5 STARS
Wow! This book was a ride up and down. I was given this ebook by the author and asked to review it when I was done. The story made me think a lot. My personal thoughts are closer to the bad guys in the book. I am conservative. Thinking gays,sex without marriage is a sin,murder,stealing,hate are also sins. I decided that my review of the book might be influneced by my beliefs.
This is the second Enzo Lee Mystery that I have read. I have enjoyed both books.
The plot tells the story in a few persons and all tie really well in the end. At the start I was wondering.
Enzo Lee is a newspaper reporter that only wants to work on fluffy stories anymore. He has made a nice place for himself in San Fransico paper. Is boss wants him to help out by covering Scott Truman's murder. He ends up doing it. He is later asked to cover some politics of Andrew Harper a Gay man that has a good chance to win the Goverenship of California.
Thier is some people who want to stop a gay man as Govenor. One church is issueing lots of hate and bringing up abortion. Thier are some really hate filled web sites thier.
Terminator is hired to cause Andrew Harper failer in politics. He has hired a computer expert to write a virus that will spy on Harper's campagn. Then make what plans he have go wrong any he can. While the computer hacker is in a building late to plant the virus he runs into Scott in the building. Scott is killed and the body moved to a different site.
Terminator gets big boat out in the bay to disrupt Andrew Harper's press conference that ends up with reporters in the water after the bigger boat gets close to the littler boat.
A returning soldier in Montanna was sent home out of the army after his buddy was killed next to him and he had a brain injury. He has been buying lots of guns. taking lots of pills and is filled with hate.
Thier is so much hate against everyone who does not believe like they do. Made me think okay I believe this but this is wrong way to go about it. Just kept in the back of my mind okay this is bad oh I like that point. I did get lost in the story.
It has lots of action,politics,bombs but also lots of characters and thier relationship to each other made you root for them.
I will look forward to more Enzo Lee Mystery Thrillers to come. I like Robert B. Lowe's
writing style.
Publisher: Enzo Publications (November 29, 2012) ISBN-10: 0988644819 288 pages
Monday, December 31, 2012
Alpha One by Cynthia Eden
4 STARS
Alpha One starts off with action and does not let up. It is full of drama and little romance too. Everybody has secrets they are hiding from each other.
Juliana James has been kidnapped while she was on vacation in Mexico. She been held in a dark room. Thier is another prisoner that was thier before her John. John was the only she had to talk to in the dark. John kept being taken away and tortured for information.
Juliana's father is a U.S. Senator and thats why she was taken. She does not know any of his deals and thinks he won't pay to get her safely back.
Logan Quinn's black ops team is sent to rescue her. Her father told them he had evidence to trade for her life. But it is personal to Logan he fell in love with her years ago and was determined to keep her safe. When they break into rescue Juliana she does not want to leave without the other prisoner John. Logan's team is wearing masks so Juliana has no idea that it is Logan rescueing her.
Logan goes back into the house but thier is no other hostage thier. When they get Juliana back to her father he is dead. He committed sucide but his note said that Juliana had the evidence to put Guerrero the arms dealer out of business.
At the Senator's funeral Logan takes Juliana in his truck instead of the Limo but before they can leave the cemetary the Limo is blown up killing the driver. Juliana is not safe yet.
I would like to read more about Logan's Shadow Agents in the future. The team of agents seem close and I would like to find out more about them.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange of honest review from Netgalley.
01/02/2013 PUB Harlequin Imprint Harlequin Intrigue Series 224 pages ISBN-10: 0373696655
Alpha One starts off with action and does not let up. It is full of drama and little romance too. Everybody has secrets they are hiding from each other.
Juliana James has been kidnapped while she was on vacation in Mexico. She been held in a dark room. Thier is another prisoner that was thier before her John. John was the only she had to talk to in the dark. John kept being taken away and tortured for information.
Juliana's father is a U.S. Senator and thats why she was taken. She does not know any of his deals and thinks he won't pay to get her safely back.
Logan Quinn's black ops team is sent to rescue her. Her father told them he had evidence to trade for her life. But it is personal to Logan he fell in love with her years ago and was determined to keep her safe. When they break into rescue Juliana she does not want to leave without the other prisoner John. Logan's team is wearing masks so Juliana has no idea that it is Logan rescueing her.
