Tall, Dark and Determined is the 2nd book in Husbands for Hire Series by Kelly Eileen Hake. The Story takes place in Hope Falls, Colorado Territory June 1887.
Chase Dustan is trying to find out about a mine cave in that had killed his brother-in-law. He hears that 4 women were running the town of Hope Falls and were planning to start a saw mill. The ladies had placed an ad looking for men to work the mill and possibly be brides for them. Twenty Four men had showed up.
Lacy Lyman is one of the four ladies. Her brother Braden was the only survivor of the cave in and is crippled.
Creed who has been looking after the ladies has captured Corbin Twyler.Corbin had killed Creeds brother at a gambling table and Creed is taking him back for trial. He asks Chase to watch after the ladies till he gets back.
Chase and Lacy have lots of disagreements as he searches for information about the cave in.
I enjoyed this book and recommend it to others.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Love Finds a Way
Love finds a Way is 3 short stories in one book written by Wanda E Brunstetter.
Blueberry Surprise is about a young lady named Lorna who is a widow who has decided to finish getting her degree in Music so she can teach at a local school. She meets a young man, Evan Bailey who is finishing his education to be a school guidance counsellor. He is also taking on line cooking classes but failing at that miserably.
Evan is interested in Lorna but will she give in to date him?
Grandma's Doll is about a young lady named Sheila whose Grandma has moved to a retirement center and called Shelia to come and pick out something from her old house's attic. Shelia knows what she wants as her Grandma had a doll that she has always dreamed of owning. Shelia goes and hunts for the dolls but cannot find it. Grandma said she had sold it to an antique store a couple years before. Shelia goes to locate it and meets a young man who has just bought the antique store. The man cannot find a receipt or anything to tell what has happened to the doll. Will Shelia ever find the lost doll?
Matchmaker 911 is about a young lady who runs a barber shop. Her dad has arthritis and is disabled. He thinks she needs a husband so he calls 911 at lunch time to encourage his daughter with one of the paramedics. Will they fall in love?
Blueberry Surprise is about a young lady named Lorna who is a widow who has decided to finish getting her degree in Music so she can teach at a local school. She meets a young man, Evan Bailey who is finishing his education to be a school guidance counsellor. He is also taking on line cooking classes but failing at that miserably.
Evan is interested in Lorna but will she give in to date him?
Grandma's Doll is about a young lady named Sheila whose Grandma has moved to a retirement center and called Shelia to come and pick out something from her old house's attic. Shelia knows what she wants as her Grandma had a doll that she has always dreamed of owning. Shelia goes and hunts for the dolls but cannot find it. Grandma said she had sold it to an antique store a couple years before. Shelia goes to locate it and meets a young man who has just bought the antique store. The man cannot find a receipt or anything to tell what has happened to the doll. Will Shelia ever find the lost doll?
Matchmaker 911 is about a young lady who runs a barber shop. Her dad has arthritis and is disabled. He thinks she needs a husband so he calls 911 at lunch time to encourage his daughter with one of the paramedics. Will they fall in love?
A Stranger's Gift
A Stranger's Gift is written by Anna Schmidt. It is a Amish/Mennonite romance.
John Steiner has moved to Fla. after his parents died and he was banned from his Amish faith. He owned land on the bay and was trying to have a citrus orchard. He stays away from most people and is quite a loner.
Hester Detweiler is a young single woman who works with a foundation that helps people during hurricanes and flooding. Her dad , Arlen is the pastor of a Mennonite Church.
Hester meets John when she went to his place to try to get him to go to a shelter before Hurricane Hester had landfall. John refuses to leave. When the hurricane was over John was alive but all his building and house was destroyed. His wrist was broken and he had other cuts and bruises. Hester and Arlen get a helicopter to transport John to the hospital.
Arlen offers to let John spend the night at their house. John reluctantly agrees but the next morning he woke to find his coffee and breakfast on the table but everyone else is gone. By the time he finished his meal Margery hollers for him to come help at Hester's Grandma's as the place is flooding. John gets there and they all help get all the older people out of the flooded houses and take them to the church.
