The Missing Woman

 Welcome to my blog tour for The Missing Woman which is been hosted by Bookouture

They live in the big houses on the pretty street. Those other women, as we call them. And to think I used to want to be like them, to have their money and happiness, to live and laugh and play like them. Not any more.

My thoughts

Raring: 4

Would I recommend it ? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

First of I  want to say a  huge  thank you to the publisher  Bookouture,  the author  Georgina Cross , and to NetGalley for inviting me to join the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it.Right form the start I was hooked after reading just the prologue,and that helped set up the multiple twists and turns the story has. And it helped bring the characters to life as well as their dark secrets, because it seemed like everyone had something to hide and it made you question everything you thought you knew about them. As for the pace it wasn't to slow or fast in fact it was perfect , because it give you more time to learn more about the characters themselves and it helped set the story up every more so you could just set back and get lost in it , and not have to worry about anything . 

Title:  The Missing Woman

Publication Day: Jan 6th 2021

Author: Georgina Cross  

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Description:

They live in the big houses on the pretty street. Those other women, as we call them. And to think I used to want to be like them, to have their money and happiness, to live and laugh and play like them. Not any more.

It’s the fourth of July and the whole town is gathered at the local pool. Through the sweltering afternoon, we single mothers don’t mix with the other women––the ones with the perfect lives and happy marriages. Women like Sabine Miller. But when Sabine shoots me a desperate look across the water and suddenly disappears, my blood runs cold

 Running to the back gate, all I find is a silver charm bracelet she dropped on her way out. I convince myself I’m imagining things until Sabine’s husband Mark appears. When he realizes she’s missing, he phones the cops straight away. “Someone has been threatening Sabine,” he says. “Now they’ve kidnapped her.”

Hours later, I wish I’d run faster. The whole town is searching the streets, calling Sabine’s name over and over. On the TV, Mark is begging for someone to bring his wife home.

The truth is, I was the last person to see her alive––and it’s killing me inside. Now the cops are at my door asking questions. I’m terrified they’ll find out what happened years ago between me and Sabine. Something I’ve never told anyone

But I need to tell someone. Can you keep a secret?

From bestselling author Georgina Cross, the most exciting new voice in suspense, comes a twisted and unputdownable psychological thriller about the power and damage of secrets behind closed doors. Perfect for anyone who was totally hooked by The Wife Between Us, Big Little Lies or Gone Girl.

Author Bio:

Georgina Cross is the author of works of domestic suspense, psychological suspense, and thriller.

She is represented by Rachel Beck with Liza Dawson Associates with her suspense fiction appealing to readers of The Good Girl by Mary Kubica, The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle, The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth, and Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty.

Georgina has been writing since she was a child. Notebooks & floppy discs filled with stories: adventures growing up in New Orleans and tales from Malaysia & England where her family lives. After graduating from Louisiana State University, she pursued a career in marketing & communications and founded Susie's Wish non-profit which sends patients with life threatening illnesses to the beach. She spends time with her husband and their combined family of four sons watching plenty of scary movies and is thrilled to be a full-time author

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Special Ops Seduction

 Welcome to my blog tour for Special Ops Seduction which is been hosted by Berkley Publishing Group

She's the last woman he ever wanted to see again.

My thoughts

Rating:4

Series:Alaska Force #5

Author: Megan Crane

First off I want to say huge  thank you to the publisher Berkley Publishing Group , the author Megan Crane , and to NetGalley for inviting me to join the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it. As soon as I saw the invite to this I had to say yes, because its part of one of my favorite suspense romance series, so far of this series thanks to the publishers I've read and loved books 1 (SEAL's Honor ) and book 4 ( Delta Force Defender) and i know that this one was going to be just as good, because we once again get to go back to the small town of Grizzly Harbor and get to revisit
with Alaska Force to see what their getting into . Other thing I loved was this time around we got Jonas's story and his forever happiness with his love interest Bethan .What else can I say other than it was exciting, intense, suspenseful .

She's the last woman he ever wanted to see again...

After an official operation turned deadly, Jonas Crow began a new life in Grizzly Harbor with Alaska Force. But when fellow soldier Bethan Wilcox joins the group, she forces him to remember things he actively prefers to forget. That’s unforgivable enough. But now the two of them are forced together on a mission to uncover deadly secrets tied to their complicated past, and with the heat between them at a boil, forgiveness is the least of his worries...

And the only woman he needs.

Bethan Wilcox, one of the first women to make it through Army Ranger school, didn't join Alaska Force to deal with Jonas's foul temper. Or her own errant attraction to him. Thrown together in a race against the clock, they have to pretend to be a couple and play nice to throw the enemy off their scent. She knows better than to let their pretend love feel real...especially while time is running out.

