Book Review: The Perfect Couple By Jackie Kabler #HarperCollinsPublishersLTD #NetGalley

The perfect couple…or the perfect lie?

A year and a half ago, Gemma met the love of her life, Danny. Since then, their relationship has been like something out of a dream. But one Friday evening, Gemma returns home to find Danny is nowhere to be seen.

After two days with no word from her husband, Gemma turns to the police. She is horrified with what she discovers – a serial killer is on the loose in Bristol. When she sees the photos of the victims she is even more stunned…the victims all look just like Danny.

But, the detectives aren’t convinced by Gemma’s story. Why has no one apart from Gemma seen or heard from Danny in weeks? Why is there barely a trace of him in their flat? Is she telling them the truth, or are there more secrets and lies in this marriage than meets the eye?

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Book Review Young Vines By James Russell Lingerfelt

https://jamesrussell.org/young-vines

Dr. Ryan Lockwood is known as a professor who deeply cares for his students. Having grown up as orphan, he now serves as a literature professor at Pepperdine University, his old alma mater. Located in Malibu, California, Pepperdine holds some of his most treasured memories. It's where he dated and married his first love, and it's where he met his two best friends, Clayton "Finn" Fincannon (The Mason Jar) and Brian "Oz" Bailey (Alabama Irish).

Now, Ryan's on track to become the department Chair, a position he's dreamed of since graduate school. At just thirty-two years old, life couldn't be better. But when his wife passes away unexpectedly, and his grandmother follows soon after, Ryan falls into a deep depression.

His grandmother leaves him her vineyard in Tennessee, where Ryan spent his childhood summers. Since the estate hosts sell-out jazz concerts and the best wine in the southeast, Ryan plans to sell the estate to the highest bidder. But when he visits the vineyard, he meets Rachel Young, the twenty-five year old daughter of the vine dresser. Rachel is good-sensed, hard-working, and she's one of the prettiest women Ryan's ever encountered.

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Review: The Invitation By Rachel Abbott #BookonTour #Bookouture #NetGalley

The Invitation: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist 

That’s the thing about old friends… they never let you forget.

The first time Jemma and Matt were invited to Polskirrin – the imposing ocean-view home belonging to Matt’s childhood friend Lucas Jarrett – it was for an intimate wedding that ended in tragedy. Jemma will never forget the sight of the girl’s pale body floating listlessly towards the rocky shore.

Now, exactly one year later, Jemma and her husband have reluctantly returned at Lucas’s request to honor the anniversary of an event they would do anything to forget.

But what Lucas has in store for his guests is nothing like a candlelight vigil. Someone who was there that night remembers more than they’ll admit to, and Lucas has devised a little game to make them tell the truth.

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Review: Pumpkin Kitties By J.L. Humphreys Illustrated By Kirsten Girlinghouse #ChildrensBook

Pumpkins Kitties is an adorable story about the relationship between a little girl and her pet kittens.

When Pumpkins Daddy brings home two cute cuddly kitties she is delighted and starts to play with them like toy dolls. As you can imagine, Pumpkins kitties dont like being treated like toys and begin running away and hiding. After Pumpkin discovers she cant make her kitties play with her, she learns a lesson shell never forget.

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Review: Fairy-Tailed Wish By Megan Pighetti #ChildrensBook

Fairy-Tailed Wish By Megan Pighetti

Review by Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews 

First, I want to thank Megan Pighetti for providing me with this children’s book so I can bring you this review.

Fairy-Tailed Wish  by Megan Pighetti is a really cute book that kids young and old will love. 

It was so cool how Megan wished all the Birthday Fairies bring joy to other children's lives as they have brought to hers. 

Tamara Piper is an incredibly talented illustrator. I am a huge fan of fairies and Tamara did an incredible job drawing them. They were so cute and detailed. The colors in the book popped off the pages. Her illustrations went perfectly with the story. She and Megan make a good team.

I love how there is a place in the book for your special little one to put their name. 

One thing I thought was comical was all the toilet paper used in this book. Knowing what we are going through in today's time. However, I think the kids would think it is funny. 

The real life pictures at the end of the book through the years were very cool to see. 

Book Blitz: The Random Series by Julia Kent #XspressoTours

The Random Series
Julia Kent
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance

It all started with a naked hitchhiker wearing a guitar — and only a guitar.

And turned into a New York Times bestseller.

A random meeting between a rural Ohio chick and a rich Boston musician kickstarted all sorts of random acts of love and lust — and got even more complicated when his bandmate entered the picture.

And never left.

From unconventional love to second-chance romance to your wildest desires, The Random Series will have you giggling, swooning, and fanning yourself to the heart-pounding beat of the sexiest, most daring and irresistible musicians to come out of Boston.

Five band members form the up-and-coming group Random Acts of Crazy–each with a story of his own in this long-running series.

Let these rock stars take you on a CRAZY wild ride, and with a little TRUST, they can fulfill your every FANTASY.

The Random Series includes:

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EXCERPT (book 1):

DARLA

The last everloving fucking thing I expected to see as I drove down I-76 toward my lit-tle hometown of Peters, Ohio was a buck-naked man wearing a spiked collar and a gui-tar.

I mean, only wearing a collar and a guitar. The man was barefoot, for goodness sake. On the highway. In May, in Oh-fucking-hi-o, where winter isn’t a season but a state of mind.

