Rescuing Harmony Ranch

 In Jennie Marts's Rescuing Harmony Ranch, this contemporary romance is so swoon-worthy and romantic. When Jocelyn Stone received a call that her aunt got hurt in an accident, she left NYC and headed to her hometown of Harmony Creek, Colorado. After a ten-year absence, she returned home to heartache and bittersweet memories when she ran into her old love, Mack Talbot, a bearded blacksmith who worked on the historic living ranch. With Jocelyn's grandmother sidelined with an ankle injury, she told them about the plight on the ranch: it needs money to be saved to pay the debt. So Jocelyn and Mack team up to figure out how to save it: she's a modern world tech savvy and he's old-fashioned and not too familiar with social media. While she worked hard for a much-earned promotion as a marketing exec, she dealt with the heartache and made new memories with Mack to come up with some fundraising ways to come up with the money. And after they came up short after the festival ends, they needed to come up with a new plan as the same time Jocelyn has to take care of business and follow her heart. In the end, she had a hard decision to make when it was more than her old family ranch that needs to be saving with a happy ending. 

This is a so beautiful and a wonderful new, refreshing contemporary romance to read. It's so moving and heartfelt and perfect for Hallmark--would love to see this as a 2021 movie to be made like for June or September! I instantly cared for Jocelyn on her homecoming had tugged my heart when she reunited with Mack and brainstormed to save her grandmother's ranch in the nick of time. Who can resist a bearded blacksmith? Mack is a charmer and never gave up on Jocelyn and the love they've made, past and present. And Savage stole the scenes a couple dozen times. I loved the Harmony Creek location in Colorado-it's perfectly idyllic and had charming scenic locations to sweep up off your feet in this historical little town. The themes are home is where you heart is and to shoot for the stars. 

If you love Hallmark movies all-year-long and love a romantic love story with some much compassion, lots of swoon-worthy moments, non-stop action, and plenty of romantic drama, Rescuing Harmony Ranch is right for you.

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No Holding Back

 In Lori Foster's No Holding Back, this contemporary romance is hot, sexy, and and plenty of suspense like a romantic suspense/thriller-instilled into it. For Trucker Star Parsons who goes by the name of Sterling, she's a woman on a mission to take down a sex trafficker named Mattox. She was once a victim and wanted to save women from that precarious plight. But there was one problem, a bartender named Cade McKenzie she met in the bar, who stood in his way. It's been his life's mission to bring down the same person with his family. They both had strong backgrounds with rough upbringings. And when they joined forces to take down Mattox, they bettered the odds to win this fight. But the passion and the heat between them is smoking hot when they can't stop resisting each other. Together, they prepare to fight the good fight until they face off against him and later pledge their heart's desires to each other. 

This was another fantastic contemporary romance with a romantic suspense feel to it. I feel for Sterling (Star) and how she came up strong to right the wrongs.  She didn't want anyone to suffer like she did and became an ultimate heroine for us to root far. Cade is so steamy and smoking hot and the perfect guy for her. They both share some many things and have a lot going on for them too--justice will be served for each other. I loved the Aspen Creek background in Colorado and the intense scenic settings inside and outside Cade's family home and the bar he owns. It pulled me in and took me in for a long ride. 

If you love heart-stopping romances with plenty of smoldering suspense, lots of romantic drama, plenty of non-stop action, you'll be in for a wild ride in No Holding Back.

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Wrong Alibi

 In Christina Dodd's  Wrong Alibi, this thrilling new novel will keep you in suspense and send you chills all over in this captivating new romance story. At eighteen, Evelyn "Evie" Jones landed a new job in Rockin, Alaska, a small town located near Anchorage and Denali, though she had a Juvy record. She was ready for a fresh start and had a bumpy ride to her new beginning when she worked for Donald White, a quiet man who hired her to his "dirty work" for him as he kept to himself. When he later strangely disappears, she's charged with a brutal double murder. No one believes her and sent to prison. But fate intervened when her prison van flipped over in the mudslide, almost killing her in the process and later presumed dead. Guess again! Under a new name and a new face, she works at a local Fishing camp for ten years and longed to see her sister and her mother again. But she waited for the right moment and time to resurface from the ashes... when she discovered him under a new name. Meanwhile, Zone Jameson learns about his wife and son's murders and vows vengeance to go after Evelyn Jones. And when he's free from his imprisonment, he's hell-bent on it. As they two meet, they both have a common enemy they wish to see dead. But the chemistry between them fired red-hot embers and sparks on a lonely night. The closer they kept an eye on the prize, they learn who was also responsible and make ends meet with justice for a bittersweet climax. 

