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Teaser Tuesday #83 – For the Love of Grace by Andy Blackman #Andy Blackman

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I was offered a chance to read For the Love of Grace by Andy Blackman and I am so happy I jumped on it. This suspense thriller quickly captured my attention and held it throughout.

Thanks Rachel at Authoright Marketing & Publicity and Andy Blackman for the chance to read and review this fantastic novel of love, loss and revenge.

Amazon  /  Goodreads

MY TEASE

Eventually Grace let out a sigh, and said, “Well better get it over with,”and lifted the brown envelope and ripped the top off.

Grace read the short telegram; finally, after staring at the letter what seemed like an eternity, Grace passed it to Julie.

(page 32 in paperback)

The title and cover does not convey how wonderful the story inside really is!

GOODREADS BLURB: Grace Backer had a life full of tragedy. But despite everything, she raised her son, Tom, with her secret intact. Tom is a prodigal child, destined to escape the slums of the East End of London for a better life; circumstances will make him flee his loving mother and their home much sooner than expected.

Tom starts a new life in Odessa, Russia, and with the help of new-found friends starts a business. At last, he is finally accepted into a new and loving family, but one which holds its own dark secrets. A chance meeting with the son of a duke of the realm leads to close friendship and a new business partnership. When Tom decides to move his company to London and have his regal new friend run it, the firm thrives. However, not everything is as it seems, and Tom’s business soon conceals dangerous secrets of its own.

Years later, when Tom finally decides to return to London, he is a wanted man, one hunted by the intelligence agencies. If he is finally to be reunited with his beloved mother and his best friend, he must fight to put the past behind him. But keeping secrets is never easy.

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Teaser Tuesday #82 – She Bites by #RogerArsht & #CaitlinHawker

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She Bites by Roger Arsht & Caitlin Hawker has such a cool cover and fantastic blurb, there is no way I could pass on this vigilante thriller novel. I would like to thank Roger, Caitlin and Archway Publishing for the opportunity to read and review She Bites.

She Bites has a bit of a twist, so keep reading to find out why.

I will be reviewing this tomorrow. Be sure and come check it out!

Does this cover talk to you as loud as it talks to me?

She Bites

Amazon  /  Goodreads

MY TEASE

“Could I…um, I know the date didn’t go that well tonight. Maybe I could come in for coffee, and we could see if we could slavage it?” He smiles, his eyes leveled at her breats.

Something shifted inside her, and she grinned maliciously. “Sure. Come on in.”

(page 8 in paperback)

I’m thinking he will regret that. 👿

She Bites covers a brutal topic – dogfighting.

GOODREADS BLURB:  Dr. Robyn Sparks is a veterinarian with a dark secret: she moonlights as a self-appointed vigilante, who deals her own brand of justice to animal abusers by murdering them. If you do bad things to dogs, Robyn does bad things to you.

She Bites tells the story of a talented veterinarian who dispenses brutal judgment. Her work with sick and injured animals provides Robyn with a view of life’s most tender moments as well as a view of man’s most brutal behaviors.

Robyn’s regular habit of sending bad people to the pet crematorium is interrupted when she meets Jack Williams, a damaged detective who is fighting his own demons. Their relationship is a roller coaster ride of tangled emotions and legal close calls.

Ultimately, Robyn has to make a choice: whether to continue down her destructive path and kill a twisted psychopath turned professional dog fight promoter, or to pursue a romance with a cop who believes morality is best served by the hand of the law.

By our estimate, there are tens of thousands of dog fighters in the U.S., forcing hundreds of thousands of dogs to train, fight, and suffer every year. – The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), 2016

 

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Teaser Tuesday #81 – Tainted Cure by Ashley Fontainne @AshleyFontainne

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This author is at the top of her game and any book by her will be a MUST READ for me.

Some of her novels have been made into or optioned for film.

Cover design by One of a Kind Covers

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MY TEASE

“…Can’t create the antidote unless we have the sickness. Understood?”

“As you wish, sir. Consider it done.”

(25% on Kindle)

I will be sharing my review for a Tag Team Event tomorrorw, 11.9.16, so be sure and stop in to check it out and enter the giveaway.

GOODREADS BLURB:  Dr. Everett Berning, a leading researcher into the causes of addiction in the brain, spent ten years of his life dedicated to one thing: finding the cure. Recruited after a strange encounter with the enigmatic Dr. Roberta Flint, Director of Research on Code Name: Rememdium, Dr. Berning is sent to work in a secret lab as part of the research team.

When the moment the scientists waited on for years arrives, Dr. Flint and her team are ecstatic.

Unfortunately, not everyone in the world feels the same way.

Benito San Nicholas isn’t ready to give up his lucrative business. When the news of a cure arrives on his doorstep from a crooked informant, Benito enlists the help of other drug lords from around the world to stop the cure from hitting the streets and destroying their livelihoods.

What happens next ends up uniting the globe–just not the way society ever intended or hoped.

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Teaser Tuesday #80 – False Starts by Ken La Salle @KenLaSalle

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Ken La Salle is an amazing author that dips his feet into many genres.

