Book Reviews for August: Heartaches 3, Pancake Money, Superhighway, World Incorporated, The Girl Who Knew da Vinci, Island Games, Gringo, Banana Cream Pie Murder, The Embalmer, Stillhouse Lake

The following are books I have read and my reviews. I have links to the original posts and links to the books if you would like to read it.

The genres for these books are fiction, paranormal, romance, suspense, fantasy, cozy mystery, fictional crime, serial killer, thriller, horror, non-fiction


Heartaches 3: Bad Boy Vibes by H.M. Irwing

Anna and Rafe are back, and they are plotting to end the men who abused them.

The author, H. M. Irwing has written more than ten romance books, and Heartaches 3 is the third book of the Bad Boy Vibes series. This book has 184 exciting pages.

Heartaches 3: Bad Boy Vibes is all about the plot against the bad guys. Anna and Rafe pot to stop a wedding, and they will go to great lengths to get what they want. Rafe has also conspired with Ned. Ned wants to bring down the person he blames for his brother’s death and Rafe agrees to help him. They want to destroy the Preston’s and Dayton business and the men themselves; meanwhile, Anna’s brother Brian comes home for Christmas to confess something to Anna. She doesn’t want to hear anything he has to say, but he needs to tell her before he dies. Brian has his plot to destroy the Preston’s and Dayton. Everybody seems to have a similar plot, to put an end to the men responsible for the abuse directed at them or in Ned’s case to avenge his brother’s death. continue reading




Pancake Money by Finn Bell

Pancake Money is about the brutal murders of retired Catholic priests. Detectives have no fingerprints, no witnesses, and no DNA. They have nothing, and they have nothing that connects the murders. They also must find Jones Maihi, he escaped after being let out of prison for his son’s funeral. Detective Pollo was the lead detective that sent him to prison now he must find him and send him back to prison.

Quote: “Dead priests and escaped gangster. You couldn’t make this sh*t up, “Pollo says. continue reading




Superhighway (Superhighway Trilogy Book 1) by Alex Fayman

Superhighway is about Alex Fine, an intelligent, 18-year-old who has been an orphan living in an orphanage for most of his life. He loves reading books and was upset when the home was gifted with several computers. A couple of months before he was to move into a college dormitory his life was changed forever by those computers. continue reading




World, Incorporated: A Modern Dystopia by Tom Gariffo

Agent Sliver hasn’t felt anything for years but now he feels, and the feeling is RAGE!

World, Incorporated: A Modern Dystopia has 288 pages. This is the first book by Tom Gariffo.

World, Incorporated: A Modern Dystopia is about Agent Sliver, the man who takes care of problems for World, Incorporated, one of the super corporations. If there is an attack or threat to World, Incorporated the CEO, Fellrock, assigns Sliver to the job. Things changed for him when he literally ran into Kelly, and now he has a target on his back, and after another attack, he is left with rage for the man who abducted him. continue reading




The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci" by Belle Ami

Searching for a painting believed to have been stolen more than seventy years ago is a greedy museum director who will do anything to possess the painting, and a billionaire wanting to exonerate his uncle.

The Girl Who Knew da Vinci has 240 pages and is the first book in the “An Out of Time Thriller” series. Belle Ami, the author, has written six novels and a short story. Her genres are thrillers, romantic- suspense novels, and a little paranormal thrown into the mix. continue reading




Island Games" by Caleb J. Boyer

The friendship of two boys, Matthew and Ryan, will be tested on their amazing journey as they try to find their way off the island and to get back home.

Island Games: Mystery of the Four Quadrants has 242 pages and it is the first book by this young author, 12-year-old, Caleb J. Boyer. If he continues to write like this, then I suspect this won't be the last time we see his name. continue reading




Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive by Dan "Tito" Davis

As his friends from Mexico said, “Gringo stupido” sums it up.

Gringo” My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive has 340 pages. This is the first book by this author.

Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive is the memoirs of Dan “Tito” Davis, and his life on the run from the DEA, and Federales. Dan started selling drugs in college, and the money was great, but not good enough. He had to get more product to sell to more contacts. He got caught by DEA, but he didn’t get as much time as the DEA would have liked, and they were not happy. He got sent to a prison on the west coast. When he got out of prison he started selling marijuana, which was just a repeat for the life before prison, but a different drug. His best friend was partners with a meth cook, but when he got caught he told the DEA officials that the meth was Dan’s. Dan wasn’t dealing meth, but he was a big marijuana distributor. Dan, being told that he could get thirty years in prison, left the United States for Mexico, where his friends there called him “Gringo stupido”. He was on the run for thirteen years. continue reading




Banana Cream Pie Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery) by Joanne Fluke

Banana Cream Pie Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery), book 21 in the series has 432 pages. The author Joanne Fluke has written, at the time of this review, more than 40 books with most of them being the “A Hannah Swensen Mystery” series.

