2014 brought both hubbie and myself so many different books to review, thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them, so narrowing them down to only 5 was a big task for both of us.
Here is My Top 5 Books for 2014.....
IN FIRST PLACE
Cache a Predator is a geocaching thriller about a father’s love, justice, and the unhinged game of hide-the-cache.Officer Brett Reed will do anything to gain custody of his five-year-old daughter, Quinn. But when a judge grants Brett's drug-addicted ex-wife custody and slaps him with a protective order for losing his temper, he fears for Quinn's safety. Who will protect her now?
When Quinn is found abandoned on the streets, she's placed in a temporary foster home until Child Protective Services can complete an assessment. It should only take a few days.
But a lot can happen in a few days.
Especially when there's a deranged psychopath on the loose, someone who's attacking pedophiles, someone who wants to protect children like Quinn, and someone who's planting body parts in geocaching sites.
This book is hidden in cache sites all over the US and Canada with the goal for it to travel to all 50 states. It’s mission is to spread awareness of child abuse and how it harms victims, families, and communities.
"If you read one book this year, put this at the top of your lists!!"
A Father’s DeceitA Husband’s Betrayal
A Loved One’s Death
A Mother’s Choice
A Daughter’s Resentment
A Time to Forgive
For every daughter who thinks she knows her mother’s story…
Katherine wouldn’t have believed it if she hadn’t found the last letter…
Katherine Arthur’s dying mother arrives on her doorstep, forcing her to relive a past she wanted to forget. When Katherine was young, the Arthur family had been affluent city dwellers until shame sent them running for the prairie, into the unknown. Taking her family, including young Katherine, to live off the land was the last thing Jeanie Arthur had wanted, but she would do her best to make a go of it. For Jeanie’s husband Frank it had been a world of opportunity. Dreaming, lazy Frank. But, it was a society of uncertainty — a domain of natural disasters, temptation, hatred, even death.
Ten-year-old Katherine had loved her mother fiercely, put her trust in her completely, but when there was no other choice, and Jeanie resorted to extreme measures on the prairie to save her family, she tore Katherine’s world apart. Now, seventeen years later, Katherine has found the truth — she has discovered the last letter. After years of anger, can Katherine find it in her heart to understand why her mother made the decisions that changed them all? Can she forgive and finally begin to heal before it’s too late?
A Nurse’s ObligationA Town’s Demise
A Mother’s Regret
A Son’s Calling
A Daughter’s Mistake
A Time to Forgive
For every woman who thinks she left her past behind…Historic, environmental drama wrapped in a love story...
It's 1948 in the steel town of Donora, Pennsylvania, site of the infamous “killing smog.” Public health nurse, Rose Pavlesic, has risen above her orphaned upbringing and created a life that reflects everything she missed as a child. She’s even managed to keep her painful secrets hidden from her doting husband, loving children, and large extended family.
When a stagnant weather pattern traps poisonous mill gasses in the valley, neighbors grow sicker and Rose’s nursing obligations thrust her into conflict she never could have fathomed. Consequences from her past collide with her present life, making her once clear decisions as gray as the suffocating smog. As pressure mounts, Rose finds she’s not the only one harboring lies. When the deadly fog finally clears, the loss of trust and faith leaves the Pavlesic family—and the whole town—splintered and shocked. With her new perspective, can Rose finally forgive herself and let her family’s healing begin?
The final Orders are in place and all seems lost to the Federation. Yet a glimmer of hope remains in the hands of an unlikely heroine. What will she choose to pursue and would her choice save the final dimensions? Book 3 of a fantastic series.
When Kristen is sentenced to seventeen years for committing a white collar crime, she’s forced to leave her husband and two sons behind.
Life in prison is a shock. She discovers that people aren’t always what they seem, love wears many faces, and friendship can make life worth living.
But as she struggles to survive on the inside, Kristen must face something even more frightening than her fellow inmates. . . herself.
On the Inside is based on true events, written from the authors own family tragedy.
Find the book at....
http://www.beckvalleybooks.co.uk
http://www.beckvalleybooks.blogspot.com
Oh wow such a great list - going to have to check some of these out as they all sound really interesting. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteLaura x
I never read Final Orders--another on my TBR list! I love anything Kathleen Shoop writes and the above two have got to be my favorites. Do not miss reading the other 2 either--all of these are excellent reads!
ReplyDeleteSome great books here! My TRL is getting longer and longer! Have also applied to join your Book Tours Team :-)
ReplyDeleteLaura x x x
Out of the ones on this list I can most see me reading Cache a Predator. These are some incredible books.
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing your list! On the Inside is a book that has stuck with me since I read it :)
ReplyDeletethose look great, i will need to look into ordering some of them :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reviews. Gonna have to start making time to read for myself.
ReplyDeleteSome of these sound really good- thanks for the recommendations x
ReplyDeleteLaura | A Life With Frills