Dream Huntress (Dream Seeker #1) 9/7/14

Dream Huntress (Dream Seeker #1)

by Michelle Sharp

 

 

Detective Jordan Delany has a gift. Through her dreams, she connects with dead victims of violent crimes. Her isolated life as a drug cop is perfect for hiding the freakish visions, until her newest investigation has her posing as a cocktail waitress in a down-and-dirty strip club. When she’s saved from a drunken customer by a handsome stranger, the heated chemistry is exa...more Detective Jordan Delany can connect with dead victims of violent crimes in her dreams. Her newest investigation has her posing as a cocktail waitress in a down-and-dirty strip club, where she meets Tyler McGee during her shift.  He ends up helping her out and is not sure what else to think of her.  She knows that she has never felt this way about any other man before but he might be in on the drugs.  Tyler starts working at the club with her and he can’t keep his eyes off Jordan.  As Jordan’s’ case heats up so does the danger.  When she Jordan tells Tyler about her gift it changes everything even more. 

 

I love how Tyler and Jordan learn about each other.  The lessons they learn and the trust they need to give brought this book together for me.  I look forward to more.

Loving Lucas 8/22/14

 

Loving Lucas (The Ladies of Cascade Creek #1)   by AnnMarie Oakes

 

The Colorado Territory of the 1870s is a hard place for women by herself. Audra Canton's and her sister are on their own after their father died.  The suitors in the area have an odd way of making a case: they keep shooting at them. Audra needs help learning to protect herself and her sister.

Lucas Blake comes into the picture when she scares off a couple of suitors.  Audra takes him on as a hired hand. He has a secret; he’s a lawman hot on the trail of a hardened criminal.  Working the homestead is the perfect cover.

Lucas has accidentally put Audra straight into the sights of a new, more deadly gun.  Now Lucas and Audra must fight for their lives—and each other.

 

I enjoyed this book about early Colorado.  The lawman’s chase and what he thinks is most important leads him one way.  That is until Audra is pulled into the middle of his hunt.  She is taken and Lucas tracks where they took her.  He hopes he gets to her in time.  This is when what is important to him changes. 

 

 

The Colorado Territory of the 1870s is a hard place for women by herself. Audra Canton's and her sister are on their own after their father died.  The suitors in the area have an odd way of making a case: they keep shooting at them. Audra needs help learning to protect herself and her sister.

Lucas Blake comes into the picture when she scares off a couple of suitors.  Audra takes him on as a hired hand. He has a secret; he’s a lawman hot on the trail of a hardened criminal.  Working the homestead is the perfect cover.

Lucas has accidentally put Audra straight into the sights of a new, more deadly gun.  Now Lucas and Audra must fight for their lives—and each other.

 

I enjoyed this book about early Colorado.  The lawman’s chase and what he thinks is most important leads him one way.  That is until Audra is pulled into the middle of his hunt.  She is taken and Lucas tracks where they took her.  He hopes he gets to her in time.  This is when what is important to him changes. 

Sleeping Beauty and the Demon (The Cursed Princes #4) by Marina Myles 8/13/14

This was an interesting twist on the Sleeping Beauty story. I really did enjoy it.

Dragomir Starkov poses as an illusionist, he is also a Demon.  Rose Carlisle first sees him at his show. She's a respectable girl, but has a curse over her. It is 1912 in New York City there are plenty of ways to slip around the strict old rules of propriety. Once Rose meets Drago, she no longer cares about being respectable. She wants to be near Drago all the time. Rose wants to know if he can break the curse that is on her.  Drago knows about the curse that she will die on her next birthday but is not sure how to break it.  The more time they spend together the more the come to love each other.  Can Drago find a way to save Rose?  Will they be together if he does?

The Bull Rider Wears Pink byJeanine McAdam 8/7/14

I enjoyed this book. Both Cassidy and John start to get to know each other better.
Cassidy Cooper is an ex-undercover cop that has always dreamed of becoming a bull rider. She starts to ride and runs into her former partner and lover John Risk. He is working undercover on the rodeo circuit and she has to act like she does not know him.  John has been hoping to run into Cassidy and get back together.  She needs to get over secrets from their past and John needs to see there is more to life than his job. 

Truly by Ruthie Knox 8-4-14

I loved this book.  May has turned her back on her life and walked away not knowing where she would go.  She meets Ben in a bar as she drinks her last $5.00 thinking what is next.  When she attempts to flirt with Ben he turns away.  When Ben finally talks with May he decides to help her if she will let him.  The way Ben and May grow together is great.  They have to get over their pasts if they want a future.

Fast Track by Julie Garwood

I love the independence that Cordelia has but when she learns the truth she questions everything about herself.  She must get it all back.  She has decided to move on with her life.  She is selling her home and moving to Boston and start over. When Aiden finally sees Cordieila as the beautiful woman she is and he wants her but also is afraid of wanting her.  The passions between then was hot as can be.  I could not put this book down.  The action and passion between them made a great read. Can friends grow to be more and if so can they make it thru the trials ahead of them?

Cordelia Kane has always been a daddy’s girl.  Her dad raised her after her mother died in a car crash. She may not be the most feminine woman but she loves her life. When her dad has a serious heart attack, Cordelia is devastated. It is on her dad’s death bed that he reviles her mom is alive.

Cordelia can’t suppress her curiosity about the woman who gave birth to her. She discovers that the woman on her birth certificate has a whole different name. In order to get the answers to her questions she must go to Sydney, Australia to get them.

Hotel magnate Aiden Madison is Cordelia’s best friend’s older brother.  Cordelia has had a crush on him for years. So when he agrees to take her along to Sydney on his company jet, he unknowingly puts her life at risk. He’s recently angered a powerful congressman by refusing to purchase overvalued land. Congressman Chambers is not a happy man and will use all the resources he can to get even and what he wants.

In Australia sparks fly between Cordelia and Aiden. Neither want to admit to them and keep their days as normal as possible. After Cordelia has a meeting with her mom all she wants is to go home.  So Aiden takes her home to Chicago.  Cordelia is determined to leave so that her heart can heal, but multiple attempts on her life have Aiden and her friends trying to put a stop the madness.  During this Aiden sees what is most important in his life and must act before he loses everything.

 

Thanks to First to Read- Penguin Books USA for the free copy of this book.

Her Unbridled Cowboy (Harland County #2) by Donna Michaels

Her Unbridled Cowboy (Harland County #2)  by Donna Michaels

 

Homeless, unemployed and Divorced Kerri Masters agrees to hear to her home town in Texas after a California earthquake. It must be her weakened state that has her eyeing the neighbor she used to follow around as a child.

Connor McCall’s notices his former neighbor when she steps on his ranch in her fancy clothes and shiny heels. Too bad she’s a city girl, because he has no use for them.

I loved how Kerri and Connor work through their troubles from their past.  They both want a right now and not a future. So when did it all change?  The way they both need to open up yet want to guard their hearts is something I can understand.  Neither wants to make the first move to build more when a misunderstanding can take the future away.  I would love to read more and see where they go.