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[Jonetta]

I finished Making Waves by Laura Moore, Beach Lane #1, and loved it! Here's my review.

I'm now reading A Notion of Love by Abbie Williams, Shore Leave Cafe #3.

[Anita]

by William McKeen 4-Stars
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[[deleted user]]

Fortune's Surprise Engagement by Nancy Robards Thompson in paper back from author for review. Finished 4/12
I am reading this as a review from the author. Olivia is the last of the sisters who is not or will be getting married. She has no trust or faith in love and has a very harsh idea of marriage. So it is quite a surprise when she gets Alejandro Mendoza to be her pretend boyfriend to persuade her sister Sophia who has suddenly gotten cold feet a week before her wedding, that love isn't as horrendous as she once thought it was. Alejandro is suave, sexy and very ready to take on this role. Once Sophia finds out about the ruse, Alejandro asks Olivia to marry him to get Sophia back on track and to the altar. This farce goes on and on. Until....they start to actually fall for one another. I loved this story and it was a fast read. I just feel that it would have been better to read this series in order as I was lost on how all these families fit together. I plan to start and read up. A very sweet, romantic, entertaining book. 5 stars

[Jonetta]

I finished A Notion of Love by Abbie Williams, Shore Leave Cafe #3, and really liked this story, especially how it was presented. Here's my review.

I also finished listening to Columbine by Dave Cullen, a really extraordinary account of the mass shooting in 1999. Here's my review.

I'm now listening to Unspeakable by Laura Griffin, Tracers #2, and reading Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf.

[Cindy]

I love Heather Gudenkauf! I haven't read Little Mercies yet but everything she writes is great.

I just quit 80 pages into a crap kindle read so now I'm looking for something that is already on my kindle to read during the last hour of work. Earlier today I finished Rules of Play: Opposites Attract / The Heart's Victory by Nora so I checked 2 more stand-alones off my list.

[♥ Joy Joy ♥]

Finally moving along with a few of the series I've been slowly reading and getting through -

Mrs. Pollifax Series - great adventure/spy series featuring a senior citizen with a lot of spunk and smarts. Highly recommend!


Harrison Investigations series - really interesting supernatural thriller series. There are 8 in this one and it continues on with her Krewe Hunter series


- latest release in the Main Street series, which is a spin off of the author's Banshee Creek series.

- latest in Amanda M Lee's Wicked Witches of the Midwest series. Not my favorite, but it was interesting enough

- 2nd book in Bewitched by Chocolate series. Am loving it so far. Plan on trying out the author's other series

- re-reading the Enchanted, Inc. series. Only have a few of the books and after I re-read the ones I have, may go ahead and get the rest to continue the series.

& - books 3 and 4 of the serial killer thriller series, Skye Cree. LOVE IT! Just keeps getting better and better. I'm not sure if the author is planning on continuing the series, but I sure hope so.

- New series I happen to come across because it fit with one of the challenges I'm doing. It's gritty yet immersive and definitely want to read the 2nd book soon to see if it continues to remain interesting.

[Cindy]

Good grief, this thread plays havoc with my to-read list! lol

[♥ Joy Joy ♥]

Cindy wrote: "Good grief, this thread plays havoc with my to-read list! lol"

Right!!

[Jonetta]

Cindy wrote: "I love Heather Gudenkauf! I haven't read Little Mercies yet but everything she writes is great.

I just quit 80 pages into a crap kindle read so now I'm looking for something that is already on my..."

This is my first experience with the author. Good to know!

[Selina]

Have started the Paradise ValleySeries by Debra Burroughs Emily Parker moved to Paradise Valley with her new husband Evan But tragedy strikes when Evan is murdered. As Emily looks into her husband's death and takes on one of his last private investigator cases she finds out Evan was more than he appeared to be. Colin Andrews is the new hot detective in Paradise Valley. When a murder puts these two on opposite sides, sparks fly. Good sparks though.

[Anita]

Wonderful cozy mystery series by Caroline Fardig 4-Stars
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[♥ Joy Joy ♥]

Just finished the 1st book of the Six Pack Ranch series -


Overall, it was a pretty easy and enjoyable read. I really want to continue on with the series because the author did a really good job dropping little tidbits to hook you (in regards to the other brothers' stories).

[Cindy]

Picked Untamed back up today after putting it down last year. Some of Nora's older books are harder for me to get through. Gonna finish it this time though! lol

[Anita]

A lot of authors are hit or miss with their older works. I love the older romances of Suzanne Brockmann and Tami Hoag.

