Rick (Lighthouse Security Investigations West Coast Book 3)

 Maryann Jordan 

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Another fantastic story in this wonderful series. A lot of this story was set in Egypt with Abbie who is more than she seems. She returns to Maine to visit with her brother and meets Rick who is part of the LSI team. They had such chemistry their connection was inevitable. A misunderstanding drives a wedge between them and she is suddenly called back to Egypt before they can talk. She could be in danger as death is all around her. A mystery is happening in the background. Rick and his team must head over to help. Such an exciting tale of intrigue, I couldn't put it down. I absolutely loved this story.

He wasn’t new to the job. He wasn’t new to her.

Rick had worked for Lighthouse Security along with his brother and some of the best people he’d known when he got out of the SEALs.

That’s when he met her… a co-worker’s sister. Sexy. Smart. And a CIA-op stationed in Egypt. A few nights with Abbie made him wish for more, but she was back to the land of the Pharoahs before he had a chance to convince her to stay.

Needing to forge his own destiny apart from his brother, he joined the LSI partner company in California.

Now, a desperate call from her sends him straight to Cairo. LSI sends him on a mission to get her out safely. Then his personal mission is to convince her to give them a chance to prove they’ve got what it takes to go the distance.

Lighthouse Security Investigations
The security and investigation company is filled with handpicked men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and Air Force Special Ops. All trained in CIA Special Operations, the Keepers were the best of the best and ready to take on any mission.

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Engaging Emersyn: A Protector Romance (RAPTOR Book 9)

 

by PJ Fiala

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https://books2read.com/EngagingEmersyn

Emersyn and her team are closing in on their objective in their mission. Her body is failing her though, her hip joint is crumbling and she's been in pain for years. Her latest doctor is a blast from the past. Circumstances cut their previous relationship short, hearts were broken. Was fate bringing them back together, could mistakes be forgiven?

This doctor has trial medication, his reseach was taken from him years ago and is now in the wrong hands. Could this sample help Emmy and get her on her feet. Her only option is life in a wheelchair.

Throughout the action of the mission, the danger, the pain and medical procedure these two found love.

I'm fairly new to this author so I don't know the team and their past. You can read this story as a stand alone, but I'm looking forward to going back and exploring previous stories and missions.

A RAPTOR operative who wants revenge.
A doctor who has vowed to first do no harm.
The ultimate clash of what they both believe in.

Emersyn Copeland has been on the hunt for the man who betrayed all she had trained to do. So close to capturing him, she’ll stop at nothing, even when her ability to walk is at stake. When her body gives out, she is compelled to turn to the one man who brings her a glimmer of hope in terms of walking without pain again.

Chase Nicholas was trained as a doctor in the Army. He was selected to become part of a special medical unit established to develop drugs and prosthetics to enhance wounded soldiers’ abilities and create a stronger more powerful Army. It is a matter of pride for him. What he didn’t know is that he wasn’t the finish line for these drugs, there was an underground team taking his work and producing something more powerful – more lethal. Accidentally using it on Emmy changes both of their worlds forever.

Will the military stop Chase before he can reengage both Emersyn's trust and her heart?

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The Next Best Day

 by Sharon Sala

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I've been reading this author for years as well as following her on social media. I can hear her voice as if she narrated this story. She wove in pieces of herself and her family...just magical.
This book is all light but to appreciate it you must survive the dark and survive this teacher did. Miss Katie had a rough start in life, then escaping a jerk, followed by a traumatic event in her school. I imagine every mother's nightmare.
Starting over in a small town she soon settles in, her first graders are a delight though there are some dark secrets among those children. She'll be forced to be their saviour again.
Her neighbours are the best thing to happen to her, a single dad and his 6 year old twins. Will she find love and healing in this delightful family?
I loved this story, the highs and lows, the towns people and wonderful location.
The story was healing for me and brought me great joy.

Beloved and bestselling author Sharon Sala brings you a brand-new contemporary romance filled with second chances, new beginnings, and a Southern small town you won't want to leave.

Fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Wiggs will love this new story filled with:

• A fresh start for a young teacher to build the life she's dreamt of
• A second chance at romance for a single dad
• The warm and uplifting small-town community cheering them on

After two back-to-back life-changing events, first grade teacher Katie McGrath leaves Albuquerque for a fresh start in Borden's Gap, Tennessee. She is finally back in the classroom where she belongs, but it will take a little while for her to heal and truly feel like herself. She'll need to dig deep to find the courage to try again—in life and in love—but with some help from her neighbor Sam Youngblood and his adorable twin daughters, her future is looking brighter than she dared imagine.

"Sharon Sala is a consummate storyteller... If you can stop reading then you're a better woman than me."—DEBBIE MACOMBER, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Filled with unforgettable charm and delight!"—ROBYN CARR, #1 New York Times bestselling author, for the Blessings, Georgia series

I just reviewed The Next Best Day by Sharon Sala. #NetGalley
https://www.netgalley.com/book/255153/review/323341

The Butterfly Collector

by Tea Cooper

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Wow, I chose this story as I knew the author was Australian and stories set in the past always fascinate me. I'm from Melbourne so I didn't know all the areas and really enjoyed reading how folk travelled and lived all that time ago.
Took me a while to get into the story and get my head around the characters running in two different time lines. Once I had everyone in place the story really picked up and kept me glued to my kindle. There is a connection between the two timelines of a couple of generations in one family.
The main theme running between these timelines is the discovery of baby farming. Newspaper stories being cancelled as a well do to charitable family may be involved. Also the side story is the discovery of a butterfly that we all know these days, the art work and stories told although not acknowledged to make the history books.
I could go on and on about the story, but please read it for yourself. Absorb yourself into the characters' lives like I did.
I also enjoyed the author's notes at the end, explaining the truth, the facts and the fiction.
What a wonderful book, I highly recommend it.

What connects a botanical illustration of a butterfly with a missing baby and an enigma fifty years in the making? A twisty historical mystery from a bestselling Australian author.

1868 Morpeth Theodora Breckenridge, still in mourning after the loss of her parents and brother at sea, is more interested in working quietly on her art at the family's country estate than she is finding a husband in Sydney society, even if her elder sister Florence has other ideas. Theodora seeks to emulate prestigious nature illustrators, the Scott sisters, who lived nearby, so she cannot believe her luck when she discovers a butterfly never before sighted in Australia. With the help of Clarrie, her maid, and her beautiful illustrations, she is poised to make a natural science discovery that will put her name on the map. Then Clarrie's new-born son goes missing and everything changes.

1922 Sydney When would-be correspondent Verity Binks is sent an anonymous parcel containing a spectacular butterfly costume and an invitation to the Sydney Artists Masquerade Ball on the same day she loses her job at The Arrow, she is both baffled and determined to go. Her late grandfather Sid, an esteemed newspaperman, would expect no less of her. At the ball, she lands a juicy commission to write the history of the Treadwell Foundation - an institution that supports disgraced young women and their babies. But as she begins to dig, her investigation quickly leads her to an increasingly dark and complex mystery, a mystery fifty years in the making. Can she solve it? And will anyone believe her if she does?