woman fierce enough to protect her family, and an American Revolution with everything at stake.</em></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Red-haired, freckle-faced and almost six feet tall, Jenny White has resigned herself to fame over love. Possessing the courage and wits to guard her younger siblings against nature, natives, and loyalists in Georgia’s “Hornet’s Nest” gives life meaning until she meets scout, Caylan McIntosh.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">From the time Jenny nurses the young lieutenant back to health after the Battle of Kettle Creek, she can’t deny her attraction to the vexing Highlander, who seems determined to dismantle her emotional armor. But when Georgia falls to the British and Caylan returns to guide Jenny’s family on a harrowing exodus into the North Carolina mountains, will his secrets prove stronger than his devotion? Or will their love be courageous enough to carry them through the battles ahead.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; text-wrap: wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3Q39yKZ" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-23685" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 260px) 85vw, 260px" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Denise-Weimer-Head-Shot-260x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Denise-Weimer-Head-Shot-260x300.jpg 260w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Denise-Weimer-Head-Shot-888x1024.jpg 888w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Denise-Weimer-Head-Shot-768x885.jpg 768w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Denise-Weimer-Head-Shot.jpg 1046w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="260" />North Georgia native <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Denise Weimer</span> has authored over a dozen traditionally published novels and a number of novellas—historical and contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and time slip. As a freelance editor and Acquisitions & Editorial Liaison for Wild Heart Books, she’s helped other authors reach their publishing dreams. A wife and mother of two daughters, Denise always pauses for coffee, chocolate, and old houses.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Denise</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Welcome to the Hornet’s Nest…the setting for <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">A Courageous Betrothal</em>. In my Scouts of the Georgia Frontier Series, we started with my September release, <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">A Counterfeit Betrothal</em>, in 1813. We’ve moved backward in time to middle Georgia, where the conflict between Patriots, Loyalists, and Native Americans became so intense during the American Revolution the area was dubbed “the Hornet’s Nest.” Little is known about this portion of the war, but it’s not just the setting that makes <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">A Courageous Betrothal</em> unique.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">If the story sounds faintly familiar, that’s because it was originally <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Across Three Autumns</em> of Barbour’s Backcountry Brides (2018). That’s why it’s a short novella instead of a full-length novel. The story became a free agent just in time to join my Scouts of the Georgia Frontier. It was a perfect fit not only because of the subject matter but also because some of the real people and places show up in this story as well as the novels of the series.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><a href="https://www.celebratelit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nancy-Hart.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-14428" height="225" loading="lazy" src="https://www.celebratelit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nancy-Hart-300x225.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></a>Another thing that sets <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">A Courageous Betrothal</em> apart is its heroine. As authors, we occasionally create characters who take on life and burst off the page. That’s Jenny White. Maybe because she was based on a real person, Nancy Hart. Six feet tall, red-haired, pock-marked, and a crack shot, Nancy was called “Wahatche” or “War Woman” by local Indians. She spied for Colonel Elijah Clark and captured Loyalists and British soldiers on more than one occasion. Her exploits are echoed in Jenny’s.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">So are her insecurities, which make her relatable. Jenny’s given up on the notion of finding love. Men always prefer women like her dainty younger sister. And then she meets Caylan McIntosh, a scout for Colonel Clark whose Highland heritage makes him an ardent admirer of Jenny’s strength. Her doubts—along with the shorter word count and the time needed for love to grow between wartime encounters—are a reason I chose to write the novella solely from Jenny’s POV.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">By no means does Jenny outshine Caylan. He’s still probably the most swoon-worthy hero I’ve written. Here’s a little snippet of him persuading Jenny to dance.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.celebratelit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/123582577_3078794822220919_4988731745928429038_n.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-14429" height="300" loading="lazy" src="https://www.celebratelit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/123582577_3078794822220919_4988731745928429038_n-225x300.