tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60567566471789096172024-03-19T00:00:36.048-04:00The Avid ReaderKris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.comBlogger3127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-28069000237957652002024-03-19T00:00:00.202-04:002024-03-19T00:00:00.144-04:00Kilned at the Ceramic Shop by Clancy<p style="text-align: center;"> <em style="color: #5e0f00; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-large;">Kilned at The Ceramic Shop</span></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-196425" height="307" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/KILNED-IN-THE-CERAMIC-SHOP-BANNER-640.jpg" width="578" /> </p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #5e0f00;"><em><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>About Kilned at The Ceramic Shop</strong></span></em></span></h2>
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<strong><a href="https://amzn.to/3OBvDz6" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Kilned at the Ceramic Shop: A Braddock Mystery</span></a></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Cozy Mystery</strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1st in Series</strong>
<strong>Setting - Maine</strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <strong>Print length : 234 pages</strong>
<strong>Digital </strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207837240-kilned-at-the-ceramic-shop"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-10339 size-full" height="41" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" width="130" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Tammy Wright, a bestselling mystery author returns to her hometown to give her Aunt Clara a hand with running her ceramic shop during tourist season. She discovers that two vindictive realtors have been bullying her aunt and others into selling their properties to make room for new housing developments. Those who don’t comply pay the consequences.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Tammy stumbles upon a body, and when her aunt refuses to give in to either realtor she disappears without a trace.
With the help of an old schoolmate turned policeman, the writer must step out from behind her computer screen and her fictional mysteries to confront real life crime. If she doesn’t, she may never see her aunt again.</p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyY-opd6t2FdUhiHLE4AKbiYYC9ehODPqr5jjXtvxoSKHLRgmD2JeSmcpcnUuYQ9p_-Jd83Xrp3tk55bjDZQw-PPvbmq0FZ9-Y-aCP4YgRLHE8_GJqgBS9LaMu1AYdqFnorvHEgvHspJV-YGowTHFGAK921tMx5TiLcrUS_HL_7GxlSixD0odGHaS4Bc/s4608/ceramicshop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyY-opd6t2FdUhiHLE4AKbiYYC9ehODPqr5jjXtvxoSKHLRgmD2JeSmcpcnUuYQ9p_-Jd83Xrp3tk55bjDZQw-PPvbmq0FZ9-Y-aCP4YgRLHE8_GJqgBS9LaMu1AYdqFnorvHEgvHspJV-YGowTHFGAK921tMx5TiLcrUS_HL_7GxlSixD0odGHaS4Bc/s320/ceramicshop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #5e0f00;"><em><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">About Donna Clancy</span></em></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/3Pptw1B" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Donna Clancy</span></a></strong> lives on Cape Cod. She has three grown children and one rescue Papillion named Zumiez. She has a seven-book deal with Level Best Books for The Braddock Mysteries, writes The Trash to Treasure and Paint and Sip cozy series’ for Summer Prescott Books Publishing as well as self-publishing The Shipwreck Cafe and Jelly Shop Mysteries. She loves to write in various genres including suspense, thriller, romance, and YA.</p>
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bullied. The mystery had action and misdirection. There are clues to help readers solve the
whodunit before the reveal. I was left
with a lingering question or two. Tammy
finds romance when she returns to her hometown. I would like less focus on romance and more
investigating. The small town has some wonderful residents
with a couple of exceptions (there is always a bad apple or two). I especially liked the feisty sisters who
resided near the ceramic shop. There are
some details that are repetitive, and I thought the pacing in the latter
portion of the story was unhurried.
There were a couple of items that I thought were dated. I am curious as to what Aunt Clara will do
next, and I look forward to seeing how Tammy will decorate her writing
cave. <a href="https://amzn.to/3OBvDz6" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Kilned at the Ceramic Shop</span></b></a> is a
cute cozy with a dead delivery driver, tyrant realtors, feisty sisters, a
kidnapped Clara, a friendly deputy, rampant rumors, and peacock keys.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IRCbKJotzIVlWUNUG_TbUyX-KvVjYJXguy0yAGl9rcUI4xEh_zzBiDzwS9owb1tfBkJMcmaJ6ecXWsHGINZQOQHty67I7HFHcDumARhTylryCOG7ekeiJouEtAUJNDTcesoSE73MlOgQSKRLalwTkV20S02tYxZDcKb4qZndsAz4kvmQA1rkmJMUlqk/s1500/kilnedattheceramicshop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IRCbKJotzIVlWUNUG_TbUyX-KvVjYJXguy0yAGl9rcUI4xEh_zzBiDzwS9owb1tfBkJMcmaJ6ecXWsHGINZQOQHty67I7HFHcDumARhTylryCOG7ekeiJouEtAUJNDTcesoSE73MlOgQSKRLalwTkV20S02tYxZDcKb4qZndsAz4kvmQA1rkmJMUlqk/w266-h400/kilnedattheceramicshop.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Pptw1B" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Kilned at the Ceramic Shop</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3Pptw1B" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. You can find Donna Clancy's other novels <a href="https://amzn.to/3PoSnm6" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">here</span></b></a>. How would you like to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card? You can <a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/028877921632/?widget_template=56d5f80dbc544fb30fda66f0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">click here to enter the giveaway</span></b></a> or enter the giveaway using the Rafflecopter form below. Leave a comment for an extra entry. I am also hosting a giveaway for a digital copy of the book. Leave a comment with your email (I need a way to contact you if you win--if you prefer you can email me at Doodlesink@hotmail.com--put Kilned at the Ceramic Shop in the subject line). The contest ends on March 23 at 11: 49 p.m. EST. Good Luck! Tomorrow I am featuring <a href="https://amzn.to/43lRdh4" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Death at the Drive-In by Angie Fox</span></b></a>. It is the thirteenth book in <a href="https://amzn.to/3VpZq1R" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">The Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries</span></b></a>. I am off to put the finishing touches on the Easter display in my front yard. I am quickly switching from St. Patrick's Day to Easter. In my side yard that faces the main road that winds through our community, I have a bunny rockin' out on a guitar and bunny beside him singing. The front yard is more kid friendly (my neighbor's grandkids love it). I will snap pictures when I am done. I hope you have a joyful day. Do not forget to enter the giveaways. Take care, good luck, and Happy Reading!</div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p>
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<strong>March 22 – <a href="http://www.teatimeandbooks76.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Teatime and Books</span></a> – SPOTLIGHT</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveq0sx2HpyNHh2Mr5hB8vZOgtk27usjcJnIO__hkM-KpqypOeZFVMqLHmvOjSd8YTwUNTAQKyFCQfbxst6C4Y2tnlyJ15AR4JybrSQwp6FlhOemPz7sBJvpfv2uDWe0WFvJ4dhlAv54PxxvObMYL42qIV3Nw8y69UCpVat4_0IvVjM_etdviV6Dhm9eI/s1920/ceramicshopglazing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveq0sx2HpyNHh2Mr5hB8vZOgtk27usjcJnIO__hkM-KpqypOeZFVMqLHmvOjSd8YTwUNTAQKyFCQfbxst6C4Y2tnlyJ15AR4JybrSQwp6FlhOemPz7sBJvpfv2uDWe0WFvJ4dhlAv54PxxvObMYL42qIV3Nw8y69UCpVat4_0IvVjM_etdviV6Dhm9eI/s320/ceramicshopglazing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<strong>March 23 – <a href="https://sarahcantstopreadingbooks.com/"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Sarah Can’t Stop Reading</span></a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><strong>March 23 – <a href="http://www.escapewithdollycas.com/"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book</span></a> – AUTHOR GUEST POST</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-u6M2ZZOWmGoXv7MWoSjTG3tCXAevgnVW0AtoUYKD2MBBC4z-7rbm6I94IqkVqrR5HlpiznioRiNJo-rEWmKbwkeXpOS4wfvOLsddwynxdNIOJFe7GZECU_d5PYZQaSMpbq7Kc04mQYWaWaOI0BU4UfGxOAoiuFvGIE4eequtlX09SG4NcD3LSOD_zFY/s949/womanreadingwithcrockery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="949" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-u6M2ZZOWmGoXv7MWoSjTG3tCXAevgnVW0AtoUYKD2MBBC4z-7rbm6I94IqkVqrR5HlpiznioRiNJo-rEWmKbwkeXpOS4wfvOLsddwynxdNIOJFe7GZECU_d5PYZQaSMpbq7Kc04mQYWaWaOI0BU4UfGxOAoiuFvGIE4eequtlX09SG4NcD3LSOD_zFY/w476-h268/womanreadingwithcrockery.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">*I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book. I am not required to leave a review. The comments and opinions expressed are
strictly my own.</p></div>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-77511453661546044682024-03-13T00:00:00.112-04:002024-03-13T15:14:23.878-04:00Between You and Us by Kendra Broekhuis<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"> <span style="font-family: Monotype Corsiva;"><span style="font-size: 37.3333px;">Between You and Us</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C8s9UB8IRBInoYMp3JD0UyL_2iuPPxjHRZL-dJzVkIxHMxdfYS36AHJIuYzIy-4lLTUBzJ-MhddQCuOWNMyzMz1uGQyHa8sZ9guCMA-t8gemTGBoeOlPg1aO6-Ym4FyPYSGQKBJ6TgdXG2SsMI0qn4DQ7_s_eVCh4DyeBG6fEIa4IaljgbTUOFRcyv8/s1500/betweenyouandus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1002" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C8s9UB8IRBInoYMp3JD0UyL_2iuPPxjHRZL-dJzVkIxHMxdfYS36AHJIuYzIy-4lLTUBzJ-MhddQCuOWNMyzMz1uGQyHa8sZ9guCMA-t8gemTGBoeOlPg1aO6-Ym4FyPYSGQKBJ6TgdXG2SsMI0qn4DQ7_s_eVCh4DyeBG6fEIa4IaljgbTUOFRcyv8/w268-h400/betweenyouandus.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Monotype Corsiva;"><span style="font-size: 37.3333px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Two possible lives to live. One impossible choice to make.</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">When Leona Warlon heads across the city to meet her husband, David, for a rare dinner out, she hopes they can share a moment of relief after their year of loss. But Leona quickly realizes this is no ordinary date night. She hasn’t just stepped into an upscale </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">ristorante;</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> she’s stepped into a different version of her life. One in which her marriage is no longer tender, in which her days are pressured by her powerful in-laws, and in which her precious baby girl lived.</span></div></span></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Now Leona must weigh the bitter and sweet of both trajectories, facing an unimaginable choice: Stay in a world where tragedy hasn’t struck but where the meaningful life she built with David is gone? Or return to a reality that’s filled with struggle and sorrow but also deep and enduring love?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYTguvfyl6RTgMM64K6r84g5xX5NWqZiPLQTMWVNeTlvoJqyJjgAfQNPt4YsgZlSBzEoaAlC3PYqcXv-7aPetHsAcw2i4dN739lQKLOzMBh0X2Ybq5IzOjwNbA_NoBwXQf9q7Unim4GA1dwX2npDCwLSqdGmTc6on6sGQKe5KAjxvCyot-3ayayLsHNw/s1280/twoversionsoflife2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYTguvfyl6RTgMM64K6r84g5xX5NWqZiPLQTMWVNeTlvoJqyJjgAfQNPt4YsgZlSBzEoaAlC3PYqcXv-7aPetHsAcw2i4dN739lQKLOzMBh0X2Ybq5IzOjwNbA_NoBwXQf9q7Unim4GA1dwX2npDCwLSqdGmTc6on6sGQKe5KAjxvCyot-3ayayLsHNw/w320-h214/twoversionsoflife2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Monotype Corsiva;"><span style="font-size: 37.3333px;">My Thoughts</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48NUCq0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Between You and Us by Kendra Broekhuis</span></b></a> is an interesting story about grief, motherhood, and marriage. I thought it was a touching tale. It is told in alternating chapters between
the past and present. The reverse
timeline was confusing at times. We are
immediately plunged into the alternate life at the beginning of <a href="https://amzn.to/48NUCq0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Between You and Us</span></b></a>. We join Leona to learn about the past and how
she ended up in the alternate world.
Leona will need to make a choice at the end of her self-discovery
journey. Of course, Leona needs to learn
how she ended in this unfamiliar life and, if she desires, how to get back to
her own life. Leona faces difficult challenges
in both worlds plus she learns some valuable lessons. We do not know what choice Leona will make
until it is revealed. I do wish the pacing had been a little livelier. I liked Leona’s husband, David (in both
worlds), but I was unable to connect with Leona. The chapters on grief are moving (have a box
of tissues nearby). <a href="https://amzn.to/48NUCq0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Between You and Us</span></b></a> is a complex, thought
provoking story.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_DhHb1uFI6yML3OgzYKi4b4vw1EBGStssZZD9rv2x1M2emwaVgKxsQpL30ILbQe_qwQklQ415uZ3Feikje5qlQGMmHiNrPe23uH5s_RGnl5HWlniUnIG9Q8NjCPci9zbssF9xxSVzkKzEQA0gYy9gvUe4ahVr3_tbUkrIk7JgBdaf2fxTG9aNrw5Nr0/s1024/twoversionsoflife.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_DhHb1uFI6yML3OgzYKi4b4vw1EBGStssZZD9rv2x1M2emwaVgKxsQpL30ILbQe_qwQklQ415uZ3Feikje5qlQGMmHiNrPe23uH5s_RGnl5HWlniUnIG9Q8NjCPci9zbssF9xxSVzkKzEQA0gYy9gvUe4ahVr3_tbUkrIk7JgBdaf2fxTG9aNrw5Nr0/w365-h231/twoversionsoflife.webp" width="365" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48NUCq0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Between You and Us</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/48NUCq0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. You can <a href="https://amzn.to/3IxlbVX" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">follow Kendra Broekhuis on Amazon</span></b></a> and you will receive an email when she has a new book release. Thank you for stopping by today. I will return on Tuesday, March 19 with <a href="https://amzn.to/3PdoZ2e" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Kilned at the Ceramic Shop by Donna Clancy</span></b></a>. It is the first <a href="https://amzn.to/3PgioUV" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">A Braddock Mystery</span></b></a>. I have a plumber arriving tomorrow who will hopefully take care of my water leak problem. I am not sure where it is, but my water bill tells me that I have one. The last time I tried to take care of the plumbing problem on my own, it ending up being a fiasco (and I ended up drenched). I am hoping that it is a simple fix (fingers crossed). I am currently reading <a href="https://amzn.to/3IE0MP3" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Unforgiven by Shelley Shepard Gray</span></b></a>. I hope you have a cheerful week. Take care and Happy Reading!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p>
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Avid Reader<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoRdt5SUzkwOSb3jelC42yNb5FX98laI6VjPfP7vtpnrBAfZ9nRCrw0TUDA7y54ooNPCQCn9pIgh1hkHm5dafBMdktTIbPEqhuhZ-4OxAoLt-ruHVJkyVX3NyOnodITwfJnRTzUwq71hg1ffmfLX52sfcgi0wTFJGNcauO_aTPTGfj3qRMm9REgfQxsA/s634/twinsreading.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="634" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoRdt5SUzkwOSb3jelC42yNb5FX98laI6VjPfP7vtpnrBAfZ9nRCrw0TUDA7y54ooNPCQCn9pIgh1hkHm5dafBMdktTIbPEqhuhZ-4OxAoLt-ruHVJkyVX3NyOnodITwfJnRTzUwq71hg1ffmfLX52sfcgi0wTFJGNcauO_aTPTGfj3qRMm9REgfQxsA/w437-h317/twinsreading.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">*I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not required to leave a review.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The comments and opinions expressed are
strictly my own.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-35345084302203807182024-03-12T00:00:00.230-04:002024-03-12T00:00:00.245-04:00Murder in the Tea Leaves by Laura Childs<p> </p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #00002d; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><em>Murder in the Tea Leaves</em></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-196176" height="306" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MURDER-IN-THE-TEA-LEAVES-BANNER-640.jpg" width="575" /> </p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #00002d; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><em><strong>About Murder in the Tea Leaves</strong></em></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-196177" height="549" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MURDER-IN-THE-TEA-LEAVES-COVER-3.png" width="559" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/48H62vP" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Murder in the Tea Leaves (A Tea Shop Mystery)</span></a></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Cozy Mystery</strong>
<strong>27th in Series</strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Setting - South Carolina</strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174156065-murder-in-the-tea-leaves"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-10339 size-full" height="41" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" width="130" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It’s Lights, Action, Murder as tea maven Theodosia Browning scrambles for clues in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When Theodosia Browning reads the tea leaves on the set of the movie, Dark Fortunes, things go from spooky to worse. Lights are dimmed, the camera rolls, and red hot sparks fly as the film’s director is murdered in a tricky electrical accident.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Or was it an accident? Though the cast and crew are stunned beyond belief, nobody admits to seeing a thing. And when Theodosia’s friend, Delaine, becomes the prime suspect, Theodosia begins her own shadow investigation. But who among this Hollywood cast and crew had murder on their mind? The screenwriter is a self-centered pot head, the leading actress is trying to wiggle out of her contract, the brand new director seems indifferent, and nobody trusts the slippery-when-dry Hollywood agent.</p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8aibTJuNUze77aysczNKD5MkRQbwjFt5TavyiLaPFO1O8U036U7ue0DprDbN7HiP2Ly2WOhL-SONEkF8Z7G6ds8VNOEmlY5WCOupaztRcCrPAyOIlB8wNVgfidA62-cJleM6_o9yYjcMXSS3prpfAiBkpnDWE0ShpQ-vJjOwXDqAoybcK4_HbvetuHc/s1333/charlestonfilming.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1333" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8aibTJuNUze77aysczNKD5MkRQbwjFt5TavyiLaPFO1O8U036U7ue0DprDbN7HiP2Ly2WOhL-SONEkF8Z7G6ds8VNOEmlY5WCOupaztRcCrPAyOIlB8wNVgfidA62-cJleM6_o9yYjcMXSS3prpfAiBkpnDWE0ShpQ-vJjOwXDqAoybcK4_HbvetuHc/s320/charlestonfilming.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Between hosting a Breakfast at Tiffany’s Tea, a Poetry Tea, and trying to launch her own chocolate line, Theodosia doggedly hunts down clues and explores the seemingly haunted Brittlebank Manor where the murder took place. And just when she’s ready to pounce, a Charleston Film Board member is also murdered, throwing everything into total disarray. But this clever killer will go to any lengths to hide his misdeeds as Theodosia soon finds out when she and her tea sommelier, Drayton, get caught up in a dangerous stakeout.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!</span></strong></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #00002d; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><em>About Laura Childs</em></span></h2>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-189106 size-full" height="447" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20140226__140302sl-Gerry_schmitt2_300.jpg" width="300" /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48EpadG" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Laura Childs</span></b></a> is the New York Times bestselling author of the <a class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-asin="0425179451" data-amzn-link-id="26515d44645e89a96fa6aef1716fd04a" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Tea Shop Mysteries" href="https://amzn.to/48FSZuL" id="amznPsBmLink_4856589" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Tea Shop Mysteries</span></b></a><img alt="" border="0" class="jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" data-lazy-loaded="1" id="amznPsBmPixel_4856589" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=dollycsthoug-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=26515d44645e89a96fa6aef1716fd04a&_cb=1471729767131" width="0" />, <a class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-asin="0425252590" data-amzn-link-id="17c7fce55f60d5079ff362cce5d5d392" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Scrapbook Mysteries" href="https://amzn.to/48MDtNK" id="amznPsBmLink_935163" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Scrapbook Mysteries</b></span></a><img alt="" border="0" class="jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" data-lazy-loaded="1" id="amznPsBmPixel_935163" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=dollycsthoug-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=17c7fce55f60d5079ff362cce5d5d392&_cb=1471729779427" width="0" />, and <a class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-asin="0425269086" data-amzn-link-id="4045b937dda93095d128a4853d35d564" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Cackleberry Club Mysteries" href="https://amzn.to/49RPC4G" id="amznPsBmLink_7489618" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>Cackleberry Club Mysteries</b></span></a><img alt="" border="0" class="jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" data-lazy-loaded="1" id="amznPsBmPixel_7489618" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=dollycsthoug-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=4045b937dda93095d128a4853d35d564&_cb=1471729792028" width="0" />. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fundraising for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmeQo6zmAMC_H123UjPNCKkvcySfenYVAScEYoMSoJ6rVx9vr9catq7Rxk77byKjot0HjLdJuq0gR4u9vlk0SgPUS7sRfaK42UjYMjdTOd1zqQQOYLHqHoxNOyz5aSLfdHyobJtX8aLhPGusPHgjEYagMwLRXhGRXMXsWWIXojdl03AbUtNWvpl34TWk/s328/teashopmysteries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="328" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmeQo6zmAMC_H123UjPNCKkvcySfenYVAScEYoMSoJ6rVx9vr9catq7Rxk77byKjot0HjLdJuq0gR4u9vlk0SgPUS7sRfaK42UjYMjdTOd1zqQQOYLHqHoxNOyz5aSLfdHyobJtX8aLhPGusPHgjEYagMwLRXhGRXMXsWWIXojdl03AbUtNWvpl34TWk/s320/teashopmysteries.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48FSZuL" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A Tea Shop Mysteries</span></b></a> <img alt="" border="0" class="jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" data-lazy-loaded="1" id="amznPsBmPixel_6732682" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=dollycsthoug-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=e6618dd12dd2737f2df3474ff940d6a3&_cb=1471729812160" width="0" />– set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy entrepreneur, and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She’s also an intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn’t rely on coincidences or inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfXlfzCvDYELbqqPzLPFpWSn6cyyK-k5pxqb5zp2PW5P3t_wZ9M573YflIH4JSykyoRpNYgRsXbwFpqQZYQoaKxp0K3XKbINv-n06coi2bJmYltcvr5BYvIC0_WPzVzODkCDMkN3ZCK1nKoIAooinFK7-Fje4nqZ0fhGceKw5NPkZed1Nb4NpeK5QMCk/s340/scrapbookingmysterseries1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="340" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfXlfzCvDYELbqqPzLPFpWSn6cyyK-k5pxqb5zp2PW5P3t_wZ9M573YflIH4JSykyoRpNYgRsXbwFpqQZYQoaKxp0K3XKbINv-n06coi2bJmYltcvr5BYvIC0_WPzVzODkCDMkN3ZCK1nKoIAooinFK7-Fje4nqZ0fhGceKw5NPkZed1Nb4NpeK5QMCk/w305-h269/scrapbookingmysterseries1.jpg" width="305" /></a></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48MDtNK" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">A Scrapbooking Mysteries</span></b></a><img alt="" border="0" class="jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" data-lazy-loaded="1" id="amznPsBmPixel_918486" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=dollycsthoug-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=f347cf81858fd7096ba25d09384c64f0&_cb=1471729828226" width="0" /> – a slightly edgier series that takes place in New Orleans. The main character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans’ spooky above-ground cemeteries, jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known here!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN62dJh78uNrTAC4J8y69j0pkcRgbGdRRvEU2FsAhu2u2N3z9LxObndhwQNtoWGFEiUBp687sibz7PDfmm52bE4n8mCtZ8e9WPqo-l-sbE-Zq7ESSdUwO2hhEWO5akb_TqfmK4oYgClwM3KqkdlcWgQ2vwxejOv7Cb3tX4wSibekQ3B8w5UfSFxQgirzw/s341/cackleberryclubseries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="341" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN62dJh78uNrTAC4J8y69j0pkcRgbGdRRvEU2FsAhu2u2N3z9LxObndhwQNtoWGFEiUBp687sibz7PDfmm52bE4n8mCtZ8e9WPqo-l-sbE-Zq7ESSdUwO2hhEWO5akb_TqfmK4oYgClwM3KqkdlcWgQ2vwxejOv7Cb3tX4wSibekQ3B8w5UfSFxQgirzw/w305-h269/cackleberryclubseries.jpg" width="305" /></a></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/49RPC4G" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">A Cackleberry Club Mysteries</span></b></a><img alt="" border="0" class="jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" data-lazy-loaded="1" id="amznPsBmPixel_4911397" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=dollycsthoug-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=cb6797f651d64970a563fca0dbbded81&_cb=1471729856464" width="0" /> – set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus women have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty here and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business is good but murder could lead to the cafe’s undoing! This series offers recipes, knitting, cak decorating, and a dash of spirituality.</p>
<strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Laura’s Links: </strong><strong><a href="http://www.laurachilds.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Website</span></a> – </strong><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/laura.childs.31" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #351c75;">Facebook</span></a> </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TRKDyTQLOxBFIEw2I-pA7SOB6QbFTXMBvyvi6KtWfSerAKKh6YBiCNsTonEBqGOwn9ienyYszBIp-smGIH0YGmPt6MS40wNGN6-Z7V2VedNYnU1gBDMieVxiTZ_YxCTWlA-bjuYQKusSAixx7clEH4Js9yH9efKFQA2249Ew4N1guZ1zyJhJABf4UW8/s540/tearoomsc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="540" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TRKDyTQLOxBFIEw2I-pA7SOB6QbFTXMBvyvi6KtWfSerAKKh6YBiCNsTonEBqGOwn9ienyYszBIp-smGIH0YGmPt6MS40wNGN6-Z7V2VedNYnU1gBDMieVxiTZ_YxCTWlA-bjuYQKusSAixx7clEH4Js9yH9efKFQA2249Ew4N1guZ1zyJhJABf4UW8/s320/tearoomsc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2><span style="color: #00002d; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;"><i>My Thoughts</i></span></h2></div></strong><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48H62vP" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Murder in the Tea Leaves by Laura Childs</b></span></a> is the twenty-seventh <a href="https://amzn.to/48FSZuL" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>A Tea Shop Mystery</b></span></a>. I always look forward to reading Theo’s
latest adventure. <a href="https://amzn.to/48H62vP" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Murder in the Tea Leaves</b></span></a> can be read as a standalone for those new to the series or if you have
missed a book (or two) along the way. I
enjoyed catching up with Theo, Drayton, Hayley, Miss Dimple, and Earl
Grey. The story is easy to read, and it
moves along at a steady pace. There are descriptions of the food Hayley
prepares, the different teas, fashions, and rooms (the sets, the tea shop,
Theo’s home, historical society, etc.). The mystery was interesting. There is a small pool of suspects. There are clues to help readers solve the
whodunit before the reveal. I loved this
one scene near the end with Theo and Drayton.
I could envision the scene which was suspenseful and amusing. Delaine is her usual high strung, demanding
self (she thinks of only herself). Theo
needs to learn to say no to Delaine. I
enjoyed meeting the newest member of the Indigo Tea Shop. <a href="https://amzn.to/48H62vP" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Murder in the Tea Leaves</span></b></a> is a theatrical tale
with movie making, fruity teas, a dead director, a haunted attic, and a wild
ride.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2un7cd3ypADLzzy_AfycKD-M5kKGVotMlKqF5lemczX1j5CJ9sciFiclte2yC_t3a9envYX2iNWilOgrue_5dUey0XCUD5mktPLb5XTILYkdi8NgUYbQui0hluxlWxpE2ovSNWzH8KKhWBmsf9AQKsmYxM6c6P3xPH7-XBdCwcRZwXQJWBbgaOJupfQ/s1500/murderinthetealeaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2un7cd3ypADLzzy_AfycKD-M5kKGVotMlKqF5lemczX1j5CJ9sciFiclte2yC_t3a9envYX2iNWilOgrue_5dUey0XCUD5mktPLb5XTILYkdi8NgUYbQui0hluxlWxpE2ovSNWzH8KKhWBmsf9AQKsmYxM6c6P3xPH7-XBdCwcRZwXQJWBbgaOJupfQ/s320/murderinthetealeaves.jpg" width="204" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/48H62vP" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Murder in the Tea Leaves</span></a></b> can be purchased from <a href="https://amzn.to/48H62vP" rel="noopener" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Amazon</span></a>, <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/murder-in-the-tea-leaves-laura-childs/1143296479?ean=9780593200988" rel="noopener" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">B&N</span></a>, <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/murder-in-the-tea-leaves-3" rel="noopener" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Kobo</span></a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/91071/9780593200988" rel="noopener" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Bookshop.org</span></a>, and <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653836/murder-in-the-tea-leaves-by-laura-childs/" rel="noopener" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #76a5af;">PenguinRandomHouse</span></a><b>. </b>The next <a href="https://amzn.to/48FSZuL" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">A Tea Shop Mystery</span></b></a> is <a href="https://amzn.to/3wL7XSC" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Peach Tea Smash</span></b></a> which will be out on August 6. You can find the other <a href="https://amzn.to/48FSZuL" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">A Tea Shop Mysteries here</span></b></a>. You can <a href="https://amzn.to/48EpadG" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Laura Child's other novels here</span></b></a> (Laura Child's A Scrapbooking Mysteries are delightful). Thank you for stopping by today. Tomorrow I am featuring <a href="https://amzn.to/3P7HogR" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Between You and Us by Kendra Broekhuis</span></b></a>. I hope that you have a teriffic day. Do not forget to enter the <a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/028877921630/?widget_template=56d5f80dbc544fb30fda66f0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">giveaway</span></b></a>. Good Luck and Happy Reading!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p></div></div>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-4696977397545568872024-03-05T00:00:00.132-05:002024-03-05T00:24:20.334-05:00Allie's Amish Family Miracle by Tracy Fredrychowski<p> </p><div class="separator"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Allie's Amish Family Miracle JustRead Blog Tour" class="alignnone wp-image-28663" height="237" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Banner_AlliesAmishFamilyMiracle_Blog_JR.jpg" width="572" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Blog Tour for <span style="color: #873d78;"><i><b>Allie's Amish Family Miracle</b></i></span> by Tracy Fredrychowski, hosted by <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2024/03/05/welcome-to-the-allies-amish-family-miracle-blog-tour-giveaway" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>JustRead Publicity Tours</b></span></a>!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #873d78;"><b>About the Book</b></span></h3>
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"></p><p style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img alt="Allie's Amish Family Miracle" class="alignleft wp-image-29200 size-large" height="400" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AlliesAmishFamilyMiracle-257x400.webp" width="257" /></p><p><b>Title:</b> <a href="https://amzn.to/430KXep" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Allie's Amish Family Miracle</span></b></a> <b><br />Series:</b> <a href="https://amzn.to/3uVDGjF" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">The Amish Women of Lawrence County</span></b></a> #5
<b><br />Author:</b> Tracy Fredrychowski
<br /><b>Publisher:</b> The Tracer Group, LLC
<br /><b>Release Date:</b> March 5, 2024
<br /><b>Genre:</b> Amish Fiction</p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Two worlds collide when true love enters an Old Order Amish community. Can this young woman go against tradition and find happiness in forbidden love?</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Allie Mast struggles to fit into her new community. Determined to prove her family wrong, she can't help but notice how her Mennonite background and Reuben's Amish roots are causing tension between their two families. Every family has hurts and deep wounds, but the constant conflict pushes her to a place where she will do anything to get what she wants. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Reuben Raber has no desire to take over Raber Farms & Produce. When his overbearing mother, Saloma, is set to ruin any hopes of him making a life with Allie, his faith is tested beyond measure, and he experiences a crisis of conviction.
