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Book Review: Denied by Mary Keliikoa

Denied by Mary Keliikoa
Denied by Mary Keliikoa
Denied by Mary Keliikoa
Denied by Mary Keliikoa

Title: Denied (Kelly Pruett Mystery #2)
Author: Mary Keliikoa
Genre: Mystery Suspense
Rating: 3 of 5 stars

Not for me, maybe for you.

I enjoy a good suspense novel, but the writing style of Mary Keliikoa didn’t work for me despite giving her two books to sell me on it. I find it slow, dry, and rather pedantic. In my head, the voice of the main character was a drawl. The entire thing was frustrating as hell. 

PI Kelly Pruett is following in her father’s footsteps. She’s trying to keep his private investigation agency going after his death. After almost dying on a case, she’s on recovery when she takes a new investigation for a childhood friend to find the woman’s missing father. 

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Book It, Contemporary Fiction, NA Romance, New Release, Suspense

Release Blitz: Of Light and Dark by Danah Logan

Of Light and Dark by Danah Logan
Of Light and Dark by Danah Logan
Of Light and Dark by Danah Logan
Of Light and Dark by Danah Logan

Title: Of Light and Dark (The Dark Series #3)
Author: Danah Logan
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romantic Suspense
Release Date: 08 June 2021

Summary:

My name is Lilly.
What is my last name, you ask?
I. Don’t. Know.
 
I lost track of who I am months ago. I thought I was a McGuire until my brother let me in on the secrets that drove a wedge between my family so many years ago.
 
Consumed with the need for answers, I made decisions others would’ve called reckless—and they’re probably right.
 
The feeling of betrayal sat too deep for me to see reason. I should’ve told my parents, informed the authorities, but trust is a fragile thing. Once it’s broken, is there really a chance of rebuilding it?
 
Then I met him.
 
He gave me answers, but he had questions of his own. The more time we spent together, the more we bonded…until the lines were blurred.
Home was no longer tied to a place but to two individuals.
Throughout our search for the truth, I almost lost the boy that means everything to me.
Hunted by the media, tormented by Rhys’s psychotic ex and her followers, I became a target, and my need to run put everyone at risk.
 
No one could’ve expected what actually happened over a decade ago. How one decision started a chain of events that led to me being the pawn in her game.
  
Find out what really happened ten years ago in this angst-filled, romantic-suspense story full Of Light and Dark.
 
**AUTHOR’S NOTE: 
Dear Reader, Of Light and Dark is the THIRD book and CONCLUSION of Lilly and Rhys’s trilogy within The Dark Series. The first three books in the series are one continuous story, with In the Dark being the first book.
This book is intended for MATURE readers and features strong language, sexual scenes, and situations that may be considered TRIGGERS for some. Reader Discretion is advised.
 

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Blog Tour, Book It, Contemporary Romance, New Release, Suspense

Release Blast: Moonlit Kiss by Amy McKinley

Moonlit Kiss by Amy McKinley
Moonlit Kiss by Amy McKinley

Title: Moonlit Kiss (Moonlit Destination #2)
Author: Amy McKinley
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: 01 June 2021

Summary:

When artist and conservator Gianna Bellini lands a dream job in Venice to restore and complete a century-old fresco painting, she packs her bags and hops the first flight to Italy. But as she walks the cobbled streets with eerie familiarity, she comes to the revelation that she has been to the floating city before—just not in this lifetime.

Handsome Venetian native Sergio Vitale rescues Gianna from a chilling plunge after a misstep at a canal-side café. As their budding relationship deepens, so does her progress on the restoration job—except the fresco painting’s missing a panel. She turns to Sergio for help. The closer they get to discovering the unfinished design, the more Gianna is tormented by vivid dreams and haunting whispers where century-old Venetians have met their end. 

In a city where the past and present walk hand in hand, Gianna struggles against destiny while Sergio fights for a future that includes her in it.

