BuckeyeAngel's Book Reviews, Travels and Other Interests

Kerry and Paul have been working together on the paranormal show Phantoms for the past 6 years. They are best friends. Paul is there for Kerry and she looks out for him. The only problem is that Paul has been hiding the fact that he's been in love her since the day they met. After seeing her doppelganger scares the daylights out of Kerry, she calls Paul and he rushes to her aid. After this incident, Kerry starts to notice Paul as a man. During their next taping Paul takes advantage of this to pursue her. While trying to figure out the meaning of her doppelganger and this haunting, Kerry struggles to sort out her feelings for Paul. Kerry is a very giving person. She is emphatic towards everyone's feelings, even the ghosts she chases. The sudden realization of her non-plutonic feelings towards Paul really throw her for a loop as she also finds a completeness in them. Paul has basically dedicated his life to Kerry. He's very smart and has an insecurity when it comes to women ...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Luke's ex-best friend and business partner Becket Larson had made Luke's little sister Kaitlin pregnant. Luke had spent his entire life protecting her. Also Luke had accused Becket of theft. He was the only one with access to all the stuff in Shuller Automotive. Luke felt like a fool for trusting him. Melanie Richards was 28 and was the only friend Luke felt he had in the whole world. Melanie was damaged as she'd had an abusive father. He found Melanie in a bar, threw her over his shoulder, and took her out of the bar. Melanie had deep feelings for Luke and wanted to finally move on. Luke had told his parents he and Melanie were dating. Luke was the only man that made Melanie feel safe. Luke could be intense and single-minded. He tried to control everything since he had no control over his brain. He grew in this story and I enjoyed his journey. Melanie was a kind, caring, loyal and sweet person. She had s...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Sheikh Ashin Al Raquar was Crown Prince of Alzaquan. Emily and Cathy had completed their flight attendant academy together 10yrs ago. Emily was now a widow. Cathy worked for an acclaimed private jet operator. Emily usually avoided the beach. Emily had lost herself and didn't know where to find herself again. Stephan had been her husband and her first and only lover. Emily was a strong woman, stayed true to her husband even when he ended up with the brain of a child. She was true. I enjoyed the portrayal of her character. Ashin was arrogant to a degree. He had plans for his country and he would be a good ruler. Yet he took a stand and won in the end. This was a good book. I enjoyed the plot and story. It was very enjoyable. I recommend it.

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Joey McIntosh worked at a car dealership. He had met Bud Sherman at the University of Georgia when they both played football. Together they planned on going to some strip clubs and partying. Milicent Ivy was an aerobics teacher. She worked at the Atlanta Rec Center. Klaus was a member and asked her if she wanted to hang out with him. When she said no, he went after her when she was heading to her car. Salem Reid saw Klaus grab her and stepped in to help her. Salem didn't like bullies. Joey and Salem had been friends in high school. He called Salem to help him when he woke up in a hotel with little memory of what happened. When they got to Joey's house, they found a dead woman who was a stripper named Velvet and Salem recognized her. He was determined to find out what happened to Velvet (or Sarah as he knew her). Salem was a decent guy. He was physically and mentally strong. He could be sweet and he could be v...

witches be burned **I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Kyden had teleported from the Other World to the large Earth. Other World was a planet as small as Vatican City and a population of 800. Nighttime, when humans slept, the Council's Guard hunted killers on Earth. Alazar was an athletic tracker who was also a werewolf. Kyden speaks to Alazar, then Detective Myles, who was a vampire. Each member of the Council's Guard played an important role: werewolves, with the heightened sense of smell, could track killers, vampires could glamour minds, witches could use magic. Nexi, who was a witch and new to her powers, had one flaw. She put others' safety before her own. Lazarus was a vampire who wanted to go back to the old ways. He killed Nexi's mother for the power in her blood, then he decided to return for Nexi. He and his werewolves had almost killed Nexi and Kyden. Nexi was a spirit witch blessed with all four elements. She had mastered ai...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Dr. Jason Randall believes in facts and science. When he was 12, he made a decision to stop dreaming of the girl on the hill as there was no place in his life for fantasies. Now at almost 30, he's stuck inside his head with something evil he thinks is another figment of his imagination. When the now full grown version of his 12yr old friend also appears, he thinks his brain is working overtime and refuses to believe her when she tells him she's real. Charma is one of 18 of a special race called Outsiders. When she was young, she dreamed of her other half, her perfect mate and couldn't wait to find him. When she was 12, he disappeared from her dreams. Thinking the evil demons found and killed him, she mourned the loss. When she and another Outsider find Jason in a coma, she can't believe he's still alive. When she uses her powers to try to get him out of his coma, she gets trapped in his head and i...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Kal is one of 18 of what's left of a special race called Outsiders. Somewhere in the world is his perfect other half. He wasn't sure if or when he would find her, but when she literally runs into his arms, he'll do what he can to keep her there and protect her as she adjusts to everything that is happening. Isabella is stunned when it seems the man of her dreams is real and what he has to tell her makes her want to run and hide. Kal was raised with two of the other Outsiders by a former Outsider warrior, preparing for their destiny. Even with the makeshift family, Kal has always felt kind separate from the rest. He feels he's not worthy of having a destined mate. Once he finds Isabella, he starts to realize his value and is able to really reach his full potential. While Isabelle doesn't know anything about being an Outsider, she instinctively knows she is meant to be with Kal. Being with him allows...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Lady Phoebe Batten is a powerful duke's sister and is blind. She yearns to have a "normal" life. Unfortunately, both stop her from having one. Captain James Trevillion is a former King's dragoon. He has brooding, serious and has a permanently injured leg, forcing his early retirement. He was hired by Phoebe's brother as her personal guard. When several kidnapping attempts are made, James takes Phoebe somewhere safe where not even her brother can find her. When they come back, they both will have lost their hearts. This is the first book I've read from this author and having just come from reading a bad historical novel, I was a little skeptical. However, once I started reading it, I had a hard time putting it down when I was forced to go to work. Phoebe, not having been born blind, is forced to become strong in a way most people can't imagine. She guides herself through scen...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** A few months ago Ellen Brooks had a career path and her future all mapped out. Breaking rules and order were not part of her nature. She strived for things and worked hard. Lacy was her sister and getting married next year, but things had to be planned very far in advance. Lacy wanted to marry in Corfu. Ellen's mother had died and her father had married Marguerite. Before Lacy's second birthday, Marguerite left with another man. Yan introduced himself and said he was from the animation team. Ellen's behavior intrigues Yan. Maybe she was as unsettled has he was in Corfu. Yan had been with a powerful mafia bosses daughter. The boss found out Yan was illiterate and told his daughter. She broke the engagement. Yan eventually left Bulgaria. Yan desired Ellen. He also got her to unwind a bit. Ellen is very driven, the type that always has a plan. She is loyal, but she doesn't usually stick up f...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Cade pulled into Mitchell Estates. He was a bear shifter, one of the last of his line. His grandmother is on her deathbed and lived in his childhood home. Cade had taken a job with Sortiari. Cade had a brutal strength and ruthlessness that most cowered to. He only answered to the director of Sortiari. His assignments from the director were as secretive as the organization, but paid well. Cade's grandmother was the only family he had. She had raised him. When he got to her room, he found she wasn't on her deathbed at all. Leah Ridgeway's dad was Cade's grandmother's attorney for many years. Leah hadn't been close to her for 16 years. She was to be married in one week. Leah and Cade shook hands and it confirmed she was his mate. Through her simple touch, the mate bond had been established and couldn't be severed. Leah was 14 and Cade was 21 when he left. They had been close friends for years...