Alex Reggiano is just trying to get through college with his head down and his football career intact. He has goals and getting involved in the secret society on campus and acting or hanging around with those that are involved does not interest him in the least. However, fate is a funny thing and Alex’s fate is being played with.
Victoria Bianci has transferred from a community college to Stonewall University to complete her college education. Her move in day is full of surprises when most of her family decides to go with her to move her into the apartment with her childhood best friend. Luckily her best friend is not there right now, but when her Uncle Riggs shows up in the door with a mountain of a man and introduces her to her new neighbor, Victoria is ready to crawl into a hole. Her family can be a bit much, I mean, she is related to the mafia as well as a well-known MC.
I loved this story in The Power and Privilege Series. It has the familiarity of the Satan’s Knights MC and Parrish as well as the intensity and danger I’ve come to expect and love from Janine Infante Bosco’s writing. Alex and Victoria start off with a sour taste, but circumstances change, and Alex can’t let Victoria follow through with her plan and stay safe, so he steps up to make sure she is safe. When the get to know each other, their feelings begin to show and then their world is turned upside down. Things get quiet again, but for how long? Alex has a decision to make, and his future is held in the balance of that decision. I give this book a 5-star review and am looking forward to reading Deceit and Deception. I highly suggest any of Janine Infante Bosco’s books, they will stay with you for a long time after you’ve finished it.
Let’s see…where to begin… I’m inching up on the BIG 4-0. The gray hairs are doubling what seems like daily, and the wrinkles and laugh lines are more pronounced than ever. I have an amazing husband (Married just over 15 years.) We have two boys we’re doing our best to raise as respectful gentleman. I have a master’s degree in criminal justice which I used to work as a juvenile probation office until deciding to write full-time in June of 2019. So that means there’s usually always some criminal/law element to my novels. If I’m not writing; I’m reading. My favorite genres recently are bully/reverse harem and enemies to lovers. Maybe I’m reliving my traumatic teen years through the girls who actually end up with the boys. (Not that I would change my history since it’s gotten me exactly where I need to be!) I love coffee. I miss carbs. Music is LIFE. I try not to be too serious.
My Review of Grinch: Cerberus MC Book 20, by Marie James
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5
Cerberus MC doesn’t act on US soil, they are usually on foreign soil when working and rescuing those that have been sold in human slavery, but a case has come across their path involving a young woman that helped them out when she was a little girl, and they can’t let anyone else take this case.
Grinch is surprised when he hears the name of the young woman that was taken because she is his past. The girl that refused him and broke his heart. He thought he knew her so well, but he was mistaken. Now he’s looking for her and wants to save her and protect her, but he has to protect his heart first.
Grace was a child when she first heard of Cerberus MC. She never felt as though she deserved their care or protection. When she is kidnapped right off the street and her dog is left behind, she will fight to save herself because she isn’t sure there is anyone else to do it. Retired from the Navy, she has the training to do it, but will her training really help her? She finds herself in more danger than she bargained for, but when she is free and the man that she let go comes to her hospital room, she feels safe again, but confused.
I love the Cerberus MC books and Grinch was a great addition to the series. He is stubborn though and between Grace and Grinch their stubbornness almost makes them lose each other again. These two will have to communicate if they want to move forward, especially if they want to move forward together. Miscommunication, years of regret, and stubbornness are a recipe for disaster. I love the characters and the story, and I look forward to more of this series. I give this book a 5-star review.
From USA Today Best-Selling author, Misty Walker, comes the next book in her standalone RBMC series, Riley’s Biker: An Age-Gap, Motorcycle Club Romance.
It was supposed to be one night.
A quick-release before I went on my way.
So I’m not surprised when I wake the next morning to find the girl with the owl eyes gone.
But I am surprised to find something else missing.
My cut.
For a nomad like me, my cut means everything.
It’s more than leather and patches.
It’s who I am.
And she stole it.
The Royal Bastards are notorious for their brutal payback,
and Riley has earned her punishment.
It takes five years to track her down, my anger growing with each passing day.
Except when I finally do, I discover my cut wasn’t the only thing she walked away with.
There’s a little girl with all my features except one.
Those big owl eyes I can’t seem to forget.
My rage burns brighter, and my plans change.
I’ll still make her pay.
But how far can I take it when my enemy is the mother of my child?
*Riley’s Biker is the 4th book in the Reno Chapter of the RBMC. Each book stands alone but has interconnecting characters.
