The gorgeous cover drew me to LEAVING BLYTHE RIVER by Catherine Ryan Hyde, but its wilderness adventure aspects with a positive message convinced me of this new-to-me author’s talent. LEAVING BLYTHE RIVER by Catherine Ryan Hyde is a young man’s coming of age adventure that teaches him confidence and forgiveness. Ethan Underwood is a scrawny…

An excellent adventure memoir, BRAVING IT by James Campbell describes three thrilling expeditions into the Alaskan arctic wild with his daughter. It’s not just the individual journeys that are thrilling but the fact that a father and his fifteen-year-old daughter willingly went three times to brave the elements, when each experience threatens to break their…

ONLY BELOVED by Mary Balogh, the seventh book in the SURVIVORS’ CLUB series, features an older couple, each with a painful past, hoping to find peace and companionship. A charming finale of a beloved series. When the last one of his six Survivors’ Club friends marries, the Duke of Stanbrook realizes he’s lonely. At forty-eight…

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW by Jo Goodman will entice you to seek more of these romantic feel-good westerns. Jo Goodman always entertains western historical fans with her brand of subtle humor that comes across so beautifully in actions and words. Find a shelf and start stocking it with Goodman’s westerns and be prepared to reread…

Easily read as a standalone, this unusual story immediately grabbed my attention with a handicapped heroine and an orphaned child. WEDDING NIGHT WITH THE EARL by Amelia Grey is a lovely Regency romance with captivating characters. Adam becomes the eighth Earl of Greyhawke when his cousin unexpectedly dies of consumption. After spending two years in…

One of her best novels, THE OBSESSION by Nora Roberts is jam-packed with stimulating characters and layers of emotion in a suspenseful story that takes its time toying with the reader. So good! A couple days before her twelfth birthday, Naomi can’t sleep and follows her father deep into the woods. Children aren’t allowed in…