I have enjoyed everything I have read by him, so to get a glimpse into what makes him tick is an opportunity I can’t pass up.

Are you ready to take a blast to the past…The 1970’s coming up.

False Starts: Mistakes & Missteps Growing Up In The 70s

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MY TEASE

When I heard a song on the radio I didn’t understand, I would walk right up to my mom and demand an answer.

“What is ‘one toke over the line’ Mom?”

(16% on Kindle)

I will be reviewing False Starts by Ken La Salle on 11.7.16, so be sure and stop in to check it out.

GOODREADS BLURB:  I recently opened up my chest of childhood memories, faced a decade I had long since forgotten, and wrote these words:

“It was the hippest of times. It was the funkiest of times. It was the 1970s.”

And I grew up right there in the middle of it. I won talent shows. I went to camp. I fought the school bully for the honor of the girl I loved. I lost my father…

But having just turned 50, I decided the time had come to take an honest look at those years without the tinted lens of nostalgia, which allowed me to remember so much more. I never told the girl I defended that I loved her. I barely survived camp. No amount of talent show victories brought my father back and, to be honest, my memories weren’t as accurate as I thought they were.

The 70’s were a swirling minefield filled with a family destroyed by poverty and divorce, horrible TV shows, bad disco on AM radio, wretched food… and the only saving grace a child like me had was Pong. My teachers tried to put me on drugs. My sister taught me the art of shoplifting. My best friend was Burp Boy. Life was a series of constant set-backs, a barrage of defeats, embarrassments, and false starts.
And I wouldn’t change a thing.

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Teaser Tuesday #79 – Perfectly Tortured by Kristine Mason @KristineMason7

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Perfectly Tortured by Kristine Mason

Kristine Mason is at the top of her game with her lates twisted CORE novel of murder and a serial killer. If you love dark suspense and thrills that make you unable to put the book down, you will want to read her stand alone novels.

Perfectly Tortured (C.O.R.E. Above the Law, #3)

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MY TEASE

“And now she’s perfectly dead,” Adeline said on a laugh. “This one will be, too. You have no choice, lover. It’s either her or—”

“Don’t! Don’t you dare say her name.” He glared in the rear view mirror. “Understand?”

(page 40 on Kindle)

I will be reviewing Perfectly Tortured by Kristine Mason on 11.1.16, so be sure and stop by to check out this darkly delicious thrilling read!

GOODREADS BLURB

What happens when you fall in love with the sister of the serial killer you’re hunting? Something perfectly tortured…

ATL agent Harrison Fairclough has one thing on his mind: stopping a serial killer. He knows who the man is, where he lives and who he’s murdered. The problem? He can’t prove Liam Forrester is a killer without exposing ATL—an agency that isn’t supposed to exist. Needing to get close to Liam, and lead investigators to him before someone else dies, Harrison comes up with the perfect solution…he dates the serial killer’s sister. Except his plan quickly derails once he meets the curvy physical therapist. He’s drawn to her sensual smile, comes to crave her kisses and touch, until the body count rises.

Kiera Forrester’s schizophrenic brother, Liam, has occupied the past ten years of her life. He still does, so much that she’s moved to Florida to watch over him. When she meets her new neighbor, Harrison, she’s instantly attracted to the sexy web designer. But as their relationship heats up and Keira realizes she’s falling in love with Harrison, she’s afraid there’s no future for them. The dark secrets of Liam’s past can’t be hidden away, especially when those secrets lead to murder…

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Teaser Tuesday #78 – Witches by Kathryn Meyer Griffith @KathrynG64

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Witches by Kathryn Meyer Griffith

Kathryn Meyer Griffith writes some fantastic stories and this paranormal/supernatural suspense novel will have you on the edge of your seat…biting your nails…waiting…hoping…

Witches

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MY TEASE

“Amadeus!” she ordered, and he was in her arms, shivering and mewling like a lost kitten. Something sticky came away on her hands, and she discovered he was covered in blood.

“How?”

Witch coming.

Black witch

(23% on Kindle)

I will be reviewing Witches by Kathryn Meyer Griffith on 10.28.16, so be sure and stop by to check out this wickedly witchy read!

GOODREADS BLURB

WHITE MAGIC
Amanda Givens uses her powers with great care. The people of Canaan, Connecticut would not welcome a witch among them even a white witch a “good” witch. For years, she has lived quietly in a remote cabin with Amadeus, her feline familiar. Bit when an evil coven filled with creatures from the depths of hell torments Canaan with unspeakable horrors and brutal slayings, Amanda knows she can hide no longer. She is the one they are after. And she is the only one who can stop the terror.

BLACK MAGIC
Ever since fanatical witchhunters consigned her to an eternity of fury, Rachel Coxe has been waiting for her chance to come back to life. Now, centuries later, the time is right. Amanda is all that stands between her and her unholy vengeance. Flanked by the forces of darkness, Rachel is ready to unleash all the horror at her command

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Teaser Tuesday #77 – Water Under The Bridge by Britney King @britneyking_

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Water Under The Bridge by Britney King

This gorgeous cover looks so nice…doesn’t it? Britney King designed it herself.

