Review: Thirst Trap - Lani Lynn Vale

Thirst Trap by Lani Lynn Vale
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars

Thirst Trap by Lani Lynn Vale is book 3 in the Carter Brothers series and focuses on the characters Quinn Carter and Solei Shayne Rodriguez. Two characters who were always meant to be together, but when life keeps throwing them curveballs and feelings are hurt, it becomes more of a toxic relationship, with no happily ever after in sight or at least that’s what you think. Quinn and Shayne are meant to be together.

I love that we follow the story from them being together to life getting in the way, to Quinn proving that he will do anything to be with Shayne, even when Shayne feels like she is broken. There were a lot of emotions in this book from both characters and you get where both of them are coming from and what they are feeling. I particularly like how honest Quinn’s family are with him and some of the decisions he has made. He definitely needed to fight for Shayne and what they had.

Overall, an emotional rollercoaster of a story with some great characters, a great storyline and a great addition to the series.

ARC received for a fair, honest and sometimes long review. All opinions are my own. 😊

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Review: Hidden - Laura Griffin

Hidden by Laura Griffin
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars

Hidden by Laura Griffin is book 1 in the Texas Murder Files series and focuses on the characters Bailey and Jacob. Bailey is a reporter who feels that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to a woman’s body being found on a hike and bike trail in Austin, but when she tries to pry information from detective Jacob Merritt, she’s stonewalled but isn’t going to give up the story, no matter how much Jacob appeals to her. She lets him know that they can either work together or against each other. Either way, she is going to get her story. As the death of the woman becomes more tangled and involves a hitman, Bailey and Jacob realise that they have to come together to get justice and make sure that no other innocent people are going to get killed.

This was a great start to a new series, with some great twist and turns and some darker elements that both Baily and Jacob explore in their search for the truth and finding out how far desperate people will go. I liked that Bailey and Jacob both had integrity, and both had conflict with each other on lines that they were willing to cross when it came to their jobs and information they knew. They definitely had some sizzing attraction too which helped their relationship both professionally and personally. I particularly liked the twist and turns that this story had to offer as well as they storyline of technology and how dangerous it can be in the wrong hands.

Overall, a good, solid start to a new series and a good mystery type thriller.

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Teaser Time: King of Nothing - Aurora Rose Reynolds

King of Nothing by Aurora Rose Reynolds is coming July 29th!

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Hurt/Comfort

Redemption

Self Discovery

Different Worlds

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Touch Her & Die vibes

I met him when my ship was sinking, and I clung to him through the storm. Little did I know he needed me as much as I needed him.

The first time I saw Roman Dante King, he stuck out like an odd puzzle piece that got mixed up in the wrong box. It wasn’t his blue eyes in the dim light of the bar, the tattoos that covered his arms and hands, or even his arrogant personality. It was something else—something I couldn’t see—that told me he didn’t belong in our small beach town on the Oregon coast.

Elora Mazie Barlow reminded me of a hummingbird zipping from one flower to another, never stopping, never allowing anyone more than a glimpse before she was gone. Never letting anyone in… until me. Then she gave me her smiles that were more valuable than anything I ever owned and wrapped me in her peace without asking for anything in return.

Her tragic story sounded achingly familiar to my own.

Our connection is knotted up in loss. The journey we’re on together will eventually come to an end. But will we be able to untangle the mess of strings that have tied us together?

Will we even want to?

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Cover Reveal: Break Out - Karen Renee

Title: Break Out

Series: Riot MC Next Generation #1

Author: Karen Renee

Release: July 30, 2024

Genre: MC Romance

Cover Model: Joey Berry

Photographer: FuriousFotog/Golden Czermak

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Blurb:

I grew up the daughter of Riot MC president. But as much as I love the biker life, my dad insists I break out and live in the ‘real’ world.

After four years of college, everything is great until the night my boyfriend breaks things off.

Reeling and angry, I wander into a small bar and perch on a stool next to an older man. He’s hotter than summer in the Deep South and he goes by the name Steel.

We can’t resist the spark between us.

One night. No strings, no muss, no fuss.

Except for one snag…

When I find Steel again, my ex is bumming cash from the man he calls Dad.

Even worse, he’s one of my dad’s oldest enemies. Once Steel knows who I am, he’s more interested in my ties to the Riot MC than in the secret I have to tell him.

He’s the father of the baby I’m carrying.

My extended Riot family wants to protect me at all costs, but it’s hard to say whose hold I want to break out from more–theirs or Steel’s.

 

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Karen Renee is the author of the Riot Motorcycle Club, Beta, and O-Town series of books. She once crunched Nielsen ratings data but these days she brings her imagination to life by writing books. She has wanted to be a writer since she was very young, but it's taken the last twenty plus years for her to amass enough courage and overall life experience to bring that dream to life. Some of those life experiences came from the wonderful world of advertising, banking, and local television media research. She is a proud wife and mother, and a Jacksonville native. When she's not at the soccer field or cooking, you can find her at her local library, the grocery store, in her car jamming out to some tunes, or hibernating while she writes and/or reads books.

 

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Release Blitz: I Can't Even - Lani Lynn Vale

 

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Title: I Can’t Even

Series: Carter Brothers #2

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Trope: Bad Girl/Good Guy

Release Date: June 4, 2024

BLURB

Ellodie Cassandra Solaire made a single, solitary New Year’s resolution.

That resolution was set in stone, and she wouldn’t be breaking it, no matter what.

It was simple: Say yes to every person who asks her out on a date until she finds a boyfriend.

Easy, right?

Wrong.

She breaks that New Year’s resolution three months into the year after a guy gives her serial killer vibes.

Fast forward three months, and she’s unhappily saying yes to any man who asks.

Until one day, there she is, eating a chicken burrito waiting for traffic to clear, and he appears like a knight in shining armor.

One second, she’s counting down the seconds until the parade dissipates so she can go home, and the next, a car is flying through the air directly beside her, courtesy of a hot cop performing a PIT maneuver.

It’s during the middle of the arrest when Quaid Carter’s eyes find hers.

From that moment on, she’s lost to anyone else but him.

The only problem is that serial killer vibe she got off of her potential date a few months ago isn’t just a vibe. It’s a full-blown obsession. And the serial killer decides that she won’t be the one to get away.

Quaid Carter has different ideas, though.

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AUTHOR BIO 

Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.

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