Extreme Measures

 

Published January 4th 2022

 by Fleming H. Revell Company

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EMS helicopter pilot Penny Carlton is used to high-stress situations, but being forced to land on a mountain in a raging storm with a critical patient--and a serial killer on the loose--tests her skills and her nerve to the limit. She survives with FBI Special Agent Holt Satterfield's help. But she's not out of the woods yet.

In the ensuing days, Penny finds herself under attack. And when news reaches Holt that he may not have gotten his man after all, it will take all he and Penny have to catch a killer--before the killer catches one of them.

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My Review:

This is the first book in Lynette Eason's new series Extreme Measures. 

This book is set in the mountains of North Carolina and centers around Penny Carlton and FBI Special Agent Holton Satterfield.  Penny is a paramedic and rescue pilot for Lifeflight.  Penny is also the daughter of movie star Geneva Queen.  Penny's character is quiet interesting.  As a young girl she experience a trauma that has shaped the young woman she has become.  First she's very smart, caring, compassionate, well respected, speaks her mind, but also keeps her personal life very private.  She doesn't try to hide it, but she also doesn't advertise it.  In the last 5 years Holt has went from one crisis to another it seems. First his partener was murdered during an attempted rescue attempt during a kidnapping, his sister was arrested and confessed to killing her husband, then while trying to bring in a serial killer was critically injured.  Holt is a great guy, but also a well respected agent.  Everyone likes him, including Penny. 

One stormy afternoon Penny gets a call out for a young injured girl who needed immediate transfer.  Weighing her options and looking at the storm she agreed to take off, hoping if all went well she would  just beat the storm.  Of course nothing goes as planned and suddenly Penny finds herself flying in the worse storm she ever flown in. Holt finds out his serial killer on death row has escaped and thinks he has headed for Mount Mitchell where he could hideout.  

This book is full blown edge of your seat suspense from the first page.    The plot is both intriguing and realistic.  The characters are fully developed showing both their strengths and flaws.  The author has a talent for pulling the reader into the story and holding them until the last page is turned.  This book was no different.  I couldn't put it down until I finished it. This is definitely a book I would recommend to anyone who loves a great suspense.  

*I received this book from the author via the publisher.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.  

About the Author:

Lynette Eason is the best selling, award winning author of almost forty books including the Women of Justice series, the Deadly Reunions series, the Hidden Identity Series and the Elite Guardians series. She writes for Revell and Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense line. Her books have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists. She has won several awards including the 2013, 2016 and 2017 Carol Award in the Romantic Suspense category. She's also the recipient of the Christian Retailing's Best 2017 Award. She placed in the top ten (out of thousands of entries) in the James Patterson 2016 co-writer contest. Her Stolen Past was recently made into a Lifetime Movie Network movie and will air February 2nd, 2018. Lynette teaches at writing conferences all over the country. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Romance Writers of America (RWA), Mystery Writers of America (MWA), International Thriller Writers (ITW), and Faith, Hope, and Love chapter of RWA as well as the Kiss of Death (KOD) chapter. Lynette can be found online at www.lynetteeason.com and www.facebook.com/lynette.eason and @lynetteeasonon Twitter.

K-9 Alaska Rescue

Published December 29th 2020

 by Harlequin Intrigue

Catching a kidnapper takes teamwork

...and a St. Bernard.

Alanna Morgan was raised in remote Alaska by a couple who called themselves her parents—not kidnappers. A jailbreak brings her face-to-face with the past she wants to escape and on a collision course with the woman who stole her childhood. Alanna can’t let other helpless victims be abducted and sets out with Chance, a therapy St. Bernard, by her side. But Desparre rookie police officer Peter Robak has other plans for the civilian investigator. Together, in the mountain wilderness in frigid temperatures, criminals aren’t the only threat they face. A wary alliance and a rescue dog will have to be enough to keep them alive and to catch a desperate fugitive.

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Elizabeth Heiter brings us the second installment in her K-9 Alaska Rescue.  This story dives right into the life of Alanna Morgan who was kidnapped at the age of 5 from in front of her house.  Alanna has lived with her kidnappers, Darcey and Julian Altier,  for many years as a loving family in a small town in Alaska.  One day she decides it's time to alert someone that she is still alive which brings about a turn of events where her kidnappers are arrested and placed in jail. 

For the past 5 years Alanna has lived with conflicting emotions.  She has a certain amount of love and loyalty to the people who raised her because they were good to her, but at the same time she feels somewhat disloyal to her biological family.  She has done pretty good at hiding her emotions, but deep down she's very conflicted.  

