A Weekend Getaway by: Karen Lenfestey

A Weekend Getaway

Secret Series Book 1

By: Karen Lenfestey

Kindle – 295 pages

I received this book for an honest review of the book from the Author.

Life is full of surprises and secrets. Bethany Morris was easy to relate to, I enjoyed the characters. When your life deals you a hand that you are not ready for, you are forced to deal with them. Bethany is faced with the life choices she made sixteen years ago.

Karen wrote with ease and brought the characters to life, you want to root for Bethany to get her happy ending.  I am definitely ready to read Book 2 open the rest of the story. You definitely will want to pick up this book and a cup of hot cocoa.

Rating 4 Stars

 

Synopsis:

 Bethany Morris always puts everyone else’s needs first. That’s why when she got pregnant in college, she had the baby in secret and placed it for adoption. Sixteen years later, she patiently waits for her live-in boyfriend to propose and wonders if she missed her one chance at motherhood.

Life gets complicated when she runs into the baby’s father, Parker, and he reveals that he has the same disease that took his father’s life. Does Bethany owe it to Parker to tell him that he has a child? Should she track down the daughter she’s never known just to give her bad news?

Risking the comfortable life she’s built for herself, Bethany embarks on a journey to face her past. Along the way, she realizes she’s not the selfless person she thought she was.

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FanGirl Moment!!!!

 I have waited and waited for a day to come to meet one of my Favorites of Authors! It is a Bookie dream! When I started this whole blog thing, it was a new thing for myself! I have grown and had so much joy in my blog! I have met on facebook so many amazing Authors, Bloggers, and readers! 

So a couple weeks ago, Alyson Richman - Author of The Lost Wife, The Mask Carver's Son, The Rhythm of Memory, and a novella Almost Home in Grand Central Original Stories of Postwar of   Love and Reunion. 

We have had many interactions on Facebook regarding her books. My Mom, Grandma, and I read The Lost Wife for our book club. When I finished the book, I immediately posted on her page about how wonderful it was. The my Grandma commented and then my Mom did too. Alyson was so excited that 3 Generations loved her book! 

When her other book came out she was so wonderful to go to the book store and personally sign the books for my 3 generations. 

Today, my husband took me to a talk to meet the amazing Alyson Richman! It was so awesome! She is absolutely the sweetest! She signed all my books and one for a very special person!!! She talked about how her 3 generations readers were special. She is special for making my FanGirl dream as well as my husband for putting up my obsession of books and blogging! 

I just loved the fact that talking to an author about a book, the things that go on in their world. It is a world that takes the Author and the reader and makes them one! Word of mouth is the biggest part of the book world and social media has brought those to worlds together! 

I won an "Amazing" Prize Pack Here is my review: After I Do by: Taylor Jenkins Reid

After I Do By: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Won Copy for Book Launch from Book Sparks

First, I want to thank Books Sparks for their Book Launch Giveaway with Taylor Jenkins Reid. I was ecstatic that I won my amazing prize pack. I use my mini iPad every day.

From the author of Forever, Interrupted—hailed by Sarah Jio as "moving, gorgeous, and at times heart-wrenching"—comes a breathtaking new novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both.
So on to the book talk!!!

Synopsis:
When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes.

Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren’s ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for?

This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It’s about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you’ve got. And above all, After I Do is the story of a couple caught up in an old game—and searching for a new road to happily ever after.

My Review:

This book is about a marriage that is coming to a point where they want to end their marriage. Lauren and Ryan decide that they will “Take a Break” and separate for one year.  With this break, they can look into themselves to see what they really want in their life.

I felt so close to Lauren’s character, as I have been through a separation so I saw so much of the same feelings that Lauren felt and had.  Taylor has a way with her books that deal with life in a different twist. She brings life to the book by looking outside the box of dealing with pain and life.  

