Book Reviews by Rachael

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.

When I first got this book although I had read many books by this author I wasn't sure if I would like this one.  I'm not really into fairy tales and fantasy book.  This book was quite the surprise, I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I would, the characters were amazing and real and I love the fantasy part of it.  It was a little mysterious and definately romantic I read this book very fast as I found it very good, and I was sad when it ended.  The plot of the book is a princess who has a gift, after her family is all killed she is taken to another kingdom to be protected, of course that is only the beginning!!  I read this book in August 2011 and gave this book 5 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.

The storyline of this book two friends who jog everyday, one day her friend doesn't show up to jog with her and they try to figure our why? Is she missing? Is she Kidnapped?  Is she Dead?  Did she run away.  This is one of my favorite authors I love her mystery/romance feel she gives her books.  I kind of got a little creeped out as this was set close to where I use to live.  Also this could happen to any of us.  The author really did a great job.  This was another book I would guess and guess at before I thought I knew who did it?  I was wrong most of the way through.  I liked her characters and the storyline was a little creepy for any joggers out there but overall a great read.  I read this book in June 2011 I gave this book 4 Stars.

This book was fantastic.  I have been to Montanna and the way the author describes it reminds me just like when I was there.  It was great.  I liked the forbidden love she had going on, she was careful and i'm sure this really does happen and I wonder how families get through this.  The plot was about a girl who goes to her fiance home in Montanna to spend time before there wedding.  She meets her fiances brother and sparks fly.  I loved the characters they were real and life like.  I read this book in June 2011. I gave this book 4 stars.

This book was quite good, I have not read any books by this Author and liked the mystery of the plot I would guess and guess and guess again to see if I was right and in the end I wasn't.  So the twists in this book were good not what I was expecting.  The plot was quite simple but the twists were not.  I liked the main girl character, but didn't relate to the other characters very well. I read this book in May 2011.  I 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

I just finished reading this book and I really did have a hard time wondering if I would recommend it or not.  I have read other books by this author and although the book itself is good as I really wanted to find out what happened at the end.  The story line is disturbing to me.  The book is about a young girl who falls in loves and marries the most handsome man.  Only to discover that he is not who she thought he was.  He hurts her in many ways.  Her husband is planning a trip out west and her hope is she won't have to go.  Unfortunately that is not the case and he takes her with him.  The author is really good, is very well written and the details and twist at the end is amazing, I didn't see the twist coming at the end. 

This book is one of my favorites by this author and in general.  I have read this book a few times now just because the story is so different and I just liked it.  The story is about a young girl who marries and her husband leaves her.  She faces meany hardships in trying to manage a farm and taking care of herself and unborn child.  She has a friend in an amazing neighbor and their love story is just so nice.  Well worth reading.

This book is set in Australia and is about a girl whose only brother lives in Australia, she travels to meet him.  I  personally had a hard time reading this book, I found it nothing like the other books by this author and it took me along time to read it. 

I just finished this book and haven't read anything else by this author.  I found the story interesting and page turning, I couldn't wait to get to the end to see how the story unfolded.  It was a very well written story.  The story is about a girl who has been assigned as The Healers Apprentice and she helps the healer with her work.  The son of the Duke gets hurt and she is the only one there, so she helps him.  She falls in love with him and it is a forbidden love as he is a Lord and will become a Duke on his fathers death, he is also betrothed to another.  She is The Healers Apprentice a woodcutters daughter.  The story is romantic and is set in historic medevial times.  This is a fast read.

This is the third book in this series and the last book.  The story is about a girl who has spent her entire  life dedicating herself to helping others.  She is kidnapped and is on her way to be sold.  This book is about her journey of a girl who although she is spiritual in tune with God she is also extremely judgemental of those around her.  She tries to understand what Gods plan is for her and why he is testing her this way.  She feels that maybe he must have put her in this situation so she can help someone else.  The person who needs help is herself! The book is action packed, and flows very well, the story is romantic and very well written.

This book was an easy read for me, I really liked the story line and loved the way the author brings christian faith into her books.  The story is about a girl "hope" who finds herself being auctioned off as a slave.  A man from her town sees her and sells his boat to save her. This is an action, fast paced  adventurous book.  It is funny sad and romantic.  It also touches upon peoples judgement of others how sometimes they are not correct.  If you enjoyed other books by this author then I would imagine you would also enjoy this book.

The storyline of this book is a CIA Agent who is on assignment and meets the royal family of Meridia.  She expects to use her skills as linguistics and security to protect and serve.  As part of the security plan she ends up finding herself engaged to Prince Garrett Fortier.  This book is another amazing read by this author who makes you read page after page till the book has been read.  This is action packed, funny, romantic suspensful book.  For those who are already fans this is another must read.

This book is the last to date by this author about the LDS Navy Seals, it centers on yet another of the Seals and her writing does not get boring, her plot for the story is amazing and the inside information of CIA and Navy Seals is interesting.  This is another action filled, page turning on the edge of your seat read.  A must read if you have enjoyed the other books written by this amazing Author.

Backlash is another book in the same series with the LDS Navy seals.  The story is about one of the Navy Seals wife and the danger they put their families in when a mission doesn't go according to plan.  This is another great read, it has the action mystery, suspense and romance that we have grown to love by this author.  Another great book.