Tuesday, December 11, 2018

THE HEART OF ALASKA a Sunset Destiny Prequel by JJ Ellis and TA Ellis

Do you like Alaska?  I do.  Have you ever had a chance meeting and formed a lifelong friendship?  Charlotte and Ethan did just that while they were both on vacation in Alaska as children.  They continued their friendship with letters and phone calls. Then there is a break up.  And, another chance meeting while they are both headed to Alaska to work at a cmap.  Will they fall in love? Will they reconnect?

AMAZON - The Heart of Alaska a Sunset Destiny Prequel

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

THE CHRISTMAS STAR by Robert Tate Miller

Paul was the son of  a working class man his mother passed when he was little.  Becca was the daughter of wealthy parents.  They meet at summer camp in their late teens and fall in love.  Nothing Becca's  parents do can keep them apart.  They marry and settle away from NYC in a little town in Maine.  They have two daughters and life is pretty good, until their oldest daughter falls through the ice while skating and dies. Paul becomes a drunk and pushes everyone away.  Then one Christmas Eve he slips and falls and hits his head, g=he winds up back on the eve of Christs birth and lives that. 

AMAZON - The Christmas Star

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

BETWEEN FRIENDS By Debbie Macomber

Good story that takes two girls, one wealthy and one poor; all the way from childhood to adulthood.  Jillian is from a well to do family and becomes a lawyer in NYC.  Lesley stays in their hometown and gets married young and has several kids.  This takes you through the 60's and what is going on at that time.  Can distance and money tear their friendship apart?

AMAZON - Between Friends

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

SWEET LOVE by Sarah Strohmeyer

Have you ever intervened in your child's relationship?  This is what happens here.  Betty managed to break up her daughter Julie and Michael.  Now, she realizes she might have made a mistake.  So, she arranges for them to "win" a set of dessert making classes.  Can they reunite?

AMAZON - Sweet Love

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

HER FATHER'S HOUSE by Belva Plain

An interesting story.  Donald is a high powered lawyer in NYC and flies all over the world for the company.  However he is single.  He meets Lillian at a park and they fall in love. and, have a baby.  They were not together when Tina was born, but as Donald visited her he fell in love.  The nanny let him know that Lillian was never home and that it was a bad thing for Tina.  He decides to take Tina and run away.  He ended up in the mountains of Georgia and settled into a great life. He was always looking over his shoulder because as his ex wife continued to marry up they continued to search.  Then they found them....What happens?

AMAZON - Her Father's House

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS