Check this out at the Library this week

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This week's review are fiction titles.

Young widow Joanna Watson is struggling to make a new home for her five-year-old son, Samuel, in the little mountain town of Settler's Fort in Love’s Mountain Quest - Hearts of Montana Series Bk# 2 (F BEL M) by Misty M. Beller . When she returns home from work to find Samuel and the woman watching him missing. With no lawman in town, she enlists a man she prays has enough experience in this rugged country to help. Isaac Bowen wants nothing more than a quiet, invisible life in these mountains, far away from the bad decisions of his past. But he has a strong suspicion of who's behind the kidnapping, and if he's right, he knows all too well the evil they're chasing. As they press on against the elements, Joanna fights to hold on to hope, while Isaac knows a reckoning is coming. They find encouragement in the tentative trust that grows between them, but whether it can withstand the danger and coming confrontation is far from certain in this wild, unpredictable land.

Caroline Delacroix is at the pinnacle of Washington high society in her role as secretary to the First Lady of the United States in A Gilded Lady - Hope and Glory Series Bk# 2 (F CAM E) by Elizabeth Camden. But beneath the facade of her beauty, glamorous wardrobe, and dazzling personality, she's hiding a terrible secret. If she cannot untangle a web of foreign espionage, her brother will face execution for treason. Nathaniel Trask is the newly appointed head of the president's Secret Service team. He is immediately attracted to Caroline's quick wit and undeniable charm, but his job leaves no room for distractions. Anarchist plots have led to mounting threats against the president, forcing him to put duty before his

growing love for Caroline. Amid the glamorous pageantry of Gilded Age Washington, DC, Caroline and Nathaniel face danger and heartbreak that shakes them to their core and tests all they know about love and sacrifice.

After years of isolation on top of Hope Mountain, Ilsa Nordegren may finally be ready to leave in Woman of Sunlight - Brides of Hope Mountain Series Bk# 2 (F CON M) by Mary Connealy. Raised to fear the world, Ilsa and her sisters never planned on coming down, but when the Warden family arrived in need, they had to help. And it may cost them everything. Having made his fortune, Mitch Warden returned home and found the family homestead abandoned. In a land grab, a ruthless cattle baron had forced his family to escape up the mountain, and when he follows, the last thing he expects is to fall smitten to a blackhaired woman who dresses like Robin Hood. Warden is intent on helping his family reclaim their land, but doesn't realize the risks his past has brought.

Dangerous men have tracked him, and rather than risk innocent lives, he's determined to end the danger. But that means a journey to the city, and when Ilsa insists on joining him, the mismatched pair suddenly find themselves on a venture they'll never forget.

When Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee an estate sale, she soon discovers that her grandmother left behind more than trinkets and photo frames, she provided a path to the truth behind Ivy's adoption in The Edge of Belonging (F COX A) by Amanda Cox. Shocked, Ivy seeks clues to her past, but a key piece to the mystery is missing. Twenty-four years earlier, Harvey James finds an abandoned newborn who gives him a sense of human connection for the first time in his life. His desire to care for the baby runs up against the stark fact that he is homeless. When he becomes entwined with two people seeking to help him find his way, Harvey knows he must keep the baby a secret or risk losing the only person he's ever loved.