26 below by Kimberly Woodhouse.

26 Below is set in Anchorage and tells the story of Darci Phillips Director of emergency operations and Jason Meyers cyber security expert. I really enjoyed the interaction between them. I also liked the old Native lady who appears to be the only one with a clue as to what is going on. As I live in an area where 26 below is a common event every winter I was interested in the descriptions of cold. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes suspense, mixed with mild romance and Faith. This is my first book by Kimberly Woodhouse , but it won't be my last!

All thoughts are my own.

From Amazon:

"A thrill ride. . . as current as today's front-page news!"
--Colleen Coble, USA Today best-selling author

In her new role as Emergency Operations Center director for Fairbanks, Alaska, Darcie Phillips prevents disasters. But none of her training can prepare her for the terror that's coming.

As a cybersecurity specialist, Jason Myers is determined to ferret out any threats to the town he now calls home--and that includes his reckless brother and his ecoterrorist friends.

When an old woman's wild prediction--widespread destruction as soon as the Fairbanks temperature falls to 26 below--hits national headlines, neither Darcie nor Jason sees a real risk to anything but tourism.

Then the bodies start dropping.

Darcie is relying on her experience and intelligence to stop a killer; Jason is relying on God to guide the way. They'll have to work together to find the truth and prevent their Alaskan town from becoming a city of nightmares. The first in a thrilling new suspense series from best-selling author Kimberley Woodhouse, 26 Below will delight fans of Lynnette Eason, Irene Hannon, and Lynn Blackburn.

About the author:

 Kimberley Woodhouse is the best-selling and award-winning author of more than two dozen books. She is a wife, mother, author, and musician with a quick wit and positive outlook despite difficult circumstances. A popular speaker, she's shared at more than 2,000 venues across the country. Kimberley and her family's story have garnered national media attention for many years including ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Montel Williams Show, Discovery Health channel's Mystery ER, The Hour of Power, The Harvest Show, and over 1,000 other TV appearances and radio interviews. She lives and writes in the Poconos with her husband of thirty years. kimberleywoodhouse.com

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They Whisper About Us by Joy Vee

 

Mary Vee is a new to me author. I really enjoyed reading They Whisper About Us. It is a story of a young woman discovering faith behind the Iron Curtain in  the 1960s and also a tale of a young woman looking for her faith in modern England. I look forward to reading more books by Mary Vee.

So make some Russian tea and settle back to read a good book!

All thoughts are my own. 

From Amazon:

A tea tin.
Owned by one girl,
Found by another,
Over half a century later.
What mysteries does it hide?
An intriguing split time-line story, alternating between Leningrad in 1960's and modern day England. Vera dreams of rising thorough the Kirov Ballet and maybe becoming a People's Artist. Fay is a pastor's kid, disillusioned with her parents' faith, who attends a theatre summer programme in the hope of improving her skills. The girls' plans do not work out as they'd hoped, and their lives become entwinned when Fay accidentally finds an old tea tin.
REVIEW: As the story and the mystery of the connection between the two unfolds, we are drawn into the not so distant past; a world of fear and uncertainty, where to be different is to be treated with suspicion. In the modern day the author deals well with the angst of teenage insecurities and family dynamics, as well as touching on themes of aging and dementia with sensitivity. Amazon Review

Reading this book really helped me understand better what is going on today between Russia and Ukraine. Beta Reader

I stayed up too late reading this book. I just had to find out what happened next. Reader

About the author:

I love weaving eternal truths into stories. I want these books to inspire young people to have the greatest adventures in life. I live with my family in Lincoln, England, and get up very early in the morning to write before I go to work! Please sign up for my newsletter through the contact form on my website: joyvee.org

The Maid of Ballymacool by Jennifer Deibel

 

    

The Maid Of Ballymacool by Jennifer Deibel should be read over a long weekend with pots of tea, snacks, a comfy chair and a cozy blanket. The story is exquisite and the characters, setting and plot are fantastic. I love this story and highly recommend it. In fact it will most likely be on my top ten list for the year.

I was not asked to review this book and all thoughts are my own.

From Amazon:

Brianna Kelly was abandoned at Ballymacool House and Boarding School as an infant. She has worked there since she was a wee girl and will likely die there. Despite a sense that she was made for something more, Brianna feels powerless to change her situation, so she consoles herself by exploring the Ballymacool grounds, looking for hidden treasures to add to the secret trove beneath the floorboards of her room.

When Michael Wray, the son of local gentry, is sent to Ballymacool to deal with his unruly cousin, he finds himself drawn to Brianna, immediately and inescapably. There is something about her that feels so . . . familiar. When Brianna finds a piece of silver in the woods, she commits to learning its origins, with the help of Michael. What they discover may change everything.

Fan favorite Jennifer Deibel invites you back to the Emerald Isle in the 1930s for this fresh take on the Cinderella story, complete with a tantalizing mystery, a budding romance, and a chance at redemption.


"Deibel's update on the 'Cinderella' story features sympathetic, three-dimensional characters that readers will find easy to root for."--Publishers Weekly

"Deibel once again inventively draws on Ireland's fascinating history as inspiration for a compassionate and compelling sweet romance with a Celtic Cinderella-like flavor."--Booklist

"Jennifer Deibel has done it again with The Maid of Ballymacool, a hopeful historical romance novel about unrelenting faith and new beginnings with just a pinch of mystery. With rich language and historical detail, Deibel brilliantly emphasizes the story's central themes of love, faith, and redemption."--BookPage

About the author:

Jennifer Deibel is a middle school teacher and freelance writer. Her work has appeared on (in)courage, on The Better Mom, in Missions Mosaic Magazine, and others. With firsthand immersive experience abroad, Jennifer writes stories that help redefine home through the lens of culture, history, and family. After nearly a decade of living in Ireland and Austria, she now lives in Arizona.

Author photo credit: Katherine Marini, Photography by Katherine Nicole