Incredible! Darlene L Turner has done it again. This suspenseful page-turner, releasing August 22, 2023, held me captive until the end. The non-stop action and unexpected twists were ‘expected’ as that’s Turner’s style, and she didn’t fail to deliver—another successful book from a gifted author. Park Warden Hazel Hoyt faces the horror no parent should face—the abduction of her son and his friends while on a camping trip in the Rocky Mountains. And to add more tension, an arsonist sets fires in the wilderness that slows their search. Wildfire Unit Crew leader Mitchell Booth once considered Hazel, his sister’s friend,…
Facing the Enemy by DiAnn Mills
Another action-packed adventure by DiAnn Mills hits the shelves on September 5, 2023. This high-stake inspirational romantic suspense novel packs a punch as FBI Special Agent Risa Jacobs with the Violent Crimes Against Children division of the Houston FBI is the target of a hit-and-run. Her brother, Trenton, has returned home with good news that he’s turning his life around. They exit the restaurant together and start crossing the street—a vehicle speeds toward them. Trenton pushes Risa aside. He’s hit and dies. Risa is grief-stricken and blames herself for her brother’s death. She learns she is the intended target, not…
Critical Threat by Lynette Eason
Critical Threat is a non-stop, action-packed, breathtaking novel. Suspense oozed off the pages and kept my attention. Lynette Eason never ceases to amaze me with the wild rides in her romantic suspense novels. FBI Special Agent Grace Billingsley finds herself in a dangerous predicament when she’s called to take on a murder case. She spots evidence at the crime scene that the killer didn’t intend for her to find. Prison psychiatrist Sam Monroe is invited to the crime scene because it has all the markings of a serial killer. Sam should know the signs because his father was a serial…
Concrete Evidence by DiAnn Mills
Concrete Evidence is another action-packed novel by DiAnn Mills. From the moment I began reading, I had a hard time putting it down. Be prepared to read into the midnight hour as the twists and turns keep you guessing who the villain will be and who will die next. Avery Elliot, raised by her grandfather on his Texas ranch, after being disowned by her parents at a young age, finds herself in the crosshairs of an unknown shooter. Why? She’d done nothing wrong. She loved her grandfather immensely and took heed of everything he told her. She worked for his…
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…
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…
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…
