Book Reviews by Rachael

This is a first novel by this author, the book is about a girl who just finds out she has a nephew when her sister drops him off at her apartment to stay for two weeks.  A few days later she goes on the run from her nephew's grandparents with a guy she hardly knows.  She has her hotel room trashed, her car seats slashed and is scared for her and her nephews life.  This book was amazing I loved guessing who the main guy character was, it was quite the twist/mystery, I also love it when I'm right and haven't even finished the book.  This story drew me in on the first page and I got lost in the lives of the characters, that we so well built.  The mystery was great, the romance was good, I loved the guessing, it was quite the mystery.  I turned page after page to see if I was right and to also see how it would end.  This book left me wanting more.  I gave this book 5 stars and read this book December 2011.

Meg is an amazing character and I really related to her and her struggles.  Meg is left by her husband after a few weeks she finds out she is preganant.  Meg's strong character and determination to have this baby on her own and go back to church is what bring a new love into her life.  This book goes into depth of the daily struggles some mothers go through to bring a child into this world.  The book is romantic and inspiring a fun, clean read.  The book left me turning page after page and hoping the story would never end.  I gave this book 5 stars and read this book in November 2011.

This book is about a girl who flees from a cabin in the middle of the night after her boyfriend hits her.  She's not sure how she ends up in the cabin of 4 guys but they take good care of her and become quite protective of her till she decides she will go back to her life.  This book was a first book for this author and I can't wait till she writes another one.  It was amazing, I loved it, the characters were really good and the tention between the characters was also good.  I hope she writes another book soon.  I gave this book 5 stars and read this book in November 2011.

The book was about a girl during 1865 set in the Smokey Mountains of Tennesee.  Life was definately harder back then. After her father dies she has to see to the running of the family farm and taking care of her mother who suffers a traumatic time.  This is a historical romance and I wasn't dissapointed in the romance.  From the beginning romantic spark between the two main characters.  Cole is from the East and helps Tally with the family farm.  The book was well thought out, with intriguing characters who live a life that is as foreign to us as a language we don't understand.  I turned each page anticipating the next heart-ache, and was not disapointed in the story of this book.  I love this author and loved this story I gave this book 5 stars and read this book in November 2011.

I had this book in my Kindle library, after reading the first chapter I didn't think it was a book I could get into, one night when I had no other book to read I picked this book up again and got past the first few chapters, it is amazing, it was a real slow start for me but, it really picked up.  The main character is the daughter of an apothecary, her mother leaves years before and she takes over the role of mother to he brother and  helper to her father.  She has the opportunity to go to London and takes it.  When her father gets sick she returns home to run his shop.  This book kept me turning page after page, I just wanted to know who she would end up with.  I was so sure it was one guy then I thought maybe not, maybe this guy, but of course I was kept guessing all the way to the end.  I almost wanted to spoil it and read the back cover it was so uncertain.  Really another great book by Julie Klassen.  I gave this book 5 stars and I read this book in November 2011.

This book was a second for  me by this author and just like her first book I loved it.  This author is amazingly funny, I loved her chracters and story line.  This was such a funny book, whilst reading this book I was very busy but I made time to finish this book, I picked it up every spare moment I had and stayed up late at night so I could see what would happen at the end.  This book lightened each day for me, with the funny quirkyness.  The main character was amazing.  This book is about a girl who after a failed engagement moves home with her family to pay off debts.  She has to share a room with her 7 year old sister and strawberry shortcake!!  She is fed up of her job and wants to desperately be a writer.  She gets a job in a small magazine doing cover stories.  This was a great book I gave it 5 stars and I read this book in November 2011.

If you have never read a book by this author you need to go get one right now.  I just love this Authors books, she writes amazing, clean fiction and she is able to weave a romantic tale and leave you with that warm fuzzy feeling you have when  you read a good story.  This book was amazing, the author is already known for her clean romance and this one is no exception.  This story was interesting, exiting and page turning and of course romantic, with lots of clean kissing.  The story is about a girl who loves antiques and after inheriting a house from a friend she finds many treasures, including the grandson of her friend.  Great story, great characters and great romance.  A must read.  I gave this book 5 stars and read this book in October 2011.

This book was a pioneer inspired story.  The book is about a girl who joins the church and travels from her Europe home is disowned by her family, she travels with her grandparents to America and makes the journey with other pioneers to reach Salt Lake City.  Before her trek west even starts, she is accused of theft and marries a man she doesn't even know.  This book was about the faith that one woman had, even though she suffered great hardships and trials, she never lost faith and carried on to the Great Salt Lake Valley.  There are a number of books that have been written about the Pioneer crossing and this one was another amazing book.  If you have loved Pioneer romantic books you will also love this one.  I gave this book 5 Stars and read this book in October 2011.

