NEW RELEASE... "CRITICAL ALLIANCE" BY ELIZABETH GODDARD

 

"Critical Alliance" by Elizabeth Goddard

Book Blurb:

Mackenzie Hanson's special set of skills opened the door to a successful career as a professor of cybersecurity at a Michigan university, allowing her to put her criminal past behind her. But when a long-ago partner in crime delivers a cryptic message about her father's tech company being under cyberattack, she heads for Montana to secure exposed assets, close security breaches, and hopefully save lives.

Diplomatic Security Services special agent Alex Knight is back home in Montana to decompress from a mission gone wrong. But even as he's trying to relax, he's drawn into another mystery, complete with suspicious deaths, lethal threats, and whispers of espionage that all have one thing in common--a beautiful cybersecurity expert with a dark past.

When the situation turns deadly, Alex and Mackenzie will have to work together to find the answers they need--before someone silences Mackenzie for good.

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My Initial Thoughts:

#CriticalAlliance by #ElizabethGoddard was released Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 and is the third and final installment of the Rocky Mountain Courage series. I am currently reading this book and could tell within its beginning pages that I am going to love it! Goddard is such a talented story teller and paints scenes with the perfect amount of description to bring the story to life in my mind, and the mysteries and writing style makes it easy to get lost in the story and keep reading page after page without abandon. This has become one of my favorite authors in the last two years!

Please let me know if you'd like to buddy read any of this author's books with me. 🙂

Thank you so much @revellbooks for including me in this book launch and gifting me a copy of this book! 💛

Credits: The book blurb and cover photo seen in this post are courtesy of Amazon.com.

"THE LOVE NOTE" BY JOANNA DAVIDSON POLITANO

"The Love Note" by Joanna Davidson Politano

🔍Book Blurb:

Focused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1865 when she discovers a never-opened love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. Compelled to find the passionate soul who penned it and the person who never received it, she takes a job as a nurse at the seaside estate of Crestwicke Manor.

Everyone at Crestwicke has feelings--mostly negative ones--about the man who wrote the letter, but he seems to have disappeared. With plenty of enticing clues but few answers, Willa's search becomes even more complicated when she misplaces the letter and it passes from person to person in the house, each finding a thrilling or disheartening message in its words. 

Laced with mysteries large and small, this romantic Victorian-era tale of love lost, love deferred, and love found is sure to delight.

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🔍My Thoughts:

I am currently reading this book, which was highly recommended to me by a close friend. This is the first book I have ever read by Joanna Davidson Politano, and so far, I am really impressed with her writing.

With a setting of 1865 England, this book starts out with an aristocratic party scene, in which the main character, Willa Duvall is receiving her fourth unwanted marriage proposal. She is now at the age and in the time where women are expected to become primarily housewives, and having come from a wealthy and prestigious family, Willa is expected to marry an arranged suitor of similar status, however she has other hopes and dreams for her life that no one seems to acknowledge or understand. Willa has a heart for the broken and desperately needy and saving lives, working alongside her beloved father, the doctor. I love this about Willa, that she cares more about serving the less fortunate than her financial or societal status.

I very much look forward to reading more of this story and will update this post when I finish this book.

Note: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review, for which I am very grateful.

My ⭐ Rating: TBD

Credits: The book blurb and cover seen in this post are courtesy of Amazon.com.

"COMPARISON GIRL" BY SHANNON POPKIN

"Comparison Girl" by Shannon Popkin

Synopsis:

"Do you constantly compare yourself with others? On social media, in your neighborhood, at church, or in the school drop-off lane, do you push yourself to prove that you measure up . . . and then feel ashamed when you don’t? Measuring yourself against others isn’t healthy. And it isn’t God’s plan. In fact, the way of Jesus is completely upside down from this measure-up world. He invites us to follow him and be restored to freedom, confidence, and joy.

Join Shannon Popkin as she shares what she has discovered about her own measure-up fears and get-ahead pride. With her trademark humor and straightforward honesty, she’s created this six-week Bible study to explore the conversations Jesus had and the stories he shared with people who--like us--were comparing themselves.

Leave measure-up comparison behind and connect with those around you by choosing Jesus’s me-free way of living: lifting others up and pouring yourself out!"

My Review:

I've been suffering from mental fog due to COVID-19, which is making it difficult for me to read, however I am making my way slowly through this book and I'm loving it! I can already say that I would highly recommend this book to any female that struggles with negative thoughts and feelings that stem from comparing herself to others. I will update this blog as soon as I finish the book and gather my thoughts on it.

My ⭐ Rating: TBD

Note: I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for my honest review, for which I am very grateful!

Credits: The book cover and synopsis seen in this post are courtesy of Amazon.com.