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#BOOKREVIEW - The Secret of the Lost Pharaoh by Carolyn Arnold

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✯✦✯✦✯ BOOK REVIEW ✯✦✯✦✯ Book: The Secret of the Lost Pharaoh (Matthew Connor Adventure series Book 2) Author: Carolyn Arnold Genre:  Mystery, Thriller & Suspense My Rating: ★★★★★ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2qQGieu Synopsis: In Egypt’s Western Desert lies the tomb of an unnamed pharaoh that hides a secret so powerful, it could destroy the world as we know it. Archaeologist and adventurer Matthew Connor has made a career of finding legends the world has all but forgotten. Though there’s one in particular that has fascinated him for years—the Emerald Tablets. Myth says that they possess the knowledge of the universe, allowing humankind to traverse Heaven and Earth, and have the power to bestow wealth and wisdom upon whoever possesses them. But if they fall into evil hands, it could cause a global disaster. So when a former colleague stumbles across an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic map that promises to lead to a pharaoh’s tomb  and  the Emerald Tablets, the

#BOOKREVIEW: AT Stake (An Alex Troutt Thriller, Book 7) (Redemption Thriller Series 19) by John W Mefford

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✯✦✯✦✯ BOOK REVIEW ✯✦✯✦✯ Book: AT Stake (An Alex Troutt Thriller, Book 7) (Redemption Thriller Series 19) Author: John W Mefford Genre:  Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Crime Fiction My Rating: ★★★★★ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HqRpSt Synopsis: A desperate attempt to survive... ...or the plot of a twisted killer? Bombs rip through the Boston Marathon crowd. Hysteria engulfs New England. A loved one clings to life -- Alex won't sleep until the culprit is found. Can she push her way on to the task force? Rumors swirl, but hard evidence is as elusive as an icy glacier. With her FBI team wrapped up in the formal investigation, Alex pulls in her newest confidante. Ozzie and Alex team up to quickly separate fact from fiction. But what seems right could be so very wrong. A brutal murder and robbery. Where is this hunt taking them? Could it be nothing more than a cover? Secrets from the past come to light, and that's when all bet

#BOOKREVIEW - Embracing Her Heart by Melissa Foster

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✯✦✯✦✯ BOOK REVIEW ✯✦✯✦✯ Book: Embracing Her Heart (The Bradens and Montgomerys (Pleasant Hill - Oak Falls) Book 1) Author: Melissa Foster Genre:  Contemporary Romance My Rating: ★★★★★ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HH5EoE Synopsis: In EMBRACING HER HEART… Leaving New York City and returning to her hometown to teach a screenplay writing class seems like just the break Grace Montgomery needs. Until her sisters wake her at four thirty in the morning to watch the hottest guys in town train wild horses and she realizes that escaping her sisters’ drama-filled lives was a lot easier from hundreds of miles away. To make matters worse, she spots the one man she never wanted to see again—ruggedly handsome Reed Cross. Reed was one of Michigan’s leading historical preservation experts, but on the heels of catching his girlfriend in bed with his business partner, his uncle suffers a heart attack. Reed cuts all ties and returns home to Oak Falls to run his uncle’s business.

#BOOKREVIEW - The Cripple’s Bride (Family of Love Series) by Elliee Atkinson

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✯✦✯✦✯ BOOK REVIEW ✯✦✯✦✯ Book: The Cripple’s Bride (Family of Love Series) Author: Elliee Atkinson Genre:  Western Romance My Rating: ★★★★★ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2qRDtZE Synopsis: A broken heart and leg…a lonely and beautiful loner…and a battered woman who has lost her grip on sanity… Daryl Parker didn’t things could get any worse than his beloved Laura, who he was about to propose to, running off with another man in the middle of the night. However, when his wagon is stuck in a snowstorm and he falls down into a ravine, he knows that it has just done that. Things are far worse than he could have imagined, and only his faith in God will bring him to the light shining in a lonely cottage window. Rachel has never been one to chase men, except perhaps to chase them away, as she will only say yes to the man of her dreams. When he literally shows up on her doorstep only one breath away from death, it seems, she knows that the Lord is smiling on her at la

