"Indelible" by Kristen Heitzmann

Indelible by Kristen Heitzmann is a story with action, adventure, mystery, suspense, and love. This story is about a man, Trevor MacDaniel who is searching for love and trying to find himself in his new role. Trevor is always seeking danger, adventure, and rescuing. Natalie is a sculptor with eidetic memory just trying to make it in their world with her inability to conform to normal society because of her awkwardness and “gift”. Trevor and Natalie seem like totally separate people but somehow find a way to help each other in ways that they didn’t even know they needed help. After a series of strange photos start coming to Trevor it brings up all kinds of past baggage and makes him search for the person sending them. Will they ever be the same after the events that unfold?

I actually picked up this book a few times and didn’t get into it. It started out exciting from the very first page, but for some reason it took me until the third time to actually commit to the book and finish it. Once I got into the book, about half way through, I did start to enjoy reading it and wanted to continue reading. I think that I had a hard time relating to any of the characters and so it made it more difficult for me to start reading. Anyways, after my third attempt at the book I did finish and enjoyed it. I wouldn’t recommend this book to everyone but someone that likes and action, adventure, mystery, suspense, love story wrapped into one will find this to be an interesting book. I received a free copy of this book for an honest review through Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers.

“Smack Dab in the Middle of God’s Love” by, Brennan Manning and John Blase

“Smack Dab in the Middle of God’s Love” is a children’s book written by Brennan Manning and John Blase. This is a cute book that relates everything to being smack dab in the middle. You will love the characters Willie Juan and his wife Ana who makes the best sopapillas in the little Mexican village called Hopi. I have never had a sopapilla before but it makes me want to look up the recipe and make them the next time I read this book. I can’t wait until my daughter is old enough to understand this book because it will be a fun read aloud. Not only is the story wonderful but the illustrations by Nicole Tadgell are very colorful, lively, and help to tell the story of God’s love. When the kids in the book are asked questions they are answered in a way in which children will understand and in a way that real children would respond. The authors and the illustrator have done a marvelous job and I would highly recommend this book to anyone with children or just have a love for picture books. I received a free e-book copy of this book for an honest review through the publishers at BookSneeze.com.

"The Seraph Seal" by, Leonard Sweet and Lori Wagner

"The Seraph Seal” by Leonard Sweet and Lori Wagner is a fictional novel about the end times. In a world of technology Paul Binder is an average USAmerican historian, and unbeliever, born on December 21, 2012 at 2100. Or is he really just average? Paul embarks on a very important mission after strange events start happening that symbolize the end of the world. As more hidden clues are revealed and people brought to his attention he slowly sees his purpose for living and the role in which God has called him.

This book was fantastic!! I would have to say that this book is like the “Left Behind Series” meets “Divinci Code”. I loved how the authors were able to take the end times prophecies and turn it into a very well thought out story that was condensed enough to fit into one book. This book had mystery, history, theology, and friendship all rolled into one. It always kept me guessing and was a book that I just wanted to keep reading.

My only criticism of the book is that it did take a while at the beginning to get into the book because it kept jumping around to a lot of different characters and I was having a difficult time keeping track of all of them. But, as characters started to interact with each other it got much easier to read. So if anyone is discouraged at the beginning just keep with it and you won’t be disappointed.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes end times fictional novels. I received a free e-book copy of this book for an honest review through the publishers at BookSneeze.com.

"The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte Beck" by, Kathleen Y'Barbo

I just finished reading the book entitled “The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte Beck” by Kathleen Y’Barbo. This book takes place in the late 1800 – early 1900s when America was young. This is a historical fiction/romance book. Charlotte Beck is a young girl who is quite outspoken and mischievous. She is ready to be introduced to society with all of the parties and frills, although is that what she really wants. Alex Hambly is a young man who has had his fair share of problems in his family with being the spare, not the heir to the dwindling family fortune. When a strange turn of events finds Charlotte falling into the arms of Alex they immediately despise each other. With a proposition from Daniel Beck, Charlotte’s father, that neither Alex nor Charlotte can refuse they go after their own dreams only to find that maybe they aren’t so different after all.

