Murder, She Edited

 In this blog post, I reviewed  Kaitlyn Dunnett's Murder, She Edited, the 4th installment in the Deadly Edits cozy mystery series. This newest caper leaves you hooked and enthralled with one juicy tale. Michelle Lincoln is a 70-year-old freelance editor and beta reader to a famous historical romance writer. It all started for her when she received a phone call from a lawyer saying she inherited a farm from one of her mother's closest friends Tessa Swarthout in her will upon her death. And that it had a very special request: to find them and edit the journals before publication. This send her on a wild goose chase while she looked for the diaries and read the disturbing details on how Tessa's stepmother Rosanna had died 50 years ago. While she worked on her library's newsletter, she dealt with a stalking number one fan of Illyana Dubonnet who requested to speak to herself and filed an editorial complaint, and the runaround from Leland Fairweather's law firm to get answers. As she tried to dodged this fan, she unearthed new clues when she found one diary and dug deeper. The closer she'd gotten closer to the truth, her life became endangered when she had a deadline to fulfill before time ran out of her on who really committed the crime way back when.

 This cozy mystery was so captivating and interesting to read. I cared about Micki and her adorable cat Calpurnia, who ended up in a half-a-century-year old unsolved murder. For a widow who had plenty of time on her hands, this kept her busy from start to finish. I liked the Lenape Hollow, New York location and all of the vast background for that small NYC city. The theme of the story is that your past will catch up to you and leave you with a heavy guilty conscience to tell the truth.

 If you like compelling cozies that keeps you guessing with non-stop action, lots of drama, plenty of suspense, and sparks of heart-stopping intrigue, Murder, She Edited is the book for you.

Bombshell

 In this blog post, I reviewed Sarah MacLean's Bombshell, the first installment in the Hell's Belles historical romance series This daring new tale is dangerously sexy and breath-taking in every page. For Lady Sesily Talbot, she's the youngest and unmarried among her sisters. She lives a free life and is out on a mission to right the wrongs with her gang of lady friends who have a bone to pick with the crooked elite in society. But at the night at the ball, she ran into Caleb Calhoun, a former flame from two years, and an American with a secret to hide. They kept run into each other and chasing each other.  But though they had so much animosity between each other from the past, they both have a sole mission they conspired to work on together: to bring down Viscount Coleford. For Sesily, it's for he's robbing the helpless by making them poor; for Caleb, he wanted to keep his secret identity to himself and avoid his capture at all cost and with good reason. Caleb couldn't stay away from Sesily and didn't want to put her in danger. He loved her too much to do it. But if he knew Sesily, she had a trick up her to sleeve to bail him out of a jam and to make things remotely possible for them with a fitting ending.

 This was a terrific introduction to this new historical romance series. It was riveting, compelling, and scintillating to read in one fantastic novel. I cared about Sesily and how she had a careless demeanor and to live precariously to however it suited and fitted her. I loved her brood of friends and this selfless mission to bring their form of justice to dirty aristocrats in society. I've found Caleb dashing and handsome, who had a good reason to keep her safe, while he knew the odds were  up against them from getting together in the first place. I loved the location from the pubs to the castles in 1800s England for the scenic  settings. The theme of the story is love can set you free when revenge is best-served... cold.

If you love heart-stopping historical romance with non-stop action, plenty of romantic drama, tons of intrigue and spine-tingling goosebumps along the way, Hell's Belles is the book for you.

Faceless

 In this blog post, I reviewed Alexandra Ivy's Faceless, the second installment in the Pike, Wisconsin romantic suspense series. This story would leave you chilled and send goosebumps on your skin. Twenty-five years ago, Wynter Moore's mother Laurel was killed in an armed robbery with a faceless killer. Now on the anniversary of her death, she travels to Pike, Wisconsin, and searches for answers on that unsolved mystery that haunted her to this day. Though she wasn't close enough to her father as she wanted to be, she lived a good life and started her own restaurant Wynter Garden in Larkin, Iowa.  She  reunited with her childhood best friend, Noah Heller, a conservation officer, who later teamed up with her. But with one clue from the past, it set the path for her to discover the truth about her mother's death and her secret life. Though Noah had always had feelings for Wynter, they both share an unshakeable bond--they both went to the same therapy group since they both lost their parents to a senseless tragedy. And that had brought them closer together than ever before. But, the real killer called the Stranger followed her every move, killing people who might know the truth and reveal their identity, who  might stand in their way. The closer she gets to the truth to finding out why someone wanted her mother dead, the more it puts Noah and her in precarious danger until the ultimate climax in the end  to take their relationship to another level. 

This was a compelling and bone-chilling fascinating friends-to-lovers romantic suspense novel. I cared for Wynter for her search for the truth and the deep-rooted feelings she carried for Noah. I loved how she grew her own vegetables for her restaurant and became her own individual to blaze her own path. Though danger and trouble shadowed her, I became concerned and feared for her and her safety. I loved how Noah's protective of her and is a park ranger in Iowa. I didn't like Linda one bit. Both dual locations--Larkin, Iowa and Pike, Wisconsin--were beautifully depicted with mesmerizing scenic settings from her garden, to her grandfather's house, the cabin in Pike, and so on. It sucked me right in from the first page. The theme of the story is that greed and jealousy don't mix like vinegar and water.

If you love heart-stopping romantic suspense novels with non-stop action, plenty of romantic drama, lots of twists and turns, and mind-numbing chills along the way, Faceless is the perfect book for you.

Between Heaven and Hell

 In this blog post, I reviewed Jacqui Nelson's Between Heaven and Hell, the first installment in the Lonesome Hearts historical romance series. This beautiful loveswept story takes place along the Oregon Trail in 1850s. For Hannah, she lost her family when she was young, and the Osage adopted her as one of their own, calling her Blue Sky, and raising her in the tribe. After she lost her mother and sister due to a tragedy, she became estranged from her foster brother, Eagle Brother, who sworn to kill her one day. Right before the wagon trail to Oregon, she volunteered herself as a scout. But her journey to the West Coast wouldn't be an easy one. Paden Callahan led the wagons to Oregon and needed a scout to take them there. He also mourned the death of his late wife Jeannie, killed by a savage crew of Indians, who had no room to love. He doubted Hannah and had her proof her worthiness to the wagons. People stared at her and gave her a rough time, including himself. But during the trail, they dealt with hardships and disease on the trail, when they begin to trust each other and learn more about each other's pasts. They both have a distinctive connection to the Native Americans and learn that they have in more in common than they realized like having a rough spot. With Hannah's brother's hot on their trail, they were at the crossroads on the trail. While they cared for each other, Paden talked to Eagle Feather to keep Hannah safe from others while he sought out his wife's true killer. But those two weeks were agonizing for her until she sought him out on the trail to get her own piece of Heaven with him in return. 

 This was an endearing and emotional historical romance story that takes place in 1850s in Kansas and set during the Oregon Trail. This story is rich with accurate details about what's life for pioneers along the trail by wagon trail and by horse. I cared for Hannah who looked for a place to call home and for Paden who wants to avenge his wife's death and to keep everyone safe from harm. From Kansas to Oregon during the 1850s was the perfect location and storyline setting with compelling scene that transported me there. The dual themes of the story is home is where the heart is and to let go of the past.

If you love historical romance novels that's touches your heart with non-stop action, plenty of romantic drama, lots of suspense, and bits of mystery, Between Heaven and Hell will take you there.