The Man in Black by L.R. Liverpool – Review by Laura Jones
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Lies That Bind (Logan McKenna Series Book 6) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Laura Jones
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Sweet Vengeance by Pamela Gibson – Review by Heidi Sturgess
Sweet Vengeance by Pamela Gibson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh my goodness I could just climb into this cover and live on the land ! After reading the story between the pages I feel a little different though because it’s sad yet beautiful I know it makes no sense but so much sense at the same time 🙈🤷♀️🥰🤣
So Elena swears to her mother , on her deathbed , that she will avenge the death of her brother , a modern can not go unpunished after all and make no mistake Elena is no fading wallflower and has the know how and skills to take a man out ! The tough thing is that the man that is believed to have the bliss of her brother on his hands is someone she used to admire and hold in high regard ….
Sean was a spy but after time in prison he finds the company of horses and any animal for that matter better than the company of humans and he’s got the knack to work with horses and has earned himself quite the reputation…
I loved living through Elena and Sean and the writing style really made me feel like I was there and I regret not having read the first 2 books as well but ready assured I’m going one clicking ❣️📚
Saint Con by Seelie Kay – Review by Heather Bass
Saint Con by Seelie Kay
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the first book that I have read from this author and she has a new fan. I love a good cozy mystery but this book exceeded all my expectations. I could not put this book down until the very end. I loved how you got to read both characters’ points of view. It only took me a few hours to devour this amazing book.
Jennifer has an amazing life. She loves her job, has amazing friends but she is missing one thing. Jennifer has no one to come home to. She wants the love that she has always wanted. Jennifer meets a beautiful man one night and she has an amazing night with him. She thinks she has found the one but he goes missing. Will Jennifer find the love of her life or will it be too late?
Wicked Games (Hidden Valley Elite Book 7) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Tracy Greenhalgh
<a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199147771-wicked-games” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”><img border=”0″ alt=”Wicked Games (Hidden Valley Elite #7)” src=”https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1695727386l/199147771._SX98_.jpg” /></a><a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199147771-wicked-games”>Wicked Games</a> by <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23199631.Isla_Vaughn”>Isla Vaughn</a><br/>
My rating: <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5964760733″>5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Once again the author manages to weave a web so tight that you cannot get out of it, a continuation of the Hidden Valley Elite series.<br />We follow along with Shane after the issues with Luke, the police and investigation and the return of his childhood nemesis.<br />Winter following the advice of her councillor and her now family returns to confront aspects of her past, the area where everything went wrong. Emotions run high and she struggles to move past certain aspects of the past.<br />The feeling that something is very wrong follows both Shane and Winter. <br />There is certainty a past aspect of bullying, and the constant angst that there is someone in the background, but who it is?? It could be a family member, a jilted lover, a stalker.<br />The rollercoaster of story keeps Aspen and Pheonix, their Grandad, Joe, the Uncle and cousins all continue to develop. The world building and continuity is great. I really am anxious to know what happens next.<br />
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Whisper Creek (Logan McKenna Mystery Book 7) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Kristin Boutelle
Whisper Creek by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The author does very well in pulling the reader in just a few pages. She does well in giving us vivid detail about what is going on and telling us how the characters feel emotionally. The characters are very well developed and each one is very relatable. I’m amazed at how much Logan’s character has grown throughout the series.
SAFE HARBOR (A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 5) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Kristin Boutelle
SAFE HARBOR: Logan Book 5 by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The author gives you just enough in the first couple of pages to get you engaged. The
characters are very well developed and very relatable. I love how the author keeps the story flowing and there is not any confusion about what is going on in the story.
Woman Unbroken by Alexandra Fleder – Review by Dawn Daughenbaugh
Woman Unbroken: A Novel by Alexandra Fleder
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
5 Stars
Woman Unbroken by Alexandra Fleder
Woman Unbroken is a Emotionally charged Women’s Fiction that takes us on quite the emotional journey . This is a story about discovering yourself and your worth. It’s a heartbreaking story of survival. This is my first book by this author and I will definitely be seeing what other books she has written. Can Devorah be the Woman she once was? I don’t want to give to much away but I highly recommend reading this fast paced story. I would recommend kleenexes as this this takes you on quite the emotional rollercoaster ride. I’m looking forward to reading more from this Author.
VANISHING DAY (A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 4) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Kristin Boutelle
Vanishing Day: A Logan McKenna Mystery/Thriller Logan Book 4 by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Once again, the author captures your attention and pulls you into the story right away. The plot is very relatable, I can definitely see how each character is how they are portrayed. The characters are very well developed. The way the author is very detailed and descriptive is wonderful.
