Sunday, January 28, 2024

One Final Target by Janice Cantore

Jodie and Sam are each struggling with why are they alive.  Jodie lost her team in an IED explosion and Sam lost his partner is a fiery car crash.  Jodie was not seriously injured.  Sam received burns that left him slightly disfigured.

Jodie and Sam must work together to find out why Jodie is still being targeted.  Now that Sam is trying to help her, he is now a target also.  

This is a good mystery with lots of action.  I did think I had it figured out who the culprit was.  I was right. But the story leading up to the reveal was good. Jodie and Sam's struggles are also dealt with and the reader is given a good understanding of what they are going through.   

I received this book from Tyndale House Publishing via Net/Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

Undercover Colorado Conspiracy by Jodie Bailey

Thalia and Phillip are military investigators.  They go undercover to investigate an adoption agency they think is defrauding people.  While investigating someone tries to kill them several times.  They wonder if more is going on besides the adoption ring.  

I enjoyed the mystery of this book.  Thalia and Phillip have worked together on many cases and can almost read each others minds.  The problem with that is now they are starting to have feelings for each other.  In spots there seemed to be too much internal dialogue with themselves.  I found myself skimming some of that. It was written well enough that I wasn't able to determine who the bad guy was.   

I was given this book by Love Inspired Suspense via NetGalley for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.  

Sunday, January 21, 2024

The Legacy of the Rocking K Ranch

This is the story of the four women of the Rocking K Ranch from 1850 to 1910.  Eleanor and her family are abandoned by the wagon train when her family is stricken with smallpox.  Grace is Eleanor's daughter who also had smallpox.  Her face he horribly scared and she keeps it covered.  Caroline is meets Ray Cooper, Grace's son.  Ray is an Indian who has a law degree from Harvard.  Then there's Penelope.  She is Ray and Caroline's daughter.  She is an author who is trying to get published. I enjoyed reading all these stories about these women who survived the trials of the west.

I was given this book by Barbour Publishing via Net/Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.


Fatal Witness by Patricia Bradley

Dani Bennett has no memory of the first few years of her life.  She witnessed the murder of her parents.  Her uncle wisks her away and raises her as far away as he can get from where the murders took place. Dani's grandmother has been searching for her for 25 years.  She is convinced that the picture she saw in a pottery magazine is her granddaughter.  She has her k-9 officer friend Mark Lassiter track Dani down.  This sets off a series of assaults and murders.  Someone doesn't want Dani to remember what she saw the night her parents were murdered. 

This book kept me guessing all the way to the end.  Another great book by Ms. Bradley.

I was given this book by Revell Publishing via Net/Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.


One Wrong Move by Dani Pettrey

Christian O'Brady was once a con artist and thief, trained by his parents to help them.  He is now a PI and security consultant trying to make amends for what he had done.  Andi Forester is a former FBI Forensic analyst.  She was framed by colleagues and is now working as an insurance investigator.  Christian and Andi meet while working an art gallery theft.  

At times it seemed like there was two stories going on.  One was where Christian's brother and Andi's friend were investigating the case where Andi was framed.  The other was the art thefts.  Overall it was a good book and I was not disappointed in the story.  It was a good mystery and kept me guessing. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.

I received this book from Bethany House Publishing via Net/Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.  

Chasing the Horizon by Mary Connealy

Beth has rescued her mother, Ginny, from an insane asylum and they are headed west by wagon train to escape from her fathers wrath.  This was a time in history when a husband had full control over his wife and could commit her to an asylum without any proof of insanity.  Beth's father wanted Ginny's money that was tied up in a trust.  He figured he could get his hands on it with her being insane.  Beth and Ginny head west.  The scout thinks Beth and her party are hiding secrets.  But a lot of people heading west are.  Jack takes extra care to insure they are ok along the way. Of course Beth's father catches up with them.  You'll have to read the story to find out what happens.  

This story doesn't have the usual humor thrown in that I have come to expect from Ms. Connealy.  But it is still a good book.  It shows the hardships that the pioneers had to face while traveling west.  I look forward to reading the next story in this series.

I was given this book by Bethany House Publishing via Net/Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.