Ready to Were by Robyn Peterman

 

3 Stars

Essie has been living in Chicago since she left Georgia with no plans to go home.  When her job with secret paranormal agency sends her home to investigate the missing shifters she is forced to confront the reasons why she left.  Mainly Hank the Tank, town sheriff.  They were hot and heavy and she thought they would be mated but she discovered something that drove her away.  Hank never new why she had left him and he’s determined this time she’s staying with him even if he has to move to stay with her.

This story was pretty funny and it was a solid story.  There were some issues with character development, but it was meant to be a short story so maybe later books will be a little bit better.  The bad guys were somewhat one dimensional.  Even with that the story was funny enough to overcome the one dimensional characters and make a solid story.

Audio Book

Hollie Jackson narrated this story and she did a really good job with the southern accents as well as giving each character their own voice.  Made the book enjoyable to listen too.

Book 1 Shift Happens

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It should have been easy. Stay away from her boss’ hot brother.

Museum curator Haven McKinney has sworn off men. All of them. Totally. She’s recently escaped a bad ex and started a new life for herself in San Francisco. She loves her job at the Hutton Museum, likes her new boss, and has made best friends with his feisty sister. Haven’s also desperately trying not to notice their brother: hotshot investigator Rhys Norcross. And she’s really trying not to notice his muscular body, sexy tattoos, and charming smile.

Nope, Rhys is off limits.

Investigator Rhys Norcross is good at finding his targets. After leaving an elite military team, he thrives on his job at his brother’s security firm, Norcross Security. He’s had his eye on smart, sexy Haven for a while, but the pretty curator with her eyes full of secrets is proving far harder to chase down than he anticipated.

Luckily, Rhys never, ever gives up.

When thieves target the museum and steal a multi-million-dollar painting in a daring theft, Haven finds herself right in the middle of a deadly situation. With the painting gone and Haven in danger, Rhys vows to do whatever it takes to keep her safe, and Haven finds herself risking the one thing she was trying so hard to protect—her heart.

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Meet Anna Hackett

Anna Hackett is a USA Today bestselling romance author who’s passionate about fast-paced, emotion-filled contemporary and science-fiction romance.

She loves writing about people overcoming unbeatable odds and achieving seemingly impossible goals.

Some of her bestselling series include Galactic Gladiators, Eon Warriors, Treasure Hunter Security, and Team 52.

Anna lives in Australia with her real-life hero and their two little boys. For more information on Anna and her books visit: www.annahackett.com.

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Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L Jensen

4 Stars

Princess Lara and her sisters have been raised to hate the neighboring kingdom for letting their citizens starve.  One of them will marry the Bridge Kingdom’s King and find away for an infiltration to open the bridge and get the goods.  When Lara hears her father talking about killing the sisters who are not selected to go to the neighboring kingdom she decides to take action.  She poisons them to make them look like they have died leaving just her to marry the king.  After she marries King Aren she finds out that things are not as they seem.  Will Lara and Aren find their way to loving each other and keeping the people safe.

I really liked this book.  It was different from other books I’ve read recently.  It was also a different type of book from the author.  I’ve read her YA series and loved them so I had high hopes for this one and it was very successful.  Pacing was good throughout the book.  It does end in a cliffhanger to go into the next book which frustrated me.

Book 1 The Bridge Kingdom

Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews

 

5 Stars

Catalina Baylor is trying to protect her family from all the heavy magic users out there.  She became deputy to the Warden of Texas to keep them safe.   With this role it brings new tasks that need to be completed.  The newest issue will bring her back in contact Alessandro, the prime she wants but can’t have.  The man Alessandro has been hunting is in Texas and he will need Catalina’s help in bring him down. 

I loved this book so much.  The pacing was spot on.  There was never a moment I wanted the book to move on other than wanting to read it faster.  It wraps up some questions from the last book and raises some more for the next book to answer. The epilogue was one of the best OMG moments and made me so mad but in a good way.  They have since done a new scene for those who preordered from certain bookstores and this new scene rounded out the book perfectly.  They will be releasing the scene at a later date and it is worth the wait.