John meets a homeless man named Zeke during the evacuation and spends time with him at the shelter. Zeke tells John that he can get him back to his property. Zeke arranges to get a boat and take John back . When they get there they find a mess but John wants to stay and work at getting things fixed. While they are gathering what few items they can find that may be useful they hear heavy equipment coming down John's road. John lets them know he does not want their help.
Samuel Brubaker, a Mennonite man from Pa. has moved to Fla to help Arlen in his wood shop. Arlen also hopes Samuel will marry Hester. Samuel meets Roslyn at the shelter. She is single with some scars from being in a burning house which killed all the rest of her family and is good friends with Hester.
After a few weeks Samuel realizes he is falling in love with Rosalyn. He talks to Arlen and finds he will not loose his job.
Zeke helps John by getting wood and stuff that has been discarded and rebuilding some of the house and other buildings. Samuel brings his camper out for John to live in until the buildings are livable. When Zeke does not show up for a few days John goes hunting him and finds him very sick near the bridge where John lived. He gets him to hospital and find that there are other homeless people who are sick. He and Hester go find them and get them help.
The homeless shelter in town has closed down and Hester has an idea for reopen one that could harvest fruit and make marmalade to sell. She needs money and a place to do it.
Read the story to see how Hester's dream to get a homeless shelter started as well and get married comes about.
John Steiner has moved to Fla. after his parents died and he was banned from his Amish faith. He owned land on the bay and was trying to have a citrus orchard. He stays away from most people and is quite a loner.
Hester Detweiler is a young single woman who works with a foundation that helps people during hurricanes and flooding. Her dad , Arlen is the pastor of a Mennonite Church.
Hester meets John when she went to his place to try to get him to go to a shelter before Hurricane Hester had landfall. John refuses to leave. When the hurricane was over John was alive but all his building and house was destroyed. His wrist was broken and he had other cuts and bruises. Hester and Arlen get a helicopter to transport John to the hospital.
Arlen offers to let John spend the night at their house. John reluctantly agrees but the next morning he woke to find his coffee and breakfast on the table but everyone else is gone. By the time he finished his meal Margery hollers for him to come help at Hester's Grandma's as the place is flooding. John gets there and they all help get all the older people out of the flooded houses and take them to the church.
John meets a homeless man named Zeke during the evacuation and spends time with him at the shelter. Zeke tells John that he can get him back to his property. Zeke arranges to get a boat and take John back . When they get there they find a mess but John wants to stay and work at getting things fixed. While they are gathering what few items they can find that may be useful they hear heavy equipment coming down John's road. John lets them know he does not want their help.
Samuel Brubaker, a Mennonite man from Pa. has moved to Fla to help Arlen in his wood shop. Arlen also hopes Samuel will marry Hester. Samuel meets Roslyn at the shelter. She is single with some scars from being in a burning house which killed all the rest of her family and is good friends with Hester.
After a few weeks Samuel realizes he is falling in love with Rosalyn. He talks to Arlen and finds he will not loose his job.
Zeke helps John by getting wood and stuff that has been discarded and rebuilding some of the house and other buildings. Samuel brings his camper out for John to live in until the buildings are livable. When Zeke does not show up for a few days John goes hunting him and finds him very sick near the bridge where John lived. He gets him to hospital and find that there are other homeless people who are sick. He and Hester go find them and get them help.
The homeless shelter in town has closed down and Hester has an idea for reopen one that could harvest fruit and make marmalade to sell. She needs money and a place to do it.
Read the story to see how Hester's dream to get a homeless shelter started as well and get married comes about.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
The Healing
The Healing in a book of Amish romance written by Wanda E Brunstetter.
Samuel Fisher's pregnant wife, Elsie has fallen down the steps and died leaving Samuel with 4 small children. When Samuel is buried in grief he decides it will be best for him and the children if he moves away from memories. Samuel decides to leave. Pa. and move to Ky. where his brother Titus lives. Titus has a wood working shop and plans to marry Suzanne Yoder in the fall.
Esther Beiler has been working at her parents store in Ky. when her parents get word that her brother Dan has MS. Her parents sell the store and move to Pa. to help Dan. Esther decides to stay in Ky. This means she will need a job.
Titus's friend Alan Walters , an Englisher is a contractor who buys older houses and remodels and then resells them offers to buy a house from Bonnie Taylor . Bonnie was willed the house by her grandparents when they died. She decides to not sell and instead open a bed and breakfast. The house requires some repairs and Alan tells her about Samuel looking for work. Bonnie hires Samuel and he needs a sitter for his little ones . Esther is free and takes that job also agrees to help Bonnie in the B&B.
If you want to know what happens in the lives of these people grab the book and enjoy.
Samuel Fisher's pregnant wife, Elsie has fallen down the steps and died leaving Samuel with 4 small children. When Samuel is buried in grief he decides it will be best for him and the children if he moves away from memories. Samuel decides to leave. Pa. and move to Ky. where his brother Titus lives. Titus has a wood working shop and plans to marry Suzanne Yoder in the fall.
Esther Beiler has been working at her parents store in Ky. when her parents get word that her brother Dan has MS. Her parents sell the store and move to Pa. to help Dan. Esther decides to stay in Ky. This means she will need a job.
Titus's friend Alan Walters , an Englisher is a contractor who buys older houses and remodels and then resells them offers to buy a house from Bonnie Taylor . Bonnie was willed the house by her grandparents when they died. She decides to not sell and instead open a bed and breakfast. The house requires some repairs and Alan tells her about Samuel looking for work. Bonnie hires Samuel and he needs a sitter for his little ones . Esther is free and takes that job also agrees to help Bonnie in the B&B.
If you want to know what happens in the lives of these people grab the book and enjoy.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Close Enough To Hear God Breathe
Close enough to hear God Breathe is written by Greg Paul a minister in Canada who works with the homeless,alcholics, gays,prostitutes and drug abusers through The Sanctuary.
He tells of his family and others around him and relates that God loves us like we love our families. He uses scriptures such as the prodigal Son and lost sheep to make his point.
I agree that we do and should want to hear from God as to what He wants in our lives. I agree that God loves us all but feel His love is much greater than the love we have for each other. I found the book hard to get into and cannot say I enjoyed it.
I received this book free to read and review from Booksneeze.com. The opinion is my own.
He tells of his family and others around him and relates that God loves us like we love our families. He uses scriptures such as the prodigal Son and lost sheep to make his point.
I agree that we do and should want to hear from God as to what He wants in our lives. I agree that God loves us all but feel His love is much greater than the love we have for each other. I found the book hard to get into and cannot say I enjoyed it.
I received this book free to read and review from Booksneeze.com. The opinion is my own.
The God Pocket
The God Pocket by Bruce Wilkinson has an idea worth reading about and then putting it in action.
Many times I have wanted to be used of God to help others and a God Pocket is a great way. Pray about it and then place the amount or item you feel led by God to give in a special pocket or in your purse in a place designated as God's Pocket. Now wait for a nudge to give to someone one who has been asking God for help. The money or item now belongs to God and you are the method of transportation. When you are nudged to give to someone one be sure they know it is a gift and blessing from God.
I received this book free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review. The opinions are my own.
Many times I have wanted to be used of God to help others and a God Pocket is a great way. Pray about it and then place the amount or item you feel led by God to give in a special pocket or in your purse in a place designated as God's Pocket. Now wait for a nudge to give to someone one who has been asking God for help. The money or item now belongs to God and you are the method of transportation. When you are nudged to give to someone one be sure they know it is a gift and blessing from God.
I received this book free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review. The opinions are my own.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Grace of God by Andy Stanley
The Grace of God by Andy Stanley was a helpful and interesting read. He talks of how we all crave Grace when we are faced with our sins and yet we don't offer grace to others especially if what they did costs us something we consider valuable.
None of ever deserve Grace yet God gives it freely and has since Creation.
I received this book free from Booksneeze.com to read and review. Opinions are my own.
None of ever deserve Grace yet God gives it freely and has since Creation.
I received this book free from Booksneeze.com to read and review. Opinions are my own.
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