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,…
Crosshairs by Patricia Bradley
This cleverly plotted novel kept me turning the page. Every time I thought I knew who the villain was, a twist kicked in and took me in another direction. The characters were well-rounded and the story believable. Ainsley Beaumont, Investigative Services Branch Ranger, takes the lead on investigating the murder of a pregnant teenager inside the Natchez Trace Park. Her heart plummets when Lincoln Steele, former FBI turned Interpretive Ranger and former old flame, shows up to assist with the investigation at the request of a superior. Guilt haunts Lincoln after almost killing a kid during his FBI days, which…
Lights Out by Natalie Walters
Another brilliant novel by Natalie Walters. The opening scenes draw the reader in as the plot develops, and the tension thickens. The internal conflicts between the heroine and hero intensify with each chapter. Brynn Taylor, the Targeting Analyst for the CIA, finds herself under scrutiny by her peers after a student, who she approved to take part in her DI-AC Program, disappears. She’s forced to work with the Strategic Neutralization and Protection (SNAP) team to locate this missing man, assumed to be involved with a terrorist group. When she arrives at the SNAP facility, hopes of clearing her name plummets…
Amish Christmas Escape by Dana R Lynn
This intense, action-packed novel kept me up, turning the page until the end. Kudos to the author. Excellent pacing as the suspense deepened. I connected with the heroine immediately and wanted to help in her dilemma. Christina (Christy) O’Malley, a prisoner in her own home, suspects someone murdered her sister. She grabs Ellie, her five-year-old daughter, and escapes in the snowy weather. Christy suspects someone murdered her sister, and she and her daughter are next. She races to her car. Someone starts shooting. The only person she can trust is Sam Burkholder, Ellie’s father. Only, Sam doesn’t know he is…
A Dark Silence by Dana R Lynn / One of 15 in the Dangerous Pursuits Collection
What a fantastic collection of suspense novels by some amazing authors. I had the opportunity to read one. A Dark Silence by Dana R Lynn. A Dark Silence grabbed my attention and kept me turning the page. I loved that the author’s heroine, Heidi Martin, was deaf and her only means of communication was through sign language. Dana R Lynn did an outstanding job using sign language as dialogue and maintaining the action. Heidi finds herself face-to-face with a killer with a body on the floor behind him. She escapes his grip, bolts to her car, and races to the…
Hostile Intent by Lynette Eason
There’s no setting this book down once you’ve started reading. Every step of the way, scene after scene, something suspenseful happens. Lynette keeps the high-intensity action going and captures the reader’s attention. Ex-military Ava Jackson innocently becomes a target from an unknown source stemming from her father’s secret background. FBI Special Agent Caden Denning comes to her rescue multiple times and struggles to keep her safe. Ava is strong and determined to find answers. Caden is more determined to keep her alive. The more Ava digs for the truth of her father’s past, the more secrets she uncovers, and the…
Trace of Doubt by DiAnn Mills
DiAnn Mills has done it again. She never disappoints her readers. Trace of Doubt is filled with one suspenseful twist after another. Concern for an ex-con, Shelby Pearce’s safety, kept me turning the page. My emotions merged with Shelby’s as I tried to help her get through the disappointments and dangers she faced. Shelby Pearce gets parole after serving fifteen years for confessing she’d killed her brother-in-law. She tries to get re-established in a small town in Texas but faces public scrutiny. The FBI concluded she’d embezzled five hundred thousand dollars, but no one had ever found the money. FBI…
