Book Review: Playing the Part by Robin Covington

Title: Playing the Part 

Author: Robin Covington 

Stars: 3 1/2 stars

Review:

Playing The part is a your cheesy romance but has some truth about being in the public eye and how your are judge without anyone know who you really are and the struggles you face.
With that being said the story lacks character development. When the female lead Piper is introduced as strong but falls apart when the handsome leads wants into the room it makes you realize she is weak and lacks any time of strength.   It story would have more fun if Piper had more spunk and less blah.
The male lead Mick is boring lacks any type of sympathy and he is nothing more than a neanderthal who doesn't change or develop.   
The book had sex in it that doesn't really do anything but get the reader all hot and heavy.  It doesn't add to the story because their isn't much of a story there to being with.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher Entangled: Brazen for an advance copy of  Robin Covington Playing The Part

Synopsis:
After publicly self-destructing over a heartbreak a year ago, bestselling romance writer Piper James is now making nice with her publisher by agreeing to teach Hollywood's favorite action star how to act like he's in love. Only playboy Mick Blackwell has no clue what love looks like. 

When a seductive heat ignites between Piper and Mick, she jumps at the chance for a bit of fun between the sheets, but with two stipulations: she's kept out of the public eye and things end when she returns to New York. Only Mick keeps changing the rules on her. Tempted by America's favorite bad boy, Piper is wondering how far she's willing to bend.

Published June 10th 2013 by Entangled: Brazen

About The Author:

A USAToday bestseller, Robin Covington loves to explore the theme of fooling around and falling in love in her books. Her stories burn up the sheets. . .one page at a time. When she's not writing she's collecting tasty man candy, indulging in a little comic book geek love, hoarding red nail polish and stalking Chris Evans.

A 2016 RITA® Award nominee, Robin's books have won the Golden Leaf Award and finaled in the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice, the Book Seller's Best and the National Reader's Choice Awards. 

She lives in Maryland with her handsome husband, her two brilliant children (they get it from her, of course!), and her beloved furbabies, Dutch and Dixie Joan Wilder (Yes - THE Joan Wilder)

Book Review: Dead Girls (Normal #2) by Graeme Cameron

Title: Dead Girls (Normal #2)

Author: Graeme Cameron

Stars: 3 

Review:
I didn't read the first book in the series and from what I can tell Dead Girls is a Stand Alone novel.
Dead Girls is a cat and mouse game from a police procedural side.  The story is more of a psychological thriller with Alisha Green unsure of what she remembers after being attacked by a killer in the first book.
While the story is quick moving the problem is the list of characters that will trip up readers as well as the author switching from first to third person throughout the book. Which is the reason for the 3 star review for the book.  Pick a voice do not keep switching because it will trip of readers.
Once the readers is able to understand the authors voice the story moves quickly but doesn't keep this readers interest because of the endless characters that had me lost who was who.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher  Park Row for a copy of Graeme Camerson's Dead Girls.


Synopsis:
It’s been two months since a serial killer brutally attacked police detective Alisha Green and left her for dead. Two months since she could effortlessly recall simple things, since her mind felt remotely sound. The nameless killer thinks he knows her, thinks she’s just another dead girl among many. Ali Green plans to show him he’s dead wrong about that.

Ali has two enemies now: the dangerous man she’s hunting and her own failing memory. As explosive new evidence comes to light and conflicting accounts from a witness and a surviving victim threaten both her investigation and her credibility, she begins to question what is and isn’t real. And now Ali has no choice but to remember the past…before it buries her.

May 29th 2018 by Park Row

About The Author:

Graeme Cameron lives with his family in Norfolk, England. He has never worked as a police detective, ER doctor, crime reporter or forensic anthropologist. Normal is his first novel.

Book Review: A Merciful Silence (Mercy Kilpatrick #4) by Kendra Elliot

Title: A Merciful Silence (Mercy Kilpatrick #4)

Author: Kendra Elliot

Star: 5

Review:
This is the 4th book in the Mercy Kilpatrick this is not a stand alone novel but a series that readers will want to start at the beginning with.  
Kendra Elliot creates an amazing world would Mercy tries to do what she feels is right even though the way she was raised tells her otherwise. The characters stay true to who they are from the beginning of the series which will keep readers wanting more as they series continues.  Readers will struggle along with Mercy as she fights to keep herself independent but wanting to rely on the one person she has started to care for outside of her family police chief Truman Daly. 
A merciful Silence is a summer must read.  It keeps readers immersed  in a world they might have never know existed. 
Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher Montlake Romance for the Advance Copy of Kendra Elliot A Merciful Silence. 
Must Read Series!

