Book Review: Once Upon a Christmas Beauty by Kyra Jacobs

  

 
 

Once Upon a Christmas Beauty by Kyra Jacobs

This story starts out with Mia and her family. She's a schoolteacher and has a teen daughter, divorced now and spends time with others in the family to organize the holiday drive where women knit infant items by donations made to the bookshop they ru.

Story also follow Alex who's back in town, a published author now and wants to apologize to Mia for the way he left their relationship in college.

She forgives him but then things get really crazy. A lot of events occur and she takes him in on a holiday weekend as nothing else is open, no car rental etc. They get to know one another again, but he's not giving her the whole truth. After the booksigning at their shop he heads to a competitors shop and that's when she catches him on the tv being interviewed.

He approaches her and she is so tied of the lies...

Mia talks to others and knows he was the one for her but how can she live with his lies.

She views his facebook page and notices the obit for his friend Tom and she takes action.

Love how it all ends and how there is so much hope.

Wonderful story, can't wait to read more from this author.

  

Movies watched Jul = Dec 2023

   

High Heat

Kung Fu

1923

echo 3

me time

violent night

warrior

wolf pack

death in paradise

beyond death in paradise

red bad

guardians

the defender

shot gun wedding

the mandolarian

night agent

the last thing he told me

the last kingdom

 The Citadel

cocaine bear

ghosted

flamin hot

about my father

extraction 2

blackout

invasion

cuious cagterer: dying for choocolate

hudson and rex

the kngsman

 Boon

murder mystery   1

murder mystery 2

the outlaws

home in the wild

almost paradise

Trail of happiness begginers

siege of robin hood

almost paradise

bullet train

fubar

no hard feelings

AHSAKA

sand castle

no hard feelings

the mob

sand lioness

equalizier

the other zoey

shazam 

expandables

retirement plan

genie

the old way

candy cane lane

muzzle

Boudica

wife like

transfusion

free lance

hidden strike

equalizer 3

creator

old dads

heart of stone

warhorse 1

dungeons and dragons

family plan

book review A Poinsettia Paradise Christmas (Love in El Dorado Book 2) by Janine Amesta

  

 

A Poinsettia Paradise Christmas (Love in El Dorado Book 2) by Janine Amesta

This story follows Natalie who runs the coffee shop at her uncles place. She has the opportunity if she tries hard enough to be the new owner when he retires. Love that she spends time with data and putting into a spreadsheet to prove that a coffee truck woutld work out well for them.

Story also follows Mason who's in line to take over the family tree farm business. He is given the chance and they have food trucks there and all kinds of activities for children and families to participate in while getting their own tree.  A few obstacles are in the way and after meeting Natalie and wanting to spend more time with her and as he listens to her issues he realizes his parents are not that close to one another.

Natialie lives with her parents but they are no happy at all and the father spends his time in the garage. the parents just do nto get along and Natalie fears the same thing will happen to her so she stays away from dating and men.

You figure with what they all hae going on there is no way they will go the distance with one another.  Mason talks to his father while Natalie is hearing about the opportunities at the shop with her uncle and asking about her parents when they first got together.

You wonder where they will each end up...

Great story, a bit drawn out for me but love the holiday activities. 

children's book reviewed: Dec 30

 
 

Facts About the Golden Lion Tamarin by Lisa Strattin'

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the animal.  

Never heard or seen these.

Unique Turtle: Numbers, Colors and Shapes (Dr. Lisa's Kids Learning Books) by Lisa Rusczyk 

 colorful children's book about turtles and hwo they are all different.  There are 15 pages howing 

what turtles can look like. 

Rhymeless: A Book With No Rhymes (Dr. Lisa's Kids Learning Books) by Lisa Rusczyk  

Colorful childrens book about words that have no rhyme.  Love that the picture is in color. 11 examples are shown.

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Hats (You Are Loved Books) by Lisa Rusczyk

Colorful simple children's book all about hats. 13 hats are shown in detail. Love the question what would you wear.

 

Children's books reviewed: dec 29

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Facts about the Ground Beetle  by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the bug.  

heard and seen these.

  

Facts about the hartebeest by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the animal.  

Never heard or seen these.

 

 

Facts about the Clydesdale by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the horse.  

Have heard and seen these.

Facts about the Leopard Tortoise by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the animal.  

Never heard or seen these.

Facts About the Paradise Tanager by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the bird.  

Never heard or seen these.

 

Facts about the Cellar Spider by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the spider.  

Never heard or seen these.

Children's books reviewed: Dec 28

  

Facts about the transcaspian urial by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the sheep.  

Never heard or seen these.

Facts about the cabbage white butterfly by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the butterfly.  

Never heard or seen these.

Facts about the Mimic octopus by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the animal.  

Never heard or seen these.

Facts about the Clydesdale by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the horse.  

Have heard and seen these.

 

Facts about the Bushdog by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the dog.  

Never heard or seen these.

 

Facts about the Hoopoe by Lisa Strattin

Colorful children's educational fun book.  This book starts out  with free ebook  offer when you subscribe to authors website. also information about box set of books and list of what they include.

Image credits are given then table of contents where chapters are listed.

Chapters include:  their life cycles, habitat, what they eat, etc. Each chapter also includes a full size photo showing different things about the bird.  

Never heard or seen these.

Book Review: Clued in Christmas Mia Heintzelman

  

 

Clued in Christmas by Mia Heintzelman

Really fun mysterious Christmas romantic story.

Nadia and her friends own and run the Love and Games business. It is close by to Booked UP which Micah runs and owns.

Fun holiday season read and with twists. Love the excitement the game of Clue plays in this story and how they make it work. 

Nadia and Micah had dated during the summer, just fun times then break up and go their separate ways.  She still has a thing for him and he to her.

Problem is there are things he had not told her and it hits her really hard when she finds out. He wasn't trying to hide anything. The group of friends perform an interention and things happen. So fun at the ski lodge, the activities, etc.

Can't wait to read more from this author.