Lucie Ulrich

This week’s selection is all about young people. Three intriguing young adult/children’s books that will leave you wanting more. West From the Cradle by Brigid Amos takes the reader back to the gold rush days in this historical piece from 1848. Susan Dayley‘s, Kavanagh House takes the reader on a mysterious haunted house adventure. This week’s third adventure is Thomas Templeton by Emily A. Steward. An abandoned family mansion sounds pretty cool to me!

Blurb: Travis Cooper was not meant to be a prospector. Small for his age, he has never been much help on the family farm in Missouri. How could he survive the journey west to take up such backbreaking work? But when he sees a copy of the California Star in the fall of 1848, everything changes. One shining word jumps off the page: GOLD! Now staying alive is a struggle. Keeping his partner from getting himself killed is even harder!

Website:  http://www.brigidamos.com/

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brigidamoswriter/?fref=ts

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brigid_Amos

Buy Links: 

Amazon:  getBook.at/WestfromtheCradle

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/west-from-the-cradle-brigid-amos/1126943650?ean=2940158732119

iTunes:  https://itun.es/us/jleOlb.l

Kobo:  https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/west-from-the-cradle

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/741413

Blurb: Built at the threshold of the steam-driven, Gilded Age, The Kavanagh House is filled with mechanical wonders, mechanized puzzles, hidden places, and seven death traps. A century later, Parker discovers the journal of Eleanor Kavanagh inside a metal, puzzle box and wrapped in a cryptic note: My father’s house is haunted and it’s my fault.

Vincent Ferrari, the ruthless, ambitious man who built the house, is destined to remain with it, long after his death. Vincent mistakes Parker for Eleanor, who finally lured him into one of his own deadly traps. Now he wants revenge.
Parker enlists the help of the mysterious Mason to find Vincent’s body. Together, while avoiding the vindictive spirit, they search for Eleanor’s hidden journal pages, which contain the information they need.

Website: http://www.susandayley.com/

Social media links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SusanDayleyAuthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sdayley

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/sdayleywrite/kavanagh-house/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34213131-the-kavanagh-house?ac=1&from_search=true

Buy links:

Amazon: http://a.co/dwiYSHD

Audible: http://a.co/gCTOjzw

iTunes: https://itun.es/us/8YyDhb.l

Barns & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-kavanagh-house-susan-dayley/1125557126?ean=2940157621803

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-kavanagh-house

Blurb: Thomas has only vague memories of the night his parents vanished, and the memories haunt his dreams: an old mansion, a game of hide and seek, and panicked screaming.

After their aunt threatens to split them up, Thomas and his two sisters journey to the abandoned family mansion looking for clues to their parent’s disappearance. Soon after they arrive, terrifying messages and apparitions make it clear that someone or something doesn’t want them there.

When another person close to Thomas disappears, the children must work quickly to stop the sinister force before they become the next victims of Branson Manor.

Social Media Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Emily_Steward14

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emsteward14/

Website/Blog: https://estewardblog.wordpress.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/emilyasteward

Buy Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Templeton-Whispers-Branson-Manor-ebook/dp/B074T5JL2N/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502831518&sr=8-1&keywords=thomas+templeton+and+the+whispers+of+branson+manor

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thomas-templeton-and-the-whispers-of-branson-manor-emily-steward/1126975350?ean=2940158848544

 If you like Christian historical fiction with a bit of mystery and romance, check out the award-winning Destitutio Quod Remisso by Brett Armstrong. If romantic comedy is more to your liking, Elaine Cantrell‘s Fortuna, might fit the bill. This one is only $0.99 for the next few days. Don’t wait! Wounds of the Heart is the inspirational prequel to E.A. West‘s Battlefield of the Heart. At only $0.99, you can’t go wrong. Happy reading, all!

Blurb: For decades, Roman Senator Marcus Servius labored to become a wealthy and admired patrician man. But now, his world is shattered. After he is exposed as a Christian during a time of intense persecution, his home, wealth, and prestige are stripped from him. The most painful loss of all is that of his beloved wife, Cassandra. Destitute and wary, Marcus prays he will be delivered from his enemies’ hands as he struggles to realize a new path.

