Eye on the Ball: Tiger's Eye Mysteries by Alyssa Day

 

 

Blurb:

All Tess wanted to do was play softball. Why do dead bodies have to keep showing up?

And what's up with that vampire in the outfield?

When the annual Dead End, Florida, softball game ends up with three strikes, shapeshifting tiger Jack and not-quite-vanilla-human Tess, with the help of family and friends, have to be sure they're not the ones who are out.

And when a very pregnant witch comes to town ... the poisoned popcorn is the least of the town's problems!

But never fear -- Jack and Tess are on the case. Because sometimes it takes a tiger's eye to see the truth.

 

My review:

I giggle-snorted my way through the entire story. Tess has her hands full and boy is it hilarious.

 

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Cherished by the Dragon: Dahlstrom Brothers by K.R. Hall

 

 

Blurb:

Mustang shifter Jayden Garcia and dragon shifter Todd Dahlstrom were toddlers when they met in the same hospital room. Todd’s mother couldn’t soothe her frightened son and stop the boy’s uncontrollable crying. Jayden crawled into his bed and wrapped his arms around him. Todd quieted as he leaned into Jayden.

Too young to understand what was happening, their inner animals instinctively knew they were destined for each other, and their mothers vowed to keep them together.

When they reach puberty, they learn that Todd is unable to shift. His dragon soul has been stripped away, leaving him vulnerable to human diseases.

As adults, Jayden joins the Shifter Army while Todd takes his place in the family business. Todd turns to two surrogate mothers to help him and Jayden have the family they always dreamed of.

What will happen when Jayden and Todd are faced with the ultimate test of their bond? Todd needs a transplant, or he will die.

Recommended reading age is 18+ for sex scenes, mature themes, violence, and language. Expect spice, fated-mate bonds, and powerful dragon shifters. Cherished by the Dragon is a stand-alone novel, the first book of the Dahlstrom Brothers series. It includes intense sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.

 

My review:

This story is sweet and sassy. Sadly it is a bit herky jerky as well.  I was friends with Balgir Todd on Facebook which is where the author got the basis for this story (which the author freely admits) and so I knew parts of this story and I love how the author brought it all together.

 

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Hudson by Rebecca Barber

 

 

Blurb:

ELIZA
My divorce was final and my future was shining bright.
Leaving my ex-husband and his new girlfriend on the West Coast I moved away for a fresh start.
But he wouldn’t let me go.
He drove me into the arms of Hudson Hart. We joined forces with this goal to win, and at any cost.
Without warning, the lines blurred, I was in love with my boss.

HUDSON
I’d found the love of my life once, but cancer stole her from me.
I wasn’t looking for Mrs. Hart number two. I had everything I needed in my beautiful daughter Hallie and the company I’d spent years building.
Until her.
Eliza Bennett stumbled into my office with a business proposition. One I couldn’t turn down.
When her scumbag ex-husband came knocking, he wasn’t expecting a fight but Eliza had gotten under my skin and thawed my frozen heart.
Now I wasn’t just fighting for business but for the employee I couldn’t get out of my head.

 

My review:

Billionaire, single father and widower Hudson is convinced his one shot at love died and took his heart with her.

Divorced from the jerk she found banging his assistant Eliza has created a company with grit, sweat and a whole lot of talent. She is too busy for a man.

Eliza and Hudson team up to save her company from her sleazy ex but end up saving so much more.

This was a fun story. I loved Eliza and her GBF. Watching Eliza and Hudson learn to trust again was sigh-worthy.

 

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Stabby Chic (A Bewitching Midlife Crisis Mystery, #4) by Dakota Cassidy

 

 

Blurb:

Unalived recently? Lose your head? Need someone to help you get to the other side—with your head?

Then I’m your girl—Evanora Dark at your service!

During a design competition for charity Tambi Schubert, local Buttermilk Bay's star stager and designer has a little accident.

Okay, it’s a not so little (read big—my word, so big).

I find her, relieved of her head via a power tool, in the house I’m designing for the competition, bringing a screeching halt to the contest and an investigation that leaves me as a suspect.

Yet, as I take a deep dive into Tambi’s past, I find almost everyone’s a suspect. Her past doesn’t only reveal her dismissive treatment of others, and some dark secrets, but a lonely woman who’s afraid of what waits for her on the other side.

But the only way to find out, and to clear my name, is to find Tambi’s killer before I end up losing my head—no pun intended!

