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Lady Crenshaw's Christmas by Heidi Ashworth, Book Review

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Blurb from the novella: Ginny and her beloved Anthony, Lord Crenshaw, are finally married and have spent the bulk of their first blissful six months of marriage in the country. However, Ginny must now hostess a Christmas ball at Dunsmere, the estate of the dowager Duchess of Marcross. How is a mere vicar's daughter to carry off such an event with no experience and little exposure to the ways of the ton? And how is she to meet the expectations of her Grandaunt Regina, earn the good graces of Anthony's uncle the Duke of Marcross, endure the spite of the duke's new wife, manage the hysterical escapades of Lucinda, Lady Avery, and find the perfect gift for her husband, all while expecting a babe? All these questions and more are answered in Lady Crenshaw's Christmas, a short story follow-up to two full length novels, Miss Delacourt Speaks Her Mind and Miss Delacourt Has Her Day available via Montlake Romance. My Review: I love a good regency story a

Indomitable by J. Meyers, Book Review

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Blurb from the novella: Perhaps the most dangerous person to gain unimaginable power is the one who feels oppressed. And full of wrath. For very good reason. My Review: Indomitable is a novella about the character Jonas from J. Meyers full-length novel, Intangible.  I loved this novella, I read it in one sitting!  I was surprised by the depth of emotion that was portrayed in Jonas' story.  I definitely was not expecting such sadness and heartbreak, yet I feel that I now understand his character much better than I did before.  I also appreciated that I got more insight into other characters from Intangible through Jonas' story.  If you are looking for a light read, this is not it.  Jonas' story is heartbreaking.  I don't want to say more because I don't want to spoil it.  The novella ends right where he meets Sera in Intangible.  I appreciated this story very much!!!  I hope that J. Meyers decides to write many more books in this series because I can

North Pole High: Rebel Without A Claus

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Blurb from the book: MEET SIXTEEN YEAR OLD CANDYCANE CLAUS. She's the most popular girl at North Pole High. Her father is world-famous. And every day is Christmas. What more could any girl want? BOYS! And the new boy, Rudy Tutti, is hot chocolate. But he hates anything to do with Christmas! When Candy and Rudy are forced to work together on a school Christmas-tree project, her world is turned upside down: Her grades start to suffer, she loses her taste for ice cream, and now the two North-Star-cross'd teens must contend with her overprotective father — Santa Claus — before Christmas is ruined for EVERYONE!  My Review:  I would like to thank the author for providing a copy of the book for review. When I read the summary for the book I was excited because the summary was great and I love a good Christmas book!  When I began reading though, I was highly disappointed by the cheesy details of the novel.  The chef to the Claus family was a penguin named Chefy and a h

The Table in the Window by Elaine Cantrell, Book Review

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Blurb from the novella: Being dumped by your gorgeous fiancé is bad enough no matter when it happens, but he did it at Christmas time! Marley thinks she’ll never get over it, but Rob Travers disagrees. He sets out to win Marley’s heart, well aware that when she finds out about his past, she may turn her back on him forever.     My Review:   I am a new reader of Elaine Cantrell so I wasn't sure what to expect at all.  I was pleasantly surprised!  I was immediately interested in the story from the first page!  Marley's story was interesting and I found myself sympathizing with her and cheering for her!  I didn't want to put this book down until I was finished!  Don't discount it because it is a novella, it is very well written and the story has a way of drawing you into it.  The characters are relatable and the emotions were heart-felt!  I gobbled this novella up as fast as I could read it and I would read it again!  Four and a ha

I am back up and running!!!

Woo-hoo, I am back up and running!!!  I have three reviews to write so I will do that tonight and post one first thing tomorrow for you!  It has been a LONG five days for me being away from my blog and I am so happy to be back!  Reading is my passion and I am grateful to have a way to share it with others!  Merry Christmas, I have three or four more Christmas book reviews coming this week :)

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My computer is currently down and posting from my phone is incredibly difficult. Please bear with me, I will be back up and posting reviews as soon as possible!! Thank you so much for stopping by Books Are Sanity!!!

