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Chain Reaction by Richard Hacker

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Chain Reaction by Richard Hacker was a great book.  I read the 2nd book in this series and if you happened to miss that review you can click here to read it.  Anyway let’s get on to this review.  This book didn’t let me down.  I love this series of books and the authors writing.  I loved that I knew more of what was going on in this book and knew more about the characters this time around.  I have to say parts of the plot of this book made me smile because I could never see it happen but even knowing that I still had to know what happened in this book and to the characters.  This author does a great job of writing and I hope there will be more books in this series.

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About The Book

When Nick and his partner in love and business, Theresa, take a client caught in a grudge between competitive bass fisherman, they soon discover he has unknowingly entangled himself in a plot by healthcare magnate, Bruce Reynolds, to take over Texas and secede from the Union. Hoping to pass the case to the Texas Rangers, Nick is instead recruited to head the Governor’s special task force. He learns Governor Fran Adamson’s major campaign contributor and secret lover, Reynolds, has a plan to resurrect the Republic of Texas. Faced with Reynolds’ hit woman killing enemies of the Republic and a remotely controlled drone air force destroying strategic targets across the state, Nick and Theresa make a desperate attempt to prevent civil war, the destruction of the Governor’s political career, and Dillon’s murder, while keeping their love intact. In his scheme for glory, Bruce Reynolds didn’t plan on Nick Sibelius, who wants the wannabe secessionist to know, when he says don’t screw with Texas, he damned well means it.

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About The Author

Richard Hacker’s novel, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, released August, 2012 by Champagne was a 2011 Writer’s League of Texas (WLT) finalist, where in addition, SHAPER EMERGENCE won best novel in the Science Fiction category. He is a member of both the Writers’ League of Texas and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.  

After living many years in Austin, Texas he moved, along with his wife, to Seattle, Washington. He likes to hike, kayak and have adventures on his Vespa scooter. His writing partner is a springer spaniel named Jazz, who helps with proofreading and ball fetching. 

DIRTY WATER, the next novel in the Nick Sibelius series, will be released June, 2013. He is currently working on the third book in the series, as well as a young adult fantasy entitled INKER WARS: THE FIVE PENS OF JOHANN.

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Meant To Be Mine by Becky Wade

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Meant To Be Mine by Becky Wade was a fun book.  I have to say that I wasn’t a fan of Ty from the start.  I think you are supposed to end up liking him and even after I read the whole book I still don’t like him.  Other than me not liking him I really did enjoy reading the book.  I loved Celia and I found myself wanting better for her and her son.  I also had to laugh that they had been married since the first chapter of the book because he never did anything about getting a divorce.  If you love contemporary romance books than I am sure you will love this book.

Meant to be Mine

About The Book

Ty Porter has always been irresistible to Celia Park. All through high school—irresistible. When their paths cross again after college—still irresistible. This time, though, Ty seems to feel exactly the same way about Celia. Their whirlwind romance deposits them at a street-corner Las Vegas wedding chapel.

The next morning they wake to a marriage certificate and a dose of cold reality. Celia’s ready to be Ty’s wife, but Ty’s not ready to be her husband. He’s a professional bull rider, he lives on the road, and he’s long planned to settle down with the hometown girl he’s known since childhood.

Five and a half years pass. Celia’s buried her dreams so that she can afford to raise her daughter. Ty’s achieved all of his goals. Or thought he had, until he looks again into the eyes of the woman he couldn’t forget and into the face of the child he never knew he had.

How much will Ty sacrifice to win back Celia’s trust and prove to her that their spontaneous marriage can still become the love of a lifetime?

Becky Wade

About The Author

Becky makes her home in Dallas, Texas with her husband, three children, and one adoring (and adored) cavalier spaniel. Her CBA debut, My Stubborn Heart, was a finalist in both the RITA and INSPY awards.Undeniably Yours kicked off her Texas-set Porter Family series. Her newest contemporary romance, Meant to Be Mine, has just hit shelves!

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I’m Nobody: The Lost Pages by Alex Marestaing

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I’m Nobody The Lost Pages by Alex Marestaing was a strange book.  That being said I really did enjoy this book once I got into it a few chapters.  I was really lost and confused for the first couple of chapters as I tried to figure out what was going on.  I see why they did it that way but it wasn’t one of my favorite things about this book.  I am not a fan of books where I feel like I am lost right from the start.  In the end I did end up enjoying this book and I am glad that I read it.  I also have to say that I loved the message it was trying to get across to people.

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About The Book

We’re all broken on this side of heaven, but we can make beautiful things from the pieces. Agoraphobic Caleb Reed is about to step outside for the first time in seven years, meet indie filmmaker Iris Elliott . . . and definitely not fall in love. It’s all because of the notes, the weird and wonderful notes he keeps finding on his front porch, notes signed by someone claiming to be long dead poet Emily Dickinson. Caleb’s parents think he’s losing his mind, as always, but he knows they’re wrong. Something’s going on outside — something strange, something terrifying . . . something beautiful.

Read the EPIC Award nominated novel that critics are saying is “fresh”, “powerful” and “unlike anything” they’ve read. In a world full of anxiety, I’m Nobody: The Lost Pages is a triumphant tale of faith over fear and one that kids and grown-ups of all ages will love. (A London Book Festival Honorable Mention Winner)

Alex Marestaing

About The Author

Author Alex Marestaing loves to create. He’s written for media outlets such as The Walt Disney Company, Lego, Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins, and The Los Angeles Times and has authored three YA novels. His latest, I’m Nobody: The Lost Pages, recently won an honorable mention at the London Book Festival and was nominated for a 2014 Epic Award. Though he spends most of his time imagining ideas for the youth market, he’s also written for faith based publications and has covered his favorite sport, soccer, in Europe and the U.S. for Sports Spectrum Magazineand Yanks Abroad. When Alex isn’t writing or speaking at conferences, you’ll most likely find him hanging out in California with his wife, three kids, and Milou, his dog.

