The Book Bag: Seeds of Intention

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Saturday, January 14, 2023

This OR That #Giveaway № 87 ~ Island Girl by Lynda Simmons OR Seeds of Intention by Andrea Thome #IslandGirl #SeedsOfIntention

I have sooooo many books!

The This or That Giveaway! feature that I post every Saturday is a way for me to cull my collection and to share some of the many books I have. I get to clear off some of my shelves to make room for more books and give someone else the chance to enjoy these treasures.

Good luck and be sure to stop back next week!

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Island Girl
by Lynda Simmons
Paperback ~ Published December 2010

There are people who try hard to forget their problems. All Ruby wants to do is remember...

Ruby Donaldson has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's Disease, and she'll be damned if she won't straighten out her troubled family before she no longer knows how.

Ruby spent years fighting to hold on to the home her grandmother built on Ward's Island. The only way she can ensure that her younger, mentally scarred daughter Grace can live there for the rest of her life is to convince her older daughter, Liz, to sober up and come home.

Ruby always thought she'd have a lifetime to make things right, but suddenly time is running out. She has to put her broken family back together quickly while searching for a way to deal with the inevitable- and do it with all the grit, stubbornness, and unstoppable determination that makes Ruby who she is...until she's Ruby no longer.

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Seeds of Intention

(Hesse Creek #2)

by Andrea Thome

ARC ~ Published August 2017

Is it more important to have roots, or wings?

Garrett Oliver has just settled into his job as heir apparent to one of the most renowned master gardeners in the country. After a difficult few years, he’s found a home and a renewed purpose at a famed resort in the secluded Smoky Mountains. The stars seem to be aligning for Garrett as he plans a future with his college sweetheart and envisions a simple life with her in the mountains of East Tennessee.

Willow Armstrong, fresh off a painful breakup, is coming home to Knoxville to care for her ailing father. She finds herself in the right place at the right time, landing a dream job alongside Garrett—as his boss. As they are thrown together by their work, an undeniable magnetism grows between them, despite the fact that Garrett is ready to start a future with someone else. Circumstances persist in drawing them closer, and an unexpected opportunity in Colorado prompts Willow and Garrett to wonder if a life together out west might be beyond anything either of them had dared to imagine.

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Release Day: Seeds of Intention by Andrea Thome

Happy Release Day!!

Seeds of Intention

Seeds of Intention by Andrea Thome
Series: Hesse Creek #2
Print and ebook, 302 pages
Published September 5th 2017 by Hesse Creek Media

Is it more important to have roots, or wings?

Garrett Oliver has just settled into his job as heir apparent to one of the most renowned master gardeners in the country. After a difficult few years, he’s found a home and a renewed purpose at a famed resort in the secluded Smoky Mountains. The stars seem to be aligning for Garrett as he plans a future with his college sweetheart and envisions a simple life with her in the mountains of East Tennessee.

Willow Armstrong, fresh off a painful breakup, is coming home to Knoxville to care for her ailing father. She finds herself in the right place at the right time, landing a dream job alongside Garrett—as his boss. As they are thrown together by their work, an undeniable magnetism grows between them, despite the fact that Garrett is ready to start a future with someone else.

Circumstances persist in drawing them closer, and an unexpected opportunity in Colorado prompts Willow and Garrett to wonder if a life together out west might be beyond anything either of them had dared to imagine.

Congratulations Andrea

on today's release of

Seeds on Intention.

I loved Seeds of Intention!

You can read my thoughts HERE.

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About the author

Andrea Thome is a former broadcast journalist, having covered both sports and news during her career. Walland is her first novel. Seeds of Intention, the second book in the Hesse Creek Series, is set for publication on September 5, 2017. You can learn more about her at http://www.andreathome.com

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Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

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Friday, September 1, 2017

Seeds of Intention by Andrea Thome ~ My Thoughts

Seeds of Intention

Seeds of Intention by Andrea Thome
Series: Hesse Creek #2
Print and ebook, 302 pages
Expected publication: September 5th 2017 by Hesse Creek Media

Is it more important to have roots, or wings?

Garrett Oliver has just settled into his job as heir apparent to one of the most renowned master gardeners in the country. After a difficult few years, he’s found a home and a renewed purpose at a famed resort in the secluded Smoky Mountains. The stars seem to be aligning for Garrett as he plans a future with his college sweetheart and envisions a simple life with her in the mountains of East Tennessee.

Willow Armstrong, fresh off a painful breakup, is coming home to Knoxville to care for her ailing father. She finds herself in the right place at the right time, landing a dream job alongside Garrett—as his boss. As they are thrown together by their work, an undeniable magnetism grows between them, despite the fact that Garrett is ready to start a future with someone else.

Circumstances persist in drawing them closer, and an unexpected opportunity in Colorado prompts Willow and Garrett to wonder if a life together out west might be beyond anything either of them had dared to imagine.

My thoughts about Seeds of Intention ~~

(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first lines.)

First line—"Garrett Oliver had a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Or the wrong time, if you asked his new boss, Finn Janssen."

Andrea Thome is a new to me author and when I was asked to read Seeds of Intention, I was intrigued by the synopsis. And I was not disappointed.

I loved the ease that I felt as I started this book and as I got to know Garrett and Willow. The story is filled with great characters, people who are good and kind and who take Willow in like she is one of their own. And to have it set in the beautiful Smoky Mountains was an extra bonus.

The relationships throughout the book were inspiring. I loved the way everyone was there and supported each other. It was such a delight to read. You could just feel the love, respect, and admiration they had for one another—what a great group of friends.

Seeds of Intention is book #2 is the Hesse Creek series but I never felt like I was missing anything by not reading book #1, Walland. If anything, the glimpse that I got in this book about the main characters from the first book made me want to read their story too. And I am really hoping there are more books to come!

I received a copy of Seeds of Intention from JKS Communications in exchange for my honest opinion.

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About the author

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Monday, August 28, 2017

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? August 28, 2017

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

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School started last week, both at the university and the public schools. You can just feel the busyness in everyone, things have definitely ramped up. I hope all who were in the path of Harvey are safe and can return home soon. Take care everyone.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. Happy reading!

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