bk 9 in the McTiernays series
released Jan 25 2022
bk 9 in the McTiernays series
released Jan 25 2022
Releases Feb 15 2022
Review
This is the second book I have read by this author, and that one was also a 5 star read for me. In fact I think I love this one even more, and will definitely be reading Rebeca Ross’ other books. ASAP.
This story pulled me from the very first page when we meet Jack, he is reminicing about how he came to the mainland years ago. He had been sent there so he could go to school to become a bard. Now he is on his way back home, somewhere he thought he would never see again.
When Jack returns home its to find that girls have been going missing.. As there was no trace left behind the residents feel like the spirits must be behind it. Angry at them for something they have done. Jack is the only one who can help talk to them.. he must play the music that brings them forth.
He begins working with Adira, the lairds daughter and childhood nemisis. At first they are both hesitant around each other, both remembering what they were like to each other as children.. But the more time they spend together, they realize that they actually do like each other, and those feelings begin to grow into something beautiful. Not only are their feelings for each other growing but Jack begins to feel as if Cadence is once again his home.
We do follow muliple POVs and they each blend seemlessly. This book is full of twists and turns, and red herrings. When I thought it was going to go one way all of a sudden it would flip and something completely unexpected would be revealed. The characters and the relationships were all soo good. Torin and Sidra are such a great couple and I really found myself rooting for them as much as Jack and Adira.
At the end of the story our main mystery has been resolved, but we learn of something that happened in the past, that is going to definitely come into play into the next book. The ending left me both satisfied and heart broken, and I really want the next book to come out yesterday so I can see whats going to happen next!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own
bk 19 in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series
While struggling to find a romantic (and affordable) destination for her upcoming honeymoon, coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi whips up a honey of a drink made from honey-processed coffee. Clare plans to serve her outstanding new Honey-Cinnamon Latte at her spring wedding to her longtime honey, NYPD detective Mike Quinn. The culinary world is also abuzz about the amazing honey that Clare was lucky enough to source for her shop’s new latte. Produced by Madame’s old friend “Queen” Bea Hastings, the rare, prize-winning nectar from Bea’s rooftop hives commands a premium price, and top chefs compete for a chance to use it in their signature seasonal dishes.
One night, a swarm of escaped bees blanket the Village Blend’s chimney, and Clare discovers Bea’s unconscious body after she seemingly fell from her high-rise rooftop-hive setup. The police want to rule it as a tragic accident or possible attempted suicide, but Clare does not believe either theory. Like Madame, she knows this Queen would never abandon her hive. To sort out this mystery, Clare investigates a world of cutthroat chefs, culinary start-ups, and competitive urban beekeepers. But can she uncover the truth without getting stung?
Review
I havent read any other books in this series, but didn’t have any problems following along.. and in fact LOVED it so much that now have to figure out how im going to get my hands on the other 18 books..
I also love the recipes included and have every intention of making them.. I think im going to start with the blondies..
Our mystery starts when Claire is showing her employess some new coffee flavors that she has come up with, and a giant swarm of bees appears in the coffee shop. They end up calling the NYPDs bee keeping unit, (who knew that was a thing?) who comes and takes the bees somewhere where they can be safe in the middle of winter in New York.. When Claire realizes who the bees probably belongs to, she wants to go check on her, and ends up finding her unconsious and her green house completely torn up.. While the police think it was an attempted suicide, Claire knows that isn’t right and decides to invesigate with the help of her ex-husband and his mother.. whom everyone calls Madame.. (can that be my nickname?)
I thought the mystery was quite good, there are lots of twists and turns that keep you wondering which one of the suspects are the true culprit, and in the end I was surprised by who it turned out to be. I also thought that the romance/tension between Mike and Claire was evenly balanced with the mystery portion of the story.. The ending had a whole lot of action, and kept me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what was going to happen next!
I really enjoyed everything about this book, and can’t wait to read more in this series, and by this author!!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own
releases Feb 1 2022
Review
This is a story about survival.. and what lenghts you will go through to protect your family and yourself..
