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Up for some racy, heart stopping, blood pounding books? Try Reece’s “Last Chance Series”. She and her LCR operatives have become one of my top favorites! I read some of these books out of sequence, and that still worked out great for me and each one of them is good as a standalone. But let me tell you, if you read them out of sequence, you will be an “Adam in the garden of LCR”, craving to have a bite of the previous story J

ImageI divide the series into three parts for my own personal satisfaction – Four books in “Chances” – ‘Last Chance’, ‘Second Chance’, ‘No Chance’ and ‘Chances Are’. Then comes the “Me” series of ‘Return To Me’, ‘Run To Me’ and ‘Rescue Me’. The last part is the “Sweet Series” of ‘Sweet Revenge’, ‘Sweet Reward’ and ‘Sweet Justice’.

My favorite of the series is McKenna and Luke’s story “Last Chance”. Maybe because that was my first book and was so enthralled by Christy’s writing, her cliff hanging narration, and her attention to detail. A Paris agency “Last Chance Rescue” founded by Noah McCall for the purpose of finding missing people, helping high-profile government and private missions, is the backdrop for this series. And I absolutely adore Noah from his tough exterior to his super soft heart, always filled with concern and love for his alpha agents.Image

And the agents!! By God!!! Sinfully delicious!!!! They are a breed apart!!!!! Each one of them have endured ghosts of tortured pasts, have lost and gained both personally and professionally, are inter-connected to each other either through their past or present. Each one of them had a story to tell, and each one of those stories is filled with pain, betrayal, loss and love.

Christy penned each story with great passion and love. She really sketched each character so different with much depth and understanding. As much as I say McKenna and Lucas are my favorites, the rest of the LCRs, Noah and Samara, Skylar and Gabe, Jordan and Eden, Keeley and Cole, Dylan and Jamie, Jared and Mia, Ethan and Shea, Honor and Seth, and let’s not forget Angela and Jack, easily mesmerize you and take over your heart. Every story brought a lump to my throat and a twist to my gut. And every story took me through the emotions and actions of their lives literally and figuratively longing for them to have their very own happily ever after.

ImageChristy Reece sure knows how to keep her readers on the edge of a cliff and she is one writer whose stories ooze fire, lust, vigor and a frenzy of emotions and action salivating for more. 

One of my super special top favorite authors!!!

She’s got new adrenaline pumping stories coming out…

Check her out at  – http://www.christyreece.com/ or visit her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorChristyReece

 

 

Imagine this – waking up in your car, feeling icy water under your feet, sight foggy through your windshield, brain hazy with thoughts and a big black hole for your memory.

This is the opening scene in Melinda Leigh’s latest novel, “She Can Hide”. Now how can I put this book down with such a resounding opening, as I was imagining myself in that drowning car!

Abby Foster finds herself fighting for her life in the chilling waters of a Pennsylvania winter. Everyone has a past. But some have a past that chases them to a far off land to start fresh and make a semblance of a decent life. Working as a high school teacher, Abby just wants to live a quite life and forget her traumatic past – a past that had her locked down in a dry well for days before she was rescued.

ImageA past that she is not willing to share even with Officer Ethan Hale. As Ethan struggles to put together Abby’s past amidst their rising passion and love, the killer is very busy assimilating dead bodies. With trust on precarious grounds, Ethan and Abby support each other to piece the mystery behind Abby’s attempt on life.

The connecting story between Abby’s past and her present, a background of betrayals and secrets, shady and dark dealings trying to get on legitimate grounds, jealousy and rage riding the subplot, “She Can Hide” is a roller-coaster of thrills and surprises. 

Melinda Leigh has a knack for writing racy thrillers and chilling suspense, and I love the way she works subplots, and the connection to the main story is never dull, keeping the element of surprise. From her first book, “She Can Run”, every story was as different as chalk and cheese, with equal elements of excitement, shivers, obsession, lust and an adrenaline rush to the finish line.

Never a dull moment!

Visit her website for her other works….

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“I Wanna Shelter You…But With The Beast Inside, There’s Nowhere To Hide, When You Feel My Heat, Look Into My Eyes…It’s Where My Demons Hide…..”  

“Don’t Get Too Close…..It’s Where My Demons Hide…”Imagine Dragons”

That is what Drake represents! And the cover of Cynthia’s fourth book in the “Mine Series”, is an amazing blend of passion, despair and possessiveness. I‘ve always had a soft spot for Drake…the quite and the mysterious one, but with deadly execution…whether he was protecting Skye or thinking that Noah has gone bonkers falling in love with Claire.

Despite Noah, Logan and Drake being friends in mercenary, Drake had a history more deep than the other two. He was the one too close to his nightmare aka Anna Jean. He was more emotionally connected to Anna Jean and the betrayal is more vested and painful. His possessiveness, total disregard for his life over Jasmine’s breath, and his sacrifice – loved Drake to the soul. The bad with the good, the demon with a heart to do the right thing and stand by unconditionally, one of the best characters I had the pleasure of reading.Image

Jasmine was a total surprise package of vulnerability and courage. Her background and what she had become was totally kick-ass and I was so charmed by her – thanks Cynthia for etching Jasmine’s character so well. I’ve always being a sucker for any woman who rises beyond trauma, with sheer determination and positivity to create a niche in this world.  Overcoming her traumatic childhood, with a hope of finding the missing pieces of her family, Jasmine was just perfect.

