Zoe York is a continued favorite!
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When They Weren't Looking is another must read from Zoe York. In fact, all books by this author should be on your must read this. She's that GOOD! I can always count on a well written story that will keep me entertained. No matter how many books I read from this author, I am never bored. Her storylines and dialogue are always interesting and never repeated. The Wardham series just keeps getting better and better.

Liam and Evie are definitely good characters that had me invested in their story. I liked how there wasn't an insta-love connection with these two. Evie has a lot on her plate and an insta-love connection wouldn't have been realistic. I'm glad these two characters got their happily ever after!
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Zoe's Zoo is finally going to open. But then a contractor with a mysterious past is killed in her zoo just before the grand opening.... To make a bad day even worse Zoe's Dad introduces her to his new girlfriend Blythe whom Zoe dislikes from the first moment on. Is there a reason for Zoe not to trust Blythe?
And then what is up with Zak who tries to hide his visitor from Zoe....
I had a blast seeing this story unfold with its lovable cast of friends and small town residents.
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Michelle Maness continues to enthrall and delight her readers! I am always looking forward to her next release.
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Fall Hard by the talented Zoe York is a must read. Fall Hard is a short and quick novella, that will leave you wanting to read more from this author. Fall Hard definitely impressed me, because while the story was short, I wasn't missing anything. Everything in the story was tied up, so I wasn't left guessing about anything. The characters were well developed and lovable. Jared is definitely my current book boyfriend. Who could resist a sexy, virgin military man with morals. Cassie is perfect for him. Cassie is a strong female, who supports Jared and his career, and that makes her one of my favorite type of females. The sexual tension between these two characters kept building, page by page, until they couldn't fight it anymore. Fall Hard is a well-written work of art, that I will be re-reading over and over again. Zoe York is definitely a favorite author and her books are must reads
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Ryan Howard has had a round time. Although his wife lost her life in a police raid they had been having issues prior to her death. Knowing he is not ready to move on or really talk to anyone he is taken by surprise by his attraction to Holly Cresinski. While they both open up a bit to each other Holly is holding a big secret. She isn't an intern on the set of the movie being filmed. She is one of the main stars, Hope Creswell. Will this secret end them before they get a chance to begin?

Zoe York really knows how to write characters you can feel. The tormented, sad, closed off character portrayed by Ryan has so many emotions and changes throughout the book. The pure strength he uses to move on and move outside his comfort zone for help is empowering to those in similar situations. Zoe York makes you feel like you can understand and feel everything Ryan goes though. The push and pull between Ryan and Holly makes you keep flipping pages. Add in a couple kids, especially the sweet little Maya, and what more can you ask for. While this story doesn't have as much drama as the first two book it keeps you just as engaged and wanting more. I look forward to see how Zander and Faith meet and what their story entails!

Reviewed by Jess H.
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I give Tilt: Dreams of Chaos Book 2 by Ashley Chappell, 5 stars.
*This review may contain spoilers from book 1.*

Ms Chappell has hit another one out of the park with this book! The wonderful young adult fantasy story-telling you loved from book one is back again. So are Trotter and her small but loyal group of friends. But this time it's a completely new problem. Not to mention Trotter trying to figure out her new powers.

The cast in this book is so great. Trotter is a wonderful main character, and most of the others are back too, although they do make some more friends and allies along the way. Prowler is also back, which I love, and we are introduced to Erwin, who I hope to see more of!

This book is so well written! The story itself is just amazing, but it does not take itself too seriously either. With the opening line of: "Nothing will feed insomnia like accidently turning your own bed into a man-eating beast in your sleep," I knew I was in for another enjoyable wild ride of fun and adventure.

Written for Young Adult, this book is definitely for adults also. I could not put it down and highly recommend it to anyone who like a great fantasy!
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Once again, Caitlin's attempt at living a normal life is interrupted.  A friend goes missing, the mystery grows with every small discovery, and Caitlin has landed right in the middle of it.  No matter what happens, Caitlin's destiny of truth and justice will always seek her out whether she wants it to or not.  Lucky for her she has her friends and family to help her out.

