In the Mail Saturday 2012 (Jun 9)

In the Mail Saturday is hosted every Saturday at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

I received these in the mail this week.

The Line Between Here and Gone (Forensic Instincts) [Hardcover]


Product Description


The man she loved is gone forever. The child she lives for could be next.

Each day is a struggle for Amanda Gleason's newborn son as he battles a rare immune deficiency. Justin's best chance for a cure lies with his father, who was brutally murdered before Amanda even realized she carried his child.

Or was he?

One emailed photo changes everything, planting a seed of doubt that Amanda latches on to for dear life: a recent photo of a man who looks exactly like Paul. Could Justin's father be alive? The mother in her is desperate to find out. But tracking down a ghost when every second counts is not for amateurs.

Forensic Instincts is the one team up for the challenge.

A behaviorist. A former navy SEAL. A techno-wizard. An intuitive. A retired FBI agent. A human-scent-evidence dog. Together they achieve the impossible, pushing ethical and legal boundaries whenever the ends justify the means.

The manhunt is on for the elusive father. Yet the further FI digs into his past, the more questions are raised about whether the man Amanda fell in love with ever really existed at all.

Dark secrets. Carefully crafted lies. From the congressional halls of Washington, D.C., to exclusive Hamptons manors, there are ruthless people who would stop at nothing to make Forensic Instincts forget about the man Amanda desperately needs to find.

Little do they realize that once Forensic Instincts takes the case, nothing will stop them from uncovering the shocking truth that transcends The Line Between Here and Gone.


Product Details
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Harlequin MIRA (June 26, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313379
ISBN-13: 978-0778313373

Love Is Murder [Hardcover]

Product Description


Lori Armstrong * Jeff Ayers & Jon Land * Beverly Barton * William Bernhardt * Allison Brennan * Robert Browne * Pamela Callow * Lee Child * J.T. Ellison * Bill Floyd * Cindy Gerard * Heather Graham * Laura Griffin * Vicki Hinze * Andrea Kane *Julie Kenner * Sherrilyn Kenyon * Dianna Love * D.P. Lyle * James Macomber * Toni McGee Causey * Carla Neggers * Brenda Novak * Patricia Rosemoor * William Simon * Alexandra Sokoloff * Roxanne St. Claire * Mariah Stewart * Debra Webb


Prepare for heart-racing suspense in this original collection by thirty of the hottest bestselling authors and new voices writing romance suspense today.

Go on vacation with Allison Brennan's Lucy Kincaid, where she saves a man from drowning, only to discover he is in far greater danger on land. Meet Roxanne St. Claire's "bullet catcher" — bodyguard Donovan Rush — who may have met his match in the sexually charged "Diamond Drop." Debut author William Simon shows us what happens when the granddaughter of the president of the United States is kidnapped. And Lee Child's pitch-perfect "I Heard a Romantic Story" puts a whole new spin on Love Is Murder.

Bodyguards, vigilantes, stalkers, serial killers, women (and men!) in jeopardy, cops, thieves, P.I.s, killers — these all-new stories will keep you thrilled and chilled late into the night.

Product Details
Hardcover: 608 pages
Publisher: Mira (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313441
ISBN-13: 978-0778313441

Blood Trails (The Searchers) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Blood Trails" the 3rd book in her Searchers trilogy series by Sharon Sala.

Product Description

Her "father's" deathbed confession reveals that Holly's real father was almost certainly the notorious serial killer known as "The Hunter," and that her mother gave Holly up to save her life. But The Hunter was never caught — and Holly's mother simply vanished.

In search of her past, Holly leaves both her home and Bud Tate, the handsome ranch foreman she's afraid to love, horrified by the knowledge that the blood of a depraved killer might run through her veins. Haunted, driven, she searches for The Hunter and hopes her mother was wrong.

But her search leads to a terrible truth no one could have imagined, and even Bud's determination to follow and protect the woman he loves may not be enough to save Holly from the terrors of a past become present.


