Countdown to Zero Hour is a romantic suspense that starts in San Diego and ends in the Mexican desert. Haley has just lost her dreams of opening a restaurant and has a food cart outside a San Diego night club owned by the Russian mob. A nig...
4½ StarsYou know those movies when one of the character chooses a college where the significant other is going and you just know that it’ll end badly. That the one doing the chasing is going to inevitably get dumped. Getting Him Back explores this...
4 StarsThis is a shorter story, though not exactly a short story, about love rekindled. It definitely grabbed my attention and kept it. This story was more than just two people reconnectlng. It had family responsibilities, betrayal and close frien...
4½ StarsAmanda Weaver weaves a wonderful story in A Duchess in Name! The novel is quick-paced and a real page-turner! I was quickly hooked on the story of Victoria and Andrew. Weaver gives us both perspectives, which allows us to see the excommunic...
5 StarsBrenda Buchanan delivers a thoughtful mystery with this stimulating suspense. Joe Gale is a wonderful protagonist, his hard working demeanor and his thirst for presenting the truth. The victim, Father Patrick Doherty is such a complex chara...
3½ StarsJulie Rowe returns readers to the world of biological warfare and this time around is as exhilarating as ever. I have been waiting for Max's story and this was well worth the wait. In encounters from the previous stories Max has appeared la...
5 StarsFor me, the third book in a series is the pivotal installment, the one that makes up my mind about whether or not I will stick with the series or drop it. The first book in the Bright & Fletcher series was solid, a bit slow moving, but show...
3 Stars“A lot of the time, the story you go looking for isn’t the story you’ll find. It’ll be bigger or smaller than you thought it’d be. A quiet meeting with a short agenda will get raucous. The sure bet for page one will fizzle. You’ve got to ma...
4 StarsThe Faraday family and their lives just keep getting interesting. Edie Harris had me with Blamed and has continued to amaze me as the series goes on. Each member of the Faraday family is unique in their own right and they each bring somethi...
4½ StarsA gritty legal thriller with a dash of romance! Good legal thrillers are hard to come by these days, with the heavy hitters of the genre moving away from the format that made the genre popular in the first place. But, this series caught my...
3½ StarsThis second installment in the Bright & Fletcher series picks up about a year after the couple exposed shocking police corruption in Detroit, which set them on a new course in life, both professionally and personally. After the dust settled...
4 StarsCaitlin Sinead’s Red Blooded is a captivating read! An absolute page-turner, I couldn’t put it down! I’m usually not a fan of present-tense first person writing, but I didn’t mind it in this case at all! Sinead takes us through Peyton Arthu...
5 StarsThis is the continuation of a story but it can be read without having read the beginning. That sounds strange but it is as if each section of this story can stand alone but each section will also draw you into a world of vampires, magic use...
5 StarsMore adventures with my favorite geek, Lexi and as always she never fails to deliver. While Lexi does have lots of adventure in this story, even drawing on information from her time with the Navy SEALS, this story also gives more insight on...
5 StarsThis was an enjoyable first book in a new series. Adrian is on the way to his sister's wedding with his new boyfriend and his dog. A fight in an RV park changes everything and Adrian finds himself alone in the snow with the dog and the clot...
3½ StarsIt is a privilege to discover authors that I have not read before and have the chance to read this fabulous book. Act Like It is a modern nod to theater. I loved that because I am a huge fan of the stage. What I really enjoyed was getting t...
5 StarsThough this book is part of a series, it definitely stands alone. Welcome to the lives of Boston firefighters. This story will take you with them into the flames and into their off time. Soon, Boston will feel like a small town where everyo...
4½ StarsI enjoyed reading Joe Gale's mystery solving escapade. The reader was kept involved in the story throughout the book without having to endure too many details on scene setting and character building. A high profile murder in Machias, Maine...
4 StarsMia Kayla gives readers a suspenseful, poignant story with this uniformed hero love story. Maggie Mathis is the type of heroine we all aspire to be, she is intelligent, kind-hearted and strong. She is self-sufficient yet scared, but she's d...
5 StarsI really enjoyed this fast paced new book from author Josh Lanyon. This story has some classic Lanyon elements with a new twist. Jefferson is just out of college and adrift in his life. His girlfriend has just broken off their engagment and...
4½ StarsGuy on the verge of losing his humanity? Check. Girl who really wants to jump in on the saving the world business against guy's wishes? Check. Guy needs girl to do this so he can live? Check. Guy completely refusing any reasonable logic abo...
3 StarsLisa Q. Mathews introduces a wonderful sleuthing team in this cozy mystery. Summer Smythe has a light-hearted, warm-hearted larger than life personality residing under her tiny bikini. She has a tone of financial worries and is nowhere at a...
4 StarsLine of Fire is the second novel in HelenKay Dimon’s Greenway Range series. Unfortunately, Line of Fire does not work very well as a standalone novel. We begin right in the middle of the story between Jason and Molly. Though we get a lot of...
3½ StarsJulie Rowe presents readers with a fantastic follow up in this sweet and sexy action filled suspense. This story is about two of my favourite characters in quite some time. I'm truly all about the people I am reading about and if there is n...
4½ StarsThis has got to be one of the scariest books I've read in a long time. Yes, it is a romance and a really good one at that. But the back story is bone chilling and hitting a little close to what is going on in the world today. That's what ma...
