Our Nanny is a Vampire by Lindsey Devin and Roxie Ray

 

Blurb:

Conrad Lawrence has lost nine nannies in three years.

There was Nanny Franny McFine (four days). Marie Von Fire, who claimed she'd once worked for a duke. Mrs. Corrinna Rainer, who lasted until Billie released crickets into her suitcase. Mademoiselle Joella Frosty, who called his kids "creatively hostile" and blocked his number before she reached the end of the driveway.

So when nanny #10 walked through the door, Conrad wasn't expecting much. Then Winnie shows up.

She's calm where his house is chaos. Patient where his kids are relentless. And she sees the grief he's been quietly carrying for three years without flinching from it — because she's been carrying centuries of her own.

Winnie has survived two hundred years by never staying long enough to be found. But this house, this impossible family, and this exhausted, good-hearted father are the first things she's wanted to keep in longer than she can remember.

She should have known better. Because the past doesn't let go that easily — and hers is coming to collect.

✨ Perfect for readers who love: grumpy widower x unbothered 200-year-old nanny energy, slow-burn nanny romance, found family with a coffin parked under the trees, and exes who show up mid-domesticity like they weren't already asked to leave

 

My review:

Our Nanny is a Vampire by Lindsey Devin and Roxie Ray is a heartwarming story of a widowed father of three precocious children just trying to make it through the day. This tale is filled with laugh out loud moments and loads of love. I truly enjoyed their tale.

 

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Knife Volume 1: A Motorcycle Club Paranormal Forbidden Romance (Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club Book 15) by Candace Blevins

 Knife Volume 1: A Motorcycle Club Paranormal Forbidden Romance (Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club Book 15) by Candace Blevins

 

Blurb:

 

He was the only man she’d ever met who could make a rope cage feel like home, and she was the one woman he wasn’t capable of setting free. But fate is a sadistic bitch.

 

Tuesday has spent her life moving between worlds — pack wolf, NFL nomad kid, culinary school overachiever. She’s built a life on her own terms: a high-powered consulting career with clients she chooses, and a careful distance from complications. Falling for a member of the Rolling Thunder MC qualifies as a complication. Falling for an extinct apex predator qualifies as something considerably more dangerous, but when she meets Knife, her human side is intrigued while her inner wolf instantly wants to roll over, show her belly, and submit to whatever he might want.

 

Knife doesn’t play games, and he doesn’t do messy. He certainly wasn’t expecting a pack wolf with a culinary degree and a Maserati to walk into his butcher shop on a Friday morning and see through him enough to tell him her safeword. From the moment they negotiate their boundaries, the rules are clear: edge play inside absolute power exchange without emotional entanglements. It's supposed to be purely physical, but Tuesday surrenders and trusts him with an intensity that floors him while he explores all his kinks and a few of hers in profound extremes.

 

Behind closed doors, their chemistry is explosive, pushing past every physical and psychological boundary they've ever known, but outside their private sanctuary, reality is a minefield. Tuesday’s alpha has absolute access to her every thought, and the MC’s rules strictly forbid romantic entanglements because the club survives by keeping their secrets hidden. He can’t be involved with someone bound to an alpha, and that makes Tuesday Robinson not just forbidden, but dangerous.

 

The deeper they sink into each other, the higher the stakes become, but sometimes, the heart doesn’t care about logic, rules, or consequences.

 

 

Author’s Note: KNIFE: Volume 1 begins a scorching paranormal motorcycle club duet featuring a fiercely independent pack wolf finding absolute surrender in the darkest corners of power exchange with a biker. Perfect for readers who crave dual shifter protagonists and alpha hero / competent heroine dynamics, edge play with profound emotional depth, rope bondage, sensory deprivation, and grueling endurance play balanced by intense, loving aftercare. Set against a gritty Southern backdrop of outlaw motorcycle clubs, pack politics, and foodie passion, this is a forbidden romance, friends-with-benefits-to-lovers story about found family and the ultimate sacrifice of identity for love. Volume 1 ends on a cliffhanger, but the duet concludes with a guaranteed HEA in KNIFE: Volume 2, available August 7, 2026.

 

My review:

Knife and Tuesday are perfect for each other. It’s like they were made for each other except he’s a member of the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club and they carry secrets no one outside the club is allowed to be privy to. Tuesday is a pack wolf and would have to answer to her alpha whether she wanted to or not. Can their developing love for each other survive their divided loyalties.

