Ramblings from the Reader

Title: Bittersweet Author: Sarina Bowen Type: Fiction Series: Yes - Standalone Genre: Contemporary Romance Acquisition: Amazon: Free Pages: 340 Premise/Plot: Audrey is a career-driven woman working in a busy city trying to prove her worth to everyone, including her mother.  From Boston to Vermont her current assignment takes her to farm country to procure farm-to-table ingredients.  What she didn't anticipate was a flat tire and an old familiar face to help her get what she doesn't know she needs.  Griffin is a grump of a farmer, with the weight of the world on his well-sculpted shoulders, is here to help but not sell out.  Both driven by their own need to be successful, both lacking something they may just find in each other.   Rating: 4.5 Stars Sarina Bowen has put the 'sweet' in Bittersweet! A cute, contemporary story filled with emotional struggles, opportunities for personal growth, and some perfectly steamy moments between it all.  I couldn't stop rea...

First review!  Are you ready for it? Title: Fillies and Females Author: Bev Pettersen Type: Fiction Series: Dangerous Odds Romantic Mystery - Book 3 Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance Acquisition: Purchased Kindle Version Pages: 362 Premise/Plot: The tenacity of a compassionate live-in nurse, Becky, is put to the test when a series of events threatens the stables of the woman she's carrying for.  Is it a string of bad luck, or is it sabotage?  The more time Becky spends in the barn, the more she gets to know the trainers and staff, but could one of them really be behind all of this or is it a family member jilted by the estate owner's love for the horses? Rating: 3.5 Stars Summary:  Becky is a nurse who is taking care of a widowed woman living on a racehorse breeder estate.  She is quiet, reserved, and somewhat shy in the beginning of the book.  As her relationship with the elderly woman grows, she too becomes more emotionally invested in ...