Shadow Angel: An absolutely addictive and nail-biting crime thriller (Detective Beth Katz Book 2)

 by D.K. Hood (Author) 

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Goodness I nearly missed my train stop, I was so engrossed in this story. It was more of a slow burn to the action but learning more about the characters was just as good as book 1. Beth is FBI, her past has made her what she is. A vigilante that doesn't go by the books, sometime a criminal is caught the right way and other times the law fails. There were two serial killers' stories in this novel, both sick in their own ways. Especially the main story, I didn't even try to guess who the killer was, I just enjoyed the ride. A couple of scenes my heart was racing and I had to back track and reread as I read too fast in desperation to see whodunnit. Fantastic series, I can't wait for more.

In a dark cabin, a young woman sits totally still. Long dark hair hangs over her shoulders and heavy makeup adorns her pale face. Cherry red lips offer a hint of a smile, but she won’t ever smile again. Her body is already cold to the touch…

When black crows are spotted circling over an abandoned cabin in the woods near Rattlesnake Creek, FBI agent Beth Katz and her maverick partner Dax Styles fear something is very wrong. Beth has been hunting serial killers for years, and as she races to the forest she vows to serve her own form of justice, whatever the cost…

Cassie Durham’s friends reported her missing when she didn’t return home from a local bar a few days ago. Now, Cassie sits in darkness, her last breath taken days before. Beth notices the rouged cheeks and bright blue eyeshadow are nothing like the pictures she’s seen of Cassie alive. Did someone add the heavy makeup and pose her like this after death?

When another woman vanishes from a night out, Beth is convinced a twisted killer is in town. A clue on the dark web leads her to a local late-night hangout. Going undercover, she learns that when both girls vanished they were being watched by someone at the back of the crowded room.

Noticing a man following her every move, Beth knows she has one chance to capture him. With a knife in her pocket and hellbent on saving another innocent life, Beth is already sure she’s going to be the killer tonight. Otherwise she will become his next victim…

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My Child is Missing: A totally unputdownable crime and mystery thriller packed with nail-biting suspense (Detective Josie Quinn Book 18)

 by Lisa Regan

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Holy Moly! What a twist, I did not see that coming and I loved it.

Detective Josie and her team are called in for two missing sisters, a teen and a child. There are rumours at the local school of the "woodsman" is he real or fiction? Is there a serial killer in their midst?
I loved how the author wove this tale, the clues that didn't quite add up leaving the reader guessing. The characters, their grief of a lost team member still haunting them makes them so human and real.
I totally immersed myself in this story and couldn't put it down. I highly recommend this series.

The little girl’s bright blue eyes are wide with fear, her hair tousled, her tears making tracks in the dirt smudged across her cheek. Curled tight in a tiny ball, it’s as if she wants to hide away forever. “He took her!” she cries. “He took my sister!”

When a desperate mother calls Denton police department to report her children missing, Detective Josie Quinn races to investigate.Sixteen-year-old Kayleigh and her little sister Savannah went for a walk in the woods but never came home. They are good girls and know not to go far, say their frantic parents. Kayleigh always looks after Savannah and brings her home safely. Until now…

Even as she vows to bring the sisters home safely, Josie’s blood runs cold: because they are not the only missing children. Rumors are spreading about the legend of “The Woodsman”: when pairs of children go into the woods, The Woodsman takes one of them and only one comes out alive. With local teenagers daring each other to walk into the woods at night in pairs, Josie knows that nobody is safe from the hysteria sweeping Denton. Little Savannah Patchett is soon mercifully found alive, alone and terrified, but she tells Josie “The Woodsman has taken my sister”.

All Josie’s leads seem to reach dead ends: her team traces Kayleigh’s scent to a dank, dark cabin in the woods, but the owner has an alibi and there is no evidence that Kayleigh has been inside. When Josie persuades Kayleigh’s classmates to talk, she learns that Kayleigh herself had a secret boyfriend whose identity is a mystery. Josie is desperate to track him down and to work out if he could hold the key to solving the case.

Then Josie’s worst fears come true: another pair goes missing and one of them is found dead soon after. Another teenage girl, lying straight and still, a halo of blood surrounding her beautiful blonde hair.

Josie knows that the legend of The Woodsman is nothing more than a story, but the truth is far more horrifying… With Kayleigh still out there somewhere and the TV news filled with stories of a serial killer at large, how far will Josie have to go to find the killer before more innocent lives are lost?