<i> </i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Can this determined couple find the courage to step out in faith and pursue peace and healing even when persecuted for their unconventional union?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #873d78;"><b>PURCHASE LINKS</b>:</span> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157247093-allie-s-amish-family-miracle" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>Goodreads</b></span></a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/430KXep" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amazon</span></b></a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/allies-amish-family-miracle-tracy-fredrychowski/1144720278" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Barnes & Noble</b></span></a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/allie-s-amish-family-miracle-an-amish-fiction-christian-novel-the-amish-women-of-lawrence-county-book-5-by-tracy-fredrychowski" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">BookBub</span></b></a>
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69N9arzlvC_l-6F6PNrwnhS-0kO6wS9krrhTlTZRdkRJJ1Rn9owrHJdl42rTUwHAuYiKlG9WNV91cCv-lzKjnAqNQgoTGtHO3XonKVLfjxh6DpazI09Y4a-8lpPyATX70uocKHqysHcB3jRQjsuGyy0n3Tvqh2MwxbGwBQ36O6XrvEihmIGVIBCIgdQE/s474/amishfarmpa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="474" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69N9arzlvC_l-6F6PNrwnhS-0kO6wS9krrhTlTZRdkRJJ1Rn9owrHJdl42rTUwHAuYiKlG9WNV91cCv-lzKjnAqNQgoTGtHO3XonKVLfjxh6DpazI09Y4a-8lpPyATX70uocKHqysHcB3jRQjsuGyy0n3Tvqh2MwxbGwBQ36O6XrvEihmIGVIBCIgdQE/s320/amishfarmpa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #873d78; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">More Books In This Series</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0911RTVT7" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-29201" height="250" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/emmas-amish-faith-tested-194x300.webp" width="162" /></a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HYKH6KW" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-29202" height="250" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/rebeccas-amish-heart-restored-194x300.webp" width="162" /></a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T89523R" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-29203" height="250" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/annas-amish-fears-revealed-188x300.webp" width="156" /></a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BB3D5CVF" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-29204" height="250" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/barbaras-amish-truth-exposed-188x300.webp" width="156" /></a></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #873d78;"><b>About the Author</b></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Tracy Fredrychowski" class="alignnone wp-image-29205 size-medium" height="300" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Tracy-Fredrychowski-257x300.webp" width="257" /></p>
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/49TdqFr" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tracy Fredrychowski</span></a></b> is a country girl, author, homesteader and everything simple living. She has a passion for writing about the simpler side of life, much like the life she lived growing up in rural Pennsylvania.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">
Her life has always been intertwined with the Amish, and it’s only fitting that she has a genuine passion for their simplicity, sense of community and God-centered lives. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Growing up in Northwest Pennsylvania she spent her childhood immersed deep in Amish Country. The clip-clop of horse and buggy woke her each morning as Amish men drove past her childhood home on their way to work. As a young woman, she was traumatized by an Amish murder that involved a family member and changed her life forever. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjhia2dDYymzXOsufRW2QyClLn71ggdEwE0-mdbS8Qw6R2n8QA0q1V7UwREeCadTuln5aADC4MHUTnp9JdLTuu2dP2HfkbMm-Zmukt2ABSIp1jgCnDesIlFEdp_CV5A_H7seUYvBvINs30iGtguD7oXtxSFMcklWNkD-V8aHvan89NR0N3AW2YYweOnw/s900/amishbuggybyfarm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="900" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjhia2dDYymzXOsufRW2QyClLn71ggdEwE0-mdbS8Qw6R2n8QA0q1V7UwREeCadTuln5aADC4MHUTnp9JdLTuu2dP2HfkbMm-Zmukt2ABSIp1jgCnDesIlFEdp_CV5A_H7seUYvBvINs30iGtguD7oXtxSFMcklWNkD-V8aHvan89NR0N3AW2YYweOnw/s320/amishbuggybyfarm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Even though she currently lives in South Carolina her travels take her through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin’s Amish Country every year. During those stops, she researches the communities she visits and prides herself on writing Amish fiction that truly represents the Amish culture. She considers herself very fortunate to have made friends in those communities and values the information they share and wants nothing more than to represent their lifestyle as accurately as possible. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Connect with Tracy by visiting <a href="https://tracyfredrychowski.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>tracyfredrychowski.com</b></span></a> to follow her on social media and sign up for email updates.
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #873d78;"></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #873d78;">My Thoughts</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://amzn.to/430KXep" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Allie’s Amish Family Miracle by Tracy Fredrychowski</span></a> is the fifth book in <a href="https://amzn.to/3uVDGjF" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>The Amish Women of Lawrence County Series</b></span></a>. It can be read as a standalone
for those new to the series. I found the
story to be easy to read. I enjoyed
getting to know Allie, Reuben, and most of the Raber family. There are good life lessons in the
story. I liked seeing the characters
grow as individuals, couples, and spiritually.
Faith is nicely integrated plus there are some good messages. My
favorite is that God has a reason for everything that He does. I was a little disappointed with the
ending. We do not get to find out
something important (and I wanted to know).
I am sure it will be addressed in the next book in the series. I hope Tracy writes quickly because I am
eager to read <a href="https://amzn.to/4bQHzqR" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Savannah’s Amish Ties That Bind</span></b></a>. <a href="https://amzn.to/430KXep" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Allie’s Amish Family Miracle</span></b></a> is
a dramatic tale with a rocky romance, a harmful hurricane, a meddling mother, surprising
secrets, and bountiful blessings.</span><span style="color: #873d78;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXO9pi7CXH9Uz87ceaIuKRcpW-V72ip6opdMVNqL1_Dk7_n-mdD9DkJ9RzIcreI7EMRPPULQ9gCcSOR-lCYbPp1T5ejOUhab3ma7nVWq8ZNLD1jL34BNrcRHTfCBP2K-FlwZ3QlCXzAbfFYVb1819tKOWJy71R_KJa2YEO75hazf-WEwzQLHBnfZ5-tM/s960/amishproduce2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXO9pi7CXH9Uz87ceaIuKRcpW-V72ip6opdMVNqL1_Dk7_n-mdD9DkJ9RzIcreI7EMRPPULQ9gCcSOR-lCYbPp1T5ejOUhab3ma7nVWq8ZNLD1jL34BNrcRHTfCBP2K-FlwZ3QlCXzAbfFYVb1819tKOWJy71R_KJa2YEO75hazf-WEwzQLHBnfZ5-tM/s320/amishproduce2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">________________________________________________________</div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #873d78;"><b>Tour Giveaway</b></span></h3>
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Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-74568717973748366052024-02-29T00:00:00.171-05:002024-02-29T00:07:10.572-05:00The Quilt Room Secret by Lisa Jones Baker<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 2.5rem; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.225; margin: 0px 0px 1.05em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Quilt Room Secret</span></h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><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="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27352" height="315" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the-quilt-room.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the-quilt-room.jpg 851w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the-quilt-room-300x111.jpg 300w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the-quilt-room-768x284.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="851" /></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; 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;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">About the Book</span></span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Trini Holds Secret Dreams for Her Future</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-top: 0.375em;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-27353" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 197px) 85vw, 197px" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9781636097756-197x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9781636097756-197x300.jpg 197w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9781636097756-672x1024.jpg 672w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9781636097756-768x1170.jpg 768w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9781636097756-1008x1536.jpg 1008w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9781636097756-1345x2048.jpg 1345w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9781636097756-1200x1828.jpg 1200w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/9781636097756.jpg 1600w" 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="197" /></span></span></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; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Full of faith, hope, and romance, this new series takes you into the Heart of Amish country.</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; text-align: justify;">As they took turns pushing each other on the swing that hung from a large tree, the mature—for a five-year-old—Jacob Lantz asked Trini Sutter to marry him. The nine-year-old thoughtfully responded that she’d consider his proposal when they were older.</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: justify;">Nearly two decades later, the Amish farmer returns to the beautiful countryside of Arthur, Illinois, to take the independent owner of The Quilt Room up on her promise. Quiet, handsome Jacob is truly in love with the spirited list maker, and Trini finds herself falling in love with Jacob, but the youngest of eleven has big plans of her own.</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: justify;">Jacob’s long-held aspirations are put to the test when he learns that Trini has been holding a secret. He prays for a turnaround of events; however, when Trini moves away from her tight-knit community, he begins to realize that his dream of them being Mr. and Mrs. most likely won’t happen.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Will Trini forfeit her own well-laid plan for the man of her dreams?</p><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; 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;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px;">Click </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3UUpwcX" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">here</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px;"> to get your cohttps://amzn.to/3vTttEEpy!</span></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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyYd-V_0PxS-KHd7jA-kLkg-fuWdbMSSarY65JXdBLDMXYo7dL7zOsUA0OO3HTH_0wf4XYgVqk_EeGv2OWGY51ZDbS7svQ23MfybS8ysGrlk4sKLBf7_Gk9BqQGewR4jMS8F2muLPc8hr2f28BE1ISdlX2eVzGi7LQM6p2bcuBqzWMmUL0HMHhYkXqQE/s705/amishquiltshop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="705" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyYd-V_0PxS-KHd7jA-kLkg-fuWdbMSSarY65JXdBLDMXYo7dL7zOsUA0OO3HTH_0wf4XYgVqk_EeGv2OWGY51ZDbS7svQ23MfybS8ysGrlk4sKLBf7_Gk9BqQGewR4jMS8F2muLPc8hr2f28BE1ISdlX2eVzGi7LQM6p2bcuBqzWMmUL0HMHhYkXqQE/s320/amishquiltshop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; 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;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">About the Author</span></span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-top: 0.375em;"><b><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-27354" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" src="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lisa-Jones-Baker_BW-300x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lisa-Jones-Baker_BW-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lisa-Jones-Baker_BW-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lisa-Jones-Baker_BW.jpg 632w" 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="300" /></b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Lisa Jones Baker</span></b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> writes Amish Inspirational fiction. She grew up near Arthur, Illinois, and became acquainted with the Plain Faith at an early age when they custom-made and installed her family’s kitchen cabinets. On weekends, she and her parents frequented the quaint Amish town, often the setting of her stories, where they purchased meat, cheese, and home-made baking spices. Now, decades later, she still loves visiting; the town and the people yet intrigue her, and she so appreciate the talent of quilt-making almost as much as she loves horse and buggy rides. But there is much more to this perplexing group than meets the eye; they are extremely disciplined, hard-working, and honest…and they don’t all think alike. For these reasons, writing about them is her passion.</span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: justify;">Lisa was fortunate to have been raised in a loving, Christian home by two wonderful parents: a reading specialist mother who plays the piano, and a retired Junior High Principal father who’s also an avid fox hunter. She has a B.A. in French Education and is a former school teacher who loves gardening, cooking, reading, positive thinkers, and every dog she meets. Although a homebody, travel has played a large part of her life. Over three decades of working with the airline industry has landed her on five out of seven continents.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTo2aHzBZ2YjDpFl5QeLDdeejA7lkG6EOUbHM1ci7ElzHNxSgL0vrA_laWZROswaqrk5qsBF4sO7mBvBNnIopH_yZFGwOF866o-849_2CgU_A_QHI2t2gZxevpIGhRZURDbb0IrvVBSpMKyDZqRa6GFVmfv5ymG2k1wOYVjIQUjZn5y6bmeLnEPY85wo/s700/amishquiltshop2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="700" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTo2aHzBZ2YjDpFl5QeLDdeejA7lkG6EOUbHM1ci7ElzHNxSgL0vrA_laWZROswaqrk5qsBF4sO7mBvBNnIopH_yZFGwOF866o-849_2CgU_A_QHI2t2gZxevpIGhRZURDbb0IrvVBSpMKyDZqRa6GFVmfv5ymG2k1wOYVjIQUjZn5y6bmeLnEPY85wo/s320/amishquiltshop2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; 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;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">More from Lisa</span></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: justify;">Secrets fascinate me. They always have. From experience, I know that they’re difficult to keep confidential. And when the wrong person gets hold of what you don’t want out. . .There’s no telling what will happen!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">List maker Trini Sutter has decided her future, even though what’s ahead comes with great risk. The owner of The Quilt Room in Arthur, Illinois, relishes being in control of her life. But what she doesn’t expect is for someone to get wind of her deep, dark secret and to leak it to her tight-knit Amish community! Now that the quilter’s confidential plan has become public, will she be able to pull it off? Or will </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a;">Gott</em><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> override her “list” with the destiny He has planned for her? Find out in </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3UUpwcX" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Quilt Room Secret</span></b></a></em><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYYN2cV3vsS7V0A1h46XsJ4Kb4h6K7afEBUdTEmqciQkSZkQCKNYQTpMhZzrMQdg3UJkGqKts3v3w4_8SiF-tODkZgZHca2KAbVyRIVRWdsUk7eZDEtP-jRccWxJ_JY_cHEaUpEMsQR2idd2A0nYIqUC5TbKV6ErzVGK1pQieZdGuc33UR9pLb1VZsWI/s593/amishquiltshop3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="395" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYYN2cV3vsS7V0A1h46XsJ4Kb4h6K7afEBUdTEmqciQkSZkQCKNYQTpMhZzrMQdg3UJkGqKts3v3w4_8SiF-tODkZgZHca2KAbVyRIVRWdsUk7eZDEtP-jRccWxJ_JY_cHEaUpEMsQR2idd2A0nYIqUC5TbKV6ErzVGK1pQieZdGuc33UR9pLb1VZsWI/s320/amishquiltshop3.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><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: justify;"><br /></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; 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;"><u><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Short Excerpt</span></u></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">“Trini, look at me.”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">She hesitated. Did she dare? She didn’t know what it was about Jacob that stole her voice. Her breath. Her entire being.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">With one gentle motion, he placed his finger underneath her chin. He was so close, the light cinnamon on his breath lingered in the small distance between them. His clothes smelled like outdoors. She could see tiny lines around his eyes. They made him take on an even more manly appearance. His voice was barely more than a whisper. “You feel it too, don’t you?”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">The last thing she wanted was any romantic complications that would interfere with her plans to leave. <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">I must not lead Jacob on. I must not lead myself on. What I’m feeling…it’s wrong.</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;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt__V8CmYW_7R-FutnUDvzNzyWeZ6aEdLWVe6UorV0a7EjV0-9M4aF2l53IodygL93o3wYuyUIk4Ac8C98muvbkqALp3r-F_EPN9M-kCQn3BCo-T8HTJ2SWJOqlSUxtUbcsxI5qtruuulXgdPUAzyzsA2sQupU0yW6SsCxvaK_HPHKSI8bAMzG5tscIk0/s714/amishquiltshop4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="714" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt__V8CmYW_7R-FutnUDvzNzyWeZ6aEdLWVe6UorV0a7EjV0-9M4aF2l53IodygL93o3wYuyUIk4Ac8C98muvbkqALp3r-F_EPN9M-kCQn3BCo-T8HTJ2SWJOqlSUxtUbcsxI5qtruuulXgdPUAzyzsA2sQupU0yW6SsCxvaK_HPHKSI8bAMzG5tscIk0/s320/amishquiltshop4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></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;"></em></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; 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;"><u><span style="color: #3d85c6;">My Thoughts</span></u></h1><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;"></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3UUpwcX" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>The Quilt Room Secret by Lisa Jones Baker</b></span></a> is the third book in <a href="https://amzn.to/49A8O7y" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Heart of the Amish series</span></b></a>, but it can be
read as a standalone. I enjoyed the
descriptions of the beautiful quilts Trini Sutter created. I would love to own one of her
creations. <a href="https://amzn.to/3UUpwcX" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Quilt Room Secret</span></b></a> is a
sweet story, but I found the pacing to be on the slow side. The overly detailed descriptions and
repetitious details led to the lethargic tempo.
Trini’s two friends, Serenity and Abby, were certainly taken with the
other two Lantz brothers, Gabriel and Stephen. I liked that the book did not
solely focus on Trini and Jacob. I did find Trini to be a conundrum. She is
having a crisis of faith and identity.
She feels the rules of the Amish community to be restricting yet she is
not baptized. I do not know how Trini
kept track of all her lists. I thought
the ending was rushed. I liked the
wisdom that had been handed down by the Lantz brother’s Aunt Margaret. She touched many lives. <a href="https://amzn.to/3UUpwcX" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Quilt Room Secret</span></b></a> is a sweetly stitched
story with a heaven-sent bequest, lengthy lists, peaceful countryside, quality
quilts, and an old love note.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigowDWloqUO2Ufe096HpbzMvwdc6Wnb03gus_W8pTIuaW3UJEymp7MATodnL1UuB9HoX8Pte11PHqNlD46AFUbHzJtFiNMqiBFpNqVjM8u_QYDCJW9qMF-ZvW1GMYHEl10wHsqZiukrCwsJfbKdZxQu_QhPhsKCFpkzJiov4T9e4n_EYZQWdynIuow-tI/s1600/amishquiltshop8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigowDWloqUO2Ufe096HpbzMvwdc6Wnb03gus_W8pTIuaW3UJEymp7MATodnL1UuB9HoX8Pte11PHqNlD46AFUbHzJtFiNMqiBFpNqVjM8u_QYDCJW9qMF-ZvW1GMYHEl10wHsqZiukrCwsJfbKdZxQu_QhPhsKCFpkzJiov4T9e4n_EYZQWdynIuow-tI/s320/amishquiltshop8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; 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="font-size: 2.0625rem; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Giveaway</span></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 height="207" loading="lazy" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/f6aa9444-652e-4d26-8363-19aeb65d0e61" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="247" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">To celebrate her tour, Lisa is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon e-Gift Card & print copy of the book. </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2a3cf/the-quilt-room-secret-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">to enter.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmwcGQ197uKOMhT_iht9k90Jziku9F4bvaS5O3lu2Cknt-wItwZpDICOtp4023UDtzpx5f35X5chDbOd9l5Xbz5ZS3l2-VOchRiiyvBOgtdD3i2Ep5FpI07_FWM4DqfUdVBrRXQi0FCpF2h7l-evGGu-alkI10JgiK8oqyVdNwfkEWMOq3It6lWixujM/s1500/thequiltroomsecret.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="985" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmwcGQ197uKOMhT_iht9k90Jziku9F4bvaS5O3lu2Cknt-wItwZpDICOtp4023UDtzpx5f35X5chDbOd9l5Xbz5ZS3l2-VOchRiiyvBOgtdD3i2Ep5FpI07_FWM4DqfUdVBrRXQi0FCpF2h7l-evGGu-alkI10JgiK8oqyVdNwfkEWMOq3It6lWixujM/s320/thequiltroomsecret.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3UUpwcX" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Quilt Room Secret</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3UUpwcX" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. You can find the first two novels in <a href="https://amzn.to/49A8O7y" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Heart of the Amish series here</span></b></a>. The fourth through sixth books in The Heart of the Amish series are <a href="https://amzn.to/3TbbWRs" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Courting an Amish Bishop by Mindy Steele</span></b></a> (coming out April 1), <a href="https://amzn.to/4bT3Hkk" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Mary's Calico Hope by Anne Blackburne</span></b></a> (releasing on May 15), and <a href="https://amzn.to/3wDHmXz" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Serenity's Secret by Lisa Jones Baker</span></b></a> (they are making us wait until October 1). Thank you for stopping by today. On March 5, I will feature <a href="https://amzn.to/49QSZcm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Allie's Amish Family Miracle by Tracy Fredrychowski</span></b></a>. It is the fifth book in <a href="https://amzn.to/3SRNGlP" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The Amish Women of Lawrence County series</span></b></a>. Don't forget to <a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2a3cf/the-quilt-room-secret-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">enter the giveaway</span></b></a> for a chance to win a $25 Amazon e-gift card and a print copy of the book. Leave a comment for nine extra entries. Good Luck! I hope that you have an inspiring day and a relaxing weekend. Take care and Happy Reading!</div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p>
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color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">*This post contains affiliate links. 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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></a></p></div></div>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-56983677152394697992024-02-28T00:00:00.099-05:002024-02-28T00:36:51.233-05:00Letters of Wisdom by Wanda E. Brunstetter<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Letters of Wisdom</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcDU_JoGNvEZrVnYbLmaNcRZFEcXFd9VBkglz0gBJF9LVa4qNCgyiD0l4r1CEtnesJgfaw-x3kr1uIzC7ldK4yY5ap26tyCv-yWhVCeYeSBrb6OquXMNxK00GEjeM6VOWSx7FZJi6m9IPMU17vrmFQBCGq5hID02vxSQge9RhiEjTqvnMvdy77NexZIw/s1500/lettersofwisdom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="985" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcDU_JoGNvEZrVnYbLmaNcRZFEcXFd9VBkglz0gBJF9LVa4qNCgyiD0l4r1CEtnesJgfaw-x3kr1uIzC7ldK4yY5ap26tyCv-yWhVCeYeSBrb6OquXMNxK00GEjeM6VOWSx7FZJi6m9IPMU17vrmFQBCGq5hID02vxSQge9RhiEjTqvnMvdy77NexZIw/w263-h400/lettersofwisdom.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Friendship Letters Series</span></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> — Doretta Schwartz has always enjoyed writing letters and feels her letters can be a bit of a ministry to her friends. In this series, exchanging letters that contain open and honest feelings and struggles helps Doretta and two of her best friends through the darkest challenges of their lives.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"> </span></div><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: #38761d;">Letters and Prayers Between Friends Become a Balm for Healing</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69l6BuKadPph0NJHQ_7amkVJ3YcSQBHVk3xlXmTQnQe5nx2b7l3geQhISzIfhKpvjXjnyeW0BpBOQGyxEjKxzZIk1q2BG5x1HNIG3ToNec6JJQ10_fhD-0husCUTPxtZkerSVFrFdbzzv5agiw0EKrCrPTymSkNl92zt-CH7Y3adoOh-t1sWIga6jlYQ/s1024/amishletters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69l6BuKadPph0NJHQ_7amkVJ3YcSQBHVk3xlXmTQnQe5nx2b7l3geQhISzIfhKpvjXjnyeW0BpBOQGyxEjKxzZIk1q2BG5x1HNIG3ToNec6JJQ10_fhD-0husCUTPxtZkerSVFrFdbzzv5agiw0EKrCrPTymSkNl92zt-CH7Y3adoOh-t1sWIga6jlYQ/s320/amishletters.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Irma Miller thought having a family of her own would bring her joy and a sense of accomplishment, but she struggles with memories of the abuse she suffered as a child at the hand of her stepfather. When she becomes physically and emotionally abusive to her own children, she reaches out to her friend Doretta for prayer and wisdom. But Irma may find herself at an even darker emotional place before she will admit she needs professional help to heal the past traumas. Will Doretta’s letters of wisdom help Irma and her family, or will too much be broken to ever be repaired?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Find out in the third book of The Friendship Letters series by </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">New York Times </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bestselling Author Wanda E. Brunstetter.</span></div></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgK5olbi-MlVIWccSKByH0QQ75Et2RTdgX8Cg5LLLssxO6qHmVriH-V2QScQzpjUfdnDcRnv4WKCDAyFzLxo0Pcy8SjSGmBxf84qU-ui-C71nR3ObG4ZMfKUWUqRCdktNivBH9tjbr4rbooyn2M4pvWIO8zlF7yANSWJ_CRpLCnKAH5-bzh7zXhnYy24/s1024/amishletters2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgK5olbi-MlVIWccSKByH0QQ75Et2RTdgX8Cg5LLLssxO6qHmVriH-V2QScQzpjUfdnDcRnv4WKCDAyFzLxo0Pcy8SjSGmBxf84qU-ui-C71nR3ObG4ZMfKUWUqRCdktNivBH9tjbr4rbooyn2M4pvWIO8zlF7yANSWJ_CRpLCnKAH5-bzh7zXhnYy24/s320/amishletters2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/42OfrQQ"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Letters of Wisdom by Wanda E. Brunstetter</span></a> is the third book in <a href="https://amzn.to/3SMXU6Z" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">The Friendship Letters series</span></a>. It can be read as a standalone, but I believe
it is best to read the series in order.
This will allow you to know the characters and their backgrounds. I thought the story was well-written with
realistic, developed characters. Irma
Miller struggles to take care of her children while her husband is away auctioneering. She has three children, and the two boys are
active. She looks forward to receiving
letters from her dear friends, Doretta and Eleanor. They send words of encouragement along with
helpful books. Irma had a pleasant
childhood until her father passed away and her mother remarried. Her stepfather was abusive, and Irma never
understood why her mother did not intervene. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYDJEhgwUmdFr4_CYGxWYriLB4cFyz7FSJ4-Ja-mo8RnOxJBhgT7I9J35UYma8QnR4lUqyhL0jtaX16AYzY9Vvb150RfazaK4nutUrjX479oYOGaOO6P7vPRIhXuVL3U1pkWSvZ-zBsGK3nD54FivZNnwE2pPWbPcfqWVtjhaq1ANt73G59d_b5rnaXQ/s720/amishletters3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="720" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYDJEhgwUmdFr4_CYGxWYriLB4cFyz7FSJ4-Ja-mo8RnOxJBhgT7I9J35UYma8QnR4lUqyhL0jtaX16AYzY9Vvb150RfazaK4nutUrjX479oYOGaOO6P7vPRIhXuVL3U1pkWSvZ-zBsGK3nD54FivZNnwE2pPWbPcfqWVtjhaq1ANt73G59d_b5rnaXQ/s320/amishletters3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We get to see how a victim of
abuse can become an abuser. Those who
have suffered mental and/or physical abuse may find the story hard to
read. There were portions that I was
unable to read. Irma’s husband, LaVern, is a gem. It is
obvious that he loves his wife and kids (and wants what is best for them). I like how the abuse was addressed. I was not aware that there were Christian
counselors. Abuse, guilt, self-worth, bitterness,
resentment, and forgiveness are themes addressed in the story. Letters of Wisdom is a character driven
story. I liked how the characters told
the story. I enjoyed catching up with
the characters from the first two books.
