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“Murder in Humboldt” (Carson Reno Mystery Series, Book 1) by Gerald W. Darnell – #MysteryThriller&Suspense, #Thrillers&Suspense, #Crime, #Murder, #Crime Fiction

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Set in the sixties, Carson Reno is the owner of the Drake Detective Agency in Memphis. When asked to investigate what might be infidelity by a wife who thinks she is hiring a stranger, he ends up implicated in the murder of JR Maxwell in his own hometown. Two thugs (Bubba and Bobby) try to convince him to keep his distance while the police chief insists he return to Humboldt to answer some questions. Of course, there are some lovely ladies to provide some distraction, as well as Carson’s friends at Chiefs and the Starlight to provide support and libation. The union shut down at the textile mill, the trucks not allowed to leave, and the questionable meetings of JR, especially with General Samson and Judy Strong, give the story added dimension.
Having come of age in the sixties, the classic cars and social norms depicted by Darnell held a touch of nostalgia. The characters seemed to fit the times. The plot was easy to follow, but JR’s murderer and the motive weren’t obvious until the end. Fans of Perry Mason, Mike Hammer, Donald Lam and others from that era will like Carson Reno for sure. This is the first in the Carson Reno series, the 12th (Justifiable Homicide) was published in October 2014.
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Throwback to the Sixties
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Set in the sixties, Carson Reno is the owner of the Drake Detective Agency in Memphis. When asked to investigate what might be infidelity by a wife who thinks she is hiring a stranger, he ends up implicated in the murder of JR Maxwell in his own hometown. Two thugs (Bubba and Bobby) try to convince him to keep his distance while the police chief insists he return to Humboldt to answer some questions. Of course, there are some lovely ladies to provide some distraction, as well as Carson’s friends at Chiefs and the Starlight to provide support and libation. The union shut down at the textile mill, the trucks not allowed to leave, and the questionable meetings of JR, especially with General Samson and Judy Strong, give the story added dimension.Having come of age in the sixties, the classic cars and social norms depicted by Darnell held a touch of nostalgia. The characters seemed to fit the times. The plot was easy to follow, but JR’s murderer and the motive weren’t obvious until the end. Fans of Perry Mason, Mike Hammer, Donald Lam and others from that era will like Carson Reno for sure. This is the first in the Carson Reno series, the 12th (Justifiable Homicide) was published in October 2014.

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“Murder in Humboldt” 
(Carson Reno Mystery
Series, Book 1) 
by Gerald W. Darnell
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Soldiers of Destruction Series Book 1 and 2 by E. Kay Sims – #Military, #Romance, #War&Military, #Action&Adventure

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Line BlurbI’m Capt. Eve Stone and I’m a cyborg. I woke up in a top-secret lab with no memory of my past, except that I was once human. They erased my memory, more than once, but that’s the one thing they couldn’t extinguish because the body has a way of storing information at a cellular level. I’m more machine than human now, but once my sleep…
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Jean E. Ross
Eve of Destruction by E Kay SimsThis is the story of Eve and Wyatt. The beginning of their relationship is difficult, their love blossoms and both are completely taken with the other…their other half! But their love story suffers because of their military careers. Can Eve and Wyatt find their way back to each other? Can love conquer all? I cannot wait to find out as their journey continues. You become invested in these characters. You feel their joy and their sorrow. No HEA yet, but I am praying for these super soldiers.