 

My review:

Who knew staging a house could be murder? Evanora finds a dead rival during a design competition. The contest was tough but nothing to lose your head over or was it? This story had me laughing my head off. Snarky dialog and fast paced drama had me loving this story.

 

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Hellos and Happily Ever Afters (Untouchable Book 13) by Heather Long

 

Blurb:

For my beautiful children, you love to hear the stories of how Mommy met your Daddy, Dad, Pop, and Papa. You love the funny stories about fighting that Daddy should never have told you or the stories about dancing that Papa teases me with or how Dad coaxed me into singing with him. Pop says your favorite stories are the ones that tell you we are human, that we love, and have loved, and will always love you.

I get that. Family means security and safety. It means having people in your corner always. It means companions on the journey to chase your dreams and helping them achieve theirs.

Hello seems like such a simple word, my darlings. But every hello that led me to your fathers is also the beginning of the happily ever after we’re building every day. You’re a part of it, Izzy, Josh, Charlie and our new arrival. You are the continuation of the story, our work in progress—our happily ever after.

Are you ready to hear what happens next?

*Please note this is a reverse harem and the author suggests you always read the foreword in her books. Contains some mature situations, violence, and is recommended for 18+. This is a brand-new bonus novella that takes place post-series. The book will also include multiple shorts and additional chapters in the form of bonus content for the rest of the series in addition to that novella. This is all new unpublished material.

 

My review:

This is book 13 if you haven’t read the first 12 you’re missing out but this is not the place to start.

That being said this book filled a space I didn’t know was empty. We meet up with Frankie and her guys 20 years or so from the first book. Their family and their love has continued to grow and morph into something truly heartwarming.

I loved the bonus stories as they brought me back to the events that inspired them.

 

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Apex (Faster #3) by Victoria Denault

 

 

Blurb:

Red flags only count on the track. In real life, I ignore them.

My name is Gabriel Allard, and I'm the only heir to a billion-dollar fashion empire and a rookie with Mayflower Racing. I know what everyone thinks - that I don't deserve to be in the driver's seat. And worse, that I mistreat people because my father will bail me out and fix things. None of that is true, but I've never been able to sway public opinion, so I've stopped trying.

Dad hasn't though. In an attempt to save my image and my seat on the race team, he hires me a boyfriend. Because the universe loves a good joke at my expense, he accidentally hires a guy I shared a scorching kiss with years ago. A guy who, instead of trying to use me like everyone else, ghosted me.

Axel Walsh is nothing like me. He's levelheaded. Shy. Disinterested in motorsports. He wants to keep this professional. Since I love a challenge, I try to change his mind. The next thing I know we're fake married, and Axel is in my bed. But is he really mine? It's getting hard to tell the truth from the lies.

The public starts to buy my cleaned-up image, and I'm getting better results on the track, but privately I feel out of control. My life is on the line every time I strap into my race car, but I've never put my heart on the line, until him. I hope Axel and I can survive this publicity stunt and make it to the finish line without breaking each other's hearts. Just like everything else in my life, the odds are against it.

Apex is a contemporary mm sports romance about open-wheel race car drivers. It's a fake dating, fake marriage, slightly second-chance love story set against the glitzy backdrops of Monaco, Vegas, Paris, Greece and more. Apex is a stand-alone book in the Faster series, which also includes books by Leslie McAdam and Regina Kyle.

 

My review:

Gabriel and Axel are adorable together in this opposites attract, fake marriage romp. I was rooting for them throughout. A fun escape.

 

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Talon (Shadowridge Guardians MC #6) by Pepper North

 

 

Blurb:

“Buttercup, try that one more time and see what happens…”

Elizabeth Sinclair has just escaped from a lackluster marriage and isn’t about to try that again. She’s ready to spread her wings and find the one she really needs in her life–a Daddy with all the moves to make her heart skip beats. She’s sure she must be dying when her heart rate skyrockets upon meeting a tattooed, young motorcycle club troublemaker.

Talon Deveraux enjoys flirting with pretty women. When a petite blonde makes him take a second and third look, he pays attention. He has no doubt she’s his when Elizabeth puts him firmly in his place.

Changing her mind and spicing up her life to make sure she’ll never get bored becomes his goal.

 

 

My review:

Elizabeth has lived her life going along to get along. She is now divorced and living life on her terms. She did not count on a hot young biker sweeping her off her feet and making her feel alive. Talon has played the field and knows what he wants and he finds it in Elizabeth. Age is just a number and he is going to help her live her best life.

Talon will make your heart dance.

 

 

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