<a href="https://amzn.to/42OfrQQ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Letters of Wisdom</span></b></a> is an emotional tale with an overwhelmed mother, helpful
letters, a hardworking husband, energetic tykes, finding forgiveness, and a
gracious God. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33KIXoln3GVfP7xbdNOWZD8n52a-wZbtbCnPiUkh0qq1d4CQBM48_AkHujfTbiiDTiDV0B91AkvoaAVe9OdIur5Xw1LISnHSnC3Mk32cFPnQMoxis0APbwrx9ymD6vesYI79ntrlBciS810I1ElnB-IGOCKJYRIXJbUOz5f3bZb0p6qw9BzMdlWsyFEY/s361/friendshipletters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="361" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33KIXoln3GVfP7xbdNOWZD8n52a-wZbtbCnPiUkh0qq1d4CQBM48_AkHujfTbiiDTiDV0B91AkvoaAVe9OdIur5Xw1LISnHSnC3Mk32cFPnQMoxis0APbwrx9ymD6vesYI79ntrlBciS810I1ElnB-IGOCKJYRIXJbUOz5f3bZb0p6qw9BzMdlWsyFEY/s320/friendshipletters.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/42OfrQQ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Letters of Wisdom</span></b></a> will be out March 1 and can be preordered from <a href="https://amzn.to/42OfrQQ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. The first two books in <a href="https://amzn.to/3SMXU6Z"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>The Friendship Letters series </b></span></a>are <a href="https://amzn.to/3IbbNXO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Letters of Trust</span></b></a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/3OVc6K6" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Letters of Comfort</b></span></a>. Wanda has <a href="https://amzn.to/3IdPTTS" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">The Protector</span></b></a> coming out August 1. It is the first A Mifflin County Mysteries. You can find Wanda Brunstetter's other novels <a href="https://amzn.to/3UReVQ4" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">here</span></b></a>. Thank you for joining me today. I am a stop on the Celebrate Lit Tour tomorrow for <a href="https://amzn.to/4bIgxBI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">The Quilt Room Secret by Lisa Jones Baker</span></b></a>. It is the third book in <a href="https://amzn.to/49NBsS9" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The Heart of the Amish series</span></a>. I hope you will stop by to learn more about the Amish story and to enter the giveaway. I am off to sort another closet. I am slowly getting each closet organized. I found a travel bag of new Halloween t-shirts in the back of my closet along with two pair of sandals still in their boxes. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I hope that you have an uplifting day. Take care and Happy Reading!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">The
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></a></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-72667379646228626042024-02-27T00:00:00.067-05:002024-02-27T00:00:00.132-05:00Trapped in Yosemite by Dana Mentink<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <span face="Berlin Sans FB Demi, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 37.3333px;">Trapped in Yosemite</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFToCULMwx38za3HQiGwBQdb-yrm-iFoqOHXgG3BFWU88TlX5a65oSye9oOx_l7P7iGEDeMakfPgBUEyx3ylY-zc4QftGMjURXqT4g4Rq7GejKBqR9C5mOXJx3oZADJPw1CY38yaWOEVDMQgSlEQ1AzLH4jxmEPcaY7I4VhxD6WdTEE5BfVO1LhKA3gA/s1500/trappedinyosemite.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFToCULMwx38za3HQiGwBQdb-yrm-iFoqOHXgG3BFWU88TlX5a65oSye9oOx_l7P7iGEDeMakfPgBUEyx3ylY-zc4QftGMjURXqT4g4Rq7GejKBqR9C5mOXJx3oZADJPw1CY38yaWOEVDMQgSlEQ1AzLH4jxmEPcaY7I4VhxD6WdTEE5BfVO1LhKA3gA/w266-h400/trappedinyosemite.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Berlin Sans FB Demi, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: 37.3333px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #45818e;">When a massive earthquake levels the region, secrets and unknown dangers are exposed…</span></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; text-align: start;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The ground in still-icy Yosemite National Park isn’t stable, and K-9 handler Von Sharpe fears the worst. But his worries are pushed aside when he sees an SUV viciously forced off the road…with his ex-fiancée at the wheel. It’s only when Stella Rivers steps out of the vehicle that the very ground under their feet cracks and breaks with the onslaught of a terrifying earthquake. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn72L5-F8Tjt1w0qFxXJpI-vNT-S1AcEJMF3-Sec_VhbeYDKNCXM2jROEHQYHzbXYIyB_fALW_ZzkOudHWJIQP_Qr0i1WZWMnM_UaOmOs1CZdaOTVB24Zu7U1lurXEkd8eI0q9g-RwE9EhicLsukbnMjY8Zf0TRmYz7_cBr2zTfjmcWreijpMRKm0q0xI/s2560/yosemite3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2560" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn72L5-F8Tjt1w0qFxXJpI-vNT-S1AcEJMF3-Sec_VhbeYDKNCXM2jROEHQYHzbXYIyB_fALW_ZzkOudHWJIQP_Qr0i1WZWMnM_UaOmOs1CZdaOTVB24Zu7U1lurXEkd8eI0q9g-RwE9EhicLsukbnMjY8Zf0TRmYz7_cBr2zTfjmcWreijpMRKm0q0xI/s320/yosemite3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; text-align: start;">When her meeting with a mysterious client is ambushed, Stella witnesses the man being gunned down by a sniper and becomes a target herself. With the threat of aftershocks triggering landslides and floods, the new mom has no choice but to run to save her baby girl—even if it means teaming up with the man who has no idea he fathered her child.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Trapped in a dangerously unstable wilderness with a killer closing in, Von and Stella are running out of time to get to safety. And every fissure reveals a new secret that will shake them to their foundation…</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKq4iRGFpwc2On7ZbNJ1ATKQ823BZjHY0YUJmRGsg-x1q5jyP-mmDB7mljn3m2Z85A41nVjIIrTg_u95V9zhorrV-chOS948LN2mzYOnqO1M36JQ0PYYxRk52URXJgcnKHF9cjZpJsmSwvDvppOlnEBvg6snhj79e3EuOeXiuq-WP_kzICldiIfNla1c/s5796/yosemite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3531" data-original-width="5796" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKq4iRGFpwc2On7ZbNJ1ATKQ823BZjHY0YUJmRGsg-x1q5jyP-mmDB7mljn3m2Z85A41nVjIIrTg_u95V9zhorrV-chOS948LN2mzYOnqO1M36JQ0PYYxRk52URXJgcnKHF9cjZpJsmSwvDvppOlnEBvg6snhj79e3EuOeXiuq-WP_kzICldiIfNla1c/s320/yosemite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Berlin Sans FB Demi, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: 37.3333px;">My Thoughts</span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/42NuPgu" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Trapped in Yosemite by Dana Mentink</b></span></a> starts off with a bang. I
thought the author captured the setting of Yosemite National Park. I was unable to connect with the two main
characters, Stella and Von. I did not
like Stella’s deceit and her justifications.
Vonn was a tough nut to crack. I
did like seeing the characters grow (personally, emotionally, and spiritually)
by the end of the story. There are a number of characters introduced. It takes time to learn about them and keep
them straight (which does not help the pacing).
The way the characters talked and acted, it made me believe that <a href="https://amzn.to/42NuPgu"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Trapped in Yosemite</b></span></a> was part of a series (it’s not). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLlUoTjXKK9W5Qx5nS5qpIwtTgAp4figVWmW37swW_yYv1N_Ljz4ZqLO6_SVS3xVKVzU_K6ZpwTqCT906vaSiRplFoJC8gBN6H-OUzSeKyC8hXWoqhXDN9scfF-NkmNVKo6GdfmsAvf-pYjRXHr8nJBwd16F16jjI6ADedp6DdUVI_imfNT8OQ7RvSgs/s1920/yosemite5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLlUoTjXKK9W5Qx5nS5qpIwtTgAp4figVWmW37swW_yYv1N_Ljz4ZqLO6_SVS3xVKVzU_K6ZpwTqCT906vaSiRplFoJC8gBN6H-OUzSeKyC8hXWoqhXDN9scfF-NkmNVKo6GdfmsAvf-pYjRXHr8nJBwd16F16jjI6ADedp6DdUVI_imfNT8OQ7RvSgs/s320/yosemite5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">After the action at the beginning,
the story slowed down for a spell. I was happy that the pace picked up in the
second half along with the suspense. I
did not enjoy the scenes where the two main characters evade discussing their
feelings and Stella avoids telling Von about their baby (while everyone around
them knows about it). There is tension,
lies, gunshots, and extreme weather. Stella
and Von work to uncover why someone wants to kill Stella. Faith is woven
throughout the story. Two of the main
themes are redemption and second chances.
My favorite character in the story was Von’s dog, Bear. <a href="https://amzn.to/42NuPgu"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Trapped in Yosemite</span></b></a> had an uplifting and satiating
ending. </span> <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhWWPACekmYsXBMopBJsdlFCNm9XFAgmYiHaW2VG3OdWs7MqOrZKxonwKajH0F3Ud4mJPO_wv082tdznx0L2acnqBTzmG9omiXrKaoDDUg-2ystrOgOHPD0yhsB0ywcQH48gxs7fC6biasKlvwGJAkvkO6UE3h7jXgsBs4ociz8cu_6gmFH7-HESGwKw/s2560/k9unit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="2560" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhWWPACekmYsXBMopBJsdlFCNm9XFAgmYiHaW2VG3OdWs7MqOrZKxonwKajH0F3Ud4mJPO_wv082tdznx0L2acnqBTzmG9omiXrKaoDDUg-2ystrOgOHPD0yhsB0ywcQH48gxs7fC6biasKlvwGJAkvkO6UE3h7jXgsBs4ociz8cu_6gmFH7-HESGwKw/s320/k9unit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/42NuPgu" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Trapped in Yosemite</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/42NuPgu" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. Dana Mentink has <a href="https://amzn.to/3IacVLe" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Tracking the Truth</span></b></a> coming out on March 26. You can find the author's other novels <a href="https://amzn.to/3UQ8DAh" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">here</span></b></a>. Thank you for joining me today. Tomorrow I will be featuring <a href="https://amzn.to/42OfrQQ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Letters of Wisdom by Wanda E. Brunstetter</span></b></a>. It is the final book in the <a href="https://amzn.to/3SMXU6Z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Friendship Letters series</span></b></a>. I hope that you have gratifying day. Take care and Happy Reading!</div></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">The
Avid Reader</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFGSEyFLHSuMGY_R83KdyrKynU6tknuDOcWgZ8EEmFf7mTeomwZTG0YxQtgIwwT1B8IWS7jpG10PtlM2PnSU3ZV6zMVR0r1zf8kp09KwZzKlal4MM4x24bIJX7jPHt5ssFqPlEIsXwTxeRYe8R8FTDLNtt8CnMCBYV0WzEfQ-vEEdfaoqRQvSO3RgDjY/s900/boyreadinginwoods2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFGSEyFLHSuMGY_R83KdyrKynU6tknuDOcWgZ8EEmFf7mTeomwZTG0YxQtgIwwT1B8IWS7jpG10PtlM2PnSU3ZV6zMVR0r1zf8kp09KwZzKlal4MM4x24bIJX7jPHt5ssFqPlEIsXwTxeRYe8R8FTDLNtt8CnMCBYV0WzEfQ-vEEdfaoqRQvSO3RgDjY/w400-h266/boyreadinginwoods2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk133274720"><span style="background: white; color: #7f6000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">*This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon
Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></a></p><p></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-22587732876183419312024-02-22T00:00:00.076-05:002024-02-22T00:00:00.388-05:00Miracles at Promise Lodge by Charlotte Hubbard<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Miracles at Promise Lodge</span></span> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpdPGoXLKk2-KCB6S4cfrS2ckVmXp2AFGtxbW1UOe1ABRLkjQqP3sWdHufcnh1UlBV4B2zVoXc9hOPK5E8rXSWr4YmAPUoA6nc3Kyh6-O4yAkEWpE4F1i8n4PrqSOfKZNCiHltGi7EVqmtH-mKjoL9arE27b2wW6xZQ8FercozRwTyEHlv_LwxnNPJI0/s1500/MiraclesatPromiseLodge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="919" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpdPGoXLKk2-KCB6S4cfrS2ckVmXp2AFGtxbW1UOe1ABRLkjQqP3sWdHufcnh1UlBV4B2zVoXc9hOPK5E8rXSWr4YmAPUoA6nc3Kyh6-O4yAkEWpE4F1i8n4PrqSOfKZNCiHltGi7EVqmtH-mKjoL9arE27b2wW6xZQ8FercozRwTyEHlv_LwxnNPJI0/w245-h400/MiraclesatPromiseLodge.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #7f6000; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Returning to the fan-favorite world of Promise Lodge, the small-town Missouri setting for her beloved Amish inspirational romance novels, Charlotte Hubbard charms readers with a Mother’s Day themed tale perfect for fans of Shelley Shepard Gray and Beth Wiseman!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;"><b>A season of change has blessed the Amish of Missouri’s Promise Lodge, as mothers-to-be anticipate the arrival of their little miracles and one young man’s life is about to take an unexpected turn as he sheds his bad boy reputation and embraces the value of faith and hard work.</b></span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Long-time residents of Promise Lodge welcome a wave of newcomers that includes a pretty potter who’s come to help an expectant couple, and a hard-working dairy expert ready to manage the herds on the expanding Burkholder farm. Then there’s Isaac Chupp, the handsome, charming son of a notoriously unyielding Bishop from nearby Coldstream. Isaac has recklessly rebelled against his </span></span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">dat</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;">, and his bad boy reputation precedes him. Now he seeks a fresh start, applying for work at Dale Kraybill’s bulk store.</span></div></span></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmv7MYPyPGJBtj7TlL6rqUidWIS7Z8lDm8WYjErihE6zEsOQG7egUYmykgtFraeM6PDXZC4_Z8iaKIaIgtoKhuOD0m3YFUOVy0JVG1jhrAaLsGrlSXJu4cuhIUgVLfgAGqAqaQGinUehs72iH-eJmHhEqn79Yk2C7Cqar-M27eWH1RauEK1zgv7ey7RY/s500/amishpotter2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="500" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmv7MYPyPGJBtj7TlL6rqUidWIS7Z8lDm8WYjErihE6zEsOQG7egUYmykgtFraeM6PDXZC4_Z8iaKIaIgtoKhuOD0m3YFUOVy0JVG1jhrAaLsGrlSXJu4cuhIUgVLfgAGqAqaQGinUehs72iH-eJmHhEqn79Yk2C7Cqar-M27eWH1RauEK1zgv7ey7RY/s320/amishpotter2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Proving himself reliable while Dale takes off for his wedding trip is Isaac’s bold first step. But more miraculous awakenings may come as he settles into the warm new light of the faithful community. And while Promise Lodge celebrates an abundance of newborns as summer turns to fall, Isaac discovers a kindred soul who has her own share of challenges. In helping her, he just may find his true purpose in loving selflessly, building up, and giving back . . .</span></div></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzG6hbsFq7ZKLV5XAGrCjKMx3ZHpz43GXi6nv3n3Cf4kG66uXIdGU162FnCaVsrUxtw6p0rRYR3HYmeCuJIcgidCSvocwqyLOdTXS7zn_FzW_dqAhWyJOQXzaKtrYKBKvmk_vT9A4g3_F5hhq-akdHdwqnJG-GsUsKr649UUbzSa5gOuWWcsJX4GiHw2s/s2560/bulkfoodstore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="2560" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzG6hbsFq7ZKLV5XAGrCjKMx3ZHpz43GXi6nv3n3Cf4kG66uXIdGU162FnCaVsrUxtw6p0rRYR3HYmeCuJIcgidCSvocwqyLOdTXS7zn_FzW_dqAhWyJOQXzaKtrYKBKvmk_vT9A4g3_F5hhq-akdHdwqnJG-GsUsKr649UUbzSa5gOuWWcsJX4GiHw2s/s320/bulkfoodstore.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3UGYZzN" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Miracles at Promise Lodge by Charlotte Hubbard</b></span></a> takes us back to the quaint community of Promise Lodge. It was great to catch up with the characters
that started the community and who have moved into it since its creation. I like that it is a community started by
women (I wonder if the Amish will ever allow women to be deacons or bishops). Isaac has come to Promise Lodge for a fresh
start. Unfortunately, members of his old
community live in the area and are fully aware of his misdeeds. Isaac has a temper as well as impulse control
issues. There is one scene that I found particularly troubling with Isaac. It can be a trigger for individuals who have
been abused or assaulted. Maria Zehr’s
arrival is quite vociferous, and the timing is inopportune. Maria is a piece of
work. I would not have had the patience
to deal with her. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mZrE9drfQLCsO_ZNZBjtf1gksyNfH84Jh7gbh_pVrjKlb5x7WexUwQQo4r5wVJpVjGtw6o4JJbXDjEuDyI75d7iqq1De25L89VdqW_6bYZSIfmoCAdyL_LWaWCYwQUQUx-1pv2d8k9l4N1tL4Jbcyg3J3d6zvdpPM4cng43jN_tV_9xB9MolxWFEKLQ/s480/amishpotter4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mZrE9drfQLCsO_ZNZBjtf1gksyNfH84Jh7gbh_pVrjKlb5x7WexUwQQo4r5wVJpVjGtw6o4JJbXDjEuDyI75d7iqq1De25L89VdqW_6bYZSIfmoCAdyL_LWaWCYwQUQUx-1pv2d8k9l4N1tL4Jbcyg3J3d6zvdpPM4cng43jN_tV_9xB9MolxWFEKLQ/s320/amishpotter4.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like Vera. She is a kind, forgiving young woman. Vera is also artistic and allowed to express
her creativity through her pottery. It
was good to see Dale and Irene so happy.
Jealousy and envy were two of the themes in the story. Faith was nicely woven into the story. It is great how the people who live in Promise
Lodge help each other and are welcoming to new people (I wish all communities
were like that). I like the author’s writing style (makes the
story easy to read). There is good plot
and character development. I have read
all the books in the series, so I am familiar with the characters and the
setting. New readers would not have that
knowledge (it is best to read the series in order). One of my favorite phrases
from the book is, “One of the best things about the Bible is the way we can
read a passage again and again throughout our lives, yet those verses can take
on a different meaning—often depending upon our circumstances.” I look forward to my next visit to <a href="https://amzn.to/3UF2MxG" target="_blank"><span style="color: #783f04;"><b>Promise Lodge</b></span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimghdgH1Qrf0B4aSa9UhnPLoo6mzGRPA93hM0w4fxm0fuxB_Qr7M7nis84HC5yUYBH-o6pNHyy8euhRyq4pu-MZxp65_mIf3rTqdq8eyDGxw0H4th0oQyHtuGOUqC01wp4-TegAQTaNsqnv4zqD8O4aQo7dYeOyCPkn_XVR_NaY-l8fDGZAsxxEjD6HQw/s1200/amishwomen2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimghdgH1Qrf0B4aSa9UhnPLoo6mzGRPA93hM0w4fxm0fuxB_Qr7M7nis84HC5yUYBH-o6pNHyy8euhRyq4pu-MZxp65_mIf3rTqdq8eyDGxw0H4th0oQyHtuGOUqC01wp4-TegAQTaNsqnv4zqD8O4aQo7dYeOyCPkn_XVR_NaY-l8fDGZAsxxEjD6HQw/w383-h201/amishwomen2.jpg" width="383" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3UGYZzN" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Miracles at Promise Lodge</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3UGYZzN" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. <a href="https://amzn.to/3UGYZzN" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Miracles at Promise Lodge</span></b></a> is Charlotte Hubbard's final novel. The author has announced her retirement. You can find the other novels in the <a href="https://amzn.to/3UF2MxG" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Promise Lodge series here</span></b></a> and the rest of <a href="https://amzn.to/49oD4C3" target="_blank"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>Charlotte Hubbard's Amish tales here</b></span></a>. Thank you for stopping by today. I will return on Tuesday, February 27 with <a href="https://amzn.to/3I5KeiM" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">Trapped in Yosemite by Dana Mentink</span></b></a>. I hope that you have an enjoyable weekend. Take care and Happy Reading!</span></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p>
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-64949607395407365862024-02-21T00:00:00.079-05:002024-02-21T00:06:37.364-05:00A Smoking Bun by Ellie Alexander<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"> <span style="font-family: MS PMincho, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">A Smoking Bun</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSG0u72kqzytcZyjmEZmqzW83xd2WpgivPsv0VzUM_2AkqlzQTVIBpMvvqwdpyBJxW1s44-Ju_zMDHc9bcHFthrQihJnFcocsU_FUnokaAInPkJbjZWnWIllZ8fkdFatQe9bjJNzzy7Y9bcGrGLbd_V4l6mVvobi1d9CEryTyf5mc6w9gpwdjSJTQATI/s1500/asmokingbun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="916" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSG0u72kqzytcZyjmEZmqzW83xd2WpgivPsv0VzUM_2AkqlzQTVIBpMvvqwdpyBJxW1s44-Ju_zMDHc9bcHFthrQihJnFcocsU_FUnokaAInPkJbjZWnWIllZ8fkdFatQe9bjJNzzy7Y9bcGrGLbd_V4l6mVvobi1d9CEryTyf5mc6w9gpwdjSJTQATI/w244-h400/asmokingbun.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: MS PMincho, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Another delicious installment in the Bakeshop Series set in Ashland, OR!</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The mountains are calling in Ashland, Oregon, where pastry chef turned amateur sleuth, Jules Capshaw, is baking up a bevy of spiced curry buns and chai cookies for a moonlit snowshoe tour. Ramiro’s family is visiting from Spain and Jules can’t wait to take them up to her beloved Mount A with its charming and rustic lodge, backcountry trails, and star-filled skies that stretch for miles. Their winter wonderland adventure is nothing short of magical and the merry party opts to return to the slope the next day for the Downhill Dummy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The annual competition is a favorite amongst snow lovers. Contestants strap makeshift dummies to skis and send them hurling down a death-defying ski jump in hopes of catching big air. The team at Torte is in the mix this year with their own replica of a tiered cake and a baker who closely resembles their fearless leader. It’s a fun and festive atmosphere as dummies sail past the crowd to huge cheers and applause. Until one of the dummies takes a deadly detour and lands atop Fitz Baskin.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-49rckB05DgSovWCqs9dH5EMt4E9Cf8tr10vS4lXrP2j5wzy7PWM5KZHNS2ugZA6D4q1A5WDu3l3sM84XsZBaWuNhUTTbsACHF1DJ8EoJi9HWllTy65l5U_Tjq-kMuo0ykr_kAOR1TuPgUGP3UdSbftpBH9wA3OeHfCg5RzFjtsaBghlMuPuPZpM8p4w/s480/ashlanddownhilldummy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="480" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-49rckB05DgSovWCqs9dH5EMt4E9Cf8tr10vS4lXrP2j5wzy7PWM5KZHNS2ugZA6D4q1A5WDu3l3sM84XsZBaWuNhUTTbsACHF1DJ8EoJi9HWllTy65l5U_Tjq-kMuo0ykr_kAOR1TuPgUGP3UdSbftpBH9wA3OeHfCg5RzFjtsaBghlMuPuPZpM8p4w/s320/ashlanddownhilldummy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fitz is a guide on the mountain and his icy dealings have made for frosty relationships with everyone he encounters. Suddenly there are more suspects than snowdrifts as Jules dives into the investigation. She unearths a web of secrets and motives that threaten to shake the rustic mountain lodge to its core. Can she catch the killer before they strike again, or will the truth be buried forever under fluffy layers of fresh snow?</span></div></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmSscBaUzGq4WxQWSISh5-M8WWhmF_vMciO_qylFLerPew22EYtG01WLTOu6_EJ-1Ati0qyEd34p4mmAvVkryDbavkbUt6ggF_0RnGYCMKLSAjapCfhlfjDuLPe4nhh_z89KtHPfJ_xN7XlXcXr9YTZ3_qE7OpyX5pucmlWi-4VVktdCKPEqJ0E9dfjo/s2560/ashlanddownhilldummy2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="2560" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmSscBaUzGq4WxQWSISh5-M8WWhmF_vMciO_qylFLerPew22EYtG01WLTOu6_EJ-1Ati0qyEd34p4mmAvVkryDbavkbUt6ggF_0RnGYCMKLSAjapCfhlfjDuLPe4nhh_z89KtHPfJ_xN7XlXcXr9YTZ3_qE7OpyX5pucmlWi-4VVktdCKPEqJ0E9dfjo/s320/ashlanddownhilldummy2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: MS PMincho, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3wjOoRt" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>A Smoking Bun by Ellie Alexander</b></span></a> is
the eighteenth <a href="https://amzn.to/3I41PHF" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">A Bakeshop Mystery</span></b></a>. It
can be read as a standalone if you are new to the series. The story was not as easy to read as the
others in the series. We are introduced
to a number of new characters plus there are the regular characters (hotel
staff, Ramiro’s family, ski patrol, bakery staff, contest participants,
townspeople). It can be a challenge to
keep them all straight. I found the
pacing to be languid (little action, but plenty of chatting and eating). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEheh41z7udwZoO2BwPQMqAsc_THL4LoEb6frJgX_OSmCBkiiCNHLQ5WXvq3jY8fgfdwguRU9EEQ_TJbWSiR2eZ31HAFqPXXMhCmT2qtqL4ZSl_tNQi_e5jMrmqfySdBxjOe263_xefs3b7Aq4mfWJzMBoGm390kboH3Pb4wLP90QvKQLzSirEGK8JFV8/s2500/moonlightsnowshoetours.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2311" data-original-width="2500" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEheh41z7udwZoO2BwPQMqAsc_THL4LoEb6frJgX_OSmCBkiiCNHLQ5WXvq3jY8fgfdwguRU9EEQ_TJbWSiR2eZ31HAFqPXXMhCmT2qtqL4ZSl_tNQi_e5jMrmqfySdBxjOe263_xefs3b7Aq4mfWJzMBoGm390kboH3Pb4wLP90QvKQLzSirEGK8JFV8/s320/moonlightsnowshoetours.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moonlight Snowshoe Tour<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
mystery was uncomplicated. The victim,
of course, was not well liked. You do
not get to know any of the suspects very well.
