Category: Romantic Suspense

Trouble Walks In by Sara Humphreys

Posted October 27, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Trouble Walks In
Series: The McGuire Brothers #2
Author: Sara Humphreys
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
Published: August 2, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Big city K-9 cop Ronan McGuire loves women, loves his dog, loves his job – but when old flame Maddy Morgan moves into his jurisdiction, he can’t think about anyone else.
Ronan knows she’s way out of his league, but he’s determined to help Maddy live life to the fullest.

Maddy has immersed herself in work and swiftly made a name for herself in the hot New York City real estate market. She’s looking for safety, not love, but Ronan McGuire is as persistent as he is sexy, and his crooked smile is hard to resist. But all other concerns are wiped away when Maddy goes missing and Ronan and his bloodhound K-9 partner are tasked with finding her and bringing her home.

Titles in this series include: Brave The Heart, Trouble Walks In

Read on for my thoughts on Trouble Walks In. No true spoilers, promise.

Her Rogue Alpha by Paige Tyler

Posted September 12, 2016 by Marsha in Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Her Rogue Alpha
Series: X-Ops #5
Author: Paige Tyler
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Suspense
Published: September 6, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Former Special Forces Lieutenant Jayson Harmon can’t believe that his war scars don’t matter to beautiful feline shifter Layla Halliwell. Why would she saddle herself with a broken man?

But Layla knows that Jayson is a hero to the core, and that only she can heal his wounded soul. So when Jayson is deployed on another deadly mission, no way is Layla staying behind…

Read on for my thoughts on Her Rogue Alpha. No true spoilers, promise.

Play It Safe by Leslie North

Posted July 28, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Play It Safe
Series: The Safe House #2
Author: Leslie North
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance
Published: April 14, 2016
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
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Ex-Navy SEAL Samson Jackson has lost everything he’s ever fought for – and nothing can bring back his wife. But when he’s offered a new mission protecting brilliant, sharp-tongued biochemist Angela McAllister from those who want to exploit the deadly knowledge she carries, he’s got no choice but to accept. He couldn’t save his first love, but maybe he can finally find redemption keeping the fiery scientist safe.

Samson knows he has a difficult road ahead of him, but he doesn’t count on the asset he’s charged with protecting being so . . . intriguing. Falling in love isn’t part of the plan. Especially when a rogue government official with nothing to lose plans to harness a lethal bioweapon and take revenge on the terrorists hiding out in Samson’s South African village with Angela’s help—and holds her brother as leverage.

Now, it’s up to Samson to protect a town full of innocents, one of whom is the son he hopes to adopt, while keeping the woman he loves from harm. He’ll have to fight powerful enemies, and his own demons, to save his world from catastrophe.

Ultimate Courage by Piper J. Drake

Posted July 26, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Ultimate Courage
Series: True Heroes #2
Author: Piper J. Drake
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Published: July 26, 2016
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing – Forever
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Retired Navy SEAL Alex Rojas is putting his life back together, one piece at a time. Being a single dad to his young daughter and working at Hope’s Crossing Kennels to help rehab a former guard dog, he struggles every day to control his PTSD. But when Elisa Hall shows up, on the run and way too cautious, she unleashes his every protective instinct.

Elisa’s past never stays in her rearview mirror for long, and she refuses to put anyone else in danger. But with Alex guarding her so fiercely yet looking at her so tenderly, she’s never felt safer . . . or more terrified that the secrets she keeps could put countless people in grave peril. The only way for both to fully escape their demons will take the ultimate act of courage: letting go and learning to trust each other.

Right Through Me by Shannon McKenna

Posted July 26, 2016 by Marsha in Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Right Through Me
Series: The Obsidian Files #1
Author: Shannon McKenna
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Sci-Fi, Romantic Suspense
Published: July 26, 2016
Publisher: Barclay
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Biotech tycoon Noah Gallagher has a deadly secret: his clandestine training as a super-soldier gives him abilities that go far beyond human. Yet he’s very much a man. When Caro Bishop shows up at his Seattle headquarters with a dangerous secret agenda, his ordered life is thrown into chaos. Caro is a woman like no other—and her luminously sensual beauty cloaks a mystery he must solve.

Caro’s lying low, evading a false charge of murder. She means to clear her name, and she’ll do whatever it takes to survive—but seducing a man like Noah is more than she bargained for. His amber eyes have the strangest glow when he looks at her—she could swear he sees the secrets of her heart. The desire smoldering in Noah’s eyes awakens her own secret hunger, but Caro has to resist his magnetic pull. Anyone close to her becomes a target. The only right thing to do is run, far and fast, but Caro can’t outrun Noah’s ferocious intensity—or deny the searing passion that explodes between them.

Nothing else matters—until a vicious enemy bent on the ultimate revenge puts his murderous plan into play. Noah and Caro must battle for their lives…and their love..

Necessary Risk by Tara Wyatt

Posted July 15, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Necessary Risk
Series: Bodyguard #1
Author: Tara Wyatt
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
Published: February 23, 2016
Publisher: Forever
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Former child star Sierra Blake is making a stunning Hollywood comeback—and attracting a scary amount of attention. When her home is vandalized and her safety threatened, she knows it’s time to bring in the professionals. But from the moment she sets eyes on her indecently sexy new bodyguard, Sean Owens, Sierra’s thoughts are anything but professional…

Few things in this world scare Sean—until he realizes he’s in serious danger of losing his heart to his new client. No matter how much he wants to, Sean won’t let his feelings for the smart and gorgeous Sierra get in the way of doing his job. Because as the attacks against her escalate, crossing the line between business and pleasure could get them both killed.