Delores Swensen, author of Regency books and mother of Hannah Swensen has just found the body of her friend Tori Bascomb, the Mayor’s sister. Hannah and her husband have been on a cruise for their honeymoon. Hannah gets a message from her sister, Michelle. The message tells her about Tori’s murder and that Delores wants her to come home right away. Delores thinks that Tori knew her killer because a couple of plates and Hannah’s Banana Cream Pie was on the coffee table. Also, after returning home, Hannah doesn’t know where Ross is. continue reading




The Embalmer: A Steve Jobz Thriller by Vincent Zandri

Someone is kidnapping young women and embalming them while they are still alive.

The author, Vincent Zandri has written more than twenty books. His genres are mysteries, thrillers, suspense, and fiction. The Embalmer is book one of the series “A Steve Jobz Thriller” with 373 exciting pages.

The Embalmer: A Steve Jobz Thriller is about Steve Jobz a former cop who was let go from his job after shooting a teenager. He now works at the Unemployment Fraud Investigations Agency with Herman and Lu; they report to Henry.

Detective Miller has asked for Steve’s help in solving a murder case he is working on called the “Mortician Murderer.” The killer is using online dating sites to find his victims, then he kidnaps them and embalms them while they are still alive. He has sent emails to the funeral home’s electronic guest book with comments that suggest he has been unemployed. Detective Miller wants to search for unemployed people that worked in the funeral service field looking for their killer. Steve’s knowledge of police work and his accessibility of unemployment records makes him the right man for the job. continue reading




Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake Series) by Rachel Caine

Stillhouse Lake is about Gina and her two children, Lily and Brady, trying to survive after they find out that the man they thought they knew was a stranger. Mel is a husband and father and he is a serial killer, who killed and torture women in the garage of their house, which had been enclosed. Gina was arrested for helping him torture and kill the women but was later acquitted. Now, Gina and the children have moved to several different places and changed their names several times, but they want to try to live a normal life.

Stillhouse Lake, the first book of the Stillhouse Lake series it has 302 pages, written by Rachel Caine. the author of over 50 novels. One of my favorite book series by this author is Morganville Vampires. Stillhouse Lake series is now a new favorite. I found it hard to put this book down, it was intense, and I just had to see what was going to happen next.

Gina now Gwen is a strong woman and she is vigilant. She watches for signs that their identities or their location have been compromised. She prepares for things that could happen and she protects her children, Lily now Atlanta or Lanny and Brady now Connor, at all costs. I like strong women characters and Gwen is a strong, vigilant, and well-prepared woman who is aware of everything going on around her. She has trained her children with emergency drills at night, so they will know what to do and where to go if they are threatened. continue reading

Book Reviews for July: Nightlord: Sunset, Serial K, Heartaches 2, Becoming the Dragon, Wedding Cake Murder, Raven's Peak

The following are books I have read and my reviews. I have links to the original posts and links to the books if you would like to read it.

The genres for these books are fiction, paranormal, romance, suspense, fantasy, cozy mystery, fictional crime, serial killer, thriller, horror


Nightlord: Sunset by Garon Whited

Nightlord: Sunset is the first book of the Nightlord Series. Eric is a school teacher and engaged to marry Terri. She ends their relationship and calls off the wedding suddenly. His friends take him out drinking to cheer him up and so he can try to get over Terri. The next thing he remembers is waking up in a strange bed and he can’t remember how he got there. Then the beautiful Sasha greets him with a huge breakfast. She thinks that Eric is her long-dead husband reincarnated because he promised her that one day he would return to her even in death. She lets Eric know she has an illness and has given it to him. Sasha tells him he is a dayblood, a vampire that has not died. Sasha teaches Eric to cope as a dayblood, and she teaches him to use a sword, a very special sword.

Eric finds books in Sasha’s home library on magic. He reads about casting spells, and using symbols. He takes notes and tries casting a spell, and it works! Eric and Sasha became devoted to each other during the time they spent training with the sword and learning magic. contniue reading




Serial K by Brian Gallagher

Serial K is a book about Craig Breedlove a wealthy sociopath, and he is a serial killer. He idolizes the most well know serial killers like Gacy and Dahmer and wants to be like them but better. He plans to kill several people and then disappear into the night. Breedlove claims he will never be caught. He thinks the police are not working fast enough to connect the murders, so he informs the media.

