Rachelle J. Christensen

Romance, Suspense, Mystery Author

Ready for Summer

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Book Promos and Deals

Are you ready for summer? In some ways, it feels like summer got an early start this year and this probably won’t be a typical summer. Regardless of plans, it’s always a good time to indulge in a clean and wholesome story and I have a collection of three books by Alexa Verde to share with you today.

Three fun, feel-good, uplifting romances where childhood or teen sweethearts encounter each other and second chances when they least expect it! Be prepared to be swept up by these heartfelt stories into the world where past wounds can heal, humor is abound, and love is found again. This set includes a reunion romance, a single dad and best friends romance (previously published), as well as a never published before fairytale retelling.

Second Chance at Love: Three Second Chances Sweet Romances - Reunion, Single Dad, & Fairytale Retelling (To Love and to Cherish Book 2) by [Alexa Verde]Second Chance at Love by Alexa Verde

SEASON OF JOY. A successful travel reporter returns home for the holidays, and sparks fly between her and her first crush, now a single father. When his youngest son writes a letter to God asking for a Mom for Christmas, she agrees to help him find the right woman. But can this reunion be a second chance for these best friends?

HOLD ME. Can she win the heart she shattered?
Divorcee Aileen McKenzie only wants to have a fresh start in her hometown with her son and their pets and to see her fledgling pastry store thrive. When she nearly drowns in a flood and her house and store are damaged, her first love-and the man she’d left over two decades ago-Roman Vela comes to the rescue. Old feelings resurface.
Over the next days, Aileen and Roman grow close until she might have to leave town-and Roman-again. Will a once-shy, risk-averse girl choose a safe life with guaranteed income or risk it all for love?

NOT YOUR CINDERELLA TYPE. Run away or claim her prince… what will she choose?
Once heartbroken and abandoned, Allie Reyes watches her former childhood sweetheart and the head of the corporation, Rodrigo Garza, from the shadows of cleaning the offices. Blackmailed to go to a masked ball, she meets him incognito and has the best evening of her life… until she leaves in haste. When she is later accused of a theft she didn’t commit, will she have the courage to stay and claim the love she didn’t hope for?

HOLD ME is available as solo, and SEASON OF JOY is available as solo, as well as in CHRISTMAS LOVE & JOY and IN LOVE BY CHRISTMAS sets.

PS Don’t forget to check out this collection of audio books HERE.

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Book Review: The Reluctant Bachelorette by Rachael Anderson

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Book Thoughts by Rachelle

Rachael Anderson has written another great contemporary romance. I like her fresh writing style. Her characters pull you in and make you root for them. She has a knack for making you laugh and sigh on the same page. I was lucky enough to read The Reluctant Bachelorette.

Here’s more about the book:

Unknowingly cast as the bachelorette for her town’s charity event, Taycee Emerson wants out. Especially when she discovers her old teenage crush, Luke Carney, is one of the bachelors and it’s up to the viewers–not her–to decide which bachelors stay or go.

Coerced into participating, Taycee does what any self-preserving girl would do. She launches a subtle attack on Luke’s good name with the hope of getting him voted off the show. Unfortunately, Luke’s an eye-for-an-eye kind of guy, and when he discovers what she’s up to, it means revenge.

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Monday Musings #89

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Monday Musings with Rachelle

How can it be Monday again already? I really love this inspirational thought. What quotes inspire you?

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Book Review: Nightingale by David Farlane

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I read Nightingale on my iPad and I have to say that the experience was like nothing I had imagined. The samples from the soundtrack blended seamlessly with the storyline. I’m not one who listens to music while I read, I like it quiet, so I was a bit skeptical. But the music was amazing and left me wanting the full soundtrack so that I could play it while I continued to read.

On the iPad enhanced version, there are also several author interviews with Dave. He is a master storyteller, teacher, and sharer of little-known facts. I enjoyed every one of his interviews and look forward to listening to them again. The artwork included was also fantastic– here’s a sample.

So aside from the enhanced effects, why did I like the book? I’m always intrigued when an author can set a story in our world, but introduce a new species. So in Nightingale, we have this inter-weaving of humans and Bron, who is the Nightingale, a baby abandoned by its species and he has wicked awesome powers.  

Farland has a gift when it comes to creating characters. Each one walks off the page. We know the main characters, but we can feel the secondary characters standing next to them. The plot line is engrossing and I was rooting for several of the characters, worrying over what might happen to them.

Here’s more about the book:

“We all become lost children at one time or another. When no one else can find us, we must find ourselves.”
– Olivia

Bron Jones was abandoned as a newborn. Thrown into foster care, he is rejected by one family after another, until he meets Olivia, a gifted and devoted high-school teacher who recognizes him for what he really is—what her people call a “nightingale.”
But Bron isn’t ready to learn the truth. There are secrets that have been hidden from mankind for hundreds of thousands of years, secrets that should remain hidden. Some things are too dangerous to know.
Bron’s secret may be the most dangerous of all.

In his remarkable young adult fantasy debut, David Farland shows why critics have called his work “compelling,” “engrossing,” “powerful,” “profound,” and “ultimately life-changing.”

“The world of fantasy has a new king!”
–John Jerrold

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The Runelords by [David Farland]    

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Monday Musings #88

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Monday Musings with Rachelle

Isn’t this a great inspirational thought for the week? There’s not a big fanfare with big decisions, but it’s the quiet and simple things that matter.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

–Agnes De Mille

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Book Review: Willa and the Whale by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown

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I thoroughly enjoyed this contemporary middle grade fiction by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown. Willa and the Whale is a remarkable story of a young girl grieving the death of her mother with the help of a humpback whale. Willa’s mother was a marine biologist and every chapter starts with a journal entry that shares interesting *really cool* facts about the ocean.

I love how Willa talks to Meg the whale to help her get through tough times. The story has several complex characters and Willa’s best friend, Marc, has his own secrets and hurts he is dealing with. Then there’s Lizzy, the annoying know-it-all who seems out to get Willa at her most vulnerable places. But the authors unveil wonderful facets of these characters we couldn’t see at first, just like we can’t see what’s in the ocean by looking at the surface.

This book is excellent for tapping into the complexities of life which will always include some form of grief, trials, and trouble. It’s a wonderful read with funny, heart-warming episodes and plenty of fun learning opportunities. There are a ton of things I want to look up and have my kids learn about. I’m going to encourage my children to read this book as well and I’m pretty certain they’ll love it just as much as I did.

Here’s more about the book:

After losing her mom, Willa is grieving and having a hard time living with her dad and his new family on an island off the coast of Washington State. Her dad tries to cheer her up by taking her whale watching, something Willa’s mom used to do.

While all the passengers are on one side of the boat, Willa encounters a humpback whale on the opposite side. Willa feels so lonely that she starts to talk to the whale—and the whale talks back!

The whale, named Meg, quickly becomes a trusted friend and confidante Willa can speak to whenever she’s by the ocean.

Meg offers sound advice Willa needs about dealing with a nemesis at school and trying to figure out why her friend Marc is keeping secrets about his family life.

Before the story ends, it will take all of Willa’s courage and connections to tackle a problem that’s as big as a blue whale!

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