Saturday, August 24, 2019

A Stranger on the Beach

In Michele Campbell's latest novel, A Stranger on the Beach, this thriller will grip you and take you on a wild ride. It all started when Caroline Stark spotted Aidan Callahan on the beach near her beach house, and when her husband Jason came into the housewarming party with his Russian girlfriend. But things aren't what they seemed when she accused him of cheating on her and he asked her to get a divorce for some strange reason. Shocked and dismayed, she goes to the Red Anchor Bar and seeks Aidan out as the bartender. After a couple of drinks, she teases him when he's fallen hard for her and began a temptous affair. He couldn't get her out of her mind and is smitten with her. He spent prison for involuntary manslaughter and tends the bar in his spare time. His brother is the chief of police. But he wants the beach house on his grandfather's land. But after a one-night stand, she cuts things off with him and whispers to him that he wants Jason dead.  Although he turned it down, things had gotten too far between them and their affairs. He follows her husband and her daughter and reports back to her on what he saw and heard. Before the hurricane, things got dicey and heated when there was a break-in at the house and her husband winds up dead. But after the storms, Aidan's charged with the crime and Caroline goes into hiding. But in the end, things don't add up with a shocking twisted ending you would never believe.

This was a spine-tingling and suspenseful thriller that would leave you at the edge of your seat.  I did care for Caroline in the beginning, but I didn't in the end. She had gotten what she had coming for her. I did feel bad for Aidan who was sucker-punched into this mess when he had fallen for her. I did feel bad for Hannah who was caught in the mess of this dilemma too. I did like New York as the locations and in and around the beach for the gripping scenic settings, even before and after the hurricane. This would keep you in suspense on every single turned page from start to finish and leave you at the edge of your seat with non-stop drama, plenty of mind-blowing action, tons of intrigue, and plenty of suspense to keep you hooked right to the end.

 Will you be there to check out A Stranger on the Beach today?





Monday, August 12, 2019

Murder on Park Lane

In Karen Charlton's Murder in Park Lane, the 3rd installment in the Detective Lavender Historical Mystery series, this novel would take you back to time with a twisted ride. It's London 1812. It all started when Detective Stephen Lavender and Constable Ned Woods from the Park Row Police Department received a call about a murder from Dr. Richard Allison, the Medical Examiner. They came to the scene of the crime to discover the body of David MacAdam. As they started the investigation, they learned more about the corpse that had more twists and turns with every clue. It ranged from adultery to being a lothario and a swindler to say the least. Meanwhile Lavender expected his first child with his Spanish wife Magdalena, while Ned dealt with fasting to trim his waist. Together, they come across some unsavory people who might want MacAdam dead for more than one reason. The closer they get to the truth, the more twisted it could be with one step from another until they found the culprit and put him and her behind bars.

This is a gripping and intriguing historical mystery that's set in 1812 London. I did care for Lavender and Woods on how they worked together and dealt with nefarious obstacles along the way. They worked well as a team and managed to care for their own families outside of the job. The locations around historic London in that period was very spot on and precise with every single detail on how they handled crime scenes back in the day. This has plenty of non-stop action, lots of intrigue, historical drama, and intense hints of mystery on every page.

Will you be there to witness the crime in Murder in Park Lane today?




Thursday, August 8, 2019

Trashed

In Mia Hopkins's Trashed, the 2nd installment in the Eastside Brewery Contemporary Romance novel series, this will make you believe in second chances. Meet Eddie "Trouble" Rosas. Six months ago, he's been released from prison and out on parole. He served his five-year stint for gang-related crimes and is ready to start fresh. But it isn't easy for Eddie, ever since she stepped outside of the prison doors and looked for work. Five years ago, he met a woman in the garden and made love to her. Ever since he had gotten out, he's been looking for her until he landed a plum dishwasher job at her restaurant. That's when he met Chef Carmen Centeno, and had gotten to know her name for the first time. Besides the sparks growing between them, it had cost them their jobs and back on the street to look for work. But when the Eastside Hollenbeck gang learns of his release, they make trouble for him and want him back in. Ever since his brother Sal gotten out of the gang, he wants the same thing for him too. But first, he needs to find their no-good father and get answers for him, then he would make a promise he intended to keep to go straight and be with Carmen, even though her parents like it or not.  Though when trouble strikes at his brother's home, he needed to cut his losses and never look back to step forward and stay clean from the gangster life for good.

This contemporary romance was fantastic and told from Eddie's POV only on how the life outside of prison was for him and for his family. I did care for him and how he would deal with so many issues right in front of him between the gangs and his brother's business and looking for his father, Dreamer.  He had so much emotional baggage that he kept and carried for so long. I also cared for Carmen on how she wanted to be with Eddie and how she wanted to be her own person too. You can see how much they care for each other when the sparks flew between them. I did love the California and Washington state dual locations for the mesmerizing scenic settings for this contemporary romance. This would make you want to root for Eddie and Carmen with red-hot steamy romance, plenty of non-stop action and lots of drama, and sparks of intrigue on every page.

Will you be there to check out Eddie's story today in Trashed?


Sunday, August 4, 2019

How to Cross A Marquess

In Jane Ashford's How to Cross a Marquess, the third installment in the Way to a Lord's Heart historical romance series, this romance will sweep you off your feet. For Roger Berwick, the Marquess of Chatton Cottage, he had known Fenella Fairclough, his neighbor for years. They once had gotten close of getting married. But he married Arabella Crenshaw, a mismatch in heaven, when it was a marriage doomed from the start. She had gotten sick on a horse ride and later died. Roger didn't mend his broken heart since things didn't work out for them. But now, five years later, they met once again  and sorted things out about how Arabella died and the suspicions behind her death. But Fenella had to deal with her ill father, who never really appreciated her like he had with her two older sisters. She took care of him until the day he died. And when they he died, Roger and Fenella decide to tie the knot and elope when they had some obstacles along the way before they could profess their undying love for each other and for the future.

This was a fascinating historical romance for Roger and Fenella. I did care for Roger who had been some hard blows in his life except for having Arabella as a cold wife. I did care for Fenella who wanted to be loved and treated fairly by her father. But I'm glad she got to follow her heart and marry Roger. I did love the vast scenic settings and the mesmerizing locations around the London area. This would make you want to keep reading with non-stop action, suspense, drama, and plenty of heartfelt romance on every page.

Will you be there to witness Fenella's love story with Roger in How to Cross a Marquess today? Pre-order the book this month!


Saturday, August 3, 2019

Pipe Dreams

In Sarina Bowen's Pipe Dreams, the third installment in the Brooklyn Bruises hockey sports romance series, you'll have a front row seat in the action of romance of this fantastic love story. For Lauren Williams, she had sworn off hockey ever since Brooklyn Bruisers goalie Mike Beacon broke her heart two years ago. Now she works for the office of the manager, earning her college degree without her parent's help, and planning to have a child of her own alone. But when she runs into Mike again, it conjures up bad memories of the past. For Mike Beacon, a widower and single father of a preteen daughter, life off the ice had hit some snags. But when he plays hockey as the goalie, things are golden. And when they met in the pre-season, Mike haven't stopped loving her and wants a second chance with Lauren. He would do everything to win her heart and to set things right, even if he throws a curveball in her plans to have a baby by a sperm donor. But when they make love, they set the night on fire. Things do get complicated when Elsa, his daughter, has issues with Lauren, when she blames her for breaking up their marriage. Later, when Lauren discovers she's pregnant with Mike's baby, it changes everything as he wants to score big with the two women he loves and cares the most on and off the hockey rink with a happy ending.

This was a fantastic addition to the Brooklyn Bruisers hockey sports romance series. I did like the sports action of a hockey game and the romance that takes place off the ice. It had put you right in the front seat to see the comings and going of an actual hockey game. I did care for Lauren and how she had gotten over a broken heart and how she was her own woman to go for her own dreams. I also found Mike nice and caring who wants to do right for her daughter if not for himself. I'm glad that Elsa turned the other check in hindsight and came around to accept Lauren into her life. I loved the Florida and New York dual locations for the novel and how it felt realistic for the scenic settings during the play-offs and World Cup series. This would make you cheer and stomp your feet with sparking romance, plenty of non-stop action, drama, and lots of suspense to keep you hook and on your feet.

Will you score a goal in Pipe Dreams tonight?

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Date Me Baby One More Time

In Stephanie Rowe's Date Me Baby, One More Time, the first time in the Immortally Sexy paranormal romance series, this debut will make you laugh out loud, snort and shake your head. For Justine Bennett, she's the chosen Guardian of the Goblet of Eternal Life and other magical things in the mortal world. Her mother lives in Purgatory and her best friend  and room mate Theresa is a living breathing dragon.  Plus, she's been cursed for over 200 years as an immortal soul without having any saex. But when Derek LaValle comes knocking on her door and wants to kill her, he had fallen head over heels in love with her, except he's a cursed mortal. When they team up together, they light up the nights and discover who or what was behind the curse. Lo and behold, Justine had unearthed a shocking family secret her mother had kept hidden from her all her life, which had changed everything for her. And when they work together to stop the person who's behind the curse, they would do anything to be together and stop the culprit in his fiery red-hot tracks no matter what it would take.

This was an interesting and intriguing take of the paranormal romance world with dragons, Satan in Hell, and of yes, immortality. There were bits of humorous dialogue and prose that made me crack up and have a good giggle. I did like the Eternal Hell in the mortal and eternal world in the Afterlife and of NYC for the gripping scenic settings and the dual locations. I did find Theresa the dragon a hoot and Justine a bit charming for an immortal woman to fall for Derek who was formerly a mortal before he died. This would make you want to read it in one setting or two for a good laugh with non-stop drama, passionate love above and beyond, sparks of intrigue and plenty of laughs.

Will you take a wild ride to the Afterlife and Earth in Date Me Baby One More Time tonight?