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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To Catch a Bad Guy</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Janet Maple's stellar career ended with a lay off and her boyfriend of five years told her that he wants to be just friends. When she lands a job at one of New York’s premier boutique investment firms, Janet begins to hope that her luck is finally turning for the better. Not only is she happy with her new paycheck, but things also seem to be looking up on the personal front, as the company’s handsome attorney expresses keen interest in Janet. However, her euphoria is short-lived, as Janet soon discovers alarming facts about her new employer’s business tactics. When her boss dismisses her suspicions as groundless, Janet finds herself confiding to a cute IT engineer, Dean Snider. The closer she gets to Dean, the more Janet is tempted to break her rule of not dating co-workers, but what she doesn’t realize is that everything she knows about Dean, including his occupation and even his name, is a lie.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Dennis Walker is a top-notch white collar crime investigator who will stop at nothing to put culprits away. When an opportunity for an undercover assignment at one of New York’s premier boutique broker dealers comes up, Dennis jumps at the chance, adopting a persona of geeky IT engineer, Dean Snider. While he may be an ace at his job, years of experience fail him when Dennis meets Janet Maple and finds himself torn between his professional obligations and his personal desires. Will he have to choose between his feelings and duty, or will he find a way to satisfy both?</span></span><br />
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The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story<br />
by Lily Koppel<br />
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<nobr class="greyText" style="color: #aaaaaa;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;">As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of </span><em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;">Life</em><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;"> magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;">Annie Glenn, with her picture-perfect marriage, was the envy of the other wives; platinum-blonde Rene Carpenter was proclaimed JFK's favorite; and licensed pilot Trudy Cooper arrived on base with a secret. Together with the other wives they formed the Astronaut Wives Club, meeting regularly to provide support and friendship. Many became next-door neighbors and helped to raise each other's children by day, while going to glam parties at night as the country raced to land a man on the Moon.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;">As their celebrity rose-and as divorce and tragic death began to touch their lives-they continued to rally together, and the wives have now been friends for more than fifty years. THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history.</span></nobr></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Part-time clown Amelia White has a detailed list of traits and accomplishments that make for her the perfect man and she won't marry anyone lacking even one of them. Perhaps that's why she's thirty and still unmarried.<br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Always a bridesmaid, never a bride seems to apply to both her and her roommate, until Stacy announces her upcoming and unexpected wedding. Now Amelia is feeling like an old maid of honor.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When she is introduced to Ben Adams and begins to spend time with him, she is delighted to check off all the items on her list and believes he might just be The One.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">As she falls in love, she learns that she has assumed a great deal and Ben is not the man she thought he was.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Even so, could he prove to be the perfect man for her?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chocolate Obsessed, a captivating romantic suspense by Annette Lyon, we meet Whitney, an executive pastry chef who is working her resort’s booth at the New York Chocolate Show. The only problem is that she shares the shift with her arch rival, Stephen. But then an unexpected visitor shows up: Jeremy, a man who lost a dessert competition she judged. When Jeremy confronts her and becomes threatening, Stephen steps in and gets Jeremy dragged off by security. But that doesn’t throw Jeremy off for long; soon Stephen and Whitney are running for their lives.</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319619235179101748.post-61328648479932839702014-03-14T08:43:00.000-06:002014-03-14T08:43:00.233-06:00Preparing To Say GoodbyeIt's been almost three years since we began this blog, and it's been quite a journey! We've made wonderful friends, found some amazing books, and loved interacting with you.<br />
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So it's with a bit of sadness that we announce we will be closing up shop. Reading is like breathing for us - and discovering new books and authors has been a wonderful adventure. However, our lives keep becoming more involved - and let's face it, crazier - and we've reached the point where it's right for us to bow out.<br />