#BOOKREVIEW - Stranded with the Mountain Man by Aislinn Kearns

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✯✦✯✦✯ BOOK REVIEW ✯✦✯✦✯ Book: Stranded with the Mountain Man Author: Aislinn Kearns Genre:   Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense My Rating: ★★★★★ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2vAETNP Synopsis: Gia’s on the run… Elijah lives a simple life on his mountain until he saves an injured woman from a crashed plane. He can’t abandon a woman in need, and soon will do whatever it takes to protect Gia, even if it costs him everything. Gia is desperate and afraid. But when the kind—and sexy—mountain man takes her to his cabin, she thinks she might have finally found a safe place to hide. At least until she has to run again. As Gia heals, she learns to love Elijah’s way of life, and maybe even Elijah himself. But her enemy is closer than she thinks, and he’ll stop at nothing to see her punished. Pitted against a ruthless enemy and the wilderness itself, will Gia and Elijah survive to find their happily ever after? If you like cabin romances, virgin hermit heroes, and

#BOOKREVIEW - Shadow of Doubt (Breaking the SEAL Book 5) by Wren Michaels

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✯✦✯✦✯ BOOK REVIEW ✯✦✯✦✯ Book: Shadow of Doubt (Breaking the SEAL Book 5)  (Kindle Worlds Novella) Author: Wren Michaels Genre:  Contemporary Romance, Military Romance My Rating: ★★★★★ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Hl8VdS Synopsis: Kamon “Shadow” Aromdee just wants to lay his mom to rest. Her last request was to have her ashes spread near her husband in his native Thailand. Kamon hopes while he’s there, he can unlock the mystery of his absentee father and finally get closure on that chapter of his life. Malia “Tiger” Danpae finally has the chance to fulfill her life’s mission as she goes deep undercover at the side of the infamous drug lord, Thet Yaza. Though it’s only supposed to be a recon assignment, she’s got one shot at taking down the man who killed her parents. The problem is, the CIA wants him alive. Malia doesn’t. A chance meeting on a plane entwines their lives and their hearts. But when his father’s past comes back to haunt him, Shadow’s sucked dee

#BOOKREVIEW - Echo (Pierce Securities Book 9) by Anne Conley

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✯✦✯✦✯ BOOK REVIEW ✯✦✯✦✯ Book: Echo (Pierce Securities Book 9) Author: Anne Conley Genre:  Contemporary Romance, Military Romance My Rating: ★★★★★ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HiVBCH Synopsis: One attack in her home is enough to make Lacie Hill freak out, but a second is enough to make her check out. Lacie was happy with her solitary life—kindergarten teacher, weekly girls’ nights out, and a father she’s close to. When she’s targeted for sick games with unknown players, she forces herself to act normally and hope everything will go away. You know, ostrich impersonation. The police are doing everything they can to help. Nothing left for her to do, right? Wrong. When Lacie’s father hires Pierce Securities to help her, the only person not working a job would be the boss man, Simon— a control freak who loves his rules. He’s trying to find his sister’s stalker while keeping his micromanaging eyes on all the guys in the office. He has policies in place for reasons

#BOOKREVIEW: Embraced at Seaside (Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers Book 8) by Melissa Foster

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✯✦✯✦✯ BOOK REVIEW ✯✦✯✦✯ Book: Embraced at Seaside (Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers Book 8) Author: Addison Cole Genre:  Contemporary Romance   My Rating: ★★★★★ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2pX537d Synopsis: Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers features a group of fun, flirty, and emotional friends who gather each summer at their Cape Cod cottages. They're sassy, flawed, and so easy to relate to, you'll be begging to enter their circle of friends! Embraced at Seaside by Addison Cole is the sweet edition of New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster's steamy romance novel Seaside Embrace. The stories and characters remain the same, and convey all of the passion you expect between two people in love, without any explicit scenes or harsh language. PLEASE NOTE: This is true “sweet with heat” and Jana and Hunter’s story begins with a large dose of steam. It is the steamiest in the series, and remains true to the characters' personalities.

#BOOKREVIEW: Cheyenne Reckoning (Paradise Valley Book 4) by Vivi Holt

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✯✦✯✦✯ BOOK REVIEW ✯✦✯✦✯ Book: Cheyenne Reckoning (Paradise Valley Book 4) Author: Vivi Holt Genre:  Western Romance, Contemporary Romance, Christian Romance My Rating: ★★★★★ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2GOetNM Synopsis: Claudine Hopkins is a woman on the run. A slave in pre-war Tennessee, she knows that if she doesn't escape now they'll take her baby, and she'd rather die than let that happen. But when she arrives in Arkansas, her worse nightmare becomes a reality. Lost and alone, she spends her days working toward the time when she can make things right again. Dan Graham is the head cow boss at Paradise Ranch. When the plans he's made for his life are overturned by a black-bearded outlaw, he sets out to seek revenge. Claudine and Dan cross paths in Cheyenne. Both have a goal, and both will do whatever it takes to reach that goal. But neither one of them is ready for what comes next. When unexpected love blooms between them they find themse