An interesting read for sure! Religion, suspense, Death Metal, and murder all in one book.

Dr. Helen Hope is a professor of eschatology, and a Calvinist nun. Her knowledge in eschatology draws her into a murder investigation when a man is found on a cross with carvings in his body. She’ll discover Death Metal and a new way of thinking about religion and life.

Detective Darren Swift has just been promoted to detective and this is his first big case. He is the detective investigating the murder and he will question his abilities to solve the case as well as the religious meanings behind the murders. He had a rough time in his last position and he isn’t sure yet of how it’s going to be in this new position.

I really enjoyed this book and was drawn into the story quickly. I found the story to be suspenseful, disturbing and interesting. The twists and turns of this story kept me turning the pages. I give this book a 4.5 star review and highly recommend it to anyone likes suspense and thrillers. I kind of hope there is another story with these characters. I’d like to know what happens with Helen, Mikko, and Darren.

He said that they’d let me go on purpose. That they could easily find me if they wanted to. He said that they didn’t want me. That I was too much trouble. He said if I went to the cops, he’d know. If I told Sonya, he’d know. If I talked to friends or teachers, he’d know. He told me to pretend it didn’t happen. He told me to consider it a compliment, that I was too strong. His last words to me were, ‘Just forget’.

A girl is taken as a teen ager and escapes. Only to live her next sixteen years in fear and constantly remembering the ordeal she went through. Faith Marsden is a young girl who has not had a great start in life, but can she change her future? Can she overcome the pain and the fear of what happened when she was sixteen years old?

Zoe Haywood is a young woman who has had to make her own way in life. Not because she didn’t have a home and a mother, but because she always knew that she was not wanted. She is a strong minded woman with morals and a stubbornness that could get her into trouble if she is not careful.

Faith and Zoe were friends in high school and reunite in this story to put an end to young girls being taken, never to be seen or heard from again.

This story had a quite a few twists that kept me wondering who these women would find at the end of the string of missing women. I was at all prepared for the conclusion. I really enjoyed reading this book and was drawn into it completely. I wanted Faith to have peace and be able to go on with her life and have a good life. This book had be questioning everyone that Faith and Zoe came across when trying to get help. I give this story a 4.5 star review and highly recommend it to anyone who likes suspense and a book with many twists in it.

Caden a young boy that has so much and then one day loses everything when his parents die in a car accident. He's a young twenty-one year old who now has to care for his little sister and provide for her. He finds that his father has made some bad investments and now he and his sister have nothing.
Emma, a young girl who is Caden's neighbor. They are inseparable while Emma is young and growing up. Caden's father tries to discourage their friendship and tells Caden that his feelings will change and their friendship will be different as Emma gets older, but he doesn't understand yet.
More than their feelings for each other change. With Caden's sudden need to provide for his sister, he has to look for a job.
Caden and Emma's lives will come back together and their relationship as adults will be different than it was as kids. They're no longer kids and there is now danger lurking around that can destroy them.I liked this book. I'm now waiting for the second one to come out s that I can find out how their lives will be. This story has some twists and suspense and the ending leaves you hoping that the next book will be along soon so that you can find out what's going to happen. I give this story a 3.5 star review and look forward to the other book(s) in the series to be out.

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Garrett Wright’s life after the bombing that took his friends and team members in the army is tough and his way of dealing with his anger and survivors guilt will lead him to a woman who will bring him out of the darkness.

Stefanie Banks, a woman who’s had a rough start to life has decided to live her life and put things from her past behind her. She doesn’t let anyone in though. Her armor is tight and in place, but the man that is being beaten up and just taking it is a man that she is drawn to. They will both find that they can’t put the other out of their minds.

The subject matter of Garrett’s life after the army is a tough subject matter, and not everyone who has had to battle it have survived, but Garrett was one of the lucky ones and his family and friends are thankful for that. Stefanie will help Garrett come back from the darkness.

I really liked this story and thought it was written very well. It has the good and the bad in life. Garrett is a strong man and has so much good in him, it’s great to see the side of him that his Nicola remembers come back out after meeting Stefanie. I look forward to reading Danny’s story next and love the Wright boys. I give this story a 4.5 star review.

DC Ian Drake is man who when working on a case will look at all angles to figure out who the murderer is. He has some odd habits, but they help him work things out in his head and keep things straight for him.

Drake’s team is called in when a well known barrister, Nicholas Wixley, is killed and the crime scene resembles a crime scene of a case that the he tried years prior. There are a lot of details to this case and Drake and his team will work hard to make sure that they have the correct person behind bars for the crime. The people involved in this case are all well known public figures and Drake and his team must tread carefully when questioning the suspects.

I liked this book and Drake’s team, they may seem like a misfit bunch, but they work well together and they work hard to find the killer. There is more than one murder and all of the victims are connected. If you are a fan of police procedural and suspense, I would highly recommend this book. The characters are likable and well written. I give this book a 4 star review. This was the first book in the DC Drake series, but it worked well as a stand alone story.

Title: Shattered

Author: Bry Ann

Genre: Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Psychological Thriller

Release Date: October 19, 2018

Blurb:

Sometimes, when I really think about it, I can almost feel the way the breeze felt against my skin that day. How it washed over me, cooling my heated skin.

I remember counting the minutes it took to get to my boyfriend’s house. Twenty-two, but it took twenty-three that day. Maybe the extra minute was a warning.

One I didn’t heed, of course.

I wanted love. It’s all I wanted. I would have done anything for it.
It made me an easy victim.

Tell me I’m pretty here, hug me there and I was a puppet on his string. He pulled and pulled until he asked me to do the one thing I absolutely could not do.

It broke me to tell him no. Tore me up. I went over to his house that day to try and find a way to make it up to him. To fix what I broke.

Minute nineteen.

Cool breeze. Sunshine. Hope for love, fear I ruined my chance at it by being disobedient.

Minute twenty.

Black. One minute was all it took for Sage Briar-Rose to cease to exist.

To shatter her.

This is the story of how I lost myself. The story of how my naive search for love left me shattered.

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Biography

A story of a woman who needs a knight in shinning armor, and man who wants to feel needed and loved. Can these two find a path together and have both of their wants and needs work?

Adam is a keyboard player in a band getting ready to go on a three month tour and finds himself drinking alone in a bar instead of being at his flat with his band mates and his roommate, who he believes he’s in love with. He really only wants to feel like he is needed and loved and his life might get on track. He’s a man who stays in the shadows of his band mates, but he’s a really nice guy that tries to help anyone that needs it.

Genevieve, a woman who has finally decided it’s time to fly solo and walks into the same bar that Adam is sitting in. She decides that she is going to try to pick him up for one night so that she has somewhere to go to get some sleep before she tries to go back home to her family in Uruguay.

These two will get a few days to get to know each other and they have a few adventures in the mean time. When it comes time to go their separate ways they’ll find that emotions have gotten in the way.

I liked this story and found the characters to be likable. I have not read the previous books in the series, but I found this story to be lacking something. I’m not sure what, but it didn’t grab me and pull me in. I give this story a 3 star review and recommend it to anyone who is looking for a short love story to read.