The mystery is not at the forefront of the story. A couple of details give away the killer’s
identity. I like that we get to learn
about a few of the outdoor activities available around Ashland. Jules arranged for the family to go on a
midnight snowshoe trip on Mount Ashland (I bet the stars were beautiful) with a
late-night feast. They also went skiing. Mount Ashland’s annual downhill dummy
competition is certainly different. As
usual, there is plenty of baking, cooking, eating, and drinking wine. <a href="https://amzn.to/3wjOoRt" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">A Smoking Bun</span></b></a> had a cheery ending. There was a
tidbit at end regarding the obnoxious Richard Lord that had me chuckling. <a href="https://amzn.to/3wjOoRt" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">A Smoking Bun</span></b></a> is a light, upbeat tale with a visiting
family, a slain skier, a snug lodge, tasty pastries, downhill dummy
competition, and sunny news. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMyeErnJ8tKN2_dzXRHaGA5vstBoYLdmIE5Z6TqmOj_NLGfQV9Q6iqhpz6aA4rnExFI5KCDULdd0n2fFpPqMMBHIprzd8QUpVncqiGbwqfOaaG_mwUBG4H3dA1h-UsWJ0X93VPCc1p8vxCWzloGhCA1nG810W-v-1JAXlqgZ83E8m9xyD9fzMZYPPkcw/s474/ashlandbakery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="474" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMyeErnJ8tKN2_dzXRHaGA5vstBoYLdmIE5Z6TqmOj_NLGfQV9Q6iqhpz6aA4rnExFI5KCDULdd0n2fFpPqMMBHIprzd8QUpVncqiGbwqfOaaG_mwUBG4H3dA1h-UsWJ0X93VPCc1p8vxCWzloGhCA1nG810W-v-1JAXlqgZ83E8m9xyD9fzMZYPPkcw/s320/ashlandbakery.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><a href="https://amzn.to/3wjOoRt" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">A Smoking Bun</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3wjOoRt" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. <a href="https://amzn.to/3I4eWc0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Sticks and Scones</span></b></a> is the next <a href="https://amzn.to/3I41PHF" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">A Bakeshop Mystery</span></b></a> and it will published on August 20. You can find the other <a href="https://amzn.to/3I41PHF" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">A Bakeshop Mysteries here</span></b></a>. Thank you for joining me today. I will return tomorrow with <a href="https://amzn.to/48ncE2m" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Miracles at Promise Lodge by Charlotte Hubbard</span></b></a>. It is the last book in the <a href="https://amzn.to/3UF2MxG" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Promise Lodge series</span></b></a> and Charlotte Hubbard's swan song. I am off to organize one of my hall closets. It has gotten to the point that I can barely close the door. It is time to take everything out, sort through it, and put the items back in neatly. Wish me luck! </span><span> </span><span>I hope that you have a positive day. </span><span> Take care and Happy Reading!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">The
Avid Reader</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUWuXlZkcg4Xr7zel3vdfmACKAlGtiFTVzVTAlHeXIFjVu2eqtRzf4h5jP_4F8v3AasH3WXuokPO7lfoet6PYrU5S2hGExAZvMrqGysfkmiLkaa1eMWW2IdysCOsYPOVnOckAgLA12sMYO9PX7gWCKzAazzmSXZQ0FE-P-kTIupqDzK_kX-H-VELIZrw/s1800/ashlandreading.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUWuXlZkcg4Xr7zel3vdfmACKAlGtiFTVzVTAlHeXIFjVu2eqtRzf4h5jP_4F8v3AasH3WXuokPO7lfoet6PYrU5S2hGExAZvMrqGysfkmiLkaa1eMWW2IdysCOsYPOVnOckAgLA12sMYO9PX7gWCKzAazzmSXZQ0FE-P-kTIupqDzK_kX-H-VELIZrw/w357-h400/ashlandreading.jpg" width="357" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk133274720"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">*This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon
Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-40069514478998056792024-02-20T00:00:00.040-05:002024-02-20T00:00:00.149-05:00Undercover Colorado Conspiracy by Jodie Bailey<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Undercover Colorado Conspiracy</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksnDdZFsMB0gopuYMips-GINFBK4nOKeE2lKOKLupxkDyGGUkbPvGIiKwbpcczTsF-45qQ2qVe8htcSGtwPR7euJ7j79LFtTkq6eAzJdBc5PoFIEkkOMVdN-9YP8yQiLJo6F1_r8FxehTHshjYRl95-RL3obocPqWfkCA_1HMicVGZ6w1ht5gxoA3HNo/s1500/undercovercoloradoconspiracy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="953" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksnDdZFsMB0gopuYMips-GINFBK4nOKeE2lKOKLupxkDyGGUkbPvGIiKwbpcczTsF-45qQ2qVe8htcSGtwPR7euJ7j79LFtTkq6eAzJdBc5PoFIEkkOMVdN-9YP8yQiLJo6F1_r8FxehTHshjYRl95-RL3obocPqWfkCA_1HMicVGZ6w1ht5gxoA3HNo/w254-h400/undercovercoloradoconspiracy.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">An undercover mission</span></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">turns into a fight for survival</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To expose a crooked adoption agency, military investigators Thalia Renner and Phillip Campbell pose as a married couple at a mountain resort. But when they become the target of unknown enemies and deadly assaults, they wonder if their cover has been blown. As they investigate, they learn the truth is far more sinister…and the consequences could cost them their lives.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZ52mstAg7bvVzIbeVVNoHUqmMNdVns23fQSmoqZlgAuQnB46DkuQvdZvOkbExylKJCQKTPhiOF8Rk6fyhYAFU6PUNFp6lBlmUMLpx3i3KrgjsMQDmDym5grRpzfOOT9l93gL_p2UK1ewfFeP6ffXfDViDpJ-G1Nt4ms3B1_ZFlSAWcN2alC8VUC3pg4/s612/kidnappedwoman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZ52mstAg7bvVzIbeVVNoHUqmMNdVns23fQSmoqZlgAuQnB46DkuQvdZvOkbExylKJCQKTPhiOF8Rk6fyhYAFU6PUNFp6lBlmUMLpx3i3KrgjsMQDmDym5grRpzfOOT9l93gL_p2UK1ewfFeP6ffXfDViDpJ-G1Nt4ms3B1_ZFlSAWcN2alC8VUC3pg4/s320/kidnappedwoman.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48mWQfO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Undercover Colorado Conspiracy by Jodie Bailey</span></b></a> starts off with a bang, but then the pace slows down for a while.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">I liked the conspiracy in the story.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">There
was a twist or two along the way.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">The
characters were likeable.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">The Christian
element was present.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">The main theme was
letting go and letting God take control.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;">
</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48mWQfO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Undercover Colorado Conspiracy</span></b></a> had a good ending.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHkEgAw0fE6lgw9xx497MTo2nWpiGVMpLm1dANPEZ-K_9cxISD2bhe3gOxL0oO-ZVzn2aNJMU9qtMRR6Am8wQ_fT5ovfr_i1ZWN4bUGWwuAm7v41Ii1H4KX1GOtBTFX5jcPMXmNNE-JDhM7jSxH3OKsRIWSrsQnBwDqBa_INienO5XV18dTbwMsyYtno/s2560/k9unit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="2560" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHkEgAw0fE6lgw9xx497MTo2nWpiGVMpLm1dANPEZ-K_9cxISD2bhe3gOxL0oO-ZVzn2aNJMU9qtMRR6Am8wQ_fT5ovfr_i1ZWN4bUGWwuAm7v41Ii1H4KX1GOtBTFX5jcPMXmNNE-JDhM7jSxH3OKsRIWSrsQnBwDqBa_INienO5XV18dTbwMsyYtno/s320/k9unit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48mWQfO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Undercover Colorado Conspiracy</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;"> is available from </span><a href="https://amzn.to/48mWQfO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Amazon</span></b></a><span><span style="color: #0f1111;">*. Jodie Bailey has </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3HZW5ie" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">Mountain Abduction Rescue</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">, which is the fifth book in the </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3T1XYkH" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Mountain Country K-9 Unit series</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">, coming out July 23. You can find </span></span><a href="https://amzn.to/49B8cOq" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Jodie Bailey's other novels here</span></b></a><span><span style="color: #0f1111;">. Thank you for stopping by today. I will return tomorrow to share my thoughts on </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3wjOoRt" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">A Smoking Bun by Ellie Alexander</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">. It is the latest </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3I41PHF" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">A Bakeshop Mystery</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">. </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3SMyqXx" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">The Last Word by Gerri Lewis</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3UJ6lmA" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">Miracles at Promise Lodge by Charlotte Hubbard</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">, and </span><a href="https://amzn.to/48iCGnf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow</b></span></a><span style="color: #0f1111;"> are a few of the books that were released today. I hope that you have joyful day. Take care and Happy Reading!</span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #38761d;">The
Avid Reader</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSp2NkXppgCjrR3pLsH25atn4aR-3Dn4nhWeEGctjyK8eSh0t-jNlblyzZUJtcTAMBQ8HzBwl5E1-GSHyu2JSFHpBsfhvhS-n7vI857H7eSmjLKR2tdS6uiT4j0_TaD5poYXscEB_u0eBMlJ8q_dJdq0nIOSvaWAFbyJLfgDMb6Yu9_9ETmsP_9U2ChQ/s2048/germanshepherdreadingabook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="2048" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSp2NkXppgCjrR3pLsH25atn4aR-3Dn4nhWeEGctjyK8eSh0t-jNlblyzZUJtcTAMBQ8HzBwl5E1-GSHyu2JSFHpBsfhvhS-n7vI857H7eSmjLKR2tdS6uiT4j0_TaD5poYXscEB_u0eBMlJ8q_dJdq0nIOSvaWAFbyJLfgDMb6Yu9_9ETmsP_9U2ChQ/w545-h377/germanshepherdreadingabook.jpg" width="545" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: large;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk133274720"><span style="background: white; color: #783f04; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">*This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon
Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></a></span></p><p></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-53844520487993560112024-02-08T00:00:00.080-05:002024-02-08T00:00:00.258-05:00The Heart's Shelter by Amy Clipston<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"> <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">The Heart's Shelter</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5x0qCy3WV29djyx1Zx-kbOq_PXOtxXwOuOvE_S1Kd_9mNAZOcOvxwkxdAwWUruMQiUd3aeqJ68-MPK7r2uRbxuEB8hc8IUtu2ozVvr53V3E0xDAHxI7vBu7PyzV_WYzCodxQoxsXugQO5xNCjpCNz3UFzrxEAp1sGATC9vC-rgwB3luLPCEjLbV7YoIM/s1500/theheartsshelter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="986" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5x0qCy3WV29djyx1Zx-kbOq_PXOtxXwOuOvE_S1Kd_9mNAZOcOvxwkxdAwWUruMQiUd3aeqJ68-MPK7r2uRbxuEB8hc8IUtu2ozVvr53V3E0xDAHxI7vBu7PyzV_WYzCodxQoxsXugQO5xNCjpCNz3UFzrxEAp1sGATC9vC-rgwB3luLPCEjLbV7YoIM/w263-h400/theheartsshelter.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Kira has no interest in dating and putting down roots in Pennsylvania—that is, until she finds a kindred spirit in Jayden Bontrager.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kira Detweiler doesn’t plan to be in Lancaster County for long. She’s left her family in Indiana to help her aunt after the birth of her fourth </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">boppli</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. Or at least that’s what she tells people. Deep down, she’s trying to escape the heartache of a broken engagement and has no plans to date again anytime soon.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jayden Bontrager watches his older brothers with admiration, and he prays that someday he’ll have the kind of life they do. Even so, he’s only twenty-three and not in a hurry to marry and start a family. He’s content to watch from the sidelines and is happy to see his brothers enjoying a close relationship once again.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUYPwFmv6eO3ZWS8yEE0gHWUu0_F6VXYwN_-lvNBDQ3YYHRMZsT9PXsZ6oB3IwyMLVWYOki1dWdH6cAAjGIqnlLH6WO4W8Reapgaeh2j9BNKFpyigLt6Su9CkSM1izse1CYKdIX4sberOsgfjc7Z9czfnBrsLkwpftDWKyPO1udMqoTlKRapZOlp0JQc/s811/lancastercounty4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="811" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUYPwFmv6eO3ZWS8yEE0gHWUu0_F6VXYwN_-lvNBDQ3YYHRMZsT9PXsZ6oB3IwyMLVWYOki1dWdH6cAAjGIqnlLH6WO4W8Reapgaeh2j9BNKFpyigLt6Su9CkSM1izse1CYKdIX4sberOsgfjc7Z9czfnBrsLkwpftDWKyPO1udMqoTlKRapZOlp0JQc/s320/lancastercounty4.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When Jayden and Kira strike up a friendship, they are each drawn to the other’s gentle and humble demeanor, and they feel things for one another unlike anything they’ve felt before. But Kira is torn between her heart and her home. She sees no point in pursuing a relationship with Jayden when she doesn’t plan to put down roots in Pennsylvania. The last thing she needs is another heartbreak.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Will Jayden and Kira be able to overcome the obstacles in their path to find the future they both dream of?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In this fourth and final book of the Amish Legacy Series, readers will find out if the youngest Bontrager brother will get his happily ever after.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJF1kHRB9-W1eIutzQMjdwxt0W9wdW3M19H-mY9Nw5TRjfWmPDRoTcRCdXe-JTreZO-ktjKjaZHQTfU2qaFpPQ9D3NEcInJUj6xyyoR9mZGU6mVnvinCIQ1W_tVTOenyU8fHIauYgBrGY2Jx23XSmp6U5NQgc7vNe1CDJsDpXVTEbhXctymUDFfXN_eKg/s600/lancastercounty5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJF1kHRB9-W1eIutzQMjdwxt0W9wdW3M19H-mY9Nw5TRjfWmPDRoTcRCdXe-JTreZO-ktjKjaZHQTfU2qaFpPQ9D3NEcInJUj6xyyoR9mZGU6mVnvinCIQ1W_tVTOenyU8fHIauYgBrGY2Jx23XSmp6U5NQgc7vNe1CDJsDpXVTEbhXctymUDFfXN_eKg/s320/lancastercounty5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4bFdFFZ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>The Heart's Shelter by Amy Clipston</b></span></a> is the fourth <a href="https://amzn.to/42tJVaI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">An Amish Legacy Novel</span></b></a>. We get Jayden’s story in this addition. I have liked Jayden since the beginning, and
I have been looking forward to his tale.
I find Jayden to be a kind man with a good heart. I thought The Heart’s Shelter was a sweet
story, but I found it to be repetitive. I
like the Bontrager family as well as Kira’s aunt. I had trouble liking Kira. She is older than Jayden, but he was the more
mature person in the relationship. I did
like that Kira and her group of friends did kind deeds for those who were
struggling in the community. I thought
the story lacked depth. The same details
are repeated in each chapter. I liked catching
up with the other characters in the series.
I have enjoyed seeing them develop and watching the Bontrager family
grow closer. <a href="https://amzn.to/4bFdFFZ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The Heart’s Shelter</span></b></a> can be
read as a standalone as the author provided the necessary background
information for new readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_jLccWf_8rmUNqwWdu4T5m1vHKvP5u-uczSJLv4udYnnSBcWCoxDNtEQzJtJaBC3uQm6YuxPI-bJRhAS6QNE1arDraBSnp2TLOrLPDqAb4SU4p8KXkH42RCIrJzZEBV9MqvMiZ94_Mhrd2MOLaK5QUjQ6DPwNET4nwGinYgniQVgQqWjWSROdDPE2Ps/s360/anamishlegacynovel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="360" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_jLccWf_8rmUNqwWdu4T5m1vHKvP5u-uczSJLv4udYnnSBcWCoxDNtEQzJtJaBC3uQm6YuxPI-bJRhAS6QNE1arDraBSnp2TLOrLPDqAb4SU4p8KXkH42RCIrJzZEBV9MqvMiZ94_Mhrd2MOLaK5QUjQ6DPwNET4nwGinYgniQVgQqWjWSROdDPE2Ps/s320/anamishlegacynovel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4bFdFFZ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The Heart's Shelter</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/4bFdFFZ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. You can find the first three <a href="https://amzn.to/42tJVaI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">An Amish Legacy Novels here</span></b></a>. <a href="https://amzn.to/42ruKik" target="_blank"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><b>Amy Clipston</b></span></a> has the contemporary romance, <a href="https://amzn.to/3uqEr3Z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Finding You</span></b></a> coming out July 9. Thank you for stopping by today and reading my latest book review. I hope that you have a relaxing weekend. Take care and Happy Reading. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The
Avid Reader</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEzWaMpK9MgRJBLhcvCXGQqIoUfzgBJ2Z5svDbYfMDNXBfZn3VgZQJWm5ks2Dhvq8jwyNnE-cGFHdNOfPnj2yvIuA_qkBWQR7aQKkmiFa1AYsKzhNrgBIn04Camoa3hcbCsVIwCrqaEBzItQhsVFg8vAkIapa8KTj45r52iY_Y40ajBbD-1qhvMHrB-I/s1085/amishreading9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1085" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEzWaMpK9MgRJBLhcvCXGQqIoUfzgBJ2Z5svDbYfMDNXBfZn3VgZQJWm5ks2Dhvq8jwyNnE-cGFHdNOfPnj2yvIuA_qkBWQR7aQKkmiFa1AYsKzhNrgBIn04Camoa3hcbCsVIwCrqaEBzItQhsVFg8vAkIapa8KTj45r52iY_Y40ajBbD-1qhvMHrB-I/w439-h279/amishreading9.jpg" width="439" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk133274720"><span style="background: white; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">*This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon
Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></a></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-58078768818749869082024-02-07T00:00:00.176-05:002024-02-07T00:00:00.269-05:00A Season of Harvest by Lauraine Snelling<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;">A Season of Harvest</span></h1><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPs1CwgcDatUov5nJDKDfdY6QUaiWDkXOvsS_u_6bRjmAITXgNtT5-bbILxAJqgfkQCL6AUQUzoRdaJazsIEZir_XxORrBtX7jLJcsDAI1z75sXwoFrITToqXLQkpkLpvcBPuQ10y6HlaxuF3XMhKuOgmwd8gRuZ8OL31tCauTMdsCJC9rALVUzsEoa0/s851/A-Season-of-Harvest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPs1CwgcDatUov5nJDKDfdY6QUaiWDkXOvsS_u_6bRjmAITXgNtT5-bbILxAJqgfkQCL6AUQUzoRdaJazsIEZir_XxORrBtX7jLJcsDAI1z75sXwoFrITToqXLQkpkLpvcBPuQ10y6HlaxuF3XMhKuOgmwd8gRuZ8OL31tCauTMdsCJC9rALVUzsEoa0/w565-h189/A-Season-of-Harvest.jpg" width="565" /></a></p><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;" underline="">About the Book</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsUYyt3jG6DbyBIKAeBILW-YgChFQZgVnoswUaZszKb0S-bZc7s3LMluADWZpAnu7AY1mOdEX_yqHBCHTgl4ua8r9cnWB4aDhzl5qOcJvxDDScx7kT4-MSyyIeBPrC7FG8sm7TumCPm7HDm3WgEsZxuZGngO4v32DpqzDaaV308fUrJe5oVr0Sic9Plg/s300/A-Season-of-Harvest_Cover_9780764235788-194x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="194" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsUYyt3jG6DbyBIKAeBILW-YgChFQZgVnoswUaZszKb0S-bZc7s3LMluADWZpAnu7AY1mOdEX_yqHBCHTgl4ua8r9cnWB4aDhzl5qOcJvxDDScx7kT4-MSyyIeBPrC7FG8sm7TumCPm7HDm3WgEsZxuZGngO4v32DpqzDaaV308fUrJe5oVr0Sic9Plg/w207-h320/A-Season-of-Harvest_Cover_9780764235788-194x300.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p><strong><span style="color: #7f6000;">Can her dreams for the future–and a budding romance–survive the trouble that comes calling?</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Larkspur Nielsen is determined to keep her family homestead running and to fulfill their dream of starting a seed catalog, with or without her siblings’ help. With Isaac McTavish back in town, Lark finds herself at odds with her own heart and her determination to shoulder the burden of carrying her responsibilities alone. But Isaac is set on convincing her that he’s here to stay and she doesn’t have to carry everything by herself.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As a new romance blossoms between Lilac and an old schoolmate and the other Nielsen sisters are busy caring for their families, Lark bears more and more responsibility on the farm. When a long-feared threat returns and Lark approaches the breaking point, the life she has always dreamed of is in danger of disappearing forever.</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/4bslfDM"><b><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">here</span></b></a> to get your copy!</pre><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFa3ri48gsGyzbloAg_MzcOdLZck3Ib8_wgRKYlkOxctL2VMM6Wb4R7IKOjrL3D_yis00tCCW9El1PDgEseOE6-W7CzKqeePECC3cAK7o0iIDTkfeUCtHvH7IWfap1E1FKyVUSr2QWJtJJa8bd7tIRzlZTrWEhyl475agN5q5u5ISDAfx2sGtBZgTQoo/s1000/nebraskasmalltown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1000" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFa3ri48gsGyzbloAg_MzcOdLZck3Ib8_wgRKYlkOxctL2VMM6Wb4R7IKOjrL3D_yis00tCCW9El1PDgEseOE6-W7CzKqeePECC3cAK7o0iIDTkfeUCtHvH7IWfap1E1FKyVUSr2QWJtJJa8bd7tIRzlZTrWEhyl475agN5q5u5ISDAfx2sGtBZgTQoo/s320/nebraskasmalltown.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;" underline="">About the Author</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLR2PpKoHfpNJs8TZ7Sip_jVglbjoR_bgZRl0tqjcHcwvCqwhpqQRJGLGTU5H8aU_559vMAZ7wTv0Ypp1fdqDPu2MaNZyWoJHgVWPUXfOjB69vNSu-PCLNPIRlaJlt18e8zlRnDBpaTp5TCmQAVT_ZqJei135OqWNvlnBx9tXhzrJfIJf33rx15NVV0DQ/s300/Snelling_Lauraine1-300x263.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="300" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLR2PpKoHfpNJs8TZ7Sip_jVglbjoR_bgZRl0tqjcHcwvCqwhpqQRJGLGTU5H8aU_559vMAZ7wTv0Ypp1fdqDPu2MaNZyWoJHgVWPUXfOjB69vNSu-PCLNPIRlaJlt18e8zlRnDBpaTp5TCmQAVT_ZqJei135OqWNvlnBx9tXhzrJfIJf33rx15NVV0DQ/s1600/Snelling_Lauraine1-300x263.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Lauraine Snelling</strong> is the award-winning author of nearly one-hundred books, fiction and nonfiction, for adults and young adults. Her books have sold more than five million copies. She makes her home in Tehachapi, California.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlO6G5jgKuzsGumEnwT6TnpIWW72YZkmxsfdl05V9rQ5tTq1ZEMLIO5Y-cWKd7ZXVj9LQcw9Jy94pmQMisNjoH7QMUs46R8yp5v9QMdCgcKdz7YwCIo5c4zqs2hF34d8P0RqeMwHklJkOwFevR-uvkxtqN3KVsBGWeXG4JnteAO6l5YYwJDYr0Io7SKuw/s1280/nebraskafarm4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1280" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlO6G5jgKuzsGumEnwT6TnpIWW72YZkmxsfdl05V9rQ5tTq1ZEMLIO5Y-cWKd7ZXVj9LQcw9Jy94pmQMisNjoH7QMUs46R8yp5v9QMdCgcKdz7YwCIo5c4zqs2hF34d8P0RqeMwHklJkOwFevR-uvkxtqN3KVsBGWeXG4JnteAO6l5YYwJDYr0Io7SKuw/s320/nebraskafarm4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;" underline="">More from Lauraine</span></h1><p><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Please provide a brief summary of your new novel, <em>A Season of Harvest.</em></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Lauraine Snelling:</strong> With her three sisters all finding their own paths of life and love, Larkspur Nielsen determines to shoulder their family farm and business dream herself and stay single—even if drifter Isaac McTavish, claiming he’s back in town for good, now seeks her heart. When danger from the past comes knocking, Lark must choose whether to insist on going it alone or accept the love and support God—and Isaac—hold out.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Each of the previous books in your current series, Leah’s Garden, follows a different Neilsen sister as the main character. What led you to save Larkspur’s story for the series conclusion?</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>LS:</strong> I’d actually planned Larkspur’s story to be first since she’s the oldest. However, once <em><a href="https://amzn.to/3UnesFb" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Seeds of Change</span></b></a></em> started coming together, Forsythia took over the story! So the first book became hers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_iYnBcpAzwhP-NgqjpGAHyxcztkDF_RTbo8fGJha7lvphIpeYGCIvSPP3sLjRxrFdTNueg9ESayq4Iuc0Mv48GB9bQWjDtPnBfqpzPn4ONzN_DEPr-yUDPYYkjBeoRaoEHLO7Ovjf9f4jCY9Lom0-kGO3Mxf7cT8oV3di2ebD8rXQ0QsfKwrB5MUz3E/s346/theseedsofchange.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="224" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_iYnBcpAzwhP-NgqjpGAHyxcztkDF_RTbo8fGJha7lvphIpeYGCIvSPP3sLjRxrFdTNueg9ESayq4Iuc0Mv48GB9bQWjDtPnBfqpzPn4ONzN_DEPr-yUDPYYkjBeoRaoEHLO7Ovjf9f4jCY9Lom0-kGO3Mxf7cT8oV3di2ebD8rXQ0QsfKwrB5MUz3E/s320/theseedsofchange.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span><span style="color: #bf9000;">Loyalty plays a key role in </span><em><a href="https://amzn.to/4bslfDM" target="_blank"><span style="color: #7f6000;">A Season of Harvest</span></a></em><span style="color: #bf9000;">. Without giving spoilers, can you hint at why loyalty is at the core of the story?</span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>LS:</strong> Loyalty threads through the whole series. These sisters are loyal to each other, to their friends, and to everyone they know. Through all the books, they take care of each other so faithfully. Even their initial departure from Ohio stems from drastic action they take to protect each other and their family. Loyalty then streams over into other characters in the series, especially Isaac McTavish, who really grows into loyalty in this book. Even our villain stays loyal to his purpose all the way through.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEhDjuD5K5ea7xL8WscIrohzce5D1pA4TOwHG5TYToLPY-mSd4oUi3L0xK30lZ2pIY_Y3b-DnHRy6hTXkdcucGrzaIrvjCZri1DyooIzywW2UjcYCYaY0nimWvDkcF_9Blc71ibYWgAwa3zn_QU5G7s-6ZLHWLB-dhhX_wU_pEoCxHzjKwHDY4uVkqLM/s736/train1880s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="736" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEhDjuD5K5ea7xL8WscIrohzce5D1pA4TOwHG5TYToLPY-mSd4oUi3L0xK30lZ2pIY_Y3b-DnHRy6hTXkdcucGrzaIrvjCZri1DyooIzywW2UjcYCYaY0nimWvDkcF_9Blc71ibYWgAwa3zn_QU5G7s-6ZLHWLB-dhhX_wU_pEoCxHzjKwHDY4uVkqLM/s320/train1880s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Which of the four Neilsen sisters do you personally resonate with the most? </span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>LS:</strong> Truth be told, I resonate with each of them. But really, I tend to identify with whichever one I’m writing at the moment! 😊</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><strong style="color: #bf9000;"><em>A Season of Harvest</em></strong><strong style="color: #bf9000;"> returns to a major conflict from the first book in the series, </strong><strong><em><a href="https://amzn.to/3UnesFb" target="_blank"><span style="color: #7f6000;">The Seeds of Change</span></a></em></strong><strong style="color: #bf9000;">. Was it always in your plan to circle back and address that conflict again in the series conclusion?</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>LS:</strong> It wasn’t always in our plan, but as the book came together, it became inevitable. One benefit of a great editor is that they sometimes contribute ideas, and my editor, Jessica Sharpe, pointed out how key it would be for Ringwald to confront Larkspur at the end of the series. As the book went on, it became so important to resolve that conflict, and we kept the villain in the stories just enough to keep readers from forgetting about him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstGXd0UBzkwoZx57NL0yeEiXNKz84Z_1SArPnIs2PulWAWMDt2ChTDKnkiXz7V5R8wzEBNwHCyvzBQlkBLtfsn4REJTjDwAZQoN2sWO0Xp6KUf4PB511ho6TIRzSDuITPn_RJ4TNa02e7x98AmPwSydg9QNFZ-KgrSroxPPkE94nwzlkvDco6fkEGtHc/s858/villain.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstGXd0UBzkwoZx57NL0yeEiXNKz84Z_1SArPnIs2PulWAWMDt2ChTDKnkiXz7V5R8wzEBNwHCyvzBQlkBLtfsn4REJTjDwAZQoN2sWO0Xp6KUf4PB511ho6TIRzSDuITPn_RJ4TNa02e7x98AmPwSydg9QNFZ-KgrSroxPPkE94nwzlkvDco6fkEGtHc/s320/villain.png" width="205" /></a></div><p><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">What do you hope readers learn or take away from this series?</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>LS:</strong> A reminder of how important our families are. The Nielsens stood by each other in so many crises, and that’s what I would hope readers take away—just a reminder of how important your family is and how absolutely critical faith in Christ is. Salton becomes a place of healing, a place for people to recover joy. That we have so many joys and things to learn in this life is a theme that weaves through all my books.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">What led you to set these stories in the homesteading period? How was the setting important to the story you wanted to tell?</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>LS:</strong> It’s one of my favorite periods! The homesteading era was such a time of change and adventure. As for why Nebraska, I hadn’t set stories there very much yet. For Kiersti, it was special to join in on <em><a href="https://amzn.to/3UnesFb" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Seeds of Change</span></b></a></em> and get to write about Nebraska homesteaders living in a soddy because her great-grandfather, a son of Danish immigrants, was born in a soddy in Nebraska in the late 1800s.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O-yRht-TkHO02Ud9oAo8yEGOwp1898DGWRWBLPutffYguEUB7kHMY79Y8K8t0BAcAYaQ1WAw1p2i0F2QXomS4yPSeppyQFmAaDRpiEas3OZN4A-Z1idXwXpME_2w01lC6sNG_ed7-xc_lTDqPoLTtctkuBNJJRFI_5YQ4wO6mnMzKsSdrZOaKQgRqOk/s1000/nebraskasoddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O-yRht-TkHO02Ud9oAo8yEGOwp1898DGWRWBLPutffYguEUB7kHMY79Y8K8t0BAcAYaQ1WAw1p2i0F2QXomS4yPSeppyQFmAaDRpiEas3OZN4A-Z1idXwXpME_2w01lC6sNG_ed7-xc_lTDqPoLTtctkuBNJJRFI_5YQ4wO6mnMzKsSdrZOaKQgRqOk/s320/nebraskasoddy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Is this truly the last your readers will see of the Neilsen sisters and the rest of their community?</span></strong></p><p><strong>LS:</strong> As far as we know!</p><p><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>Now that you’ve wrapped up the </strong><strong>Leah’s Garden</strong><strong> series, what are you working on next?</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>LS:</strong> A series set in 1889 near Decorah, Iowa. Six-year-old Ruth and twenty-one-year-old Amalia are thrown together on a ship crossing over from Norway when their families die of cholera. Ruth’s dying mother gives her daughter into Amalia’s custody, and the two orphans travel to Iowa to take over the family boardinghouse Ruth will inherit. They must battle a greedy relative trying to claim the property and somehow make ends meet for the motley band of orphans who gather under their roof, while finding a way to make this new land home.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrKl5x49c2yf-BWp4XKft9xlbFuxnKfhYzoWPwzOUyOwiPDv1GpCJ68dv06MvqIne0MRGhqfUAmKRLeWg3zPm9eSdTJtYgXu750Uoatf2x2x0dH-Y5WTVxtPb7a25RC7lMnNzRYudzkVfE7A4ACgvd4pHt4Di0W68kc4OxzsQNS9YAr3XcjKlBYgnmo8/s600/norwegianship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="600" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrKl5x49c2yf-BWp4XKft9xlbFuxnKfhYzoWPwzOUyOwiPDv1GpCJ68dv06MvqIne0MRGhqfUAmKRLeWg3zPm9eSdTJtYgXu750Uoatf2x2x0dH-Y5WTVxtPb7a25RC7lMnNzRYudzkVfE7A4ACgvd4pHt4Di0W68kc4OxzsQNS9YAr3XcjKlBYgnmo8/s320/norwegianship.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h1 center="" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;">My Thoughts</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4bslfDM" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">A Season of Harvest by Lauraine Snelling</span></b></a> is the fourth novel in the <a href="https://amzn.to/3UnK6T1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">Leah’s Garden series</span></b></a>. I do recommend reading the series in order as
it will allow you to get to know the characters and their storylines. I thought the story was well-written with
developed characters. I have enjoyed
getting to know the Nielsen sisters. The
sisters are smart, strong, hardworking, and family oriented. The Nielson sisters are industrious and have
come up with good business ideas. I
thought the author captured the time period and the locale. I like that we get
to see the characters struggle as well as thrive. There are good life lessons in the story (control,
pride, and fear). Faith is a central
part of the Neilsen’s lives. We see the
importance of prayer as well as letting go of our worries and turning them over
to God. The story is a slow starter, and
I feel it would help if there was a list of the characters at the beginning of the
book. I enjoyed the heartwarming ending. <a href="https://amzn.to/4bslfDM" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">A Season of Harvest</span></b></a> is an inspiring story
with arduous farmwork, a grand store reopening, a blast from the past, a
rebound romance, a new addition, and close sisters. </p><h1 center="" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;" underline="">Giveaway</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46jUWjTQYc6d69LmvIwAkcPpEfgph2g16KWLKRO3RSu19Gzs3H6Pvk22oVdS-bp-z5Nv_pJActTHbucZ1xgMWSPyXH9w32pDnkgV9pyM-BzvRcxHew5f4KKaWeTYppFp4DaA0IPLW6BsfBiiuvMlBwfQ91cHUHqSy7p3y5CLkdHb_qsPJw7HSZfdfrJ0/s940/A%20Season%20of%20Harvest%20Giveaway%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46jUWjTQYc6d69LmvIwAkcPpEfgph2g16KWLKRO3RSu19Gzs3H6Pvk22oVdS-bp-z5Nv_pJActTHbucZ1xgMWSPyXH9w32pDnkgV9pyM-BzvRcxHew5f4KKaWeTYppFp4DaA0IPLW6BsfBiiuvMlBwfQ91cHUHqSy7p3y5CLkdHb_qsPJw7HSZfdfrJ0/s320/A%20Season%20of%20Harvest%20Giveaway%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><p center="" style="text-align: justify;">To celebrate her tour, Lauraine is giving away the grand prize package of a $15 Amazon gift card and a paperback set of all four books in the Leah’s Garden Series: The Seeds of Change, A Time to Bloom, Fields of Bounty, and A Season of Harvest!! (US Only) <span style="text-align: left;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click <a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/29c4f/a-season-of-harvest-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: medium;">here to enter</span></b></a>. Good Luck!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFG1gc7Nietps0xtcM0sXFUoMEEPOt3rLzYj9PzP0Nl_rYlfk3ABoIQrZc9gLDwRmi6lal90BraTJuJ8ZaLRMYEaxF4nW4JJGXxlwoTdgemTV5P9kyO-XYJ2LsQudvxILgqItX6YYfkbRBRN-_A7EFQcACe8bDi2D9PCuBsDS5BLOtOBFLGY6qPReD6w/s1500/aseasonofharvest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="971" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFG1gc7Nietps0xtcM0sXFUoMEEPOt3rLzYj9PzP0Nl_rYlfk3ABoIQrZc9gLDwRmi6lal90BraTJuJ8ZaLRMYEaxF4nW4JJGXxlwoTdgemTV5P9kyO-XYJ2LsQudvxILgqItX6YYfkbRBRN-_A7EFQcACe8bDi2D9PCuBsDS5BLOtOBFLGY6qPReD6w/s320/aseasonofharvest.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p center="" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4bslfDM" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">A Season of Harvest</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/4bslfDM" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. You can find the other three novel in <a href="https://amzn.to/3UnK6T1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Leah's Garden series here</span></b></a>. You can find Lauraine Snelling's other novels <a href="https://amzn.to/3wakyhW" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">here</span></b></a>. Thank you for stopping by today. Tomorrow I am sharing my thoughts on <a href="https://amzn.to/4bh7ebI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Heart's Shelter by Amy Clipston</span></b></a>. It is the fourth <a href="https://amzn.to/3SuLBvQ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">An Amish Legacy Novel</span></b></a>. Do not forget to <a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/29c4f/a-season-of-harvest-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">enter the giveaway</span></b></a>! Good Luck! I hope that you have a joyful day. Take care and Happy Reading!</p><p center="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p center="">