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We will be posting reviews until the end of April, at which point we'll say goodbye.<br />
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Thank you for your support, for allowing us into your lives, and for letting us influence in some small way the contents of your bookshelves.Rebecca McKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310276170780281950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319619235179101748.post-84245210020792605962014-03-13T04:00:00.000-06:002014-03-13T04:00:05.114-06:00Chocolate and Conversation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Susannah Hapsburg is totally ready for Plan C. Plan A was to get married at 22 and have a passel of kids. Still unmarried and 31, that option is out. Plan B was to work her way up the corporate ladder. However, the company she devoted eight years to just went bankrupt, giving her a bad taste for the corporate world. Which leaves her with Plan C.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Plan C involves chocolate. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">With the support of friends, Susannah puts her future on the line to open up downtown Salt Lake City s first all-chocolate café, The Chocolate Bar, a place where scrumptious conversations and delectable desserts abound. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">In the midst of all this, social turmoil hits Susannah when she catches the interest of the city s most eligible bachelor just as her long-lost love returns to town--with intentions of marrying anyone but Susannah. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Can Plan C offer Susannah her just desserts?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Chocolate and Converstaion is full love love--and chocolate recipes. Read it with a cup of cocoa.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">(Previously published by Spring Creek Book Company as "Delicious Conversation")</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319619235179101748.post-22699906211660728802014-03-11T10:51:00.000-06:002014-03-11T10:51:18.114-06:00Luminescence<a href="https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1387320452l/18653504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Luminescence (Book 3 of Middle School Magic series)" border="0" height="320" id="coverImage" src="https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1387320452l/18653504.jpg" width="212" /></a>Luminescence (Middle School Magic, #3)<br />
by Braden Bell<br />
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their favorite teacher, Conner, Lexa, and Melanie confront their worst
fears and use their powers in unexpected ways to defeat Lady Nightwing,
the treacherous Darkhand leader. But when the trio makes a terrible
choice to save Dr. Timberi, their powers may not be enough to keep
everyone alive. A thrilling conclusion to the Middle School Magic
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<span id="freeTextContainer7669537059911261310">The end of a trilogy is always somewhat bittersweet for me, and this was no exception. Mr. Bell has taken us on a fun, magic-filled journey - and the worst thing I can say about it is: It's over.</span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer7669537059911261310">Kids will love the magic, the adventure, the fun, the real-to-life characters. Parents will appreciate the examples of self-sacrifice and friendship, loyalty and teamwork. The kids stick up for what they know to be true, even when the some of the adults doubt them.</span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer7669537059911261310">5/5 stars</span>Rebecca McKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310276170780281950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319619235179101748.post-29301657413864050112014-03-10T04:00:00.000-06:002014-03-10T04:00:06.758-06:00A Hound Dog Named Elvis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQlQeZfBxdsK5yJtbaCVvSeV2uH0kKFRyzQxtoLHpBGHNKLrr96syGnLf19Md11L7IXwyAMhFVLv7aXj25uprmWQNhANvbyJo4of4j05e2l-V-M6QhyphenhyphenB4oSPkhTXvKF46Yan0JizhU7o/s1600/timeless-+autumn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQlQeZfBxdsK5yJtbaCVvSeV2uH0kKFRyzQxtoLHpBGHNKLrr96syGnLf19Md11L7IXwyAMhFVLv7aXj25uprmWQNhANvbyJo4of4j05e2l-V-M6QhyphenhyphenB4oSPkhTXvKF46Yan0JizhU7o/s1600/timeless-+autumn.jpg" height="320" width="212" /></a><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A Hound Dog Named Elvis- A Click Flick Clique Story</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Autumn Collection. Readers will love this collection of six romantic suspense novellas, all with one thing in common: Romance.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">In Heather Horrocks’ charming story, A Hound Dog Named Elvis, interior designer, Kaitlin Hartley returns to her hometown of Aspen Grove, California, to the job of her dreams after a year of specialized training in New York. During the town’s Autumn Festival, she enters her dachshund, Elvis, into the Running of the Hallowieners race. Joshua Moore, the man who hadn’t wanted her to leave Aspen Grove, but hadn’t waited for her either, enters Elvis’s sister, Priscilla. When Kaitlin gets home afterward, she realizes Elvis has left the building—with Joshua. She has the wrong dog! Can she get her dog—and the man she’s never stopped loving—back?