The Lucky Eight

 Welcome to my blog tour stop for The Lucky Eight which is been hosted by Love Book Tours

The Lucky Eight by Sheila Bugler 

19th - 25th July 

Title: The Lucky Eight

Author: Sheila Bugler

Genre: thriller

Rating: 4

My thoughts

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

First off I  want to say a  huge  thank you to  Love Book Tours, the publisher  Canelo Crime, and the author Sheila Bugler for the invite to read and review The Lucky Eight. And I'm so glad that I said yes because not only did I find a new author to read but her story reminds me of some of my favorite who done it stories and movies, where a group of friends comes together  and  suddenly  there's a murder and everyone  has secrets that they don't want to come out, mixed with the fact that the eight friends came together because they were the Lucky Eight, the only survivors of a trouble plane crashed that happened five years ago. As your reading it one moment you think you know who the murder is and then the next you realize that you have no clue rights so ever. The story is fast pace and keeps the twist and turns a  coming.

Buy Links

The Lucky Eight ebook https://geni.us/TheLuckyEightEbook

The Lucky Eight paperback https://geni.us/TheLuckyEightPaperback

When the plane crashed, 160 people perished. Now, is someone killing off the survivors?

Five years ago, a horrific airline disaster made headlines around the world. On the anniversary of the fatal crash, a number of those who were spared gather to mark the occasion. By morning, Nick Gilbert, a celebrity chef and one of the party, lies dead. Detective Rachel Lewis leads the investigation and within days another survivor is stabbed to death. It seems certain that a killer is targeting the lucky eight.

Clodagh Kinsella recovered from the injuries she sustained in the crash, but lost her sister that day. The bereavement shared by Clodagh and her sister’s husband led them to a romance of their own. Yet lately, Clodagh knows something isn’t right. As the noose tightens on the group and Rachel comes across more questions than answers, it’s only a matter of time before Clodagh will have to face the consequences of a mistake she made before the plane went down

A tense and gripping crime thriller, perfect for fans of Lesley Kara and Mari Hannah.

Sheila grew up in a small town in the west of Ireland. After studying Psychology at University College Galway (now called NUI Galway) she left Ireland and worked as an EFL teacher, travelling to Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland and Argentina.

She is the author of a series of crime novels featuring DI Ellen Kelly. The novels are set in South East London, an area she knows and loves.

She now lives in Eastbourne, on the beautiful East Sussex coast. Eastbourne is the location for her series of crime novels featuring investigative journalist Dee Doran.

When she’s not writing, Sheila does corporate writing and storytelling, she runs creative writing courses, is a tutor for the Writers Bureau and is a mentor on the WoMentoring programme. She reviews crime fiction for crimesquad.com and she is a regular guest on BBC Radio Sussex.

She is married with two children.

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 What new to my blog you might ask will its technically not new but its how I'm doing my monthly TBRs and  it now as a new title to it, and that's 

My Reading Corner , and you might be asking what is my reading corner ? Its where Your see this photo 

and that's where your find my monthly TBR: and where your find out what books I'm reading and hopping to read, and what their about. As well as what books I'm doing for up and coming Blog tours . 

A Light in the Window

 Welcome to my blog tour stop for A Light in the Window which is been hosted by Bookouture

Title: A Light In The Window

Author: Marion Kummerow

Genre: Historical Fiction WW2

Pub date : Jule 20,2021

Rating: 

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes 

Now on to my thoughts

First off  a  huge thank you to the publisher Bookouter, the author Marion Kummerow, and to NetGalley for inviting me to join the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it. And now on what I thought of the book, like always wither it's a nonfiction book about WW 2 or historical fiction WW 2 there are a few questions that I ask myself and they are as fellow:

1: author has done their research? Even though this is my first book by this author , I would say yes and it shows in her writing . 

2: they bring their characters and their settings to life? Yes, the more I read the more I could see the characters come to life as well as the sittings.

3: they make you feel everything that the characters feel? Yes, there was times I just wanted to reach out and hug the main character and tell them it was going to be ok . 

4: and by the end of the book your a emotional wreck? Yes , by the end of the book my heart was broken for the characters,as well as  their love ones. 

As for the story itself it was  amazingly writing and the story line flowed together in away that with each turn of the page you got lost in it and only wanted the best for the characters, it's the type of story that you just don't want to put down but you know you have to, because if you don't your start to cry. And the concept of the story is way different then any other historical fiction WW 2 I have ever read, and that also helps the story because it shows that not everyone went along with the way they was told to think that even though they knew that a person wasn't who they said they was ,they was really to do anything to make so that those people was safe. 