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-26032197443524294422024-02-06T00:00:00.082-05:002024-02-06T00:00:00.144-05:00A Pie to Die For by Gretchen Rue<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> <span style="font-family: Calisto MT, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">A Pie to Die For</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg722HWIx5tqW00nGs7YJXCnJEPBVLi6hbbjCVGRaX_rKiH33SZoTrtqfo7c3XyDYWY83wRZrAeuxVulRXJlYyEBwioALlEol20svVW6c6OebDeEhPW90kwJekdak9SwcVcKNl09LTZS2wij82Ie5Bx96dK8uEvvI9FgEsrw3-Ah88ZtiR-x4YdwbTV5RE/s1500/apietodiefor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg722HWIx5tqW00nGs7YJXCnJEPBVLi6hbbjCVGRaX_rKiH33SZoTrtqfo7c3XyDYWY83wRZrAeuxVulRXJlYyEBwioALlEol20svVW6c6OebDeEhPW90kwJekdak9SwcVcKNl09LTZS2wij82Ie5Bx96dK8uEvvI9FgEsrw3-Ah88ZtiR-x4YdwbTV5RE/w266-h400/apietodiefor.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Calisto MT, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Este March runs the family-owned Lucky Pie Diner on Split Pine Island in Northern Michigan. The pies at Lucky Pie aren’t just good, they’re magical, with a family recipe that grants certain customers their greatest hopes and dreams when they eat the pie. The remote island is closed to outsiders over the winter months, but on the last day of the season, the unpopular new produce vendor, Jeff, turns up dead on his boat, and Split Pine Island’s peace goes up in smoke.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tom Cunningham, the local sheriff, casts suspicion onto Este, who may have been the last person to see Jeff alive. Not to mention several people witnessed her getting into an argument with the rude vendor in some of his final hours. Este decides to clear her name and her diner’s reputation by launching her own investigation, which means she must turn suspicion on her friends and neighbors, because only a local could have murdered the victim.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbYCXdSOXRnBy-fDMekqFgaV7ZyTzyT2S2AZ-WzEJ8yOB_vBNuf_TuaOcGmTK8VxV4p3A35bZYRUcB-xIsFNQvJWQcMMkMsz_mLgm-bFb2xhQFDebL84Me_ZDfg8q_tBkRifHPjuuJc0iQVtOv6ztXX3NxFf63saNJXaJRo2yAwSIHrOPLFKG5R8svDg/s1000/luckypie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbYCXdSOXRnBy-fDMekqFgaV7ZyTzyT2S2AZ-WzEJ8yOB_vBNuf_TuaOcGmTK8VxV4p3A35bZYRUcB-xIsFNQvJWQcMMkMsz_mLgm-bFb2xhQFDebL84Me_ZDfg8q_tBkRifHPjuuJc0iQVtOv6ztXX3NxFf63saNJXaJRo2yAwSIHrOPLFKG5R8svDg/s320/luckypie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Este investigates, she uncovers a deeper web of secrets, finding that many of the locals had reason to either frame her, or kill the victim. The clock is ticking to figure out the killer, and the clues in the case are flakier than an apple pie. Este will have to uncover the killer before her future crumbles.</span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNs0iN8cnYwFoxX2nvviormPaFO7IR8N5FlZ8GhL1_WnBgK6uupGok8m4Znph7qoUNP7qqhXpChomHP3e3R-2EYfOj8HXTfm8wER7VQE3GQG6AWrwZxc6qYjV4CaKyEqwLFsVZkhA4hiZGpaJXw7vdq9MvMepEs9OzYcSG1JOEpWcVRSAZDAeOK4kOf0/s620/pieshop4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="620" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNs0iN8cnYwFoxX2nvviormPaFO7IR8N5FlZ8GhL1_WnBgK6uupGok8m4Znph7qoUNP7qqhXpChomHP3e3R-2EYfOj8HXTfm8wER7VQE3GQG6AWrwZxc6qYjV4CaKyEqwLFsVZkhA4hiZGpaJXw7vdq9MvMepEs9OzYcSG1JOEpWcVRSAZDAeOK4kOf0/s320/pieshop4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Calisto MT, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ui94IQ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A Pie to Die For by Gretchen Rue</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;"> is
the debut of A Lucky Pie Mysteries. I liked the basic premise of a tourist
island that is cut off from the world for the winter (I wanted to start off with
something positive). </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #0f1111;">I found the book to
be dominated by cooking and baking. There
are paragraphs with Este describing in detail what she is cooking or baking (it
takes up at least forty percent of the book). There are too many characters introduced in
the beginning (information overload). The bad guys were overdone (remind me
of cartoon villains). The mystery was very simple (and it is pushed into the
background). There is a lack of
suspects. Este does very little
sleuthing (she is too busy cooking, baking, and flirting). Este thinks about the investigation repeating
the suspects and clues. The reveal was
anticlimactic (extremely). Magic is a
subtle element in the story. I thought </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ui94IQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>A Pie to Die For</b></span></a><span style="color: #0f1111;"> lacked depth. There were lots of different elements, but all of
them were superficial. The story plods
along to the end with no excitement (plenty of sandwiches, soup, and pie). As you can tell, I could not get into </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ui94IQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A Pie to Die For</span></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">. </span></span><span style="color: #0f1111;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMrwcO9-p7CWUqbC31nikn-DNQaNMxGUivcQay527fFzLHxgrL_7DrP4jHgsZ0ZVs6M8OBUZ29o7Wg0EYvbwVQCSV0w_C7mrXe9wXcVOi6PA8FhH2Mr_komn7Z-fKXaGpYBOX509pOagrJLypyn4u9cmUMu-tObkswiXNEaa2Sf95J-PhVcDRXuUEpLE/s800/pieshop2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMrwcO9-p7CWUqbC31nikn-DNQaNMxGUivcQay527fFzLHxgrL_7DrP4jHgsZ0ZVs6M8OBUZ29o7Wg0EYvbwVQCSV0w_C7mrXe9wXcVOi6PA8FhH2Mr_komn7Z-fKXaGpYBOX509pOagrJLypyn4u9cmUMu-tObkswiXNEaa2Sf95J-PhVcDRXuUEpLE/s320/pieshop2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3I4qV9z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">A Pie to Die For</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;"> is available from </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3I4qV9z" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Amazon</span></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">*. While </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3I4qV9z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">A Pie to Die For</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;"> was not my cup of tea, if the summary appeals to you, I suggest you </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3I4qV9z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">download a sample</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;"> to judge it for yourself. Thank you for stopping by today. Tomorrow I am a stop on the Celebrate Lit Bloggers Tour for </span><a href="https://amzn.to/47YMRgB" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">A Season of Harvest by Lauraine Snelling</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">. It is the fourth book in the </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3SH6Ax4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>Leah's Garden series</b></span></a><span style="color: #0f1111;">. I hope that you have a delightful day. Take care and Happy Reading!</span></span></div><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The
Avid Reader</span><span style="color: #0f1111;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qfswcOOIhdkXeRUEjDteyke1oPHzjDkNqGewmWh93oe9GtnQakH_u2tMaYQYm5NbzzQ7V2qtaFTz9joKT9E8wBbnFb1ZngyBiF5gHifGDTAY3vp1Pb8sXMZHs0fud7FiD38fBvl0nddqDtqEfHS4M94mjY8COk2tJ2JQdlVXcBUaQorLD_JJaY3IDAM/s1200/readingdiner2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1200" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qfswcOOIhdkXeRUEjDteyke1oPHzjDkNqGewmWh93oe9GtnQakH_u2tMaYQYm5NbzzQ7V2qtaFTz9joKT9E8wBbnFb1ZngyBiF5gHifGDTAY3vp1Pb8sXMZHs0fud7FiD38fBvl0nddqDtqEfHS4M94mjY8COk2tJ2JQdlVXcBUaQorLD_JJaY3IDAM/w449-h337/readingdiner2.jpg" width="449" /></a></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk133274720"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #e06666;">*This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon
Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p><p></p><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"></div>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-54893858284275673072024-01-24T00:00:00.069-05:002024-01-29T21:05:20.132-05:00Dangerous Texas Hideout by Virginia Vaughan<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Dangerous Texas Hideout</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4cokaBG0lRDl1yDBky0vmTZ0drg0Tnx_xI87XMrnKdZ1NO8KwpKY6_nGWc2gVG-qi9vK86s7AdVHApDKBgBJR81LGo_3Ju1jrHJigbr9PKADwZqNYnC4vLuiTgEs47ksCgfTGKB9cfKkM2wJmcTWj_tdYYDxTKorwX-GPUP-l6fS55kDXAopB164rWw/s1500/dangeroustexashideout.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="953" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4cokaBG0lRDl1yDBky0vmTZ0drg0Tnx_xI87XMrnKdZ1NO8KwpKY6_nGWc2gVG-qi9vK86s7AdVHApDKBgBJR81LGo_3Ju1jrHJigbr9PKADwZqNYnC4vLuiTgEs47ksCgfTGKB9cfKkM2wJmcTWj_tdYYDxTKorwX-GPUP-l6fS55kDXAopB164rWw/w254-h400/dangeroustexashideout.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></div></span><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Seeking refuge from danger…</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">with threats at every turn</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When her daughter is the only witness able to identify a group of bank robbers, single mom Penny Jackson knows their lives are in danger. These men will do anything to keep Missy quiet—permanently. Escaping to a small Texas town was supposed to be safe, but when the criminals track them down, police chief Caleb Harmon becomes their only hope for survival…</span></div></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JZl6GsDMhm4SqVmtotTHnzSDZFpUVnrksx6oKaDwEFKNpI0Aa2TC_mzeQ0xjxz7xL4Km3gCPOPqKymrxXBQee3RrlFwNhY9CbMX0wcoPh0YZkCGpZBVLZgUjQOHbl7XH_8yzNCpHZlRudkLG5-21znzaZjNzB-aQHM0LA2lVZcD3eEi489gNHTzZePE/s1000/childhiding.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JZl6GsDMhm4SqVmtotTHnzSDZFpUVnrksx6oKaDwEFKNpI0Aa2TC_mzeQ0xjxz7xL4Km3gCPOPqKymrxXBQee3RrlFwNhY9CbMX0wcoPh0YZkCGpZBVLZgUjQOHbl7XH_8yzNCpHZlRudkLG5-21znzaZjNzB-aQHM0LA2lVZcD3eEi489gNHTzZePE/s320/childhiding.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Sqj3ov" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Dangerous Texas Hideout by Virginia Vaughan</b></span></a> is an action-packed tale.
I liked Penny, Caleb, and Missy. I felt for Penny who is trying to keep her
daughter safe. The story moved at swift
pace. I enjoyed the mystery, suspense,
and action. There were some twists and
turns along the way. I liked seeing
Caleb and Penny’s faith grow over the course of the story. The underlying theme throughout the story is
that no matter what, God is in control. As
a worrier, I know how hard it is to let go and trust God. While <a href="https://amzn.to/3Sqj3ov" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Dangerous Texas Hideout </span></b></a>is the third
book in the <a href="https://amzn.to/4b4YuFy" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Cowboy Protectors series</span></b></a>, it can be read as a standalone. <a href="https://amzn.to/3Sqj3ov" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Dangerous Texas Hideout</span></b></a> had an uplifting
ending that left me smiling. </span> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLLEdVmRhfveVXOxxOtiAUAXGgo-DI_5wLowUC3NB8x0_Eofj0wDcz0x1N66SyyqBqHDY0BkZY_8QaQkqJIJ7B4PcA3bcatZ6j2KrkxQymztogFUQVJanFPNr5ywB4swrmGkwwlxvDQXwdmcSSw_WfKOB9c5Jy6py6Ae1FYlgUdrCJnD31FYacQKOtsE/s3000/womanhiding.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="3000" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLLEdVmRhfveVXOxxOtiAUAXGgo-DI_5wLowUC3NB8x0_Eofj0wDcz0x1N66SyyqBqHDY0BkZY_8QaQkqJIJ7B4PcA3bcatZ6j2KrkxQymztogFUQVJanFPNr5ywB4swrmGkwwlxvDQXwdmcSSw_WfKOB9c5Jy6py6Ae1FYlgUdrCJnD31FYacQKOtsE/w320-h215/womanhiding.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Sqj3ov" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Dangerous Texas Hideout</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3Sqj3ov" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. You can find the first two book in the <a href="https://amzn.to/4b4YuFy" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Cowboy Protectors series here</span></b></a>. You can <a href="https://amzn.to/4b8kf7m" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">follow Virginia Vaughan on Amazon</span></b></a>, and they will <a href="https://amzn.to/4b8kf7m" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">send you an email</span></b></a> when she has a new book release. Thank you for joining me today. I hope that you have a joyful day. Take care and Happy Reading!</div></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The
Avid Reader<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QWg8SNz5e6ZdBGR8uAgo1JlRGdKPdwZPtjR_9LA5GuIBapO0zMnDH_zEKdOsHO_UKUeBqqpleOJMpiRGtycohVFuXC5qneO2XQM3-bX9DCT_IHu0bES3MNGBSZTjGz6mrd0wR_kQfvIsejjXTNxigDwoEhVAotTRyVb3qAJt-5Lw26HcoaCu9jOdQ10/s590/motherandchildreading2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="590" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QWg8SNz5e6ZdBGR8uAgo1JlRGdKPdwZPtjR_9LA5GuIBapO0zMnDH_zEKdOsHO_UKUeBqqpleOJMpiRGtycohVFuXC5qneO2XQM3-bX9DCT_IHu0bES3MNGBSZTjGz6mrd0wR_kQfvIsejjXTNxigDwoEhVAotTRyVb3qAJt-5Lw26HcoaCu9jOdQ10/w446-h288/motherandchildreading2.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk133274720"><span style="background: white; color: #783f04; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">*This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon
Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk133274720;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk133274720;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"></span><p></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-15352720258196915262024-01-23T00:00:00.136-05:002024-01-23T00:00:00.135-05:00Their Inseparable Bond by Jill Weatherholt<p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Their Inseparable Bond JustRead Blog + Review Tour" class="alignnone wp-image-27565" height="237" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Banner_TheirInseparableBond_BlogReview_JR.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="573" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for <i><b><span style="color: #004f7a;">Their Inseparable Bond </span></b></i>by Jill Weatherholt, hosted by <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2024/01/22/welcome-to-the-their-inseparable-bond-blog-review-tour-giveaway" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">JustRead Publicity Tours</span></a>!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #004f7a;"><b>About the Book</b></span></h3>
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<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><b>Title:</b> <a href="https://amzn.to/3HrTVaU" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Their Inseparable Bond</b></span></a><b><br />Series:</b> K-9 Companions
<br /><b>Author:</b> Jill Weatherholt
<b><br />Publisher:</b> Love Inspired
<b><br />Release Date:</b> January 23, 2024
<b><br />Genre:</b> Contemporary Christian Romance</p><p>
They’re a mismatched family… </p><p>But their hearts line up just right </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Training service dogs is single dad Jake Beckett’s calling. He’s determined to train rambunctious puppy Callie to help his ailing friend Myrna live independently with her growing blindness. Myrna’s granddaughter, Olivia Hart, isn’t easily convinced, but Jake, his twins and Callie are an incredibly persuasive team. If Olivia agrees to give Callie a chance, will working with Jake risk her lifelong dreams?
<b> </b></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.</b>
</span></p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span style="color: #004f7a;"><b><span style="color: #004f7a;">PURCHASE LINKS</span>:</b></span> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/148829434-their-inseparable-bond" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Goodreads</b></span></a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C4B3W7VX" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Amazon</b></span></a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/their-inseparable-bond-jill-weatherholt/1143441385" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>B&N</b></span></a> | <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/their-inseparable-bond/9781335597168/pd/597168" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">ChristianBook</span></b></a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/their-inseparable-bond-an-uplifting-inspirational-romance-original-jill-weatherholt/20066349" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">Bookshop</span></b></a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/their-inseparable-bond-by-jill-weatherholt" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">BookBub</span></b></a></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #004f7a;"><b>About the Author</b></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Jill Weatherholt" class="alignnone wp-image-28704 size-medium" height="225" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HQ-Headshot-Jill-Weatherholt-300x225.jpg" width="300" /></p>
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<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Jill Weatherholt</span></b> is an author of sweet, emotional, small-town romance novels that guarantee a happy ending.</p>
She's sold over half a dozen sweet romance short stories to <i>Woman's World Magazine</i>. </div><div class="rg3hrb"> </div><div class="rg3hrb" style="text-align: justify;">Raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., she now resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, but her heart belongs to Virginia. She holds a degree in Psychology from George Mason University and Paralegal Studies Certification from Duke University. </div><div class="rg3hrb"> </div><div class="rg3hrb" style="text-align: justify;">She shares her life with her real-life hero and number one supporter. Their relationship grew on the golf course, and now they have one in their backyard. </div><div class="rg3hrb"> </div><div class="rg3hrb" style="text-align: justify;">Jill believes in enjoying every moment of this journey because God has everything under control.
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<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: justify;">Connect with Jill by visiting <a href="https://jillweatherholt.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>jillweatherholt.com</b></span></a> to follow her on social media and sign up for email updates.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmj1asOeTn-i-1CjqMjt9bRZd8aupLlgS9UUQAFf72y4c0drctP32uWwMaCdk1dXtkU7stYWIXbVbyPHSCz4A8yaXVN2HggMNdBs7LhkJI2DIOe3xqFtw1yXqOiMyBg5PuCg7OMeXaTWktDswJt61E-n5zqG3DHY_wEPDE5VR6pfY8FmwsI26S0J3N7v0/s1488/servicedog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1488" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmj1asOeTn-i-1CjqMjt9bRZd8aupLlgS9UUQAFf72y4c0drctP32uWwMaCdk1dXtkU7stYWIXbVbyPHSCz4A8yaXVN2HggMNdBs7LhkJI2DIOe3xqFtw1yXqOiMyBg5PuCg7OMeXaTWktDswJt61E-n5zqG3DHY_wEPDE5VR6pfY8FmwsI26S0J3N7v0/s320/servicedog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #004f7a;"></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #004f7a;">My Thoughts</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3HrTVaU" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Their Inseparable Bond by Jill Weatherholt</span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is a sweet story. I thought
the story was well written with realistic, developed characters. I enjoyed getting to know Jake, Olivia,
Myrna, and the twins, Kayla and Kyle. Callie
was a delightful puppy. You would need
patience to train her, but you cannot help falling in love with the
rambunctious Callie. I liked Myrna’s
comfortable home, and I could tell that the twins did too. I bet her home perpetually smelled of
cookies. The romance progressed at a
nice pace. We get to see how grief or
loss affects people differently. We also
see that there is more than one type of family.
There are the families we are born into and the families we create. They
can each be equally special and loving. Lost love, grief, family, empathy,
second chances, and faith are the themes in Their Inseparable Bond. I enjoyed the humor sprinkled throughout the
story. </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3HrTVaU" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Their Inseparable Bond</span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is a
touching tale with tasty treats, a concerned granddaughter, a playful puppy, a
grieving girl, tether trouble, and a chance at romance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCAy5KyxbZfejz3fNPpZYML1eNZ-Bl0jfI7XU9Dg7w60zS1oVCGCfcoC7YcWAlSwQlHZrXDrrw1Z30y6NoVjus9a7lnuN2X5kCDWyumrZDRaBMR8YP3x8KV1MC5GIRunokyvYhewBUM_Z-WQQ-dINI6ulYSXD0BjPhMBBs_4EYLS3t3Hv4996YjG_4R0/s474/servicedog2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="474" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCAy5KyxbZfejz3fNPpZYML1eNZ-Bl0jfI7XU9Dg7w60zS1oVCGCfcoC7YcWAlSwQlHZrXDrrw1Z30y6NoVjus9a7lnuN2X5kCDWyumrZDRaBMR8YP3x8KV1MC5GIRunokyvYhewBUM_Z-WQQ-dINI6ulYSXD0BjPhMBBs_4EYLS3t3Hv4996YjG_4R0/s320/servicedog2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #004f7a;">Excerpt</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daddy!” Kyle raced through the kitchen door.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“What is it? Is Kayla hurt?” Jake’s pulse quickened.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kyle blinked rapidly. “No! It’s Callie. Dr. Olivia accidentally put her outside the fence without</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">her leash. Callie took off like a rocket ship.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Oh, dear.” Myrna placed her hand against the side of her face.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Hurry, Daddy!” Kyle cried out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZkkJRSncHnplRYpBiGYWC2ocsDIwE35zoimNamIa8odXguvrNXZU0hj3DvMZe_YsX5umfNTrVFO3A7v8Y9mZvfUixF5UvW8-YHQK-DOKNZvur7ucU4CISYcQiB3YI3o3M6Y7dI8-q4NY2jqfsQLIE-7qI9Zt4L43wnKROZSS8Y_sWG7TTTVOeq3DtAc/s736/servicedog3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZkkJRSncHnplRYpBiGYWC2ocsDIwE35zoimNamIa8odXguvrNXZU0hj3DvMZe_YsX5umfNTrVFO3A7v8Y9mZvfUixF5UvW8-YHQK-DOKNZvur7ucU4CISYcQiB3YI3o3M6Y7dI8-q4NY2jqfsQLIE-7qI9Zt4L43wnKROZSS8Y_sWG7TTTVOeq3DtAc/s320/servicedog3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You and your sister stay here and feed Tank. I’ll go after Callie. Don’t worry. I’ll find her.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jake sprinted out the door and right past Olivia.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Jake, I’m sorry!” Olivia yelled. “Let me help!”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jake ignored the apology and her offer to help. He had to find Callie. He increased his pace as he </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">neared the steep hill. On the other side were deep woods, and with the cloud cover that had </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">moved in, it would be dark soon. Jake pumped his arms as he neared the top of the hill. If Callie </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">continued into the wooded area, finding her would be impossible.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismm4y5T_R6bUSr5w6pvC4ucWe4vlm5lhO-iSs70hxKBYZeXaRriny0KbDYiT1-N19xxMjX4IKxOZI_c_SsDLZ_q-eHwXChgC06Zx6FDkZeEq-wysS9RTY6ZPk4gFbH0F5NfSVMkVer-D3QLeLBsoBK3psd3ABOV93vg6_aNjfsRz-ILYt617IZTiVHGs/s590/servicedog7.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="590" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismm4y5T_R6bUSr5w6pvC4ucWe4vlm5lhO-iSs70hxKBYZeXaRriny0KbDYiT1-N19xxMjX4IKxOZI_c_SsDLZ_q-eHwXChgC06Zx6FDkZeEq-wysS9RTY6ZPk4gFbH0F5NfSVMkVer-D3QLeLBsoBK3psd3ABOV93vg6_aNjfsRz-ILYt617IZTiVHGs/s320/servicedog7.webp" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #004f7a;"><b>Tour Giveaway</b></span></h3>
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p></div>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-39693966991203493732024-01-18T00:00:00.092-05:002024-01-18T00:00:00.138-05:00The Divine Proverb of Streusel by Sara Brunsvold<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"> <span style="font-family: Biome, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">The Divine Proverb of Streusel</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFB94p_qD1jYB9efcJMB6zOPLD8aodxgzMnR8k8pBg-FfAHh-mT0ODlbt9FKRhPRXP9obgte6zPyXIM4hxTEr-SXMUGfTJblKVQHcFoOb72wpIThQ84mOgwNurb-k3rK5ZHtO5atK84OXRv5XY6kHv6dHNsy17FsvU2z-W-jFdHctq7oI2_HL06yP7sU/s1500/thedivineproverbofstreusel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="971" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFB94p_qD1jYB9efcJMB6zOPLD8aodxgzMnR8k8pBg-FfAHh-mT0ODlbt9FKRhPRXP9obgte6zPyXIM4hxTEr-SXMUGfTJblKVQHcFoOb72wpIThQ84mOgwNurb-k3rK5ZHtO5atK84OXRv5XY6kHv6dHNsy17FsvU2z-W-jFdHctq7oI2_HL06yP7sU/w259-h400/thedivineproverbofstreusel.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Biome, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Shaken by her parents' divorce and discouraged by the growing chasm between herself and her serious boyfriend, Nikki Werner seeks solace at her uncle's farm in a small Missouri hamlet. She'll spend the summer there, picking up the pieces of her shattered present so she can plan a better future. But what awaits her at the ancestral farm is a past she barely knows.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Among her late grandmother's belongings, Nikki finds an old notebook filled with handwritten German recipes and wise sayings pulled from the book of Proverbs. With each recipe she makes, she invites locals to the family table to hear their stories about the town's history, her ancestors--and her estranged father.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What started as a cathartic way to connect to her heritage soon becomes the means through which she learns how the women before her endured--with the help of their cooking prowess. Nikki realizes how delicious streusel with a healthy dollop of faith can serve as a guide to heal wounds of the past.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrnTNG8SH4U5fyo93c-e_-pZHQCyqnk6U99lMR1CJPQ_MSD3b2_0N8_1vAHMJ9tdgTdsD34z4TK1M8iymzWtpBD0a0ZCRkhakTimBz6fJgYFyyVNvwltIcFBZA93VEHiJGiUP8tmAQADJG2ilKSugRAZ1eXiIm5LytExOte6YijbxhiGfImpPxRaDlrE/s590/germanjournal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="590" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrnTNG8SH4U5fyo93c-e_-pZHQCyqnk6U99lMR1CJPQ_MSD3b2_0N8_1vAHMJ9tdgTdsD34z4TK1M8iymzWtpBD0a0ZCRkhakTimBz6fJgYFyyVNvwltIcFBZA93VEHiJGiUP8tmAQADJG2ilKSugRAZ1eXiIm5LytExOte6YijbxhiGfImpPxRaDlrE/s320/germanjournal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Biome, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3U1yfK5" target="_blank"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>The Divine Proverb of Streusel</b></span></a> by
Sara Brunsvold has Nikki Werner looking for a connection to her family’s
past. I like the premise of the story. It would be intriguing to find an old
notebook belonging to my grandmother filled with recipes and proverbs. I was not, though, a fan of Nikki. I found her immature. She is a woman in her twenties who is a
schoolteacher, but she acted like a teenager. Her boyfriend acted juvenile as well. I loved Aunt Emma. She is a lively, spunky woman. Wes was also a good character. I liked seeing his growth and enjoyed his
interactions with Aunt Emma. The story
moves at a slow pace with it being particularly sluggish in the middle. I like how faith is woven throughout the
story (it is never preachy). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS8W1IfOpFcc8jvoOhG7dCwKXrytBgxfC3hOivObYpMhMCqrwJR963rEup7DfhcSWZztrjIQDhfa7pXcdrLG30JcQeoyGxkoE7gfYDKoCHpLhhRsL1u2_iLR0raA4vn1KbYHE7dgEp7JwHaoV3OWCTvWMJc2moZuw6UgfTNOPZM2u1Cefj3tJ2w9nwZY/s474/germanrecipes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="474" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS8W1IfOpFcc8jvoOhG7dCwKXrytBgxfC3hOivObYpMhMCqrwJR963rEup7DfhcSWZztrjIQDhfa7pXcdrLG30JcQeoyGxkoE7gfYDKoCHpLhhRsL1u2_iLR0raA4vn1KbYHE7dgEp7JwHaoV3OWCTvWMJc2moZuw6UgfTNOPZM2u1Cefj3tJ2w9nwZY/s320/germanrecipes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
development of the characters was good. The
plot is predictable (it was easy to envisage how the story would end). The romance between two of the middle-aged
characters was sweet (preferred it to the younger characters romance). There are descriptions of various German
dishes (brought back memories of my childhood growing up in German Village). I like the fact that Nikki invited people to
the farmhouse for them to try out the dishes and it enabled her to learn more
about her family’s history. There are
aspects of the story I enjoyed and others that I did not. So, <a href="https://amzn.to/3U1yfK5" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">The Divine Proverb of Streusel</span></b></a> is a mixed
bag for me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLfgDRDsgROfMMe7fXtFKkRVMASeDXyswffBESqOMpjm3hkf9bKhr20NE8Ei-HiBEx3An1SZn9_75bMGriY7oFlKAx6wj41nvec21thz_cim0DJ001kUyqu7-zYnKZl28ZhyphenhyphenDdvrrQAXtC-t-T7i_08Q3UislrTkkrr3NrAqgyghJldwr8l6MJ_C6ijg/s2500/germanfarmhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2500" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLfgDRDsgROfMMe7fXtFKkRVMASeDXyswffBESqOMpjm3hkf9bKhr20NE8Ei-HiBEx3An1SZn9_75bMGriY7oFlKAx6wj41nvec21thz_cim0DJ001kUyqu7-zYnKZl28ZhyphenhyphenDdvrrQAXtC-t-T7i_08Q3UislrTkkrr3NrAqgyghJldwr8l6MJ_C6ijg/s320/germanfarmhouse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3U1yfK5" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">The Divine Proverb of Streusel</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3U1yfK5" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. To see if <a href="https://amzn.to/3U1yfK5" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">The Divine Proverb of Streusel</span></b></a> is your type of story, I suggest you download a sample. Sara Brunsvold's other novel is <a href="https://amzn.to/3S18zul" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip</span></b></a>. Thank you for stopping by today. I will return on Tuesday, January 23 with <a href="https://amzn.to/3vBJ9vU" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Their Inseparable Bond by Jill Weatherholt</b></span></a>. I hope that you have a relaxing weekend. Take care and Happy Reading</span></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p>
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p><p></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-63178112479658334892024-01-17T00:00:00.077-05:002024-01-17T00:00:00.143-05:00Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> <span style="font-family: Calisto MT, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Hammers and Homicide</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaEOLZ7Y5wO8FCXPrbMbhRXUKf0_T-POmi2nfiRWS0gHtoAYOfM1ZeU2GGTNU9E6nW9KgxeqJT20nER9iLvOojyfTIPEs-ocdnHRYMXp6cgqsuK9f7HJTgSySegfVuqqYiQbP3UnXAsDewBI6c0Fb32uyh-dhCNJ9GFly6Y6SoEY1XweryIwR7lM7VPw/s1500/hammersandhomicide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaEOLZ7Y5wO8FCXPrbMbhRXUKf0_T-POmi2nfiRWS0gHtoAYOfM1ZeU2GGTNU9E6nW9KgxeqJT20nER9iLvOojyfTIPEs-ocdnHRYMXp6cgqsuK9f7HJTgSySegfVuqqYiQbP3UnXAsDewBI6c0Fb32uyh-dhCNJ9GFly6Y6SoEY1XweryIwR7lM7VPw/w266-h400/hammersandhomicide.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Calisto MT, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Recent sexagenarian widow Dawna Carpenter thought running her own hardware store after the death of her husband was hard enough. With her adult daughter, April, moving back into town, and Darlene, the annoying boutique owner next door to her shop poking around, Dawna has her hands full. But when she finds a dead man in the bathroom of her store, with a framing hammer by his side, she’s in way over her head.</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The victim, Warren Highcastle, was a land developer who was looking to purchase the old theater in town to build a new hotel. Dawna and April, worried about the implications of the crime scene at the hardware store, put themselves on the case. They soon learn that Warren had made quite a few enemies in his short amount of time in town. As the suspect list starts growing, so too do the threats against Dawna and April. Can Dawna and April </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;">nail</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> the killer before they strike again?</span></div></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBRRYZ3dLry2zI75KvjLXc1MWXoU_miOLjR98a1yaguUvu3zQLRw5zFkfJ8tQ-ybQyECWu4cuMr8xNP_xKW5nGKysrHNSnm5sYs0p2eoIGuVj74ZbBC7Mc2Nbr4Qzj_SySav7Da2xrHYj6UHEdmlM_kmIBW1u22VqhyphenhyphenQNU4a_gTwvq0mHNG_ZOrGBwkk/s474/hardwarestore4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="474" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBRRYZ3dLry2zI75KvjLXc1MWXoU_miOLjR98a1yaguUvu3zQLRw5zFkfJ8tQ-ybQyECWu4cuMr8xNP_xKW5nGKysrHNSnm5sYs0p2eoIGuVj74ZbBC7Mc2Nbr4Qzj_SySav7Da2xrHYj6UHEdmlM_kmIBW1u22VqhyphenhyphenQNU4a_gTwvq0mHNG_ZOrGBwkk/s320/hardwarestore4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Calisto MT, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3vEpMSO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles</span></b></a> is the debut of <a href="https://amzn.to/3vEpMSO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #76a5af;">A Hometown Hardware Mysteries</span></b></a>. I like the fact that Dawna Carpenter is an
older protagonist (I wanted to start with something positive). I did not understand why the author made her
extremely clumsy (it seems to be the standard to make a cozy mystery
protagonist clumsy). We get to all the
details of Dawna’s life. I understand
the author wanted to establish the character, but we really did not need to
know so much about Dawna’s past (and not in such detail). Nor did we need to know so much about the
hardware store. I am surprised that
Dawna is managing to keep the doors of the hardware store open considering her lack
of knowledge and her failure to update her stock. Dawna’s daughter, April, has moved back to
town. There is too much attention
focused on the mother daughter duo (it overshadows the whodunit). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRjAbhgqdQYmt_NJxNz39OqtMmohBA7CQH7ch9LmI5jSoqFaOi5cbihMwxbezlBRIGhcwLbg0sA-FLitEMezW_MWBJJpbT4NDszA6EfgT55inkdz45yUYyYi598VOY3FgUJUpAOfZWlRIHKh8ybz-qQZVD6oX_hNjIDatXyCDM_MhhCKrrHgyqompysc/s1024/hardwarestore9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRjAbhgqdQYmt_NJxNz39OqtMmohBA7CQH7ch9LmI5jSoqFaOi5cbihMwxbezlBRIGhcwLbg0sA-FLitEMezW_MWBJJpbT4NDszA6EfgT55inkdz45yUYyYi598VOY3FgUJUpAOfZWlRIHKh8ybz-qQZVD6oX_hNjIDatXyCDM_MhhCKrrHgyqompysc/s320/hardwarestore9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The mystery is simple. It was obvious who would die and who would
end up at the top of the suspect list. The police chief is viewed as competent
(mostly) by Dawna until he arrests a friend.
