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Publication Date:  March 17, 2020 Publisher:  Doubleday Books Format:  ebook Pages:   367 Pages Genre:   Fiction Buy:  Paperback  |  Audible Synopsis: The first time Alexis saw Austin, it was a Saturday night. Not in a bar, but in the emergency room where Alexis sutured a bullet wound in Austin's arm. Six months later, on the brink of falling in love, they travel to Vietnam on a bike tour so that Austin can show her his passion for cycling and he can pay his respects to the place where his father and uncle fought in the war. But as Alexis sips white wine and waits at the hotel for him to return from his solo ride, two men emerge from the tall grass and Austin vanishes into thin air. The only clue he leaves behind is a bright yellow energy gel dropped on the road. As Alexis grapples with this bewildering loss, and deals with the FBI, Austin's prickly family, and her colleagues at the hospital, Alexis uncovers a series of strange lies that force her to wonder: Where did

Release Date:  August 7, 2014 Publisher:  Jammer Audio Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 55 minutes Narrator:  Saul Reichlin Genre: Scandi  Mystery Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  A severed left foot in a training shoe washes up on the shore in Stavern. Then another, and yet another: four left feet in a single week. Neither police Inspector William Wisting nor his journalist daughter Line have ever seen anything like this. Review: I stumbled upon Wisting the TV series on Sundance the other day and really got hooked and decided to locate the books the series is based on.  I feel the book version of Wisting is slightly different than the tv character it still felt familiar.  This is the first of the Wisting books that was translated into English although it is 6th in his series. I really enjoy these Scandi mysteries and haven't read one in a while so it was a nice change.  Things move a bit slower and more like in a normal police investigation instead of the mad pa

Screwed and Satisfied Em Petrova (Moon Ranch #2) Publication date: March 23rd 2020 Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense Second chance at romance? Like hell, and definitely not with the girl next door. Dane Moon is the troublemaker of the family, and his latest screw-up was marrying a Vegas stripper. Or was it that she married the male dancer? Either way, that chapter of his life’s over, along with the marriage. He’s back in Colorado on the family homestead, attempting to pick up the broken pieces of his past, present and future. When vet assistant Brennah Peterson finds a drunk guy passed out in her hay bale, she isn’t surprised it’s Dane Moon. The panty-melting bad boy next door always had a reputation for being the life of the party. Any torch Brennah used to carry for the rough and tumble cowboy has been long extinguished—at least until he throws that crooked smile her way again. Wanting Brennah and wanting to be a better man go together like boots and hats, and maybe it’s t

Publication Date:  February 6, 2020 Publisher:  Poolbeg Press Format:  ebook Pages:  418 Pages Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback |  Synopsis: One window, three lies, 24 days is all it takes . It’s March 2018, and the country is covered in snow. Roads are impassable, shops are running out of food, and official advice is to stay indoors. Marianne lives on her own and works from home, so this isn’t a problem. Until she wakes one morning in her house in the middle of nowhere and finds footprints trailing all across her garden. Half-asleep, she is at first curious. Then she realises the footprints stop at her bedroom window, and curiosity gives way to unease. Who was looking in at her, while she was asleep? As the big freeze worsens and the stalker begins to leave disturbing mementoes, Marianne’s thoughts go back two decades to the schoolyard outburst that tore her childhood apart. Old feuds resurface, and the mystery of her mother’s death is pulled back into

Release Date:  March 13, 2018 Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 3 minutes Narrator:  Sophie Amoss Genre:  Mystery Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  For a woman, being killed by someone who claims to love her is the most ordinary murder of all. With its antebellum houses and ancient oak trees draped in a veil of Spanish moss, Savannah’s graceful downtown is famous around the world. When a woman is killed in the heart of that affluent district, the shock is felt throughout the city. But for crime reporter Harper McClain, this story is personal. The corpse has a familiar face. Only twenty-four years old, Naomi Scott was just getting started. A law student, tending bar to make ends meet, she wanted to change the world. Instead, her life ended in the dead of night at the hands of an unseen gunman. There are no witnesses to the crime. The police have three suspects: Scott’s boyfriend, who has a criminal past he claims he’s put behind him, her bos

