Showing posts sorted by relevance for query unknown threat. Sort by date Show all posts
Showing posts sorted by relevance for query unknown threat. Sort by date Show all posts

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Review: Unknown Threat

Unknown Threat Unknown Threat by Lynn H. Blackburn
My rating: 💛💛💛💛

This was a great start to a promising new series. I just loved Luke, Zane and Gil from the start. Faith and Hope also tugged at my heartstrings. I enjoyed Faith’s struggle to be this perfect, strong FBI agent but still being a bit vulnerable as well.

The action came from every corner and I held my breath quite a lot, not sure if anything will happen to the agents. I did not know who was behind everything and my guess was way wrong. I love it when authors can surprise me like this!

I’m left with wanting to read more to see what will happen within Zane, Tessa and Gil! The author left just enough hints to bait me for future books in this series.

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

View all my reviews

About the book:


US Secret Service Special Agent Luke Powell is lucky to be alive. Three of his fellow agents have died in unusual circumstances in the past ten weeks. Luke is devastated by the loss of his friends and colleagues, and his inability to locate the killer feels like a personal failure. He's an expert at shielding others, but now the protectors are in need of protection.

FBI Special Agent Faith Malone is driven to succeed and confident in her ability to solve every case she's assigned. She's been put in charge of the investigation into the unprecedented attacks, and with Luke's life in danger, the stakes have never been higher. But it's hard to know how to fight back when you don't know who the enemy is.

As more agents are targeted, Luke and Faith will have to work together to bring a killer to justice and prevent any more names from joining their fallen brothers and sisters on the Secret Service Wall of Honor.


About the author:


Lynn H. Blackburn believes in the power of stories, especially those that remind us that true love exists, a gift from the Truest Love. She’s passionate about CrossFit, coffee, and chocolate (don’t make her choose) and experimenting with recipes that feed both body and soul. She lives in South Carolina with her true love, Brian, and their three children.

Her Dive Team Investigations series includes Beneath the Surface and In Too Deep (a Fall 2018 Okra Pick and 2019 Selah Award finalist). The conclusion to the series, One Final Breath, releases in September 2019. She is also the author of Hidden Legacy and Covert Justice which won the 2016 Selah Award for Mystery and Suspense and the 2016 Carol Award for Short Novel.


Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Can't Wait Wednesday: Unknown Threat

  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 so excited for this new series by Lynn H Blackburn- coming March 2nd 2021.  I loved the first series by this author and have high expectations for this new series. 

About the book: Unknown Threat


US Secret Service Special Agent Luke Powell is lucky to be alive. Three of his fellow agents have died in unusual circumstances in the past ten weeks. Luke is devastated by the loss of his friends and colleagues, and his inability to locate the killer feels like a personal failure. He's an expert at shielding others, but now the protectors are in need of protection.

FBI Special Agent Faith Malone is driven to succeed and confident in her ability to solve every case she's assigned. She's been put in charge of the investigation into the unprecedented attacks, and with Luke's life in danger, the stakes have never been higher. But it's hard to know how to fight back when you don't know who the enemy is.

As more agents are targeted, Luke and Faith will have to work together to bring a killer to justice and prevent any more names from joining their fallen brothers and sisters on the Secret Service Wall of Honor.

Award-winning author Lynn H. Blackburn pulls out all the stops in this brand-new romantic suspense series that will have you holding your breath one minute and swooning the next.






What book are you excited for this week? 

Friday, March 12, 2021

Book Spotlight Fridays! Ruby Jane and Unknown Threat

 

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 Freda's Voice 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.

So, this week I'm spotlighting two books.  I was excited to read both, didn't know which one first, started both to get a feel, and now I'm drawn into both!


Ruby Jane






About the book:

She loved...and lost.

Ruby Jane never thought she'd meet the man of her dreams while running from the police in Russia. That he'd steal her heart on a train to Siberia. But loving a former CIA officer comes with a price...a life of danger. A life of high stakes.

A life where he simply disappears...

He has no memory of the man he was.

Mack Jones has no memory of his past...just the dark sense that he is hiding. And, he wants to stay that way. Mack likes the life he's built in a small tourist town, tucked away beyond the mountains, and has no desire to dig around in the gray areas of his memory.

When his place of business catches fire and Mack rescues the owner, he makes the news, which of course alerts the past he's hoping to outrun.

