The Saturday Six

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This post, by the delightful blogger at Between Naps on the Porch, talks about home trends some people say need to go the way of all the earth. I confess some of these items are in our home. And by some, of course, I mean many. How about you? Any of these pop up in your home? Or do you dislike any of them?

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Last fall, I was part of a Bible study at our church, and our curriculum was written by a pastor's wife named Marian Green. I read this week that she has a new book coming out about her healing and restoration from a life of promiscuity. I also read this article she wrote, and I think it might be helpful to someone, so I wanted to share it.

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Anyone else loving the Olympics? I am, although I have missed way more of it than I intended to! If you want to have a little Olympics party at home, just for fun, this post has a lot of great ideas! 

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I've been invited to some bridal showers recently and found this gift idea, which is very cute, I think, when paired with a waffle iron. And who doesn't love a waffle iron?? 

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I'm just going to leave this one right here... 

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You know what's great about 13 hours in a car? Plenty of time to read a book! And that's exactly what I did when we traveled home from Kansas earlier this week. I read Lynette Eason's new novel, Without Warning.

This book is the second in a series called Elite Guardians, and while I had not read the first book, I was able to jump in and learn the characters with no problem. The series centers around a group of women who serve as bodyguards for people in dangerous situations. I've gathered that each book in the series will focus on a different member of the group, and this book featured Katie Singleton.

Driving home from work one evening {and into a week of vacation, no less}, Katie happens upon a crime scene investigation at a local restaurant. She recognizes the owner as the uncle of one of her favorite self defense class students and stops to see if she can help. Before the night is over, the back-to-back combination of a body in the cellar of this restaurant and the burning of another restaurant location owned by the same man {Daniel Matthews} convince Katie that Daniel has a target on his back and she wants to figure out why.

Katie and her team come on board to watch over Daniel and his niece, Riley, and the attacks continue to come, as the title says, without warning. As the group tries to stay one step ahead of the person or people behind the crimes, they also work to figure out who is doing this...and why.

I kept trying to put the book down so I could talk to Ryan in the car, but it turned out that was impossible and I had to keep picking it back up again until I finished it.  The suspense was so real that every time Ryan slammed on the brakes, I jumped and screamed. The twists and turns were well-done and I kept saying "Well, I didn't see that coming!"

This is another example of a book that intertwines good suspense {not cheesy} with a strong faith component, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This was also my introduction to Lynette Eason's writing, and I would absolutely read her work again!

* Thanks to Revell for providing a copy of the book to me in exchange for an honest review. *