Book 5 Hidden Legacy

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First came the director yelling, “Action! Next came the actual acting. Last came . . . the end scene.Or at least, that was what I liked to call my job as a publicist to Hollywood’s elite. If my client hit it big, I was the one who’d made that possible. And while being on call twenty-four seven meant I was chronically single, I was fine with that. I’d been in a serious relationship once and had ultimately discovered that I wasn’t cut out for commitment or being tied down or living in a small town.I needed lights and excitement, paparazzi and enough traffic that the air always smelled faintly of exhaust.I definitely didn’t need one Aaron Weaver—my ex-boyfriend and current occupant of my former home and very, very small town in Utah—tying me down or making me feel like the world’s biggest jerk, just because I wanted my life to be something more than open fields and cow patties. But then I had to leave L.A. and go home to my father, to my small town . . . to Aaron. And I discovered there might be much more to him than I’d ever expected. In fact, I discovered that I might have missed out on the best end scene of my life by letting him go at all.

About the Author: USA Today bestselling author, Elise Faber, loves chocolate, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and hockey (the order depending on the day and how well her team -- the Sharks! -- are playing). She and her husband also play as much hockey as they can squeeze into their schedules, so much so that their typical date night is spent on the ice. Elise is the mom to two exuberant boys and lives in Northern California. Connect with her in her Facebook group, the Fabinators or find more information about her books at www.elisefaber.com. Connect with Elise! Website: https://www.elisefaber.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elisefaberauthor/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/elisefaber Twitter: https://twitter.com/faberelise Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bdnmEj Bookbub: http://bit.ly/2Ilspyd

End Scene by Elise Faber

 

5 Stars

Maggie always wanted to go to Hollywood to from her small town.  When her high school sweetheart Aaron didn’t want to move there with her, she broke both of their hearts by leaving him and following her dream.  10 years later Maggie’s dad slips and falls breaking his hip requiring her to go home.  While home she runs into Aaron and brings all those feelings back.  They’ve never gotten over each other but can they get passed their hurt feelings and find love again.

This was a second chance romance and it had me in tears.  Maggie’s dad was a dick to her and then she had to deal with Aaron being just as bad.  I love how the author was able to bring them together without major groveling.  Maggie and Aaron had issues and them coming together the second time was amazing to see happen.  I loved the Aaron’s mom and how she explained things to him so he would understand Maggie better.  I hadn’t read the rest of the series and didn’t have any issues following along.  It did make me want to read the rest of the series and see where the next book is going to go.  Definitely worth checking out.

Book 4 Love, Camera, Action

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I used to be the one who saved her. But I don’t want to save her anymore.

From New York Times bestselling author, Helena Hunting writing as H. Hunting, comes an unforgettable, beautiful and angsty new adult romance. Little Lies is releasing November 16th, and we have the irresistible cover!

I don’t want you. You mean nothing to me.

I never loved you.

I turned my words into swords.

And I cut her down.

Shoved the blade in and watched her fall.

I said I’d never hurt her, and I did.

Years later, I’m faced with all the little lies, the untruths, the false realities, the damage I inflicted, when all I wanted was to indulge my obsession.

Lavender Waters is the princess in the tower. Even her name is the thing fairy tales are made of.

I used to be the one who saved her. Over and over again.

But I don’t want to save her anymore.

I just want to pretend the lies are still the truth.

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 A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, an all-new sexy fantasy novel in the A Blood and Ash Series by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout is coming September 1st and we have an exciting sneak peek!

“We go home to marry, my Princess.”

As in get married? 

To him?

Suddenly, I thought of all those girlish fantasies I’d had before I learned who I was and what was expected of me—daydreams given life because of the love my parents had for one another. 

