A book with those characters you like or love and the dreaded neighbors you absolutely hate.

I was contacted by Holly Tierney-Bedord to read her book and I am glad that I agreed to do it. At first, I wasn’t sure I was going to like this story, but once I got into the meat of it, I loved it. The first part was a look into some tough information and the introduction of Vivienne really had me wondering. However, the characters are so well rounded and there are so many that you can really like some and then absolutely hate a few. I found that when I was reading about a few of them I was cringing and thinking to myself, “Wow, really??” “Did they really just say that?”

Candice is a warm hearted young woman who has just moved to Port Elspeth because her husband has a new job and they are looking for a new start. Unfortunately, she doesn’t know anyone and has a lot of time on her hands. She decides to start a jewelry making club to get to know a few people and acquaint herself with her new little town. She is in for quite a surprise though when she holds her first meeting at her house. Her husband, Dave, is a man who has to climb the societal ladder and be known for who he is and what he has. This can cause so many problems if both spouses are not on the same page. Audra, an elementary art school teacher who is looking for something to do outside of teaching and sitting at home alone. She’ll become an intricate character in this story and I love her naiveté and her determination in the end. Margo, the town outcast and her mother Pearl are two middle class women who don’t care about the high societal women or their circle. They live their own lives and are happy with who they are. They are women who are honest and true to themselves and their lives. Vivienne, a woman who has so many dreams of being in high society and having a lot of friends in the upper circles. She has a fall from grace and wants to try to get back up where she once was. However, her snobbish attitude only turns the women of the club off. Olivia, Vivienne’s teenage daughter who just wants to be herself and wants to have her mother be nice to her. She holds no illusions about how her mother feels about her and she looks for any reason to be away from her.

There seems to be a lot going on in this story, but in reality, there are a lot of characters involved in the story and they keep you moving along in the book and wondering where they will end up next. The twists in this story are great and they kept the pages turning for me. There was only one character that I wish there had been more on and that was Sandra, Audra’s co-worker. There were some unanswered questions for me about her and some of the things she said to Audra.

I am so glad that I decided to read this book and enjoy it. I give this book a 4 star review and highly recommend it. If you are looking for an interesting read for a book club or just for entertainment, I would suggest that you pick up this book. Thank you for contacting me, Ms. Tierney-Bedord.

This was the first book I read in this series and I am glad that I read it. It was a book of twists, suspense, and small town gossip. Isabel and her mother work well together when trying to figure out a case. Isabel bounces the information and and ideas off her mother and together they come up with ideas of how to proceed.

An investigative story with several people as the killer, but trying to figure out who the real killer is can cause Isabel to lose her life. There are several reasons for the murder, but no one will guess the real reason because Chet was known as a miserable, poker cheating man. His own son was on the list of could be killers. Isabel has to look into everyone on the list and she has to read between the lines of what they are telling her. Some of the information she attains could be hazardous to her life.

I really enjoyed reading this book and found myself being drawn into Isabels life. I was rooting for Jack and mentally telling her to never mind Dave. After reading this book, I want to go back and read the first book in the Isabel Long Mystery series. I hope to read more in the future in this series as well. The women in this story are no nonsense women who can handle themselves and are not afraid of work or danger. I give this book a 4.5 star review and recommend it to anyone who likes crime stories and mysteries. I look forward to more in this series.

“World War Two. Japanese occupied China. One cousin’s courage, another’s determination to help a wounded American Pilot”. On the front cover.

Ms. Yang brought this book to my attention and I am glad that she did. I do not read a lot of historical books, but this story was very informative, interesting, and heartbreaking. The turmoil and tribulations that all of these characters went through were heart wrenching and life changing.

Danny Hardy, an American volunteer pilot is in China as a Flying Tiger Pilot who went to China to help them defend their country during the occupation of Japan. While flying a mission with his wingman and childhood best friend, Jack, they both take damaging fire to their planes. Jack has to eject from the plane and is vulnerable to the Japanese fighter pilots. He is shot before he can get to the ground and get under cover. Danny witnesses this and finds a new resolve to chase the Japanese pilots and get his revenge for Jack’s death. In his fight against the Japanese pilots, his plane is damaged and he has to eject as well.