Alex can be found at: website, Twitter, Facebook

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Exodus 2022 by Kenneth G. Bennett

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Exodus 2022 by Kenneth G. Bennett was definitely an interesting book to read.  I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this book or not but I was surprised by it and didn’t want to put it down.  This book goes along with Joe as he tries to figure out why he is having memories of a daughter that he never had.  It takes so many twists and turns and the whole time I feel like I am trying to catch up and figure out what is going on.   The book had me intrigued from the first page right up until the end of the book.  Even as I sit here and look back over the book I am still not sure what it was about this book for me.  It was such a different type of book for me and I am so glad that I read it because it opened my eyes to a whole different genre of books to read & check out.

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About Exodus 2022

Joe Stanton is in agony. Out of his mind over the death of his young daughter. Unable to contain his grief, Joe loses control in public, screaming his daughter’s name and causing a huge scene at a hotel on San Juan Island in Washington State. Thing is, Joe Stanton doesn’t have a daughter. Never did. And when the authorities arrive they blame the 28-year-old’s outburst on drugs. What they don’t yet know is that others up and down the Pacific coast—from the Bering Sea to the Puget Sound—are suffering identical, always fatal mental breakdowns.

With the help of his girlfriend, Joe struggles to unravel the meaning of the hallucination destroying his mind. As the couple begins to perceive its significance—and Joe’s role in a looming global calamity—they must also outwit a billionaire weapons contractor bent on exploiting Joe’s newfound understanding of the cosmos, and outlast the time bomb ticking in Joe’s brain.

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About Kenneth G. Bennett

Kenneth G. Bennett is the author of the young adult novels, THE GAIA WARS and BATTLE FOR CASCADIA, and the new sci-fi thriller, EXODUS 2022. A wilderness enthusiast who loves backpacking, skiing and kayaking, Ken enjoys mysteries, science fiction, action adventure stories and, most especially, novels that explore the relationship between humans and the wild. He lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son and two hyperactive Australian Shepherds.

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Somebody Like You by Beth Vogt

Book Review Graphic Somebody Like You by Beth Vogt was a fun book to read.  I did spend a lot of time feeling bad for the character but at the same time I didn’t want to put the book down once I started it.  I am not sure what it is about Beth’s writing that captures me so much but it does and I wasn’t let down by this book.  In this book you go along with Haley as she struggles to deal with her husbands death along with find out that he had an identical twin brother that she never knew about.  His brother Stephen shows up to try learn about his brother because they were estranged for 12 years.  I loved watching how both characters changed over time and I was sad when it ended because like usual the characters became “real” to me.  This is a must read for everyone! Somebody Like You

About Somebody Like You

Can a young widow find love again with her husband’s reflection? Haley’s three-year marriage to Sam, an army medic, ends tragically when he’s killed in Afghanistan. Her attempts to create a new life for herself are ambushed when she arrives home one evening—and finds her husband waiting for her. Did the military make an unimaginable mistake when they told her Sam was killed?  Too late to make things right with his estranged twin brother, Stephen discovers Sam never told Haley about him. As Haley and Stephen navigate their fragile relation­ship, they are inexorably drawn to each other. How can they honor the memory of a man whose death brought them together—and whose ghost could drive them apart? Somebody Like You is a beautifully rendered, affecting novel, reminding us that while we can’t change the past, we have the choice to change the future and start anew. Beth K. Vogt

About Beth Vogt

Novelist Beth K. Vogt is a nonfiction author and editor who said she’d never write fiction. She’s the wife of an Air Force physician (now in solo practice) who said she’d never marry a doctor — or anyone in the military. She’s a mom of four who said she’d never have kids. She’s discovered that God’s best often waits behind the doors marked “Never.” Beth writes inspirational contemporary romance because she believes there’s more to the happily ever after than the fairy tales tell us. She lives in Colorado with her husband and their 10-year-old “caboose kiddo.” She and her husband enjoy any time their adult children come by for game nights, BBQs or just to hang out.

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Out Of Ruins by Karen Barnett

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Out Of Ruins by Karen Barnett was an interesting book to read.  I wasn’t 100% in love with this book but I did enjoy reading it.  I am not sure what made this one different from others that I have read but it just wasn’t the book for me.  I did like Abby but for me the story tended to go slowly and I wondered what ever happened to some of the characters in this book.  I can’t really say why I wondered because I don’t want to give away any of the plot but it is definitely a historical romance book that you should give a shot if you like that type of book.

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About Out Of Ruins

Abby’s shattered faith in both God and man is challenged when the terrible earthquake hits 1906 San Francisco.

While her sister lies on her deathbed, Abby Fischer prays for a miracle. What Abby doesn’t expect, however, is for God’s answer to come in the form of the handsome Dr. Robert King, whose experimental treatment is risky at best.

As they work together toward a cure, Abby’s feelings for Robert become hopelessly entangled. Separated by the tragedy of the mighty San Francisco earthquake, their relationship suddenly takes a back seat to survival. With fires raging throughout the city, Abby fears for her life as she flees alone through burning streets. Where is God now? Will Robert find Abby, even as the world burns around them? Or has their love fallen with the ruins of the city?

Karen Barnett

About Karen Barnett

Karen Barnett is the author of Mistakenand several articles that have been published by Guideposts and other national magazines. She lives in Albany, Oregon, with her husband, two children, and three cats.

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