Book Reviews

About the Book

Title: One Last Stand
Series: Alaska Air One Rescue #4
Author: Susan May Warren
Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense
Publisher: SDG Publishing
Release Date: October 8, 2024

As a member of the Air One Rescue team, pilot London Brooks has built a new life—one far away from her clandestine past as an operative tasked to take down a branch of Russian terrorists. She has no desire to reenter that world or endure the grief of losing everyone she loved, including her fiancé. But the past won’t stay past. When she finds herself falsely accused, her reputation tarnished, and her life in danger, she has no choice but to plunge back into the treacherous world she left behind. Even if she must surrender everything—and everyone—she loves in her new life.

Shep Watson will never forget the day he saved London Brooks from the avalanche that nearly killed her. He knew there was more to her story, but he’s intent on keeping her secrets. Just when it seems she’s finally ready to let him into her heart, her past comes knocking. But he can’t bear to lose her again. Which means, somehow, he’ll have to enter her world, keep up with her, and figure out a way to bring her home. But when the danger comes home to Alaska, what will it cost the Air One Rescue team?

Join bestselling author Susan May Warren in the final, thrilling journey through the majestic Alaskan wilderness and beyond, where love defies danger and second chances are won with courage and determination.

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About the Author

With nearly 2 million books sold, critically acclaimed novelist Susan May Warren is the Christy, RITA, and Carol award-winning author of over ninety novels. Known for her compelling plots and unforgettable characters, Susan has penned contemporary and historical romances, romantic suspense, thrillers, rom-coms, and Christmas novellas. With books translated into eight languages, she’s a USA Today, ECPA and CBA bestseller, and has received numerous starred Publisher Weekly reviews. Library Journal says, “Warren’s characters are well-developed and she knows how to create a first rate contemporary romance.”

Susan is a nationally acclaimed writing coach, and winner of the 2009 American Christian Fiction Writers Mentor of the Year. She is the founder of Novel.Academy, author of the popular writing method, The Story Equation, and a founding partner of Sunrise Media Group.

My Review

Book: One Last Stand
Author: Susan May Warren
Series: Book 4 in the Alaska Air One Rescue series
Rating: 4.5/5

Wow. What a wild ride this series has been and I am so sad to see this series end. The author truly does NOT disappoint and delivers an amazing story that revisits characters from previous books and series. This book picks up where the third book left off so I recommend reading the other books in the series first. I actually had to go back to the third book to remember what had happened although the author helps set it up well. I was excited to finally figure out the backstories of the main characters and read how their story enfolds. The suspense and action are nonstop and will keep you guessing.

Highly recommend this exciting, romantic thriller that will make you fall in love!

My thanks to the author and publisher for providing me with an ARC of the book. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own. No positive review was expected and no compensation received.

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About the Book

Title: Here With Me
Series: Home to Heritage #2
Author: Tari Faris & Mandy Boerma
Publisher: Sunrise Publishing
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 10, 2024

Love ignites in a last-chance hardware store, but will their hearts, like the failing family business, require a rescue?

She just wants a fresh start…

Inheriting her best friend’s daughter and a store on the brink of collapse, Sadie Hoover is determined to provide Lottie a stable life and keep the family business afloat. But her resolve is tested when the past walks in, wearing a tool belt and a smile that still weakens her knees.

Is he back to break her heart?

David Williams, once the love of Sadie’s life, returns to Heritage not as the missionary he was, but as a man in search of healing and purpose. Tasked with community service, he’s thrown into the daily grind of nuts and bolts, unaware that the hardware store’s troubles—and Sadie’s struggles—are more than just loose hinges and unpaid bills.

What will it cost her to fall for him again?

As they grapple with financial peril and the echoes of a love once lost, David and Sadie are forced to confront what they truly want. The store’s impending foreclosure looms over them, a testament to their joint past and the future they must shape.

If the store fails, they lose not just a legacy, but the second chance life has offered them. Can they rekindle their love while saving the heart of Heritage, or will their dreams rust away like forgotten tools?

Can love be rebuilt from the ruins of their shared history, or will the fight for survival drive the final wedge between them?

