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ARC Book Review: An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks; Sarah Pekkanen

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Release Date:  January 8, 2019 Publisher:  St. Martins Press Format:  ebook Pages:  372 pages Genre:   Suspense / Mystery Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover  |  Audio Synopsis:  Seeking women ages 18–32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. Question #1: Could you tell a lie without feeling guilt? But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she’s thinking…and what she’s hiding. Question #2: Have you ever deeply hurt someone you care about?  As Jess’s paranoia grows, it becomes clear that she can no longer trust what in her life ...

Book Review: Hellbent ( An Orphan X Novel) by Gregg Hurwitz

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Release Date:  January 30, 2018 Publisher:  Minotaur books Format:  ebook Pages:  413 pages Genre:   Mystery/ Thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Audio Synopsis:  Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin: Orphan X. After he broke with the Orphan Program, Evan disappeared and reinvented himself as the Nowhere Man, a man spoken about only in whispers and dedicated to helping the truly desperate. But this time, the voice on the other end is Jack Johns, the man who raised and trained him, the only father Evan has ever known. Secret government forces are busy trying to scrub the remaining assets and traces of the Orphan Program and they have finally tracked down Jack. With little time remaining, Jack gives Evan his last assignment: find and protect his last protégé and recruit for the program. But Evan isn’t the only one after this last Orphan—the ...

Audio Book Review: The Royals books 1-5 by Erin Watt

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Publisher:  Harper Audio Format:  Audio Narrator: Angela Goethals, Zachary Webber Genre:  Romance Buy:   Paper Princess | Broken Prince | Twisted Palace | Fallen Heir | Cracked Kingdom Synopsis:  Paper Princess:  From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself. These Royals will ruin you... Ella Harper is a survivor - a pragmatic optimist. She's spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she'll climb out of the gutter. After her mother's death, Ella is truly alone. Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from. Reed doesn't want her. He says she doesn'...

ARC Book Review: Hunting Annabelle by Wendy Heard

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Release Date:  December 18, 2018 Publisher:  Harlequin Format:  ebook Pages:  304 pages Genre:   Mystery/ Thriller Buy:  Kindle |  Paperback  |  Audio Synopsis:  Sean Suh is done with killing. After serving three years in a psychiatric prison, he’s determined to stay away from temptation. But he can’t resist Annabelle—beautiful, confident, incandescent Annabelle—who alone can see past the monster to the man inside. The man he’s desperately trying to be. Then Annabelle disappears. Sean is sure she’s been kidnapped—he witnessed her being taken firsthand—but the police are convinced that Sean himself is at the center of this crime. And he must admit, his illness has caused him to “lose time” before. What if there’s more to what happened than he’s able to remember? Though haunted by the fear that it might be better for Annabelle if he never finds her, Sean can’t bring himself to let go of her without a fight. To save her, he’l...

Book Review: Escort Series 1-3 by Sloane Kennedy

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Publisher:  Amazon Digital Services Format:  Kindle Genre:  Romance Buy:   Gabriels Rule, Shane's Fall, Logan's Need  Synopsis:  This series crosses over with Barretti Security Series, The Finders Series, and The Protectors Series so for the most enjoyment, they should be read in order, but it is not required. You can find the correct reading order at the beginning of each book. I've also bundled all my series in the correct reading order under the title of A Family Chosen: The Protectors and Barrettis. Gabriel's Rule:  After nearly ten years of moonlighting as a professional escort, Gabriel Maddox is good at giving women the forbidden pleasures they crave. They don't need to know that something inside of him dies a little each time he does it or that his desperate need for cash is the only reason he can't walk away. They just need to know that to get what they want, they have to play by his rules. Riley Sinclair is starting over. She's l...

Audio Book Review: The Point, Books 1-3 by Jay Crownover

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Publisher:  Harper Audio Format:  Audio Genre:  Romance Buy:   Better When He's Bad, Better When He's Bold, Better When He's Brave  Synopsis:  This series crosses over with The Breaking Point Series Better When He's Bad:  Welcome to the Point... There's a difference between a bad boy and a boy who's bad.... Meet Shane Baxter. Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn't just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he was the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn't care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there's a new player in the game, and she's much too innocent, much too soft...and standing directly in his way. Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She's always tried to be good, tried to help other...

Book Review: Barretti Security Series 1-4 by Sloane Kennedy

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Publisher:  Tantor Audio Format:  Kindle Genre:  Romance, LGBT Buy:   Loving Vin, Redeeming Rafe, Saving Ren, Freeing Zane Synopsis:  This series crosses over with The Escort Series, The Finders Series, and The Protectors Series so for the most enjoyment, they should be read in order, but it is not required. You can find the correct reading order at the beginning of each book. I've also bundled all my series in the correct reading order under the title of A Family Chosen: The Protectors and Barrettis. Loving Vin:  After years of searching war torn Afghanistan for his MIA brother, Vincenzo Barretti has finally come home and now he's ready to settle back into life as co-founder of Barretti Security Group. But his home is no longer cold and empty the way he likes it. Mia Hamilton needs a quiet place to hide from the press to try to rebuild her life. Being the daughter of a notorious serial killer is bad enough, but being the one who killed him ha...

Audio Books: Hitman Series 1-4 by Jessica Clare & Jen Frederick

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Publisher:  Tantor Audio Format:  Audio Narrator: Iggy Toma & Kasha Kensington Genre:  Romance Buy:   books   Synopsis:  Last Hit:  Nikolai:  I have been a contract killer since I was a boy. For years I savored the fear caused by my name, the trembling at the sight of my tattoos. The stars on my knees, the marks on my fingers, the dagger in my neck, all bespoke of danger. If you saw my eyes, it was the last vision you’d have. I have ever been the hunter, never the prey. With her, I am the mark and I am ready to lie down and let her capture me. Opening my small scarred heart to her brings out my enemies. I will carry out one last hit, but if they hurt her, I will bring the world down around their ears. Daisy:  I've been sheltered from the outside world all my life. Home-schooled and farm-raised, I’m so naive that my best friend calls me Pollyanna. I like to believe the best in people. Nikolai is part of this new life, and he’s t...