**Riley’s Biker is a dark romance with mature themes. Please check my website for a list of triggers.
Meet Misty Walker
Misty Walker has been writing stories, articles, and poems since junior high. Preferring to stay behind the scenes until now, she has been an avid romance reader, a blogger, and an audiobook proofer for the last fifteen years. Growing up in a nomadic household, Misty has lived all up and down the western USA, but recently settled in Reno, Nevada. Misty is a mom to two kids who are slowly trying to kill her, but they are cute, so she will keep them. She just celebrated her sixteen-year anniversary with her computer geek husband and has two dogs, Dunkin and Dutch, that are her constant companions while she happily reads and writes her life away.
Review of Riley’s Biker: RBMC Reno, NV, Book 4 by Misty Walker
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5
A one-night stand that he couldn’t forget. Not only did she steal his most precious possession, but she also found a way to keep a hold on his soul and his mind. Five years later and Coyote is still searching for her, and he has a lead. The problem is that when he finds out who she is it could mean a war. He doesn’t care because she’s his and he will claim her no matter what.
She was looking for the truth but couldn’t find any answers. Especially when she walked into the RBMC club house, and her young eyes saw too much skin. She couldn’t stand it and left without seeking her answers, but she found something, or should I say someone that took her mind off her problems and then when she left, she wanted to take something that would remind her the one-night stand she had and the man that took more than her innocence.
This was another great story in the RBMC, with secrets, betrayal, steam, and rivalries. Coyote and Riley met under the stars, and they must have aligned for them that night because neither one could forget the other and fate has a way of bringing people back together, even if they have to fight for their future. I love the characters in this book and the stories always have steam and action throughout. I love the RBMC, all chapters and look forward to more. I am excited for the fourth run to start. I give this story a 5-star review.
Wow, what an ending to this duet. Secrets, lies, betrayal, and tragedy with an unpredictable unveiling.
Caspian and Willow have had to overcome a lot to regain their trust of each other as well as find their way back to each other. Caspian holds a grudge for a long time, but when he finally lets his anger and resentment go, their lives can be so much more.
Willow’s life is in danger at every turn and in order for her to survive, she’ll have to trust Caspian can keep her safe and protect her, but they’re going to have to uncover a betrayal that was put into the making many years ago. Then they will have to fight for their lives.
I really loved this conclusion of the Cruel Secrets Duet. It was action packed with danger, betrayal, lies, secrets and too much tragedy to imagine. With an unpredictable outcome it was a great read. I loved the characters and the story. I would love to read a book with Lucian and Eilish. I think they need a story as well. I give this story a 5-star review.
Rampage is not in the market for a forever relationship, but when the woman walks into the shelter where he’s guarding Kinslee, Cuff’s woman, while she is learning how to manage the shelters, he can’t seem to shake the instant attraction and need to protect her. When he returns to Texas with Kinslee and the others, he’s still thinking about Ember, but her betrayal is causing him to fight with himself. When she reappears and finds them in Texas everything will come to light.
Ember has had a rough life and she’s been manipulated to do things that she doesn’t want to do, among other things. When she finally gets her freedom and finds a place to land on her feet and safety, she finds out that her childhood could have been so much different if it weren’t for manipulative men, lying women, and tragic events.
The men of the Ares Infidel’s MC are determined to take down the human trafficking ring that has been running through their town and after they get some names and locations of rings, they work with the Time Served MC and some other allies to stop the rings and rid the towns of the darkness. This brings Ember back into Rampage’s life and turns it upside down again.
I love this series and the characters. The women appear to be weak and downtrodden, but in reality, they are strong survivors of tragic events and just need the right man to show them that strength and acceptance of who they are. I love the Coven and all their craziness. I give this book a 5-star review and can’t wait for the next book in the Tenillo Guardians.
Wow, this book was everything I was hoping for in Finn’s story. I love the Muffin Man in the other books, but his story really showed who he is and that he should not be dismissed as some guy that was living on the streets.
Finn was a Ranger in the army. He lost everything that ever mattered to him on his last deployment and when he returned home, he used everything he had to find it, but had no luck. Drained of everything he had, he’s living on the streets of NYC until a woman shows up and offers him muffins. This chance meeting is what Finn needed to start living his life again, so he moved to the small town outside of Chicago that the Cortell Brothers and the crazy towns folk live. Five years after his devastating loss, he gets the shock of his life on a dark, snowy road one night, and his true adventure takes off.
