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 The Highland Heist by Pepper Basham  Book 4 in the Freddie and Grace Mystery Series  4 Stars  Pepper delivers another delightful blend of mystery, romance and adventure in The Highland Heist, book 4 in the Freddie and Grace series. We are back with our main characters into another nail-biting quest....involving family secrets, a missing sister, haunted castle and a legacy buried deep in the Scottish Highlands. As always, Freddie and Grace are a joy to journey with. Their banter is endearing, their devotion to one another shines through, and their knack for solving mysteries is AWESOME. We see Grace's sister Lillias back who is entangled in a murder investigation that Freddie and Grace work to solve. Loved the Scotland setting and the crumbling castle - very eerie and lots of twists and turns! Highly recommend this one. I always love being back with these characters. Very cozy stories. If you have loved the previous Freddie and Grace books, this one will be another h...

Book Review: Fire Mountain by Dana Mentink  3 Stars  Book 1 in the Elements of Danger Series  If you’re in the mood for a fast-paced, high-stakes Christian romantic suspense, this one certainly delivers. The plot immediately throws you into danger, with a volcanic eruption, a mystery baby, and a woman with no memory trying to piece it all together. The tension never lets up, making it a definite page-turner. That said, the romance aspect fell a bit flat for me. It leaned heavily into “trauma bonding,” / "trauma romance" with Kit and Cullen forming a connection during extreme circumstances without much time to genuinely get to know one another. Their relationship felt rushed, with a sudden kiss that didn’t feel entirely earned given how little groundwork was laid. It left me wishing we’d had a chance to see who they were outside of the crisis they were enduring and wanting them to have time to know each other outside of the trauma before jumping into a loving relationship...

Fire and Icing by Savannah Scott Book 1 in The Firemen of Waterford TN Series As a Tennessee gal, I enjoyed this story. Dustin and Emberleigh were cute together. Savannah's books are some of my favorite so this is one I was really anticipating. :) Read if you enjoy: 💘 Fake Dating 🚒 Firefighter Romance 😂 Laugh out Loud Rom-Coms 💞 Clean Romances 🧁 Baker FMC 👨‍🚒 Firefighter MMC 🍰 Baking Competitions 🏡 Small Southern Towns 😬 Meet "Ugly" We follow Dustin who is Stevens' brother from the Love Trippin' series. He moves from Marbella Island, California🌊 to Waterford, Tennessee🏡. Dustin is the new rookie firefighter👨‍🚒🚒 in Waterford and the first job is a 🍰kitchen fire at Emberleigh's place. He hauls her outta there - literally 😂- and they have somewhat of a meet "ugly" rather than a meet "cute".😂 Emberleigh is a baker who is entering a baking competition and one rule is she needs a partner that is not a ...

  The Summer of You and Me by Denise Hunter 5 Stars  Set in North Carolina, Maggie has been grieving the loss of her husband the last five years. She is taking pictures one day with her little girl at the amusement park one day and thinks she sees someone who looks like her late husband.  Her brother-in-law, Josh, helps her figure out this odd mystery....and who the man is that looks like her late husband. Soon...feelings happen and they try to navigate them, through grief and how to handle the romantic feelings that are happening. Loved Josh's character so much, he was a great guy. This is a clean romance, with no language. There are no faith elements as this is just a clean read. Audio narration is great! The way the grief in this book was explored was beautiful and the ending had me in tears with the revealing of everything in the mystery aspect. This felt realistic in many ways. - Clean summer romance books - Light mystery elements - Childhood friends - North Carolina...

  Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson  5 STARS! THIS WAS SO GREAT YOU GUYSSS! I am so glad I read it this month and HAD ALL THE FEELS! This is one of those funny, laugh out loud regency romance books that you'll just have the cutest time reading! Read if you love: 💕 Slow-burn, swoony romance 🎩 Regency-era settings 💗Clean & proper love stories 💌 Witty banter and letters 🏞️ Country estates & carriage rides 💃 Strong and not-so-ladylike heroines 🐴 Horseback riding scenes 💗 He falls first 👑 Noble, protective book boyfriends ✨ A touch of drama, lots of heart 📚 Jane Austen vibes with a modern feel We follow Marianne Daventry who goes to meet her twin sister Cecily at the Edenbrooke country estate. Things happen on the trip that cause her to run into a handsome man who helps her along the way......they have a bit of a "meet ugly" turned into "meet cute" if you will...become friends and the FEELINGS are at the forefront for both of them. But Marianne isn...

Vanished by Dr. David Jeremiah with Sam O'Neal 4 Stars  This is one book I found very interesting as it is SO timely for our world today and preparing our hearts for the end times of our world. I have several of Dr. David Jeremiah's non-fiction on my to-read list and this book really prepared my own heart to dive into those sooner rather than later.  This follows John "Haggs" Haggerty who is a leader of a special military unit that is very involved with stopping potential pandemics before they spread and he essentially has a front row seat to the increase is the "birth pains" leading to the Rapture, such as the plagues, earthquakes, famines, wars etc. Everything is becoming more intense and his own personal life is a mess as it is. He's trying to patch things up with his daughter and still struggles from the grief of his relationship with his ex-wife.  Right when things seem to be looking up.......we see major changes and events take place, getting close...