The recent turn of events and Darcey's escape from her Oregon prison, Alanna knows she must return to Desparre and face her past.  No one knows Darcey better and that if she has kidnapped another child then she will head to one of the hideouts around Desparre.  

Officer Pere Robok hasn't been a law enforcement long and has faced a certain amount of backlash from other officers because of his disability.  His first encounter with Alanna couldn't have gone worse.  He was suspicious from the moment he heard her name.  He knows first hand about the control kidnappers can have over their victims.  

This absorbing story is filled with suspense, mystery, and a touch of romance.  It brings complex characters that will tug at your heart.  The author shows Alanna not as a victim, but as a survivor.  I love that!! The plot is full of twists and turns that will kept me turning the pages.  

This is a book I would recommend to anyone who loves a good suspense or a clean mystery. 

**I received this book from the author for an honest opinion. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Amish Country Justice # 9

Published December 1st 2020

 by Love Inspired Suspense

Separated by amnesia…

reunited by a lethal holiday threat.

Jennie Beiler’s husband was supposed to be dead, so she’s shocked when he rescues her from an attacker. Although Luke has no memories of his Englisch wife, it’s up to him to protect her from someone who won’t stop until she’s dead. Can the peaceful Amish community he returned to after losing his memory shelter them and their son this Christmas when danger strikes again?

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My Review:

This is the 9th installment in the Amish Country Justice Series from Dana Lynn.  

Once I started reading this captivating story I couldn't put it down.  The author brings strong characters and a spine tingling suspense. 

The story centers around Jennie Beiler. A single mom who's preparing for holidays with her 4 year old son.  A news broadcast captures her attention and sets in motion a chain of events that will forever change her life.  She grew up in foster care after reporting and testifying against her stepfather for abuse and her mother relinquishing her parental rights.  Jeanie has learned to keep her emotions close and has only shared them with one other person, Luke.  His loss devastated her, but knew she had to be strong because she had a child to raise.  This was not the life she had envisioned, but it was what she had. Suddenly finding out her step father had escaped prison and Luke showing up on her doorstep was much more than she was ready to deal with.  I loved how even though Luke had amnesia he still felt a strong need/desire to protect Jennie. Could Luke regain what he had lost? Luke is a strong Amish man who wants to do right not only God, but also Jennie and his son. He never once thinks of himself first. 

As the story opens I am quickly pulled me in and held me until the end (until 2:20 in the morning I might add). This story has elements of  mystery, suspense, complex characters, turmoil, faith, and love.  The plot flows effortlessly. The engaging characters are raw and real.  This book is part of a series, but is written as a stand alone read.  

I would recommend this book to anyone who love a clean story, Amish, or a good suspense. 

**I received this book from the author.  All thoughts and opinions expressed  are my own.

Brides of Hope Mountain #1

When Strangers Intrude
on Three Wild Sisters' Hidden Mountain Life,
Their World Will Never Be the Same.

Published October 1st 2019 

by Bethany House Publishers

Josephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world--a world she's been raised to believe killed her parents. When David Warden, a rancher, brings in a herd much too close to the girls' secret home, her older sister is especially frightened, but Jo is too interested to stay away.

David's parents follow soon on his heels, escaping bandits at their ranch. But his father is wounded and needs shelter. Josephine and her sisters have the only cabin on the mountain. Do they risk stepping into the world to help those in need? Or do they remain separated but safe in the peaks of Hope Mountain?

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My Thoughts:

Mary Connealy is one of my go-to authors, in other words one of my favorites, so when I found out she was writing a new series I could hardly wait for the release. 

This is the first book in her new series, Brides of Hope Mountain. 

This series centers around 3 sisters who grew up in the vast wilderness of southwestern Colorado widely known as Hope Mountain. As young children there parents went off the mountain, never returned and was assumed dead by their parents, so the raising of the children were left to the grandparents.  Essentially they were taught to live off the land and to never venture off the mountain because of the wickedness and disease that was in the outside world.  

This story vastly centers around the middle sibling, Josephine Nordegren.  Some might think she's wild because of her ability to slip through the forest without being noticed or maybe it was her cunning with a bow and arrow.  She also has a curiosity about how things work or live an likes to sit back and watch. 