DEVIL’S CLAW (A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 3) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Kristin Boutelle
Devil’s Claw: A Logan McKenna Mystery/Thriller Book 3 by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I love how the author gives us a backstory to give the reader some background before actually going into the main story. Also, the author does give us an important topic to think about while reading the story. The characters are very well developed and they do provide different points of view on the topic at hand.
Fractured Hearts-Prospect (Grimm Wolves MC Book 7) by D.M. Earl – Review by Kelli Harper
Fractured Hearts-Prospect by D.M. Earl
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Book seven in the Grimm Wolves MC series, it is recommended that you read the entire series in order however being the rebel that I am, this is my first read of the series. While there may be overlap of characters and situations, I did not feel lost and was able to connect and not feel lost or left out.
Dingo and Celee’s story was packed with danger, action, suspense, and drama. It captured my attention from the first couple pages and I read it in one sitting. Now I must go read the others.
Finding Your Heart by Nadia Han – Review by Kelli Harper
Finding Your Heart: A Journal for Discovering Your Heart by Nadia Han
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This journal will help you deal with making peace with the things in your life that have been dragging you down. This book came to me at just the right time. I was not at all sure what I was getting into when I got it, but it has been eye-opening and oh so helpful.
Forest Park: A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 2 (The Logan McKenna Series) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Kristin Boutelle
Forest Park: Logan Book 2 by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The beginning does have you very intrigued to keep you reading. The author does really well in providing vivid imagery about the scenery and the characters. It does provide you with a point of view from different characters, sometimes it’s kinda hard to tell when it does shift, I had to think for a minute before I read more. The characters are very well developed. The author does provide some insight on what it was like for Vietnamese especially during and after the Vietnam War.
Lost and Found (Logan McKenna Mystery Book 9) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Angela Shirley
Lost and Found: A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 9 by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Crabbing Industry is cut throat and when a dead body is found, but when Sam’s friend is accused can Logan and Sam untangle the mysteries, but as they get further into the story more and more things don’t make sense and people aren’t who they seem to be.
Logan is thrown back into to helping defend a close friend of Sam, will she be able to put her feelings that something is not quite right with the whole story behind her, although she has her doubts she decides to help but as they go through the case, things get stirred up and can Logan survive.
We are thrown back into the world of Logan for the ninth book in the series and this is a wonderfully written thriller which has you guessing until the end and although this is the ninth book you can read them as stand alone stories as the author gives you enough background to understand the relationships. I love the character of Logan she is just a jaded and determined as ever and this book is no different.
This is full of twists and throws you into the world of crabbing, I know who would have thought it was such cut throat with the wonderful characters which enhances the story and draws you in. I hope there are more books to come and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next one.
Shattered: a Logan McKenna Mystery Book 1 (The Logan McKenna Series) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Kristin Boutelle
Shattered: Logan Book 1 by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The beginning does have a very slow start and in the prologue it does capture your attention to want to read more. It does take awhile to build up the plot. I like how the author puts a lot of information and details about the major and minor characters. Logan is very relatable and she has gone through so much. I love how the author uses and describes the scenery, it is very vivid especially at the art festival.
Lost and Found (Logan McKenna Mystery Book 9) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Charlisa Wahtomy-Alba
<a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195419564-lost-and-found” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”><img border=”0″ alt=”Lost and Found: A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 9 (Logan McKenna Series)” src=”https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1690990530l/195419564._SX98_.jpg” /></a><a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195419564-lost-and-found”>Lost and Found: A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 9</a> by <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5872901.Valerie_Davisson”>Valerie Davisson</a><br/>
My rating: <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5964493625″>5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
In Lost and Found the captain of a crabbing boat is washed overboard during a storm at sea. Logan is trying to decipher what is truth and what is fiction while trying to solve this possible homicide, but the more she digs the less she finds. Is it possible it was a mere accident? As with all of the other books in this series this kept me turning the pages to find out what happened next. I really enjoy this author’s writing style and how she has just enough detail to describe what is going on without saying too much to muddy things up. I hope this isn’t the last of this series as I have enjoyed Logan as a character very much and don’t want this to be the end. With any series you want to read from book one however, I seemed to have started this series somewhere in the middle. Any one of the books can be read as a standalone but to get a better understanding of the characters and the authors writing style I suggest you read the first book where Logan McKenna came to life.
