By: Sharon Gillenwater

A second change at your first love?

As a partner on her father’s ranch, surrounded by family and friends Jenna Callahan Colby believed she was content with her life, until she saw Nate Langley back in town. Nate Langley – the first guy she ever noticed, the one her father sent away so many years ago.

Yet to her surprise the attraction they felt would still be as strong as ever.

But Jenna’s cowboy, Nate, has some healing to do. With the help of good friends, a loving family and a strong faith he hopes to put the horrors of two tours of duty in the armed forces behind him, to become the man Jenna deserves.

Published by: Revell Books

By: Amanda Cabot

This is a story that everyone can relate to. Added to it, it is set in the 1850’s Texas frontier. This second book in the Texas Dreams series again weaves a beautiful tale of drama, love, and second chances.

As Priscilla Morton longs for adventure, she leaves Boston in 1856 and journeys to the Texas Hill Country. She was looking for adventure and when she finds it, she did not realize how heartbreaking it could be. She meets ranch foreman, Zachary Webster, who is a cowboy haunted by his past mistakes. Although he would love to be the love of Priscilla’s life, he feels she deserves better, like an East Coast gentleman she was used to back home.

During desperate times, however, Zach and Priscilla find themselves drawn together and begin to build a promising life, until the past intrudes. This tale of loss and devastation, which along with it come healing, forgiveness, and second chances, all intertwined with faith, is sure to be a pleaser. We have all felt these emotions at one point or another in our lives and it is joyous to see them work out so miraculously, in the way that only God can make happen.

Published by: Revell Books

By:Eva Marie Everson

Mariette Puttnam, graduating from boarding school in 1959, has so many choices laid out in front of her. Returning to her home of privilege, she is not sure just what the future holds for her. Maybe a job, maybe marriage, or maybe more schooling? Maybe… But nothing feels right to her, until the answer catches her off-guard.

In this tale of love, Mariette learns how difficult falling in love can be when walking away seems easy, but you know that it is just not an option. Enjoy this tender tale of romance as Eva Marie Everson leads you on a journey with a young woman and her unknown future. You will experience the joys of new love, the importance of perseverance, and how wonderful a gift forgiveness can be.

Published By: Revell Books

By: Maggie Brendan

Alone in an 1890′s Montana mining town, Juliana Brady is determined to be independent and not rely on the charity of others even in a town where prospects for making a living are few.

Josh McBride scrapes up a living from herding his sheep while building his ranch but is tempted by the prospect of fast money when he discovers some rare stones on his property.

Once Juliana and Josh’s paths cross, they must make a decision – will it be for the world’s riches and promises or will they choose the eternal value of love?

Published by: Revell Books

By: Maggie Brendan

April McBride, cautious after a broken engagement, is determined to guard her heart as she traels to attend her brother’s wedding in Lewistown, Montana. April is convinced that will be easy as she looks around the small mining town of ill-bred cowboys, dusty shops, and bad service. But Wes Owen, a horse-trainer April has a run-in with opens up the possibilities for not only embarrassment, frustrations and friendship but even possibly… love?

It will take looking past their differences to envision a future together. Can April and Wes do that, or are they destined to live their lives alone?

Published by: Revell Books

A Distant Melody

By Sarah Sundin

Allie has never felt pretty enough to please her beautiful Mother.  But Allie will do whatever it takes to make her Mom happy even if that means Allie marry a man she does not love and feels she may never love.  Allie has been asked to be part of a friends wedding and has gone to CA for the wedding and some time to think.  On her train ride to CA Allie meets Lt. Waker Novak, a handsome, sweet, pilot also on is way to CA to take his last furlough and help a friend who is getting married.

Little do Allie and Walter know that this short  train trip is going to turn into friendship the begins to grow as more.  Walk and Allie soon realize that have much in common including their love for music.  Allie and Walt build a friendship so tight that once Allie returns home and Walt returns back to war they continue to write and keep connected, by letters and by spirit.

But Allie soon has a tough decision to make and she knows that if it is the wrong one her Mother will never forgive her.  So will Allie marry the man she has no feeling for or will she take a leap of faith not knowing if Walt shares the same feelings Allie has.

A Distant Melody is the first of the Wings of Glory Series.

This is one book that I seriously could not put down and ended up staying up late into the night to finish.  I could not put the book down and had to know what was going to happen next.  Sarah Sundin grabs your attention at the beginning of the book and never lets it go.  Even once you finish the first book you can’t wait for the second book to come out so you can pick up where you left off.