Logan goes back into the house but thier is no other hostage thier. When they get Juliana back to her father he is dead. He committed sucide but his note said that Juliana had the evidence to put Guerrero the arms dealer out of business.
At the Senator's funeral Logan takes Juliana in his truck instead of the Limo but before they can leave the cemetary the Limo is blown up killing the driver. Juliana is not safe yet.
I would like to read more about Logan's Shadow Agents in the future. The team of agents seem close and I would like to find out more about them.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange of honest review from Netgalley.
01/02/2013 PUB Harlequin Imprint Harlequin Intrigue Series 224 pages ISBN-10: 0373696655
Denali dreams by Ronie Kendig and Kimberley Woodhouse
4 STARS
Denali Dreams is a fun adventure novel with 4 stories that go together but are seperate. It is a Christian romance so it can be read by whole family without worry of sex or swearing in it.
Mountain Wishes by Kimberley Woodhouse
Karon Granger is a cancer survivor who plans to climb the mountain. She is a small women who trains for a year for it. She teaches kindergarden. Her brother Clint thinks she is crazy but insists on going with her. They have a fun relationship.
Ranger Zack Taylor is attracted to Karon but thinks Clint is her husband. Karon lets him know he is not. Zack can't get her out of his mind and follows her by radio to make sure her group is doing okay even after she turns down a date with him. Everyone can tell he is into her.
Karon is determined,brave and cares about others. I really liked her. Her courage and resourceful are put to the test.
Daring Heights by Ronie Kendig
Jolie Decouteau has just inheirited her father's company and is his replacement. His death might not be so innocent. Jolie is talked into going climbing with long time friends of her father's. Her life might be in danger so trusted friend convinced her to go.
When a couple of things go wrong and she is sick but does not act like mountain sickness. She decides to head down by herself in the night. She has problems focusing on what to do.
Ranger David Whiteeagle is sent up to rescue her. David is worried about her. He also thinks thier is someone following them to stop Jolie from getting down the mountain.
Adventure and mystery, romance in one story.
Taking Flight by Ronie Kendig
Deline Tsosie is a beautiful busy woman who does not date much. She is helping to run her father cafe business while he is in the hospital after a stroke and work at her business as a flightseeing tour guide. Taking care of her father too. Deline is hoping to merge her business with a friend.
Logan Knox is a ranger and keeps hiring her to take him for a tour of the mountains. While he hides his feeling that he is scared of hights. But he feels that is one way to be with her.
All of a sudden Deline's has a bunch of accidents. She soon realized that they are not accidents after all.
Denali Giardians by Kimberley Woodhouse
Josh Richards is new to the rangers and loves his job. He also likes Deanna.
Deanna Smith keeps to herself and does not talk about her past. Then she gets a email from her stalker saying he found her. Deanna calls her FBI contact and he gets thier to find Josh watching the house. Josh and his fellow rangers agree to help protect Deanna when they realize what is going on. Then they start to be picked off in seemingly accidents that are not.
The four stories kept my interest up the whole way and make me want to go see Alaska's Denali but not too climb it.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange for honest review from Netgalley.
01/31/2013 PUB Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
A Widow's Guilty Secret by Marie Ferrarella
3 STARS
A Widow's Guilty Secret(Vengeance In Texas)
I don't know if this is first book in the series. But I think it is.
In the Prologue Professor Melinda Grayson is kidnapped. Then we hear in a few sentences later in the book mentioned about her is all.
Then this story is about a Suzy Burris brand new mother of two months waiting for her husband Peter the Sheriff to come home because she wants a divorce. Suzy thinks her cheating on her, keeping secrets, hardly talking or sharing anything with her.
In the quiet town of Vengeance three dead bodies each buried in thier own grave have been murdered. One body is the Sheriff, another a Senator & a third man. each have a card with liar on it in thier pockets.
Nick Jeffries has moved to this small town after working in Houston. He gets to tell the Sheriff's wife that she is now a widow. He interviews her at her house.
I felt like I was missing a lot and maybe I missed a book I know that the next book in the series is written by a different author.