In desperate need of help, Marcus disguises himself and embarks on a dangerous journey to find Benjamin Truvias, the leader of a hidden church and the man responsible for Marcus’s conversion. After Benjamin offers aid, Marcus’s life finally finds needed direction. Yet, the more he helps the church through persecutions, the closer he comes to finding who betrayed him. Caught in a maelstrom of intrigue and deception, should Marcus discover the awful truth of who caused his fall, he must choose between vengeance and forgiveness—a decision that will affect the fate of all the believers in Rome.

Website: https://brettarmstrong.net

Social Media:

https://facebook.com/brettarmstrongwv

https://twitter.com/barmstrongwv

https://www.pinterest.com/ChristianKid044

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8281587.Brett_Armstrong

Buy Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Destitutio-Quod-Remissio-Brett-Armstrong-ebook/dp/B01580RR5M/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/destitutio-quod-remissio-brett-armstrong/1120709573?ean=9781490889849

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/destitutio-quod-remissio-1

http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Destitutio-Quod-Remissio/Brett-Armstrong/9781490889849?id=7022461141262

Blurb: Aimee Sherwood never dreamed that following her fiancé into the witness protection program would land her in a haunted house in a town that’s downright creepy. She’d have laughed if she had been told the guy who lives down the road might be her soul mate, not the man whose ring she’s wearing. Life in West Virginia is nothing like life in Los Angeles, but between bean ball battles with Marilyn Monroe, remodeling a crumbling farmhouse, and starting a new business, Aimee’s life is anything but dull.

Website: http://www.elainecantrell.com

Social Media Links:

http://www.elainepcantrell.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/elainepcantrell

http://www.twitter.com/elainecantrell

http://www.pinterest.com/elainecantrell

Buy Links:

http://www.amazon.com/Fortuna-Elaine-Cantrell-ebook/dp/B01B5P9EF0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1454292353&sr=1-1&keywords=fortuna+by+elaine+cantrell

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fortuna-elaine-cantrell/1123328090?ean=2940157912277

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/fortuna-12

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/611196

Blurb:  Meet Danny, Alex, Josh, and Lacey from Battlefield of the Heart and see how the close friendships begin.

Danny Flynn is struggling to find a reason to live as the Afghanistan and Iraq wars continue to rage in his mind. Alex Dugan served with Danny in Iraq and is determined to help his former sergeant overcome his severe PTSD. When the Whitcomb University student veterans’ group gets together for an early spring picnic, Alex sees the perfect opportunity to get Danny out of the house and living again. But will Danny participate, or will his problems interfere?

Website: http://eawest.mcphitty.com

Social media links:

Facebook Author Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/EAWestAuthor

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/TheWestCornerReaders

Twitter: http://twitter.com/eawest

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/authoreawest

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/eawest

Buy Links:

Amazon: http://smarturl.it/WoundsOfTheHeart

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wounds-of-the-heart-e-a-west/1118637950?ean=2940148157205

iTunes: http://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/wounds-of-the-heart/id824899887?mt=11

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/wounds-of-the-heart

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy this week’s varied selection of books. Royalty Entitled is YA historical fiction, and also book one in the Brides of Brevalia series by Melody Delgado. Christina Lorenzen’s newest release is an inspirational romance with a modern take on a classic fairy tale. Check out Rapunzel’s Lighthouse. Today’s third book, The Coming Future, by Glenn Turner and Angel Torres, is a YA fantasy with a hint of steampunk thrown in for good measure.

Enjoy reading a bit about these wonderful books. If something interests you, the buy links are available. I’m sure the authors would love to hear from you.

Blurb:  When her family’s cider business is ruined and other local businesses are vandalized, Anika Pembrie wonders if the recent bout of unrest is merely a result of rivalry between local merchants and noblemen or if something more sinister is at the root of the recent crimes.

Along her journey Anika befriends Prince Valdemar, future king of Brevalia but their relationship hits many twists and turns along the way. Lady Winifred Paxel Flemming pursues the prince relentlessly. His grandmother, Queen Marguerite, expects him to wed whoever she thinks is suitable, even if it means marrying a foreign princess he’s never met. Anika’s mother, Lady Sarah, wants Anika to help ease the family’s financial burdens by marrying Erland Riccats, National Chairman of the Merchants’ Guild. Lady Sarah also harbors secrets regarding Prince Valdemar’s mother, Princess Karin, who met an untimely death years before.

