Tiny House, Big Fake Fiance

                  Come to Pinevale, Washington, for cozy vibes, heartwarming chosen family, and spicy second-chance romance where the houses are tiny, but the joy is so big!  

About Tiny House, Big Fat Fiancé:

Zax Dupré gave Lilah Alves, a leather craftsman, the hottest night of her life—then he ran off with her tiny house. If she doesn’t get it back, she’ll be homeless. The hunky carpenter and she strike a deal: he’ll customize her tiny house if she pretends they’re engaged, smile pretty for his social media followers, and fool his prudish auntie long enough to finish the job by her impossible deadline.

Easy peasy, right?

Our Review: Welcome to another of Sadira Stone’s fun, sexy contemporary romance series. This one, set in the Pacific Northwest, features underlying themes of tiny houses, hunky master carpenters, and gorgeous leather workers. As always, while enjoying a steamy, second-chance romance, the reader learns about the planning and construction of tiny houses, the latest rage for those looking to downsize—or have the option to pick up and go when the mood strikes.

Stone gives it all—and we’re better off for it.

Based on a scale of 1-5, Tiny House, Big Fat Fiancé merits a 7.

 Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews

 

 

 

 

Fractured Valor by AA DaSilva

                Danger isn’t the only thing they can’t outrun.

About Fractured Valor: After a mission went wrong, Xavier Mastroianni’s takes a slow two-year trip downhill, one drink at a time. But after a former brother-in-arms appears in the local drunk tank, and proposes an impossible assignment, Xavier reluctantly agrees to transport research scientist Isabel Torres cross-country to deliver the antidote to a lethal biohazard threat. One day at a time; one bad guy at a time—and there’s a whole slew of them—around every corner, it becomes a mission of international security as well as personal recovery. 

As Xavier and Izzy race against the clock, facing danger at every turn, he becomes fixated on more than just the mission. For a woman accustomed to feeling nothing, she makes him want to feel everything.

Our Review: This is AA DaSilva at her best: fast paced, descriptive emotions, complex, multi-layered characters and realistic, honest dialogue. Action-suspense plot lines like this don’t come any better.

Based on a scale of 1-5, Fractured Valor merits an 8.

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews

Art of Deception by Maxine Douglas

 Every masterpiece tells a story—this one whispers murder.

 About Art of Deception, A Mystery on Lilac Lane Story:

In the picturesque town of Wisteria, Wisconsin, gallery owner Skye Johnson loves celebrating local art and the friends who create it. When photographer Lucas Cooper agrees to show his new collection honoring his late mentor, Skye can’t wait to display it—until one photo reveals something strange. Hidden in the image of the old Hendrickson barn, where Lucas’s mentor was found dead, is a detail that doesn’t belong.

Someone has added a painted clue—a silent cry for help from a witness too afraid to speak. Now, Skye and Lucas must unravel the mystery brushstroke by brushstroke before the truth—and the artist—are buried for good.

Our Review:

It’s always a pleasure to read something crafted by the multi-published, award winning Maxine Douglas. A writer of different genres, with Art of Deception, her talent for creating suspense—then putting it to paper—excels. Plus, the small-town atmosphere of Wisteria is a pure pleasure to read, including the unique flower-related names of businesses and events.

And not to be overlooked is the slow burn romance between Skye and Lucas, a heart- warming journey that keeps the reader turning the pages to see if these two stubborn artists will ever take that last step toward happy. Do not miss this one; it’s a winner.

Based on a scale of 1-5, Art of Deception merits a 7.

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews

Never Can Say Goodbye by Jana Richards

             The Twice in a Lifetime time-travel romance series features apprentice angel Gabriel Daniels who, in order to earn his angel wings and be allowed the privilege of looking out for his loved ones back on Earth, is tasked with giving three mortals their second chance at love. What Gabriel doesn’t count on is having to examine his own life during the process. Coming to terms with his mistakes, especially those in his own love life, becomes the biggest hurdle he must overcome.

About Never Can Say Goodbye: It is 1979 and Gabriel’s newest ‘client’ is Joanna Compton a college student who, eight years before, ended her engagement to Lucas Kendall after a car accident left her a paraplegic. She sent Lucas away—not because she stopped loving him—but because she was terrified of becoming a burden to him.

Now, Joanna is a successful lawyer, specializing in advocating for the rights of the disabled, has cut herself off, refusing help from friends, co-workers, or even her mother, believing that because of her disability, she must constantly prove her worth.

