THE LAKE

A lake shrouded in superstition, a notorious crime family and a team of detectives chasing phantoms.

Chapman’s Lake has a story behind it, and it’s a dark one. But when the body of a half-naked woman is pulled out of the water, Detective Smith and the other detectives hunting her killer focus all their attention on the strange symbol branded onto her skin.

This is their first mistake. The murder of the woman is just the beginning, and it’s something that Smith couldn’t have predicted in a million years.

The lake has many secrets, and Smith is going to have to change the way he looks at murder if he’s going to stand a chance of solving the most bizarre murder case of his career.

BOOKS BY STEWART GILES
DS JASON SMITH SERIES
Book 0.5 – Phobia
Book 1 – Smith
Book 2 – Boomerang
Book 3 – Ladybird
Book 4 – Occam’s Razor
Book 5 – Harlequin
Book 6 – Selene
Book 7 – Horsemen
Book 8 – Unworthy
Book 9 – Venom
Book 10 – Severed
Book 11 – Demons
Book 12 – Deadeye
Book 13 – Motive
Book 14 – Australia
Book 16 – Wishbone
Book 17 – Ghosts
Book 18 – The Scarecrow
Book 19 – The Bluesman
Book 20 – The Librarian
Book 21 – The Viaduct
Book 22 – The Twin
Book 23 – The Dogwalker
Book 24 – The Flytrap
Book 25 – The Electrician
Book 26 – The Cellar
Book 27 – The Loner
Book 28 – The Painter
Book 29 – The Hitchhiker
Book 30 – The Creed
Book 31 – The Workshop
Book 32 – The Preacher
Book 33 – The Professor
Book 34 – The Graveyard
Book 35 – The Optician
Book 36 – The Spider
Book 37 – The Gambler
Book 38 – The Lake

DI O’REILLY MYSTERIES
Book 1 – Blood on the Island
Book 2 – Lies on the Island
Book 3 – Fear on the Island
Book 4 – Malice on the Island
Book 5 – Revenge on the Island
Book 6 – Christmas on the Island
Book 7 – Silence on the Island
Book 8 – Secrets on the Island
Book 9 – Chaos on the Island
Book 10 – Sadness on the Island
Book 11 – Danger on the Island
Book 12 – Evil on the Island
Book 13 – Fire on the Island
Book 14 – Madness on the Island
Book 15 – Fury on the Island
Book 16 – Sickness on the Island

JAN NORGE HILDA BAKER SERIES

Book 1 – Hakuna Matata
Book 2 – 27

DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES
Book 1-The Beekeeper
Book 2-The Perfect Murder
Book 3-The Backpacker

DS JASON SMITH & DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES
Book 1 – The Enigma
Book 2 – Dropzone
Book 3 – The Raven Girl

THE MIRANDA TRILOGY (psychological thrillers)
Miranda
Mistress
Medusa

STANDALONE NOVELS
Horror – The Divide
Thriller – The Ghostwriter
Thriller – The Guests

Stewart Giles – Author Bio

After reading English at 3 Universities and graduating from none of them, I set off travelling around the world with my wife, Ann, finally settling in South Africa, where we still live.

In 2014 Ann dropped a rather large speaker on my head and I came up with the idea for a detective series. DS Jason Smith was born. Smith, the first in the series was finished a few months later.

3 years and 8 DS Smith books later, Joffe Books wondered if I would be interested in working with them. As a self-published author, I agreed. However, we decided on a new series – the DC Harriet Taylor: Cornwall series.

The Beekeeper was published and soon hit the number one spot in Australia. The second in the series, The Perfect Murder did just as well.

I continued to self-publish the Smith series and Unworthy hit the shelves in 2018 with amazing results.  I therefore made the decision to self-publish The Backpacker which is book 3 in the Detective Harriet Taylor series which was published in July 2018.

After The Backpacker I had an idea for a totally new start to a series – a collaboration between the Smith and Harriet thrillers and The Enigma was born. It brought together the broody, enigmatic Jason Smith and the more level-headed Harriet Taylor.

The Miranda trilogy is something totally different. A psychological thriller trilogy. It is a real departure from anything else I’ve written before.

The Detective Jason Smith series continues to grow. I also have another series featuring an Irish detective who relocated to Guernsey, the Detective Liam O’Reilly series. There are also 3 stand alone novels.

Website: www.stewartgiles.com

Twitter: @stewartgiles

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stewart.giles.33

My 4⭐Review:

A great read! A story full of twisted minds, twists and turns and the great characters that are always present in the DS Jason Smith Thrillers.

DS Jason Smith and his team find themselves in the midst of a real mystery when bodies of women begin to surface at Chapman’s Lake. No only is DS Smith dealing with these murders and trying to find and stop the murderer, but he also has personal things popping up and causing him trouble.

I love the characters in the DS Jason Smith Thrillers, they all work well together and they aren’t afraid to say what’s on their minds when something comes up that one might question. They work like a family that can be themselves and say what they think, even if it might not be something about the case or even the correct thing to say to a co-worker.

DI Smyth has to put up with a lot from this crew, but they work well together and they find their suspect, even if they have to do a few things against the books.

I look forward to more in this series.

Natalya:

Autumn is my favorite season, and as a blogger who embraces all things spooky, I can’t resist taking a tour of the historic haunted Mayfield Inn.

I invite my brother along, and we take a trip to Raven’s Crest, where the hotel isn’t the only attraction. There’s the Fear Farm, plenty of spooky shops, and a giant corn maze. That’s just the beginning.

But when my brother disappears before the end of the tour, and the guide is anything but helpful, I turn to the sheriff for help. It’s only when I see him talking to a big group of bikers wearing leather vests that I realize this town protects its own.

