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Have You Walked A Mile In My Shoes?

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Thank you to Goodreads for a copy of Home Front by Kristin Hannah.   I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review.   Kristin Hannah explores what it is like for a women to go over to the war in Iraq.   What is the impact on their family?   What is her relationship like with her husband?   How will her children fare while she is gone?    Or the real question who is the community that she can count on in this story? Facebook        Instagram      Goodreads “Like many couples, Michael and Jolene Zarkades have to face the pressures of everyday life ― children, careers, bills, chores ― even as their twelve-year marriage is falling apart. Then a deployment sends Jolene deep into harm's way and leaves defense attorney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a single parent to their two girls. As a mother, it agonizes Jolene to leave her family, but as a solider, she has always understood the true me...

Step Back in Time with Kristin Harmel

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Thank you to Goodreads and Gallery books for a copy of The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel.   I was given this book in exchange for an honest review. This book is the first time that I have had the opportunity to read   a book by Kristin Harmel.   I had heard many good recommendations about her books, in the past.   I love a good historical fiction book that includes mystery and intrigue or more specifically the resistance during World War II in Paris.   Can she make this as exciting as the Nightingale by Kristin Hannah? Kristin Harmel Facebook     Twitter     Instagram Synopsis: When newlywed Ruby Henderson Benoit arrives in Paris in 1939 with her French husband Marcel, she imagines strolling arm in arm along the grand boulevards, awash in the golden afternoon light. But war is looming on the horizon, and as France falls to the Nazis, her marriage begins to splinter, too. Charlotte Dacher is ele...

Are You Ready For a Rip Roaring Good Time?

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Today I have the honor of sharing Beth Harbison’s latest novel Driving With the Top Down.   I won this novel from Goodreads First Read   and St. Martins Press in exchange for an honest review.   I really enjoyed Beth’s last novel that I had a chance to share here.   So I couldn’t wait to share this one! Synopsis:   Colleen is debating about taking a business trip to find new pieces of furniture or trinkets for her shop.   She turns junk into treasure.    Since her husband Kevin is taking Jay their son to the Baseball Hall of Fame.   What could she do with her time?   She decides to go on a trip down the east coast visiting various auctions for work. There is one catch she must take her niece Tamara along, because her father doesn’t want her left alone at home.   Will this be the road trip from hell or a good time?   When the ladies leave and start traveling all starts as planned. They suddenly they find themselves ...