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      The Colorado Cowboys series continues with the story of Charity.  Charity is trying to make it on her own by running a boardinghouse.  She is trying to provide for her younger sisters but is having a hard time making a go of it.  Hudson Vanderwater becomes aware that she is having trouble making ends meet and helps her out by renting out the boarding house.  Charity is grateful for it but has a hard time acclimating to her new boss.  As the become more acquainted, more comes to the surface about what is really going on.  A good read and I look forward to the next book in the series. 

 This book tells the story of Astrid Nilsson.  She has become a doctor and has returned to Colorado and teams up with Logan Steele to work as a doctor with him.  I enjoyed following the story as the two team up in more ways than one.  Astrid is eager to practice medicine, but is not so sure about working with and courting Logan to make it happen.  As the story progresses the work though many obstacles and eventually find the pathway that is right for both of them.  Look forward to the next book in the series.  

 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