When Lucas comes to her for help with his wrongful dismissal case, she refuses him, claiming it would be a conflict of interest. Gabriel, anxious to earn his wings, needs her to change her mind. Helping Joanna reclaim what she’s been too afraid to want would bring him one step closer to Heaven—and the only way he’ll be able to keep watch over the people he loves back on Earth.

Gabriel and Joanna both have their work cut out for them.

Our Review: Once again, author Richards has infused heart wrenching emotion into her work, showing the reader the depths of despair as well as triumph. Joanna and Lucas, two lonely, desperate people, deserve happiness but both are too stubborn and hard headed to accept it. While intense in the descriptions of the rights of employees, especially those who are ‘differently abled’ this is a story of love, devotion, and triumph. And a beauty.

            Based on a scale of 1-5, Never Can Say Goodbye merits a 7.

           Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews

Bedeviled by the Baroness by Kathy L Wheeler

 London, 1823: A scandalous masquerade, a missing heir, and a baroness who refuses to play by the rules.

About the Book: When widowed Baroness Lady Rose Stanford crashes a notorious masquerade in search of a titled husband, she doesn't expect to kiss a mysterious stranger—or get pulled into a dangerous game of blackmail and murder.

     Emerson Whitmore, a self-made merchant, wants nothing to do with the peerage until a cousin’s suspicious disappearance and a damning note thrust him into aristocratic intrigue and into the path of the most irritating and desirable woman he...wishes he'd never met.

     Sparks fly and secrets unravel as Rose and Emerson join forces to uncover a killer, protect vulnerable young women, and navigate a society where appearances deceive and love may be the ultimate scandal.

Our Review: The latest in the Rebel Lords of London series by the talented Kathy L Wheeler covers a range of serious topics such as murder, kidnappings and human trafficking—yet we often found ourselves smiling due to the quick, snappy dialogue and all too human responses from the two lead characters, Emerson and Rose. Once again the author shows her talent at combining mounting suspense with down to earth emotions. Now we wait—and hope—for Ben to have his day.

Based on a scale of 1-5, Bedeviled by the Baroness merits an 8.

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews

 

 

 

 

Parallel Peril by Maria Lynn Barrs

              A TV journalist searching for her long-lost sister becomes trapped inside an isolated colony where she must fight to survive—and confront her guilt, her past love, and the terrifying truth about what really happened to her sister.

About the Book: TV journalist Vicky Robeson spent years chasing stories—and the ghost of her sister, who vanished after a childhood tragedy. She tracks a trail of secrets pointing to a mysterious group of fundamentalists living deep in the California foothills. She joins forces with her former lover to locate the isolated colony and discovers that women are trapped there for nefarious purposes. What begins as a search for truth turns into a fight for survival. Trapped and cut off from the world, Vicky and her lover risk everything to escape, free the women, and face the terrifying possibility that one of them may be the sister she blames herself for losing.

Our Review: This one hits all the high notes for fans of women’s fiction, suspense and mayhem, all rolled into a crackling travel adventure. Author Barrs knows how to write bad guys—then scares the crap out of her fans with clever plotting and exceptional supporting characters. Very well done!

Based on a scale of 1-5, Parallel Peril merits an 8.

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews

The Bane of Dragons by Dan Rice

 In The Bane of Dragons by Dan Rice, in order to save the planet from ravening shapeshifters, a teenage alien human hybrid must overcome her greatest fear, herself.

 About the Book: Monstrous forces from across the multiverse have set their eyes upon Earth as the perfect planet to create a beachhead in the universe humanity calls home. The problem with that? Humans will be enslaved…and used as food stock for skaags, ravenous shapeshifting super soldiers.

    Allison, a teenage alien human hybrid, is humanity’s only hope. She must do the unthinkable and travel the slipstream, the super highway through the multiverse, to bring the conflict to the enemy’s turf. With a crack squad of miscreants as allies, she does just that, but nothing goes according to plan.

     Instead of arriving at the enemy’s home world, they end up as the prisoners of angry terrestrial octopi. Their astute negotiations don’t win them freedom, but see them transferred into the custody of General Bane, the skaag supreme military commander feared throughout the multiverse. Allison discovers that to save herself and life on Earth, she must learn to unravel the magic binding General Bane and his kind to their overlords. To accomplish that, she must face her greatest fear, herself.

 Our Review: One of the things better than the glorious cover art on this story is the writing. Even fans of YA or the fantasy/paranormal/futuristic genre will drop their teeth over this one. It is edge of your seat action, toe curling danger, and a few hints of the gore involved. Author Dan Rice has hit this one out of the park.

 Based on a scale of 1-5, The Bane of Dragons merits an 8.

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews