Musings by Erin

  When looking at contemporary romance as a genre, with gritty down-to-earth characters with real flaws and real growth and development, I look no further than Tammy Gray's works. In this State of Grace series, she also included some humor, which made these books some of my favorites of hers. Fans of the series will be glad to see Cameron finally get his story told. He's been a significant minor character in the first 2 books of the series, so this is a series I would recommend reading in order. If you've read the first 2 books, you know Cameron is a musician. That can make him a bit moody and made him a bit unlikeable to me in the first 2 books (which is surprising since I'm a singer), but he redeemed himself in this book.   Here's a bit about the book: Four years after getting the biggest break of his life, Cameron Lee's music career has taken a nosedive, leaving him two options: become a sellout or give up on his lifelong dream. He reluctantly returns home fo...

  One of my favorite storytelling methods is a dual timeline story. I really enjoy seeing how history impacts the present and this type of story is good at helping us to see that, and showcases how decisions made by our ancestors impact us in modern times. This story follows Rosie McCauley in the past timeline and Kieran Lucas, Rosie's great-granddaughter, in the present. Kieran seeks out Rosie's story as it is part of her own personal history, of which she has very little understanding. This book was a very enjoyable story set in a familiar-to-me backdrop of the Great Smoky Mountains. The mountains were a favorite vacation spot for my family as I was growing up, and so it was fun to "see familiar sights" in both the past and the present in this way.  Having been a park ranger in the past, author Karen Barnett has several books that take place in our nation's national parks and this one was a lovely addition to that listing. One thing I'd not been aware of is ...