Month: February 2021

Crazy Love by Callie Bardot

FTC: I received a free copy of this book from Audiobookworm in exchange for my honest review. I received no other compensation and the opinions expressed in this review are one hundred percent true and my own.

Crazy Love by Callie Bardot was a good book.  This book is the first book in the series, and I can’t wait to listen to the other books.  I enjoyed the narrator of this book, and I was able to keep track of who was talking throughout the entire book.  I think this book was predictable, but this is how I feel about most of the books in the romance genre. Even with that being said, I still really enjoyed this book.  I was sad when the book came to an end because I had fallen in love with the characters.  I am hoping that we will get a glimpse of these characters in the books that come next.  This book has adult situations in it that I wouldn’t let teenagers read this book.  I wasn’t offended at all, but some people may get triggered by the talk of using drugs.  I did feel bad for Dante because of everything he had gone through as he was growing up.  I also enjoyed that this book has a small mystery thrown in, which is part of the reason I didn’t want to put this one down until I finished listening.  If you are looking for a romance novel with a mystery aspect to it, I would pick up a copy of this audiobook and listen. 

About The Book

Author: Callie Bardot

Narrator: Jonathan Tratar

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Publisher: Callie Bardot⎮2020

Genre: Romance

Series: Adrenaline, Book 1

Release date: Aug. 20, 2020

Synopsis: Skilled “tiger whisperer” Kennedy Swift is on a mission to get her life on track and escape the people who want to do her harm. Running into Dante Vega isn’t on the plan. When her gaze lands on Dante, the same obsession and longing she experienced in her senior year comes roaring back to life. She simply can’t afford to let him in. End of story.

An unexpected, surprise encounter at a tiger sanctuary in the Bronx leaves mega-superstar musician Dante Vega reeling. Is the tiger charging the woman going to maul her? Is she about to lose her life? And, could this very courageous woman be the same girl he crushed on hard at his exclusive private Manhattan high school before she vanished?

Each of their lives has been marred by tragedy. Each carries secrets, too dark to reveal. Will their secrets tear them apart? Or, will they find the courage to come clean, risking all to find love? Find out in Crazy Love: A Rock Star Romance by USA Today best-selling author Callie Bardot.

While each book is a stand-alone, the series it more enjoyable if you listen to them in order.

About The Author

Give me a gritty story, pushing through obstacles, followed by a chance at true love and I’m a happy woman. I fought for love, long and hard, and found it. Along the way, I had a lot of fun, figuring if something exists to be explored, I may as well explore it. How else can you figure out what you like?

My books have won awards like Romance Reviews Reader’s Choice New Adult Erotic (Blurred Lines) and have landed on the NY Times and USA Today Bestseller’s list, as well as #1 Amazon bestseller categories. If I’m not writing, you can find me under the water, scuba diving, or on land, hiking, saving lives as an EMT, or exploring my breathtaking surroundings in the Pacific Northwest, alongside my sexy, firefighting guy. 

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Making funny voices has always been something I have done, to an almost compulsive level. I would emulate cartoon characters, parents, teachers, politicians, ect. Then focus shifted to martial arts, rock climbing, just other passions and whatnot. In all honesty I feel as though I was lost for a few years. No direction. I then got into the modeling and acting industry. Almost three years as a model/actor, of middling success, before I decided to have a go at being an agent. This move went very very well. Two years later, unfulfilled, I quit my job, bought a mic, and haven’t looked back since.

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Decide To Live by Shirley Anne Edwards

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This is my stop during the book blitz for Decide to Live by Shirley Anne Edwards. Decide to Live is a New Adult contemporary romance book.

This book blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 15 till 21 February. See the tour schedule here.

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By Shirley Anne Edwards
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age category: Young Adult, New Adult
Release Date: 14 February, 2021

Blurb:
When it hurts too much to live, how does one find the strength to stay alive and find hope again?

Reiko Nakano has a charmed life. Not only does the twenty-three-old come from a life of luxury because of her celebrity parents and supermodel sister, she’s best friends with the biggest brother and sister pop duo in the world- Gio and Gem Grove. But what the public assumes is wrong different because of what Reiko suffers in private. She feels she’s an outcast in her own family because of her ptosis and her social anxiety. She then makes the biggest mistake of her life and tries to turn her lifelong crush on Gio into something more. His cruel rejection after she lets him take her virginity leaves her heartbroken.