Buy Links:

Amazon: https://bit.ly/3hB7711

Apple: https://apple.co/3xHwpA4

Kobo: https://bit.ly/3ySZhWo

Google: https://bit.ly/3k9glDj

Book Description:

Margarete stumbles out of the bombed-out house, the dust settling around her like snow. Mistaking her for the dead officer’s daughter, a guard rushes over to gently ask her if she is all right and whether there’s anything he can do to help her. She glances down at where the hated yellow star had once been, and with barely a pause, she replies “Yes”.

Berlin, 1941: Margarete Rosenbaum is working as a housemaid for a senior Nazi officer when his house is bombed, leaving her the only survivor. But when she’s mistaken for his daughter in the aftermath of the blast, Margarete knows she can make a bid for freedom…

Issued with temporary papers—and with the freedom of not being seen as Jewish—a few hours are all she needs to escape to relative safety. That is, until her former employer’s son, SS officer Wilhelm Huber, tracks her down.

But strangely he doesn’t reveal her true identity right away. Instead he insists she comes and lives with him in Paris, and seems determined to keep her hidden. His only condition: she must continue to pretend to be his sister. Because whoever would suspect a Nazi girl of secretly being a Jew?

His plan seems impossible, and Margarete is terrified they might be found out, not to mention worried about what Wilhelm might want in return. But as the Nazis start rounding up Jews in Paris and the Résistance steps up its activities, putting everyone who opposes the regime in peril, she realizes staying hidden in plain sight may be her only chance of survival…

Can Margarete trust a Nazi officer with the only things she has left though… her safety, her life, even her heart?

A totally heartbreaking and unputdownable story about how far someone would go to save one life, that fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See will adore.

Author Bio:

Marion Kummerow was born and raised in Germany, before she set out to "discover the world" and lived in various countries. In 1999 she returned to Germany and settled down in Munich where she's now living with her family.

Inspired by the true story about her grandparents, who belonged to the German resistance and fought against the Nazi regime, she started writing historical fiction, set during World War II. Her books are filled with raw emotions, fierce loyalty and resilience. She loves to put her characters through the mangle, making them reach deep within to find the strength to face moral dilemma, take difficult decisions or fight for what is right. And she never forgets to include humor and undying love in her books, because ultimately love is what makes the world go round.

https://kummerow.info/

https://www.facebook.com/AutorinKummerow/

https://www.instagram.com/marionkummerow/

https://twitter.com/MarionKummerow

Radar Girls

 welcome to my Blog tour stop for Radar Girls which is been hosted by MIRA-HARLEQUIN – Trade Publishing (U.S. & Canada)

Radar Girls  

Sara Ackerman

On Sale Date: July 27, 2021

9780778332046

Trade Paperback

$16.99 USD

368 pages

Buy Links:

Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/books/radar-girls/9780778332046

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Radar-Girls-Sara-Ackerman/dp/0778332047

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/radar-girls-sara-ackerman/1137495104?ean=9780778332046

Indie Bound: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=radar+girls

Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/radar-girls/id1527864335

Books A Million: https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Radar-Girls/Sara-Ackerman/9780778332046?id=8062375558156

Target: https://www.target.com/p/radar-girls-by-sara-ackerman-paperback/-/A-81262195

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/radar-girls

Google Play: https://books.google.com/books/about/Radar_Girls.html?id=Y7v3DwAAQBAJ

Rating: 4

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

Now on to my thoughts

First off  like always I  want to say a  huge  thank you to the publisher  MIRA-HARLEQUIN – Trade Publishing (U.S. & Canada)
 the author  Sara Ackerman  , and to NetGalley for the invite to join this blog tour as well as letting me read and review it.If you known anything about me you will already know that I love reading Historical fiction especially when its based on WW 2 , as well as finding new things to  learning about that make me want to go look that subject up, and this book did that in so many ways. I knew that in the war they had the girls to help with the pilots but not what their job consist of. And this author did an amazing job bring their story to life, because its part of our history that needs to be told. And the story is  written a well researched historical novel  that's about bright and courageous women who deserve to be better know and not forgetting like it sometimes happens . 

About the book:

WWII historical fiction inspired by the real women of the Women’s Air Raid Defense, RADAR GIRLS follows one unlikely recruit as she trains and serves in secrecy as a radar plotter on Hawaii. A tale of resilience and sisterhood, it sees the battles of the Pacific through the eyes of these pioneering women, and will appeal to fans of Kate Quinn and Pam Jenoff.

