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Seeking Snow Falls Jenn D. Young (Snow Falls Pride, #1) Publication date: August 27th 2021 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Reverse Harem, Romance It was supposed to be a fun getaway with my best friend, until I ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere Montana. There I was, freezing to death, when three men came to my rescue and thawed the icicles around my heart. There’s one little problem: they aren’t human. When my own haunted past comes calling, they stand by my side and protect me. But can I overcome my own demons and accept I have mates? Or will my own fears cripple me? Seeking Snow Falls is a fated mates reverse harem shifter romance with multiple POV’s, adult situations, and MM. It also features references to depression, self-harm, and overcoming abuse. It will be a part of a series of standalone books, each ending with a HEA and a different FMC in each book. Goodreads / Amazon — EXCERPT: Adam bent his head and pressed a kiss to the top of my head. “When we tel...

  Publication Date:  April 9, 2019 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Psychological Fiction Publisher:  Ballantine Books       Length:  384 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you?   Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. . . .   Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares? ...

  Publication Date:  March 16 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery/crime Narrators:  Erin Bennett & Karissa Vacker Publisher:  Macmillan Audio              Length:  11 hours 10 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis A convicted killer. A gifted thief. A vicious ganglord. A disillusioned cop. Together they’re a missing girl’s only hope. Dr. Blair Harbour, once a wealthy, respected pediatric surgeon, is now an ex-con down on her luck. She’s determined to keep her nose clean and win back custody of her son. But when her former cellmate begs for help to find her missing daughter, Blair is compelled to put her new-found freedom on the line. Detective Jessica Sanchez has always had a diffi...

Book Blogger Hop Q.If you read a print book after reading a few e-books, do you find yourself tapping the bottom of the page so it will turn?   (submitted by Elizabeth @  Silver's Reviews )  A. I don't usually do this but I have been known to try to swipe a page now and then - and those are the times I sit and stare at it wondering why it hasn't changed the page yet.  So stupid -in fact I just did it this morning.  Whenever I do it I hope no one is around to witness my crazy.  

Publication Date:  July 27, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery/Crime Narrators:  Louise Brealey Publisher:  Macmillan Audio      Length:  9 hours 42 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis In Ilmarsh, England, local Police Detective Alec Nichols discovers 16 horses' heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun. After veterinary forensics expert Cooper Allen travels to the scene, a pathogen is discovered lurking within the soil, and many of those who have come into contact with the corpses grow critically ill. A series of crimes comes to light - disappearances, arson, and mutilations - and in the dark days that follow, the town slips into panic and paranoia. Everything is not as ...

Fox Harley Wylde (Hades Abyss MC) Published by: Changeling Press Publication date: August 20th 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Raven — I learned the hard way not to trust anyone. First the men who’d hurt me, and then my mother when she’d turned her back on me. I had no one. Was it any wonder I didn’t think I had a reason to keep living? A good Samaritan had other ideas, landing me in a psychiatric hospital. Too bad the guards were every bit as evil as those men I’d trusted. I thought I’d die alone. Unwanted. Unloved. Forgotten. Until the Hades Abyss MC came to take me away. They claim my father sent them, except I’ve never met him. Don’t even know his name. I’d try to run, but what’s the point? Besides, there’s one man who makes me feel safe. Fox. It doesn’t matter that he’s older than me. When he holds me, I know nothing will ever hurt me again. I just didn’t count on losing my heart to him. Fox — Breaker brought Hatchet’s daughter to the clubhouse, and the momen...

  Publication Date:  September 21, 2010 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Fiction Publisher:  Ballantine Books       Length:  432 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest—nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past. Having retreated to her western Washington hometown after a scandal left her career in ruins, child psychiatrist Dr. Julia Cates is determined to free the extraordinary little girl she calls Alice from a prison of unimaginable fear and isolation. To reach her, Julia ...

Publication Date:  May 20 2008 Format:  Audio Genre:   Police Procedurals/Romance Narrators:  Susan Erickson Publisher:  Brilliance Audio              Length:  11 hours 30 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Eve Dallas is one tough cop. It should take more than a seemingly ordinary middle-aged lady to make her fall apart. But when that lady is Trudy Lombard, all bets are off. Just seeing Trudy at the station plunges Eve back to the days when she was a vulnerable, traumatized young girl—and trapped in foster care with the twisted woman who now sits smiling in front of her. Trudy claims she came all the way to New York just to see how Eve is doing. But Eve’s fiercely protective husband, Roarke, suspects ...

Book Blogger Hop Q. Have you ever gotten a book signed by the author? (submitted by Julie @ JadeSky) A. Yes! I am a huge Anne Rice Fan and have most of her books in first edition signed copies.  I actually have a photo of her with my daughter Rowan when she was a baby.  I have also met several children's book authors. One of my favorites was Eric Carle who signed my copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and of course my sister, Zara Gonzalez Hoang who wrote A New Kind of Wild and has a new one Mi Casa is my home.   