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Ken was Luanda's boss and had figured out who she really was. Luanda had seen her dad kill in front of her. She worked at CyberWatch. Ken's revelation had made Luanda nervous. Luanda had been kidnapped 10yrs ago when she was 15 by a serial killer. She was now Lu Darlington since the serial killer's book had come out. Lisa Duncan had also been with Luanda with Rad, the serial killer. He had destroyed Lisa's face. The mention of the book, Profess of Death, spooked Lisa. Lisa had had several operations to rebuild her face but she would never again be beautiful. Lu thought back to her abduction. Rad had become The Destroyer. He had intended to take her soul as well as her life. Talion, a Daemon, had saved Lu. Lu knows Lisa is running from something or somebody. Lu tells Lisa she's running from someone who smiles a lot. Lisa tells Lu to get out of her head. Lu told Lisa they were somehow connected. Lu ...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Madalina went to the Luxor Hotel and Casino. She was there on vacation to suck up the sun and gamble a little. People in Madalina's family and friends usually felt she was a pessimist and skeptic. Madalina and Lianne, her best friend and partner, co-owned a little clothing boutique in LA. A man she had nicknamed as The Grouch had been at her side at the roulette wheel. An Asian man came up to her and told her she had an upgrade to her room. Then another Asian man was at her side as they led her to the outside. A third man appeared and tried to force her into a waiting car. The Grouch came up and hit one of the men, but she was still pushed into the car but managed to get out the other side. The Grouch told her to run. She ran to his car and they left. His name was Cole West and he was going to take her back to LA where he was going to protect her. I found Madalina to be a loyal person. She loves her parents and f...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Tobias realized he was different from the rest of his family of 7. With him, family is never the enemy. He was 32. He graduated Harvard Law School at 21. Tobias felt there was a wrongness in him his siblings didn't possess. Polnoch' Pulya was a market arms organization known across the world. It's known as the most lethal of such organizations. Nash almost killed Tobias's baby sister Beth through torture. Chandler McCallister was in Tobias's way to the people who almost killed Beth. Chandler called Tobias "Toby" and he wasn't the type you gave a nickname to. Tobias worked with the movers and shakers and policy-makers on Capital Hill. Chandler was rather famous for being able to make make-shift weapons seemingly out of nothing. She herself says she's a self-serving person, but when given, she does keep her word. Chandler says she will take Tobias to Moscow and get him inside the P...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review Cadets call it Cracked, but it's officially Classified Resources-Academy Delta, a 10-acre complex inside Fort Meade. Jace has lived there for 11yrs and hasn't been outside the walls. She was 5yrs old when she was taken away from her home and parents. She's not even allowed to chose what she eats. She always sits alone by choice. 2 things Jace clings to: the table she eats alone at and her dorm room. Then Dre comes up to her table. He's fairly new, having been caught outside of Chicago a year ago. Dre wants to hurt her. They are melamorph, they can shift to other shapes. All that is needed is skin to skin contact with another person. Shifters don't much like normals. Nia is 27, 11yrs older than her brother Gray. Gray is also a melamoph. He's been shifting since he was 5 but doesn't know how he does it. Nia and Gray are at another Grayhound station. Nia got bronchitis a couple of years ago and...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Sophia Hernandez knows her college ID is lying to her. She is a student at Robert Treat college. She knows someone is coming and she needs to leave. She has a gash over her left eye and small pieces of memory are returning a little at a time. Kyle has come up to Sophia. His name has just come to her. She sees two guys and somehow know they are after her. She also realized they aren't the first to chase her. 12 weeks before she had came to the college, Audrey was her roommate and this was where she had originally been introduced to Kyle. She has to find one unknown person and do it quickly. This was her first mission. Cole is in control of their unit and she wants to make him proud. She is looking for Student X. They are 19-20, most likely a Sophomore or Junior and a mutant. There is also a terrorist group looking for the same person.  Sophia is strong physically and eventually mentally. She's supposed to be m...