This is a kinky love story that has opposites filling the missing parts of the other. I enjoyed watching them discover each other and look forward to them getting their HEA in the next book.

 

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(Mostly) Human Resources (Entity Case Files #1) by Grace Viall

 

 

Blurb:

A debut slow-burn work-nemesis romance set in a world where cryptids and monsters are a part of life . . . and someone has to do the paperwork.

Working in human resources was not what Alexys had in mind when she joined Entity, the private company that categorizes and manages the world’s cryptids. But after her dad was killed on the job as a Warden in the Appalachian Mountains, she was filled with noble ideas of carrying on his legacy . . . from the safety of a desk. Alexys dreams of climbing the corporate ladder while managing the Appalachian Wardens and sparring with Nic, the frustrating (and annoyingly attractive) Director of Research and Cataloguing.

When one of Alexys’ new Wardens goes missing after inquiring about a mysterious and highly dangerous monster, her chances of promotion disappear along with him. Determined to save her career—and to shield the Warden’s family from the trauma she experienced after losing her father on the job—she marches off into the monster-infested wilderness to find him herself.

Meanwhile, Nic, with ambitions of becoming the youngest Entity employee to discover a new monster, follows Alexys on her hunt. But the work nemeses are about to discover why the Appalachian Mountains are the last place you want to find yourself after dark. Among mountains older than bones, the jackalopes and ghouls are the least of their worries . . .

 

My review:

Smart, sassy and super (Mostly) Human Resources (Entity Case Files #1) by Grace Viall takes us into the world of Alexys Keane. Alexys works in HR managing Wardens who keep track of the monsters that go bump in the night. This tale takes us into the Appalachian Mountains and the monsters that dwell there. Alexys’ adventures will make you think and laugh. I really enjoyed watching a city girl in the mountains. I look forward to future adventures in this world.

 

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The Pilot (Alpha Cove #3) by Susan Stoker

 

 

Blurb:

Sparks fly when a former bully moves in with her former victim in New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s tantalizing third foray into Alpha Cove, a spicy military romance steeped in emotion.

Ex-fighter pilot Lincoln “Linc” Young is a survivor, masking his PTSD and nightmares behind a calm exterior. When his father’s death brings him back to Maine to help his mom, he never expects to cross paths with his former high school tormentor. But the woman who once made his life hell now stirs completely different emotions in Linc, and when he finds Harper in need, he impulsively offers her and her young son a place to stay.

Harper Bates thought she’d hit rock bottom after returning to her childhood home in Rockville, Maine. Then her father begins judging her every move—and worse, her son Kash, when they discover he’s being bullied at school. The last person she expects help from is Linc, the boy Harper herself had bullied years ago. Now a commanding presence who makes her and Kash feel safe, Linc inspires both a growing attraction…and lingering shame over her past actions.

Temporary cohabitation quickly turns into something more as Harper and Linc reveal intimate secrets that put them both on a path to healing. But they’re unaware someone else has a secret. And it’s about to impact the one person the couple can’t live without—Kash.

 

My review:

I fell in love with these characters. Linc has a big heart although you might not see it as he’s busy rehabbing his home and doesn’t interact with a lot of folks. Harper is a former mean girl now a single mother trying to get on her feet. The respect I felt for each of them made their story that much more special. I couldn’t get enough.

 

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Hunter's Blood (Cursed by Blood Saga Book 1) by Marianne Morea

 

Hunter's Blood (Cursed by Blood Saga Book 1) by Marianne Morea

 

Blurb:

Prey turned predator, she aims to even the score...
Since the brutal murder of her best friend, revenge has been a way of life for psychic, Lily Saburi. She’s a vigilante bent on striking a blow against the shadowed world of the supernatural...one bullet at a time. When mortally wounded by a diseased werewolf, Lily is rescued by a most unlikely savior. Sean Leighton, Alpha of the Brethren of Weres. Sexy and powerful, Sean is charged with destroying anything infected with the deadly virus threatening the survival of his pack. Including Lily. Forbidden passions ignite, and as Lily grapples with the truth about his veiled world, Leighton is faced with the looming reality he might have to kill the woman he’s falling in love with. Only time will tell if these enemies turned lovers are destined to be together, or if they’ll fall victim to forces bigger than them both. Sink your claws into this shifter romantic suspense and find out!

