Happy New Years' Eve! I can't believe 2018 is nearly over. This year went by so quickly. There were some amazing releases and I added several books to my TBR.
I had four bookish goals for 2018. I'm happy to say that I completed all of them!
Get NetGalley ratio to 65%.
Finish at least 12 nonfiction books (hopefully 1 each month).
Finish at least 5 series.
Finish at least 20 Love Inspired books.
The toughest one for me was, unsurprisingly,...
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Monday, December 31, 2018
2018 Reading Wrap-Up | Goals, Favorite Reads, and Top Releases I Meant To Read.
Posted by Melanie on Monday, December 31, 2018 with 4 comments
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Review: Every Wicked Man by Steven James
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, December 27, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
A criminal mastermind's chilling terrorist plot forces FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers to the brink in the latest thriller from bestselling novelist Steven James.
When a senator's son takes his own life and posts the video live online, Agent Bowers is drawn into a complex web of lies that begins to threaten the people he...
Posted in 5 Stars, Favorite, Reviews, Steven James
Monday, December 17, 2018
Review: A Temporary Family (Prairie Courtships #7) by Sherri Shackelford
Posted by Melanie on Monday, December 17, 2018 with 1 comment
About the book:
MAKE-BELIEVE MARRIAGE When Tilly Hargreaves and her three nieces are stranded at his small stagecoach station in an abandoned town and threatened by outlaws, Nolan West must protect them. And the only way he can do that is by pretending he's married to Tilly. But can the former solider, whose only wish is for solitude, stop himself...
Posted in 4 Stars, Love Inspired Historical, Review
Friday, December 14, 2018
Weekend Wrap-Up (December 14) / Kindle Deal Spotlight
Posted by Melanie on Friday, December 14, 2018 with No comments
Weekend Wrap-up is where I share what I read this past week, am currently reading, and my reading plans for the coming week.
Feel free to join along and post your own Weekend Wrap-up on your blog/site (if you do, please leave the link in a comment so I can stop by) or, in a comment, share what you've read this...
Posted in Weekend Wrap-up
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Review: More Than Meets the Eye by Karen Witemeyer
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, December 13, 2018 with 1 comment
About the book:
When Her Family Is Threatened, She Doesn't Expect Falling in Love to Be Their Best DefenseMany consider Evangeline Hamilton cursed. Orphaned at a young age and possessing a pair of mismatched eyes--one bright blue, the other dark brown--Evangeline has fought to find her way in a world that constantly rejects her. Yet the support...
Posted in 5 Stars, Historical, Karen Witemeyer, Reviews
Monday, December 10, 2018
Review: Tell Her No Lies by Kelly Irvin
Posted by Melanie on Monday, December 10, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
Combining romance and suspense, bestselling author Kelly Irvin’s Tell Her No Lies is a high-stakes race for the truth.“A moving and compelling tale about the power of grace and forgiveness that reminds us how we become strongest in our most broken moments.”—Library Journal review of Upon a Spring BreezeEven the most admired families...
Posted in 3 1/2 Stars, Review
Saturday, December 8, 2018
My To-Be Read List (#MyTBRL) -- And The Winner Is...December
Posted by Melanie on Saturday, December 08, 2018 with No comments

Hosted by Because Reading. On the first Saturday of the month you pick three books from your TBR list and ask for help from your followers and the people on the linky to help you choose which book to read that month. Then, on the second Saturday, you announce the results and get to reading. :) The goal is to review said book on the...
Posted in My TBR List Meme
Friday, December 7, 2018
Weekend Wrap-Up (December 7) / Kindle Deal Spotlight
Posted by Melanie on Friday, December 07, 2018 with No comments
Weekend Wrap-up is where I share what I read this past week, am currently reading, and my reading plans for the coming week.
Feel free to join along and post your own Weekend Wrap-up on your blog/site (if you do, please leave the link in a comment so I can stop by) or, in a comment, share what you've read this...
Posted in Weekend Wrap-up
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Review: Dead Drift by Dani Pettrey
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, December 06, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
The Final Countdown to Stop an Imminent Attack Has Begun.
Burning debris littering the ground . . . smoke pluming in the acrid air . . . this is just the beginning if he fails.
Seven years ago, operative Luke Gallagher vanished to become part of an elite team set on capturing a deadly terrorist. When Luke returns to face those...
Posted in 5 Stars, Dani Pettrey, Reviews, Suspense
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Review: Bodyguard for Christmas by Carol J. Post
Posted by Melanie on Tuesday, December 04, 2018 with 1 comment
About the book:
Someone’s after his little boy.
She has one chance to save them both.
When his young son is nearly kidnapped, assistant district attorney Colton Gale needs a Christmas refuge—and a live-in bodyguard. Though ex-military police officer Jasmine McNeal fights to shield them 24/7, she refuses to get attached.
But growing close to the...
Posted in 4 Stars, Love Inspired Suspense, Reviews
Monday, December 3, 2018
Review: Christmas at the Red Door Inn by Liz Johnson
Posted by Melanie on Monday, December 03, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
One blizzard. Two friends. Three days to fall in love.Lifelong islander Brooke Kane doesn’t know what to do with her college degree, her dreams, or her future, but she knows better than to venture far from home when there’s a storm brewing. But a promise to check on Rose’s Red Door Inn prompts Brooke to venture out. By the time she...
Posted in 4 Stars, Christmas Reads, Liz Johnson, Novella, Reviews
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Monthly Reflections ~ November 2018
Posted by Melanie on Sunday, December 02, 2018 with No comments

Monthly Reflections, where we take the time to reflect on the previous month.
How I Did With My November Goal...
Posted in Monthly Reflections
Saturday, December 1, 2018
My To-Be Read List -- December Voting #MyTBRL
Posted by Melanie on Saturday, December 01, 2018 with 1 comment

