From Darkness to Light: Max Sterling's Story

by Susan Horsnell

Amazon

I don't know any of this world's stories so I look forward to discovering them.
Break out the tissues, this one has all the 'feels'.
Max meets the love of his life young, but a tragic circumstance sets them apart.
Moving on with life he follows his heart in more ways than one, his career and a new partner. Another incident has him fighting for his life. You'll be praying for him, after so much tragedy and drama he deserved a happy every after.
Beautiful love story, full of drama. Had me in tears towards the end.

The Suspenseful Seduction World is fan-fiction based on the Trident Security series and its spinoffs by Samantha A. Cole. Other authors, new and established, have taken Trident Security characters and incorporated them into their own stories. You'll see a few of your favorites and some little-known characters who have now gotten their own stories.

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Max Sterling - his dream was to be a Criminal Lawyer. A dream he was on the way to achieving.

Jake Donovan - a young man in his last months of high school with a promising future as a star quarterback.

When these two meet while volunteering at a city food pantry, attraction sizzles. Before long they are planning a dream life together.

Then, tragedy strikes and they are torn apart. It would be seventeen years before their paths crossed again.

In the meantime, Ray Townsend - a lawyer, who has suffered his own share of tragedy, enters Max's life with a bang and turns his world upside down.

Can Ray convince Max he is worthy of love?

Will Max finally emerge from the depths of darkness into the light?

**From Darkness to Light is part of Samantha A. Cole's Suspenseful Seduction World.

Alien Mercenary’s Bride (Lathar Mercenaries: Warborne Book 2)

 by Mina Carter 

5 stars

An entertaining tale with great characters, I can see a future series here with plenty more stories.
Marika is a stowaway on a spaceship filled with so much more that she thought. Who or what are these huge men?
Plenty of action, kidnapping and drama kept me glued to my kindle. I loved their chemistry and the banter among them all. Great story, I loved it.

Stowing away on an alien ship? Idiotic. Stowing away on the Warborne's ship? Suicidal.

Marika Ingrassia is desperate. To escape another wedding arranged by her father, she runs. Between a homicidal groom and a ship full of trained killers, she'll take her chances with the mercenaries, thank you very much.

Only things don't go quite to plan. Her idea to force them to help her at gunpoint seemed a stroke of brilliance until she's on board and facing down the sexiest mercenary she'd ever seen. She can't think straight, never mind shoot straight. She's doomed for a long walk out of a short airlock until Mr. tall, muscled, and growly agrees to help her escape her father's clutches... by marrying her.
Just one problem. This time she wants the wedding to be for real...

She's the prettiest thing he's ever seen. And everything a killer like him doesn't deserve.

Skinny has been a mercenary most of his life. One of the legendary Warborne, he's killed more men than he's had hot dinners and he's damn good at it. When he finds a scared human female, he doesn't expect his reaction to her, or for her to clock him over the head with a pipe.

Unpleasantness aside, when he realizes she needs help, he's all ears. And everything else she needs. Up to and including his hand in marriage to protect her...

No plan survives first contact with the enemy. Between an assassination attempt and his past catching up with them... can Skinny convince Marika he's the alien for her, or will he lose her forever?

Shielding You (Baytown Boys Book 13)

Maryann Jordan

Amazon, out on the 17th

This story begins 4 years ago then we return to the present day. We see new police chiefs in some of the surrounding towns, their lives and possible romance.

For Hannah and Dylan was it too soon or bad timing? Circumstances had them go their separate ways before they barely started. Life moved on and they were thrown together during a case. A tense situation had them worried for the life of one of them. Would they survive?

Great story, wonderful town and it's characters. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

As one of the few female law enforcers on the Eastern Shore, Hannah Freeman has to be smart, tough, competent, and dedicated.

That’s the easy part.

Hiding her feelings for Dylan Hunt, a neighboring Police Chief has been challenging, but she has no time for unrequited love.

Dylan thought he lost his chance with Hannah but stayed in her life the only way he could… as a professional friend.

But some things are meant to be and for Dylan and Hannah, love offered them a second chance.
When a hostage situation threatens Hannah, Dylan lets his true feelings known, but will it be too late?

