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Teaser Tuesday is sponsored by Miz B over at Should Be Reading. Here's the idea: Grab your current read and let the book fall open to a random page. Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page. Please be sure to avoid spoilers!
"Not that I want you as bait, but it could be the best way to draw him to us." He stepped closer and took her hand off her chest, where she didn't even realize it was covering a thumping heart.
from Amazon.Summary:
Critics call them provocative. Protesters call them obscene. But photographer Gillian Gray aims her macabre self-portraits at an audience of one--the faceless brute who murdered her supermodel mother. Their meaning is clear: "Come and get me."
And someone's getting the message. Dead bodies start turning up in Nashville, posed to mimic Gillian's photos. Against her will, Gillian is guarded by tough ex-cop Ray Pearce, a man whose commitment to the job is as strong as his belief that Gillian is in real danger. Yet his protection may not be enough to stop a vicious madman from creating his next masterpiece: a portrait of the artist as a young corpse.
My Thoughts:
In a word: gripping. This one had me from page one all the way to the end. Read it in almost one sitting. Only took a break long enough to sleep for a few hours!
Like my first Solomon book, there's a cop in this one. Though I don't think Ray is quite the hunk that One Deadly Sin used to keep us turning the pages, Gillian was a gal to watch. She was strong, yet vulnerable-- stubborn, yet yielding when necessary. She had a past that she thumbed her nose at rather than hiding from, and in an interesting way: photography.
I loved the plot. It's got enough differences in it that it didn't seem ordinary. I actually expected more from the Ray/Gillian relationship to happen during the story, but this really focused on finding Gillian's boogeyman. She was definitely the prime character in this one and I though very well developed. That is on of Solomon's strong capabilities. She does a fantastic job making them real.
Overall, another good one! Headed to PBS to find another Solomon book. Can't wait to read them all!
from Amazon.Summary:
Driven by grief and fury, Shea Monroe, and operative for Last Chance Rescue, goes deep undercover, vowing vengeance against the man who killed her husband. Instead, she ends up a captive and the unwilling weapon of a vicious human trafficker. But then she is rescued from her den or terror and shame by her husband's best friend, Ethan Bishop, a man Shea feels irrevocably drawn to, despite her having lost all memory of her life before she was captured.
Having saved Shea from a madman, Ethan will do anything to keep her safe, but he can't allow the feelings he once had for her to resurface. While recovering from her ordeal and regaining her lost memory, Shea begins to fall for Ethan. But the treachery and tragedies of the past won't leave either of them alone. And from Mexico, a monster has sent his foot soldiers to seize Shea--using a weapon beyond anyone's worst nightmare.
My Thoughts:
I liked this book! It was interesting, and slightly creepy. I was defiantly hooked though and had a hard time putting it down.
Shea and Ethan are incredibly interesting characters. With their pasts, the ops they worked together on with LCR, and their past love life, they are well developed and interesting. I loved both Shea and Ethan's personalities and enjoyed the bickering between them. Their feelings for each other were incredible. It was easy to feel the emotions between them, even from the beginning when Shea's memory was still damaged. I really thought Reece did awesome with that.
Shea's experience with the bad guy in Mexico is beyond my imagination. That's what made this book a little creepy. Not only was the guy completely insane, but the things that he did to his captors was unimaginable. So, when Ethan decides he's going to rescue Shea, you can't help but pull for him in all ways. I couldn't wait to figure out all the memories that Shea was trying to find, hoping that in the end those memories would send her into Ethan's arms.
Overall, this was my first Reece book and won't be my last. Reece's ability to make the reader feel all throughout the book was well done. Though this book was nothing super-duper, it was an enjoying and quick read.
from Amazon.Summary:
Jessy Sparhawk has seen firsthand how gambling can ruin people's lives. But one night, desperate for money, she places the bet that will change her life forever. Just as she's collecting her winnings, a man stumbles through the crowd, a knife protruding from his back, and crashes into her, pinning her to the craps table.
Hired to investigate the murder, private detective Dillon Wolf finds himself fascinated by the gorgeous redhead who'd been trapped beneath the victim—and by the single word the dying man had whispered in her ear. Indigo.
