SAVE ME by Lisa Scottoline

This is a great story and well worth the read.  It covers so much, bullying, a mystery and romance.

Rose and Leo and their children Melly and John move to a small town.  Melly is enrolled in a school that has just opened. Rose is a volunteer lunch room parent and witnesses Melly being bullied.  She is talking to the three girls when there is an explosion.  After coming to she has to decide whether to get the three girls to safety or go after Melly who has run to the bathroom close to where the explosion took place.  She opts to get the three girls out first as they are closest to her, she gets them to the hallway where they can join other children heading outside with a teacher manning the doorway.  She then has to get to Melly.  She is able to reach her but she has suffered smoke inhalation.  After she gets her out and they end up at the hospital she is told that one of the three girls has not been found.
Bad goes to worse as everyone jumps to conclusions about what happened.
Things do not add up and Rose starts to do some investigating…

AMAZON - Save Me

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

MIRACLE by Danielle Steel

Another great book by Danielle.
Quinn had lost his wife Jane and his daughter would barely speak to him.  So, he decides to charter a yacht and sail for several months.  While aboard he reads the journals his wife had written, feeling even more guilty for being away so much of the time building his empire.  He returns home to San Francisco, and having decided to sell their home starts the long hard work of sifting through a lifetime of belongings.  On New Years Eve a terrible storm blows through and literally blows down tress and wrecks all sorts of havoc.  He meets his next door neighbor while assessing the damage.  He needs roof work as well as other work done to repair the damage.  After having no luck finding a contractor he calls one of the referrals and Jack is able to come and look at the damage.  It turns out to be just what they all needed.  Quinn finds something to help take his mind off of Jane, Jack finds friends, and a teacher in Quinn and Maggie the next door neighbor finds a reason to live again.
All the while Quinn is having a sailboat built that will allow him to sail for the remainder of his life.

AMAZON - Miracle

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

THURSDAY'S CHILD by Sandra Brown

What would you do if your identical twin asked you to be her for a few days?   If you are Allison Leamon; you are not able to turn your sister Ann down.  However, Allison will have to fool Ann's fiancé while Ann undergoes breast implant surgery.  She has not told Davis, her fiancé she is having the surgery.  Allison and Ann while they are  twins are different in personality.  Allison is quiet and works in research, wearing glasses and plain clothes.  Ann is outgoing, does not wear glasses and likes bright colored clothes.  The first evening as Ann checks into the surgical center, Allison meets Davis and his long time friend for dinner.   She trips and falls right outside the restaurant, losing a contact in the process.  Davis orders Ann's favorites, including alcohol, beef and pate.  Allison drinks very little and rarely eats beef and doesn't like liver.  But, she does her best.  Then while dancing with Spencer-Davis's friend he makes a pass at her.

Will the guys find out?  Will Allison finally find love?

AMAZON - Thursday's Child

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

LETTING GO by Pamela Morsi

What would you do if the husband you loved was dying of cancer?  What would you do if the treatments had to be paid for-would you insist on every possible chance?  Even to the detriment of your future?

That is what Ellen Jameson did, she never admitted to herself or her husband that he might not survive. She mortgaged the house, used all their savings and investments and in the end Paul passed away.  Now 5 years later, she has lost her home and business and had to file bankruptcy.  She her daughter Amber and Jet, Ambers 3 year old daughter move in with her mother Wilma.  Ellen attempts to see the best in everything.  Amber was a very good student, she was very responsible; helping Ellen with the caring of her father.  After his death and the subsequent problems she went a little wild.  She got pregnant and gives birth to a biracial daughter.  Jet is a sweet mannered child much like her grandmother.  Wilma has been in and out of marriage and her last one ended after his death.  Now his children are trying to force them out of their dads home.  And, to top it all off Ellen must find a job.

AMAZON - Letting Go

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS