Book Review: The Road To Christmas by Sheila Roberts

 

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Michelle and Max are not planning on a happy holiday. Their marriage is in shambles and the D word has entered their vocabulary. But now their youngest daughter, Julia, wants everyone to come to her new house in Idaho for Christmas, and she’s got the guest room all ready for Mom and Dad. Oh, joy.

Their other daughters, Audrey and Shyla, are driving up from California and hoping to meet a sexy rancher for Audrey along the way. What they don’t plan on is getting stranded on a ranch when the car breaks down.

The ones with the shortest drive are Grandma and Grandpa—also known as Hazel and Warren. It’s still a bit of a trek, and Hazel doesn’t like the idea of driving all that way in snow, but Warren knows they’ll have no problem. They have a reliable car—and snow tires and chains if they need them. They’ll be fine.

Surprises lie in store for all three sets of intrepid travelers as they set out on three very different adventures, all leading to one memorable family Christmas.

                                                        MY REVIEW:

The Road to Christmas: A Novel by Sheila Roberts
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a heartwarming book.
Michelle and Max are getting divorced but not going to tell their adullt children until after the holidays. Their youngest daughter Julia wants the family to travel to where she lives, in Idaho, for Christmas.
Their other daughters, Audrey and Shyla, are driving up from California.
The ones with the shortest drive are Grandma and Grandpa, Hazel and Warren.
Michelle and Max have a long ride ahead of them since they have a a lot of anger and hurt between them. Then they run into snow which shuts down roads and they have to share a room together.
Audrey and Shyla get a flat tire in the middle of nowhere and no cell service hoping for someone to stop and help them.
Hazel hates traveling in the snow but warren says they will be fine. But you know how that usually works out.
What happens to all of them during this trip seems to be for the good. You start rooting for all of them and your heart hurts and feels good for them all at the same time.
Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing MIRA for the book to review.

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                                      ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

                                          Sheila Roberts


Website
http://www.sheilasplace.com/

Genre
Literature & Fiction


With nearly thirty books to her name, Sheila Roberts is a frequent USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller - and a fan favorite. Her Christmas perennial "On Strike for Christmas" was made into a movie for the Lifetime Channel and her novel "The Nine Lives of Christmas" was made into a movie for Hallmark. Her novel "Angel Lane" was listed as one of Amazon's Best Books of the Year. Before settling into her writing career, Sheila owned a singing telegram company and played in band. When she's not traveling, Sheila splits her time between the Pacific Northwest and Southern California.

Book Review: Captive by Iris Johansen

 

                                                    Kindle Edition, 432 pages
                                                     Published September 6th 2022

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Eve Duncan’s daughter Jane MacGuire seems to have found a perfect life with Seth Caleb—until a ruthless madman threatens to destroy it all, in this gripping suspense novel from #1 bestselling author Iris Johansen.

Jane MacGuire is enjoying a period of domestic bliss as she focuses on her art and her partner Seth Caleb uses his unique abilities as an agent for the MI6 intelligence service. But when Seth crosses crime lord Hugh Bohdan, he incurs the wrath of one of the world’s most powerful criminal empires…one whose tentacles reach across the globe and even to the idyllic Scottish retreat where Jane is working.

Soon Jane is on the run, struggling to stay one step ahead of Bohdan’s army and his devastating high-tech weaponry. Even with the assistance of Earl John MacDuff, she finds danger at every turn. But with that peril comes an astonishing discovery: a 200-year-old secret on the brink of becoming lost to history.

Jane and Seth must join forces to unlock the fascinating puzzle, even as they hurtle toward a lethal final confrontation in the Highlands. But before their adventure is over, Jane and Seth will encounter their biggest shock of all…and realize nothing can be the same for them ever again.

 

MY REVIEW:

Captive by Iris Johansen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the 29th book of the Eve Duncan series. Focused on Eve's daughter Jane and her partner Seth Caleb.
Seth works for a M16 Intelligence Service and hired to take out a ruthless madman, Bohdan.
Jane goes to Scotland to be safe and uncovers a past and some art that she wants to know more of. Her life and Caleb's are in danger and no matter where they go they seem to be hunted.
You can feel the love between Caleb and Jane and what they do for each other even when they are mad at each other. How far reaching Bohdan has and what he won't do to find them
I look forwards to more in this series.
Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for the ebook to review.

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                                                                    Iris Johansen


Born in St. Louis, Missouri

Website
http://www.irisjohansen.com/

Genre
Romance, Literature & Fiction, Suspense



Iris Johansen is a New York Times bestselling author. She began her writing after her children left home for college. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, Johansen began writing suspense historical romance novels, starting with the publication of The Wind Dancer. In 1996 Johansen switched genres, turning to crime fiction, with which she has had great success.

She lives in Georgia and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Her daughter, Tamara, serves as her research assistant.

Book Review: Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

 

                                                   Kindle Edition
                                                  Published September 6th 2022
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Three Powerfully Alluring Vampire Men
And One Queen to Rule Them All

All Mina ever wanted was to escape her father's control. Half human, half vampire, she lived eternally torn between two worlds, never fully experiencing the pleasures of either—until her father chose her as the pawn in his latest political move, gifting her to the darkly powerful and dangerously seductive Malachi Zion.

Malachi is not a vampire to be trifled with. He rules with an iron fist and has a reputation for the darkest of sins. But the longer Mina spends with him, the more she realizes he's not the monster she first thought—and as fear bleeds into lust, then trust, then something more, Malachi opens Mina up to a world she never knew could be hers for the taking: including the love of Malachi's two closest friends and companions.

Now surrounded by all three men, the center of their shockingly seductive world, Mina may finally have the power to face down her father and take back the life—and crown—that by all rights should be hers.

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN.

                                                        MY REVIEW:

Court of the Vampire Queen: A spicy polyam MMMF romance by Katee Robert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

HOT!! Very erotic! Can you say smoking?
3 male vampires and 1 female, half human and half vampire. Mina's father is in charge of a vampire community and he rules it with an iron fist. Not a nice man at all. He sent Mina to Malachi to get pregnant.
Malachi is not a vampire to be trifled with. He rules with an iron fist and has a reputation for the darkest of sins. But the longer Mina spends with him, the more she realizes he's not the monster she first thought—and as fear bleeds into lust, then trust, then something more, Malachi opens Mina up to a world she never knew could be hers for the taking: including the love of Malachi's two closest friends and companions. we meet Wolf and Rylan, who are part of Malachi's past and old vampires. When these 4 form a bond then a whole slew of things happen.
When I first started this book I didn't thhink I would like it as much as I did. The writing was great and the storyline sucked me in.
This is not for the faint of heart. A lot of sex with all 4, swearing and rude comments. But it makes this story work.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the kindle to review.

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                                                                 Katee Robert

Website
http://www.kateerobert.com

Twitter
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Genre
Romance, Suspense




New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her 2015 title, The Marriage Contract, was a RITA finalist, and RT Book Reviews named it 'a compulsively readable book with just the right amount of suspense and tension." When not writing sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.