This is another great Caitlin story that you won't want to miss.  Watching her grow and learn more about her destiny with each new adventure, has captured my attention and I feel like I am part of her circle of friends.  That's where L.j. Charles excels.  She develops the characters in such a way that you feel like you have walked into the story and are there through the adventures.  With laughter, mystery, suspense, and romance, mixed in with a little bit of magic and some Tarot Cards, you just can't go wrong.  Grab this book and join the adventures.

If you haven't read the first Caitlin story, it is available in a complete set called Ceann.  Do yourself a favor and grab them both.  You are going to love these stories.
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Zoe has spent her life living under false pretenses with the keen sensibility to pick up and hide at a moment's notice.  Zoe ran from abuse into the arms of Pasha a woman pretending to be her aunt, but serving in every capacity to secure a life of love and happiness for Zoe.

When Zoe is reunited with her friends she feels it is time to tell them who she really is and why she has been hiding.  The one twist in the tale she did not expect was to reunite with the love of her life, Dr. Oliver Bradbury.  Zoe sees his presence as a threat to the secrets she has so carefully hidden away and Oliver wants nothing more than to kiss her delectable lips and caress her face while chipping away at the wall around Zoe's heart.  The one thing Oliver can give Zoe is help to Pasha who is dealing with a problem she is convinced is going to kill her.

Secrets held too long and buried truths that are denied the light are eating away at Zoe's relationship with her friends and Oliver.  Can she trust these people with the truth and let them know who she and Pasha really are?  It turns out though that Zoe is not the only one with a secret and Pasha may go to jail over what she is accused of doing.

Roxanne St. Claire keeps this series fresh and the characters mesmerizing with stories that are jaw dropping, eye opening, and romance wielding.
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I love the story. Zoe does a wonderful job conveying the characters emotions realistically and understandable. I looking forward to the sequel!
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The one word that perfectly describes Trouble Is A Friend Of Mine by debut author Stephanie Tromly is quirky. I mean, the main character is even named Zoe (not quite Zooey, still). I opened this book expecting a mystery along the lines of Sherlock and Veronica Mars. What the book gave me was characterization on characterization on characterization, which is kind of the book version of stacks on stacks on stacks  at least for me. Tromly has quite the unique read in Trouble Is A Friend Of Mine. Readers who want a book with a flair for the dramatic with a hint of conspiracy will absolutely be satisfied by this debut young adult book.

Zoe has just moved from Brooklyn to a town in Upstate New York called Riverside Heights after the divorce of her parents. This is awful to Zoe, especially because she is scared this will ruin her chances at getting into Princeton and it also puts a curveball into her plan to get into a prestigious feeder school for Princeton called Prentiss. Riverside Heights is not the best place for Zoe, shes having trouble making friends as the natives there do not take kindly to new people. However, when a black suit clad Digby shows up at her door unannounced, Zoe finds that shes in for a whole lot of reluctant adventures with Digby at the helm as mastermind. She just cant say no to Digby. When a girl named Marina Miller goes missing, there is a possibility that the missing girl may be connected to another girl who went missing years prior, Sally. With Digby on the trail, Zoe is along for quite the explosive ride as the two discover just how deep the rabbit hole of Marinas disappearance goes.

The characters in Trouble Is A Friend Of Mine are so quirky that they feel fully realized. Zoe is a bit of a tomboy and does not seem to be able to get along with other girls even though she really wants to. Within her new friend group she is just one of the guys. She actually is consistently put upon and very much the I don't think this is such a good idea sort but like Chucky Finster, she always goes along with what Tommy Pickles, Digby, comes up with rather than be left out. Zoe is about to discover that River Heights is not nearly as boring as she had thought. Frankly, Zoe is just a fun character and it is easy to put yourself in her shoes and to understand her exasperation with Digby.

