Burying the Dead

 Welcome to my review for Burying the Dead: An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries

Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery

My thoughts 

Rating: 4 

Would I recommend it? Yes, in fact some of my friends have already added it to their wishlist.

Would I read more by this author? 

Yes

First off I want to say huge  thank you to the publisher Pen & Sword , the author Lorraine Evans and to NetGalley for letting me request it as well as letting me read and review it, because as soon as I saw it on NetGalley I was like yes please because I love reading anything that deals with Archaeological History. And this book was everything I was hoping it would be , it was well researched and written, it was a gripping read from start to finish, and while it might not be for everyone, its perfect for the ones who love this type of book. It goes into detail of the types of burial as well as the history and the author has a way of bring it to life. 

Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery. Twelve skeletons were unearthed by archaeologists, ten without skulls, later examination of the skeletons revealed that their owners were all subjected to judicial execution by decapitation, one of which required several blows.

Similar fates have befallen other wretched souls, the undignified burial of suicides - in the Middle Ages, the most profound of sins - and the desecration of their bodies, go largely unrecorded. Whilst plague pits, vast cemeteries where victims of the Black Death were tossed into the ground, their bodies festering one on top of another, are only today betraying their secrets.

Although unpalatable to some, these burial grounds are an important part of our social heritage. They have been fashioned as much by the people who founded and used them, as by the buildings, gravestones and other features which they contain. They are records of social change; the symbols engraved upon individual memorials convey a sense of inherent belief systems, as they were constructed, adapted or abandoned depending on people’s needs.

Burying the Dead explores how these attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone continual change. By studying the development of society’s funerary spaces, the author will reveal how we continue to reinforce our relationships with the dead, in a constant and on-going effort to maintain a bond with them.

Blue Sky Cowboy Christmas

 Welcome to my Christmas Spotlight tour for Blue Sky Cowboy Christmas which is been hosted by Sourcebooks Casablanca 

Blue Sky Cowboy Christmas

by Joanne Kennedy

Publication Date: 9/29/2020

There’s no place like home…

Weary from a long deployment, Griff Bailey has been dreaming of a quiet

Christmas on his father’s ranch. But all his hopes of peace are upended

when he finds his one-time fling, Riley James, has moved in.

Riley swore off dark, dangerous men a long time ago, but Griff’s emotional scars pull at her

heartstrings, and she desperately wants to help him heal despite their complicated past.

It’ll take a miracle for these two stubborn former lovers to open themselves up again, but isn’t

that what Christmas is all about?

Joanne Kennedy is the RITA-nominated author of ten contemporary Western romance novels.

The first book in her Decker Ranch trilogy, How to Handle a Cowboy, was named one of

Booklist’s “Best Romances of the Decade.” She lives with her retired fighter pilot husband in a

secret mountain hideout on the Wyoming border.

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Joanne Kennedy is the RITA-nominated author of ten

contemporary

Western romance novels. The first book in her Decker

Ranch trilogy,

How to Handle a Cowboy, was named one of Booklist’s “

Best Romances of the Decade.”

She lives with her retired fighter pilot husband in

a secret

mountain hideout on the Wyoming border.

Author Website: https://joannekennedybooks.com/

The Best Cowboy Christmas Ever

 Welcome to my Christmas spotlight tour which is been hosted by Sourcebooks Casablanca 

I am so happy to share one of my favorite cookie recipes. I wrote a cookbook for my family to preserve several generations of our favorite family recipes. I usually make the cookies at night and wake up to this great fragrance throughout the house. You mix them up, pop in the oven, turn off the oven and leave them until morning. Enjoy.

~June Faver

 

Forgotten Cookies 

3 egg whites

3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1-1/2 cups white sugar

3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cover 2 cookie sheets with aluminum foil.

Beat egg whites until very frothy. Add cream of tartar and salt. Beat until very stiff.

Add sugar slowly by teaspoonfuls. Beat until glossy.

Fold in vanilla and chocolate chips. (chopped nuts, if desired)

Drop by spoonfuls onto foil covered baking sheets. Place in the oven and TURN OFF HEAT. DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR TO PEEK.

Next day-peel away foil and place in an airtight container.

The Best Cowboy Christmas Ever

by June Faver

Publication Date: 9/29/2020

Enjoy a down-home Texas cowboy Christmas!

