LyndaP's Book Reviews
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LyndaP's Book Reviews

The Burning by Linda Castillo

by LyndaP

The author/publisher description is, well, perfect. It discloses just the right amount of information without giving away the plot. And those of us who love the Kate Burkholder series know that Katie will go through some rough times, that she will get the perpetrator or perpetrators in the end, and that the murder will not be an ordinary one. And yep! I’m a Kate Burkholder series fan. BTW, I have to remind myself it’s the Kate Burkholder, not the Katie, series.

This was a page-turner for me. Click “Read more” to find out why.

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To the Wild Horizon by Imogen Martin

by LyndaP

Missouri, 1846: In the frontier town of Independence the sound of a gunshot shatters the night. As the pistol drops from her hand and clatters to the ground, Grace knows she has no choice but to leave. Now. ~~ from the description. What would you have done? It’s 1846 in Independence, Missouri. You are a…

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Wyoming Wild by Sarah M Eden

by LyndaP

What makes a good book? Intriguing plot that develops. Great characters. Descriptive scenes. Good beginning. Good dialogue. Genre the reader enjoys. So try Wyoming when it was still a territory and the year is 1876. The character is Hawk, a U.S. Marshal, full name — John Hawking. His two deputies are Ensio Cooper & Paisley…

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Mary’s Calico Hope by Anne Blackburne

by LyndaP

I was hooked when I read the first sentence of the description, “If God wills it, Mary Yoder will do it, even if that means using crutches for the rest of her life.” The rest of the description settled it. Had to request this one. Mary was badly injured in a buggy accident as a…

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Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas

by LyndaP

The Prologue begins in 1945 with two women entering a house that has been vacant for years. One of the women knew the lady of the house and instantly remembered things such as Ellen buying the chairs. Outside she remembered that Ellen kept an excellent garden. And beautiful flowers. Ellen made Hollyhock dolls for the neighbor’s girls.

The place, Wyoming, eastern Wyoming. The time, 1916. The view, open prairie. A wide, lonesome prairie where the coyotes howl mostly at night. The couple, Charlie Bacon and Ellen Webster, And how these two loved each other. The reader learns this immediately so I’m giving nothing away.
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The Proposal Plot by Kathleen Fuller

by LyndaP

The story starts with Nelson Bontrager who is about to propose … and then … Ella Yoder has a problem. She has several — the man who is about to purchase the empty warehouse next to the family store, the warehouse Ella had planned to use for expansion. Her sister, Junia. And Ella was tired….

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The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore

by LyndaP

I was anticipating an interesting read when I requested this book from NetGalley. A woman in medicine called a “trailblazer” in the description makes a mistake in surgery and now works in a corset factory. And … ends up traveling in a medicine show with her son along with a German giantess, a bow-legged musician,…

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