When a disease called the Violence that causes moments of blinding rage, usually leading to someone being beaten to death, sweeps through the nation. Chelsea realizes that this could be the perfect way to get away from her abusive husband..
However when she comes down with the Violence she knows that she also needs to keep her children safe from herself. She goes to her mother for help and ends up banished from her house without her kids.. So she sets off to find away to make some money, and get her mother to give her back her kids.
We see Chelsea grow and become someone she can be proud of. We also follow one of Chelseas daughters Ella, who is a teenager and ends up on her own trying to find her mother, and Chelseas mother Patricia who definitely wouldn’t win mother of the year, but does agree to take on her grandchildren.. Her character probably shows the most growth in this story even though Ella was my favorite character. Not only did she also have to deal with her abusive father, and watch the toll it took on her mother, she also ends up on her own trying to figure out how to take care of herself and having to figure out where her mother is and how she can find her.
This was a good thriller that kept me guessing. I had no idea where it was going to go from one moment to the next. and I was really happy with the way it ended.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
Releases Feb 1 2022
bk 2 in the Seven Devils Series
releases January 25 2022
Review
I really enjoyed reading this sequel to Seven Devils.and I so happy that I preordered this one from Watersones. I can't wait to add it to my collection! So in Seven Devils I really liked that we get to learn more about our amazing crew, We learn about their past and what led them to where they ended up today. Seven Mercies ties up all the loose ends left over from the last book, and is action packed from beginning to end. We follow our Devils as they are seperating to complete their own missions that hopefully will help them figure out how to help the Garule.. Those people that the One has turned into mindless workers that will follow any and all commands they are given.. While I loved all of the characters that we follow I think my favorites would have to be Eris and Ariadne.. Eris is is still grappling with what happened to her at the end of the last book. Trying to come up with a plan that will take down her brother and the One.. Ariadne while super smart, is still a child at heart, and she really brings a new fresh perspective to whats going on around her. The whole book was pretty fast paced, with loads of action and fighting. Even during the down time when our crew is planning things out, are still full of tension with the full scope of what they are trying to accomplish. Also while it didn't exactly end they way I thought it would (you'll see what I mean when you read it) I really liked out it ended and the story was wrapped up.. Everything wasn't just done and fixed, this is just the beginning of a new world, and our favorite crew is up to the challenge. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own
Bk 7 In the Torpedo Ink Series
When Savin “Savage” Pajari and Seychelle Dubois first met, their connection was instant, their attraction undeniable. Their relationship has been full throttle since day one. Even though months have passed, the passion and love between them has only increased.
Savage completely owns what he is: a sadist in the bedroom who can only get off on his partner’s pain. He believes he’s not a good man, but he loves Seychelle with a fierceness that shocks him. He wants all of her, but only if she gives herself freely with eyes wide open.
Seychelle never imagined the lure of mixing pain with pleasure, or how much she’d crave Savage’s darkness. She’s been shaken to her core, but Seychelle is committed to Savage and their life together—even though he’s keeping a piece of himself back. And to truly make their relationship work, he has to give her everything that he is, just as she is doing for him.
Savage knows that what he really needs could break his woman if she isn’t ready. She agreed to come into his world, and he’s not about to give her up. He has to find a way to let her see the monster inside without pushing her away. But the real Savage might be more than Seychelle can bear…and he knows he wouldn’t survive losing her.
Exerpt:
Excerpt from SAVAGE ROAD by Christine Feehan
Seychelle turned her head toward Savage, her thick braid moving across the pillow as she looked over her shoulder at him. Light came through the open window. She refused to close the damn thing, no matter what he said about security. She liked it open, and he liked the way the moonlight managed to shine perfectly on her.
Laughter was in her eyes, that totally relaxed look she got on her face whenever they were here in her home—her little cottage by the sea she loved so much. He had tried to re-create a space on the bed in his master bedroom just like hers, but he’d failed. She still wasn’t as relaxed, all tension gone, ready to tease him and play like they had for months before they made their relationship official, not in his master bedroom.
