Bride for a night by Rosemary Rogers

5 STARS

I thourghly enjoyed this book.
Talia's father Silas Dobson's a selfmade rich man who wants to be someone in high society. Silas has spent a lot of money on his daughter to make a marriage but the ton does not accept her or her father.
Harry is a gambler and heavy in debt the second son and Silas makes him an offer to marry his daughter and  he will give him enough money for a house and small allowance for his daughter.
Harry is a no show at his fancy wedding, he took the money and disappeared. Silas blackmails his older brother Lord Ashcombe to marry her. Gabriel marrys her in a quiet ceremony than after one night sends her to one of his homes in the country.
Talia blossoms away from her overbearing father and husband. She cares about his servants and tenets. Tries to make life better for them. The vicar jack cares for her too and when she over hears about treason. Jack kidnapps her to france before she can tell anyone.
The servants and tenets all look for her because they care and her husband back in London finds out she has been kidnapped and goes to rescue her.
Thier is a lot of rescuing each other and by others kidnapping plots and more treason. It is a good story.
I was given this ebook in exchange for honest review.

Pub 09/27/2011 Harlequin

Blood Trail by Sharon Sala

5STARS

The Blood Trails kept me interested the whole way through. Now I wish I had read the first 2 books in Series. But the story stands fine on its own.
When Andrew Slade's reading of his will he is on video tape telling his daughters that he is not their father in fact all 3 girls are not even sisters. He tells them how they came each one at a time and their mothers gave the girls too him and he left a journal for each daughter with all the knowledge he had from thier mothers.
Holly is left at the ranch her two sisters already took off to find out about their pasts. Holly does not want to leave the ranch because 1. She is in love with Bud but doesnt let him know. 2. Her mother thought her husband was a serial killer and after she got through telling the police she was comming back for her. Holly never heard from her mother.
Holly goes to St. Lewis and finds where she used to live, go to school. where her mom worked even found out her father was in the same job.
She finally after seeing her father at a distant went to the police and told them what she thought her father was the hunter serial killer from 20 years ago.
After listening to her they set up a task force to look into her parents lives.  Told her not to have a thing to do with her father. But its too late she has drawn his attention.
Bud is back in Montana after her two sisters have close calls with their lives he tells Holly that he loves her and stay in hotel till he comes the next day.
Its looking back to where she came from and the police going through the steps to see if she is right.
I would definately read another book from sharon sala.
I was given this ebook in exchange of honest review.

09/27/2011 PUB MIRA

Where all the Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison

Taylor was shot in the head on her last case. In a coma for 2 weeks. She still doesn't have a voice. They won't let her be a cop till she gets well.  She is angery at Baldwin her fiance who works for the FBI for keeping a secret that he has a son and is looking for him. She feels guilty for not saving Sam's baby and her sargent eye and girl friend.
Memphis is a detective who lives in London who is in love with her, offers her to live in his house in Scottland to heal.  He also has a friend who can work with her to help her get her voice back and get over the last case.
Baldwin has been called out of town on a case. So Taylor takes Memphis up on the offer. His old house ends up to be a castle with 17 bedrooms complete with ghosts.
Memphis likes Maddie his dr. friend at first her therapy working. Then Taylor has nightmares and sees ghost and takes too many pills. Not sure what is real or not.  Learns that Memphis wife died 1 year ago and he took her to the bridge and kissed her where the accident happened.
Its a little different from her other stories not so much detecting as coping with trauma of last case. enjoyed it.
I was given the ebook in exchange of honest review.

4 STARS

09/27/2011 PUB MIRA

The Heart of a Hero by barbara Wallace

5STARS

Its a Reminder about all the hero's out thier who risk thier lives for are freedom and pay a high cost.Zoe buys a beach house from her mother who has let it go. Zoe moves to the island for the summer to help her get over her divorce. Zoe ex needed her money not her.
Next door neighbor wants to be left alone too. He has scars on his face and a limp. He is also the only handiman on the island.  She wants to get her chimney swept so she can have a fire to warm the nights.
Why Jake is fixing that he notices some tiles need to be replaced and bats are getting almost into her house.
Zoe can't help trying to help people, she is even a help advise in the papers. She can see that Jake has issues and she reaches out to him. Brings him a picnic on the roof, bottles of water,tries to get him to talk.
Jake has nightmares & flashbacks and feels he let his men down because he lived and they did not. He does not feel worthy to have anyone in his life, but Zoe worms her way in.
the story kept me going and not wanting to stop reading till it finshes. I liked it very much.
I was given this ebook in exchange of honest review.