The Parting Gift by Rachel VanDyken, Leah Sanders, Book Review

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Blurb from the book: Blaine Graham lost his mother at the tender age of eleven. Grief over the loss drove a wedge between him and his father, and soon proved too difficult for him to deal with. At the age of sixteen, he falsified his papers and made the trip across the border into Canada with his best friend to join the Royal Canadian Air Force and enter the war in Europe as a pilot. Ten years later Captain Graham finds himself flying commercial jets in Boston – his estranged father and his past life all but forgotten, until the day he receives a telegram from his dying father asking him to come home. The persistent Mara Crawford, a live-in nurse, has experienced her fair share of loss as well. Her attachment to Blaine’s father drives her desire to bring reconciliation between the two men before time runs out for her patient. But her best laid plans didn’t include falling in love again. My Review: I will admit that it was a bit hard for me to get into this s

FREE December 13 and 14th, Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren

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This amazing series by Lisa T. Bergren is one of my absolute favorites of all time!  Today December 13th and tomorrow December 14th, the first book in the series, Waterfall is FREE!!!!  So hurry and pick up your own copy for you and for your friends!  Here is a quick blurb from the book: What do you do when your knight in shining armor lives, literally, in a different world? Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Betarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives among the romantic hills with their archaelogist parents. Stuck among the rubble of the medieval castles in rural Tuscany, on yet another hot, dusty archaeological site, Gabi and Lia are bored out of their minds...until Gabi places her hand atop a handprint in an ancient tomb and finds herself in fourteenth-century Italy. And worse yet, in the middle of a fierce battle between knights of two opposing forces. Suddenly Gabi's summer in Italy is much, much more interesting. Here ar

Release Day for Princess of the Silver Woods (Princess, #3) by Jessica Day George!!!

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Released today, December 11, 2012!!! Blurb from the book: When Petunia, the youngest of King Gregor's twelve dancing daughters, is invited to visit an elderly friend in the neighboring country of Westfalin, she welcomes the change of scenery. But in order to reach Westfalin, Petunia must pass through a forest where strange two-legged wolves are rumored to exist. Wolves intent on redistributing the wealth of the noble citizens who have entered their territory. But the bandit-wolves prove more rakishly handsome than truly dangerous, and it's not until Petunia reaches her destination that she realizes the kindly grandmother she has been summoned to visit is really an enemy bent on restoring an age-old curse. The stories of Red Riding Hood and Robin Hood get a twist as Petunia and her many sisters take on bandits, grannies, and the new King Under Stone to end their family curse once and for all.   I loved this book so much!  If you have read the Princess se

The Million Dollar Gift by Cheree Alsop, Book Review

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Blurb from the book: When Chase risks his life to save a brother and sister just before Christmas, his life becomes entwined with theirs more intricately than he could have imagined. Emotional and moving, this is a story of a young man whose troubled heart is tested by the one thing he is unprepared to face, love. My Review:   This is not your typical Christmas story, it is so much more than that.  The Million Dollar Gift is an emotional and poignant novel.  Chase is troubled and feels like he has no worth.  When he makes a split decision to try to save two people, his life is changed forever.  What one family can see in him, he cannot see in himself.  Chase's journey is emotional and one you will be happy you chose to read.  I don't cry during movies or books, but this one brought tears to my eyes.  An amazing story filled with truth that many fail to see, that love and family are the best gifts of all.  Five stars and I will recommend this

A Timeless Romance Anthology (Winter Collection), Book Review

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Blurb: Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed brand new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Winter Collection. A collection unlike any other, readers will love this compilation of six sweet historical romance novellas, set in varying eras, yet all with one thing in common: Romance. The Road to Cavan Town by Sarah M. Eden, set in 1864 Ireland, combines Eden’s sense of humor with her signature sweet romance. Alice Wheatley walks each weekend into town, accompanied by Isaac Dancy. And while Alice finds herself falling in love with the gentleman, unfortunately he has his eyes set on the belle of the town, Miss Sophia Kilchrest. Alice must find a way to turn Isaac’s eyes toward her. Regency author Heidi Ashworth’s delightful story, It Happened Twelfth Night, set in England 1812, follows Luisa Darlington who discovers the man of her dreams, Percy Brooksby, isn’t in love with her as much as she thought he was. When Percy’s friend, the mysterious foreigner, Mr.

Scavenger Hunt for Eternal Hope

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Welcome to the Eternal Hope Scavenger Hunt!!!  I bet you have been hopping around cyber space hoping to find all of the keys words!  Are you shaking with the anticipation of it all?  I bet you are!  So onwards we go!  You can find all of the in formation for the hunt here on my blog.  I have a copy of the excerpt to fill out and links to the other blogs for today!  Good luck and have fun :-) Book Information Title: Eternal Hope Series: The Hope Series, Book Two Author: Frankie Rose Published: October 10, 2012 Genre: YA Paranormal Romance Synopsis: He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me When your friends go missing and you don’t know if they’re dead or alive; when you tie your soul to the one you love; when you kill to protect and your family suffers, there’s only one thing you can do: Move to Montana. Farley Hope is special. She was prophesied to kill the forebears of her bloodline- a race of cold-blooded Reavers, men who steal the souls of t