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Vigilante Assassin (Jake Wolfe Thrillers Book 2) by Mark Nolan – Review by Angela Renee Diaz
Vigilante Assassin by Mark Nolan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love that you think you know what’s going to happen. Then you are caught off guard because something else happens. Jake helps those who ask. He’s so goodhearted he can’t deny them the help he can provide. I highly recommend this book and the series.
Killer Lawyer (Jake Wolfe Book 3) by Mark Nolan – Review by Angela Renee Diaz
Killer Lawyer by Mark Nolan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Not only Jakes friend and neighbor, but being framed for murder of said friend and neighbor. So now Jake is hunting this bold random killer for vengeance for his friend and neighbor and to clear his name. He is dubbed random killer as he has no motive and killing are random. I highly recommend this book as well as the series.
Key West Dead (Jake Wolfe Book 6) by Mark Nolan – Review by Angela Renee Diaz
Key West Dead by Mark Nolan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Jake is visiting Florida. A guest to be at a fellow Marines wedding. What should have been cherish memories of a wedding. Drastically changed when the newlyweds are blown up. Jake always seems to be front row to danger. He’s always in enemies sights. Can’t stress this enough this one is my favorite in there series. I highly recommend this book as well as the series.
Lost and Found (Logan McKenna Mystery Book 9) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Julie Johnson
Lost and Found: A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 9 by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Please don’t let this be the end!!! Logan is facing what is quite possibly her hardest case. A body is found and her friend Sam asks her to help out his friend. Logan isn’t quite sure this friend is completely innocent though. She’s not going to let the murderer get away with this and she’ll exhaust all her resources to make sure this person comes to justice.
Another great story that kept my attention. I really hope there will be more books in this series!
DEADLY WEAPON (Jake Wolfe Book 5) by Mark Nolan – Review by Angela Renee Diaz
Deadly Weapon by Mark Nolan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Jake is trying to relax. Lo and behold he is on another mission. Facing the society who plans on releasing a virus. Jakes mission to intercept the virus and kill the leaders. This book I highly recommend as well as the series.
In Plain Sight (Logan McKenna Mystery Book 8) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Julie Johnson
In Plain Sight: A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 8 by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Things finally seem to be going in the right direction for Logan. She’s very happily married to Ben (finally!), having more time to spend with Bella, and volunteering at a local wildlife rescue center. Of course, things have to take a dramatic change and Logan finds herself in the middle of another murder mystery. She just can’t seem to avoid them!
This book has some interesting twists and turns and like the previous books in this series, the writing continues to get better and the story is more engaging. I have really enjoyed this series and while they can be read as standalones, I highly suggest reading these in order so you get the full character history.
Baking a Bicycle (Invisible Magic Wand Book #7) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Angela Hayes
Baking a Bicycle: Invisible Magic Wand Book Seven by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
4 Stars
Baking A Bicycle is the seventh book in the Invisible Magic Wand series by Lois Wickstrom. Right from the get-go this book grabs your attention with the bright and interesting illustrations that accompany the storyline. It’s Caspian’s unbirthday again- and this time Caspian bakes a bicycle. How, you might ask. Well, follow along on this cute little adventure and find out. Caspian and Grandpa always have interesting adventures together and this was one of the more ‘fun’ ones.
This is a cute children’s story that has bright and colourful illustrations, fun, educational elements/lessons, and a touch of fantasy. As with the other books in this series, it is a slightly quirky tale that proved to be quite engaging- feeding both the imagination, as well providing a few lessons along the way.
Suitable for children aged 4 to 8.
The series consists of:
-The Empty Box (Book #1)
-Things Are Shaking (Book #2)
-Caspian’s Unbirthday (Book #3)
-The Sneaky Kitten (Book #4)
-The Know-It-All Kitten (Book #5)
-The Mind-Reading Hat (Book #6)
-Baking A Bicycle (Book #7)
As you can see, there are plenty of adventures to take with Caspian and Grandpa.
Happy reading!
Thank you, Lois Wickstrom!
Reviewed by @angelahayes
Dead Lawyers Don’t Lie: A Gripping Thriller (Jake Wolfe Book 1) by Mark Nolan – Review by Angela Renee Diaz
Dead Lawyers Don’t Lie by Mark Nolan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Jake has a good heart you can tell by his love for his dog that passed away. After breaking up with his finance he is caught in a tailspin. Witnessing a murder why he is trying to take pictures for his job. He ends up calling his buddy who is a cop. I highly recommend this book and the series.
