Purple Turtle Reads

  ✨ Broncos and Ballads Release Day ✨ I'm so excited for everyone to read Jody Hedlund's new novel, Broncos and Ballads! I am honored that I received the opportunity to be an ARC reader for the second novel in her new contemporary romance series, Healing Springs Ranch! Synopsis of the book: After a bad breakup, country music star Brock McQuaid finds his ratings tanking as fans begin to question whether he’s really experienced the love he sings about so passionately. To salvage his reputation, he agrees to pretend to fall in love with supermodel Venus Vargas, because she needs his help too. Venus always thought she would marry her best friend Reed. But when he throws a surprise party celebrating his engagement to another woman, Venus finds herself scrambling to make sense of her relationship with him. To keep from being humiliated, she agrees to fake date Brock McQuaid. The power couple makes headlines, but how long can they keep up their charade? Or is it a charade? The more ti...

Synopsis of the book: Desperate to avoid the turmoil that now engulfs her, Dee would do anything for a chance to turn back time. Wracked with regret and paralyzed by fear, she is forced to hide halfway across the world, all in a bid to safeguard the one person she holds most dear. If only she could undo the past and prevent this disastrous situation from ever unfolding. After waiting five long years, Luke thought he was finally making progress in his relationship with Dee. But just as she begins to open up and trust him, she suddenly vanishes, leaving him bewildered and determined to uncover the truth behind her sudden disappearance. ✨ My 17th read of 2025 and the 8th read of my summer challenge✨ This book was a wonderful story of redemption, trust, and staying faithful to God in turbulent times! Troubled by her traumatic past, Dee is a sweet and caring young woman, but is unsure of how to trust again and build a relationship with the man she loves after her past boyfriend. Luke is eve...

Synopsis of the book: December 1776. Nineteen-year-old Elara’s family has relocated from Philadelphia to Morristown, New Jersey to manage her late uncle’s general store. As outsider Roman Catholics, they hoped to ride out the war for independence quietly, while secretly hiding a traveling priest on his forbidden missionary journeys into New York City. But everything changes when Elara steals an Army horse to deliver a local woman’s baby on Christmas Eve. Her heroic actions are noticed by Dr. Gabriel Sinclair, who enlists her help for an undercover mission to infiltrate a British camp. Meanwhile, General George Washington chooses Morristown for his Army’s winter headquarters, taking refuge there after the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Elara’s life is turned upside-down as her family is forced to quarter soldiers and camp followers in the war she so desperately wished to avoid. Elara must navigat disease, death, first love, and friendship as she decides how much she is willing to ris...

Synopsis of the book: For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when the popular Chase Andrews is found dead, locals immediately suspect her. But Kya is not what they say. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life's lessons from the land, learning the real ways of the world from the dishonest signals of fireflies. But while she has the skills to live in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world—until the unthinkable happens. ✨ My 15th read of 2025 and the 6th read of my summer challenge ✨ I don't have words to describe how much I loved this book! Although it was very different from what I usually read, I resonated with the main character very much, and it still involved plenty of intrigue,...

✨ Spurs and Sparks Release Day ✨ I'm so excited for everyone to read Jody Hedlund's new novel, Spurs and Sparks! I am honored that I received the opportunity to be an ARC reader for the first novel in her new contemporary romance series, Healing Springs Ranch! Synopsis of the book: Tyler McQuaid has been too busy managing his family’s luxury ranch resort to think about love. But when his dad gets sick and may not have long to live, Tyler begins to question what is truly important. He’s already failed once at love and marriage, but how can he say no to his dad’s sickbed wish that he try again? Kinsey Wingrove, a traveling nurse, prefers to keep her relationships short and sweet, and yes, even shallow. With the losses she’s already experienced in life, it’s just easier that way. When she arrives at Healing Springs Ranch, she clashes with her new patient’s son, the handsome cowboy who runs the place and doesn’t think she’s the right nurse for his dad. As sparks fly between Tyler a...

✨ Summer Reading Challenge ✨ July is here, and I'm one month into my summer reading challenge! I read five wonderful novels in June, all of which I highly recommend! #1. Romancing Lady Rose by Sariah Drake #2. A Wager with the Matchmaker by Jody Hedlund #3. If I Go by Emily Ann #4. Spurs and Sparks by Jody Hedlund #5. Broncos and Ballads by Jody Hedlund I'm looking forward to reading more in July! This month's TBR: -Perpetual Rainbows by Jessika Caruso  -Misgivings by Anne Gibson -A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure by Angela Bell -The Seamstress of Acadie by Laura Frantz -A Beautiful Disguise by Roseanna M. White