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GIVEAWAY!!

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Since everyone is stuck at home for awhile, what better way to spend all of this extra time than by reading? So, I am going to give away one book to one lucky winner.  All you have to do is: Subscribe! Share this post with your friends Comment what fun things you have been doing during this quarantine That's it! The giveaway ends Friday and I will announce the random winner on Saturday. And the book I will be giving away is: Danger in the Shadows by Dee Henderson. I have read this book before and loved it!  Here is the back cover info: Sara is terrified. She's doing the one thing she cannot afford to do: fall in love with former pro-football player Adam Black, a man everyone knows. Sara's been hidden away in the witness protection program, her safety dependent on staying invisible—and loving Adam could get her killed! Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become ...

Book Review: Star of Persia

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Star of Persia by Jill Eileen Smith     In an effort to complete a war his father had planned to win, King Xerxes calls every governor, satrap, and official in his vast kingdom to his palace in Susa to strategize and feast. When they finally leave, he decides on one more week of frivolity, which ends in the banishment of his favorite wife, something he never intended to do. But when he discovers Esther, Xerxes is sure he has a second chance at happiness.    In her wildest dreams, Esther could never have imagined that she would end up as queen of Persia. Yet she knows better than to become complacent. Another of Xerxes's wives is vying for position, and his closest advisor has a deep and dangerous grudge against Esther's adoptive father. Caught in the middle of palace politics, Esther will find herself in an impossible position: risk her life or consign her people to annihilation.    With her impeccable research and her imaginative flair, Jill Eile...

Book Review: Out of the Embers

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Out of the Embers by Amanda Cabot    Ten years after her parents were killed, Evelyn Radcliffe is once more homeless. The orphanage that was her refuge and later her workplace has burned to the ground, and only she and a young orphan girl have escaped. Convinced this must be related to her parents' murders, Evelyn flees with the girl to Mesquite Springs in the Texas Hill Country and finds refuge in the home of Wyatt Clark, a talented horse rancher whose plans don't include a family of his own.    At first, Evelyn is a distraction. But when it becomes clear that trouble has followed her to Mesquite Springs, she becomes a full-blown disruption. Can Wyatt keep her safe from the man who wants her dead? And will his own plans become collateral damage?    Suspenseful and sweetly romantic,  Out of the Embers  is the first in a new series that invites you to the Texas Hill Country in the 1850s, when the West was wild, the men were noble, and the women ...