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Adult Fiction, Blog Tour, Book It, Paranormal Romance, Suspense, Thriller

Blog Tour: Capturing Fate by Abbie Roads

Capturing Fate by Abbie Roads
Capturing Fate by Abbie Roads
Capturing Fate by Abbie Roads
Capturing Fate by Abbie Roads

Title: Capturing Fate (Fatal Truth #1)
Author: Abbie Roads
Genre: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Thriller
Release Date: 28 January 2021

Summary:

Can love untangle a web of lies and expose the truth? 

A loner with a mysterious childhood…

FBI agent Dolan Watts is no stranger to pain. From his childhood spent in foster care to his daily grind of hunting down hardened criminals, pain has been the one constant through the years. Confronted by a malicious new enemy who revels in mind games, Dolan begins to doubt his own perceptions.

A woman haunted by a secret…

Psychologist Daughter Dawson sabotages her own safety the moment she accepts Dolan as a client. Still, she feels compelled to help him. Dolan’s past mirrors many of the questions about her own. When she makes the mistake of confiding in him, both their lives are thrust into unimaginable danger. 

Find out why people are up all night reading bestselling author Abbie Roads’ chilling, emotional novels. You might want to read with the lights on and box of tissues.

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Book Reviews, Christian Fiction, Futuristic, Suspense

Book Review: Operation Jade Helmet by Ashley Fontainne

Operation Jade Helmet by Ashley Fontainne
Operation Jade Helmet by Ashley Fontainne
Operation Jade Helmet by Ashley Fontainne
Operation Jade Helmet by Ashley Fontainne

Title: Operation: Jade Helmet
Author: Ashley Fontainne
Genre: Christian Fiction/Suspense/Futuristic
My rating:
3 of 5 stars

Not gonna lie; this book’s not my cup of tea. I read the blurb going in, and I thought it would be some great techno-thriller. At thirty percent, I was still waiting for the blurb story to kick in. I feel a little like I was ripped off.

Operation: Jade Helmet is a big story told in small snippets of times in different locations. It’s meant to encompass a global event, the end of times. We were warned, through all sorts of worldwide chaos, Global warming, and talks of one government to rule us all. Good and evil are amassing their armies, and the fight is here.

“The Clearing begins, my children.”

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Academy Romance, Book Reviews, High School Romance, NA Romance, Suspense

Book Review: Like You Should by Kaydence Snow

Like You Should by Kaydence Snow
Like You Should by Kaydence Snow
Like You Should by Kaydence Snow
Like You Should by Kaydence Snow

Title: Like You Should (Devilbend Dynasty #3)
Author: Kaydence Snow
Genre: New Adult, High School, Suspense
My rating:
5 of 5 stars

I thought I was digging Hendrix, and I do, but I’m crushing hard on Mr. Monroe. Easton, dude, do you have to be so hot and smexy?

Harlow Mead is a hot mess. She’s the anti-Donna. Not put together. Not doing well at school. Not type-A personality. Most likely to be stoned and playing video games. Most likely to be hacking into the school’s main-frame for the giggles. She’s eighteen, and in her mind, she’s going nowhere fast.

“Teenagers are all dumb, depraved, and disappointing.” – Easton Monroe, teacher extraordinaire.

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Blog Tour, Book Blitz, LGBTQ+, Paranormal Fiction, Suspense

Book Blitz: Catch Lili Too by Sophie Whittemore

Catch Lili Too by Sophie Whittemore
Catch Lili Too by Sophie Whittemore
Catch Lili Too by Sophie Whittemore
Catch Lili Too by Sophie Whittemore

Title: Catch Lili Too (Gamin Immortals #1)
Author: Sophie Whittemore
Genre: Paranormal, LGBTQ+
Release Date: 16 November 2020

Lili is a Mesopotamian siren, and life as an immortal being is hard enough as it is. She’s asexual (which is incredibly difficult to reconcile if your entire point as a mythical being is to seduce people to death). She’s also struggling with depression from being alive for so long.

Lili is an absolutely shoddy improv-detective trying to track down a serial killer so ruthless that it makes even her murderous soul uneasy. However, there’s something larger at work than just one serial killer. A small town is hiding an even deadlier, global-scale secret. Forget Area 51 conspiracies. This one beats them all. With magic.