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 1.75em 1.75em 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="225" /></a>The unseen fiddler took his cue. The notes anchored themselves inside Jenny’s chest, with invisible strings tugging her toward the sound. Caylan and presumably several other Scots started a jig. From his fancy footwork and agile leaps, the lieutenant appeared dead sober. She found herself propping the pitchfork against a wall and drifting closer in the shadows, her mother’s previous warning drowned out in the waterfall of lilting notes.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">When the musician warbled into “Soldier’s Joy,” a woman faced off with her husband. As they greeted and turned, two frontiersmen leapt up to join them. Caylan looked around as though searching for a partner and noticed Jenny standing just outside the circle of light. He came toward her, hand outstretched.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Come, lass, will ye dance with me? Ye know this one.”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Indeed, she did. She had seen settlers perform the steps on the Yadkin River. Before Jenny had time to think, Caylan whirled her into the circle, and a man dancing a female part grabbed her for a ladies’ chain. She caught a brief glimpse of Gabriel’s alarmed face as she whizzed past.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Delighted with the actual women who joined them, the men paid courtly attention that caused Jenny’s face to flame. But none more than the sensation of Caylan’s eyes, warm amber in the firelight, fixed on her every time they met. The roughened strength of his large hand made hers feel small.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">When the song changed, Jenny gave an awkward curtsy and tried to back away, but her partner caught her arm. “’Tis just a Cumberland Reel.”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“I know no Cumberland Reel. Remember, we do not dance.”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Oh. I did forget that.” But Caylan’s smirk hinted otherwise. “Seems to me Wahatchee would not grow lily-livered at a wee promenade. See, ’tis only a skip step, toe to heel?”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Jenny turned her lips down. “Wahatchee has a mother.”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Caylan threw his head back and laughed. “What? That slip of a woman has a Highland princess like you all a’cower?”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“I am English, sir.” She clasped her hands behind her petticoats.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Well, pardon me, my lady,” he retorted with mock offense, “but yer regal bearing and coloring beg otherwise. I wager some hint of Celtic besmears the White family past…far back in the recesses of time, no doubt.”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The “regal coloring” went up in flames. Jenny repeated what she’d heard her mother proudly state many times. “We come from pure English stock.”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Well, then, I dare ye to prove a proper English lady has no fear of a Cumberland Reel.”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Those are break teeth words, McIntosh. If I chose, I could dance until daybreak, and still be dancing long after you collapse.” So saying, Jenny stalked to the tail of the reel and waited for the laughing Scotsman to follow her.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Just like firing a gun, riding a horse, clearing brush, and swimming, dancing provided no challenge. Jenny did all physical things well and with endurance. What she had not expected, however, was the way Caylan’s obvious approval made her feel. It answered a craving deep inside that she had attempted to discredit for years. Not to mention the brush of his fingertips, the pressure of his hand on her waist, spread the bonfire to her bones.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">From that moment to Jenny nursing Caylan back to health after the Battle of Kettle Creek, through the climactic, real-life exodus of civilians from Georgia to the mountains of North Carolina, Caylan fights for Jenny’s trust with as much determination as he fights the British. I hope you’ll be swept away by their romance amid the dangers of the Hornet’s Nest. 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box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="165" loading="lazy" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/e5f4939d-cd96-45de-b748-8fb15bc1a0af" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="165" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Denise is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card!!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/28d33/a-courageous-betrothal-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank">ENTER GIVEAWAY HERE</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"> This book is a novella and I didn't realize until the end that it was originally published as part of the <i>Across Three Autumns </i>in Barbour's Backcountry Brides Collection. It is a fun thing to have a novella printed as a single book and this story has a beautiful cover. I liked the historical aspect of this short story and the setting is also good. I struggled a bit with loving the characters and a few bits of dialog I was surprised to find in the pages. Nothing bad per se but they did take me out of the story as I wasn't expecting to read about "wenches". All that to say this book was fine. It wasn't my favorite since I really didn't enjoy the characters even though I really wanted to. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Three Stars. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>"I received this book from the publisher for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i><br /></p>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-7045087756082356012023-11-18T16:46:00.005-07:002023-11-18T16:46:57.282-07:00Love, Unscripted Review<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGyr7JUDqQe9VUKs75489CaIr7Mce6C3LCc175VI91e4Lv9Y2QPAgJGYMF_LTKIdJ-Q8NfQexa11z_3V2p5QxOGzO1E7oELs1TVbftTjyn-hBxto2zJDfZpfZHgRG_u-ipGQvrJC7Y_EzSyjfXACJ4KjOypmYcfQHT-_4x3dG-QaQLyAcveiKK_LEhRI/s2400/195278006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGyr7JUDqQe9VUKs75489CaIr7Mce6C3LCc175VI91e4Lv9Y2QPAgJGYMF_LTKIdJ-Q8NfQexa11z_3V2p5QxOGzO1E7oELs1TVbftTjyn-hBxto2zJDfZpfZHgRG_u-ipGQvrJC7Y_EzSyjfXACJ4KjOypmYcfQHT-_4x3dG-QaQLyAcveiKK_LEhRI/w263-h400/195278006.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>About the Book</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">She thought she’d scripted the perfect boyfriend. But she’s convinced that the actor cast to play him doesn’t know a thing about real love.</span></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Frustrated with the sad state of her dating life, restaurateur Chloe Culpepper penned a single romance novel featuring the man of her dreams. Upon the book’s publication, the hero resonated with thousands of women, catapulting the book to the top of the bestsellers list and earning the novel a movie option.</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Chloe is thrilled a production company wants to bring her movie to the big screen and film it right in her hometown, Stillwater Bay, South Carolina. But when the producer casts Liam Hamilton—a notorious Hollywood playboy—for the part of her beloved Ledger, she’s appalled. He’s just like her unfaithful ex-boyfriend—and her duplicitous father. How can Liam possibly understand, much less portray, the wonderful character who captured her heart and made her readers swoon?</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>An embarrassing and contentious first meeting does little to allay Chloe’s fears about Liam. The man hasn’t even read her book! But one thing she she must win him over if she’s to influence his role and save the integrity of her movie.</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Due to the deceitful tabloids and, okay, some minor commitment issues, Liam Hamilton’s reputation—and career—is in jeopardy. On the advice of his manager and best friend, he offers a bargain with the wholesome author of his upcoming if she will appear in public as his steady girlfriend during the making of the movie, he will take her direction on the role of Ledger.</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Could a little quid pro quo offer a solution to both of their problems? Or will the bargain cause more trouble than either of them could’ve possibly imagined? (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195278006-love-unscripted" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CD3Q81S4/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0CD3Q81S4&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">Pre-Order Here</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I enjoy books by this author so I was excited to read her upcoming release. This story is completely predictable but it is fun. Liam is my favorite character and I just loved all of the scenes with him and from his perspective. Chloe is fine but near the end of the book I was a bit annoyed with her and her attitude. She blames other people basically for her own life choices and it drove me a bit nuts. (You can't expect to live like the famous people and not have the media dig into every aspect of your life. We all know this.) Aside from that I really enjoyed this story. It is fun and flirty and silly and cute. It is a light easy read and it would be great to read on vacation. This book could very easily be a TV movie.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is a fun read and while not my favorite by this author I still enjoyed it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Four Stars. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"I received this book from NetGalley for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-19879889292401279612023-11-18T16:14:00.000-07:002023-11-18T16:14:18.983-07:00A Beautiful Disguise Review<p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5g-adaC2nAqH-z_eRhmz8P6tmcRrXFt24uyKyHt1LtKXi8jMCOCA1NqI7YDePb2dP2awu-gId99XqQ3fWkdZN7RLsqodVmwsCxpQ2M9FvjetCsK6IX_fdN7PO6piFD8kLyyDxmfZFeGcRVGNaI5aLMggZebAH9suz6udxy2cgktAHNRlQa-tN_lTBo8/s2000/62611264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1294" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5g-adaC2nAqH-z_eRhmz8P6tmcRrXFt24uyKyHt1LtKXi8jMCOCA1NqI7YDePb2dP2awu-gId99XqQ3fWkdZN7RLsqodVmwsCxpQ2M9FvjetCsK6IX_fdN7PO6piFD8kLyyDxmfZFeGcRVGNaI5aLMggZebAH9suz6udxy2cgktAHNRlQa-tN_lTBo8/w259-h400/62611264.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>About the Book</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Left with an estate on the brink of bankruptcy after their father's death, Lady Marigold Fairfax and her brother open a private investigation firm marketed to the elite . . . to spy on the elite. Dubbed The Imposters, Ltd., their anonymous group soon becomes the go-to for the crème of society when they want answers delivered surreptitiously. But the many secrets Marigold learns about her peers pale in comparison to her shock when she and her brother are hired to investigate her best friend's father as a potential traitor.</span></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sir Merritt Livingstone has spent a decade serving the monarch in the most elite guard, but when pneumonia lands him behind a desk in the War Office Intelligence Division just as they're creating a new secret intelligence branch, he's intent on showing his worth. He suspects a man of leaking information to Germany as tensions mount between the two countries, but needs someone to help him prove it, so he turns to The Imposters, Ltd. No one knows who they are, but their results are beyond compare.