  Publication Date:  December 31, 2019 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Fiction Publisher:  GP Putnam's Sons      Length:  320 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furiou...

Photo Bombed Daria White (Bianca Wallace Mysteries, #1) Publication date: May 25th 2021 Genres: Adult, Cozy Mystery, Romance When a corpse crashes the party, Bianca is on the case. Bianca Wallace is a work from home mom raising her teenage daughter as a single parent. She’s determined to stand on her own two feet in Edenville, Texas after her bitter divorce. When the town’s wedding of the year stars her friend as the bride, Bianca can’t wait to celebrate the nuptials. Neither she nor the guests expect a corpse! When the police suspect the bride, Bianca’s determined to prove her friend’s innocence. Lamar Sims, the new police detective in Edenville, is investigating the murder case. Bianca’s “interference” is not helping, but she won’t stop when her friend’s freedom is on the line. He makes it clear he wants her to let the police do their job, so she has to find ways around him. No one in Edenville is safe until the killer is behind bars. Bianca won’t let Detective Sims dism...

Publication Date:  June 15, 2021 Format:  Paperback Genre:   psychological Thriller Publisher:  Celadon           Length:  352 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don't speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling.   Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey's district, and Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit--and her sister--before it's too late. Review:  This was a rough one for me as I personally have a daughter who is addicted and living in Kensington (yes the photo above is a real photo of the area). Once a thriving factory district n...

  Publication Date:  July 27, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Romantic Suspense Narrators:  Alistair Haynesbridge, Samantha Summers Publisher:  Dreamscape Media              Length:  10 hours 49 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis The deal was sealed the moment she stepped onto that stage. It was like seeing a ghost: sunshine-blonde hair, pale skin, azure eyes that held a thousand secrets. I didn’t know what caused her to end up on that auction block, and I didn’t care. All I knew was that I had to have her - no matter the cost. A million dollars later, she became mine. Mine to break. Mine to use. Mine to keep.  This stand-alone novel contains dark themes, including those involving se...

An Officer and The Vet Freda Ann (A Bliss Cay Novella, #4) Publication date: August 2nd 2021 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance College sweethearts, Sam and Isla, were crazy in love and looked forward to a life together. That was until his father died suddenly in a tragic accident. The news sent Sam into a tailspin causing him to spiral out of control. After telling Isla, the woman he hoped to marry, he never wanted to see her again, he hit rock bottom. Pulling his life together more than a year later, he realizes nothing will ever be the same without his one true love…Isla. Finally locating where she moved to for Vet school, he shows up to beg her forgiveness only to find her kissing her soon to be husband. Twelve years later, Sergeant Sam Wolfe’s police K-9, Blue, was shot on-duty and suffers from PTSD. Unbeknownst to Sam, his Lieutenant arranged for Isla, the best trauma Vet in Florida, to take over Blue’s care while Sam is on vacation with his son in Bliss Ca...

Publication Date:  June 15, 2021 Format:  Paperback Genre:   psychological Thriller Publisher:  Celadon           Length:  352 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana’s niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge. Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university...

Angelbound: German, Russian, Spanish and Chinese issues Christina Bauer (Angelbound Origins, #1) Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult “Like Shadowhunters…A binge-read book series!” – DesiRae, Goodreads Eighteen-year-old Myla Lewis is a girl who loves two things: kicking ass and kicking ass. She’s not your every day quasi-demon, part-demon and part-human, girl. For the past five years, Myla has lived for the days she gets to fight in Purgatory’s arena. When souls want a trial by combat for their right to enter Heaven or Hell, they go up against her, and she hasn’t lost a battle yet. But as she starts her senior year at Purgatory High, the arena fights aren’t enough to keep her spirits up anymore. When the demons start to act weird, even for demons, and the King of the Demons, Armageddon, shows up at Myla’s school, she knows that things are changing and it’s not looking good for the quasi-demons. Myla starts to question everything, and doesn’t like the answers she finds...

  Publication Date:  February 6, 2018 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Historical Fiction Publisher:  St Martins Press          Length:  450 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier. Cora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, has little choice but to go along, daring to hope this new land promise...

Publication Date:  May 20 2008 Format:  Audio Genre:   Police Procedurals/Romance Narrators:  Susan Erickson Publisher:  Brilliance Audio              Length:  11 hours 30 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis A pioneer of modern reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, Dr. Wilfred B. Icove, is found dead in his office—murdered in a chillingly efficient manner: one swift stab to the heart. Struck by the immaculate condition of the crime scene, Dallas suspects a professional killing. Security disks show a stunningly beautiful woman calmly entering and leaving the building—the doctor’s final appointment.  Known as “Dr. Perfect,” the saintly Icove devoted his life to his family and his work. His record is cle...