Never once did those little-girl dreams include a proposal that wasn’t remotely an actual proposal. Nor did they incorporate it being announced at a table full of strangers, half of which wanted me dead. And those dreams surely hadn’t involved what had to be the kingdom’s worst—and possibly most insane—non-proposal of marriage to a man currently holding me captive.

Perhaps I had some sort of ailment of the brain. Maybe I was experiencing hallucinations brought on by stress. After all, there had been so much painful death to process. His betrayal to deal with. And I’d just learned I was descended from Atlantia, a kingdom I’d been raised to believe was the source of all the evil and tragedy in the land. Stress-induced hallucinations seemed a far more believable reason than what was actually happening. 

All I could do was stare at the larger hand holding my much smaller one. His skin was slightly darker than mine as if kissed by the sun. Years of wielding a sword with deadly, graceful precision had left his palms callused.

He lifted my hand to an indecently well-formed and full mouth. To lips that were somehow soft yet unrelentingly firm. Lips that had spun beautiful words into the air and whispered heated, wicked promises against my bare skin. Lips that had paid homage to the many scars that riddled my body and face. 

Lips that had also spoken blood-soaked lies. 

Now, that mouth was pressed against the top of my hand in a gesture that I would’ve cherished for an eternity and thought exquisitely tender just days or weeks ago. Simple things like hand-holding or chaste kisses had been forbidden to me. As were being wanted or feeling desire. I had long since accepted that I would never experience those things. 

Until him. 

I lifted my gaze from our joined hands, from that mouth that was already curving up on one side, hinting at a dimple in the right cheek, and from the slowly parting lips that revealed just a hint of fatally sharp fangs. 

His hair brushed the nape of his neck and toppled over his forehead, and the thick strands were such a deep shade of black, it often shone blue in the sunlight. With high and angular cheekbones, a straight nose, and a proud, carved jaw, he often reminded me of the large, graceful cave cat I had seen once in Queen Ileana’s palace as a child. Beautiful, but in the way all wild, dangerous predators were. My heart stammered as my eyes locked onto his, orbs a shade of stunning, cool amber. 

I knew I was staring at Hawke—

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Synopsis

Is Love Stronger Than Vengeance?

A Betrayal…


Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia. He wants her to fight him, and that’s one order she’s more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, but he will never have her.

 

A Choice….

Casteel Da’Neer is known by many names and many faces. His lies are as seductive as his touch. His truths as sensual as his bite. Poppy knows better than to trust him. He needs her alive, healthy, and whole to achieve his goals. But he’s the only way for her to get what she wants—to find her brother Ian and see for herself if he has become a soulless Ascended. Working with Casteel instead of against him presents its own risks. He still tempts her with every breath, offering up all she’s ever wanted. Casteel has plans for her. Ones that could expose her to unimaginable pleasure and unfathomable pain. Plans that will force her to look beyond everything she thought she knew about herself—about him. Plans that could bind their lives together in unexpected ways that neither kingdom is prepared for. And she’s far too reckless, too hungry, to resist the temptation.

 

A Secret…

But unrest has grown in Atlantia as they await the return of their Prince. Whispers of war have become stronger, and Poppy is at the very heart of it all. The King wants to use her to send a message. The Descenters want her dead. The wolven are growing more unpredictable. And as her abilities to feel pain and emotion begin to grow and strengthen, the Atlantians start to fear her. Dark secrets are at play, ones steeped in the blood-drenched sins of two kingdoms that would do anything to keep the truth hidden. But when the earth begins to shake, and the skies start to bleed, it may already be too late.

About Jennifer L. Armentrout 

#1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. She spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Border Jack Apollo. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications.  Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was an Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over a hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more.

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Pack Rule #5: Happy mate, happy fate.

Wolf Ranch: Fierce by Vanessa Vale & Renee Rose

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Pack Rule #5: Happy mate, happy fate. Fate has it in for me. She’s sent me the sassiest, strong-willed female imaginable. Wolf Ranch’s new veterinarian. A human who thinks I do everything wrong. Thinks she knows large animals better than I do. And who doesn’t want anything to do with me. But I knew the first time I caught her scent she belonged to me. So I’ll show her a large animal. One she can’t resist. Or at least one who can’t resist her. I’ll prove she doesn’t know everything about four-legged beasts. Especially not the fiercest ones who stalk their prey in the night. Especially not one determined to prey on her. Me.

