Can't Wait Wednesday! Surge

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights and discusses the books we're excited about that we've yet to read. Generally, they're books that are yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

I am looking forward to this final book in the series.

About the book: Surge

Love and Betrayal in a Race Against Time

Delaney Thompson isn’t just a dog trainer—she’s the key to preventing a disaster. With loyal Military Working Dog, Surge, by her side, she’s ready to prove herself on her first mission…even without military training. Her goal? Help the intense Belgian Malinois track down a specific chemical linked to a dangerous terrorist group before it reaches American soil. But to succeed, she must navigate unfamiliar terrain and an even more unpredictable partner.

Garrett Walker is a seasoned military operator, driven by duty and haunted by tragic losses. Reluctantly, he teams up with Delaney, whose lack of tactical experience makes her a liability as he leads them across Southeast Asia. Yet Garrett knows that mission success and the safety of countless lives back home hinge on his leadership, the Malinois’s special scent training, and Delaney’s unique skills.

The stakes couldn’t be higher: if Delaney and Garrett fail to locate and secure the toxic chemical, hundreds of thousands of Americans could die. As they hunt down the terrorists, their objectives are clear—find the stash, neutralize the threat, and try not to get killed. But with mutual distrust simmering between them, their greatest challenge may be learning to rely on each other.

A gripping tale of suspense, betrayal, and unexpected romance. Dive into this high-stakes adventure where every moment counts…and falling in love might just be the most perilous move of all.

A Breed Apart: Legacy
Book 1: Havoc
Book 2: Chaos
Book 3: Riot
Book 4: Fury
Book 5: Surge

A Breed Apart by Ronie Kendig
Book 1: Trinity
Book 2: Talon
Book 3: Beowulf

What are you waiting on this week?

Review: Guarding Truth

Guarding Truth by Lynette Eason
My rating: 💛💛💛💛

I think I will never get tired of the Elite Guardian series. I always find myself totally investigated in the story and love meeting new body guards and catching up with old friends.

This plot had a fresh new take on the danger level with hackers out to destroy and a twelve year old genius being in the middle of everything.

I must say I did suspect one person behind everything, but was caught off guard by the final revelation which I only started to suspect mere seconds before the reveal.

I do hope there is a lot more Elite Guardians to come.

*I received a complimentary copy from the publisher. All opinions expressed are my own.*

Elite Guardian: Savannah:

Review book 1: Vanishing Legacy

Review book 2: Hunting Justice

Elite Guardian Collection:

Review book 1: Driving Force

Review book 2: Impending Strike

Review book 3: Defending Honor

Review of the Elite Guardian series by Lynette Eason  - this collection brings readers back to   Lynette Eason's popular series:

1. Always Watching

2. Without Warning

3. Moving Target

4. Chasing Secrets  

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About the book:

The truth might destroy them both…

The one thing that Former Army Ranger turned elite bodyguard Juliette Montgomery regrets is never telling fellow solider Caleb Styles her true feelings. But how could she? They were co-workers, and then the guy went and saved her life. And that turned out to be the one thing that cost them their relationship.

So Juliette has moved on, trying to forget Caleb—and her feelings.

Caleb hasn’t forgotten her either. But he has no idea she now lives in Savannah, Georgia…especially since his life is full as guardian of his niece, Ivy, after her parents were killed.

And then he discovers that his brilliant niece’s computer skills have attracted a notorious hacker group. More, when Ivy tracks the hackers, she endangers Caleb's cyber-security company.

Enter his need for the Elite Guardians.

The last—very last—person Juliette thought she’d see again is Caleb Styles, let alone be assigned to protect him. And now, suddenly, the very last thing she needs is to let her heart take over. She must protect them both—which means ignoring…or trying to ignore—the attraction between them.

Caleb never understood why Juliette walked away from him…but he can’t deny that his feelings for her never died. Except maybe she doesn’t share those feelings because her only goal seems to be protecting Ivy. And, it’s probably for the best.

After all, they need all their wits about them to find the hackers and unravel their plans.

And then they discover the hackers’ true intent—and it becomes a race against time. But it too late to protect their hearts from the truth?

An electrifying blend of suspense, chemistry, and unbreakable bonds, this romantic thriller is a must-read for fans of the Elite Guardian series.

Elite Savannah
Book 1: Vanishing Legacy
Book 2: Hunting Justice
Book 3: Guarding Truth

Elite Guardians Collection
Book 1: Driving Force
Book 2: Impending Strike
Book 3: Defending Honor
Book 4: Christmas in the Crosshairs

About the author:

Kelly Underwood’s favorite things are reading, writing, and drinking coffee. She was born in New Hampshire, but don’t ask her about snow, because she’s been a Florida girl since she was twelve. She writes book reviews for her blog bestinsuspense.com and is an active member of the Central Florida chapter of the American Christian Fiction Writers. She’s a sucker for a good suspense novel, the kind you have to read cover-to-cover until the mystery is solved and the bad guys are in handcuffs. If you’re looking for her, she’s probably on her back patio with a Kindle in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.

