Lethal - Sandra Brown

When her four year old daughter informs her a sick man is in their yard, Honor Gillette rushes out to help him. But that "sick" man turns out to be Lee Coburn, the man accused of murdering seven people the night before. Dangerous, desperate, and armed, he promises Honor that she and her daughter won't be hurt as long as she does everything he asks. She has no choice but to accept him at his word.

But Honor soon discovers that even those close to her can't be trusted. Coburn claims that her beloved late husband possessed something extremely valuable that places Honor and her daughter in grave danger. Coburn is there to retrieve it -- at any cost. From FBI offices in Washington, D.C., to a rundown shrimp boat in coastal Louisiana, Coburn and Honor run for their lives from the very people sworn to protect them, and unravel a web of corruption and depravity that threatens not only them, but the fabric of our society.

WHOOP, WHOOP!! I'm back with a book review!! WHOOO-HOOO!!

Any-way, LOL!! I just finished reading Lethal by Sandra Brown. I have to say that Sandra Brown is definitely one of my favorite authors of all time. I love her books because they are always so suspenseful and full of twists and turns that you never would have even expected. Although over the last couple of books while I enjoyed them they just did not feel like Sandra Brown to me. They were good but they weren't freaking awesome!! But I have to say Sandra Brown is finally back to her old self with this book.

I mean if you want a heart pounding action filled and all around sexy read then Sandra Brown is your girl. I am soo happy to say that with this book it felt like greeting an old friend. Trust me if you guys have never read Sandra Brown do yourself a favor and go out and get one of her books one of my absolute favorites of hers (and I've read more than once) is Where There's Smoke. I also like Slow Heat in Heaven, White Hot, The Switch, The Alibi, Mirror Image, Charade, Exclusive, Fat Tuesday, French Silk, White Hot, Texas! Chase, Texas! Sage, Texas! Lucky...and I could go on but I'll stop there!! :)

This book grabbed me from page one and literally  had me breathless the whole way through. I am only giving it 4 stars though because I was just a little let down by the ending but overall it was still a very good and wonderfully suspenseful read.

Honor Gillette has been mourning the death of her husband for the last two years all while raising their only daughter. Honor wants nothing more than to live her life peacefully and raise her daughter.

All that is going fine until Lee Coburn enters her home looking for something that her husband hid that would implicate hundreds of people in a trafficking ring and also bring him closer to The Bookkeeper.

It takes everything Coburn has to convince Honor that he is not wanting to harm Honor or her daughter Emily that is just out for information and he was not the one responsible for the seven deaths at the trucking company he was working for.

Honor slowly begins to realize that Coburn is possibly telling the truth and while he thinks her late husband Eddie is probably part of the huge illegal ring in Tambour, Lousiana she still stands firm in believing that Eddie was a good cop and she sets out to prove not only to Coburn but to herself that Eddie was.

Soon Honor is doubting everything and everyone she has ever known and it all leads to the shocking reveal of The Bookkeeper.

I won't tell you guys anything more than that because I think you definitely need to read this and trust me you will be super shocked about who turns out to be The Bookkeeper...at least I know I was!! 

Also like I said I wish she would have ended it a little differently but still a really good book!!

Happy Reading,
Mindy

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Seducing the Governess - Margo Maguire

A Proper Governess Should Never. . .
Assist a handsome stranger, alone on an unfamiliar road . . . unless the rake happens to be her new employer.
Take a position in a crumbling manor . . . especially if the household staff has been replaced by unruly former soldiers.
Allow her young charge entrÉe to her heart . . . for once done, it will be impossible to maintain proper distance.
Permit her charge's uncle a breathtaking kiss under a star-lit sky . . . henceforth she will most certainly lose composure whenever he is near.
And above all, she should never, ever fall completely, irreversibly in love with her employer . . . for nothing good can possibly come of it.

This is my first book by Margo Maguire and I'm pleased to say that I've found a new author to watch.

This story was different than many. In the fact that our hero was scarred from a fire on his face during Waterloo. However, Mercy saw past all of that and still saw the raw sexual appeal of her new employer.

I loved the beginning it had me laughing and I love that. I loved the fact that one of our main characters wasn't perfect but yet our other main character could see past the outside and fall madly and hopelessly in love with him.

The intrigue woven within the story was enough to get the book a little more meat. Although I do love historical romance books that are simply romance only BUT I do also love books where there is a bit of mystery and intrigue added in.

Also, I fell really hard for Captain Briggs the guy put in charge with finding Mercy for her real grandfather the Duke of Windemere. (I want say anything more - I'm trying to not give so much away in my reviews....*grin*) So I cannot wait to read his story and about Mercy's still missing twin sister.

I loved Nash and Mercy. To me they fit well together and complimented each other in many ways. Their relationship was sweet and endearing BUT I did feel the end was a bit rushed so that is why I only gave it four stars but all in all I really enjoyed this book.  Mercy came from a family who had shown her nothing but cool disdain and Nash had been raised completely opposite but even after his losses he, in the end, was willing to risk his heart (because he was worried about losing more loved ones) to be with the woman he loved.

If you want to read Nash and Mercy's story just go here --> Seducing the Governess


ALSO, I just finished the new Sookie book but I plan on posting that review tomorrow!!

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Love & Bullets - Mary Kate Kopec

Devon Monroe, ex-Agency man turned security pro, couldn’t keep a hit from taking down the husband of the woman he loves. And guilt has kept him from seeing her since. Now three years later, she’s the one in danger, and she doesn’t know it. Not yet. Will he be able to keep her alive and finally uncover the unbelievable truth? Will she ever be able to love him without blaming him for her husband’s death? Only time, a traitor, and a family secret will tell.


Giffin Reese, widow of Senator John Reese, and all-around-do-gooder philanthropist, is on a mission. All she wants to do is help people who can’t help themselves. But helping others just may get her killed. She hasn’t seen Devon since the dust settled, and now here he is, offering to be her own personal badass on the same day she gets an unwanted ride from three men with a warning: Stop what you are doing or die!

First let me start by saying I'm a fan of the author of this book, Mary Kate Kopec, on Facebook and I did when a free copy in a contest she had on her page. OK so now on to the review shall we:

It has been three years since Devon and Giffin had seen one another and the reason for that was the death of Giffin's husband, Senator John Reese. Devon was supposed to find the threat to his life but in the end he was not able to get to the bottom of it before he was murdered.

Giffin honestly and truly cared and loved her husband but to say their love was passionate would be pushing it. He treated her well and cared for her and that is all she really asked until she met Devon the head of her husband's security detail.

So after three years the threat has come back in Giffin's life and so has Devon and if he has a say he will stay there for good.

What transpires is a story of getting second chances and life and at the end there is a lot of action by way of bullets flying, car chases, and blood spilled. This book had both action and romance. Also, for me I loved the secondary characters more most particularly Devon's sister Maddie. Also hopefully we will get to read her story soon...because she was just so freaking adorable and cute!!

There is an undeniable tension between Giffin and Devon and when they finally decide to act on it the sparks fly...talk about HOT!! I really did love this book and mostly because of the action...that is what made me love it soo much because I love the thrill!!

If you wanna give this a read just go here to get your own copy --> Love & Bullets

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