About the Authors: USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RENEE ROSE is a naughty wordsmith who writes kinky romance novels. Named Eroticon USA’s Next Top Erotic Author in 2013, she has also won The Romance Reviews Best Historical Romance, and Spanking Romance Reviews’ Best Historical, Best Erotic, Best Ageplay and favorite author. She’s hit #1 on Amazon in the Erotic Paranormal, Western and Sci-fi categories. She also pens BDSM stories under the name Darling Adams. To receive FREE Renee Rose books, click here. Website: http://www.reneeroseromance.com/ Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5895073.Renee_Rose Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reneeroseromance Instagram: http://instagram.com/reneeroseromance

Vanessa Vale is the USA Today bestselling author of sexy romance novels, including her popular Bridgewater historical romance series and hot contemporary romances. With over one million books sold, Vanessa writes about unapologetic bad boys who don't just fall in love, they fall hard. Her books are available worldwide in multiple languages in e-book, print, audio and even as an online game. When she's not writing, Vanessa savors the insanity of raising two boys and figuring out how many meals she can make with a pressure cooker. While she's not as skilled at social media as her kids, she loves to interact with readers.

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Title: Brutus

Series: Immortal Matchmakers, Inc. #6

Author: Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Genre: Paranormal Romantic Comedy

Release Date: August 25, 2020

Blurb

From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes BRUTUS, a Paranormal Romantic Comedy that will surely cause evil vampires to kidnap the author.

Can the World’s Toughest Immortal Warrior Win the Heart of the World’s Toughest Immortal Woman?

Brutus is not your average immortal warrior. He leads the gods’ army, he’s tough as nails, and his mind is so powerful, he no longer speaks to communicate with his men. Some call him telepathic; he just calls it being a badass.

But despite the many bloody battles and hard-won victories, this is one mission he’s not so sure about. There is a plague sweeping the immortal world. Gods, vampires, incubi—no one is safe, except for those with mates, and sadly, there just aren’t enough women to go around.

To keep the gods’ army intact, ready to protect the human world, Brutus must convince a group of ancient female warriors, located deep in the Amazon jungle, to return home with him, and…well…go on dates with his men.

But when the toughest, meanest, man-hating, sexiest woman of the group catches his eye, all he can think about is conquering her heart.

WARNING: This book contains a smokin’ hot immortal warrior looking for his forever love, a randy invisible unicorn, and bad, bad, such bad language. Okay, and some sex. Fine, yes! Lots of sex! And a kitten, a bit of violence, a man who loves knitting, mannibalism, unruly deities, Mayan priests who babysit animals, a naked goddess who wears a bee bikini, leather pants (for men), a very randy ghost who’s desperate for her HEA, anecdotes about evil mermen, a BIG plot twist even the author didn’t see coming, and a ton of romancy kind of stuff.

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MIMI JEAN PAMFILOFF is a New York Times bestselling author who’s sold over one million books around the world. Although she obtained her MBA and worked for more than fifteen years in the corporate world, she believes that it’s never too late to come out of the romance closet and follow your dreams.

Mimi lives with her Latin lover hubby, two pirates-in-training (their boys), and their three spunky dragons (really, just very tiny dogs with big attitudes) Snowy, Mini, and Mack, in the vampire-unfriendly state of Arizona.

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ONE WEEK UNTIL WE'RE TAMED! Tamed by Alison Aimes will be live on September 1st.

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“Talk or suffer the consequences.”

Ruthless warrior Grif McIntyre is known for his brutal interrogation techniques, a skill he learned much too young from a monster even more savage than him. Still, Grif’s skills with ropes, restraints, and unbearable pleasure are unrivaled. His methods merciless, but effective. Tasked with capturing and breaking a critical target in order to rescue a handful of missing females, he assumes the mission will be no different from the others that have come before.