Dawna along with April investigate the crime. I rolled my eyes more than once at their
investigative skills. The suspect pool
is miniscule. The clues are obvious (there
might as well be a giant noon arrow pointing at the killer). The
pacing was leisurely and there were repetitive details. There is humor sprinkled throughout the story.
One plot point was left unresolved at
the end of the book. My curiosity is not
sufficiently aroused to seek out the next <a href="https://amzn.to/3vEpMSO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A Hometown Hardware Mystery</span></b></a>. </span> <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAkqhDwk3YrZnvGbJ9EYs9YtUTVfwdQa4m2My2E8iJRb748GiN9rYtpExv37LUCCivOJVBmt_S7p7y05hn1jznoXpr_EGFBIM2gWUnb26PpV7e63CzEAs74hKCvV0D_14tXLVWB66abJjO-hF1Q63yQwEot6y6Vh_rkhnj2pD46z8coilp63DDeWHgsU/s1100/hardwarestore10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1100" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAkqhDwk3YrZnvGbJ9EYs9YtUTVfwdQa4m2My2E8iJRb748GiN9rYtpExv37LUCCivOJVBmt_S7p7y05hn1jznoXpr_EGFBIM2gWUnb26PpV7e63CzEAs74hKCvV0D_14tXLVWB66abJjO-hF1Q63yQwEot6y6Vh_rkhnj2pD46z8coilp63DDeWHgsU/s320/hardwarestore10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3vEpMSO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hammers and Homicide</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3vEpMSO" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. Thank you for stopping by today. Tomorrow I will be sharing my thoughts on <a href="https://amzn.to/4aUrbF5" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">The Divine Proverb of Streusel by Sara Brunsvold</span></b></a>. I am currently reading <a href="https://amzn.to/4aWaCsg" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow</span></b></a>. It is the debut of a <a href="https://amzn.to/3HevoGb" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Magical Fortune Cookie series</span></b></a>. I hope that you have a stellar day. Take care and Happy Reading.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris</span></span></a></p><p>
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p><p></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-70199989495596053062024-01-16T00:00:00.166-05:002024-01-16T00:00:00.144-05:00Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span><em><span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Deadly to the Core</span></em></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #406b00;"><strong><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-194189" height="306" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DEADLY-TO-THE-CORE-BANNER-640.jpg" width="572" /></strong></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span><em><span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">About Deadly to the Core</span></em></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-194190" height="550" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DEADLY-TO-THE-CORE-COVER-3.png" width="563" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;"><a class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="c2862f9f067502552498ac0845d1dd9b" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Deadly to the Core (A Cider House Mystery)" href="https://amzn.to/47txMDt" id="amznPsBmLink_4331825" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Deadly to the Core (A Cider House Mystery)</span></a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_4331825" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=dollycsthoug-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=c2862f9f067502552498ac0845d1dd9b&_cb=1701371704698" style="border: none; height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 0px;" width="0" /></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Cozy Mystery</strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1st in Series</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">
<strong>Setting - Pennsylvania</strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Crooked Lane Books '</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(January 16, 2024)</strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Hardcover : 250 pages</strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/134113885-deadly-to-the-core"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-10339 size-full" height="41" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/goodreads-badge-add-plus-d700d4d3e3c0b346066731ac07b7fe47.png" width="130" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Julie Anne Lindsey, when Kate Mulligan inherits her great uncle’s fruit orchard, she quickly realizes that apples aren’t the only thing that can have rotten cores.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After losing her husband in a terrible car crash, thirty-five-year-old Kate is left to pick up the pieces of her life alone. Although she has physically recovered, she worries her spirit never will. But when she learns that she has inherited a fruit orchard in a small town just outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from her great uncle Stan, she takes this as an opportunity ripe for the picking. Kate knew immediately what to do with it: open a cider house. Her hopeful plans fall far from the tree when she finds the body of the orchard manager, Carl Randolph, leaving her to figure out who is at the core of this murder.</p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFd6yL_i-ucu7soHBeBra99OrcDnBxeF258tvKkV-RERnFfHmgmmEGQ_S_8VVgA5r8mFAgNVkScyeufUZ38txp5UBVkijjRYbWUGlQpK_juPTgS39WYYCMiMs75gjyeoVFFizbG8kCSxI6E8f3Jb_83dumA806qibCiRdMa-gJAb9k6WC3nsLN7Wu3IQA/s1024/ciderbarn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFd6yL_i-ucu7soHBeBra99OrcDnBxeF258tvKkV-RERnFfHmgmmEGQ_S_8VVgA5r8mFAgNVkScyeufUZ38txp5UBVkijjRYbWUGlQpK_juPTgS39WYYCMiMs75gjyeoVFFizbG8kCSxI6E8f3Jb_83dumA806qibCiRdMa-gJAb9k6WC3nsLN7Wu3IQA/s320/ciderbarn.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;">She had been in correspondence with Carl, who had agreed with her brilliant idea of opening a cider house. But not everyone is so quick to buy what she was selling—Uncle Stan’s lawyer, Robert Larabee, paints a less rosy financial outlook of the orchard’s past, present, and future.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Kate discovers that Carl had large, unexplained deposits to his bank account and it becomes clear that either he was blackmailing someone, or someone was paying him to keep quiet. Meanwhile, Kate and her neighbors receive offers to buy their property from a mysterious buyer. And there’s more than meets the eye with the neighboring orchard owner, Daniel Martinez, although Kate can’t quite put her finger on if it’s sweet or sour.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Will she be able to pick out the bad apple among the bunch before it’s too late?</p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvF2OagBNkiN9_stnsPsl5OwX7_R4lPGa3e61nJXqC2u_KDdReSHOGAinvOoZZoRYbxAWur_XehCOVZIt1FM4kLPim1QIR58UlednM6ZOwMrCoFhXTUD0BcpZAtZMZTG7B0XedKMUo9cD5Mt607SbgED4OrqzAox4tUJtV3L13bY7qIbjKciH8_N727Y/s960/ciderbar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvF2OagBNkiN9_stnsPsl5OwX7_R4lPGa3e61nJXqC2u_KDdReSHOGAinvOoZZoRYbxAWur_XehCOVZIt1FM4kLPim1QIR58UlednM6ZOwMrCoFhXTUD0BcpZAtZMZTG7B0XedKMUo9cD5Mt607SbgED4OrqzAox4tUJtV3L13bY7qIbjKciH8_N727Y/s320/ciderbar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span><em><span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">About Joyce Tremel</span></em></span></h2>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-181723" height="300" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/JTremel-Author-Photo-300x300.jpg" width="300" /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/41PIwe8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Joyce Tremel</span></a></strong> was a police secretary for ten years and more than once envisioned the demise of certain co-workers, but settled on writing as a way to keep herself out of jail. In addition to the Cider House Mysteries, she wrote the Brewing Trouble Mysteries. As Joyce St. Anthony, she writes the Homefront News historical mysteries. She lives in the beautiful Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania with her husband and two cats named Hops and Lager.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAeJSim-x2ZE69HwhB-P-oadnzAGpQsws4yW8v2m7k0_U26Ey9iVnHNgGaYwJJzNeUzOjIVQ2s2p8PfQjKZzim_wf9cLFuoqNZezsqIsI7uyGuuasas4qrWJ6MDhgY-G87JyB3AIcU7pmf5znBzuB5NWZlElNW8M8QVYOS2BHeobGoHBhdhYA24Rp3wS8/s1728/ciderinbottles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1728" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAeJSim-x2ZE69HwhB-P-oadnzAGpQsws4yW8v2m7k0_U26Ey9iVnHNgGaYwJJzNeUzOjIVQ2s2p8PfQjKZzim_wf9cLFuoqNZezsqIsI7uyGuuasas4qrWJ6MDhgY-G87JyB3AIcU7pmf5znBzuB5NWZlElNW8M8QVYOS2BHeobGoHBhdhYA24Rp3wS8/s320/ciderinbottles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span><em><span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Author Links</span></em></span></h2>
<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Website</span></strong> <a href="http://www.joycetremel.com"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>www.joycetremel.com</b></span></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Facebook</span></strong> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/JoyceTremel"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">www.facebook.com/JoyceTremel</span></b></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">X/Twitter</span> </strong><a href="http://www.twitter.com/JoyceTremel"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>www.twitter.com/JoyceTremel</b></span></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">GoodReads</span></strong> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13746162.Joyce_Tremel"><span style="color: #45818e;">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13746162.Joyce_Tremel</span></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Amazon</b></span> <a href="https://amzn.to/41PIwe8"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>https://amzn.to/41PIwe8</b></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmsz1IWt9FRCvF8RCsgkQ_8dDWeRL_jItsg1_GYQBMrHZ4LduwN4vO-v9UDe55h5KqwRiudo4AWABQHD3OHu8YUNFaC2Ea64l15FCq8oe0wjWrP95KQTdevw2zimsmxXp9mfg2uk-hPtWWVPynKMbQFR3sGqoN4687QbTe0b_TydqWForuTziZ9tJ93Y/s1500/deadlytothecore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmsz1IWt9FRCvF8RCsgkQ_8dDWeRL_jItsg1_GYQBMrHZ4LduwN4vO-v9UDe55h5KqwRiudo4AWABQHD3OHu8YUNFaC2Ea64l15FCq8oe0wjWrP95KQTdevw2zimsmxXp9mfg2uk-hPtWWVPynKMbQFR3sGqoN4687QbTe0b_TydqWForuTziZ9tJ93Y/w213-h320/deadlytothecore.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/47txMDt" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Deadly to the Core</span></b></a> is available from <strong><a href="https://amzn.to/47txMDt" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">Amazon</span></a>, <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deadly-to-the-core-joyce-tremel/1143364163?ean=9781639105434" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">B&N</span></a>, <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/deadly-to-the-core" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Kobo</span></a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/91071/9781639105434" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Bookshop.org</span></a>, </strong>and <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729847/deadly-to-the-core-by-joyce-tremel/" rel="noopener" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">PenguinRandomHouse</span></a>. If you <a href="https://amzn.to/41PIwe8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">follow Joyce Tremel on Amazon</span></b></a>, they will send you an email when she has a new book release. As part of the tour, the author is hosting a giveaway for a print copy of Deadly to the Core (Sorry US Only). You can <a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/028877921606/?widget_template=56d5f80dbc544fb30fda66f0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">click here to enter</span></b></a> or use the Rafflecopter form below. Leave a comment for an extra entry. Good Luck! I will return tomorrow with my thoughts on <a href="https://amzn.to/47wH6q8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles</span></b></a>. It is the debut of A Hometown Hardware Mysteries. I hope that you have an appealing day. Take care and Happy Reading!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p>
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<strong>January 28 – <a href="http://www.melinathereadercom.com">Melina's Book Blog</a> – REVIEW</strong>
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk133274720;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk133274720;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><strong></strong></div>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-27511343609822205382024-01-09T00:00:00.067-05:002024-01-09T00:00:00.343-05:00Death at a Scottish Wedding by Lucy Connelly<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Death at a Scottish Wedding</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TCkfhFy18jYO5cBSqFnSW5T457mf8VBQts4jUl3AvZVTjcLgcMIsjjd9xf3UXwfvRJVn06WvxGsv-Yp4HlXt-C6hHQlnsjqwy4KGrqYMYFS4nllUSFb3A0w_BFFBCsuEgfIHK6JTkUs4fGcp3exAq1VquOjMOT4OoYzkJtDQ62ktcW7u-Vh1pIyghYQ/s1500/DeathataScottishweddingLC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TCkfhFy18jYO5cBSqFnSW5T457mf8VBQts4jUl3AvZVTjcLgcMIsjjd9xf3UXwfvRJVn06WvxGsv-Yp4HlXt-C6hHQlnsjqwy4KGrqYMYFS4nllUSFb3A0w_BFFBCsuEgfIHK6JTkUs4fGcp3exAq1VquOjMOT4OoYzkJtDQ62ktcW7u-Vh1pIyghYQ/w266-h400/DeathataScottishweddingLC.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally feeling like Sea Isle, Scotland is becoming her new home, American doctor Emilia McRoy is delighted when she is invited to a wedding at Morrigan's Castle. Her friends have warned her that it's a three-day party and it's bound to get wild, not to mention the impending snowstorm. Constable Ewan Campbell, owner of the castle, ensures their safety with the blizzard. What he didn’t ensure, is that all of his guests would survive the night alive. When Emilia explores the impressive castle, she finds a dead man in one of the turrets.</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> The snowstorm hits and the local police can’t reach the castle until it lets up. With no one able to leave, the family insists they carry on with the wedding, which makes Emilia's job as the coroner a bit easier—the suspects are in one place––and complicated because the killer has Emilia in his sights. The fact no one claims to know the victim isn't helping. Why would someone no one knows be murdered at a castle in the middle of nowhere?</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">It’s up to Emilia to uncover the mystery who the victim is, so the killer doesn’t get away </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Scot free.</span></div></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PzL8TpKvf5Tow3AXMw-LmCBmQ_LJ8cqPAjpHGmf0Cj8HXBgJCd4KI1Wd7Mps-ONCM0q2-ct6B825e4DF_AjEgxjxq8pVc75lw8fbbjoss8G9NVZm8U22_oxgivP3eUCIPyeclyIclzJH2ZhNFQJ1TYTMtuIPstTqSu9qx2G6s09-QZ4stQuF2cUhp2o/s945/scottishcastlesnow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="945" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PzL8TpKvf5Tow3AXMw-LmCBmQ_LJ8cqPAjpHGmf0Cj8HXBgJCd4KI1Wd7Mps-ONCM0q2-ct6B825e4DF_AjEgxjxq8pVc75lw8fbbjoss8G9NVZm8U22_oxgivP3eUCIPyeclyIclzJH2ZhNFQJ1TYTMtuIPstTqSu9qx2G6s09-QZ4stQuF2cUhp2o/s320/scottishcastlesnow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3vnlI9z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Death at a Scottish Wedding by Lucy Connelly</span></b></a> has Dr. Emilia McRoy attending the wedding of her friend, Angie
at Morrigan Castle. A man ends up dead
in a turret in the middle of a blizzard.
I liked the descriptions of the castle (perfect place for a murder
especially with the turret and a storm raging outside). The mystery had an intriguing start. No one can leave the castle thanks to the
blizzard. Emilia is also the local
coroner and, between her and Ewan, they come up with enough supplies to conduct
an autopsy. I can understand Emilia bringing
her medical bag with her stocked with extra supplies (since everyone in the
village seems to be attending the wedding), but I cannot imagine bringing the
necessary instruments needed for an autopsy (it just seemed farfetched). Emilia and her friends discuss the case
endlessly (I could have used a shot of whiskey to get through the endless theorizing). I was
baffled at how no one seemed to remember anything of importance regarding the
case (they seemed to be an unobservant group of people). The whodunit can easily be solved. The reveal was lackluster (it needed a little
pizzaz aka action, drama, or suspense). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWpZSdlzv_OYd-CKcCCffPLqoW-O3kn8xwPst1udSpXbY38BIDOOJEsUVanOBKjrnXzVwhrFDhK8X3WETYf20CxdrswdH2ZFzIGHPgYmh3U4cnPPaAz8gdP3jttP_FytX5-gP4wkfdzvtU2jpA8ecpz1C7-0YyF4yOXJIA40actWv7w-A08PDQhlGNc8/s1489/scottishcastlesnow2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1489" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWpZSdlzv_OYd-CKcCCffPLqoW-O3kn8xwPst1udSpXbY38BIDOOJEsUVanOBKjrnXzVwhrFDhK8X3WETYf20CxdrswdH2ZFzIGHPgYmh3U4cnPPaAz8gdP3jttP_FytX5-gP4wkfdzvtU2jpA8ecpz1C7-0YyF4yOXJIA40actWv7w-A08PDQhlGNc8/s320/scottishcastlesnow2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Emilia
seemed to feel that if she stated “I’m a doctor” or “I’m the coroner” that it
justified her interference. Emilia, the
steady and calm ER doctor, screamed at unexpected noises and movements (she
needed a dram of whiskey to calm her nerves).
Other ladies seem to scream frequently as well. The independent and strong women came across
immature (I would rather brave the blizzard than deal with this bunch of
nervous Nellie’s). The story had a slow
pace and it especially dragged in the middle.
I tired of Emilia going on and on about her wonderful group of friends
(she has only known them for three months). She considers them her Sea Isle family. <a href="https://amzn.to/3vnlI9z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Death at a Scottish Wedding</span></b></a> is the second <a href="https://amzn.to/3NQfp4I" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">A Scottish Isle Mystery</span></b></a>. It can be read as
a standalone for those new to the series.
Unfortunately, this series is not for me. </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoljYHEB932CK5gEY7K8NDlsxKLQfFwDQNTvypaoQLPBBzS2o1TjgiAu2VkSwkOtpjt7ooo9tlAtANkkU_CDiHBXBtUfVFd0SqQ13CcqwpubvHwJx9DvmWOSVBXfZf_cL4M6au1zjp5stjahVdcp9NH9zx8aFw9JBRXxMaxSx5WNcJO9NLUVPU3JsJ_Y/s800/scotlandwinter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="800" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoljYHEB932CK5gEY7K8NDlsxKLQfFwDQNTvypaoQLPBBzS2o1TjgiAu2VkSwkOtpjt7ooo9tlAtANkkU_CDiHBXBtUfVFd0SqQ13CcqwpubvHwJx9DvmWOSVBXfZf_cL4M6au1zjp5stjahVdcp9NH9zx8aFw9JBRXxMaxSx5WNcJO9NLUVPU3JsJ_Y/s320/scotlandwinter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3vnlI9z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Death at a Scottish Wedding</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3vnlI9z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. The first book in <a href="https://amzn.to/3NQfp4I" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>A Scottish Isle Mysteries</b></span></a> is <a href="https://amzn.to/41NkSz8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">An American in Scotland</span></b></a>. You can find Lucy Connelly's other novels <a href="https://amzn.to/3RHdAZ2" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">here</span></b></a>. Thank you for joining me today. I hope everyone is enjoying the new year. I am working on organizing the house. The closets are a mess and so are the cupboards. It is a good time to to organize and declutter. I hope that you have a jolly good day. Take care and Happy Reading!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p>
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p></div><p></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-7962549091770572612024-01-02T00:00:00.106-05:002024-01-02T00:00:00.142-05:00The Dog Across the Lake by Krista Davis<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> <span style="font-family: Monotype Corsiva;"><span style="font-size: 37.3333px;">The Dog Across the Lake</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJQEItBDT2NljUFn2Df0D1VEvh1O5EflQ8PpY1pAIreQ7C8OzBhaxq-XGDa3Qme9YDKeVYs1bfR8NE6qajPCM7h3lnpmz90xEmWMa3YKVs4QW94bkVO_Sh0W_X8IeYTInDeCdonKAsxTm1XPUMjKWZNuO7blLYiddmFw8T2R_iymUupAgvOr7RjA4sLU/s1500/thedogacrossthelake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="917" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJQEItBDT2NljUFn2Df0D1VEvh1O5EflQ8PpY1pAIreQ7C8OzBhaxq-XGDa3Qme9YDKeVYs1bfR8NE6qajPCM7h3lnpmz90xEmWMa3YKVs4QW94bkVO_Sh0W_X8IeYTInDeCdonKAsxTm1XPUMjKWZNuO7blLYiddmFw8T2R_iymUupAgvOr7RjA4sLU/w245-h400/thedogacrossthelake.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Monotype Corsiva;"><span style="font-size: 37.3333px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Holly and Trixie meet a strange new dog in Wagtail that leads them right into murder. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Holly Miller is looking forward to finally taking a few days to relax. Enjoying an early morning on her terrace, she spots an unfamiliar reddish-gold pooch across the lake. She’s intrigued, but never expects to find the very same dog smiling at her in bed when she wakes up the next morning! Trixie and Twinkletoes appear to accept this cute stranger, but Holly doesn’t know to whom he belongs.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Oma thinks the dog looks familiar, and it turns out the wayward pooch belongs to Holly’s cousin Josh. Holly knew her cousin well as a child, but she hasn’t seen him in over a decade. He’s camping with his girlfriend across the lake. Holly returns the cute dog to Josh’s campsite twice, but the second time, Josh and his girlfriend are nowhere to be found. Instead, a guest </div></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDMFFfXTQOfM4xwFus0Qpj1XK5mNGGy1BmDCE8Y9x0YUzk_R6PfcZJzaUc7f6zdRdEJT47boPbfsXRHXgvayHQSYuqM_yhPv-X0HSge7qWK4Du70f_rqZaaGn6PIP0OlNsUeZpH2D_MWHPzLI5AyU3uBk5cOjNmmlNUVB0yE5GJS4TmhHlzpnNESq8jY/s509/dogacrossthelake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="509" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDMFFfXTQOfM4xwFus0Qpj1XK5mNGGy1BmDCE8Y9x0YUzk_R6PfcZJzaUc7f6zdRdEJT47boPbfsXRHXgvayHQSYuqM_yhPv-X0HSge7qWK4Du70f_rqZaaGn6PIP0OlNsUeZpH2D_MWHPzLI5AyU3uBk5cOjNmmlNUVB0yE5GJS4TmhHlzpnNESq8jY/s320/dogacrossthelake.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Monotype Corsiva;"><span style="font-size: 37.3333px;">My Thoughts</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48u5cCW" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>The Dog Across the Lake by Krista Davis</b></span></a> takes us back to Wagtail, Virginia where the town is getting ready to
celebrate Oma’s (Liesel Miller who is the mayor of Wagtail) birthday. I look forward to my visits to Wagtail each
year. It is a charming town where cats
and dogs are welcome along with their owners (of course). The story contains good writing along with
developed characters. Holly Miller, the
protagonist, has grown over the course of the series. It is easy to see that Wagtail is where she belongs,
and that Holly is meant to run the Sugar Maple Inn. It is obvious how much Holly loves the
inn. All the regular characters are back
along with a couple of visitors. Holly’s
father, cousin, and aunt are in town for Oma’s birthday dinner. Trixie and Twinkletoes are as wonderful as
ever and they have a new friend. I
appreciate that the author includes a cast of characters especially since the
cast has grown with the series. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2IwsTv6ZOKSlaWAegtDjDaHbGK3nSHfonKesr-Gl1plTPFo7R__nbfsVtTlQNSOyRCdXvPNvXuD0DIA2xFiZi-jwqukJ7bMko7rypbQB2yXrq7l_-UZRtfxvowkYWahx3RODsewr9RO4xqf_LHa7y6EF3ovqNSolSRaVAqWPQB1JsJUZt3ikddIDbIU/s1600/wagtail4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2IwsTv6ZOKSlaWAegtDjDaHbGK3nSHfonKesr-Gl1plTPFo7R__nbfsVtTlQNSOyRCdXvPNvXuD0DIA2xFiZi-jwqukJ7bMko7rypbQB2yXrq7l_-UZRtfxvowkYWahx3RODsewr9RO4xqf_LHa7y6EF3ovqNSolSRaVAqWPQB1JsJUZt3ikddIDbIU/s320/wagtail4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
mystery has Holly fretting about her cousin, Josh. Josh’s mother is worried (a regular nervous
Nelly) and wants Holly to unravel the thorny puzzle. Holly asks questions, observes people, looks
for clues, and just “happens” to overhear conversations. There are clues for the readers that will
help them identify the guilty party. I pinpointed
the killer quite a while before Holly. There
is a secondary mystery that Holly solves as well. While <a href="https://amzn.to/48u5cCW" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Dog Across the Lake</span></b></a> is the ninth <a href="https://amzn.to/41JnRIU" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>A Paws and Claws Mystery</b></span></a>, it can be read as a standalone. It will take a new reader a beat to get the
characters straight but that is where the cast of characters comes in
handy. I enjoyed the humor sprinkled
throughout the story. Friendship,
family, and a love of animals if prevalent throughout. I was sorry when my visit to Wagtail came to
an end. <a href="https://amzn.to/48u5cCW" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Dog Across the Lake</span></b></a> is a
delightful tale with a roving Radar, a victim in a tent, a questionable
girlfriend, a birthday bash, a mournful howl, a laid-up officer, and visiting siblings. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kYFO7Bd4hqj5wD_WOIwRKbtdBrP2WEbvSArGOyOeVBAQK0-uSBZVVNmKdk93MezOJiIq-NfJGW4M4S0W-mmVXxDdgDEKsOX29L5JvU_JVHjoFnU9w4M6BO_EWWMDKknHC-J-uiGlZuAijyVt7kRYeA064_-fww3m9b1wlJHt4PJcBLhZufGcjRM141g/s2560/wagtail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="2560" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kYFO7Bd4hqj5wD_WOIwRKbtdBrP2WEbvSArGOyOeVBAQK0-uSBZVVNmKdk93MezOJiIq-NfJGW4M4S0W-mmVXxDdgDEKsOX29L5JvU_JVHjoFnU9w4M6BO_EWWMDKknHC-J-uiGlZuAijyVt7kRYeA064_-fww3m9b1wlJHt4PJcBLhZufGcjRM141g/s320/wagtail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48u5cCW" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">The Dog Across the Lake</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/48u5cCW" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. You can find the other <a href="https://amzn.to/41JnRIU" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A Paws & Claws Mysteries here</span></b></a>. Kris Davis has <a href="https://amzn.to/48wicYH" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;"><b>The Diva Goes Overboard</b></span></a> coming out May 21. It is the 17th <a href="https://amzn.to/3TF11jn" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">A Domestic Diva Mystery</span></b></a>. Thank you for stopping by today. Also out today is <a href="https://amzn.to/3NGBLpp" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Amish Quilter's Unlikely Match by Jennifer Beckstrand</span></b></a>. It is the latest book in <a href="https://amzn.to/47iPlpI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Amish Quiltmaker series</span></b></a>. <a href="https://amzn.to/3H0kRxZ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">The Son's Secret by Daryl Wood Gerber</span></b></a> is another new release along with <a href="https://amzn.to/3vgI901" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Upside Down by Danielle Steel</span></b></a>. As you can tell, I have been cutting back on my blog. My fibromyalgia has been acting up, so my doctors have added some new medications. Unfortunately, the new meds make me tired. Until I adjust, I have to cut back a little. I appreciate your understanding. I hope that you have a peaceful day. Take care and Happy Reading!</span></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The
Avid Reader</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNCqZybYWVPeaQ6u8V2cxn5uyuDBDumO2ZakRgvSDCx26DQhohJPKG-50pjTCdGAN_2BTRl9lqu82rrtEBZyVQv7uJ8bMBcRA-9ahBOkkH6Yjw9QsFy91eLzI1Mmpq52HD-4fNGpEg3q26K8OsV30yYgoJBf7NugmBIePcFaBbyoA-d8r15wc6bXsmYk/s1200/dogreadingabook5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNCqZybYWVPeaQ6u8V2cxn5uyuDBDumO2ZakRgvSDCx26DQhohJPKG-50pjTCdGAN_2BTRl9lqu82rrtEBZyVQv7uJ8bMBcRA-9ahBOkkH6Yjw9QsFy91eLzI1Mmpq52HD-4fNGpEg3q26K8OsV30yYgoJBf7NugmBIePcFaBbyoA-d8r15wc6bXsmYk/w421-h233/dogreadingabook5.png" width="421" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk133274720"><span style="background: white; color: #783f04; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">*This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon
Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></a></p><p></p>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-43961833566987721452023-12-14T00:00:00.168-05:002023-12-14T00:19:03.051-05:00Home from the Storm by Laurel Blount<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Home from the Storm JustRead Blog + Review Tour" class="alignnone wp-image-28116" height="237" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Banner_HomefromtheStorm_BlogReview_JR.jpg" width="593" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for <i><b><span><a href="https://amzn.to/3uSrKyI" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Home from the Storm</span></a> </span></b></i>by Laurel Blount, hosted by <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2023/12/11/welcome-to-home-from-the-storm-blog-review-tour-giveaway" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>JustRead Publicity Tours</b></span></a>!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px; font-weight: normal;">About the Book</span></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: left;"><b style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Home from the Storm" class="alignleft wp-image-28390 size-large" height="400" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HOME-FROM-THE-STORM_FCO_9780593200261revised-244x400.jpg" width="244" /></b></p>
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">In this stirring Amish romance about love and second chances, a shunned man returns to protect the wife he left behind—and falls in love with the family he never knew he had.</b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After a senseless loss, hotheaded Caleb Hochstedler left his Amish faith and his young wife to seek justice. Two years later, he tracks his parents’ killer back home to Johns Mill, where he’s astonished to learn he’s the father of twins. Now he's determined to protect his children and the woman he still loves—if she’ll let him. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Her new husband’s abandonment broke Rhoda Lambright’s heart and proved her father, the bishop, right. Such a stubborn man could never be happy among the peaceful Amish. When Caleb unexpectedly returns, Rhoda is caught between her rock of a husband and a very hard place. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Her church forbids divorce and requires forgiveness, so Rhoda lets Caleb back into their home. But can she ever let him back into her heart? One thing’s for certain sure. This second chance will take all the faith they can find.