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(Soldiers of Destruction Series Book 1) 
by E. Kay Sims
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CAPTAIN EVE STONE, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS JTAC
I am an American soldier, serving the people of the United States of America. I am a warrior. I am trained and disciplined mentally and physically. I am an expert and a professional. I stand ready to deploy, engage, and to destroy the enemy. I will never accept defeat. And that is why after nearly twenty years of serving my country and having my identity, my memory, my life, and my one true love stolen from me, I will fight with everything in me to get him back, to remember who I really am.
Almost twenty years have gone by since I was injured in an accident while serving in the United States Air Force. My family, friends, and fiancé were informed I had died. I lost everything. Until now.
It was a chance encounter. While on a top-secret mission behind enemy lines in Iraq, he found me, the only man I’ve ever loved, SSgt Wyatt Powell. But I don’t remember him. You see, I’m a cyborg now. My human side is at war with my machine side because my human side remembers. I have a new identity and a new mission. I will get my life back, and I will make Wyatt fall in love with me again. And I will seek out and destroy those who did this to me. I am Captain Eve Stone, and I am a Soldier of Destruction.
SSGT WYATT POWELL, MERCENARY SOLDIER OF KNIGHTS INC.
I can’t believe it’s her. When she died, it nearly destroyed me. Now I’m facing the fact that she’s been alive all this time, but she’s changed. She’s a cyborg with a new identity, and I’m not the same man she fell in love with. I’ve seen and done things that I cannot undo.
I have memories of how we used to be, of the all-consuming love we once shared, back before I had traversed the depths of hell. Before I lost my soul and willingly became a cyborg soldier for Knights Inc., a private mercenary army for hire, fighting for and protecting important assets of the United States. We do the dirty work no one else will, behind enemy lines in the most dangerous parts of the world, and on American soil. We go where even the bravest of the brave would not dare to go.
We have a new mission: find others like Captain Eve Stone and stop whoever is stealing the lives of American soldiers and turning them into cyborgs against their will. This I will do. I will hunt down those bastards and make them pay. I owe her this, even though I’ve reached the point of no return. I owe her my help in getting her life back, even if I no longer belong in it.
I can’t go back to the way we were, and I don’t know how to go forward, or if I even want to. She would hate the man I’ve become. I’m no longer worthy of her. I am the Dragon, a Knight of Destruction.
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Kiera Jayne
Action Packed Sequel

In the first Soldiers of Destruction book, we received an in-depth character study of Katica’s past with Wyatt Powell, the love of her life and the things that lead up to her becoming Eve Stone, a cyborg super soldier. In this, Knights of Destruction, we move into the present day. This installment is much more action packed than the first, which focused more on the love story between the leaves. While it is still prevalent here, the major part of the novel explores Katica/Eve’s powers, for want of a better word.

The different sides of Eve/Katica come into play, and I love seeing these different sides of two very different characters in one body, it’s very much a spilt personality thing happening here.

Wyatt Powell is stoic and powerful— an incredible character in himself.

This is an outstanding series, and I look forward to the next installment.

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“Knights of Destruction”
(Soldiers of Destruction Book 2)
by E. Kay Sims
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“Drawn to Vail Mountain” (Vail Mountain Trilogy Book 3) by Desiree L. Scott – #Romance, #RomanticSuspense, #Mystery&Suspense, #Suspense

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#romance #comtemporary #thrillers #paranormal #alpha #romanticsuspense

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Her dreams shattered, Connie Meyer just wants to be left alone to live her life in peace. She finds that difficult to do when her estranged husband’s mother insists she returns to her son and a marriage she no longer wants—a marriage that does more harm than good.

Desperate to escape, Connie returns to Vail Mountain, the one place she had truly felt alive. However, her troubles soon follow her, and she gets more than she bargained for as she fights not only her past but the intense feelings that one newly elected sheriff arouses in her.

Jacob Tanner is wary of the city life and the never-ending stream of criminals that plague New York City. He resigns from the police force after a drug bust goes wrong, landing himself in the hospital to face his mortality alone. Uncertain about the direction of his life, he learns of the new sheriff position on Vail Mountain and takes a gigantic leap of faith—faith that he isn’t making a big mistake. Armed with nothing but a few possessions, Jacob relocates, only to find himself falling hard for a woman whose blue eyes speak of pain and loneliness.

As he battles his worst nightmare, can Jacob show her there is more to life than what they have been dealt and convince her that with him, nothing is impossible?