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Juli Alexander</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Zoe Miller is a 15-year-old witch with a talent for potions. She's working hard to find a substitute for toad slime. Since fat-free margarine has been found to be a substitute for dead man's toe, she's hopeful that she'll find one. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Then there's all the so-called normal stuff. Like high school, her annoyingly selfish "friend" Anya, and her crush on Anya's ex-boyfriend Jake.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Now, Zoe's dad is dating Jake's mom, and things are getting more and more complicated. If only Zoe could brew a potion or two and set everything straight. Zoe can't. If she brews a self-serving potion, bad things will happen to her appearance. Like a crooked nose, giant wart, green skin, rotting teeth--the whole ugly witch stereotype. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Zoe's tired of fate interfering so cruelly in her life. Can you really blame her for putting her potions to not-so-good use and stirring up trouble?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tanned, Toned and Totally Faking It</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">by Whitney Boyd</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Double Dare</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">by Rhonda Nelson</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Published October 28th 2011 by Rhonda Nelson <nobr class="greyText">(first published October 2000)</nobr></span></div>
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<nobr class="greyText"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;">Runaway bride Louisa Honeycut is looking for a quick escape when she passes the Double Dare, Inc sign and the slogan "Are you ready for the time of your life?" seems like divine intervention. Sheltered by her overbearing father, Louisa has years of catching up to do and can think of no better person than gorgeous Sam Rawlins to show her. Is she ready for the time of her life? Hell, yes.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;">Ordinarily unflappable adventure guide Sam Rawlins makes his living showing the wealthy how to have fun, but nothing in his experience could have prepared him for the "adventure" Louisa Honeycut asks for. He might be showing Louisa the time of her life, but the quirky little snack-cake heiress is soon turning Sam's own life upside down...and perversely, he likes the new vantage point.</span></span></nobr></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319619235179101748.post-91049957840461775452014-02-20T04:00:00.000-07:002014-02-20T04:00:11.798-07:00Swans in Sight (Parakeet Princess #3)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">by Jandy Branch</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Published September 10th 2012 <nobr class="greyText">(first published September 9th 2012)</nobr></span></div>
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<nobr class="greyText"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the final installment in the Parakeet Princess trilogy, we find Heather MacLean midway through her 3rd year of university. Despite the frenzy of her high school days, she hasn't had a date in seven months. With nothing new in her love life, she starts to fall back into old habits -- and old insecurities. Her first love, Ben Jones, is back after two years in Switzerland. Maybe there’s still a chance he can make Heather happy for life. And then there's the more dangerous prospect of the looming return of Heather's favourite vampire. Being on her own would probably be easier if she didn't have to watch Tannis, her best friend, dating Lars Hansen. He’s a man who seems eerily perfect – or, at least, perfect for Heather. Set in a large LDS singles' ward in the mid-1990s, this is a clean, uplifting story about the clumsy, convoluted, crowded road to true love.</span></span></nobr></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bats in Between (Parakeet Princess #2)</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">by Jandy Branch</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Published September 1st 2012 <nobr class="greyText">(first published August 31st 2012)</nobr></span></div>
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<nobr class="greyText"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In her final year of high school in the small "Mormon town" of Upton, Heather MacLean seems to be doing just fine. Even though she's still considered the new-girl, she's feeling more at home. She's dating her dream boy, Ben Jones, and she's on track to become the town's first female valedictorian. But when Ben leaves town to go to university in the capital city, Heather is left to make friends with Aaron, the town's resident gloomy vampire-boy. Will she make it out of high school unscathed? Follow Heather through the sequel to "Parakeet Princess" as she navigates the perils of mandatory gym class, a long distance relationship, and finding out the hard way what love is not. This is a clean, uplifting story about growth and girl-power. Set in the 1990s, it has something to offer older readers looking to see reflections of their own experiences. </span></span></nobr></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">The Fault in Our Stars</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">by John Green</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319619235179101748.post-23869575475278412442014-02-06T00:03:00.000-07:002014-02-06T00:03:00.620-07:00All She Wanted (Letting Go #2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All She Wanted (Letting Go #2)</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">by Nicole Deese</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Choices.