If you’re like me, you love to read all year round. They say people read more in the summer, but I think any time of year is the perfect time to immerse yourself in a good book. Spring is the perfect time of year as the weather is warmer and you can read outside if you prefer. If you’re looking for new reads for your library, here are some recommendations to keep you turning the pages.
1. cowboy heart by Alexa Verde
I’m currently reading Alexa’s Cowboy crossing series, and I love it. She’s a fantastic writer. If you like cowboys and the beach, this set is for you. It presents the first five books of her Seaside Cowboys series, plus a bonus short story, and is about a family of cowboy brothers. These books contain all the tropes we love, like romance, family, humor, mystery, and suspense.
2. Cowboy heart too by Alexa Verde
If you loved the box cowboy heartyou will love it Cowboy heart too. This set contains the final five books in the Seaside Cowboys series plus a bonus novella. This series is Christian and refined.
3. Black Star by Creston Mapes
I love rockstar romances, but every time I start reading this trope it turns into something gross and disgusting. So when I came across Black Star and I saw that it was a clean Christian suspense book, that caught my attention. It’s a fantastic book. It’s about a rock star named Everett Lester who lives his dream but falls apart due to depression, alcohol and drugs. He is desperate for something that can bring peace to his soul. In search of answers, he consults a medium. What begins as a quest for answers quickly turns into something sinister.
Then the letters come from a young woman in Kansas who says she’s not a fan, but a friend. She says she prays for him and that his faith may be the only thing standing between Everett and destruction.
Then a mysterious murder shocks the country and a high-profile trial takes place in Florida. As the nation watches, the truth comes to light amidst fame, deception, and spiritual warfare.
4. Total tilt by Creston Mapes
Total tilt is the second book in the Chronicles of rock stars. Everett Lester turned over a new leaf and gave his life to Jesus. His new tour brings him back on the road to perform for a new cause. But he quickly learns that he cannot escape his dark past.
His wife, Karen, received news that turned their world upside down, and his gambling-addicted brother Eddie and the rest of their family reacted to his new journey with hatred and disdain. When the crowd closes in on Eddie, Everett and Karen are drawn into his nightmare as well.
To make matters worse, Everett’s nephew, Wesley, blames Everett for his brother’s death. Soon, Wesley meets a psychotic drug addict named Tony Bandino, and the two boys and their gang won’t stop until they take out Everett or anyone who gets in their way.
I read this book in a few days and it was fantastic.
5. The Brotherhood of the Seaside by Jessie Gussman
Jessie Gussman is one of my favorite authors, and her newest release sounds great. It’s about a woman named Quinn whose husband leaves her nothing but a suitcase and a broken heart.
She must start over on the Outer Banks and live with her mother-in-law, who is facing financial ruin and whose husband is slipping deeper into dementia. Quinn fears she has jumped onto another sinking ship.
While cleaning vacation rentals and avoiding her critical sister-in-law, Quinn meets a group of women, Sharon, Ruth and Cindy, who are going through storms of their own.
When Quinn begins cleaning for mysterious loner Jack Sullivan, the walls she rebuilt begin to crack. He looks like a normal drifter on the beach, but there’s something she can’t put her finger on. As they gradually uncover each other’s secrets, Quincy must decide if she’s ready to try her luck at love again.
6. Steele family saga Collection Box: Books 1 to 3 by Carrie Lowrance
Escape into the heartwarming and emotional world of the Steele family as they navigate love, loss, and second chances. The Steele Family Saga box set includes the first three books in this captivating, clean-cut romance series.
Book 1 – Someone to catch my tears
All country superstar Grantland Steele wants to do is get away from the spotlight after a personal tragedy. Meanwhile, Chief McRae Torrinson faces her own challenges. When they both find themselves returning to their hometown of Peachtree, Illinois, destiny brings them together. But with the wounds of the past and a twist of fate, will they finally realize that what they have always been missing is each other?
Book 2 – Season of belonging
Merrick Taylor is desperate to escape his toxic home life, while Hollyn Steele is a survivor of abuse at the hands of her biological father. They meet online and become fast friends, but when Merrick suddenly disappears, Hollyn is left with more questions than answers. One phone call changes everything and sets them on a journey of healing and love.
Book 3 – Find your home
Larsyn Steele’s life is falling apart. After losing a patient and discovering her husband’s infidelity, she returns to her hometown of Peachtree, Illinois, with her six children. Doctor Creighton Lane, still grieving for his wife and daughter, also finds himself in Peachtree. As they both try to heal from their pasts, they form a strong bond. But with secrets and unresolved feelings between them, can they really find a new home in each other?
7. Love undercover by Mandi Blake
Zach Wilson kidnapped Lauren Vincent to get answers. Then his brother went too far. Saving Lauren is the only decent thing Zach has ever done. However, that doesn’t erase a lifetime of bad choices. When he gets out of prison, he is shocked to see Lauren waiting for him with forgiveness in her eyes.
That night has haunted Lauren for years, never understanding why Zach spared her, but grateful that she is still breathing. Her cousin has been missing for years and Zach is the only one with the resources and connections to find her.
Now living next door to Lauren, Zach does his best to keep his distance. Yet Lauren sees that he is working hard to become a decent and honorable man. Zach doesn’t want to risk her safety, but she’s determined to find her cousin, even if she has to entrust her heart to the man who held her life in his hands all those years ago.
8. Chase away the clouds by Debbie Macomber
Debbie Macomber is another one of my favorite authors. I fell in love with pure romance when I read her book, This question of marriageduring adolescence. His new book, Chase away the cloudsthis looks like another good read.
Maisy Gallagher has many dreams, but when her father passes away, she puts them aside to help her family. Knowing it’s the right thing to do, she still longs for what could have been.
Chase Furst is a hardened heir to a financial empire and focuses primarily on his own life and work as a bank executive. Growing up in a traumatic childhood because his mother struggled with addiction left him cynical and emotionally distant.
When Chase meets Maisy, he comes face to face with a kind woman who can see past his defenses. Her offer to help him in his time of need surprises and annoys him at the same time. Refusing his offer of payment, she tells him to pay it forward through an act of altruism. The problem is, Chase doesn’t even know where to start.
9. Coming home to North Dakota by Jessie Gussman
These are the first Jessie Gussman books I’ve read. Since then, I have loved his writing. This set contains eight bright, heartwarming romances set in the small town of Sweet Water, North Dakota.
10. Redo the knot by Liwen Y. Ho
This book is about two friends, Piper and Peter, who get married so they can inherit their inheritance. On paper only, and eventually break up. It’s going to take a lot of work for them to find themselves.
If you’re looking for some great reads this spring, these books won’t disappoint. Grab one or two, or a few, sit in the sun with a glass of tea or a cup of coffee and escape.
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