Book Cover Reveal! RIOT

 Another cute Cover what I am expecting to be a suspenseful story with a cute furry four pawed hero!

Available for pre-order:

Sunrise Shop: https://sunrisepublishing.myshopify.com/collections/a-breed-apart-legacy 

Other retailers: https://books2read.com/riotabal

Synopsis

Navy SEAL K-9 handler Beau “Danger” Maddox is at the top of his game—until an op goes south, leaving him physically and mentally scarred. Separated from the Navy, he’s determined to requalify as operational and get back in the action so he can take down the deadly South American cartel that killed his team. The last thing he needs is a distraction in the form of a beautiful new neighbor and her dog…

Trafficking survivor Paisley Reyna became a trauma counselor to help others after a harrowing captivity at the hands of the notorious Guerrero Cartel. When she unexpectedly inherits her cousin’s home and retired military working dog, Riot, she seizes the chance to eke out a quiet life in a small town in Texas. However, the Dutch shepherd upends her plans, destroys her belongings, and repeatedly escapes next door to the intense former SEAL, who poses a threat to her peace—and maybe even her heart.

When the local sheriff asks for Danger’s expertise and Paisley’s dog to intercept a trafficking deal, they’re quickly caught up in a battle against the very cartel that marked both their souls. Along with a paramilitary team, they plunge deeper and deeper into the Venezuelan jungle—all too aware that making it out alive a second time will take nothing short of a miracle.

About the Authors:

Ronie Kendig is a bestselling, award-winning author of over thirty-five books. She grew up an Army brat, and now she and her Army veteran husband have returned to their beloved Texas after a nearly ten-year stint in the Northeast. They survive on Sonic runs, barbecue, and peach cobbler that they share—sometimes—with Benning the Stealth Golden and AAndromeda the MWD Washout. Ronie's degree in psychology has helped her pen novels of intense, raw characters.

Growing up in the beautiful east of Switzerland, JJ Samie Myles spent her childhood chasing adventures and crafting stories with her vivid imagination. Curious what the big wide world has to offer, she became a travel agent and later a missionary, collecting enough writing-inspiration for a lifetime. Now she shares her passion for thrills and God’s grace through her suspense and faith-filled stories.

A Breed Apart: Legacy

Book 1: Havoc

Book 2: Chaos

Book 3: Riot

Book 4: Fury

Book 5: Surge

A Breed Apart by Ronie Kendig

Book 1: Trinity

Book 2: Talon

Book 3: Beowulf

Can't Wait Wednesday! Fragile Designs

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights and discusses the books we're excited about that we've yet to read. Generally, they're books that are yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Colleen Coble remains an auto-buy author.  This one releases January 2024. 

About the book: Fragile Designs

Family secrets can be the most dangerous of all. When Carly Tucker’s police-officer husband is killed during a home break-in, she knows that her side hustle finding the antique treasures at flea markets isn’t enough to support her and their infant son, Noah. So her grandmother’s proposal to have her and her two sisters restore the family’s waterfront Beaufort home into a bed-and-breakfast--that Carly will run--is immediately intriguing. But it’s equally daunting with the animosity that exists between the three sisters. What Carly never expected as she begins to go through the attic was to find a letter in a trunk, written in her husband’s handwriting . . . dated two days before his death. Eric had discovered that Carly’s grandmother was adopted--a fact Carly is certain Gram is not aware of--and had already begun trying to track down her birth family. Is it possible that Eric’s death wasn’t random after all? With few options, Carly reaches out to Gram’s neighbor Simon—and the older brother of her high school sweetheart--who is a local homicide detective. One of the items in the trunk is an enameled egg. If it truly is a Faberge egg, the value could set Carly up for life . . . and would certainly be worth killing for. The journey to find the truth and protect her family will have Carly delving deep into the lost treasures of Eastern Europe--if she and Simon can survive that long.

What are you waiting on this week?

Top Ten Tuesday! Books set at Christmas time

 Join in the Top Ten Tuesday fun! Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Only nine this week, but these are all the books on my Goodreads shelf which is set at Christmas time (and have Christmas in the title):

1. A Sugar Creek Christmas

2. One Enchanted Christmas

3. Christmas in the Crosshairs

4. Have Yourself a Christiansen Christmas

5. A Cross-Country Christmas

6. Royally Yours

7. Christmas in Mistletoe Square

8. Better Watch Out

9. Classified Christmas Mission

Weekend Wrap-Up: November 26th

 

It’s Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Book Date.

So with work and taking Dutch lessons as well, reading time is slower, but still going.  I am just happy with I can finish one kindle and one audiobook a week.  My paperbacks are all still on the ship on the way to our new home, so will pick up paperbacks again when our things arrives.

