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Watch Over Me by D.K. Hood – Blog Tour 12/16/25 @bookouture @DKHood_Author
Addictive, mysterious, thrilling, shocking, and tense! D.K. Hood has written another gripping addition to her pulse pounding, Detectives Kane and Alton Series!!!!!!! I am always thrilled and excited when I see there is another book in this riveting series coming out! Watch Over Me had me turning the pages and enjoying every second of it. I love Sheriff Jenna Alton and Deputy David Kane. Black Rock Falls is a dangerous place to be, but many call it home, sweet home. Kane and Alton do a fantastic job at solving cases, stopping serial killers, and keeping the community as safe as possible. I love them both individually but also love them as a couple with small children. I also love how D.K. Hood seamlessly blends their persona. romantic life into their professional lives in this series! Plus, the supporting characters are awesome as well.
In Watch Over Me, a sinister killer is stalking women, leaving them scary messages, and leaving bodies behind. Kane and Alton, along with their team, the FBI and even Raven’s dog will be on the case to catch a killer!!!!
This book proved to be a fast paced, captivating, and thrilling read. I love D.K. Hood’s vivid descriptions along with her wonderful writing. I enjoyed the atmosphere, the snowy winter setting, the tension, the dread, and the mounting danger! There were a few pulse pounding moments and a nice sized suspect pool. I tried my best to come up with whodunit, but D.K. Hood pulled the wool over my eyes! I love it when that happens. I enjoy a good shock with realistic reveal (not coming out of left field) in my books!
This is the 28th book in the series but will work nicely as a stand-alone novel. I began this series with the 22nd book in the series and have been a fan of the series ever since! I love the characters, their commitment to their jobs, the detective work, the relationships, the sense of found family, and community in this series.
Wonderfully written, well thought out, tense, shocking and hard to put down! I can’t wait to see what comes next for Jenna and Kane!
Unmarried by Emily Shiner – Blog Tour 11/20/25 @bookouture #EmilyShiner
Gripping, shocking, thrilling, mysterious, suspenseful, and humorous at times. This is the eighth book I have read by Emily Shiner, and she always delivers a thrilling, secret filled, and twist filled book!Unmarried kept me on my toes, entertained, and shocked!!!! I enjoyed the POV of the female characters in this book. I never quite knew who to trust, when the shoe was going to drop, or when the-you-know-what is going to hit the fan! I loved the mounting dread, tension, and sense of danger in Unmarried!
This is the follow up to the book, Uninvited, and I highly suggest reading that book first as you will get lots of background on the key characters in this book. Amy, Hannah, and Mitch are back, and they do not save the drama for their mama. This book had me on the edge of my seat and loved every second of it. I kept changing my mind about who was more untrustworthy or what role other characters in this book would play. I enjoyed the not knowing and the tension and dread!
Some of the characters gave me a laugh with their thoughts and I enjoyed the use of humor mixed in with tension and suspense. Hats off to Emily Shiner for writing a great follow-up book in the Perfect couples’ series! This book was filled with devious characters, suspense, secrets, control, manipulation, and twists. Just when I thought I had this book figured out, Emily Shiner threw in a curve ball which left me reeling. Not to mention the ending!!!!!!!!! Holy Moly, that is how you do it, and fingers crossed Emily Shiner will have another book coming out in this series.
Addictive, wonderfully written, well thought out, suspenseful, and entertaining. If you have not read a book by Emily Shiner before, you are missing out! I had both the book and the audiobook which made for an enjoyable reading/listening experience!
Thank you to Bookouture, Bookouture audio, and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Every Last One by Carolyn Arnold – Blog Tour 11/19/25 @bookouture @Carolyn_Arnold
Special Agent Sandra Vos is back in another gripping, suspenseful, twist-filled thriller! This one takes place in Founders Hospital, where the stakes are high and Vos must work against the clock to not only stop the four attackers who have taken over the hospital, but also deal with a personal matter as well. Whew! This was a tense one and I enjoyed every page of it!
The stakes are high as the hospital goes into lockdown, and those four individuals who took over have blocked the cell network. It is a high stakes, high anxiety, high stress situation. Sandra Vos must use all her skills to get a handle on the situation and engage in hostage negations. Carolyn Arnold also throws in a mother whose young daughter needs a lifesaving operation into the mix. This works to pull at readers’ hearts, ramp up the tension, and put stress on Agent Vos and her team.