09/06/2011 pub Harlequin

Escape from Riddler's Pass by Amy Green

5 STARS

Escpe from Riddler's Pass starts right after Quest for Scorpion Jewel ends.
Jesse found out why the captain Demetri has been trying to kill the King's youth guard. It is on order of the King himself. The King gathers the brightest and smartest every 5 years trains them and sends them on dangerous missions and most do not survive. King has planned this because they are the ones who might join the rebels and dispose him.
Captain Demetri is hurring to jesse home town where they had to leave Parvel. Parvel was injurred from poison arrow and Kanye was taking care of him. He had no idea that he was in danger from the patrols. Demetri feels that he can beat Jesse, Rae & Silas kill Parvel and lay a trap for them.
But the 3 of them beat him to Kanye and find out that Parvel was kidnapped by the rebels of distric 2 and taken to the deep mines.
They go after Parvel with Demetri chasing them all the way. He even knows about the cave and tunnels where the drawfs used to live in there underground city. It was destroyed 30 years ago and all the drawfs were killed. Or so they thought. Till a drawf caught them and was taking them to his new city but Jesse convinced him that a patrol was in the tunnels and would find them. So they caused a cave inn behind them.
After they escape from being kept by the drawfs they find the mines that the rebels are using and they figure out the riddles to bypass the traps.
The whole book goes from one action to another action and drama. Keeps your attention the whole way.
They learn about themselves and about their friends. risking to save each other lives. Trying to figure what the right way is. Make better choices and think of each other first.
I will read more from Amy Green in the future. I was given this ebook in exchange for honest review.

07/01/2011 PUB Warner Press

Review Quest for Scorpion's Jewel by Amy Green

4 STARS

I enjoyed it. Its a quick read with lots of action.  how even your faults can be assets in return. They also learned when you work together your far stronger.
We learn that Captain Demetri used to be a youth guard and how he was the only one to survive 5 years ago. Demetri has a younger brother who he loves and now he has to kill the new youth guards when they pass through his town or his brother will be killed.
Jesse lives with his aunt and uncle after his parents disappeared and works at thier inn.
Rae, Silas and thier hurt friend come to the inn for a place to rest they are afraid that Paval will die if they dont find shelter. Jesse takes them to a healer to save Paval. Jesse than risks his life to get the herbs that will save him. Paval asks Jesse to go with Rae & Silas and help them complete thier mission for the king.
they have many trials and meet friends and enemys. They pull together to finsh their quest and survive.
Its a fun adventure story geared for youth but I enjoyed it. Was given the ebook in exchange for honest review.

07/01/2011 pub Warner press

One Perfect Shot by Steven F Havil

4 STARS

One perfect shot was a good book, but had trouble to get into at first. The last few books I have read have been great so that did effect how I judged this book. It was one where I could read some and then go to something else and come back to it.
Larry was shot in his grader a hard shot that instantly killed him. Bill the under sheriff is the main cop who works the case. Bill is also training a new cop Estelle Reyes, she will be their first female cop on patrol.
Thier was a lot of talk about riffles,bullets that was necessary to story but I could not keep that straight in my mind.
It shows how piece by piece they try to put the pieces together to figure what happen, how it happened, why someone shot Larry. It was good to see so much of that in the book.
Their was a lot of facts but not much to Estelle interaction that I wanted to know more about and from her. Also wanted to know about the art she thought was stolen, maybe thats for another book.

I just found out this was book 9 in a series I would like to read the other 8 books that follow in timeline book 9.
I was given this ebook in exchange of honest review.

pub.01/11/2012 by Poison Press