Jasmine Bai, a young Chinese woman who lives with her Aunt, Uncle, and younger cousin, while attending college is determined to get to her parents and bring them to Chungking out of the danger zone. Jasmine will go through so much during her journey and she will prove her strength and determination. Jasmine’s older cousin, Birch is a fighter pilot in the Air Force and her uncle is a Colonel in the Air Force.

I really enjoyed this story, although there some pages where I cringed while reading and the whole time I was cheering for Jasmine, Daisy, Jasmine’s younger cousin, and others to fight their hardest and save their homeland and their families. The strength of the characters in this story really pulled me into their lives and kept the pages turning. These characters were very likable and enjoyable to read. I give this story a 5 star review and now I am looking forward to the second book, Will of a Tiger. Thank you Ms. Yang for contacting me and bringing your book to my attention. I really liked the characters and the story.

This was a great story. It was heart wrenching at times as well as humorous, touching, and a love story of two people who in most cases would never find themselves together. Almost considered a forbidden love. The twists in this story kept me turning the pages and they kept pulling into the story. The men in the Bratva were men who had to overcome a lot to survive and make a life for themselves. Even though they had some situations that made them question the loyalty of some others, they still stayed true to their friendship and stood behind each other when they needed to. There were a few times where Kaznachei made his best friends question him and his loyalty, but they never turned their backs on them.

I loved the camaraderie these men had and their loyalty to each other even if their loyalty to the brotherhood may have been doubtful sometimes. The pain that Yuri has overcome a lot in his life and he believes that his heart will never be open to anyone and that he has nothing to give to a woman, but when he finds Melissa he will learn that his past heartbreak taught him so much more than he realizes.

I love the ending and am looking forward to the second generation. I really want to know what he told them…although because of Yuri’s reaction, I think I know what it is. I give this story a 5 star review and really hope there are more to come soon.

I signed up to be a part of the Promotional Events for Angel’s Halo: Avenged, and I read some of the blurbs of the books and found that I had Angel’s Halo, the first book in the series, so I read it. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put them down, I purchased all of the books in the series, 1 – 7. I loved this series and the men and women in it. I was so drawn into their lives that I hated for the series to end. The stories were funny at times, tore my heart out in some, and showed characters that were strong, loving, and loyal. They were a family that had each others backs and wouldn’t let anyone get in the way of their MC or hurt anyone they cared about.

Once I finished this series, I noticed that there was a branch off to another series, so I purchased it, and I am looking for a break in my review schedule to read it. I am really looking forward to reading it and hope there will be more in the MC and Mafia world for these characters.

I give the Angel’s Halo series a 5 star review (all 7 books) and highly recommend it for a read. It is well written and really kept me interested. I hated to find that I had gotten to the 7th book.

A short suspenseful love story.Baron is a boy coming of age and finding out new things about himself that most teens don’t go through. He knows that he wants Kayla in his life, and thinks he knows who he is, but one night changes so much for him and Kayla.

Kayla’s father is the sheriff of Shady Way and has warned Baron to stay away from his daughter. Baron can’t stay away from Kayla because he knows that she is the only girl that he will ever love. They have a draw to each other and their young age makes the draw and sneaking around so much more attractive. A night where they are caught by the sheriff causes both of their lives to change. They are separated for ten years.

I enjoyed reading this story. The story was structured so that it was really hard to figure out who was causing all of the trouble. Even though I had my thoughts, it was not easy to figure out who the real bad guy was until almost the end of the book. There were hints and evidence to lead one way, but when you put everything together and looked deeper it was not as open and shut as I thought it was. I enjoy reading suspense romance and enjoy looking for the bad guy in the book and try to figure out the case before I finish the book, and I really like a book where it is harder to figure out. I like the challenge and I like the story more when the challenge is harder. This book fell into that category for me.

I give this story a 3.5 star review and recommend it to readers who like suspenseful romance.