When handsome town sheriff Derrick Shelton meets Angelique Guillory

and her young daughter at the Garrett ranch, he is immediately drawn to

the woman who seems to desperately need a true family Christmas.

Determined to erase the shadows from her eyes, he decides to give her

the best holiday she’s ever had.

Angelique Guillory is a woman with a past, haunted by violence and searching for the family she

never knew. When she and her little daughter find their way to the Garrett family and meet

Derrick, she hopes to have finally found a safe haven.

But Angelique is still looking over her shoulder. Despite her doubts, with a little Christmas

magic and the warmth of the Garretts, Angelique may find more love and acceptance than she

ever thought possible.

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June Faver loves Texas, from the Gulf coast to the panhandle, from the Mexican border to the Piney Woods. Her novels embrace the heart and soul of the state and the larger-than-life Texans who romp across her pages. A former teacher and healthcare professional, she lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country.

Author Website: https://www.junefaver.com/

Promises in the Dark

 Welcome to my blog tour for Promises in the Dark which is been hosted by Bookouture 

Title: PROMISES IN THE DARK

Author: DK Hood

PUBLICATION DAY: 25/11/20

**Each Kane and Alton book can be read as part of the series or as a standalone*

My thoughts

Rating: 5

Series: Detectives Kane and Alton book 10# 

Note: Can either be read as part of the series or as a standalone.

Would I recommend it ? Yes 

Would I read more of this series? Yes, in fact I've got a few a few of this series left to read .

Would I read more by this author? Yes, 

First off I want to say huge  thank you to the publisher Bookouture,   the author D.K. Hood , and to NetGalley for inviting me to join the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it.Because for one Bookouture is one of my all time favorite publishers for thrillers and second as soon as I saw that they had announced this book on their facebook page Bookoutre Anonymous I knew I was going to request it, even though I've only read so far one book from this series , that one book  has me hooked on this series, and other thing is I love reading about 2 of my all time favorite characters in any series and that's  Kane and Alton . Plus I love how their town always seems to be a heaven  for series killers , and the way the author writes about the town makes it sound like its a nice place but not a place I would want to either live or visit. For me this series is also great because I can get lost in the story and set back and just read .

**Each Kane and Alton book can be read as part of the series or as a standalone*

Title: PROMISES IN THE DARK

Author: DK Hood

 PUBLICATION DAY: 25/11/20

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The young girl pushes against the backseat of the family sedan, fighting to free herself from the crude ties restricting her hands and feet. As the car speeds towards the edge of town, she looks back at her family home, and watches in horror as it is suddenly engulfed in a mass of flames. Trembling with fear, she turns towards the driver and hears only laughter. She knows that the worst is yet to come..

Detective Jenna Alton surveys the charred remains of the large suburban home, stopping to pause at the three lifeless bodies of the Woods family. Jenna knows she’s looking for a serial killer, but her priority is finding the missing teenage daughter last seen on the night of the inferno.

 

Days later, Sophie Wood’s body is discovered floating in a shallow pool of crystal-clear water—known locally as Dead Man’s Drop—but Jenna still doesn’t know who would target the quiet family in such a brutal attack Delving into the family’s past, she makes a shocking discovery—a link between the killer and someone connected to her deputy David Kane. If Jenna is right and the killer is back and seeking revenge, then she must act fast to keep her deputy safe.

 

When another girl is taken, Jenna and David follow the trail into a network of underground caves on the outskirts of town. With little time before the killer claims his next victim, they race into the pitch-black tunnels, unsure whether they have just walked into the killer’s trap. Can they find the girl in time and escape the caves without the killer chasing them down?

Author Bio:

 

I've always had a wicked sense of humour and was the kid who told the ghost stories around the campfire. I am lucky to have family all over the world and have spent many vacations in places from Paris France to Montana USA and Australia. I use the wonderful memories from these visits to enhance my stories.
My interest in the development of forensic science to solve crime goes back many years. I enjoy writing crime, mystery and thrillers. With many stories, waiting for me to write I'll look forward to sharing many spine-tingling stories with you.

D.K. Hood is an active member of International Thriller Writers.

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Just Like This

 Welcome to my blog tour for Just Like This

Rian Falwell has a problem.And his name is Damon Louis.