This book was interesting, it was an Historical set Romance with suspense and mystery.  This book was an easy read and funny in parts.  The book was about a girl who is found by a ranch owner in a hole, after some time he finds where she lives and takes it upon himself to take her home.  After delivering her to her home he gets drawn into her life and is unable to leave her.  I gave this book 3 stars and I read this book in October 2011.

This book was one of those a friend of mine had read and so I also read it.  I had not read a book by this Author before and I will deffinately be looking for other books by this author.  I wasn't sure what to expect when I got this book as the description didn't tell too much about it.  It was a really good book about a woman who had a friendship with a boy who was not of her class.  After years apart he made something of himself and they meet up again.  I really liked the characters of this book, they were easy to understand and I liked the way the Author talks about the class distinction.  I gave this book 4 stars and read this book in October 2011.

This book was a historical set romance, about a family from Ireland that travelled to America to be free and have a  better life.  I loved the characters of this book, the story was beieveable and the story kept me turning pages an east read and a first book I have read by this Author, I will be looking for other books by this Author, I gave this book 4 stars and I read this book October 2011.

When you are reader like myself, you look to trusted friends for ideas on what book you  might like and what book might be worth reading.  This book was a first book for me by this Author.  Although I really did like this book, I didn't like it enough to want to rush out and find other books by this author.  This was a historical set love story, the story was very enjoyable the characters good and you couldn't wait for them to fall in love.  The book was a little long winded for me.  I gave this book 3.5 stars and I read this book in September 2011.

This book was a great historical set love story.  At some point we may all feel ugly, but true love see's past imperfection to the person beneath.  I love the underlying story in this book, the message to people everywhere who all at some point feel imperfect.  This book is about a very wealthy man who needs to marry to produce an heir to inherit his estate.  He doesn't actually expect to marry and fall in love.  The woman in this story is from a poor family and agrees to a marriage to a man she doesn't know to help her family and siblings get what she is not able to a marriage for love.  I really did like this book, another great love story by Sarah M Eden. I gave this book 4 stars and I read this book in September 2011.

This is not a book I would normally read, but I was give this book and was asked to read it.  I normally hate to read a book when I haven't read others in the series and this was a book that was in a series.  This said I did enjoy the book, and it was easy to follow, even not knowing the main characters from their previous books.  The book is about two private investigators that are called in to help investigate a man who has been put in prison.  The man is an amazing person, he can remember anything and he remembers everything.  I was so intrigued by what this character was able to do and envious of this ability.  The book was really good if you love a mystery it was a long book, so not a short and easy read but still extremely entertaining and with twists and turns that are totally unexpected.  There was a little language in this book and a part that I didn't care and wondered if it needed to be part of the book but it was a clean book other than the language. So overall a go

Not sure if I need to say too much about this book, the author should tell you what I thought of the book.  I'm not sure this author knows how to write a bad book, and this book is no exception.  Loved it, Loved it, Loved it.  The book is about a singer who goes into hiding to avoid a stalker, she refuses body guards, and FBI help.  She meets a very attractive man who she gets romantically involved with.  Only to find out he has been assigned to protect her without her knowledge. Again I loved this book, a really good read, with all the twists and turns you expect from this wonderful author.  I love her books and this was great.  I gave this book 5 stars and I read this book in September 2011.

This book was about a group of people that are in the wrong place at the wrong time all by coincidence.  They are all in a building in California when there is an earthquake.  This story follows several different people and their experiences of how they tired to get out when the building around them is falling down.  This was a good book but a little slow.  I gave this book 3 stars and read this book September 2011.

This book was really good, I loved the main character and the guy she is involved with, this book was an easy and funny read.  The plot is a girl with a list of things to do before she gets married.  Ashly Barret doesn't want to get married, she has a list of 25 goals from learing to make Sushi to Surfing #13 learn to surf.  #17 have a summer romance seems to go together and so does Matt Gibson the hunky Surf instructor.  He is cute, and LDS #13 and #17 could get crossed off.  She hatches a plan to love and leave him before she goes to Grad School, but when Matt doesn't want to be left what does Ashley do?  I gave this book 5 stars, just a fun read and easy read I read this book in September 2011.

This book was quite strange at the beginning but it does get better. The book is about a girl who has nightmares that she doesn't understand.  The Flashbacks are her falling down stairs and in a house she has never been into before.  After her Aunt dies she inherits a plantation.  She goes to the plantation to see if she can run the plantation when she starts to remember things that she shouldn't be able to know.  She is also drawn to a murder than happened when she would have been only a young child herself.  This book was very good with lots of twists and turns.  The main character is very likeable but the other characters in the book leave you wondering what the author will reveal about them.  I love romance mysteries and after the first couple of chapters I did enjoy this book.  I gave this book 3.5 stars and I read this book at the end of August 2011.