About the Author

Sharon Sala is a native of Oklahoma and a member of Romance Writers of America. She is a NYT, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, WaldenBooks mass market, Bestselling author of 85 plus books written as Sharon Sala and Dinah McCall. She's a 7 time RITA finalist, Janet Dailey Award winner, 5 time National Reader's Choice Award winner, 4 time Career Achievement Award from RT Magazine, 4 time winner of Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence.


Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (September 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778312410
ISBN-13: 978-0778312413

My Review:

After their father's death Holly Slade and her two sisters found out their father wasn't their real father.  They found out there were secrets and danger in their past and they all set out to find the truth.

Holly found out her dad may have been a serial killer known as "The Hunter" and he may have killed her mom back in St. Louis.  She travels to St. Louis to discover what happened to her mom and if her dad lives there still.  She goes to the police with her suspicions about her dad being "The Hunter" and they re-open the case 20 years later.

Bud Tate is the ranch hand who has loved Holly from afar since she was 18 years old.  When bad things start happening he travels to St. Louis to protect Holly and finally confesses how he feels.  He's surprised that she has feelings for him too and their love scenes were really tender, gentle and loving.

The killer was very psychotic and you definitely wouldn't want to catch his action.  He even keeps trophies of his kills and looks at them every night and relives their deaths.

New Release 2012 (Jun 5)

No One Left to Tell [Mass Market Paperback]
 
Product Description
 
The addictive Karen Rose serves up her most relentless thriller yet.

A woman is dead and her fiance is serving a life sentence for a murder he didn't commit. Now PI Paige Holden holds the only piece of evidence that could see him freed, and she cannot take it to the police. With the help of disarming state attorney Grayson Smith, Paige is determined to avenge the murdered woman and set an innocent man free. But Paige has only scratched the surface of a cover-up far deadlier than she could ever imagine. A string of mysterious deaths of women with a shared past sets Paige on the trail of a ruthless killer. The problem is, the killer's on her trail too.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Signet (June 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451236165
ISBN-13: 978-0451236166

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Jun 4)

What Are You Reading is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Sheila from One Persons Journey: http://bookjourney.wordpress.com

Post the books you read last week, book currently being read and books you plan on finishing this week.

Last week I read:

1.  Vortex - Cherry Adair
2.  Blood Trails - Sharon Sala

I’m currently reading:

1. Sweet Justice - Christy Reece

Books I’m planning on reading this week:

1.  Caught in the Act - Jill Sorenson

Here's the link:

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-141 

If You Know Her: A Novel of Romantic Suspense [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "If You Know Her" the 3rd book in her Ash series by Shiloh Walker.

Product Description

A SHADOW IN THE WINDOW

Nia Hollister doesn’t scare easily. She’s returned to Ash, Kentucky, with a vengeance — and with a mission: find the killer who brutally ended her cousin’s life. What she didn’t count on was trembling with desire every time she sees Law Reilly. If any man can help her escape the nightmares for a while, it’s him. But can she allow herself to take comfort in those strong arms when her sister’s killer still roams free?

She may think she’s a bad ass, but she should not have come back to his town. He is watching her — as she slips into Law Reilly’s house, as she storms into the sheriff’s office. These men won’t be able to protect her when her time comes. Timing is everything, though he can’t wait forever. She’s nosing around the woods, looking for his hiding place. Yes, he is watching her . . . through the window . . . in her bed . . .

If she’s not scared, she should be . . . because he is very good at what he does.

About the Author

Shiloh Walker is the bestselling author of If You Hear Her, Chains, Fragile, and The Missing. She loves reading and writing anything fantasy and nearly every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full-time and lives with her family in the Midwest.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Original edition (February 28, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345517555
ISBN-13: 978-0345517555


My Review: 

Nia Hollister is determined to find out what happened to her cousin Jolene so she comes back to Ash, Kentucky.  She decides to stay and to investigate further even though a killer has been killed (it doesn't sit well with her).