 

My review:

Hunter’s Blood is a fantastic beginning in what looks to be an interesting series. I loved the main female character. Lily is a kick butt psychic suffering survivors guilt after her BFF was killed by a rabid werewolf. The main male character is an alpha werewolf trying to lead a coalition of various shifters. I look forward to the next installment.

 

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Westward (Ashford Creek, #3) by Carrie Ann Ryan

 

 

Blurb:

Atlas Carter has it all.

One of the best careers in the NHL as a star goalie.

A family that sacrificed everything to get him where he is.

And a small town that praises him as their golden boy.

What he doesn’t have is the girl he left behind.

But when Atlas gets hurt and is forced to spend his recovery in Ashford Creek, he finally has a second chance.

Elizabeth loves her life—her small town, her family, and her job.

Only she knows she can’t love Atlas Carter.

They parted ways for a reason, and those who judge her from her town don’t need to know the truth. She knows what it feels like to have the town’s eyes on her when it comes to Atlas Carter. So when she finally gives in, she’s prepared for the heat.

At least that’s what they both tell themselves. Because the season is almost here and choices will have to be made.

Only they aren’t the only two forced to make a choice. Somebody doesn’t want Atlas to return…and small towns keep their secrets for a reason.

**Westward is right person, wrong time, hockey hero, small town romance in the Ashford Creek series featuring Atlas and Elizabeth. Each book can be listened to as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**

 

My review:

Atlas and Lizzie will steal your heart. Childhood sweethearts Atlas and Lizzie broke apart from different dreams. He went pro in the NHL and Lizzie became a high school teacher in their hometown. Now Atlas is looking at retirement and the road not taken. These two are meant to be   but the road back is going uphill.

I really enjoyed this second chance romance.

 

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Her Cyborg Bounty Hunters (The Drift: Defiance Station Book 1) Susan Hayes

 

Her Cyborg Bounty Hunters  (The Drift: Defiance Station Book 1) Susan Hayes

 

Blurb:

She’s alone, in trouble, and needs to disappear.

Corporations call it a service contract. Tish calls it slavery with an expiry date. On the run from her new owner, she’s working off the books and keeping out of sight until it’s safe to come out of hiding.

It was a simple, straightforward plan…but when does a plan ever survive contact with reality?

They swore they were done fighting other people’s battles.

Best friends. Bounty hunters. Cyborg batch-brothers. Mace and Xaber have carved out a life for themselves since the end of the Resource Wars, but they never found a place that felt like home.

These two battle-weary veterans are about to discover that for them, home isn’t a place. It’s a person. And they will go to war again if that’s what it takes to keep her safe.

 

My review:

Love on the run. Tish is on the run from a slimy character. Mace and Xaber are cyborg batch brothers who’ve recently become freed and are who are trying to make their futures as Bounty Hunters. When they meet Tish she’s working as a freelance mechanic. They don’t know she’s on the run but it doesn’t take them long to realize that she’s the one for them.

Another exciting adventure in love.

 

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Into the Inferno (Metal Embers Book 4) by Vanessa Rose

 

 

Blurb:

Lacey is a fire—no, an inferno—that can’t be contained. All her life, she was told how much like her grandmother she is, and she lives up to it by being wild, fearless, and unapologetic. All Lacey ever wanted was to be a rock star, and now her dream is within reach. Celebrating the release of the first single from her band, Into the Inferno, is supposed to be the happiest night of her life. However, it is now tainted with violence and pain, the likes of which no one should ever have to suffer. Inside, it feels as if her fire is snuffing out, and her once wild spirit is calming.

Bryant never thought about working in the music industry. He grew up always being good with his hands, but when his friend convinces him to take a summer job working as a roadie, Bryant finds his path. After all, who wants to spend their whole life sitting behind a desk when they can travel the world? With college behind him, and experience under his belt, he returns to the road as a sound engineer for the Fortune of Regret and Into the Inferno national tour. He never expected to become best friends with a rock goddess—one he had met all those years ago on his first job and who still haunts his every thought.

Chaos involving legal problems, self-doubt, and fear consumes Lacey, and she finds peace in her unlikely friendship with a man completely different from her. Bryant is the calm to Lacey’s storm. Will balance bring them peace, or will she burn everything to the ground when her embers spark back to life?

 

My review:

I absolutely loved this story. The author knows how to pull your heartstrings and plays them like a virtuoso. She shows us strength has many forms and love cures many ills. Lacey and Bryant will make you smile and sweat.

