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“Called to Protect” (Blue Justice #2) by Lynette Eason

I read book 1 in this series, but they can be read as stand alone books. You will get more character development if you need them in order though. WOW! This story was absolutely on-the-edge of my seat, non stop suspense and action. I stayed up very late one night to finish the book because I was not going to stop reading halfway thru. 😉

If you are sensitive to the subject of human trafficking, which is the main subject in this book, you will want to skip this book. However, it’s a very real thing that keeps happening in people’s lives. It was so tragic and heartbreaking to read about some of the missing girls and the situations they find themselves after they are kidnapped and forced into slavery.

I absolutely loved Chloe’s canine partner Hank and how she depended on him and worked with him. (Makes me want a trained dog for protection!)

Lots of great scenes, unpredictable, great characters, some clean romance but mostly suspense. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! Lynette Eason is one of my favorite authors!

I made the mistake of reading book 3 blurb at the end of the book and now I can’t wait until Jan 2019-it’s going to be another awesome book and great addition to this series!

I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

My book 1 of Blue Justice recap is here:
http://empowermoms.net/2018/01/oath-of-honor-blue-justice-by-lynette-eason-book-review.html

About the Book:
For the past year, Chloe St. John has been working as a K-9 cop with her German shepherd partner, Hank. After being dumped by her fiancé for another woman, Chloe has decided that Hank is just about the only male she likes. She’s over the whole romance thing and focuses her attention on doing her job. Because a serious case of human trafficking with connections to her missing cousin just landed in her lap.

When US Marshall Blake MacCallum’s daughter goes missing, he’s ordered to kill the judge he’s protecting and tell no one about his daughter’s disappearance or she will die. Blake races against the clock to rescue his daughter while Chloe and Hank are asked to be a part of the task force assembled to bring down the traffickers. Chloe finds herself attracted to the silent, suffering man, but thanks to her previous bad judgment, she wonders if she can trust him. And can Blake trust himself around this firecracker of a woman?

Bestselling author Lynette Eason warns readers to buckle in for a fast and furious ride that will have their hearts pumping from the very start.

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About the Author
Lynette Eason is the bestselling author of Oath of Honor, as well as the Women of Justice series, the Deadly Reunions series, the Hidden Identity series, and the Elite Guardians series. She is the winner of two ACFW Carol Awards, the Selah Award, and the Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award. She has a master’s degree in education from Converse College and lives in South Carolina. Learn more at www.lynetteeason.com.

Deep Extraction (FBI Task Force #2) by DiAnn Mills

This story was really thrilling with lots of twists & turns from beginning to end! I really enjoyed the main characters Tori and Cole as they worked together to find justice and answers for their friends Sally and Nathan.

You won’t want to put this book down once you begin to read it. I loved it! “Deep Extraction” is book 2 in the FBI Task Force series.

I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

About the Book:
A pacemaker should have saved oil and gas magnate Nathan Moore’s life. Instead, it provided his killer with a seemingly perfect means of execution.

A bombing at one of Nathan’s oil rigs days earlier indicates his death could be part of a bigger conspiracy, a web Special Agent Tori Templeton must untangle. But her first order of business is separating the personal from the professional―the victim’s wife, her best friend, is one of the FBI’s prime suspects.

Clearing Sally’s name may be the biggest challenge of her career, but Tori finds an unexpected ally in the newest member of the task force, recently reinstated Deputy US Marshal Cole Jeffers. As Tori and Cole dig deeper into Nathan’s personal and business affairs, they uncover more than they bargained for. And the closer they get to finding the real killer―and to each other―the more intent someone is on silencing them for good.

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Biography
DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. She combines unforgettable characters with unpredictable plots to create action-packed, suspense-filled novels.

Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne du Maurier, Inspirational Reader’s Choice, and Carol Award contests. Firewall, the first book in her Houston: FBI series, was listed by Library Journal as one of the best Christian fiction books of 2014.

DiAnn has been termed a coffee snob and roasts her own coffee beans. She’s an avid reader, loves to cook, and believes her grandchildren are the smartest kids in the universe.

DiAnn is very active online and would love to connect with readers on any of the following social media platforms or others listed at diannmills.com.

“The Matchmaker’s Match” by Brittany Larsen

This was a fun, romantic story with a steady plot and good characters. I enjoyed the story line and I especially liked the main characters Eliza and Parker who have been friends forever. I liked that they were honest with each other-sometimes brutally so-and could still be best friends and help each other. I liked that Eliza tried to have good intentions with matchmaking and helping others, even when it wasn’t necessary or the right thing to do.

I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

About the Book:
Eliza Woodhouse has everything a girl could want: a delightful little beachside flower shop, a loving family, and the best friend a girl could ask for. And while she suffers a chronic lack of romance in her own life, the bohemian beauty is a self-proclaimed matchmaker extraordinaire, as evidenced by her recent successes. Having found a fiancé for her sister and a boyfriend for her best friend, she is now taking her lovelorn new employee under her wing. Yes, life is working out quite nicely for Eliza. Until Parker Knightley walks back into her life. After three years in Hong Kong, Parker is in town for his brother’s upcoming wedding to Eliza’s sister. They’ve all known each other their whole lives, and Eliza will never be anything but Little Liza Belle to her handsome childhood tormenter. So the fact that their siblings are getting married simply puts Parker one step closer to becoming the big brother he and Eliza have always joked about him being. But the more time they spend together, the more confused Eliza’s feelings become. Because she has come to the shocking realization that the role of brother is the last role she wants Parker to play in her life . . .

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Cover reveal for “Night of the Opera” by Stacy Henrie

Release date: Oct 16, 2018

Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40792176-night-at-the-opera

Goodreads Summary:

From USA Today bestselling author Stacy Henrie, comes NIGHT AT THE OPERA, an American Heiress Novel.

NIGHT AT THE OPERA – Book 1 (1908)

When American heiress Gwen Barton aids an injured gentleman in an opera box in London, she shares a kiss with the stranger that changes her life. More determined than ever to be herself, in spite of the limp she’s sustained since childhood, she will marry for love and not a title. She also resolves to learn the identity of the man she helped—and kissed. Surely he can’t be the irritating Avery Winfield, though. But as circumstances continue to throw Gwen and Avery together, she begins to wonder if there is more to this man than she first thought.

While most of London only knows him as the nephew of a duke, Avery Winfield is actually working for the Secret Service Bureau to ferret out German spies from among the ton. It’s a profession that gives him purpose and a reason to remain a bachelor. But the more he interacts with Gwen Barton, an heiress from America, the more he begins to question his plans and neglected faith. Then he learns Gwen is the young lady from the opera box who helped him. Now his most important mission may have nothing to do with saving Britain from danger and everything to do with risking his heart for the woman he met that night at the opera.

More American Heiress books:
Beneath an Italian Sky (April 2019)
Among Sand and Sunshine (October 2019)

Pre-order link: http://a.co/eih2Kxz