Come sundown by Nora Roberts
The family business is running the ranch.
Bo runs it when Alice Bodine and she's returning home with all of her posssessions.
She recalls what had drawn her away...
The story moves to the present day where we find Maureen ahead of her schedule.
Other ranchers would be doing their chores. She runs the resort.
Love the idea of what all the resort offers, all inclusive for sure. Like ideas for the winter holidays to draw more to the area.
Story alternates between the ranch and resort to what Alice is going through.
Like hearing of all the relationships, in all different age groups.
The stories do combine towards the end when clues start getting solved. Love this book although it left me so scared and things were happening.
Would make a great series with so many characters in the family.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
The Horsemaster's Daughter Wiggs_ Susan
Book starts out with Hunter and he raised horses. The latest is very brutal and he knows he needs some help to tame this one.
With help from a boy they get the contained horse on a small barge and take him to where they hope the horsemaster lives. He'd be the one to tame him.
He arrives and only finds a woman-his daughter. Her father is gone.
Like learning about the wild horses and how they show up to be close to her.
He watches as the next day Hunter sees the horse catching her but she wants a chance with the horse.
She had been taught by the expert, her father and she knew she had to take her time with the horse.
Love the relationship they discover on the roof.
They see into each other's soul and she sees he needs a new wife and he sees she is simple but connected to the horses-has no idea about the outside world.
Love how Alysha trains the stallion-Finn. Hunter tends to the other animals and knows his kids are in good hands with his inlaws.
Slaves wonder to the island and she knows what she needs to do-follow in her father's footsteps so they can continue their journey.
He meets a man he thought he'd never see again, she is amazed at everything she's learning about her father's life.
She finds love and wants to explore him.
Love mysteries, treasures, different locations and all the adventure of making it all work.
Alysha realizes how damaged his family is once she lives among them. She is so perspective. She finds out why his son won't talk and she is able to bring his grief forward, releasing him from his pain. After the job of training Finn her work at the estate is done.
Sexual scenes. She is able to learn more about her father and mother. Hunter also learns of his wifes last days and her private secret past.
He keeps his promise and sets her free to go to CA, her father's real dream.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Troubles at Timber Ski Lodge by Max Elliot Anderson
Book starts out with a family, three generations and they live at the ski lodge. They are on their last attempt to keep it open as previous years have not been profitable.
Besides all the lodge troubles, Eric also has brother and friend problems. Like the idea and the book was so suspenseful as you never knew what was going to happen next.
Keep me reading and wanting to learn more about the ski lodge and all the machines that run it. When the plane with gold crashes the boys want to find it and be the hero.
They start out and end up spending the night in a cabin and head out to find the plane the next morning. Lots of action and quick thinking. Love ending and how they plan to use it and all the requests to be friends and being helpful.
Love how they follow the clues. Reminds me of when I was younger and read the Hardy Boys mystery series. Love this read and hope my grandson will like it as much as I.
Free on Amazon via BookFun author.
Tracy's Choices by Max Elliot Anderson
This book is about the life of Tracy and the choices she made along the way.
She rebelled at everything and ended up having a very hard life. Good thing is that she found God.
Very advanced details of events.
Free on Amazon via BookFun author.
Clean Eating - Quick and Easy Recipes for a Clean Eating Lifestyle: 14-Day Eating Plan Included by Madison Miller
Introduction and then table of contents where recipes are broken up into meals. Lots of other important clean eating explanations during the introdcution.
Lots of other advice: sleep exercise, water, etc are included
Each recipe starts with a title and servings. List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sugar, low fat, low sodium products.
Directions are included. There are NO pictures.
Nutritional information includes calories, total fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, sodium, carbs, fiber, sugars and protein
Not sure if the info is for the whole dish or just one serving-it's not stated and a serving size is not stated.
Lots of smoothies for meals also.
Was thinking salmon cakes would be good but 18 ingrdients and the taste is gonna get lost with that many and would take a bit of time to actually prepare.
Free books available. Wasn't too impressed with this book, so much more could've gone into it.
Childrens Book Sets: A Home for Myrtle: Bedtime stories for kids ages 2-6 by Leela Hope
Colorful children's rhmying book about Myrtle the monster.
They are sad because they can not find a home. Other naimals try to help with places around town.