Ryan O’Callahan is the FBI Special Agent and he wants on the serial killer investigation. He has written some novels on serial killers and in doing so had to do a lot of research. He convinces his boss to get him assigned to investigate the case and to bring in his ex-wife Lea Pucci FBI Profiler. They get the “go ahead” and team up to stop this serial killer. They have a plan to find him, but he will have to commit another murder before they can execute their plan. continue reading




Heartaches 2: Bad Boy Vibes by H. M. Irwing

Heartaches 2 is a book about lies, physical and emotional abuse, and betrayal. Anna and Rafe each have recurring nightmares of the horrors from their past. The abuse they endured in their past has both clinging to each other as a lifeline. They work hard at leaving their past behind, but a wedding party has them meeting the abusers of their nightmares face-to-face. continue reading




Becoming the Dragon by Alex Sapegin

Becoming the Dragon is about Andy, a 16-year-old boy who is transported, accidentally by his father, to another world. He is chased by strange animals, sold, caged, and beaten. Through all of that he finds the courage to survive. He makes friends with some of the strangers he meets, including a dragon, and learns a few words of their language. He also makes enemies that want to see him writhe in pain. continue reading




Wedding Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke

Wedding Cake Murder, book 20 in the series, is about a murder in the little town of Lake Eden, Minnesota. Hannah, co-owner of The Cookie Jar, is about the marry, Ross, the love of her life. Hannah is also a contestant in the Food Channel Dessert Chef Competition. She wants to get married before the competition, but a telephone call spoils her plans. The competition has been moved up a week. During the competition, Hannah and her sister, Michelle, are doing a practice run for the next day’s event, but they find something unexpected. A body! Hannah needs to solve the murder before the contestants and judges leave, and before she gets married. Ross and the guests are at the church and they are getting anxious, will Hannah make to her own wedding? continue reading




Raven’s Peak (World on Fire Book 1) by Lincoln Cole

“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.” – Tennessee Williams

Raven’s Peak is about strange activity in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains. Abigail has been sent to check out the strange activity to decide if it is evil or myths the townspeople have been telling. Before she goes there she must tie up some loose ends in Arizona. Haatim is approached by a man claiming that someone wants to kill him. He hires Haatim to follow Abigail. Abigail soon gets things taken care of and Haatim wants to go with her to Tennessee. At Raven’s Peak, she listens to a few people talking to each other and learns about some cabins. She finds out where the cabins are and sets off searching for the demon or whatever may be causing the problem. She soon realizes that the problem is evil, and more than she expected. She calls her boss to let her know that there is a demon there causing the problems, and it is strong. continue reading

Book Reviews for June 2018 - Bound, My Trip to Adele, and Bound

The following are book reviews for the books I have read in June. Some of the reviews will have a link to the original post.


The first book I read and reviewed is Bound: Wicked Dark Boston Thrillers Series, Book 1 by Michael Campbell.

Bound by Michael Campbell is a book about a deal Jacqueline’s late husband, Michael and Jimmy made with Aidan of the IRA. Jacqueline didn’t know anything about the deal, so she thought Jimmy was trying to swindle her. She finds out the truth from her godfather, Sal later in the book.

Jimmy, thinking Jacqueline will not pay him, plots to kidnap Tom. He finds out that he has two ways of getting paid by kidnapping Tom. The first through Jacqueline and the second through Tom’s girlfriend Kate, whose father is wealthy. continue reading


My Trip to Adele by R. I. Alyaseer and A. I. Alyaseer was the second book I read and reviewed.

My Trip To Adele by R. I. Alyaseer and A. I. Alyaseer is the lives of six people planning to go to an Adele concert. They come from different locations around the world and each has meaningful reasons for going. Elias, from Rome, Italy, wants to keep a promise to Malika, from Marrakesh, Morocco, the girl he loved eight years ago. Yaser and his wife, Mariam from Las Vegas, USA, who after eight years of marriage are trying to rekindle the love they once had. Nadia, from Amman, Jordan, has made plans to take her son, Waleed to the concert as a birthday present. continue reading


Strong Heart by Charlie Sheldon was the last book I read in June.

Strong Heart by Charlie Sheldon begins with friends, Tom, William, and Myra, packing for a hiking trip to make sure the grave of Tom’s grandfather, Bob-Bob, is secure before Buckhorn starts mining for erbium in the Olympic National Forest. There are several loud knocks on the door and when Tom opens it, he meets his granddaughter for the first time. Tom suspects Sarah, age 13 will be trouble. The fact that she doesn’t like where he lives, nor his cooking was his first clue. A debate among the friends to postpone the trip or take Sarah with them resulted in permitting her to join them. Sarah annoyed with their decision complains about camping out and carrying a pack. Thinking the trip would be more interesting for Sarah, Myra tells her “the Olympic Peninsula is a land of magic, history, and legend.” Tom is teasing Sarah about a bear she believed she saw and she becomes angry with him and rushes off. Myra goes in search of her, but she has disappeared. Sarah is missing for eight days and returns to camp with cuts and scratches on her and covered in mud she tells a story of what she saw and experienced while trapped in a hole under a broken rock.

The author gives incredible detail about the characters which caused them to come to life. Descriptions of the canoe on the ocean and being hit by waves were exhilarating, and when hiking the trails in the forest the reader feels the hiker’s exhaustion. The reader can escape into the world of Strong Heart, the people in a canoe, and their adventures. The storyline was captivating from beginning to end.