Books I Plan to Read April 26-May 2 and last week's results

 

Hello to everyone,

I hope you all had a great week, even read a good book or two. I cannot believe that May is almost here. Has the weather settled down near you? Not so much here. It made it to the 80's, and now we are back in the 50's. One of the books that I planned to read disappeared from my library so I read a couple of others.

Here are last week's results:

Ebooks: 

Rock Me by Jessica Buss - 4 1/2 stars 

Wonder in the Garden by Talia Aikens-Nunez - 5 stars

Rogue to the Rescue by Jane Charles - 5 stars

Zeus by LaVerne Thompson - 5 stars

Edwin Steelside: Searching Out the Devil by Bradford Bennett - 4 1/2 stars

Audiobooks: 

No, Don't Ever Stop by Marni Mann - 4 stars

Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner - 4 1/2 stars

Planned for April 26 - May 2

Ebooks: 

Audiobooks:

I may not succeed with the second audiobook but only start it. I hope to have fewer interruptions this coming week, yet get all the things I need to complete. Have a good week. Enjoy a book or two this week. Share any that you enjoy.

Ebook Review: Edwin Steelside - Searching Out the Devil by Bradford Bennett

 

Blurb: 

Unsolvable murders, and innocent suspects. It's time to bring in Steelside.

The Final Scene
Two talented performers take center stage for a heart-wrenching love song. Their soaring voices deliver a dramatic aria for a scene that will never be surpassed. Or will it?

The Marathon Murder
Great human sports achievements fill our history books with superhuman feats. Then comes one runner to break all the records, plus anyone else in his way.

The Pharmacy Incident
Advancing the science of medicine gives us miracle cures for life-saving treatments. Now Ed is hired to look into their dark closets and finds—do we trust them too much?

There's Death in Texas
A deadly killer stalks the state of Texas, and no one knows he's coming except for fate and a crack detective. Now, Ed must find the path to stop one of the most deadly killers in North American history.

Amazon: Edwin Steelside: Searching Out the Devil - Kindle edition by Bennett, Bradford. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

B&N: Edwin Steelside: Searching Out the Devil by Bradford Bennett | eBook | Barnes & Noble®

Kobo: Edwin Steelside eBook by Bradford Bennett - EPUB | Rakuten Kobo United States

Bookbub: Edwin Steelside: Searching Out the Devil by Bradford Bennett - BookBub

Goodreads: Edwin Steelside: Searching Out the Devil by Bradford Bennett | Goodreads

My Review - 4 1/2 of 5 stars - 

4 1/2 stars. Four stories of varying ratings and different cases.
The Final Scene - We met Edwin, Detective Doland, Molly, and Jerry "Hound Dog". An actress was killed in the middle of a performance. Edwin was hired to find the actual killer. With the help of the detective and Hound Dog, he was able to put the clues together.
The Marathon Murder - An astonishing record-breaking marathon winner led to a murder. Edwin traveled in order to solve this case. He again had help from his friends/team.
The Pharmacy Incident - Big Pharma, drug trafficking, and death by plane crash made this a little convoluted, but Edwin had his usual assistance and new friends.
There's Death in Texas - Edwin tracked down a very unusual serial killer in Texas. He gained the trust of police and gangs in order to solve this one.
I loved the interactions with everyone Edwin worked with. Sometimes it felt like there were unnecessary conversations, mostly phone calls. I was incredibly happy to see Molly and Edwin work things out.

I received a copy through Goddess Fish Promotions, and this is my unsolicited review.

Audiobook Review: Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner, narrators Hannah Chiclana and Walker Williams

 

Blurb: 

From USA Today, #1 Amazon, and BookTok bestselling author Kandi Steiner comes a sizzling, second-chance romance set on the high seas—perfect for fans of Below Deck and readers who crave angsty, high-stakes love stories.

Ember Reed is finally living her dream: chief stew on a Mediterranean superyacht, sun-kissed days at sea, and the star of Close Quarters, the hottest new reality TV show. But just as she finds her stride, the producers throw her a curveball—by hiring the one man who nearly sank her.

Finn Pearson was the one that got away. The boy who kissed her like they had forever, then left without a word. But now he’s the chef in her new crew, and the cameras are watching their every move, innocent, or not.

Even on a superyacht, there's nowhere to hide from the past. Every stolen glance, every whispered argument, every lingering memory threatens to ignite what never fully burned out. And as the tension spills into their day jobs, even the dinner service is spiralling into disaster.

They’ve crashed before… but could eight weeks at sea be their second chance to get it right? Or will it be the storm that finally sinks them for good?

