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 Roxy loves to gossip and the Coffee Shop is the best place to do it.  She soon finds herself using those gossip skills to try to solve the murder of a real estate agent. No one is fan of his latest project and he soon finds himself dead.  Roxy has to sort through the clues to see who had a motive to kill him as it turns out he had more than one bad deal going on. 

  The Waters of Time series continues with the story of Dawson and Philippa.  Dawson  find out the secret of what happened to his sister and he begins to search for the holy water to reconnect with her.  He has discovered that it has the power to allow others to travel in time.  While in the Middle Ages he connects with Philippa and decides to stay and marry her.  It was interesting to see all the events that happened to allow them to connect and to try to stay together as the holy water only works so much and one has to be careful with both the past and present.  

Tapestry of Grace tells the story of the town of Alexandertol, Kansas' creation of a benevolent society to care for German widows and orphans.  They learned about it after hearing about it from a town in New York.  Augusta is glad for the new endeavor as school is on break for a short time and she needs something to occupy her time.  Martina also is glad to be involved as it will give her a break from her family.  There winds us being unexpected blessings from this endeavor for not only those involved but those who are on the receiving end of the help.  A great story of coming together. 

  Rebecca is determined to right a wrong and goes about doing it with the help of Librarian Mark.  She is a part of murder trial where she feels the wrong person was convicted and feels it is her duty to set things right.  She can't do it by her self but finds herself teaming up with the Mark to make it happen.   As the work to figure things out they get to know each other better. She helps him to see that just because he didn't follow in the path his dad wanted him to that it did not make him a bad person.  They begin to become closer to each other as they work to find out what really happened. A great start to a new series and I enjoyed the narrator .

  This book is based on a series of true stories.  It tells the story of friends who joined the military to find a better life.  After joining, things seemed to be ok but when the war really started to ramp up they saw more than they ever thought that they ever expected.  The friends stuck together and worked at helping each other to survive in more ways than one.  The horrors they saw and things they had to endure could only happen with the help of each other.        I was aware of many of the things that went on during WWII but it is always interesting to see it from a first person point of view.  A story you will definitely want to schedule time to finish

  A very suspenseful book in the Defend and Protect series.  Zane is living his dream as a Special Agent who gets to help protect the president.  He works at setting up security at events the president will attend.  As the president plans a trip to Raleigh, NC  he get work again with Tessa.  She has worked hard to get where she is, but this trip could set her back.  Zane wants the best for her and they have to work together to keep the president safe.  A real page turner.

  Mallory decides to remodel the tourist shop that her grandmother left her.  She has done what she can to make it a great store and is thrilled when she gets a chance to be a part of a TV show to help make the store even better.  She is unsure though if she still wants to be a part of it once she learns all the details. She also still has someone wanting the property and has to work out the hard decisions to decide what is best for her all around.

 Mae finds herself with her hands full.  She is trying to finalize wedding plans and keep the Happy Trails Campground running smoothly.  Another dead body is found in the town and Dottie winds up being one of the main suspects.  Mae and the rest of the Laundry Club Ladies know that Dottie is not responsible and go out to find who else the bounty hunter could have ticked off.  They will have to go undercover to see what is going on and to find the killer before it is too late. 

  Brianna feels tied to Ballymacool House and Boarding House.  She has worked there a long time and decides to try to make more of herself.  She decides to go exploring and runs across a few bits of buried treasure.  When she finds a platter she decides to find out the story behind it and turns to Michael to help her find its story and what the future holds. 

  Ashley Scott finds herself in Hope Harbor trying to start over.  She meets Jonathan who helps her out with this new adventure.  As the two of them work on her property and new ideas they begin to grow closer.  Here’s to hoping of new lives and new loves.