Author: BonnieReadsAndWrites

Book Description

Book Review

Mariah, Ashley, and Sarah Grace have been estranged a long time.  Mariah left Sugar Gap, Tennessee, long ago, searching for her self-worth and fleeing her mother’s reputation. She worked hard and built a career as a well-known and respected chef.  Ashley also left to pursue her career, and Sarah Grace stayed, determined to help their grandmother keep her bakery open. Now their grandmother has passed away but has left the three sisters a set of 15 tasks to complete, along with the incentive to do so.  To further complicate matters, Sam Jenkins, whose heart Mariah broke when she left town, is now the Sheriff and has been appointed to help them.

This is engaging small-town fiction.  The ending is not hard to figure out, but the experience of spending the Fall holidays in a picturesque mountain town makes up for that.  The cast of characters makes Sugar Gap come alive.  There is a sweet, slightly spicy, romance and revealed secrets, but the messages of forgiveness and overcoming self-doubts are the most important parts of the story. The series of tasks is entertaining, enhanced by the townsfolk and the complex relationship of the sisters. Don’t pass on this chance to spend the holidays in Sugar Gap, a place of new beginnings and second chances. This is Book One of the Sugar Gap Romances series.

I received a free copy of this book via Zooloo’s Book Tours. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.

About the Author

Michele Dunaway is a best-selling contemporary romance author who writes happily-ever-afters set in small towns with unique quirk, where life is “Hometown Sweet with Hints of Spice.” Describing herself as a woman who does way too much and never wants to stop, Michele writes about finding forever love and second chances. She’s a proud mother of two grown daughters. As an avid pet lover, Michele shares her home with far too many rescued cats, who of course completely rule the roost.

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Thank you to Zooloo’s Book Tours.

Here we are in August already. It’s the last real month of summer and the beginning of Fall, in my opinion. It’s been a summer that has been rainy at times and sunny at times, and so has life. We lost a family member unexpectedly and remembered that life is so, so short and fleeting. We are praying for another family member who has been diagnosed with cancer. On the sunnier side, we also had good times with the grandkids, and we are enjoying the beauty of the mountains and produce from our garden.

A while back, Doug simply scattered some sunflower seeds on a bank in front of our house. Below is the result:

LAST WEEK ON BONNIE READS AND WRITES

On Thursday, I posted a review of The Luckiest Man Returns, a beautiful baseball story.

On Friday, I posted a review of A Family Affair by my favorite author, Jodi Taylor.

NEXT WEEK ON THE BLOG

I will review Beneath A Radiant Moon by P.L. Jonas and Hypocrite’s Row by Eliot Kleinberg. I may participate in Top Ten Tuesday if time permits.

BOOK HAUL

I received Netgalley widgets for all three of these, and I’ll be reviewing them for The Historical Novel Society.

The Woman Between by Francine Rivers
The Three Daughters of Annam by Phong Nguyen
The French Innkeeper’s Daughter by Diane C. McPhail

I hope you’re having a wonderful summer. Believe it or not, Christmas is only 138 days away!

Thank you to The Caffeinated Book Reviewer for hosting Sunday Post and Deb at Readerbuzz for hosting Sunday Salon.

Today’s topic is: Books that live rent-free in my head. They can be books that you love or hate, books that scared you, etc. Basically, they are books you can’t forget. I listed four series and one book, and that adds up to many more than ten books.

1. The Chronicles of St. Mary’s Series: The characters in these books have become old friends, with many, many re-reads. One of my favorite quotes: “He was calm and soothing and had a reasonable explanation for everything. No woman should have to put up with that.”
2. The Chronicles of Narnia: Quotes from these books still stay with me after all these years. One I really like is from The Horse and His Boy: “Child,” said the Lion, “I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own.” Another one is: “Do not dare not to dare.”
3. The Time Police. Again, I will list the whole series. This is a spinoff of Jodi Taylor’s Chronicles of St. Mary’s. There is a whole spiel around the “f” word, because timid Jane can’t say it, so she says “fire truck,” and everyone starts doing it throughout the series. It’s hilarious.
4. The Harry Potter Series: I love these books and revisit them often. The world-building was so good it actually became part of our world. Quidditch became a real sport. There are Muggle Quidditch leagues all over the world (no flying that I know of. 😉 “Muggle” was added to the English Oxford Dictionary. And there are many other examples.
5. The Door Into Summer: This was when I first became interested in time-travel fiction. This quote about trusting people stayed with me: “I had taken a partner once before—but, damnation, no matter how many times you get your fingers burned, you have to trust people. Otherwise you are a hermit in a cave, sleeping with one eye open.

My review of book 14 in the Chronicles of St. Mary’s, The Good, The Bad, and the History.

What about you? What books have lived in your head?

Thank you to That Artsy Reader Girl for hosting Top Ten Tuesday.