My thoughts

Rating: 4

Series: Albin Academy #2

Genre: LGTBQ+ romance 

Would I recommend it ? Yes

Would I read more of this series ? Yes 

Would I read more by this author? Yes

First off I want to say thanks to Carina Press (Carina Adores)-HARLEQUIN - Carina Press for the invite to read and review it as well as the invite to join their blog tour and also to say thanks to Netgalley for letting me read it as well. Now on to my thoughts about the story : A sexy, sweet and just all around lovely MM romance that brings to live the characters as well as the setting, and I loved how this was an  enemies to lovers trope between  the art teacher Rian Falwell and football coach Damon Louis, and what made it work was how the characters was written in a way that the author shows she's not afraid to show that both have insecurities about relationships and love in general, as well as family issues and to make it work they have to break down each other’s walls and  no matter how hard it is their strong enough to fight for each other

Title: Just Like This

Author: Cole McCade

Series: Albin Academy, #2

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Imprint: Carina Press (Carina Adores)

On Sale: November 24, 2020

Format: Trade Paperback

Price: $14.99 U.S.

ISBN: 9781335200907

And his name is Damon Louis.

Rian's life as the art teacher to a gaggle of displaced boys at Albin Academy should be smooth

sailing—until the stubborn, grouchy football coach comes into his world like a lightning strike

and ignites a heated conflict that would leave them sworn enemies if not for a common goal.

A student in peril. A troubling secret. And two men who are polar opposites but must work

together to protect their charges.

They shouldn't want  each other. They should't even like each other.

Yet as they fight to save a young man from the edge, they discover more than they thought

possible about each other—and about themselves.

In the space between hatred, they find love.

And the lives they have always wanted…

Just like this.

Carina Press Blog Tour Program: Just Like This by Cole McCade

Title and Author Details

 Just Like That by Cole McCade (available now!)

 Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters (available now!)

 Better Than People by Roan Parrish (available now!)

 The Secret Ingredient by KD Fisher (available now!)

 Teddy Spenser Isn’t Looking for Love by Kim Fielding (coming December 29, 2020)

 The Beautiful Things Shoppe by Philip William Stover (coming January 26, 2021)

 Our Level Best by Roan Parrish (coming February 23, 2021)

 Learn to Knit in Nine Months or Less by Hettie Bell (coming March 30, 2021)

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About Cole McCade

Cole McCade is a New Orleans-born Southern boy without the Southern accent, currently

residing somewhere in Seattle. He spends his days as a suit-and-tie corporate consultant and

business writer, and his nights writing contemporary romance and erotica that flirts with the

edge of taboo—when he’s not being tackled by two hyperactive cats.

He also writes genre-bending science fiction and fantasy tinged with a touch of horror and

flavored by the influences of his multiethnic, multicultural, multilingual background as Xen. He

wavers between calling himself bisexual, calling himself queer, and trying to figure out where

“demi” fits into the whole mess—but no matter what word he uses he’s a staunch advocate of

LGBTQIA and POC representation and visibility in genre fiction. And while he spends more time

than is healthy hiding in his writing cave instead of hanging around social media, you can

generally find him in these usual haunts:

 Website & Blog: http://blackmagicblues.com/

 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisblackmagic

 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xen.cole

 Tumblr: https://thisblackmagic.tumblr.com/

 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisblackmagic/

 BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/cole-mccade

 Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/ColeMcCadeBooks

Excerpt

Rian Falwell had a problem.

And that problem was currently staring at him through a messy tangle of black hair, from

beneath a brow dotted with gleaming beads of sweat that—beneath the glassy afternoon

light streaming through the windows—turned to glistening motes of amber against dusky

brown skin.

Honestly, if Damon Louis was going to come barging into Rian’s studio like this…

He could at least have the decency to wear a shirt.

The P.E. teacher took up far too much space inside the tiny cubicle of a studio, his

shoulders so broad they had almost touched both sides of the door frame as he’d stalked

inside. He looked as if he’d just stepped out of the gym, with his wide, sculpted, scar-rippled

chest glazed in a sheen of sweat and a pair of loose black track pants hanging off his

hips, the elastic waistband barely clinging to the narrow line cut below his iliac crest. His

shoulder-length tumbles of dark hair clumped together, completely drenched, droplets

dangling from the tips.

But as overheated as Damon looked?

His dark brown eyes were completely cold—glossed to reflective ice as he folded thick,

brawny arms over his chest and took a slow look around the cluttered space of Rian’s

studio.

Rian could track the line of his gaze—starting with the gloppy pile of clay on his pottery

wheel; a pile that would eventually become a vase, but right now was just misshapen lumps

of gray.