Read on for my thoughts on Necessary Risk. No true spoilers, promise.

True Peril by Veronica Forand

Posted July 1, 2016 by Marsha in Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: True Peril
Series: True Lies #3
Author: Veronica Forand
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Published: March 7, 2016
Publisher: Entangled Publishing – Select Suspense
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Socialite Trista Patterson has turned her back on her life of privilege and dedicated herself to helping others. Her mission to protect the world’s children often takes her into the bleak and violent underbelly of third world countries. When a kidnapping attempt goes wrong, Trista quickly finds herself running for her life…and married to a man she just met…as she’s placed at the top of the Cartel’s most wanted list.

Some days no good deed goes unpunished.

Dane O’Brien has spent his life in the shadows. Once a lethal assassin he grew tired of losing his soul with every hit, trading his gun and missions for a conference table and office politics as an undercover operative for the CIA. But when visiting his humanitarian sister turns deadly, Dane finds himself swearing to protect her beautiful and passionate friend Trista no matter the cost…even if it means stepping back into the world he swore never to return to. Although falling for the tough-hearted Trista is easy, keeping her alive is hard.

Read on for my thoughts on True Peril. No true spoilers, promise.

By Break Of Day by M. L. Buchman

Posted June 29, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: By Break of Day
Series: The Night Stalkers #15
Author: M. L. Buchman
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Military Romance
Published: February 2, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Captain Kara Moretti flies high in her MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAV. It is the Night Stalkers’ eyes and ears in the sky, and being behind a remote control and one step back from the action has always worked for her… and her love life.

Right until Captain Justin Roberts walks straight through her shields and into her heart. Justin is a pilot who loves being right in the middle of the fray. Together they’ll go where life, limb, and heart are at risk in the Mongolian wilderness. But Justin learns there’s something more important than missions – Kara.

Read on for my thoughts on By Break of Day. No true spoilers, promise.

To Love A Wolf by Paige Tyler

Posted June 24, 2016 by Marsha in Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: To Love A Wolf
Series: SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team #4
Author: Paige Tyler
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Romantic Suspense
Published: June 7, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

SWAT officer Landry Cooper is certain Everly Danu is The One. The problem is, she has no idea what Cooper really is. And as much as he wants to trust her, he’s not sure he can share his deepest secret…

When Everly’s family discovers Cooper’s a werewolf, her brothers will do anything to keep them apart-they’ll kill him if they have to. Everly is falling hard for the ridiculously handsome SWAT officer, and she’s not about to let her brothers tell her who she can love… Until Cooper’s secret is exposed and she discovers the man she thought she knew is a monster in disguise.

Read on for my thoughts on To Love A Wolf. No true spoilers, promise.

Into The Fury by Kat Martin

Posted June 16, 2016 by Marsha in Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Into The Fury
Series: BOSS, Inc
Author: Kat Martin
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance
Published: January 26, 2016
Publisher: Kensington Books – Zebra
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

A bodyguard, a bounty hunter, a P.I.—the men of Brodie Operations Security Service, Inc. are down for the job…

Sinners, whores, and sluts beware—your time is at hand: a faceless menace is threatening lingerie models on a cross country tour, and Ethan Brodie is there to defend and protect.

Ethan’s learned the hard way that beauty is no substitute for character. So even though Valentine Hart is one of the most breathtaking women he’s ever seen, he’s keeping his hands off and his eyes open. Or that’s what he tells himself.

Then one of the models is murdered, and the closer Ethan gets to the answers, the closer he finds himself to Valentine—and the hotter the pressure feels. There’s more to Val—more to the other girls—than he could have guessed. But one is keeping a secret that could kill them all.

Read on for m y thoughts on Into The Fury. No true spoilers, promise.

Extreme Honor by Piper J. Drake

Posted June 12, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Extreme Honor
Series: True Heroes #1
Author: Piper J. Drake
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance
Published: January 26, 2016
Publisher: Forever
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

David Cruz is good at two things: war and training dogs. The ex-soldier’s toughest case is Atlas, a Belgian Malinois whose handler died in combat. Nobody at Hope’s Crossing Kennel can break through the animal’s grief. That is, until dog whisperer Evelyn Jones walks into the facility . . . and into Atlas’s heart. David hates to admit that the curvy blonde’s mesmerizing effect isn’t limited to canines. But when Lyn’s work with Atlas puts her in danger, David will do anything to protect her.

Lyn realizes that David’s own battle scars make him uniquely qualified for his job as a trainer. Tough as nails yet gentle when it counts, he’s gotten closer to Atlas than anyone else-and he’s willing to put his hard-wired suspicion aside to let her do the same. But someone desperate enough to kill doesn’t want Lyn working with Atlas. Now only teamwork, trust, and courage can save two troubled hearts and the dog who loves them both.

Read on for my thoughts on Extreme Honor. No true spoilers, promise.