A Candlelight Courting by Joyce DiPastena, Book Review

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  Blurb from the novella: When Burthred comes courting on Christmas Eve, Meg rejects his advances. She has her heart set on becoming a nun and insists that he call her Christina, the spiritual name she has chosen for herself. She tries to make him swear on her box of holy relics that he will not pursue her, but he carefully words his oath to allow him to stay in her candlelit chamber and try to change her mind. What Meg does not confess is that her reliquary box holds a secret. Burthred needs a wife, and no one will satisfy him except Meg. He swore on his father’s deathbed that he would marry her. But Burthred has a secret, too. When they come together before the Yule fire, their shared revelations will either join their hearts together or tear them apart. My Review: Joyce DiPastena does a beautiful job of bringing the reader straight into the medieval times and into Meg's world!  The descriptions of her home made me feel like I was right there

Finding The Baby Jesus by Kimball Fisher, Book Review, Guest Post & Giveaway!

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Blurb from the book: After being forced to wear lederhosen for the annual holiday card picture, twelve-year-old Chris thinks that the least his parents can do is get him the Tony Hawk skateboard he wants for Christmas. But when he recovers the hand-carved Baby Jesus that everyone thought had been destroyed in a fire the year his Grandma died, Chris realizes that some gifts are even more important than skateboards. When the author had to discontinue a cherished tradition of reading Christmas stories out loud with his family and holiday guests each week in December, he wrote Finding the Baby Jesus. He had been unable to locate enough meaningful stories that could be read in a single sitting with wiggly children. My Review: Finding the Baby Jesus is a short, sweet and simple story that illustrates the real meaning of Christmas.  It is poignant and emotional.  It is beautifully written and tugs at your heart strings!  It is a quick read, only about ten minutes, b

ReAwakened by Ada Adams, Book Review and Giveaway!

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ReAwakened by Ada Adams (Angel Creek #2) Publication Date: November 27th, 2012 Book Description: Becoming a vampire guardian was Dawn Fairchild’s ticket out of the Scarlet House. Fresh off a successful mission, life in Angel Creek should have been great. But when her sort-of-maybe-boyfriend, Sebastian, disappears on a quest to help a beautiful vampire from his past, Dawn finds herself amidst a web of danger, lies, and deceit. Joining forces with Razor, an enigmatic rebel lacking both a verbal and a physical filter, and her band of Misfits—Brooke, Sophie, Hunter, and Seth—Dawn is thrust into a race against the clock to solve the mystery surrounding brutal Born kidnappings and come to terms with the sudden discovery of her own unique powers. With time ticking away and Born vampires’ lives in jeopardy, it quickly becomes evident that someone—or some thing —desperately wants Dawn and is willing to shed any amount of blood to get her. Dawn has only one chance

All Fall Down by Julie Colter Bellon, Book Review and Giveaway!!!

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About the Book   Author: Julie Coulter Bellon Release Date: September 2012 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Genre: Romantic Suspense   Book Description:   Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down . . . That simple rhyme turns negotiator Claire Michaels’ current hostage situation into an international incident. Claire just wants to help get everyone out safely, but as the crisis escalates she realizes she’s dealing with an al-Qaeda operative who has the means to become another bin Laden---with the potential to attack America.   Claire has her own personal reasons for wanting to stop al-Qaeda, but time is slipping away as negotiations break down. Can she overcome her scars of the past in order to get the hostage out alive and possibly stop an assault on U.S. national security? Navy SEAL Rafe Kelly is on leave to recover from a knee injury he suffered during his tour in Afghanistan and he doesn’t

The Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George, Book Review

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Blurb from the book: When Petunia, the youngest of King Gregor's twelve dancing daughters, is invited to visit an elderly friend in the neighboring country of Westfalin, she welcomes the change of scenery. But in order to reach Westfalin, Petunia must pass through a forest where strange two-legged wolves are rumored to exist. Wolves intent on redistributing the wealth of the noble citizens who have entered their territory. But the bandit-wolves prove more rakishly handsome than truly dangerous, and it's not until Petunia reaches her destination that she realizes the kindly grandmother she has been summoned to visit is really an enemy bent on restoring an age-old curse. The stories of Red Riding Hood and Robin Hood get a twist as Petunia and her many sisters take on bandits, grannies, and the new King Under Stone to end their family curse once and for all. My Review: I love the twelve dancing princesses story!  It is one of my very favorite fair