Then to the thin sheets of handmade papyrus parchment drying on a clothesline strung

across the room, pulped and pressed from the fallen early autumn leaves of the trees

around Albin Academy, an experiment Rian had been quite pleased with when it resulted in

fine paper with a green-gold translucent fragility, flecked with bits of brown from the leaves’

veins and stems.

Next, the many half-finished canvases propped about on their easels, slashed with angry,

bold strokes of paint in abstract designs.

The anatomical diagrams pinned to the walls.

And the extra large sketchbook left open on his worktable, displaying loose, light

sketches of male bodies in motion, focused on capturing the flow of sinew in the turn of the

waist, the tightening of an arm as it drew back, the extension of the body and curve of the

spine during a long, lazy reach.

Damon’s eyes lingered longest on that one, his dark, expressive brows rising fractionally,

almost mockingly—and Rian’s face burned.

All of these were his personal projects, all unfinished, but still things he put everything he

had into.

So why was this stone-faced, unsmiling jerk standing here looking over them like he was

about to assign Rian a failing score?

What was he even doing here at all?

Those dark brown eyes snapped back to him as if Damon had somehow heard the

question snarling in the back of Rian’s mind.

“So,” Damon drawled, and Rian realized this was the first time he’d actually heard Damon

speak in his three years at Albin Academy, rather than noncommittal affirmative mutters

during staff meetings. His voice was deep, raw, gritty, with a subtle pull to it that didn’t quite

seem to echo typical New England accents around Massachusetts. “I thought this was

some kinda broom closet. Chambers and Walden know you’re using it for…” He tilted his

head. A damp ripple of hair fell across the refined sharpness of his cheekbone, the tip

practically licking at the corner of his wide, full, stern-set mouth. “…this?”

Rian tensed.

More at the implied scorn dripping from this than at the fact he’d been…uh…

Caught using school grounds for unauthorized purposes.

He doubted Principal Chambers and Assistant Principal Walden would particularly care.

Especially when Rian had been using the storeroom as a studio since he’d been hired, and

no one had really noticed—though considering Lachlan Walden had only been hired last

semester, the assistant principal had more things to worry about than one rogue art teacher

moving a few brooms.

So Rian drew himself up, lifting his chin as he reached for the wet rag hanging from the

edge of his wheel and began wiping the thick patina of clay from his hands, peeling off the

cold, clinging layer.

“My broom closet,” he said firmly. “Attached to my classroom. I’m allowed to use it as I

deem necessary as long as it’s for educational purposes.”

This…counted…technically.

He was the art teacher.

Double Deceit

 Welcome to my review of Double Deceit

Her world explodes when her

husband is found dead at a holiday park during a weekend

getaway

My thoughts

Rating: 4

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

First off I want to say huge  thank you to the publisher  BooksGoSocial, the author Julienne Brouwers , and to NetGalley for letting me read it as well as review it.I do have to say that it does start off with a ban and that its non stop from the very start of it, its the kind of book that makes you set and read as well make you ask the question do we really know anyone as well as we think we do.Its full of twist and turns that also keeps you wanting to know more about the characters as well as finding out who done it and why , or if Jennifer really did have something to do with the murder of her husband . Plus it also makes you question just how good is use of forensics and are there ways to make it better, so if you like a who done it, then you need to cheek this out for yourselves. 

Double Deceit

by Julienne Brouwers 

Jennifer Smits is a young mother, married to a hotshot lawyer

and living in Amsterdam. Her world explodes when her

husband is found dead at a holiday park during a weekend

getaway. Convinced that the police have failed in their

investigation, she embarks on a desperate quest for the truth -

but the deeper she digs, the more she gets enmeshed in a

tangled web of lies, spun by a ruthless law firm.

As Jennifer's search for answers intensifies, her grip on reality

weakens. Barely able to manage her patients at the health

clinic, or take care of her young son, Jennifer is at risk of losing

it all – even her closest friends begin to desert her. And then a

chance encounter with a charming stranger sparks a new chain

of events that plunges her deeper into a world of threats and

corruption. Soon, she begins to fear for her life - but who can

she trust, and how far will she go in pursuit of the truth?

This is a gripping, addictive thriller that will make you question everything, including the flaws of

forensics. Could we all be framed for a murder we didn’t commit?

Night Train to Paris

 Welcome to my blog tour for Night Train To Paris been hosted by Bookouture 

Who would want to murder her dearest friend?

