Book Review - Sundown

The Kingston boys are back, this time unraveling the mystery of the beautiful woman who appeared out of the wreckage of a crashed plane on Denali. Taylor Price isn’t telling everything and Colt Kingston is bound and determined that she isn’t going to bring trouble to his family’s doorstep. Even if he is trouble through and through on his own. He has no problem leading the way into the fight, but he can’t quite figure out what that fight is as far as Tae is concerned. This woman who nursed him back from the brink of death, his very own Florence Nightengale, is something else he can’t quite decipher. Also on the list of things he can’t seem to get a grasp on: his role in his mother’s death, his place with his family, and his future with or without Tae.

Now, fans of Susan May Warren can tell you that Colt is going to go through a lot of pain and growth in Sundown. Especially, those who are already familiar with his daddy, Barry Kingston, and the great wisdom and love he has for his children. Also, you know Tae and all her secrets are going to be quite the handful for Colt. Combined elements like those create the perfect storm to break down the barriers that keep him walking wounded and help him begin to heal. Not only is Sundown a thrilling conclusion to the story of the Kingston triplets, but a profound exploration of our own misunderstandings and their tendency to get in the way of following God’s plan and enjoying His blessings.

Sundown, Sky King Ranch series book 3, by Susan May Warren is available now from your favorite local bookseller or online:

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Thank you to the author and publisher for allowing me a copy to read and review. All opinions expressed here are my own and are completely genuine. 

Book Review - Honor’s Refuge

Not to be outdone by the first two books in the series, Hallee Bridgeman continues her Love & Honor series with a book all about taking shelter in the storm. We met medic Phil Osbourne in the introductory book, Honor Bound, and I don’t know about you, but I really hoped we hadn’t heard the last of him. Bridgeman brings us Phil’s story, picking up two years after he lost his leg as the result of a firefight with an African warlord and still in the midst of trying to figure out what a broken man has to offer offer the girl he loves too much to love her. The storm raging within our tortured warrior threatens to tear him apart, even as his efforts to keep her at a distance rage against her heart.

Melissa Braxton knows all about storms. The one that was her father, beating her mother to death when Missy was five. A tempest that ripped her apart from her little sister, Lola, for whom she has never stopped searching. The storm that pushed her to pursue a career in counseling and open a shelter for battered spouses, seeking refuge from their abusers. And Melissa is all caught up in the storm of loving Phil, in every bit of his grumpy glory. But as a surprise hurricane bears down on Miami in the midst of Thanksgiving preparations, Melissa and Phil have to find refuge from one storm while standing firm against a whole different kind of threat.

For some reason, I liked Phil from the moment I started hoping for his survival in the jungles of Africa in Honor Bound and am glad Bridgeman chose to give us more to his story. I’ve cheered for Doc Oz as a supporting character and now as a main character. Bridgeman really did him justice by pairing him with the character of Melissa; both are written with a depth that really brings them both off the pages and tugs on the heartstrings. Honor’s Refuge is a must read within the series, but it packs the punch that makes it worthy of picking up as a stand alone.

Honor Bound by Hallee Bridgeman, Love & Honor series book #3, is available now from your favorite local bookseller or online:

Baker Book House        Christian Book        Barnes & Noble        Amazon

Thank you to the author and publisher for allowing me a copy to read and review. All opinions expressed here are my own and are completely genuine.