Law Reilly has settled in Ash, Kentucky as a writer which suites the quiet and peaceful town until people are murdered.  His first meeting with Nia ended at the end of a gun in the 2nd book "If You See Her" with his friend Hope and it didn't end well.

Nia and Law decide to partner up and flush out the real killer.  She begins to collect evidence that the real killer is still around which stirs up the killer's rage.  She starts to receive threats subtle at first then it escalates to trying to kill her.  Now the killer has everyone in their sights and no one is safe.

Nia is a little firecracker that won't be scared easily, determined, stubborn and head strong.

Law is a great guy that you would want as a husband or friend. He's super sexy and really cares and wants to protect people he loves.

The killer is scary and psychotic because they are rational at first and then something triggers them and they go off.

4/5

Other books in series:

1.  If You Hear Her
2.  If You See Her

In the Mail Saturday 2012 (Jun 2)

In the Mail Saturday is hosted every Saturday at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

I received these in the mail this week.

Hell on Wheels: Black Knights Inc. [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Nate Weller is a crackerjack sniper and masterful covert operative, and he's loved Ali Morgan nearly half his life. But she's his best friend's baby sister, so he keeps his feelings to himself. When she blows into town with a motherlode of bad guys on her tail, all of his protective instincts kick into high gear. But will keeping her safe cost him his heart?

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (August 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402267134
ISBN-13: 978-1402267130

I Own the Dawn [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Kee Smith battled through a difficult childhood to work her way up the ranks of the U.S. Army. When she finally makes it into the elite Night Stalkers, she feels thrilled, honored, and vindicated ... until she finds out she's been assigned to the "girlie-chopper" piloted by the only other woman in the regiment.
Kee is determined to show Lt. Archie Stevenson, one of the male co-pilots, that she is just as tough as the guys. Throughout their special mission, Archie doesn't know whether to make love to her or plant her face-first into the dirt. But he'll do whatever it takes to break through that shield Kee wears around her heart.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (August 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402258135
ISBN-13: 978-1402258138

New Releases 2012 (Jun 1)

Strangers in Paradise [Hardcover]

Product Description

A haunted house isn’t the only thing quickening Alexi’s pulse . . . - Alexi Jordan has come to the old Florida estate to heal the wounds left by a bad marriage – and runs straight into trouble. She doesn’t mind the fact that the mansion was supposedly haunted – after all, she can look after herself. It’s the feelings stirred by her neighbor Rex Morrow, who seems intent on being her protector, that’s giving her the jitters. Alexi chose the wrong man once before; can anything be scarier than the thought of her doing it again?

This is a first time regular print hardcover previously available in a mass market edition.

Product Details
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Severn House Publishers (June 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0727881256
ISBN-13: 978-0727881250

I'm Watching You [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

An obsessed killer is blazing a bloody trail near Richmond, Virginia, toward his ultimate prize - and only one homicide detective can hope to stop the madness ... The first kill was easy. The second much easier. No guilt, no remorse, just a rush of adrenaline surging through him as each life drains away, and the pleasure of knowing their deaths help his beloved Lindsay. And there are so many more who deserve to die ... The first twisted gift to Lindsay O'Neil arrives hidden in a bouquet of flowers. When her estranged husband, Detective Zack Kier, is assigned to the case, Lindsay's past comes back with a vengeance. Only Zack knows the dark secret she lives with - or so she thinks. Now nothing can prepare her for the nightmare to come - because everything Lindsay's stalker does is for her. And when she spurns his gifts, she and those she loves most become targets of a madman whose rage is growing, who is waiting, watching, closer than she ever feared.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Zebra; Reprint edition (June 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420129066
ISBN-13: 978-1420129069

June Releases

1st
Strangers in Paradise - Heather Graham
I'm Watching You - Mary Burton
 
5th
No One Left to Tell - Karen Rose

19th
The Line Between Here and Gone - Andrea Kane
Gone Missing - Linda Castillo
Wicked Business - Janet Evanovich

26th
The Unholy (Krewe of Hunters) - Heather Graham