The Water Keeper is my first Charles Martin novel and I am blown away. This book took a few chapters to fully grip me, but I was intrigued by the explosive beginning. Then as the story slowly began to unfold, the fascination built. From about halfway, I picked the story up at every possible moment. … Continue reading The Water Keeper, by Charles Martin
The Nature of Love is the story fans of the Love in the Spotlight series have been waiting for. Cleverly, all three couples live in different places, and as such, each story, while related, works as a standalone. If you’ve read the other stories in this series, you may recall Tuck getting hurt and needing … Continue reading The Nature of Love, by Toni Shiloh
Serial Burn is the third story in another excellent series by Lynette Eason. That said, all the books in the Lake City Heroes series work as standalone reads too. Like the others, this was a great read. This story focuses on Lake City Fire Marshall Jesslyn McCormick. Jesslyn joined the fire service after her entire … Continue reading Serial Burn, by Lynette Eason
I Think I Was Murdered has got to go down as one of the cleverest books I read in 2024. The basic premise involves a grieving widow who can’t move on because she’s using a chatbot programed with her late husband’s personality, after his entire social media, and text histories were uploaded. Things turn sinister … Continue reading I Think I Was Murdered, by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker
Cloaked in Beauty is the third in the Texas Ever After series – featuring standalone retellings of classic fairy stories. As ever with Karen Witemeyer, the plot, or in this case, plots are cleverly thought out. This time, Witemeyer combines Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty, mixing them together with a healthy dose of Texan … Continue reading Cloaked in Beauty, by Karen Witemeyer