</span></p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>PURCHASE LINKS:</b></span> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124546147-home-from-the-storm" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>Goodreads</b></span></a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3uSrKyI" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium;">Amazon</span></b></a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/home-from-the-storm-laurel-blount/1143265960" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Barnes & Noble</b></span></a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/home-from-the-storm-laurel-blount/19951940" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Bookshop</span></b></a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/home-from-the-storm-by-laurel-blount" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">BookBub</span></b></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIhDKLVcvwMUhgQgIdWv8XigInQ3HRjBhfibiO5h_E9wtdtG9lnOBdRW8Uj8cahLKs85fFoqmnMkrv2vDDo177U8nHPYagJ1BkjYMB_kYHcrqXXzTdTO_x2z34uxp8BbMvN04cA2W_A_qUiTn9QhkJXZFg1ic43KVOX2Yyyx5FCxC4pCqxSmJf8a_TT8/s700/amishbakery5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIhDKLVcvwMUhgQgIdWv8XigInQ3HRjBhfibiO5h_E9wtdtG9lnOBdRW8Uj8cahLKs85fFoqmnMkrv2vDDo177U8nHPYagJ1BkjYMB_kYHcrqXXzTdTO_x2z34uxp8BbMvN04cA2W_A_qUiTn9QhkJXZFg1ic43KVOX2Yyyx5FCxC4pCqxSmJf8a_TT8/s320/amishbakery5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px; font-weight: 400;">More Books in the Series</span></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H17JZTS" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img alt="Shelter in the Storm" class="alignnone wp-image-16029" height="200" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Shelter-in-the-Storm-Final-Cover-186x300.jpg" width="124" /></a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095MMNXKD" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-28391" height="200" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/strength-in-the-storm-186x300.jpg" width="124" /></a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WMBZRK5" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-28392" height="200" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/courage-in-the-storm-186x300.jpg" width="124" /></a></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px; font-weight: 400;">About the Author</span></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Laurel Blount" class="alignnone wp-image-20186 size-medium" height="300" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Laurel-Blount-headshot-267x300.jpg" width="267" /></p>
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Award-winning author <b><a href="https://amzn.to/46WCB86" target="_blank"><span style="color: #783f04;">Laurel Blount</span></a></b> writes inspirational romances full of grit and grace—with characters who’ll walk right off the page and into your heart! She lives on a farm in Georgia with her husband, their four fabulous kids, and an assortment of ridiculously spoiled animals.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
An enthusiastic multi-tasker, Laurel writes for both Berkley/Penguin Random House and Love Inspired/Harlequin. She’s a Publishers Weekly best-selling author and the recipient of ACFW’s Carol Award, The New England Reader’s Choice Award and GRW’s Maggie Award. She’s represented by Jessica Alvarez of Bookends Literary Agency.
<i> </i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Home from the Storm</i> is Laurel’s twelfth book—and more stories are in the works! Stay tuned!
</span></p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Connect with Laurel by visiting <a href="https://laurelblountbooks.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">laurelblountbooks.com</span></b></a> to follow her on social media and sign up for email updates.</span></p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkWJxjP0xZG9LAfsR6__EbXF9DoxRKBuGC1mfj-9UEpIJna51TxjoN2MYneLq4V1KsHl3bJIceYmJYWdEKSCR-Cb7WztZ8TfliDW7SPC1eFILFIvi1df7Uz45okM_WjhJ8sVsK4i-KTbKjEvo70faTF2pyxCLPKdQBxOF_0rMVvSkoGeEo0cVX41kijo/s1200/amishbakery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1200" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkWJxjP0xZG9LAfsR6__EbXF9DoxRKBuGC1mfj-9UEpIJna51TxjoN2MYneLq4V1KsHl3bJIceYmJYWdEKSCR-Cb7WztZ8TfliDW7SPC1eFILFIvi1df7Uz45okM_WjhJ8sVsK4i-KTbKjEvo70faTF2pyxCLPKdQBxOF_0rMVvSkoGeEo0cVX41kijo/s320/amishbakery.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px; font-weight: 400;">My Thoughts</span></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uSrKyI" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Home from the Storm by Laurel Blount</b></span></a> is a touching Amish tale. I was
happy to head back to Johns Mill for Caleb and Rhoda Hochstedler’s story. I thought Home from the Storm was
well-written with developed characters. Caleb
is a stubborn man with a temper. He has
never taken the time to grieve over the loss of his parents. Caleb is determined to catch his parents’
killer. Caleb learns that there is a
price to pay for his relentless pursuit for justice. Rhoda is a good Amish woman who has found
herself to be that knot in the middle of a tug of war rope. Rhoda was pulled back and forth by her
husband and her father who was the bishop of their district. I liked that the story is told from Rhoda and
Caleb’s perspective. It allows us to
know their thoughts and feelings. The
suspense is well done. There were tense
moments that would find me quickly flipping the pages to discover what would
happen. The romance was nicely
done. I do feel the pacing could have
been a touch peppier in places. I like the new bishop of Johns Mill. Abram King
certainly has a different approach from Rhoda’s father. Trust and forgiveness are the main themes in
the story. <a href="https://amzn.to/3uSrKyI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Home from the Storm</span></b></a> is the
fourth book in <a href="https://amzn.to/3RhniRD" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">A Johns Mill Amish Romance series</span></b></a>. While <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Home from the Storm</span></b> can be read as a
standalone (the author includes the needed background information), I do
recommend reading the series in order.
It will allow you to get to know the characters, their stories, and the
town. The ending from <a href="https://amzn.to/3uSrKyI" target="_blank"><span style="color: #783f04;"><b>Home from the Storm</b></span></a>
left me smiling. <a href="https://amzn.to/3uSrKyI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Home from the Storm</span></b></a> a
gratifying tale with a killer on the run, bakery troubles, a benevolent bishop,
an indomitable Daed, a hair trigger temper, a double disclosure, and finding
forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3zo2FWUbWZj_37AUcspl30bi5Urvr2aDuOXIa9-0WS_aH1O4HlBdxToSwAgv_8RwUOst7srhnyJTzWkL9anaB8V3AHKF0NCcyKFQIdt5Gm6RcF-PY8Ud55MnIjrmBgyF_J9Ol_S7JdOwTEyzIiam9utHnEo_rCVdjwKmY4wlFgEw9DVCd6TbDtDP_nM/s1024/amishbakery6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3zo2FWUbWZj_37AUcspl30bi5Urvr2aDuOXIa9-0WS_aH1O4HlBdxToSwAgv_8RwUOst7srhnyJTzWkL9anaB8V3AHKF0NCcyKFQIdt5Gm6RcF-PY8Ud55MnIjrmBgyF_J9Ol_S7JdOwTEyzIiam9utHnEo_rCVdjwKmY4wlFgEw9DVCd6TbDtDP_nM/s320/amishbakery6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px; font-weight: 400;">Excerpt</span></span></h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Abram said you and I
weren’t to . . . talk about anything until he got here, but while we’re
waiting, I’d like to see the little ones.” He shifted his weight from one boot
to the other. “I hardly even got a good look at them before. If you don’t mind,
I’d rather meet them now, while we’re alone.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rhoda hesitated,
sympathy warring with concern. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">She needed Abram here.
She wasn’t sure how to deal with this. And she certain sure needed to know what
had brought her husband home and what his plans were before this went much
further. The idea of Caleb being part of the twins’ lives while living among
the <i>Englisch </i>and thumbing his nose at
church rules . . . that worried her. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">But she could understand
Caleb not wanting to meet his son and daughter under the eye of the bishop.
He’d never felt comfortable around church leaders, and for good reason. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“All right,” she
conceded. “They’re in the kitchen.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Caleb crossed the bakery
in a few long strides, but he stopped short at the kitchen doorway. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rhoda paused behind him,
unsure what to do. Best, she decided, to do nothing. She would step in if the
children showed any signs of being upset, but Caleb would have to handle the
introductions himself. She had no idea how to go about it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">He took a step in the
children’s direction—then halted. He turned to Rhoda, and the raw pain on his
face made her catch her breath. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“What?” she whispered,
alarmed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I don’t . . . I don’t
know their names,” he ground out roughly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9alZZOixJvPwoTCosh0VNwBrYerecHQD5xxTx-6MLi94GJyCaMFGTr2FeVKZp4nNxHVtnY8H9fedGqhWrLeDCdT3-dIQ2Bq8B-eNV068N6lYWebyUGqbmUbn_o_1_6qCouxt5GfrdyKOFl2bDmpMvPd46luU0u33NW_guSuux5z-Dih_PH9bpAbCnGs/s700/amishbakerycharm1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9alZZOixJvPwoTCosh0VNwBrYerecHQD5xxTx-6MLi94GJyCaMFGTr2FeVKZp4nNxHVtnY8H9fedGqhWrLeDCdT3-dIQ2Bq8B-eNV068N6lYWebyUGqbmUbn_o_1_6qCouxt5GfrdyKOFl2bDmpMvPd46luU0u33NW_guSuux5z-Dih_PH9bpAbCnGs/s320/amishbakerycharm1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></div><p></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px; font-weight: normal;">Tour Giveaway</span></span></h3>
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: center;">(1) winner will win print copies of Shelter in the Storm, Strength in the Storm and Courage in the Storm plus a $25 Amazon gift card!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight December 11, 2023 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on December 18, 2023. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHzi5Z0KQ1yDB1dEC1Ce5ZBdzknWu037bvAICxliF4hzrjUZdlDGbp4rJNOF2QGBiNlpFx542IQLvwp6RwEMeHmo1nARr1syiMSXP6jl6uoMrdSWWTqqkcyr6WdMfo92qIRWKpoxgoKFjdF5UEyScnGr1hgaAMw6IZ_WygR2t0bYCiGVh5Ad0p_MYrGI/s1500/HomefromtheStorm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="917" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHzi5Z0KQ1yDB1dEC1Ce5ZBdzknWu037bvAICxliF4hzrjUZdlDGbp4rJNOF2QGBiNlpFx542IQLvwp6RwEMeHmo1nARr1syiMSXP6jl6uoMrdSWWTqqkcyr6WdMfo92qIRWKpoxgoKFjdF5UEyScnGr1hgaAMw6IZ_WygR2t0bYCiGVh5Ad0p_MYrGI/w245-h400/HomefromtheStorm.jpg" width="245" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3uSrKyI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Home from the Storm</span></b></a> will be out on December 26 and it can be preordered from <a href="https://amzn.to/3uSrKyI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. The first three books in <a href="https://amzn.to/3RhniRD" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">A Johns Mill Amish Romance series</span></b></a> are <a href="https://amzn.to/3t27mL7" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Shelter in the Storm</span></b></a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3TgG0LK" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Strength in the Storm</span></b></a>, and <a href="https://amzn.to/3Ti88hN" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Courage in the Storm</span></b></a>. You can find Laurel Blount's other novels <a href="https://amzn.to/46WCB86" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">here</span></b></a>. If you follow <a href="https://amzn.to/46WCB86" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Laurel Blount on Amazon</span></b></a>, they will send you an email when she has a new book release. Laurel has <a href="https://amzn.to/48c8ACa" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Triplets' Summer Adventure</span></b></a> coming out June 25, 2024 (Love Inspired Inspirational Romance). Don't forget to <a href="https://gleam.io/qn5gt/home-from-the-storm-blog-tour-giveaway" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">enter the giveaway</span></b></a> for a chance to win print copies of the first three books in the series as well as a $25 Amazon gift card (Rules above--Sorry, but US Only). Good Luck! Thank you for joining me today. I will return after the holidays on January 2, 2024 with <a href="https://amzn.to/3GCTBpa" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">The Dog Across the Lake by Krista Davis</span></b></a>. It is the ninth <a href="https://amzn.to/4acl6n8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">A Paws & Claws Mystery</span></b></a>. I always enjoy visiting Wagtail. I hope that you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Take care and Happy Reading!</p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The
Avid Reader</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynI6zJCihOSQrenne7xR5WCgnUqcc8wrC6p1LieLttgSDmCy_bam0n-1M0W5LeUbX4t7RuBxPT5GD-rYV7VAFKsT-2_DCFposd6AnrM0WKNlrvOQ1VXHftgGvPBVEa93A7IkowqxeMyxWB-mzAhCuse94EUaSQWvKw5VeelJrUI4ImlLfW_zoDN1Mds4/s1920/Santareadingbytree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynI6zJCihOSQrenne7xR5WCgnUqcc8wrC6p1LieLttgSDmCy_bam0n-1M0W5LeUbX4t7RuBxPT5GD-rYV7VAFKsT-2_DCFposd6AnrM0WKNlrvOQ1VXHftgGvPBVEa93A7IkowqxeMyxWB-mzAhCuse94EUaSQWvKw5VeelJrUI4ImlLfW_zoDN1Mds4/w439-h313/Santareadingbytree.jpg" width="439" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk133274720"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #783f04;">*This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon
Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Follow along at <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2023/12/11/welcome-to-home-from-the-storm-blog-review-tour-giveaway" rel="noopener" target="_blank">JustRead Tours</a> for a full list of stops!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk133274720"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></span></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="JustRead Publicity Tours" class="wp-image-13204 size-thumbnail aligncenter" height="150" src="https://justreadtours.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/justread-logo-final.png?w=150" width="150" /></div>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-48664399393276521242023-12-13T00:00:00.155-05:002023-12-13T00:02:11.856-05:00Trust the Stars by Tricia Goyer<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 42.6667px; text-align: left;">Trust the Stars</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <img height="400" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/ZohK68jhMRT1EpvOSVQqX_4sNOvHw0bdiR0963gCeABPJBqXYpTEskU4pRqaH59wfH1_cZkxBhuoaqHz6oP-jbnbwvY97WMfBoANqYp6Bm6HjD1umlaPPskgquXer88ZGH3IJrtO1-yekkbMj3Dbp9s=w259-h400" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="259" /></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-7addc007-7fff-0b2f-45bc-9413b1cb8fc8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Perpetua, serif;">About the Book</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Olivia Garza, a woman committed to making a difference in the world, thrives in her unconventional, service-oriented life. By day, she helps troubled teens in inner-city Little Rock… by night, she unwittingly creates a viral web-video series when she tries to better understand her mother’s desperate decisions by retracing her steps with a camera. So far, Olivia has always been the anonymous narrator, but she’s promised to reveal herself in the last stop on her documentary: Kenya.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_txZ4jhO_viOiVEZIpacK5mcPOZm2ur0f1NN8wo0BmVvJjIv40jNEEqcR9ohtjAnze3u40gCqPqhaSQ3QZlrrFfGhyw3ttjKiefBYJHONqSjun_dCMJzuQ5zpBA8UwG2elU72_fo9OqK7AXz-jBaDJyyIq5fXHWq_XBvokBgfSaX-37ojsEm9sqWjIAs/s2000/kenyasafarai3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_txZ4jhO_viOiVEZIpacK5mcPOZm2ur0f1NN8wo0BmVvJjIv40jNEEqcR9ohtjAnze3u40gCqPqhaSQ3QZlrrFfGhyw3ttjKiefBYJHONqSjun_dCMJzuQ5zpBA8UwG2elU72_fo9OqK7AXz-jBaDJyyIq5fXHWq_XBvokBgfSaX-37ojsEm9sqWjIAs/s320/kenyasafarai3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Prince Louis is the heir to the throne of the small European kingdom of Alloria, in Kenya to run away from a broken heart—and the media circus that comes with it. When he meets Olivia, he recognizes her voice right away from the docu-series that has stirred his heart. Though they share a magical day on safari, any dreams of happily ever after come crashing down with the flash of the paparazzi cameras, when Olivia realizes that he represents everything she most despises in the world.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU0r6iGb6viSSSv4dnNkZh7Y6Zah7NDhj0cc0PBLP1a85C3L3qAM5uoKBT9ncgmc7xkeTowSwxH4UG-_P8nEPdH2RSdD5UIvy76Re2fSm1w4YU1jI2Acv-jHB8vMDUdHj-j9M3WKQk0NDOUOCR3oBJzhFhkQASF4iKlS77W3vdJCdjyDOx0a6oiTMYrw/s474/Kenya.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="474" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU0r6iGb6viSSSv4dnNkZh7Y6Zah7NDhj0cc0PBLP1a85C3L3qAM5uoKBT9ncgmc7xkeTowSwxH4UG-_P8nEPdH2RSdD5UIvy76Re2fSm1w4YU1jI2Acv-jHB8vMDUdHj-j9M3WKQk0NDOUOCR3oBJzhFhkQASF4iKlS77W3vdJCdjyDOx0a6oiTMYrw/s320/Kenya.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In World War II Rome, another royal, however, has her own life-changing choices to make. Princess Alessandra Appiani could have chosen quiet safety within the walls of the Vatican, but instead she risks her life—and her family—to save the Jewish children so in need of someone to show them the love of God.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When Olivia is hired to help create a documentary about Alessandra, learning about the sacrifice of a royal who goes from palace to prison forces her to face the hardest questions of all: Should she continue on the path she’s carved for herself…or trust God to give her the future she never thought she wanted?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://tricia-goyer.myshopify.com/products/trust-the-stars?ck_subscriber_id=2322291497" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Tricia’s Shop</b></span></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> | </span><a href="https://whitecrownpublishing.com/shop/trust-the-stars/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">WhiteCrown</span></b></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> | </span><a href="https://whitefire-publishing.com/read/product/trust-the-stars/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>READ</b></span></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> | </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3NjWRd1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Amazon</span></b></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 239px; overflow: hidden; width: 204px;"><img height="239" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/K3eKs8T9KH-N_OQ4Q4kzVmBeLVeCKxQZJwQDkYN8gaaMU7fMz1tsAXadCmcDWmETC_DauEqd28F_REyYyTGcPAT7CZjQO_RXqZeNR2spU1LzNmlClKUY2tMF6FkAbSHDcHuTIKd2C7YFPby4Mb7gpEs" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="204" /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 42.6667px;">About the Author</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tricia Goyer is the author of more than 85 books, she writes both fiction and nonfiction related to family and parenting. This USA-Today Best-selling Author has also won two Carol Awards and a Retailer’s Best Award. She was also an ECPA Gold Medallion Nominee and a Christy Award Nominee and won Writer of the Year from the Mt. Hermon Christian Writers Conference.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A beloved author of Amish fiction, as well, having written the </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3NlK4a1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Big Sky</b></span></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and </span><a href="https://amzn.to/41ecY1c" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors</b></span></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> series. She has spoken at events such as MomCon, Raising Generations, and Teach Them Diligently conferences and is the host of the podcasts, The Tricia Goyer Show and Daily Bible Podcast that she co-hosts with Michelle Hill.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A homeschooling mom of ten, including seven by adoption, Tricia is also a grandmother of four and wife to John. With a busy life, she understands the importance of making every word count.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You can read more about the adoption story </span><a href="https://amxn.to/2GrkbA3" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>HERE</b></span></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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is a touching tale. I thought the story
was well-written with realistic, developed characters. The story takes place in the modern-day, featuring
Louis and Olivia with flashbacks to 1943 where Alessandra risks everything to
do what she feels is the right thing.