Finished

(Reviews can be found under Book Review tag)

Currently reading

Next up:

Keeping it small since reading was very slow this last month:

What are you reading this week?

Blog Posts Recap:

Here is my past week's Blog Posts.

Top Ten Tuesday

Can't Wait Wednesday

Book Spotlight Fridays!

Saturday Series Discovery

Adding to the Bookshelf:

Which Avid Reader do not add to their shelves! I try to limit mine to review books since I have so many owned on my TBR to read.  So did I add to my shelf this week? 

None this week.

Book Spotlight Fridays! Night Vision

Book Beginnings and Friday56

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader and share a non-spoiler sentence or two.  First Line Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading is my Superpower that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you're reading.

Finally getting back to this series:

Night Vision

About the book:

A woman on the run with no one to trust…

When a Christmas vacation at a snowy Mt. Hood cabin turns into a home invasion, Jenna Paine will do anything to protect her four-year-old daughter. Even if it means putting Jenna's own life on the line. Which she must do when the intruder threatens to kill her. She knows the invader will stop at nothing to take her out, and she can’t let him get close or he might harm her daughter too.

She wants to disappear, but she can’t survive on her own.

In fact, Jenna would be dead now it Brendan Byrd of Nighthawk Security hadn’t come to her rescue during the invasion. Former Army Delta Force and county deputy, Brendan doesn’t think twice about offering his agency’s protection services for Jenna and her precious daughter. What he does think twice about is opening his heart to Jenna only to have it broken again. But as the threats escalate, he must hone his vision where she’s concerned, figure out this crafty attackers identity, and in the process, find a way to keep her alive.

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Book Beginnings

Jenna Paine would do anything to protect her daughter.

Friday 56

Brendan found Sierra kneeling in the snow where Odell's body had been discovered, a tweezer in one hand and a small vial in the other.

My thoughts so far

Only just started this one, but the first chapter was nail biting and definitely have my captured my attention.

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Review: Creed

Creed by Susan May Warren
My rating: 💛💛💛💛

Creed was a wonderful conclusion to an exciting, adventurous series about the Minnesota Marshalls.

Creed was such a deep character, one of those characters who doesn’t see his own worth and inner strength. With his start in life and having 3 older hero-type brothers, as well as not feeling 100% like a Marshall because he was adopted, Creed struggled with a lot of struggles, but also could not say no when his instinct was to step up and protect the people he cares about.

Imani was also a wonderful female lead – one who also struggled with her own questions to find her place in the new world she fell into.

This final book included heartache, danger, action, villains who was obvious and some not so much, and features of some of the best Marshall characters we have me until this book.

To get a complete appreciation of all things Marshall, you need to start with the Montana Marshall series. Seems there is also another series I need to read written by a different author about Imani and her mom’s journey to the royal world.

The Minnesota Marshalls
Book 1: Fraser
Book 2: Jonas
Book 3: Ned
Book 4: Iris

Book 5: Creed

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About the book:

He's a criminal—who must become a prince to save the princess he loves. But will she have to become a criminal to save him?

In the heart-pounding conclusion to the epic Minnesota Marshalls series, Princess Imani finds herself once again in peril as she becomes the target of a deadly plot. She needs Creed – only problem is, he’s facing charges in Lauchtenland. But he’s not going to let that stop him from protecting her…even if he has to become a fugitive. But who is trying to kill her? Together, they race against time to unravel a web of deceit and conspiracy that seems to entrap the entire family. As their journey takes them from the palace to the high mountains, and finally back to Minnesota, Imani and Creed must discover the truth before tragedy destroys everything—and everyone—they love.

Read the thrilling finale of the Minnesota Marshalls series, where the fate of a family and destiny of a kingdom hang in the balance.

About the author:

Also see: Author Discovery: Susan May Warren

Susan May Warren Short Bio

Susan May Warren is the USA Today bestselling, Christy and RITA award-winning novelist of over sixty-five novels. An eight-time Christy award finalist, a three-time RITA Finalist, she’s also a multi-winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Carol Award.

A seasoned women’s events speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferences around the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook: The Story Equation.

She is also the founder of www.MyBookTherapy.com, and Novel.Academy, a school for aspiring novelists. You can find her online at www.susanmaywarren.com.

Review: Iris

Iris by Susan May Warren
My rating: 💛💛💛💛

Iris continued the thrilling pace and suspenseful events where Ned left us hanging. This series should be read in order.

Iris is a strong independent woman – how can she not be with three older brothers. Hudson was an everyday man who stepped out into danger when required. I enjoyed the references to Thor and Chris Hemsworth with his sight Australian accent.

All the football detail was interesting to learn more about and was a change in the pace of danger and espionage.