Wait til you read the not so nice story inside!!!!!

Water Under The Bridge

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MY TEASE

I have to find you.

You need to know the only friend you need is me.

(7% on Kindle)

I will be reviewing Water Under The Bridge by Britney King on 10.25.16, so be sure and stop by to check out this fantastic suspense thriller!

GOODREADS BLURB

My whole life I’ve wanted nothing more than to fit in.
Only, my whole life I’ve done anything but.
That’s probably because I’m anything but average. After all—female serial killers seem to be a minority in today’s society.
And that’s ok—because I’ve longed for a change for quite some time now.
Which brings me back around to fitting in.
You know what one has to do to fit in?
I do.
One has to blend.
Which is great news!
Because I realize my clock is ticking, so to speak, and now I want a family. Luckily, I’ve always been good at getting what I want.
So I figure what better place to blend than suburbia?
All that stuff I did before—it’s water under the bridge now. I just hope it’s not too late to change my ways. Here’s to hoping for suburbia’s sake, too.
I mean, what are the odds I could be the girl next door?
Apparently, they’re better than you might think.

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Your whole life you’ve wanted to fit in.
Only your whole life you’ve done anything but.
That’s probably because you’re anything but average— you’re a killer— but, then so am I.
You say you’ve longed for a change for quite some time now.
This is good because, well, me too.
Your clock is ticking, you want a family, but you waste so much time.
I know because I’m watching, waiting, blending.
What you don’t realize is if you want me, and I think you do, then you’ll have to change your ways because sometimes hunters become hunted.
But what are the odds of that happening in suburbia?
Apparently, they’re better than you might think.

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Teaser Tuesday #76 – Roma, Underground by Gabriel Valjan @GValjan

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Roma, Underground by Gariel Valjan

Yippee…I have this entire series that I will be reviewing over the course of a few months.

A woman on the run and a treasure hunt…of sorts…sounds fantastic to me.

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Roma, Underground (Roma Series Book 1)

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MY TEASE

The phone rang and rang and rang.

IM promts appeared with their incessant pleas for help that never deviated from the monotonous mantra in screaming caps, ‘I NEED YOUR HELP, PLEASE.’ There was no name, other information, or ominous overservations or updates about “THEM.’

(page 81 in paperback)

Should she answer? What do you think?

GOODREADS BLURB:  Savvy forensic accountant Alabaster Black is hiding in Rome from her former employer, covert U.S. organization “Rendition.” While there under an assumed name she meets Dante, an investigator, erstwhile explorer and member of the Roma Underground, a band of amateur archaeologists who map the city beneath Rome. With Italian artifacts disappearing at an alarming rate, Alabaster and Dante search for answers and create a trap for the thieves. Through a mysterious online contact Alabaster learns she is being followed, and with her safety at risk she is forced to rethink her chosen alliances and discover hidden truths about herself.

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Sherry’s Shelves #93 – It’s a Dog Dean Afternoon #Supernatural

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Sherry’s Shelves #93 is my weekly update from September 4 – September 10, 2016.

Sunday Post #201 Countdown to Spring..

Stacking The Shelves {200}

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Hello fellow bloggers. I’ve had another fantastic week of blogging, reading and cleaning house. I know most people wait until spring to do their cleaning, but I bought new bedding and curtains for the master bedroom and got the bug. That’s not to say I don’t have time to catch some of my favorite TV and this past week I caught this episode….again. ENJOY!

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  • Cozy Giveaway & Review – Gnarly New Year by Anne Celeste Burke
  • Giveaway – Barrier by D C Renfroe
  • Friday 56 – Barrier Island by John D McDonald
  • One Sentence Review

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Teaser Tuesday #74 – Jezebel by Gordon A Kessler @gordonkessler

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Jezebel by Gordon A Kessler

I love dogs and when I saw this cover I knew I had to have it.

I bought this some time ago, but am just getting around to reading it.

Nice doggy…12193178Goodreads  /  Amazon

MY TEASE

Something crashed against the boards. Tricia’s eyes widened. She froze, too scared to move. An arm, covered in streams of red, flung over the top of the fence, directly in front of her. A face appeared, also bloody – Jimmy Lawrence’s face.

(page 153 in hardcover)

Jezebel may have you thinking twice as you crawl in bed with your dog at your feet.

GOODREADS BLURB:  Sleep lightly tonight…

A madman has come to town seeking a diabolical revenge and large dogs begin attacking their masters for no apparent reason and with heinous results.

Animal Control Director Tony Parker must find out why and stop the murderous attacks. Meanwhile, Jezebel, a huge black Great Dane has killed her master and is loose, terrorizing the city and stalking Parker and his family. Parker and Sarah Hill, his beautiful and seductive young assistant, attempt to unravel the mystery and stop the terrible carnage while dealing with their own demons and lusty desires.

The attacks must be stopped. Jezebel must be found-and soon, you see–there is one other complication. Parker seems to have come down with an annoying little virus. No, it’s not one of those irritating summer colds. It’s certain death.

She’s a murderess, huge and black as a hell-bound night.

Beware. Jezebel is on the loose!

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