Top Ten Books That Would Be On Your Syllabus If You Taught X 101

Top Ten-ish(Though I have more than ten individual books on this list, in my defense there are less than ten series listed. I couldn't leave out any of my favorites!!!)Books/series that would be on my syllabus if I taught Christian romantic suspense 101

-The Women of Justice series by Lynette Eason-

1. Too Close to Home

2. Don't Look Back

3. A Killer Among Us

Bonus short story: Gone in a Flash

-The Guardians of Justice series by Irene Hannon-

4. Fatal Judgment

5. Deadly Pursuit (One of my personal all time favorites!)

6. Lethal Legacy

-The Alaskan Courage series by Dani Pettrey-

7. Submerged

8. Shattered 

9. Stranded 

10. Silenced 

11. Sabotaged

-The Deadly Reunions series by Lynette Eason-

12. When The Smoke Clears

13. When A Heart Stops

14. When A Secret Kills

Bonus short story: Retribution

Bout of Books 14 Wrap Up!

I had a really great Bout of Books, I was able to participate in all of the challenges, and pretty much the whole week the weather was either extremely hot or raining so it made for a ton of inside reading time! I had thrown the goal of reading 7 books out there as a wouldn't-it-be-nice kinda goal, never thinking that I would actually reach it, but I am so beyond thrilled that I did!

The books I read during Bout of Books 14 (In the order I read them!)

1. Target by Lisa Phillips 

2. The Bones Will Speak by Carrie Stuart Parks 

3. Guard Duty by Sharon Dunn

4. The Art of Falling by Julie Jarnigan

5. The Rescuer by Dee Henderson

6. Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton

7. The Selection Stories-The Prince. The Guard. by Kiera Cass

8. A Match of Wits by Jen Turano (Read first 20 pages!)

Bout of Books Day Seven Challenge!

What to read next challenge!

For this Challenge, you need torecommend 3 books (and only 3 books) that you have read this year that you think should be recognized as something great - something everyone should have on their TBR list for this fall.  If you can, say a short little something about why you recommend these books. 

1. Always on My Mind by Susan May Warren-This is the fourth book of an amazing series and I totally think that this one and all the others in the series should be on the TBR list of everyone who loves contemporary romance stories that feature a close knit family!

2. From The Start by Melissa Tagg-Words truly can't describe the sheer awesomeness of this author's writing, I absolutely adore everything she writes and this book was no different, I read in under twenty four hours and hope to have the time to re-read it soon! Another one that I recommend to all fans of contemporary romance!

3. With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden-This book was actually published in 2014 but I didn't read it until this year! It is such an amazing book, the best historical I've read so far this year, will be on my list of favorite reads for the year and is tied with Against The Tide for my favorite of this authors books (Though there are still a couple of hers I haven't read yet, I don't think that opinion will change!) 

Bout of Books Day Six Challenge!

Book Road Trip

My go to answers for these kinds of things are Ireland and Italy but I will try to avoid using those two this time around!

Alaska: The Alaskan Courage series by Dani Pettrey

Washington D.C: The King by Steven James

Spartanburg and Columbia, SC: The Women of Justice and Deadly Reunions series by Lynette Eason

New York City: A Most Peculiar Circumstance by Jen Turano

Bout of Books Day Five Challenge!

 Character Soulmates Challenge  

It's great because we are going to be shipping characters from different books. Have you ever thought __(person)__ from this book would be just perfect with __(person)__ from this other book? Well here is your chance to finally pair them up and watch the sparks fly.

1.) Pick two characters from two different books who you think will be great together in a romantic relationship. These characters must have never been in the same book together or met before.

2.) Make a post telling me which characters you picked and what books they are from. You can't forget to give them a cool ship name too! An example of a ship name can be "Percabeth" for Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase. If you have a blog or a youtube channel, you can also just put this info in a post/video and leave a link to it in the comments.

3.) Give me a short reason as to why you paired those two as a cute couple. Convince us that it is meant to be.

This was actually a really hard challenge for me because most of the books that I read are romances that end with the couple either engaged or married, and even though they are fictional characters I just couldn't bring myself to break up their relationships for the sake of this challenge! So I decided to pick two characters that either did not have a soulmate at the end of their book or their story just hasn't been written yet! 

I chose...

Megan from From The Start by Melissa Tagg and Josh Martin from Worth The Wait by Laura Jackson!

Nickname: Jogan

Why: I love both of these characters (There is a bit of an age difference but since the year isn't mentioned  in either book, I'm just going to imagine that From The Start is set about four years after Worth the Wait, which would make Josh and Megan the same age!) I love Megan's spunky, determined, sarcastic personality which hides a deeply wounded heart, she is so strong and admirable  and Josh is such a sweetheart (But yet he's not afraid to fight for what he believes in and those he loves!) I would love for Megan to realize that God has a true gentleman out there for her! I know without a doubt that Josh would stop at nothing to help her see that she is adored and cherished (Not only by him but also by Jesus) Josh is one amazing young man and I know he would fall head over heels for Megan and he would be a great father, I have no doubt that he would love Megan's  unborn child as his own! 

Bout of Books Day Four Challenge!

Four seasons of book covers challenge

For this challenge, you need to convey the four seasons in book covers – through color, title, cover, etc. You can be literal or take a more creative approach. Anything goes! Just show me four seasons in book covers. 

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

Bout of Books Day Three Challenge!

MASH

I live in a House in Deep Haven, Minnesota with my husband Mitch Morgan, and our eight kids. I work as a riding instructor, drive a Volvo XC-90 and have my horse OGEN as my pet! :) LOL! 

To make this book oriented all of my "Husband" choices were some of my favorite book heroes (For example, Mitch Morgan is the star of Deadly Pursuit by Irene Hannon) and the cities I used were all cities where some of my favorite series take place, two of which were real, the others (Including Deep Haven, Minnesota from the Christiansen family series by Susan May Warren) were fictional. This was a really fun challenge! :)