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* Release Blitz/Review * RAGS TO ROYALS by Erin Nicolle

October 2, 2024 Leave a Comment

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* Release Blitz/Review * RAGS TO ROYALS by Erin Nicolle

Rags to Royals by Erin Nicolle
Series: Royals Gone Rogue #3
Published by EN Fiction, Inc. on October 2, 2024
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A small-town single mom like me has no business believing in fairy tales.

But the very handsome, charming, dirty-talking prince (yes, seriously) I met nineteen months ago now has his fine ass and panty-melting grin planted on my front porch.

He’s been searching for me ever since I snuck out after our hot, fantasy-filled weekend together.

And, dammit, that’s a little romantic.

Now that he’s found me, he wants to pick up where we left off.
Because he thinks he’s in love with me.

Oh, and because he needs to get out of the marriage his grandfather, the king, has arranged for him.

Right. Even if I hadn’t lied to him about everything but my first name, the carefree, adventurous woman he burned up the sheets with for three days doesn’t exist.

I'm actually a stressed-out mechanic back in my small hometown, raising a sassy fifteen-year-old daughter, and trying to make amends for my mean girl past.

I just don’t think my grease-streaked work boots scream princess material.

Of course, he won’t take no for an answer.

Shocking, I know.

Instead, he proposes a deal: I give him nineteen days to get to know the real me.

Then he’ll either get over me, go home, and marry someone else.

Or I’ll walk down that aisle.

Rags to Royals is a modern royal romance with a feisty single mom, a golden retriever prince who falls first and hard, and lots of delicious dirty talk and spice on the page. It is the third book in the Royals Gone Rogue series, but can be read as a stand-alone.

Dirty talking royalty just pushes ALL the right buttons! Fans of Erin Nicholas’s Bayou hunks will feel right at home devouring her Royals Gone Rogue series under her Erin Nicolle pen name and this book will have a few cameos for you to sink your teeth into back in Autra! The premise to the book is simply delightful because this powerful prince fell hook, line and sinker for his weekend fling almost two years ago and has NOT been able to get her off his mind no matter how much of a dead end his search for her seem to hit. There’s angst, there’s humor and there’s so much steamy goodness you just won’t know what to do with yourself. I adored everything about them!

Cian O’Grady is the epitome of what you want in a romance hero. He’s sweet, he’s sincere, he’s sexy as all get out and he absolutely fell in love on the spot and never waivered all those months ago! I loved getting to know him and watch him fall harder for Scarlett with each passing page.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys a modern day fairy tale with the prince sweeping the commoner off her feet and storming the castle to defend her honor. I can’t wait for more to come in the series!

Title: Rags to Royals

Series: Royals Gone Rogue #3

Author: Erin Nicholas writing as

Erin Nicolle

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Royal Romance/Single Mom/Small Town

Golden Retriever/He Falls First/He Falls Hard

Release Date: October 2, 2024

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A small-town single mom like me has no business believing in fairy tales.

But the very handsome, charming, dirty-talking prince (yes, seriously) I met nineteen months ago now has his fine ass and panty-melting grin planted on my front porch.

He’s been searching for me ever since I snuck out after our hot, fantasy-filled weekend together.

And, dammit, that’s a little romantic.

Now that he’s found me, he wants to pick up where we left off.

Because he thinks he’s in love with me.

Oh, and because he needs to get out of the marriage his grandfather, the king, has arranged for him.

Right. Even if I hadn’t lied to him about everything but my first name, the carefree, adventurous woman he burned up the sheets with for three days doesn’t exist.

I’m actually a stressed-out mechanic back in my small hometown, raising a sassy fifteen-year-old daughter, and trying to make amends for my mean girl past.

I just don’t think my grease-streaked work boots scream princess material.

Of course, he won’t take no for an answer.

Shocking, I know.

Instead, he proposes a deal: I give him nineteen days to get to know the real me.