If you have read the first book in the series, Save Her Life, you know that Agent Sandra Voss is a tough, intelligent, and hard-working hostage negotiator. She is also human, and I enjoyed seeing her vulnerability, her sympathy, her empathy, and ability to relate to others. She keeps her cool in high stress/high stakes situations and has great compartmentalization skills. You must be one tough cookie to do what she does for a living.
Every Last One was wonderfully written, well thought out, perfectly paced, thrilling, shocking, and hard to put down. Once again, Carolyn Arnold put readers and Vos through the ringer. I enjoyed the tension, the suspense, the twists, the mystery, and the mounting danger in this book. I rooted for Vos, felt for many of the characters, and kept my fingers crossed hoping for a resolution before it was too late. I also thought that Carolyn Arnold did a great job showing the desperation of the four attackers. I thought this was very well done.
This is the second book in the Sandra Vos series and would work very well as a stand-alone novel. But as it is only book two, do yourself a favor and go back and read Save Her Life as it is exceptional as well.
Addictive, tense, suspenseful, and wonderfully written! I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Lifeboat Orphans by Ellie Curzon – Blog Tour 11/14/25 @bookouture @EllieCurzon @MadameGilflurt @helenbarrell
Gripping, moving, riveting, thought provoking, and hard to put down! The writing duo, Catherine Curzon and Helen Barrell, who write as Ellie Curzon have once again dazzled me with their writing and endearing characters in The Lifeboat Orphans: An utterly gripping and heartbreaking World War Two novel! The Blitz kids are back and one again I found myself feeling so many different emotions for them while reading The Lifeboat Orphans: An utterly gripping and heartbreaking World War Two novel. I rooted for them, I worried for them, I cried for them, and I kept my fingers crossed for them. This book highlights the strength of their bonds and friendship, their bravery, their sacrifices, their antics, their hope, their fears, and their unwavering fight for survival.
World War 2 was full of tragedies, deaths, and horrific events. Orphaned children were forced to survive unspeakable horrors. This book begins in London and by the end sees some of the children traveling by ship to America. But between the beginning of the book and the ending, there will be a lot of trials, a lot of struggles, a lot of love, a lot of heartbreak, a lot of hope, and a lot of moving scenes.
If you have not read the first book in the series, The Lost Orphans, I highly recommend it. That introduces you to many of the characters and how the children became known as the Blitz kids. Would this book work as a stand-alone novel? Yes, but do yourself a favor and start at the beginning.
Well researched, wonderfully written, moving, captivating, thought provoking and well thought out!
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Run for Her Life by Ruhi Choudhary – Blog Tour 10/30/25 @bookouture @RuhiSChoudhary
Talk about riveting!!!!! Run for Her Life is the second book in the Zoe Storm series and it is fantastic! I loved the tension, the dread, the fast pace, and the investigation work! This book kept me on the edge of my seat and turning the pages! Whew! This book was thrilling, shocking, and overflowing with secrets, twists, and reveals. This book is told through past and present timelines. Usually when there are two different timeliness, I prefer one over the other, but I enjoyed both equally in Run for Her Life.
Special Agent Zoe Storm received a lock of a woman’s hair with an ominous note pointing to a young mom in Pineview Falls. Days later a body of a young woman is found in the woods. Does the hair belong to the victim? Nope! That is not a spoiler, it is in the book’s description. When DNA analysis points to a victim who died in a fire year ago, Zoe is beyond shocked at the revelation. Just when Zoe is puzzling over that, another woman is missing!!!!
Zoe has a lot of work to do in this book, and I was with her every step of the way. I tried to do my best super sleuthing while reading and tried to nail down whodunit. I was not successful, and I love it when that happens. Run for Her Life was equal parts shocking, thrilling, mysterious, chilling, and captivating. I was fully invested and felt as if I was tagging along with Zoe as a silent observer as she worked on this case.
Another solid book in the series! I look forward to reading what comes next in this riveting and hard to put down series! As with the first book in the series, Run for Her Life was well thought out, wonderfully written, gripping, and shocking.