This story is preceded by two novellas that are important to read prior to starting this one. The backstories matter. It’s been ten months since the fire that injured Anne Ashburn and ended her career as a firefighter with the New Brunswick 499 Engine Company. She’s now an arson investigator and trying to… Continue reading Consumed by J. R. Ward
These two novellas are a prelude to Consumed, the first book in the new Firefighters series, coming soon to the Blue Mood Cafe! Interesting prelude to the series. Anne Ashburn and Danny Maguire are both firefighters in the same company, now having to be part of the wedding party for Moose Miller, his best… Continue reading The Wedding From Hell: The Rehearsal Dinner & The Reception by J. R. Ward
High school teacher Josie Barnes and the school’s football coach Zach Powers have known each other for a while now since they socialize with the same group of friends. They’ve subtly flirted at parties but haven’t gone beyond those interactions. When Josie hands out failing grades to some of his players, Zach initiates their… Continue reading One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton
I’m currently reading this series with one of my Goodreads groups, one book a month. So, I thought I’d share my reviews here as we complete them. Claire Tierney is an NSA analyst who found herself in a security intelligence situation after she agreed to get some… Continue reading Singed by Kaylea Cross
Emerson Baker is a PR and Marketing exec for her family-owned private commuter airline and a divorced mother of three. She's really not moved on emotionally since her divorce and her ex keeps sending her mixed signals. When she comes across the sex bucket list she and her two friends created on a buzzed… Continue reading The Sex Bucket List by Prescott Lane
Jane is working at an insurance company in Minneapolis as a low level clerk. But, that’s not who she really is. She’s taken 50 days of leave from her real job in Kuala Lumpur as an import-export attorney to exact revenge on middle manager Steven Hepsworth. Why? You’ll need to read or listen to… Continue reading Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
Charlotte Walsh is a high-powered tech executive living in San Francisco, married and the mother of 5-year old twins, Ella & Rose, and 2-year old Annie. Following the historic 2016 election, she decides to run for the US Senate in her home state of Pennsylvania where she still has family and property. She moves her… Continue reading Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza
Art teacher Cora Kelly accepts a position at the New Horizons Boys Ranch for the sole purpose of getting to know the director, Aiyana Turner, who happens to be her biological mother. Cora hasn't told her adopted family nor Aiyana of her discovery. She has her reasons but things start to get complicated when she… Continue reading Finding Our Forever by Brenda Novak
First, this isn’t a series you read out of order. It has a continuing story arc and this book picks up where the first ends. Nevertheless, I’ll keep this spoiler free. Gwen Proctor has to leave Stillhouse Lake to protect her family from the long arm of a powerful network of online trolls who go… Continue reading Killman Creek by Rachel Caine
Lanier Larkin is a copywriter for a major marketing firm in New York having fled her roots in Georgetown, South Carolina nine years before. She’s also slightly estranged from her family, limiting her visits to annually at Christmas. But when she receives a desperate call from her grandmother, CeeCee, saying that her mother, Ivy, is… Continue reading Dreams of Falling by Karen White
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