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Cooking With The Dead Finished
I was asked to read this for a review and I don't like NOT liking a book, but this one is one of them. The story line was fun and interesting but the writing was awful. It had no flow to it and no descriptions of people, places and situations. I felt like I was on a fast roller coaster and couldn't get off. The characters were weakly defined, without reading the first book I was lost. All the sentences were short and rigid. Like, "see Dick, see Dick run." etc. Not sure if I will read the others or not. Sorry! 2 stars

[[deleted user]]

Last Stop at Paradise by Kristin Wallace. Starting. Finished 4/11
I was asked to read this book for a review by the author. Callie Dalton has run back to her home town of Shellwater Key after her evangelist husband of a huge empire has been arrested for embezzlement and fraud and then dies before sentencing. She has been emotionally and mentally abused not only by her late husband, but by everyone he stole money from and the whole world it seems. Her first hurdle is walking into the house where haunting memories lie regarding the death of her mother. Noah Johnson is known to be an angel in town, always helping out and rescuing people. But he has some ghosts and baggage from his past. Noah is the carpenter for the Paradise Dinner Theater that is owned by one of Callie's old best friend Layla and is helped being run by her other best friend Emma. Through all the renovations Callie and Noah have found chemistry between them and the reuniting of best friends, pasts healed and new beginnings. I loved this story and the characters. It was such a touching, emotional and inspirational story. I have not read all in this series. This book can certainly be read as a stand alone book. I can't wait to read more. 5 stars

[Quynh]

Had to force myself to finish this one. . I couldn't connect with it on any level. 2 stars is generous actually. Here's my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Cindy]

Just started by Nora at work today.

[Jonetta]

I finished Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf and loved it. Here's my review.

I'm now reading Whisper No Lies by Cindy Gerard, Black Ops, Inc. #3.

[Cindy]

I love fairy tale retellings and I just finished , free with kindle unlimited.

[♥ Joy Joy ♥]

Yesterday, I read Immortal Ops: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition and the 3rd book in the Cowboy Brother Bears series - Cowboy Bear's Fate.

Did not like either of those reads. The Cowboy Bear's Fate was too rushed and felt, for lack of better wording, half assed. The characters were shallow and the book just didn't have a good flow.

And for Immortal Ops...I really didn't like it. Everything I said about Cowboy Bear's Fate applies to this book on a much more annoying level.

It was just so....fake. I know it's fiction so of course it's not real, but even in fantasy there has to be a certain level of realism.

Or if it's going to reach "absurdity"...you need to invest in it fully and make it believable...or at least make the characters believable. There was a real lack of depth in any of them.

It was just so much "stuff" all thrown into together that at one point I found myself literally gritting my teeth as I forced my way through it.


(I hadn't written a review but going to copy and paste what I said and put it in there. Haha. )


So yesterday was bad choice book day. But today...woohooo!! Got a couple winners!

The Ocean at the End of the Lane - My Review

All He Ever Needed - My Review

Would recommend as good adds to your TBR lists! For the Ocean at the End of the Lane - I got it when it was on sale for $1.99. The price is back up, but if you sign up for Bookbub, I'm sure you'll be able to catch it on sale again.

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[Jonetta]

I finished listening to Unspeakable by Laura Griffin, Tracers #2, and it was disappointing. Not sure if it was the narrator or the story and the narrator but I was underwhelmed. Here's my review.

I'm now listening to The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, Harry Bosch Universe #16.

[[deleted user]]

The Merry-Go-Round by Donna Fasano on kindle. finished 04/15
A light-hearted, entertaining romance. Lauren has just been divorced, her hypochondriac father has moved in with her, she has just received a dilapidated barn and merry-go-round in a swamp from her divorce judge and her ex seems to be now showing and doing his laundry at her place by invitation of her father. She is a smart, well educated, ambitious lawyer who's life is a merry-go round in itself. Her receptionist is now fooling around with her dad, and her first stab at dating again is a sexual and emotional disaster. Lauren has had to open her heart and mind not only regarding others but herself. What she finds is a comical, yet emotional eye opener. This was such a heart warming, fun book. One that was hard to put down. Made me laugh and cry. 5 stars

[Cathy]

I was a winner in the Come Sundown ARC giveaway, so I have just started reading it. I already can't put it down!

[Jonetta]

Cathy wrote: "I was a winner in the Come Sundown ARC giveaway, so I have just started reading it. I already can't put it down!"

Congrats!

[Anita]

New paranormal-romance series. Hook: Exiles of the Realm by Adrienne Bell 3 1/2-Stars

My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[♥ Joy Joy ♥]

I've read a few books since my last post but only two are worth mentioning. The others were pretty disappointing :(

All He Ever Desired - My Review

Conspiracy in Death - didn't do a review for this but I will say I gave it 5 stars because yes, it was that AWESOME.

My only issue I had was that I really wished a certain someone hadn't died. Not because I thought the raving bi*** deserved to live, but rather because I would have loved to have read about her getting her comeuppance.

Then again, I guess how she died could be seen as karma. *sniffs* Still doesn't seem like enough to me. *shrugs*


#NoI'mNotBloodthirsty
#OkayMaybeALittleBloodthirsty
#EveIsAwesome

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[Jonetta]

Joy wrote: "I've read a few books since my last post but only two are worth mentioning. The others were pretty disappointing :(

All He Ever Desired - My Review

[book:Conspiracy in Death|64983..."

Conspiracy is definitely awesome!! However, I'm glad the bi*** didn't make it:)

[♥ Joy Joy ♥]

Haha. :D

[Heather L]

The Awakening by Amanda Stevens

[Cindy]

Currently reading The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi Swayze as well as Reflections and Dreams by Nora.

[Cindy]

Oh, and tonight I'm going to read The Mermaid: an Everland Ever After...Tail by Caroline Lee. This is book 8 in an awesome fairy tale/western series and I've been waiting for it to be released for the past 6 months.

[Jennifer, Just beyond normal ♑]

Montana Sky in between other reads, and I have started Lover at Last

[Anita]

5-Stars
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4 1/2-stars
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[[deleted user]]

Straight on Toward Paradise by Kristin Wallace on Kindle started. Finished 04/20
Emma has come to Shellwater Keys after getting a call from her mother that her father and stepmother have been killed in a car accident. After her father left her and her mother for another woman years ago, she has had little contact with him and has been seldom back. She makes it back just in time to literally run into her fathers law-partner at the funeral who is less than excited to see her. She finds out the same day that her father listed her as guardian for her two step daughters and that she has chosen hardly know. Not only does Emma no nothing about parenting, but she resents that the two girls were more a part of her father's life than she was. The two girls absolutely love Reese Cassings and aren't too thrilled that he is not going to be guardian. Emma's mother, Mary, will stay with them to help Emma get her feet planted. Mary hasn't been back since her husband left her for another woman one Halloween. Reese is constantly making snide remarks and looking over Emma's shoulder with he girls. Reese and Emma hide behind their so-called dislike and distrust with each other for other feelings that are brewing between them. Emma's escape in all this chaos is being newly hired as the main chef for the rejuvenated play house that her best friend Layla is in charge of. I absolutely LOVED this book. I am reading them out of order, but this a stand alone book. The characters are strong and well defined. A story of love, forgiveness, trust and putting the past where it belongs. More than 5 stars!!

[AliciaJ]

The Target By David Baldacci

[Jonetta]

I finished Whisper No Lies by Cindy Gerard, Black Ops, Inc. #3, and loved it. Here's my review.

I'm now reading Justice by Lisa Clark O'Neill, Southern Comfort #.7.

[Jonetta]

Jennifer wrote: "Montana Sky in between other reads, and I have started Lover at Last"

Two really good ones!

[Jonetta]

Heather L wrote: "The Awakening by Amanda Stevens"

Can't wait to get to this one. It's on my list this month.

[Barbara "Cookie"]

Sorry placing my read chose on the wrong posts. I am now reading "The Fairy Tales of NewYork Series "

[Jonetta]

Thanks, Cookie!

[CD {Boulder Blvd}]

I'm currently reading Saving Mercy . It's a little dark, the characters are unique and I'm finding it a very compelling read.

[Jonetta]

CD {Boulder Blvd} wrote: "I'm currently reading Saving Mercy . It's a little dark, the characters are unique and I'm finding it a very compelling read."

I keep seeing this author's name throughout my groups. I'll need to check her out.

[Quynh]

Jonetta wrote: "CD {Boulder Blvd} wrote: "I'm currently reading Saving Mercy . It's a little dark, the characters are unique and I'm finding it a very compelling re..."

It's a dark psychological thriller and I enjoyed it. I posted a review last week https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

First book read by Mary Burton and I'll be going back to read some more. Great mystery/suspense novel. here's my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[[deleted user]]

Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich, just started in hard cover. Finished 04/22/17
Haven't read one of her books in a long time. This series always makes me swoon and laugh right out load. Lula decides she is going to send a tape to Naked & Afraid for bungee jumping with Randy Briggs? Stephanie Plum is again after one of her skipped bonds and after chasing one in a semi, a man who is frozen, covered in chocolate and peanuts rolls out of it. She is in her on again, off again engaged to being engaged to Morelli and working with the allusive, hotter than hell Ranger. Is Stephanie ever going to actually pick just one, or just keep sleeping with them both? Lucky lady!! I really enjoyed this book and can't wait for another. 5 stars

[Cindy]

I finished The Time of My Life, am reading The Handmaid's Tale on my computer at work, still working on Reflections and Dreams, and getting ready to start something new that I haven't decided on yet. lol

[Anita]

4-Stars
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jonetta]

I finished The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, Harry Bosch Universe #16, and really enjoyed it. Here's my review.

I'm now listening to Broken Silence by Karen Rose, Romantic Suspense #14.5.

[Anita]

Scandal in Spring 4-Star
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[[deleted user]]

Anita wrote: " Scandal in Spring 4-Star
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I really enjoyed this series. Have you read the others?