My thoughts

Rating: 4

Series:A Fen Churche Mystery #2

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more of this series ? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

First off a huge thank you to the publisher Bookouture,the author Fliss Chester and Netgalley for inviting me to join the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it . Now here is where I would list why I loved and enjoyed a book so much but there is only one reason for this one and to me that's the biggest one to have to pick up a book and that's how the author makes you feel while reading it, as well as the characters, the fashions , the descriptions of Paris, the buildings, the people, the food, and the beautiful scenery that came to life to with each turn of the page.

Book Description:

Meet Fen Churche, as she steps off the night train with the sun rising over Paris. Cat whisperer, crossword puzzler... accidental detective?

Autumn, 1945. Fen cannot wait to see her beloved godmother Rose, who has invited Fen to stay with her in the city of lights. As she arrives, Fen is dreaming of strolls by the Seine, taking tea at the Eiffel Tower and above all French feasts with Rose where they can trade stories of how they survived the terrifying war years.

But Fen has barely made friends with Rose’s bad-tempered poodle when she returns to the apartment to find her godmother murdered, a paintbrush stuck in her neck. Suddenly Fen is thrown into the middle of a truly puzzling mystery. Who on earth would want to murder Rose, a gentle artist and generous friend?

A blackmail letter convinces Fen that the police have got everything wrong and Fen knows she has to solve the case just like one of her crosswords, one clue at a time. As she meets her godmother’s friends, she makes a surprising discovery: Rose was part of the Resistance during the war…

When a second body turns up, another of Rose’s wartime contacts, Fen must act fast. But as the killer turns their sights on Fen, does she have what it takes to solve this mysterious murder and get justice for her darling godmother?

You won’t be able to put down this utterly addictive historical cozy mystery! The absolutely perfect treat if you love Agatha Christie, Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear.

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Author Bio:

Fliss Chester lives in Surrey with her husband and writes historical cozy crime. When she is not killing people off in her 1940s whodunnits, she helps her husband, who is a wine merchant, run their business. Never far from a decent glass of something, Fliss also loves cooking (and writing up her favourite recipes on her blog), enjoying the beautiful Surrey and West Sussex countryside and having a good natter. 

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Knight of Penn Quarter

 Welcome to my review of Knight of Penn Quarter

Following an undercover FBI sting operation that didn’t go as planned, 

My thoughts

Rating: 5

Series : Knights of the Castle #9- Series is now completed

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more of this series ? Yes , even though this one is completed next year in 2021 there will be a other one that fellows the Queens of the Castles .

Would I read more by this author? Yes

First off I want to say huge  thank you to the publisher Macro Publishing Group -Independent Publishers Group ,the authors Terri Ann Johnson, Michele Sims , and to NetGalley for inviting me to  inviting me to read and review this series, and I can't wait to see what they come up with next, because something tells me its going to be just as good as this one was and is, of course I still have the problem of choose which of the main hot male characters are and was my all time favorite , and you know what I've decide to keep them all.While I'ma sad this series ending , i can say that this was the perfect one to end with,  because the  story simply flowed with non stop action right from the very start, alone with  drama, and romance , and the characters themselves bright to life the very topic the story was about because you could feel their pain as well as their fear. 

   

Following an undercover FBI sting operation that didn’t go as planned, Agent Mateo Lopez is ready to put the government agency in his rearview mirror.

A confirmed workaholic, his career soared at the cost of his love life which had crashed and burned until mutual friends arranged a date with beautiful, sharp-witted, Rachel Jordan, a rising star at a children's social services agency.

Unlucky in love, Rachel has sworn off romantic relationships, but Mateo finds himself falling for her in more ways than one. When trouble brews in one of Rachel’s cases, he does everything in his power to keep her safe—even if it means resorting to extreme measures.

Will the choices they make bring them closer together or cost them their lives?

Germania: A Novel of Nazi Berlin

 Welcome to my review of Germania: A Novel of Nazi Berlin

 

he hunts for a serial killer through war-torn Nazi Berlin in Germania.

