Secretly Smitten by Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Diann Hunt, and Denise Hunter

You can't get much better than this book!  This book and Smitten include 4 of my favorite authors who love to include humor in their writings.  I think all 4 of these authors tell beautiful stories and to combine them all together in the same book is perfect.

I love the town of Smitten and how quaint and different it is.  In my head I picture a simple place that is beautiful and full of lots of wonderful memories.

I like that each author wrote a short novella.  I would have liked to read more of each of the stories just because I really got into the stories, but I did like the short stories that each wrote.  They did a good job in hooking their readers from the beginning of each story and I liked how the book flowed 

from author to author.

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I received this book free from the Booksneeze program by Thomas Nelson Publishers in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.

Tidewater Inn by Colleen Coble

Just to clarify from the beginning, I am not a suspense reader.  So why am I reading Colleen Coble?  Great question!  Because she's so much more than just a suspense writer.  She delicately weaves suspense with romance and mystery that makes me forget at times that I am actually sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for the plot to play itself out. 

I have come to expect only the best from Coble because all of her other books are such great reads.  I knew from the beginning and even from the cover that I was going to like this book.  The cover was eye-catching and captures the intrigue that the readers experience when they are reading her books.

The first book in the Hope Beach series, it takes place at Tidewater Inn where your only entrance onto the island and your only exit is by boat.  Libby Holladay suddenly finds her friend missing and watches on webcam as her friend is enduring a needle and an attempt at kidnapping.  Why would these men want Nicole and would Libby want Tidewater Inn after all of this?

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Blue Moon Promise by Colleen Coble

I am a big Colleen Coble fan and have read most of her books.  When I saw this one come across for review, I immediately had to get it.  It didn't disappoint.  Her writing is wonderful, in my opinion, and she's able to draw you into the book right from the start.  Can't wait for the other books in this series to come out!

This is Book One in the Under Texas Stars series.  The focus is on Lucy Marsh who has endured so much loss and tragedy at such a young age.  Determined to do anything to keep her sister and brother safe, she decides to marry a man that can keep them all safe and out of harms way.  However, both her and her new husband are surprised when they are put into each other's life. 

Nate Stanton has no time for marriage, and definitely not for children, because his focus is on the ranch.  So you can imagine his surprise when his father drops off a wife and kids for him.  And he certainly never signed up to protect his new family from a man who has apparently killed Lucy's father and now wants to do the same to her brother.  But somehow they have won his heart so protecting them is what he will do, what he wants to do.  Because of this new love, what is it that Nate will have to give up?  How will he deal with his new loss?

This book was romance and suspense wrapped up in one.  If you like either, this is a great book to check out.  If you'd like to read more reviews of this book, go to http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/text/13458569/bluemoonpromise.

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I received this book free from the Thomas Nelson and the Litfuse Publicity Group in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.

Smitten by Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Diann Hunt, & Denise Hunter

Four of my favorite authors combined into one book!  You can't help but have a wonderful book when you combine these three.  I really like chick lit.  In fact, I happened upon Kristin Billerbeck's books by chance and fell in love with her chick lit books.  So thanks to her, I now like that genre of books.

Full of romance, as one might expect, four women have a desire to save Smitten, Vermont, when the logging company closes and the town isn't for sure if they will ever be noticed again.  Natalie, Julia, Shelby, and Reese decide to take matters into their own hands and open up a honeymoon destination right in Smitten. Despite all of the daily issues that life throws at you and the heartbreak that is involved in life, these four friends come together to bring romance into their town.

These authors worked well in writing their stories with each other.  No one story stuck out as misplaced and it flowed together very nicely.  All chick lit lovers need to add this book to their collection!  This would make a wonderful vacation book.

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I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.