Reiko hides in the least likely of places- the small town of Albee, Pennsylvania. There she enjoys her anonymity and enrolls in summer classes at Maison University. She hopes she can fit in as a student, but life continues to play tricks on her when she’s hit in the face by a football from one of the most popular boys on campus, Will Forest. But this accidental but memorial meeting will help heal her fragile emotions because Will shows her how special she is to those she meets, including him.

She isn’t sure what to make of Will. He’s too nice and sweet, and treats her like gold. She accepts his attempts at romance even though it’s only temporary. But as the summer flies by, she doesn’t want to give Will up, who doesn’t know the truth about her “vacation”. And when Gio arrives in town, and threatens to out Reiko, she has some hard choices to make. Does she come clean to Will so she can decide to finally live on her own terms and embrace the amazing woman Will thinks her to be?

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Shirley Anne Edwards is a Northeast girl who first found her love for books when she read Nancy Drew’s The Secret of the Old Clock Tower at thirteen. Shirley found her love for writing at a very young age, and since then has let her imagination run wild by creating quirky characters and vast worlds in her head. Shirley lives in New Jersey and works in the entertainment industry in New York City.

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Mission: Accept by Stacy Eaton

FTC: I received a free copy of this book from Audiobookworm in exchange for my honest review. I received no other compensation and the opinions expressed in this review are one hundred percent true and my own.

Mission: Accept by Stacy Eaton was an exciting book.  This is the second book in the series, and I enjoyed this one as much as I did the first one.  If you want to check out my review of this book, you can click here and check it out.  Once again, I love this narrator, and I can’t wait to listen to more books he reads in the future.  I also am a big fan of the author and her books.  I loved that we got to check up on the characters that we met in the first book because they are like old friends.  I think these are my favorite characters yet.  I did find that this book was predictable because all books in this genre usually are.  Out of the two books in this series, this one is by far my favorite.  I fell in love with the characters right from the start of this book, and I was sad when the book came to an end because I didn’t want to say goodbye to them.  I felt more attached to these characters than I did in the other book, even though I liked those characters.  If you are looking for a different romance novel to listen to, I would recommend this book to you.

About The Book

Author: Stacy Eaton

Narrator: Ryan Clark

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Publisher: Nitewolf Novels⎮2020

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Series: Rise Again Warrior, Book 2

Release date: Oct. 28, 2020 

Synopsis: Dana Donahue might be Shane Logan’s cousin, but she’s nothing like him – she’s quite the opposite of him. Her thoughts focus on what money and people can do for her. She never approved of Shane joining the military and knows little about the world he has lived in for most of his life. All that will change when she has to ask him for a job after her father cuts her off. 

Derek Stall lives on the streets by choice – not circumstance. Memories of what he did under order sometimes haunt him, other times give him the strength to move through one more day until he can finish the mission he started.

A chance meeting between Dana and Derek will lead to an unlikely friendship that might just save his life, but the drastic differences between them could be the dividing wedge that keeps them apart. 

When Derek feels he has to leave Rise Again Warrior to complete his mission, he begins to realize that he could be leaving behind more than just a few friends. Could he be leaving behind the possibility of a healthy future before he finally accepts his past?

About The Author

Stacy Eaton is a USA Today Best Selling author and began her writing career in October of 2010. Stacy took an early retirement from law enforcement after over fifteen years of service in 2016, with her last three years in investigations and crime scene investigation to write full time.

Stacy resides in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, who works in law enforcement, and her teen daughter. She also has a son who is currently serving in the United States Navy, and two grandchildren.

Stacy is involved in Domestic Violence Awareness and served on the Board of Directors for her local Domestic Violence Center for three years.

Be sure to visit http://www.stacyeaton.com for updates and more information on her books.

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Ryan Clark is a relatively new audiobook narrator having started his first project in 2017. Ryan is currently an Active Duty Non-Commissioned Officer in the United States Air Force He works as instructor of Foreign Language at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey California. 

Ryan resides in Monterey CA with his wife, 9-month-old son, and 2 dogs.  