This was a compelling and fascinating new novel from Christina Dodd. This red-hot romantic thriller was explosive and intense through and through. I cared for Evelyn Jones (aka Petie) and how she fought her plight and came out strong and kicking like a phoenix rising from the ashes. All she wanted was to go home to see her family and had some obstacles to make that reunion remotely impossible. I did feel bad for Zone who had a grueling plot from being a prisoner in a foreign country to discover his family is gone from a brutal and grisly double murder. I did love how they meshed and worked together to find each other and won in the end. I loved the sleepy small town of Rockin and all of its alluring charm including the fishing camp--Evie's self-imposed exile for a decade--for the startling location to host plenty of mesmerizing scenic settings. The theme of this story is that we're innocent into proven guilty in our fight for justice and bittersweet revenge. 

If you love heart-stopping action-packed suspense, plenty of drama, and lots of twisted turns to keep you hanging on every page's edge, check out Wrong Alibi today. Buckle up! It's going to be a bumpy and wild ride. 

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A Tourist's Guide to Murder

 In V.M. Burns's A Tourist Guide to Murder, the 6th installment in the Mystery Bookshop cozy mystery series, this enchanting new tale takes us across the pond for chills and some shocking thrills. It all started for Samantha Washington when she planned to go to London to do research for her novel. Her grandmother, Nana Jo and her friends from the Shady Acres Retirement Village from North Harbor, Michigan, came along for a wild ride. Off from celebrating the  good news that her historical cozy  got sold to a publisher, they traveled to London. But the trip got off with a hitch from when they missed  the shuttle to the airport to having their luggage being lost in the shuffle. When they arrived in London and took the mystery tour bus to visit historical sites in England, things aren't what they seem when they meet a new cast of characters, while Sam writes down a historical mystery on her off-time for her series. When the tour guide was found dead, it begin to ask the question who killed him and why--did someone from the tour bus have an ax to grind with him? As Sam and the others look for clues, the Scotland Yard Metro Police were on the scene especially when Lavender Habersham's mother was later found dead in her hotel room too.  As the Metro police arrested one of their friends, it was up to Sam and her friends to discover the true murderer is and stop the culprit before it's too late while they were on tour. 

This was a compelling and interesting cozy mystery to read. I cared for Sam and her hunger for knowledge for research and to own a bookstore while she owned a bookstore. I could see how she missed her husband Leon and how her family was tight-knit who looked over her with tons of love. Irma and her grandma were a hoot and a bundle of laughs. I also loved the historical mystery inside the cozy that Sam wrote and shared with us with an intriguing cast of characters. I loved the dual locations of North Harbor, Indiana, and the various scenic settings throughout England from London to Torquay and beyond, when we learned an interesting piece of history about those famous authors and landmarks. The theme of the story is to never let greed stand in your way. Or it'll ruin everything for you.

If you love a cozy with hints of humor, plenty of non-stop action, lots of drama and intrigue, you'll fall in love with A Tourist's Guide To Murder today. 

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The Open House

 In Sam Carrington's shocking crime thriller, The Open House, this twisted tale is so thrilling and chilling on every page. All Amber Miller ever wanted was to sell her house and start a new life with her new beau, Richard Lock in Kent. But life wasn't what it cracked up to be when her soon-to-be-ex-mother-in-law Barbara wanted her to stay for some reason. And when she decides to put her house on market and have her estate agent Carl arrange for an open house, things took a dark turn for the worse. Ever since then, Carl have been acting strange, Barb had kept a terrible secret, and people have been watching her and giving her son Finlay a nightmare of two. Why? The more she question who wanted her to stay, she asked her neighbor Davina to help it out in a pinch. But did she have a secret to hide too?  While her husband Nick wanted a second chance with Amber and looking for clues on what happened to his brother Tim who disappeared 30 years ago in a cold case he's now working on.  When a mysterious person had asked for Nick by name, it changed her world upside-down when family secrets and lies have been unleashed from Pandora's Box and the shocking truth behind it will leave you cold all over in the end. 