Release Date:  March 13, 2018 Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 3 minutes Narrator:  Sophie Amoss Genre:  Mystery Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  A city of antebellum architecture, picturesque parks, and cobblestone streets, Savannah moves at a graceful pace. But for Harper McClain, the timeless beauty and culture that distinguishes her home’s Southern heritage vanishes during the dark and dangerous nights. She wouldn’t have it any other way. Not even finding her mother brutally murdered in their home when she was twelve has made her love Savannah any less. Her mother’s killer was never found, and that unsolved murder left Harper with an obsession that drove her to become one of the best crime reporters in the state of Georgia. She spends her nights with the police, searching for criminals. Her latest investigation takes her to the scene of a homicide where the details are hauntingly familiar: a young girl being led from the scene by a dete

Release Date:  October 17, 2017 Publisher:  Tantor Audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 29 minutes Narrator:  Heather Wilds Genre:  Myths, spirituality, Buy:   Audible  |  Paperback Synopsis:  This is the second edition of a uniquely empowering, international word-of-mouth best seller about wild landscapes, female mythology, and the challenges facing modern women. It is a book for any woman who has ever lost her way and who sees a wasteland at the heart of modern existence and longs to live a more authentic, rooted life once again. Review: Women have been relegated to secondary roles, pushed aside and taught that they don't matter as much as men.  However, it didn't used to be that way.  Look back at the myths and tribal stories of old where women and the matriarchy ruled.  When women's voices mattered and were tasked with keeping the land fertile and the water clear.  The modern world has drained women of their necessary role in the world.  Leaving many to

The Omega Within Carolyn Faulkner (Alpha and Omega, #5) Publication date: March 5th 2020 Genres: Adult, Omegaverse, Romance Olly, dressed as a young boy to keep her identity as an unclaimed omega a secret, is searching for food when she is grabbed and taken to Garron, the great commander, to work for him as a bought and paid for servant. But when he discovers who and what she really is, he wastes no time in claiming her for his own. Now, they must learn to exist as Alpha and omega while fighting the biggest fight of Garron’s life as a great warrior. Enjoy how this fifth and final book in the Alpha’s Woman series brings together all the characters of the previous books for a spectacular ending. Publisher’s Note: This action filled Alpha/omega romance contains graphic scenes and a theme of power exchange. Goodreads / Amazon — EXCERPT: “Commander,” Seen acknowledged as he entered. There was plentiful food on the table, and his host was already seated, with a pretty li

Release Date:  May 1, 2018 Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Audio Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 41 minutes Narrator:  Rachel Kushner Genre:  Literary Fiction Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  It’s 2003 and Romy Hall, named after a German actress, is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility, deep in California’s Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: her young son, Jackson, and the San Francisco of her youth. Inside is a new reality: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive; the bluffing and pageantry and casual acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike; and the deadpan absurdities of institutional living, portrayed with great humor and precision. Review: I've had this book in my TBR pile for a while and decided to give it a go while I painted my living room.  I was so drawn into this book that there were many times that I forgot that it was a novel an

Unleash You Diana A. Hicks (Cole Brothers #4) Publication date: March 11th 2020 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Eight years is a long time gone… After graduation, artist Anabelle Copenhaver returns home to find that the only family member she has left is missing in action. With her brother gone, his infuriatingly handsome best friend, Wesley, is now responsible for her family’s estate. Anabelle doesn’t need a babysitter, especially not her childhood crush—the first guy she ever loved. Former marine Wesley Cole lives by his word. He promised to protect Anabelle and that’s exactly what he intends to do. His biggest challenge will be to keep his hands off the blue-eyed beauty who has a way of setting his soul on fire. Anabelle is resourceful and determined to bring her brother home, but how can she when Wesley blocks every turn, messing with her plans and her heart? Goodreads / Amazon Author Bio: Diana A. Hicks is an award-winning author of steamy contempora

Hickville Crossroads Mary Karlik (Hickville High Series, #4) Publication date: May 15th 2020 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Frasier Anderson is one of the hottest teenage actors in the UK , but he’s virtually unknown in the US. Now he’s landed the leading role in a big-budget Hollywood film that could make him an international star. So how do you prepare a Scot for a role as a Texas high school student? Give him a fake name, a fake accent, and embed him in a Texas high school. He only has to follow three rules: No drama. No girls. And no telling who he really is. Jenna Wiley is smart, funny, and has a few no-drama, no-dating rules of her own . Her friendship with new kid Ethan Smith is perfect and might even lead to something more. Except for a few things that don’t add up. Like his mom being afraid to have company. Or their house, which is more staged than lived in. Or his sister, whom nobody talks about. It all comes to a boil when Frasier’s biggest secr

