Book Reviews by Rachael

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 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 book start out really slow, I hadnt read anything else by this author.  The description was amazing I got a great idea of the landscape and where this book was set, it sounded amazing.  The characters were good, I could relate to them.  It left me looking for other books by this author.  The plot was a privilaged girl from the east whose Father dies and she has to go live in the West with her aunt.  I read this book in June 2011 and gave this book 3 stars.

Wyoming is not your normal run of the mill book.  This book is four stories that entwine and make the whole book.  The men in this book are in the millitary defending the frontier, the women come to the fort looking for love.  The first book is about a girl who after agreeing to marry another man, realizes her fiance is not dead, can he forgive her?  She follows him to Fort Larmie hoping he will.  The second book is about a girl who after living as husband and wife for over a year finds out she is pregnant, after an accident her husband dies and she finds out she is not truly married to him, he has a wife and son already.  She move to Fort Larmie to be with her friends and maybe to find love?  The third book is about a privileged daughter of an army officer, after an accident can she change and become a person someone else would want to marry?  The fourth book is about a girl who is married by proxy thanks to her meddling sister, after deciding no...

Well you never know when you might fall in love, for Hope she was also a mail order bride and whilst travelling to meet her soon to be husband is kidnapped by a band of payroll thieves.  Dan a federal agent wants out of his life and to settle down somewhere quiet for his last assignment he is asked to infiltrate a band of payroll thieves.  This book was funny, unpredictable, and amusing all the way through.  A really funny read. I read this book in July 2011 and I gave this book 3 stars.

June leaves her home to be a mail order bride in Washington State.  After arriving she meets her intended who is very sick.  She clashes immediately with her future husbands best friend who doesn't agree with him marrying a mail order bride.  Her fiance dies and she is left not knowing what to do.  She decides to stay on helping with the preaching work her fiance started, she continues to clash with his best friend, but eventually sparks fly and she finds love.  This book was funny and I really liked the characters.  I read this book in July 2011 and gave this book 3 stars.

Faith goes to Texas as a mailorder bride, and one thing after another keeps happening to stop her from marrying her intended.  This was a really funny and easy book to read.  The characters were funny and I really enjoyed reading how many different ways a wedding could be postponed.  I read this book in July 2011 and gave this book 3 stars.

This was definately not one of my favorite books by this Author I normally love to read her books but was dissapointed in the short story and not enough detail to make the book worth reading.  The book definately had potential the characters would have been likeable if we had known more about them.  The book lacked depth which made the book boring.  I think I read it in one hour.  So if your looking for an easy quick read this is it, but my problem with it was you just got to know something of the characters and then the story ended.  I would like to see this book developed into a longer version. I read this book in August 2011.  I gave this book 2 stars

I got this on my kindle and really enjoyed the author.  The  plot was basic but good, I liked the characters, I did guess the hidden clues but still enjoyed being right.  The time period was intriguing and would have liked the author to have explored that more but this didn't take away from the story line which was also good.  I would also have liked to have know if the place the story was set in was fictional or real.  A great read. I gave this book 4 Stars I read it in August 2011