It's a rainy day in Lobster Cove, ME, were Karen is having the packket family reunion. Her and Diana and the rest of the kids that are there before the reunion are exploring the attic. Karen and Diana find many secret this and adventures when the stumble apon a distaint cousin, Annemaries trunk, with diaries and othe old neat stuff. Annemarie writes about how she is going to show Polly (her cousin) the Magic Garden. The garden is located in the yard of were she is staying! Diana and Karen are determen to find it, and the long lost memory boxes. Also try to find the picture of Pollys mother (who died young) which is the only picture missing from the family tree. This book is very magical and fun. Read about fun, food, games, and pure magic.

From the back...
Some folks ssaid it would never be the same--There was a new doctor in town, and he just wasn't their sort. Though Dr. Purdy said Sonny Dekker was the best, the man was a troublemaker. He was messing with the football team, risking boys' futures. And lots of townspeople wanted nothing to do with him. But not Beverly Townsend. Suprisingly, the exotic Dr. Dekker appealed to her in ways she'd never dreamed of. They were just friends, but their friendship set the grapevine buzzing. Then, on an eerily calm spring day, the heavens opened up and all hell broke loose. Gossip stopped. Hearts stopped. It was the end for many, and the beginning for some. Crystal Creek never would be the same again.

In my Opinion..
In 'Hearts Against the Wind' we read the love sory of Jeff Harris and Beverly Townsend. Sadly, in a later Crystal Creek book (Shameless) Jeff is killed at an oil sight. I had a difficult time accepting that Jeff was dead. As a reader I invested time in reading about their relationship and blossoming love. And than to have him dead in a couple lines of a later book just did not seem right. So, when I started to read this book I knew that I was going to have a hard time with Sonny Dekker as the new man in Beverly's life. But the more I read the harder it was not to like him. He is a good man and a terrific doctor and most importantly he loves Beverly. Unfortunately, the town of Crystal Creek is full of prejudice people, including Beverly's own mother Carolyn. No one wanted to give Sonny a chance, except for Beverly and a handful of others. But something terrible was going on with the towns football players, and when Sonny goes digging for the truth, he becomes even more unpopular with the citizens of Crystal Creek. As if the town did not have enough to deal with-nature strikes in the form of a tornado. Sonny is the only man that can help the people of Crystal Creek, whether they like it or not. This was an exciting conclusion to the Crystal Creek series.

Magic Quilts By The Slice by knowledgeable quilting expert Bethany S. Reynolds is a do-it-yourself instructional quilting book offering patterns and techniques for the author's "Stack-n-Whack" process of swiftly and expertly creating gorgeous quilts. Eye-catching color illustrations and easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions make Magic Quilts By The Slice a highly enjoyable guide for dedicated quilters and needlecraft hobbyists everywhere.

The Man Who Came for Christmas is a really good Christmas romance book written by Bethany Campbell it is about a young lady named Abbie Hale, a rancher's daughter and Yates Connley is a guy who comes to the ranch but Abbie resents his presence and thinks he's up to no good but learns that sometimes things aren't always what they seem! I really enjoyed this cute little book and I definitely could read it again.

Bethany is an orphaned 16 year old, forced to make her way in life alone. She meets trouble along the way, but makes a few lasting friends. It's easy to read this book over and over again!

In Austin, an upset Emerald visits her stepsister Darcy, who is working on a sculpture of a bookworm for the nearby children's wing of the library. Apparently their mother Olivia Ferrar, married three times and now a widow, plans to return to the altar with someone she met in cyberspace. A few minutes later, Sloan English sent by his distraught aunt from his Tulsa home arrives at Darcy's home to consult with her about his father John's plans to marry her mother after meeting on the Internet.

However, to Darcy's horror, Sloan collapses at her feet. Apparently, he suffers from a non-contagious illness he caught while traveling overseas. Later on, while Sloan and Darcy confer about their parents and other lunatic relatives, they fall in love with one another. However, their relationship has little hope of permanency if her stepsister and his aunt have any say in the matter.

P.S. LOVE YOU MADLY is an amusing contemporary romance with the emphasis on contemporary as the net and e-mail play major roles in the story line. The lead couple is a delightful duo who play straight roles as the zany support cast takes them on a wilder ride than that of Mr. Toad. Anyone who enjoys a hilarious romantic romp will gain extensive joy from best-selling author Bethany Campbell's twenty-first century comedy of errors.

Harriet Klausner

Bultman readers know to expect the unexpected. This time she explores how the people who settled a particular region influenced its unique personality.

From the back...
He'd kissed her in the twilight and Liz's young heart had been lost forever. Now, thirty years later, Guy Heller was back in town, and the widowed Liz Babcock, respected music teacher, pillar of the community, seemed powerless to resist the magnetism of a hard-living, thrice-divorced country crooner. Her beau, Martin Avery, was shattered. Liz's mother wasn't speaking to her. Her daughters were horrified. Throughout Claro County, scandal swirled around Liz Babcock and her Rhinestone Cowboy.

My Opinion...
Liz and Guy's love survive thirty years of being separated from each other. They have both lived, loved, and lost. However, now Guy is back and he wants Liz. It is not hard for the reader to feel the ... attraction that practically leaps off the page. It is sad that Martin Avery loses Liz, but he gains so much from an unexpected woman. As for the rest of the town and Liz's family in particular, they acted like selfish, self-centered children. For heaven sakes they were all worried about themselves instead of Liz. Poor Guy has had a terrible childhood and things did not get better as he has gotten older. Guy seems to have no one to turn to except Liz. I was excited by the pairing of these two characters because they seem so right for each other. The only problem I had with this book was the decision by the authors of this series to do what they did to Jeff, Beverly's fiancee. Their story was in an earlier book. I feel cheated somehow because I invested myself into their relationship by reading their story, only to have it end the way it did in this book. You will just have to read this yourself to know what I mean. Putting the situation with Jeff aside I must admit that I enjoyed this book and it was a great addition to the series.

Cassie's older sister is about to have her first baby and the family is facing the sale of a beloved seaside inn, so changes are already in the air when Cassie views the astonishing sight of her brother-in-law flirting with another woman. Her discovers about his true nature will change their family in this moving, realistic story of a teen's disillusionment and struggles.

From the back...
Ken Slattery, foreman at the Double C, knows what he wants. He wants Nora Jones. But Nora already has a man in her life-her eight-year-old son, Rory. Besides, her ex-husband has threatened to kill any man who stakes a claim on her...and he's on his way home to Crystal Creek for the holiday weekend.

My opinion...
As foreman of the McKinney ranch, Ken has been mentioned several times in previous books. Nora, of course, is always waiting on half the town of Crystal Creek, at her mother-in-law Dottie's Coffee shop. Nora is afraid to get involved with any man after her disastrous marriage. Her ex-husband beat her both physically and emotionally. Nora is scared by the feelings that she has for Ken. Nora is also scared her ex-husband would hurt her or Ken if he ever found out they were involved. This was a wonderful story with a heart stopping ending. This was one of the better books in the Crystal Creek series.