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February 14, 2014
The Sheriff Catches a Bride by Cora Seton
When county sheriff Cab Johnson gets a hunch, he’s learned to trust it, and his hunch tells him Rose Bellingham is in a peck of trouble. Bad enough he’s in love with her, bad enough she’s already engaged to Jason Thayer. He’s got to figure out what she’s hiding before he loses her for good.
Rose can’t stand one more person meddling in her business, even if that person is a handsome, eligible sheriff. She’s been controlled for far too long. But since her fiancé’s father is both her boss and landlord, she can’t dump Jason until she’s got somewhere to run. She’s found the perfect place: a patch of forest outside town. But with Cab watching her every move, she’s hard pressed to finish her hideaway so she can make her escape. Meanwhile, she’s not the only one with problems. Can she find a way to help her friends, too?
Just when Cab solves one mystery, more pop up. Where does Rose keep disappearing to? What’s wrong with Mia Start? Why is Hannah Chatham lying to her fiancé? At least he’s let Rose know he’s interested. And if he’s not mistaken, she’s interested, too.
Rose’s hideaway is perfect, until her friends invade it to escape their own troubles. Can she trust them to keep its whereabouts a secret? Does she want to hide from Cab anymore? Now that Jason’s out of the picture, is it safe to follow her heart?
When two unexpected visitors arrive with secrets of their own, Chance Creek must brace for its deadliest night ever. Can Cab figure out the connections between all the mysteries fast enough?
Or will Rose and her friends pay the ultimate price?
File Size: 1352 KB
Print Length: 327 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1927036534
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: One Acre Press (January 10, 2014)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00HT90NWA
My thoughts:
I have read this series from the very beginning. This is number 5 in the series and it just keeps getting better and better. This particular store involves the sheriff Cab and long time friend Rose. All of Cab’s friends have gotten that perfect woman to be their wife and now it is his turn. He is lonely and is thinking about Rose more and more. The one problem, Rose is already engaged and has been for the past 6 years.
Rose has a special talent working in the jewelry store. When a couple comes in and tries on rings she knows if it will be happily ever after or a doomed marriage. When one of Cab picks out a ring that he likes and one of his buddies places that ring on Rose’s hand she is startled. She knows he is the one for her, but what can she do she is engaged to Jason. Can Cab change her mind before it is too late?
The story is wonderful as always the author knows how to to write to hold a persons interest. You want to know these characters and learn more about the friendships that happen along the way. You learn a little bit more of the past characters you have read about as well. I hope the series will continue.
Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book for an honest review.
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Winter’s auction now taking donations
Taken 2-14-14 at the Cancer Vet
Winter’s Auction to help with Leg and Chemo
Auction will be March 3rd thru March 9th
A wonderful friend of mine will be posting about the auction in her magazine that will be going out in March. There will be a list of items and the person who donated. This will be free exposure for you as well. I would love to get your name listed. I have to get a list to her by the 24th of February. If you would like to donate a e-book or paperback, craft, art, your services, handmade items, jewelry anything you think someone would love please let me know and I will get you added to the list.
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February 6, 2014
Auction to help Winter
Facebook auction page…https://www.facebook.com/events/29293...
We will be holding the auction for two days so everyone can come join in. Please invite everyone you know.
To read the story please open this link: http://www.babsbookbistro.net/helping-winter/
Items to be auctioned: pictures below
Crotchet Patterns
3 Soy Candles & 2 Art Prints
Handmade Jewelry
Emerald cut faux diamond & silver ring by Daniel Steiger
3- 6 oz. hand crafted 100% natural soy wax, color and fragrance 1 Lavender 1 Vanilla 1 Fir Balsm Eve
3 Hand painted boxes
lapghan, lingerie bag, crocheted shoping bags, knit and crocheted kitchen dish clothes
Authors donating books:
Laura Oliva
Cassandra Carr
Elizabeth Hartman Seckman
A.l. Kessler
Joann Kelley
Lady Soliloque
Dulaney Glen
AR Von
Any and all donations will be used to pay for his treatment. We know there are a lot of fake people in the world and we for one want to make sure people know we used the money for what we said we did. So we intend to post redacted copies of our medical receipts showing the money indeed spent on his medical care. I know its not absolutely necessary, but I want folks to know its real and also how much it costs for a pet’s cancer treatment. Granted cancer treatment varies by the individual pet. If we succeed in our funding and circumstances dictate not all the money will be used, then we intend to share any excess money beyond Winters medical bills with other gofundme users looking for help with pet care.
Size 9. Can be sized down. Myra
RRP $239.00
$149.00
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February 5, 2014
A Tarnish Knight by Kathy Otten
A TARNISHED KNIGHT EXCERPT:
The peacefulness of Ryder MacKenzie’s home
settled into her soul with every breath of air she drew,
soothing the restless need to run that had consumed her
since she’d hit Nicholas with the whiskey bottle.
When she wandered back to the cabin, she
expected Ryder to be in bed, but he was still in the tub,
his knees drawn up, pale and knobby, his head resting
on the rim.
