Tag Archives: romance

call of the Callahans

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If you love reading contemporary romance with a southern twist, check out Sharon Gillenwater’s newest series – Callahans of Texas.

Book 1 – Jenna Callahan Colby, a partner on her father’s successful Texas ranch, has the love of friends and family, but she realizes she wants more when Nate Langley, the first boy she ever noticed, returns to town, but after two tours of duty in the armed forces, Nate has some healing to do before he can be the man Jenna needs.

 

Book 2 – Emily Rose, a museum curator with bigger aspirations, bides her time at the Callahan Crossing Historical Museum until she can make her way to a big city, but her plans conflict with those of Chance Callahan, a cowboy and contractor, who wants Emily to make Callahan Crossing her permanent home.

 

Book 3 – Six months pregnant, unmarried, broke, and alone, Megan is stuck on the road when a tornado appears, and barely escapes with her life. Will Callahan comes upon her in the road, and offers her a place to stay.

 

you don’t know the half of it

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Meet the Halflings … half human, half angel … all trouble.

Meet Nikki … she finds herself being hunted by evil, and drawn into a supernatural world she hasn’t ever acknowledged even exists. Can the Halflings keep her safe as her world tilts and crashes? Nikki is faced with decisions of epic consequences — but who can she trust her heart to? Mace or Raven? Decisions, decisions…

 

 

Book 1: Halflings, and Book 2: Guardian are both available now at MEI Secondary Library. You’ll find yourself left hanging and wanting more at the end of Guardian, but have no fear! Book 3: Avenger is headed our way as soon as it is published, in February. For free eBooks, a Halflings app, and other insider tidbits, visit author Heather Burch online.

it’s an illusion

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Frank Peretti has done it again. Illusion is a story of love and life, loss and restoration, full of twists and mystery.

Summary — “Dane and Mandy, a popular magic act for forty years, are tragically separated by a car wreck that claims Mandy’s life—or so everyone thinks. Even as Dane mourns and tries to rebuild his life without her, Mandy, supposedly dead, awakes in the present as the nineteen-year-old she was in 1970. Distraught and disoriented in what to her is the future, she is confined to a mental ward until she discovers a magical ability to pass invisibly through time and space to escape. Alone in a strange world, she uses her mysterious powers to eke out a living, performing magic on the streets and in a quaint coffee shop.

Hoping to discover an exciting new talent, Dane ventures into the coffee shop and is transfixed by the magic he sees, illusions that even he, a seasoned professional, cannot explain. But more than anything, he is emotionally devastated by this teenager who has never met him, doesn’t know him, is certainly not in love with him, but is in every respect identical to the young beauty he first met and married some forty years earlier.

They begin a furtive relationship as mentor and protégée, but even as Dane tries to sort out who she really is and she tries to understand why she is drawn to him, they are watched by secretive interests who not only possess the answers to Mandy’s powers and misplacement in time but also the roguish ability to decide what will become of her.” [as seen on Frank Peretti’s Blog]

are you still HUNGERY?

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Have you finished the Hunger Games trilogy and are still hungry for more? Looking for the “what next” to read?
 
Well here you go . . . a list of books that you might enjoy if you enjoyed the Hunger Games. They are in no particular order, other than alphabetical (I am a librarian after all — it’s what we do!).
 
For more info., simply click on the book that looks interesting and you will be linked to that book in the MEI Secondary Library catalog. Of course you are welcome to drop by the library and I can point you in the right direction as well.

true love?

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midsummer

New @ the library, the entire Shakespeare play — unabridged & Graphic!

“The course of true love never did run smooth;”

With its mix of real people who stumble into a fairy kingdom (with it’s own problems!) it’s little wonder that this play is one of the best loved and most performed of all Shakespeare’s masterpieces.

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love me tender

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lovemetenderNew to the MEI Library “Debbie Carmichael is determined to salvage her family’s restaurant, Sweet Sal’s Soda Shoppe, from financial ruin when her father’s health fails. Help is in sight when teen heartthrob Bobby Conrad agrees to perform at a fund-raiser concert. But just two weeks before the highly publicized event, plans fall through and Bobby can’t come. Enter Johnny Hartman, a young, unknown singer. Debbie soon realizes the twists and turns leading up to the concert have been divinely orchestrated. But is it the dreamy Bobby conrad who ultimately steals her heart. . .or the tender Johnny Hartman?” [back cover]

it’s epic

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michal
“Can their epic search for true love survive a father’s fury? The daughter of King Saul, Michal lives a life of privilege–but one that is haunted by her father’s unpredictable moods and competition from her beautiful older sister. As a girl, Michal quickly falls for the handsome young harpist David. But soon after their romance begins, David must flee for his life, leaving Michal at her father’s mercy in the prison that is King Saul’s palace. Will Michal ever be reunited with David? Or is she doomed to remain separated from him forever? Against the backdrop of opulent palace life, raging war, and daring desert escapes, Jill Eileen Smith takes you on an emotional journey as Michal deals with love, loss, and personal transformation as the first wife of King David.” [back cover]

Click HERE to read the first chapter.

 

abigail
“What price must she pay for true love? Her days marked by turmoil and faded dreams, Abigail has resigned herself to a life with a man she does not love. When her husband Nabal’s foolish pride angers David and his men, she boldly steps forward to save her family—and David, the would-be king, takes notice. Circumstances offer Abigail a second chance at happiness with the handsome David, and she takes a leap of faith to join his wandering tribe. But her struggles are far from over. How can she share his love with the other women he insists on marrying?” [back cover]

Click HERE to read the first chapter.

take a shot

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double shot

The long awaited book 3 in the Maya Davis Novel series by Erynn Mangum has arrived at the library: DOUBLE SHOT.

Maya couldn’t have been more wrong that everything would be perfect once she is engaged to Jack. Although things in her life seem disastrous, Maya trusts in God and approaches her challenges with the same humour you have loved in the first two books of this series.

Come check it out and finds out what happens next!