But the female he captures is not what he expects.

Captured and chained by a beast more terrifying than any she has seen before, Nayla is certain her already difficult life has just gotten worse. The brute’s mannerisms and grunts are strange, his demands terrifying and against the traditions of her pack. Even worse is the way he handles her. As if he has the right. As if she is not tainted and unworthy. As if he believes what he is doing is punishment. In truth, the searing heat he brings to life with his rough touches, and the growing lust in his gaze, is all she has ever craved.

She would be content to suffer his torment forever, but he wants information she cannot afford to give.

Soon, it is only a question of who will break first.

TAMED, Book 4 in The Condemned Series, is an action-packed, smoking hot standalone SciFi romance about two people from different worlds who are more alike in their desires than they could ever imagine. While the hero and heroine deal with unequal power dynamics and rope play, pleasure is always the name of the game. This is a HOT read and a wild ride for those who like an edgier adventure.

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Alison Aimes is the award-winning author of the sexy sci-fi romance series the Condemned as well as the sizzling contemporary romance Billionaire Bad Boys series.

A romance junkie with a PhD in Modern History, she's an all over the map kind of woman who has always had a love for dramatic stories and great books, no matter the era. Now, she's creating her own stories full of intrigue and passion, but always with a happy-ever-after ending.

She lives in Maryland with her husband, two kids, and her dog. When not in front of the computer, she can be found hanging with family and friends, hiking, trying to turn herself into a pretzel through yoga, listening to a fabulous TED talk, or, last but not least, sitting on the couch imagining her characters' next great adventures.

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First came the director yelling, “Action! Next came the actual acting. Last came . . . the end scene.Or at least, that was what I liked to call my job as a publicist to Hollywood’s elite. If my client hit it big, I was the one who’d made that possible. And while being on call twenty-four seven meant I was chronically single, I was fine with that. I’d been in a serious relationship once and had ultimately discovered that I wasn’t cut out for commitment or being tied down or living in a small town.I needed lights and excitement, paparazzi and enough traffic that the air always smelled faintly of exhaust.I definitely didn’t need one Aaron Weaver—my ex-boyfriend and current occupant of my former home and very, very small town in Utah—tying me down or making me feel like the world’s biggest jerk, just because I wanted my life to be something more than open fields and cow patties. But then I had to leave L.A. and go home to my father, to my small town . . . to Aaron. And I discovered there might be much more to him than I’d ever expected. In fact, I discovered that I might have missed out on the best end scene of my life by letting him go at all.

About the Author: USA Today bestselling author, Elise Faber, loves chocolate, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and hockey (the order depending on the day and how well her team -- the Sharks! -- are playing). She and her husband also play as much hockey as they can squeeze into their schedules, so much so that their typical date night is spent on the ice. Elise is the mom to two exuberant boys and lives in Northern California. Connect with her in her Facebook group, the Fabinators or find more information about her books at www.elisefaber.com. Connect with Elise! Website: https://www.elisefaber.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elisefaberauthor/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/elisefaber Twitter: https://twitter.com/faberelise Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bdnmEj Bookbub: http://bit.ly/2Ilspyd

Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston

 

5 Stars

Honey badger Livy Kowalski doesn’t have patience for idiots.  As a photographer she always has a camera in front of her until her father’s funeral. Since the funeral she’s lost her muse and then she has to deal with her family.  When Vic asks her to break into an apartment again, she agrees and discovers a secret that will bring the shifter world to their knees.

I loved this story so much.  There was one scene where Livy is jousting shifter cats to work off her aggression and Vic was livid, but he dealt with it.  It was one of the funniest scenes I’ve read or listened too in a while.  I loved seeing how the honey badgers found out where their man was and got to him.  It was hilarious how much the other shifters feared the collection of honey badgers.  One of the best books I’ve read by Shelly Laurenston.