They search high and low for just the right spot.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
Indian Slow Cooker Cookbook: Top 100 Indian Slow Cooker Recipes by Myra Gupta
Book starts out with offer of a free gift then table of contents. Introduction and following chapters talk about special things that make an Idinan Cuisine so special.
Like the sections on the spices as they are explained in such detail.
Each recipe starts out with a title, total time and servings.
List of ingredients and you might be able to substitute for your healier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar products.
Should also be able to use fresh tomatoes rather than canned as in the recipe. Same for chicken broth, use low fat.
Directions are included and tells you what to serive it with. List of nutritional information includes calories, fat NOT broken up into good and bad, carbs, sugar, protein and cholesterol. NO sodium is mentioned.
There are NO pictures. Found a few that I might try as I have all the ingredients.
The Night the Mountain Fell: The Story of the Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake by Edmund Christopherson
Never realized this had happeend. Also didn't know that there were so many areas effected by this. Stories of those who were there and what they were doing along with watching what others around them were doing when it struck and afterwards.
Very tragic.
Delicious Ice Cream Cookbook: 35 Homemade Ice Cream Recipes: Exotic, Vegan, Sorbets, Granitas and many others by James Miller
Cookbook about ice cream making and you can do it with a maker, in your own home.
What I like about this book is there are many varieities of ice cream to make.
Starts out with a table of contents and the recipes are broken up into same type ingredient categories.
An introduction talks about why you should be able to make ice cream and why it really is healthy for your body.
Each recipe has a title, prep time and servings. A color photo for each one along with ingredients.
You probably should NOT substitute for your healthier dietary needs because the chemistry won't come out right and neither will the end result.
There are sections for healtier ice cream in this book.
Directions on how to make the ice cream is also included with the recipes.
I like a lot of the fruit ones but I'd cut down on sugar myself.
Monsters Can't Sleep by Michael Gordon
Colorful children's book about Joshua and he's in bed but he hears noises and gets up to investigate.
Cute story about why a monster can't sleep. On tablet you are forced to read this sideways and you can't enlarge the words.
Some pages with black print on a dark background it's hard to see the words.
Cheese cookbook: 30 recipes by Nik Holt
Starts out with offer of a free gift. and has a table of contents of different food categories.
Introduction talks about cheese and basic things about it.
Each recipe starts with a title, list of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healier dietary needs: low sufar, low sodium, and low fat products.
Directions ar eincluded. along with serving suggestions.
There is a small color photo but no nutritional information.
Don't care for use of so many rcipes that use canned items. I'd stick to fresh.
One recipe I found had over 17 ingredients, lots of spices, very time consuming to make this one.
One recipe is for baked potatoes and caviar. You bake potatoes in the oven, no temperature or for how long.
Handmade Candies by Adi Endevelt
Starts out with a table of contents where canides are broken up into categories of same products in each section.
Introduction about how it all began and about the book are included.
Equipment you will need Each recipe includes a title and listing of ingredients for # grams of the item.
List of ingredients and you should probably NOT substitute for a healthier option.
Directions are given in how to make this along with variations listed at the bottom. Not a lot of color photos and there is no nutritional information.
Be cool to make these are gifts for special holidays, they would take some time if you've never amde them before and quite the expense of the equipment you'd need but much worth it.
Slow Cooker Cookbook for Two: 250 Slow Cooking Recipes Designed for Two People by Steven D. Shaw
Book starts out with table of contents that are broken up into meals.
Free gift is offered. Introduction that talks about slow cookers.
Each recipe starts out with a title, prep and cook time and servings.
List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat and low sugar products.
Directions are also included.
Nutritional information includes calories, fat NOT broken up into good or bad, fiber, carbs and protein. NO sodium is mentioned.
There are NO pictures.
I would use fresh ingredients vs canned tomatoes. Same with kidney beans, soak them overnight vs ones in the can.
One recipe has over 15 ingredients and a lot of the items have to e diced or cubed. IT's going to take more than 10 minutes, just don't think time is right in some of the recipes.
If I want a breakfast dish ready for 6am I'd have to get up at 3am to cook it in the slow cooker. Doesn't make sense to me to let it cook for so long.
The Viscount's Christmas Temptation by Erica Ridley
She has taken care of her brother and his estate and she realizes he will never choose a bride til she herself has a new job by being married.
