Tag Archives: Rosey Lee

Top 10 Tuesday — Wearing o’ The Green

17 Mar

Happy Tuesday and happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today TTT bloggers are sharing books with green covers. I am hitting the review archives and my TBR shelves to bring books featuring greens of all shades. Some of the covers have more green than others, but I felt that green is what first strikes the eye.

Today’s topic is fitting not only for the holiday, but because my yard is GREEN! It’s cold today (for central Georgia) but flowers are in bloom and the trees are full of new leaves. Such a beautiful day! I hope you have one too, plus some reading inspiration.

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Green Book Covers

Ambush by Colleen Coble

A Caffeine Conundrum by Angela Ruth Strong

The Christmas Tree Farm by Melody Carlson

The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Lee

Guilty Until Innocent by Robert Whitlow

A Place to Land by Lauren K. Denton

Some Like It Scot by Pepper Basham

Stealing Magnolias by Leslie Kirby DeVooght

The Sweetness at The Bottom of The Pie by Alan Bradley

Under The Tulip Tree by Michelle Shocklee

Top 10 Tuesday — Thanksgiving Freebie

25 Nov

Happy Tuesday! This week TTT bloggers are posting about Thanksgiving and thankfulness. I have done a lot of these posts through the year and just couldn’t seem to come up with anything fresh. So . . . I am spelling out THANKGIVING with titles from books I am thankful for. The authors created books that made me smile, laugh out loud, and cry. They made me think and examine and ponder. They entertained and educated. So a big thanks to all on my list!

Top Book Titles That Spell Thanksgiving

T — Truth Be Told by Patricia Raybon

H The Heart of Bennet Hollow by Joanne Bischof DeWitt

A — The All American by Susie Finkbeiner

N — The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

K — The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

S — The Stories We Carry by Robin Pearson

G — Guilty Until Innocent by Robert Whitlow

I — The Indigo Heiress by Laura Frantz

V The Vanished by Cara Putman

I Indigo Isle by T. I. Lowe

N — Night Falls on Predicament Avenue by Jaime Jo Wright

G Gardins of Edin by Rosey Lee

Top 10 Tuesday — Random Books from The Shelves

4 Nov

Happy Tuesday! Today TTT bloggers are posting random books from our shelves — either physical or digital. Sharing from either is really going to expose my lack of timely reading. 😉 My Kindle, physical shelves, and NetGalley shelf are filled with hopes and dreams — hope that I will finally choose a book and dreams of having all the time in the world to read! Sad for so many reasons. But I will play along anyway. I chose to go the physical book route — have you read any on my list? Tell me which should head to the top of the TBR pile.

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10 Random Books from My Book Shelves

The Cairo Brief by Fiona Veitch Smith

Code of Valor by Lynette Eason

Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer

A Gardin Wedding by Rosey Lee

The Secret Book of Flora Lee by Patty Callahan Henry

Outbreak by Davis Bunn

The Queen by Stephen James

Things We Didn’t Say by Amy Lynn Green

Under The Tulip Tree by Michele Shocklee

Visible Threat by Janice Cantore

Top 10 Tuesday — Cozy Reads

21 Oct

Happy Tuesday! This week’s TTT topic is Cozy/Atmospheric reads. When I see those two descriptors I think of very different types of books. Cozy makes me think of small communities, quirky characters, and a feel-good plot, regardless of genre. Atmospheric reads, to me, are ones in which the setting plays a big part of the plot, often setting the stage for spooky goings-on. I am going to focus on cozy books this week, and for next week’s Halloween Freebie, atmospheric novels.

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Top Cozy Reads

The Christmas Tree Farm by Melody Carlson

The Divine Proverb of Streusel by Sara Brunsvold

The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Lee

Hope Harbor by Irene Hannon

The Light on Horn Island by Valerie Fraser Luesse

Memory Lane by Becky Wade

On Moonberry Lake by Holly Varni

Some Like It Scot by Pepper Basham

Stealing Magnolias by Leslie Kirby DeVooght

The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass by Katie Powner

Top 10 Tuesday — Random Book Stuff

26 Aug

Happy Tuesday! This week’s TTT prompt is non-bookish freebie. My mind froze when I read this. LOL! I am a book blogger, after all, and I just can’t stop talking books. You should see me in real life. 😉 So of course I am going to ignore this and create my own topic. Sorry, really not sorry. There was an addendum to the prompt that said we could talk about bookish stuff. Whew! My list today is just a bunch of book randomness (or maybe not). Hope you enjoy!

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Top Random Book Stuff

Books in translation. Of course if you took any world lit class in high school and/or college, you have read books that have been translated into your own language. But do you ever read contemporarily written books that were originally published in a language not your own. It’s rare, but I have a couple to recommend.

The Girl from The Train by Irma Joubert (Joubert lives in South Africa)

The Librarian of Saint-Malo by Mario Escobar (Escobar lives in Spain)

Books written by American authors who live(d) abroad. Building on the last thought, do you read authors who are from your home country, but live and write (at least part time) in another country? Unique perspectives!

From The Valley We Rise by Elizabeth Musser (Musser lives in Lyon, France)

My Hands Came Away Red by Lisa McKay (McKay lives with her family in Australia)

Vendetta by Lisa Harris (Harris lived in Africa for 19 years while serving as a missionary)

Books set in distant lands. The books listed below are in countries I will probably never have a chance to visit. Thanks to the authors who took their readers to a very foreign place.

The Beloved Daughter by Alana Terry (North Korea)

Farewell, Four Waters by KateMc Cord (Afghanistan)

Red Ink by Kathi Macias (China)

Two authors in my backyard (not literally 😉 ). Two Georgia-based authors you need to check out.

