A Good Book and Cup of Tea

The Gentleman Spy by Erica Vetsch is the second book in her Serendipity and Secrets series. A continuation of book one. You can read this as a stand-alone but some parts may not make much sense to you. Marcus Haverly unexpectedly becomes the new Duke of Haverly when his father and older brother are killed in a carriage accident. To keep the London society from looking to closely at his life and discovering his secret identity, he proposes to and marries the spinster, Lady Cha

Minutes to Die by Susan Sleeman is the second book in her Homeland Heroes series. Terrorists have been smuggled into the U.S. FBI Agent Kiley Dawson and ICE Agent Evan Bowers must find them before they set off an attack worse than 9/11. This was a great suspense story. It grabs you from the first sentence and doesn’t let go until the final sentence. With Susan’s ability to write such great stories she should be on an FBI consultation team! She keeps you up to date on all the

Irish Encounter by Hope Toler Dougherty is a stand-alone contemporary older-couple romance. Trying to get over the grief of losing her husband, Ellen Shepherd travels to Galway, Ireland to help her daughter settle in for a year of study abroad. There she meets Payne Anderson, a fellow American, on vacation to attend a wedding. She helps him see his need for God and he helps her get over her grief. After a whirl-wind friendship they go their separate ways hoping to meet up aga

A Dazzle of Diamonds by Liz Johnson is the third book in her Georgia Coast Romance series. Best friends Penelope and Tucker must clear his families name before the up-coming election. What happens next takes everybody by surprise. They’ve been best friends since childhood, can their friendship develop into something more? This story was mostly a romance with a little bit of a mystery thrown in. There was quite a bit of kissing. But, on the whole I enjoyed the story very much.

Hope Breaks Through by Jim Baton is the third book in his young adult Hope Trilogy series. This is the conclusion to the story of the small town of Hope, Colorado. A group of teenagers are trying to bring about change in their town. Facing setbacks, corrupt government officials and the forces of darkness the townspeople again return to the House of Prayer for direction. As the kids work for change their lives are changed too. I felt that the conclusion was a bit rushed but ot