She grabbed Beau by the scruff of his neck and
shoved him outside closing the door with a sharp bang.
Ryder jerked upright, sloshing water over the sides.
“I’m sorry,” she said. “I’ll come back.”
“No.” He leaned back and closed his eyes. “I’m
done. I just want to wash my hair.”
“I can do it for you.” Before the words were out of
her mouth, she questioned what part of her brain they’d
come from.
Maybe it was because Ryder was safe, and this was
a chance to physically connect with a man on her own
terms, without fear.
Maybe she needed to satisfy the curiosity that had
taunted her all week, urging her to explore the body of
this man she desired.
But maybe it was simply because he was Ryder
MacKenzie, and in his own determined, unassuming
way, he’d touched her heart and become her hero, and
there would never again be a man she so ached to
know.
We hope you have enjoyed the excerpt, now for more on “A Tarnished Knight”!
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Fleeing her abusive husband, Victoria Van der Beck is captured by down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, Ryder MacKenzie. As she comes to love this man who hides his face in shadows, she wonders if he could be the valiant knight for whom she’s been longing. Is he the champion who would save her from the evil prince, or is MacKenzie just a paid lackey determined to return her to her husband?
Ryder MacKenzie never believed anyone could love him, for he was cursed the day he was born. He only wants to be left alone to live on his ranch in peace. But rustlers have stolen his cattle. He’s been ambushed and his horse killed. Now his one chance to get his life back is to simply return a society princess to her husband. Maybe his luck is about to change. At least she isn’t pretty.
Paperback: 396 pages
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc. (Cactus Rose) (November 13, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1628300574
ISBN-13: 978-1628300574
Buy Link: http://www.amazon.com/Tarnished-Knight-Kathy-Otten-ebook/dp/B00G8GTFPQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390828998&sr=1-1&keywords=a+tarnished+knight
About the Author:
Kathy Otten is a working mom who lives in the open farm country of western NY with a husband and three college age kids.
She grew up in a small Vermont farm town where her parents owned the general store. Her mom collected antiques and her dad loved the old movie cowboys. Consequently, she and her brothers grew up watching Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, and John Wayne on TV, and visiting places like Old Sturbridge Village and the Shelburne Museum. Always a nut for horses, her parents gave her a Quarter Horse mare and she had horses in her life for the next thirty-four year.
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Her blog: http://www.kathyotten.blogspot.com/
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February 2, 2014
A Matter Of Trust by M.J. Flournoy
Paperback: 254 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (November 1, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1494309939
ISBN-13: 978-1494309930
Her paranormal abilities had always caused her grief. But can they save the life of a child who has been spirited away fro her parents and the life of the man she loves? Jolie Wyngate is a middle school teacher with an extraordinary gift—or is it a curse? Throughout her life, she’s been never been sure. Now, when she is implicated in the disappearance of a child, the ultimate value of her powers will be put to the test. Mac Carlson, former Navy SEAL and security expert, is tasked with rescuing the girl, Rachael Anne. From the moment he meets Jolie, his suspicious and protective nature sets its sights on her as a prime suspect. Can Jolie clear her name and gain this man’s hard-won trust? More importantly, can she save the girl before time runs out? She won’t be able to do it without her psychic abilities—but Mac has a hard enough time trusting Jolie as it is, let alone trusting her powers to lead them to Rachael Anne. As Mac and Jolie realize they have no choice but to work as a team—and as they slowly warm to each other in the process—they realize they have a new problem: the man they are after has set his sights on Jolie. Now Jolie will need all of her abilities, and all of Mac’s strength and skill, to stay out of the fiend’s hands and bring Rachael Anne back home.
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A bit about the author……
MJ Flournoy lives in Georgia, USA. MJ writes romantic suspense with paranormal elements. MJ’s motto is, “If it is to be, it’s up to me.” When not writing, MJ enjoys traveling, reading and doing any type of research.
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January 24, 2014
Devil DeVere series makeover and Giveaway
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THE DEVIL DEVERE SERIES LITERARY AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
EDITORIAL QUOTES
THE DEVIL DEVERE SERIES – LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST E-BOOK ROMANCE 2012
“The “Devil DeVere” series is a variation on the rake’s progress, or the rake’s reformation, except that is doesn’t start with said rake as the main character—a device that is amazingly clever on Vane’s part and allows her to circle in on DeVere without revealing too much at the outset… The series is erotic and sexy, and sometimes you want to shake the characters until their teeth rattle, but it is absolutely marvelous… This one should be read with bonbons. And a fan!” –Marlene Harris for Library Journal
SERIES AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012
LR Café Best Series nominee 2012
A WILD NIGHT’S BRIDE
IND’Tale RONE nominee
IRC Reader Choice Best Historical Nominee
THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS
IND’Tale RONE nominee
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
IND’Tale RONE nominee
The Romance Reviews Best Erotic Historical nominee
LR Café Best Historical Romance nominee 2012
Two Lips Reviewer’s Choice Winner 2013
THE DEVIL’S MATCH
IND’Tale RONE nominee
LASR Reviews Book of the Month December 2012
Swept Away by Romance Best Historical Romance of 2012
Two Lips Reviews Recommended Read
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January 20, 2014
Cover Reveal The Hunter by Joann Buchanan
Destiny chose her, vengeance drove her. Seventeen year old
Carly was born to be a hunter, a destiny she rejected until one fateful night
when the only person she had in the world was taken, her mom. Now Carly is on a
mission to hunt down the entity that destroyed her world.
