I didn’t expect that ending. Based on the first chapter I read the entire book from a different point of view.

After a shocking revelation, pregnant Teegan, decides to visit her brother at a ski resort in Maine. The drive turns snowy and treacherous. She finds herself in a precarious situation and is unable to help herself or determine who to trust. Will she and her unborn baby survive?

No matter how many Frieda McFadden books I read I am still shocked at some point.

Countess Frances finds herself involved in another murder mystery this time involving her cousin and friend. Most of London retires to the countryside in the heat of August but Frances decides to stay in town with her visiting sister and in the process with the help of her sister she also finds out who is writing the scandalous gossip column that everyone is talking about. Could you imagine such a column today? Maybe that is what Facebook is now. Hmm…

This book opens with a tidbit of shocking news that I was not expecting. Very interesting indeed. If you haven’t read book one then you won’t quite understand the shock.

Again, I listened to the audiobook and thought the narrator did a superb job of making all the characters come to life and feel unique.

A good start to a new to me series but not a favorite. I’m holding off to say it’s not for me if I get a chance to read the second book. I listened to the audiobook for this one and it didn’t grasp me.

I did enjoy the dynamics between Felicity and her mom.

I laughed my way through this book from the beginning. Lucy knows how to make you forget the real world within a paragraph. 

Once top of the world romance novelist, Hazel, finds herself at the bottom and struggling. In an impulse she buys a house in Pennsylvania sight unseen. Starting with her dramatic entrance to Story Lake she finds more love than she ever dreamed in Campbell. Is Campbell the fix to her writing and her love life?

Be prepared to laugh so hard you may hyperventilate. I can’t pick a favorite character there are so many wonderful ones. Bertha the raccoon gives Goose the Eagle a run for his money. I hope they continue to make appearances in the next Story Lake book. 

This is not a clean romance. It does have spice but not overly done. There is cursing but it doesn’t distract from the story. 

Eagerly awaiting book two. 

His Winter Rose was a book I picked up at a yard sale many years ago and just now got around to reading. It was just meh for me. It had promise but the two main characters were annoying.

Piper moves back to Serenity Bay after losing her husband to cancer. She starts working for the town to bring more businesses in to help the town from dying. The mayor, Jason, hires her but has much trouble trusting her. He micromanages which infuriates her. Can they save the town and themselves?

This is part of a trilogy and I’m on the fence if I will continue the series.

March Wrap Up 🍀🥂🌷🏝️

14 books total, 1 DNF, 34 new books bought, 38 books donated, 1 non-fiction book read

L  Library

KO  Kindle Owned

O  Physical Owned

EL  E-library (Libby/Overdrive/Hoopla)

AB  Audiobook 

KU  Kindle Unlimited 

NG NetGalley

ARC Advanced Reader Copy 

Loving Lovina is the third and last book in the Infamous Amish trilogy. In my opinion I would read these books in order as books two and three build on the one before. This series is so much more than a romance series. It gets to heart of what and how outside influences affect their communities.

Lovina left her community in the middle of the night because she was having a hard time dealing with the fall out of her dad’s fraud charges. For a year no one knew where she was. Her fiancé had decided to move on and was engaged to another. When her dad is released he goes on a hunt to find and that he does.

The book is mainly told from the view of Lovina as she discovers who she is and who she wants to be.

This was an enjoyable series and one I would recommend to any reader who enjoys clean romance reads.

The Instagram song I chose is so appropriate because Joe loves calling Mel his cupcake! It makes me smile every time I read it. 🧁

This series keeps growing and growing on me. It has humor, love of family and friends, and trouble. Mel and Angie just can’t stay out of trouble and Uncle Stan always comes in clutch.

In Dying for Devil’s Food Mel, Angie, and Tate attend their 15th high school reunion. A simple trip to the restroom proves anything but simple. Mel finds her high school bully no longer able to bully. All fingers point to Mel but she knows it wasn’t her. Join the wild ride as the trio try to figure out the who and why.

This is the 11th book in the series and while you can read each as a standalone and jump right in with no problems why would you? Start from the beginning and learn all the fun quirks of the trio.

I thought I heard there were only going to be 16 books but recently Jenn mentioned she had an idea for a new one. Can we only hope for it to be true and not an early April Fools joke…

4.5 stars

I loved this so much more than A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It brought back all the feelings from when I read The Hunger Games series years ago. Shall I read the series again? I just might.

Haymitch was a character I didn’t fully understand when reading The Hunger Games but this book makes you realize how sad his story really is and explains why he is the way he is. Fair warning, his time in the 50th annual Hunger Games will bring sadness and anger. It reiterates how nasty President Snow is to those beneath him.

I did listen to the audiobook a bit out of curiosity. It brings the parts of the book in verse come alive.

An enjoyable cozy mystery. A Bell in the Garden is book two of the Spicetown series and was as good as book one. A well developed mystery with entertaining characters. I love both Mayor Cora and Chief Conrad. They are the perfect complement to each other.

The book centers around a local nursery and tree farm Grand Opening. Just hours before everyone is expected to arrive the owner finds a skeleton buried where he is planting trees. Several residents have gone missing over the years but everything points to a particular individual. As the investigation continues, the ugly sides of residents are blooming rapidly.

The ending seemed a tad rushed but at the same time it felt like a real case. As civilians we don’t always get to see the how in regard to case conclusions.

I will continue this series.