Jonas has always been good at saving the world. But it’s Bethan he needs to save this time around—if she doesn’t save him first

Serial Killers at the movies

 Welcome to my review of Serial Killers at the movies 

First off I want to give a big thanks to the publisher Ad Lib, the author: Christopher Berry -Dee, as well as to NetGalley for letting me read and review it. Because as soon as I saw it on NetGalley I knew instantly I wanted to read it .And here's why :

Serial killers

Movies 

Two of my all time favorite things put together in a well written and informative book about both because the author knows his serial killers and it shows though out this book . So if your like me then you might want to give this one a try .

Walking the Edge

 welcome to my blog tour for Walking the Edge which is been hosted by Sourcebooks Casablanca

On the knife edge of danger in the streets of New Orleans, these rugged men call the Big Easy home, and they'll do whatever it takes to protect their own

My thoughts

Rating:4

Series:Danger in the Big Easy #1

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 Sourcebooks Casablanca , the author Sue Ward Drake, and to NetGalley for inviting me to join the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it. This is the first book by this author that I've read and I can say that I can't wait to read more of her, because of two reasons one its a romantic suspense which is one of my all time favorite types of romance genres to read, second its the first book in a new to me series, and third because its a story of family, betrayal, as well as vengeance; secrets and lies; retaliation, deception, power and control and a bit of romance added to the mix , what more could I ask for ,

Walking the Edge

by Sue Ward Drake

Publication Date: 12/29/2020

On the knife edge of danger in the streets of New Orleans, these rugged men call the Big Easy home, and they’ll do whatever it takes to protect their own.

Ex-army ranger Mitch Guidry never should have let his brothers talk him into joining them in the Big Easy. Particularly when they have him going head-to-head with the very last thing he needs: a feisty redhead who has more opinions than even his hard-headed brothers. Loyal and overprotective to a fault, Catherine Hurley will do everything she can to stop Mitch from finding her fugitive brother... and yet, he can't get enough of her.

Cath should be furious with the overbearing ex-ranger who shows up on her doorstep looking for her brother. Sure, Mitch Guidry is hotter than a Louisiana summer and pushes every one of her buttons, but he's also an immediate threat to her family, and family is everything to Cath. Unfortunately, the only way to save her brother is to stick to Mitch like glue. But sharing close quarters with him while they search for her missing brother together proves to be more than a little challenging…particularly when it comes to protecting her heart.

Sue Ward Drake takes you on a wild ride through the steamy streets of New Orleans in this action-packed, sexy romantic suspense!

Sue Ward Drake has lived in most of the different neighborhoods of New Orleans, including the French Quarter. She was forced to leave during hurricane Katrina, but still counts as friends a wide spectrum of the city’s inhabitants. Though she now resides minutes from the mountains, her heart will always belong to the Big Easy.