In the end, will both Anika and Prince Valdemar be forced into loveless marriages, or will they be able to outwit their enemies?

Website:  http://www.melodydelgado.com/

Social Media Links:

https://twitter.com/Melody_Delgado_

https://www.facebook.com/Brevalia/

Buy Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Royally-Entitled-Brides-Brevalia-Book-ebook/dp/B0725PDJ5C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501258773&sr=8-1&keywords=royally+entitled

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/royally-entitled

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/royally-entitled-melody-delgado/1126402557?ean=2940157572341

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/724922

Blurb:  Georgie Daniels rarely leaves the cottage attached to the Salt Cliffs lighthouse, except when necessary for a trip into town for food. For the last two years, since the lighthouse was declared a historic landmark, she’s lived in the cottage out of sight and, she hopes, out of the minds of the town. With the defunct lighthouse in arrears and in disrepair, she knows it’s only a matter of time before the lighthouse will be on the auction block of the town hall’s steps. With long hair that no one has seen before, except in the fabled fairy tale Rapunzel, things were going well until new neighbor Colby Ford shows up on her doorstep.

Colby Ford didn’t intend to retire from the Navy, at least not right now. When he finds himself with an injury that pushes him into an early retirement, the possibility of opening a sailing school in the coastal town of Salt Cliffs is his only hope. Renting the Moore cottage, he needs to find the right location for his school and a place to store the boats. While in town, a conversation with a store keeper makes his curiosity about the lighthouse burn even stronger – what kind of woman lives alone in a defunct lighthouse? In need of paint for the cottage porch, he pays Georgie a visit. Feeling like he’s seen her before, that’s when it hits him – Georgie Daniels is a real life Rapunzel. And this Rapunzel wants nothing to do with being neighborly. Until she’s forced to save him during a storm.

Georgie and Colby have both had their share of disappointments and heartache. Just as Georgie is beginning to open up to him, a letter she finds threatens to shut her down again. Can their shared desperate need for a home bring them together?

Website:  www.christinalorenzen.com

Social Media Links:

https://www.facebook.com/ChristinaLorenzenAuthor/

Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christina-Lorenzen/e/B00NI9ELKA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1501538530&sr=8-1

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8472143.Christina_Lorenzen

Buy Link: Available on Amazon only at: Rapunzel’s Lighthouse

Blurb: Living in a crystal city on a flat world, Aalok Collins is an ordinary boy living in an extraordinary place.  But Aalok fears that he is a little too ordinary.

All Aalok cares about, besides playing domeball, and, much to his surprise, girls, is his final exam which will determine whether or not he can move on to the Academy next year, or whether he is forced into slavery or exile.  But as he waits on nature to develop within him the powers, or anima that all in his clan possess, he is haunted by dreams of an imminent tragedy.

As he begins exploring the meaning of his dreams, Aalok encounters a plot to take control of an ancient artifact which could change the base of power not just in the city of Sherendot, but throughout the ‘owr clan.

Website:  Website

Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/turnerandtorres/

Amazon Buy Link: The Coming Future

I hope you enjoy this week’s selection of books, starting with Irma the Inventor & the Vampire Spiders, a fun middle grade novel by Kimbra Kasch. This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be available in August. J.J. Nite is back with Veiled Angel (Book 1 of the Celestial Guardian Series). This romantic, young adult fantasy is currently on sale. Grab your copy while you can. Today’s third book, Dayna’s Miracles by Lynn Spangler is a magical romance that will warm your heart. This one is set at a bargain price, as well. Who doesn’t love Christmas in July–or any time of the year?

Blurb:  How many kids do you know who can build robotic spiders out of scrap metal, develop a substance that’s stronger than steel, or crash a cyber-wizard’s computer from an undetectable monitor? Well, that’s Irma. Still, all she really wants is to make some friends and blend in for once, but no matter how hard she tries, Irma always seems to stand out.

This laugh-out-loud middle grade novel encourages readers to explore the STEM fields while never losing its sense of fun.

Website: https://www.kimkasch.com/

Social Media: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimKaschAuthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimkasch

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7370079.Kim_Kasch

Blurb:  Seventeen year old Eden Malakim, Edie, thought her life couldn’t get any more complicated than it already was. She and her mother have moved so many times Edie has lost count. So when her mother insists they move again, Edie hopes it will be the last one.

