Review: Sugar and Ice by Aven Ellis



Title: Sugar and Ice
Series: Rinkside in the Rockies, #1
Author: Aven Ellis
Date Published: December 28, 2016
Publisher: RJM Publishing

Sugar and Ice is the first full-length novel in the Rinkside in the Rockies Series by Aven Ellis!

Josephine Rossi has recovered from a broken heart, but has vowed that she's all about the desserts now as a recipe tester for Bake It! Magazine. Cheesecake never breaks your heart. Unless it cracks on the top, but still, it tastes amazing if you bake it just right. She knows what to do in the kitchen as far as making luscious desserts. Men? Apparently she's not so good at figuring them out, so she refuses to bother. Josephine knows it is safer to stay in the kitchen than to take another chance with her heart.

Denver Mountain Lions forward Cade Callahan is passionate about hockey, but is also about finding love. He thought he had it once, but a disastrous romance last holiday season has him keeping his heart in check. While he’s fearless on the ice, he’s guarded with his heart. Cade is determined history won’t repeat itself again. He won’t let his guard down until he’s certain he’s met The One.

However, Cupid's arrow might just strike when these two least expect it. When an oven goes out, and a cheesecake for testing has to be baked, and Cade just happens to live in the same building with a working oven...Well, things other than cheesecake might just heat up in the kitchen. Can these two passionate people learn to trust their hearts again? Can love override fear for Josephine and Cade? And will they find the combination of sugar and ice is the sweetest one of all?
 






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The 2017 Audiobook Challenge


Okay-- so I decided to participate in one more challenge (I know, I know). This one is being hosted by Hot Listens and The Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 



I am still relatively new to audiobooks, but I would like to listen to more of them. They will make house cleaning and running errands a lot more exciting for sure! 
All of the details can be found here. 

I am going to go for WEEKEND WARRIOR, which is 5-10 Audiobooks. 

TTT: Top Ten Best Books Of 2016




Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

It was difficult to narrow my favorite books that I read in 2016 down to Ten, but I especially enjoyed these: 

The Trouble with Angels by Debbie Macomber


Title: The Trouble with Angels
Series: Angels Everywhere, #2
Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date (originally) Published:
November 1, 1995

A Wing and a Prayer

When irrepressible angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy set out for the City of Angels to grant three rush Christmas prayer requests, they are sure they can help without resorting to, er, divine intervention. But they soon find it will take more than one miracle to teach their precious lessons of love--as well as make three special holiday dreams come true!
 





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A Season of Angels by Debbie Macomber



Title: A Season of Angels
Series: Angels Everywhere, #1
Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date (originally) Published:
Dec 28, 1993

Wishes for love bring hope from above.
Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy—three willing but sometimes wayward angels—are each given someone's prayer to answer . . .
Shirley: She's sent to help nine-year-old Timmy Potter, who longs for a new father. And although his mother, Jody, has vowed never to trust any man, Shirley is determined to help her love again.
Goodness: She knows Monica Fischer longs for a husband and home of her own, but the young woman has practically given up on finding the right man to stand by her side . . . until Goodness steps in to help.
Mercy: Can Mercy bring hope back into Leah Lundberg's life? This maternity nurse desperately wants a child to fill up the home she's made with her husband, Andrew.
But there's just one catch: Each angel must teach her charge a memorable lesson before the prayer can be granted . . .

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Reading Challenges 2017


 I debated on whether or not I should join in any reading challenges for 2017.  I love them, but I am really...really bad at fulfilling them. But who knows- maybe I can get it together in 2017.  So, I decided to try a few new (to me) challenges, and see what happens!

Here goes!

TTT: Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree




Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

There are so many great books out there that I would love to read and add to my bookshelves! I think if I had to choose, these are the ones that I would most like for Santa to leave underneath my Christmas tree.

Top Ten Books I'm Looking Forward To For The First Half Of 2017





Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

There are so many great books that will be coming out next year! Here are the ones that I am most looking forward to that will be released between January and June. 
 
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