So, what better way to spice up her eternal life than being hired as a vigilante detective to stop a serial killer? Anything, literally anything. She’d trade her left lung to get out of this. Or, perhaps, somebody else’s.

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Adult Fiction, Blog Tour, Book Bundle, Suspense

Blog Tour: Deliver Us by Pam Godwin

Deliver Us by Pam Godwin
Deliver Us by Pam Godwin
Deliver Us by Pam Godwin
Deliver Us by Pam Godwin

Title: Deliver Us
Author: Pam Godwin
Genre: Suspense
Release Date: 27 October 2020

Summary:

“Pam Godwin’s books always give me chills – her writing is dark and powerful, scraping the edges of my comfort zone. She’s brilliant

Joanna Wylde, New York Times bestselling author

Deliver Us, an all new dark, intense and gut-wrenching boxed set from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Pam Godwin is now available and perfect for a binge read!

Are you ready to fall in love with a villain?

Van Quiso’s chilling gunmetal eyes will shiver your blood and torment your heart. You’ll fear him and crave him, for behind the cruel mouth lurks a jealous, possessive devil who will sacrifice everything to protect the woman he loves.

Each standalone is a different couple with its own dark love story, all interconnected in a dangerous underworld of murderers, kidnappers, and cartels. Forget your comfort zones. This world isn’t pretty. But it’s oh-so-delicious and twisty.

With over 1000 pages of passion and suspense, this is your next binge read.

More than 200,000 copies sold and thousands of 5-star reviews. No cliffhangers. Available in digital, print, and audiobook.

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Adult Fiction, Book Blitz, New Release, Suspense, Thriller

Release Blitz: Mine by Brittany Taylor

Mine by Brittany Taylor
Mine by Brittany Taylor
Mine by Brittany Taylor
Mine by Brittany Taylor

Title: Mine (Back To Me #2)
Author: Brittany Taylor
Genre:
Romantic Suspense/Psychological Thriller
Release Date: 22 October 2020

Summary:

We were living in a state of ignorant bliss. Ready to move on, ready to heal.

Our plan was working until we found that small slip of paper inside our apartment. A promised message that I would never truly be free. Now, the life I thought I’d have with Logan was quickly becoming no life at all. Cutting ties with everyone I know; Logan and I decided to start a new life, hoping to leave the past behind us, along with that piece of paper.

Three thousand miles and one year later, Logan and I were still struggling with the choices we’d made. The guilt I had for leaving my best friend, Abby remained, devouring me from the inside out. But then, in a twist of fate, Abby came back into my life, offering a chance to mend our broken friendship.

But just like Abby’s unexpected return, the demons from my past quickly began to resurface. Pieces of my past continued to haunt me, forcing me to question whether the life Logan and I had built was real or whether everything wasn’t as it seemed.

My past had returned, determined to prove my life wasn’t truly mine.

It never was.

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Adult Fiction, Cover Reveal, Suspense

Cover Reveal: Hidden in the Capitol by B. Ivy Woods

Hidden in the Capitol by B. Ivy Woods
Hidden in the Capitol by B. Ivy Woods
Hidden in the Capitol by B. Ivy Woods
Hidden in the Capitol by B. Ivy Woods

Title: Hidden in the Capitol (In The Capitol #3)
Author: B. Ivy Woods
Genre: Adult, Romance, Suspense
Release Date: 20 November 2020

Summary:

Sometimes things are better left alone.

Eve Jackson stumbles upon a secret that was never meant to see the light of day. She’s a journalist and it’s her job to find the story. But when she becomes the story, it’s time to get out of dodge. With the help of Kane Slade, the man who is the opposite of everything she thinks she wants, she bolts out of town.⠀

Kane doesn’t think twice about rescuing Eve. He happens to be in the right place at the right time. He also believes they could rekindle the chemistry they had during a one night stand several years ago. Most days he can be found running a foundation that supports veterans, but has always been secretive about his side gigs. After things get heated in Washington DC, he invites Eve to stay with him in his hometown, Capitol, Virginia. What starts out as a small vacation quickly turns dangerous.⠀

Nothing stays hidden in the Capitol for long.

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