Then he’ll either get over me, go home, and marry someone else.

Or I’ll walk down that aisle.

Rags to Royals is a modern royal romance with a feisty single mom, a golden retriever prince who falls first and hard, and lots of delicious dirty talk and spice on the page. It is the third book in the Royals Gone Rogue series, but can be read as a stand-alone.

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Erin Nicolle is the new pen name for NYT and USA Today Bestselling romance author Erin Nicholas. While Erin Nicholas is known for her blue-collar book boyfriends and big, boisterous found families in small towns, Erin Nicolle writes rich and royal rogues. But they both love a dirty talking cinnamon roll, a grump who is reluctantly wrapped around a feisty finger, and a gruff, protective guy who falls first and hard.

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* Review * BEFORE I KNEW by Carrie Ann Ryan

October 1, 2024 Leave a Comment

Before I Knew by Carrie Ann Ryan
Series: The Cage Family # .5
Published by Carrie Ann Ryan on September 28, 2024
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It all began with a wrong number.
When Blakely gets added to the Cage family group chat, chaos ensues. What she doesn’t expect is to have a side chat with the eldest brother.
What was supposed to be a simple sign off, turns into a mild flirtation and invitation to lunch.
Only Aston Cage has his secrets.
And perhaps they should’ve left their conversation on read.

Before I Knew is the prequel to the Cage family series. Learn how Blakely and Aston met, before they finally get their happily ever after in The Forever Rule.

I’m thoroughly hooked already! This prequel to Carrie Ann Ryan’s much anticipated Cage Family series had me from hello and kept me captivated! As a prequel novella, it’s obviously short but it laid the groundwork of a romantic connection between Aston Cage and Blakely Graves that already has me waiting for their story to continue in their upcoming The Forever Rule book. The fun interaction between siblings also has me excited to get to know them all and see each brother fall hard when he meets “the one”. C’mon January, you can’t get here soon enough for me!

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* Review * HERO’S PRIZE by Janie Crouch

October 1, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Hero's Prize by Janie Crouch
Series: Linear Tactical: Oak Creek #3
Published by Calamittie Jane Publishing on September 27, 2024
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When a deadly accident leaves extreme sport superstar Colton Harrison questioning what his future holds, he decides to take a timeout in his hometown of Oak Creek.

He knows the mountains and wildness of Wyoming will help him heal.

But he has no idea how he’s known sweet Ella O’Conner all his life but is somehow only really seeing her for the first time now.

People in his world may say she doesn't measure up, but this woman—and all her sexy curves—is downright beautiful to Colton.

Ella is who he wants. Who he needs. Who he wants to spend the rest of his life with.

Although convincing her of that will be tricky. All she's ever wanted was a quiet existence, and life in the public eye can be brutal—no matter how much Colton vows to protect her.

Especially when a stalker is willing to do anything to keep Colton for themself.

Familiar yet fresh! Janie Crouch is bringing a whole new generation of Oak Creek’s finest to life in her second generation Linear Tactical-Oak Creek series and I’m here for it! Each book has intrigue, danger, heartfelt friend and family interactions and a love story that always takes our breath away. I’ll admit that I would love to see the parents brought into the storyline a smidge more since we all know and love them so well, but I’m enjoying getting to know the kids now that they are all grown up and finding their way in life. Great characters, well developed plotlines and always lots of emotion to sink your teeth into!

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series and prior Oak Creek series to anyone who enjoys romantic suspense with a strong core group of characters that are each other’s friends/family/support system throughout all that life wholes in store.

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* Review * JUST A LITTLE CHASE by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde

September 21, 2024 Leave a Comment

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* Review * JUST A LITTLE CHASE by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde

Just A Little Chase by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde
Series: A Dare Crossover #4
Published by CP Publishing on September 19, 2024
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She’s in need of a fake, friendly boyfriend to charm her family.
He’s the last bachelor up for auction and a grumpy, last-minute stand-in.
Neither satisfies the other’s requirements but they might just be what each of them needs.

With Lauren Connelly’s ex marrying her sister, the last thing she wants is to show up at the wedding without a date. Which means finding a fake boyfriend ASAP. The charity bachelor auction provides a solution to her problem, except the man she bids on turns out to be a gorgeous but grumpy executive who scowls more than he smiles.

Chase Gossard wants nothing to do with Lauren’s plan to make him her plus-one at a destination wedding and pretend that he’s in love. He doesn’t do relationships, fake or otherwise—but she paid a lot of money for the privilege. So why does their touching, kissing, and sharing one bed feel all too real?

Lauren is smart and witty and sexy as hell. A down to earth combination that somehow softens his hard edges, and somewhere along the way, he’s falling hard for his fake date. But when it’s time to part ways, can the pretend girlfriend convince the confirmed bachelor to make things real?

Angsty, steamy goodness! If you enjoy a fake relationship/only one bed scenario then Lauren and Chase are for you with their smirky sass and guard up mentality, it’s really fun watching them fall. She needs a shield to guard against being the talk of the town as her sister marries her ex and he will do anything for his new-found sister, even a dreaded bachelor auction. I really liked them both and their connection was fun … I wanted a lot more development though. It felt fast paced and a tad rushed like you would expect from more of a novella.

I recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys a passionate romance with addictive characters and lots of close knit family and friends as supportive characters.

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* Release Blitz/Review * SOME LIKE IT HOT by Emma Foxx

September 13, 2024 Leave a Comment

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* Release Blitz/Review * SOME LIKE IT HOT by Emma Foxx

Some Like It Hot by Emma Foxx
Published by Blake Wilder Books, LLC on September 13, 2024
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I’ve always been the feisty side-kick who’s up for anything. I don’t need to be the main attraction. I’m fine being the fun girl who always has a hot take on a good time.

For instance, the night I sneak into the Chicago Racketeers New Year’s Eve Party, I find myself trapped in an elevator with a gorgeous grump of a hockey player, before we’re rescued by a sexy fireman who catches Mr. Hockey’s hand in my . . . shapewear.

Talk about hot.

But the temperature only rises from there.

Turns out, the grouchy goalie needs a fake fiancée to earn his inheritance. I’m not real girlfriend material (my ex was clear about that), but I agree to help him out with the temporary farce.

Then I run into my ex-boss—the one I shared a steamy kiss with just before I quit. I’d forgotten how devastatingly dirty and charming the British golden retriever billionaire can be. And that cinnamon roll firefighter? He wants me too.

Did I mention he and my billionaire are also into each other?

Each of them makes me feel desired and adored, but when it’s all four of us together we’re absolutely on fire.

Good thing this is only until the inheritance is finalized and my billionaire goes back to London. This could never last for long without someone getting burned.

You’ve met both our heroine, Elise Starling, and one of the heroes, Racketeers goalie, Blake Wilder, in previous Emma Foxx books, now it’s their turn to heat things up (with two other sexy, charming heroes, of course!) If you like your romance with extra spice and lots of laughs, then Why Choose with Some Like It Hot!

Every so often you just need a sassy, humor and steam filled multiple partnered romance book to cleanse your palette and reset your mojo and Emma Foxx ALWAYS delivers! In a rut? Bored with your TBR? Need a little excitement in your bones? Elise and her gaggle of men is sure to please! Humor, warm fuzzies and tingly goodness awaits as Elise meets not one, not two, but three guys who push her buttons and make her want to cuddle up and enjoy them all. The characters each have their own unique background that makes each interesting and easy to like and when they start to get to know each other and click, it’s all the more humorous and fun. Fast paced, believable and heartfelt!

I highly recommend this book as well as the other books that have a foot in the Racketeers hockey franchise to anyone that enjoys poly romance with steam, emotional connections and happily ever afters for all!