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About the Authors

Tari Faris is the author of the Restoring Heritage series, a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers and My Book Therapy, is the projects manager for My Book Therapy, writes for learnhowtowriteanovel.com, and is a 2017 Genesis Award winner. She has a MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary and lives in the Phoenix, Arizona, area with her husband and their three children. Although she lives in the Southwest now, she lived in a small town in Michigan for 25 years. Learn more at TariFaris.com.

When she’s not hanging out at her favorite coffee shop writing, Mandy Boerma is living her own happily ever after with Prince Charming. Together they have two princesses to fill any of that illusive dream called free time. Between all her mom duties, she enjoys reading, the local Florida beaches and teaching piano—all with coffee in hand. Visit her at www.mandyboerma.com.

My Review

Here with Me
By Tari Faris, Mandy Boerma 
Book 2 in the Home to Heritage series
Rating: 4/5

This series from Tari Faris is so special. After reading the first book in this series, I was excited to read even more. I have read the original Restoring Heritage series and thoroughly enjoyed it. Though this book is a standalone, I recommend starting with the first book in the series. 

The story is a breath of fresh air and it makes you want to keep reading until the end. The romance is fun, humorous and sweet. The characters are flawed and endearing. The message is faith-filled and relevant. 

Highly recommend this clean romantic comedy full of second chances and renewed purpose. 

My thanks to the author and publisher for providing me with an ARC of the book. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own. No positive review was expected and no compensation received. 

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About the Book

Title: So True A Love
Author: Joanna Barker
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Genre: Regency Romance (Clean)
Release Date: September 3, 2024

Danger and passion collide in a Regency backdrop when a plucky young woman becomes embroiled in a Bow Street investigation alongside a handsome officer.

London, 1803

As the daughter of a renowned actress, Verity Travers is a privileged lady of high society —and the last woman one would suspect of working as a private investigator. But after one case nearly costs her everything, she makes the hard decision to hang up her hat and live the uninspiring life of a gentlewoman. However, when she and her dearest friend become victims of a harrowing armed robbery, Verity finds herself swept back into the clandestine world of mystery and crime as she seeks to bring the thief to justice. There’s just one complication: the persistent and dashingly handsome Bow Street Runner Nathaniel Denning, who always seems to cross her path.

Verity is confident she could accomplish her work quickly if only Nathaniel would stay out of her way. While she appreciates his keen mind and quick wit on a case, his interference is muddling her progress—and her heart. Focusing on the task at hand becomes more and more difficult as she constantly bumps into Nathaniel, who is determined to keep her out of danger.

When the two rival investigators learn they are both pursuing the same cunning criminal, they must figure out how to navigate the delicate dance of cooperation amid a backdrop of increasing peril and an irresistible passion that sets their hearts ablaze.

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About the Author

Joanna Barker firmly believes that romance makes everything better, which is why she has fallen in love with writing Regency romances. When she’s not typing away on her next book, you’ll find her listening to podcasts, eating her secret stash of chocolate, or adding things to her Amazon cart. Joanna is a three-time Whitney finalist, and her books have received praise from Publisher’s Weekly, the Historical Novel Society, Readers’ Favorite, and more. She thinks being an author is the second-best job in the world—right after being a mom. She is just a little crazy about her husband and three wild-but-loveable kids.

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My Review

So True A Love
By Joanna Barker
Rating: 4/5

Wow. I do love a story that draws you in from the beginning and keeps you guessing as the mystery unfolds. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this regency romance with suspense and mystery. The characters are unique yet relatable and will keep you reading until you figure out what is going on. The romance was sweet and the chemistry was sizzling with no explicit scenes. I loved their banter back and forth. I’ve only read one other story from Joanna Barker and I enjoyed this one just as much.

Highly recommend this clean regency romance full of intrigue and suspense with a strong female main character and her equally strong and complementary male counterpart.

P.S. This story is a standalone but incorporates characters from her other book, A Heart Worth Stealing, which was also an exciting read and I highly recommend reading that story too.

My thanks to the author and publisher for providing me with an ARC of the book. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own. No positive review was expected and no compensation received.

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Read my review of Otherwise Engaged here.