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Sunday, March 14, 2021

Review: The Mark of the Rose by Marsha Canham

Title: The Mark of the Rose
Series: Robin Hood/Black Wolf
Author: Marsha Canham
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: March 4, 2021
Publisher: Oliver Heber Books
ASIN: B08Y62RB2B

This is the story of two women, born seven centuries apart, but connected by a series of mysterious and magical events.

Ellen Bowe discovers she is the sole heir to an estate in Northern England, complete with manor house, castle, and ghostly visitations.

Enndolynn Ware is being held captive by the Sheriff of Nottingham. She escapes with the help of four bold knights led by Rennwick de Beauvoir, a black-haired, green-eyed champion who has been charged to find the witch and take her to Burgundy.

The lives of the two women are bound together by the archaic writings in the rose folio, by a document written by Stephen Langton, and by a birthmark they both share: the mark of the rose.


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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Review: Say You're Sorry by Karen Rose

Title: Say You're Sorry
Series: Karen Rose's Interconnecting Books, Sacramento, CA
Author: Karen Rose
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: July 30, 2019
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 0451491076
ISBN-13: 9780451491077

There is a serial killer on the loose, preying on vulnerable women. The only identifiable mark the killer leaves are letters—sometimes one, sometimes two—all carved into the torsos of his victims. Together they spell "Sydney."

When he grabs Daisy Dawson, he believes he has found his next victim. But despite her small stature, she fights back with an expertise that quickly frees her. Before fleeing the scene, Daisy also manages to grab what proves to be crucial evidence: a necklace from around the killer's neck.

The necklace is more than a trivial item—it is a link to a cold case that Special Agent Gideon Reynolds has been tracking for seventeen years. With Daisy's help, Gideon finally has the opportunity to get closer to the truth than ever before.

But they might not get the chance, as the serial killer has a new target: Gideon and Daisy.


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Saturday, February 20, 2021

Review: Alpha Night by Nalini Singh

Title: Alpha Night
Series: Psy-Changeling, Psy-Changeling Trinity
Author: Nalini Singh
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: January 5, 2021
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 1984803646
ISBN-13: 9781984803641

Alpha wolf Selenka Durev’s devotion to her pack is equaled only by her anger at anyone who would harm those under her care. That currently includes the empaths who’ve flowed into her city for a symposium that is a security nightmare, a powder keg just waiting for a match.

Ethan Night is an Arrow who isn’t an Arrow. Numb and disengaged from the world, he’s loyal only to himself. Assigned as part of the security force at a world-first symposium, he carries a dark agenda tied to the power-hungry and murderous Consortium. Then violence erupts and Ethan finds himself crashing into the heart and soul of an alpha wolf.

Mating at first sight is a myth, a fairytale. Yet Selenka’s wolf is resolute: Ethan Night, broken Arrow and a man capable of obsessive devotion, is the mate it has chosen. Even if the mating bond is full of static and not quite as it should be. Because Selenka’s new mate has a terrible secret, his mind surging with a power that is a creature of madness and death...


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Friday, February 19, 2021

Review: Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh

Title: Wolf Rain
Series: Psy-Changeling, Psy-Changeling Trinity
Author: Nalini Singh
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: February 25, 2020
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 1984803611
ISBN-13: 9781984803610

Kidnapped as a young girl, her psychic powers harnessed by a madman, Memory lives a caged and isolated existence…until she comes face-to-face with a wolf. Labelled an empath by her bad-tempered rescuer, Memory knows that her 'gift' is nothing so bright. It is a terrible darkness that means she will always be hunted.

But Memory is free now and she intends to live. A certain growly wolf can just deal with it.

Alexei prefers to keep his packmates at bay, the bleak history of his family a constant reminder that mating, love, hope is not for him. But Memory, this defiant and fearless woman who stands toe-to-toe with him awakens the most primal part of his nature—and soon, he must make a choice: risk everything or lose Memory to a murderous darkness that wants to annihilate her from existence...


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Monday, February 8, 2021

Review: Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb

Title: Faithless in Death
Series: In Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: February 9, 2021
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ASIN: B086ZXF6MR

The scene in the West Village studio appears to be classic crime-of-passion: two wine glasses by the bed, music playing, and a young sculptor named Ariel Byrd with the back of her head bashed in. But when Dallas tracks down the wealthy Upper East Side woman who called 911, the details don't add up. Gwen Huffman is wealthy, elegant, comforted by her handsome fiancé as she sheds tears over the trauma of finding the body—but why did it take an hour to report it? And why is she lying about little things?

As Eve and her team look into Gwen, her past, and the people around her, they find that the lies are about more than murder. As with sculpture, they need to chip away at the layers of deception to find the shape within—and soon they're getting the FBI involved in a case that involves a sinister, fanatical group and a stunning criminal conspiracy.


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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Review: Under Currents by Nora Roberts

Title: Under Currents
Author: Nora Roberts

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: July 9, 2019
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ASIN: B07JBQTL3W

Within the walls of a tasteful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, young Zane Bigelow feels like a prisoner of war. Strangers—and even Zane’s own aunt across the lake—see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children’s ballet recitals and baseball games. Zane and his sister know the truth: There is something terribly wrong.

As his father’s violent, controlling rages—and his mother’s complicity—become more and more oppressive, Zane counts the years, months, days until he can escape. He looks out for little Britt, warning her Be smart. Be careful. In fear for his very life, he plays along with the insidious lie that everything is fine, while scribbling his real thoughts in a secret journal he must carefully hide away.

When one brutal, shattering night finally reveals cracks in the façade, Zane begins to understand that some people are willing to face the truth, even when it hurts. As he grows into manhood and builds a new kind of family, he will find that while the darkness of his past may always shadow him, it will also show him what is necessary for good to triumph—and give him strength to draw on when he once again must stand up and defend himself and the ones he loves...


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Saturday, January 30, 2021

Review: Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb

Title: Shadows in Death
Series: In Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: September 8, 2020
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ASIN: B082RRR1BB

When a night out at the theatre is interrupted by the murder of a young woman in Washington Square Park, it seems like an ordinary case for Detective Eve Dallas and her team. But when Roarke spots a shadow from his past in the crowd, Eve realises that this case is far from business as usual.

Eve has two complex cases on her hands—the shocking murder of this wealthy young mother and tracking down the shadow before he can strike again, this time much closer to home. Eve is well used to being the hunter, but how will she cope when the tables are turned? As Eve and the team follow leads to Roarke's hometown in Ireland, the race is on to stop the shadow making his next move...


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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Review: Golden in Death by J.D. Robb

Title: Golden in Death
Series: In Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: February 4, 2020
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ASIN: B07QPJQ45S

Pediatrician Kent Abner received the package on a beautiful April morning. Inside was a cheap trinket, a golden egg that could be opened into two halves. When he pried it apart, highly toxic airborne fumes entered his body and killed him.

After Eve Dallas calls the hazmat team and undergoes testing to reassure both her and her husband that she hasn't been exposed it's time to look into Dr. Abner's past and relationships. Not every victim Eve encounters is an angel, but it seems that Abner came pretty close though he did ruffle some feathers over the years by taking stands for the weak and defenseless. While the lab tries to identify the deadly toxin, Eve hunts for the sender. But when someone else dies in the same grisly manner, it becomes clear that she's dealing with either a madman or someone who has a hidden and elusive connection to both victims.


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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Review: Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb

Title: Vendetta in Death
Series: In Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: September 3, 2019
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ASIN: B07NCVVCQK

She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as alluring and seductive as possible to them. Once they are in her grasp, they are powerless.

The first victim is wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy. His company’s human resources department has already paid out settlements to a couple of his young victims—but they don’t know that his crimes go far beyond workplace harassment. Lady Justice knows. And in one shocking night of brutality, she makes him pay a much steeper price.

Now Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, are combing through the evidence of McEnroy’s secret life. His compulsive need to record his misdeeds provides them with a wide range of suspects, but the true identity of Lady Justice remains elusive. It’s a challenging case, made even more difficult by McEnroy’s widow, who reacts to the investigation with fury, denial, and threats. Meanwhile, Lady Justice’s criminal crusade is escalating rapidly, and if Eve can’t stop this vigilante, there’s no telling how much blood may be spilled...


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