After I Do is a definite Must Read, She will make you laugh and cry, and maybe even want to throw a vase or two. “Metaphorically Speaking”

***** 5 Stars

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In Search of Lucy by: Lia Fairchild

In Search of Lucy

By: Lia Fairchild

Pages:  308 Paperback

Rating 5 Stars

This is my third Lia Fairchild book; I thought that it was fantastic! I loved Lucy; I rooted for her all the way. I think that being a debut novel it had something that grabs you and pulls you into the story.

Lucy Lang is from the dysfunctional family life Alcoholic Mom, little sister and with that having to grow up to fast. Unfortunately Lucy is still searching for herself. When her sister is in needs her, Lucy becomes the protective sister again.  Lucy sets out with her “new” friends and embarks on a journey that is filled with laughter and hope.

While Lucy is still looking for the meaning to her life, she is forced to see a side of herself and come to terms with what life hands you.

This story brings you family drama and emotions with love and heartache. I wanted to read this wrapped up in a big comfy blanket and chunky big sweaters.

 

Synopsis:

Lucy Lang's life is spiraling out of control. For years she sacrificed her own needs to care for her half-sister and alcoholic mother, only to be abandoned by both. Now, at age 30, Lucy finds herself held back by memories and regret as she struggles to find her own purpose in life. But when her sister needs a kidney transplant, Lucy is the only one who can save her life.

 

With the help of new friends and a man who won't give up on her, Lucy sets out on a journey to reunite with her sister and find the answers she so desperately needs. Can she get past her emotions and have a chance at happiness? With its colorful and endearing cast of characters, In Search of Lucy takes readers on a rollercoaster of emotions from sadness and heartache to happiness and hope.

 

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Review - Grand Central - Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion

Grand Central

Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion

Featuring fiction by bestselling authors

Melanie Benjamin * Jenna Blum * Amanda Hodgkinson * Pam Jenoff * Sarah Jio *

 Sarah McCoy * Kristina McMorris * Alyson Richman * Erika Robuck * Karen White

With an Introduction by Kristin Hannah

Nook – 280 pages

Rating : ***** Five Stars

I am just speechless by the stories in this book. Each story could be read alone or read together as each one links one part of the previous story on one day in September 1945, in Grand Central Terminal. I have read some of these Authors and I was in great anticipation for this book. The authors write with such vividness, I felt as though I was in the station with the characters. I truly believe that this book of novellas could be a movie. I want to thank Kristina McMorris for putting this idea to work. I will be sure to be reading all of these authors again.

If you love historical fiction this is definitely the work at its best.

Synopsis:

A war bride awaits the arrival of her GI husband at the platform...

A Holocaust survivor works at the Oyster Bar, where a customer reminds him of his late mother...

A Hollywood hopeful anticipates her first screen test and a chance at stardom in the Kissing Room...

On any particular day, thousands upon thousands of people pass through New York City's Grand Central Terminal, through the whispering gallery, beneath the ceiling of stars, and past the information booth and its beckoning four-faced clock, to whatever destination is calling them. It is a place where people come to say hello and good-bye. And each person has a story to tell.

Now, ten bestselling authors inspired by this iconic landmark have created their own stories, set on the same day, just after the end of World War II, in a time of hope, uncertainty, change, and renewal....

Featuring stories from

Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's Wife
Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us
Amanda Hodgkinson, New York Times bestselling author of 22 Britannia Road
Pam Jenoff, bestselling author of The Ambassador's Daughter
Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter
Sarah McCoy, New York Times bestselling author of The Baker's Daughter

Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of The Pieces We Keep
Alyson Richman, bestselling author of The Lost Wife
Erika Robuck, bestselling author of Call Me Zelda
Karen White, New York Times bestselling author of After the Rain

With an Introduction by

Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Home Front

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The Unimaginable Cover Reveal Book to come in October 2012

We're excited to share the cover for The Unimaginable by Dina Silver, which will release on October 28, 2014! Let us know what you think!