Debbie Macomber

44 Cranberry Point is the fourth book in Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove Series.

Peggy Beldon owns a beautiful bed and breakfast at 44 Cranberry Point in Cedar Cove, Washington. Peggy loves living in Cedar Cove but recently strange things have been happening.  Like Fidning a man named Max Rusell dead in one of thier B and B rooms.  With no idea whey Max was in Cedar Cove and even worse who killed him Peggy is iching for someone to solve the case soon.

But you know small towns.  The murder is not the only news floating around.  Jon Bowman and Maryellen Sherman are going to be getting married soon.  And Maryellen’s Mom Grace has a couple men chasing after her since she became a widow. But Grace does not know who she is going to choose.  She feels love for both men and they both have there own wonderful qualities.

There is much more gossip going on in Cedar Cove but you just need to read the book to find out all the rest of the great juicy gossip.  Debbie does a wonderful j0b of picking up where where 311 pelican Court leaves off and continues her story.  This is book for in the series of Cedar Cove Series.  Debbie keeps the mystery and romance going through each book in the series and makes you feel like you are right there in Cedar Cove living and listening to the daily gossip.

Deidre Knight

Eternity is Ajax Petrakos’s prison.  Centuries later after Ajax and his Spartan brothers made a bargain to become immortal, Ajax is struggling to keep himself disciplined.  He only has one true source of strength and that is that he will one day find is other half Shay Angel.

When Ajax finally finds his soul mate he realizes he is not the first to find her.  Ajax enemy finds her first and that begins the story of a bond that can’t be broken.

Shay is the youngest of a demon-hunting family and wonders if her angel hero is a angel or a demon.  As the story goes on Ajax continues to have to rescue Shay until the tables are turned and it is up to Shay to rescue her angel in disguise.

As Ajax and shay rush to solve the mysterious prophesy, a prophesy that will lead to Ajax’s death if they don’t succeed, they begin to fall deeper into love and Shay soon realizes that she can not live without her Ajax.

Deidre kept me turning the pages and I got to the point where I could not put the book down because I had to know what happened next.  There is adventure, passion and mystery in the book and that is just the type of books I love to read.  The best part is that this is the first book in the series A God of Midnight Novel.

Book two Red Kiss Came out June 2009

Debbie Macomber

Bride on the Loose

Jason Manning love living the bachelor life, he loves sports, loves not having to pick up after himself. Then one of his tenents daughters decides her mom needs some companionship, so she decides she is going to get her Mom Charlotte and Jason to fall in love.

Jason refuses to have anything to do with this whole game that Charlotte’s daughter is playing, but soons finds himself wanting to spend more time with Charlotte.  Jasons feelings grow deeper but he is not sure he is ready to take the next step.  Will Jason land his bride on the loose?

I love this story.  I love how Jason is in love one minute and the next minute is pretending he does not want anything to do with Charlotte.  Debbie captures the true nature of a man falling in love and a single mom not wanting to get involved.

Same Time Next Year

At one time James Wilkens was about to marry a Manning Sister. But with his broken engagement in his past he decides to spend New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas.  While wondering around Las Vegas he meets Summer Lawton. She is broken hearted and to make things even worse she has been betrayed. James makes her a promise that she will be over it within a year and to make sure that he is serious he also tells her he will meet her back there same time next year.

During that year they being to contact and comminucate with each other more and more and by the time they meet again on New Year’s Eve the following year they are having more then a date.  They are getting married.

This is a wonderful story about love at first sight and how a friendship can blossom into so much more.  I love how Debbie shows the reader that a relationship can be so much more if there is a friendship first.

Never Seduce a Scoundrel

Sabrina Jeffries

Lady Amelia Plume has men wanting to court her at ever corner.  If only they were not after her fortune, but wanted her for her and her love. Amelia wants adventure, love and passion.  Lady Amelia goes to yet another boring ball, but this time it becomes more exciting then she ever imagines.  She meets an american named Major Lucas Winter.  And Lucas turns her borning life into adventure.

But Lucas has many things he is hiding and as he beings to woo her she begans to think that he has other reasons for wooing which might include her step mother. Lucas begins to call on Amelia in her home and takes her on adventures full of passion and leaving her yerning for more.

But will it all be a lie? Amelia intends to find out what Lucas true motive is no matter what she has to do…….