Book Review: Wicked Attraction (The Protector #2) by Megan Hart

Title: Wicked Attraction (The Protector #2) 

Author: Megan Hart 

Stars: 3 stars

Review:
This isn't a stand alone novel and the cliffhanger will pull some readers in and leaving others uninterested. 
The story doesn't seem to flow well many times leave readers wondering if the are missing a part of the story in editing or if the author did it on purpose. 
Many times I flipped though the pages finding the information repetitive or boring.  Megan Hart also tries hard to make the story very political but ends up leaving readers wondering which side of the debt the author is on.  Ewan and Nina have so much push and pull and emotions that do not make any since when they end up in bed it isn't a shock and really isn't interesting because it was a given. 
Wicked Attraction lacks forces, leaving readers lost and at time bored.

Thank you to Netgelley and the publisher Swerve for the advance copy

Synopsis:
A female bodyguard with enhanced abilities. A billionaire playboy committed to destroying people like her. A romance they didn’t expect…

Dive into the second book in this fantastic new series set in the near future from New York Times bestselling author Megan Hart!


Ewan Donahue has made a lot of mistakes, but making Nina Bronson want to leave him has been the worst. With the initial threats on his life out of the way, he doesn’t really need her protection, but hiring her to take care of him again is the only way to get her back in his life. When Nina shows up ready to work —and nothing else — Ewan’s determined to win her back. If he can break through the walls his earlier betrayal built, maybe they can have another shot at love. When it turns out that this time, it’s Nina who’s being targeted for danger and possibly death, Ewan’s the one who has to keep her safe.

Expected publication: February 6th 2018 by Swerve

About The Author: 

Megan Hart has written in almost every genre of romantic fiction, including historical, contemporary, romantic suspense, romantic comedy, futuristic, fantasy and perhaps most notably, erotic. She also writes non-erotic fantasy and science fiction, as well as continuing to occasionally dabble in horror.

--from the author's website

Book Review: Murder on the Rocks (A Red Carpet Catering Mystery #5) by Shawn Reilly Simmons

Title: Murder on the Rocks (A Red Carpet Catering Mystery #5)

Author: Shawn Reilly Simmons

Stars: 5 stars

Review:
From being to end this was one very enjoyable read. Each characters was fun and unique from Jeremiah  to Penny each character is fun and enjoyable. 
Since this is the first in the series I have read the author was able to catch up readers fast without slowing down the current story.

Shawn Reilly Simmons doesn't leave any questions unanswered giving readers a very satisfying ending for mystery reads and readers of the A Red Carpet Catering Mystery series.
Thank you to Netgalley and Henery Press for the advance copy.

Synopsis:
Shawn Reilly Simmons has cooked up something rocky this time, and it’s going to be a delicious read.

After surviving a brazen attack at one of her favorite local cafes, Penelope Sutherland is ready to escape the big city and head to her next film set. She and her Red Carpet Catering crew set up their kitchen on location in the tranquil mountains of Vermont.

But peace and quiet aren’t on the menu.

It starts to get hot when a series of accidents befall the celebrity tennis pro consulting on the film. Then mix in an uptight director, an isolated location, and a quirky bunch of locals with secrets of their own and that’s a recipe for disaster.

Penelope soon suspects a connection between the cafe attack and the incidents on set, and you know what comes next. She must uncover the truth before her goose gets cooked.

This page-turner is serving up the coziest of entertainment, and you do not want to miss it.


About The Author:

Shawn Reilly Simmons is the author of The Red Carpet Catering Mysteries featuring Penelope Sutherland, an on-set movie caterer, and of several short stories appearing in various anthologies. Her most recent "The Prodigy" appears in the CWA Anthology Mystery Tour, and "Burnt Orange" in Passport to Murder, the 2017 Bouchercon Anthology.

Shawn was born in Indiana, grew up in Florida, and began her professional career in New York City as a sales executive after graduating from the University of Maryland with a BA in English. Since then Shawn has worked as a book store manager, fiction editor, convention organizer, wine rep and movie set caterer. She serves on the Board of Malice Domestic, is a member of the Dames of Detection, and an editor & co-publisher at Level Best Books. 

Shawn is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the Crime Writers' Association in the UK.

Cooking behind the scenes on movie sets perfectly combined two of her great loves, movies and food, and provides the inspiration for the Red Carpet Catering series, published by Henery Press.

Book Review: Survive the Night (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit #3) by Katie Ruggle

Title: Survive the Night (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit #3

Author: Katie Ruggle

Stars: 4 out of 5 stars

Review:
Survive The Night isn't nearly as cutie or feisty like the first two in this new series but it fits right in. This time readers will see a little more of a back story to the mystery man that is able to help women disappear and end up in a small town in Colorado where the police and people of the small mountain town turn to help scared out of place women.
I don't want to give to much away but I can tell you readers are going dying for the next in the series. 

This one feels more like a link between the first two and the next in the series which I can't wait for. While it is a sweet over the top action romance it still has the fun Katie Ruggle fans will love.

Thank you Netgelley and Sourcebook Casablanca publishing for the advance copy 

Synopsis:
He's always been a haven:
For the lost. The sick. The injured.
But when a hunted woman takes shelter in his arms, this gentle giant swears he'll do more than heal her battered spirit―he'll defend her with his life.

K9 Officer Otto Gunnersen always had a soft spot for anyone in need. As Monroe's very own Dr. Doolittle, he dedicates himself to rehabilitating the injured souls that cross his path―but for all his big heart, he's never been in love.