Release Date:  February 4, 2020 Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Format:  Audio Length:  10 hours 32 minutes Narrator:  Therese Plummer Genre:  Mystery Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  Every season in Rockton seems to bring a new challenge. At least that's what Detective Casey Duncan has felt since she decided to call this place home. Between all the secretive residents, the sometimes-hostile settlers outside, and the surrounding wilderness, there's always something to worry about. While on a much needed camping vacation with her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, Casey hears a baby crying in the woods. The sound leads them to a tragic scene: a woman buried under the snow, murdered, a baby still alive in her arms. A town that doesn't let anyone in under the age of 18, Rockton must take care of its youngest resident yet while solving another murder and finding out where the baby came from - and whether she's better off where she is.  Review: Casey and E

Publication Date:  January 21, 2020 Publisher:  Double Day Format:  ebook Pages:   360 Pages Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Audiobook  |  Synopsis: On the outskirts of San Diego, the bodies of two young women are discovered. They have no names, no IDs, and no family looking for them. Fearing the possibility of a human trafficking ring, the police and FBI reach out to Alice Vega, a private investigator known for finding the missing, for help in finding out who the Janes were--and finding the others who are missing. Alice Vega is a powerful woman whose determination is matched only by her intellect, and, along with her partner Cap, she will stop at nothing to find the Janes before it is too late. Review:  Review for Book 1 in the Alice Vega Series Two Girls Down Max Caplan's life is settling down into a very steady rhythm.  He is working for a lawyer as a private investigator and making good money.  Now his boss wants to hire him full time with flexible ho

Cruel Obsession C. Hallman, J.L. Beck (The Obsession Duet, #1) Publication date: February 28th 2020 Genres: Adult, Romance We were only kids when I made the vow to protect her. First from the monsters hiding under the bed and then the ones roaming the world freely. My obsession with Dove wasn’t normal, it toed the line on psychotic but my love for her overshadowed that. I’d killed, destroyed and hurt those that had done her wrong. I’d watched her for years wanting to claim her but refusing too. I was both her guardian angel and the demon lurking in the shadows. She was mine, even though she didn’t know it yet. I had planned to let her live her life, while I watched from afar. Until one night, everything changed, and I was forced to kidnap her. She doesn’t remember me. She begs me to let her go. But I can’t. I won’t. There are things she doesn’t know. Secrets I cannot tell her but one thing is clear. I’ll die before I ever let her slip through my fingers. **This book

Publication Date:  February 11, 2020 Publisher:  Minotaur Books Format:  ebook Pages:   328 Pages Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Audiobook  |  Synopsis: FBI agent Reed Markham is haunted by one painful unsolved mystery: who murdered his mother? Camilla was brutally stabbed to death more than forty years ago while baby Reed lay in his crib mere steps away. The trail went so cold that the Las Vegas Police Department has given up hope of solving the case. But then a shattering family secret changes everything Reed knows about his origins, his murdered mother, and his powerful adoptive father, state senator Angus Markham. Now Reed has to wonder if his mother's killer is uncomfortably close to home. Unable to trust his family with the details of his personal investigation, Reed enlists his friend, suspended cop Ellery Hathaway, to join his quest in Vegas. Ellery has experience with both troubled families and diabolical murderers, having narrowly escaped from each

The Third Call Lorhainne Eckhart (The O’Connells, #2) Publication date: February 29th 2020 Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense Deputy Marcus O’Connell is blindsided one night after a series of calls comes in from an unknown number, and the caller on the other end is a child. All he knows is she’s six years old, her name is Eva, and there’s someone in her house who wants to hurt her. Marcus is the ultimate bad boy turned deputy. He knows everything about how to get away with something, considering he was one of the middle of the six O’Connell siblings. He never had responsibility resting on his shoulders like his brother Owen, and he’s never been the center of attention like his little sister, Suzanne. Marcus knows how to find trouble and talk his way out of it. Now, as the head deputy for the Livingston sheriff’s office, he knows everything about everybody, and no one can pull anything over on him. It’s why he’s such a damn good deputy. But even Marcus dreads what cops know as

Release Date:  October 2, 2018 Publisher:  Random House Audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 3 minutes Narrator:  Bahni Turpin Genre:  Womens Fiction Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center - a women's reproductive health services clinic - its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his 15-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic.  But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order to save the life of a wounded woman. A d