Tuesday, November 21, 2017

BLOG TOUR & GIVEAWAY: DAX

Patrol Log:  10011212017


BLOG TOUR FOR DAX, (BAD BOYS OF WILLOW VALLEY)




Title: Dax (Bad Boys of Willow Valley)
Author: Shannyn Leah
Genre: Contemporary Small Town Romance



About Dax: Dax is the first book in Willow Valley’s Bad Boy stand-alone series. These hot contemporary romance books feature alpha males heroes and strong, independent women.

Fall in love with Dax Coyln, a volunteer firefighter and hard ass mechanic for his restoration business. He’s strong, solid, independent, until tragedy strikes that could tear him to the ground.

It’s hard to resist a Good Man who’s a Bad Boy

Dax Colyn is one of the bad boys of Willow Valley. A fearless volunteer firefighter and hard ass mechanic, he makes all the woman swoon and he likes it that way. He keeps people at a distance since his mother died. He doesn’t want to let anyone in, much less a woman he knows he could fall in love with
Ava Anderson keeps people away, too. Haunted by her tortured past and constantly fearful of the future, it’s only her daughter Olivia and Dax’s dad Rowdy that she’s let in.
But when tragedy strikes, it pushes Dax and Ava together, forcing them both to let go of their fears. They soon learn how hard it is to keep pretending and how easy it is to let others in. Especially when those people are family.




BONUS EXCERPT :
“Dax?” She’d moved directly beside him and he felt her warmth radiate near his arm. “Rowdy says you haven’t gone back to the hospital for a follow up on your shoulder.”
She set the princess-patterned bag on his desk before he could reply, not that he needed to answer her. They both knew he hadn’t gone back to see the doctor. He hated hospitals.
A couple weeks back on their way back to the station after dousing a farm fire, the new guy had driven off the road and flipped the fire truck on its side, sending all five of the men to the hospital. Had the ambulance driver not given him a choice, he wouldn’t have gone in the first place.
Big deal. Firefighters got muscle sprains all the time. Although his shoulder was being a pain and not healing. He should have gone for the follow up, but he could scrounge up a thousand excuses to hold it off, too.
Ava unzipped Olivia’s knapsack and pulled out a container of gel. “Let me see your shoulder.” Her teacher’s tone again. Damn woman.
“Ava—”
“I didn’t ask. Take off your shirt, Dax.”
He leaned back in his chair to get a better look at her. He put on his famously seductive grin and tapered his eyes. “I’ve been trying to get you out of your shirt for years and you think you can come into my office and, after one demand, think I’m going to just strip for you? Do you think I’m that easy?”
Her lips curved upwards. “You are that easy.”
“Take yours off,” he retorted.
Her jaw tightened, as did the grip on the jar in her hands. Humor swept away, her eyes didn’t waver from his, and he watched desire heat up in them. The attraction between them resonated around the four walls of his office and he knew sex with her would be mind-blowing. Except, he’d never sleep with her. He couldn’t. As much as he teased and flirted, at the end of the day, they didn’t mix. Hot and cold. Water and fire. Besides, his dad would whoop him good and serve him up for dinner if it ever went that far.
Ava’s fingers grasped the edge of her blue and white plaid blouse and hiked the material high enough to see her naval.
Goddamit. They were in his office and the wall overlooking the shop was encased with windows.
He caught her wrist, conflicted with wanting more, all of her and not wanting any of her at all.
“Alright,” he growled, pulling her shirt back down over her denim shorts.
He stood up, ignoring what looked a hell of a lot like hurt in her eyes and yanked his own black T-shirt over his head. He balled it up, frustration invading his hands and tossed it onto his desk.
“If I’d known it was that easy to get your shirt off, I would have flashed my sprained shoulder a helluva long time ago.”
One thing was for certain, the teasing had to end. She’d never given an inch and today she’d have given a whole damn foot.



WANT MORE WILLOW VALLEY STORIES (The McAdams Sisters):

Lakeshore Secrets (Marc)
Lakeshore Legend (Colt)
Lakeshore Love (Jake)
Lakeshore Candy (Riley)
Lakeshore Lyrics (Avery)

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About Shannyn Leah

Contemporary romance author Shannyn Leah loves olives, lip gloss and reading (and writing) romance novels. Her love of words started at an early age and soon grew until, during her teenage years, she’d started writing her own novels. When her mom pushed to finally publish some of the stories, she quickly amassed two complete romance series (By The Lake and Caliendo Resort series) and, in 2016, released her first Fantasy Romance entitled The Gatekeepers (Part One of the Winters Rising series).
When she's not writing contemporary romance books into the early hours of the morning, Shannyn can be found antiquing with her two favorite people, her momma and sister, in their picturesque London, Ontario hometown.

Shannyn would love to get to know her readers as you get to know her (just don’t send her any carrots!)



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Friday, November 10, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: THE 4TH MONKEY

Patrol Log:  9911102017


Book Review On The 4th Monkey




A Mystery/Thriller Novel



**Advanced Readers Copy provided by the author for an honest review**




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Seven meets The Silence of the Lambs in this dark and twisting novel from the author Jeffery Deaver called, "A talented writer with a delightfully devious mind."

For over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the resident so f Chicago.  When his body is found, the police quickly realize he was on his way to deliver one final message, one which proves he has taken another victim who may still be alive.




Chicago's finest Detective's Nash and Porter have been on the hunt for years for the Four Monkey Killer, (4MK) and finally have a lead.  When a man is killed and holds in his possessions an ear and a diary, the two detectives think this is finally the end to his terror...until they read the diary.  Can they put this case to rest before more die?

This thrilling new series begins in the windy city of Chicago.  For those of you whom never been to Minnesota, we are giving them a run for their money on "wind", lol.  The case of the 4MK killer has had detectives Nash and Porter baffled as to his identity for years, until now. While they believe the case may be closed, they discover in the dead mans possession a box with a human ear, and a diary.  The 4MK's MO is to cut his victims ear off, amongst other things.  Well crap, this means his last victim is still alive and out there somewhere and now they have to find them before it's too late.  They believe the victim is a 15-year old girl named Emory.  She is the illegitimate daughter of filthy rich business man by the name of Talbot, who's gone missing.  Just when the detectives think they have the killer where they want him, he has managed to turn the table in a plot twist that will shock the shit out of you!

The 4MK killer's character was fascinating to say the least.  During the story, we are discovering his past along with Detective Porter while he reads his diary.  The story gives us the play by play of the killers parents, and their story.  While in between the investigation, the story switches to 4MK's tale.  I have to say that the diary entries were more intriguing to me than the present time with the detectives.  I was so enamored by his tale I fought with myself about skipping to the diary parts!  In the end, despite his parents shenanigans I was rooting for his father.  The loyalty, love and betrayal he faced was heart wrenching at times.Go figure, I root for the bad guys, haha.

In the present, the investigation was familiar like a CSI episode that I connected with for obvious reasons...however I never really bonded with the detectives until the end of the story, and more so with Porter than Nash.  During some point in the book I almost gave up on the police force until pieces of the puzzle started clicking into place.  And why is there always a Espinosa?  I mean damn, the television shows already have that character covered, lol.  Moving on, the setting and world building was very detailed and brought the story to life in my imagination, and I really love when a writer can pull that off.  And although I felt that the story came to a satisfying end for me, the author pulls a hat trick in the prologue!  Holy shit!  Yes I want to read more please!

So for those mystery thriller fans, I highly recommend you pick this book up and follow the author, cause book two I'm sure will kick some serious ass!








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