Too Far Down

When an explosion kills men and damages the CR Mining Company, the Bodens realize their troubles are not behind them as they thought. Shadowy forces are still working against them.

Cole Boden finds himself caught between missing his time back East and all that New Mexico offers. Sure he fights with his siblings now and then, but he does care for them. He enjoys running the mine and, when he's honest, he admits that Melanie Blake captures his interest in a way no other woman ever has.

Melanie has been a friend to the Bodens forever. A cowgirl who is more comfortable with horses and lassoes than people, she never expected to find herself falling for someone. Particularly for refined Cole Boden, a Harvard graduate who may not stay long at the ranch. She's determined, however, to help the Bodens finally put an end to the danger that's threatened all of them. But will putting herself in harm's way be more dangerous than anyone expected?

This is the conclusion of the Cimarron Legacy series.  This is Cole and Melanie's story.  Cole and the Bodens are still fighting those are out to kill every last Boden.  It gets all tied up neatly at the end with twists and turns along the way.

Mary Connealy does it again with humor and mystery.  I really enjoyed this series and look forward to the next series by Ms Connealy.

I was given this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Justice Buried by Patricia Bradley

In an effort to get her security consulting business off the ground, Kelsey Allen has been spending a lot of time up in the air, rappelling down buildings and climbing through windows to show business owners their vulnerabilities to thieves. When she is hired to pose as a conservator at the Pink Palace Museum in order to test their security weaknesses after some artifacts go missing, she's ecstatic. But when her investigative focus turns from theft to murder, Kelsey knows she's out of her league--and possibly in the cross hairs. When blast-from-the-past Detective Brad Hollister is called in to investigate, Kelsey may find that he's the biggest security threat yet . . . to her heart.

Kelsey had a secret crush on Brad Hollister when they were lab partners in high school.   She overheard him telling someone she was a disaster and she has not liked him since.  Now they are forced to work together.  Kelsey is witness to not one murder but two.  Now her life is in danger as well as her family. As Brad tries to keep Kelsey alive and solve the murders he is also looking into the cold case disappearance of her father.

I recommend this book to all mystery buffs.

I was given this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.