An extraordinary story inspired by the real Women’s Air Raid Defense, where an unlikely recruit and her sisters-in-arms forge their place in WWII history.

Daisy Wilder prefers the company of horses to people, bare feet and saltwater to high heels and society parties. Then, in the dizzying aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Daisy enlists in a top-secret program, replacing male soldiers in a war zone for the first time. Under fear of imminent invasion, the WARDs guide pilots into blacked-out air strips and track unidentified planes across Pacific skies.

But not everyone thinks the women are up to the job, and the new recruits must rise above their differences and work side-by-side despite the resistance and heartache they meet along the way. With America’s future on the line, Daisy is determined to prove herself worthy. And with the man she’s falling in love with out on the front lines, she cannot fail. From radar towers on remote mountaintops to flooded bomb shelters, she’ll need her new team when the stakes are highest. Because the most important battles are fought—and won—together.

This inspiring and uplifting tale of pioneering, unsung heroines vividly transports the reader to wartime Hawaii, where one woman’s call to duty leads her to find courage, strength and sisterhood.

Social Links:

Author Website

Facebook: @ackermanbooks

Twitter: @AckermanBooks

Instagram: @saraackermanbooks

Pinterest

About the author: 

USA Today bestselling author Sara Ackerman was born and raised in Hawaii. She studied journalism and earned graduate degrees in psychology and Chinese medicine. She blames Hawaii for her addiction to writing, and sees no end to its untapped stories. When she's not writing or teaching, you'll find her in the mountains or in the ocean. She currently lives on the Big Island with her boyfriend and a houseful of bossy animals. Find out more about Sara and her books at www.ackermanbooks.com and follow her on Instagram @saraackermanbooks and on FB @ackermanbooks.

Dragon Gold

 Welcome to my review for Dragon Gold

Title : Dragon Gold 

Series : Order Of The Dragon #2

Author: Kristie Clark

Pages: 247

Pub date: July 15,2021

Rating: 5

Would I recommend it ? Yes, ever since I've read the first book to this series I've been telling my friends they need to check it out.

Would I read more of this series? Yes, in fact the author was kind enough to not long send me this one but book 3 as well to read and review.

Would I read more by this author? Yes 

Now on to my thoughts

First a big thank to to the author herself for sending me books this one and book 3 to read as well as well as letting me go on with this series and a thank you to NetGalley for letting me download it to review it as well. As with  the first one Killing Dragons this one had me from the fist page, and it wouldn't let go, everything was so real in this one that it felt like I could reach out and touch the fish , the dolphins, and feel the sea air on my face. Plus the I learned stuff while read it, like in the first one I had no idea that there was even a dolphin that looked like a killer while until we meet Finn,. Other thing is the story is like something that some of my all time favorite authors would write with the way she brings to life the information on marine biology, genetics, submarines, and dolphins, both the good and bad side of the information. As for the story its self it was packed with non stop action wither it was underwater or land, and that say something since I'm terrified of been underwater or in closed in spaces like what's in a submarine but while reading this, I can still enjoy doing the thing the characters do with out having to get into the water or a submarine, even though there was times I was like reminding myself that I was safe and sound in my room. So if you like stories that are like that as will as have a bit of romance in them, bad guys that you would love to see get eating and the guys win, then you might want to check this one out. 

A dragon will kill any who dare to take its gold.

After her dangerous adventures earlier in the year, everything is finally going well for Dr. Eva Paz. Her breakthroughs in dolphin communication are changing the world. Her discoveries could save the reef she loves. And now her mother has found love again.

But then a madman returns to claim what’s his. Eva’s old nemesis, Julian Gulliver, kidnaps Eva’s mother, and he demands an exorbitant ransom.

It’s money Eva doesn’t have.

What she does have are friends who are willing to do anything to help, including ex-Navy SEAL—and ex-boyfriend—Dr. Thomas Sternberg. But Eva’s greatest asset may be her dolphins: Taffy, Finn, Cleo, and Chico.

Together, they need to mount a rescue effort. Yet things are even more desperate than they imagine, for Julian isn’t the only menace terrorizing Roatan.

Join Eva as she works with Thomas and her dolphins to rescue her mother and save the reef from a man who would destroy them all.

For fans of Michael Crichton, Dragon Gold is book two in Kristie Clark’s Order of the Dolphin Series. 

