"Top Gun" Started It All

"Holding the Fort" by Regina Jennings was a lukewarm start to a new series. I liked the story and really liked the secondary characters, but Louisa, the main character, really got on my nerves. She was a bit cowardly for my taste, and not a single thing she did was something I would have done. In some books a character seems to do exactly what you're thinking you would do, but this character was a bit unrelatabe to me. The secondary characters, like the Major, his daughters, Bradley, and even Frisco Smith quickley grew on me. I have loved Regina Jennings work in the past, so I know if the next few books in the series follow some of these characters, I will enjoy them so much better now that Louisa will, hopefully, not be as big of a character. So yes, the book was just alright for me, but it was just because of my lack of enthusiasm for the main character. Regina Jenning's writing is always informative and interesting and this book was no exception. I am holdin...

Laura Frantz has done it again with, "The Lacemaker". Frantz writes some of the best and most detailed historical fiction books out there right now, and I would know since I have read a lot of them. :) "The Lacemaker" is set in 1775, in the Virginia Colony, that is on the brink of the Revolutionary War. It's about a young woman caught between a Tory father and her growing love for an Independance man. A woman split between two worlds, and knowing that she will have to forsake one. Will she follow her father's footsteps and remain loyal to England and the king? Or will she follow after her Independance Man and help bring freedom to this growing country? I was kept on the edge of my seat, with twists and turns that left me in the dark until the end, which I love. I do not want a book with typical events that you can call before even opening the book. I learned a few new things about this time in history, and I loved the realistic aspect of it all with t...

I have probably read all of Kim Vogel Sawyer's books, and she has earned her spot in my top five favorite historical romance authors. "Beneath a Prairie Moon" is Sawyer's most recent book, set to be released in March 2018, and it most defiitely did not disappoint. "Beneath a Prairie Moon" is set in Kansas in the fall of 1888. It follows a young woman, Abigail Grant, in her failed quest at being a mail order bride in her attempt to escape her past in Massachusettes. She heads to Kansas with her employer, after a seventh failed potential marriage match, to be an etiquette tutor to expectant grooms that have sent East for a mail order bride. It's a book about overcoming ones past, and not letting who your parents were define you. It's a book about finding love when you feel unloveable. The book is told from four characters point of views, and I am always partial to book like that, because you can pack way more detail into a book. The only downfal...

I am not a laugh out loud person when it comes to books, but while reading "Out of The Ordinary" that all changed. I had moments when my husband looked at me as if I was crazy to find anything that hilarious in a book, but the antics that the main male character, Harrison, got up to while trying to woo Gertrude, the main female character, were downright hilarious. I have not read any other books by Jen Turano and this is the second book in a series, though it can be read alone. "Out of The Ordinary" talks a lot about the characters in the previous book, and it makes me want to read it to see how their relationship came to be. Turano has a knack for making some very loveable characters and their were characters in this book, Edwina and Temperence, who I am hoping to see in future books to continue this series on. Their are definitely some serious topics in this book, but their is so much lighthearted humor mixed in that I would still consider it a very happy r...

The year is 1903 and Lucy is a telegraph operator at the Associated Press in New York City. Her and her older brother, who works for the Water Authority, are hard workers just trying to stay above poverty with a 40 year old lawsuit from their own family members on their shoulders. Throughout the book we uncover an assassination attempt on the president, a loveable fortune hunter, and the scare of an insane asylum. Will Lucy and her brother endure? Will hate and revenge be their sole motivator? Can Lucy find her happily ever after? The last Elizabeth Camden book that came out was a dissapointment for me, but "A Dangerous Legacy" really put her back as one of my top favorite historical romance writers. "A Dangerous Legacy" was filled with historical facts which always makes Camden's writings so interesting, because she likes focusing on little bits of history that may not get talked about too much. Their was also a good dose of mystery which made sure the boo...