"Top Gun" Started It All

~Synopsis~ Vibrant historic Yellowstone National Park comes to life in this romantic mystery about a man hiding the truth, braving the west to become something more--and the woman who must confront his deception. A man who can't read will never amount to anything--or so Nate Webber believes. But he takes a chance to help his family by signing up for the new Civilian Conservation Corps, skirting the truth about certain "requirements." Nate exchanges the harsh Brooklyn streets for the wilds of Yellowstone National Park, curious if the Eden-like wonderland can transform him as well. Elsie Brookes was proud to grow up as a ranger's daughter, but she longs for a future of her own. After four years serving as a maid in the park's hotels, she still hasn't saved enough money for her college tuition. A second job, teaching a crowd of rowdy men in the CCC camp, might be the answer, but when Elsie discovers Nate's secret, it puts his job as camp foreman in...

"When the fun-loving and spontaneous artist Willow West meets buttoned-up, retired English teacher George Emerson, it's not exactly love at first sight. Though she does find the obsessive-compulsive man intriguing. Making it her mission to get him to loosen up and embrace life, she embarks on what seems like a lost cause--and finds herself falling for him in the process. A confirmed bachelor, George vacillates between irritation and attraction whenever Willow is around--which to him seems like all too often. He's not interested in expanding his horizons or making new friends; it just hurts too much when you lose them. But as the summer progresses, George feels his defenses crumbling. The question is, will his change of heart be too late for Willow? With her signature heart and touches of humor, fan favorite Melody Carlson pens a story of two delightfully eccentric characters who get a second chance at life and love." With the two main characters in their m...

"Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him. Amos and Fern Lapp allow Luke to live at Windmill Farm under two conditions. First, Luke must make a sincere apology to each person he's hurt--a four-page, single-spaced list. Second, he must ask each victim of mischief to describe the damage he caused. Simple, Luke thinks. Offering apologies is easy. But discovering the lasting effects his careless actions have caused . . . that isn't so simple. It's gut-wrenching. And his list keeps growing. Izzy Miller, beautiful and frustratingly aloof, also boards at Windmill Farm. Luke's clumsy efforts to befriend Izzy only insult and annoy her. Eager to impress, Luke sets out to prove himself to her by locating her mother. When he does, her identity sends shock waves through Stoney Ridge. Bestselling and award-winning author Suzanne Wood...

"Though Magnus MacLeish and Lark MacDougall grew up on the same castle grounds, Magnus is now laird of the great house and the Isle of Kerrera. Lark is but the keeper of his bees and the woman he is hoping will provide a tincture that might help his ailing wife conceive and bear him an heir. But when his wife dies suddenly, Magnus and Lark find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of accusations, expelled from their beloved island, and sold as indentured servants across the Atlantic. Yet even when all hope seems dashed against the rocky coastline of the Virginia colony, it may be that in this New World the two of them could make a new beginning--together. Laura Frantz's prose sparkles with authenticity and deep feeling as she digs into her own family history to share this breathless tale of love, exile, and courage in Colonial America." Laura Frantz gave me another wonderful read with "A Bound Heart". I can always fly through her book's, and the am...

Suzanne Woods Fisher, you never disappoint!  I have read and reviewed the last two books in the Nantucket Legacy series, and absolutely loved them! "The Light Before Day" won me over just like the last two, and had me on the edge of my seat anticipating how it may end.  The book is set in 1840 and we are now following an all grown up Henry Macy after he returns home from a three year long whaling voyage, and his twin sister Hitty who is enjoying her life working at the Cent School, all the while trying to catch the eye of a handsome widower. Their late grandmother has just passed when the book opens and they are informed that they are the benefactors of her massive fortune. Henry and Hitty struggle with accepting the fortune for their own personal reasons, especially since their are some hoops the twins will have to jump through to even receive the inheritance. If they do not abide by the rules, the inheritance will go to their uncle who stole everything from their f...

"The Sound of Distant Thunder" is the first Amish fiction I have read in a long time. I have read my fair share though, and I have always loved them, but this one did not meet my expectations. The book follows a young woman named Katie and her sweetheart, Jonas. They are a young couple starting to make plans for the future, and of marriage, during the time of the Civil War. When Jonas's brother gets drafted, Jonas takes his place, and goes against everything the Amish believe regarding not involving themselves in war. Will Katie and Jonas make it through the trials and distance of war and find their way back to each other to start their life together? You will, for sure and certain, have to read the book to find out. The fact that this book was going to follow an Amish man in the Army during the Civil War was a huge draw for me to read this book, but their was much to be desired. Their seemed to be a lot of plot holes and scenes that seemed unnecessary and had no t...

                                                               ~Synopsis~ In 1911, Carrie Strahorn wrote a memoir entitled Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, which shared some of the most exciting events of 25 years of traveling and shaping the American West with her husband, Robert Strahorn, a railroad promoter, investor, and writer. That is all fact. Everything She Didn't Say imagines Carrie nearly ten years later as she decides to write down what was really on her mind during those adventurous nomadic years. Certain that her husband will not read it, and in fact that it will only be found after her death, Carrie is finally willing to explore the lessons she learned along the way, including the danger a woman faces of losing herself within a relationship with a strong-willed man and the courage it takes to accept her own G...