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Undercover Attraction

9/21/2017

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Title: Undercover Attraction
Author: Katee Robert
Publication date: 11/28/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

I REALLY don’t like to DNF any book. It makes me feel like a big ole quitter. A failure. A reader with a weak constitution. A fair-weather reader, if you will. But in reviewing books for this blog, I’ve come to accept that I simply can’t afford to finish every book I start. In the interest of maximizing my reading time, sometimes I just have to let a book I’m not enjoying go so that I can move on to book that’s more my speed, you know? And sadly, that’s what I had to do with Undercover Attraction.

Hidden

9/18/2017

DUDE REVIEW

Title: Hidden (A Bones Secret Novel, Book 1)
Genre: Romantic suspense
Author: Kendra Elliot
Publication date: 07/17/2012
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

So I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that I’ve successfully finished the second romance novel of my entire life. The bad news is that it didn’t go anywhere near as well as my first. Unfortunately, I don’t have anyone to blame but myself. After Jennifer made such a fantastic recommendation for my first romance review, you’d think I would seek her out for advice on my second. But nooooooooo. I wandered into the romance wilderness on my own, as lost as a Kardashian at a neighborhood garage sale.

Broken Bits

9/7/2017

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Title: Broken Bits
Author: Kel O’Connor
Publication date: 10/18/2016
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

I’ll be honest. I’m not a huge romantic suspense fan. There, I’ve said it. Let the hate mail start pouring in. I just usually find it so needlessly overwrought. Then there’s the fact that while running for their lives or in the middle of any number of improbable situations, heroes and heroines in romantic suspense decide to have sex. Sure, that’s just what I’d do if a serial killer/covert government agency/mafia hitman was after me. But for all my scorn of the category as a whole, I found myself actually enjoying Broken Bits.

On the Chase

8/9/2017

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Title: On the Chase
Author: Katie Ruggle
Publication date: 09/05/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

OK, y’all know that I’m not totally in love with romantic suspense. But this book was on NetGalley and it has a dog on the cover. A dog! How am I supposed to resist that?

Well, Lexie the dog was FANTASTIC. Loved her to death. Just wish the rest of the story was as awesome as she was…

Under Fire

8/1/2017

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Title: Under Fire
Author: Scarlett Cole
Publication date: 08/01/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No
Rating: 5 out of 5

Anyone who reads my reviews knows that I’m not a huge fan of romantic suspense. But once I saw that Scarlett Cole was the author? I couldn’t download fast enough. I ADORE Scarlett Cole. Her new adult romances are some of the best on the market today. (In fact, you can check out our review of Jordan Reclaimed. It was an AWESOME read.) And as usual, with this story, Ms. Cole didn’t disappoint. This story sucks you right in from the beginning, making you a part of Six and Louisa’s world. The author’s writing style is just so conversational and...real. There’s just no other way to describe it.

One Taste of Crazy

7/31/2017

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Title: One Taste of Crazy
Author: Amanda Siegrist
Publication date: 07/28/2017
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No
Rating: 3.5 out of 5

I’m going to admit to something here, folks. I’m not a romantic suspense fan. I usually find the premise of romantic suspense novels to be soooooo ridiculous. I mean, there’s a serial killer stalking you and you’re more worried about whether the hot bodyguard thinks you’re pretty than you are about the lingering threat of DEATH hanging over your head? No WAY would that happen in real life. So, I approach romantic suspense reads VERY carefully. (As carefully as I approach giant hairy spiders and anything with tofu in it.)

Beautiful Delusions

5/1/2017

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Title: Beautiful Delusions
Author: Ember Raine-Winters
Publication date: 02/08/2017
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: Yes
Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Amazon blurb
Kaylee

One night . . .

One terrible accident . . .

That was all it took to turn my entire life upside-down. My PTSD is worse than ever. The terror I thought I left in my past is back, and this time I might not survive the horrors he promises to bring.

An old friend, Griffin, my best friend at one time bulldozes his way back into my life.

Willing Captive

4/5/2017

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Title: Willing Captive
Author: Belle Aurora
Publication date: 01/12/2014
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No
Rating: 5 out of 5

Blurb (from Amazon.com):
***Author Note: This is NOT a dark romance***

Delilah "Lily" Flynn is used to her drab existence. Lily's been living it for twenty two years.

Her boring life is suddenly turned on its head when she's rudely kidnapped from her bedroom.

Or so she thinks.

Nox Taylor is far too high up in his field to be assigned a babysitting job.

Wild Ride

4/4/2017

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Title: Wild Ride
Author: Julie Ann Walker
Publication date: 04/04/2017
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No
Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Blurb (from Amazon.com):
Ethan "Ozzie" Sykes

Former Navy SEAL

Underground operator for Black Knights Inc., the covert government defense firm disguised as a custom motorcycle shop.

In a black-on-black international mission that went seriously sideways, Ozzie was badly injured—now he's stuck at BKI headquarters in Chicago, champing at the bit to get out into the field again.

Wild Ride Cover