chaos and moonlight **I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Morgan, when she made a demand, it was met. Wherever she went, there was a path of destruction, carnage and blood. It was her calling card and trademark. Morgan wants her kind to rule the planet. She felt that humans were the bottom of the food chain. Taris had been preparing Hayley for the change, but it still killed her. They were trying to keep their race from extinction. Hayley had come up with the immunity theory in the first place. Taris had found Hayley on the streets 10yrs ago. She was only 13. The human immunity system was rejecting the change. Finding the cure is the only way a vampire mother can have a vampire child. This book was too slow moving. It couldn't keep my interest. It kept jumping to different people. Made it really hard to finish.

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Maddie Benson's entire life has been focused around the small town of Sugar Falls. When she makes a home delivery to the one person in town she doesn't know, she can't help but be curious and pulled to him, regardless of the fact that he was rude and she didn't even see him. Sebastian McIntyre is a former Navy SEAL. He was forced into early retirement and into self-reclusion. Maddy is the first person he's "met" in years that's made him want to reach out to another human being besides his sister. Maddy decides to take him his weekly deliveries and a bond is formed even though a wall separates them. Will Maddy ever get Bastion to trust enough in her to let her see him? Maddy is a pretty typical small town girl. She's bright, curious, bubbly and even stereotypically blond. Normally I don't really care for those types of characters, but in this case she is exactly w...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review Erin's Kiss by Lora Leigh Erin is tending bar at The Broken Bar, a bar that is run by deep undercover CIA operatives and where the employees are mostly ex-military. She's under cover on assignment. Turk is an ex-military security guard at the bar. Erin can't get Turk out of her head. After he finally gives in to temptation, Erin's life becomes endangered. The only one she can turn to is Turk to protect and save her. As with all of Lora Leigh's stories, this one is hawt with a great story in just a few pages. Erin is spunky and not afraid to go after what she wants, but Turk's resistance is almost enough for her to give up. Once Turk's walls are cracked, he is very protective of Erin. Once he's got his heart and mind in sync, there is no stopping him. 5 stars misTaken by Laurelin McGee Jaylene is a hard-core feminist who has a problem with finding a decent guy whose not a cha...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review This is the third book in the Shattered Past trilogy. We finally get Sofia's tragic story. Because of everything that has happened to her, Sofia is still very damaged and is trying hard to get through her past so she can live without terror. Killian was one of her oldest friends and she had loved him for years. She now has an opportunity to get close to him again as she works on his fight club's website. Being around Sofia makes Killian extra protective and extra crazy about her. He has the patience if she's willing to try. The problem is getting through the pain of their pasts to see if they can have a future together. This story was so tragically beautiful. It was written just as well as the other stories and yet just as unique. In the beginning of the story (and actually the entire series), Sofia is a broken church mouse terrified of her own shadow because of her past. Because of Killian and...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Madeline Patterson is a 22yr old whose twin Melissa had been abducted when they were 3yrs old. Her best friend is Ruby and they've been friends since the 4th grade. There's always laughter when Ruby is around. On the day of her 22nd birthday, Maddy dreamed that Melissa was alive. This was the first time she dreamed of her as an adult. Maddy was not supposed to focus on Melissa, but focus on her life and take care of herself. Maddy is going to be a reporter for a tv station. She wants to reopen the investigation for her twin. Her parents are totally against it. Maddy is going to see Mitchell Faulkner about her sister's case. Melissa is a very determined young lady. She loves her family, doesn't want to hurt them, but she believes that her twin is alive. She has faith and is caring and loyal. She could be stubborn, but also her vulnerability comes through. I love the book. It was great writ...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Lillie is 24, loved to sing, but had crippling stage fright. Lillie and her best friend Katie went to a bar to hear some bands perform. Jed had been the first guy Lillie had been attracted to in almost a year. Lillie had dated her ex for years, hadn't had a clue he was married until his wife showed up at her house with his baby. Jed also hadn't been attracted to anybody in a long time until Lillie. Jed's band had just signed with Island Records. They had been together for 7 years while trying to get signed. Johnny is the band's manager. Jed had known him forever. Their mom's had been since before they had been born. Katie got Lillie to sign in front of Jed and Johnnie. Since she quit her job, Jed wanted her to go on tour with them. Katie went too. Lillie was a sweet girl. She had been hurt and it showed, but she grew to love again. She was honest, had a big heart and was loyal. She wa...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Gyllis Campbell has loved Sir Sean MacDougall for as long as she can remember. As she is heading to the Beltane festival, she's determined once and for all that he will be hers. When Sean sees Gyllis at the Beltane festival, he is at once entranced. He would like nothing more than to openly pursue her. Even though her brother is his best friend, he'll never agree. Regardless, he can't stay away from her. When he is unexpectedly called away from the festival due to his father's death, Gyllis assumes he was playing with her her and is heartbroken. As she is leaving, she's struck by a horrible illness and is sent to a priory where one of her brothers is a monk. When Sean is sent to the same Priory for a meeting, he is shocked to see Gyllis there and to find out what happened to her. Once he finally convinces her of his honest intent, they slowly form a strong relationship as she fights for her life a...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Kendra Carlsen works at the DCO but only in the office. After begging her boss to send her out in the field for the past 3 years, he finally grants her wish. She will be going to South America with bear shifter Declan MacBride and his team. Over the years, she has declined any time Declan has asked her out on a date. Only, recently, she's noticed he's much hotter than she ever gave him credit for. Now he seems to not want her around him at all. Is it too late to let him know she wants him too? While in South America, the collaborate teams are all attacked and Declan and Kendra manage to barely survive. Now they are on their own in the jungle, hoping to survive until backup can find them. Stuck together by circumstance, it's hard for them to fight the chemistry that is flowing between them. Hopefully they live long enough to enjoy it. Declan, Declan, Declan. I now have a new favorite type of shifter:) I ab...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Faye's life is going to crap. She's working on her law degree when she finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her. She decides to go out and have fun to feel better. While out, she runs into Dex, her ex's older brother and the hero of her childhood and youthful crush. Shortly after they hook up, she finds out she's pregnant and get's kicked out of her home. When Dex finds out, he takes her back to his place, a room at his MC Club where's he's Vice President. Will they be able to find common ground so they can raise their baby? I really liked Faye. She's feisty independent and her curiosity is hilarious. Even though she relies on Dex to a point, she resists as much as possible. Dex is sweet in his own way. When he's with her, it's evident that he's crazy about her while still maintaining his toughness. They were both very likable characte...