Little does Edie know, this move will bring her face to face with not only a family she’s never met, but a future she didn’t know was possible. The stories of angels and demons from her childhood turn out to be all too real and Edie discovers she’s the answer to a prophecy as old as time.

Suddenly thrown into a world Edie didn’t know existed anywhere but in stories, she realizes everything is not always what it seems. Trying to determine what is real and where she fits in, becomes the least of her worries when someone begins attacking her. Will Edie discover her true purpose before it’s too late or will something more sinister win the day?

Social Media:

Twitter: @jjnite

Instagram: @jjniteauthor

SnapChat: JJNite

Facebook: www.facebook.com/jjnite1

Buy Links:

Amazon: www.amazon.com/Veiled-Angel-J-J-Nite-ebook/dp/B01FJ7GQHO

B&N:

Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/veiled-angel

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/veiled-angel/id1113219572?mt=11

Blurb:  She had loved. And she had lost.

Dayna Stone had lost her husband eight years earlier when their daughter, Khloe, was only four months old. She had survived the devastating loss of her husband, only to find out she’d likely lose her daughter as well to cancer.

Eddie Kringle is captivated by his beautiful neighbor and her equally beautiful daughter. Born a Magi, Eddie has issues coming to grips that Magi magic cannot cure the child, though his father, Kris, is more than capable. He and Dayna lean on each other as the days pass. They grow closer and a bond is formed.

A tragedy befalls them on Thanksgiving. Can their love, and the intense love they feel for Khloe, be the miracle they are looking for?

Website: Lynn’s Blog

Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Goodreads

Buy Links:

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Thanks for stopping by. I have a little something for everybody today. Fantasy fans are sure to love Aisling by Eli Celata. For a less edgy read, Nell Dixon‘s Looking for Juliet is a contemporary medical romance, with just a hit of suspense. I love that it’s set in rural England. Inspirational author, Felicia Rogers, is back with One of Twelve: book two of her Meaningful Numbers series.

Enjoy!

Blurb:  When Jess discovers her reflection is a separate being, her world turns upside down. She is drawn into an multidimensional war for survival alongside her reflection – an Aisling of the 2nd Dimension. As they fight to protect Earth from mind-controlling parasitic leeches, Jess finds herself falling for her Aisling, Kilpeni.

Their love presents a twisted reflection of the story of Narcissus which both recognize, but for every reason they shouldn’t be together, they find more that draws them to each other like moths to a flame. Add in an interfering omnipotent being in charge of overseeing their progress who communicates through branded telegrams, and this pair of star-crossed lovers are doomed to be together forever yet worlds apart.

Website: wordpress.com

Social Media:

Twitter: @Celata E

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EliCelata/

Goodreads: goodreads.com/EliCelata/

Buy Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Aisling-Narcissus-Retold-Eli-Celata-ebook/dp/B073VCS6CF/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1500477047&sr=1-1&keywords=aisling+by+eli+celata

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/aisling-eli-celata/1126728097?ean=2940158614613

Blurb:  ‘More than her heart is in danger’

Dr. Neil Forrest’s introduction to Juliet, his new practice nurse got off to a fiery start in more ways than one. Juliet, and her small son, Charlie are hiding out from something or someone, but who and why?

Neil quickly realizes that he has to leave his own past behind if he is to be there when it counts for Juliet, and for Charlie.

Website: http://www.nelldixon.com

Social Media:

Blog: http://nelldixonrw.blogspot.co.uk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nelldixonauthor/

Twitter: @NellDixon

Buy Links:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=Looking+for+Juliet

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073Z9TFZP/ref=sr_1_53?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1500327049&sr=1-53&keywords=Looking+for+Juliet

Blurb: Renissa Cardona was miracle baby number twelve, but by age ten the sunshine and roses ended. Her mother passed and her father became a bear to live with. Determined that all children would have a mother, she heads the Cardona Foundation for Displaced Orphans. The building and organizing falls on her. Her life is lonely, but she doesn’t mind–she has everything she needs. Right?

David Carlson takes a chance and responds to an advertisement requesting a date. He wants to think his motives are pure, because when it comes to love he’ll only search the right way. However, once he meets the lady in question his thoughts of organized love fly out the window.

There is a problem–Renissa doesn’t believe. David isn’t sure what holds her back, but he is determined to find out.

Website: http://www.feliciarogersauthor.weebly.com/

Social Media:

www.facebook.com/feliciarogersauthor

www.goodreads.com/feliciarogers

Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071WN7VFL

I invite you to check out today’s selections . Heather Gray‘s Skye, and Elizabeth Maddrey‘s A Heart Reclaimed are inspirational stories that are part of “Cherished,” a boxed set of seven tender romance novels. The Gold, by Krista Wagner is a coming-of-age fantasy about bullying and escaping reality

Blurb: From seven bestselling Christian authors comes a compilation of brand new, never-before-published contemporary Christian romance novels for your summer vacation reading. This multi-author anthology is only available for a limited time, so grab this boxed set while you can!

Skye: When Skye reaches her limit, she packs a bag and runs away from it all…without realizing what she’s running toward. Sam is the only wrinkle in her plan. What happens when a woman chased by guilt and fear runs headlong into a battle-hardened Marine who isn’t used to backing down?

Website: http://www.HeatherGrayWriting.com

Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathergraywriting/

Twitter: @LaughDreamWrite

Instagram: www.instagram.com/laughdreamwrite

BuyLink: https://www.amazon.com/Cherish-Tender-Christian-Romance-Novels-ebook/dp/B073K1MSN4

A Heart Reclaimed: Two landscape architects and former college rivals work together to restore the grounds at Peacock Hill. Will the garden they plant blossom into love?

Website: http://www.ElizabethMaddrey.com

Social Media: http://www.Facebook.com/ElizabethMaddrey

BuyLink: https://www.amazon.com/Cherish-Tender-Christian-Romance-Novels-ebook/dp/B073K1MSN4

Blurb:  Ten-year old Amanda is constantly teased and tormented in school. Her home life is less than satisfactory where her widower father, often away on business trips, leaves her in the care of her indifferent teenaged sister. Worse, not a day goes by when Amanda doesn’t miss her mom. To escape reality, Amanda creates fantasy stories, but when she discovers a talking golden pebble, her imagined world turns into a new-fangled reality.

Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristawagnerofficial/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristawagner31/https://www.goodreads.com/author/dashboard

Buy Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Krista-Wagner/dp/1621355535/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499135783&sr=8-1&keywords=krista+wagner+the+goldhttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gold-krista-wagner/1124394393?ean=9781621355533

The Hunted (Book 2 in the Knight’s Academy Series), by Emerald Barnes, is for those of you who enjoy paranormal and fantasy reads. The cover says a lot, don’t you think? If vampires aren’t your cup of tea, check out Abby’s Letters, by Dana Romanin–a heartwarming YA novel dealing with a painful past, uncertain future, and sisterly love. Rounding out today’s list is Covered, by E. A. West, a story about escaping an abusive relationship, and the tough, yet tender group there to help.

I hope you enjoy this week’s diverse selection.

Blurb:  Myka Williams has been forced out of Knight’s Academy and is on the run, constantly moving to keep the vampires off her trail until Preston’s venom is no longer coursing through her veins. But she isn’t alone.

Brent Jacobson is her protector, training her and teaching her how to be the werewolf she’s destined to be. He’s annoying, stubborn—and hot. But there’s something he isn’t telling her.

Myka has to come face-to-face with the truth of who she really is. Will she find safety, or will she always be hunted?

Website:

Website: www.emeraldbarnes.us

Social Media: 

Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/emeraldbarnes

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fanpageforemeraldbarnes

Twitter: www.twitter.com/emeraldbarnes

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35574749-the-hunted

Buy links: 

Amazon: http://amzn.to/2sEKaxh

Nook: http://bit.ly/2tiwkCA

iTunes: http://apple.co/2tJbVJP

Blurb:  For years, Jane’s mom told her horror stories about her time spent in foster care. Now she’s determined to keep her little sister from suffering the same fate.

Seventeen-year-old Jane Sanders has had to take care of her alcoholic mother and little sister, Abby, since her dad died seven years ago. And now Mom had to go and die too. Authorities determine it was a homeless transient who died in the fire of the old manufacturing plant, but Jane knows the truth.

There is no way she’s going to let Abby go into foster care which leaves her with one option—fake her mom’s life. As far as Abby knows, their mom is in rehab. And Jane wants to keep it that way. She’d be eighteen in a few months then she could become legal guardian to her sister. With the help of her best friend, Clark, it should be easy, right?