Weekend Wrap-Up: 13 October 2024

 

 It’s Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Book Date.

We had a nice sunny weekend. Spend some time outdoors and with new friends.

Finished

(Reviews can be found under Book Review tag)

Currently reading

Next up:

What are you reading this week?

Blog Posts Recap:

Here is my past week's Blog Posts.

Top Ten Tuesday

Can't Wait Wednesday

Book Spotlight Fridays!

Saturday Series Discovery

Adding to the Bookshelf:

Which Avid Reader do not add to their shelves! I try to limit mine to review books since I have so many owned on my TBR to read.  So did I add to my shelf this week? 

One this week.

Bought: None

Review: Abigail: I Will Praise the Lord

Abigail: I Will Praise the Lord by Mesu Andrews
My rating: 💛💛💛

This was a lovely prequel to the series and to show readers a bit more behind Abigail and what her life could possibly have been like.

This was a free prequel received from the author.

Review: Brave 

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About the book:

Mesu Andrews weaves a compelling tale of faith, resilience, and redemption in ABIGAIL: I Will Praise the Lord, the prequel of her October 1, 2024 release, BRAVE: the Story of Ahinoam.

Set against the backdrop of Judah’s wilderness, Abigail faces a cruel stepmother who forces her marriage to the brutal Nabal of Carmel. Through Abigail’s struggles, she maintains a steadfast faith and encourages the other oppressed women of Nabal’s household with a clever worship game. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she meets David, the future king of Israel, and saves the lives of all those on her husband’s estate. David admires Nabal’s wife, a woman of beauty and intelligence, not realizing that her boldness was cultivated through years of worshiping away her fear and pain.

When Abigail’s husband realizes that his rudeness toward David nearly cost him everything, he falls deathly ill and dies ten days later. Under the Law of Moses, Abigail must marry Nabal’s closest relative. However, on the same day her kinsman redeemer arrives, David ben Jesse sends his messengers with a proposal to marry. Might her worship game, which has strengthened her inner being for years, now become a life of worship with the man after God’s own heart?

Walk with Abigail on a journey of profound courage in the face of overwhelming adversity and explore the transformative power of faith and worship no matter your life circumstance.

About the Author:

MESU ANDREWS is the Christy Award-winning author of Isaiah’s Daughter whose deep understanding of

and love for God’s Word brings the biblical world alive for readers. Andrews lives in North Carolina with her husband Roy. She stays connected with readers through newsie emails, fun blog posts, and frequent short stories. For more information, visitMesuAndrews.com. 


Her first novel, Love Amid the Ashes (Revell, 2011, the story of Job) won the 2012 ECPA Book of the Year for a Debut Author. Love’s Sacred Song (Revell, 2012) relates the poetic Song of Solomon in story form, and Love in a Broken Vessel(Revell, 2013) sets the story of Hosea and Gomer in biblical Israel. In the Shadow of Jezebel (Revell, 2014) displays God's sovereignty over Jezebel's daughter, Queen Athaliah. The Pharaoh's Daughter (Waterbrook/Multnomah, 2015), unveils Moses' early years, and Miriam (2016) introduces Yahweh's prophetess during the ten plagues and the Exodus. Isaiah’s Daughter (Waterbrook/Multnomah, 2018) introduces readers to the prophet Isaiah's captivating daughter, and its sequel, Isaiah's Legacy (Waterbrook/Multnomah, 2020) , provides the redemptive end to her life and her son Manasseh's reign. To follow Yahweh's progression toward the Messiah, By the Waters of Babylon (August 2018) continues the story of the prophets and kings through the exile, and Of Fire and Lions (Waterbrook/Multnomah 2019) tells Daniel's compelling story. And The Reluctant Rival: Leah's Story tells of Leah, Jacob's neglected wife, and how God used her to change the course of history. And when Joseph's brothers sell him into a life of slavery in Egypt, Jacob's favorite son encounters one of the Bible's most infamous bad girls in, Potiphar's Wife  (Waterbrook/Multnomah 2022).

Book Spotlight Friday! Christmas With You

Book Beginnings and Friday56

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by My Head is Full of Books and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader and share a non-spoiler sentence or two.  First Line Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading is my Superpower that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you're reading.

Oh, this was such a charming around Christmas time.

Christmas With You

About the book:

What do you get when you have an ex-Navy SEAL, a Christmas tree farm, and first-time nanny? Find out in the third book of the Home to Heritage series, Christmas with You.