Digby is some kind of teenage genius criminal mastermind. He finds himself consistently getting into trouble with the truant officer on purpose. He is never in school yet seems to be getting good grades. He works odd jobs at the mall. He has several shady characters on his payroll and providing him information. Digby wears these weird black suits. His best friend is a football player named Henry. He also is quite protective of this twelve year old genius in their grade named Felix. Digby also has a touch of tragic in his past  his sister Sally went missing years ago, when he was seven. Digby, I think, is the quirkiest character of Trouble Is A Friend Of Mine. I mean, I read the book continuously wondering what he had up his sleeve next. I found it amazing that he kept getting them into and out of scrapes, especially at moments when I thought there is surely no getting out of this. Hes definitely one of the better, more fun characters I have read in a long time.

Tromlys writing style has a flair for fun. This book is a mile a minute  meaning theres not a lot of dull moments. Sure, there are parts that are heavy on the foreshadowing with the little did I know bits thrown in here and there. I don't love that. However, I think that her characterization outweighs the heavy foreshadowing for me. I really came to love the various characters in Trouble Is A Friend Of Mine, even mean girl Sloane. After finishing the book, I felt like there should be a sequel and I do not often feel like that. Fans of Veronica Mars and mysteries featuring unique and outlandish characters will eat up Stephanie Tromlys debut.
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The Magi are back, and the adventures and dangers just keep coming. This is book two of the Scimitar Magi series and I still say this is one of my favorite paranormal series. Zoe Forward writes in a way that lets this book unfold in your mind like a movie. I love it.

I will tell you that the first 30% was a little bit difficult for me. It felt a little bit like I was getting a slightly different version of the same story we got in book one of the series, Dawn of a Dark Knight. We have a clueless human who has no idea what is going on and is the senariai of one of the Magi.

I am so glad that my first impressions of this book were wrong because the story that I ended up getting is so much better than what I thought I was going to get. Turns out there are quite a few layers to Shay and Dakar. Well, really there are a lot of layers to everyone. That is one of the things that makes this series so addicting for me. There is always something else to discover. Zoe Forward has an entire world and set of rules that she slowly gives us pieces too. Of course, the sexy alpha-male Magi that are so fiercely protective and loving of their senariai are always a welcomed bonus.

I can tell you that this is Dakar and Shay's story but I would be wrong. I mean, it is their story, but we also get so much more story about everyone we met in the first book with a few new characters added to the mix. I love it when an author is able to give me an entire cast of characters to love, and does it in a way that feels so natural to know about all of them. I hope that Zoe Forward has no plans of stopping this series any time soon because I need to know the story of every Magi she has introduced me too.

I have a feeling that there is a greater plan in the works that our Magi are completely clueless of. I have no idea what the Gods are up to or what their grand plan or end game is but there is definitely something bigger happening. And if not, then the Gods have a sour sense of humor and like to screw around with the Magi, which I find to be rather rude since they are constantly risking their lives to do their bidding. Just saying, if you are going to bind someone to an eternity of demon hunting then you should at least me nice about it. All these curses and rules that the Magi have to follow and now they all seem to be changing and slowly uncovering things here and there, it's all pretty interesting. Those Gods are tricky and sneaky, but our Magi are tricky and smart too and they will figure this all out.
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The exciting fourth installment of the Thieves Series, Steal the Sun, follows Zoey, Daniel, and Dev into Faery and into a dramatic, enthralling new adventure.  Zoey is torn between fulfilling her role as Dev's wife and a quest for Blood Stone to save Daniel.  As only Zoey can, she kicks in the door on tradition and tackles all the challenges Faery has to offer.