Title: The Unimaginable

Author: Dina Silver

Age Group: Adult 

Genre: Contemporary Romance/Mystery/Suspense

Publisher: Amazon Publishing

Scheduled to release: October 28, 2014

"Dina Silver's deftly woven tale has all of my favorite fictional elements: romance, action and adventure, and a knock-your-socks-off ending. The Unimaginable is simply superb." ~ Tracey Garvis Graves, New York Times bestselling author of On the Island.
SYNOPSIS:
From the author of One Pink Line comes a story about letting go of the past and finding bravery in the depths of fear. Set on the sun-soaked beaches of Thailand and the rough waters of the Indian Ocean, The Unimaginable paints a vivid portrait of a young woman on a journey to find herself—and her harrowing fight for survival.

After twenty-eight years of playing by the rules, Jessica Gregory moves from her small Indiana town to Phuket, Thailand. But her newfound routine is upended with the arrival of Grant Flynn, a captivating, elusive man who is sailing around the world while trying to move on from a past tragedy. Jessica volunteers to help crew Grant’s boat, Imagine, on a passage across the Indian Ocean and finds herself falling in love with him as the voyage gets underway. But when disaster strikes, Jessica must summon her courage as the crew is confronted by unspeakable terrors––and, aboard a boat named for such promise, comes the unimaginable.

Excerpt:

His hand and fingers were slowly caressing my right arm just above the elbow, and every time he paused my heart would skip a beat. I swallowed the lump in my throat and tried to muster the strength to lift my head and look him in the eyes. I wanted to know that things were good between us and there were no hard feelings. His eyes would give me the answers. The eyes always say more than the mouth.

I shifted my body toward him ever so slightly, curling myself even further into his embrace. He tightened his grip on me and then continued to move his hand up and down, rubbing away the chills. I closed my eyes, counted to ten, then opened them and lifted my chin. He immediately looked down at me, stopped moving his hand, and squeezed hard, forcing the tips of his fingers into my arm. I froze. He studied my eyes and then looked away, loosening his grip.

My breathing intensified as I brought my hand to his cheek, brushing my thumb across his stubble and turning his face back to mine. He shifted his body, threaded his fingers through my hair, and rested them at the base of my neck. Just as I inhaled, he bent down and pressed his lips to mine. First, hard and firm, then soft and exploratory as he parted my lips with his tongue. My head went back, and my body fell forward into his arms as his hands tugged at my hair and the back of my shirt.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” I whispered.

“Yes,” he said without a second thought.

He was lifting my legs up onto the bench under the weight of his body when we heard someone cough.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Dina Silver is an author, a wine drinker, and an excellent parallel parker. She is the author of Kat Fight, Finding Bliss, and One Pink Line, which was chosen as a 2012 Top Title by IndieReader and was a finalist in their 2012 Discovery Awards. She lives with her husband, son, and twenty-pound tabby cat in suburban Chicago. She’d prefer to live where it’s warm year round, but then she’d never stay home and write anything.
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In The Mirror by Kaira Rouda

In The Mirror by Kaira Rouda
Kindle Version 216 Pages
Approved for Review by Netgalley and Real You Publishing Group for a honest review.

I am honored to be able to read In The Mirror by Kaira Rouda a Lot of this blog is thanks to Kaira's first fictional book Here Home Hope. I must say this is a book is one to pull at your heart strings. I was touched by so many characters within the storyline hook, line, and sinker.

Jennifer Benson was the Thirty something have it all girl, great husband, kids, booming business. When faced with the worse. You start looking in the mirror with the big questionable words What If's...

As her friends and family come to be beside Jennifer, she is faced with the past giving her many self doubts.
As her life in Shady Valley she will fight to beat the diagnosed cancer that has came with a vengeance. She decides to throw a party before she dies, when a person from her high school past comes in and tries to sweep her off her feet. She is face to look in the mirror.