Title: Some Like It Hot

Author: Emma Foxx

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Tropes: Why Choose/Hockey Player/Firefighter

British Billionaire/Fake Engagement/Age Gap

Release Date: September 13, 2024

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I’ve always been the feisty sidekick who’s up for anything. I don’t need to be the main attraction. I’m fine being the fun girl who always has a hot take on a good time.

For instance, the night I sneak into the Chicago Racketeers New Year’s Eve Party, I find myself trapped in an elevator with a gorgeous grump of a hockey player, before we’re rescued by a sexy fireman who catches Mr. Hockey’s hand in my . . . shapewear.

Talk about hot.

But the temperature only rises from there.

Turns out, the grouchy goalie needs a fake fiancée to earn his inheritance. I’m not real girlfriend material (my ex was clear about that), but I agree to help him out with the temporary farce.

Then I run into my ex-boss—the one I shared a steamy kiss with just before I quit. I’d forgotten how devastatingly dirty and charming the British golden retriever billionaire can be. And that cinnamon roll firefighter? He wants me too.

Did I mention he and my billionaire are also into each other?

Each of them makes me feel desired and adored, but when it’s all four of us together we’re absolutely on fire.

Good thing this is only until the inheritance is finalized and my billionaire goes back to London. This could never last for long without someone getting burned.

You’ve met both Elise and Racketeers goalie, Blake Wilder in previous books, and now it’s their turn to heat things up (with two other sexy, charming heroes, of course!) If you like your romance with extra spice and lots of laughs, then Why Choose with Emma Foxx!

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Emma Foxx is the super fun and sexy pen name for two long-time, bestselling romance authors who decided why have just one hero when you can have three at the same time? (they’re not sure what took them so long to figure this out)! Emma writes contemporary romances that will make you laugh (yes, maybe out loud in public) and want more…books (sure, that’s what we mean ). Find Emma on Instagram, Tik Tok, and Goodreads.

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* Release Blitz/Review * RENT FREE by Lani Lynn Vale

September 10, 2024 Leave a Comment

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* Release Blitz/Review * RENT FREE by Lani Lynn Vale

Rent Free by Lani Lynn Vale
Series: Carter Brothers #5
on September 10, 2024
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Fuck me for choosing the wrong sister.

Atlas Carter was a protector. He was a police officer, had spent years in the Air Force, spent his entire teen years as a volunteer firefighter.

Being a protector was in his blood.

It was his dream.

So when a woman was in a dangerous situation, it was his every instinct to protect her. To shield her. To watch over her.
Only, that woman had played him.

She’d set him up.

She’d made sure that he only saw her.

Then, when the real woman who should hold his heart, the sister, comes into his life, he doesn’t see past the hatred of her to know that she’s only trying to protect him in return.

He spends the next year terrorizing the woman who’s supposed to be his. When the dust finally settles, and he can see clearly once again, she’s no longer there waiting for him.

Highly entertaining and addictive! The fifth book in Lani Lynn Vale’s beloved Carter Brothers series centers around Atlas and Pepper and man was it good! I had no idea they would pack so much angst and drama when they got together, but I loved every minute of it. The backstory is developed well that gets her to where she is when they meet and then they begin their relationship along with lots of family strife along the way. The momentum of the book is fast paced and there’s never a dull moment. The ending was emotional and brings out all the feels and more. I loved them so hard and can’t wait for the next brother to tear my heart out!

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone that loves a steamy alpha man who falls desperately hard for his woman and does everything in his power to sweep her off her feet and keep her forever. Great family camaraderie in this series!

Title: Rent Free

Series: Carter Brothers #5

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Trope: Bad Girl/Good Guy

Release Date: September 10, 2024

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Fuck me for choosing the wrong sister.

Atlas Carter was a protector. He was a police officer, had spent years in the Air Force, spent his entire teen years as a volunteer firefighter.

Being a protector was in his blood.

It was his dream.

