July 22, 2022

Critical Alliance






















Critical Alliance, by Elizabeth Goddard, is a tale that seems to be full of action from page one. When Mackenzie Hanson sees a face from her past and this man passes along a coded message, she knows she must return to her former life. Mackenzie heads back to her family’s home and their tech company in Montana in order to discover what is going on! 
Shortly after Mackenzie arrives at her family’s cabin, she finds Rowan, the brother who warned her to stay away, dead on the office floor. Mackenzie is not sure what to make of her family who have not been waiting for her with open arms. When she crosses paths with Alex Knight, another face from her past, her world becomes even more complicated! 

Alex and Mackenzie have been involved in the world of criminality and cyber security for years. More importantly, Mackenzie wonders if her criminal past has finally caught up with her. Someone is definitely watching them; however, this person’s identity is yet unknown! You will not believe it when you finally learn the identity of who is behind this cyber activity!

I received a copy of this book from Revell in exchange for my honest review.


July 16, 2022

Fortress of Snow


 










Fortress of Snow
, by Melanie Dickerson, opens with Mazelina of Wexcombe entering her Father’s room just moments before his death. With both of her parents gone, she does not know which way to turn. Now, Mazy is at the whims of the new baron. Her own half-brother, Warin. When Warin begins making plans to marry Mazy off to the highest bidder, Mazy makes plans of her own to track down her brother John, who is training to be a knight!

Mazy is excited to see her brother when she finally arrives at the Strachleigh Castle, the estate where her brother has been living. She quickly meets Sir Berenger, the man in charge of John’s training. This man seems more open to her arrival than her own brother. After Mazy learns that her stepbrother Warin has disowned her, she also learns that her own brother John wishes she had never come. Mazy is truly on her own! 

When Sir Berenger leaves with a group of knights to fight a battle in a land far, far away, Mazy finds herself moving to London with her brother. She has always dreamed of visiting this place; however, outside of the beauty of the cathedrals, Mazy finds London very dirty and quite unsafe!

As a means of earning money, Mazy begins baking bread that she can sell. However, she wonders if the days of calm and safety she had experienced with Sir Berenger would ever come again. Two years later, you will be surprised when Sir Berenger crosses paths with Mazy on the streets of London. Hold tight to see what happens next!

I received this e-boo from Thomas Nelson in exchange for my honest review.



July 7, 2022

Midnight Sea


 










In the tale, Midnight Sea, by Colleen Coble, Leilani Tagama is suddenly at a loss. A random shooting has left her in a world with no light. She had been working at her aunt Rina’s coffee company, while she attempted to start her own design business; however, now Lani must learn to operate in the dark! 

Ben Mahoney, a former police officer who now trains seeing-eye dogs, is approached when his former partner’s cousin needs his help. However, Ben is uneasy about what he has heard about Lani’s reputation.  Ben helps Lani learn to function in the world without the use of her eyes. However, when they come across an illegal orchid business taking place on the island, Ben and Lani know they must discover who is behind it. When Lani is nearly shoved off a cliff during the coffee harvest, they know danger is at hand!

Ben and Lani have to draw on the talents God has given them to save them from this treacherous situation!

July 1, 2022

Dangerous Depths



Dangerous Depths, by Colleen Coble, will take you to a remote location in Hawaii. Leia has come to live among this group of lepers, to use both her medical degree and her knowledge of natural healing to help these forgotten people. Leia’s most important patient is her elderly grandmother!

This is a calm quiet world. Just the way Leia prefers; however, everything begins to change when Bane Ona has a crash landing in the waters near her home. After their engagement failed, Leia is not ready to see Bane again. However, she teams up with him to help him discover who was behind the plane crash!

Bane is not only hunting for the person behind the crash, but also for the location of a treasure that has been hidden in these waters for years. Watch as Bane and Leia enter the depths in their scuba gear, hoping to locate these items. Of course, Bane and Leia will encounter suspicious activity all along the way as they look for answers!

Like so many other Colleen Coble tales, Bane and Leia will experience a major turn of events by the final page!