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Carolina Breeze (Denise Hunter) – Review

A jilted bride. A struggling innkeeper. And a romantic mountain getaway that changes everything

Rising Hollywood star Mia Emerson is looking for a safe place to land in the wake of a public breakup and celebrity scandal, and she finds it in the lake town of Bluebell, North Carolina—the location of her canceled honeymoon. She wants nothing more than to hide and wait for the tabloids to die down.

Soon after her arrival at the Bluebell Inn, Mia meets Levi Bennett, who runs the inn along with his two younger sisters. Drawn to one another from the start, Mia trusts Levi to keep her location from the press, and Levi confides in Mia about the precarious financial state of the inn—a secret he’s been keeping from his sisters.

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2 June 2020

Book Spotlight: Summer by the Tides (Denise Hunter)

From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom (now a beloved Hallmark Original movie) comes a heartfelt story of family secrets, forgiveness, and unexpected romance.

Following a painful betrayal, Maddy Monroe’s love life is a wreck, and her restaurant career is in shambles. When her grandmother goes missing, she and her estranged…

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27 June 2019

On Magnolia Lane (Denise Hunter) – Review

This review is part of a blog tour with TLC Book Tours.   ~ About the Book ~ Falling in love with Daisy was easy for Jack. But finding the courage to tell her becomes problematic when his secret feelings lead to even bigger complications. After two years of counseling sessions with Daisy Pendleton, Pastor Jack McReady has earned a permanent spot in her life as a spiritual leader—and nothing more. Jack would never risk losing her trust by exposing the depths of his heart, but he’s hopelessly in love with her. Daisy loves her southern small-town life and her

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19 November 2018

Honeysuckle Dreams (Denise Hunter) – Review

This review is posted as part of TLC’s Book Tour for Honeysuckle Dreams   ~ About the Book ~ Brady Collins is juggling full-time fatherhood with the booming auto repair business he runs out of his barn. His ex-wife’s sudden death has shaken him, but the devastating news that follows leaves him reeling: Sam is not his biological son. When Sam’s wealthy maternal grandparents decide they want custody of the child, Brady knows he’s in for the fight of his life. Brady’s attorney tips him off that one major life change would virtually assure him of winning guardianship of baby Sam

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18 June 2018

Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Meant To Get To In 2017…

Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday, reader friends. How’s 2018 treating you so far? It’s been a scorcher where I am in New South Wales, Australia, with temps ranging from 39-45C over the last few days (that’s 102-111F), so I’ve been hibernating in the air-conditioning and playing match referee/crisis counsellor to my house-bound children. Fun. 😳 Thankfully it’s cooled down a little today!

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9 January 2018

Best of 2017 – The Emoji Files, Part IV: Got Me in the Feels

Welcome to Part IV of The Emoji Files. So far this week I’ve given you my best of 2017 in the following categories: 😍 The Swoony Awards 😆 The LOL Awards 😮 The WOW Awards Today, I’m giving you a list of books that got me in the feels. Some books are great for escaping into and helping us to forget our daily worries and cares for a little while, and some books confront life’s big worries and cares head on. Perhaps not our specific worries and cares, but the kinds of worries and cares that could be ours one day, or the kinds

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6 January 2018

Most Anticipated Books of 2018 – Contemporary Settings (and Top Ten Tuesday)

Welcome, book lovers! I hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I think there’s something almost magical about these days between Christmas and New Year’s Day. It’s like the old year has finished, but the new one hasn’t yet arrived, and you can sit back and imagine the possibilities. What will the new year hold? What new goals will you set? Which new leaves will you turn over? And the most important question, of course—Which new books are you most looking forward to? Today’s post is doubling as a Top Ten Tuesday post, because that’s

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26 December 2017