So when a woman was in a dangerous situation, it was his every instinct to protect her. To shield her. To watch over her.

Only, that woman had played him.

She’d set him up.

She’d made sure that he only saw her.

Then, when the real woman who should hold his heart, the sister, comes into his life, he doesn’t see past the hatred of her to know that she’s only trying to protect him in return.

He spends the next year terrorizing the woman who’s supposed to be his. When the dust finally settles, and he can see clearly once again, she’s no longer there waiting for him.

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Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.

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* Review * AN IRISH VET IN KENTUCKY by Susan Carlisle

September 9, 2024 Leave a Comment

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* Review * AN IRISH VET IN KENTUCKY by Susan Carlisle

An Irish Vet in Kentucky by Susan Carlisle
Series: Kentucky Derby Medics #2
Published by Harlequin Medical Romances on September 24, 2024
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When an Irish vet moves across the pond for the Kentucky Derby and into her home, an equine trainer finds herself with more than just a roommate in the second installment of the Kentucky Derby Medics duet by Susan Carlisle.

A PULSE-RACING ENCOUNTER…

Vet Conor lost everything when his wife and unborn child died. Now, working in Kentucky with a horse entered in the famous derby is the ideal distraction. He just didn’t expect to be in such close quarters with beautiful equine trainer Christina… After her ex destroyed her professional reputation, Christina is firmly off men. Until the Irishman moves into the room next door! Soon, their chemistry can’t be reined in. But as the finish line approaches, can they move on from their heartache and bet that this time they’ll win?

A sweet and sentimental healing! The second book in Susan Carlisle’s Kentucky Derby Medics duet is sure to please race fans as two veterinarians connect over caring for Kentucky Derby entrants and healing past hurts. The characters each had a powerful backstory that both could have used fleshing out just a smidge more, but they were characters that were believable and easy enough to like. I liked their connection and the ease they had with each other. Fairly fast paced and satisfying.

I recommend this book as well as the first in the duet to anyone that enjoys a medical romance with a bit a bit of southern countryside as a setting and is horse racing themed.

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* Review * PLAY BOOK by Kat Mizera

September 9, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Play Book by Kat Mizera
Series: L.A. Phantoms #3
on September 23, 2024
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From blind date to blindsided…

I've been living my dream life for so long, it never occurred to me it could turn into a nightmare overnight.

But that’s exactly what happens when my estranged sister dies, leaving me with temporary custody of her moody eleven-year-old daughter.

At twenty-six, I’m a professional hockey player and bachelor with zero interest in settling down, let alone raising a kid—especially one that hates me.

That’s where the other skate drops…

The stunning new woman in my life is the sunshine to my grumpy, but I can’t stay away, even though I know I shouldn’t start something I can’t finish.

Now I’m outnumbered, and to make things extra fun, the only person my niece hates more than me is my new girlfriend.

I’m learning the hard way there’s no play book for parenting… or dating.

I was hooked in no time flat! Angsty hockey player meets supermodel artist and sets the pages on fire? Yes please! I loved Saylor and Canyon both very early on and enjoyed their friends with benefits to eventual forever love story. There was lots of drama, so much sweetness and tons of steamy goodness, and let’s not forget the side of intrigue and danger snaring our attention. I’m really enjoying the guys and gals in this series!

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys a hockey romance filled with lots of drama and a steady group of teammates and spouses that have each others back in good times and bad.

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* Review * THE BANNED BOOKS CLUB by Brenda Novak

September 7, 2024 Leave a Comment

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* Review * THE BANNED BOOKS CLUB by Brenda Novak

The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak
Published by MIRA on September 17, 2024
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She left her hometown following a scandal—but family loyalty is dragging her back…

Despite their strained relationship, when Gia Rossi’s sister, Margot, begs her to come home to Wakefield, Iowa, to help with their ailing mother, Gia knows she has no choice. After her rebellious and at-times-tumultuous teen years, Gia left town with little reason to look back. But she knows Margot’s borne the brunt of their mother’s care and now it’s Gia’s turn to help, even if it means opening old wounds.