Hosted by Because Reading. On the first Saturday of the month you pick three books from your TBR list and ask for help from your followers and the people on the linky to help you choose which book to read that month. Then, on the second Saturday, you announce the results and get to reading. :) The goal is to review said book on the...
Posted in My TBR List Meme
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
I Can't Wait for...A Bound Heart by Laura Frantz (Can't-Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday)
Posted by Melanie on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 with No comments

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.
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About the book:
Though Magnus MacLeish and...
Posted in Laura Frantz, Meme, Waiting on Wednesday
Monday, November 26, 2018
Review: Love Covers: Elias (Leaving Lennhurst #1) by Julia David
Posted by Melanie on Monday, November 26, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
Two strangers hiding their own life-long secrets. Can pretending to be married...be that hard?
The town of Greenlock shuns the daughter of the mortician. Day after day, Lauren begrudgingly has to take over her father's duties creating despondence in her tender heart.
Then a voice speaks from the morgue basement. A rough and tumble...
Posted in 4 Stars, Historical, Reviews
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Review: The Cost of Betrayal by Dee Henderson, Dani Pettrey, and Lynette Eason
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, November 22, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
FAITH WILL BE TESTED. TRUST SHATTERED.
THREE BESTSELLING ROMANTIC SUSPENSE WRITERS REUNITE
FOR NOVELLAS OF DEADLY BETRAYAL.
Dee Henderson - "Betrayed"
After serving six years of a twenty-year sentence for a murder she didn't commit, Janelle Roberts is finally freed. But the truth is still waiting to be discovered, and a murderer...
Posted in 4 Stars, Dani Pettrey, Lynette Eason, Novella, Reviews
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
I Can't Wait for...Sweet on You (Bradford Sisters Romance #3) by Becky Wade (Can't-Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday)
Posted by Melanie on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 with No comments

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.
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About the book:
Britt Bradford and Zander Ford...
Posted in Becky Wade, Meme, Waiting on Wednesday
Monday, November 19, 2018
Review: The Captured Bride (Daughters of the Mayflower #3) by Michelle Griep
Posted by Melanie on Monday, November 19, 2018 with 1 comment
About the book:
Mercy Lytton, a scout with keen eyesight raised among the Mohawks, and Elias Dubois, a condemned traitor working both sides of the conflict, must join together to get a shipment of gold safely into British hands.
A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees.
A War-Torn...
Posted in 4 Stars, Historical, Reviews
Friday, November 16, 2018
Weekend Wrap-Up (November 16) / Kindle Deal Spotlight
Posted by Melanie on Friday, November 16, 2018 with No comments
Weekend Wrap-up is where I share what I read this past week, am currently reading, and my reading plans for the coming week.
Feel free to join along and post your own Weekend Wrap-up on your blog/site (if you do, please leave the link in a comment so I can stop by) or, in a comment, share what you've read this...
Posted in Weekend Wrap-up
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Review: Wait for Me by Susan May Warren
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, November 15, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
With Jess and Pete, every day is lived at full throttle.
Now if they can only stay alive to enjoy it.
Pete Brooks can't believe he's waited an entire year for EMT Jess Tagg to return to Montana, only to have her break his heart. Worse, a series of mistakes on the job has cost lives, and Pete isn't sure he wants to continue...
Posted in 4 Stars, Reviews, Susan May Warren
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
I Can't Wait for...Daughters of Northern Shores (Blackbird Mountain #2) by Joanne Bischof (Can't-Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday)
Posted by Melanie on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 with No comments

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.
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About the book:
Aven Norgaard understands...
Posted in Meme, Waiting on Wednesday
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Top Ten Bookish Items/Merchandise I’d Like to Own
Posted by Melanie on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 with No comments

Top Ten Bookish Items/Merchandise I’d Like to Own...
Posted in Top Ten Tuesday
Monday, November 12, 2018
Review: The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y'Barbo
Posted by Melanie on Monday, November 12, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
Can a former privateer and a determined heiress find lost treasure in 1725?
A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees.
Pasts Collide in New Orleans when a Treasure Goes Missing
The last time New Orleans attorney Jean-Luc Valmont saw Maribel Cordoba, a Spanish...
Posted in 3 1/2 Stars, Historical, Kathleen Y'Barbo, Reviews
Friday, November 9, 2018
Weekend Wrap-Up (November 9) / Kindle Deal Spotlight
Posted by Melanie on Friday, November 09, 2018 with 1 comment
Weekend Wrap-up is where I share what I read this past week, am currently reading, and my reading plans for the coming week.
Feel free to join along and post your own Weekend Wrap-up on your blog/site (if you do, please leave the link in a comment so I can stop by) or, in a comment, share what you've read this...
Posted in Weekend Wrap-up
Thursday, November 8, 2018
I'm signing up for #COYER Winter.
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, November 08, 2018 with No comments

What is COYER? It is a challenge to read e-books you got free or nearly free ($2 or less) and audiobooks you got free or nearly free ($5 or less). I am so excited about this challenge, as I'm hoping it will give me another reason to get my NetGalley books read and reviewed. :)
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Challenge starts December 1st and ends March 1st.
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My...
Posted in Challenge
Review: Night at the Opera by Stacy Henrie
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, November 08, 2018 with 1 comment
About the book:
NIGHT AT THE OPERA
--1908--
When American heiress Gwen Barton aids an injured gentleman in an opera box in London, she shares a kiss with the stranger that changes her life. More determined than ever to be herself, in spite of the limp she’s sustained since childhood, she will marry for love and not a title. She also resolves to...
Posted in 5 Stars, Historical, Reviews, Romance, Stacy Henrie
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