For the less than two people who follow this blog, and are fans of Lee Tobin McClain's series The Sacred Bond you may realize I made a grievous error back in January. When I read His Baby Bond I am beginning to think that somehow I was reading the wrong book. I am not sure what happened, but the book I have now on my Paperwhite IS the right one, and now I need to go back and read it because I am pretty sure I'm hooked on these guys now.
In the words of the author, "The Sacred Bond series spotlights four former delinquents who grow up to become heroes due to a bond they made as teenagers." This particular book is #4 in the series and had I of read the right book with His Baby Bond (#1) this might have made more sense. But that is water under the bridge.
This Christian romance novel features Bad Boone McDermitt, who's back in
Pleasant Haven, Florida to help his troubled nephews ... not to romance
the preacher’s daughter! But the handsome doctor sees a kindred spirit
in restless, talented Abby Smith, and he’s drawn to her spirituality as
much as to her beauty. The problem is, Boone doesn’t think he’s
good enough for Abby, and a few small-minded church people agree. As for
Abby, she must choose between a dutiful life with the clean-cut
minister dear old dad’s chosen for her and the dangerous, passionate
freedom Boone represents. It’ll take a lot of prayer and an assist from
the Sacred Bond brothers to teach Boone and Abby that sometimes, the
biggest risk is in not following your heart. (description, quotes and picture from amazon.)
Of course, now the end makes sense because "The Doctor's Bond brings to a close the Sacred Bond series of Christian romance books."
Sigh ... I need Amazon gift cards for Christmas.
Happy Reading!
O:)
Melissa
Quick read before I started on our Book Club book, but I just realized it is next week so I better get started soon!
Reeling from a broken engagement that resulted in a small town scandal,
ER nurse Julie Crain just wants to be left alone over the Fourth of July
Holiday weekend. But when single dad, Derek Ryerson and his young
daughter need a place to stay to recuperate from a car accident, Julie
can't ignore their plight. She knows she needs to protect her heart, but
little Lexi needs love and support. But soon she realizes the former
soldier has a secret that could tear them apart. (description from amazon)
Roger got me this book for Christmas and since it had been sitting in the pile by the bed for awhile I decided to take a break from the Paperwhite and read a "real book".
Here's the thing I will always love about reading ~ it takes you away! Just today I was finishing this book up and I was sitting outside while some girls I gave birth to flitting around and making all sorts of loud noise. But I was so entranced in my book, all that felt 1000 miles away and in reality I was in Florence, Italy in 1944 and there were Germans shooting at me ....
I love this book about the Monuments Men. I had never heard about them until we watched the movie with Matt Damon and George Clooney, but then I was very intrigued. I'm so glad he got me this book! Hang on tight til the end!
Shadowed by Grace is a dramatic story inspired by the Monuments
Men of World War II by acclaimed author Cara C. Putman. Desperate to
save her dying mother, Rachel accepts her newspaper's assignment to
travel to Italy to capture images dangerously close to the front lines
of WWII. Her real motive - to find the father she never knew -- an
artist she hopes can offer the comfort and support both she and her
mother need to survive. It's an unlikely situation for love and faith to
flourish, but soon Rachel not only finds herself, but also her
long-lost earthly father, and ultimately, the man her Heavenly father
created to cherish and provide for her.
In other reading news, I finally got my Paperwhite books in an order that is easily searchable. If you will remember, not long after I started piling books on it I immediately ran into a HUGE problem! While you can "flip through" the titles and covers of the books on your e-reader, you cannot see the summary on the back to know what the book is about! And you can't see how thick it is! So I have now undertaken the monstrous project of organizing all that information together with my good friend Excel. I made a whole bunch of sheets in one document that breaks out all the books I have by Alpha, Fiction/Nonfiction Alpha, Fiction/Nonfiction number of pages, Series, and Fiction/Nonfiction summaries. So now I can get on my one file and see what I want to read next. I'm debating adding a sheet with Genres also, but I got tired of looking at all those titles!
Happy Reading!!
O:)
Melissa
