Lunch Counter: A Love Remembered by T.A. Charters

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This story reads like a Lifetime movie. It starts in the present and returns to the past. When you are done, you've lived a lifetime of love and memories. Life is not always perfect, but marriage takes work. This is what the Woolworth's lunch counter was to Susan and Frank. A place to continue to take time for themselves and work to move their marriage forward. I remember the Woolworth's Lunch Counter and their $2.95 meal special. The story brought back a wonderful time for me, and days long gone. The characters are well written and their life is written in a compelling manner. I was left with a sense of peace and a life well loved.

A Western Christmas Miracle: A Historical Western Romance Book by Aurora Hanson

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

I'm not sure about a miracle. Just a good hearted man hopelessly in love with a woman who needs serious wooing. There is a lot of weird stuff going on and a father who tries to control his son. There's not a lot of real action, but a lot of kindness and love. The story for me is just average and is not a page turner.
 

A Wedding to Celebrate (The Wedding Planners) by Evangeline Kelly

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This story is hilarious right from the very beginning. The characters are sometimes over the top, especially our bride. Even the first encounter between our main characters is funny. The story is light-hearted and filled with a sort of joy about marriage, love and what makes one happy. This is an inspirational romance and how two souls make things work with God's help.
 

A Butler's Forbidden Affair: A Historical Regency Romance Book by Daphne Pierce

Rating: ⭐⭐

This story is every Happily Ever After's nightmare. This is an affair born of sin and ends the same way. It's a nightmare for the one left behind and all parties bear the blame. I wish I could at least say it was well written, but the truth is it was not well thought out. This story could have ended badly, but there is no way this story could have ended right. The characters were well written, but bad behavior for bad behavior doesn't make anything right.

Darcy's Daughters Sophia (Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Clean and Wholesome Continuation Book 6) by Eliza Heaton, His Everlasting Love Media

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a quaint little who-dun-it with a reputation and love at risk. Mr. Frierson must find out who is sullying his name, and attempting to make him out a thief. His romantic interest in Darcy's daughter, Sophia, is at risk. She believes him and wants to help him, but cannot have an association with him, if he is branded a thief. The story is fun and figuring the thief out was easy. Things are not always what they seem, especially those closest to us.
 

Rachel's Road to Love (The Great Smoky Mountain Getaways Book 3) by Elsie Davis

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This story starts off with being jilted at the altar. It then proceeds with a distraught bride driving away in a snowstorm. Meet Chad, Rachel's best friend's brother, who hiding away in the same cabin. Sparks fly, but these two become a team for survival as the snowstorm grows worse. It just goes to show that our hearts know better, than what is expected of us, and what we think our parents want for is actually what we want for ourselves, happiness.

Wings of the Wind by Randall Ritter

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The story of Rance is a beautiful story of healing and restoration. Some of the writing didn’t flow very well and sometimes left me wondering how much time had passed. The Louisiana slang also didn’t help but made the characters more in tuned to the area and era that they lived in. The shorten verses at the beginning of the chapter should have been the whole verse, I like God’s Word in its entirety. The characters have great depth and each has his own personality. The build up to the climax was disappointing but the ending left me filled with a great sense of peace. The main point in this story is God’s way is not ours.