Ryan is actively involved in the military programs for Veteran Suicide Prevention and Sexual Assault Response.

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Death In Tranquility by Sharon Linnea

FTC: I received a free copy of this book from Partners In Crime Book Tours in exchange for my honest review. I received no other compensation and the opinions expressed in this review are one hundred percent true and my own.

Death in Tranquility by Sharon Linnea was a fun book to read.  I am not a drinker, but I love that this book gives you a drink recipe in between every chapter.  Some of them sound like they would be good, so I might have to try them someday.  This is the first book that I have read by this author, and I fell in love with her writing.  One of the reasons I fell in love with this book is that even though this is a mystery, it wasn’t super intense.  Right now, I am finding that I am leaning away from super intense books and reaching for books like this one.  I did wonder from time to time why Avalon did run away after the first 30 minutes that she spent in Tranquility.  I know I would have been on the next train out of town and never look back.  I am glad she didn’t, but I know I would have.  I spent most of this book smiling as I was reading because of the stuff that happened throughout the book.  If you are looking for a mystery book to read that isn’t intense, I recommend that you pick up a copy of this book.  I also can’t wait to read the next book because I love the author.

About The Book

Genre: Mystery
Published by: Arundel Publishing
Publication Date: September 29th 2020
Number of Pages: 323
ISBN: 9781933608 (ISBN13: 9781933608150)
Series: Bartender’s Guide to Murder, 1

No one talks to the cops. Everyone talks to the bartender. And Avalon Nash is one hell of a bartender.

Avalon is on the run from her life in Los Angeles. Having a drink while waiting to change trains in the former Olympic town of Tranquility, New York, she discovers the freshly murdered bartender at MacTavish’s. A bartender herself, she’s offered the position with the warning he wasn’t the first MacTavish’s bartender to meet a violent end.

Avalon’s superpower is collecting people’s stories, and she’s soon embroiled in the lives of artists, politicians, ghost hunters and descendants of Old Hollywood.

Can Avalon outrun the ghosts of her past, catch the ghosts of Tranquility’s past and outsmart a murderer?

The first book in the Bartender’s Guide to Murder series offers chills, laughs, and 30 of the best drink recipes ever imbibed.

About The Author

Sharon Linnéa wrote the bestselling Eden Series (Chasing Eden, Beyond Eden, Treasure of Eden and Plagues of Eden) with B.K. Sherer, as well as the standalone These Violent Delights, a movie murder series. She enjoyed working with Axel Avian on Colt Shore: Domino 29, a middle-grade spy thriller. She is also the author of Princess Ka’iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People about the last crown princess of Hawaii which won the prestigious Carter Woodson Award, and Raoul Wallenberg: the Man Who Stopped Death. She was a staff writer for five national magazines, a book editor at three publishers, and a celebrity ghost. She lives outside New York City with her family. In Orange County, she teaches The Book Inside You workshops with Thomas Mattingly.

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Mission: Believe by Stacy Eaton

FTC: I received a free copy of this book from Audiobookworm in exchange for my honest review. I received no other compensation and the opinions expressed in this review are one hundred percent true and my own.

Mission: Believe by Stacy Eaton was a great book.  This book gave me an escape and an exciting world to escape into.  I enjoyed the narrator of this book as well.  He did a great job of changing his voice for the different characters, making it easy to know who was talking.  I have read/listen to several books by this author, and as far as I can remember, I have enjoyed her books, and this book was no different.  I grew up in the military, so when I saw this book come up for review, I knew I had to check it out.  I found the subject of this book super interesting.  This book followed the same pattern that most romance books follow, but that didn’t bother me because of this book’s plot.  I fell in love with the characters right from the start, and I was glad that there is another book in this series because I hope that we will get an update on these two in the next book in the series.  If you love romance novels, I am sure you will love this book as much as I do.  I can’t say enough good things about this book.  I will be reviewing the next book next week, so come back and see how I felt about that one if this book interests you.

About The Book

Author: Stacy Eaton

Narrator: Ryan Clark

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Publisher: Nitewolf Novels⎮2020

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Series: Rise Again Warrior, Book 1

Release date: May 27, 2020

Synopsis: This is a very emotional story about sacrifice and loyalty – about overcoming the wounds of battle and finding a life to live and a love to share it with.