Juggling nosy neighbors, a concerned school counselor, and an oblivious new boyfriend turns out to be harder than Jane thought. But the real problem begins when Abby starts writing letters to Mom. Through Abby’s letters, Jane sees a different side to their mom—a side she could have loved. And loving Mom is something she didn’t plan on. Because loving somebody makes it harder to ignore their death.

Website: www.DanaRomanin.com.

Social Media:

Twitter: @DanaRomanin

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanaRomaninAuthor/

Buy Links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Abbys-Letters-Dana-Romanin-ebook/dp/B0721MFNR8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497650452&sr=8-1&keywords=abby%27s+letters

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abbys-letters-dana-romanin/1126566488?ean=2940157200473

Blurb:  Lacey Daniels wants a normal life where she can go to dinner or the mall without constantly looking over her shoulder. Unfortunately, her abusive father is out of prison and more dangerous than ever. The Hawthorne Guardians, a local motorcycle club that protected her as a child, is her only hope for normalcy. Some of the faces have changed, but the credo is the same: protect the innocent. One Guardian, Ratchet, takes an interest in more than her safety. He wants her heart.

Despite her growing feelings for Ratchet, Lacey can’t escape the threat her father poses. With him free and seeking revenge, she will never be safe. Her only chance for a normal life — and maybe true love — lies with Ratchet, a man who is willing to do whatever it takes to keep her father from hurting her again… even if it means risking his life to save her.

Website: http://eawest.mcphitty.com

Social Media:

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Facebook Author Page: http://www.facebook.com/EAWestAuthor

Twitter: http://twitter.com/eawest

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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/eawest

Buy Links:  

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M9AMDJI

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M9AMDJI

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1125093296?ean=2940157109691

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/covered-5

iTunes: http://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/covered/id1161622028?mt=11

I hope you’ll enjoy this week’s selection of books. Fit to Love, by Jessica Rachel Kreger, is not only an inspirational romance but an inspirational story of a young woman fighting to get fit. A different kind of romance if found in Not My Idea, a historical fiction by Bethany Swafford. It’s the first book in The Gentlemen of Misfortune series. Just Claire, a coming-of-age story by Jean Ann Williams, tackles the difficult subject of depression, and how one young girl copes.

Happy Reading!

Blurb:  After her mother’s tragic death from diabetes, mousy Daisy Day embarks on her own life-saving mission to lose a hundred and fifty pounds. Handsome personal trainer and Army veteran, Eric Anderson, seems like the answer to her prayers, but he’s way out of her league…not to mention taken by a picture-perfect model almost half her age.

When Daisy lends her marketing acumen to launch Eric’s personal training business and helps him overcome his grief from losing his brother in Afghanistan, he realizes he has more in common with her than his own girlfriend. Yet when the hours of training pay off, and Daisy is transformed into a head-turning beauty, he’s not the only man to notice.

Daisy Day is fit to love and she’s already fallen for Eric… but with his now ex-girlfriend chasing after him, and another man in Daisy’s arms, is it too late for him to catch her?

Website: http://www.jessicarachelkreger.com

Social media:

Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/jessicarachelkreger/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessicaRKreger

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/jessicarachelkreger

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16410360.Jessica_Rachel_Kreger

Buy links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fit-Love-Jessica-Rachel-Kreger-ebook/dp/B01N9VMOHK

Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fit-to-love-jessica-rachel-kreger/1125556723?ean=2940157621452

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/fit-to-love/id1198888606?mt=11

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/702438

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/fit-to-love

Blurb: “Lucas, you must return home.”

Twenty two year old Lucas Bywood abandons his Grand Tour in response to those words from his father. Everything is not well at home and he finds himself in a bit of a fix. A little warning that his father had made tentative arrangements for his marriage would have been nice but Luke really wishes it had been anyone other than the young lady chosen. After all, Phoebe Ramsey had always been an annoyance and any time they had spent together had resulted in physical injuries for one of them.

Just when Luke thinks he’s escaped that particular future, he finds himself courting a young woman he doesn’t want, a furious best friend who wants a duel to satisfy honor, and the responsibility of finding who and why someone had caused an accident for his mother.

