Fatal Forensic Investigation is an intense, action-packed romantic suspense that will have you biting your nails as you turn each page. The characters are realistic, and the plot is well-developed. Readers looking for a chilling, suspenseful adventure will love this book. Constable Scarlet Wells, a forensic artist, sketches the face of the Coastline Strangler as described to her by his only surviving witness. The strangler shows up and kills the witness, then shoots at Scarlet, grazing her head and knocking her to the floor. He rips the picture from her art pad and destroys it. His eyes are etched in…
ACFW May 2022 New Releases
May 2022 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Anchored Hearts by Julie Arduini — Can two go-getters surrender their need to control and find a happily-ever-after? Jordyn Bell Hart succeeds in everything she does. Her promotion to morning show co-anchor blossoms her career in the same way her mother’s work had. Jordyn keeps tabs on her family and enjoys helping them grow. When life around her starts to change, can she surrender her desire to control? Spencer Collins knows how to balance a busy life. He…
Secrets Left Behind by Shannon Redmon
Author Shannon Redmon knocks it out of the water with this fast-paced, suspense-filled page-turner. The opening scene thrusts you into the action as two attackers come after Skye Anderson. Will she survive? Were Detective Jake Reed’s suspicions true? The accident that killed her husband may not have been an accident. Who would want to kill him, and why were they after her? Detective Jake Reed appears on the scene and finds Skye in danger. He’s determined to protect her and her little girl while protecting his heart. He’d left her in the hands of his best friend years ago. She…
Texas Killer Connection by Virginia Vaughan
The unexpected happens when Brooke Moore, a former army intelligence officer, takes leave and arrives in Texas to find her cousin’s killer and meets up with her cousin’s ex-boyfriend, FBI agent Colby Avery. Everyone takes a second and third look, including Colby, because she is her cousin’s look-alike. Brooke becomes the killer’s target and can’t seem to find a moment’s rest. Colby makes it his responsibility to protect her from the attackers, making him a target. They work together, hoping to find evidence to bring the killer to justice. Texas Killer Connection is non-stop action. The threats are real, emotions…
The Catch by Lisa Harris
Great suspenseful novel. The opening scene catches you off-guard, then the suspense kicks in as an investigation begin. The action is gripping and non-stop and full of twists. U.S. Marshall Madison James must team up with her U.S. Marshall ex-boyfriend, Jonas Quinn, in an attack on a judge in the courtroom, then are called into the judge’s home where his wife had been found dead. The evidence they gather seems easy enough, but things are not as they appear, so don’t think you’ve figured it out. Besides the intensity of her investigation, Madison struggles with memory loss after her husband’s…
Amish Cradle Conspiracy by Dana R Lynn
This intriguing story captivated my curiosity and held me hostage. No pun intended. I couldn’t put the book down. It’s bad enough when Sergeant Nicole Dawson puts herself in the crosshairs and becomes the killer’s target, but add a baby trafficking ring in the mix and you’ve got my undivided attention. When Nicole learns about the threat on the innocent Amish community and the disappearance of a pregnant lady, she can’t help but get involved in finding the kidnappers. Her goal is to rescue the mother and bring the baby home. FBI Special agent Jack Quinn arrives in town to…
Alaskan Calibration by Maryann Landers
It was a joy to delve into this novel about Lou’s adventures in Alaska. In Lou’s point of view, the author wrote in first person and did well digging into Lou’s thoughts and sharing her concerns. Lou’s hesitation in uprooting her two small children from their beautiful, comfy home in Michigan and moving to a rough, challenging rural area in Alaska is justifiable and easy to understand. The love of family shines through as Lou and her husband Roy grow in their faith in God and seek guidance from Him for their future. They face some difficulties, but the most…
Life Flight by Lynette Eason
Life Flight, #1 in the Extreme Measure Series, releases January 4, 2022. This book is an intense, action-packed, suspenseful novel. Lynette’s expertise in plotting and characterization shines through in this powerful book. Readers will be on the edge of their seats all the way to the last page. Penny Carlton, an EMS helicopter pilot, finds herself the target of a crazed stalker. Everywhere she turns, danger awaits, even as she transports critical patients. The tangled web of deception has her stressed and keeps her on edge as an emergency landing in a snowstorm only increases the intensity. FBI Special Agent…
Buried Cold Case Secrets by Sami A Abrams
There’s nothing slow about this fast-paced romantic suspense novel. It kicks off with a suspenseful scene, and the stakes grow higher with each chapter. The characters are well-developed and realistic, and the cleverly planned-out plot keeps you turning the page. Melanie Hutton returns to Valley Springs after being hired as the new forensic anthropologist and part-time coroner. She’s determined to find her best friend’s body after years of taunting nightmares about the brutal kidnapping and beatings of her and her friend. The problem is Melanie’s memory cannot recall the details nor the man who abducted them. Jason Cooper, a detective…
Mercy Undeserved by Kristina Hall
Mercy Undeserved is the second volume in Kristina Hall’s The Moretti Trilogy. This intense historical novel kept my attention and had me wondering how the author was going to pull off another book equal to the first one in the series. Her descriptions of each scene and emotional descriptions of the hero and heroine had me visually sitting in the room with her characters. Lillian Rossi’s wealthy, mafia-like husband is murdered. His ruthless brother orders his men to find Lillian and kill her and her baby so the Rossi family’s wealth will fall into his hands. She is angry, manipulative,…