Curiosity gets the best of Jo when a man, David Warden, brings a herd of cattle to the valley below their cabin.  David longs for a ranch of his own and if he has to move up the mountain to do it, then he will.  What he doesn't expect to to find a half wild, but beautiful woman and his parents arrival soon after his with his father sporting a deadly gunshot wound.  Now David knows he isn't alone of the mountain and needs to protect his family from the bandits his father fought off at his homestead and his cattle. 

This historical is an action packed adventure filled with innocence, humor, romance, mystery, and faith.  Jo reminded my of Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games.  She was a lovable character, deadly with an arrow, loves her family, but at the same time she isn't afraid to try new things.  David is like all people he wants something, land/ranch, to call is own.  He's not afraid of hard work or danger, but is intrigued/fascinated by Jo and her ability to live off the land completely.  He loves and respects his parents as is evident by the way he treats them. The plot for me was very thought provoking.  The thought of living away from civilization sounds very scary to me.  I guess with the sisters you don't miss something you haven't experienced and when suddenly invaded by the outside world would be scary.  

This is a book that I would recommend to anyone who loves history, romance or just a good clean read.  

*I received this book from the author via the publisher as part of the book blogging team.  I was not required to write a positive review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

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Let me give you a sneak peek at the next book in this series:

He's Seen the Entire Country.

She's Never Been Off Her Mountain Home.

When Danger Comes, This Unlikely Couple Will Need to Rely on Each Other.

After years of isolation on top of Hope Mountain, Ilsa Nordegren may finally be ready to leave. Raised to fear the world, Ilsa and her sisters never planned on coming down, but when the Warden family arrived in need, they had to help. But with the arrival of added danger, it may cost them the only life they've ever known.

Having made his fortune, Mitch Warden returned home and found the family homestead abandoned. In a land grab, a ruthless cattle baron had forced his family to escape up the mountain, and when Mitch follows, the last thing he expects is to fall smitten with a strong-willed, dark-haired woman who dresses like Robin Hood and defends herself better than most men.

Mitch is intent on helping his family reclaim their land but doesn't realize the risks his past has brought. Hired killers are tracking him, and he's determined to draw them away before anyone else gets hurt. But that means a journey to the city--and when Ilsa insists on joining him, the mismatched pair suddenly find themselves on an adventure they'll never forget.

Uncommon Justice #2

Always Look Twice

Published October 1st 2019 by Revell

Justice lies just on the other side of fear

At the advice of her therapist, Harper Reynolds has traded her job as a crime scene photographer for a more peaceful life taking photographs of the natural world. But her hopes for a life surrounded by the serenity of the outdoors are dashed when she inadvertently captures a murder being committed. She flees the scene in fear--and loses the camera.

Former Green Beret Heath McKade, a reserve deputy in an understaffed county, has been called in to protect Harper, a childhood friend he is surprised to see back in the area. When Harper learns that the sheriff's department can't find any evidence of the murder she witnessed, she is determined to do what she can to see that justice is done. What neither Harper nor Heath could know is how many explosive secrets from the past will be exposed--or how deeply they will fall for each other.

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My Thoughts:

Wow!!!

What an amazing book from Elizabeth Goddard in her Uncommon Justice series!

Goddard is a favorite author of mine, in fact I reread a lot of her books because I have enjoyed them so much.  She has a talent for weaving words together that bring the plot, setting, and characters to life for me. 

This is the second book in this series, but for me it's an easy stand alone story.  Yes, there is a common thread, but it's not necessary to read the first book.  I do encourage everyone to read the first book to get a full impact of the series, but it's not necessary to have read the first one to enjoy this one.  

In this book we meet Harper Reynolds and Heath McKade.  

Harper has had a troubled life and has taken a leave from her job as a crime scene photographer to deal with all the trauma she has seen. She and her sister have been traveling and visiting national parks. She has witnessed the after effects of crime, but the one the has hung on for years was the murder of her father when she was a child. 

Heath owns and runs Emerald M Guest Ranch in Grayback, Wyoming.  He has his own ghosts.  He's a former Green Beret with his own troubled childhood.  He has returned to own childhood home to make it into something more than what he remembered. 

 Memories linger. 

Both characters are strong and complex. Harper once described herself as a survivor.  She shows her strength of character as she seeks justice for a woman who no longer has a voice.  Unfortunately that puts her in the crosshairs of a murderer and danger is all around her.  

Heath is a protector, but lately he feels anything but.  It seems like every time he tries to help something goes wrong, but this time there's more on the line. He sees a woman in distress, but this isn't just any woman. She's a woman from his past. 

