Stand Alone Saturdays

So I thought I would go through my kindle library and make Saturdays where I review a book that is a stand alone book. A lot of books these days are trilogies it seems which is great for an avid reader like moi who doesn't want the story to end. Yet, sometimes it's alright for books to end and I have read some great books that have been enjoyable for myself as the author. So here goes the first Stand Alone SaturdayS book review- or now known as the S.A.S.S. reviews~

Claiming Mariah by Pam Hillman

This is the second book written by Pam Hillman that was just released about a month ago.  I found this book on a whim because I was going to books by authors I've liked and I really enjoyed Stealing Jake by her as well. So when I found out she had written another book I bought it. By the way it was considerably cheap for a newly released book for the kindle. Most new Christian fiction are around 7.99 to 11.99, but this book was only 6.59 so I was all over getting this book and devouring it before the weekend had anything to say about it.

The book starts off with the premise that the main heroine Mariah Malone had written a letter in the aftermath of her father's passing. Little did she know the letter she sent would alter the lives of her family. Slade Donovan, a strong, tall cowboy with the rugged handsomeness all these books seem to have but don't we all love that? Isn't that the reason we read them? Slade shows up at Mariah's front porch after receiving her letter filled with vengeance to claim what is rightfully his and Mariah is like, "Say what?"

So basically that is when the complications ensue and as the reader you're begging on the inside for these two individuals to see what they are so blind to see. There are some mysterious shadow figures in this book that bring even more difficulties for both Slade and Mariah.

This book kind of reminded of the Romeo/Juliet. Both characters had father's who hated each other and claimed each other did wrong to one another and that causes Slade and Mariah to have inner conflict with the feelings they have towards one another. So the question rises: can they look past their father's resentment or have to set their true feelings aside?

I give the book a 4  out of 5. It was an enjoyable read and worth the money and considering two other characters makes me think it might be possible for a sequel of some sort? Yet I believe both books (if there is another one, don't quote me) could both stand alone by themselves.

 Hope you have time to add this to your kindle list or put it on your "Must Read 2013" list. If you have any other books you would like me to review or have read and think I should to leave a comment! I would love to hear back from some peeps who see this page!


Amazon: Claiming Mariah


Happy Saturday,
Taylor