 

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Max's Little Girl (Soldier Daddies) by Pepper North

 

 

Blurb:

Saylor Andrews hasn't let down her guard since she witnessed a violent robbery, but when special forces officer Max Zion helps her through a panic attack before taking her home with him, he doesn't just soothe her to sleep and make her come so hard she screams in the morning.

He makes her call him daddy.

And even over his knee with her bottom bare for a spanking or naked and spread on an exam table and about to come for him with the doctor watching, daddy's little girl always feels safe.

 

My review:

From their first meeting the chemistry between Max and Saylor is off the charts. In this installment Max finds his little girl and they are perfect for each other. Max is a big softy and Saylor has a heart of gold. A great addition to the series.

 

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Murder By Symbols: A Detective Colton Baker Thriller by E.M. Kelly

 

 

Blurb:

What does America’s first traitor have to do with a present-day killer?

Stoughton detective, Colton Baker, finds himself wrapped up in a murder investigation his first week on the job. As more bodies turn up, all marked with strange symbols, both the State Police and FBI become involved. Quickly, the investigation turns political.

Baker and Agent Diaz, a young, beautiful FBI academy graduate, put agency grievances and politics aside to begin their hunt for the killer together.

Stoughton, Massachusetts is a town deep rooted in history. Soon, their investigation leads them to the inception of our nation and introduces them to a traitorous founding father. Can information from this small town’s past help decipher the killer’s mysterious messages? Can they crack the code and stop a sadistic killer before they strike again?

Some secrets are worth killing for!

 

My review:

Murder By Symbols introduces us to Colton Baker who is having a rough first day as Stoughton Massachusetts newest detective. His first case is the weird murder of a beloved local fireman, and his week doesn’t get much better. In this fast-paced thriller Colton has to take on a psycho serial killer, a local mob boss, corrupt politicians, a singularly focused FBI agent, an ambitious reporter, and a dad suffering from dementia. With all that on his plate he still manages to put together the clues and find the killer.

I really enjoyed this exciting tale and look forward to the next installment.

 

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With Every Beat: A Metal Embers Novella by Vanessa Rose

 

 

Blurb:

Derrik Hollbrook is getting the opportunity of a lifetime. When he gets hired as the new drummer for Louder in Silence, one of the biggest metalcore bands in the world, he knows he has made it. Nothing matters more to him than drumming and building his career. That is, until she comes into his life. It was a kiss. A steamy kiss from the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. However, when he discovers who she is, his world stops. Derrik can’t be with her–he can’t not be with her either.

Briar Sharp is no longer a child, and she needs everyone to start realizing it. Being the daughter of the overprotective front man for Louder in Silence, Abel Sharp, has kept her dating prospects to a minimum. So, when she runs across a sexy stranger at her graduation party, she takes a chance. Their kiss is electric, and she knows one kiss is never going to be enough. When she finds out who he is, Briar knows her father will never allow them to be together.

Sneaking around and stealing moments, the two of them live in constant fear of being discovered. Can they find a way to be together, or will her family rip them apart and send him packing?

 

My review:

This story starts in the same timeline as Into The Fire but can be read standalone as the author gives us the important parts.

Briar Sharp is the only daughter of a giant rock star. She has been over protected her whole life. But when this story begins she’s eighteen and just graduated from high school. 

When this story begins Derrik is a twenty two year old drummer who has been given the chance of a lifetime joining Louder in Silence.

This is Briar and Derriks love story. We follow them through a messy meet-cute through a black eye and tragedy but their love is true from the very start and I enjoyed watching it grow and flourish.

 

 

 

 

Twisted Road (Torpedo Ink Book 10) by Christine Feehan

 

 

Blurb:

There’s no escaping the pull of desire in this novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan’s Torpedo Ink motorcycle club series.

When Czar shut down Lazar “Keys” Alexeev’s undercover mission, that should have been the end of the story. Instead, Keys is back in the middle of a nowhere town where a petite redhead with a pouty mouth and a ready smile drives him to distraction. He’s not sure why he’s breaking all of Torpedo Ink’s rules to spend more time around a woman who’s not even his type. He can’t get her out of his head—and now he’s facing the consequences.

Lyric Johansen doesn’t like to look anyone in the eyes, but Keys’s gaze is the one thing keeping her from a full-on panic attack. Her instinct to charge into the fray and help the biker fend off a group of vicious thugs has led to the most insane situation she’s ever been in: trapped in a coffin with a man she barely knows, minutes away from a painful death.