Excerpt
My name is Carly. I belong
to The Order of the Hunters—a group of chosen who are given the gift to track
and kill those beings that go bump in the night. Oh yes, they are real, the
monsters that creep in the darkness. They hide in the gardens of our own minds
by making us believe they are nothing more than myths and legends. I’ve
traveled this road for two years now. It’s not the same highway, but at times,
when the sun is high in the sky and the road sweats from the heat, it feels
like it. I wish I could say what brought me to this point was a sense of honor
and nobility. In reality it was much simpler, it was revenge. Mom was taken by
Shai, the weigher of souls.
The Hunter is scheduled to be released on January 31st 2014
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Big Sky Brazen by Dawn Luedecke
After she discovers a cut fence and her horses missing, DeEtte hunts down the dirty outlaws who took the herd from her ranch, only to find things aren’t as they seem. John, the man who stole her horses and her heart, must now prove he is indeed as innocent as he claims — a task that makes it difficult for him to woo the headstrong woman.
Two-timing outlaws, deadly secrets, and finally DeEtte’s ability to find danger in any situation challenge his love and determination. John needs to settle his score with a man from Texas, protect DeEtte not only from murderous outlaws but from other suitors, and meanwhile convince her he’s trustworthy enough to marry.
Can he clear his name and at the same time keep her from running head first into a range war and possible death?
About the Author:
Website: www.dawnluedecke.com
A country girl born and bred, Dawn Luedecke has spent most of her life surrounded by horses, country folk, and the wild terrain of Nevada, Idaho and Montana. As a child she would spend many afternoons reading books, watching western classics, and Rogers and Hammerstein movies. When she grew up she decided to leave the quiet country life for a chance to find adventure by serving a successful tour in the United States Coast Guard. During that time she found her soul mate (and alpha male) and started a family and writing career. She enjoys writing historical and paranormal romance and spends as much time as she can working on her current manuscript.
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January 16, 2014
Out Of The Storm by Kevin Symmons
War hero Eric Montgomery returns from Iraq, hoping to revive his family’s Cape Cod marina and marry his childhood sweetheart. When his wife and unborn child die in a tragic auto accident Eric’s dreams are shattered. He spends long months grieving, losing himself in alcohol, isolation, and anger.
Then Ashley Fitzhugh, a young woman he’s met only once, appears on his doorstep one stormy night. Eric is annoyed at first, but soon finds himself caring for his visitor and her young daughter–seeing in them a chance to rebuild the life he lost.
When threatening phone calls, mysterious strangers, and covert agents invade their peaceful lives, Eric must decide: Is Ashley the answer to a prayer? Or part of the nightmare he can never escape?
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About the Author:
Kevin Symmons is a successful author, college faculty member, and president of one of the Northeast’s most respected writing organizations. His paranormal novel, Rite of Passage, was a 2013 RomCon Reader’s Crown Award finalist and has been an Amazon Best Seller. His latest release, Out of the Storm, a contemporary romantic thriller set on Cape Cod, is already gathering 5 star reviews and will keep you turning pages late into the night. His novel Solo, a sweeping women’s fiction work that exposes the tragedy of domestic violence in America, will be released from his award-winning publisher, the Wild Rose Press, in 2014. Kevin has collaborated with award-winning Boston screenwriter and playwright Barry Brodsky in adapting one of his story ideas for the screen. He is a sought after public speaker who has appeared across New England. Visit Kevin and like his FB Author Page, @KevinSymmons on Twitter, at Goodreads, Amazon, and at his website, www.ksymmons.com
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January 15, 2014
Parkers Past by Regina Frame
ON sale now 99 cents
Parker Beaumont is a man who gets what he wants. He’s a self made millionaire at the young age of twenty-six. He’s known for his playboy lifestyle and womanizing ways. He vowed never to fall in love after watching his parents marriage fail. Love destroys people and sometimes they don’t recover. Sometimes they don’t come back.
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About the Author:
My name is Regina Frame and I live in Alabama with my husband and three dogs. I’ve always had a love for animals and I work with charities to help raise money for homeless pets. I’ve been known to carry food in my car and stop on the street to feed an animal. I recently rescued a severely abused dog after trying for two months with no success. He now lives with me and my husband and he is happy and healthy today.
I’m an avid reader of romance and erotica novels, and recently released my own. Saving Chloe is part one of a trilogy which was released September seventeenth. I recently released the second book Parker’s Past Nov. 30th. The final book in the trilogy “Family Secrets” will be released spring 2014. Thank you for your support, it means the world to me.
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