</span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">They determine how we live, who we are, and what we want. </span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Some choices are made for us. Others we must make for ourselves. </span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Charlie Lexington is a living consequence of both. </span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Everything about the feisty redhead represents a second chance—even her name. Though she was rescued at the age of five, her past is a lingering reminder of what she longs for most.</span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">And the one thing she has spent a lifetime trying to find. </span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">After a series of less-than-stellar choices, her Performing Arts Scholarship now hangs by a thread. Her sudden suspension has not only resulted in her father’s disappointment, but in the loss of her freedom as well. </span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">She is forced to face the music: four weeks house arrest. </span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Briggs is the carefree, charming, yet all-too-mouthy fireman who is asked to keep an eye on the pretty little spitfire. He quickly learns, however, that his first assessment of her was off—she’s tougher than she looks. When her stubborn resolve pushes his sanity and intercepts his heart, his loyalties are put to the test. </span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Sometimes the hardest choice we make, is the one we must make for love…</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regally Blonde (Chick Flick Clique Romantic Comedy #2)</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Heather Horrocks</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pride and Precipitation (Chick Flick Click Romantic Comedy Novella #1)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For the first time, ten years after her abduction from her Salt Lake City bedroom, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, was taken from her home in the middle of the night by religious fanatic, Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee. She was kept chained, dressed in disguise, repeatedly raped, and told she and her family would be killed if she tried to escape. After her rescue on March 12, 2003, she rejoined her family and worked to pick up the pieces of her life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Now for the first time, in her memoir, MY STORY, she tells of the constant fear she endured every hour, her courageous determination to maintain hope, and how she devised a plan to manipulate her captors and convinced them to return to Utah, where she was rescued minutes after arriving. Smart explains how her faith helped her stay sane in the midst of a nightmare and how she found the strength to confront her captors at their trial and see that justice was served.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">In the nine years after her rescue, Smart transformed from victim to advocate, traveling the country and working to educate, inspire and foster change. She has created a foundation to help prevent crimes against children and is a frequent public speaker. In 2012, she married Matthew Gilmour, whom she met doing mission work in Paris for her church, in a fairy tale wedding that made the cover of </span><em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">People</em><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> magazine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I had mixed feelings approaching this book. The few things I've heard from Elizabeth Smart have been so uplifting and inspiring. I am truly amazed by her and really wanted to hear her story. At the same time, I knew it would be heart-breaking. She endured so many horrors but kept her faith and sanity throughout. I was impressed that she didn't elaborate on all the details that others might have. Overall, I found this to be uplifting and hopeful. I hope this book brings increased awareness of abuse and neglect while inspiring people to do good in their communities and the world.</span></div>
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<span id="freeText8429352977901173191">Dragons. Right. Teenage girls don’t believe in fairy tales, and sixteen-year old Elena Watkins was no different.<br />Until the night a fairy tale killed her father.<br />Now
Elena’s in a new world, and a new school. The cutest guy around may be
an evil dragon, a Prince wants Elena’s heart, and a long dead sorcerer
may be waking up to kill her. Oh. And the only way Elena’s going to
graduate is on the back of a dragon of her own.<br />Teenage girls don’t believe in fairy tales. Now it’s time for Elena to believe – in herself.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText8429352977901173191">Honestly, as soon as I saw the cover I knew I had to read the book. Yep, that cool sword got me - I'm a sucker for swords. Maybe one of these days I should actually learn how to use a sword.......</span><br />
