Tea, Blanket, and My Book

Author:  Sara Richardson Release Date: April 2. 2019 I fell in love again. I am just going to straight up and tell you that this was a 5 star read for me.  I loved Charity, Dev, the plot, and, most importantly, the romance.  The bigger picture was very endearing and I genuinely enjoyed seeing the characters develop from point A to Point Z.  This story was very refreshing and it sort of flipped the role of the emotionally unavailable cowboy into the emotionally unavailable cowgirl.  Charity was a barrel racer, I think.  I am not sure exactly what it is called, but I know that she rides horses and she travels with bull riders.  Dev was the sheriff deputy of Topaz Falls and he had his eye on a certain fast tempered blonde.  After Charity's sister leaves a rebellious thirteen year old teenager on  her doorstep, Charity is in need of some help to steer this abandoned boy on the right path and who better than the town's golden boy, Dev. ...

Author: A.J. Pine Release Date: March 26, 2019 A milestone has been made in this series and I will tell you about that later, but first, let me tell you about a little story that took me too long to read.  Oh, it was totally my fault because my children have major test coming up and I have been up to my eye balls in work.  Anyways, this review will focus on the third installment of the series title Hard Loving Cowboy by A.J. Pine.  I absolutely loved book one and two in this series, but did I love this one? Hmmm….let's find out. First off, this story is about the troublesome younger brother of the Everett brothers and I could not wait to read his story because I was so intrigued by him and I really wanted to know what made him click and which lucky woman will take him down.   If you have read the previous books in the series, then you know that the Everett brothers' mother died of cancer and their father drowned his grief in alcohol.   Their fath...

Author:  Sharon Sala Release Date: February 26, 2019 What a great story teller!!! Sharon Sala tells such great, inspiring stories and the town of Blessings felt so real and grounded. I have most of the books in the series and for the most part, I have surely enjoyed this small town. Each installment in the series involves a different couple from the small community.  This installment involves recently widowed, Alice, and the Dallas cowboy, Dan.  This story lives true to its title because Dan is basically Superman undercover. I mean, Wow!! He did some pretty amazing things in the story and he was charming on top of it.  Recently widowed, Alice is a single mom to two children with a job in the local hardware store.  Dan and Alice share a deep connection with the loss of their spouse and after a series of unfortunate events, they connect on  deeper level than they both expected.  A ferocious hurricane is on the horizon and Dan has offered Alice...

Author: R.C Ryan Release Date: February 26, 2019 I was a little conflicted on the rating because the ending was really good and it only took, I don't know, the entire book to get some action. Geesh.!! I was craving that climax and that conflict and I finally got it in a form of a daring escape.   I do not want spoil the story, so I will give the bare minimum. Someone had to escape from a dark place and that is all that I am going to say about that.   Anyways, here we are again with another rugged cowboy. Cowboys are my favorite and I feel as if the author did it right.   Sam was wild, hard-working, and a bruised soul who had to learn how to trust. Penny has a dream of becoming a teacher, but a bone was thrown into her plans and she ends up at the Monroe as a housekeeper/chef.   Penny had to raise three brothers and take care an ill aunt when she was just a teenager.   With Sam's inability to trust and Penny's dream at stake, will they be able to over...

Author: Lauren Trentham Release Date:  February 5, 2019 Underneath the romance aspect of the story was a story of strength, unity, and the struggles of living the life of a "military wife".  This element really carried this story and it kept me flipping the pages.  Harper is a military widow looking for a purpose in life after her husband, Noah, was killed while he was deployed.  Left with a son, Harper moves back home to grieve and to start life anew.  Fast forward five years later and Harper is going through the motions with life, an unsatisfying job, and a non-existent love life.  Answering a distress call from a friend living on the military base, Harper visits her old neighborhood where Noah and she shared before his life was tragically cut short.  While visiting her old friend, Harper becomes curious about the guy that gave her a huge check at Noah's funeral saying that it was for a "brave award".  She goes out on a mission to find Be...

Author: J.S Scott Release Date: November 7, 2017 I finally got around to reading this book and I was not disappointed at least of the intensity and rawness of this story. I have followed this series and I could not wait to read Xander's story.  Xander was a rock star who witnessed the murder of his parents which resulted in addiction and PTSD.  If you have been following the series, then you know that Xander is the younger brother of Micah and Julian from the previous books. Desperate to have their brother back, Micah and Julian hire a "housekeeper" to help Xander heal and boy does she do it!! Samantha is on a mission to help Julian stay clean and to become involved in society again, no matter the cost.  Unable to deny their attraction to each other, Samantha and Xander embark on a steamy journey, but will Samantha stay after the summer is over? Xander's story just wowed me because it was so grounded and raw.   Even though I have never suffered from PTSD ...

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