Eternal Hope by Frankie Rose, Book Review

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Blurb from the book: He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me When your friends go missing and you don’t know if they’re dead or alive; when you tie your soul to the one you love; when you kill to protect and your family suffers, there’s only one thing you can do: Move to Montana. Farley Hope is special. She was prophesied to kill the forebears of her bloodline- a race of cold-blooded Reavers, men who steal the souls of the living to gain power. The Quorum had counted on Farley ending her own life in the process, but when Kayden came to her aid and helped save both her and Daniel, he undid their plans. Now the Quorum are displeased, not only with Kayden, but with Farley and Daniel too. Though her father is now dead, Farley’s troubles with the Reavers are far from over. An ancient Immortal, trapped for a thousand years, wants Farley for himself, and he will stop at nothing to claim her. With secrets that lead to anger and pain, that turn friendship to dust, the grou

Dreamspell by Tamara Leigh is FREE on Amazon!!!

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This book is AMAZING!!!  And it just happens to be FREE right now over on  Amazon!   Hurry over and pick up your copy, it is free until November 24th!!!  I have read and  reviewed this book and trust me when I say that it is one you will not want to put down!!!  This is one you will be THANKFUL that you picked up!  I hope all of you have a happy day and enjoy your new book!!!  Here is the blurb:   A TIME TO LIVE. A TIME TO DIE. A TIME TO DREAM. Sleep disorders specialist Kennedy Plain has been diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. When her research subject dies after trying to convince her he has achieved dream-induced time travel and her study is shelved, she enlists herself as a subject to complete her research. But when she dreams herself into 14th-century England and falls into the hands of Fulke Wynland, a man history has condemned as a murderer, she must not only stay alive long enough to find a way to return to her own time, but prevent Fulke from murdering

Love At First Date by Susan Hatler, Book Review

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Blurb from the book: Ellen’s figured out that finding the right guy is all about compatibility. That’s why she’s signed up for Detailed Dating—the local online dating scene in Sacramento. Learning men’s preferences up front, plus a few weeks of email correspondence, has resulted in two candidates she’s excited to meet in person. When Ellen’s best friend asks her to baby-sit her beloved pooch, dog-sitting leads to disaster and Ellen ends up at the local vet where she meets a man she can’t stop thinking about. Henry isn’t a logical choice, but Ellen suddenly finds herself signing up for a week-long doggy class to spend more time with him. Now, Ellen has a choice: Go with one of the logical choices or let herself fall for the one man her heart seems to want. My Review: Susan Hatler has a knack for writing books that draw me in from the very first page!  I love her writing style, it flows easily and never has me backtracking.  Love At First Date is a cute novella le

A Flirtatious Rendezvous (Gentleman Next Door, #4) by Cecilia Gray, Book Review

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Blurb from the novella: Miss Hanna Morton is: 1. an affectionately dutiful daughter, 2. a hopeless romantic, and 3. desperately in love with one Mr. Hayden Banks despite good sense advising her to the contrary. Mr. Hayden Banks is 1. a reluctantly dutiful son, 2. an ingenious mathematician, and 3. incredibly wary of one Miss Hanna Morton when his matchmaking mother sets them under the same roof. Hanna is hoping for Hayden's heart, but what will become of their flirtatious rendezvous? My Review: At first I wasn't sure of this fourth installment in the Gentleman series.  It started off when the two main characters were only twelve years old.  Soon I realized that this was necessary to the story.  Hanna is constant in her love for Hayden and he knows it.  In turn, Hayden knows that he cannot and will not ever love Hanna in return.  However when a bet is struck between Hayden and his Mother, Hayden becomes confused and realized that not everything can be figured out m

A Dangerous Expectation (Gentleman Series #3) by Cecilia Gray, Book Review

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Blurb from the novella: In the cloistered English countryside, an improbable couple will defy expectation. Miss Cassandra Drummond, shipping heiress and consummate shut-in, flees London and the hectic to-do of her sister’s upcoming nuptials. She wants a quiet summer away from everyone, especially marriage-seeking fortune hunters. She doesn’t expect Mr. Gray Abernathy to prove dangerous to her impregnable walls. Mr. Gray Abernathy, poor ducal relation and consummate harmless flirt, eeks by on his charming manner and his pretty face. He wants an independence where he isn’t beholden to anyone, certainly not a shipping heiress. He doesn’t expect Miss Cassandra Drummond to prove dangerous to his impregnable heart. Fortunately for all, love and life can often exceed expectations… My Review:  I love the premise of this story!  The two main characters end up in a precarious situation and find out that they have more in common that they could ever have imagined!  I loved le