Review: Legacy of the Highlands

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Title: 

Legacy of the Highlands 
Author: 

Harriet Schultz 
Release Date:

November 1, 2011 
Word Count:

approx. 99,000 
Purchase Links:  

Amazon 

Smashwords 
Author's Website:

harrietschultz.blogspot.com/

Description:  

What does a vow made 700 years ago in Scotland have to do with a murder in twenty-first century Boston?

When Will Cameron’s body is discovered in a Boston alley, the only clue to the thirty-four-year-old man’s murder is a pristine Scottish sgian dubh dagger left beside it. His devastated widow, Alexandra, flees Boston to find refuge in the Miami villa of Will’s best friend, Diego Navarro, who has the means, power and temperament to solve the puzzle and to avenge the senseless killing.

Diego, a handsome and wealthy Argentine, is equally determined to win the grieving widow’s heart. The growing attraction to each other becomes hard to resist as Alex and Diego follow leads that take them from Miami to Buenos Aires and Scotland, unraveling the Cameron family’s secrets and the Legacy of the Highlands.

Laura’s Review:

Review: Midnight Sun

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Title: 

Midnight Sun

Author: 

MJ Fredrick

Release Date:

June 2011

Word Count:

approx. 60,000

Purchase Links:  

Smashwords

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.mjfredrick.com

Description:  

This wasn’t the adventure she’d signed up for…

A sexy boss, a rough crossing, and pirates—all Brylie Winston wanted was a job to help her earn money to buy her own restaurant. She hopes to earn it by working as a chef on a cruise to Antarctica. But she’s slept with her boss, which throws her off-balance even more than the rough seas and warnings of pirates in the area. And he’s determined to have a repeat performance…

Bad boy former snowboarder Marcus Devlin is running from his reputation, sent to learn the family business after decking a senator’s son and making the papers. So maybe he indulged in a last-minute fling before boarding his family’s cruise ship to Antarctica. Perhaps Fate is showing him that wasn’t so bad—the gorgeous redhead who snuck out of his bed is on the cruise. She’ll be a lovely distraction during his exile.

But when South American pirates take over the ship, his instinct is to protect her and the other passengers. But what does a spoiled rich boy know about saving people’s lives?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Hunted

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Title: 

Hunted

Author: 

Carolyn Rosewood

Release Date:

July 15, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 30,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing 

Author's Website:

http://carolynrosewood.com/

Description:  

For the past four hundred years, Jahi Wickes has made forged documents and credit cards for the female demons who seduce men into signing away their souls. While enjoying the parades at Mardi Gras, she's ambushed by two angels. One is her former guardian angel, and the other is the Nephilim who’s tracking him.

Dagon has been chasing Vassago for three years. His first big break comes in the form of a cute, sexy demon. When he learns the real reason Vassago is hunting her, Dagon has more trouble than he bargained for. Not only was Vassago sent to guard souls in Purgatory after screwing up his assignment with Jahi, but the person who paid him to destroy her is one of her fellow demons.

Laura’s Review:

Review: Erotic Deception

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Title: 

Erotic Deception

Author: 

Karen Cote

Release Date:

October 14, 2011

Publisher:

MuseItHot Publishing

Word Count:

Approx. 51,000

Purchase Links:  

MuseItHot Publishing 

Author's Website:

www.karencote.tv/

Description:  

Her brother was dead. He’d practically raised her and stood by her during a miscarriage that left her barren. He’d been the sole person she’d had left in this world. How had Dr. Lily Delaney with a PhD in Psychology missed the psychotic signs of Anthony Capriccio, the Kansas City District Attorney and her ex-fiancé? Now at twenty-nine she was on the run to hide from the impending threats to her own life. But on the road to a safe secluded lake community, Lily crashes into the path of a new dangerous element, literally. One with deep blue eyes who totes a badge and carries a gun. And would their budding relationship be threatened when Lily finds out her own doctor had lied and discovers she really can have children? How would the sheriff take knowing she’d gotten pregnant when she’d already heartily assured him she wasn’t?

 

After his experience as a detective in Kansas City, Missouri, Jet Walker enjoyed his life as sheriff of the quiet lake community, Windom Hills. However, when Lily Delaney literally crashes into his car and life, his world disrupts into chaos. Couldn’t the woman do anything normal? Between fighting to protect her and fighting against his growing attraction for her, the previous peace Jet had found was now falling apart. And how could he possibly trust another woman after the trick his ex-wife played in trying to pass off another man’s child as his?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Haunted Heart

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Title: 

Haunted Heart

Author: 

Carolyn Rosewood

Release Date:

July 1, 2011

Publisher:

Etopia Press

Word Count:

approx. 73,000

Purchase Links:  

Etopia Press

Author's Website:

http://carolynrosewood.com/

Description:  

Rowena Sommers thought moving back home to restore her beloved Aunt’s home was the key to starting over. Van Whitney thought taking the job would keep his business afloat. When a ghost hunter tries to convince Rowena the home is haunted, can these two escape the past and find a future together?

