Loving Our Heroes

Jessica Hart/Amy Andrews/India Grey

Publisher: Mills & Boon

Release Date: November 2011

From the Publisher: They risked their lives for their country… Now their hearts are on the line!

Included in this anthology: Last Minute Proposal, Mission: Mountain Rescue & Mistress: Hired for the Billionaire's Pleasure 

 IMO:
I admit it, I am a sucker for a story about a military man!  It must be all those Harlequins that my grandmother gave me as a teen!  I have to admit, I loved all three of the stories in this anthology.  
Last Minute Proposal was a great play on the insanity of reality television.  I loved the story of Cambell and Tilly and was eager to see where they would end up and if the ice around him would ever shatter.  Not sure why, but that icy facade almost always seems to appeal to me.


Mission: Mountain Rescue: what is it about the men who think they know best!?  I loved the growing up that Holly did in the story.  It was something that she needed to do for herself, but it also brings her closer to the man she loves.  Richard needed time to accept that it was his future to be with Holly and that yes, she is old enough.  This story reminds me of the story The Passionate Escape (set in Africa) which is never a bad thing as it was a favorite of mine as a teen.

Mistress: Hired for the Billionaire's Pleasure: two people learning to grow and cope with life-him with a progressive deterioration of sight, her with growing up and finding her backbone.  Orlando and Rachel were extremely likeable characters and I was glad to see the evolution of their relationship as they learned to deal with what life has dealt them...and little Felix is a heart melter!

All in all this a great anthology made even better by the portion of the proceeds from sales going to Help for Heroes.

Smart Novels

Publisher: Spark Publishing (Yes, the maker of Spark Notes!)

I found a series of books-quite by accident at Half Price Books the other day- that benefit high school students enrolled in U.S. History or preparing for SAT or AP tests.  The novels I found focus on U.S. History material, but there is a series that relates to English and uses SAT vocabulary to help students review.

I am currently reading A Time for Witches, and I am caught up in the story line.  I also like the fact that there is, at the end of every chapter, two - three of pages of facts that relate to the time period in the book.  It doesn't take away from the story in any way and makes for some interesting things to learn.  I have been to Salem and there are things I didn't learn on my visit that I discovered in my reading of this novel.

From the publisher: This series of young adult fiction novels follows Mindy, a teenage girl from modern-day Salem, as she time travels to key moments in American history to fight off alien invasions. Each book highlights approximately 500 historical facts about the period in which the book is set with humorous, engaging lists interspersed throughout.

Salem Witch Trials - Book 1:  Mindy Gold observes the Salem Witch Trials from a front-row seat-the one where they put the accused witches.

Shades of Blue and Gray - Book 2: Mindy travels to the Civil War Battle of Bull Run to rescue the cutest guy in her high school.

 

 

 

 

 

Revolution - Book 3: Mindy faces rabble-rousing Whigs, smallpox outbreaks, and carnivorous pigs as she plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse in 1775 Philadelphia.
 

 

 

 

Gilded Delirium - Book 4: As Mindy searches Gilded Age Chicago for her arch-rival Veronica, she’s pursued at every turn by the sinister Pinkerton detective agency.