I loved this book, in fact it may be my favorite from this author.  It is a fast paced story packed with explosive suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat and turning the pages.  The setting comes to life through the vivid descriptions and obvious research of the area.  This books has elements of suspense, mystery, a touch of romance, and faith. 

 I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves suspense.  For me this was a one setting read, meaning when I started reading I just couldn't put it down.  

**I received this book from the author via the publisher.  I was not required to write a positive review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

The Refuge

Can the power of love and the bond of family triumph in a community that cannot accept either?

Published April 30th 2019 

by Fleming H. Revell Company

With the threat of a cholera epidemic at their heels, Darcie and Walter Goodwin join the Shakers, whose villages seem immune to the disease. It's meant to be temporary, but when Walter is killed in a riverboat accident, destitute Darcie has little choice but to stay with the Shakers. To complicate matters, she is expecting a baby conceived before she and her husband came to the Shaker village. Marital relationships are considered sinful in this celibate community, putting Darcie in a unique--and lonely--position. Can the arrival of widower Flynn Keller and his headstrong daughter offer Darcie the hope of happiness?

My thoughts:

I love books written about Kentucky and this historical immediately swept me back to the fall of 1849 in Harmony Hill.  This story centers around Darcie Goodwin who is a young woman that is on a journey of survival.  She married her husband Walter 4 years ago, but with the growing threat of cholera in the area they made the decision to live with the Shakers until the threat was over.  Their arrival was met with changes they didn't know or hadn't expected.  For one the women and men were kept completely separate, so she and Walter were unable to live as husband and wife.  She was raised in a christian home, but some of the Shaker beliefs were hard for her to accept.  After 3 months of living with the Shakers Walter left one day never to return leaving Darcie a young widow and a baby on the way.  

I really enjoyed this book!! The plot immediately pulled me in.  I enjoyed reading about the Shakers and must admit I was shocked at some of their beliefs. I could tell the author had researched this topic well.  The engaging,secondary characters are well integrated into the story.  Darcie is both kind and sweet, but she shows a survivor instinct throughout the story.  Flynn Keller is a widow and the father of an inquisitive, young daughter.  He's not ready to move on with his life in  a romantic sense, but he knows he needs to put his daughters needs first.  The author adds an artful touch to the story by adding a small mystery into the plot.  It was not something I expected, but enjoyed because it enriched the story.  

This captivating story has elements of faith, second chances, quirky characters, romantic tension, and love.  

This is a book I would recommend to anyone.  

**I received this book from the publisher as part of their book bloggers program.  I was not required to write a positive review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.  

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Three Sisters Island

Sometimes love hurts--and sometimes it can heal in the most unexpected way.

Camden Grayson loves her challenging career, but the rest of her life could use some improvement. "Moving on" is Cam's mantra. But there's a difference, her two sisters insist, between one who moves on . . . and one who keeps moving.

Cam's full-throttle life skids to a stop when her father buys a remote island off the coast of Maine. Paul Grayson has a dream to breathe new life into the island--a dream that includes reuniting his estranged daughters. Certain Dad has lost his mind, the three sisters rush to the island. To Cam's surprise, the slow pace of island life appeals to her, along with the locals--and one in particular. Sam Walker, the scruffy island schoolteacher harbors more than a few surprises.

Published April 30th 2019 

by Fleming H. Revell Company

My Thoughts:

I have been a fan of Suzanne Woods Fisher for forever and was so excited about her new release.  This book is the first release in her new series, Three Sisters Island and centers around the Grayson family.  Paul Grayson has recently had a health scare that has taken a lot from him, but it has also makes him re-evaluate his life.  I don't think he's very happy with what he sees. 

I loved this book!

This is a well written book and I was immediately drawn in from the first page.  

As Paul begins his journey to reinvent himself I could just picture it in my mind.  He wants a closer relationship with his daughters, but he also wants them to connect and be closer. The author weaves words together that brings the characters and island to life for me.  I must admit when I picked the book up I didn't want to put it down.  

This story centers around Camden, the eldest daughter, but I got to know each character as the story progressed.  She is definitely a type A personality.  Working in the corporate world has been her dream and she's living it, but it comes at a big cost. Her loyalty has always been her best and only friend, Libby.  Libby leaves her with a big responsibility, Cooper, but is she up for it?  I loved how she developed and grew as a person.  

I think the author touches on many elements in this book: faith, forgiveness, second chances, mystery, laughter, and love.  I am looking forward to reading the second book in the series.  This is definitely a book I would recommend to anyone.  

*I received this book from the publisher as part of their book bloggers program.  I was not expected to write a positive review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.  

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