Jailbird by Heather Huffman @Heathers_mark
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Jailbird by Heather Huffman
I read her other book and was blown away. I have a few hundred Kindle books TBR, so I got this one and here is a Goodreads snip and a review from Sylvain Renard (OMG) what an honor and what a great review it was.
Neena Allen’s life didn’t exactly follow the path she’d anticipated. She couldn’t have seen the twists and turns that would lead her to wander the woods, presumed dead by the prison guards. When Neena starts a new life in a little Arkansas town, she finds a contentment she never dreamed possible. The thing about skeletons in your closet is they always come back to haunt you
Review:
Sylvain Reynard added it *****
A writer can learn a lot about how to write a strong female lead from Heather Huffman. This is the second of her books that I’ve read and I enjoyed it as I enjoyed the first. The redemptive themes of “Throwaway” are also found here but with different twists and different challenges. The female lead is a jailbird – an escaped convict in the southern midwest of the U.S. She undertakes a journey – one might call it a pilgrimage – encountering both good and nasty as she comes to terms with her past, her family and her crime. This could have been a dark tale of despair, but in Mrs. Huffman’s hands the light is ever present. You’ll enjoy this story and when you visit the author’s website and discover how she provides her work for free to encourage readers to support worthy organizations such as WorldVision, you’ll enjoy the story even more
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Avoiding Responsibility cover due out Dec 1st!
Ok loves, I can’t wait any longer! Here is the new Avoiding Responsibility cover due out Dec 1st! 
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Torn by Amber Lehman
Well, I have sent this book around and I am thrilled to have another guest reviewer @HILLARYHINZ I appreciate that Hillary said that Krista and her friends are not sure of who they are. I loved the book and the fact that she couldn’t put it down either makes her just as fab as the author @AmberLehman73
Torn
4 solid stars
The fact that many times in this book I kept thinking, where is this going, never stopped me from reading on to find out. I couldn’t put it down.
I enjoyed the depth of the characters & the real issues they dealt with.
It really is just a great story about a 14yr old girls journey. Along the way she finds out more about herself, but also realizes her friends aren’t all sure who they are either. Together they are trying to figure it out.
I highly recommend this book!
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Smart Women by Judy Blume
Who doesn’t love the drama of a Judy Blume book? This was a different POV take on a lot of characters. The main was Margo, who after a divorce moved from NYC to Bolder, Colorado. She had 2 kids Michelle and Stuart. Her ex Freddy, a dentist, is remarried and in typical form plays the kids against her. I enjoyed the different POV and how what actually comes out of your mouth is rarely what you feel. I think A lot of Margo’s behavior was more than honest. I think a lot of divorced woman hide their sex lives, boyfriends and tend to behave for the benefit of the kids. So, what I appreciated about Margo was that she was out for herself in a lot of ways.
In addition to Margo there were her two friends, BB who was so troubled and Clare who was a real best friend. B.B. and Margot are casual friends, her daughter Sara was at the other end of BB’s abuse. She was so manic and nobody saw it except Sara and she was too young to understand. BB and her ex had a son Bobby who was killed in a tragic car accident while Andrew drove him and two friends home from a baseball game. The fact that BB kept this a secret was really her downfall. She has feelings that were sealed up for years. Clare had a daughter “Puffin” what kind of a name is that? She was very successful and her ex Robin comes back. The two were never divorced. The cutest thing was when Puffin hooked up with Stu, Margo’s son. Then they had a lot to deal with and that is a reveal and spoiler too!
When BB asks Margo to help get her husband the rental next door for the summer, Margo helps. she and Andrew resist each other, I think Margo resisted more, eventually they get together. I know Margo promised herself she was going to be serious and resisted him for that reason.
Tons of drama and overall I thought it was a solid 4* book. People who wrote and reviewed made comments about the time and it takes place in the 80’s. I really didn’t see that many references and where some saw this as a negative I saw it as a non issue.
In Need of Therapy by Tracie Banister
Color of Loneliness by Madeleine Beckett
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Color of Loneliness by Madeleine Beckett
This book cracked me up. I have so many clippings from it and when I say read it, I mean read it. The story is really about poor Myra and her crappy life. Just when you think this poor girl is going to bury herself in the sand, something else happens. It was her friend Susie that was too funny for words. Like how she refers to her undies as “rotten cottons” I almost did pee myself.
After the bad luck streak was at an all time high she decides to leave Philadelphia and move into her recently deceased Grandfathers house. Everything goes wrong here too. Her Ex Trent (douche from the word go) is still trying to stalk her. Her bff Susie deflects a lot of it and is there every step of the way for Myra. I loved that part of the book. Susie is married and has boys who are little demons and a husband Jeff who is adorable. Susie is on a never ending diet and gushes day after day about a new fad diet or her need to pizza and a snicker bar. There was an endless supply of Susie diet humor too. She was priceless!
Enter Dylan, the contractor, who Susie just spouts filth about day after day. she asks Myra “did you ride the drill yet?” So freakin funny. Anyways bad things happen, strange things happen, and then Dylan happens. I say no more! Book two is introduced at the end and now I am going to research and find out when it is out.
I think this is a 5* chicl lit girlie girl funny book go get it & lets support out authors who need some word of mouth press!
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Color of Loneliness by Madeleine Beckett
For real I am so on a good book roll
Myra Sommers, an attractive young copy editor living in Philadelphia, makes the tough decision to return to her family home in Nyssa, Oregon. A recent death leaves her with no remaining family, and she decides to heal and regroup there. Her decision to leave is solidified by recent revelations involving her cheating ex-boyfriend, Trent.
Myra parts ways with her only friend, Susie O’Connor, a zany woman who’s more than a little insane. In Nyssa, Myra finds little immediate comfort in her “new” home which is literally falling apart around her. She sinks into a deep depression, exacerbated by her feelings of loneliness and isolation in the small town.
News of Myra’s return takes no time to spread through Nyssa, and she quickly encounters several locals, some friendly, some not. Among the friendly faces is Jim, an elderly neighbor whom she begins to rely on for help and companionship. When she realizes that she’s going to have to hire someone to do repairs on her broken-down home, Jim gives her the name of a local contractor, Dylan Lawson, who has done work for him in the past.
When Myra calls Dylan for an estimate, she’s astounded by the contractor’s gruff, surly demeanor. But she trusts Jim and there are few other options in the small town.
Dylan can’t help but notice that Myra is young, single, and beautiful, which makes him suspicious of her real reason for calling him. The women in Nyssa pursue him relentlessly but he’s not in the least bit interested.
After Myra approves his estimate, Dylan begins the process of repairing her home. While he works, she begins writing a book; that is, when she’s not fielding insane calls from Susie who misses her like crazy.
Slowly, a reluctant friendship develops between the pair, followed by romantic feelings which neither of them can fight. However, their painful past experiences threaten to tear them apart. Can they move beyond their despair and open their hearts to love?
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