This book was a very easy and fun read. I enjoyed this and look forward to reading the two books that preceded this novel in the series. Although, I thought that this book could stand fine by itself without having read the previous books. Although this is classified under Christian Fiction I did not feel that it was integrated very well. It seemed as if that aspect of the book was merely thrown in there last minute instead of an integrated part of the story. It however was a very fun, uplifting, romance book that had cute and loveable characters. I would recommend this to a friend to read. I received a free copy of this book for an honest review through Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers.

"Lilies In The Moonlight" by, Allison Pittman

“Lillies in the Moonlight”, by Allison Pittman is a fictional novel that takes place during the flapper’s roaring 20’s era. Lilly Margolis is a young flapper trying to make it on her own as a sales girl selling beauty products. After stumbling across a woman named Betty Ruth, who is a wealthy widow that has dementia, Lilly finds the meaning of true motherly love. Once attending a party Lilly falls into Betty Ruth’s backyard and is discovered by her son, Cullen Burnside, who has had a difficult time after coming back from war having survived mustard gas. Lilly begins living with the family and her and Cullen begin their deep healing process from their past.

This book was a fun read. I liked how all of the characters had their quirks about them but still parts of them were relatable. I would recommend this book to someone that likes love stories and enjoy books about people who overcome obstacles. I received a free copy of this book for an honest review through Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers.

"Nick of Time: A Bug Man Novel" by, Tim Downs

I finished reading the book “Nick of Time: A Bug Man Novel” by Tim Downs. This is a fiction book that is a murder mystery. Nick Polchak is a Forensic Entomologist, a.k.a bug man, that helps to find clues during suspected murder cases. He has always been shunned by society as being weird and isn’t an easy guy to get along with but he happened to find a woman that liked all of his quirks and has a few of her own as well. Alena Savard is also shunned by society because she chooses to live on a mountain cut off from people where she rescues and trains dogs. Nick and Alena meet through a cold case and end up hitting it off and getting engaged.

One week before the wedding Nick decides to attend a conference where a friend has personally asked him to help in one of the cold cases. When Nick’s friend doesn’t show up at the conference he sets out to find out what happened to him. He gets caught up in the murder case involving his friend while Alena is worried that he may not make it back in time for the wedding.

This book was great because it had me guessing at every turn. I love how unpredictable the book was and as soon as I thought I had it figured out there was more to the story and new evidence was uncovered. I would recommend this book to someone who likes love stories and murder mysteries. I received a free copy of this book for an honest review through the publishers at BookSneeze.com.

"Max On Life" by, Max Lucado

I read the book entitled “Max On Life” by Max Lucado. I have mostly known Max Lucado for his wonderful children’s books but also know that he writes many study books on the Bible too. I am very familiar, as I said, with his kid’s book and absolutely love the detail and perspective that he writes into them, so I was excited to get to read this book and experience a study of the Bible type book.

This book is about Max answering theologically the questions that may people have asked him over the years. The book is segmented into seven “H” categories of hope, hurt, help, him/her, home, haves/have-nots, and hereafter. Under each of these categories there are questions pertaining to each. In total there are 172 questions that he answers in this book. This book is very insightful and answers many of those questions that we wonder about. It is very easy to read because each of the questions is answered in no longer than a page in a half, with most being less than a page long. That was especially nice for me being a mom, because it is sometimes difficult to find large chunks of time to devote to anything, and this book allowed me to easily start and stop when I needed to.

I would highly recommend for everyone to read this book because it inspires and answers questions that we have about life and the Bible. Anyone, from anywhere, and at any walk of life could find something useful and pertaining to their individual situation. It is a book that I will come back to and read segments over again when they relate to a specific situation that I am facing to give me strength, hope, and motivate me to move forward. I received a free copy of this book for an honest review through the publishers at BookSneeze.com.