</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lady Marigold is determined to discover the truth for her friend's sake, and she's more determined still to keep her heart from getting involved with this enigmatic new client . . . who can't possibly be as noble as he seems. (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62611264-a-beautiful-disguise" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764240927/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0764240927&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My Thoughts</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided to read this story because it is the start of a new series and many people have been loving it. I enjoy unique historical fiction and this boasts a lot of quirky characters and elements. Lady Marigold is not what you would expect and has quite the side job. A pet lion is an added bonus. This reads like a historical spy story only with a bit more flair. Marigold and her brother are a fun team and their spying adventures hold this story together. Merritt is a good hero. There is a sweet love story but it wasn't the main focus in my opinion. This book was just okay for me. I know many have loved it but I had a hard time fully getting into this story. I really tried but for some reason it just isn't the book for me. I still enjoyed bits and pieces of it but it just wasn't my favorite. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Three Stars. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"I received this book from Bethany House Publishers for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713814976079018328.post-38867674117132649062023-11-11T14:51:00.000-07:002023-11-11T14:51:07.074-07:00Surprised by Oxford Movie Review + Giveaway!<div><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdVHuSsPhAHL3DgQIt8FbxCU1y0yrYnSPixBYgAWcOFQle8E6KyeRo-A6IOnNrXn7s97dJt9bbQopt8PDtD2z38UzMAZyWZH3F9CZy8A6Q4dmZtaK8ufAwRhRFr7EecWJclQH91zFHWmfIoPOMUMh7rizXZlvrGt2ciV4bwXcFKM90hN72UrptYfhHH8/s8175/SBO_Keyart%20Poster_9x16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8175" data-original-width="5475" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdVHuSsPhAHL3DgQIt8FbxCU1y0yrYnSPixBYgAWcOFQle8E6KyeRo-A6IOnNrXn7s97dJt9bbQopt8PDtD2z38UzMAZyWZH3F9CZy8A6Q4dmZtaK8ufAwRhRFr7EecWJclQH91zFHWmfIoPOMUMh7rizXZlvrGt2ciV4bwXcFKM90hN72UrptYfhHH8/w268-h400/SBO_Keyart%20Poster_9x16.png" width="268" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> About the Movie</b><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Caro Drake, a brilliant but emotionally guarded American student, arrives<br />at the University of Oxford with the goal of attaining her PhD. Through a turbulent<br />friendship with a charming young man, she begins to open herself up to mystery,<br />vulnerability, and love.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://surprisedbyoxford.vhx.tv/packages/surprised-by-oxford/videos/sbo-official-trailer" target="_blank"></a></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://surprisedbyoxford.vhx.tv/packages/surprised-by-oxford/videos/sbo-official-trailer" target="_blank">WATCH THE TRAILER</a><br /></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> You can now watch <a href="https://surprisedbyoxford.vhx.tv/products/surprised-by-oxford/?campaign=collide" target="_blank">SURPRISED BY OXFORD</a> from the comfort of<br />your own home! 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<p class="yiv8070498553MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I had no idea what to expect before
watching this and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The acting
is really great and the setting of Oxford is just beautiful. I loved all
of the architecture and the different shots of the buildings in different scenes. I was completely engrossed in the story from
the start which I was worried that it could be boring and it certainly is
not. There is some mild cussing and a few of the scenes show college
partying but nothing graphic in my opinion. There
are some references to sleeping around and shock at people being chaste and it actually creates interesting conversation in a couple scenes which I thought was good. One of the main people chooses abstinence and gets push back because of it. <br /></p><p class="yiv8070498553MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Basically this film tells the story of Caro as
she is confronted with different beliefs and her reaction and growth on
what faith means. I enjoyed how the love
of literature is portrayed and the references to different authors. I
think the movie left out some details that the book better explained but
it is difficult for movies to fully grasp stories like this. There is a
sweet love story and it was well written
and acted. The ending had a fun twist and tied up the movie nicely.
Overall I really enjoyed this movie and would watch it again. </p><p class="yiv8070498553MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i> Many thanks to Evolve Studios for providing a sample of the product for this review.<br />Opinions are 100% my own.</i></p><p class="yiv8070498553MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">#SurprisedByOxfordMIN #MomentumInfluencerNetwork <br /></p><p class="yiv8070498553MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </p><p class="yiv8070498553MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </p></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037911911012549987noreply@blogger.com1