Babs' Review:

Review: Flawless

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Title: 

Flawless

Author: 

Jana Richards

Release Date:

January 5, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 40,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

www.janarichards.net

Description:  

France, 1942.  The world is at war. The Nazis have stolen the infamous blue diamond, Le Coeur Bleu, intending to barter it for weapons that will destroy the Allies. Jewel thief Hunter Smith is given a choice; help the French Resistance steal back the diamond and avenge the death of his best friend, or stay locked up in an English prison. He chooses revenge.

Resistance fighter Madeleine Bertrand’s husband died when he was betrayed by Hunter Smith. How can she now pretend to be married to the arrogant American? How can she betray Jean Philippe’s memory by her passionate response to Hunter’s kisses? Neither is prepared for the maelstrom of attraction that erupts between them. To survive they must uncover the mysteries of the past and conquer the dangers of the present. But first Madeleine must decide if her loyalties lie with her dead husband and the Resistance or with the greatest love of her life.

Deniz’s Review:

Review: Don't Look Now

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Title: 

Don't Look Now

Author: 

Heide Katros

Release Date:

July 2011

Word Count:

approx. 97,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Direct from Author

Author's Website:

http://www.heidekatros.com/

Description:  

Les Harper faces some tough choices about his future with a prestigious law firm and the unexpected inheritance of his father’s estate. Hoping to clear his mind, he decides on a short trip to New Orleans. Instead of the anticipated R&R he ends up in a police holding cell, a suspect in a street murder. 

Careena Torres, a tough New Orleans cop is the arresting officer. She turns a deaf ear to his claim about his innocence. However, when his claims are confirmed the next day she looks him up to apologize. She is not prepared for the instant attraction she feels for Les. For years she has hidden a dark past behind her police badge. She is not ready for any relationship, though she doesn’t realize that it’s already too late for that. But since the murder was gang related, sanctioned by a handful of dirty cops, who believe that Careena and Les know more than they admit both their lives are on the line. 

Laura's Review:

Review: Secrets in the Sand

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Title: 

Secrets in the Sand

Author: 

Alana Lorens

Release Date:

April 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 58,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

http://alanalorens.com 

Description:  

After a run of bad relationships, Lily Pearl Evans has finally become an independent woman. In the New Mexico desert town of Chaparral, she works for herself in her own house,  she sets her own rules, and she's determined no man will hold her back again.

Gene Nicholas worked for more than a decade to achieve his dream to be a doctor. Wanting to share his gifts with those less fortunate, he leaves South Florida to volunteer for a tour with Doctors without Borders in Mexico.

When Gene provokes a showdown with the local Mexican drug cartel, he becomes a man with a price on his head. On the run, he ends up on Lily’s doorstep, a mystery man forced to conceal his past to protect them both. With the cartel’s dangerous web drawing tight around them, can Lily and Gene survive a druglord’s revenge?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Call Me Duchess

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Title: 

Call Me Duchess

Author: 

Maggie Dove

Release Date:

January 11, 2011

Publisher:

Eternal Press

Word Count:

approx. 90,000

Purchase Links:  

Eternal Press

Amazon

Fictionwise

Author's Website:

http://www.maggiedove.net/

Description:  

A rapist is loose in London…and he has plans for Marguerite Wiggins. Grippingly suspenseful and romantic, CALL ME DUCHESS is one young woman’s stunning journey to find love in 1870s London while a dashingly handsome chaperone, a heinous villain, and her own lofty aspirations stand in her way. Left penniless by their father, Marguerite Wiggins and her sisters must find husbands during the London season or find work as governesses by season’s end. Determined to become the next Duchess of Wallingford, Marguerite must make the difficult decision between following her heart or attaining her lifelong dreams and ambitions as a depraved rapist seeks to make her his next victim. 

Laura’s Review:

Review: Forget-Me-Not

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Title: 

Forget-Me-Not

Author: 

Linda Morris

Release Date:

February 28, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 65,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://lindamorriswriter.blogspot.com/

Description:  

Lara Crosby left Chicago when her career as a big-time political fundraiser went sour. Determined to put the past behind her, she envisions a peaceful new life at her cabin in northern Minnesota. Everything changes on a dark night when a mysterious stranger suffers an accident outside her cabin.

Jacob Sumner awakens in the wilderness after a car accident with no idea who he is or why he is there. Lara is beautiful and kind, but she's a world away from the gritty world where he makes his living as a private investigator . . . or is she?

Babs' Review:

Review: Perfect Score

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Title: 

Perfect Score

Author: 

Susan Roebuck

Release Date:

May 11, 2011

Publisher:

Awe-Struck Publishing

Word Count:

approx 105,000

Purchase Links:  

Awe-Struck Publishing

Author's Website:

http://lauracea.blogspot.com/

Description:  

Feckless, exasperating Alex Finch is a rich, handsome and talented singer/songwriter who longs for two things: a career as a professional rock singer, and to have his love for Sam Barrowdale reciprocated. But drifter Sam's two aims are simply to earn enough money to pay his sister's medical bills and to hide from the world his reading/writing and speech disability. At this time the word "dyslexia" is generally unknown so to most people he's just a "retard". From the severe knocks life's dealt him, Sam's developed a tough outer coating and he has no time for a spoilt, selfish guitar player.

Despite his defects, Alex's love for Sam never wavers and when Sam unexpectedly disappears, Alex begins a somewhat bungling quest to find him, only to discover that Sam has a fearful enemy: Alex's powerful and influential yet sociopathic uncle.

As Alex spirals downwards towards alcoholism, many questions need answering. Just why did Alex's evil uncle adopt him at age eleven yet deny him any affection? And what's the mystery behind Alex's father's death?

Both seem to face unbeatable odds. Are they doomed to follow separate paths forever?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Double Take

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Title: 

Double Take

Author: 

Kerri Nelson

Release Date:

March 11, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 16,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing 

Author's Website:

http://www.kerrinelson.com/

Description:   

After growing up the laughing stock of the town drunk and humiliated by the hottest guy in school, Kennedy Wolfe planned on never stepping foot in Greece, New York again.

Now a highly decorated agent for the FBI, Kennedy learns of the abduction of her best friend from high school.  The news comes just days after the invitation to her class reunion was received and tossed.

Despite her better judgment, she can’t resist the urge to take on a case that would show her classmates once and for all what she’s really made of.

Damon Divine is the unbeatable District Attorney and he’s dead set on finding those responsible for abducting his twin sister.    But when the beautiful Agent Wolfe comes to town, he knows the kidnappers won’t be the only ones on her hit list.

After all, standing up a girl on senior prom night is not something she’s likely forgotten.

Deniz’s Review:

Review: The End of Night

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Title: 

The End of Night

Author: 

B.L. Bonita

Release Date:

January 31, 2011

Publisher:

Liquid Silver Books

Word Count:

approx. 21,000

Purchase Links:  

Liquid Silver Books

Author's Website:

http://www.blbonita.net

Description:  

Can a woman cursed find true love?

Liv Erichsen is destined to become a spinster. After the body of her second fiancé is discovered on the jagged rocks below her cliff-dwelling estate, she's labeled The Black Bride. No man would dare fall in love with her again and risk being her next victim until a mysterious and arousing gentleman arrives at her door.

A liar and a womanizer, Mason Davidson's reasons for being at Valhalla Estate are not to redeem himself. Then again, he's never met a woman quite like Liv before. She's strong, passionate, and fit to drive him crazy with lust. But how can he make her accept him for more than a casual fling when he arrived for the wrong reasons and a crazed killer is watching? 

 

Laura’s Review:

Review: The Brat

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Title: 

The Brat

Author: 

Sherry Gloag

Release Date:

October 1, 2010

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 72,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.sherrygloag.com/

Description:  

Gina Williams has a secret and prays it is buried with her childhood persecutor, Anna Kouvaris, as discovery will ruin her reputation as a famous children’s author. She soon discovers the son, Ben Kouvaris, new owner of her publishing company, has uncovered her past and is making demands. Will he ruin her career if she doesn’t comply?

Ben Kouvaris is blown away by the unknown beauty at his estranged mother's funeral, and when his father demands he marry immediately to secure the family business, he knows just who he wants as his temporary bride. But can Ben persuade Gina to trust him?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Fatal Embrace

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Title: 

Fatal Embrace

Author: 

Aris Whittier

Release Date:

October 2010

Publisher:

Five Star Expression

Word Count:

approx. 76,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://awhittier.blogspot.com/

Description:  

High-spirited horse trainer Jessica Stanson stumbles into the perfect job on one of the most elite ranches in Montana. Or at least it would be if her boss, ex-detective Michael Carven, stopped acting like he didn't want her there. Jessica has to prove herself to him on the ranch, and also try to penetrate his armor to get to the man inside. Michael Carven is a man who has left a difficult past behind him, and now works at his dream job raising horses under the Montana sky. But he knows that the past has a way of coming back to him, and soon enough, it does. 

A wave of violence hits the nearby small town of Riverside, nestled deep in the mountains, as a cunning serial killer preys on the population. Against his will, Michael finds himself both drawn into the case and coming to care for his independent new trainer. And if having a killer on the loose wasn't enough, his two worlds collide when Jessica becomes the only material witness in the case. 

Before it is over, Michael and Jessica will put everything they know and hold dear on the line to catch a vicious, cunning killer - and to protect each other as well.

 

Babs' Review:

Review: Shadows Steal the Light

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Title: 

Shadows Steal the Light

Author: 

Christine London

Release Date:

February 1, 2011

Publisher:

MuseItHot Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 96,000

Purchase Links:  

MuseItUp Publishing

Author's Website:

http://www.christinelondon.com/

Description:  

Colin Dunlow is caught in a web of alcoholism precipitated by his skyrocketing fame as lead singer of the world’s hottest hard rock group, Dumbarton. When he bumps into legal activist and sultry jazz singer, Jenna Lindstrom, he’s no idea what’s in store. How can he maintain his newfound sobriety whilst navigating a comeback and investigate who might want him dead? All of this and he has an AA sponsor who won’t allow him any serious relationship, not if he wants to live. What’s a rocker to do? Especially when the woman of his dreams hates rock and roll.

 

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