The Padded Girdle (Lester T Nielsen)

Most people would consider two terminal illnesses in one home enough trauma for any family to deal with. Add in the death of a baby, the bite from a brown recluse spider, three major heart surgeries, a daughter losing sight and hearing on one side of her head, a son being run over, having his head crushed by a drunk driver, losing three homes to medical expenses... well, that would just be cruel and unusual. But it's only the beginning. Find out how one family copes with their latest diagnosis... yet another terminal illness for Linda and Jeremy. A disease so rare, that only 300 people in the entire world have been diagnosed with it in the past forty-five years! Yet all this cannot keep the smiles from returning to their faces, and their spirits from soaring heavenward. This is a must read for anyone who loves hearing about the greatness of the human spirit! Includes CD.

This book makes you realize someone out there is always fighting a bigger battle than you are, Live life one day at a time and to always look for the positive. I don't know if this is a book I would pick up at the library just ro read, because it is a documentary of this womens life, but I was given this book for free and decided why not. It was an okay read.

Anchors Aweigh (Kathleen Bacus)

Ahoy Mateys! With her grandma wedded and bedded (eeow!) Tressa Jayne Turner is looking forward to the weeklong cruise that follows. Good food. Warm beaches. Romantic sunsets. A swashbuckling ranger-type, Rick Townsend, who shivers her timbers. Nothing can take the wind out of Tressa's sails this time.

Nothing except this Love Boat's the Titanic. For one thing, it's a lo-cal "biggest loser" cruise. For another, Tressa's bad-boy faux fiance and his marriage-minded aunt are stowaways, and Tressa's barely got her sea legs before a dastardly murder plot bobs to the surface. It's a foul wind that's blowin' -- and not from the exercise-obsessed passengers. Add one whale of a Bermuda love triangle, and Tressa knows just how Captain Jack Sparrow feels when the rum is gone.

I love this Calamity Jayne series! I've never laughed so much until I found this author. I've never been embarrassed so much for a character! Sometimes you just want to say "Keep your mouth shut Tressa" and yell " Why would you do that?"

Why would she avoid yummy Rick Townsend so long? Obviously the woman is missing a few screws upstairs!

As High As The Heavens (Kathleen Morgan)

Heather Gordon has enjoyed the privileges of sixteenth-century Scottish nobility her entire life. Despite this comfort and ease, she yearns for a more fulfilling existence. Her prayers are soon answered - though not quite the way she expected.

Duncan Mackenzie has never known a life beyond the rugged Highland countryside. When a daring rescue is planned to free Mary, Queen of Scots, Duncan finds he is the key to unlocking the fortress where she is imprisoned. But first he must shed his rough Highland ways and learn to behave as a fine gentleman - something only a member of the nobility can teach him.

Heather and Duncan find themselves drawn together against their better judgment to complete this daring rescue. But in the close quarters of Duncan's remote Highland cottage, there is more stirring than political rebellion. Deceit, betrayal, and unexpected love draw you into this gripping story.

It wasnt too bad. I had no problem putting it down though, so the story didnt catch me and hold me like I prefer a book to.

Winds of Hope & Shelter From the Storm (Anita Stansfield)

When it came time for Will and Elizabeth to leave, Jayson felt like a lost child, alone and terrified. Elizabeth whispered near his ear, "I will be praying for you constantly. God will get you through this, Jayson. Nobody else can. He will give you the peace and the strength you need." Jayson nodded but couldn't speak. He turned and walked away, feeling as if he were about to literally descend into the depths of hell. And nobody could spare him from the inevitable consequences of the choices he'd made to bring himself to this point. Not even God could do that. With all the pain and loss he has suffered over the last twenty years, does Jayson have the courage to trust the healing power of the Atonement? To allow his spirit to be touched by a child's testimony? To replace doubt and skepticism with love and forgiveness? In this third chapter of the Jayson Wolfe story, best-selling LDS author Anita Stansfield once again demonstrates her profound understanding of human nature. As the resilience of family relationships are put to the ultimate test, Winds of Hope gently yet powerfully carries the reader through the pages of this exceptionally heartfelt and moving love story.
Jason rushed out of the bishop’s office, then moved even faster to get out of the building before he burst into tears. . . . The moments in his life when he’d felt this way paraded before him. Derek’s death. Elizabeth telling him she didn’t love him and couldn’t marry him. Macy running away. His mother dying. . . . He reminded himself that Elizabeth had married him—twenty years later, and Macy had come home. He’d found peace over the deaths of his loved ones . . . but right now, the path to finding such peace felt impossible to traverse. But why? This wasn’t a death or a tragedy. It was a Church calling—and a belligerent woman who just couldn’t leave well enough alone. Why was he taking it so hard?
Just when everything seems to be going so well, Jayson’s life is turned upside down. As he begins to question his own worth and worthiness in God’s eyes, his doubts and fears threaten to tear apart everything he has worked so hard to build.
In yet another compelling chapter of the Jayson Wolfe story, bestselling LDS author Anita Stansfield creates a captivating story of love and loss and courage—a story that will touch and thrill the hearts of her readers. Beautifully rendered and deeply moving, this is a story about truths that often elude us. It is an intense examination of both the vulnerability and resilience of the human spirit.
This is volume 4 of the Jayson Wolfe Story

I loved this series. I would definately recommend it to those of you who love love stories. This series also shows that you can be LDS and not exactly fit the perfect mode as people invision us LDS people to be.

Belle, A Retelling Of "Beauty And The Beast" (Cameron Dokey)

Belle is convinced she has the wrong name, as she lacks her sisters' awe-inspiring beauty. So she withdraws from society, devoting her time to wood carving. Secretly, Belle longs to find the fabled Heartwood Tree. If carved by the right hands, the Heartwood will reveal the face of one's true love.

During a fierce storm, Belle's father stumbles upon the mysterious Heartwood--and encounters a terrifying and lonely Beast. Now Belle must carve the Heartwood to save her father, and learn to see not with her eyes of her mind, but with the eyes of her heart.

I always love to hear different versions of the old fairy-tale classics. I'm not sure if I care for the author's style but I enjoyed the sweet story she told.

Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Brandon Mull)

Two hidden artifacts have been found. Three more remain unrecovered. More preserves face destruction as the Society of the Evening Star relentlessly pursues new talismans. Reading in Patton's Journal of Secrets, Kendra learns the location of the key to a vault housing one of the artifacts. In order to retrieve it, the Knights of the Dawn must enter a death trap a dragon sanctuary called Wyrmroost. The mission cannot proceed without stealing a sacred object zealously guarded by the centaurs. Anybody seen Seth? The race is on to acquire all five of the artifact keys to the great demon prison, Zzyzx. Will the Knights of the Dawn conquer Wyrmroost? Who can stop the Sphinx? Can Vanessa be trusted to help? What artifact will be found next?

This is a must read series, especially if you like magic. I can't wait for book 5 to come out.