Book Review: Hot To the Touch by Jaci Burton

Love burns white-hot in this first scorching romance in an all-new trilogy about a family of firefighters from the New York Times bestselling author of the Play-by-Play novels and the Hope series.

Firefighter Jackson Donovan doesn't look back—as a rule. So when his past comes roaring back to life in the form of not-so-damsel-in-distress Becks Benning, the last thing he wants to do is relive old times. No matter how tempting she makes it seem...

Now thanks to his two interfering brothers, Becks is living with them while she looks for a new place and tries to pick up the pieces of her tattoo business that went up in flames. Which means a grown up, smokin' hot Becks is in his house, sharing meals, and digging up old wounds. And despite his better judgement, the more time he spends with this smart, artistic, incredible woman the more he wants her in his bed—and his future.

Becks always had it bad for Jackson. Unfortunately for her, not much has changed—he's still honorable, hard-working, sexy as sin—and closed off. But there's more than one way to get to a man's heart and if Jackson doesn't want to recall old memories, she'll just have to help him make new ones. Because now that she's found Jackson again, she's not letting him go.

MY REVIEW:

Hot to the Touch by Jaci Burton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The story starts off with 3 young preteenagers. They are runaways living on the street. It is a stormy night so they split up from others in their group and go to an abandoned house for shelter. While sleeping a fire starts and they are rescued by a fireman. Now they are grown men and are also firefighters. They are called to a tattoo parlor for smoke and come to find out this young woman was a part of their runaway group years ago. Becks now has no tattoo parlor or home as her apartment was upstairs from the tattoo parlor. So the firemen invite her to stay with them. 2 of the brothers do remember her but it takes awhile for Jackson to remember her. I loved how we start out reading about their lives on the run and how their lives all changed. Also Becks(Rebecca) helps out some of the homeless kids out there as she remember what it is like. This is why I gave this a 5 star. It was very different from other romances and it tugged at my heart.
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Book Review: The Cowboy and His Baby by Jessica Clare

From New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare comes a contemporary Western romance about a cowboy who is in for the ride of his life…. 

Dustin is a ranch hand with a reputation around town as a ladies’ man. He loves flirting and the thrill of the chase. When he tilts his cowboy hat just so, no one can resist his charms. It’s all fun and games for Dustin until he meets a woman who sparks real feelings in him, and he’s blindsided by love.

Annie is an animal trainer working on set for a film. Other than her furry, canine coworkers, she hasn’t connected with the rest of the movie’s crew. It’s only when a certain cowboy catches her eye that Wyoming becomes interesting. She intends for their romance to be a fling, but by the time filming wraps up, she’s unexpectedly pregnant.   

While Annie is prepared to walk away and raise her baby by herself, Dustin isn’t so ready to say good-bye. He has to prove to Annie that she has a future in Wyoming and capture her heart before it’s too late.... 


                                 My Review:

The Cowboy and His Baby by Jessica Clare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Dustin works on the ranch and has a ladies' man reputation. Then he meets a woman who he can't get out of his head.
Annie is an animal trainer and trains dogs for movies. She meets Dustin and the romance starts. By the time she ends up leaving Wyoming to go back home she is pregnant but doesn't know it. She doesn't tell Dustin until a few months later. She wants him to be with her because he loves her not because of the baby. Also his plan don't include a woman and a child. I really liked these 2 characters but the communication was horrible between them. I wanted to give this 5 stars but the woman from Dustin's past that caused a lot of the trouble should have been put in her place by Dustin.
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Book Review: The Killer In Me by Olivia Kiernan

A deadly past refuses to stay buried in Olivia Kiernan's masterful new novel

Death is no stranger to Detective Chief Superintendent Frankie Sheehan, but she isn't the only one from her small, coastal suburb to be intimately acquainted with it. Years ago, teenager Se�n Hennessey shocked the tight-knit community when he was convicted of the brutal murder of his parents and attempted slaying of his sister, though he always maintained his innocence. Now, Se�n is finally being released from prison--but when his newfound freedom coincides with the discovery of two bodies, the alleged connection between the cases only serves to pull Frankie further from answers even as it draws her closer to her town's hidden darkness. With a television documentary revisiting Se�n's sentence pushing the public's sympathies into conflict on a weekly basis, a rabid media pressuring the police like never before, and a rising body count, Frankie will need all of her resources if she is not only to catch a killer, but put to rest what really happened all those years ago.

A dark, irresistible cocktail of secrets, murder, and family, Olivia Kiernan's latest is an impossible-to-put-down triumph. 


                        MY REVIEW:


The Killer in Me by Olivia Kiernan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I had a hard time getting into this book and keeping my interest. So many characters and who did what and trying to figure out if there is more than 1 case going on with different killers. Years ago teenager Sean Hennessy is found guilty of killing his parents and leaving his sister for dead. He is just released and now a couple is found dead in a church and another man who was a reporter is also found dead. So did Sean do it? And where is his sister? The police bring in several suspects and but then lead into dead ends. I didn't trust Sean from the beginning but he kept saying he didn't do it and is believable. But is he? By the time I got to the end I didn't really care.
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The Liar's Room by Simon Lelic review

ONE ROOM. TWO LIARS. NO WAY OUT...

Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a counsellor and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe.

But everything changes when Adam Geraghty walks into her office. She's never met this young man before - so why does she feel like she knows him?

Then Adam starts to tell her about a girl. A girl he wants to hurt.

And Susanna realises she was wrong. 
She doesn't know him. 
BUT HE KNOWS HER.
AND THE GIRL HE PLANS TO HURT IS HER DAUGHTER...

