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Title: A Reliable Wife Author:  Robert Goolrick Type: Fiction Series: no Genre: Historical  Acquisition: Paperback from a friend Pages: 305 Premise/Plot: Set in 1909 in the frozen north that is Wisconsin, an aging 50+year old wealthy man, named Ralph Truitt, puts an ad in the paper for a Reliable Wife. Catherine a younger woman replies as honest and simple, but with her own agenda. It was not to be a reliable wife. In fact, she is both complex and devious.  Both being tortured by their pasts, they weather the storms, but who's plan comes together? The darkness rises and the snow relentlessly falls. This early 1900s story has twists and turns you never see coming. Rating: 4.25 Stars Summary: Our main characters, Ralph and Catherine, are beautifully written.  He is the wealthy businessman done wrong in a previous marriage, she is the orphaned young woman trying to keep herself off the streets, together they are what each other would need, right?  Wrong, these two ...

Title: A Brush with the Moon Author: Raquel Lyon Type: Fiction Series: Fox Blood Genre: Fantasy Acquisition: Purchased Kindle Version Pages: 364 Premise/Plot: Young aspiring artist Sophie is bitten by a fox while painting near her home.  Shortly thereafter she leaves home to attend Uni with her best friend, Beth.  Once she arrives strange events begin to occur, and the young woman finds herself in the center of a multi-realm, multi supernatural world.  Blessed or cursed, it will be up to her to save the world as we know it. Rating: 3.5 Stars Summary: Sophie is young, innocent, and one of those girls who doesn't stand out.  However, she catches the eye of Sebastian(Seb) and his cousin, Connor.  They are drawn to her, and the gorgeous Seb is just the werewolf to show her how special she is, hopefully before the demon Vincent tries to woe her.  During all that, her friend Beth accidentally ingests a mystical potion from another realm.  The ...

Title: The Devil Wears Scrubs Author:  Freida McFadden Type: Fiction Series: no Genre: Chick Lit/Medical Acquisition: Purchased Kindle Version Pages: 283 Premise/Plot: Fresh from Med School, Dr. Jane McGill had to learn how to be a doctor in what seems to be hell in the form of a community hospital. From crazy wicked cohorts also interning, to the seemingly demonic resident, Dr. Alyssa Morgan, Jane is sleep-deprived and treading water as patient after patient keeps her running around in circles trying to manage it all. Rating: 4.5 Stars Summary: First-year intern, Dr. Jane McGill, is having a time of it. At work, she is paired with Connie, a seemingly perfect intern, who never seemed to have a tough caseload a day the entire book.  Of course, Connie is Alyssa's favorite, and even bit of frustration, disappointment, and anger are focused towards Jane.  Poor Jane!  But she has a helper of sorts, a devilishly handsome surgical resident, Ryan. He's confide...