The only person who can help him is a mysterious woman he doesn't remember.

But a woman he desperately needs.

The surprising, thrilling conclusion to the Montana Marshall series.

*************************************************************

Book Beginnings

Aw, York just knew this would happen.  Knew he should never have come home.

Friday 56 (38%)

None of her crazy stories made sense.  But deep in his gut, in the core of his chest, Mack-er, York-knew she was telling the truth.  Or most of it.  Because there were parts that didn't quite fit together.

My thoughts so far

It is Bitter-sweet to read the final book in this series.  I want to see what happens next but also don't want to say goodbye to the Marshalls.

*************************************************************

Unknown Threat






About the book:

US Secret Service Special Agent Luke Powell is lucky to be alive. Three of his fellow agents have died in unusual circumstances in the past ten weeks. Luke is devastated by the loss of his friends and colleagues, and his inability to locate the killer feels like a personal failure. He's an expert at shielding others, but now the protectors are in need of protection.

FBI Special Agent Faith Malone is driven to succeed and confident in her ability to solve every case she's assigned. She's been put in charge of the investigation into the unprecedented attacks, and with Luke's life in danger, the stakes have never been higher. But it's hard to know how to fight back when you don't know who the enemy is.

As more agents are targeted, Luke and Faith will have to work together to bring a killer to justice and prevent any more names from joining their fallen brothers and sisters on the Secret Service Wall of Honor.

*************************************************************

Book Beginnings

Luke Powell's head throbbed as he parked his sedan in the empty lot and glared into the nearby trees.

Friday 56 (page 60ish/ 19%)

"We know the other person in the car was female.  How can you know for sure she wasn't-"
"You wouldn't have to ask if you'd known Thad."

My thoughts so far

Loving this one!

*************************************************************


Do you think you would read these?

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Review: Under Fire

Under Fire Under Fire by Lynn H. Blackburn
My rating: 💛💛💛💛

Since the first book, there was this chemistry between Zane and Tessa and readers had to wait until the final book in the series to see what is keeping them apart.

This book had emotional depth due to the subject matter of alcoholism and the effects on those dealing with the disease and especially those with loved ones which struggles with this addiction. I felt that the author tackled this subject with the hard facts but also sensitivity.

The suspense kept my attention, but I did wonder about the plausibility of it and the ending was a bit mellow for all the hype in the beginning.

There was a few loose ends, like -what is the reason that Bruce lives on the street – there was the expectation of more coming for this reader.

This was a great conclusion to the series. I loved the characters from the Dive Team Investigation series playing roles in this one and hope these secret service agents will pop up in future series as well.

Review: Malicious Intent

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


View all my reviews

About the book:


USSS Special Agent Zane Thacker has landed his dream assignment protecting the president of the United States. When the president plans a fundraiser at the exclusive estate of a political supporter in Raleigh, Zane is thrilled to be working again with Special Agent Tessa Reed, his best friend--and the woman he desperately wishes could be more.

Though Tessa almost lost everything, she battled her demons and came out on the other side healthy and healed. But when her role as the liaison between the Raleigh office and the president's protective detail wrenches her past back into the present, her greatest failure threatens to come to light.

Zane refuses to let Tessa go through this alone. But can he stand by the woman he loves and protect the president from a mounting threat at the same time?

Sparks fly as award-winning romantic suspense writer Lynn H. Blackburn closes out her Defend and Protect series with this explosive tale of secrets kept, lies exposed, and relationships restored.

About the author:


Lynn H. Blackburn believes in the power of stories, especially those that remind us that true love exists, a gift from the Truest Love. She’s passionate about CrossFit, coffee, and chocolate (don’t make her choose) and experimenting with recipes that feed both body and soul. She lives in South Carolina with her true love, Brian, and their three children.

Her Dive Team Investigations series includes Beneath the Surface and In Too Deep (a Fall 2018 Okra Pick and 2019 Selah Award finalist). The conclusion to the series, One Final Breath, releases in September 2019. She is also the author of Hidden Legacy and Covert Justice which won the 2016 Selah Award for Mystery and Suspense and the 2016 Carol Award for Short Novel.


Monday, June 28, 2021

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books of the Second Half of 2021

  

 Join in the Top Ten Tuesday fun! Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.