Survival means staying focused. But when Keys kisses Lyric to snap her out of losing it, he’s the one who ends up falling apart. He’ll need to unleash hell to get them out alive.

If only to get another taste….

 

My review:

Keys is a womanizing cad whose motto is one and done. He uses women to feel something/anything so he isn’t so hollow. Lyric had no one to teach her social mores so she’s become something of a mimic. The only person who has seen through her mask is a guy with a mask of his own. Danger, lust and love will have you pulling for Keys and Lyric.

 

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Muu Muus and Murder (A Fashion Writer Mystery Book 6) by J.C. Layne

 

Muu Muus and Murder (A Fashion Writer Mystery Book 6) by J.C. Layne

 

Blurb:

With Posh Vogue Magazine’s Disco Ball ending with a murder, Wren Chase’s life is in disarray. The case isn’t solved, they have no idea who is responsible for the crime, and her boyfriend, Detective Travis Lockhart, is injured with a concussion.

When she thinks it can’t get any worse, Wren collapses, leaving her with her own concussion. Just when the bleakness is about to settle in, a new ghost helper arrives in a haze of confetti and magic. She’s just what the doctor ordered!

While Wren and Travis are out of commission, they have to rely on their friends. How will they ever solve the crime with two concussions, two ghosts, and two flamboyant companions? With a whole lot of magic…that’s how.

 

My review:

Muu Muus and Murder takes up right where Fedoras and Felonies left us hanging. Travis is getting his head stapled after being bashed in with a crowbar Wren passes out from seeing him so injured and ends up with a concussion too. Our heroes are in sad shape and have yet to figure out who the bad guys are. Have no fear our Scooby gang may have a precious kitty instead of a great dane but they manage to get the job done.

I love, love, love this series and can’t get enough.

 

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Kiss Me Forever (Montgomery Ink Legacy Book 10) by Carrie Ann Ryan

 

 

Blurb:

Falling for your enemy is bad. Falling for the man you only call your enemy is worse.

Reece Fox is a decade older than me but I’m his boss. And if the man growls at me one more time, he’s going to learn the true meaning of the Montgomery temper. Yet I can’t stop thinking of him.

After losing my fiancé, I’ve sworn off men, but when Reece does the one thing I never thought he’d do—ask for help—I can’t walk away.

Brooklyn Montgomery is too young for me. She’s not only my boss, but my friend’s family. The definition of forbidden. We both know this. But I can’t keep my hands off of her. When we finally give into the heat between us, there’s no going back.

Only when a little girl shows up at our work, she changes our world completely with one word:

Dad.

Kiss Me Forever is an age gap, workplace, surprise single dad contemporary romance featuring Brooklyn and Reece. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. An HEA is guaranteed!

 

My review:

Kiss Me Forever is a heartwarming, tug at your heartstrings, make you smile and sweat tale that will keep you flipping pages.  Reece and Brooklyn will warm you up and Bella will steal your heart. Can’t recommend this enough.

 

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Monster Match (Sanity Falls #1) by Isabel Jordan

 

 

Blurb:

She met a hot reanimated dead guy at a monster speed dating event. Then things really got weird…

Lucy West wasn’t looking for a husband at the Monster Match. She was just there to admire some gothic architecture and score a free meal.

Then she met him.

Viktor Adamovic defied science. Literally. He was a monster who’d been stitched together from multiple, um, donors and resurrected centuries ago. Lucy liked him immediately. But the protective, possessive beast he kept leashed beneath his polished exterior? She wanted that guy in a big way.

Then the weirdness really hit the fan when he proposed a marriage of convenience. To her!

It seemed like the perfect solution to her problems and his. And in a fairy tale, that would’ve been their happy ending.

Too bad this wasn’t that kind of story.

Because when the ghosts of Viktor’s past come calling, Lucy realizes she’s no princess—and if she wants her happily ever after with the monster of her dreams, she’s going to have to fight for it…and him…

 My review:

Monster Match is a fun Beauty and the Beast/Frankenstein’s Monster take off that will have you laughing and leave you with a smile. Quirky side characters and a great story.

 

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Titus (Nightfall Daddies 2) by Pepper North, Robin North

 

 

Blurb:

Yield to the allure of Nightfall, the city’s shadowy gathering spot for the chosen.