I just have a tough time with Suzy. She just gets told her husband is murdered and the next day is feeding the detective two meals. Some other things happen that I don;t want to give away the book but she sleeps with Nick. It just was hard for me to believe that they were acting like that at that time.
Nick sleeping with a murdered Sheriff's wife just days later. Just could not buy the story. I know when I was told my husband was dead it was a stressful time.
I usually really like Marie's books and will continue to read her work. Maybe with the next book in the series it will all tie in better.
Thier are some love scenes,funny scenes and was cop's gag scene.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange of honest review by Netgalley.
Publisher: Harlequin (December 18, 2012) 288 pages ISBN-10: 0373278063
A Widow's Guilty Secret(Vengeance In Texas)
I don't know if this is first book in the series. But I think it is.
In the Prologue Professor Melinda Grayson is kidnapped. Then we hear in a few sentences later in the book mentioned about her is all.
Then this story is about a Suzy Burris brand new mother of two months waiting for her husband Peter the Sheriff to come home because she wants a divorce. Suzy thinks her cheating on her, keeping secrets, hardly talking or sharing anything with her.
In the quiet town of Vengeance three dead bodies each buried in thier own grave have been murdered. One body is the Sheriff, another a Senator & a third man. each have a card with liar on it in thier pockets.
Nick Jeffries has moved to this small town after working in Houston. He gets to tell the Sheriff's wife that she is now a widow. He interviews her at her house.
I felt like I was missing a lot and maybe I missed a book I know that the next book in the series is written by a different author.
I just have a tough time with Suzy. She just gets told her husband is murdered and the next day is feeding the detective two meals. Some other things happen that I don;t want to give away the book but she sleeps with Nick. It just was hard for me to believe that they were acting like that at that time.
Nick sleeping with a murdered Sheriff's wife just days later. Just could not buy the story. I know when I was told my husband was dead it was a stressful time.
I usually really like Marie's books and will continue to read her work. Maybe with the next book in the series it will all tie in better.
Thier are some love scenes,funny scenes and was cop's gag scene.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange of honest review by Netgalley.
Publisher: Harlequin (December 18, 2012) 288 pages ISBN-10: 0373278063
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Deadly Image by Tamelia Tumlin
4 STARS
Deadly Image is a well told story. I figured out part of the answer to the mystery early in the story. Still was enjoyable to see how it all turned out.
Lexi Yates has had her 3 yr. old daughter taken. The cops all believe that Lexi must have done something to her daughter. Lexi is a widow her husband a preacher was killed in a car wreck. Lexi has panic attacks and is on medicines for them.
The Sheriff is only looking at her. The daycare said that Lexi picked up her daughter earlier in the day.
Lexi took the day off to finsh her daughters room so she has no one that can vouch for her whereabouts.
FBI agent Ace Valdez is open to look at everything. He asks Lexi lots of questions trying to trip her up and so far she is sticking to the truth. Ace wants Lexi to be innocent. More and More it looks like Lexi is lying about picking up her daughter.
Lexi has only moved to this small town months ago. Her parents have come to help find Anna and help Lexi. They almost lost Lexi when her husband died.
The only thing about the story is falling for someone while your 3 year old has disappeared.
I won this ebook from Librarything and asked to give an honest review after I had read it.
Publisher: Steel Magnolia Press (July 6, 2012) 113 pages ASIN: B008IJ5FPA
Deadly Image is a well told story. I figured out part of the answer to the mystery early in the story. Still was enjoyable to see how it all turned out.
Lexi Yates has had her 3 yr. old daughter taken. The cops all believe that Lexi must have done something to her daughter. Lexi is a widow her husband a preacher was killed in a car wreck. Lexi has panic attacks and is on medicines for them.
The Sheriff is only looking at her. The daycare said that Lexi picked up her daughter earlier in the day.
Lexi took the day off to finsh her daughters room so she has no one that can vouch for her whereabouts.
FBI agent Ace Valdez is open to look at everything. He asks Lexi lots of questions trying to trip her up and so far she is sticking to the truth. Ace wants Lexi to be innocent. More and More it looks like Lexi is lying about picking up her daughter.
Lexi has only moved to this small town months ago. Her parents have come to help find Anna and help Lexi. They almost lost Lexi when her husband died.