Fallon James has lost everything—her husband, her job, and her home. With nowhere else to turn, she returns to her hometown of Heritage, Michigan, only to find her family's once-thriving Christmas tree farm on the brink of ruin. Determined to save the farm, Fallon throws herself into the struggle, but she can't do it alone.

Enter Cole Scott, Fallon's high school friend and now a single dad working odd jobs to support his two kids. Cole agrees to help Fallon in exchange for her watching his children while he travels for a lucrative security job. As they work side by side, old tensions resurface, but so does an undeniable attraction. However, Fallon harbors a secret that could change everything.

Just as the farm starts to see success, Fallon's former company unleashes a devastating lawsuit, threatening to destroy everything she and Cole have built. With time running out and her dreams slipping away, Fallon must make a choice that could cost her the love and family she's always wanted. Worse, a shocking turn of events forces Cole to confront what truly matters most.

Can Fallon and Cole overcome the secrets, lies, and legal battles that stand between them? Or will they lose the farm, their love, and the future they've risked everything to build?

Filled with heartwarming holiday cheer, pulse-pounding suspense, and the magic of second chances, this unforgettable tale of love, family, and the true meaning of Christmas will keep you turning pages late into the night. Perfect for fans of small-town romance, single dad heroes, and holiday happily-ever-afters, this book is a must-read for anyone who believes in the power of love to overcome even the darkest of times.

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Book Beginnings

Fallon James's entire life had been reduced to a small storage unit back in Detroit and whatever would fit in the back seat of her new-to-her-but-very-old Chevy Impala.

 

Friday 56

The perfect Christmas moment.

My thoughts so far

This was a heartwarming family related story.

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Review: Rise of the Mystics

Rise of the Mystics by Ted Dekker
My rating: 💛💛💛

I think this is a book readers will either love or hate. If you know Ted Dekker and you have knowledge of revelations and the Bible, you will probably fall in the category of enjoying this story.

It was an entertaining story with lots of action and events which makes one think.

*I listened to the audiobook on Audible.*

Review book 1 

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About the book:

Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are all wrong. Rachelle Matthews, who grew up in the small town of Eden, Utah, discovered just how wrong when she dreamed and awoke in another world. There she learned that she was the 49th Mystic, the prophesied one, tasked with finding five ancient seals before powerful enemies destroy her. If Rachelle succeeds in her quest, peace will reign. If she fails, the world will forever be locked in darkness. In The 49th Mystic, Rachelle found the first three of those five seals through great peril and mind-altering adventure. But two seals remain hidden and the fate of both worlds hangs in their balance. As Rachelle Matthews sits deep in a dungeon, Vlad Smith is just getting started. Thomas Hunter's world is about to be turned inside out. The mystics say that there is no defense against the Fifth Seal--but finding it will cost Rachelle everything. So begins the final volume of high stakes in one girl's quest to find an ancient path that will save humanity. The clock is ticking; the end rushes forward. Ready? Set? Dream.

About the author:

Ted Dekker is known for novels that combine adrenaline-laced stories with unexpected plot twists,

unforgettable characters, and incredible confrontations between good and evil. Ted lives in Austin with his wife LeeAnn and their four children.

Review: Vendetta

Vendetta by Lisa Harris
My rating: 💛💛💛💛

Rating 4.5

I don’t know why I kept delaying starting this series, because Vendetta was a book which grabs your attention from the first sentence right till the last word, happily giving up sleep to see what will happen.

I loved meeting and getting to know Nikki and glad this series is one which will continue with her as the lead, since I was left with a lot of open questions and an unresolved romance.

The suspense plot was riveting and kept me guessing right till the end. I did not expect the culprit and especially how they related to Nikki. A lot of the action scenes felt plausible, and it caused a few nail-biting and holding your breath moments.


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About the book:

No one needs to push Nikki Boyd to excel on the Tennessee Missing Persons Task Force. The case of her own missing sister, still unsolved after ten years, is the driving force in her work. When a Polaroid photo of a missing girl shows up at a crime scene, Nikki quickly recognizes similarities to the past. The closer she gets to the abductor, the more she feels this case has become personal, and she is not the hunter . . . but the hunted.

With this explosive first book in The Nikki Boyd Files, award-winning author Lisa Harris takes you on a fast-paced pursuit of justice that will have you holding your breath until the heart-stopping finish.

About the author:

LISA HARRIS is a Christy Award finalist for Blood Ransom, Vendetta, and Port of Origin, Christy Award winner for Dangerous Passage, and the winner of the Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for 2011 (Blood Covenant) and 2015 (Vendetta) from Romantic Times.

She has fifty novels and novellas in print. She and her family work as missionaries in southern Africa. Lisa loves hanging out with her family, cooking different ethnic dishes, photography, and heading into the African bush on safari. Visit Lisa’s website to learn more.