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Glamorous Illusions
Glamorous Illusions by Lisa T. Bergren probably has one of my all time favorite romance covers. I love just about anything with the Eiffel Tower on it, but this is just plain beautiful. The story was gripping and I could see it playing out in my mind, but I must warn you the ending disappointed me. The story just stopped. It reminded me of how series were written back in the 80’s and 90’s. The stories continued into the next book, and in order to find out what happened you had to keep buying the books. I stopped buying books that were part of a series for quite a while…
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Boot Camp for the Time Challenged Part 3
How did it go last week? Were you able to set a schedule and keep it or at least come close? Remember part one of boot camp? Set priorities. In order for change to happen it must be important to you. Don’t give up. Keep tying. You can make a difference one step at a time. I don’t know about anyone else, but if I’m surrounded by clutter I can’t concentrate. Clutter drives me nuts! For me it’s safe to say an uncluttered house flows better than a cluttered. Yes it takes time to de-clutter, but there are three fast and easy things you can do today to help cut…
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Joy Takes Flight
Joy Takes Flight by Bonnie Leon is the final book in the Alaskan Skies series. I’m happy to say this book will stand alone, but I think you’d enjoy it more if you start from book one. Kate and Paul finally marry and begin their life together. Kate is unwilling to be just a wife and struggles to maintain her independence as an Alaskan bush pilot. Things become even more complicated when she becomes pregnant. Paul is still haunted by the guilt he’s had since his first wife and child died. He moved from San Fransisco to Alaska to flee the memories and now they all come flooding back when…
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Boot camp for the Time Challenged Part 2
Last week I challenged you to determine what is important to you and to begin to cut the non-essentials from your life. How did that go? Did you find something you could cut from your day? From your week? Continue reading to find out what is next. Schedule your day–This strategy may or may not work for you, but I have found it to be essential. I am self-employed and a full-time mom. Without a set schedule I would never accomplish everything I need to do. A typical school day goes as follows for me. Flexibility is key for me so I don’t become discouraged when something doesn’t go as…
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Cherry Blossom Capers
Cherry Blossom Capers is a four-in-one romance collection with threads of mystery and a little suspense.The stories all take place in Washington DC and follow the lives of four friends who live in the Cherry Blossom Estates. Book one State Secrets, by Lynette Sowell, finds White House chef, Tara Whitley, in the middle of FBI agent Jack Courtland’s investigation. In book two, Dying for Love, by Carra C. Putman, attorney Ciara Turner discovers the body of the judge she’s come to meet. Her former friend and co-worker Daniel Evans is determined to solve the murder. Book three, Buried Deception, by Gina Conroy has Archaeology intern Samantha Steele reeling when she…
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Boot Camp for the Time Challenged Part 1
Crunched for time? Keep reading for tips to ease the load. Over the next four weeks I will lay out strategies that will help you organize your time, freeing up valuable minutes in your day. Set priorities—If it is not important cut it from your day. If you don’t value it stop doing it. There are only 24 hours in a day and we all have the same amount of time. What you do with your time defines who you are and what is important to you. This week I challenge you to take five minutes and figure out what is most important to you, and write it down. What…
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Dawn Comes Early
In the mood for an awesome western romance? Dawn Comes Early, by Margaret Brownley follows dime novelist Kate Tenney. Kate’s latest book is banned in Boston and now no one will hire her. With no family or any other skills she replies to a post seeking an heiress for a cattle ranch in Arizona. Kate hopes that real ranch life is like what she wrote in her books, but quickly finds out she didn’t have a clue. However she is determined to prove herself capable. Blacksmith Luke Adams is a distraction Kate doesn’t want, and she can’t get him from her mind. But if she is to become heiress of…
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What would you like?
Hi everyone, I’d like to start posting twice a week. Monday’s will continue to be either a book review or author interview, but the second day will be a different topic. Is there something you’d like to see posted here? I’m open to ideas and suggestions. Please leave me your ideas in the comments. Spread the word to your friends too. I’d love to see their ideas also. Thanks!
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From A Distance
Historical romance, From a Distance by Tamera Alexander is book one in the Timber Ridge Reflections series. Photographer Elizabeth Garrett is on the job interview of a lifetime for the Washington Daily Chronicle. If she succeeds in her mission she will be the first female staff photographer and journalist the Chronicle has ever hired. She heads West to Colorado to photograph the amazing scenery and wildlife. She especially wants to meet the Ute to photograph and interview them. But only one man, Daniel Ranslett, has contact with the tribe and he isn’t interested in helping. Daniel Ranslett lives a solitary life in the mountains until he shoots the elk of…
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Double Exposure
Double Exposure,Susan Sleeman’s latest installment in The Justice Agency series is romantic suspense perfection. Photographer Jennie Buchanan’s life is in danger thanks to a picture she took that inadvertently caught a drug-cartel in the background. The Justice siblings work together to protect Jennie and to figure out who the threat is. Ethan Justice had his heart broken by Jennie years ago and doesn’t want to go there again, but while protecting her he realizes what she was really running from and it wasn’t him. I can’t express how much I enjoyed Double Exposure. Susan has a real talent for writing romantic suspense! To learn more about this book and others…