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“Your Eyes Shine So Bright, I Wanna Save That Light, I Can’t Escape This Now, Unless You Show Me How….” Imagine Dragons

The common background that connected Jasmine and Noah was an emotional read. The history between Jasmine, Victor and Saxon pulls at your heartstrings as much as Victor’s despair that Jasmine loves the dangerous Drake than a plain safe accountant or a doctor tickles your funny bone. The bond between them is something that you’d wish you had it too.

My recommendation is to read the first three – ‘Mine To Take’, ‘Mine To Keep’, ‘Mine To Hold’, and before long you would ‘CRAVE’ for Drake and the flow of the stories would be easy to love and enjoy. I hope Cynthia Eden gives Victor some much needed sleepless nights and company to chase those nightmares away 😉Image

You can check Cynthia Eden’s other amazing works on her website: http://www.cynthiaeden.com/

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♫♫ It’s raining men ♫♫ oops meant ♫♫ It’s raining Sullivans  ♫♫

This past week, I was on a marathon run meeting the California and Seattle Sullivans. They are quite a brood keeping me on my toes, with a flurry of emotions, pain and love leaving me greedy for more!!!!

Thank god!!! Looks like Bella gave me a short reprieve ( a few weeks) before I have Lori waltzing in with her moves!!!Image

By far I hold “Just To Be With You” and “Come A Little Closer”, very close to my heart. I was closely associated with entertainment, in front as well as behind the camera, I have friends who are still in the entertainment industry and have seen up close and personal, the fanatics, the paparazzi and the whole nine yards of the crazies in that field.

Both the stories may be of movie artists, yet they are so different – one on the sets of Hollywood and the other in the boardroom of Seattle. What really had me so attached is the simple storyline of larger than life people, yet so very down to earth and just simple good people.

ImageMovie stars are just as normal people and so are billionaires. Smith and Valentina, Ian and Tatiana – you just cannot not love them as they battle insecurities and pain, uncertainties and paparazzi, jealousy and hurt for loved ones, with tenacity to get their balance of normalcy in their lives. Smith and Ian will remain as my super favorite brothers, sons and lovers of all times.

“The Way You Look Tonight” (Rafe/Brooke) and “Let Me Be The One” (Ryan/Vicki) – ultra sweet stories of reacquainting with childhood friends, finding that spark of love still existing and stoking that tiny spark to a fire of unconditional love and support, these two were such great reads, deliciously so. As much as they are fictional characters, I am very happy to say such people do exist. Image

What can I say about “It Must Be Your Love”? This story had happiness written all over it. As much Ford and Mia had trouble getting together, I felt it was the easiest hurdle they had 😉 Ford was the ‘THE ROCKSTAR’ all way round and loved the vivacious and witty Mia. I loved the coming together of the whole family especially Mary Sullivan being at the helm of the wedding ceremony – so sweet, so unconventional, so precious. Adam and Dylan were adorable and can’t wait to read their HEAs. Ian was a big-brother-force to reckon with and the sparks between him and Tatiana was yummylicious!!!!

ImageBElI love large families. I come from a large family. But sometimes life happens, and we go in so many different paths, different continents and I miss what we used to have before. One of the reasons why I hold the Sullivans so close to me is their large family of brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts – always there to support and lend a voice and a shoulder when needed, no questions asked!

For readers who have not being introduced to this series…go on….grab ’em real fast…..u’ll not be disappointed at all 🙂 

 

 

Not sure if I can do justice to Maya Banks and her books through mere words. Her KGI series is one of my all time favorites, rated super high per my standards, and I re-read them a million times!!!! The unconditional love among the Kelly brothers, the unwavering support for each other and for each member of their team members, the chemistry between the teammates and the undying trust they have in each other was out of the charts for me. Every line, every book and every character was living and breathing their role and Banks did a stupendous job weaving these characters and their women who matched every step into their hearts.

My favorites of this continuing series are “Whispers In The Dark” and “Echoes At Dawn”. These are stories of two gifted sisters Shea and Grace, and their survival from the evil that wants to harness their gift and the protection and help that comes in the form of Nathan Kelly and Rio. I cried reading their stories for what the sisters had to go through and the sheer determination to survive and sacrifices made for the sake of loved ones. Being gifted is not always a blessing! What a series and what gem of characters!!Image

Now everyone has a bad day.  Her latest release “After The Storm” received lot of flak for the storyline and her readers were very disappointed. Personally I liked the storyline, but the execution lacked a punch. Knowing Donovan, I was not expecting any major action packed pages. He is the behind-the-scenes kind of a guy and likes being on the home front.  He is the go to guy for solutions and I expected him to go a little crazy and lose that cloak of control when the time comes and I guess that may have not sat well with some readers.

Eve is a young and scared woman trying to protect her siblings. She is immature, insecure and totally lacks trust of anyone. Like the other KG women, she really does not have an identity before she came into Van’s life, so comparison is not even an option. As a stand alone, “After The Storm” was a decent read. If reading the book as part of the series, then definitely I can see how the readers were disappointed especially since they were expecting for action packed, hot romance, cliffhanging story.

ImageI have read her other books, trilogies, stand alone books and heading the top of that list are “Tempted”,  “Enticed”, “Wanted” and waiting for the fourth book (Cam’s HEA). “Long Road Home” and “Be With Me” are books that took me by surprise for their wonderful stories, and great penning of emotions, a genre that I may have not read if not for the excellent way Maya Banks had narrated the story in “Be With Me”.

Well, Maya Banks sure spoiled her readers setting a high standard for herself and for us and am not surprised that when a book of hers does not work out, she really gets to hear about it. And she still takes a place in my heart as one of my top favorites and will always be with me 🙂

 

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