What's In My Beach Bag #1

Hey! Okay, this week has been pretty hectic. Haven't gotten much reading done but, I did go out and buy a lot of books & I received a few as well!

What I Bought:

♥City of Bones & Burned: I bought these from Goodwill for a total of $8.00
♥Rhymes with Witches & McKettrick's Pride: I bought these from a thrift store for a total of $0.80
♥Born In Fire, Guilty Pleasures, Bloody Bones, Burnt Offerings & The Body Guard: I bought from the dollar book store for a total of: $6.00
♥Wicked Nights: I bought from CVS for $8.00 

That's a grand total of *drum roll please*... $22.80 .... yeah, I'm a happy camper hehe.. That's great for 10 books huh? :)




What I Received ♥From Braine & Cimmaron over at Talk Supe... Thanks!!♥:

I am super excited to read all of these books, some of them are a part of a series & I got them because I couldn't pass up the great deal! So yeah, hopefully next week my schedule isn't going to be as hectic as this week & I get more down for some R&R! Lawd know's I need it. That's it for my haul! What did you get? :)

Review: The Calhouns: Catherine, Amanda, and Lilah by Nora Roberts

The Calhouns: Catherine, Amanda, and Lilah
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Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Silhouette Books (January 1, 2005)
Genre: Romance
ISBN-10: 0373285094
ISBN-13: 978-0373285099

SUMMARY:

THE CALHOUNS: CATHERINE, AMANDA AND LILAH shares the legend of long lost love and four sisters determined to save their home against all odds...Suzanna and Megan's stories will be released in March 2005.

MY REVIEW:

The Calhouns are a family of 4 sisters who differ from each other in many ways but when it come's down to love, they are all on the same page. Trying to figure out how to save their home & find the missing emeralds from their great ancestors is proving hard work for these women. Catherine "CC" Calhoun, a stubborn, headstrong grease monkey who is also the baby of the family can't help but despise the fancy shoes man who walks into her shop when his car needs a fix. Finding out that this man is Trent St. James, the same Trent that is trying to buy the Calhouns' home, which is also a light tower that they can no longer afford. Unknowingly set up by her aunt Coco, CC finds herself, no matter how much she denies it, falling for Mr. St. James. Then there's Amanda, a bit uptight and very orderly. Finally getting her dream job, managing her own hotel, Amanda has no intentions of falling in love. When she bumps into rugged cowboy Sloan O'Riley, an architect hired by her brother-in-law Trent, Amanda can't help but feel something for this man even if that means playing hard instead of working hard. Lilah, naturalist, free spirited, and gorgeous, always wanted to fall in love but doesn't think she'll find that special someone. That is, until Max Quatermain washes ashore during a storm & Lilah is there to save and nurse the brilliant professor back to health. 


This is the first time I've picked up anything by Nora Roberts. Albeit, I have watched a few of her books turned movies on the Lifetime channel and I loved them. I really enjoyed this book. It's a romance through and through. We are first introduced to CC, who I love. Her character is amazing. Same with all of the other characters in this book, everyone's personality is very different but they all mesh together. I liked that through all these books, each of the girls fall in love, but there is still a family treasure hunt going on. The back story for these books is really good. Probably why I kept reading hehe. I wanted to find those dang emeralds! We are introduced to the emeralds in CC's book and it's not until Amanda's book that the emeralds take more presence, as well as the Calhoun family history. By then end of Lilah's book, the emeralds are still missing but the sisters are getting closer to figuring out where they. 


Likes and dislikes. I liked that these books ran together, and there was still a mystery with the emeralds. I also liked reading about the Calhoun family history, and how Aunt Coco & Lilah are very much into the spiritual world, and use this to further gain information finding the emeralds. As for my dislikes, well... I didn't dislike anything. 


I really enjoyed this book. I would definitely recommend this book, especially if you love yourself some romance! This book has a bunch of that with mystery and a little bit of thrill thrown in there. This book is a series. The next two are about Suzanna & Megan. They are already out, can't wait to read them!

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