This book is emotional and wrenching, I felt such a closeness to the characters, and the town of Grandville. Grab your box of tissues and a bottle of red with In The Mirror.
5 Stars

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Happy 1st Birthday and Facebook Page hits 1000 Likes

I am just absolutely flabbergasted by the enormous outpouring of friends and Bookies that have came to my blog and my Facebook page! I have so much to be thankful for! As this Blog turn 1 year old Today! The book that changed all this was such a turning point for me to do something that makes me happy so in my last year of my 30's, I decided I would  embark on another quest! Reading is something I love! I had made some great new friends Authors, Readers, and Bloggers! Why not me, I love chatting books and movies! So a great Author asked for a review and so it began. I searched and picked the brains of many bloggers! I have slowed a bit this new year as I also chose a new job as a Supervisor at the VA Hospital that I have been at for 15 years. So as I am learning a new position, I still love my reading everyday! Thank you all for watching my reviews! Thank you to the many Authors and Bloggers, Lia Fairchild, Joanne DeMaio, Kaira Rouda, Sarah Pekkanen,  Read,Run, and Ramble, BookWorms(miss them), Book Haven, Novel Moments! Just to name a few! 

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True Blend By Joanne DeMaio

True Blend by Joanne DeMaio

382 pages Kindle Format

I received a copy of this book in return for an Honest Review.

Joanne DeMaio has out done herself with this book. True Blend is Joanne’s forth novel and I have been honored to have written a review for each book. I have enjoyed each one more and more every time I get a new book.  

True Blend is set in her quaint little town of Addison, while Amy recently widowed and young daughter Grace are still picking up the pieces from this loss.  While across town George Carbone is the all American guy running the family meat market and eatery runs into a difficult situation that throws him off course and into the lives of Amy and Grace.

As Amy and Grace are put through a tragic event will they be able to cope with what is to come or will they have to leave everything behind. While this is a story and a test of True Blend and the story of compassion. Amy will place her heart and soul into her shop Wedding Wishes where the lace of each wedding gown will spin into a story of love in each stitch.

I give this book a 5 Star rating

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Circle in the Sand - Release Day Blitz Sponsored by Give Me Books

 

Title: Circle in the Sand

Author: Lia Fairchild

Release Date:  January 7, 2014 

Four life-long friends bound by two decades of laughter, love, promises, and secrets. Once inseparable, the four grow into independent adults pursuing very different paths.

Sage, raised by career-driven parents, follows a carefully laid out future of success that leaves her wondering what she’s missed out on.

Emily, the college drop-out, now has three children that have become her whole life. She's slowly lost herself, subconsciously seeking dangerous ways to cope. Can she find herself in time?

Jax always lived on the edge, skating through life with no apparent ambition, yet remained the energy and emotional cement of the group. She longs for her friends to accept her without trying to fix her.

Ned, Emily’s twin brother, yearns to stand up and be counted. But his old loyalties and new feelings for one of the girls has him pulled in different directions.

Will the ties that held them together as kids be strong enough for them as adults? These four friends will discover the true meaning of friendship and unveil truths about themselves they never knew existed.

 

 

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 I want to thank Give Me Books for the advanced copy of this book for my honest review.

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This was my first Lia Fairchild Novel, I will tell you, when you read this you will not want this book to end… Lia writes with the passion that you are a part of the character’s circle. I felt very connected to each character in my own way, whether I was mad at them a minute or wanting to hug them in the next moment…
Four friends will stand the tests of friendships, and loyalties to each other and others in their lives…
Emily, Jax, Sage, and Ned (Emily’s twin brother) have been lifelong friends for twenty plus years, as they were independent in their own way, it made the friendship even stronger. As adults it takes a little give and take to keep their friendship strong… The girls and Ned will need each other just as much now as they did when they were young.
Grab a glass of wine and pick up this book on January 7th
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I’ve been creating stories my whole life, but only for me, in my own head. Then one day I sat down and started to write a book. I completed my first novel, In Search of Lucy, in February of 2011. Seven months later, AmazonEncore contacted me about representing my book. It’s currently in the top 10 for Kindle Drama.

My second full-length novel, Vigil Annie, was released on Amazon in December of 2012! One reviewer called this thriller “suspenseful, well-crafted, and fast paced.”

I recently completed my first romantic comedy, The Tech Guy, now available on Amazon.

My other works include a mystery series (A Hint of Murder) and a short, sweet romance (Special Delivery).