My thought

Rating: 4

Series:(Richard Oppenheimer #1

Would I recommend it ? Yes , to anyone that loves historical thrillers like I do

Would I read more of this series? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

First off I want to say huge  thank you to the publisher  Thomas Dunne Books-St. Martin's Press ,the author Harald Gilbers  and to NetGalley for inviting me to read and review it. As soon as I saw the email from St.Martin's , I knew that I was going to read it and that I might actually like it , because of two things , 1 for those that don't know me I love reading historical fiction, 2 I love reading about WW 2 or events that took place doing that time ,3 thrillers are one if not my all time favorite genre and when you combined those three things then you have a winner and will definitely have my attention. And this had all of those things because its a historical fiction thriller that takes place doing WW 2.Not only that but the author was able to bring that time period to life as well as the character, he has a way of making you feel what his characters are going though and seen them come to life.  

Germania: A Novel of Nazi Berlin

(Richard Oppenheimer #1)

by Harald Gilbers 

From international bestselling author Harald Gilbers comes the heart-pounding story of Jewish detective Richard Oppenheimer as he hunts for a serial killer through war-torn Nazi Berlin in Germania.

Berlin 1944: a serial killer stalks the bombed-out capital of the Reich, preying on women and laying their mutilated bodies in front of war memorials. All of the victims are linked to the Nazi party. But according to one eyewitness account, the perpetrator is not an opponent of Hitler's regime, but rather a loyal Nazi.

Jewish detective Richard Oppenheimer, once a successful investigator for the Berlin police, is reactivated by the Gestapo and forced onto the case. Oppenheimer is not just concerned with catching the killer and helping others survive, but also his own survival. Worst of all, solving this case is what will certainly put him in the most jeopardy. With no other choice but to futher his investigation, he feverishly searches for answers, and a way out of this dangerous game.

Any Rogue Will Do

 Welcome to my review of Any Rogue Will Do 

He ruined her reputation―now he's the only one who can save it.

My thoughts 

Rating: 4

Series: Misfits of Mayfair #1

Publisher : Forever

Pages: 352

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more of this series ? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

First off I want to say huge  thank you to the publisher Forever, the author Bethany Bennett , and to NetGalley for send me a copy of it as well as letting me read and review it .What can I say that would make you want to pick it up and give it a try for yourself , I could and will  say that it's its hot and steamy, that the story itself is  entertaining and witty with the perfect mix of swoon-worthy scenes. That the story is well-plotted and well-delivered in away that makes you want to set back and just read. That the story is enemies to lovers and if you love that kind of story then you have to give it a try.

He ruined her reputation―now he's the only one who can save it.

For exactly one season, Lady Charlotte Wentworth played the biddable female the ton expected―and all it got her was society's mockery and derision. Now she's determined to be in charge of her own future. So when an unwanted suitor tries to manipulate her into an engagement, she has a plan. He can't claim to be her fiancé if she's engaged to someone else. Even if it means asking for help from the last man she would ever marry.

Ethan, Lord Amesbury, made a lot of mistakes, but the one he regrets the most is ruining Lady Charlotte's reputation. He's older and wiser now, but his attraction to Lottie never wavered. Going along with her charade is the least he can do to clean the slate and perhaps earn her forgiveness. And, if he's lucky, her love

Mine to Keep

 Welcome to my review of Mine To Keep been hosted by Carina Press

She’s in way over her head.

My thoughts

Rating: 4

Series : NOLA Knights #3

Would I recommend it? Yes 

Would I read more of this series ? Yes in fact I actually read and review book 2 to this series and loved it just as much as I loved this one , so much so that I want to go back and read the first one

Would I read anything else by this author? Yes

First off I want to say huge  thank you to the publisher Carina Press-HARLEQUIN - Carina Press ,  the author Rhenna Morgan, and to NetGalley for inviting me to continue on with this series and letting me read and review it .This book had me hooked from the start and I thought my all time favorite male character was Kir ( from book 2 Hers to Tame ) but after reading this one I now think its Roman . This book had me laughing at some of the inter actions between Roman and  Bonnie and I loved the inter action Roman had between his brothers and their family, and there's just something about this author's writing that makes you fell in love with the story and her characters. 

She’s in way over her head.

Bonnie Drummond is from the wrong side of the tracks, raised in a family of liars and criminals. No matter how hard she tries to stay on the straight and narrow, she always finds herself sucked back into the family drama, forced to sacrifice everything she’s earned to protect her family.

But this time they’ve gone too far—crossed the wrong people—and to save them she’ll have to put her life on the line.

Roman Kozlov, enforcer for a New Orleans mafiya family, is the poster child for the life Bonnie is struggling to escape. But he’s also as alluring as he is dangerous, and it doesn’t take long for their lives to begin to mesh.

