Apr 11, 2020

Review: Boy From The Woods By Harlan Coben #NetGalley

The Boy From The Woods 


In the shocking new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away, a man whose past is shrouded in mystery must find a missing teenage girl before her disappearance brings about disastrous consequences for her community . . . and the world.

The man known as Wilde is a mystery to everyone, including himself.  Decades ago, he was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. After the police concluded an exhaustive hunt for the child’s family, which was never found, he was turned over to the foster system.

Now, thirty years later, Wilde still doesn’t know where he comes from, and he’s back living in the woods on the outskirts of town, content to be an outcast, comfortable only outdoors, preferably alone, and with few deep connections to other people.

When a local girl goes missing, famous TV lawyer Hester Crimstein–with whom Wilde shares a tragic connection–asks him to use his unique skills to help find her. Meanwhile, a group of ex-military security experts arrive in town, and when another teen disappears, the case’s impact expands far beyond the borders of the peaceful suburb. Wilde must return to the community where he has never fit in, and where the powerful are protected even when they harbor secrets that could destroy the lives of millions . . . secrets that Wilde must uncover before it’s too late.

Apr 10, 2020

Review: Shrink Rapt By Freda Hansburg









Shrink Rapt By Freda Hansburg 
Review by Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews


First, I want to thank Freda Hansburg for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.


Shrink Rapt by Freda Hansburg was just the medical thriller/suspense book that I have been craving to read. 


Right from the beginning Freda caught my attention with the pharmaceutical medical trial the main character. If you know me I am fascinated with the medical field and used to be in it. So, I love reading medical thrillers. I can comprehend the medical terminology and procedures that are listed in the books-where others may not. 


I just had to laugh at the part of the book when Freda talks about Go Cupid. I wondered if she meant OK Cupid which is a similar dating site that she mentioned. I admit I tried that site out and it was a joke. I fully agree that all those questions are way too much! 


I found it quite comical that she named her tabby cats Boris and Natasha. 


I found the session with Lowell Morgenstern had with his patient Tyrell Johnson when he was on the medication Pacifil very fascinating. It made me more interested in the story and wonder what this drug was honestly doing to the patients.


The patients you meet in this book will just blow your mind. Like one of them had multiple personality disorder with 26 alters. Now that is someone who would be fascinating to talk to. Freda came up with some very unique characters that I have never read about in previous books. It made for a very interesting yet sometimes disturbing read. 


Freda brought up a very important topic in this book. She wrote in a storyline  about a survivors group. It was about trauma dealing with physical and sexual abuse. There were four patients who had different stories to tell. Each so different and unique than the ones you are used to hearing. Many of them I wanted to reach out and hug because I felt empathy for what they went through. 


Even though this is a short book it does not lack an incredible story that keeps your attention. 

















Book Blitz: I Would Never...But If I Did #XpressoTours


I Would Never…But If I Did
Maria Ann Green
Publication date: April 10th 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance


Taryn Sams doesn’t believe in love. Period. Every time she’s gotten close, her happiness has been ripped from her, proving once again the only thing worth believing in is the inevitability of her own – and others – screw ups.

 

For Austin Wright, Taryn is the one who got away. But really, if he’s honest with himself, he pushed her away, with one hard shove. He did the one thing he told her he never would do, and shattered both of their hearts. But it’s been years since then, and somehow Austin and Taryn found a way to be friends, albeit dysfunctional ones.

 

Theo Evans is the other man in Taryn’s life. He’s also Austin’s best friend. But, to be fair, he’s been in love with Taryn longer. He accepts Taryn as she is, broken, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to be the one she chooses in the end.

 

Taryn isn’t the only one with someone else in her life. Austin has a girlfriend he’s trying to see a future with even though she can’t live up to those that came before. Yet they keep coming back together like magnets, unable to resist the pull to each other. Taryn continues her relationship with Theo while starting up again with Austin, willing to give him one more shot though not willing to let go of Theo just yet. While juggling the two men, she’s hoping that her once-bitter heart will eventually open up and tell her who to choose, hoping that she isn’t deluding herself yet again about what’s real and what’s possible.

 

Can love win Taryn over, or will she screw up her own life yet again, and the lives of at least three others in the process?

Goodreads / Amazon

Apr 9, 2020

Review: Trusting Him To Lead By T.K. Chapin

Are Some Marriages Too Broken To Fix?


This can be read as a standalone.

Rachel and West have been married for ten years and have three beautiful children. She’s a stay-at-home wife and mother, he’s a computer software programmer at DigiTech. One day Rachel discovers a secret about West that threatens to rip their marriage apart. How can she trust someone to lead her when she can’t trust him at all?

West loves his wife, his children and his job as the lead software programmer at DigiTech. He couldn’t have asked God for a more perfect life, but he’s been hiding something from his wife for years. When his sin comes out into the light of day, West feels the urge to do what he was used to do as a child—run. Can West’s faith bring him through this storm with Rachel, or will he cave under the pressures and lose everything in the process?

