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Swept Into Love (The Ryders #5) by Melissa Foster Date Released: August 16, 2017 World Literary Press
About Swept Into Love It’s been years since Sally Tuft’s husband died and she was left to raise her teenage son alone. And almost as long since she told the only other man she’d ever wanted that they should be just friends. Now her son has left for college and Sally has no distractions to keep her from thinking about her best friend and coworker, Gage Ryder, and what could have been.
Gage always believed that one day Sally would move past the death of her husband and they would finally explore the passion that’s simmered between them since the day they met. Tasked with opening a new youth center in Oak Falls, Virginia, Gage hopes the trip away is just what they need to finally come together.
Before Gage and Sally ever reach Oak Falls, one night at a conference changes everything, putting their friendship—and their love—on the line, and the two must decide if getting swept up in love is the…

Note: This ARC was provided by the author via Tasty Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.
Harborside Nights remains my favorite Melissa Foster series, but with the release of the fifth and final novel in The Ryders, this other series has become a very close second. I've enjoyed the stories of five of the six Ryder siblings (I've yet to read Cash Ryder's story via Flames of Love), but I confess that Swept Into Love is probably my favorite in the entire series. I loved Gage Ryder and Sally Tuft's love story and how different it was from the first four books. The fact that I enjoyed the books that came before it meant that I had certain expectations and those expectations were easily met, and even better? They were surpassed! Ah, if only all series enders were as fabulous as this one.

It's been about six years since Sally Tuft's husband passed away in a skiing accident. It was soon after that Sally met Gage Ryder, the man who would become not only her best f…

If the Creek Don't Rise by Leah Weiss Date Released: August 22, 2017 Sourcebooks Landmark
About If the Creek Don't Rise He’s gonna be sorry he ever messed with me and Loretta Lynn.
Sadie Blue has been a wife for fifteen days. That’s long enough to know she should have never hitched herself to Roy Tupkin, even with the baby.
Sadie is desperate to make her own mark on the world, but in remote Appalachia, a ticket out of town is hard to come by, and hope often gets stomped out. When a stranger sweeps into Baines Creek and knocks things off kilter, Sadie finds herself with an unexpected lifeline…if she can just figure out how to use it.
This intimate insight into a fiercely proud, tenacious community unfolds through the voices of the forgotten folks of Baines Creek. With a colorful cast of characters that each contribute a new perspective, If the Creek Don't Rise is a debut novel bursting with heart, honesty, and homegrown grit.




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