Sweet Vengeance (Mission Belles Book 3) by Pamela Gibson – Review by Charlene Pryke
Sweet Vengeance by Pamela Gibson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the first book that I have read of Pamela Gibson and although it is book 3 in the Mission Belles series I read it as a stand alone novel. In hindsight I feel that some background knowledge from the previous 2 books would have helped with knowledge of characters and character development. It took till the last 3/4 of the book before my interest was completely captured and then I found it hard to put down. Elena set out to kill Sean as revenge for her brother’s death but in the end Sean’s sweet nature and the hard truth won her heart.
Finding Your Heart by Nadia Han – Review by Angela Hayes
Finding Your Heart: A Journal for Discovering Your Heart by Nadia Han
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
5 Stars
This is a book I didn’t even realise I needed in my life till it popped up and grabbed my attention. What a wonderfully motivational book to inspire spiritual healing, spiritual growth and development, and reconnecting to humanity and our ‘hearts’.
Finding Your Heart is a journal with exercises for self-development, help, and healing. It helps ‘unclutter’ yourself spiritually, make peace with the past, while inspiring you to honour the present. With plenty of creative prompts, positive affirmations, and heart-opening activities this book is all about self-love, self-care, and prioritising ‘you’.
Beautiful!
“The Heart is a Flower. Let it Bloom.”
Happy Reading…
Thank you, Nadia Han!
Reviewed by @angelahayes
Lost and Found (Logan McKenna Mystery Book 9) by Valerie Davisson – Review by Micalah Weatherholtz
Lost and Found: A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 9 by Valerie Davisson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
After reading book 8, though fully intending to go all the way back to book one to begin the series, that is what people recommend, I haven’t done that yet, I went to the next book in the series, book nine. This series focuses mainly on one person, Logan McKenna. She frequently has to lay it all on the line to solve the mysteries and the suspense is palpable. Lost and Found was an intriguing novel that I’m glad to have read and can recommend to others.
Mission Target (Jake Wolfe Thrillers Book 7) by Mark Nolan – Review by Angela Renee Diaz
Mission Target by Mark Nolan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Jakes back at again like usual. He’s after a drug dealer who is selling deadly substances. Too make matters more complicated someone is killing his girlfriends doppelgangers. I highly recommend this book and this series. Don’t miss out.
The Catford Catastrophe Zone by Petra Jacob – Review by Angela Hayes
The Catford Catastrophe Zone by Petra Jacob
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Stars
The Catford Catastrophe Zone by Petra Jacob was a lot more intriguing than I expected. I mean I knew it would be good because I was quite engrossed by Ms. Jacob’s ‘Peddling Doomsday’ story- but this book is even better.
This has so many great ingredients- from a dystopian theme, futuristic setting, sci-fi elements, thriller-esque details, dramatic developments, a little satire, secrets, agendas, politics, social commentary, rebellion/rebels, mutants, danger, subterfuge, some action, adventure, a DNA-enhanced crime fighter, some mayhem, interesting characters, and a fight for survival.
The story wasn’t what I was expecting, in a great way. It was very intriguing, well-developed, and thought-provoking- but as expected from reading her previous book, Ms. Jacob has also set the tension and anticipation on high. The plot is complex, and layered- with a lot more going on between the covers than first meets the eye.
As with her other book, the characters were quite interesting individuals who were really well thought out, and all had their own quirks, flaws, and unique personalities. The setting and world-building were great and gave the story a unique ‘feel’. The world-building was really well-crafted- but, in saying that, I think it was the characters who really drove this story, pulling me in and keeping me turning the pages, following along to see how it all turned out in the end. They certainly made it more interesting, for sure.
If you love dystopian stories with more than a few surprising developments, then this is definitely the book for you.
I look forward to reading more of Ms. Jacob’s work.
Happy Reading…
Thank you, Petra Jacob!
Reviewed by @angelahayes
1897 A Mark Sutherland Adventure (Mark Sutherland Adventures) by Kimberly Mullins – Review by Jules Herbert
1897 A Mark Sutherland Adventure by Kimberly Mullins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have read a lot of the Notebook Mysteries series by this AMAZING author so when I saw this new book I did not hesitate for even a single second. I knew that she always creates such fantastic and completely captivating storylines and Mark Sutherland absolutely did not disappoint in any way. The vivid imagery created puts you into those pages and situations as if you were standing right there yourself. No I am not giving any details away. you simply have to read it for yourself! There are plenty of twists and turns to keep you hooked and I really can’t wait to follow Mark on more adventures!