I enjoyed how Hudson and Iris went from enemies, to friends, to more, and how Iris wanted to remain her independence even though Hudson and the males in her family wanted to come to her rescue.

Susan May Warren has a talent to combine the physical plot and danger to spiritual truths and lessons and bringing the characters closer to God. It is something I always appreciate about this author’s writing.

An exciting series which will keep you up late into the night.

The Minnesota Marshalls
Book 1: Fraser
Book 2: Jonas
Book 3: Ned
Book 4: Iris

Book 5: Creed

View all my reviews

About the book:

Iris Marshall never wanted to be anything more than what she is—an official for the European League of (American) Football. So, why she said yes to being a courier for the CIA? She’s not sure, especially when it lands her in an international thriller that has her on the run from a killer. And worse, the person she’s on the run with? Arrogant, bossy, playboy Hudson Bly football player and the last person on earth she wants to go into hiding with.

Hudson knows his days as a wide-receiver are numbered. Too many head injuries, starting with a violent TBI in college have caught up with him. So yes, he agreed to be a patriot, do his bit for the USA and courier a message between agents. He never expected for that simple act to ignite an international man-hunt for the official who wrecked his life, Iris Marshall. But what’s a guy to do—let her get killed?

But spending time with Iris has ignited a desire in him that takes him by surprise, and for Iris, maybe Hudson is more than she thought.

But who is after Iris? When one of her fellow officials is murdered, maybe the killer is after more than just her—maybe she’s found herself in the middle of an international plot to take down a country.

It’ll take the help of the entire family to keep Iris safe…but at what cost when they have to choose between their careers…and their country?

Join the Marshall family in book four of the thrilling romantic adventure!

About the author:

Also see: Author Discovery: Susan May Warren

Susan May Warren Short Bio

Susan May Warren is the USA Today bestselling, Christy and RITA award-winning novelist of over sixty-five novels. An eight-time Christy award finalist, a three-time RITA Finalist, she’s also a multi-winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Carol Award.

A seasoned women’s events speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferences around the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook: The Story Equation.

She is also the founder of www.MyBookTherapy.com, and Novel.Academy, a school for aspiring novelists. You can find her online at www.susanmaywarren.com.

Can't Wait Wednesday! When the Waters Came

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights and discusses the books we're excited about that we've yet to read. Generally, they're books that are yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

This series based on historical natural disasters looks interesting.  This one releases January 2024. 

About the book: When the Waters Came

Did God Send a Flood to Wipe Out Evil?  
Introducing a new series of 6 exciting novels featuring historic American disasters that transformed landscapes and multiple lives. Whether by nature or by man, these disasters changed history and were a day to be remembered.
 
Pastor Montgomery Childs has tended his flock in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for two years. While his pews are full every Sunday, he most desires to see a reckoning between God and the kings of industry who recreate on Lake Conemaugh. The pleasure grounds, flowing alcohol, and business dealings of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club taunts Monty as he works to heal the wounds inflicted from his own privileged childhood among Pittsburgh society. Like Noah, Monty prays against the evil surrounding him, but he never expects God to send a flood.

It takes five days for the Red Cross to respond to the Johnstown flood disaster, but when it does, Annamae Worthington is ready to help. Apprenticing under Clara Barton has prepared her for the job, but nothing can prepare her for the death and destruction that awaits. As if the survivors haven’t suffered enough, typhoid fever ravages those left in the town, leaving Annamae and the Red Cross with limited assistance and supplies.

Narrowly surviving the flood and the horrifying things he’s witnessed, Monty’s faith is floundering. Then a Red Cross nurse puts him to work helping with the typhoid fever victims arriving at the hospital tents every hour. Monty and Annamae work together distributing supplies, housing survivors, and preparing the dead. Slowly, his faith resurfaces. A kinship forms between them neither can ignore. But when an investigation into the collapsed dam points to the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club, secrets emerge that may tear them apart.

What are you waiting on this week?

Top Ten Tuesday! Reasons Why I’m Thankful for Books

 

 Join in the Top Ten Tuesday fun! Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

After almost two months of skipping TTT due to our moving countries, I think this week's topic is a great one to get back into it!

1. You can travel the world while sitting in the comfort of your home.

2. On long flights, you are entertained.

3. It is quality time with the kids.

4. No matter the language, the plot of the story is the same.

5. It is a way to calm down after a day of running errands and after the children.

6. Through Historical fiction, you can learn about life events in an interesting way.

7. That feeling you get when you sit down and open the cover of a new book.

8. It connects different cultures and worlds.

9. You discover and learn about interesting hobbies.

10. You meet interesting people, even if they are real or not!

Weekend Wrap-Up: November 19th

 

 

It’s Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Book Date.

