A Good Book and Cup of Tea

The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill is the first book in Julie Klassen’s Tales from Ivy Hill series. When the story first started, I thought, “Oh no, another helpless, clueless female that has no idea what is going on around her!” But Jane Bell didn’t stay downtrodden. She rallied and became aware that life wasn’t just about her losses. She had to save the inn, not just for herself, but for her husband’s legacy and the good of the town. Of course, there’s a villain who wants to see the

The Unannounced Christmas Visitor by Patrick Higgins is a stand-alone Christmas story. Enoch, disguised as a homeless man, is sent to earth on a Mission. To rescue John Jensen who has started to slip into a depression that may be the end for him. Lydia, John’s wife, takes solace in her church until she sees how Enoch is treated by all those around her. I was excited to read this book. It sounded so good, with so much potential. In actuality it turned out to read like a Bible

Chosen People by Robert Whitlow is a stand-alone legal novel. Gloria Neumann is killed during a terrorist attack near the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Now, Jacob Brodsky, a Jewish lawyer, is pursuing a lawsuit on behalf of the family and needs help from Hanna Abboud, a Christian Arab Israeli lawyer based in Atlanta. The case quickly takes them from Georgia to the streets of Jerusalem where the risk of death is everywhere. I loved being able to travel along to Israel, a country

In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn is the second book in her Dive Team Investigations series. The team is called in to investigate a submerged car. In the car was an encrypted laptop. They bring in Dr. Sabrina Fleming, a professor at the local university who has extraordinary computer forensics skills, to help recover the files on the laptop. What they find is a whole lot of trouble! The evidence will convict a whole lot of powerful people who will stop at nothing to keep their

Cold Pursuit by Susan Sleeman is the sixth book in her Cold Harbor series. Another awesome book from Susan. Whitney’s brother-in-law killed her sister and now she’s on the run with her deceased sister’s kids. She end’s up at a ski resort. Alex Hamilton from Blackwell Tactical is doing undercover work at the same resort. When the man standing next to Whitney is shot, Alex has to figure out which was the intended victim. With a murderer on the loose he has to make sure everybod

Christmas Hideout by Susan Sleeman is the third book in her Love Inspired Suspense McKade Law series. Nicole Dyer is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend. She flees with her three-year-old daughter, Emelie. They find shelter in an empty cabin in the small town of Lost Creek. Deputy Matt McKade vows to make sure that nothing happens to the two of them. The first sentence had me on the edge of my seat and it continued for the whole story. Matt and Nicole both struggled with lettin

Lost Christmas Memories by Dana Mentink is the fourth book in her Love Inspired Suspense Gold Country Cowboys series. Tracy Wilson witnesses a murder. After sustaining a head injury, she can’t remember who she saw; and he wants to keep it that way. This story grabbed your interest from the opening sentence and never let up ‘til the very end. The suspense of waiting for Tracy to fully remember what happened kept me on the edge of my seat. And the bond that grew between her and