Natalie's sister has been missing for 8 yrs. She spent all that time looking for clues and working her way into the Texas Rangers as a hypnotist. She assists with suspect interviews. After a suspect is murdered and her house burned she goes into hiding with one of the Rangers who doesn't like her.
The forced proximity and enemies to lovers was decently done. This one had some nice action/suspense scenes.

I read this for Romance-opoly Soldier Street moon track

Scene Of The Crime: Killer Cove is a spectacular romantic suspense by Carla Cassidy.  Ms. Cassidy has provided readers with a well-written book populated with an outstanding cast of characters.  Bo had left town because everyone thought he was a murderer, but he's returned to bury his mother.  Claire never believed Bo was a killer and she wants him to stay and help her find the real killer.  Bo and Claire's story is packed with drama, humor, spice, action and suspense.  I enjoyed reading this book and look forward to reading more from Carla Cassidy soon.  Scene Of The Crime: Killer Cove is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.   

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This is an entertaining, readable, yet well-researched look at the royal courts of George I and II of England (early to mid-18th century). Worsley picks out a handful of people and follows them throughout the book: a royal mistress who was also the queen’s lady-in-waiting; an ambitious painter who got the commission for a palace mural; a few hanger-ons who wrote extensively about their contacts with the royals; a feral child who was brought to court as a curiosity. A solid chunk of the book is also spent on the domestic intrigues of the royal family themselves – and wow, did these people tear each other apart at every opportunity – but we also learn a fair bit about the lives of the people around them. The book is worth reading for its storytelling alone.

Meanwhile, it taught me a lot about how the royal court functioned. The crowds of nobles at court, as it turned out, weren’t just the idle rich; much of what they were scheming for was jobs, which paid actual salaries, upon which many of them depended. Even menial positions close to the royalty were occupied by the nobility: we see a lot of one equerry, a sort of unarmed honor guard whose job was to follow the king around all day without apparently having much personal interaction with him, and who nevertheless is the son of an earl. Overall being a courtier sounds fairly miserable from a modern perspective (and based on their writings, at least some of these folks thought so too): always surrounded by other people, and if you were a woman, you wore incredibly restrictive clothing and took hours getting ready for an event. Though the maids of honor also got to raise quite a ruckus without anyone seeming to care much about their behavior. If you were married to someone in the line of succession though, you were expected to give birth before an audience of high-ranking men.

I did wish Worsley’s writing about the rules of court was more comprehensive. For instance, she mentions that no one was allowed to leave the king’s presence without his permission, which led to one unfortunate lady-in-waiting peeing all over the floor. To which my question is: how did the system normally work to keep this from happening all the time? Did the king spend tons of time granting people permissions to leave? Or was it understood when you attended an event that you had to wait for the king to leave first? Did this rule apply even in the crowded drawing-room gatherings, large enough to attract gate-crashers as well as actual courtiers? Did people dash out whenever the king himself left to use the toilet? Or did they all go around a bit dehydrated to ensure they wouldn’t have to? Or maybe the whole thing was more of an etiquette suggestion that this one lady took way too seriously? Maybe Worsley can’t explain further because no one wrote it down. But the book definitely left me curious about how the practices we see in the narrative worked in other contexts.

At any rate, this is entertaining history, gossipy without being frivolous, and I definitely learned a lot about the Hanovers from it (not having known anything about them previously). Worth reading for those interested in royal history.

A Baby's Cry by Amanda Stevens is a great romantic suspense.  This is a fairly quick read, perfect for those with limited reading time.  Ms. Stevens has provided readers with a well-written book.  The characters are outstanding.  Dillon is a police detective.  Taylor grew up wealthy and after her husband dies she turns to her ex, Dillon, for help.  Dillon and Taylor's story is loaded with drama, humor, spice, action and suspense.  I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more from Amanda Stevens in the future.  This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.

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Her Cowboy Defender is a phenomenal romantic suspense by Kerry Connor.  Ms. Connor has provided readers with a well-written book, a smooth read.  The characters are outstanding.  Piper's one sister is in a coma after a car crash, her other sister has been kidnapped and she's on her way to get her free when her car breaks down.  Enter rancher Cade.  When Cade stops to help a woman stranded along the road he never expected her to hijack him and his truck.  Piper and Cade's story is packed with drama, humor, spice, action and suspense.  I enjoyed reading Her Cowboy Defender and look forward to reading more from Kerry Connor in the future.  This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.

I read a print copy of the book.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.