04 June 2019

A Song Unheard | Character Spotlights + Giveaway

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Willa Forsythe is both a violin prodigy and top-notch thief, which make her the perfect choice for a crucial task at the outset of World War I—to steal a cypher from a famous violinist currently in Wales.

Lukas De Wilde has enjoyed the life of fame he’s won—until now, when being recognized nearly gets him killed. Everyone wants the key to his father’s work as a cryptologist. And Lukas fears that his mother and sister, who have vanished in the wake of the German invasion of Belgium, will pay the price. The only light he finds is in meeting the intriguing Willa Forsythe.

But danger presses in from every side, and Willa knows what Lukas doesn’t—that she must betray him and find that cypher, or her own family will pay the price as surely as his has.

Publisher: Bethany House
Release Date: January 2, 2018


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Three years into the Great War, England’s greatest asset is their intelligence network—field agents risking their lives to gather information, and codebreakers able to crack every German telegram. Margot De Wilde thrives in the environment of the secretive Room 40, where she spends her days deciphering intercepted messages. But when her world is turned upside down by an unexpected loss, for the first time in her life numbers aren’t enough.

Drake Elton returns wounded from the field, followed by an enemy that just won’t give up. He’s smitten quickly by the too-intelligent Margot, but how to convince a girl who lives entirely in her mind that sometimes life’s answers lie in the heart?

Amidst biological warfare, encrypted letters, and a German spy who wants to destroy not just them, but others they love, Margot and Drake will have to work together to save them all from the very secrets that brought them together.

Publisher: Bethany House
Release Date: June 4, 2019


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Romances I Want to Read | Top Ten Tuesday

Hosted weekly by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Happy Tuesday!

Romance is, hands down, the genre I prefer to read. I just love reading about love. Here are just a few of the romances I'm looking forward to reading soon.

03 June 2019

Reading Challenges | May Update

It's June, so it's time to check-in on my progress with my 2019 reading challenges.


Beat the Backlist: 205/100 books
Mount TBR: 77/100 books



#Booked2019: 9/24 books

Bookish's May Bingo: 16/25 books (and 1 bingo)



  • Genre you don't usually read: The Light and the Glory by Peter Marshall & David Manuel
  • Written in 1950-1999: Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
  • Features missions or missionaries: Devotedly by Valerie Elliot Shepard
  • Features racial tensions: Borders of the Heart by Chris Fabry

#LitsyAtoZ: 22/26 books

#LittenLoveBingo: 13/25 books



  • An epistolary novel or collection of letters: Devotedly by Valerie Elliot Shepard
  • A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

#ReadingUSA: 26/50 books


What books did you read in March for a reading challenge?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #51

Hosted weekly by The Book Date.

Happy Monday!

Homework, running, bowling, and reading... again. Another decent week.

31 May 2019

Law and Addiction | Book Review

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One week before his law school graduation, Jake Rutledge is shattered. His fraternal twin, Blake, has died of a drug overdose. When Jake returns to his hometown of Oakley, West Virginia, he discovers that his brother was not the only person hooked on opioid painkillers. The entire region has been ravaged by an epidemic insidiously planned and carried out by one of America’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies.

Still wet behind the ears, Jake is determined to seek justice for all the victims of Big Pharma’s greed. He soon learns that the drug companies’ tentacles reach far and deep. His only hope is to get Nicholas “Deke” Deketomis to help. A partner at one of the country’s most powerful law firms, Deke’s “as tough as a two-dollar steak” and well-known for his winning tactics against corporate wrongdoers. With just enough persistence, Jake coaxes Deke to see Oakley’s devastation firsthand. Overwhelmed, Deke agrees to join forces with Jake.

And that’s when the real heat begins. Death threats, bribes, unlawful property seizure schemes – all are connected to the massive distribution of both legal and illegal drugs. Everyone is impacted, from the highest levels of corporate America to corrupt local officials to their lackeys and hapless victims. The complexity of the schemes is overwhelming.

Working tirelessly, the lawyers begin to uncover the truth. Along the way, Jake falls in love with Anna Fowler, a former homecoming queen who has succumbed to the power of opioids. With his support, she weans herself off the drugs. Hope begins to bloom when suddenly, Jake disappears. As Deke undertakes a desperate search to find him, questions swirl. Has Jake abandoned Anna and his crusade? Can the case against the evildoers move forward without him? Will Oakley and its residents survive? Law and Addiction is real-life drama at its finest, a book that clears away the darkness page by page, spotlighting a profound truth about our society through expert storytelling.

Publisher: Waterside Productions
Release Date: May 7, 2019