In retaliation, he nipped her hip and then soothed the sting with his tongue. “I’ve been a fucking choirboy for an entire day.” That laughter was killing him. He loved the sound of it.
“You can’t say choirboy and fuck in the same sentence and be a choirboy.”
She sounded all prim and schoolmarmy, which made him smile. His first reaction was to roll over so she was sprawled over the top of him and he had access to her bottom. That was his usual response when she teased him like this, but he didn’t want any bruising, not when he’d made up his mind to ease up and give her a few days to adjust. He would always be a controlling bastard, wanting everything his way, and maybe taking one thing at a time was the best way to go.
“Babe, told you I was going to hell. Might as well do anything I want. And that’s mild in comparison to all the things I think about saying and doing.”
Her laughter was contagious. “You should have seen your face last night when the Red Hat ladies showed up at the bar to hear me sing. All those darling ladies, Zyah’s grandmother leading the way. She’s so cute, by the way. I adore her and she adores you. Obviously, the two of you have a past, and she made it clear last night that you, Destroyer, Maestro and Player are her little darlings.”
“You’re going to get yourself in trouble if you bring that up,” he growled against her pristine skin, settling his teeth against her in warning.
She didn’t pay him heed in the least. “Who knew you were so popular, Savage? All those sparkly hats and all of them wanting to dance with you. I had more requests for songs. The other bikers in the bar last night were quite enthusiastic about making certain the right music was requested. Everyone had ideas. I even saw Jackson and Jonas slip in. They were grinning from ear to ear, and at first it looked as if they might have been there on official business.”
That did it. At the mention of the cops, there was no way he was going to be a saint. Savage rolled and took her with him, so that she sprawled over the top of him, her sore, bare ass in the air, legs on either side of his hips. Her amazing blue eyes laughed right down into his, causing his heart to perform some silly, weird melting sensation. He rubbed her bottom, hoping she would consider that a threat.
“You didn’t tell me I had so many rivals for your affection. I went into that blind. All those ladies giggling. They brought cookies, Savage. There were plates of cookies with your name on them.”
If a man like him had the ability to blush, he might actually have done it when the Red Hat ladies marched in with their crazy purple-and-red hats and their wild clothing, as if each had tried to outdo the others in outlandish skirts and layered dusters. Secretly, he applauded them for their carefree apparel and their insistence on living out their lives the way they chose. If they wanted to go to a biker bar dressed as a cross between fairy godmothers and something out of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, more power to them.
Ten of the Red Hat women had shown up, all bearing plates of cookies. And then Zyah, Player’s wife. She had come along to keep an eye on her grandmother. Anat Gamal, her grandmother, had unofficially adopted all of Torpedo Ink as her grandchildren. Savage wasn’t going to admit to his woman that he might really be one of the favorites, because she would give him no end of grief over it. She was already far too amused over how the evening had played out.
“I shared the cookies with you, you little monster,” he pointed out. He kissed the hollow of her neck. She always smelled so good—a wild strawberry fragrance that was just so subtle.
From SAVAGE ROAD published by arrangement with Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 2022 by Christine Feehan.
Review
I have not read the previous book in this series following Savage and Seychelle. So while the author did do a good job of catching us up to some of the things that happened I did find myself a little lost at times, so I would definitely recommend reading that one first.
Seychelle is trying to come to terms with the man she is in love with. She knows that his club comes first, and that they do some dangerous things that could put him in danger. All she wants is to be an equal partner in their relationship. However Savage is worried that if she truley knew who he is, and what happened in his life to make him the way he is, that she will leave him.
Over the course of the story we get alot of Seychelle trying to make sure her and Savage can have a true partnership. He constantly wants to hide what he does for the Club, and uses that as an excuse.. Its Club business so it can’t be discussed. This leaves Seychelle with the feeling that she will always come second.. and that when the club does let her come around its only so they can use her and her abilities. she can do different things with her voice, like keep people calm, along with some other abilities. Now both of them are trying to figure out how to make their relationship work. How to balance what they want and need from each other with what Savage needs to be to help the club..
