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Hidden Beneath

Barbara Ross

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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In Barbara Ross’ award-winning series featuring sleuth Julia Snowden and her family’s coastal...

The Base of the Iceberg: Informal Learning and its Impact on Formal and Non-Formal Learning

Alan Rogers

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This book looks at informal learning, in the context of a global concept of learning, as formal,...

End of Watch

Stephen King

8.8 (12 Ratings) Rate It

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The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear...'I'm at the scene of what appears to be...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2097 KP) rated Nacho Average Murder in Books

Jul 2, 2020

Vacation with Murder

Robbie Jordan is taking a well-deserved vacation and heading back to Santa Barbara for her high school reunion. This is the first time she’s been back since her mother died, and it is definitely a struggle for her even before she hears a rumor that her mother might not have died from natural causes. When someone else dies under similar circumstances, Robbie can’t help but investigate. Will she learn the truth before she has to return home?

Vacation books can be tricky to pull off while satisfying fans. Unfortunately, this one didn’t quite work. I enjoyed seeing a different side of Robbie as she interacted with her old friends, and I did like the new characters. However, I missed the series regulars. The plot wasn’t as strong as it could have been, although things were wrapped up by the time we reached the end. I enjoyed spotting the parallels between where Robbie stayed and her own place back in Indiana. Instead of my normal breakfast food cravings while reading this book, I was left craving Mexican food, which I didn’t mind in the least. The recipes at the end will help everyone with that. As a fan of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone mysteries, I enjoyed the references to that series in this book. If you are a fan of the Country Store Mysteries, you’ll still want to pick up this book. But if you are new to the series, back up and read the earlier entries in the series.

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Yule Log Murder

Barbara Ross, Leslie Meier and Lee Hollis

9.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Fresh-baked cookies, pies, and cakes can warm even the frostiest Christmases in coastal Maine. But...

Molly J (Cover To Cover Cafe) (106 KP) rated Seeds of Hope (Harvest of Hope #1) in Books

Feb 27, 2019

It's been sometime since I read a Barbara Cameron novel and I was glad to get the chance to read this book. Ms. Cameron's writing style was a refreshing change in pace for me, and I was swept away in by Miriam and Mark and the Amish world.

Miriam and Mark are from two different worlds, but their friendship, and the sparks that fly between them, is powerful. The bustle of watching Mark come to terms with his feelings for not just Miriam, but the Amish way of life was fun and captivating. I was cheering him on throughout the story, and loved watching God work on his heart within the book. Miriam's feelings and thoughts were heart gripping and I loved watching her with Mark.

If you want a book that is 4 star worthy and filled with simplicity and characters that become real, then this start to a refreshing new series by a truly talented novelist, then this is for you. You'll be swept away to a place where planting the seeds of hope can leave you renewed in spirit and in life. Well done, Ms. Carmeron!

*Cafinated Reads received a complimentary copy of this book from LitFuse Blog Tours and was under no obligation to post a review, positive or negative.*