THE ANONYMOUS BRIDE

                  by

     Vickie McDonough


Set in late nineteenth century Texas in the fictional town of Lookout, the characters dance off the page from the very first scene. When Luke Davis returns to the hometown he left several years, he is excited about being the new town marshal, but dreads facing Rachel, the woman who betrayed him and married his best friend years ago.


Between the amusing and endearing antics of young Jacqueline, the ornery Corbett cousins and a whole Texas town of interesting characters, Luke and Rachel have no peace, especially when one of the potential brides brings a twist of intrigue and danger to thicken the plot.

A satisfying tale of forgiveness, trust, and second chances, The Anonymous Bride will entertain, inspire and warm the most stoic heart.

This book was supplied by Goodreads and Barbour Publishing with no obligation to write a positive review

Now The Author:  Vickie McDonough is an award-winning inspirational romance author. She has written 16 novels and novellas. Her Heartsong books, The Bounty Hunter and the Bride and Wild At Heart both placed third in the Top Ten Favorite Historical Romance category in Heartsong Present’s annual readers’ contests. Her stories frequently place in national contests, such as the ACFW Book of the Year contest and the Inspirational Readers Choice Contest. She has also written book reviews for over eight years. Vickie is a wife of thirty-three years, mother of four grown sons and grandma to a feisty three-year-old girl. When she’s not writing, Vickie enjoys reading, gardening, watching movies, and traveling.

WILDFLOWER BRIDE

Wildflower Bride by Mary Connealy

This is the third book in the series Montana Marriages.

Glowing Sun is the only one in her tribe to be left alive; she was a white woman that had been brought up by the Flathead Indians. She always had a knife and was not afraid to use it. She barely remembers her life in the white world and but someway remembered her name was Abby Lind. She decides that her life as Glowing Sun was over but where does she belong?

Wade Sawyer who had worked on his father’s ranch but had broken ties with his father met Abby and somehow felt responsible for her. When Wade received word that his father may be dying he heads home with Abby following him. Although they find some unwanted people at his father’s ranch, will Abby be able to keep Wade out of trouble and will she give her heart to Wade.

This book was furnished free to me from Barbour Publishing and in no way influnces my review.

As always Mary has done it again, she knows how to keep you interested in a book. She lives with her husband and daughters in Texas, where she is a teacher by day and a writer by night. She is one busy lady; find her at her home page and all over other’s blogs as she in interviewed on other’s sites. Go here to find her homepage.

Presumed Innocent Review and Giveaway April 15-25 Contest closed

By

Scott Turow

This is the first one of Scott Turow’s books I have read. The hugely anticipated sequel to the genre-defining, landmark bestseller Presumed Innocent will be released May 4, 2010.

"Presumed Innocent is an achievement of a high order — with marvelous control and touch, an awesome capacity to assemble and dispense (and sometimes withhold) evidence, and a cast of characters who are dismayingly credible. Nobody who picks it up is going to lay it down lightly. —Wallace Stegner"


A beautiful lawyer from the prosecuting attorney’s office is raped and murdered. Rusty Sabich is chief deputy prosecutor for Kindle County, and his boss Raymond Horgan is up for re-election. Rusty is handling the investigation of the murder despite the conflict that only he is aware of with his friend, Dan Lipramzer investigating the crime. They first focus on convicted sex offenders that Carolyn helped to prosecute. Then Rusty learns that his boss Horgan had a brief relationship with Carolyn. Meanwhile Rusty's marriage is in a shambles as his wife Barbara knows about his affair. As evidence surfaces Rusty he is arrested for the killing. But is Rusty guilty? Or will someone else be found to have done the terrible crime.

Instead of being a predictable legal thriller, like some others I have read, this great murder mystery has plenty of twists and turns through its pages as you read.

The book was supplied to me free of charge and did not ask that I do a positive review. To visit the site of the Author go here.

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King Rapids

By

Jim Overturf

When Rusty Gallegar, a racecar driver was found dead in his garage at the racetrack the detective work began. Kurt Maxxon was a racecar driver also and he found the body, so now he is a suspect. He is trying to train his new puppy Beau and getting ready for the race on Sunday.

Everyone suspected that Rusty had a little thing on the side with female customers when they need work done on their cars. So there became quite a lot of suspects. Could it be one of his female friends or maybe their husbands when they found out what went on the sofa in his garage office?

The story goes on about the race and the trials on the track while in investigation is going on. Kurt makes friends with an elderly couple that lives near the racetrack that are complain about the noise, so he visits them and become their friends. The noise was terrible where the couple lived.