The whole Torpedo Ink series is definitely darker and grittier than any of Christine Feehans other series that I have read. So if you like literal tortured heros finding love , and dont mind the constant.. im not sure if it would be considered BDSM or not. then you should check this series out. Most of them can be read as standalones but I would definitely read Annihilation Road first.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own
releases Feb 1 2022
Review
I really enjoyed this story! It reminded me of one of my favorites types of paranormal ghosty movies.. Where a group of paranormal investigators are going somewhere thats super haunted in order to make a movie and make it big.. Only in this one the group is trying to make it big on youtube. The psychic tells the group that bad things will happen but of course no one listens.. the views/movie are way to important and besides they will all be looking out for each other so it will all be okay. I was sucked in from the very begining and read it in one sitting.
Chrissy can see ghosts, she has been able to do this since she was a little girl.. She has always felt alone with this weird ability, until she is paired with Chase for a project in school.. He knew something was up with her, and when he realized that in photos there were orbs and lights.. He loves paranormal tv shows and knew thats a sign of ghosts, when she revealed the truth to him a friendship and a youtube channel were born..
This Halloween Chrissy, Chase, Emma and Kiki are going to a Hostel/Hotel in LA.. Lots of people have died here, but they are going to specifically see if they can find out what happened to a young woman who was found at the bottom of an elevator shaft..
As soon as they arrive at the hotel Chrissy can feel that the Hotel is alive, just waiting for them to come inside. Almost from the first moment they walk in the doors she can see who has died there.. The dead are everywhere and only she can see what they are doing..This definitely makes this extra spooky.. I loved the amosphere of the haunted hotel, and all the crazy things that had happened there in the past..
I really loved the Ghost Gang, and would love to see them in another book, going to another super haunted location trying to figure out how someone mysteriously died.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own
released Jan 18 2022
Bk 2 in the Dark Olympus series
Review
Electric Idol follows Eros and Psyche… I really love how Katee Robert has decided to retell these Greek Myths!
Eros is the boogeyman, the fixer.. whomever Aprodite needs delt with Eros gets the job done. Psyche blends in and plays the game of the perfect olympian.. at least to the public.
Psyche has done something to anger Aphrodite.. or at least her mother Demeter has. Now Aphrodite wants nothing more that for Psyches heart to be delievered to her, so she sends her son Eros to get the job done.
However just this once, he doens’t want to do what his mother says.. so he comes up with the idea of marrying Psyche.. Its the only way he can see to keep her safe from his mother.. and if they happen to have some sexy fun times than all the better… Marriage of convience is one of my favorite tropes and it was done so well in this book!
As they get closer they begin to realize that there is more to each other than they both realize, and in trying to make the world believe that they are in love… they are actually falling for each other..
I love how Psyche loves Eros despite the life he lived as his mothers fixer. and that Eros gets to see the real Psyche who no one but her family has ever known before..
This is a great sequel to Neon Gods and I can’t wait for more!!
I hope we get a book following Callisto and Eurydice. Especially with what we find out happens to one of them in this story!!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own
bk 4 in The Detective Mackenzie Price series
Released Jan 17 2022
Review
This is the first book that I have read in this series, and was able to follow along just fine.. although after reading this one Im definitely interested in going back and reading the other 3 books and learning more about our Detective Mackenzie.
In this book Detectives Mackenzie and Nick are working on the case of a missing woman. This case ends up linked to other missing woman and a cold case thats 20 years old, and wow did it keep me on the edge of my seat watching Mackenzie and Nick try and put the pieces together.. . There are so many twists and turns during this book that you have no idea where its going to lead until the very end.. and while I was able to predict who the bad guy was, the motivations behind it were a complete surprise.. I read it in one sitting, and I can’t wait to read more books by this author and read the rest of the books in this series.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own