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<span id="freeText8429352977901173191">Moving every three months, without explanation, rhyme, or reason. That's been Elena's life. All that is about to change, though, when her father is killed by an attacking dragon.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText8429352977901173191">In this story, we've got your fish-out-of-water, girl-in-the-dark story when Elena learns she's been taken to a Bermuda Triangle world she cannot leave. Most of the people around her are, in fact, dragons. Great, I can easily take that in stride!</span><br />
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<span id="freeText8429352977901173191">The book starts out quick-paced and attention-grabbing. After a little bit things slow down so Elena can try to dig out some answers - in between some of your typical high school drama. (Which, I admit, got a little tiresome here and there - there was just so much I felt could have been explored, but some of it got stunted in the HSDrama).</span><br />
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In the last part of the book, there are a series of tests that only Elena can face - there were some things in there I truly enjoyed.<br />
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I have to admit, this is not one of those books I couldn't walk away from for a bit - but I'm very curious to see where Ms. Woods will take us, along with Elena, next.<br />
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<span id="freeTextContainerauthor7219081">I was born and raised in South Africa, where I reside with my husband and two beautiful little girls till this day. I'm
very passionate about my writing and my first novel Firebolt will be
released the 20th November 2013. It's the first part of a four part
series called The Dragonian Series. I'm planning to get the second part
out next year same time.<br /> </span><br />
<span id="freeTextContainerauthor7219081">When I'm not writing, I love to read and
review other upcomming authors on my blog. I'm a host with a virtual
tour company and I'm soon going to start reviewing for GMTA Publishers,
who also will be publishing my series. Love, love, love my family, and wouldn't have been able to do any of this without their support.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Wonderful story about a young girl who wants to be invisible. This book is beautifully written and addresses many serious topics woven into a young girl's life. Jazmine has many struggles as the book begins and really hasn't found a place where she fits. When she finds herself in a new situation, she begins to grow into herself and learns to stand up for who she's becoming. I think many people can relate to Jazmine and even her mom. Very well written! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PG-RATED FUN <br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">KISSING SANTA (A Christmas Street Romantic Comedy Novella #2)</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">It was supposed to be just an innocent kiss at a charity kissing booth—but it turned out to be fireworks. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">‘Volunteered’ to dress as Santa, firefighter Zeke Pepper is blown away by the kiss and feels he may have met The One, but school teacher Hannah Cooke is still trying to win back her high school sweetheart Jackson. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When Zeke runs into Hannah on Christmas Street, they make a deal: In exchange for him making her ex jealous at a New Year’s Eve party, she agrees to go on three dates with Zeke.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">It seems like her plan to win Jackson back is working perfectly—but Zeke has other plans. Could she be falling in love with the wrong firefighter?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Another fun installment in this series! A sweet, quick read that made me smile!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span itemprop="bookFormatType">Kindle Edition</span>, <span itemprop="bookEdition">A Romantic Comedy Novella</span>, <span itemprop="numberOfPages">96 pages</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Published September 9th 2011 by Word Garden Press</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lexi Anderson is an up-and-coming, Martha Stewart-type TV hostess whose two kids love the Jared Strong adventure novels, which happen to be written by their new neighbor, Kyle Miller.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the first time in his writing career, Kyle has writer's block - until he sees the snowman on his lawn and realizes this is the <em>perfect</em> place for his villain to hide the weapon. He digs into the snowman to discover two things: the weapon fits int he body just under the head, and the snowman was supposed to be the back drop for Lexi's next show.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From this improbable beginning comes friendship. Can there be more for a woman who is afraid to get close again and a man who has shadows from his childhood?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Families join together and hearts are healed as this couple goes walking in a winter wonderland.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved this wintery story! It's sweet and light-hearted, romantic and fun- I thoroughly enjoyed it!</span></div>
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