My Thoughts:

The Liar's Room by Simon Lelic
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Wow! What a messed up individual. Susanna is a counselor with a 14 year old daughter. Susanna made up a new identity while her daughter was a baby and never looked back. Then Adam walks into her life and tell her he wants to hurt a girl. Then proceeds to tell her a story, about her past. This was a thriller that I could not stop reading. I really wanted Susanna to walk away from this boy but then you know she really can't. 

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The Woman Inside by E. G. Scott review

Rebecca didn’t know love was possible until she met Paul, a successful, charismatic, married man with a past as dark as her own. Their pain drew them together with an irresistible magnetism; they sensed that they were each other’s ideal (and perhaps only) match.

But twenty years later, Paul and Rebecca are drowning as the damage and secrets that ignited their love begin to consume their marriage. Paul is cheating on Rebecca, and his affair gets messy fast. His mistress is stalking them with growing audacity when Rebecca discovers Paul’s elaborate plan to build a new life without her. And though Rebecca is spiraling into an opiate addiction, it doesn’t stop her from coming up with a devious plot of her own, and this one could end absolutely everything.

What follows is an unpredictable and stylish game of cat and mouse—a shocking tale of unfaithfulness and unreliability that will keep you racing until the final twist and make you wonder how well you really know your spouse.

My Thoughts:

The Woman Inside by E.G.   Scott
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I must say when I first started this book I was on the fence about it and thought should I even keep reading. The lies, betrayals, cheating and everything that is in a thriller is all there. What was Rebecca thinking? She had an affair with a married man and he left his wife for her. You know this from the beginning so why is she shocked that he would do that to her? Then the woman he is seeing is crazy loco. Her drug addiction makes her not see things right and some of this could have been different for her if she wasn't on them. Paranoia and delusional all makes a recipe for disaster. But the ending had me feeling so bad for the both of them. It just got to me.
I received this from First To Read and Edelweiss for review.

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The Matchmaker's List by Sonya Lalli review

The Matchmaker's List by Sonya Lalli
My rating: 3 of 5 stars




Synopsis:One devoted modern girl + a meddlesome, traditional grandmother = a heartwarming multicultural romantic comedy about finding love where you least expect it

Raina Anand may have finally given in to family pressure and agreed to let her grandmother play matchmaker, but that doesn't mean she has to like it--or that she has to play by the rules. Nani always took Raina's side when she tried to push past the traditional expectations of their tight-knit Indian-immigrant community, but now she's ambushing Raina with a list of suitable bachelors. Is it too much to ask for a little space? Besides, what Nani doesn't know won't hurt her...

As Raina's life spirals into a parade of Nani-approved bachelors and disastrous blind dates, she must find a way out of this modern-day arranged-marriage trap without shattering her beloved grandmother's dreams.




My Thoughts:
Raina's life is a disaster. Her family says she needs to be married and have kids to be happy. Her grandmother has a list of all the men she should date and to pick one to marry. But Raina is in love with someone else, who isn't around and never seems to commit to her. She also has a mother who has never been around for her. Then she lies to her grandmother and that lie tears her community apart. She has 2 best friends. 1 from work who she does confide in and one from her childhood who she doesn't confide in. Her lie may destroy everything and she needs to come clean. She should have sat down with her grandmother and her 2 best friends all throughout the book to come clean on her feelings and why. I liked the storyline but Raina I really wanted to slap upside the head and her grandmother was to pushy and needed to be told nicely what Raina wanted.
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Eggs on Ice by Laura Childs review

Eggs on Ice by Laura Childs
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It is Christmas season at Cackleberry Club Cafe. Most everyone in town was in the play Scrooge, when an actor was killed. Suzanne and everyone saw it happen and it was a ghost. Or at least someone dressed up as a ghost. Then Suzanne chases the ghost and almost gets killed herself. I have not read any other books in this series but yet seemed to know the characters. Suzanne works in the cafe but always seems to be investigating murders. She is engaged to Same who works as a Doctor. Her 2 friends are Toni and Petra who also run the cafe. You get to see their friendship and how the people in the town all support each other. Suzanne always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The police even tell her to stay away from the investigation as well as her fiance.
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The Winters by Lisa Gabriele review

The Winters by Lisa Gabriele
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

After a whirlwind romance, a young woman returns to the opulent, secluded Long Island mansion of her new fiancé Max Winter—a wealthy politician and recent widower—and a life of luxury she’s never known. But all is not as it appears at the Asherley estate. The house is steeped in the memory of Max’s beautiful first wife Rebekah, who haunts the young woman’s imagination and feeds her uncertainties, while his very alive teenage daughter Dani makes her life a living hell. She soon realizes there is no clear place for her in this twisted little family: Max and Dani circle each other like cats, a dynamic that both repels and fascinates her, and he harbors political ambitions with which he will allow no woman—alive or dead—to interfere.
As the soon-to-be second Mrs. Winter grows more in love with Max, and more afraid of Dani, she is drawn deeper into the family’s dark secrets—the kind of secrets that could kill her, too. The Winters is a riveting story about what happens when a family’s ghosts resurface and threaten to upend everything.

Wow! Dani is a horrible teen. But is she? Do we believe the stories she tells about her dad not loving her and him being the bad person? Or is she such a great actress that you just want to slap her? There is a room that is a shrine to Rebekah that Dani doesn't want the new Mrs. Winters to be in. Then there is the greenhouse that Max doesn't want anyone in. Does he miss and grieve for his wife that much? There are so many questions and yes they are all answered by the end of the book. I received this from First To Read for review.


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