Book Reviews by Rachael

Brianna has a boyfriend who is on his mission, while waiting for him to come home she hangs out with his brother Austin, Austin writes a blog about being a friend to Brianna, what will happen when Brianna finds out who the writer of the blog is,? and is anyone waiting for Austin to come home. This was a clean, easy funny read. I read this book in June 2012 and gave his book 4 stars.

Emi wakes one night to a thief in her mothers house, she has no idea the intruder has planted a trap, that will change her life forever, she is lured to the  Alps with Daniel, the man she loves. The book was good but I found it a little hard to understand at times.  clean suspenseful read.  I read this book in June 2012 and gave this book 3 stars.

Alice is a new member to the church, she has a boyfriend she hopes to marry, she meets a new guy and the story starts. This was a really easy cute read, the characters were likable and the author kept you guessing till the who she would end up with.  I read this book in May 2012 and gave this book 4 stars.

I found this book a little predictable and it took me a few days to read so I also found it a little slow.  The book was a loose premise on Goldilocks it was a christian book and it was witty and funny in parts. Real estate agent Honey goes on a business trip, and her client insists she stay at his cabin, some local boys tamper with the house numbers and Honey ends up at the wrong cabin.  Trevor comes home after work to find someone has eaten his dinner, broke his chair and is sleeping in his bed.  and the fun begins.  I read this book in May 2012 and gave this book 3 stars.

This was another great book, When Courtney decides to go for a ride on her horse and takes her dog with her, she never expects to get kidnapped.  When she overhears a conversation her kidnapper has with his boss, her world crumbles and she knows she has to escape or die trying.  The characters were great and likeable, the plot was understandable and I couldn’t put this book down till I finished it.  This was a good read and clean.  I read this book in May 2012 and gave this book 5 Stars.

I love this author and this books is just as good as any other, the setting for the story is in Charlestone and the star is a dog walker named Rylee after meeting a reporter Logan everything in her life changes.  The characters have depth the book is full of twists and turns and the who did it, Kept me guessing till the end.  A great romance, mystery, perfect short read and clean.  I read this book in April 2012 and gave this book 4 stars.

Lydia is penniless and is forced to live with her aunt and uncle, who really don’t want her.   She has plenty of admirers. Luckily Lydia is well able to look after herself but she gets into a number of scrapes which almost cost her any chance of happiness before finally managing to sort things out in the end. I really like all historical romance and this one was good, I did find it a little slow, the characters were likable and it was a clean read.   I read this book in April 2012 and gave this book 3 stars.

When Margaret feels threatened she flees London in disguise, she needs to escape marrying a dishonorable man. With no money and nowhere else to go, she takes a job as a maid in the home of the man she turned down marriage to, Nathaniel Upchurch, she rejected Nathaniel in hopes of winning his brother. Hoping no one will recognize her, Margaret has to work for the first time in her life, if she is able to last till her birthday she will get her inheritance from her aunt, and her independence.  The characters of this book were great and interesting, this is a historical romance and it was easy, clean and fun to read, I would give this book 4 stars and I read this book January 2012.

This bookas by far one of the funnies books I have read in quite a while.  I just loved the bantering between the two main characters, it was fantastic.  After Marcus Earl of Spenford offers to marry one of the Rectors daughters he is very happy with his decision.  But when the veil goes up on his wedding day he feels a complete idiot and mistrusts his bride and family.  The girl he married his bride is not the daughter he offered for.  This story as it unravels is really cute and romantic and a funny read I read this book in April 2012 and gave this book 4 stars.

This was not my most favorite book, although this book was well written it was romantic and easy to read I had read a story similar to it and felt this lacking.  It was a little boring and the characters although good were not great.  After being kidnapped and taken from her home Julianna is not sure what will happen to her.  She is kept captive and she manages to escape but after she gets scared she decides she should go back.  I read this book in April 2012 and gave this book 3 stars.

If you haven't read any other books by this author you need to.  This author has a way of telling a story that is witty and cute and romantic and she puts so much character into her main characters.  Tillie has dreamed of being a ladies made all her life.  She has been taught how and wants this above anything, until she meets Mack that is.  Mack takes a job he doesn't want to help his sister get out of an orphanage.  He meets Tillie and sparks start to fly.  Tillie gets drawn into his life and neither of them is the same again.  I read this book in April 2012 and gave this book 4 stars

This book was written by a new author it was very well written and a joy to read.  Marianne is not a normal lady, but her Grandma wants her to be.  Phillip is tired of women liking him for his title and wealth.  When they meet the story begins.  I loved this book the characters were amazing the story line is perfect the detail to the setting was fantastic.  It was funny and witty and I could not put this book down till the last page was turned.  I read this book April 2012 and I gave this book 5 stars.

For me this was a great read, it was very inspiring and well written, I loved the insight into how Olivia was feeling whilst going through such a trial in her life.  I've had a friend in both situation I know that each is hard and incrediably difficult, I feel for those who have to make decisions like the one Allison made, what a brave girl.  The author who wrote this book wrote from the heart with some of her own experiences.  The story is about Olivia who above anything wants to be a Mother.  When it looks as though she will not be able to achieve this without help she is more than happy to go through what she needs to with help, when this also doesn't work for her she becomes very angry, dissapointed and bitter.  As with all trials she learns to rise above this and find a way to cope and whilst in this state of mind she turns to adoption.  Allison is a good girl who makes a mistake, we have all made mistakes only Allisons you can see.  The mistake Allison makes costs her, it

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.

