At my new house I received my first book on my door step.
It is so exciting to know that books are
finding me during this move!!
This is the book I received.
I won it from http://bookfanmary.wordpress.com
She has an awesome blog with lots of great book reviews.
Thank you Mary for welcoming me into my new home with a book!
May today find you celebrating exactly the way you enjoy the most!
I am with family today and grateful for each one of them.
God has truly blessed us this year.
This is my favorite night of the holidays!
All is quiet, the gifts are under the tree
and I am enjoying the anticipation of
tomorrows joyous squeals!
A little peace before the crazy.
I hope tonight is finding you relaxed
and ready!
Open the door to all the fun of our holidays!
As the busy holidays are here,
I hope you are finding more time to read then I am!
This is what I am currently reading.
It is the perfect holiday read – it is an easy, fun read.
I will review it in January.
Author: Denise Hunter 
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Genre: Holiday Fiction
Source: Purchased
Goodreads: Eden Martelli is too busy fleeing the clutches of danger to realize she’s running straight into the arms of a new love.
Speeding north through rural Maine, Eden Martelli wonders how her life came to this—on the run with her mute five-year-old son dozing fitfully in the passenger seat. When a breakdown leaves them stranded in Summer Harbor, Eden has no choice but to stay put through Christmas . . . even though they have no place to lay their heads.
Beau Callahan is a habitual problem solver—for other people anyway. He left the sheriff’s department to take over his family’s Christmas tree farm, but he’s still haunted by the loss of his parents and struggling to handle his first Christmas alone.
When Eden shows up looking for work just as Beau’s feisty aunt gets out of the hospital, Beau thinks he’s finally caught a break. Eden is competent and dedicated—if a little guarded—and a knockout to boot. But, as he soon finds out, she also comes with a boatload of secrets.
Eden has been through too much to trust her heart to another man, but Beau is impossible to resist, and the feeling seems to be mutual. As Christmas Eve approaches, Eden’s past catches up to her.
Beau will go to the ends of the earth to keep her safe. But who’s going to protect his heart from a woman who can’t seem to trust again.
Ope’s Opinion: This was an exciting, intense read! The characters were amazing! I think this is the beginning of a series – I hope that is right because I want to read more of these people.
Denise Hunter is one of my favorite authors! I don’t even have to read the synopsis of the book to know I want to read it. She always has a great story with characters I care about.
Rating: 5 – This book is so good it will be passed on and on and on…
I am so excited that Amy Hatvany is coming out with another book.
It isn’t until March, so we will have to count down the days!
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Publication Date: March 1, 2016
Goodreads: What happens when two sisters who were torn apart when their young mother abandoned them—and grew up in tragically different circumstances—reunite thirty-five years later to find her? For readers who love Jodi Picoult, acclaimed author Amy Hatvany fearlessly explores complex family issues in her gripping, provocative new novel.
Natalie Clark knew never to ask her sensitive adoptive mother questions about her past. She doesn’t even know her birth mother’s name—only that the young woman signed parental rights over to the state when Natalie was a baby. Now Natalie’s own daughter must complete a family tree project for school, and Natalie is determined to unearth the truth about her roots.
Brooke Walker doesn’t have a family. At least, that’s what she tells herself after being separated from her mother and her little sister at age four. Having grown up in a state facility and countless foster homes, Brooke survives the only way she knows how, by relying on herself. So when she discovers she’s pregnant, Brooke faces a heart-wrenching decision: give up her baby or raise the child completely on her own. Scared and confused, she feels lost until a surprise encounter gives her hope for the future.
How do our early experiences—the subtle and the traumatic—define us as adults? How do we build relationships when we’ve been deprived of real connection? Critically acclaimed author Amy Hatvany considers controversial and complicated questions about childhood through the lens of her finely crafted characters in this astute novel about mending wounds by diving into the truth of what first tore us apart.
Doesn’t this sound like an amazing read??
Can’t wait!
Some times it is hard to pick out a book for another reader.
If that reader likes a good mystery with some fiction behind the scenes
add Linda Joffe Huff to the list of books to pick up for Christmas this year.
Bio:
That Linda Joffe Hull’s father thought it well advised to read Kafka in general, and The Metamorphosis in particular, to his then eight-year-old daughter is a question better left for the therapist’s couch. As a result however, Linda was bitten by the literary bug.
Always an avid reader, she ignored the corresponding compulsion to write receiving a B.A. in Economics from UCLA, embarking on a career in sales and diving headlong into the all-encompassing job of motherhood.
Thanks to the encouragement of her family and the support of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers she finally gave in to the unavoidable urge and finally sat down in front of the computer.
Linda is a native of Saint Louis, Missouri, but currently resides in Denver, Colorado with her husband and children. She is a member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and is currently on the board of Mystery Writers of America.