The annual Christmas party is usually held at the Marshall estate but this year it's undergoing large renovations that will not be ready so the ball has been cancelled.
She takes it upon herself to solict his help and money and her ideas to make the Christmas ball happen. He follows her around to other locations til they realize it's really her brother's estate that can handle it all and they make it happen. Excerpts from other books are included.
Love having read this one as I've read many in the series and have enjoyed them. Love hearing of the kissing ball and know it's really mistletoe.
Received this free review copy from the author and this is my honest opinion.
Her Wicked Ways by Darcy Burke
He and he buddies are there to rob the coaches but all he is offered is a kiss. He needs money for those at the orphanage for medicine.
He finds her name Miranda, appealing. Because of her behavior she's being sent to work at the orphanage in the way of punishment.
She had hoped to help Beatrice find a husband. That kiss though, was like one she never had before.
Fox is a farmer and helps at the orphanage, his family owns and runs it. She is able to ask others for contributions and lets him know he appeals to her.
Rob tries to pursuade him to go after Miranda before others get her.
Love hearing how she wants to teach the girls new things and how she handles the boys and manners at the table.
They are able to spend a lot of time together and the orphanage and learn more about each other.
Very explcit sexual scenes. Lots of mystery that involve money, missing money.
Very boring and long drawn out for my liking. Other works and excerpts are included at the end.
Received this free review copy from the author and this is my honest opinion.
The Trouble with Being Wicked, Naughty Girl Book 1 by Emma Locke
1840 Celeste Gray and her friend Elizabeth are just carrying items into her new house. It's dilapadated and Liz can't wait to get out of the molding place.
Celeste had hired a footman, Tom to help. She had paid Lord Triston and he had no idea he had sold it to a woman.
The women were to live there while Elizabeth gave birth-they have no help and they are not close to the city. Story also follows Lord Triston and his two marriageable sisters.
Love the outside excusions and gardening. We learn more about all of them and their past as time goes on....
A wrench in the works in the guise of a man from the city-Roman. She hopes he keeps her identity and whereabouts a secret...erotic sexual scenes and descriptions.
Other works and excerpts are highlighted at the end.
A Dangerous Invitation by Erica Monroe
Book starts out with Kate Morgan has been followed and now she has a gun to his body...and she finds out it's Daniel. She knows of his past.
Story also follows Daniel O'Reilly who had left London because others wanted their goods back and he dind't have them or kill Tommy.
They try to solve the mystery of who had actually killed Tommy.
Being buried alive, whoa such details. Sex scenes and they figure out what really happened to not only Tommy but her father.
Giant and Tiny by Ortal Zeret
Offer of a free gift, and then the book.
Very color children's book where one page shows a large size animal and a smaller animal. Next page tells you what animals they are.
Not only animals but all kinds of everyday things that are opposites.
Like examples at the end also. Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
Best Chinese Take-out Recipes from Mama Li's Kitchen by Sarah Spencer
Starts out with table of contents where chapters are broken up into food categories.
Other free books available.
Each recipe starts out with a title, servings, prep and cook time and color photo. Ingredients are listed and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low sugar, low fat products.
Directions are given. There is NO nutritional information.
A recipe with over 15 ingredinents will take longer than 15 minutes to prep as some need to be cut.
Shrimp toasts baked would be my choice to bake, a bit healthy with the ingredients of spices.
Like the dessert section and might also try the fortune cookies.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
TRINIDAD CARNIVAL RECIPES by S. Roystone Neverson
Love the introduction where they talka bout different aspects of the carnival around the world.
The food and so much more. Each recipe starts out with an explanation of what the dish is, list of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low sugar, low fat products.
There are a LOT of ingredients in the recipes. Directions are given in how to make them and Servings is listed. There is no time listed but it would appear to take quite some time to make.
There are NO pictures. There is NO nutritional information.
Other works by the author (not food related) are highlighted at the end.
The Constellation Fact and Picture Book by Gina McIntyre
This wek is a super blood blue moon and it's exciting to learn about it all.
Starts out with basic things like what is a constellation, showing a color photo with explanation in words that are easy to understand.
There are 20 pages worth of different things in the sky to learn about.
Very dark pictures.