Baytown Boys…
Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home.

Sing it, Sam

 by Jennifer Ryder (showcasing an  Aussie Author and my fave book last year)

Amazon

For the last few years each January, I seem to stumble upon a book that leaves me thinking 'nothing else will top this for the year'. And once again it's an intro to an author I don't know and yet I feel I won't forget in a hurry.

About this book, yeah I'm still numb. 'The feels', the highs and lows, the laughter and the tears wrung from me. A small town, quirky characters and real life situations. I can't go on about this story without spoiling for you. I've been touched deeply by it and absolutely recommend you come on this journey with me and fall in love with Jane and Sam.

Jane Rhynehart has a cosy shack in the pumpkin-obsessed town of Willow Creek, and a new job—if only she was able to write like the other women in the local writers’ group. But how can Jane write the perfect romance when she’s never experienced love?
After a lengthy stay in hospital, budding singer and songwriter Sam Marshall ends up as a resident in Willow Creek Nursing Home. Jane soon becomes his guiding light. But how can he be a man for her when he relies on so many others day-to-day?

Will Sam turn out to be the perfect muse to help Jane write her epic romance? Will Jane be the one to teach Sam how to truly live? Does love truly know no barriers?

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 by J.K. Rowling

Amazon 

I can't believe it's been 23 years since this book came out. I know a lot of people read it including my son, but I wasn't interested. It took a reading funk for me to have a look and no, I've not watched the movies. I can see why this series has captured the imagination of children and adults alike, perhaps given them the love of reading. It's a brilliant beginning to a series filled with magic and wonder. Likeable characters and a world of mystery, what's not to love.
#libraryebook

Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'.

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

Gavin (The Mavericks Book 11)

by Dale Mayer 

Out on November 17th 

A 5 star enjoyable read

Another fantastic story with the Mavericks.
Gavin and Shane are investigating a kidnapping in Hawaii. Where are the parents and what is going on with the daughters. They're like chalk and cheese. There's something suspicious about one of them. Gavin admired the younger sister, her intelligence was impressive and she was determined to help find her parents.
Lot's of twists towards the end of this book, it certainly kept me glued to my kindle. Great story and wonderful characters that you'll love or love to hate. Brilliant, I loved it.

When four members of one family-owned corporation are kidnapped off the streets in Honolulu, Gavin’s intel says this is a corporate espionage case … but is it?

There’s not much to like about this case. Too many people are involved, … including an old friend of Gavin’s. But, as Gavin digs deeper into the motives of the suspect pool, events get uglier, and bodies start to fall.

Rosalina has no idea how she ended up in this nightmare, but all she cares about is her ailing parents who have been separated from her and her sister. Even when she and her sister are freed, Rosalina finds no sign of their mother or father. Trying to rescue them means deciphering friend from foe …

It comes down to the wire as this close family corporation falls apart, revealing the core of darkness inside, … and leaves Gavin and Rosalina struggling to stay safe as enemies work to take out them both.

The Safe Place: No phones. No outsiders. No escape.

 by Anna Downes

I admit I was struggling with the first few chapters as it skipped between scenarios and I couldn't get a handle on the story. My dilemma is to rate it 3 or 4. I'll go with 4 as I enjoyed the latter half of the book. It was all a bit odd, my imagination had bodies in the basement as the author wove this tale.  

Grief and mental health created this strange story, some say predictable, but I had no idea until the clues started falling into place. The storyline was good for a debut and the characters intriguing. The cover drew me in and that the author lived in my country. I look forward to seeing what this author does next.

For struggling actress Emily Proudman, life in London is not working out as planned – in fact, it’s falling apart. So when she is offered a job living and working for a wealthy family on their luxurious property in coastal France, she jumps at the opportunity to start over.
The estate is picture-perfect, and its owners exude charisma and sophistication. But as Emily gets to know the family, their masks begin to slip, and what at first appears to be a dream come true turns out to be a prison from which none of them will ever escape – unless Emily can find a way to set them all free.
Superbly tense and oozing with atmosphere, The Safe Place combines the modern suspense of The Girl on the Train with the gothic
mind-games of Hitchcock’s Rebecca.