5 STARS!

It was great to see Charlie & Audra again and to see them get their love back on track!  They ooze sex & steam together!

Former Lieutenant Commander Charlie St. Croix left his final mission in Iraq with only healing and getting his future on track in mind.  His main goal was opening an excursion company with 5 other members of his former SEAL Team in the Caribbean.  Opposition to one of their vacation destinations is causing problems with the company, leaving Charlie no other option than to meet the problem head on and go meet with Dr. Audra Reed to ask for help … if only she wasn’t the one who’s heart he broke over a year ago!

Audra finished her studies and got a job with the Freeport Aquatic Research Center like she dreamed of to continue studying her favorite dolphins.  After Charlie broke her heart, a major upheaval happened in her life that left her broken even more.  She reached out for comfort where it was offered and made decisions she might not have made otherwise … will Charlie be able to live with the answers he gets when he goes to see her for help with his legal issues?

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4 STARS!

Another fun mystery in the Cattlemen Crime Club series!

Tyler O-Brien is out working the family ranch and stumbles across an ATV accident scene.  He finds an unfamiliar woman trapped and comes to her aid.  She has a head injury and can’t remember who she is, so he stays by her side and gets her medical attention.  Eventually she figures out who she is … but the name she gives the next time he seesher, and the guy sitting by her side don’t add up to the way she’s acting!

Jessica Davidson is pretending to be her twin sister Jennifer, and the man who is insisting she is his fiance is obviously up to no good!  She gets Tyler to help her get away from him and tells him the truth and gets him to help her search for Jenn, who she thinks must be in trouble since she hasn’t heard from her!  The twists and turns this mystery take leave you guessing who the guilty parties are until the end.

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5 STARS!

I was hooked from page one on this exciting twist on an arranged marriage plot!

Mikolas Petrides thinks he’s sealing a business merger when he says “I do” … until he lifts the veil to kiss his bride and finds a stranger!

Viveka Brice will stop at nothing to get her younger sister away from her wicked stepfather’s dealings.  He forced her into an arranged marriage to further his business holdings, but Vivi helps her sneak away to be with her true love.  Once the cat is out of the bag, Vivi tries to flee, but is caught in an altercation with her stepfather.  Mikolas steps in and protects her and whisks her away with him.  She ruined his business deal, the least she can do is become his mistress … right?

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4 1/2 STARS!

No Limits is the kick-off to a new “Space Cowboys” series by Katherine Garbera that brings us on a venture into a world that we don’t read much about in romance … and it was fun!

Astronaut Jason “Ace” McCoy hasn’t been home to Cole’s Hill, Texas in 13 years.  He left behind his teenage crush long ago to explore his dreams in the stars.  Now he’s grounded due to some medical issues and heading to the ranch that he jointly inherited to try to get it sorted out before he is due back in Houston.

Molly Tanner hasn’t forgotten Jason in all these years, and she’s not overly happy her Dad put them both together by leaving them the ranch jointly.  It doesn’t take long with them being around each other for that same old passion to roar it’s head and sweep them away.  Can she ever be enough to hold his heart or will he forever leave her when space comes calling again?

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5 STARS!

You feel like you are there right there in the tribe amongst them!

Crow warrior Night Storm is captivated by Skylark’s beauty when he first meets her.  He wants to take her as his wife, but is promised to another, so she refuses.  When a strange ailment strikes him and he can no longer function properly, he worries that Sky was a witch who cast a spell on  him.  He searches her out to find a cure!

Skylark prides herself on her healing capabilities and has no idea why Storm thinks she would cause him harm.  When she hears of his illness, she reluctantly agrees to return to his tribe with him as his fake wife.  As they try to figure out how to cure him before his warrior status is called into question, they grow closer to each other and no longer want to part.  When Storm’s secret gets out, will there be ill will aimed towards him from his tribe?

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4 1/2 STARS!

Addicting!  From page 1, you feel the deep love and conflict in this book … and it only gets better!  Really enjoyed these characters and watching them fight their way back to each other.

Bree Donovan is a talented ER doctor who lives her life in ways that challenge her and make her better at everything she does.  She’s in love with surgeon Sean Latham … but she broke his heart when she ended their relationship a short time ago.  They want totally different things in life, and she just doesn’t see how it could ever work out.

Sean is still in love with Bree, and when his world takes a drastic turn, he comes to her for help.  He is in charge of his infant nephew until his sister gets out of the hospital and needs Brees help taking care of him.  They fumble their way through learning how to take care of a baby, and enjoy spending time together again.  Sean wants nothing more than to get married and have a family with her, but Bree doesn’t think that life is for her.  Will falling under Sean’s spell again, along with his adorable nephew’s, show Bree a different side of herself that she didn’t think was in there?

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5 STARS!

A sweet trek towards happily-ever-after!

When Brook Laughton opens the door to a handsome man and a baby, it’s like her dreams have come true!

NY attorney Tyler Madden has come to Cedar River, SD looking for Brook’s wayward brother … and baby Cara’s daddy!  He agrees to stay a week to let Brook try to locate Matt before he returns to NY to try to find another solution for this orphaned baby.

Brook has always dreamed of a family … only she can’t have one.  She gets attached to her adorable niece and wishes she could give her the home she needs … and as she and Tyler grow fond of each other, she adds him into her family daydream as well!  Will she be able to get through to Matt in time for him to claim his daughter?

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3 1/2 STARS!

Fairly slow to get into, but I did enjoy seeing them develop their relationship once they let their guard down some.

Billionaire Liev Dragunov has planned revenge on those responsible for ruining his father’s business for most of his life.  He grew up in a harsh way because of how things went down, and he wants someone to pay for that!

Bianca Di Sione has caught Liev’s attention and is the perfect path to his revenge, but she keeps turning down his overtures.  When he discovers a weakness in her facade, he swoops in and gets his hands on the thing she wants most … an old bracelet with special meaning to her grandfather.  Blackmailed into pretending to be his fiance, Bianca is bitter that he has the power to use her like this, but she lives up to her end of the bargain.

As they spend time together pretending to be a couple, real feelings start to show through … will Liev be able to avenge his family without bringing down Bianca’s?

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4 STARS!

Breathtaking surprises!  You think you have everything figured out, and then something new pops up and all that you thought was true is not how it seemed.  Many twists and turns will delight you as you forge your way through the mystery!

Event planner Jordie Bennett finds herself drawn into a whole mess of drama surrounding her brother and  his partner committing major fraud against their clients.  She finds herself a pawn between good and evil and her life hangs in the balance!

Shaw Kinnard and his partner are hired to kill Jordie, but before they can, plans get thrown awry.  Shaw decides to use her connection with her brother to try to get his hands on the money that was stolen instead of the peanuts he’s being offered to kill her.  Before long, Shaw is left wondering if she’s been in on the crime with her brother from the beginning!

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