Silver Threads

Silver Threads is a beautifully written Women's Fiction story that is the fifth book in The Memory House Series. Author Bette Lee Crosby weaves a heart wrenching but inspirational story told in a thoughtful style that transports the reader to the small Alabama town of Clarksburg, where they follow the story of Drew Bishop and his eight year old daughter Brooke, as they struggle to rebuild their lives and reconnect with each other after the fickle hand of fate traumatically takes away the life of their wife/mother Jennifer in a robbery gone wrong, when she is fatally shot by suspect Tom Coggan, who was also fatally shot by drugstore owner Albert Duminger.

Silver Threads is a compelling and emotional story about fate, choice, and the balance of life. You can't help but feel compassion and empathy for Drew and Brooke as they struggle to cope with the tragedy of Jennifer's death, and try to find a way to rebuild their lives without her. The author weaves a thoughtful tale that takes the reader on a roller coaster ride where they will experience the full gamut of emotions. The story has a wonderful mixture of heartbreak and hope, and its realistic message that life can change in a blink of an eye, but can also balance the scale with joy, happiness, and second chances, will provide the reader with much food for thought. Silver Threads is a lovely story that will resonate with the reader for quite some time. I can't wait to see what the author has in store for the reader in the next book in The Memory House Series!

Silver Threads is an amazing story of love, loss, family, and second chances that will simply stir your soul!

RATING: 5 STARS

Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author / publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review and participation in a virtual book tour event hosted by Reading Addiction Virtual Book Tours.

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What a sweet ending to this series. Each book was better than the last and you will hate to see it end. We all wish we had someone or something to balance the scales of our lives. You will love reading how the scale keeper tries to balance two people's lives through tragedy and sorrow.

I received and arc from Netgalley.
Bette Lee Crosby does a phenomenal job of bringing the positives needed in this world to a book on paper.
This is the latest book in her "Memory House" series.
Jennifer is a wonderful Mom, wife and friend and her time on earth is cut short by a vicious attack. She leaves a daughter- Brooke who is 8 and a husband Drew who is busy with work and moving up the ladder of success for his family.
Brooke does not cope with her Mom's death and Drew will do anything to try to make his daughter happy, even though he is miserable himself and desparately missing his wife.
"Everything Happens for a Reason" is the theme in this story.
Time marches on and after yet another threat, that has this family shaking, Drew decides to relocate to Virginia to help Brooke put the past behind her and begin to hopefully feel safe once more.

Where they go and how they end up where they are?
You will just have to see for yourself.
Once you finish this delightful story- I dare anyone to NOT believe that we are all connected and placed exactly where we should be on this earth.
I was so happy to see Ophelia make a brief appearance at the end of this book and that the Memory House continues to provide rest for the weary and many new Memories.
The writing is terrific and every emotion is felt as the story goes on.
I can't wait to see what Bette Lee does next.
Read this book, Read the entire series.
You will not forget the message, I assure you.

We all have our favorite "must read" authors and Bette Lee Crosby is one of mine. I don't remember how I discovered her books, but am so glad that I did. She writes memorable books that do not ever disappoint.

Silver Threads is book 5 in the Memory House Collection and it is another magical story. The writing is so beautifully worded that you will feel as if someone is actually speaking to you, telling you their story. The author is truly gifted and you will fall in love with her style of writing as well as her stories! All is not perfect in the lives of her characters. They, like us, will suffer devastating losses, discover true love when least expected, treasure happy memories, look to the future, and experience pure joy and happiness. That is what makes Bette Lee Crosby's books special!

I love this series and having characters show up from previous books is like greeting an old friend you haven't seen in awhile. If are looking for a heart warming series, this is one that I most highly recommend!

* I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I can't believe this is book 5 of the Memory House series. I'm surprised I've never seen it before because it is wonderful. Obviously you don't need to read the previous books to enjoy this fantastic story. While fate studies the scales of Jennifer's life he doesn't notice the silver thread that connects her with a killer. To make it up to her daughter 7 year old Brooke, fate adds extra happiness to her Daddy's scale. This is such an extraordinary story dealing with life's second chances that I want to shout this title from the roof tops. I've already ordered books 1-4 so I'll be reviewing them soon.

Bette Lee Crosby has done it again with an inspiring story The Silver Threads: Memory House #5.

Imagine a scale with good on one side and evil on the other. Add a Keeper of the Scales who tries to keep the balance on the scale by placing different colored stones, some dark for unhappiness but some bright and colorful one for good. But these scales are not his alone, silver threads to other scales crisscrossing them and tie each together. The balance or tipping of another scale causes unexpected changes in the balance. All the Keeper can to is try and return the balance.

Jennifer Green’s, her husband Drew’s and daughter Brook’s are out of balance following a botched hold-up at a pharmacy that leaves Jennifer dead. Now the Keeper must rebalance the scales and find the silver thread that will lead Drew and Brooke to happiness again.

This was such a warm and beautiful book to read with such a special message within it. Ms Crosby has done a wonderful job in the Memory House Series writing with just the right touch of magic and faith. Her characters are so well developed that you feel that you know the personally. That feeing is even stronger if you have read some of the other Memory House books. However, this book can be enjoyed just as well as a stand-alone. Again, I look forward to reading more of Ms.Crosby’s books.

I was provided with an ARC of this book by the author in exchange for a fair and honest review

Jennifer Green woke to a splitting migrane; with her husband Drew away for work, it was up to her to get eight year old Brooke to school. But it was raining, so Jennifer elected to drive Brooke, though she organised with a friend to pick her up at the end of the school day. Kissing her daughter goodbye at the school gate, Jennifer headed to the drugstore for some medication. The migrane was much worse; her head felt like it was going to explode…

The telephone call Drew received from the local police that day was one of the worst things he had had to deal with. But as he headed back to his home town, driving in a grief stricken haze, he knew telling Brooke would be heartbreaking. His sweet little daughter would likely not be the same again – and he wondered how he would cope himself.

The days, weeks and months proved as hard as Drew had thought – his bubbly daughter had lost her infectious smile; her heart was sad and she missed her Mama. Drew was trying to be both mother and father, as well as continue with his work. But Drew missed Jennifer terribly – the continual “if only” and guilt ate him up. But still he did his best. Until another trauma hit them…

What would happen to both Drew and Brooke? The Keeper of the Scale could see the silver threads but couldn’t change the course of events. Could he see happiness in the future for these two who deserved so much more?

Silver Threads by Bette Lee Crosby is absolutely wonderful! #5 in the Memory House series, the drawing in of the links to the previous books was beautifully done. Heartbreaking but filled with hope and a tenuous happiness for the future, Silver Threads is a delightfully heart-warming novel which I have no hesitation in recommending highly.

With thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this copy to read in exchange for my honest review.