Showing posts with label Oregon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oregon. Show all posts

Monday, June 18, 2012

Free Kindle books!

Dead Reckoning by Ronie Kendig  is about underwater archeologist Shiloh Blake who is on her first large scale archeological dig. While underwater, one of her teammates is shot and killed and her partner, Khalid, is severely injured. Suddenly Shiloh finds herself in the middle of an international nuclear arms conflict. She escapes, only to be followed by a mysterious man. Is he good? Or bad? And how is he always one step ahead of her?

Meet Reece Jaxon, former Navy SEAL turned spy. His mission is threatened by Shiloh as he tries to hunt down the sources to a nuclear dead drop in the Arabian Sea. The only way to prevent a nuclear meltdown is for Shiloh and Reece to work together.
Shiloh is skeptical of Reece, considering her own estranged father is a spy and who she holds responsible for her mother's death. There is only one way to stop the nuclear meltdown, but will Shiloh trust Reece enough to do it?

My review HERE.

Deadly Aim by Patricia H. Rushford is still free as well.
From back of book:
Angel Delaney puts up a tough front-as a female police officer she must. She works for peace in her coastal Oregon town, but loathes the means she must sometimes use to get it. So when her line of duty requires her to use deadly force against a twelve-year-old boy, Angel's world begins to crumble. The community wants answers, and Angel is dismayed to find that the media portrays her as a racist, a rogue cop, and a menace. While she works to clear her name and her conscience, the investigation into her use of deadly force creates more questions than answers. The detective working on Angel's case, has his hands full when crucial evidence disappears and other people are found murdered. Do these killings relate to the boy's death? Is Angel next?

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Free Kindle books

In Between: A Katie Parker Production by Jenny B. Jones
From back of book:
Katie Parker knows life isn't fair. After all, when your mom's in jail and your dad's a no-show, you figure things just aren't going your way. But hey, she can deal. Then she finds out she's being sent to live with a foster family--in In Between, Texas. What kind of town has a name like In Between? And what kind of family wants a kid like her? One thing's for certain: None of this will be good. Sure enough--thanks to some new "friends" and her non-Mom's crazed mother, Mad Maxine--life sails right past bad to stinking. Then again, she's just a temporary kid, they're just temporary parents, and she definitely doesn't have any ideas about making any of this permanent. God, on the other hand, may have other plans altogether.
 
This is YA, which I don't read much anymore, but I LOVE Jenny B. Jones's books! She is so funny and I really enjoyed the characters in this book! (Especially Mad Maxine!) So even if you aren't a YA reader, you should enjoy this. And best of all, it's free!
 
From back of book:
Angel Delaney puts up a tough front-as a female police officer she must. She works for peace in her coastal Oregon town, but loathes the means she must sometimes use to get it. So when her line of duty requires her to use deadly force against a twelve-year-old boy, Angel's world begins to crumble. The community wants answers, and Angel is dismayed to find that the media portrays her as a racist, a rogue cop, and a menace. While she works to clear her name and her conscience, the investigation into her use of deadly force creates more questions than answers. The detective working on Angel's case, has his hands full when crucial evidence disappears and other people are found murdered. Do these killings relate to the boy's death? Is Angel next?
 
I read this book awhile ago, the story is pretty good. And being from the Northwest, I always find stories based there pretty interesting.
 
From back cover:
Under FBI protection. Sara isn't even Sara Walsh anymore. Her name is what they tell her. Her home is where they send her. And she's never there for long.
Though faceless, he haunts Sara's dreams. He's the man who abducted Sara as a child and continues to stalk her. He's the one who is determined to end their connection-and Sara's life.
Which makes her falling in love with a man as high profile as Adam Black a bad idea. And a dangerous one. For both of them. Sara's life is an unsafe place for love-and certainly an unsafe place for the children Adam longs for. No one knows that better than Sara, and she can't take the risk.
But if she doesn't, her life will never be her own. Where will she find the courage to name her terror and face her fear?
 
This is the prequel to the very popular O'Malley Series. The series is pretty good, the romance a little cheesy at times, but they're all a good read.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Eyes of Justice by Lis Wiehl [4 Stars]

Eyes of Justice by Lis Wiehl
The Triple Threat consists of FBI agent Nicole Hedges, federal prosecutor Allison Pierce, and crime reporter Cassidy Shaw. They met in high school, but didn't become friends until their high school reunion when they realized they all had something in common - their desire to see justice.
They've solved a few crimes together, but this time it's personal. When one of the Triple Threat is murdered, the remaining two are devastated and vow to bring the killer to justice, no matter the cost.
It doesn't take the police long to make an arrest, but the women soon become convinced that the police have the wrong person behind bars.
It suddenly becomes apparent that the killer doesn't just want one member of the Triple Threat dead...he wants them all dead.
Will the Triple Threat be able to overcome their grief and lock up the killer before it's too late?

When I first started reading this book, I wasn't sure about the killing off of one of the main characters, it seemed kind of weird to kill off someone you've come to know, three books into the series. I didn't feel too bad though, because she wasn't one of my favorite characters. It just left me feeling a little perplexed.

The plot line was good, the story pretty well written. There were some plot twists I saw coming, but most of them I didn't. I do really like the two remaining Triple Threat members. They have very real personalities and quirks.
I'm not really sure about the new character Ophelia. There was really no back story or getting to know her. She kind of just appears and (I'm guessing) supposed to take the place of the deceased Triple Threat member.
I wasn't too impressed with the ending, even though the crime was solved. I know some of the plot lines were left for the next book, I just felt like the book didn't really 'end', it just stopped.
Overall, this book is a great addition to the Triple Threat series.
This is the fourth book in the Triple Threat series. Book one - Face of Betrayal, book two - Hand of Fate, and book three Heart of Ice.