As expected, Gia’s homecoming is far from welcome. There’s the Banned Books Club she started after the PTA overzealously slashed the high school reading list, which is right where she left it. But there is also Mr. Hart, her former favorite teacher. The one who was fired after Gia publicly and painfully accused him of sexual misconduct. The one who prompted Gia to leave behind a very conflicted town the minute she turned eighteen. The one person she hoped never to see again.

When Margot leaves town without explanation, Gia sees the cracks in her sister’s “perfect” life for the first time and plans to offer support. But as the town, including members of the book club, takes sides between Gia and Mr. Hart, everything gets harder. Fortunately, she learns that there are people she can depend on. And by standing up for the truth, she finds love and a future in the town she thought had rejected her.

Angsty and so much more than I was expecting! There are certain books that grab onto your heart and pull on it very quickly when based on the blurb you weren’t even sure you were going to like the storyline and this is indeed one of those. This book is about so much more than banned books, and the heart of the story is very attention grabbing and heartfelt. I loved Gia from the start and her connection with Cormac winds up being very endearing regardless of the drama surrounding them from the start. Her sister has her own problems and is guarding her secrets even from those who love her. The characters are attention grabbing, the turmoil is on point and the resolution to their problems is satisfying. I loved their story and highly recommend it to anyone who loves a women’s fiction novel that is very family centric as life’s problems and unresolved issues grab your attention and won’t let go until that happily ever after comes along.

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* Review * REMEMBER HER NAME by Lisa Regan

September 7, 2024 Leave a Comment

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* Review * REMEMBER HER NAME by Lisa Regan

Remember Her Name by Lisa Regan
Series: Detective Josie Quinn #21
Published by Bookouture on September 17, 2024
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Her heart stutters as she draws closer. A woman’s fingertips curl over the boat’s edge. Dark crimson blood clashes with the faded blue peeling paint beneath. They’re too late, the beautiful woman within has been dead for some time…

Detective Josie Quinn lifts the baby from the pram, holding her close and gently soothing her. Josie scours the scene for the sweet little girl’s mother, but the park is deserted. Glancing down, something catches her eye. Nestled amongst the child’s soft pink blankets is a polaroid photo, the corner smudged with blood.

The search for Cleo Tate has Josie and her team in a chokehold; the abandoned newborn needs her mother, and every second counts now lab results show the blood belongs to her. The blurred photo of a body of water is Josie’s only lead. But what does it mean? And where was it taken? The answer is just within reach, but with Cleo’s husband lying about his movements that day, Josie can’t see it. Then it finally clicks: Cold Heart Creek, a crime scene from Josie’s past that she will never forget. Josie is terrified by what she finds there: Cleo’s body, cold as ice, with a second photo of a new location.

A twisted killer is playing a devilish game. And when Josie finds a second innocent victim at the site of a different case she solved, she begins to suspect that she herself is at the very heart of it. But why? As more bodies and more photos follow, Josie must dig deep into the secrets and mistakes of her past to get one step ahead.

The link between these women is key to cracking the case. Someone wants revenge, and won’t stop until their story is told, and no one involved is left breathing. Can Josie stop them before any more precious lives are taken? And just what will it cost her?

Twists and turns around every corner as Detective Josie Quinn reignites her reign and revisits some of her most riveting cases! I loved seeing more of Josie’s family again in this book and get a touch of home and hearth from her instead of just all business. This storyline also gave a good amount of development into figuring out what makes the new detective Kyle Turner tick. I still haven’t figured out his past, but we got a better feel for him this time and I tend to think he will be the center of the storyline here soon. This book reconnects the reader with several past crimes and Josie’s turmoil about each as she races against the clock to figure out who’s playing games with her and why. Really intense and addictive! I’m always leave happy and ready for more Josie!

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