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Top Ten Tuesday – Books That Gave Me Literary Indigestion (in a Good Way)

Happy Tuesday, readers! Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at That Artsy Reader Girl is Books I Decided to DNF (did not finish) Too Quickly. I have this little OCD tendency that means I very rarely DNF anything—when it comes to books, at least! 😉 If I’ve started it, I finish it—even if it means skimming to the end of the story—just so that I get resolution. And if I DNFed it, then it certainly wasn’t a decision I made too quickly! But it occurred to me, when I was trying to work out what kind of a spin to give this

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5 June 2018

Storm Front (Susan May Warren) – Review

~ About the Book ~ A tornado has destroyed a small Minnesota community and among the missing are not only a group of students but PEAK Rescue team leader Chet King. Ty Remington will stop at nothing to rescue his mentor, not even when the girl he loved–and lost–walks back into his life. But Brette needs his help more than he knows, despite her stubborn determination to push him away. And when he gets a second chance, loving her just might cost him more than he can imagine. A blogger for Vortex Storm Chasers, Brette Arnold didn’t expect her adventures

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26 May 2018

First Line Friday – 3 May 2018 – Storm Front (Susan May Warren)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! There have been so many fabulous new releases this week it’s difficult to choose just one to share with you here, but since this one is next on my TBR (and I’m itching to pick it up right now!) I thought I would share it with you. It’s book number five in Susan May Warren’s Montana Rescue series: Storm Front.

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4 May 2018

Sons of Thunder (Susan May Warren) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Markos Stavros wants to be a man of honor… The last thing Markos Stavros expects on the eve of his brother’s wedding is to say goodbye to the land—and family–he loves. But a tragic event forces him to flee his beloved Greece, taking with him his younger brother Dino and the girl he loves, Sofia Frangos. With promises to care for both of them, Markos must trust a man he’s never met—his uncle Jimmy, the owner of a café during the bootleg era of Al Capone’s Chicago. Suddenly Markos is in a world he doesn’t

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16 April 2018

Troubled Waters (Susan May Warren) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Billionaire Ian Shaw can have everything he wants–except a happy ending. Or at least that’s what it feels like with his fortune recently liquidated, his niece, Esme, still missing, and the woman he loves refusing to speak to him. In fact, he doubts she would date him even if they were stranded on a deserted island. Despite her love for Ian, Sierra Rose knows he has no room in his life for her as long as the mystery of his missing niece goes unsolved. The only problem is, Sierra has solved it, but a promise to Esme

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13 January 2018

Best of 2017 – The Emoji Files, Part III: The WOW Awards

Welcome to day three of The Emoji Files, showcasing my favourite reads of 2017 by the emoji they best correspond to. So far this week I’ve had The Swoony Awards and The LOL Awards, and today we’re looking at The WOW Awards: those books that had me riveted to the page and often on the edge my seat.

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5 January 2018

First Line Friday – 5 January 2018 – Troubled Waters (Susan May Warren)

Happy new year, reader friends, and welcome to the first First Line Friday post for 2018 (hosted by Hoarding Books). There are so many fantastic books to look forward to in 2018, and if you’re wondering what they might be, feel free to check out my Most Anticipated 2018 Releases posts: Contemporary Historical Suspense Biblical Fiction Speculative Today, I’m sharing a much anticipated 2018 release that’s almost to the top of my TBR: Troubled Waters by Susan May Warren. If you’ve been following the Montana Rescue series, no doubt you’re anticipating Ian and Sierra’s story as much as I am!

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5 January 2018