More Than Meets the Eye - A Review

Published - Bethany House, June 2018
Author - Karen Witemeyer
Title - More Than Meets the Eye
Format - ebook, paper, audio
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About the book:
Seeking justice against the man who destroyed his family, Logan Fowler arrives in Pecan Gap, Texas, to confront the person responsible. But his quest is derailed when, instead of a hardened criminal, he finds an ordinary man with a sister named Evangeline--an unusual beauty with mismatched eyes and a sweet spirit that he finds utterly captivating.


My Thoughts:
This was super cute. I loved Evangeline and her positive outlook. I also loved her brothers. And Logan. Let's just say that he has a lot of issues to work through, but I love how he works through them. 

I'm hoping for a story about Zach. 

I received a copy from the author to help promote. My thoughts and opinions are my own.

Rating - 4 stars

Hearts Entwined - A Review

Published - January 2018, Bethany House
Author - Karen Witemeyer, Mary Connealy, Regina Jennings, Melissa Jagears
Title - Hearts Entwined
Format - paper, ebook
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About the Book:
Four top historical romance novelists team up in this new collection to offer stories of love and romance with a twist of humor. In Karen Witemeyer's "The Love Knot," Claire Nevin gets the surprise of her life awaiting her sister's arrival by train. Mary Connealy's "The Tangled Ties That Bind" offers the story of two former best friends who are reunited while escaping a stampede. Regina Jennings offers "Bound and Determined," where a most unusual trip across barren Oklahoma plains is filled with adventure, romance, and . . . camels? And Melissa Jagears' "Tied and True" entertains with a tale of two hearts from different social classes who become entwined at a cotton thread factory. 

Each tale is a fun blend of history and romance that will delight readers.



My Thoughts:
Overall, this novella collection was cute. I felt that some of the stories weren't that particular author's best, but it was still good. I think my favorites were Karen Witemeyer's and Regina Jennings' stories. Those two made me laugh so hard.

I received a copy from one of the authors to help promote it. My thoughts and opinions are my own.

Recommended to fans of novellas, Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, Mary Connealy, Melissa Jagears

Rating - 4 stars

Masterpiece - A Review

Published - February 2018, Tyndale
Author - Francine Rivers
Title - The Masterpiece
Format - hardcover, ebook, audio
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About the book:
A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want—money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman’s past seem to echo through the halls of his empty mansion and out across his breathtaking Topanga Canyon view. But Grace doesn’t know how her boss secretly wrestles with those demons: by tagging buildings as the Bird, a notorious but unidentified graffiti artist—an alter ego that could destroy his career and land him in prison. Like Roman, Grace is wrestling with ghosts and secrets of her own. After a disastrous marriage threw her life completely off course, she vowed never to let love steal her dreams again. But as she gets to know the enigmatic man behind the reputation, it’s as if the jagged pieces of both of their pasts slowly begin to fit together . . . until something so unexpected happens that it changes the course of their relationship—and both their lives—forever.


My Thoughts:

I always love being able to dive into a new Francine Rivers books because her books are so deep. This book was no exception. I found myself putting it down on a regular basis because I needed time to process what I was reading. I loved her redemption message in this book. I loved how both main characters had issues in their pasts that had to be overcome.

I received a copy of this book for free from the publisher to review it. My thoughts and opinions are my own.

Recommended to fans of moving fiction, Karen Kingsbury, Lisa Wingate, Katie Ganshert.

Rating - 5 stars 

Accidental Guardian - A Review

Published - April 2018, Bethany House
Series - High Sierra Sweethearts Book 1
Author - Mary Connealy
Title - The Accidental Guardian
Format - ebook, paper
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About the book:
When Trace Riley finds the smoldering ruins of a small wagon train, he recognizes the hand behind the attack as the same group who left him as sole survivor years ago. Living off the wilderness since then, he'd finally carved out a home and started a herd--while serving as a self-appointed guardian of the trail, driving off dangerous men. He'd 
hoped those days were over, but the latest attack shows he was wrong. Deborah Harkness saved her younger sister and two toddlers during the attack, and now finds herself at the mercy of her rescuer. Trace offers the only shelter for miles around, and agrees to take them in until she can safely continue. His simple bachelor existence never anticipated kids and women in the picture and their arrival is unsettling--yet enticing. 


My Thoughts:

This was good. It didn't have me giggling like some of her others. And I didn't quite connect with the characters the way that I did in some of her previous books, but I still enjoyed it. It was a pretty quick read overall. 

I'm looking forward to the second one.

I received a copy from the publisher to review. I was not required to like the book, only give my honest opinion, which I have done. 

Recommended to fans of Mary Connealy, Karen Witemeyer

Rating: 4 stars