I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Gretchen Halbmond is a daddy's girl. It's been just the two of them since she was little. So, when she find's out her dad has been attacked, she rushes back to her hometown. When the town sheriff doesn't seem to be in a big hurry to help her catch the stray that did this, she goes to the sheriff that monitors the strays. As soon as Talon sees Gretchen, he and his wolf both recognize her as his mate, something she flat-out rejects. The only problem is that she isn't reciprocating. Hopefully while he helps her solve the crime he can either convince her they are meant to be together. Right from the beginning I really liked Gretchen. She is very spunky and determined. It's obvious that her dad (and cooking) means everything to her. During the book, she has to heal from the damage her mother made by deserting them both so that she and her wolf can accept Talon. The best way to describe Talon is that h...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Julia's best friends are Gabby and her cousin Axle. Julia has had a thing for Michael for 2 years but she's also very shy around him. Julia loved going out in the woods. A spot under an ancient oak tree was her solitary hangout. She writes poems and song lyrics while there. At the masked ball graduation party, Michael asked Julia to dance. He kissed her, she went to his house and they had sex. Then Michael more or less forgot her. One rainy, stormy day, Julia found Michael unconscious in the forest from an accident with his motorbike. He was near death. When he miraculously healed, he was a lot different. Julia was a dreamer. She was artistic, loving, loyal and true. She had a big heart. She loved her family, friends and Michael. Michael, at first, you don't like him at all and in his own thinking, he is careless and cruel. After the accident, he was loving, friendly, loyal and very sweet and kind. I so e...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Maxon is a high prince and fierce warror, but his nightmares consumed him. He dreams of when he was 3 and abducted by Armageddon, the ruler of Hell. He tries to forget but can't. He uses women and killing demons to forget but that's getting old. The ruler of Water is not doing good. Lianna is chosen, but Lianna has been running all her life with a demon on her tail. She's a water element and wants to stay a warrior. She has a strong sense of duty. The ruler of Air wants Lianna dead and to get her energy. Maxon and Lianna meet and the attraction can't be denied. Maxon is basically just drained from his nightmares. He's very brave and loyal, smart and strong. He's good at killing demons. He's an enjoyable character who grew with the twists and turns of this story. Lianna is very fierce but also loyal and true. She's strong mentally and physically, even with a demon always after her. Sh...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Lizzy Smith was a magic castor. John Braton is Lizzy's mate and Alpha of the Texas pack. David Clark challenged John at his home. John, in wolf form, broke David's leg. His father, Grant, was the Alpha of the Idaho pack. David said his father had nothing to do with his being there. Grant had kidnapped Lizzy a few weeks before. David was an enforcer for his father and Grant's only son. Anna was David's wife and a healer. David had a gift given to him to mask his scent. It was a bean he had to swallow and it would remove his scent for 2hrs. Worth was a powerful spell caster and mastermind behind a criminal enterprise and the closest Lizzy came to having a real nemesis. Worth was frighteningly powerful, viscous and single-minded. Evan, a younger pack member, was at the diner talking crap about John. Max told Evan to respect his Alpha and Evan disagreed. John had a second challenge from the Oregon enforce...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Abby loves Devon, who is also her best friend. She's known him for 8 years. Mallory is Abby's sister and wants to pursue film production. Devon had been Abby's muse since the 8th grade. Devon's band's name was Sinister Riot. Abby did all of the promo and bookings for the band. Eli was a guitarist who had been this season's winner of Spotlight. Devon and the band had to accept Eli for the record deal. Eli asked Abby if she needed a ride to Moe's, another band member who was throwing a party to celebrate the record deal. Eli asked her why Devon told him she was off-limits and to stay away from her. Eli gave Abby a ride home and asked her to go out with him and she agreed. Abby was a loyal, true-blue person who loved the music world. She could be stubborn or sweet. She knew what she wanted in her professional life and never gave up on her dream. It was great to see the twists and turns it too...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Pamela Atwater is the chief executive assistant to the great Dane Bergman, who owned a chain of restaurants including The Railroad Pub and The Station. She also managed to hide her attraction from him. Dane loved his work, a woman would always be second best. Pamela loved The Bergman Group. Marian Oliver showed up to see Dane. She was from Child Welfare Services. She needed DNA from Dane. The little girl was 4 and her name was Danielle. Her mom died in a car accident. Pamela was 8 when her grandmother came to get her. She was a teenager when her grandmother died and was able to handle everything: her mom, school, the house, and the funeral. Dane had a rough childhood, his mom was an addict. Danielle was proven to be Dane's daughter. Pam agreed to go with Dane to his island to get away for one month so Danielle could adjust to Dane. Pam was loyal and true, caring and honest. I enjoyed her journey through this stor...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Caitlyn is 22 and started hearing people in her head. The first one was Shannon, her best friend. Caitlyn's sister and dad are dead. Her mom is a drunk. Caitlyn saw the ghost of her sister and she told Cait to wake up now, she was just a dream and to forget she was there. Cait woke up in a hospital. She had been out for three days with a real high fever and no real reason for it. Wesley Chase had danced with Cait at a club. She almost had sex with him but stopped and left. Eli is the one that found Cait in the woods. Eli stopped in the hospital, gave her some flowers and a book, and asked her how long she'd been able to read minds. Eli warned her it would get worse if she didn't learn to control it and the voices would get louder until they drove her mad. Cait wasn't a bad person, she just hadn't dealt with reading people's minds. She's a messed up person, but in the end she did the right ...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Blake was on the cheer squad in college. Hailey was the team captain and resented Blake as she was dating her ex-boyfriend, Geoff. Blake's best friend is Shelby, who refused to get involved in sports and wouldn't join team spirit. Geoff and her had gone to high school together. He was a year ahead of her. They had always been friends. Last year he asked Blake out and they had been together ever since. Shelby called Blake an adrenaline junky and she kind of agreed. Shelby called and was crying, saying there was an accident. Blake ran out not far from her house and saw Shelby and Geoff's truck. She had been planning on sleeping with Geoff that night for the very first time and it was also her birthday. Shelby told her Geoff was dead. Rishi showed up and offered to show Blake her mother, who her father had told her died in a car accident. She see's Geoff's spirit as she'd seen one spirit earlier....

