Category: Whitney Finalists

2018 Whitney Finalists Announced

I’m sure many of you who visit this site are already aware of the Whitney Awards. I make nominating books for this award a part of all my giveaways and reading challenges. But for those who might have missed it… The 2018 Whitney Awards finalists were announced on February 11, 2019 in nine genre-specific categories. The winners will be announced at the eleventh annual Whitney […]

February 16, 2019 / 0 Comments
Tomorrow We Spy by Jordan McCollum

Tomorrow We Spy by Jordan McCollum

CIA operative Talia Reynolds (Fluker) is off the clock, off the continent and off on her Paris honeymoon. But the happy couple’s trip to the City of Love is cut short when the CIA tracks them down for a top secret mission. Only this time, the Agency’s assignment isn’t for Talia—it’s for her husband Danny. As an aerospace engineer, Danny’s the one with the connections […]

November 16, 2014 / 0 Comments
Spy by Night by Jordan McCollum

Spy by Night by Jordan McCollum

Spy Another Day Prequel. After watching her parents’ marriage crash and burn, CIA operative Talia Reynolds doesn’t believe in “happily ever afters.” Besides, her job entails eighty-hour weeks, juggling a dozen covers and disguises, and tracking down a dangerous Russian spy ring. She hardly has time for romantic entanglements, even if she could let her guard down enough to get close to anyone. But all […]

November 15, 2014 / 0 Comments
Saint Squad: Drop Zone by Traci Hunter Abramson

Saint Squad: Drop Zone by Traci Hunter Abramson

Paige Vickers needs a new life, so she’s relieved when she’s given an assignment that takes her away from her stressful position as a psychiatric nurse with the CIA and puts her in a job as administrative assistant for Vanessa Johnson, an instructor for undercover operatives at the CIA’s training facility. At the same time, Damian Schmitt has been transferred to become a part of […]

October 27, 2014 / 3 Comments
Owen Family: Gone for a Soldier by Marsha Ward

Owen Family: Gone for a Soldier by Marsha Ward

Rulon Owen loves two things more than life—his country and Mary Hilbrands. When Virginia secedes from the Union, Rulon enlists, and finds himself fighting foes both in battle and in his own camp. He struggles to stay alive against all odds, with a knife-wielding tent-mate and a Union army that seems impossible to defeat. It will take every ounce of vigilance he has to survive […]

September 18, 2014 / 2 Comments
Hope Springs by Sarah M. Eden

Hope Springs by Sarah M. Eden

Katie Macauley gave up her lifelong dream of returning to Ireland in order to make a home for herself in Hope Springs, Wyoming, but her future has never been so uncertain. Katie’s heart still remains sharply divided between playful Tavish and steady Joseph, though she feels ill-prepared to make a decision. Furthermore, the town is more divided than ever with both the Irish and the […]

February 19, 2014 / 3 Comments
Owen Family: Spinster’s Folly by Marsha Ward

Owen Family: Spinster’s Folly by Marsha Ward

Marie Owen yearns for a loving husband, but Colorado Territory is long on rough characters and short on fitting suitors, so a future of spinsterhood seems more likely than wedded bliss. Her best friend says cowboy Bill Henry is a likely candidate, but Marie knows her class-conscious father would not allow such a pairing. When she challenges her father to find her a suitable husband […]

November 10, 2012 / 0 Comments
The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back by Sariah Wilson

The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back by Sariah Wilson

Everyone knows how those fairy tales go. The princess gets beautiful, nabs her prince and leaves her evil stepsisters in the dust. But what happens when you’re the ugly stepsister and your obnoxiously perfect–pretty, smart, and, worst of all, nice–stepsister is dating the charming, devastatingly handsome guy you’ve had a thing for since you were nine? Quirky, artistic and snarky Mattie Lowe does not lead […]

August 18, 2012 / 3 Comments
Newport Ladies Book Club: Paige by Annette Lyon

Newport Ladies Book Club: Paige by Annette Lyon

After a bitter divorce from her unfaithful husband, Paige moves from Utah to California with her two little boys and vows to make a fresh start. She finds a job at a dental practice that helps her get back on her feet, but it’s the friends she makes at her new book club who help her realize how strong she is and who give her […]

August 6, 2012 / 4 Comments
Saint Squad: Code Word by Traci Hunter Abramson

Saint Squad: Code Word by Traci Hunter Abramson

The media portrayed the military operation as a complete success, but Navy SEAL Jay Wellman wouldn’t describe it that way. He was there. As he tries to come to terms with his role that fateful night, he notices something different about his teammates and wonders if there may be more to their beliefs than he first thought. When she heard the gunshots, Carina Channing knew […]

August 2, 2012 / 3 Comments