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Lynette Eason’s kicks off her new series Extreme Measures with Life Flight – a book that is guaranteed to keep your blood pressure soaring! Here’s what it’s all about:

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 he catches one of them.

Life Flight will raise your blood pressure in the best possible way! Penny and and Holt’s story is full of medical suspense. With her EMS pilot job and lifesaving skills that are frequently needed, this medical angle ratchets the tension up even more – and in a more personal way for the main characters than is frequently the case.

It can be difficult to write in a true surprise with mysteries or suspense, but Eason nails it with Life Flight! The twists and turns in the plot will keep you on the edge of your seat for the entire read. I love the way that she kept me guessing the whole way through the story.

Penny and Holt are unique main characters. They’re not the stereotypical rich, young, and gorgeous types; they each have issues that require attention, and the way that they relate to each other is impressive – and exciting. It’s nice to see characters who have complex and realistic personalities, but I enjoy reading about this kind of character more than any other. This added a depth to the action that made the entire story more intense.

Eason’s creativity shines through in every aspect of the plot. If she ever heads over to the dark side, there will be trouble! This makes for a super exciting story, though, and I can’t wait to read the sequel. It’s called Crossfire and releases in August – and it’s already on my TBR list.

If you’re a fan of high action and suspense, that’s where you’ll want Life Flight to be – on your TBR list – and as quickly as possible. Grab your copy now and crash land into Penny’s story – you’ll love it!

I received a complimentary copy of Life Flight from the author. All opinions are my own.

Laura Frantz has a spectacular new historical romance releasing soon, and if that’s your genre, you won’t want to miss it! Here’s what A Heart Adrift is all about:

It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Chocolatier Esmée Shaw is fighting her own battle of the heart. Having reached her twenty-eighth birthday, she is reconciled to life alone after a decade-old failed love affair from which she’s never quite recovered. But she longs to find something worthwhile to do with her life.

Captain Henri Lennox has returned to port after a lengthy absence, intent on completing the lighthouse in the dangerous Chesapeake Bay, a dream he once shared with Esmée. But when the colonial government asks him to lead a secret naval expedition against the French, his future is plunged into uncertainty.

A Heart Adrift will keep you swooning from the first page to the last with Henri, the hunky piratical hero, and Esmee, the beautiful but lonely confectioner and dreamer. This book is full of twists and turns that will keep you engaged and guessing.

I love the setting – the Virginia coast during the French and Indian War – as this time period is quite unique! I enjoyed learning more about what was happening during the Colonies at this time. A Heart Adrift is a ‘smart’ book: it’s certainly fun and enjoyable, but the vocabulary is true to the period and and the text is well written and complex. It’s clear that much thought, research, and work went into the writing of this book! I think readers could even benefit from a vocabulary list at the front of the book to help everyone understand the period words.

The spiritual content meshed well with the action of the story. I appreciate the depth of the lessons and the natural way that they’re shared.

If all of that wasn’t enough, Esmee makes chocolate! How can you go wrong with a book featuring so much delicious chocolate? I’m pretty sure you can’t – and I loved this historical look at our enjoyment of this food.

A Heart Adrift is a sweet and exciting historical romance. You’ll definitely want to check this one out!

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

Susan May Warren is releasing a new book next week – and Sunrise kicks off the Sky King Ranch series with a bang! Here’s what it’s all about:

Pilot Dodge Kingston has always been the heir to Sky King Ranch. But after a terrible family fight, he left to become a pararescue jumper. A decade later, he’s headed home to the destiny that awaits him. 

That’s not all that’s waiting for Dodge. His childhood best friend and former flame, Echo Yazzie, is a true Alaskan–a homesteader, dogsledder, and research guide for the DNR. Most of all, she’s living a life Dodge knows could get her killed. One of these days she’s going to get lost in the woods again, and his worst fear is that he won’t be there to find her.

When one of Echo’s fellow researchers goes missing, Echo sets out to find her, despite a blizzard, a rogue grizzly haunting the woods, and the biting cold. Plus, there’s more than just the regular dangers of the Alaskan forests stalking her . . .

Susan May Warren’s new romantic adventure Sunrise is the perfect book to read if you want to kick off the new year with a bang! The winter wonder of the Alaskan wilderness combined with the Warren’s signature cliffhanger suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

Warren always writes with active verbs and full-out excitement, but she upped her game with this book. The setting takes on a whole new persona in this story. I’m pretty sure the Alaskan wilderness is larger than life for any of us from the Lower 48, but here it’s almost another character – it influences every aspect of this story and makes it unique.

I really love that – so much that when I finished reading Sunrise, I immediately started again – and then I started picking out related gifts to make an Alaskan-themed book box centered around the story. I had so much fun picking out items that would bring this story to life, and I think it made a fun present!

While the plot and conflict are very serious, the story is a fantastic adventure with lots of suspense thrown in, and that makes for an amazing read! There’s little I like more than snuggling up with a real page-turner, and Sunrise certainly fits the bill. This is a book you’re going to want to read immediately, so clear your calendar and plan to order dinner, because putting the book down isn’t going to happen. Sunrise is definitely another Warren winner!

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

Nancy Mehl’s Dead Fall is the second book in The Quantico Files series. Here’s what it’s all about:

After putting to rest the most personal case of her career, Alex Donovan is ready to move on and focus on her future at the FBI’s elite Behavioral Analysis Unit. When the BAU cofounder is discovered dead in his hotel room, the FBI is called in to work on the strangest case they’ve ever faced. How do you find a killer who murders his victims from a distance?

When it becomes clear that the killer is targeting agents in Alex’s unit, they are ordered into lockdown, sheltered in the dorms at Quantico. Alex bunks with controversial agent Kaely Quinn, and as they work together, Alex discovers in Kaely the role model she’s never had–despite being warned away.

As Alex questions the type of agent she wants to become, things get personal when the brilliant killer strikes close to home. Now Alex will do anything to find the killer–even at the risk of her own life.

Nancy Mehl’s books keep getting darker and more dangerous – and this makes for a thrilling read that you won’t be able to put down. I loved the psychological aspect of this one even more than the last, but even better than that were the lessons about preparing for and fighting evil. We all need to know how to do this, and Mehl has crafted the perfect story to illustrate this.

I also loved the connection with the last series. The crossover elements that included Kaely Quinn added an element of fun for this bookish fan girl, and I loved getting another look at a character I loved. Her inclusion added new dimensions to Alex’s character that I liked, as well, and that growth makes for a deeper, richer story.

If you have issues with shows like Criminal Minds, where the story takes you into the darkness that permeates that place, then this might not be the book for you – but if you enjoy swift twists and turns, plot twists that will keep you guessing, and high-speed action that will keep your heart racing, you need to grab Dead Fall now. You won’t be able to put it down. I think this is Mehl’s best book yet.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author. All opinions are my own.