With Roman, Bonnie finds the family she never had.

As their race for answers heats up, so too does the budding romance between them. And with danger nipping at her heels and love threatening her heart, Bonnie must come face-to-face with her past if she wants to have a future.

NOLA Knights

Book 1: His to Defend

Book 2: Hers to Tame

Book 3: Mine to Keep

Her Mother's Grave

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My thoughts 

Ration : 5

Series: Detective Josie Quinn #3

Publisher : Grand Center Publishing 

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more of this series ? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

First off I want to say huge  thank you to the publisher Grand Center Publisher  the author Lisa Regan for send me a copy of it to read and review , as well as helping to find a new series to read . This is the first time I've read anything by this author and I'm now hooked on this series so much so that I want to to read the rest of the series. It had everything I want and love in a mystery which is  drama, action, suspense, and a little bit of romance, and characters that I fell in love with right from the start,  As for the story itself its  Solid, well written, entertaining,and kept me wanting to know what was going to happening next, as well as kept me on the edge of my set though out the book so much so that I finished it in a day . And the secrets , just when I thought I knew them ,more kept coming and each was more darker than the last one. Other big win for me was the  that I loved the constant pace as well as the  interactions between the team and the way the story was told , in a way that you got to see what life was life for Josie in the past and the present. And it shows just how strong Josie is . With that said I can't wait to read more of this series . 

Her Mother's Grave

(Detective Josie Quinn #3)

by Lisa Regan 

When two young boys discover human bones buried beneath a tree in a trailer park, Detective Josie Quinn races to join her team at the scene. She used to play in those woods as a child, happier outside and away from her abusive mother, Belinda Rose.

Josie’s past crashes into her present when a rare dental condition confirms the bones belong to a teenage foster-child who was murdered thirty years ago. A girl named Belinda Rose…

Josie hasn’t seen her mother in years but, with an undeniable connection between her mother and the dead girl, does she dare try to track her down?

Just as Josie gets closer to uncovering a secret that will shatter her world forever, another body is uncovered. It’s suddenly clear that someone very close to Josie will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried forever.

As she battles the demons from her past, can Josie stop this killer before another precious life is taken?

Ride the Tide

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With their lives on the line and the adrenaline running high, it's a foregone conclusion sparks will fly.

My thoughts

Rating: 4

Would I read recommend it? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

Would I read more of this series?Yes

First off I want to thank the publisher Sourcebooks Casablanca for inviting me to read and review it as well as inviting me to join in their blog tour and a big thanks to NetGalley as well, as soon as I saw the email I knew this was some thing I would pick up and read and just for the cover but the story itself , as soon as I started reading it I started felling for the characters and got lost in the story. Every time I said I was going to stop reading it I just couldn't the story had me hooked even though its book 3, which made me want to go back and read the first 2 as soon as I can, its well writing, with lots of action, featuring a tortured hero and a very special heroin, and the story comes to life before your very eyes. 

Ride the Tide

by Julie Ann Walker

Publication Date: 11/24/2020

Once a fighter, always a fighter...

Former Navy SEAL Mason McCarthy is done being a fighting man. Now he and the Deep Six Salvage crew are working feverishly to find the wreck of the Santa Cristina and its legendary sunken treasure. Unfortunately for Mason’s peace of mind, chatty, brilliant historian Alexandra Merriweather has joined the hunt and there’s no avoiding her. Alex is exactly the kind of distraction Mason can’t afford right now…or maybe ever.

When a murderous enemy from Mason’s past threatens the Deep Six, he must rely on old instincts and the skills he honed from years of running black ops to make sure nothing touches Alexandra. But with their lives on the line and the adrenaline running high, it’s inevitable that sparks will fly.

Julie Ann Walker is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Black Knights Inc. and the Deep Six romantic suspense series’. She has won or been nominated for numerous awards including a Top Ten Romance by Booklist and a Best Summer Read by Publishers Weekly. She lives in Chicago, IL.

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Excerpt::

Mason “Monet” McCarthy had a problem. 

She was five feet tall. Had curly red hair that was only fifty percent tamed under the best of conditions, and one hundred percent out of control this early in the morning. And she was sitting at  

a table by the window watching the multicolored ships of the shrimp fleet as they rocked precariously with the wave action out near the horizon while her fingers absently fiddled with the corner of a book. 

Oh, and she was also studiously ignoring him. 