Staff Sgt. Shane Logan is lucky to have come from a privileged family, and after losing both of his legs in the war, he now has the best prosthetics that money can buy. While he is trying to move forward with life, he struggles with the past and the way people react to him and his disability.

Dr. Lauren Falcone works tirelessly to help veterans deal with the trauma and pain of their deployments. Her unique virtual approach to therapy keeps her busy, and the assistance she provides to service members as they recover mentally helps her resolve her own anxieties.

When Shane meets Lauren at a fundraiser for his father’s organization, he wonders if there just might be a chance for him to get his dream off the ground and maybe find a normal life with someone who can look past his flaws and see the man he is inside.

Shane and Lauren are drawn to each other by their hope to make life easier for veterans, both physically and emotionally. Their goal is to build Shane’s dream organization, Rise Again Warrior, which will assist veterans to integrate more easily into society and have the opportunity to receive state-of-the-art technology and therapy.

Now, if they can only have faith in themselves, learn to deal with their own demons, and believe in each other, they might find a way to bring this dream to fruition.

About The Author

Stacy Eaton is a USA Today Best Selling author and began her writing career in October of 2010. Stacy took an early retirement from law enforcement after over fifteen years of service in 2016, with her last three years in investigations and crime scene investigation to write full time.

Stacy resides in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, who works in law enforcement, and her teen daughter. She also has a son who is currently serving in the United States Navy, and two grandchildren.

Stacy is involved in Domestic Violence Awareness and served on the Board of Directors for her local Domestic Violence Center for three years.

Be sure to visit http://www.stacyeaton.com for updates and more information on her books.

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Ryan Clark is a relatively new audiobook narrator having started his first project in 2017. Ryan is currently an Active Duty Non-Commissioned Officer in the United States Air Force He works as instructor of Foreign Language at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey California. 

Ryan resides in Monterey CA with his wife, 9-month-old son, and 2 dogs.  

Ryan is actively involved in the military programs for Veteran Suicide Prevention and Sexual Assault Response.

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The Widow Catcher by Jonette Blake

FTC: I received a free copy of this book from Partners In Crime Book Tours in exchange for my honest review. I received no other compensation and the opinions expressed in this review are one hundred percent true and my own.

The Widow Catcher by Jonette Blake was an exciting book.  I enjoyed how intense parts of this book were.  It has been a while since I have read a book that kept me on the edge of my seat like this one did.  I love when I fall in love with a book that I wasn’t expecting much from when I started reading.  I was able to figure out who was killing the people pretty early on, but I loved that the reason they were killing came much later in the book.  I did enjoy that this book brought in a book club as part of the plot because it made the plot and characters come to life for me as I was reading.  I found that this book was a perfect book to escape into and forget everything crazy that is going on in the world right now.  I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout the book. 

About The Book

Genre: Thriller
Published by: Jonette Blake
Publication Date: August 27th 2020
Number of Pages: 260
ISBN: 9798675198726

Delia Frost loves her job at the bank. She loves her customers, most of whom are elderly. She doesn’t love the idea of quitting her job to travel around Australia in a motor home with her husband who is recovering from a heart attack. And she can’t bring herself to tell him that she doesn’t want to go.

Days before she quits her job, she is invited to a book club meeting, run by a local celebrity. This seems like a beacon of hope, one last chance to do something for herself before she leaves it all behind.

But this isn’t a random invitation.

Delia has been carefully selected by a serial killer to play her part in the murders of elderly widows.

​Finding herself caught in a web of blackmail and murder, Delia is now keen to leave this town behind. But the killer doesn’t want to let her go

About The Author

Jonette Blake writes supernatural thrillers and suspense thrillers. She is the author of over ten books and dozens of short stories, writing as D L Richardson.

She was born in Ireland and grew up in Australia. She lived through the 80s and music is still a big part of her life. When she is not writing, she plays her piano and guitar, listens to music, reads, and enjoys the beach.

​She has held jobs in administration, sales and marketing, has worked in HR, payroll, and as a bank teller. Her latest novel The Widow Catcher is based on the coastal town she lives in and her own bank teller experience.

Her books are standalone titles.

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