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Tickety Tock (Wicked Warriors MC Arizona Chapter) by Manda Mellett – Review by Tracy Greenhalgh

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Tickety Tock: Wicked Warriors MC Arizona ChapterTickety Tock: Wicked Warriors MC Arizona Chapter by Manda Mellett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow how can I put into words the feelings and thoughts this book has left me with?
What an amazingly gripping story, Romance, Thriller, Family Issues, Paranormal and MC alpha males all rolled into one. Add a book hangover as it begs to be read in one sitting.
The story follows Raven as she visits her old family home that shew has been left after the death of her Gramps. The memories of abuse and twisted family issues follow her and the fear of the past coming back to haunt her literally.
An accident in the middle of the night brings Dwarf into the picture, an ex-marine with his own past to manage. Dwarf and his brothers in the Wicked Warriors MC are all part of bringing the conclusion to the nightmares that follow Raven.
This book is a must read if you enjoy a rollercoaster of feelings and getting caught in the web of images woven for you by the author.

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Everything to Me (Playing for Keeps Book 2) by Lauren Fraser – Review by Tracy Greenhalgh

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Everything to Me (Playing for Keeps Book 2)Everything to Me by Lauren Fraser
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What an amazing fast paced sports style romance, throw in an out of bounds relationship (brothers best friend) and it brings a twist to the story. I found this an engrossing and relatively quick read (this means I did have a book hangover the day after starting it, as it is hard to put down).
We follow Kendall and her teenage crush Pete who is also her brothers’ best friend and team mate. Can she work her feelings out of her system whilst staying with him? Can Pete manage to keep his emotions out of the mix and continue to have a close working relationship with Kendalls’ brother Ryan.
Kendall follows her feelings and after her job has finished she moves home, but has not manged to get Pete out of her system.
We follow their relationship as it builds and blossoms until her brother finds out.
Fast paced and the characters grow into likeable images and you just wish them a happy ever after.

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The Curse of a Faeblood by MK Lorber – Review by Tracy Greenhalgh

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The Curse of a FaebloodThe Curse of a Faeblood by M.K. Lorber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My first read of this author and I can honestly say I cannot wait for the next in the series.
Although I found the start a little hard to follow I soon fell into the world of the faeblood and found it difficult to find a suitable place to stop reading for the night (it is that addictive).
MK tells us about Ember and her trials as she journeys on the run through the land where the faeblood live in the castle and rule the land and territories with an iron fist in the form of the Red Guard (their personal army). Through her wiles and tenacity Ember moves from village to village ending up in the Borderlands of Midpointe, where she is caught by the villagers. She falls into the life of the militia village with ease, still hiding until discovered.
There is more than Ember bringing trouble to this family unit and as we follow her time with them, the building of relationships, discovery of love and honour we discover the spy in the mists.
The land of the faeblood has been described in detail and the other territories have been introduced through meetings. I cannot wait to read the second in the series.

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The Scent of Gardenias by Lorraine Haas – Review by Tracy Greenhalgh

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The Scent of GardeniasThe Scent of Gardenias by Lorraine Haas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I found this an enthralling read; A new author to me I was not sure how I would settle to it. I must say that I found it a brilliant read and the author paints emotional pictures of the world as it was, with all the ups and downs that life brings.
Starting off in small town America in the early 1940s, the author has us following Margaret Rose; as she grows from a teenager and matures. Following her hopes and dreams. The difficulties and joy that come with large families living in uncertain times, it is not a positive spin on a these times, touching on many hard points, death, marriages of convenience and certainly the lifestyle of the time where life is run from a man’s point of view.
Young love, which quickly comes to an early and unfortunate end, sees young Margie a single mother and war widow, but life must go on and Margaret moves forward, leaving her hard earnt job.
A second unhappy marriage ends when her husband asks for divorce, 2 youngsters and Maggie trying to handle the hardships of low income through war and post war America.
Finally on her feet we find Margaret moving up in the world with her new husband, who is maybe not what he seems. The Italian family show their true colours. Margaret is whisked away to salvation, she returns to her home town.
More trials are thrown her way as she tries to live with her young family on very meagre resources. With children being involved nothing is easy.
Family, strength and lies, hardship, sorrow and joy weave together in this endearing and emotional story.

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The Fighter (An Underground Bad Boys Romance Book 3) by India Kells – Review by Tracy Greenhalgh

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The Fighter (An Underground Bad Boys Romance, #3)The Fighter by India Kells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a new author to me, and I can say I will certainly be reading more by her.
The book follows best friends Ten and Juliet who support each other through the struggles of everyday life, as they navigate working and studying. Their relationship is put under stress when they enter the world of underground fighting, they find they have been evicted from their apartment; enter Gage who unwittingly becomes involved in their lives, offering them somewhere to stay and then mentoring Ten for a further fight, hoping to remove both Ten and Juliet from the sights of the local fight club boss.
Stepping up and doing the right thing has started a snowball effect of changes for Gage, he finds that he becomes further involved with both of his new housemates in more ways than one.
The author manages to pull you along this emotional ride of a story involving MF, MM and MFM interaction. It’s a steamy at times read that also has heart stopping moments of angst when the darker side of the storytelling takes over. Strong Alpha males, strong women, undercover cops and gangsters all thread together really well to a slightly surprising HEA.
This is the third book in the series, so I am going to have to back track and ready 1 and 2 soon.

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