Monthly Bookshelf Review - March 2018

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March's Books Completed and Reviewed

The Mayflower Bride: Daughters of the Mayflower by Kimberley Woodhouse - Mary Elizabeth is one of the Separatists on the Mayflower, and William is one of the Strangers. The difficulties of the journey bring them together, but Mary Elizabeth must decide if William can be trusted with her heart. (Read my full review HERE.)

The Mayflower groaned and creaked with each plunge into the swells. Willima had lost count of how many times he'd been thrown to the deck by the crashing waves. But they had to fix the main mast, or all their hopes were lost.

A Light on the Hill (Cities of Refuge) by Connilyn Cossette - After a tragic mistake results in Moriyah being accused of murder, she must flee to one of the Israelite cities of refuge, and trust the brother of her accuser to help her. (Read my full review HERE.)

He interrupted again. "I thought I could do this--take you to Kedesh. I told myself it was the right thing to do, to ensure justice for Zeev and Yared. but I cannot do it. I can't watch you be put on trial and accused of murder by my own brother."

Keturah (The Sugar Baron's Daughters) by Lisa T. Bergren - Lady Keturah and her two younger sisters travel to the West Indies to take over the running of their late father's sugar plantation. They face danger and opposition that they'd never expected, but Keturah also has a chance to experience real love. (Read my full review HERE.)

She concentrated on the island, her thoughts turning to the fears she harbored about her new life on the shores ahead. How was she to manage it? Truly Even with Selah and Ver to help her . . . 

During March I continued reading:

As Death Draws Near (A Lady Darby Mystery) by Anna Lee Huber - Kiera and Gage cut their honeymoon short at the request of Gage's father, who sends them to Ireland to investigate the murder of a young nun.

I had anticipated as much, guessing that one of the reasons Lord Gage had recommended his son bring me was because I was one of the few people who possessed both of the traits this investigation required. I was a woman and I possessed a detailed knowledge of anatomy, reluctantly accrued at the hands of my late anatomist husband, but acquired all the same.

 



During March I started reading:

The Weaver's Daughter: A Regency Romance Novel by Sarah E. Ladd - Kate's father is a weaver tied to the traditional trade, and Henry Stockton is heir to the local wool mill and determined to continue modernization.

Kate took Charles's arm and turned toward Stockton House. She bit her lip as her gaze climbed from the hedges flanking the door to the leaded windows above it to the slate roof stories above her. A strange sense took hold of her, as if the moment she stepped foot in the enemy's home, everything would change.

The Innkeeper's Daughter by Michelle Griep - Alex is disguised as a merchant and gambler in order to find a traitor, and Johanna is doing her best to keep the family inn operating against increasing odds. Alex wants to help her, but can't jeopardize his mission by telling her the truth.

Alex strode down the street, wishing for the hundredth time he could ease the ugly questions he'd created in Johanna's eyes. Not that he blamed her. Men didn't usually hand over coins without the tether of expectations.

Coming Up in April!

In Places Hidden (Golden Gate Secrets) by Tracie Peterson
The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y'Barbo
A Treacherous Curse (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery) by Deanna Reybourn
Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi (Experiencing God) by David Crowder
Delilah: Treacherous Beauty by Angela Hunt
Downsizing The Family Home: What to Save, What to Let Go by Marni Jameson

     

    

      

This post will be linked at:

5 Minutes For Books - What's On Your Nightstand, March 27
The Book Date - March Reading In Review

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Teaser Tuesday/First Chapter First Paragraph - The Innkeeper's Daughter

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
• Share the title and author, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

 Suffer? The word circled like a vulture, ready to swoop and stab the barely healed scars left behind by her father. "The only thing my father suffered from was too much drink and a lying tongue. I abhor both!"
~The Innkeeper's Daughter by Michelle Griep, page 66

 

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First Chapter/First Paragraph/Tuesday Intros is a weekly link-up hosted by I'd Rather Be At The Beach. To participate, share the first paragraph (or two) of a book you're reading, or thinking about reading.

Dover, England, 1808

Numbers would be the death of Johanna Langley.

Three hours of sleep after a night of endless--or more like hopeless--bookkeeping. Two days to pay the miller before he cut off their flour supply. And only one week remained until the Blue Hedge Inn would be forced to close its doors forever.

Numbers, indeed. Horrid little things.

A frown etched deep into Johanna's face as she descended the last stair into the taproom. Stifling a yawn, she scanned the inn's public room, counting on collaring their lone boarder, Lucius Nutbrown. His payment would at least stave off the miller. Six empty tables and twelve unoccupied benches stared back. Must all the odds be stacked against her?

Here's the blurb:

Threats from abroad mean nothing when there's danger at home.

Officer Alexander Moore goes undercover as a gentleman gambler to expose a high-stakes plot against the British crown in 1808 - and he's a master of disguise, for Johanna Langley believes him to be quite the rogue . . . until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm.

All Johanna wants is to keep the family inn afloat, but when the rent and the hearth payment are due at the same time, where will she find the extra funds? If she doesn't come up with the money, there will be nowhere to go other than the workhouse - where she'll be separated from her ailing mother and ten-year-old brother.

Alex desperately wants to help Johanna, especially when she confides in him, but his mission - finding and bringing to justice a traitor to the crown - must come first, or they could all end up dead. 

It'a race against time for them both.

What do you think? Would you continue reading?

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What I'm Reading - March 26, 2018

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This weekly reading list meme is hosted at Book Date. Join in to see what others are reading and maybe get some ideas of what to read next!

I finished reading . . .  

Keturah (The Sugar Baron's Daughters) by Lisa T. Bergren - Keturah and her two sisters travel to the West Indies to manage their late father's sugar plantation themselves. They face all kinds of trials and troubles, and Keturah has to be willing to open her heart to trust and love in order to succeed. (Read my full review HERE)

I'm currently reading . . .

The Innkeeper's Daughter by Michelle Griep - still early in this story, but I've met Johanna and her family, who are barely making ends meet running an inn; and I've met Alex who is staying at the inn while on an undercover assignment.




The Weaver's Daughter: A Regency Romance Novel by Sarah E. Ladd - Kate has been helping her father in his weaving trade but times have been hard thanks to new machines that the larger mills are using.




As Death Draws Near (A Lady Darby Mystery) by Anna Lee Huber - Kiera and Gage are investigating the murder of a novice nun in Ireland.

 


Next on the stack... 

In Places Hidden (Golden Gate Secrets) by Tracie Peterson
The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y'Barbo
A Treacherous Curse (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery) by Deanna Reybourn
Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi (Experiencing God) by David Crowder
Delilah: Treacherous Beauty by Angela Hunt
Downsizing The Family Home: What to Save, What to Let Go by Marni Jameson

     
   

   

On my blogs recently . . .

Here on Just A Second:

Recent Reads - Keturah
Scripture and a Snapshot - Palm Sunday
Wordless Wednesday - First Days of Spring

And on my homeschool blog, Homeschool Coffee Break:

VideoText Interactive (Blogging Through the Alphabet)
Homeschool Highlights - Spring Snow Edition, Week Twenty-nine
Virtual Refrigerator - Dwight
Books in Print and Handwritten Notes

What are you reading?

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