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Big Mountain Daddy by B.B. Hamel

  He Built His Own Prison For Himself!

B. B. Hamel is a terrific author who pens the most beautifully written stories. Her exceptional command of the English language enhances her storylines all the more and creates the perfect atmospheres and descriptions for her characters.  In this story we meet feisty Mia, a journalist, who is sent by her boss to interview Ethan who is a mutli billionaire who was a very successful businessman until he seemed to ‘drop off the face of the earth’ when a tragic accident happens at his firm and seven men are killed .  Mia is intrigued by the lack of real info about him available on the Net and knows what she needs to find out.The attraction between the two of them is sky high and at the end of the interview they end up in his bedroom. Passion beyond anything either had felt before occurred but the next day he is gone. But he has left a part of him with her! Two months later she has to find him and she ends up in the mountainous wilderness at the beginning of a snow storm. But they are not alone [and I don’t mean his gorgeous dog by that remark!]  All is not as it seems and they have to work together, with an unexpected ally, to save their lives!  Will they all reach safety and can Ethan and Mia feel safe?  To find out this and much more you need to get a copy of this book. I was given an advanced readers copy and leave my honest review of it here. However, I enjoyed it so much [especially the hot and steamy scenes and the suspense or will they or won’t they die] that I bought my own copy and have just finished reading the superb bonus materials too!!

DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED

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Mountain Lumberjack by Sienna Chance

  Is The Resort Really Cursed?

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. Lilian [never answers to Lily so don’t even try!] works at Rose & Rose Solicitors and she and her co-workers are all at a resort in Colorado to network. She wouldn’t mind except Micheal, her boss, is a lecherous creep who won’t take NO for an answer and won’t keep his hands to himself no matter how hard she tells him ‘NO!’. She meets Logan, the supposed ‘handyman’ of the resort when he comes to her aid when Michael tries backing her into a deserted corner to physically assault her. Logan and Lilian pretend to be close friends that have never broken up to try and persuade Michael to leave her alone but, unfortunately, he is persistent.  Things start happening around the resort like murder, fires breaking out, someone trying to kill Logan and so on.  Amidst all this there is a growing attraction between Logan and Lilian that is ready to spontaneously combust.  The passionate love scenes that Sienna Chance writes will have you reaching to switch on your fans and you may need a cool drink to take out the heat.  They are so well written as are her character descriptions and the storyline is something else!  This is not just a romance.  It is so much more!  With people beginning to point their fingers at Lilian as being the one responsible for the  murder and occurrences Logan knows that he needs to find out what is really going on.  When Lilian finally tells Logan her secret, towards the end of the story, their relationship can deepen and blossom.  This is a fast paced suspenseful romance that kept me turning page after page as I had to know what was really going on and who was behind it all.  To find out you’re going to need to get yourself a copy of this book and enjoy having the mystery solved.  I really enjoyed this story and hope that you will too.

DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED

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The Zodiac Killer by WL Knightly

   What’s In Derek’s Past?

Settle yourself down and be prepared to be compelled to finish this book and want to immediately order the next book in the series! This is just a prequel to the Series so be warned that the murder mystery isn’t going to be ‘solved’ in this book. Now I confess that I hate cliffhangers and I tend to collect a series then read them one after the other, but this story was way too good to wait for the others to be published. WL Knightly is a pseudonym for Lexi Timms and Ali Parker from what I’ve read and so I know from that that it’s most likely going to be extremely well written and will capture my attention and maintain throughout the story. It did! The two main characters, apart from the murderer, are Detective Derek Blake of the NYPD and from the FBI, Special Agent Lizzy McNamara. He is married, unhappily, to an ex beauty queen who is unhappy and makes everyone near her unhappy too. But he made his vows and he will stick to them. Lizzy has worked so hard and her dedication to the job has made her an exceptional FBI agent but who is attracted to Derek though she will never do anything about it. A body of a young girl has been found and on her back was a tattoo that brings back dreadful memories to Derek who thought that part of his past was long dead and buried never to be found. But life is like that and is ready to shock you at any time when you least expect it. Lizzie is brought in to help on the case and he doesn’t let her know that many parts of the case bring back memories of a much younger Derek to mind. The suspense is built so well as it’s been cleverly woven into the story to increase the tension which all assists to make this rather dark murder mystery even more thrilling. I do like reading mysteries and murders as well as murder mysteries and this is certainly one of the best that I have read so far. I am now waiting impatiently for the next book as I NEED to know what is going on. Will Derek’s past catch up with him? Will Lizzy and Derek become more attached to one another?? I don’t know but I’m positive that I’m going to find out by reading the rest of the series as I’m hooked on it now. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and encourage you to get a copy and read it too as it is so great! I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.
DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED

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Lovemaker by B. B. Hamel

   A Murder Mystery Romance

Oh what we have here is so very much more than a romance. B.B. Hamel has penned us a romance that is like a childhood crush chance of HEA, but also it’s a murder mystery with suspense and a question of why the local police won’t help! Cora who is a kindergarten teacher is standing at her brother Atticus’s funeral when she spots his best friend Wyatt who ;left town years ago to become a successful cop in Chicago where is nickname is Lovemaker as he’s such a womaniser. He left when Atticus was getting involved with the wrong crowd that dealt in drugs and petty crime. Cora is at her wits end as she wants to know who murdered him and why but the local police aren’t interested. She persuades Wyatt to help her. It helps that many years ago she had a major crush on Wyatt but was too young to do anything about it AND that Wyatt had a crush on her too that he kept a secret all these years. Their mutual attraction is re-ignited and , this time, the flames will not be quashed! B.B. has the reader enthralled with the Who Done It aspect of the story but also with their love story. Revelling in the pages as Wyatt and Cora fall in love. B.B. has delivered to us here two wonderfully believable characters in Cora and Wyatt who took us along the journey to their Happy Ever After. It’s a journey that I’m pleased to have experienced all encompassed by the suspense and mystery of who murdered her older brother. Have your fans at the ready for the passionate scenes that may well leave you hot and bothered but are so enjoyable to read.  I received an arc of this and leave my honest opinion of it here. I read this story via KU and loved every part of it. This is a must have read and one that is so good that I will be re-reading in the future.

The bonus material is not to be missed either!!!
DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED

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The Naughty One: A Doctor’s Christmas Romance (Season of Desire Book 2) by Michelle Love

   Doctor’s Orders

Michelle Love writes with a passion and finely tuned literary skills such that her words flow across the pages drawing you into the story and I always feel as if I’m ‘a part’ of the story unfolding before my eyes. Before I go any further with my review I feel that I should warn you that this is the darkest story that I’ve read by Michelle as it is not just a wonderful romance [and it is ] but also a murder suspense a story that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat worrying what is going to happen next and whether the two psycho’s will be caught! I am so very pleasantly surprised that this dip into a very different genre has worked exceedingly well and this is one story that is a must for this season. Dr Romy Sasse [her twin brother had been named Remus and her name had been Romulus after the twins brought up by a wolf in mythology] is a very talented second year surgical resident who has moved from the east coast to the west coast by her family after a very painful divorce and she is now basically in hiding from her vicious ex. Her boss is Dr Blue Allende who is like a Greek god and has a wonderful personality to match and he and Romy are both instantly attracted to one another. His father has just got engaged to Romy’s mum so they are going to be step siblings too! But Blue and Romy both want to know if they could be so very much more to one another! As their love affair progresses they hear in the news and have to treat patients who have been murdered or attacked by a ‘mad man’ that is terrorising the city. The murders are similar to ones that occurred in New York but are now closing in on them. The people attacked are all young women and their initials are R, O, M and Y. When this is realised and Romy is brutally attacked Blue knows that he could not bear life without her and he will do all that he can to protect her. This is where the story really begins with suspense and suspicion. It is a truly gripping story that I really couldn’t put down and had to finish it well into the’ wee small hours’ of the night. So cleverly presented to us with snippets of clues throughout the story that make it one heck of a fabulous read that I think is Michelle’s best yet. I do love reading mysteries and suspense and this would certainly fit in with the best of them. Don’t get me wrong there is plenty of passion and steam, sizzling heat between Blue and Romy that will make you switch on your fans or air con and it is definitely worth it. An excellent story that has passion, true romance, death, anxiety, fear and hope

A copy of this is being given to me by Santa if I’m good 😉

DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED.

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Christmas Cookies & Murder: A Bake Shop Murder Mystery (Bake Shop Cozy Murder Mystery Book 4) by Caroline Chase

  Who’s Watching Bryn?

4 December 2017