This crime thriller was explosive with tons of nitty-gritty dark drama that kept me in suspense and hooked on every page.  I cared for Amber who would do anything to start new from scratch with a new love, but she ended up caught in a twisted web of deceit and the cross-hairs of deception. I loved how she protected her two sons and wanted to get to the truth, no matter what. As for Barb, I was torn on how she felt about her and left me neutral. I loved the English locations in Kent and in Stockwood with compelling scenic settings to put me there. The theme of the story is to be careful for what you wish for, or it might come true.

If you love shocking crime thrillers that'll give you goosebumps with non-stop drama, plenty of twisted turns with dollops of suspense and action, you'll be chilled to read The Open House today.

 

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Twice Kissed

 In Lisa Jackson's Twice Kissed, this reissued classic romantic suspense will send you into a crazy and twisted world of secrets, lies, and deception. When Maggie McCrae receives a cryptic telepathic message from her twin sister, Mary Theresa (aka Marquise), it sent her world into a tizzy. She lived a private remote life in Settler's Ridge, Idaho with her 13-year-old daughter Becca. While her in-laws wanted control of her daughter and Becca acted cold to blame her of her father's death, she tried to keep it altogether. But when Thane Walker, her first love who stole her heart, twenty years ago in Palo Verde, California, needed her help to look for her sister and to help clear his name. It'd brought her back into the past on when she dealt with an alcoholic mother, a demanding father, and twisted secrets her twin had shared with her... and when she first met Thane at the ranch. During the search for her twin in Denver, she learned more devastating truth on her sister's career, her mental state, and what Thane had held back from her. The closer they get to discover if she's dead or alive, it brought them closer together to rekindle their old flame. In the end, it's a matter of life or death with a sobering ending to leave you cold all over.

 This was an astonishing and captivating tale that's filled with twists and turns on every page. I cared for Maggie on what she had been through in her youth, even if she had to look up to her twin sister who was everything she wasn't, and what she had to endure as an adult. But I loved how she kept it together for her composure. Dark, tall, dangerously handsome--those words described Thane the best in my opinion. I did like how Becca changed for spiteful to caring when she learned what her aunt and uncle had been up to and had planned for her. I loved the variety of locations for the scenic descriptions for the settings: California, Idaho, Colorado.  The themes for the stories is that revenge is a deceptive sin while secrets from the past have a way of coming out into the open.

If you love spine-tingling suspense that would give you the shivers with non-stop action, red-hot sparking romance, lots of combustible drama, and heaps of suspense,   Twice Kissed is right up your alley.

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A Deadly Edition

 In Victoria Gilbert's A Deadly Edition, the 5th installment in the Blue Ridge Library cozy mystery series, this captivating caper will leave you in suspense.  A few days before Amy Webber's wedding to Richard Muir, she wanted to finalize the rest of her wedding preparations with her friends and family.  But during a wedding party, things got interesting when an art dealer named Oscar Selvaggio made an appearance and asking for a rare edition of a book's location.  Later after a confrontation, he turned up dead at the scene. While Amy deals with library books and her wedding preparations, she looks for answers and meets some unsavory characters along the way including someone named Cynthia Rogers, who wanted one of her late uncle's paintings that wasn't up for sale. Before she can say I do, she became a hostage to the culprit's path and discovers the truth on whodunit and why in the end.

 This was another compelling and gripping newest edition to the cozy series. It had all the right elements to add some drama before Amy's wedding day with Richard.  I did care for Amy on how she did with the drama in her family, her wedding preparations, and how she become entangled with another murder mystery at her doorstep. I also loved how Richard cares for Amy and protected her with his undying love.  I loved the Washington D.C. area location for Amy's wedding and around the murder with picturesque descriptions of the scenic settings. The theme is that the past has a way to catch up to you to right those wrongs.

If you love a great cozy mystery with heartfelt suspense, plenty of drama, lots of non-stop action, and sparks of intrigue, A Deadly Edition is perfect for you. 

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