Lexi never disappoints!  Her characters are complex, deep, and emotionally engaging.  They become fully realized figures in your heart and mind.  Zoey is truly a dynamic heroine, dealing with her in-laws (and some of the other terrifying creatures in Faery), with a bold, no-nonsense attitude.  She is a chick to be reckoned with, and for that, I love her!  Dev and Daniel, as always, are fabulous in this book, but this time around, I've fallen hard for the wolves. Neil and Lee complement the group so well and I secretly hope they will get their own books down the road.

As with any Lexi Blake book, you will laugh, you will cry, you will jump up and down and scream for more!
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There are lots of Navy SEALs books out there, but what makes this one and others written by Zoe York stand out is her ability to breathe life into her characters and make them the kind of people you wish were your friends. They are charismatic, funny, sometimes flawed, but always romance worthy heroes and heroines.

I liked that this story featured characters that were entwined with the locale - in this case Cara who is an island native with that Caribbean heritage in her blood. She's desperate to make the plantation into a heritage site, and Mick's arrival to claim it for his friend Will as part of his inheritance puts a definite damper on her plans, notwithstanding the attraction she feels for the handsome retired navy man looking for a new purpose in life. As they come to know each other, they develop a friendship that leads to more (and some steamy scenes between them as a result). The issue of whose land it is remains the conflict through the story, but the point when they individually realize how much the other person's future means to them is where their affection for each other makes them look for a compromise. I enjoyed meeting Cara's friends (and Mick's also), which hopefully means some great new stories on the way! 4.5 stars.
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This is the 25th book in the Zoe Donovan Series and it just keeps getting better.  The story begins with Zoe struggling with keeping her pregnancy a secret because she is afraid of jinxing it. She is at Camp Carter for a week with Zak, Alex and Scooter and it opens with her speaking to Ellie on the phone. Ellie is the only one besides her mom who has guessed and confronted Zoe about the pregnancy.  Ellie does convince Zoe to tell Zak.  Zoe heads over to the camp kitchen to find some crackers for her nausea and she discovers the cook dead in the pantry. She tries to revive her and is caught by the police with blood on her hands and the murder weapon in her hands as well. So begins another Zoe trip to the police department where she is  closely questioned and let go. Of course Zak is there and he has already figured out that she is pregnant and he is extremely happy.  Along the way in the story Zoe and Zak discover that about every two years a female camp counselor has died tragically but apparently accidentally. Her Zoedar tells her that it has to be murder especially after another female counselor falls off a cliff and dies.  The story takes many twists and turns as Zoe and Zak try to solve the murders and ends with a surprise killer and Zoe in danger once again. Love this series and love all of Kathi Daley s books.
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Zoey does it again!  I have loved every book she has written and this one is awesome as well!  It was one of those books I just couldn't put down.
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Sydney Rye is enjoying a relatively quiet time with Carlos in London when she get a call from Bobby Maxim. Bobby's firm set Joy up as Sydney and as such, Bobby's calling in his marker. He's sending her to Mexico City along with his operative, Blane Nichols, to find a missing girl. Not just any missing girl, but Ana Maria Hernandez Vargas, the daughter of two pretty powerful and wealthy people. Sydney quickly learns things aren't as clean-cut as they seem as she's forced to call on friends and strangers for support. Can Sydney find the girl and the truth before it's too late for herself and the others?

`Insatiable' is the 3rd book in the Sydney Rye series and they keep getting better! The character development and the vivid descriptions of the locales draw readers in quickly to the action. I do believe it is best to read the first two books in this series prior to `Insatiable', as the books are the ongoing events in Sydney's life. I think this is the book where Sydney truly accepts her old life is over and sheds it as she's neck deep in the situation she's thrown into. I don't want to get into too much detail for fear of spoiling the shocking twists Ms. Kimelman has given Sydney. I'm very impressed with the growth of both the author and Sydney throughout this series!

Sydney Rye Series: Unleashed (1), Death in the Dark (2), Insatiable (3)
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I can relate to Zoe and Paris! Sprinkled with lots of smiles and occasional lol! Up to date with tv references love it.