Amazon: Amazon.com: Love Overboard eBook : Steiner, Kandi: Kindle Store

Audible: Love Overboard Audiobook by Kandi Steiner

Bookbub: Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner - BookBub

Goodreads: Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner | Goodreads

My Review - 4 1/2 of 5 stars - 

4 1/2 stars for me. This was an interesting read. Ember and Finn had history together, and now they were forced to work side by side on a ship for weeks. I found Ember to be driven yet friendly and caring, trying to prove herself to her father and herself. She realized that she had feelings still for Finn and worked at staying professional. Finn came off looking possessive, especially since he came with a girlfriend. I loved when he did nice things for Ember. Things steamed up, and everything else went wrong. The ending was very satisfying.
The narration by Hannah Chiclana and Walker Williams proved talented with the different voices and characterizations. They added the right amount of emotion and humor.

I received a copy of the audiobook, and this is my unsolicited review.

Preorder: Pushing Styxx (Satan's Keepers MC #10) by E.C. Land

"How is a man with blood on his hands supposed to raise a daughter?"

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Family is everything, even if it's one you never saw coming.

Styxx

Six months ago, my life was chrome, asphalt, and club business. Now, it’s colic, three a.m. feedings, and trying to figure out how a man with blood on his hands is supposed to raise a daughter. Getting my own place away from the clubhouse was supposed to give us a fresh start, but now I’m drowning. And my brothers' ol' ladies are protective as hell, but they can’t be here every time the baby cries.

Lucky for me, one of the girls next door won't stop offering to babysit. And when I finally take her up on it, it's her older sister who has my attention. I realize I know who she is. Seen her before. Only never in the light of day. She's dancing at night to pay their bills, and seeing her now, I can tell she's on the run from something. I should keep my distance, but I can't help myself. So when their past catches up to them, I'm not about to let them face it alone. I'm used to fighting for my club, and I'm prepared to do whatever it takes to fight for all three of the girls who have become mine.

About E.C. Land

E.C. Land grew up in the country and has it deep in her bones. As she grew up, if she wasn’t out on the ball field or playing in the woods, she had her nose stuck in a book. Now she writes romantic suspense stories, specializing in MC (motorcycle club) romance. She plans to broaden her writing horizons in the near future and move into other forms of romantic suspense. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her husband, three kids, and fur babies. 

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Preorder: Second Song (The Parent App #4) by Tess Thompson

Second Song 

by Tess Thompson 

Releases on April 30th!

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Available on Kindle Unlimited

Authors have two favorite words. The End.

He spent the winter reading every one of her love stories. She's been listening to his heartbreak in her favorite three-chord country song for years — long before he showed up behind the bar at the local watering hole.

Seraphina Sinclair has written sixty-one romance novels. All those happily-ever-afters for her characters—and never one for herself.

In real life she's been doing just fine on her own, thank you very much, raising her son in their cliffside home above the Pacific and leaving her heart safely out of the equation. Until her son asks the brooding, beautiful bartender for guitar lessons, and suddenly Hunter Sloan is in her house every Thursday at four-thirty, and Seraphina's muses are working overtime. The man is an absolute problem.

Hunter Sloan came to Willet Cove to disappear. After a bitter divorce, he gave up Nashville and took a job behind the bar at the local pub, telling himself a quieter life was what he needed. He was supposed to heal, write some songs, and figure out what came next. He wasn't supposed to fall for a woman who writes romances for a living and hasn't let anyone close in years. He definitely wasn't supposed to spend an entire winter reading all sixty of her novels alone in a cottage by the sea.

For a year they've been circling each other, neither of them brave enough to close the distance.

Luckily, Seraphina's son and his band of determined teenage matchmakers have other ideas.

The fourth book in the beloved Parent App series, Second Song is a slow-burn, small-town romance about two people who found each other's art before they found each other — and what happens when you fall for the man who wrote your favorite song.

Turns out Seraphina's two favorite words might not be The End after all. They might just be The Beginning.

 

Release: A Very Grumpy Lumberjack (Wolf Valley: Grumps #13) by Shaw Hart

A Very Grumpy Lumberjack 

by Shaw Hart 

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I’ve decided it’s finally my turn to fall in love…I just didn’t expect it to happen with Wolf Valley’s grumpiest lumberjack.

Jem
I’m happy for my best friend.
Really, I am.
Watching her get her happily ever after made me realize I want that too.
The problem?
I haven’t met a single man in Wolf Valley who sparks anything in me.
Not one.
I want real passion, real devotion, real love.
I figure that I’ll have to try online dating or looking beyond the town limits for someone, but then I see him.

Rune
I don’t come into town unless I have to.
People talk too much.
They stare too much.
They ask too many damn questions.
I’m a loner, always have been, always will be.
My cabin in the woods is quiet and perfect for me, but the day I walk into Wolf Valley and see her, all of that stops mattering.
Jem is bright, beautiful, and stubborn as hell.
She doesn’t need saving, she doesn’t need me, but the second I see her smile, something inside me shifts.
Now I’m coming to town a lot more than I used to, just to catch a glimpse of her, just to make sure she’s okay.
Just to be closer to the woman who doesn’t even realize she’s already mine.