She’s a good wife struggling in her marriage, he’s a husband who hasn’t ever learned to truly lead. Can God heal this hurting marriage and bring these two through this fiery trial? Find out when you pick up your copy of this inspirational romance novel about a struggling Christian marriage.

Cover Reveal: The Murder House By Michael Wood #OneMoreChapter


They were the perfect family. It was the perfect crime.

The new gripping DCI Matilda Darke crime thriller about the dark secrets that lie within a perfect family. For fans of Patricia Gibney and Angela Marsons.

It’s the most disturbing crime scene DCI Matilda Darke has ever seen…
 
The morning after a wedding reception at a beautiful suburban home in Sheffield, the bride’s entire family are stabbed to death – in a frenzied attack more violent than anything DCI Matilda Darke could have imagined.
 
Forensics point to a burglar on the run across the country. But cracks are starting to appear in Matilda’s team, someone is playing games with the evidence – and the killer might be closer to home than they thought…

Book Blitz: Counts of Eight By. Brynn Ford #XpressoTours

Counts of Eight

Brynn Ford
(The Four Families, #1)
Publication date: May 31st 2020
Genres: Adult, Dark Romance, Romance


All of my choices had been stripped from me except for one.

Dance or die.

Three years ago, I was taken, stolen away, far from the world I knew, far from civilization. I became a slave, forced to serve one of the four families with my talent.

 

I’d been abused, battered, tortured in isolation. My Master brought me men, partners for performance, but they failed to live up to the high standard of dance my Master required.

 

Until one day, he brought me a new man. A blonde-haired, green-eyed, dreamy new man who had no idea what was coming.

 

Book Blitz: Edge of Darkness By Freya Barker #XpressoTours

Edge Of Darkness
Freya Barker
(Arrow’s Edge MC #2)
Publication date: April 9th 2020
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense

Road rash and Jack meets handcuffs and street smarts.

I am a wandering disaster.
A hedonist, a lover, a son, and a rebel.

My name is Yuma.
I’m sober enough to see the need for redemption, but too blind to realize I already found it.

I am an independent seeker.
An overachiever, a friend, a misfit, and a cop.

My name is Lissie.
I’m determined enough to find acceptance, but too stubborn to see all I need is my own.

We shouldn’t get involved—all the odds are against us—but when bodies turn up on common ground and lines between duty and purpose get blurred, our future becomes clear.

Goodreads / Amazon

Book Blitz: Fluffy By Julia Kent #XpressoTours

Fluffy
Julia Kent
Publication date: April 30th 2019
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Romance

It all started with the wrong Help Wanted ad. Of course it did.

I’m a professional fluffer. It’s NOT what you think. I stage homes for a living. Real estate agents love me, and my work stands on its own merits.

 

Sigh. Get your mind out of the gutter. Go ahead. Laugh. I’ll wait.

 

See? That’s the problem. My career has used the term “fluffer” for decades. I didn’t even know there was a more… lascivious definition of the term.

 

Until it was too late.

 

The ad for a “professional fluffer” on Craigslist seemed like divine intervention. My last unemployment check was in the bank. I was desperate. Rent was due. The ad said cash paid at the end of the day.

 

Apr 8, 2020

Review: One Faithful Prayer By T.K. Chapin

A Clean Christian Romance About Lost Love
 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085PZFVRN 
https://www.tkchapin.com/

Taylor’s been holding onto a secret for ten years from Blake. When he finds out the truth, there’s no telling what will happen.

Taylor Garther is an independent single mother who has been running her own business for seven years. Life is difficult, but good and she trusts that God has a plan for her. When a familiar face from the past comes walking back into her life unexpectedly, her faith and trust in God is put to the ultimate test as her secret will finally be revealed.

Blake McCallister is a pastor who helps with church plants. He is finishing up with a church plant in Scottsdale, Arizona when he gets a call from an old friend. There’s a big need in the ministry at a church in his hometown of Lincoln City, Oregon. The only problem is it means running into his old girlfriend from high school--Taylor Garther. She knew a part of his past that not many did and seeing her again would be sure to stir up more than just old memories.

From the author of the Diamond Lake Series, comes a clean Christian romance that will lift your spirits, inspire your faith and will remind you of the grace, mercy and perfect timing of God. In a fallen world full of chaos and sorrow, God’s grace shines brightest through His son Jesus Christ. Inspirational and faithful to the truth and love of God, One Faithful Prayer will keep you turning the pages until the very end.

Apr 7, 2020

Review: Mummy’s Boy By J.A. Andrews #BOTBSPublicity #HeraBooks #NetGalley

No one can love a son like his mother…
Patricia Mullner is trapped in a nightmare no parent should ever experience. Three years ago, 17-year-old son Andrew vanished without trace. There was no note, no goodbye and no body has ever been found, and now her days are spent in a fog of heartache and alcohol, crying to husband Thomas about their lost boy.
But Patricia is more than just a grieving mother, and as Andrew’s disappearance starts to unravel the perfect family she’s built with Thomas, it seems that the actions of her past may be back to haunt her.
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