I did like the story quite a bit. The toddler was lost at sea and then grew up not knowing she was not living with her own parents. Then a stranger arrives one stormy night and she finds out the truth. She ends up going to work for her real father's family. But someone didn't want her to ever fin...
It is a good book to spend time reading. Allie has a generalized belief/view of God but does her best to trust him. Someone is stalking her and killing members of her family. The police don't seem to care. She runs to the Bluebird Youth Ranch, which turns out to be her grandfather's place. She's...
While I loved the overall premise of the story and the characters I found the book to be just a touch unbelievable, laughable even. Every, single, bad thing that could happen to a person did. Breaks-ins, snakes, wolves, stampedes, plotting family members, family feuds, swooning...it felt a little...
Libby Holladay restores old buildings by flipping them. She and her partner, Nicole, are checking out Hope Island for a developer, Lawrence Rooney. Nicole is kidnapped while Libby is watching on her computer. Libby becomes the prime suspect especially when she finds out she has inherited the i...
I've discovered the Christian fiction of Colleen Coble and I had a hard time putting the book down... in fact I didn't and finished reading “Tidewater Inn” in one day. The beginning, a kidnapping, who wouldn't want to find out the who, what and why of that? Though as the reader continues reading ...
First off, I absolutely LOVE the cover. Seriously. Whenever there’s a discussion about pretty covers, this one comes to my mind first. I did a Cover Focus on it awhile back too! And it contains a great story. There were a few scenes that I can only describe as heart-melting – so sweet, and I love...
This book was the second in the Mercy Falls series. It picks up where the first one left off. Addie North (she married John) became friends with Katie Russel, the switchboard operator whom she met in the first book. This book follows Katie as she is expected to marry a wealthy man named Bart some...
I have read so many historical fiction books in which two people marry for convenience, or because one is a mail-order bride, I'm almost sick of the same old plot...but, I often wondered, how would this work in a contemporary fiction novel? How could you get two people to marry for convenience an...
I think this is one of the best books by Colleen Coble that I have read so far. It is Christian and it does have lots of romance, but it is also filled with suspense, which I love the combination.It was so easy to feel like I was a part of the story living right there in it. I loved the character...
This was OK-- again, very simplistic and the amount of plot information that is attempted / crammed into a two page section of a chapter is ridiculous. It makes it so that things are solved WAY too simplistically, as well as reduces the actual character development. Bree is supposedly a smart K9...
This "book" was not worth the read, to be honest. It was really four novellas, all with the same annoying premise, all with the same predictable happy endings. The characters were almost all exactly alike and I essentially felt like I read the same sappy love story four times in one book. Girl se...
Clay Larson had a job that kept him away from his new wife Eden and at times put his own life at risk as a photo journalist in the drug lord filled jungles in Columbia. When their only infant daughter Brianna is suddenly kidnapped and a ransom offered, the Larson's marriage will be put to the ult...
I really like the mystery all though it is pretty far fetched. It is fun to see who "did it" at the end, but it never has anyone had worse luck then this family. Although I like this character, it would have been a little more believable if it didn't all (the three books before and then this on...
Lily and Andy were in love and planning their future together. Until the fateful night that a suspicious fire killed both of their fathers. Andy left to join the Secret Service to pursue justice for their deaths. He took on a new identity as Drew Hawkes. Upon the death of her mother, Lily accepts...
This book was written by 4 different, wonderfully-talented authors, each telling the story of 4 close friends, all belonging to a book club in Smitten, Vermont. The authors wrote about each girl, their unique life stories and their finding love in God's own timing. This is a Christian romance nov...
This Novella was really entertaining! This is yet another glimpse of a series that I REALLY WANT TO READ NOW!!! LOL! Just a taste of all of these great characters has left me wanting to read the series and discover more and more about them! Colleen comes up with the most unique and lovable cha...
"You're afraid of really living, Haley." He flicked his finger at her camera. "You hide behind your camera instead of stepping out and engaging life with both hands. You're so afraid you'll fail at something, you won't even try." For some people, Alaska is a breathtaking wilderness adventure, ful...
"Lani opened her eyes fully, straining to see something, anything. It was as though she swam in a black sea that blacked out all light, all visual sensation. 'I can't see, ' she whispered. 'I can't see!' Her shriek rose and echoed off the blackness."A seemingly random shooting at her aunt's coffe...
In the land of aloha and paradise, dark secrets lurk just below the surface.When a tragic accident downs a tourist boat off the coast of Hawaii, dolphin researcher Kaia Oana is one of the first in the water, risking her own life to try and save others. She’s enlisted to help the U.S. Navy find o...
“Lauri!” It smelled like freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies. Bree laid her hand on his arm. “Don’t get mad. Let’s give her a chance to explain.” He moved toward the closet and her hand fell away. “I want the best for her, but she exasperates the h...
He’d been up most of the night going over his plan for the Miller home. Barbara had said she wanted something different, so he’d designed a nearly circular home with wide, curving windows to take advantage of the desert mountain views. The exterior would be concrete instead of the pale stucco usu...
The vegetation along the pink-granite cliffs was thick enough to hide an elephant, and no one could see him from here. His lookout was at the top of Sunset Cove, and he focused his binoculars on the people boarding the boat. Claire, her husband, Luke, and Newham with his entourage of the children...
Gideon barely noticed them or the stink of antiseptic that burned his nose. He sat in a hard-backed chair and held his wife’s hand. “Is she going to die?” Odette asked, her voice trembling. She turned to her father for reassurance. He’d hoped seeing Odette would rouse Miranda, so he’d gone after ...
She flipped it open and whispered, “Hang on,” before tiptoeing out into the hall. She slipped into the bathroom and shut the door. “Hello,” she said. She ’d been half-asleep and hadn’t checked the caller ID.“Hi, hon,” Reece said. “I hope I didn’t wake you.”Hannah cleared her throat. “It’s after m...
Bane panted. His muscles burned from the strain. Though Ipo didn’t weigh more than a hundred pounds, she was hard to carry as a deadweight. He labored to pull air into his lungs as he rested a few minutes while Leia dug his cell phone out of his shirt pocket. At least she wasn’t refusing to use i...
Most folks had heard of the latest rescue and congratulated her. In spite of such kindness, events like this emphasized her presence as an outsider even as she slogged on in her quest to be accepted. One family, however, loved Bree in the way she craved. She spotted Palmer and Lily Chambers from ...
His greatcoat did little to stop the icy wind from chilling him through and through. The door opened, and he looked down into Emmie’s face. Her eyes widened when she saw him. Was that a flicker of fear in her eyes? Why would she ever be fearful of him? &n...
Emily said, smiling as she walked into the Monday afternoon sunshine. She’d spent the better part of the day trying not to think about her mother and parole. Olivia kept shaking her out of her worry by reminding her at least Dad and Naomi weren’t getting a divorce. And neither had cancer. But sti...
He sipped on his punch and balanced a plate of cake and nuts on his knees as he sat in a folding chair and eyed the rest of the guests. The more he thought about it, the more he doubted anyone would try to hurt Delilah in a public setting like this. Everyone had moved into...
Eight o’clock. Lauri was with Davy and Timmy, who was spending the night for Davy’s birthday. The boys would be happy and content until she got back. But she had to do this tonight. She had to prove her certainty that Yancy was the guilty party before he harmed anyone else. Kade drove his truck. ...
The serene kitchen decorated in shades of taupe, soothed her. Here, she was most at home, most in control. Cherry-blossom rice-paper blinds over the window above the sink added a splash of color. “Dinner, Father,” she called. Miso soup bubbled on the stove, and the aroma of teri stir-fry filled t...