This story was one of my favorites. It’s not as funny or light as the others, but it was such a great read. I loved the real Finn showing himself and the way that Antonio, Jack, and Carter all came together to help Finn. It was full of action, danger, haunts, and as always, great characters. I didn’t want to like Addie at first, but she grew on me. I love these stories and while I have loved all of the books, I’ve read of Giulia Lagomarsino’s I think this book in the A Good Run of Bad Luck might be my favorite so far. The banter is always fun in her books, but the danger and intrigue keep getting better. I give this book a 5-star review and if I could do it, I would definitely give more. I do love the Muffin Man.
He was a fire fighter, the Chief’s son, and a member of the RBMC, he had everything he wanted and then he met the beautiful woman that runs the Inn, when he has to save her from a fire at her Inn and take her to the hospital. Now he really feels as though he has it all, until a tragic fire makes him question everything.
Brimstone lives two different lives, he’s a fire fighter working his way up the ranks during the day and then he’s a member of the Washington National Chapter RBMC. His buddies on the fire squad don’t know what he does on his down time, but he’s well respected in the small town as a fire fighter and the son of the Fire Chief. When tragedy strikes, Brimstone needs to rethink his life and takes off because he doesn’t feel like he’s good enough for his brothers, the town, or the beautiful woman that he has feelings for.
Soul runs the Inn and after a couple of terrible incidents, she’s had to have the fire department show up. When she woke up the first time in the hospital and saw the handsome man that saved her, she was smitten. She’s a strong woman that knows that Brimstone is her future, but she has to convince him that he’s worth the fight she’s giving him to stay around and make a life with her.
I love the RBMC all chapters and all authors in the group. This book was no different. The characters are strong, sexy, dangerous, loyal, and a little bit broken, but when they figure out that they can be whole again if they’d just open their hearts and their eyes, their lives will be so much more. Soul finds herself in trouble more than any woman should and Brimstone is the only man that can make her feel safe and loved. I love the story, characters, and chapter. I give this book a 4-star review and I look forward to more of the RBMC, Washington National Chapter in the future along with many more books in the RBMC.
Grudges, secrets, and tragic events are in the conclusion of the Houston Defiance MC series, and I hated to see it end. I love the characters in this series and will miss them dearly. However, the conclusion was an epic ending and one of the best reads for me this year, so far.
Koda and Thayleah have a great future, but when their past comes knocking on the door, they may not have that future. Thayleah has been dealt a lot of hard blows, but she will do anything to protect her family and those that are close to her, so when her past rears its ugly head with a nasty threat, she takes things into her own hands, but can she survive what lies ahead for her?
The Houston Defiance will be threatened for the secrets they’ve created, and it won’t be an easy fix. When danger walks into the club house, again, it’s going to be bloody and tragic. However, the Houston Defiance is a family that stands together and loyalties will be proven. I love the Houston Defiance and I hate to see the end of this series, but I am sure that K E Osborn will not disappoint and will have so much more to share with her readers. I love her stories and her characters and always look forward to more from her. I give this book a 5-star review and honestly, if I could double it I would.
A retired special ops tracker now owns a ranch in Montana and runs High Mountain Trackers with members from his special ops team. They run High Meadows Ranch along with the tracking business. Jonas Harvey hires out a prized stud for breading mares at this ranch. When that stud gest out of his paddock and gets hurt, Alexandra “Alex” Hart is called by a passerby to come check out the horse. Alex runs Hart’s Horse Rescue. Alex is a trained vet tech and now rescues horses from neglected situations as well as abuse. She doesn’t believe in putting a horse down just because they have an injury or are spooked because of how they were treated before she took them in.
Alex and Jonas’ first meeting wasn’t pleasant, so when Alex gets a call to go to High Meadows Ranch to help out with a horse that was injured and needs some extra work, she is surprised to meet the grouchy man that she met at the scene on the roadside. Both Alex and Jonas are surprised at the second meeting and Alex holds her head high and keeps her walls up. When Jonas’ team is called out for a tracking job, and danger is near, Jonas’ protective side comes out.
I really liked this story and the loved the characters. Jonas is a man that never figured he’d find a woman to settle down with and now in his 50’s he figured he’d live his life the same way it’s been for years, but when Alex comes along and shows him how his life could be he wants what he envisions. Alex is a widow with a grown son and isn’t looking for anything serious. Her heart has been broken before and she is not looking to lose anyone close to her again, so she’s built a wall around her heart, but Jonas has the hammer to break those walls down.