4½ StarsThe intricate and intriguing plot finally comes to an end, but it’s been a long and bloody road. The romance in this book took a back seat (for me) to the chilling story of treason and the calculated decimation of the American way of life....
4½ StarsThis is the third book in this series and my favorite so far. I really enjoyed this story. In this episode Elliot is out of rehab and working on putting his life back together. Things are difficult but he's more settled. He's staying with T...
4 StarsI loved Heat Exchange. This book quickly drew me into the character’s lives, problems, dreams, and work. The life of firefighters and their families come alive as you read about the fires and everything involved, you realize that it isn’t a...
5 StarsJulie Anne Lindsey introduces a fabulously, fashionable and fun sleuth in this marvelous mystery. Mia Connors is Geek Chic and I for one love her! She's smart and a little unsure and I want to be her new best friend. I love how she interact...
5 StarsMicah is a college student with a lot of weight on his shoulders. His mother is a paraplegic due to a drunk driving accident so he not only cares for his teenage sister but he goes to school and works two jobs to support them. Being respons...
4 StarsFire elemental Mollie Ferguson has been ignoring Greer Berkley, dryad. Mollie and Greer are unbonded mates and miscommunication ruins things. He has reached a point of no return and wants to fade. Mollie doesn't realize that secrets and lie...
4 StarsRiley has a job he enjoys and a boyfriend he trusts. Trust doesn't come easily for Riley after being kicked out as a teen by his abusive, alcoholic father. What Riley doesn't know is that his boyfriend is not a good guy and that trust is ab...
4 StarsI really enjoyed this addition to the Christ Barth’s Shore Secrets series! I was looking forward to reading Ward and Piper’s story since I read All for You and it certainly didn’t disappoint! Ward and Piper have an amazing chemistry that le...
4½ StarsJulie Rowe packs in the action with this fantastic military romance. Major Grace Samuels could almost be a superhero but her all too human faults make her a heroine we all would love to be and who we love to read about. Jacob "Sharp" Foster...
5 StarsTyler is a college student who is working his way through culinary school while working at a famous restaurant. Tyler has had a hard life after being thrown out by his parents while still a teen. He has worked hard for everything he has in...
4 StarsHow can you not love a book that has a female geek working with hunky SEALs? In No Woman Left Behind there is plenty of action as Lexi works on figuring out a puzzle to save her friend Elvis. It’s not often that geeks have bullets flying du...
5 StarsCharlie and Ranay’s story in One Cut Deeper was just amazing and full of fear, blood, tears, fighting for their lives and a new terror around each corner. Charlie picked Ranay out of a profile she had up in a chatroom for submissives. Charl...
4 StarsThis is the second book in the series and it’s just perfect and I do recommend it. One of things I wanted to know was Chandler’s story and you get that in here, plus so much more. You get a glimpse of book three titled: Crazed, that comes o...
4½ StarsBack in Play is the second book in the Power Play series by Lynda Aicher. While this book is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone novel with ease. Scott Walters is skating on a bad knee, he wants one more year to win the Stanley...
4 StarsAsh Trenton retired from professional rugby while considering what he next move was, while his ex-girlfriend reappears. Camila Morales is desperate for help to keep her camp afloat. She needs money to pay off the overdue mortgage and not le...
4 StarsI'm a big sport romance lover and this book fits that to a T. Tempting the Player was never slow and kept me eager to read. I enjoyed meeting more of the player and they sparked that want for more stories centered around the London legend s...
3½ StarsThis was my first time reading this author and I'm now a big fan. This book was really good. Brad comes from a wealthy family but something horrible has happened in his past and he's trying to get by on his own. He literally has nothing and...
4½ StarsThis is the last book in this series and really should be read after reading at least some of the previous books. Beloved characters come together in this last story to save the world but as usual things don’t always go smoothly or how they...
4½ StarsCaroline Kimberly’s An Inconvenient Mistress is an engaging and sexy historical romance! Isabella North is a feisty and determined young woman intent on protecting her nephew. Captain Phillip Ashford is a sizzling not-quite-a-pirate who is...
4½ StarsHonestly this book didn't really work for me. I typically adore the friends to lovers and/or gfy tropes. I really thought this would be a book I loved. James is a therapist who is gay and in love with his best friend Nathan. Nathan is a det...
3 Stars"Broken Shadows" took a bit for me to get into it, but once I did, I was glad I finished it. "Broken Shadows" is an interesting urban fantasy with lots of potential, but not attractive enough to have me craving to finish the book in one sit...
3 StarsAll For You is the second novel in Christi Barth’s Shore Secrets series, but I’ve read it as a standalone novel. This worked for me, because even though we meet many characters in the book, it doesn’t look like many major plot-points from t...
3½ StarsIf you are looking for a great series filled with just the right amount of romance and violence, then look no further. Fans of Anita Blake will like this series. Not only do you have a great female lead, but a great male lead as well. In Bl...
4 StarsRowan Summerwaite was raised at the Keep by Theo, known as the First and oldest vampire. So she knows a thing or two about vampires and how cruel and possessive they can be. Having fled the keep when she was young Rowan must return for the...
4 StarsAfter becoming a widow, interior designer Deva Dunne relocates to Florida in the hopes of creating a new life for herself away from the lingering memories of her beloved husband. When she finds her client and neighbor dead, the residents of...
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