Reading is going a bit faster, though Kindle reading still went on a slow pace, mainly because life was busy 

Finished

(Reviews can be found under Book Review tag)

Currently reading

Next up:

Keeping it small since reading was very slow this last month:

What are you reading this week?

Blog Posts Recap:

Here is my past week's Blog Posts.

Top Ten Tuesday

Can't Wait Wednesday

Book Spotlight Fridays!

Saturday Series Discovery

Adding to the Bookshelf:

Which Avid Reader do not add to their shelves! I try to limit mine to review books since I have so many owned on my TBR to read.  So did I add to my shelf this week? Three ARCs this week:

Book Spotlight Friday! Blue Columbine

Book Beginnings and Friday56

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader and share a non-spoiler sentence or two.  First Line Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading is my Superpower that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you're reading.

A lighter read this week by a new-to-me author:

Blue Columbine

About the book:

Best friends—maybe more—until addiction shatters everything.

Reeling from professional failure, Andrew Harris needs a fresh start. When he moves back to Colorado to join a Denver law firm, he runs into Jamie, his childhood sweetheart. She is still the kind and faithful girl he remembers—not to mention beautiful and still single. With her by his side, Andrew is confident he can overcome the demons that he tries to keep hidden.

Jamie Carson is thrown off balance when Andy resurfaces in her life. Though her faith in God has remained solid, even through her mother’s long illness and after her death, Jamie battles loneliness. Andy fills her days, whispering significance to her heart. But his rejection of the faith she thought they’d once shared, and his alarming drinking habit keep her heart from plunging into deep, murky waters. Or do they?

Andy pursues an intimacy Jamie knows she must guard against. But as the line between loyalty and love blurs, things get complicated—until a devastating blow breaks their relationship. For Jamie, one thing becomes clear: Andy needs a miracle, and she isn’t it.

Will Andrew allow the hand of grace to redeem his legacy of addiction, or will he and Jamie both remain casualties of heartbreak?

This Christian Fiction Book dives into first love and second chances, romance and redemption.

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Book Beginnings

"Wait up!" Eight-year-old Jamie Carson scrambled out of the aspens, calling to the boys as they charged ahead without her.

Friday 56

His fist balled against his leg. He needed her support, not a lecture.

My thoughts so far

This one is a bit lighter than the WW2 book I finished, but think it will get a bit heavier since it deals with a harder topic. 

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Review: The Warsaw Sisters

The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda Barratt
My rating: 💛💛💛💛

This WW2 story was a slower read than I expected. Not because it was not good, but because it was filled with so much grim detail, loss, hardships but also hope.

To Live without hope of freedom is not to live at all.

This was my first novel by this author, and it is evident that the author did a lot of research about one of the countries who experienced WW2 at its worst.

Readers who do not enjoy too much detail might not enjoy this story, it did not shy away from showing the truth, giving the facts, and opening the eyes of readers. But it was also so much more. It was about two sisters who stepped out to fight for others, people remaining strong, hopeful and holding on to their faith, though others did their best to bring them down.

There were happy endings and not so happy endings, but at the end I was left with this feeling of hope, because standing together, we will always remain strong.

*I received a complimentary copy from the publisher. All opinions expressed are my own.*


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About the book:

On a golden August morning in 1939, sisters Antonina and Helena Dąbrowska send their father off to defend Poland against the looming threat of German invasion. The next day, the first bombs fall on Warsaw, decimating their beloved city and shattering the world of their youth.

When Antonina's beloved Marek is forced behind ghetto walls along with the rest of Warsaw's Jewish population, Antonina turns her worry into action and becomes a key figure in a daring network of women risking their lives to shelter Jewish children. Helena finds herself drawn into the ranks of Poland's secret army, joining the fight to free her homeland from occupation. But the secrets both are forced to keep threaten to tear the sisters apart--and the cost of resistance proves greater than either ever imagined.

Shining a light on the oft-forgotten history of Poland during WWII and inspired by true stories of ordinary individuals who fought to preserve freedom and humanity in the darkest of times, The Warsaw Sisters is a richly rendered portrait of courage, sacrifice, and the resilience of our deepest ties.

About the author:

Amanda Barratt is the bestselling author of numerous historical novels and novellas including THE WARSAW SISTERS, WITHIN THESE WALLS OF SORROW, and THE WHITE ROSE RESISTS. Her work has been the recipient of the Christy Award and the Carol Award, as well as an Honorable Mention in the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

Amanda is passionate about illuminating oft-forgotten facets of history through a fictional narrative. She lives in Michigan and can often be found researching her next novel, catching up on her to-be-read stack, or savoring a slice of her favorite lemon cake.

To connect with Amanda, visit: www.amandabarratt.net.