Lia Fairchild is both a traditionally published and independent author who writes contemporary fiction, chick lit, romance, and mystery/thriller. Fairchild was born and raised in Southern California and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a multiple-subject teaching credential. She is a wife and mother of two teenagers.

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Circle in the Sand By: Lia Fairchild

Circle in the Sand

Publication Date January 7, 2014

By Lia Fairchild

Pages 327 paperback

5 Stars 

I want to thank Give Me Books for the advanced copy of this book for my honest review. 

Synopsis:

Four life-long friends bound by two decades of laughter, love, promises, and secrets. Once inseparable, the four grow into independent adults pursuing very different paths.

Sage, raised by career-driven parents, follows a carefully laid out future of success that leaves her wondering what she’s missed out on.

Emily, the college drop-out, now has three children that have become her whole life. She's slowly lost herself, subconsciously seeking dangerous ways to cope. Can she find herself in time?

Jax always lived on the edge, skating through life with no apparent ambition, yet remained the energy and emotional cement of the group. She longs for her friends to accept her without trying to fix her.

Ned, Emily’s twin brother, yearns to stand up and be counted. But his old loyalties and new feelings for one of the girls has him pulled in different directions.

Will the ties that held them together as kids be strong enough for them as adults? These four friends will discover the true meaning of friendship and unveil truths about themselves they never knew existed

My Review

This was my first Lia Fairchild Novel, I will tell you, when you read this you will not want this book to end…  Lia writes with the passion that you are a part of the character’s circle. I felt very connected to each character in my own way, whether I was mad at them a minute or wanting to hug them in the next moment…

Four friends will stand the tests of friendships, and loyalties to each other and others in their lives…  

Emily, Jax, Sage, and Ned (Emily’s twin brother) have been lifelong friends for twenty plus years, as they were independent in their own way, it made the friendship even stronger. As adults it takes a little give and take to keep their friendship strong… The girls and Ned will need each other just as much now as they did when they were young.

Grab a glass of wine and pick up this book on January 7^th

Happy Reading

 
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Happy New Year 2014 - Here, Home, Hope By: Kaira Rouda

Happy New Year Bookies

Do you have any New Year’s Resolutions???

This year for me is a big one; it will bring me some joys and some good sadness…

I will get to watch my oldest son Graduate High School; then the next day I will hit the Big 4-0…

I will then embark on another joyful day My Husband and I will celebrate 10 years of marriage.

I will also get 2 new additions to our family a niece or nephew and a new sister in law.

I have also been at my job for 15 years… This brings me to my resolutions and changes in my life.

I read a book right after I turned 39, Here, Home, Hope by Kaira Rouda

This book made me look at me and I asked myself what I wanted to do for me…

So I purchased some post-its and away I went. I love reading and one day an Author sent me a message asking to review his book and it kinda stuck… I loved it, I am able to chat about books, talk to some authors and bloggers. I have met some amazing and great people along the way. I will have my Blog for one year in May and I have enjoyed it all…. I want to thank the authors and other book bloggers and reviewers I have nagged and picked apart their brain.

It is never too late to do something for yourself and for your family no matter what it is… Just get out there and try something new.

Here, Home, Hope

By Kaira Rouda

Synopsis:

 Kelly Mills Johnson becomes restless in her thirty-ninth year. An appetite for more forces her to take stock of her middling middle-American existence and her neighbors' seemingly perfect lives. Her marriage to a successful attorney has settled into a comfortable routine, and being the mother of two adorable sons has been rewarding. But Kelly's own passions lie wasted. She eyes with envy the lives of her two best friends, Kathryn and Charlotte, both beautiful, successful businesswomen who seem to have it all. Kelly takes charge of her life, devising a midlife makeover plan.

As above I loved this book, I enjoyed the character Kelly, I wanted to have a cup of coffee and talk shop…

Kaira wrote this book with such passion for someone that is in need for a little enlightenment.

Happy New Year to you all, Happy Reading and hopefully we can keep this up for another year or so…