14 May 2018

Bout of Books 22

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 14th and runs through Sunday, May 20th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 22 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. -From the Bout of Books team

I'm so ready for a week full of reading! I don't have any classes right now, plus I won't be working on Friday (though I will be spending the weekend with family), so I should get through plenty of the books I'm hoping to read. Here's my TBR for the week:


-The Accidental Guardian by Mary Connealy
-Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Jill Mansell
-How to Be a Perfect Christian by The Babylon Bee
-Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton
-Last Year's Mistake by Gina Ciocca*
-Luck, Love & Lemon Pie by Amy E. Reichert
-The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
-The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
-The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West*
-The Theory of Happily Ever After by Kristin Billerbeck

* = started reading before May 14th


And throughout the read-a-thon week, I'll be posting here, on Twitter, and on Litsy (@hes7) with my progress. (Feel free to join the reading fun by signing up over at Bout of Books!)

Happy reading!

11 May 2018

The Friday 56 & First Line Friday | Falling for You

The Friday 56 is hosted weekly by Freda's Voice.
First Line Friday is hosted weekly by Hoarding Books.

Happy Friday!

This book is my plan for weekend readingI'm beyond excited. Finally! I loved the first book in this series, True to You, and ever since reading it, I've been eager to find out more of the story between Willow and Corbin.

Enter a giveaway for Falling for You here.

09 May 2018

Waiting on Wednesday | My Plain Jane

Hosted weekly by Breaking the Spine 
to spotlight eagerly-anticipated upcoming releases.
(Similarly, Can't-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Wishful Endings.)

Happy Wednesday!

It's been too many months since I last joined in the Waiting on Wednesday fun, but I'm happy to be back talking about books I'm excited to read!

This book, the companion to My Lady Jane (a book I completely loved!), is one of my most anticipated books of the year, and I can't believe its release is less than a couple months away. I'm so ready for it.

08 May 2018

Top Ten Tuesday | Books With My Favorite Color on the Cover

Hosted weekly by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Happy Tuesday!

Red has long been my favorite color. I love how bright it is, and so many book covers have caught my eye with a splash of red. Here are a few of my favorites.

The Backcountry Brides Collection | Spotlight & Guest Post

Welcome to the blog tour and giveaway for The Backcountry Brides Collection, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Travel into Colonial America where eight women seek love, but they each know a future husband requires the necessary skills to survive in the backcountry. 

Living in areas exposed to nature’s ferocity, prone to Indian attack, and cut off from regular supplies, can hearts overcome the dangers to find lasting love?

Shenandoah Hearts by Carrie Fancett Pagels: 1754 - Great Wagon Road, into the Shenandoah Valley (Virginia)
As the French-Indian War commences, Magda Sehler wonders if Jacob Owens lost his mind to have abandoned his Philadelphia business and moved to the Shenandoah Valley. Or has he lost his heart?

Heart of Nantahala by Jennifer Hudson Taylor: 1757 - (North Carolina)
Joseph Gregory plans to buy a lumber mill, but Mabel Walker becomes a formidable opponent. When she’s forced to make a painful decision, she must choose between survival and love.

Her Redcoat by Pegg Thomas: 1763 - Fort Michilimackinac (Michigan) during Pontiac’s Rebellion
Laurette Pettigrew grew up in the northern frontier. Henry Bedlow arrived against his will. Their chance meeting changes everything. Will a deadly clash of cultures keep them from finding happiness?

A Heart So Tender by Debra E. Marvin: 1764 – (New York)
As thousands of Native warriors converge on Fort Niagara, jaded British Lieutenant Archibald Walsh and idealistic schoolmistress Susannah Kimball learn the greatest risk lies in guarding their hearts.

A Worthy Groom by Angela K. Couch: 1771 - Sapling Grove settlement on the Holston River (Tennessee)
The Cowden temper has been Marcus’s lifelong bane. A trait Lorinda Cowden curses. Now, winning the heart of his bride hinges on fighting a war without raising a fist.

Across Three Autumns by Denise Weimer: 1778-1780 – (Georgia)
Fighting Loyalists and Indians, Jenny White settles for strength over love . . .until Scottish scout Caylan McIntosh leads her family on a harrowing exodus out of Georgia’s Revolutionary “Hornet’s Nest.”

The Counterfeit Tory by Shannon McNear: 1781 – (South Carolina)
Tasked with infiltrating an infamous Tory gang, Jed Wheeler has no wish to endanger the leader’s cousin, Lizzy Cunningham. He risks not only his life. . .but his heart.

Love’s Undoing by Gabrielle Meyer: 1792 - Fur Post on the Upper Mississippi River (Minnesota)
When Englishman Henry Kingsley meets Abi McCrea, the daughter of a Scottish fur trader and Indian mother, will their worlds keep them apart, or have they finally found somewhere they truly belong? 

Publisher: Barbour Books  
Release Date: May 1, 2018