 

Release Boost: Property of Heat (Kings of Anarchy MC: Virginia #3) by E.C. Land

POV: You’re the MC prez and the club is your life... then she walks in.    

Property of Heat by E.C. Land is available now!

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One look was all it took to set this heart of stone ablaze.
Heat
I'm the president of the Kings of Anarchy MC: Virginia Charter. My reputation for being who I am and taking no shit from anyone all while taking care of business precedes me. It's part of the reason I got the title and the gavel.
I protect my own. Club and family. They are what matters to me, and I refuse to let them down because I know what it's like to lose someone who's counting on you.
My brothers and I are still on the hunt for one we should've saved.
Each lead goes nowhere. Nothing helps. But we won't stop until we bring her back, doing whatever it takes to make sure she comes home again.
In the middle of all of this, a new face shows up out of thin air.
I don't have time for her ordeal. More trouble is the last thing I need. But Mckenna's pleading eyes tell me she's in deep with someone she used to trust.
Someone who means to do her harm.
And I may not be looking for an ol' lady of my own, but I'm not about to let another woman suffer when I can save her.
The heat of flames will destroy those who come to take what is now mine.

About E.C. Land

E.C. Land grew up in the country and has it deep in her bones. As she grew up, if she wasn’t out on the ball field or playing in the woods, she had her nose stuck in a book. Now she writes romantic suspense stories, specializing in MC (motorcycle club) romance. She plans to broaden her writing horizons in the near future and move into other forms of romantic suspense. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her husband, three kids, and fur babies. 

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Release Boost: Convincing Caroline (Whiskey and Roses #3) by Cassie Colton

Convincing Caroline 

by Cassie Colton 

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Son of a violent, sex-trafficking criminal, Jameson Stanton will do anything to prove he is nothing like his ruthless father. On a mission to infiltrate a known trafficking gang, Jameson walks straight into danger to locate a missing CIA Agent. Encountering Caroline Bates, a fiery blonde held captive by the ring leader, catapults Jameson into action to protect both women.

The last thing Caroline planned on was falling in love with the man who saved her. Jameson gives her space, chases away the demons, and makes her feel safe—something she never thought possible.

When she discovers Jameson’s secret, Caroline can’t separate him from his father. Tired of the lies, deceit, and terror, she decides to start a new life and forget about the man she relied on to protect her. Will Jameson convince Caroline to see him for who he truly is?

 

Release: Break Inside (Riot MC Next Generation #3) by Karen Renee

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Ivy
Hunting down my biological father wasn’t supposed to lead me to a broody, sexy, triplet biker.
Ryan “Nickel” Garrison ticks all of my boxes, but he prevents me from talking to my bio ‘dad.’
Determined to outsmart Nickel, I never expected to be cornered at gunpoint…or for the sexy biker to put himself between me and the gunman.
We’re captured, knocked out, and taken miles away.
Stranded in the middle of nowhere, Nickel and I work together to escape, only things go from bad to worse.
The threat looms and Nickel insists on keeping me safe even if it means I’m thrust into the world of the Riot Motorcycle Club.
I have no choice but to trust Nickel and his club to neutralize the danger.
Soon I realize, the biggest threat isn’t from criminals, it’s from a man who will break inside my heart.

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Preorder: Whiskey Salvation (Dark Knights at Salvation Falls #1) by Melissa Foster

Fiercely loyal, wickedly hot bikers, emotionally gritty stories.

Whiskey Salvation by Melissa Foster is the first book in the Dark Knights at Salvation Falls and releases on April 21, 2027!

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Some roads lead home. Some lead straight back to the one you never got over. From New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes WHISKEY SALVATION, a small-town, second-chance standalone MC romance loaded with heat, humor, and heartbreakingly angsty love.

Rebel Whiskey has one rule: Don’t go home. It’s a good rule. A necessary one. Because going home means seeing Sailor Wicked, the woman he’d married too young, divorced too messily, and has never, not for one single day, stopped loving. When his brother’s world falls apart, Rebel has no choice but to ride back into the life he abandoned and straight into Sailor’s orbit, working beside her in their family’s classic-car restoration business. For the first time in years, he isn’t thinking about the road ahead but about all he left behind.

Sailor is no longer the naive girl who thought true love would last forever. She’s strong, she’s guarded, and she is absolutely not falling for Rebel Whiskey again. Even if he is looking at her like her heart is the only thing in the world worth restoring.

About The Whiskeys and Wickeds: Dark Knights at Salvation Falls

When the Wickeds and Whiskeys come together, all roads lead to salvation. In the heart of the Adirondacks, nestled between a scenic lake and miles of gorgeous forest, lies the rustic small town of Salvation Falls, where family is bigger than bloodlines and birthrights, loyalties run deep, and the Dark Knights rule the road. Come along for the wicked ride and let these badass bikers rev your engine as they stake their claim on their forever loves.