Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those
neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything
like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in
your stacks.
If you could hear the
thoughts of every person for three blocks around–the regrets,
rationalizations, commercial jingles, the lies that hide what they can’t
bear to think—how could you ever trust anyone? And if you could make
them believe anything you wanted, how could you ever trust yourself?
Max
Renn is a legend of the Soviet mind control program, a genetic
experiment, the product of three generations of psychics bred by the
state for their power. Before his first mission, the Soviet Union
collapses and he disappears.
We meet him twenty years later in
the Everglades, keeping as far from people as he can get, until his best
friend–his only friend–is murdered and he is forced to assemble a team
of people like him to fight the international conspiracy behind the
murder.
“A dead-on thriller for the decade . . . . I can’t
imagine anyone reading this and not wanting more” — Thomas F.
Monteleone, author of the NY Times bestseller The Blood of the Lamb and
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel
“Ted Krever has been a writer to watch, now he’s a writer to read. Do not miss MINDBENDERS.” -F. Paul Wilson
“Ted Krever is a great storyteller but more importantly, the stories he creates and writes are ones that I want to read. In this ADD era, where even e-mails are considered too long, Ted’s work commands my attention. It is definitely worthy of yours, too.” -David Leaf, biographer and award-winner writer/director/producer of such films as ‘The Night James Brown Saved Boston,’ ‘The US Vs. John Lennon’ and ‘ BEAUTIFUL DREAMER: Brian Wilson and The Story of SMiLE.’ (less)
I love the subject matter and have read more than one book about mind control and government programs. Add in the Everglades and this one was a no brainer.
Girl meets boy, sparks fly, he pushes the throttle of the airboat forward and we are off on an Everglades adventure. So far, things are what I expected them to be and I am loving it. I am sure the danger is around one of these corners, just got to find it. lol
The Everglades is something on my bucket list, so I was very excited to ‘read all about it.’ I can imagine the vibrations from the airboat under my feet, the sounds and smells that surround me, the wind blowing my hair and the sun on my face. Kayli is a photographer, so that is another thing about the book I can relate to, wanting to get those perfect shots. I can hardly wait to walk in her footsteps with my own Mr Wonderful.
Okay, Kayli, either smack him or kiss him. I foresee some hot action, and it’s not just of the romantic kind. I love all the sexual innuendo and flirtation in the dialogue. I do, sometimes, get frustrated with the back and forth of romantic suspense, but, when I really think about it, isn’t miscommunication a popular problem in real life?
I love the ecological slant to the story. I know some people don’t like real life events and concerns in their fictional reading, but to me it makes the story more real. Gives me an extra something to see how it plays out.
Oh yeah, gotta have those *#%$& spiders and giant cockroaches that we know so well here in Florida.
I love Sky’s friend, Jimmy, messing with him about Kayli. Plenty of grins and laughs.
I never thought I would be such a hopeless romantic, but if the writing is good and the characters engrossing, my heart pounds with heat and fear right along with them. I know it’s hard to find a love story that hasn’t been told before, but I sure do like reading new books in my search.
Romance, danger, some Indian lore and mysticism in a tropical paradise? Loved it!
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Ambush by Petie McCarty.
4 Stars
BLURB
Plenty
of action-adventure in this romantic-suspense tale. Photographer Kayli Heddon
is given the biggest assignment of her career—a photo essay on the Everglades
Restoration—and a special airboat safari is arranged, so Kayli can get her
pictures. What she doesn’t count on is being stranded alone in the Everglades
with her handsome and unpredictable airboat guide. Kayli is forced to learn
some tough lessons. Trust means everything in the dangerous River of Grass, and
a skilled partner makes all the difference in your survival.
Skye Landers takes the
airboat safari gig as a favor to his cousin who is called out of town. Skye
doesn’t expect the governor’s photographer to catch his eye, but Kayli Heddon
is unlike any woman he has ever met. He knows he should keep his distance, but
common sense flies out the window whenever she gets near.
Unfortunately, Kayli
thinks honesty is the most important thing in a relationship—any
relationship—and Skye Landers is a fraud. When secrets surface from his past,
Kayli and Skye are soon on the run from more than just alligators.
EXCERPT
Leaping over palmettos and tree roots and dodging
half-buried cypress knees, they raced for their boat as the whine in the
distance grew louder. Kayli recognized the whine as a second airboat. She
couldn’t stop running if she wanted to, Skye had a death grip on her hand.
“Tell me what’s wrong,” she shouted, “and why are we
running?”
Twenty more yards, and they reached the airboat. The
approaching craft sounded closer by the second.
He dropped her hand to grab the bow line. “Get in the boat,”
he ordered.
She stopped dead. “No.”
He whipped around with a fearsome glare.
“Not until you tell me why we’re running.”
This was so unlike the man she’d come to know over the last
two days at close quarters. He looked . . . well, scared.
“Crane Tennapin is on his way here with drug runners to make
a pick up.”
She felt the blood drain from her face. “Who is Crane
Tennapin?”
“Another cousin, now let’s go.” He pushed on the bow of the
airboat. “I’ve got to get you out of here. I’ll leave you at Sally’s.”
“I’m staying with you.”
“You can’t. I have to come back to help Crane.”
The whine grew louder and closer.
She froze. “You’re coming back to help a drug dealer?”
“Hell no!” he roared and softened his voice when she
flinched. “Crane’s in over his head. He got mixed up with the Colombians before
he knew about the drugs. Now they’re threatening to turn him in if he doesn’t
help them with this drop.”
He motioned her over and held out a hand. “Come on, come
on.”
“What if you don’t get back in time?” She couldn’t believe
she wasn’t scrambling into the airboat.
He had her by the shoulders in two steps and stared hard in
her eyes. “I can’t let anything happen to you.”
The emotion in his voice wrapped around her heart like long
tentacles, and she couldn’t pull free. She didn’t want to.
Her arms flew around his neck, and Skye crushed her to his
chest, his mouth hard against hers. A flood of emotion rifled through her
unlike anything she’d ever felt in her life. She wanted to fold her soul into
his and never let him go. She had wanted this can’t-let-you-go kiss from the
moment she laid eyes on Skye. She wanted the kiss to last forever.
Precious seconds were squandered. The airboat whine grew
louder, and his head jerked up.
“Damn.”
“There’s no time to get me out.”
No way would she leave him, not with drug runners coming.
She might never see him again.
He pulled back and gazed into her eyes. “You have to trust
me.”
She nodded. “What’re you going to do?”
“Sink the airboat.”
AUTHOR Bio and Link
Petie spent a large part of her career working at Walt Disney World—”The Most Magical Place on Earth”—where she enjoyed working in the land of fairy tales by day and creating her own romantic fairy tales by night, including her new series, The Cinderella Romances. She eventually said good-bye to her “day” job to write her stories full-time. These days Petie spends her time writing sequels to her regency time-travel series, Lords in Time, and her cozy-mystery-with-romantic-suspense series, the Mystery Angel Romances.
Petie shares
her home on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee with her horticulturist husband
and an opinionated Nanday conure named Sassy who made a cameo appearance in No
Angels for Christmas.
Visit Petie’s
web site online at http://www.petiemccarty.com or her Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/petie.mccarty.