I look forward to more of the High Meadow/High Mountain Trackers characters and hope there are many more books to come. I would love to read Lucy’s story too. She’s a great character and her story seems to like it will be a tough one. I give this book a 4-star review.
I’m pleased to be your stop today for the Blog Tour of Midnight Lies (DI Mariner Book #9) by Chris Collett
MIDNIGHT LIES BLURB
Discover an utterly addictive new crime mystery from a No. 1 bestselling author! Secrets, lies, bodies. Nothing stays buried forever . . . It starts on an abandoned campsite in Norfolk. Developers unearth a human skeleton. The remains of an eighteen-year-old girl. Robina Scanlon — a blast from the past that shocks Detective Tom Mariner to his core.
In the sweltering summer of 1976, they met on holiday and teenage Mariner fell for her instantly.
He thought she was the one who got away. Now he realizes she never even left.
She was murdered back at the campsite where they met, all those years ago.
Mariner drives to Norfolk, his head so full of ghosts he can barely think straight.
What happened to his first love?
The mystery of her death becomes a dangerous obsession.
The truth is a terrible secret that lies buried deep in the past.
And someone out there will do anything to keep it that way . . . A nail-bitingly tense crime mystery that will keep you turning the pages late into the night. Perfect for fans of Peter James, Angela Marsons, Rachel McLean, Caro Ramsay, Helen H. Durrant, Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson.
Read what everyone is saying about the Detective Mariner mysteries: “It would be impossible not to like Mariner!” Margaret, NetGalley “Collett is a wonderful writer, subtle, clever, strong on atmosphere and character.” Yorkshire Post “Fully fledged female characters distinguish Collett’s police procedurals.” Publishers Weekly “Well written, thoughtful, and entertaining.” Booklist “I didn’t want to put it down!” Anne “I do like a good police procedural and this definitely fits the bill.” Elaine THE DETECTIVE Detective Inspector Tom Mariner is, on the surface, an average dedicated policeman, but his experiences as a younger man have given him an insight into life on the dark side, and a clear sense of right and wrong. Mariner has little interest in material things. He lives in a modest canal-side cottage, enjoys the occasional (real) beer and game of dominoes and drives an old car. He is most at home in the outdoors, with an OS map and a compass, and in times of crisis, will take off and walk for miles in any weather. DI MARINER SERIES Book 1: DEADLY LIES Book 2: INNOCENT LIES Book 3: KILLER LIES Book 4: BABY LIES Book 5: MARRIED LIES Book 6: BURIED LIES Book 7: MISSING LIES Book 8: DARKEST LIES Book 9: MIDNIGHT LIES
Review of Midnight Lies (DI Mariner Book 9) by Chris Collett
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5
Another great DI Mariner story, and there is a lot going on in this ninth book in the series. DI Mariner’s team has a case that has them confused. They are working hard to figure out the details and the victims of a car accident which has them scratching their heads, then DI Mariner is pulled away and into his past when the remains of an eighteen-year-old girl is unearthed, and if that isn’t enough, DI Mariner is also under scrutiny for a case where he got involved while heading home on the bus.
I loved this story and the twists, turns, and flashes back to a time when DI Tom Mariner was younger and trying to fit in and find himself. It brought out a whole new side of him that I enjoyed learning. It seems that he is always on the job, no matter whether he is on vacation, heading home from work, or actually working. His life is full of his job and with this book, he is thinking about his future and where he is headed. I love DI Mariner and his team, and this book was just as engrossing, gripping, and tragic. I give this book a 5-star review and I am looking forward to more of DI Mariner and his team.
CHRIS COLLETT Chris Collett grew up in a Norfolk seaside town where she worked in a boarding house (now defunct) a local bakery (closed down) and a crisp factory (razed to the ground). After leaving school she trained, in Liverpool, as a teacher for children with learning disabilities, including autism. Now a recently retired university lecturer, Chris is married with two grown up children and lives in Birmingham, UK on DI Tom Mariner’s ‘patch’. She has published short stories, teaches creative and crime writing and is a manuscript assessor for the Crime Writers Association.
BOOKS BY CHRIS COLLETT DETECTIVE MARINER MYSTERY SERIES: • DEADLY LIES • INNOCENT LIES • KILLER LIES • BABY LIES • MARRIED LIES • BURIED LIES • MISSING LIES • DETECTIVE TOM MARINER BOOKS 1-3 BOX SET • DETECTIVE TOM MARINER BOOKS 1-7 BOX SET STANDALONE NOVELS: • THE TRUTH ABOUT MURDER
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