Again, there is so many new releases I'm excited for which will be released in the second half of 2021.  Here is 10 of them:

1.  The Scarlet Pen - releasing July 1st


2.  The Chase - releasing July 6th



3.  Hostile Intent - releasing August 3rd


4.  Set in Stone - releasing August 10th


5.  Hanging by a moment - releasing September 14th



6.  Labyrinth of Lies - releasing October 5th


7.  Blood from Stone - releasing October 5th


8.  Deadly Target - releasing November 2nd


9.  Lights Out - releasing November 2nd


10.  Heart of Stone - releasing November 23rd



TOP TEN for 1st half of 2021 Update:

The following was the top 10 books of the first 6 months I was excited about.  So lets see if I've read it or need to still get to!

My Top 10:


The following books will be released in the next 6 months on which I really want to read:

A few of my favourite suspense authors will be releasing new books:



Read it and loved it!  See review


2. Aftermath  - still to read

Terri Blackstock is an auto buy.  I love her suspense and looking forward to this one!


3. Three missing days   - still to read

Okay, so I still need to read book two, but totally excited to continue this series!



Read it! See Review



Other releases

5. On the Cliffs of Fixglove Manor   - still to read

I always enjoy Jaime Jo Wright's darker feel to her mysteries.




Read it and totally loving this series! See Review




Read it! See Review




Read it! See Review



10. From this moment   - still to read

I haven't yet read a book by Kim Vogel Sawyer I haven't enjoy.  This cover is so beautiful and I'm sure the story will be as well.


And two extras:


11. Dreams of Savannah   - still to read

Roseanna M White always gives me a great balance of regency romance with some mystery.


12.  Legal Intent   - still to read

Cara Putman writes thrilling legal suspense and I'm looking forward to reading her latest.


Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Top Ten Tuesday: 2021 Releases I'm excited to read!

 Join in the Top Ten Tuesday fun!


I always saw this on blogs and loved this.  Glad to try this and join the fun!

2021 Releases I'm excited about


There is so many books which is releasing this year which I would love to read! And trying to pick my top 10 is quite difficult.  I could easily go to 30! So, lets try:

My Top 10:


The following books will be released in the next 6 months on which I really want to read:

A few of my favourite suspense authors will be releasing new books:



I am loving this series!  This one is releasing today Jan 5th!



Terri Blackstock is an auto buy.  I love her suspense and looking forward to this one!



Okay, so I still need to read book two, but totally excited to continue this series!




Lynn H Blackburn is a new author I discovered in 2020 but she has a fan! Looking forward to the new series which starts in March.  If you have read her previous series, she send a novella to her newsletter subscribers which links the two series.



Other releases


I always enjoy Jaime Jo Wrigt's darker feel to her mysteries.




I am so excited for this new series one of my favourite authors, Susan May Warren, is part off - this series sounds different but I'm expecting quite an adventure with this Time-travel thriller:






I'm really enjoying this Historical series based on true crimes by Barbour Publishing.  Next to release:



8. All of You, Always

This is a new series which will release monthly starting Jan 4th.  It is clean romance, on the shorter side (200 pages) and I'm quite enjoying the small community set in Walker Beach.  There is a prequel the author provided free via her newsletter.



I am so excited about this series and project Susan May Warren is part of via Sunrise Publishing where she works with aspiring writers.  There is a free novella to grab!




I haven't yet read a book by Kim Vogel Sawyer I haven't enjoy.  This cover is so beautiful and I'm sure the story will be as well.


And two extras:



Roseanna M White always gives me a great balance of regency romance with some mystery.



Cara Putman writes thrilling legal suspense and I'm looking forward to reading her latest.




So, what is on your Top 10 list?


Monday, March 15, 2021

Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2021 TBR

  


 Join in the Top Ten Tuesday fun! Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.


Well, technically it is fall here, starting to get some cooler weather but still a lot of warm days as well.  Here is some top books releasing in the next 3 months which I would really love to read - would I get to each and every one of them, probably not, but it is always good to have goals:


Books releasing/released in March

1.  Unknown Threat


2.  Agressor


Books releasing in April





5.  No Unturned Stone




8.  Winning the Gentlemen


Books releasing in May

9.  Aftermath


10.  Crazy for You




Review: Don't Cross the Blue Line

Don't Cross the Blue Line by Susan May Warren My rating: 💛💛💛💛 Rating 4.25 I loved how the authors wrote...