Audio Book

Charlotte Kane is the best narrator ever.

Book 9 Pride

Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

 

3.5 Stars

Toni Jean-Louis Parker is the eldest sister to a family full of prodigal jackals.  She has spent her life making sure they are cared for and get what they need.  When she takes a job working for a family friend negotiating a contract for the hockey team to play against Russian bears.  Ricky Lee Reed thinks hanging around Toni the fun will come to him and it does.  They are both up for a no strings affair until things take a turn to the more serious.  Toni’s family is threatened, and Ricky’s employer is hired to keep the kids safe.  However, when one is kidnapped by someone close, they will tear the world apart looking for him.

This book had a good idea and for the most part a good story, but it does seem a little slow in the middle.  There were times I wanted it to hurry up and get to the point already.  I liked Ricky a lot, but Toni frustrated me some of the times with her whining.  Ricky helps level that out and by the end she is better.  I liked seeing the old characters come into play and the introduction of new characters.  It was still worth reading just a bit slow to get to the point.

Audio Book

Charlotte Kane did an amazing job on the story.  She gets 5 stars from me for her job giving each character a voice.

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The Wedding Date Disaster by Avery Flynn

4 Stars

Hadley needed a wing-man to go home with her to her sister’s wedding.  She needed a buffer from the cut-throat games her family will force her to play.  Her wing-man was supposed to be her BFF Web.  However, the man off the plane is his evil twin Will.  Will has never liked Hadley and is determined to prove Hadley is money hungry woman only out interested in Web because of the zeros in his bank account.  Instead he finds a woman who doesn’t match with his views.  Will needs to figure out which is the real Hadley before it’s too late.

I really liked this story.  It has some of the same characters that are in some other series Avery Flynn has written.  The pacing in the story is spot on.  There aren’t any lags and it runs pretty smooth from beginning to the end.  I enjoyed Will getting his comeuppance at the end.  I also loved that you get an epilogue at the end so you see where the characters are going to be in the future.  Here’s hoping there will be more books with some of these characters.

Booked for Murder by R.J. Blain

 

2.5 Stars

Janette signed a life contract with Bradley to be his bodyguard/driver.  After a debilitating car accident, she goes on the run in violation of her life contract.  She starts over as a librarian.  When her new life comes crashing down around her with the assassination of a senator outside the library her old life comes back with a bang.  Bradley is investigating the assassination of elected officials when he finds his long lost bodyguard.  They will need to work together to find out who the killer is.

This book was literally an introduction to the characters and the mystery and absolutely nothing else.  Going to break this down by issues.

Mystery: There was no suspects.  The killer was introduced before the book started.  Janette came in after the murder had already happened.  The killer doesn’t make another appearance until the very end of the book.  Literally there is just talk about the assassinations but no progress in the mystery at all by the end.

Romance: There isn’t any.  The book alludes to Janette being in love with Bradley but not able to be with him because of her job until they reconnect several years later.  Then all of a sudden, they are engaged to protect Janette if a bill is passed that would put her in the military.  You don’t have to have sex scenes to write a good story, but I would like to have some kind of wooing.

World Building: Nonexistent.  There doesn’t have to be a massive dump but some idea of how things will work in this world would be nice.  What makes people be Adept.  Is it genetic or an anomaly?  How does testing and Life Contracts work?  Are there protections in place for people after testing?  Nothing is really explained. 

The next book isn’t even scheduled to come out yet.  The next one is said to be coming out end of 2021 or beginning of 2022.  There is also supposed to be five in the series so if I have to wait for it to conclude it will be a while to see where the series is actually going.  Why would I invest more time and energy in this series?  It is getting to the point that I am not reviewing R.J. Blains books positively.  Not every book is for everyone, but I should have more books be positive than negative and not feel like I’m struggling through the book.  This book took days to finish because I was so bored with the story that I kept putting it down to do something else.  This does not make for a good book.  Read at your own risk.

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