This was not his idea of what the summer was going to be like.

Website: https://writenovelsread.wordpress.com/

Social Media: 

Instagram: bethanyswafford

Twitter: @SwaffordBethany

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Bethany-Swafford-Author-303302543339828

Buy links: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B071K8BLNM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498094843&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=bethany+swafford&dpPl=1&dpID=51MGrDwRQTL&ref=plSrch

Blurb:  Thirteen-year-old ClaireLee’s life changes when she must take charge of her siblings after her mother becomes depressed from a difficult childbirth. Frightened by the way Mama sleeps too much and her crying spells during waking hours, ClaireLee just knows she’ll catch her illness like a cold or flu which hangs on through winter. ClaireLee finds comfort in the lies she tells herself and others in order to hide the truth about her erratic mother.

Deciding she needs to re-invent herself, she sets out to impress a group of popular girls. With her deception, ClaireLee weaves her way into the Lavender Girls Club, the most sophisticated girls in school. Though, her best friend Belinda will not be caught with the likes of such shallow puddles, ClaireLee ignores Belinda’s warnings the Lavenders cannot be trusted. ClaireLee drifts further from honesty, her friend, and a broken mother’s love, until one very public night at the yearly school awards ceremony. The spotlight is on her, and she finds her courage and faces the truth, and then ClaireLee saves her mother’s life.

Website:  Jean Ann Williams, Author

Social media: 

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jeanann_w/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeanAnnWilliams

Author Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Jean-Ann-Williams-848295125269670/?ref=hl

Buy links: 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Just-Claire-Jean-Ann-Williams-ebook/dp/B01A9S4AYE/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1489535324&sr=1-1&keywords=just+Claire

I hope you enjoy this week’s selections. Adventures in Barn Town by Eve Culley is a children’s book about farm life and farm animals–but not your ordinary barnyard crew. Book one in the Seasons Series is Season of Hope, by Sara Jane Jacobs. This inspirational romance spans more than a decade in the lives of Tyler and Amanda. Take a peek into Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy‘s holiday romance with serious undertones. Will love prevail? You’ll have to read Scarred Santa in order to find out.

Blurb: Welcome to Barn Town where the residents are friendly and there is mischief and mystery around every corner. Things are changing in Barn Town and Ol’ Stripe is keeping his eye on the new arrivals and the current residents in an attempt to keep peace.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/barntownculley

Social Media:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31703560-adventures-in-barn-town

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barntownculley

Twitter: @eveculley

Buy Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Barn-Town-Culley-Eve-ebook/dp/B01KLLEXRS/ref=la_B072FLGKP5_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1498084852&sr=1-1

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/adventures-in-barn-town-eve-culley/1125994126?ean=9781621355984

Blurb: When Amanda Jarvis prays that a special friend will move into the vacant house near her isolated mountain home, she isn’t upset when God sends a boy instead of a girl. But Amanda’s not the only one receiving unexpected answers to her prayers. After fleeing with his mother from an abusive father, Tyler Armstrong finds much-needed love and acceptance with Amanda’s family over the next ten years.

As high school graduation nears, Tyler is shocked when one carefree afternoon with Amanda churns up an inner turmoil he would have never imagined; he’s crushing on his best friend. And for the first time in his life he’s hiding a secret from Amanda. Convinced the timing is all wrong, Tyler pushes his feelings aside as he and Amanda prepare for the future. He will soon begin training to pursue his dream of becoming a Navy SEAL, while Amanda makes plans to spend the summer in Manhattan with her aunt and then return home to the community college.

When Amanda’s summer job catapults her into a modeling career, she readily accepts the much-needed distraction. Tyler’s impending deployment is turning her world upside down. Along with the fact that she’s falling for her best friend. And, for the first time in her relationship with Tyler, she’s hiding a secret, too.

Phoebe Garrison, Amanda’s controlling aunt, is thrilled when she is given the power to act on behalf of her underage niece. Bored with her Fortune 500 advertising agency, becoming Amanda’s manager is just what she’s been looking for to rekindle her aspirations. But as Tyler becomes aware of Phoebe’s obsession to push Amanda into supermodel status, tensions rise. As the three of them become entangled in a mass of concealed ambition and desire, each will make decisions that will send ripples of turbulence across their futures.