Welcome to my blogspot.  I have been reading books for years and just love a good story.  A friend of mine in Arizona would lend me her books and she got me hooked.  I decided a few months ago to write a blog to rate the books I read, to help my friends find books they might enjoy.  So below you will find lots of books reviewed by me, what I liked and what I didn't.   I give my books a rating out of 5 stars.  Go ahead check out my reviews, become a follower and leave some comments.  Enjoy!

This book was really good, especially if you like mysteries.  It took me a few chapters to get into it, but once there, I kept turning those pages, dying to figure out who did what?  Who she would end up with?  Anyway, The storyline is about a girl who is already an Orphan and is brought up by her Grandmother, who she though she knew.  When her Grandmother dies, she is confused to the terms of her Grandmothers will, having nothing really to loose she decides to do as her Grandmother has asks and lives in a little house in a small town for a year and try her hand at writing.  This is a mystery and romance and I promise it will not dissapoint.  I really liked this book.  I read this book in August 2011 and gave this book 5 Stars.

At a time when infants are marked at birth, a royal advisor secrets away an infant girl to save her life.  The woman he give the infant to Miranda agrees to raise the girl as her own.  Mirands tries to pair her daughter Sarah with the Kings Nephew, which would only be fit for her she truly is.  Although Sarah as little regard for the Kings Nephew to please her mother she tries to like him.  She meets another man who she finds much more appealing but Sarah, wanting to please her mother after her mother dies tries to find the good in the Kings Nephew.  Her mark is found and things change forever.  This book was amazing, I don't normally like anything to do with fantasy and Kings and princesses are truly fantasy to me.  I promise that after you read this book  you will be pondering the characters and the twists and turns that finish this story into such an amazing read.  I would personally love this book to become a movie I think it would be amazing.  I read this book in August 2011 a

Alexa gets offered a dream job, writing a biography for a pop star Colin Radcliff and going on tour to Europe to do it.  How could anyone turn that down.  She is thrilled, till she starts reciving death threats.  Colin gets worried and puts her on 24/7 bodyguard protection in the form of his best body guard Jamison.  This book was actually really cute, I wasn't sure what I would think to it, but the energy was good I ended up loving the characters and was sorry when I had finished it.  I read this book in August 2011 and I gave this book 4 Stars.

After reading other books by this Author I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book, it took some time and I waited patiently for the Library to let me know they had a copy.  Elise is a widow with a young son, when she meets Jared Amesbury she is immediately smitten with his roguish charm.  Jared Amesbury is a gentleman by day Pirate by night.  Jared wants out of the Pirate business and is undercover working for the government, when he hears of one last assignment he cannot turn it down.  Unfortunately the assignment goes back and Elise being seen with him is dragged into his world.  This is a complex plot and although I love this Author I had a hard time keeping up with this one.  Their is a light romance, nothing like the romance of her other books, but still a great and interesting read and well worth the time.  I read this book in August 2011 and I gave this book 3 stars.

This book is set in Montana in 1890's.  Julianna likes Josh, who is a sheep herder, when he find some precious stones, he considers mining, this is the occupation that Juliannas father away from her and her mother, having just lost her mother Julianna doesn't see a relationship with Josh going anywhere if he set himself up as a miner.  This book was easy to read and easy to guess to whom she would end up with and where the story was headed.  If your looking for just a simple fun romantic book, this is definately great.  I read this book in August 2011 and gave it 3 stars.

This book has a ver different setting to most books I read, the author brings you into the story and she sets the book in the 31st Century.  This immediately drew me in as a reader.  I wish the author had gone into greater detail to explain more of the future she had the book set in.  The flow of the story was amazing, the charcters were likeable, I felt that the Hero should have had more depth.  Anya had loved Josh for years, but as her Protector the love is forbidden.  For Josh this doesn't seem to be a problem as he tries to marry her to a Baron in order to have peace between the two kingdoms.  I read this book in August 2011 and like I said enjoyed reading it.  The author is very gifted and I have now read quite alot of her books.  I gave this book 4 stars.

Isabelle is a free spirit, unlike most women.  She takes on a journey to travel to collect some books for her church.  Her mother agrees to the journey as long as she takes a tour guide and her brother with her.  Whilst travelling to obtain the books she meet Samuel, he tags along with them as they are going to the same place, when the tour guide goes missing, they are attached by Indians and held prisoner.  She is forced to watch as they kill her brother, in order to stay alive she must act as they do.  This is hard as she is wild and likes to be free, she tests her boundaries, she refuses to conform.  This book is interesting, not a favorite book of mine, I wonder about the portrayal of the Indians, not sure if they would act as the book says they do.  I did find her intriguing, I expected more from the book.  I read this book in June and I gave it 3 stars.

Cicumstances beyond her control put Alicia in a position where she has to accept a marriage proposal in order to keep her and her family from financial ruin.  She agrees to marry a man she doesn't know and doesn't love , who is extremely wealthy and he promises her he will not only take care of her but also will take care of her family financially.  With little choice she accepts.  I really liked this book, the characters had great depth and you want Alicia to be happy.  As I read this book my fairy tale ending didn't seem possible but the twist at the end was just what I as looking for.  I love books by this Author but I think this would be my favorite book by her.  I read this book in June and gave it 5 stars.