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Protecting Everleigh: A steamy, small-town protector romance (GHOST Legacy)

 by PJ Fiala

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A wonderful read

What a wonderful story, I was hooked from the beginning.
Henry and Everleigh were destined to be together, they had such chemistry. Everleigh is a negotiator sent into a small town and Henry her protector.
Family, team spirit, protection and love covers this story, I loved it.

USAT author PJ Fiala, brings you the next generation of GHOST operatives set in the small-town of Glen Hollow, Kentucky, where a long-standing rivalry is brewing into an all out war, and love comes calling even in the worst of times.

When the job can only be handled by a team that doesn’t exist, you call GHOST.

He was raised to be a GHOST operative.

She's an Army-trained, skilled negotiator.

Together they play a game of push and pull—until she finds herself in need of his protection.

Henry Delany inherited his father’s muscular frame and his mother’s penchant for the law. Working for GHOST gives him the opportunity to use both while doing what he loves—protecting the lives of others. Determined to bring tranquility and harmony to Glen Hollow, the small-town he now calls home, he has agreed to work with a closed-off, government liaison in an effort to broker a peace deal. But Protecting Everleigh just might be Henry’s most challenging mission to date .

Everleigh Hayes was raised to be a negotiator, and Glen Hollow, Kentucky is a small town in need of a truce. She is just the woman to make that happen. Like her previous assignments, she approaches this one with her finely-tuned grace and finesse. But when Everleigh comes face to face with the undercurrent of darkness permeating this little town, she finds herself ensnared by more danger than she’s ever faced. Needing Henry and falling in love with him is a development she’s never negotiated before.

The Girl Who Lied: An utterly gripping thriller with twists and turns to die for (Chief Maggie Riley Book 1)

 by Shannon Hollinger 

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I was browsing crime on Netgalley and stopped for the cover of this one. A great intro for a new to me author and it won't be my last. I enjoyed the author's cruising style of writing and just sat back and enjoyed the ride. I really like small town stories, the characters if not born there have interesting stories of why they fled the big city life.
This story was written in multiple POV but easily recognised by the title of each chapter. I really enjoyed this insight into each major character.
More than one murder in this story, the crime that brought them together but other bodies from the past brought such colour to this story.
I hope Chief Maggie and her partner stick around and I look forward to more from this series and author.

Rain hammers the earth and a vicious wind rattles the trees. Then lightning strikes, the flash illuminating a young girl staggering out of the woods, her brown eyes wide with fright, a silent scream on her lips…

There’s a storm approaching the tiny Maine town of Coyote Cove when Chief Maggie Riley comes across the body of a man, blood seeping from stab wounds into the damp forest floor. As she desperately struggles to secure the evidence before the rain hits, Heather, a local teenage girl, emerges from the woods, shivering and unable to talk.

Maggie, once a high flying big-city detective, lost everything when her four-year-old brother went missing five years ago. Heart-broken, she’s never stopped searching for him: but now she is plunged back into the world she left behind.

The victim, Maggie discovers, knew secrets about everyone in isolated Coyote Cove. It seems there are more local suspects in this case than people she can rule out. And with Heather still traumatised, Maggie struggles to unravel her strange appearance at the crime scene. Until, following a faint, bloody trail deep into the forest, she’s horrified to unearth what the terrified girl’s been hiding…

But when Heather is kidnapped, the battle to identify the killer becomes a race to save an innocent girl’s life. And with the whole town terrified, Maggie is shocked to uncover that this twisted killer is much closer to home than she’d ever imagined. Battling her own demons and memories of her missing brother, how far will Maggie have to go to save Heather? Or will another innocent young life be lost forever...?

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Their Wicked Games: Totally gripping and addictive serial killer fiction (Detectives Kane and Alton Book 19)

 by D.K. Hood

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This was one crazy ride, the bodies are piling up!

Sheriff and her deputy husband start by investigating 3 teens found shot by arrows. There is a strange connection to a serial killer who's been in prison for quite some time.
Watching the cops join the dots to solve this crime was so entertaining. I never know who it is in this author's stories until they're revealed.
This was one suspense filled story and I highly recommend it.