The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Lee

The Hunted Heir by Jayna Breigh

Happy Release Day! — A Gardin Wedding

13 May

I’m wising a very happy release day to Rosey Lee, author of A Gardin Wedding. I first encountered the Gardin family in The Gardins of Edin. I was hooked on this mess of a thoroughly southern family. I can’t wait to see what Martha is up to! If you haven’t read that first book, get it now! A Gardin Wedding builds on the first book — you do not want to miss any of the fun!

One of the Gardin women must navigate a season rich with unexpected challenges in the follow-up to The Gardins of Edin, a heartwarming story about love, forgiveness, new beginnings, and what it takes to get there.

Martha Gardin is a mess, and no one knows this better than the women in her family. Good-hearted but often misguided by distrust and insecurity, Martha is known for stirring up drama. That’s why Ruth, Naomi, and Mary are pleasantly surprised when Martha mellows out after she begins dating one of the most eligible bachelors in town. 

Handsome, well-connected Oji Greenwald is everything Martha hoped to find in a man, and it’s only a matter of time before he pops the question. Rarely caught off guard, Martha is accustomed to getting her way. But when it appears she’s finally about to have the life she’s always wanted, a crisis in Oji’s family brings out Martha’s tendency to try to save the day her way, and the divide deepens between her and Oji’s already indifferent mother, Eve. 

Confronted with these unforeseen challenges to her plans, Martha finds herself on a journey that forces her to fully acknowledge her previous mistakes and reconcile her past. But will it be enough to deliver her the future—and the love—her heart desires?

Rosey Lee writes hopeful stories about complicated families and complex friendships. As a native of the Westbank of New Orleans, Louisiana who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, Rosey’s writing is inspired by the people, traditions, and food that anchor her to the South. She enjoys cooking, listening to live music, and occasional bursts of fanatical bargain shopping.

Top 10 Tuesday — Georgia Authors!

6 May

Happy Tuesday! This week TTT bloggers are spotlighting authors that live in their states. Georgia has a lot of great authors! The book festival that is held in my hometown has been blessed to host some wonderful Peach State authors. Choosing only 10 was challenging, so I expanded to a dozen. I think I’ll have to do a part 2 at a later date in order to feature all the great authors who live in Georgia. My list consists of author who write adult fiction in a variety of genres — I hope you find one to love!

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Top Peach State Authors

Lindsey Brackett — Still Waters

Kimberly Brock — The Fabled Earth

Denny S. Bryce — The Other Princess

T. M. Brown — The Last Laird of Sapelo

Valerie Burns —Icing on The Murder

Clint HallSteal Fire from The Gods

Kristi Ann Hunter — Frankly, My Dear Clara

Rosey Lee — The Gardins of Edin

Elizabeth Musser — From The Valley We Rise

Lindi Peterson — Their Surprise Second Chance

Cindy Kay Stewart — Abounding Hope

Jayna Breigh — The Hunted Heir

Top 10 Tuesday — Spring-y Covers

8 Apr

Happy Tuesday! Spring has definitely sprung around my house. The azaleas are in full bloom now and the dogwoods are showing off. Our blueberry bushes are full of blossoms and seem to have escaped any late frosts! Yay! Along with the beauty outside my windows, I’ve got some book beauties on the shelf. Today’s TTT topic is Spring-y Book Covers. The covers are lightening my mood and adding some really pretty granny squares to my 2025 book blanket project. Find new releases and oldies — I have a bountiful mix on my shelves — below.

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Top Spring-y Book Covers

Always Green by Patti Hill

Always on My Heart by Iola Goulton

A Gardin Wedding by Rosey Lee

Hope Like Wildflowers by Pepper Basham

Hope Springs by Lynne Hinton

The Light on Horn Island by Valerie Fraser Luesse

The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry

Sunrise Reef by Irene Hannon

What The Mountains Remember by Joy Callaway

When The Jessamine Grows by Donna Everhart

Top 10 Tuesday — Spring TBR

18 Mar

Happy Tuesday! How is it already Spring? Now, I am not complaining. The winter here in the Sunny South was cold by our standards. But how has the time gone so quickly!? While my reading isn’t as quick as it used to be, I am steadily making progress on my TBR list. TTT helps me get it in line too. So here’s my Spring TBR, a mix of review books, book club selections, and just because. Wish me luck! 😉

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Spring TBR

Always by My Side by Iola Goulton

Cold Dead Night by Lisa Phillips

A Gardin Wedding by Rosey Lee

Guilty Until Innocent by Robert Whitlow

Midnight on The Scottish Shore by Sarah Sundin

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

The Other Sister by Jessica R. Patch

Some Like It Scot by Pepper Basham

The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry

Sunrise Reef by Irene Hannon

Top 10 Tuesday — Un-Reviewed

18 Feb

Happy Tuesday! This week bloggers are asked to fess up about unreviewed books. It is rare for me not to review a book I have read, and there is generally a really good reason to not mention them publicly. I’ll just leave that there. 😉 So what to post about then? Today’s list features books that will be read/reviewed in the next few weeks and months, so it technically fits the theme. Let me know if you have read them and what you think.

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Top Books Yet to Be Read/Reviewed

Barnaby The Runaway Sheep by Maria Antonia

Before The King by Heather Kaufman

Break My Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn

The Indigo Heiress by Laura Frantz

A Gardin Wedding by Rosey Lee

Guilty Until Innocent by Robert Whitlow

Midnight on The Scottish Shore by Sarah Sundin

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

Of Love And Treason by Jamie Ogle

Water Grave by Mitchell S. Karnes