I didn’t receive a RITA® Reader Challenge 2015 review for this book, so I’m compiling quotes from reviews online and using the grade average from Goodreads as a substitute. This book has a 4.2 average, which I’m interpreting as an A. And here are the review quotes, linked to the original sources: Jonetta wrote: This story started off interesting and I nestled in for what I thought would be an intriguing case. It didn’t take … Continue reading Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb →
This is a hard review to write. I read this book several weeks ago. It had the misfortune of coming to the top of my TBR list at a time when I was crazy busy at work and could only read in fits and starts. I would get through only a few paragraphs at a time before keeling over in exhaustion. So I felt like I never got any momentum going and the book didn’t … Continue reading Midnight Action by Elle Kennedy →
First time reviewer hoping to give back to the community. As a reader, I will pick up any book off the shelf (or download into my Kindle) without regard to the author or the book’s placement in a series. So I am looking for books that will hold my interest without too much referencing of previous books in a series and authors with whom I would be happy to visit again. The book starts with … Continue reading You’re Not Safe by Mary Burton →
Romantic suspense is my favorite genre. However, I am usually drawn to books with International Espionage or Military/Black Ops scenarios that are heavy on romance. That being said, Mary Burton’s You’re Not Safe could be described as suspense with romantic elements. While I hoped that the relationship between our hero and heroine would be more integral to the story, the author nevertheless kept me engaged and guessing from beginning to end. The prologue certainly set the … Continue reading You’re Not Safe by Mary Burton →
I almost stopped reading when I got to the end of Chapter One and found out the Heroine is half Arapaho and has Magic Native American healing powers. Magic Indian! I took a deep breath and gave it the benefit of the doubt. There are a lot of non-Magic-Indian paranormal elements in other novels, so it’s not always Magic Indians. In fact, the team leader Zane (the hero of Book 1 in this series) is … Continue reading Forged in Ash by Trish McCallan →
I really wanted to like this book. I generally like romantic suspense in general, and I think it can be one of the more difficult branches of the genre to write in. There is so much balancing to do, with making the heroine vulnerable and yet feisty but not too stupid to live; the hero commanding but not crossing the line into domineering, the problem to be solved realistically suspenseful but not crossing into extreme … Continue reading Forged in Ash by Trish McCallan →
Thorne McKelvie has meticulously and ruthlessly worked his way up through the ranks of criminal organisation the Hangmen, a group that doesn’t shy away from human trafficking in sweat shops, drug or arms smuggling. The leader of the Hangmen is suspicious of Thorne, however, and worried that he is gunning for his spot next, taking over the whole organisation. So after a series of unexpected attacks on the gang’s and their allies’ warehouses, he sees … Continue reading Into the Shadows by Carolyn Crane →
This is my third try at writing a review. Seriously. I was too ranty on the first and too detailed on the second. I’m going to try the thematic approach this time. Warning: ALL THE SPOILERS. Things I like: Meet cute: they play online games together and chat, but meet IRL in this crazy situation. Action, action, lots of action! Things I dislike: Heroine (Amber): She’s super smart! Best hacker ever in the whole wide … Continue reading Lock and Load by Kimberley Troutte →
Lock and Load is the second book in the SEAL EXtreme Team series. The opening paragraph has to speak for itself. Communications Expert Charlie Handly checked for messages on his cellular watch. Still no orders. When would his Commanding Officer stop shooting fire out his ass and let them get back to work? It was a lousy thing to bench the whole team for the night Charlie and his brother, Willy, partied with the man’s daughter. … Continue reading Lock and Load by Kimberley Troutte →
Grave Danger is the second book in Katy Lee’s Stepping Stones Island series, set one an island off the coast of Maine. The hero is the island’s Sherriff, Wesley Grant, and the heroine is forensic anthropologist Lydia Muir who is sent to the island to evaluate a skeleton found buried on the beach. This books is billed as Inspirational Romantic Suspense. It works fairly well on the suspense level. There is a complex plot involving … Continue reading Grave Danger by Katy Lee →
Okay, let me start with a disclaimer: I’m in the military. I can’t read most military-themed romantic suspense novels, for two reasons: either they’re appallingly inaccurate, and/or they feature helpless women who endanger the heroes through their incompetence. This is one of the first military romances I’ve really enjoyed. Although there’s a strong and action-packed plot, the central conflict of this story is Seth’s PTSD. He lost his team, then was captured by the Taliban … Continue reading Honor Reclaimed by Tonya Burrows →