Louis is a man who is loyal, caring, and a Christian. His life has been ruled by tradition. He longs to find someone to share to love and
with whom he can share his life. Olivia’s
life is about helping others. An
incident that she witnessed as a child made her determined to help those less
fortunate. A chance encounter between
the pair leads to a magical day. Unfortunately,
the paparazzi soon reveal Louis’ identity and mess with Olivia’s plans. Olivia’s new project may give her new
insights. This story gives us a
different look at World War II. I could
see a person’s faith tested witnessing the atrocities committed by the German’s
and struggling to survive in a concentration camp. Faith was woven beautifully into the
story. Forgiveness, hope, and faith are
the main messages in the story. I like
how the story ended. My favorite phrase from the <a href="https://amzn.to/3NjWRd1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Trust the Stars</span></b></a> is,
“Even those who rule must live under God’s authority. To see the stars is to remember our Lord.” <a href="https://amzn.to/3NjWRd1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Trust the Stars</span></b></a> is a story that will have you
reflecting long after you finish it. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DWnEJLjEDB2tzIMNnP4E_ei6L7aGtfWbYE4V_RMTjB2p-yRyH5aDmxsnKAj3f2tHRIY6Abn9fmvJReauGCLATkzPdJfgOgOztclr-wxra18C5YNL6xXf4Wjy-9YPTYxicVgbIls6tL49v4OnnBwEMvIi5tuPjxY_pVP4Qr05NkpAPxwZ139QfFXzfRo/s1500/trustthestars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="971" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DWnEJLjEDB2tzIMNnP4E_ei6L7aGtfWbYE4V_RMTjB2p-yRyH5aDmxsnKAj3f2tHRIY6Abn9fmvJReauGCLATkzPdJfgOgOztclr-wxra18C5YNL6xXf4Wjy-9YPTYxicVgbIls6tL49v4OnnBwEMvIi5tuPjxY_pVP4Qr05NkpAPxwZ139QfFXzfRo/s320/trustthestars.jpg" width="207" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3NjWRd1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Trust the Stars</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3NjWRd1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. You can find Tricia Goyer's other novels <a href="https://amzn.to/3TdXZmb" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">here</span></b></a>. If you <a href="https://amzn.to/3TdXZmb" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">follow Tricia Goyer on Amazon</span></b></a>, they will send you an email when she has a new book release. You can find other White Crown releases on their <a href="https://whitecrownpublishing.com/shop/trust-the-stars/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">site</span></b></a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2A6wUDVF5dpZtOjFnqnWZb1enqHVVUN2AnnVNTY3MHM9-vVpy4p8RQejZkPjhxpSLzcvxnCfbLmIzY9IVGy8M2JBL9Fo1yoRpIu4YOXCu3hqGw5haU7xGjrBUKYUMIhYOQV4HhC79I8wKnXOwnzh3r06CifjkVb53VvhoJpR8GM4XlYSD96c6VDLJFU/s1080/TrusttheSTarsgiveaway.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2A6wUDVF5dpZtOjFnqnWZb1enqHVVUN2AnnVNTY3MHM9-vVpy4p8RQejZkPjhxpSLzcvxnCfbLmIzY9IVGy8M2JBL9Fo1yoRpIu4YOXCu3hqGw5haU7xGjrBUKYUMIhYOQV4HhC79I8wKnXOwnzh3r06CifjkVb53VvhoJpR8GM4XlYSD96c6VDLJFU/w290-h290/TrusttheSTarsgiveaway.png" width="290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Would you like to <a href="https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/7b21d89b85/"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>win a print copy of Trust the Stars</b></span></a> (US Only, International will receive an ebook)? Click <a href="https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/7b21d89b85/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">here to enter</span></b></a>! Good Luck! Thank you for stopping by today. Tomorrow I will be sharing my thoughts on <a href="https://amzn.to/3uSrKyI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Home from the Storm by Laurel Blount</span></b></a>. It is the final book in <a href="https://amzn.to/3RhniRD" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">A Johns Mill Amish Romance series</span></b></a>. I hope that you have a sparkling day. Take care and Happy Reading!</div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p>
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Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.</span></span></a></p></div>Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-62699073183622008472023-12-12T00:00:00.205-05:002023-12-12T00:03:28.226-05:00Ruth's Ginger Snap Surprise by Anne Blackburne<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM87eheGasYXr6Vv_79CyWxyjkrfZpibSSsWKGsqcaye7qBEvNSlXV9r0zKFWhk0gWbIMSFBFRzyyQyh9VZNDUCipBZSwJ6yM7UaB1Sfv35PSSPMrdgteQIGtzpjhUlgAt15S7p92c1JWnJc6MptOJ-v3QXeXFWcrJZl4mBfpCBkQNJWq-0hJWQZUqXI/s851/Ruths-ginger-snap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM87eheGasYXr6Vv_79CyWxyjkrfZpibSSsWKGsqcaye7qBEvNSlXV9r0zKFWhk0gWbIMSFBFRzyyQyh9VZNDUCipBZSwJ6yM7UaB1Sfv35PSSPMrdgteQIGtzpjhUlgAt15S7p92c1JWnJc6MptOJ-v3QXeXFWcrJZl4mBfpCBkQNJWq-0hJWQZUqXI/w546-h241/Ruths-ginger-snap.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;" underline="">About the Book</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNL4E7rac8UeYi5WPOU769qkSPR_gLPNxzv-_g5pRK_PqS7tFLZ1FTHQDXr0sXiGFJg8-EoU0olf2P8ed2D06s3tcuciAOWQAFjZZHxWO3RSgnHtjkpgd8flx8RHbLY5aZqc9uBO925Pc1RUfM9p_MNdHWBMINWMiw5MvXWFckF1ZbxQoakPRUDuWENU/s300/9781636096896-197x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="197" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNL4E7rac8UeYi5WPOU769qkSPR_gLPNxzv-_g5pRK_PqS7tFLZ1FTHQDXr0sXiGFJg8-EoU0olf2P8ed2D06s3tcuciAOWQAFjZZHxWO3RSgnHtjkpgd8flx8RHbLY5aZqc9uBO925Pc1RUfM9p_MNdHWBMINWMiw5MvXWFckF1ZbxQoakPRUDuWENU/w263-h400/9781636096896-197x300.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><p><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Ruth Defies Authority to Hold on to her Family Farm</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="color: #783f04;">Full of faith, hope, and romance, this new series takes you into the Heart of Amish country.</span></em></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ruth Helmuth has never been rude in her life; trust her to choose the bishop of her Amish community for her first time!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ruth has worked hard to keep body and soul together since her husband, Levi’s, death. She tends her herd of goats, making her living from the milk and fiber she gets from them, all while running a farm and household by herself—and very competently, thank you! How could she imagine the bishop suggesting she should give it all up to another family, who will “make better use of the space”?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8XRUw1NWRLRoFKIO5IPD6lbsUMFGHZxALQf2nVprW9bp_0dM8DQIxIewY2OAYN6e8RuVvPDVHUwLkprxtWHll7kPRHLV-G1CzZ31a1zPOJ5LujBC9GYRkfPt0Y3ZpN5rjWUCB9MfkdfN7pUg_6bDy-4PmzQ0l-fxneLnQNONvZhynxQ3Q1_1wWtXKcw/s474/amishgoatfarm2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="474" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8XRUw1NWRLRoFKIO5IPD6lbsUMFGHZxALQf2nVprW9bp_0dM8DQIxIewY2OAYN6e8RuVvPDVHUwLkprxtWHll7kPRHLV-G1CzZ31a1zPOJ5LujBC9GYRkfPt0Y3ZpN5rjWUCB9MfkdfN7pUg_6bDy-4PmzQ0l-fxneLnQNONvZhynxQ3Q1_1wWtXKcw/s320/amishgoatfarm2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Enter widower Jonas Hershberger, owner of a pair of adorable dimples and father of a charming 4-year-old daughter. Jonas is in need of a larger place to house his growing business. Ruth’s big red barn may be just the ticket. Little Abigail is in need of a new mother. Ruth might be just the ticket there, too!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Can two independent souls learn to work together for their mutual good? And will they be willing to explore what grows between them? Or will Ruth’s fear over her “big secret” and Jonas’s caution about allowing someone new to get close to his young daughter, kill their love before it has a chance to grow?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Luckily for both of them, God’s plan involves the stubborn pair getting a little help in the form of a wise, elderly friend; a quirky orange kitten; and a smart little girl who takes one look at Ruth and decides she would make her the perfect new mother!</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3TleYmJ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>here</b></span></a> to get your copy!</pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHdotn9oygJTox3DWGq5RMPJ-bIslSzDUIv-XYw9Xdqf7ahbdtBI8Di-9_TGPVcxrx5Cn0UPHpRgdz_oS97b_VPsjCiCrAPejyLhjKTVEE-R2h3prKxve3azIQ6rygpyPhebUOMvxZyPnrE1oWLTZy_ToTQCHU_yE5pFL_PMs4_s3ifTdY9pCbCwlmJ8/s1043/gingerkitten.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHdotn9oygJTox3DWGq5RMPJ-bIslSzDUIv-XYw9Xdqf7ahbdtBI8Di-9_TGPVcxrx5Cn0UPHpRgdz_oS97b_VPsjCiCrAPejyLhjKTVEE-R2h3prKxve3azIQ6rygpyPhebUOMvxZyPnrE1oWLTZy_ToTQCHU_yE5pFL_PMs4_s3ifTdY9pCbCwlmJ8/s320/gingerkitten.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;" underline="">About the Author</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMnm1NlvK9OrFLsbMwfRsOZNLxyjjzHbfWLpUhYuVn6OO_Bgj_fWinTouWbH3e03_A_1GKzZPe-0TGUePKDu7VLRDGCMdjMxzctBoBDW3hXuYAVD81WQp0sSoVPmUamXxMuh51dAT-WcvtQHql6k6WNIit5nm6x5aL4t41haLRhmXgJFPj7LGD4JZy4M/s480/anneblackburne.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMnm1NlvK9OrFLsbMwfRsOZNLxyjjzHbfWLpUhYuVn6OO_Bgj_fWinTouWbH3e03_A_1GKzZPe-0TGUePKDu7VLRDGCMdjMxzctBoBDW3hXuYAVD81WQp0sSoVPmUamXxMuh51dAT-WcvtQHql6k6WNIit5nm6x5aL4t41haLRhmXgJFPj7LGD4JZy4M/s320/anneblackburne.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.anneblackburne.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #783f04;"><b>Anne Blackburne</b></span></a> lives and works in Southeast Ohio as a newspaper editor and writer. She is the mother of five grown children, has one wonderful grandchild, and a spoiled poodle named Millie. For fun, when she isn’t working on Amish romance or sweet mysteries, Anne directs and acts in community theater productions and writes and directs original plays. She also enjoys reading, kayaking, swimming, searching for beach glass, and just sitting with a cup of coffee looking at large bodies of water. Her idea of the perfect vacation is cruising and seeing amazing new places with people she loves.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40oGGx5aihF5lvwgXfoBqQN1Pbo8dG_D9w6uW8Z8TZDyxxipkWS1mTYczDOBOuhr70E3wKxhqxkgKxsccw0LBW-c4WPzzssGoC-ZZG7qO4UFg_cg7H7CnrjtoxgQz5VNkofCmLBKwGhJSWWn7iwGwR7dtAmWkGkOjrGHy1rhMhg543sDBasgVVtJfVSQ/s800/sunflowerseedlings3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40oGGx5aihF5lvwgXfoBqQN1Pbo8dG_D9w6uW8Z8TZDyxxipkWS1mTYczDOBOuhr70E3wKxhqxkgKxsccw0LBW-c4WPzzssGoC-ZZG7qO4UFg_cg7H7CnrjtoxgQz5VNkofCmLBKwGhJSWWn7iwGwR7dtAmWkGkOjrGHy1rhMhg543sDBasgVVtJfVSQ/s320/sunflowerseedlings3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;" underline="">More from Anne</span></h1><p style="text-align: justify;">I’m so excited that my debut novel<em>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3TleYmJ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Ruth’s Ginger Snap Surprise</span></b></a></em>, will release soon from Barbour Publishing! This is the realization of a long-held dream; 30 years long!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">About 30 years ago I wrote my first book, a middle reader about a group of tweens who wanted to start a pet sitting business. I found an agent who worked hard to sell my series. Unfortunately, someone else came up with the same basic idea and beat me to the bookshelves!</p><p>Of course, I was crushed – I’d been so close!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I wondered if it was a sign that I wasn’t meant to become a published author. Maybe I just wasn’t good enough?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDOheST_og8HO1LOza1qjT45fNGpT-iXXb5QylV0Gfrl7hbQlFgZBrxW01Kib_38KXVjybtFZ4q7crYd3BBzfg3JHU6UBb5CUD2-kCfK75MvFlrZzH1g29jpjvmRuLGwvzMkc8JuaWkv_PWIy2EqFAQwsL8tCTc3FfWnr4bYVhTsZd_-JuaqWSmNOoWE/s1620/sunflowerseedling.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDOheST_og8HO1LOza1qjT45fNGpT-iXXb5QylV0Gfrl7hbQlFgZBrxW01Kib_38KXVjybtFZ4q7crYd3BBzfg3JHU6UBb5CUD2-kCfK75MvFlrZzH1g29jpjvmRuLGwvzMkc8JuaWkv_PWIy2EqFAQwsL8tCTc3FfWnr4bYVhTsZd_-JuaqWSmNOoWE/s320/sunflowerseedling.webp" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Being the tenacious sort, I rejected that idea and buckled down. I looked at each subsequent rejection as proof that I’d been hard at work practicing my craft, and would inevitably, eventually, succeed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I read somewhere that it takes 10,000 hours of toiling away at the computer before a new author sells a book. That would be about right!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Of course, it isn’t the same for everyone. Some authors are lucky – or just that good – and hit a home run their first at bat. Others simply can’t seem to break in.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For me, the big break came nearly two years ago. I’d been working and polishing my Amish romance for a couple years. I also had a couple of other projects in the works, but I didn’t want to give up on Ruth and Jonas’ story. I queried many agents, being very careful to follow their individual guidelines. And finally – finally! – I got that phone call new authors dream about, offering representation. I’m proud to be represented by the wonderful Tamela Hancock Murray from the Steve Laube Agency. And Tamela quickly sold my story to Barbour Publishing, Inc.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIOjJXU31AUQCpoDcmzTOKeaxibKEYg3N6bZuAnXiQQ5WWV77mZPG1zjwY9VJOrPlFuMZ5HIfY_jNKYmCA8pVwt2Pz5v34oMdCR4aJG5jiOk9XNSmxrEdTRKCueI8PMBCotXJBry7SFNjE84euMJkDNyG0jHTtWE8y9RthcPz_RVHv6HtoLIXlQgM9wo/s960/amishmakingbaskets.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIOjJXU31AUQCpoDcmzTOKeaxibKEYg3N6bZuAnXiQQ5WWV77mZPG1zjwY9VJOrPlFuMZ5HIfY_jNKYmCA8pVwt2Pz5v34oMdCR4aJG5jiOk9XNSmxrEdTRKCueI8PMBCotXJBry7SFNjE84euMJkDNyG0jHTtWE8y9RthcPz_RVHv6HtoLIXlQgM9wo/s320/amishmakingbaskets.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">What a blessing! All those years of work and hope and yes, faith, had finally paid off. I was going to be a published author. I still have to pinch myself from time to time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And here I am. I hope you love Ruth and Jonas – and of course, Ginger Snap! – as much as I do. I have another book from their make-believe town of Willow Creek coming out next summer, also from Barbour. Both books are part of a new series called “Heart of the Amish”, and feature three authors. The other two, Mindy Steele and Lisa Jones Baker, are both seasoned veterans with a number of Amish and other Christian books under their belts. It’s such an honor to be included with them in this project!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Ruth’s Ginger Snap Surprise</em> is available now for pre-order on Amazon. And my second book, tentatively titled <em><a href="https://amzn.to/46RoctT" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Mary’s Calico Hope</span></b></a></em>, will be available late this winter.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Be sure to look for Mindy Steele’s wonderful book, <em>The Flower Quilter</em>, which kicks off the series. It is also available on Amazon. I read an early release and boy, was I impressed. I can’t wait to read Lisa Jones Baker’s story!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9AvnejCUGwfjuSC3gxV8mHkEfepo-90WdzNYevS_M2O7fHtClbLbZlY63z62tD1e3cYoMiZELo0R93khqswfJXm-p7SOC6y9PXhmtRNKR0nE5hCPqqV6WmkNYtgoZGuOw-iLAyoa0hNv0XSHDWMU2XP8wtdXmgHPquxgW0w4dgMOo4RzyxNgDL2ExV0/s550/amishmakingbaskets2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="550" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9AvnejCUGwfjuSC3gxV8mHkEfepo-90WdzNYevS_M2O7fHtClbLbZlY63z62tD1e3cYoMiZELo0R93khqswfJXm-p7SOC6y9PXhmtRNKR0nE5hCPqqV6WmkNYtgoZGuOw-iLAyoa0hNv0XSHDWMU2XP8wtdXmgHPquxgW0w4dgMOo4RzyxNgDL2ExV0/s320/amishmakingbaskets2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h1 center="" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">My Thoughts</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TleYmJ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>Ruth’s Ginger Snap Surprise by Anne Blackburne</b></span></a> is a sweet story. I thought
the book was well-written with realistic, developed characters. I enjoyed getting to know Ruth Helmuth, Jonas
Hershberger, and little Abigail Hershberger.
I could not believe that Ruth’s bishop, Abram Troyer suggested that she
sell her family farm, which held many memories for her, because she lived alone. The bishop felt a family could make better
use of the large house and property. Ruth
is a good businesswoman. She has her
herd of wily goats. Ruth uses their milk
and fiber. She comes up with other ways
to utilize the property and earn money. I
liked learning about Jonas and his sister’s basket business. Their baskets sounded lovely, especially the
Christmas baskets. You can feel that
faith is a part of the character’s daily lives.
They pray to God for guidance and assistance. They know that He will provide in His own
time. I enjoyed the humor sprinkled
through the story. The kitten that Ruth
receives from her dear friend, Lydia Coblentz, provides many lighthearted
moments. Lydia knew what she was doing
when she gifted the ginger kitten to Ruth.
A couple of Ruth’s friends also received kittens. Lydia is an insightful woman. <a href="https://amzn.to/3TleYmJ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Ruth's Ginger Snap Surprise</span></b></a> may be the second book in The Heart of the Amish series,
but it can be read as a standalone. I
especially enjoyed the heartwarming ending. I finished <a href="https://amzn.to/3TleYmJ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Ruth’s Ginger Snap Surprise</span></b></a> with a
smile on my face. </span> <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZicI5b7J0_kzJH2R-2Ty4qMEy5F71mWilXqyIMhZ_j51Uyn9vzn-FlsFwuaveYhX5ZrptwoHFtcPtQMThtei2gfvcIStp1RIrjAFzFQIHVgF93-KJR2QW6und12aRhNERpjzU5syxFlSHV0MCFJ6wwXGGfL19VAvakHbeMyJ_SnKvxHv1Bo3sXTj-BQ/s677/kittenshidding.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="677" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZicI5b7J0_kzJH2R-2Ty4qMEy5F71mWilXqyIMhZ_j51Uyn9vzn-FlsFwuaveYhX5ZrptwoHFtcPtQMThtei2gfvcIStp1RIrjAFzFQIHVgF93-KJR2QW6und12aRhNERpjzU5syxFlSHV0MCFJ6wwXGGfL19VAvakHbeMyJ_SnKvxHv1Bo3sXTj-BQ/s320/kittenshidding.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h1 center="" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Giveaway</span></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf2CG0hIIyFbSQc8dlq5z3Rd9uzlnT11YNZ1zm2XmO8tLSA7ol1ytYEHORc-oMR3MnGTBPtZn26nH-7ruaKvt5ZnJQad4i7VN3GYwELKfevPzu7iByOQeOP6RusVvc-JxtV9TBkgqCi_y69WfuwZ3dZpl9JqVXkrtgS_wNrvkKtrWPnHao9Pl1Q4giO4/s940/Ruth's%20Ginger%20Snap%20Surprise%20Giveaway.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf2CG0hIIyFbSQc8dlq5z3Rd9uzlnT11YNZ1zm2XmO8tLSA7ol1ytYEHORc-oMR3MnGTBPtZn26nH-7ruaKvt5ZnJQad4i7VN3GYwELKfevPzu7iByOQeOP6RusVvc-JxtV9TBkgqCi_y69WfuwZ3dZpl9JqVXkrtgS_wNrvkKtrWPnHao9Pl1Q4giO4/s320/Ruth's%20Ginger%20Snap%20Surprise%20Giveaway.png" width="320" /></a></div><p center="" style="text-align: justify;">To celebrate her tour, Anne is giving away the grand prize package of a print copy of the book and a $25 Amazon eGift card! Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click <a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2924b/ruth-s-ginger-snap-surprise-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">here</span></b></a> to enter. Good Luck!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOWTm53bRbPMwZ9K3KpzTyJa1QIjYWCF7OdnKF_sfWCjolM_3GJVZ-lD-VJVh6PxvDKF8yaM364qss09WFrHZWPtDhE6Yx9S3zGy3bQCONmmY0IxEpiSHmm48YXOiLHLpErnZp_PfWcpHMaFDjFT5wipzwMaf8xMNLr3ESnHzPU9GH0cndjrxzzW-jQE/s300/9781636096896-197x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="197" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOWTm53bRbPMwZ9K3KpzTyJa1QIjYWCF7OdnKF_sfWCjolM_3GJVZ-lD-VJVh6PxvDKF8yaM364qss09WFrHZWPtDhE6Yx9S3zGy3bQCONmmY0IxEpiSHmm48YXOiLHLpErnZp_PfWcpHMaFDjFT5wipzwMaf8xMNLr3ESnHzPU9GH0cndjrxzzW-jQE/w263-h400/9781636096896-197x300.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><p center="" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TleYmJ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Ruth's Ginger Snap Surprise</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3TleYmJ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. The first book in The Heart of the Amish series is <a href="https://amzn.to/3RgJvPA" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Flower Quilter by Mindy Steele</span></b></a>. The third book in The Heart of the Amish series is <a href="https://amzn.to/487TdL7" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>The Quilt Room Secret by Lisa Jones Baker</b></span></a> and it comes out on January 15, 2024. <a href="https://amzn.to/3GzTrPC" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Courting the Amish Bishop by Mindy Steele</span></b></a> (Book Four) will be out on April 1, 2024 and <a href="https://amzn.to/46RoctT" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Mary's Calico Hope by Anne Blackburne</span></b></a> (Book Five) is set publish on May 15, 2024 (ebook version). Do not forget to <a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2924b/ruth-s-ginger-snap-surprise-celebration-tour-giveaway" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">enter the giveaway</span></b></a> and leave a comment for an extra entry. Good Luck! Thank you for stopping by today. Tomorrow I am featuring <a href="https://amzn.to/3RchhFU" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Trust the Stars by Tricia Goyer</span></b></a>. I hope that you have a merry day. Take care and Happy Reading!</p><p center=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p center="">
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Kris Anderson, The Avid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866040861069194279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056756647178909617.post-20582511451657167302023-12-06T00:00:00.094-05:002023-12-06T00:00:00.144-05:00The Orphans' Amish Christmas by Tracy Fredrychowski <p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 32pt; line-height: 107%;">The Orphans' Amish Christmas</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUu-N9w5Bcui-6_jbL3AEv8V5rLX-kOLDbypgb9X9iAOEugLcepBIYB63OlUNMCKr33eQYsqiydd7JnnzL2BRxX-YgFCpKBM0iKQ1X-UYOC9emfENwRrHRWyUHyEV23HWK3K1Vl_hQrf9VO3lDPimR2IBhkOr3wVxBWyIchASi3CSknISD2cTTykM6fo/s1500/theorphansamishchristmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUu-N9w5Bcui-6_jbL3AEv8V5rLX-kOLDbypgb9X9iAOEugLcepBIYB63OlUNMCKr33eQYsqiydd7JnnzL2BRxX-YgFCpKBM0iKQ1X-UYOC9emfENwRrHRWyUHyEV23HWK3K1Vl_hQrf9VO3lDPimR2IBhkOr3wVxBWyIchASi3CSknISD2cTTykM6fo/w250-h400/theorphansamishchristmas.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">Book Summary</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>It will take an Amish miracle to save Christmas for the Willow Springs Children's Home orphans.</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When presents are stolen right before the annual Christmas benefit, Lydia Troyer and Aaron Shetler join forces with Detective Lewis Powers to unravel the mystery. The town's Christmas spirit is tested by strange events that leave the community ready to cancel all holiday festivities.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When prominent Amish businessman Milo Glick goes missing, it will take special detective skills to discover the truth behind his sudden disappearance. As the closed-lipped Amish community hinders Detective Powers' efforts, he is forced to employ Lydia, Aaron, and one special Labrador named Yankee to help solve the case. Will their discovery put them at odds with the traditions of their beliefs, or will they bring a newfound hope to the true meaning of Christmas?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjRPTbWOm-j9V4pIqYVcBOrenISrDkQig-e8W1-JCUdTFvsoqSZxOaew7Knj2eV4nKSxCNtiF9JPtBNelRKGlpvtbHgE057ZHXX4svLEA78eSeTawRLgmYJxP1BCkENX6T1s-THDfwFzqz6gIruHCn-gtgqDxM-vzy2WOXuCYRihTvmGo_0rvjh6a0Jk/s1200/amishchildren.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1200" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjRPTbWOm-j9V4pIqYVcBOrenISrDkQig-e8W1-JCUdTFvsoqSZxOaew7Knj2eV4nKSxCNtiF9JPtBNelRKGlpvtbHgE057ZHXX4svLEA78eSeTawRLgmYJxP1BCkENX6T1s-THDfwFzqz6gIruHCn-gtgqDxM-vzy2WOXuCYRihTvmGo_0rvjh6a0Jk/s320/amishchildren.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Christmas should be a time for joy and hope, but for fourteen orphaned children, all is lost unless Lydia can find a way to give them more than they could hope for this holiday season.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;"><a href="https://amzn.to/47Gafjw" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Orphans’ Amish Christmas</span></b></a><span style="color: #0f1111;"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">is an Amish mystery novella that introduces you to the Willow Springs Amish Mystery Romance Series. If you like secrets, disappearances, plot twists, and sometimes murder, then you'll adore Tracy Fredrychowski's small-town whodunnit Amish mysteries.</span></span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOXWl7yHVC2foIK0goTwbua-NfWbj4pZfOfBPBcgrc8vdGxrDA-LAeN0y870VGwAgn5uweyKmymSuacSEYiqKOQ1NdEJLsJStR1E7fsJDeLZ0vF1F91_Z2W-X_movQQmi1NktdeVN0oLKbIxTYhy479P35qZYyFnvcfR-5pg8hYJIu5t8TctXBaymsWo/s512/amishsleigh3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="512" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOXWl7yHVC2foIK0goTwbua-NfWbj4pZfOfBPBcgrc8vdGxrDA-LAeN0y870VGwAgn5uweyKmymSuacSEYiqKOQ1NdEJLsJStR1E7fsJDeLZ0vF1F91_Z2W-X_movQQmi1NktdeVN0oLKbIxTYhy479P35qZYyFnvcfR-5pg8hYJIu5t8TctXBaymsWo/w371-h246/amishsleigh3.jpg" width="371" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 42.6667px;">My Thoughts</span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/47Gafjw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>The Orphans’ Amish Christmas by Tracy Fredrychowski</b></span></a> is a tale that mixes a mystery alone with the true meaning
of Christmas. I thought the story was
well written with realistic characters.
I enjoyed getting to spend time with Lydia, Aaron, Aaron’s sweet
daughter, and Lydia’s dog, Yankee.
Thanks to the case of the missing gifts and the disappearance of their
benefactor, Milo Glick, we get to know Detective Powers. The story has a touch of romance. I would have liked to have read Lydia and
Aaron’s story (how they came to be together) before this novella. I enjoyed following Detective Powers as well
as Lydia and Aaron as they set out to find Milo and the missing gifts. It was an interesting mystery. I enjoyed how the true meaning of Christmas
was explained. I could understand why
Aaron’s daughter wanted a Christmas tree at home. I liked Aaron’s explanation as to why the
Amish do not have Christmas trees. The
story has a heartwarming ending.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREFMzs4pd8LiDq3fu4_eMHc0vYlb0lbJ76W7uv61oUzX0v_jKzh0ae-HyhRhqRAvA9NDsMFY-DUZ9pG29BswcT4EpRxd0SLh-RJri3ebuLF-K5W79qL29WfJQweKrBZGsCGApL1zboaDjlB0aFtYrM6VV_kdTPZ0JDtsbGPDih6cR7FWEOu6cByc_odM/s1500/theorphansamishchristmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREFMzs4pd8LiDq3fu4_eMHc0vYlb0lbJ76W7uv61oUzX0v_jKzh0ae-HyhRhqRAvA9NDsMFY-DUZ9pG29BswcT4EpRxd0SLh-RJri3ebuLF-K5W79qL29WfJQweKrBZGsCGApL1zboaDjlB0aFtYrM6VV_kdTPZ0JDtsbGPDih6cR7FWEOu6cByc_odM/w250-h400/theorphansamishchristmas.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/47Gafjw" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Orphans' Amish Christmas </span></b></a>is available from <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Amazon</span></b>*. If you are a member of Kindle Unlimited, you can read it for <a href="https://amzn.to/47Gafjw" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">free</span></b></a>. <a href="https://amzn.to/3T9MvQy" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">The Amish Book Seller</span></b></a> will be out June 4, 2024. It is the first <a href="https://amzn.to/3uG8LY6" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">A Willow Springs Amish Mystery Romance</span></b></a>. You can find <a href="https://amzn.to/3RrstPd" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Tracy Fredrychowski's other novels here</b></span></a>. Thank you for joining me today. I will return on December 12 with <a href="https://amzn.to/47X1NMH" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Ruth's Ginger Snap Surprise by Anne Blackburne</span></b></a>. I hope that you have a delightful weekend. Take care and Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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by Kelly Irvin is an emotional tale. I
thought the story was well-written with realistic, developed characters. The author captured the emotions that are experienced
by an individual when they receive a cancer diagnosis as well as by those close
to person (family, friends, coo-workers).
The author was able to share her knowledge and experience (with stage 4
ovarian cancer) in this story. I can
tell that Kelly Irvin did her research.
I had no idea that insurance would not cover all the costs. You can go severely into debt trying to get
cured. I liked reading about the caring oncologists and how they are there for
their patients. The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos is told from Kristen
(the sister who is the oncologist), Sherri (the sister who is diagnosed with
cancer), and Daniel’s (Kristen’s husband) point-of-view. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCr9vp-z6f4_kZ3Mo4yKTDTZC0nKRCbzI6W-TmIzRslp5SDVcIPUzTzEEPftOJLvB__lTED-vSBNQ38BpStTF7U4zjMdpFAU2LHnEERBAt0bBWFl7I2vkn3JdZ9L-jJpTSEW-qNmrLdg07beHrsL81BZ1Tl8ruqsYB6Z1I5zMVS59k5UohCDrUtnjJpQs/s931/cancerclinic.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="931" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCr9vp-z6f4_kZ3Mo4yKTDTZC0nKRCbzI6W-TmIzRslp5SDVcIPUzTzEEPftOJLvB__lTED-vSBNQ38BpStTF7U4zjMdpFAU2LHnEERBAt0bBWFl7I2vkn3JdZ9L-jJpTSEW-qNmrLdg07beHrsL81BZ1Tl8ruqsYB6Z1I5zMVS59k5UohCDrUtnjJpQs/s320/cancerclinic.webp" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The story deals with a variety of
topics. Kristen and Daniel are empty
nesters who are drifting apart. Kristen
is a dedicated doctor. We get to see
what happened in Kristen’s childhood that drew the sisters closer and led her to
become an oncologist. Sherri is
divorced, but she still cares for her ex-husband. Forgiveness, job dynamics, family troubles, grief,
new beginnings, and faith are other topics addressed in this touching
story. We get to see the ups and downs
of a family affected by a cancer diagnosis.
Faith was beautifully woven into the story. Faith and Sherri’s church family are an
important part of her life. You will want
to have a box of tissues nearby while reading The Year of Goodbyes and
Hellos. The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos
is an expressive story with close sisters, a scary diagnosis, a dedicated
doctor, thoughtful friends, costly chemo, a frustrated husband, a devoted
family, and a firm faith.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREDUd6hZelU_9YBUv5QDziOJHH7xvbjSz1O6MF_k2vZGJJPO0R-w0phWH2cJ_gns84BJvb_LgPzmUtC4xDLBg6noSTsuL3w1_W_MNYsbFX9rSHdpxe57XJsirRnoxnZtP7m0nKlv0jGaVhUpH-vNmds5IDz_-aStQIKnA8CBAow4Cxtx05JeS7ESzYKY/s1500/theyearofgoodbyesandhellos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="991" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREDUd6hZelU_9YBUv5QDziOJHH7xvbjSz1O6MF_k2vZGJJPO0R-w0phWH2cJ_gns84BJvb_LgPzmUtC4xDLBg6noSTsuL3w1_W_MNYsbFX9rSHdpxe57XJsirRnoxnZtP7m0nKlv0jGaVhUpH-vNmds5IDz_-aStQIKnA8CBAow4Cxtx05JeS7ESzYKY/w264-h400/theyearofgoodbyesandhellos.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3RqyBbs" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos</span></b></a> is available from <a href="https://amzn.to/3RqyBbs" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Amazon</span></b></a>*. To read the first four chapters of The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos plus learn about Kelly's cancer journey and subscribe to her newsletter, <a href="https://www.kellyirvin.com/womens-fiction-landing-page/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">click here</span></b></a>. Kelly Irvin has <a href="https://amzn.to/3T8Afjb" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">Matters of the Heart</span></b></a> coming out July 16, 2024. It is the second An Amish Calling Novel. You can find <a href="https://amzn.to/3T9s0DI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Kelly Irvin's other novels here</span></b></a>. If you <a href="https://amzn.to/4a55fqA" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>follow Kelly Irvin on Amazon</b></span></a>, they will send you an email when she has a new book release. Thank you for stopping by today. A couple of the other new books out today are <a href="https://amzn.to/46BDvH2" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter</span></b></a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/4a6ynhc" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Orphans' Amish Christmas by Tracy Fredrychowski</span></b></a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/4a6sIra" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Sniffing Out Murder by Kallie E. Benjamin</span></b></a>, and <a href="https://amzn.to/3t77p8b" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Murder of an Amish Bridegroom by Patricia Johns</span></b></a>. I hope that you have a hopeful day. Take care and Happy Reading!<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk134456606"><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 30pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Biome Light";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kris <o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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