Natalie (Nat) Murphy is a 21-year old art student, really struggling financially to make school work as well as survive in New York. As she reaches a desperate point, one of her fellow students who seems to be living well beyond her means suggests that she consider her solution...become a “Sugar Baby” and find herself… Continue reading The Arrangement by Robyn Harding
I’m reading this series with a Goodreads group. It’s a spinoff of the Titanium Security series we completed earlier. I will be posting reviews every month as we read each book. Carmela Cruz has had it pretty bad for FBI Agent Sawyer Vance, her brother’s best friend and fellow Hostage Rescue Team member. It’s been… Continue reading Seized by Kaylea Cross
I’m reading this series in one of my Goodreads groups and it’s one of our favorites. It’s set in turn-of-the-century (19th) New York City featuring Sarah and Frank Malloy who often find themselves investigating murders together. Frank and Sarah Malloy are ready to move forward with the adoption of Catherine, the young orphan she’s… Continue reading Murder on Union Square by Victoria Thompson
This story spans decades, beginning with Francis Gleason and Brian Stanhope, two rookie NYPD policemen whose paths crossed briefly on the job but later connect when the Stanhopes buy the house next door to the Gleasons. Lena Gleason is pregnant and lonely, looking forward to someone near her own age as a close neighbor.… Continue reading Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
I love it when a novella does its job in setting up and introducing the continuing story arc for a series and that’s just what happened here. Dr. Rowan DuPont is a profiler with the Nashville Metro Police Department and she’s assigned to work with four detectives to track down a serial killer. It doesn’t… Continue reading The Undertaker’s Daughter by Debra Webb
Well, this one started with a punch! We get to know a lot about the perpetrator from the start and most surprising is it’s a woman, though we don’t know her true identity. Her first target is a notorious predator in the corporate arena who uses his power to do some pretty awful stuff to… Continue reading Vendetta in Death by J. D. Robb
This series has a continuing story arc and I recommend you read the books in order for maximum enjoyment. Who knew that after the end of the last book Evelyn would face more perils? With Jasper safely stashed away, I thought Dr. Evelyn Talbot, head psychiatrist at Hanover House, the maximum security prison in Alaska,… Continue reading Blind Spot by Brenda Novak
A woman is mysteriously abducted from a shopping mall. A month later, a bomb goes off in one of Atlanta’s neighborhoods housing Emery University and it's hospital, the FBI and the CDC. Then, GBI Special Agent Will Trent and Medical Examiner Dr. Sara Linton find themselves in the middle of a dangerous confrontation on their… Continue reading The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter
The Lucy Kincaid series was selected as a group read in one of my Goodreads groups and we determined, because of character crossovers, we needed to first read her earlier series in publication order. Twelve years ago, Miranda Moore escaped from certain death from the clutches of a serial killer known as the Butcher who… Continue reading The Hunt by Allison Brennan
Bad enough that Lilith orchestrated Sebastian’s return but she also bound Jace to him. They’ve disappeared and the Clave is looking for both of them. However, killing one kills the other so the solution isn’t easy. Meanwhile, Simon is dealing with his own family issues following his mother’s reaction in learning he’s now a vampire.… Continue reading City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
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