Dare to receive a glowing white or blood moon stamp that reappears mysteriously to grant entry to the hottest club in town. Warning: The owners are ruthless as they hunt for their mates. And they're hungry.

Tasked with pinpointing the weaknesses of Nightfall and the nightclub’s employees, Alessia Costa would rather be anywhere else than the mission her vengeful brother has required of her. As his deposable sister, Alessia’s wellbeing depends on gathering the right information. She doesn’t understand the dynamic bartender’s appeal but finds him irresistible.

A charismatic entertainer, Titus has always enjoyed an appreciative audience. Every evening at Nightfall, women flock to his section at the bar. Behind the charm of his smile and the skill of his drink concoctions, a dark side lurks. He will shield his mate from harm with every fiber of his strength. No one will threaten his Little and survive.

Warning: The Nightfall Daddies are possessive, primal, and do not shy from violence. Step into their club with caution. The faint of heart may find their world disturbing.

 

My review:

Love it! Titus is a showman. Tons of irrepressible fun and no woman can slow him down till he finds his mate. She’s as smitten with him as he is with her. But of course there are impediments to their happiness. I loved watching them fall for each other all while taking out the bad guys. A fun addition to the series bring on Darius.

 

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Mending Mallory (Rawhide Ranch) by Cooper McKenzie

 

 

Blurb:

Rawhide doesn’t always give you what you want. Sometimes… it gives you exactly what you need.

Determined to fulfill a deathbed promise to live her life to the fullest, Mallory Blackstone comes to Rawhide with very specific ideas for what she wants.

And Fletcher Thomas is not at all what she wants.
Or so she thinks.

But when she finds herself all tied up in the gorgeous younger man’s ropes, her mind quiets for the first time in… well, forever. Every doubt, every worry, every heartbreak fades away, and the longer she’s under Fletcher’s control, the more she craves his dominance.

The more she craves… him.

And while Fletcher may not be everything she thought she wanted, he might be the only man who can give her everything she needs.

 

My review:

Mallory isn’t a “little” but she goes to Rawhide to heal from losing her mother and ditching an abusive boyfriend. She’s just turned fifty but she’s not dead yet and has a lot to learn about herself.  Fletcher comes to Rawhide looking for a rope bunny but finds so much more in Mallory. I love that she’s older yet inexperienced. Fletcher and Mallory made me smile.

 

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Lycrus (Brigade Trucking Book Two) by TK Lawyer

 

 

Blurb:

Was the one meant for him, already in his life?

Lycrus enjoyed the company of women,
Enough to gain a solid reputation as a player and a rake.
It was a badge of honor he deemed unnecessary and unfair.
He wasn’t a player-
He just hadn’t found the right one yet.

Beautiful, smart and sassy,
Chloe was his best friend.
A self-made, independent woman with a cat named Voodoo,
Chloe was also his stepsister.
A romantic rendezvous of any sort with her?

Unthinkable and off limits.

Yet, Lycrus chases off all Chloe’s dates.
None of them are good enough for her.
But something must be done.

Will Chloe and Lycrus realize they may be the key to each other’s happiness?
Or will they keep their forbidden feelings hidden, forever?

 

My review:

I had so looked forward to this book. I love the premise. Morally gray paranormal truckers finding love. I really enjoyed the first installment so was excited for this tale. But then I tried to pronounce the title characters name. I love that he’s a minotaur shifter, Not a whole lot of trucking in this one but theres a whole lot of love.

 

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You Can Tell Me (Olivia Cruz Book 1) by Melinda Leigh

 

Blurb:

Crime writer Olivia Cruz is drawn into the dark secrets of a missing friend in a terrifying novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.

On the three-year anniversary of true crime writer Olivia Cruz’s horrific kidnapping, she’s scheduled to walk her podcaster friend Zoe March through the crime scene, but Zoe fails to show. Olivia knows Zoe would never stand her up—not today.

Zoe’s husband, who claims she never came home the night before, has reported her missing. But marital conflicts make the police suspect she has left him. Olivia thinks otherwise. The police aren’t looking for Zoe, so Olivia begins her own investigation. Retracing her friend’s last steps, she finds Zoe’s phone and a text with one chilling word: Run.

It soon becomes apparent that Zoe has been keeping secrets, and with her true crime podcast, there’s no telling what she has unearthed. To find her, Olivia must dig into her friend’s past. Did Zoe vanish to escape a killer, and is Olivia walking into a deadly trap?