How could I not stop and offer him a ride? Seriously? Where was he hiding a weapon? Okay, Okay, maybe up there, but think about it for a minute. He’d have to twist quite a bit to access anything he hid up his puckered—well, there!

And he wasn’t a bit hard on the eyes, either. Kind of a Brad Pitt circa 1991 look, be-fore he married Miss Toothpick and then left her for that wan Elvira and her weak Michelle Duggar imitation.

Anyhow…back to the naked hitchhiker. My 1986 Toyota Tercel wasn’t anything special but it, um, had a floor. And a windshield. And a place for Mr. Naked to rest his weary nuts. The vinyl might be cracked and faded and it wasn’t no Giving Tree from that Shel Silverstein book, but at least the man could give his balls a rest. Those muscles looked like they could sure use some eyes hungrily ogling them, too, for they screamed for loving attention. If I couldn’t touch, I could at least be the one to stare, right? I’m a giver like that.

Always thinking about others.

Author Bio:

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire). She lives in New England with her husband and three sons in a household where the toilet seat is never, ever, down.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

 

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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.

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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.

 

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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.

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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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Book Blitz: Finding Edward By Suzanne McKenna Link #XpressoTours

Finding Edward
Suzanne McKenna Link
(Save Me, #3)
Publication date: March 31st 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

When Edward’s beloved grandmother dies, she doesn’t just leave behind money. His inheritance includes a father in Italy he never knew he had.
Now he’s forced to navigate a country he doesn’t know, using a language he doesn’t speak, in search of a man who has no clue Edward even exists.
He’s expecting disappointment. He’s expecting anger. He’s expecting pain. But what Edward isn’t expecting is to stumble across the one woman to ever steal his heart … the one woman he can never have.
Edward’s past and future collide, leaving him more lost — and more alive than he’s ever felt before.

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Book Blitz: Voices & Visions By Lashell Collins #XpressoTours

Voices & Visions
Lashell Collins
(Touched, #1)
Publication date: March 27th 2020
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense

A psychic so powerful his abilities come at a cost. A woman so special she alone has the power to touch him.
Detective Isaac Taylor is a broken man. Isolated by his strange abilities and what others perceive as weird behavior, he keeps his head down and excels at his job. But he hears the whispers of his colleagues and family members, and he feels like a freak among them. Then one wrong number phone call changes everything.
Sidney Fairchild is no stranger to danger. She’s a woman on the run, in hiding and existing below the radar. Despite her efforts to stay invisible, she witnesses a crime she knows could get her killed. Then she answers a wrong number phone call that changes her life.
Bound by their undeniable connection, Isaac and Sidney forge a bond stronger than anything either has ever known. But will his psychic abilities save her or lead to their mutual destruction?
Voices & Visions is book 1 in Touched, a new romantic suspense series. If you like compelling characters, realistic dialogue, and heartwarming bromances, then you’ll love this new thought-provoking series from Lashell Collins.

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Book Blitz: Scars & Sims By Melanie Munton #XPressoTours

Scars & Sins
Melanie Munton
(Brooklyn Brothers, #2)
Publication date: March 31st 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

We are the Rossetti’s.
The exiled “sixth” family of the New York mafia. We’re the good guys.
People don’t fear us…much. They respect us.
The five of us? We’re the Brooklyn Brothers.
And we protect what’s ours.
You know when you have a little sister and she has that one friend that always follows you around like a puppy? For me, that was Roxanna “Roxy” D’Angelo. That was years ago, back when our fathers didn’t hate each other. Then they became enemies and she went off to boarding school in Connecticut.
Now, she’s back…and looking nothing like the shy girl I remember.
Cavorting with anyone from the five families is strictly forbidden to someone like me. So, I can’t figure out why I keep finding myself in situations with Roxy that could bring the force of the entire mafia syndicate down on our heads. Even if those situations are the wildest, most intoxicating experiences of my life.
But with the Sicilians in town and out for blood, times have never been more dangerous. If they find out about our relationship, they won’t hesitate to remove both of us from the equation so they can restore order.
We’re not Romeo and Juliet. They both died. And I refuse to let anything happen to Roxy. I have to protect her. From my family. From hers.
I hope she won’t hate me for what I have to do.
Because it might just kill her before any bullet can.

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Book Blitz: Hidden Baggage By K P Knights #XpressoTours

Hidden Baggage
K P Knights
(Leftover Baggage ,#1)
Publication date: April 10th 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

If you’d been burned by love before, would you be willing to take that risk again?
From author, K P Knights, comes a story about heartbreak, second chances, and releasing the baggage from our past.
William ‘Liam’ Anderson had given up on love. His father had arranged a marriage for Liam with a woman he didn’t love, who had cheated on him before leaving him for good. With trust issues plaguing him, Liam embraced his bachelor life and became known as a man-whore.
Sophia ‘Sophie’ Clark had walked away from a previous relationship with more baggage than most people can handle. She’s determined to never let another man try to control her again.
Sparks are ignited as Sophie lands herself as the new advertising executive at Liam’s family’s company. Wary of him at first, Sophie struggles to keep her heart secure from this known bad boy. But, Liam isn’t one to give up. Now, determined more than ever, Liam is set out to win Sophie’s heart and be the man she needs.
Will Liam and Sophie be able to hide their own baggage to allow their hearts to heal? Find out now in this steamy and heart wrenching romance novel today.

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