 **I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Sky's best friend is River. River has always been a wild card and loved being one. Sky's Uncle Tony was getting married to PePe and she was like the daughter they never had. Sky thought she had a dream with Bradley and for three years it was. Then he gave her the biggest hurt in her life when he cheated on her so she dumped him. Sky's planning Uncle Tony's wedding. She had just taken off her gown when a man fell through the roof. His name was Hayden. Sky's mother brings home a plastic surgeon that she had grown up with. He asked her to lunch and she goes but ends it as soon as she can. Sky is very family-oriented, but when push comes to shove she finally says enough is enough. She is loyal, loving, and conscientious. She knows and shows that you don't have to be blood to be family. She grew up a lot throughout the story by ending a bad relationship, standing up for herself, and letting her he...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Matt decided he needed a break from his current life, so he quit his job and decided to take a vacation in the home his grandparents used to own on the Jersey Coast. The only thing missing is his old best friend Katie from when he was a kid. After he gets himself reacquainted with his grandparents' old home and heads to the beach, the neighbor runs to him and gives him a hug. It turns out to be Katie and she's all grown up. Katie, now widowed, lives in her childhood home on the Jersey Coast. She likes how her life is finally settling down. When her new Summer neighbor turns out to be Matt, her old friend, her childhood crush comes back in full force. Is she really healed from her husband's death to fully move on? I really liked Matt. He's coming off from being a workaholic, is learning to find himself and enjoy a simpler time in his life. He's very determined in what he wants, including convincing...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Angelica leads a very normal life. She's an accountant, takes care of her mother, and basically sticks to a routine. It's been a long time since she's had ANY kind of relationship with a man. There's one man that she's had an eye on for a long time: Reyes, a mysterious man that goes to the same club she sometimes frequents. One night, she decides to throw caution to the wind and give him an offer she doesn't want him to refuse. When he does, she decides to leave. As she's getting to her car, she's kidnapped. Reyes really wants Angelica too. However, he knows she has no place in his twisted life as he fights to bring down a huge vampire sex-slave ring. When he finally gets the IN he was working for, he attends his first slave auction and finds that Angelica is up for bids. He can't help but win her even if it costs him his cover. Now that he has her, he must convince her to help him...

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review** Noah Winter, The Duke of Anselm, is in need of a wife. When the lady he is courting decides to accept the proposal of someone else, he decides to ask her companion to be his wife. Lady Thea Collins might be a companion but she was raised a lady before she decided to take a job as a companion. Noah thinks she'll work out perfectly. Lady Thea, eventually accepts so that her younger sister will be secured. The only problem is that she has a secret that could ruin their marriage before it even begins. Aside from his outward appearance of being pragmatic and self described not nice, like Mr. Darcy from P&P, Noah is much different when he's around family and when he's alone with Thea. Even when he is furious over her secret, he can't help but want to get to know her better and to help her any way he can, even if he does tend to run off a bit at first. Thea is another example of females in this time peri...

13 men had been slayed and many more were out there, but only one can be proven that Cara did it. The whole case rested on a 16yr old prostitute's testimony, who also happens to be a meth addict and pathological liar and refuses to give her real name. Cara's lawyer is Julia Molina. Julia wanted to know what Roarke wanted from Cara. He wanted to understand her. Roarke sees Cara's cousin Erin and she's not doing well at all. Roarke asked Rachel (a social worker) to go with him to talk to Erin. Rachel stays and tells Roarke to go. Rachel ran a halfway house. Rachel calls Roarke and lets him know Jade has taken off from the house. Then there was another pimp murdered with his throat slashed. The Tenderloin was San Fransisco's famous sex district and it consisted of 50 square blocks. Roarke and Epps may have done the murder. Cara is released on bail. Cara is very methodical, but she never hurt anyone that was good. She was smart and good at disguising herself. She turne...