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Sandra LeBlanc
Love

This is the last book in the series I’m sorry to see my friends on Vail Mountain Go. I feel like they are part of my family. Job very well done.

 

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“Drawn to Vail Mountain”
(Vail Mountain Trilogy Book 3)
by Desiree L. Scott
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“Troianne” (Time Travel Society Series Book 1) by Crystal Miles Gauthier – #Literature&Fiction, #HistoricalFiction, #Genre Fiction, #Horror, #Occult, #TimeTravel, #Romance

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He said all the right things… Then left her alone. Troianne Shelden is your everyday, intelligent student. With a love for history and stunning figure, she’s a catch for any guy. But after a night of passion with a handsome stranger, introduced to her by their mutual friends, she finds herself pregnant with nowhere to turn for advice. Her parents passed away long ago and, soon after Troianne finds out she’s pregnant, her grandmother passes, too. Left with a large inheritance, she looks forward to life with her new baby. Fate takes the wheel when she goes into labor. On her way to the hospital, she passes out from intense pain and wakes up in a very different place… The next thing she knows, she’s hearing carriage wheels and voice shouting for help. Lightning illuminates the inside of what was, only moments before, the back of a taxi cab. When the door opens, she’s greeted by a handsome man dressed like he stepped out of the past. In shock, she realizes that she’s somehow traveled back in time– …and she has no idea how to return.
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As I was reading this book it got better with every page
By Jacquelyn
5 stars!!! I have to say that I really thought that this book was not going to interest me! As I was reading this book it got better with every page! Some where in the story I got lost! One minute I was reading about a woman giving birth in 2013 and then the next she was in the 1800’s! But as I kept reading the book I began to fall in love with Troianne. One person who have you believe that no 21 year old woman in the year 2013 would talk like she is from the past, but I do know some people that do talk like they are from a different time but they are not. They picked up on how their families spoke. I think that it is unique and that the Author was not trying to be like everyone else. NO where in this book did it state that it was a true story, and it should not mock how people in the year 2013 speak. Sorry I got off of subject. Duncan, and Troianne were meant to be together, because the feelings that they both had the first time that they met each other . Let me say this no man would ever ask that another man take care of his kid even in the 1800’s or the 2013’s. Becker in this book is a real man! I loved how Duncan was there to be a father to Diana! This Author in my opinion is extraordinary, and very imaginative. 5 Stars all the way!!!!
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“Troianne”
(Time Travel Society
Series, Book 1)
by Crystal Miles Gauthier
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“Cross-Ties” by @Carolyn M. Bowen – #Literature&Fiction, #GenreFiction, #ComingOfAge, #Action&Adventure, #Romance

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Leah was a rebel. She chose to live her life outside the constraints of 19th century English society. She rebuked any parental control and choose to decide her own fate. From England to the Caribbean and then frontier America, she was loved by family and friends yet still had enemies. Sailing the seas with pirates lurking about helped chisel her character as she created a life of her own near the sea.
Explore the scenic countries with Leah and learn about the native cultures and taste their delicacies. As a mixed race female, she placed prejudices under her feet and learned to recognize and accept love even if it was against the law.
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P.S. Winn
Great epic story of love, life, and loss

This is a well written, interesting story of love, life and the heartache that comes with it. Leah is a woman who leads an interesting but at times sad life. Readers are lucky to be allowed to follow along on her journey that crosses continents and includes danger as Leah learns to deal with heartache linked to romance in a book that readers are going to enjoy. The author does a great job with this historical romance that has many other genres linked in the pages.