Eternally 21 (Book 1)
Coupon-clipping Mrs. Frugalicious gets more than she bargained for
After Mr. Frank “Finance” Michaels loses the family’s financial nest egg in a Ponzi scheme, his wife Maddie does whatever she can to help keep up the appearance that everything is financially fine. When she starts a bargain hunter’s blog under the alias Mrs. Frugalicious, her website becomes a viral hit with a growing “frugarmy” of budget advice seekers.
While Maddie is researching “frugasm”-worthy deals on holiday shopping for teens, Eternally 21 store manager Laila DeSimone mistakenly accuses her of shoplifting. Then her day goes from bad to worse when Laila expires on the floor. Since Laila was a universally disliked manager, the murder suspect list is longer than Maddie’s bargain spreadsheet. But when evidence points to Maddie as the prime suspect, she must track down the real culprit. Can she uncover the truth before police throw away her get-out-of-jail-free coupon for good?
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Black Thursday (Book 2)
A bad deal for Mrs. Frugalicious
When Maddie Michaels, AKA Mrs. Frugalicious, is invited to take a local news crew with her on a Black Friday shopping expedition, she’s excited to show viewers at home how to score the season’s best savings. Despite a negative comment from Contrary Claire– the sole naysayer in her growing Frugarmy–Maddie is hopeful her first TV appearance will be a bargain-savvy success.
But Black Friday eve takes a bleak turn when a shopper is crushed beneath a pallet of toasters. After learning that the victim could be Contrary Claire, it becomes clear that Claire has made more than one enemy. Maddie finds herself dealing once again with a murder investigation. Will she catch the killer before someone else is slashed like a sale price?
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Sweetheart Deal (Book 3)
Now the star of her own reality show, The Family Frugalicious, Maddie Michaels heads south of the border with her family to cover bargain destination weddings at a swank, but budget friendly, Mexican resort. Things get a little too real when timeshare sales manager Alejandro Espinoza makes a play for Maddie one evening and ends up floating dead in the pool the next. Was it an accident or a preplanned part of the Mrs. Frugalicious storyline?
When the show’s producers extend the trip so she, her all-but-ex Frank, and the kids can investigate—not to mention get enough footage for a two-part, Emmy-worthy episode—Maddie fears she’s in way more agua caliente than she ever bargained for.
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Linda Joffe Huff has two other books: The Big Bang and Frog Kisses.
Depending on your reader you could add those to the list.
Author: Steena Holmes 
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Genre: Fiction
Source: Purchased
Goodreads: For overprotective parent Alyson Ward, any time her daughter, Lyla, is out of sight is reason to panic. So it’s a big step for her when she lets Lyla attend a sleepover at her cousin’s house. Comforted by the knowledge that her sister, Tricia, is the chaperone, Alyson does the one thing she never thought possible: she lets go and trusts that her daughter will be safe.
But Alyson’s sense of peace is short lived. When Lyla comes home the next morning, she reveals something that could tear apart not only their family but also the entire community. Now, Alyson and Tricia must confront their painful shared past as they come together to help a little girl who they fear might be harboring terrible secrets similar to their own. Will the sisters be strong enough to face their demons in order to protect the child, even if it means telling their most private truths?
Ope’s Opinion: Oh, my! this has to be one of the top five books of 2015 for me. I can not believe how absorbed I was in this story from the very beginning until I flipped the last page.
Each one of the women in this book is strong in their own way. They are supportive of each other and very relatable. The subject matter is difficult to deal with. Steena Holmes did it in a way that made you feel deeply for everyone.
If you have not read a Steena Holmes book this would be a good choice, but then any of her books are awesome. I look forward to her next book.
Rating: 5 + – This book is so good it will be passed on and on and on……
Author: Sally Hepworth 
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Source: William Morrow
Publication Date: January 19, 2015
Goodreads: Anna Forster, in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease at only thirty-eight years old, knows that her family is doing what they believe to be best when they take her to Rosalind House, an assisted living facility. She also knows there’s just one another resident her age, Luke. What she does not expect is the love that blossoms between her and Luke even as she resists her new life at Rosalind House. As her disease steals more and more of her memory, Anna fights to hold on to what she knows, including her relationship with Luke.
When Eve Bennett is suddenly thrust into the role of single mother she finds herself putting her culinary training to use at Rosalind house. When she meets Anna and Luke she is moved by the bond the pair has forged. But when a tragic incident leads Anna’s and Luke’s families to separate them, Eve finds herself questioning what she is willing to risk to help them.
Ope’s Opinion: This book captured my attention from the very beginning. The writing just made the story flow. Although the subject was a difficult one to read, the author made the story keep moving.
I felt like I was really inside Anna’s head – that is how good the writing was! Life has dealt Anna and Eve some hard blows. Both woman were strong and handled things with a head on approach. They are admirable woman.
I want to read another Sally Hepworth book.
Rating: 4 – I like this book so much I know several friends to share it with.
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