Unknown Vengeance

 Welcome to my blog tour stop for Unknown Vengeance  which is been hosted by Love Book Tours

Title: Unknown Vengeance

Author: Pat O'Brien

Genre :Suspense Thriller

Pages: 272

Pub: Aug. 5,2021

Rating: 5

Would I recommend it? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

Now on to my thoughts

First off I  want to say a  huge  thank you to Love Book Tours,  the publisher Cayelle Pub, the author Pat O'Brien for inviting me to join the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it. And for  introducing me to a new author , one that I can't wait to read more of  because this is one book of his is now one of my new favorite books of 2021. What got me hooked so fast was the way you meet the killer and have no idea who he or she is, its fast pace and the killer sends shivers up and down your spine the more you read plus it also the perfect type of read  to read doing a thunderstorm like I did.As for  the characters that you meet ,they  seem to come to life right off the page. This is one book I could see as a movie if it's  done right and have the right actors for the characters.

Buy Links: https://amzn.to/3tvYPtO

A serial killer is terrorizing members of the medical community in Buffalo, NY. Veteran

Detective, Rhody Richardson, is leading the investigation with his partner, Detective Wayne.

Victims have been disfigured and tortured - faces sliced, numbers carved into their chests. The brilliant, but young, forensic intern, Connor Patrick, tries desperately to make sense of the numbers but cannot find a pattern.

The killer has promised ten victims, but Richardson, and psychiatric consultant Dr. Kaileen

Taylor believe it will continue well past that number. At each of the gruesome crime scenes, the

killer has left cryptic poems with different names. Richardson ventures down a dangerous path, deciphering what the killer is trying to tell them before they escape justice into the eternal void of the unknown.

Born

Pulaski, NY, The United States

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Suspense

Influences

David Baldacci, Tom Clancy, John Grisham

Member Since

April 2021         

       grew up in the Tug Hill region of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate NY   but I have considered myself to be a Buffalonian ever since I came to Buffalo to go to Canisius College.

Below is the first "official" independent review I have received for Unknown Vengeance. I am looking forward to hearing honest impressions from others:

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Watch Her Vanish

Welcome to my review for Watch Her Vanish

Title: Watch Her Vanish

Series: Rockwell and Decker #1

Author: Ellery Kane

Publisher : Bookouture

Pages : 416

NetGalley ARC

2020 NetGalley Backlist 

Rating: 4

Would I recommend it it? Yes

Would I read more of this series? Yes, in fact thanks to me finally reading this one I'm now caught up in the series .

Would I read more by this author? Yes

Now on to my thoughts:

Like always a big thank you to the publisher Bookuture , the author Ellery Kane, as well as to NetGalley for letting me read and review. And I also want to stay sorry that I'm a bit late with this review,last year was crazy and with all the craziness that was going I ended up  going in to a some what of a reading slum which for bookworms like me that's not good. So with that said lets get on to what I thought about this book and why you should give it a try: If you like stories that take place in a small town and the two main characters have interesting and complicated backstories as well as share something in common and its a page turner mixed with suspense and a bit of romance then this might be right up your ally. Plus there are times that it'll make you smile at the inter actions between the two main character.

Fear hits her like a wave crashing against the sheer cliffs nearby. She sees the woman’s feet first, then the legs bent like broken driftwood. Then, the blouse strewn open; the marks on her beautiful neck. Her knees buckle as a hand grabs her elbow to break her fall.

Forced home to Fog Harbor, California, to look after her little sister, Criminal Psychologist Olivia Rockwell is struggling to adjust to life in a town so small she can hardly breathe. Until, at church one morning, the sound of a scream leads her to the body of a missing local teacher in the shallows nearby. All the evidence points to Olivia’s most threatening patient, Drake, who is safely locked up behind bars…

Convinced of Drake’s innocence—and desperate to believe in the system that’s keeping her own murderer father behind bars—Olivia gets to work on her own suspect list. All her life she’s run towards trouble, but this time she’s treading on the toes of brooding and handsome Detective Will Decker.

Then a second woman’s body is discovered, strangled while out on an evening jog. The strip of blue material used to choke her implicates Drake once again, forcing Olivia and Will to admit they are out of their depth and must work together to crack the case.

The deeper they dig, the deadlier the trail becomes. It’s clear more innocent women will die if they don’t get one step ahead. But then a note written on a scrap of paper found in the last victim’s car leads them to a terrifying realization: the killer has his sights on Olivia’s little sister as the next victim…

An addictive and unputdownable crime thriller that will keep you up all night. Perfect for fans of Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot and Mary Burton