What neither of them realizes is that the nightmare is only just beginning. Because bodyguard Tanner Green may have been killed by that knife, but his angry ghost isn't going anywhere—not without vengeance. Now, literally caught between the living and the dead, Dillon and Jessy have no choice but to forge ahead together. Their investigation will take them from the glitz of the Vegas strip into the dealings of casino magnate Emil Landon, the man who signs both their paychecks, and out into the desert to a ghost town called Indigo, where past and present come together in a search for gold.
Years ago, blood was shed on that very ground, and now it looks as if history is about to repeat itself, with the living and the dead facing off for possession of a fortune, and Dillon and Jessy fighting not only to stay alive but for the chance to build a future.
My Thoughts:
This book was not for me. I finished it, but I didn't enjoy it. I found it to be a cheesy ghost story that didn't have enough depth. I actually liked Ringo (one of the ghosts in this story) more than I liked either Dillon or Jessy.
I can't tell you why I even kept reading this. I guess I just wanted to finish it, but there wasn't any pull to even figure out what was really going on. I wasn't interested or even intrigued with the plot line and the death of the bodyguard. I wasn't even really into the whole hookup between Dillon and Jessy. For me, usually I'm at least into one part or the other!
Overall, the book isn't written badly, it just wasn't my cup of tea. I can't say that I'll give up on this author, but I won't be rushing for another one anytime soon.
from Amazon.Summary:
Former FBI Special Agent Sloane Burbank has seen her share of danger. She's faced down a serial killer and survived life-threatening injuries . . . but she never expected that danger to invade the lives of her family. . . .
Then her mother is viciously attacked in the posh Manhattan apartment her parents share and it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary robbery. The thieves were too clever, too knowledgeable, and so obviously after something of her father's. But what could a respected art dealer have done to merit such violence? When a mysterious message is left for him, Sloane knows her father's in over his head. Determined to find out the truth, Sloane discovers a deadly secret buried in his past that has made him the target of a power-hungry mobster with a lethal agenda and nothing to lose.
Sloane is desperate to save her father, but to do so she must hold on to secrets of her own ? especially from FBI Special Agent Derek Parker, the man she has grown to love deeply. She knows she must tell him everything, but how can she betray her father's confidence? Can a couple who's faced so much survive this ultimate test of trust? Will they survive at all?
As the decades-old secret claims the lives of her father's oldest friends and the killer closes in on him, Sloane finds herself in foreign territory: alone, facing escalating personal danger, and hunting a moving target in a world where memories are long and loyalties are drawn in blood.
My Thoughts:
Awesome book! Though I didn't like this one quite as well as Twisted, this one amazed me just the same.
The amount of research that Ms. Kane puts into her books is fantastic. It really helps make the story believable because it has such a ring of truth to it. This book delves into the world of art theft. Not anything that I'm familiar with, nor anything that I've read about before. That in itself made this book stand out.
Sloane and Derek are interesting characters. Each strong in their own way, yet willing to bend each other's way to make a relationship work. I liked that there wasn't a whole bunch of drama centered around their relationship. Sometimes with the romantic/suspense books you get the whole break-up/get back together thing going. It wasn't necessary in this book, and I think it might have ruined it. They worked together to strengthen their relationship and to solve a case. I actually think it made their characters seem much more real.
The ending was perfect. Usually in books with characters that I enjoy, I find myself mad that the book is over and wanting more because I need something more from them. However, this book ended, then went to an epilogue that closed out the stories. While Kane could easily bring these characters back, she wouldn't have to. I really liked how the epilogue put the finishing touches on the whole story.
Overall, if this is your genre, you HAVE to read Kane. Whether it's this book, Twisted, or any others, she is a fantastic writer who has a new and devoted follower.
Teaser Tuesday is sponsored by Miz B over at Should Be Reading. Here's the idea: Grab your current read and let the book fall open to a random page. Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page. Please be sure to avoid spoilers!
"From what I can tell, just in general conversation, he used her not only as a weapon but also as his companion. She trained Rosemount's people, abducted women when she was told to, and..." She cast an anxious glance at Ethan.
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