 

My review:

An exciting new heroine. Olivia is smart, giving and driven. This story is a tale of several mysteries in one. Fast paced with a Gordian knot of clues and red herrings. A wonderful new character I am looking forward to reading more about.

 

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Burned (Dillon Security, #1) by Melissa Schroeder

 

 

Blurb:

She’s been saving his life for years.
He still doesn’t trust her.

Ian Smith left espionage behind for control. At Dillon Security, the rules are simple: protect the client, get paid, don’t get involved. Then there’s Samantha Charles—the woman who’s been interfering in his missions for years, always watching, always stepping in when things go sideways. He doesn’t know who she really is. He just knows she’s trouble—and the last woman he should ever rely on.

Lila Eddington Underwood is used to running. From enemies. From her past. From the bodies left behind when people get too close. But one mistake puts a target on her back—and this time, there’s nowhere left to run.

When her past finally catches up with her, Ian takes control. He refuses to let her out of his sight. Keeping her close is the only way to keep her alive—even if it means trusting a woman who’s spent years lying to him.

As the body count rises and the threat closes in, the line between enemies and something far more dangerous begins to blur. Wanting him could get him killed. Letting her go isn’t an option.

And this time… there may be no way out.

 

My review:

WOW! In this spin-off from the TFH series we finally get to know the mysterious “Sam” who has been aiding them and protecting Ian from afar. Now it’s Ians turn to protect her.  This is a breakneck tail of mystery, intrigue and love. Can’t wait for more in this series.

 

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Lime and Punishment (A Nora Black Midlife Psychic Mystery Book 11) by Renee George

 

Lime and Punishment (A Nora Black Midlife Psychic Mystery Book 11) by Renee George

 

Blurb:

When Nora is tasked with judging a pie-baking contest, one of the contestants is left pucker-faced when she dies under mysterious circumstances.
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My name is Nora Black, and at fifty-seven, I’ve learned that life—like key lime pie—is equal parts sweet and tart. Business is booming, my best friends are living their best lives, and I am in a great place in my own relationship. In other words, I’ve never been happier.

Things are finally settling down after that whole murder-on-the-high-seas business, and I haven’t been asked to help on a single police investigation for over a year...that is, until I agree to judge the brand-new annual Key Lime Pie Baking Contest.

Big mistake. Huge. When a contestant ends up more than just pucker-faced by keeling over after the contest ends, my no-murder streak curdles fast.

Is it an accident? A prank gone horribly wrong? Or did someone stir up a recipe for fresh-squeezed murder?

My psychic nose is whipping up memories that are equal parts sweet, sour, and deadly, and I’ll have to sniff out a killer before someone else gets served up cold.

 

My review:

Nora Black has a nose for trouble. In this episode she gets suckered into being a judge for a key lime pie contest, finds a dead body and sniffs out the murderer. This series is filled with small town charm, quirky characters and  loads of fun.

 

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Archangel's Eternity (Guild Hunter #18) by Nalini Singh

 

 

Blurb:

Elena and Raphael return for the hauntingly poignant conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s genre-defining Guild Hunter series.

A thousand years.

It’s been a millennium since Elena’s fateful first meeting with Archangel Raphael. She has survived war and loss, experienced beauty and cruelty. But no matter what, she has always held on to her mortal heart, as she and Raphael have held on to each other. Passionate and vibrant, they’ve built a life that has stood the test of time, growing ever stronger with each turn of the sun.

But change is coming—of a magnitude they could have never imagined—and it will forever alter the trajectory of their existence.

Even as they grapple with the cataclysmic shift in their personal lives, the Cadre of Ten, which has maintained a hard-won peace for centuries, begins to simmer with dangerous fault lines. The specter of madness looms in one archangel, the promise of war burns between two others, and in darkness far from mortal and immortal eyes stirs an ancient, slumbering power.

Suddenly, the future is terrifyingly uncertain . . . at the very moment that Elena and her archangel need to protect a treasure infinitely more precious than eternity.

 

My review:

This one is for the fans. If you haven’t read the series go back and do that first before reading this fantastic finale.

This story allows us to say farewell to all the beloved characters we’ve met throughout the series. I don’t like goodbyes but this story gives us a way to see the characters off into a future we can play with in our minds knowing they’re out there living and loving. I will miss them.

 

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