She was wicked good at that last part. Was making a frickin’ hobby of it, as a matter of fact. Not that he could blame her, considering what she’d offered him. 

And what he’d turned down. 

Her name was Alexandra Merriweather. Alex for short, which was a ridiculously masculine moniker for such a tiny wisp of a woman. One with skin like porcelain, eyes the color of Colombian emeralds, and a laugh as sweet and tinkling as a music box. 

She was his problem because…well…he liked her. Like, liked her liked her. And if his cheating ho of a wife… Scratch that. Rewind… That would be his cheating ho of an ex-wife—had taught him anything, it was that he wasn’t fit to like a woman like Alex. 

Not anymore. 

All the years schlepping his ass through countless missions, maiming and killing in the name of the flag, had turned him into something…not normal. 

That was the phrase Sarah had used when he came home early to surprise her for her birthday, but instead found her screwing his ex-best friend in their marriage bed. Surprise! 

“What d’you expect, Mason?” Sarah’s expression had been so sincere. “You’re gone all the time, and when you’re here, you’re not normal.” 

Copy that. When it came to a life of violence, the effects were biological, physiological, and psychological. It was the price of being a warrior. 

So even though he’d been heartbroken by her betrayal, he’d never worked up much anger over it. Then and now, there was no way to deny the truth. Mason McCarthy was no longer capable of living an ordinary life with the house, the wife, and the two-point-three kids. 

The only reason he was sitting in this hotel bar now, a bona fide civilian, was because of a deathbed promise he and the rest of his teammates had made to Rusty Lawrence, the eighth man in their SEAL unit. Barring that, Mason figured he would’ve kept on running and gunning until he found the bullet with his name on it. 

With a fingertip, he traced the scrolling black letters inked on the inside of his left forearm. For RL they read. Picturing Rusty’s craggy face, he tried to determine whether to curse the sorry sonofabitch or thank him for forcing them all to make that vow and wave their fond farewells to the navy. 

A call of “G’morning, asshole!” cut into his thoughts. Turning, he found Ray “Wolf” Roanhorse standing behind him. 

Since he’d yet to determine how good the morning was or wasn’t, Mason grunted his reply. Wolf, used to Mason’s wordless responses, bent to scratch Meat’s exposed belly. 

The fat English bulldog slept on his back beside Mason’s barstool, dick and balls on display for the entire breakfast crowd, and his snores nearly drowning out the cries of the seagulls coming in through the hotel’s open windows. 

Meat was the only thing Mason had taken from the divorce. He’d let Sarah have their restored three-decker in Southie, along with the furniture and all the minutia that went with a “normal” life. But Meat? Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but he’d have crossed hell with nothing but a bucket of ice water before he’d let her keep his dog. 

“A wise woman once said, ‘If you risk nothin’, you risk everythin’.’” With the unaffected ease that came with being supremely fit, Wolf settled himself onto the barstool next to Mason’s. 

The two of them had become instant friends when they’d been teamed up as swim partners way back in BUD/S—Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL—training. And through all the intervening years, Wolf had never run out of inspirational quotes. He fancied himself a scholar of the world’s philosophers and religions. 

There were times, including this one, when that could get damned annoying. 

Instead of answering, Mason kept quiet. He hoped his silence conveyed his wish for more coffee and less talk. 

“I said,” Wolf said louder, “a wise woman once—” 

“First off,” Mason muttered irritably, “what part of this face”—he pointed to his scowling mug—“makes you think I’m in the mood for morning convo?” 

“You’re never in the mood for conversation,” Wolf drawled, his Oklahoma accent making the words sound twice as long as they normally would. “Don’t matter what time of day it is.” 

“Second off,” Mason went on as if Wolf hadn’t spoken, “what’s that supposed to mean anyway? If you risk nothing, you risk everything?” 

“It means you should pull your head from your ass and go for it. Take her up on what she’s offerin’.” Wolf stuck a cocktail straw between his teeth and hailed the bartender to put in an order for a Bloody Mary. Hitching his chin toward Alex’s table, he added, “Come on, man. You know you want to.” 

Mason hadn’t been kidding when he said he wasn’t in the mood to talk. But he sure as shit wasn’t in the mood to talk about Alex and her heart-stopping offer. 

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Excerpted from Ride the Tide by Julie Ann Walker. © 2020 by Julie Ann Walker. Used with permission of the publisher, Sourcebooks Casablanca, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved.