I Know You by Claire McGowan

 

Rachel / Casey came from the UK to USA at 19 to be a nanny to a family in Hollywood. It ends up with the family murdered and she falsely accused of the crime. About 20 years later she is back in UK after some prison time and then a successful appeal. She is living under a different name in a different part of UK just enjoying her freedom when suddenly she is set up to take the fall for another murder.

This book was hard to get into at first but after a few chapters I got the rhythm of it and enjoyed the suspense. The story goes back and forth between the crime in the US and the present day in the UK, explaining a little more of the details as it goes along.

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19 Yellow Moon Road (Sisterhood #33) by Fern Michaels

 

This is another of Fern Michael's great sisterhood books.  I love these!  Right and truth prevail and the villains get their just desserts.  It's a little improbable, but who cares!  It's highly entertaining.    In this one, Maggie's friend Gabby has joined a meditation cult of some sort and leaves Maggie a disturbing voice mail saying she is in trouble.  Maggie asks her friends of the Sisterhood to intervene.  What ensues is another rollicking sprint to track down the bad guys and rescue their victims.  These are so much fun you should read all 33. and any more that come out.  

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You Can Run (Laurel Snow #1) by Rebecca Zanetti

 

Laurel Snow is an FBI profiler who gets pulled in on a case when she goes home to check on her mother.  Huck Rivers is a local Fish and Wildlife officer who usually stays to himself and does search and rescue, but his unique skills and familiarity with the mountain in question draws him into the case as well.  Family situations for Laurel in the area complicate things and strange happenings that keep occurring make it all the more puzzling.  They know they are after a serial killer but the answers keep eluding them.

This is a very well written thriller and I learned some interesting stuff too reading this book. It kept me up late last night waiting to see who the killer was and how other situations would turn out.  I have a feeling I'm going to have to wait for the next book in the series to get a couple of those answers.  

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Kids Cook Dinner: 25 Healthy, Budget-Friendly Meals from the Best-Selling Cooking Class Series by Deanna F. Cook (

 

This is a great instruction book for kids.  I love the fact that they go over basic safety and kitchen etiquette first and then tackle food prep..  They offer step by step pictures for each recipe.  There are great recipes for kids in this book!  I highly recommend this to homeschoolers for starting to teach you young kids how to navigate the kitchen and learn to cook.  

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An Amish Bride (Joyful River Book 2) by Rosalind Lauer

 

Sadie Beiler is Essie Lapp's best friend.  She practically grew up in the Lapp household and was great friends with Essie and her brother Sam.  Sadie starts to realize at Essie's wedding that Mark, her current beau is not the person she wants to marry.  But Mark doesn't want to break it off.  In the meantime, Sadie realizes that Sam is actually her heart's desire and Sam already knew she was his.  This book is chock full of family, love and God.  This is the ideal Amish romance.  It is part 2 of a series and I'm looking for part 1 to read.  I will be following this author from now on.  I highly recommend this book.  

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Crosshairs (Natchez Trace Park Rangers #3) by Patricia Bradley

 

Ainsley Beaumont is with the Park Service and is an Investigative ranger. She has been sent to her hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, to investigate the murder of a young girl at a campground. Lincoln Steele, her former boyfriend, who used to be an FBI sharpshooter, has now been employed by the Park Service and is doing tours. The chief asks for him to partner with Ainsley in investigating this murder. They are both still suffering from the breakup but are apprehensive about the close proximity of working together. Add in Ainsley's grandmother and her grandmother's elderly sister, and you have all kinds of drama and suspense. This has concurrent suspense threads which makes it more interesting. I like this author! I'm going to look for her two previous books in this series.

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Deadly Target (Rocky Mountain Courage #2) by Elizabeth Goddard

 

Erin Larson is a criminal psychologist and cold case blogger, who is suddenly back in Montana to help her mother after an attempted suicide. Nathan Campbell is a police officer in Montana whose father, also a police officer, unexpectedly arrives from his home in Boston and gives Nathan an unexpected mystery to solve. There are a lot of twists and turns to this story and way too many catastrophic events all of which should have been fatal. Not very believable that they survived all three in close succession. I did enjoy the book though. I just think it could have used some tweaks.


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Dinner on Primrose Hill by Jodi Thomas

 

I have read other novels by Jodi Thomas and enjoyed revisiting one the the couples from before in this one. This is about two professors at a small college in a small town who work together on a research project relating to what attracts people to other individuals of the opposite sex. There are three couples (including the professors) who are personally exploring this question in addition to the actual survey that goes with the research study. They eventually meet to help solve the mystery of who is planting bombs in various places around town. So this book is like a smorgasbord. You have a whodunit, and three separate romances happening all in one delightful read. I recommend this for some light reading -- but only if you have a large block of time to sit down to read because you won't want to put it down.

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Find Me in the Dark (Detective Harlow Durant Book 1) by Dea Poirier

 

Harlow Durant is a detective in upstate New York. She and her partner are working with the local police force to find out who is killing college co-eds and burying them in snowplow "mountains" to hide them through the winter. Harlow is the child of a serial murderer so she has a vested interest in preventing more victims and bringing a little bit of "closure" to the families. The local police are resistant to help from the state and also resistant to female officers. There are a lot of conflicts, twists and turns, thrills and chills here. The perfect "whodunit."

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The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox

 

Sarah, Rosemary and Glory Ann are three generations of a family that has always ran a small grocery store in a small rural town. Sarah got married and moved away but now she is back and anxious to bo at "home," which means the Old Depot Grocery store. Rosemary stayed all her married life and helped her mother run the store but she is wanting to sell out and do something else for a change. Glory Ann has run the grocery store all of her adult life, first with her husband (now deceased) and then with her oldest daughter. She isn't ready to let it go.

This is a wonderful story about family, small town living, hurts and healings. I would recommend this to anyone! Put it on your reading list. You won't be sorry.

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Tacos for Two by Betsy St. Amant

 

his book is so much fun.  Computer dating, food trucks, tacos -- all fun subjects to explore..  I couldn't put this one down.  Rory has inherited a food truck from her Aunt and she can't cook but she can't bear to part with it because it was her Aunt's.  Jude is part of his father's law firm but he would rather cook like his beloved Maria, the housekeeper that raised him.  Jude buys a food truck and tries to start a new career.  Meanwhile, both of them are sharing their hearts with a stranger online..

This is a delightful book and I recommend it to anyone who just wants something light and entertaining to read.  It's squeaky clean and that's one of my favorite things too.

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Dead Fall (The Quantico Files #2)

 

This second novel in the Quantico Files series brings back profilers Kaely, Alex and Logan and Noah, all FBI agents that we have met in earlier books along with an interesting cast of characters.  In this story, someone is targeting profilers.  They appear to have a list of victims in mind and the profilers are trying to rush to make a profile on the killer before he kills the next person on his list.  Reading this I gained a lot of insight into how profilers work and how they help their counterparts track down the criminals.  I enjoyed the FBI theme, which is one of my favorites.  There is plenty whodunit in this book, suspense and twist.  I always enjoy Nancy Mehl's books and this one is no exception.  I love that these FBI personnel are on the side of good and not evil and all have found a relationship with Jesus or are pursuing one.  I like that the story is all about the plot with no salacious personal details.  

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L.A. Burning by D.C. Taylor

 

This book was different than most books I read but I found it really intriguing. This is about Cody, a beautiful young female who just got out of prison for something she did in her teens. Her mother is a famous movie star and her identical twin sister, Julie, was murdered while Cody was in prison. She comes out with the burning desire to find out who killed her sister. This is a thought-provoking look into the life of Hollywood moguls, stars, and their families. It is also full of suspense and action. I would recommend it to anyone who wants an exciting read.

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A Stranger's Game by Colleen Coble

 

Torie Bergstrom goes back to Jekyll Island in GA, where she was raised, to try to find out what happened to her best friend.   Joe Abbott is living there with his daughter and they feel an instant bond.  Torie is the daughter and heir of the owner of the resort, Anton Bergstrom.  She is to stay under the radar while she is investigating her friend's death so she is working as an IT specialist at the resort in the same position her friend was in when she died.  There is all kinds of chicanery afoot and Joe helps her sort out what happened along with Craig, his friend with the State Police.  Lots of action, twists and turns.  It keeps you on your toes through the whole story and totally excited about this couple getting together.  

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Every Word Unsaid by Kimberly Duffy

 

Much to the chagrin of Gussie's parents, she is traveling all over the country writing under a nom de plume for a women's magazine.  Her parents and all other NY society elite are scandalized by this when her identity comes out.  Instead of going into seclusion at her Aunt's in Chicago at the behest of her parents, she takes off on a new adventure -- to India.  India is where Gussie's childhood friends, Specs and Catherine live.  Specs was her childhood sweetheart.  He now goes by his given name of Gabriel instead of the fond nickname Gussie gave him and he is a doctor doing missionary work.   

This is a sweet tale of women's rights and women's hearts and minds.  So much love and so much forgiveness!  And a few hardheads.

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