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Gunna stamped the snow from her boots and flinched as the overpowering heat of the hotel's lobby hit her like a slap in the face. The door whispered shut behind her as she looked around, spying a man wearing a grey suit and a worried look by the reception desk. He immediately hurried over to her.
Michael spoke slowly and sternly, as if scolding an obstinate child.
“Kate, let me be very clear about this. You will not continue this murder investigation, under any circumstances. I forbid it.”
Michael’s words were unequivocal, not to be challenged. He was man. He was in charge. He expected no argument.
He was an idiot.
Title: Murder Strikes a Pose
Author: Tracy Weber
ISBN: 9780738739687
Publisher: Midnight Ink/2014
Pages: 274
Kate Davidson is a Seattle yoga instructor. She is struggling to keep her yoga business intact. She is also fending off matching efforts by her best friend. One fine day she finds a homeless man selling newspaper in from of her yoga studio. It wouldn't have been so bad but his horse-sized German shepherd Bella scares everyone away. She befriends the homeless alcoholic George, and his best friend, Bella. The three of them form some kind of camaraderie and she learns that George has more to what he appears to be.
Musing Mondays asks you to muse about something related to reading/books each week…...
I am going post mini reviews of two historical romances:
Winter Heart by Jane Bonander
This novel speaks about horrors of mental institutions in 19th century America. Dinah Odell has been put in one such institution by her greedy uncle. Daisy, a dying nurse at Trenway, helps Dinah escape and take her place caring for a mentally unstable girl at a ranch in California. Tristan Fletcher is a rancher. Dinah has to care for his sister Emily. Dinah is in hiding from her uncle and Tristan has been too scarred in his past to contemplate a serious relationship with anyone. But they are both drawn to each other. Will their past lives drive them apart?
Touching Distance by Graham Hurley
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It's a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Book Beginnings on Fridays hosted by Rose City Reader, where bloggers share the first sentence or more of a current read, as well as initial thoughts about the sentence(s), impressions of the book, or anything else that the opening inspires.
ALL I could see from where I stood
Was three long mountains and a wood;
I turned and looked the other way,
And saw three islands in a bay.
So with my eyes I traced the line
Of the horizon, thin and fine,
Straight around till I was come
Back to where I'd started from;
And all I saw from where I stood
Was three long mountains and a wood.
Determined her daughters would never face the same challenges she had, Teresa raised them with three
guiding precepts:
Every woman must be self-supporting.
Marriage is a trap set by men for women.
Parenthood must be postponed until one reaches the pinnacle of her career.
The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton
Ethan Cruz's friends play a prank on him. While he is drunk and ranting about attributes of a perfect bride for himself, they videotape him and after much editing, they post that on YouTube. They tell him at the last moment that his prospective bride is appearing on the scene and he has to go fetch her from the airport! Ethan is shocked and every intention of turning her down. But one look at her and all his intentions fly.
Autumn Leads wants something to spice up her career. She, with the help of a friend, answers that video, after making herself the perfect candidate. She flies to Montana to meet the groom and a story for her article. But like Ethan, one look at him and she finds herself falling for him.
Ethan and Autumn maybe deceiving each other but they want to be together. However, the path of love is never smooth. Ethan's cowboy friends are no help. With a strong, career oriented mother and equally successful sister, Autumn finds herself wanting as she is not ambitious enough like her family. She is on the verge of breaking all the three guiding precepts of her mother. Finally, she accept herself, and goes with her heart.
The novel is witty and fast paced. Good for a lazy afternoon. And not bad for FREE.
Sometimes, to hide your sadness, you have to cut yourself in two. That way you can bury half of yourself, the unspeakable half, and leave the rest to face to the world. I can tell you the first time I did this. I was fourteen years old, standing in a bathroom stall holding the last note I would ever receive from my friend Romina, a note consisting of a single question in furious capital letters.
Musing Mondays asks you to muse about something related to reading/books each week…...
I am going to muse about another book of poetry this week.
Blue Collar Eulogies by Michael Meyerhofer
In this book of poetry, Meyerhofer has taken everyday observations and connected those in a very compelling way. One is taken by surprise by the turnings in his poetry. His poems seem to jump from one thought to another without that disjointed awkwardness. The poems speak of his experiences and he is not squeamish about the raw feelings or emotions.
The language and tone are simply amazing and right from the beginning to the end, the reader is never ever let down. The nuances are so well brought out that one is left with the feeling of wanting more and more of his poetry.
Meyerhofer has covered a whole range of topics and the depth is retained throughout. For example, take the following......
"The Crayon Not Taken."
On the way to your grandmother's,
you told them about the stupid boy in class
who forgot what color pumpkins were,
and because you always played by the rules,
now you are wealthy and married.
I, on the other hand, have lived
in the back seat of a '99 Cavalier in late July
when heat melts the life from the seeds
and, because it has no place else to go,
it wrestles through the soil for air.