Charlie is a Navy SEAL whose team is on leave because of something he and his brother Willy did. During this time he's been building and playing online games and forming an attachment to one particular person, Hot Girl. Unfortunately, he's yet to get her to meet him in the real world. Amber is a hacker trying to find a legitimate job. When she's promised one at a major game company if she can perform one final hack, she jumps at the chance. Turns out, the job offer was bogus in order to get her to hack into something that makes her a traitor to her country. Now she's running for her life. When her dad arranges a group to help her, she can't help but notice that one of them has a VERY familiar voice. Now she must convince them that she's not really a traitor. I can't help but express how much I really liked these two characters. While many of Amber's antics were more youthful rebellion, you can't help but feel sorry for her. She's very smart and ...

Against the wishes of her friends and family, Kris Edwards decided to take a year off of school before starting college. She and her friends are spending the Summer at Corpus Christi, where she plans on spending her year off. While there, she meets Jericho, a surfer who won't give up no matter how many times she turns him down. When she finally relents and starts to date him, she feels very much at peace as they start to connect. However, she feels there's definitely much more to him than he will admit. She's just not sure if that's good or bad. Overall, I liked the characters of this story. It was mostly in Kris's POV, but the snippets in Jericho's are what kept me reading. His POV let you know there was definitely something big going on while he's determined to show Kris that she's the one he's been waiting for for years. The story itself is very slow moving. Nothing really happens until close to the ends. Then it kind of cuts off and you are left...

Helga Hanson is having a bad month. She and her boyfriend recently broke up after he was cheating on  her, her last two movies flopped, and her agent hasn't bothered to help her find anything to improve her career. When she gets a call from a big-time movie producer, she jumps at the chance even though it's unlike anything she's ever been in. She decides to head to the movie location early to have some private time to prepare. Ben Copeland is the son of the owner of the ranch where the filming will take place and brother to the B&B that Helga will be staying at. Upon first running into each other, sparks fly with an instant attraction. Unfortunately, Ben seems to believe in the hype and have little faith in her as a person. This story wasn't that bad. There wasn't a lot for big plot points and it was fairly predictable. I found Helga a little too good to be true as a big-time Hollywood actress, a bit too down to earth. In each situation that Ben believes everyt...

Pyper Rayne is the owner of The Grind Cafe. Jade and Cain are her best friends. Tyler is a five-day regular and he had a hint of bad boy. It's been three months since Pyper had a date. She has one with Tyler. They have basically seen him every day for three months. Pyper was being featured as an artist in an art show. The theme was ribbons and lace. Pyper's thing was dressing fabulously. There was no place better than Ruby's to find unique things. Pyper developed the ability to see and hear ghosts. One of her guides was a sweet old lady called Tru and another called Lily. They helped her to communicate with another spirit she couldn't reach on her own and to help answer questions. Pyper had many friends, she just had a hard time letting them close to her. Jade was an empath with empathic abilities. Cain wrote an article for a special New Orleans edition of Favorite Haunts magazine. They wanted great eateries that had ghost sightings. He submitted his article and Pyper...

Cassidy's brother Jason had died of an overdose. She was trying to move on with her life. She's interning for the CEO of Chambers and Britt, a Fortune 500 company, starting the following week. Teagan, who had been Cassidy's friend since they were young, had called into a podcast and had one VIP tickets to a Demi Jade concert. They were in the VIP lounge and Gage was singing and playing guitar. Teagan causes a scene and leaves Cassidy there. Cassidy ends up going home with Gage. Cassidy decides to not do the internship so her dad kicks her out of the house. Cassidy has gone through a lot over the last 6 months. She can't seem to get through to her parents. She pushes a lot of her feelings for her brother down inside. She puts herself in a whole new world with no complications, yet in reality she cares about Gage and she is feeling the loss of her brother. She still has a ways to go, but I am enjoying her journey so far. Gage loves his sister. He cares about Cassidy and ...

Abby Johnson had a vision when she was out with her friends. When she got home, she heard her grandmother calling her name. Abby runs up to their apartment and the room has been completely ransacked. Isabelle, Abby's grandmother, has been hurt. Abby has been training with her grandmother as healer, but is unable to save her. Marion, Abby's mother, reached for a gap in the mantle and brought out a wooden box that had all of Isabelle's prized possessions and had been left to Abby: her ring, some healing crystals, a pocket-size book of herbal remedies and a sealed envelope with Abby's name on it. Abby and her mom leave and end up in Wyoming. Kye is a guy Abby was drawn to even before she officially meets him. Rose talks to Abby in her first class and asks her to sit with them at lunch. She is asked to go to a trip to Yellowstone to kick off Spring Break and celebrate Rose's 18th birthday. When at the lodge Abby sees a stranger with a gray aura. She senses evil, bad, s...