I’ll have to investigate my brother’s disappearance and find out what happened without help.

Only the biker club, Kings of Anarchy MC, doesn’t like me poking around or taking snapshots of their bikes. And that’s when I meet Hayride. He’s a cocky, muscled, tattooed barrier between me and the truth.

There’s a rising body count in Raven’s Crest, and someone is copying the kills of the infamous Hillside Stalker. Lengths of rope aren’t just props. They’re the killer’s favorite tools, and he loves tourists.

Now I’m racing against the clock to find my brother and avoid the killer, hoping I’m not next to die.

Hayride becomes one of the few that I can trust. He swears to protect me and help find my brother. But he’s got secrets, too. And they’re deadly enough to kill.

I’m about to find out if the biker who claims I’m his to protect and owns his heart is willing to risk everything to save my family.

Nikki Landis is a romance enthusiast, tea addict, and book hoarder. She’s the USA Today Bestselling Author of over fifty novels, including her widely popular Tonopah, NV RBMC series. She writes wickedly fierce, spicy romances featuring dirty talkin’ bikers, deadly, possessive reapers, wild bad boys, and the feisty, independent women they love. She’s a mom to six sons, two of them Marines. Books are her favorite escape. Nikki also writes steamy alien and monster romance under the pen name Synna Star.

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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 out of 5

I loved this third book in the Kings of Anarchy MC, Ohio series. Hayride and Natalya are great characters and their story was great. As is the case with all of Nikki Landis’ books, in my opinion, the characters are great and the stories seem to pull me into the scenes. I love her strong FMLs that can stand up for themselves, but also are willing to let the men in their lives back them up and protect them as well.

This town has secrets and if you aren’t careful, you could find out the hard way that secrets are best kept hiddin in Raven’s Crest. This story has suspense, danger, great characters, and a wonderful story. I do wish there were a little more on the history, but overall the story was great and I read it pretty quickly.

I look forward to more of this series to come, and more stories of the Kings falling for their women.

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Tropes:
🏍️MC
🏍️Enemies to Lovers
🏍️Age gap
🏍️Forced Proximity
🏍️Marriage of Convenience
🏍️Found Family

Blurb:
Rain
My father has always been my entire life. So when he passes, I am ready to leave this town in the past and find a brand new start.
The only problem is my father’s last will and testament requires I marry for my inheritance. Not some random man, no. He wants me to marry Ridge, my once crush turned adversary.
I tell myself I’m not going to do it. That I don’t need the inheritance, but the thought of losing everything that was once home has me spiraling.
Could a marriage of convenience really be that bad?

Ridge
Mustang was like a father to me so with his death brings pain like I’ve never felt.
What’s even worse is that he asked me to make a sacrifice for him by marrying his daughter. The same woman who has despised me since I ignored her existence when she was sixteen.
She’s not sixteen anymore though. Now she is a woman, one that slowly has clawed her way under my skin.
Marrying her should be a hardship, so why does it feel like an opportunity instead?

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My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review:

These two have been dancing around each other for so long, it was great to get their book and read their story.

Ridge has finally seen Rain for more than Mustang’s daughter, but his loyalty to his club and his brother keeps him from acting on it. That is until Mustang loses his battle and the will is read.

Rain has hated Ridge for years, but has she really? After the reading of her father’s will, she’s ready to tear Ridge apart and wishes she could blast her father as well.

I loved this story and how Rain finds her way after her father passes. She realizes that her life has actually put her where she should be. I love the way these two navigate their new life and find their way to each other for real.

I love the Mountain River MC series and the characters. I can’t wait to read more in this series.

Loyal, book three in the Lotus San Antonio MC by @author.cala.riley is now available on Amazon and KU!

Grab it here: https://geni.us/Loyal

Do You Like:

🏍️Reverse Age Gap

🏍️Mc Romance

🏍️Single Mom

🏍️Found Family

Blurb:
Sami

Getting involved with someone new after my divorce was the last thing I expected.
Then I met him.
Loyal.
A younger bad boy who belongs to a motorcycle club.
I shouldn’t want him. Especially when he is only a few years older than my daughter, but I’ve come to crave the safety and peace he brings me.
The only problem is my daughter won’t accept him.
Do I risk my relationship with my daughter for true happiness or do I let him slip through my fingers and make the sacrifice?

Loyal

My sole focus has always been the club that took me in when I needed it most.
Until I saw her.
Sami.
The single mom who is a decade older than me.
I knew I wanted her the moment I laid eyes on her. It’s why I bought a house to be close to her.
There are powers that be that don’t want us together though. Society, her daughter, and the sleazy ex-husband who seems to think that she belongs to him.
I’m not one to give up easy though. I will fight for her until my dying breath.

#calariley #LotusMC #MCRomance #Newrelease #spicybookrecs
#contemporaryromance #agegap

MY REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5

I loved this story.

Loyal and Sami were meant to be together. Sami’s life may have taken a side path for a bit, but she needed it to wait for Loyal to get to where he is now. They still have some obstacles to overcome before they’ll get their HEA, but it will be worth it.

Sami’s ex-husband is a piece of work and holds their daughter in the clutches of his mind games that won’t let her have a good relationship with Sami. The stress that this causes for all involved, except her ex, causes a lot of trouble. However, Loyal won’t give up on Sami or her daughter. He’s patient, kind, and a man that will go to all lengths to find a way to keep them in his life, including getting information and help on how to help her daughter to accept their relationship. It’s great how he’s willing to be so patient with both of them.

I love this series and this story did not disappoint. I look forward to more in this series to come.