The Living Water by A. Bean

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I enjoyed this story about the living water that lives within us. There are several inconsistencies within the story, however. They do not take away from the story, but they did make me scratch my head. There are points in the story that are distracting from the main point. The climax is anti-climactic and although the main point is reached. It is hidden in the subtext, which for someone not as familiar with the Holy Spirit will not find the message of this story. For the reader out there, this story is another angle or message for the women at the well.
 

For Such a Time by Ellen Gillette

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a good story, but it was quite controversial for me. Although I am not Catholic, I have a hard time with Fathers and Nuns turning their backs on their vows. It's like me going back on my marriage vows. I get in this day and age that people don't honor their vows anymore. I feel it's important to honor those vows when you make them. Preem did his best to hold those vows, even taking time away from his ministry in India to know where he was with God. Would God allow us to fall in love when we have made those vows. Yes, because God has given us free choice, and temptation is around every corner. Did God really mean for Preem to give up his ministry? In this case, it's the author's choice. For me, I would have chosen a different road.
 

The Second Chance by Kayla Dodd

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

This story has great characters and a great story up until the conflict. At this point, I thought "what was the author thinking? The only character that I disliked was the one she introduced here. The character is not at all in line with the heroine's love for him. It actually makes the climax anti-climatic, and how can someone do that to another person? The author really gives no explanation, and I'm left with what the?

The Widowed Governess of Aldhury Manor by Sally Forbes

Rating: ⭐⭐

The idea for this plot may have looked good in the author's head, but did not finish well when put to words in a story. The plot is very weak, and the characters fall in love out of nowhere. The climax is weird, because when did the hero find enough time to get a constable, leaving the heroine to her brother's mercy. The weak ending does not save the story at all. It gets two stars because the characters are all well written, unfortunately their story was not told well.
 

A Fierce Love Without Warning by Lorelei Brogan

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This story plot is easy for any author to begin, but the ending always is a dilemma. It's a story common in the United States where a man and woman of different races fall in love. The story for all its controversy is well written, and the characters well written. Our heroine lacks knowledge of the natives and learns as she begs the Apaches that saved her to take her home to her father. Tarak learns to love Tillie as they travel across California back into Arizona. The one who learns the most is Tillie, enough to even stand up against her own father. Love may win the day, but will they survive in a world that even the Apaches recognize is the end of the existence they lived in this land.
 

Rylee's Cowboy by Kathleen Ball

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This story is sad and very scary. Rylee lives with Clint as his nanny for his daughter Rheenie. She has an evil drunk father, and was thrown out of her home when she wouldn't abort the baby after she was raped. The evil isn't limited to her father, but it spreads to her trying to protect the family she loves. Rylee in my opinion is naive and stupid, if she thinks she has any power. She is so afraid of losing everything that her actions and silence is the one thing that will cause her to lose everything, including  the trust of the one man she loves with all of her heart. I believe Clint is justified in some of his actions, but he only makes things worse after he bring Rylee home. Clint is responsible for all the horrible thoughts that go through Rylee's head, and only brings more anger and despair into his own marriage. The worst is yet to come, and all of Rylee's and Clint's mistakes. This story left me with a sick feeling in my stomach and yet, her father was never charged with sex trafficking. The author missed some very important things in the telling of Rylee's story, but no matter what is missing, it is still heartbreaking.