Until he meets Sarah Clifton's haunted eyes. Until he realizes he'll do anything to save her.

All Sarah wants is to escape a life caught between ambitious crime families, but there's no outrunning her past. Her power-mad brother would hunt her to the ends of the earth...but he'd never expect Sarah to fight back. With Otto and the whole of Monroe, Colorado by her side, Sarah's finally ready to face whatever comes her way.

It's time to take a stand.

Expected publication: February 6th 2018 by Sourcebooks Casablanca

About The Author:

A fan of the old adage “write what you know”, Katie Ruggle lived in an off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains until her family lured her back to Minnesota. When she’s not writing, Katie rides horses, shoots guns (not while riding, although that would be awesome), cross-country skis (badly) and travels to warm places where she can scuba dive. A graduate of the Police Academy, Katie received her ice-rescue certification and can attest that the reservoirs in the Colorado mountains really are that cold. A fan of anything that makes her feel like a bad-ass, she has trained in Krav Maga, boxing and gymnastics.

Book Review The Schemer (Harbor City #3 ) By Avery Flynn

Title: The Schemer (Harbor City #3 )

Author: Avery Flynn

Stars: 5 out of 5

Review:
Avery Flynn has a wonderful ability to write witty banter without slowing down the story or going to with the banter that the story suffers. Readers will find themselves laughing out loud and sighing with the cute and fun scenes Avery Flynn created. Being a romance comedy there is sex and lots of sex.
The story is a fun cute ride that will have readers smiling and fanning themselves many times over.


Thank you to Netgalley and Entangled for the advance copy.

Synopsis: 
Tyler Jacobson has a plan for everything—except how to handle his completely annoying, utterly frustrating, and totally sexy upstairs neighbor. He couldn't care less if Everly Ribinski thinks he's equally irritating—until he discovers she's the only one who can help him land a business deal that will finally make him feel like he's more than just a guy from the wrong side of the tracks. 

Color him shocked when Everly refuses to help, insisting she should have run him over in the parking garage when she had the chance. Harsh. But possibly deserved. Tyler may have spent the last few months reveling in annoying the fiery gallery owner with a dark past, but he's got secret leverage she can't refuse. 

If only one meeting didn't turn into a fake date that turned into more. Way more. Like naked and hot as hell more. 

The last thing either of them wants is to catch feelings for someone who is so obviously not their type. Good thing that will never happen. Right?

Published Feb 8th 2018 by Entangled: Amara

About The Author:

Hey there! Do you love books? I totally love books. Obviously, we are supposed to be friends. :) I read anything I can get my hands on (with the exception of military history - ugh, total snoozefest) but my reader heart belongs to romance. I love it all from the cozy mystery to the steaming-hot, my-eReader-just-melted erotic romance. I’ve yet to find a romance sub-genre I don’t like and I hope I never do. The books I write fall into the sassy, snarky, fan-yourself-it’s-so-hot contemporary and action adventure romance category. If you’re looking for a lot of angst, I’m not your girl. But if what you want is a good time with a page-turning romance full of sexy as sin, smart-ass alpha heroes and kickass heroines who know how to stand on their own two feet and knock the bad guys off theirs, then I am your girl. The promise I make all my readers is that when you get done with one of my books, you’ll not only have the happily-ever-after sigh, you’ll be grinning your face off too.

Book Review: Final Siege (Love Over Duty #2) by Scarlett Cole

Title: Final Siege (Love Over Duty #2)

Author: Scarlett Cole 

Stars: 3 out of 5

Review
I hate to write this but this is another romantic suspense military romance story that fall in the its ok but I don't think I will read it again.
The characters were not well developed and many times it felt like the author was writing a story around sex scenes. 
I loved the idea of a report and former seal but this story has been done many times over and much better.
The female lead Delaney did what I hate and did the opposite of everything her hero\love interest asked her not to do many times. Leaving this reader wanting to yell at my ebook. 
There was some editing that could clean up a little confusion but all in all it was a so so Romantic Suspense book.
Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the advance copy

Synopsis:
IN THE LINE OF FIRE…

Former SEAL Malachai “Mac” MacCarrick is all about the future he’s created with his Navy brothers in Eagle Securities, taking assignments in the most dangerous places, and doing things no one but ex-military would attempt. But when an urgent phone call brings his troubled past—and the woman he once loved—into the present, it’s a chance to redeem himself that he can’t refuse.

STRAIGHT TO THE HEART…

An investigative journalist researching an explosive story, Delaney Shapiro tells herself she got over Mac—and his role in her brother’s death—a long time ago. But the first moment she sees him at her bedside in an overseas hospital, she knows it’s not true. Every moment together rekindles the desire that once burned between them, and now that she’s a target for an emerging Russian arms dealer, Mac won’t let her out of his sight. To protect her, he’ll risk it all—including his life

About The Author:

Two-time RITA finalist, Scarlett Cole, is a contemporary romantic suspense / contemporary romance author (represented by Beth Phelan at The Bent Agency). Author of the Second Circle Tattoos Series. The Strongest Steel was a Best Debut Goodreads Author Finalist 2015, and Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #1 Contemporary Romance Pick for 2015.

When Scarlett isn't writing, she spends her time reading, hoarding mason jars, and working out to off-set an epic sour candy habit. 

Having travelled the world for work and fun, Scarlett is a citizen of both Britain and Canada. A true city-dweller, she considers Toronto and Manchester home and likes to set her books in vibrant locations such as Miami and Los Angeles.

If you want to know more about Scarlett's books, visit her at: 
www.scarlettcole.com