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Excerpt: Cath extended her hands to indicate the old city around her. “The French Quarter has been lived in for three hundred years. Some early inhabitants still linger. For you ghost doubters, I bet you’ll come away from our walk believing. At least a little.” The sound of pounding feet drew everyone’s attention to the man running toward them. She urged her customers closer to the entrance of Pere Antoine Alley, but the jogger stopped under a street lantern right in front of her. Her blood sizzled. She’d seen this tan windbreaker, this dark cap of hair, and the body probably capable of two hundred push-ups before breakfast. Exactly forty-five flipping minutes ago. Like metal to a magnet, her body veered into his force field until…his fierce gaze pinned her with a laser-tag blast. Cath staggered under the impact, the earlier butterflies fluttering back to life. He stood as still as the wrought iron fence behind him, his big hands hanging beside powerful thighs. For now. Any minute he could spring into action. Within seconds of busting into her apartment, he’d barged past her and pushed her brother against the stove. Then when Les bolted out the door, this guy had followed in a heartbeat. No. Back up the reel. They’d stared at each other for a Guinness-record-setting second then, and now his whole body seemed to hum like a live wire. He’d found her brother inside her house. Did that mean he could arrest her, too? Her throat closed up, and a clamp squeezed all the air from her lungs. She braced, waiting for him to grab her hands and lock on cuffs. A cough from one of her group jolted her. The clock on her two-hour ghost tour ticked away, and she had to make sure the travel website guy would have nothing but raves. “Listen…” Cath raised a finger to her lips. “If you’re quiet you can sometimes hear a man singing.” The tourists followed her down the flagstone walkway. She turned around to speak again but slammed her mouth shut. Of all the gall. The hunky bounty hunter stood front and center. The hard angles of his features cast a pattern of light and dark across his face, and danger flashed from him in neon lights. For one insane moment when his body had brushed hers in the apartment alley, she’d sensed he might kiss her like the prince waking up Sleeping Beauty. He’d awakened something, alright. Cath squared her shoulders and cleared her throat. “Excuse me, this is a paid tour.” “Is it too late to join?” His rich baritone melted into her hungry pores like chocolate sauce on a sundae. Days. Weeks. Months too late. Not for a minute did she believe him to be a rabid fan of haunted houses or an avid collector of ghost stories, but she needed all the dinero she could earn to pay for Les’s lawyer. She eyed the bounty hunter. “Would you like to buy a ticket?” “You take plastic?” His long—sensual—mouth lifted. The masculine assurance in his smile ought to send her back straight up. Instead, the heat coming off him poured into her private places. “Of course.” They conversed like polite strangers, not people who’d been forced to interact under extreme conditions. She wanted to know what had happened with her brother, but she couldn’t ask in the middle of her tour. “I didn’t say anything at the time, but you can pay now for your previous tour, if you like.” “My previous tour?” The confusion in his eyes disappeared when he realized she meant his bounty hunter visit to her apartment. He shrugged all friendly-like. “I can always contest the charge if it’s not correct.” Of course, he would. “Nah. Consider it lagniappe.” Cath turned to her tourists and explained the old New Orleans custom of grocers giving customers a little something extra. Handsome would likely never know if she charged more than normal, but she prided herself on running an ethical business. “What’s over is over.” Please. One eyebrow rose. “Are you sure about that?” Positive. She lowered her head to avoid the sight of his disturbing physique. “If you give me an email address, I’ll send you a receipt.” “No need. I’m good.” Good at his job? Good at flirting? Good in bed? Or all three. She handed back his credit card. “Nice to meet you, Mr. Mitchell Guidry.” “Mitch.” “I doubt we’ll ever be on a first name basis, Mr. Guidry.” “You underestimate me.” She was coming to see the truth in that. *** Excerpted from Walking the Edge by Sue Ward Drake. © 2020 by Sue Ward Drake. Used with permission of the publisher, Sourcebooks Casablanca, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved.

Secrets of a Serial Killer

 Welcome to my review of Secrets of a Serial Killer 

My thoughts

Rating : 5

Re read

Notes: its still one of my top 2020 books that I've read and here's why :

Dark and twisted 

Serial killer ( you can never go wrong with a book that has one in it if the character is real written and this one is )

A insane asylum ( that helps set the tone and setting of the story .)

And how the author wrote it also helps to bring the story together and makes the story come to life.

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates

 1st book for January done

Title: The Carrow Haunt

Author: Darcy Coates

Genre: Horror

Rating:5

Notes: Dark and twisted as well as creepy , the perfect book to read on a dark and stormy night , in or around October or just about any time you want a horror story.

Checks off the boxes

Characters stay the night in a haunted house

They get stuck there and can't leave

Ghost

Serial killer

Murder both in the past and the present

To find out how all this comes together , you have to read the book

Agent Under Siege

 Welcome to my blog tour for Agent Under Siege which is been hosted by Harlequin Intrigue

Can they outsmart a killer …who’s already escaped justice?

My thoughts

Rating: 4

Series : The Justice Seekers #2

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 Harlequin Intrigue- HARLEQUIN - Romance (U.S. & Canada), the author Lena Diaz , and to NetGalley for inviting me to join the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it.While this is the first time I've read anything by this author as well as this series I can say that I can't wait to read more by her as well as more of this series , it has everything I love when it comes to this type of romance series which is characters that play off one other really well, non stop action from  the very start, and characters that will make you laugh, twist and turns and a story line that will make you want to keep reading until the very end. 

AGENT UNDER SIEGE by Lena Diaz

Book Description: 

Can they outsmart a killer …who’s already escaped justice?

The Kentucky Ripper is in prison…or is he? When no one will help Teagan Ray find the man who really abducted her, former profiler Bryson Anton agrees to investigate. But soon their search takes two jolting turns—brutal attacks from a cunning suspect…and a powerful mutual attraction.