As she scans the dark pine forest, the unmistakable sound of a twig snapping breaks the silent stillness. She isn’t alone. She begins to run but she hardly has time to scream before her world goes black…

On a secluded path near Black Rock Falls, three bodies lie bloodied and still—the arrows that killed them removed, and polished penny coins carefully placed on their frozen eyes. When Sheriff Jenna Alton and Deputy David Kane are called in, they are shocked to recognise the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer. But he’s been in prison for ten years.

Jenna is convinced that the attacker knew the trio and lured them into the forest. But who would want to harm three innocent teenagers? And how does a convicted murderer fit in? Jenna knows she must question James Earl Stafford—one of America’s most dangerous killers—if she’s to save more innocent young lives.

With Stafford refusing to give answers, Jenna is convinced that a copycat killer is stalking her small town. And her worst fears are realised when a local fisherman discovers another teenager’s lifeless body floating in the shallows of a local watering hole with the same penny coins covering her eyes.

As parents panic for their children’s lives, Jenna works around the clock to track down the murderer, but little does she know that one of her own team is now being watched. Can Jenna play the killer’s wicked game and prevent another life from being taken?

Claiming Kara (Fate Harbor Book 4)

 by Caitlyn O'Leary

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𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 by Caitlyn O’Leary is available now! Start the series today!

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Claiming Kara review

I didn't read the originals, but the rewrites are certainly awesome.

Deep emotions in this story with Kara and the men in her life. This is one angst filled story so be prepared for a broken heart.

I don't want to give the story away, this tale will take forgiveness and second chances to bring these characters together.

Kara
Renowned artist Kara Johansen dreamed of having a big family like the one she grew up in with her mother, two dads and three brothers. During a long trip up in Alaska five years ago, she thought she had found her chance when she met and fell in love with two amazing men.

Ben
Meeting Kara was the most joyous moment of Ben’s life. Finding out she was open to a triad relationship nourished his soul. At last, he had found the woman who would fulfill all of his dreams.

Quinn
After his father had died, Quinn proudly took up the mantle of provider for his family, but it often left him feeling tired and alone. When Kara burst into his life, he finally found a woman who was an answer to his many prayers. Perhaps now it was time he could live his perfect life in the triad relationship he had always dreamed of.

Their Story
When tragedy struck, and the two men who meant everything to Kara had to send her back home to Fate Harbor, Washington, she feels like her life has ended. Years later, she decides to settle on a new dream and focus on the many men available in the here and now. When Ben and Quinn arrive in Fate Harbor, their lives now secure and their love still steady, can they mend a shattered heart?

After all, in Fate Harbor, Love Comes in Threes.

This is a small town, second chance, ménage (MFM), stand-alone novel.
This is the second edition. The original book was published in 2014. Now, in May 2023, it is being published with new edits and new material.

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The Sweetheart List: A Novel (The Sunrise Cove Series, 4)

 by  Jill Shalvis 

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Such a wonderful story teller, I dove into this story and felt like I was living it. The smells, the sights, the emotions....sigh.

Harper has moved to her last happy place to open a bakery. Bodie is fighting his own demons making him grumpy and yet I watched the author just peel back the layers. All the characters were real, it wasn't all rainbows and sunshine making for an interesting story.

A teenage runaway had the most secrets of all. Let's not forget the comic relief here, a wonderful dog.

It's winter down here so no beach read for me but I enjoyed reading it by the fireside.
I highly recommend this story, it stands alone but the series is so awesome so you'll want to try it.

What makes life sweet?

• Freshly baked bread
• A cool lake on a hot summer day
• The comfort of a cozy bookstore
• Second chances and new beginnings

When Harper Shaw’s life falls apart, she knows it’s time for a change. She removes everything that doesn’t spark joy—from her soul-sucking job to eating kale to making lists—and sets off for the last place she was happy, Lake Tahoe (who wouldn’t feel good there, right?) to fulfill her dream of opening her own bakery.

With her Sugar Pine Bakery in between a tavern, owned by sexy, grumpy Bodie Campbell, and a bookstore, run by her new BFF, she feels a peace she’s never experienced since…well, forever.. Then she meets Ivy, a teenage runaway, who barrels into her heart. She sees a lot of herself in Ivy and takes her under her wing, but the teenager has secrets…

When those secrets explode, it changes Harper’s new world, and she’ll learn, it’s never too late to start over, it’s never too late to figure out your life, and best of all, it’s never too late to let yourself believe in love.