REVIEW: The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda

THE PERFECT STRANGER by Megan Miranda is the best suspenseful thriller I’ve read this year. I really liked the protagonist, even though I didn’t always trust her. That’s why this book is a favorite – it kept me doubtful and suspicious until the end. The author hit many of my preferences with the backwoods setting…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

End of Winter Farm Share Living

I’m always happy for winter to end, but it’s even more joyous when I know it’s the end of winter farm share living. Don’t get me wrong. I love getting a farm share, but it’s not easy to resist the temptation of fresh veggies from elsewhere. Those pretty red tomatoes that don’t taste as good…

Category: Food, What's for Dinner?

REVIEW: I Found You by Lisa Jewell

I FOUND YOU by Lisa Jewell captivates with a family vacation gone wrong, propelling the future for many when the past refuses to stay where it belongs. Excellent suspenseful story that shocks as it redeems. Single mother Alice Lake has found a remote British seaside cottage to live with her three children. She earns a…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

REVIEW: Thought I Knew You by Kate Moretti

THOUGHT I KNEW YOU by Kate Moretti is exactly how I like my contemporary suspense. It’s edgy, but without all the expected gore and violence. There’s romance twisted with human imperfections, and family dynamics that are so messed up that it resembles what could easily be real life. You don’t know how any of them…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Challenge 2017, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

REVIEW: Cruel Winter by Sheila Connolly

CRUEL WINTER by Sheila Connolly is an entertaining mystery that unravels in a pub in Ireland during a snowstorm. Upon her grandmother’s death, Maura Donovan from Boston inherits a pub in Ireland from a distant relative. When a bad snowstorm detains Maura and her staff, plus several locals in the bar, an unsolved murder begs…

Category: Books, Life through the Lens, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017, Travel, Travel Highlights

REVIEW: Beauty and the Wiener by Casey Griffin

BEAUTY AND THE WIENER by Casey Griffin is a cute story that’s part mystery mixed with the right amount of warmth and emotion at the end. Animal lovers will appreciate this mad little caper for its suspense and humor. Addison Turner is looking for love in all the wrong places. Can being forced to work…

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REVIEW: The Memory of You by Catherine West

THE MEMORY OF YOU by Catherine West seized my interest from the beginning with its vineyard setting, then riveted me with its emotional journey. An excellent character-driven story of broken faith transformed, THE MEMORY OF YOU is packed with thought-provoking issues. Listed as women’s fiction, this novel also excels in the inspirational romance category. Fans…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

REVIEW: Fields of the Fatherless by Elaine Marie Cooper

FIELDS OF THE FATHERLESS by Elaine Marie Cooper is a realistic reenactment of the first day of the American Revolution in 1775 from a young woman’s point of view. Eighteen-year-old Betsy Russell grows up fast when forced to protect her family during an unexpected turn of events. Caught between the British and the American militia,…