Price: $5.99

ON-sale date: 01/01/2020

ISBN: 9781335401489

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Excerpt for AGENT UNDER SIEGE by Lena Diaz Long before the shadow fell across the end of the dock and hovered over Bryson Anton’s wheelchair, he knew the man was there. Motion sensors and security cameras had made Bryson’s watch buzz against his wrist when the man parked his car in the driveway. More messages warned when the man crossed the back patio. And again, when he’d descended the gently sloping lawn that ended at the creek. Bryson didn’t care who was now standing behind him, as long as he didn’t have to engage in conversation. “Nice place,” the man’s voice rang out. “Probably one of the highest views in the Tennessee side of the Smoky Mountains. I’ll bet at night you can see nearly every light in downtown Gatlinburg from here.” Bryson sighed but didn’t turn around. “My former boss took pity on me after I got myself hurt on the job. He gave me a boatload of money, and I was selfish enough to take it and buy this property. But that doesn’t mean he can drop by any time he wants.” “I’m still your boss. I haven’t accepted your resignation.” “That’s not how it works, Mason. I resigned, whether you accept it or not. I’ll never be a Justice Seeker again. I’m not going back to Camelot. You and your knights of the round table are better off without a washed-up former profiler jacking up your investigations.” “Is that why you’re sitting out here drinking like a fish, because you think you jacked up everything?” “Something like that.” Bryson grabbed a can of beer from the cooler beside his wheelchair and popped the top. He took a deep long swallow, more to irritate his unwelcome visitor than because he wanted it. Mason retrieved a beer and eyed the label, then tossed it back unopened. “Fish biting?” “Do you see a fishing pole around here somewhere?” Bryson emptied his can in the water and dropped it on his lap before wheeling around. “Enjoy the view as long as you want. You paid for it.” He rolled his chair up the flagstone walkway toward the house. “Dalton and Hayley missed you at their wedding last week.” Mason fell into step beside him. “Yeah, well. I didn’t have time to learn the latest dance steps.” He stopped at the sliding glass doors and tossed the empty beer can in the recycle bin. When he reached for the door handle, Mason leaned past him and held it closed. Bryson swore. “What do you want from me?” “I want you to do your job. A new client came to Camelot yesterday. She specifically wants to hire you.” He scoffed. “You expect me to believe she asked for a washed-up former FBI agent to screw up her case so someone else will die? If she did, send her on over. I can accomplish that without lifting a finger.” Mason leaned back against the door. “That’s a heck of a guilty conscience you’re nursing. Or are you just feeling sorry for yourself?” He waved toward the wheelchair. “If you’d actually go to your physical therapy appointments instead of being a no-show half the time, you’d be out of that thing by now. Don’t look so surprised. I pay your insurance premiums. I see what’s billed. And there’ve been a surprising lack of medical invoices lately. You’ve given up, Bryson. The question is why?” “Why?” he gritted out. “Let me remind you that when I was the FBI’s golden boy, everyone treated my profiles like biblical text. So when I presented them with a profile for the Kentucky Ripper, they focused all their efforts on Avarice Lowe, the suspect at the top of my list. Meanwhile, Leviathan Finney—the real Ripper—was no longer under surveillance. To celebrate, he kidnapped and gutted another woman. Because of me, he was able to kill again.” “Because of you, the police were able to significantly narrow their list of suspects much faster than they could have otherwise. The choices they made after that weren’t your fault. Hell, Bryson. If it wasn’t for the work you did, it would have taken far longer to catch the Ripper and put him in prison.” “Tell that to the family of the last woman he killed.” Mason shook his head. “I hear someone anonymously sends money to the last victim’s family every month. While I admire the generosity and kindness of the gesture, that person is making payments on a debt he doesn’t owe. The only person responsible for that woman’s death is the man who killed her—Leviathan Finney.” Bryson fisted his hands on the arms of the wheelchair. “Are we about done here? It’s getting late.” “Big plans tonight?” “I have to wash my hair.” Mason let out a deep sigh. “Just explain one thing, then I’ll go. Why now? You left the FBI over three years ago and started working for me as one of the Justice Seekers. Why is the Ripper case bothering you again after all this time?” Bryson stared at him incredulously. “Bothering me again? It never stopped bothering me. But I tried to make something good from the bad, atone for my sins by working investigations for you. And what did I do? I nearly got Hayley killed, got myself shot and here I sit with shrapnel they can’t dig out of my hip without risking the loss of my leg. Do I sit here feeling sorry for myself? No. I don’t deserve anyone’s sympathy, least of all my own. The people who deserve sympathy are the ones I’ve hurt, those who nearly died because of me, and the one who did. Accept my resignation and leave me alone. I’m not going to risk hurting anyone else. I’m done.”

Author Bio: Lena's heart belongs to the rolling hills of her homestate of Kentucky. But you're more likely to see her near the ocean these days in northeast Florida where she resides with her hubby and two children. A former Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart® finalist, she's also a four-time winner of the Daphne du Maurier award and a Publisher's Weekly Bestseller. When not writing, she can be found sprucing up her flower beds or planning her next DIY project.

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