Synopsis:
For Mercy Kilpatrick, returning to rural Oregon has meant coming to terms with her roots. Raised as a prepper, Mercy is now relying on her survivalist instincts to defend her town from the people the law can’t reach. But this time, an investigation calling up a dark past for her and police chief Truman Daly may be hitting too close to home.

A rainstorm has uncovered the remains of five people—a reprise of the distinctive slaughter of two families twenty years ago. Except the convicted killer is in prison. Is this the case of a sick copycat, or is the wrong man behind bars? One person might have the answer. The lone survivor of the decades-old crimes has returned to town still claiming that she can’t remember a thing about the night she was left for dead. As the search for the truth becomes more dangerous, Mercy fears that the traumatized woman may not have buried her memories at all. She might be keeping them a secret. And there’s a price to be paid for revealing them.

Kindle Edition, 350 pages

Expected publication: June 19th 2018 by Montlake Romance

About The Author: 

An Amazon #1 selling author, Kendra Elliot has sold over 4 million books. Get a free insider's guide to Kendra's books at www.KendraElliot.com. 

She grew up in the lush Pacific Northwest and still lives there with her husband, three daughters, two cats, and a Pomeranian. She's fascinated with forensics, refuses to eat anything green, and dreams of living every day in flip flops. 

The BONE SECRETS NOVELS: HIDDEN, CHILLED, BURIED, ALONE, KNOWN and VEILED (a novella).

The CALLAHAN & McLANE novels are a spin-off of the Bone Secrets books. VANISHED, BRIDGED, SPIRALED, and TARGETED.

The MERCY KILPATRICK series, a spin-off of the CALLAHAN & McLANE series, A MERCIFUL DEATH, A MERCIFUL TRUTH, and A MERCIFUL SECRET. 

She also writes the Rogue River novella series with author Melinda Leigh. 

A four-time Wall Street Journal best selling author, 2014 International Thriller Writers finalist, a three time Daphne Du Maurier winner, and a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice finalist.

Book Review Down Deep (Station Seventeen #4) by Kimberly Kincaid

Title: Down Deep (Station Seventeen #4)

Author: Kimberly Kincaid

Stars: 4 stars 

Review:
I had completely forgot I had read book 3 in this same series.  Which is how forgettable book 3 was.
Kimberly Kincaid redeem herself.  The characters jump off the page right away so you never questions why they are doing what they are going.  She is able to develop the characters more quickly without talking about their looks over and over again.  The story, sexual tension was perfect but after they have sex the main story drops off and the characters are filled with sex during the middle of the book but once again picks up right at the end.
The bad guy was creepy and the good guys where perfect.  
Its a fast summer that fans of Station Seventeen will love.  If you want to start with book four it is a stand alone novel. The author updates readers throughout the book of what happened in the other stories without slowing down the pace of this story.
Thank you to Netgalley and the author for the advance copy of Kimberly Kincaid Down Deep.

Synopsis:
Ian Gamble has a past he’d rather forget—which is exactly what he’s doing at The Crooked Angel Bar and Grill when the place catches fire. Between his active duty in the Marines and his experience as a firefighter, his instincts get him and hot, headstrong bar manager, Kennedy Matthews, to safety. But those same instincts kick into high gear when the fire is ruled an arson, and he discovers Kennedy’s got secrets of her own.

The only thing that matters more to Kennedy than her bar is her brother. When she finds out he’s in over his head with a dangerous arsonist, she’ll do anything to keep him safe—even if it means teaming up with Gamble, who’s too sharp-eyed and hard-bodied for his own good. With every step, their attraction flares hotter and the risks grow more dangerous. Can Gamble and Kennedy face their fears—and their secrets—to catch a terrifying enemy? Or will they go down in flames?

Expected publication: June 18th 2018

About The Author:

Kimberly Kincaid writes contemporary romance that splits the difference between sexy and sweet. When she's not sitting cross-legged in an ancient desk chair known as "The Pleather Bomber", she can be found practicing obscene amounts of yoga, whipping up anything from enchiladas to éclairs in her kitchen, or curled up with her nose in a book. Kimberly is a USA Today best-seller and 2015 RWA RITA® finalist who lives (and writes!) by the mantra that food is love. She resides in Virginia with her wildly patient husband and their three daughters.

Fathers Day

This book is so funny and I love how he talks about fatherhood.

Happy Fathers Day to all fathers who try hard every day to put their children and families first.  It isn't easy but you make the difference.