Ian Stuart is a special agent. He's been guarding dignitaries. Now has to guard the Crown Princess Sofia of Aubonne who he had been in love with 8 years earlier, until her mother showed up and pointed out Sofia's duty. Then Ian broke it off. Sofia's older brother had been killed by a rebel faction, which left Sofia the heir to the throne. Ian headed a squad of counter-terrorism specialists. Seeing Ian again had reminded Sofia what it was like to be so in love that it hurt. Sofia's family had been attacked on the way through the mountains and her younger sister was hurt. Ian was to take Sofia out of hotel. He decided to take her to his family's place on Shelter Island. Sofia was more naturally emotional than the rest of her family. Sofia still felt easy with Ian, even though he had broken her heart.Ian felt Sofia's voice was music and always loved to hear her talk. Sofia was a princess, but she had plenty of grit. She had become independent to a degree. I found ...

Lina was a psychic. During a storm, Frank, an old man whose glasses fell off, got his glasses broken and Lina offers to help him get home. So much of her work involves death and violence that it was nice to help Frank. Lina had helped with 188 cases. Lina also has clients that she sees twice a year so they don't get addicted to finding out their future. She does about 20 sessions a year. Lina's sister Elyse calls. Her husband was murdered. They had an 8yr old son named Nick that was Lina's Godson. He had been shot in the back by the Hail Mary shooter. Bill was the 5th victim. All murders take place the last Friday of the month. Nicky is also gifted and already knows it. Lina saves Nicky's life but gets hurt and loses her psychic ability. Lina was a very smart person, but she had distanced herself from her family for the hurt she caused them by doing what was right. She loved her nephew dearly. She learned to depend on herself and not her talent to find out what happene...

Kory MCCalister was going to see Stone Boronan. He was her dream guy. She had a fear of needles, but had been pierced many times by Stone. The first time she went to the shop was two years ago. Stone was co-owner of the tattoo shop, The Iron Maiden. Kory often felt she didn't belong anywhere on the planet. Kory and her friends Lacy and Tina met every Wednesday at noon at the Main Street Cafe. Her friends push Kory to ask Stone out. She finally does and they go have pizza together. Stone asked Kory if she trusted him to give her a tattoo and she lets him. Kory had a really bad childhood. She thought she had gotten through everything but... Kory is a tough girl because she has to be. She is a survivor. She didn't have much self-esteem, but through the twists in this story, she grew and changed until she was able to trust and love. Stone also had a bad childhood, but he also had secrets, one he kept so people would like him for himself. He was leery of people, yet he was caring, ...

Cain owed Mug two months' rent. He gave Cain until Friday. Cain's girlfriend is Liv. Cain worked with Tomcat whenever he got the chance. Cain's dad had been murdered and Liv and Cain had seen 3 guys running from the burning house. The cops caught 2 of the 3 and they saw the LA Boom Slangs tattoo. Digger is the international President of the Noir et Blue Motorcycle Club. He had been one of Cain's dad's best friends since they were kids. Tomcat and Cain and the rest of the group were fixing a video shoot for a pop star named Lincoln Todd. Cain's best friend back home said he had seen Liv out with another guy. Cain didn't want to believe she was cheating, but online pics confirmed she was getting cozy with him. Lincoln looked like she could use a friend and Cain felt bad for her. He ended up letting her stay at Mug's with him (he slept on the floor). Lincoln spent her best day ever with Cain. Lincoln is a very insecure person, never making her own decision...

Milo is finishing up her degree at NYU. She comes home for the weekend for her older brother's wedding. The first person she sees is Colton, the boy next door that she's been in love with for as long as she can remember. The problem? He don't look past the fact that she's not a little girl anymore. Enter best friend Max to help change that. Hilarity ensues. I think the best way I can describe this book is a screwball comedy with a heavy dose of boy next door finally gets the girl next door. While not a heavy plot and no real conflict, this book is really good as long as you take it as such. It's one of those books where, if you have a family like mine, you can say "I can totally picture that happening if I was trying to put on a wedding". All of the characters and their interactions, especially Max and Grandma, are just hilarious. I recommend this book to anyone that just liked a cute book that will make you laugh. I look forward to reading more from this...

Tyler is enjoying life s a 24yr old. He's young, enjoys working on a farm, participating at rodeos, and just having fun. Janie is just the opposite. She's a 36yr old widow trying to run her own farm. A chance meeting after a stupid stunt reminds Janie she's not dead and has Tyler thinking about a change in his lifestyle. This is the first book I've read by this author even though I've heard of her for awhile. As I was reading the book and deciding how I felt about it since it's a genre I don't read very often, I decided what I really liked was the characters. The plot was fairly basic with no real shocks or conflicts, but the characters were real (and not really young except for Tyler). Tyler is like most every young guy you are going to find in the Mid-West, a good 'ole boy just enjoying life until he finds the one that makes him want more. Janie is someone I can really feel for. Having been a 36yr old widow, I can say that everything she was going thr...