Website: http://www.sarajanejacobs.com

Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarajanej

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarajanejacobs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jacobsjanesara

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/50289360-sara-jane-jacobs

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacobsjanesara

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSpH25j4GdaoKDMXkOVNlxA

Buy Links:

Amazon: http://a.co/aDtFaUz

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-season-of-hope-sara-janejacobs/1125877392?ean=2940157214357

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/708666

Blurb:  His Persian Gulf service as a Marine left Rafe Sullivan wounded and scarred. His return to civilian life has proved difficult at best. He’s quit more jobs than most people ever hold in a lifetime and he’s become a near recluse. Although he interacts with his widowed mother and his brother’s family, Rafe lives lonely. A chance glance at a beautiful woman at a church dinner leads to another encounter. Sheena Dunmore comforts him during a PTSD moment and because of her, he accepts a job playing Santa Claus at the mall for the holiday season. Being Santa offers many challenges but as Rafe grows closer to Sheena, he finds it easier and easier to overcome them. Rafe falls in love but he soon decides it’s best if he backs away so Sheena can meet someone better. He realizes his mistake but must face his greatest fear of all – fire – or there may not be a chance for a new beginning with Sheena.

Website: A Page In The Life: http://apageinthelifeleeannsontheimermurphy.blogspot.com

Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leeann.sontheimermurphy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leeannwriter

Buy Links:

Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Scarred-Santa-Lee-Sontheimer-Murphy-ebook/dp/B01MRI3B27

Smashwords:https: //www.smashwords.com/books/view/681633

BN: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/scarred-santa-lee-ann-sontheimer-murphy/1125124434

Welcome to Thumbnail Thursday. I’ve got quite an eclectic group of books for you to check out today. If something strikes your fancy, I hope you’ll leave a note and let the author know.

If you’re looking for some action and adventure, check out Jennifer Froelich‘s young adult release,  Stealing Liberty, released just a few days ago. Hanging With My Peeps, by Kathy Higgs-Coulthard is a humorous middle-grade book filled with fun and chickens–in case you can’t tell by the cover. Six Pack Emergence (The Six Pack Book 1) by B.W. Morris, is the story of six young superheroes set in a dystopian world.

Blurb: A heist so monumental, it may cost them everything…

When Reed Paine is sent to a secret detention school for teens whose parents are branded enemies of the state, he doesn’t expect to find friendship – especially after coming face to face with Riley Paca, a girl who has every reason to hate him.

But when Reed, Riley and a few others start reading the old books they find in tunnels under the school, they begin to question what they are taught about the last days of America and the government that has risen in its place.

Then the government decides to sell the Liberty Bell and Reed and his friends risk everything to steal it – to take back their history and the liberty that has been stolen from them

Website:  www.jenniferfroelich.com

Social Media: @jenfroelich on Facebook

@jenfroelich on Twitter

jennifer.froelich on Instagram

jenfroelich.tumblr.com

Snapchat: jen.froe

Buy Links: 

Amazon  https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Liberty-Jennifer-Froelich-ebook/dp/B0719C12JG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1497467326&sr=1-1&keywords=stealing+liberty

Blurb: Before Dad’s rust-bucket lurched into the driveway with forty-three chickens in the back, the closest Sami Duggan had ever come to poultry was licking the grease off her fingers at the local KFC. Now Sami better think quick before her whole life is turned upside down by Dad’s latest get rich quick scheme.

Website: www.writewithkathy.com

Social Media:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kathy.higgscoulthard

Twitter  @michianawriter1

Instagram  @kathiggscoulthard

Buy Links:

Amazon   https://www.amazon.com/Hanging-My-Peeps-Katherine-Higgs-Coulthard/dp/1621355152

Barnes and Noble  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hanging-with-my-peeps-kathryn-higgs-coulthard/1123723069

Blurb: Tyler is set to graduate from secondary school when he learns the truth about the nation of Novusordo and how the government controls the population. He and his five friends visit a professor’s house, consume another drink and gain strange powers. Now they find themselves part of a movement against the government and must learn to control their powers and how they might change society. But can they trust the movement… or even each other?

Website: relaxingwithsixpack.blogspot.com

Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bwmorrisauthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sixpackwriter

Buy Links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Six-Pack-Book-ebook/dp/B06WRT8RH1/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/six-pack-bw-morris/1125796344?ean=2940157441722