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“Cross-Ties”
by Carolyn M. Bowen
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“MacKalvey House” (Time After Time Series) by Carol Ann Kauffman – #MysteryThriller&Suspense, #Action&Adventure, #Romance, #Clean&Wholesome

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Young American Michelle Rosemont visits a quaint, little village in England after graduation and decides to stay. She takes a job as a photographer for a historical magazine and is drawn to Kenneth MacKalvey, an older British author whom she has admired from afar. Their mutual attraction is instantaneous. But they are opposites in every way. Twists and turns at every corner heighten the suspense in this village mystery. Will his dark and shady past cause Michelle to run away? Will issues of abandonment at birth stop her from trusting him? Can they find happiness together despite their major differences? Or will old family scars and secrets keep them apart forever?
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A love story I couldn’t put down.

I love Kauffman’s Time After Time Series. MacKalvey House is my favorite so far.
Kauffman has a fantastic imagination and places these two lovers in different times and different situations. MacKalvey House is current times and takes place in England.
I think the characters interact perfectly, whether it be good or bad and make you feel for them.
I look forward to reading many more Time After Time books by Kauffman.

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“MacKalvey House”
(Time After Time Series)
by Carol Ann Kauffman
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 “Confined” by Barbi Barnard – #MysteryThriller&Suspense, #Suspense, #Psychological, #PsychologicalThrillers, #Thrillers

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Confined: [Kuh n-fahynd]
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Limited or restricted
Unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, discipline, etc.
Being in parturition; being in childbirth.
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Life has thrown JoJo a big curveball…her story is dark; her journey to the light is fractured. She must return to where it all started. When your life is turned upside down and inside out, when things become unbearable, when wrong become the norm, where do you go? How do you begin to live again after your fears become a reality? JoJo is rebuilding her life, one moment at a time. With the help of others, she is moving on and growing. She wishes for a normal life without the paralyzing fears, JoJo’s story has many twists and turns…people are there to help her, she needed only to reach out to take the offered hand. Will the memories she worked so hard to conceal finally come to light? Is she facing her problems head on? Or, will her world peel away like the layers of an onion and take on a life of its own? Can a person survive and grow if they’re confined?
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Confined: by Barbi Barnard

Life has thrown JoJo a big curveball…her story is dark, her journey to the light is fractured…

Jojo lives in a world with deep-seated memories. She must return to where it all started. Is she facing her problems head on? She wishes for a normal life without the paralyzing fears… she seeks the normal life everyone else seems to enjoy.

Finally, JoJo’ s life seems to have been rebuilt…happiness is within her grasp. Her story has many twists and turns.
Will the memories she worked so hard to confine finally come to light? Or, will her world fracture and take on a life of its own?

We all have hopes and dreams! JoJo has dreams too!

This book grabs you from the beginning, and doesn’t let you go till the last page…enjoy the ride!

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“Confined”
by Barbi Barnard
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“Out of the Woods: A Mother Goose Legend” (The Never Lands Saga) by Andi Lawrencovna – #BookReview, #DarkFantasy, #FolkTales, #Mythology

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There was an old woman who lived in a shoe;
She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do.
She fed them all broth without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed.
~Mother Goose, The Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes (2000)
She took them from the woods, and she took them from dells, from hamlets and homesteads and across the wide world, she found young orphans, those abandoned and left on their own, and gave them a home.
And all she asked for was a little piece of their soul in payment…
Whoever said nursery rhymes were harmless?
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Fantastic addition to the Never Land universeAnother great twist on a classic fairy tale. Ms. Lawrencovna is excellent at writing complicated, interesting characters who you learn to love (or love to hate).

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“Out of the Woods: A Mother Goose Legend” 
(The Never Lands Saga) 
by Andi Lawrencovna
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A SPECIAL WOMAN PLANTS A TREE FOR EVERY NEWBORN ON HARDING STREET. THE RELIGION OF TREES BY LISA L. BORM.

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Beautiful story of life

February 24, 2017

Format: Paperback
I love this book. I am not typically satisfied with novellas, but this one was lovely. The words wrapped me in warmth and I felt as if I was there. It was more than a series of stories, but a homecoming. If you are looking for something to restore you, this is the book.
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