As the investigation goes on they find out that Rusty had kicked out his live-in mistress a week before Rusty was killed. Could she be the one? What about the Hummer that sits in his garage almost finished?

Kurt and his friend Christina starts to look for evidence left behind that might lead them to the murderer.
But the main question in everyone’s head was Who Killed Rusty Gallegar?

The book was supplied to me free of charge and did not ask that I do a positive review. To visit the site of the Author go here

The Moon Looked Down

By Dorothy Garlock

The story unfolds as Sophie Heller heard someone yelling FIRE! FIRE! She awoke from her dream and started looking for her family. They were outside as the barn was burning.

The family had immigrated to America from Germany trying to escape the Nazis before Hiltler took over Germany before World War 2.

As the family all gets outside they are trying to find out what started the fire and three hooded men came around the house and said they were going to run the Nazis from their town. Some fighting took place and the barn burn to the ground.

Sophie worked at the newspaper in Victory, Illinois and her father was a farmer.

Cole Ambrose came back to town to become the math teacher in the local high school, as he had been gone for fifteen years. He had been a cripple all his life, but he met Sophie in the store and thought she was so pretty. He became determined to help the family find out who burned their barn.

There are fights, love and everything in between in this story. There is some explicated sex and some words that offended me but I read the book, as it really is a great story.

The book was supplied to me free of charge and did not ask that I do a positive review. To visit the site of the Author go here

A Lady Like Sara written by Margaret Brownley

This Book was the greatest.

The things that Sara got into was so funny. When she met up with the Precher Man while handcuffed to a lawman turned into one great book

This is my first time reading Margaret Browney's books and I want more of them.

Sara took the preacher by storm and the town also.

She wanted to change her way of life but didn't want to be disloyal to her brothers, they were all the family she had. But she may decide to stop following her brothers when she had a choice to make, when her life is on the line.
If you love good clean Christian Fiction then this is a must read!

This book was supplied to me free of charge and did not ask that I do a positive review by Thomas Nelson publishing company

NO GREATER LOVE book giveaway April 5-10

CONTEST IS CLOSED!!!!

Winner will be announced as soon as I hear form them.

 (Extreme Devotion Series)

By Kathi Macias

My Review:

The book setting is in 1989 in South Africa. Chioma and her younger brother Masozi were orphaned when both their parents had been killed by white men, so she hated any white man and was determined to get even with whites, male, female or children she didn’t care.

A Christian white family had taken them in and given then a place to live and work.
She was falling in love with Andrew the son of her boss and he was a blue eyed, and a white man.
She knew she had to stop those feelings for him, as she knew the black rebels would never go for that.

Africa is a place that when I see it on the news they really have a hard life. So as I got into story, I never knew what would happen next as the black rebels tired to fight for their rights in their land.
As you read this book you will be in an adventure wondering what will happen next and where will Chioma be and what will happen between she and Andrew.

This is the first of four novels in the Extreme Devotion Series from New Hope Publishers.

This book was furnished by Kathi Macais, but, the review is in no way obligated by the author.

For the book giveaway, you must be a follower of my blog, leave a comment that you want to be entered and be sure to leave your email address so I can get in touch with you.  The contest will close April 10th at 7PM EST, the winner will be notified and have 24 hours in which to response, if there is no response then another winner will be chosen.

Blood Ransom by Lisa Harris

Lisa Harris lives in Mozambique, Africa with her family.  They serve as missiontaries and don't have all the conforts that we do here in the states.

She has been writting ficion and nonfiction since 2000 and has more than fifteen novels and novellas in print. 

Please visit her blog at http://www.myblogintheheartofafrica.blogspot.com/

 MY REVIEW:

Natalie Sinclair is working to help with diseases in Africa and in the village of Republic of Shambizao when she meets a long time school mate of hers, Dr. Chat Talcott.  They are both trying to help the people in any way they can.

But, someone don't want them to find our what is going on in the country but Natalie is determined to do so.

She works with Steve and Patrick but finds out that the two men can not be trusted.

She and Chad have a thing going between them and start working together.

But someone is trying to stop them from fining out and it is time for a new election for the president.  It seems as everywhere they turn they get into trouble or someone gets killed. 

My thoughts:  I really liked this blook and the more you get into it the better it gets.  It keeps you wondering who will be next in getting killed and what will happen at the election.

One of Lisa's best books I think.  So go buy a copy and read all about the turmoil that is going on in Africa.