Coming Soon: Nov 26

The Forgotten is about Agent John Puller and his discovery of a conspiracy among the palm trees and beaches of Paradise, Florida.

His job for the Army is to work on the toughest crimes facing the nation. This time the crime he is investigating is personal; his aunt was found dead. She lived it the town of Paradise, which thrived on tourists and retirees. The local police have insisted that her death was an accident. Puller thinks something is wrong in Paradise, because just before she died, his aunt sent a letter saying that everything in Paradise is not what is seems. 

When there he finds something that convinces him that she was right. Something is going on that some people will do anything to keep a secret, and do anything to make sure the truth is never revealed.

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

I finished Dragonfly in Amber on Tuesday. I was sad it was over and debated for a while if I should read another book before I moved on to the third in the series. I briefly looked online to see if there was anything else I was interested in. Then I remembered that I had the third book; it was on my bookshelf at home. Five minutes later I was curled on the couch already immersed in the first chapter.

After reading that I assume you have guessed that I loved the book. Dragonfly in Amber switched between Jamie and Clair during the time leading up to the battle at Culloden, and Clair in present time Scotland with her daughter. The magority of the book takes place in 1744 -45 as Claire tells her daughter about her time in the past.  In the first chapter you are introduced to older Claire (around her late 40's I assume) and her daughter. Seeing them there you know two things right away. 1. Claire went back to her present day and 2. Brianna has bright red hair so must be Jamie's daughter. When I first read this I was full of questions. Why did Clair go back in the stones? What happened to Jamie? Why doesn't Brianna know who her father is?  My biggest concern was what happened to Jamie, cause I was sure that Claire would not leave him in the past. And it is that question that propels the reader through the book. There were a few boring moments while Jamie and Claire travelled Europe and were living in Paris trying to stop history from repeating.. or happening at all, depending on how you look at it. I am not very good at history, so was confused often with all the names of kings and other historical figures and which country they represented, and who their allegiances were with. (Sadly it took me a while to figure out the Bonny Prince and Charles Stuart were references to the same person) The benefit of this was that I learned a little about a history I previously knew anything about at all. At least now if anyone mentions Jacobites I will have enough knowledge not to sound completely stupid.

What I like most about this series so far is that every little moment, no matter how small, impacts what happens later in the book. The story is very in depth and thought out, you never know what little bit information could be significant chapters later. Alot of difficult desions must be made when you are living in the past with knowledge of the future. I think that is one of the things that make these books such page turners; there are constants twists and revalations, things you were not expecting, that keep you on the edge of your seat.

Coming Soon: November 5

I saw this book online and thought it looked cute, a little holiday whodunit set in 1933. I like mystery novels and reading a holiday themed book might be fun. Especially when the author is known for her zany humour.

The book is about Lady Georgiana Rannoch, she is 35th in line to the throne, but her holiday plans suck. The love of her life Darcy O'Mara is in South America, and she finds herself stuck with her brother’s family including his sourpuss wife, Fig. She finds an escape when she is hired as hostess to help Lady Hawse-Gorzley with a large Christmas party. She arrives at the piscusice village, and is thrilled that Darcy is the nephew of Mrs. Hawse-Gorzley and will be spending Christmas there. She hasn't been there long before a string of seeming accidental deaths happen; the first is when a man shot out of a pear tree.

One death has been happening a day and Georgina, and armature sleuth, suspects these are not accidents at all. The villages suspect a recent prison break, but she is not so sure. She finally sees a pattern, but the cleaver killer will be hard to catch

Also being released this week is the third book in the Inn Boonsboro trilogy.

Ryder is the hardest of the three brothers to figure out. He is tough on the outside and hasn't shown to be anything but the same within. He is surly and unsociable but when he puts on a tool belt no woman can resist him, except maybe Hope.

Hope left the city to be an inn keeper at the brother's Boonsboro Inn. She likes the change to the small town, and everything is perfect. The only thing lacking is her love life. The only interaction she has with men is arguing with the infuriating Ryder, who is always getting under her skin. But no one can deny a spark between them that started with a New Year's Kiss.

With everything at the Inn running smoothly Hope's past is about to make an appearance. Seeing her vulnerable Ryder decides that although Hope is not perfect, but she might be perfect for him.