The only thing about the story is falling for someone while your 3 year old has disappeared.
I won this ebook from Librarything and asked to give an honest review after I had read it.
Publisher: Steel Magnolia Press (July 6, 2012) 113 pages ASIN: B008IJ5FPA
The Forever Contract by Avery Sawyer
4 STARS
The Forever Contract(A Dystopian YA Novella)
The story is good but short. I wanted to read more, find out what happens next.
The world is in a drought for years. No one has grass, it is illegal to have your own garden. Thier are food shortages, water shortages. You can buy gel packs that work in your body instead of water.
A system was developed where you sign a contract snd your body goes in a warehouse,hooked up to feeding tubes and you get uploaded to a virtual world. You can have anything you want thier. You can be whatever you want. never in pain,thirsty or hungrey.
You have to be 17 to sign most did on thier birthdays. Casey will be turning 17 soon.
She wants to go in. but her boyfriend James does not trust the system. Her brother joined and tells her its great.
James is working with others to get the truth out about the system but Casey thinks it is fine. James takes her to the warehouse to see her brothers body.
I like James and Casey and want to see more of them and find out more about life is like for them. It is really short only 56 pages. It does a good job telling the story.
It is a clean book.
Thier is lots of drama and action as they get caught breaking in to see the bodies.
I was given this ebook to read from Librarything and asked to give a honest review of it.
Publisher: Planet Explorers Publishing (July 30, 2012) ASIN: B008R9DDZ0
The Forever Contract(A Dystopian YA Novella)
The story is good but short. I wanted to read more, find out what happens next.
The world is in a drought for years. No one has grass, it is illegal to have your own garden. Thier are food shortages, water shortages. You can buy gel packs that work in your body instead of water.
A system was developed where you sign a contract snd your body goes in a warehouse,hooked up to feeding tubes and you get uploaded to a virtual world. You can have anything you want thier. You can be whatever you want. never in pain,thirsty or hungrey.
You have to be 17 to sign most did on thier birthdays. Casey will be turning 17 soon.
She wants to go in. but her boyfriend James does not trust the system. Her brother joined and tells her its great.
James is working with others to get the truth out about the system but Casey thinks it is fine. James takes her to the warehouse to see her brothers body.
I like James and Casey and want to see more of them and find out more about life is like for them. It is really short only 56 pages. It does a good job telling the story.
It is a clean book.
Thier is lots of drama and action as they get caught breaking in to see the bodies.
I was given this ebook to read from Librarything and asked to give a honest review of it.
Publisher: Planet Explorers Publishing (July 30, 2012) ASIN: B008R9DDZ0
Mystery of the Missing Money By Paul Moxham
4 STARS
Mystery of the Missing Money (the Mystery series) is a short story. It takes place a week after their first adventure in The Mystery of Smugglers Cove. This is a really short story that stands alone but the characters are really introduced and fleshed out in the first book.
The story takes place in the 1950's where the children play outside and explore thier world. Thier is a empty Castle and the four kids explore.
Will tells the story to the three other kids about the bank robbers that were caught in town on his 9th birthday and the money was never found.
While the children go back in the castle to look for a braclet one of the girls lost. They find the two escaped prisoners who came back to retrieve thier stolen money.
I liked the story and would like to read more longer stories in the series.
This one was really short one that I got free on Smashwords.
I will read more books by Paul Moxham in the future. This was an adventure with lots of action for a short story.
Published: May 14, 2012 ISBN: 9781476323237
Mystery of the Missing Money (the Mystery series) is a short story. It takes place a week after their first adventure in The Mystery of Smugglers Cove. This is a really short story that stands alone but the characters are really introduced and fleshed out in the first book.
The story takes place in the 1950's where the children play outside and explore thier world. Thier is a empty Castle and the four kids explore.
Will tells the story to the three other kids about the bank robbers that were caught in town on his 9th birthday and the money was never found.
While the children go back in the castle to look for a braclet one of the girls lost. They find the two escaped prisoners who came back to retrieve thier stolen money.
I liked the story and would like to read more longer stories in the series.
This one was really short one that I got free on Smashwords.
I will read more books by Paul Moxham in the future. This was an adventure with lots of action for a short story.
Published: May 14, 2012 ISBN: 9781476323237
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