Pegasus Down

In Philip Donlay's Pegasus Down, the 6th installment in the Donovan Nash thriller series, this fast-paced thriller deals with headlines that's almost similar to today's headlines. When Donovan learned about his wife's plane going down and presuming missing, it had turned his world upside down. And that had started the search for her plane somewhere in Eastern Europe. For Dr. Lauren McKenna, she became a sole survivor of her flight and had to find a way to escape from treacherous waters, even if she had to fight tooth and nail for her life. And when she's captured from a mad Ukrananian, only she knew what secrets her deceased colleague had never told. For Donovan, he had to reach out to an old friend, someone who knew about his past life and former name, for outside help. From there, Donovan his EcoWatch team join forces with his friend's daughter and prowl the land for clues to start a rescue. As soon as they learn more about the top secret that could destroy millions of people, he rescues Lauren and then loses her in a blink of an eye again. The race is on to stop this mad man, when more lies, blackmail, and treason have been revealed, and justice would be prevailed at the last hail mary save.


This was another nail-biting and intense thriller from start to finish. I instantly cared about Donovan and Lauren, and how they faced imminent foreign threats from across Eastern Europe. I did think Donovan was quite amusing as Lauren was quite brilliant and something else together. They do make a fascinating and a tight couple to be Abigail's doting parents. I do love the vast array of locations from Washington D.C. to Russia and Austria with spellbinding scenic settings. This would take you on a tailspin dive and make you want to buckle your seatbelts from a bumpy ride with non-stop action, suspense, intrigue and a lot of drama to keep you at the edge of your seat.

Will you join the search party in Pegasus Down tonight?

Seducing the Marquess

In Callie Hutton's Seducing the Marquess, the first installment in the Lord and Ladies in Love historical romance series,  this introduction would leave you hot and bothered to start a scandal of your own. After Eugenia's husband's mistress dies, she's more than relieved to have him for herself. But when she perused a local bookstore, she picked up a book of a scandalous nature and plans to start seducing him. For Lord Devon, he notices the changes in Eugenia's behavior and picks up on it. His daily visits to her bedroom becomes more than often than usual. With every chapter and page in the book, Eugenia could hope but wonder to have Devon's attention in more ways than one... even if she had to dress down. And when she had gotten injured from falling from her horse, he cared for her and not the way she wanted. Instead of this marriage of convenience, she wants it to be more of love and provide him a heir or two. Later, she turned up the heat in the seductions, which did nothing but make tongue wag and men drool over her. And it made him wonder, if she had taken up a lover of her own. When nothing worked to her advantage, Eugenia heads to the countryside in Devonshire. Now it would be up to Devon to tell her about his feelings before he loses her completely.

This was another sexy and steamy historical romance novel to kick start this new series. I loved the central location of London England in 1819 and how the vivid scenery changed from regal to the countryside in a blink of an eye. I adored Eugenia and how she concocted the perfect plan to have Devon to herself with every single seductive moves. I also found Devon a charming lord who would do anything for his lady, even he had fallen in love with her later on.  This would make you fan yourself and to hold on to your seats and perhaps to down ice cold water to cool ourselves with non-stop action, drama, red-hot romance and plenty of sparks to start a fire with intrigue.

Will you be tempting to start seducing the marquess tonight?

Fashion, Lies and Murder

In Sibel Hodge's Fashion, Lies and Murder, the first installment in the Amber Fox humorous cozy mystery series, this debut will have you laughing in stitches and strike a pose in your TBR list. After Amber Fox was kicked off the force for a shooting range incident against her nemesis, she's forced to work for her ex-fiancé Bradley Beckett as an insurance investigator for his company, Hi-Tec. Her first assignment was to plant some cameras in the fashion offices of Umberto Fandango. But things aren't what they seem, when he later turns out missing. It's up for Amber to put the pieces together and get to down more about his life and his fashion career. When she wanted to meet his assistant Heather Brown, she turns up missing and then later dead. While she wanted to best her nemesis DSI Janice Skipper,  she tries her best to be ahead of the rest to dodge some goons, get assistance from her cross-dressing father who's going undercover for the Neighborhood Watch, and connect the dots from her current cases to solve this puzzle. In the end, she learns the hidden truth about Umberto's past and fights for her life to get justice done.

If you love Carl Hiassen's comedic mystery series, I think you would also enjoy this one too. I instantly cared for Amber and her hot romance with Romeo. She's a hoot and most definitely fights for the underdog like herself to set things right. I do think Brad has caring feelings for her and was a great guy to let her work for him. I do like Hacker and Tia as well, though Janice got what she righteously deserved.  I do like the scenic locations throughout London with gripping settings to make things come to live. This would make you cry happy tears and laugh out loud, snort, and shake your heads a few times with a couple of gasping sighs straight to the end.

Will you walk the runway in Fashion, Lies and Murder tonight?

Playmaker

In L.P. Dover's Playmaker, the third installment in the Breakaway hockey sports romance series, this romance novel is sexy and hot, on and off the ice that scores on all levels. For Maddox Ledger, he's one of the star players in the Charlotte Strikers hockey team. In his father's eyes, whatever he did was never good enough for him. Three years ago, he met and married someone named Paige on a whirlwind elopement in Las Vegas. No one knew about their secret marriage, not even when Paige left him a day after they were married. Fast forward to the present, they meet again at Dallas Easton's wedding to Maddox's cousin Callie and confronted her about her true identity as Lacey Easton, Dallas's sister. For Lacey, she didn't expect to see Maddox again, since she lost all signs of trust on him, due to the tabloids. Other than finishing her residency in New York City, she had to face the facts and also to tell him. During the hockey season, Maddox and Lacey got to know each other better, when she knew him best when he was down and stayed at the beach. Right there, they began to trust each other and fall in love with each other, when they couldn't stop wanting each other. With a couple of obstacles in the way, they dealt with a lovesick fan, one of  Maddox's teammates wants more than friendship with her, and revealing the truth to Dallas, they came through it all, even when there's a baby on the way to make things better for a new future together.

This was a sexy and steamy hot hockey sports romance novel that would steam up your windows. I do love the hockey theme for this sports romance novel and how it showcased what it was like playing on ice. I did care for both Maddox and Lacey as a couple and also as individuals, since they had been through a lot, even for a bit of a long-distance relationship, to get from here to there. They both have dealt with some issues and obstacles along the way and persevered together. I also do like the dual locations of New York and Charlotte, NC for the gripping red-hot scenic settings. This would make you gasp and hold your breath, fan yourself and swoon with non-stop action, plenty of romance, lots of drama, and a hint of intrigue to sweep you off your feet.

Will you be one to score with the Playmaker tonight?

A Riesling to Die For

In J.C. Eaton's A Riesling to Die For, the first installment in the Wine Trail Mysteries Culinary cozy series, this debut new cozy series will knock you socks off and leave you begging for more. For Norrie Ellington, she's a screenplay writer for the Hallmark Channel. When her sister wants her to oversee the Two Witches Winery for her, while she's away in Costa Rica for a year with her husband Jason, Norrie wasn't sure and then decided to give her a helping hand.  As she learned the lay of the vineyard and the winery business, she became entangled into her own mystery of her own. When the dead body of Elspeth Waters was found on the irrigation ditches, she decided to dig deep and learn more about Elspeth. With the help of her newest employees, she had her eye on a couple of culprits that ranged from business developers to fellow winery owners and even to her niece. But while she kept unearthing for clues, she almost placed herself in a delicate situation by falsing accusing others in the process. In the end, the truth was right under her nose, when she never expected someone who would want to do her in too.

This was a delightful and promising new cozy series to devour and learn about the winery business too. I cared for Norrie and how she took the Two Witches Winery under her reins and became a fast learner. While approaching the deadline, she had the knack to dig for the truth and in a short amount of time. I loved how there was a bit of diversity, when she added Don and Theo as a gay couple who owned the Grey Egret Winery and became fast friends with her. I loved the New York location of the Finger Lakes section and how the scenic settings took us there on the pages. This would make you shake you head, cringe, want to taste the wines, and sigh and gasp with non-stop action, drama, intrigue, and suspense.

Will you try a Riesling to Die For and drink bottoms up tonight?

State of the Union

In Brad Thor's State of the Union, the third installment in the Scot Harvath political thriller series, this novel will propel you forward in a race against time to stop an immiment threat from plunging our country into self-destruction. During the ten-year anniversary of his father's death, Scot receives an urgent message from the President of the United States. He was needed in Washington D.C. right away. When President Rutledge informs him about a mystery message concerning his State of the Union address and what it implies from a new Russian threat, Scot agrees to help him in a race against time. But first, he has to go find Gary Lawlor, a close family friend, who's mysteriously vanished without a trace. And more importantly, when he looks for clues at Gary's home, who was Frank Leighton. With a week to the State of the Union,  Scot travels to Germany first to take care of some unsavory people and to locate Gary. And then he flies to Russia to track down his terrorist threat and the Nukes planted in various US cities. There, he joins forces with Alexandra Ivanova, who became a key ally to stop the bad guys from getting further. Only she could help them decipher top-secret codes and what could it mean. With the clock ticking down, Scot and his team members had to eliminate the only person who could stop in their way and put him out of business before it would be too late for everyone in the USA.

This was a mind-blowing and very powerful political thriller that deals with the "ripped from the headlines" real life events going in the world today. I cared about Scot and how he dealt with a lot of emotional termoil going on in his personal and professional life. He had to carry a lot of heavy weight on his shoulders like Atlas and managed to get the job done in an expedient fashion before the deadline. I think Alex was real interesting and compelling to become a new future alley and an asset to the USA in the future. The characters and the storyline was realistic and idealistic at the same time, when the threat of war is ongoing on everyday. I loved the trio of locations from D.C., Germany and parts of Russia even to the White Sea. It was real visual for those scenic setttings to pop on the page. This has a lot of non-stop action to keep you in suspense, gasp, groan, and shake your head, along with fast-paced drama, intrigue and plenty of mystery along the way.

Will you bear witness to the State of the Union address today?

Dearly Depotted

In Kate Collins's Dearly Depotted, the first installment in the Flower Shop Cozy Mystery series, this cozy will intrigue you from the first page to the last. It all started when Abby's cousin Jillian had cold feet for her wedding. Before she could get to the altar, she needed to talk some sense into her cousin. And when she does tie the knot, that's when things erupted in mayhem. Outside of the gazebo, her uncle had gotten into a fight with his daughter's no-good boyfriend, Jack Snyder. And when he was later found dead, it made things a lot worse. It had thrown a lot of suspicion to a lot of people who wanted to see him dead. It was up to Abby to team up with Marco to get to the bottom of it, especially when she wanted to help her friend Grace out by clearing her boyfriend Richard's name. And that was to sort the truth from the lies, the fact from fiction, when she wan't back down from mere threats. When she had a name on the culprit, it was a matter of life and death to have justice being served....

This was another great and charming cozy mystery. I did care for Abby Knight and how she had gotten herself into another hot mess of a plot. I do think Marco is hot eye-candy and could be her perfect match. I did feel sorry for Melanie, Jillian and for Grace, since they all went through a troubing ordeal when one thing had led to another, linked by her wedding's nupitals. I did like the idealistic New Chapel location set in Indiana with vibrant scenic settings from one place to another. This would make you gasp, grit your teeth, bit your lip and shake your head a few times with every twisted page turn. This has non-stop action, drama, suspense, and a hint of mystery interwoven to tie it up.

Will you be reading Dearly Depotted tonight?