This Side of Death by Andrew Barrett (CSI Eddie Collins #6)

Synopsis:

This Side of Death. When the past comes back to hunt you. 

Alex Sheridan believes the only way she can be free of her demons is to kill the men in her life. She has a list, and Crime Scene Investigator Eddie Collins is on it. 

Death misses Eddie by inches, and Alex is locked away in Juniper Hill high-security hospital.

Everything is fine for Eddie until one day four years later, when Alex escapes. This time she’s better prepared.

The week that follows ruptures Eddie’s life and shatters the belief he had in his own past, leaving him wondering what really happened, and facing one stark choice: who to kill and who to save.

This Side of Death is the most revealing CSI Eddie Collins novel to date. Prepare to see inside his past and understand what makes him the angriest, most feared, and yet most respected CSI in England.

Review:

You either love or hate Eddie. Either way, he wouldn’t really care. He prefers if people dislike him, as they talk to him less.

I love him. He is rude, uncompromising, doesn’t listen to anyone and seems to have fewer friends with each book in the series. Eddie is also bloody good at his job; and surprisingly under all that hardened outer shell, he also has a heart and that comes out in this book more than before.

I remember reading The Note (Eddie Collins novella) and wishing there was more. Andy delivered and did not disappoint. When Eddie finds out that Alex escaped her high security mental health hospital, leaving a trail of horrific murders, he knows his time is running out. He knows Alex will come for him; it is just a question of when and how. And when she does, well what a tornado.

This is my favourite Eddie Collins book. Main reason is that we get to know Eddie in a slightly different way. He cares. He sympathises. He doesn’t want Alex to suffer. After all she has done to him and his family, he feels sorry for her. This really humanises his character for me and makes this story believable. I cannot wait for another book, especially after that little twist that Andy has left us with at the end of This Side of Death.

Thank you to the author and TBConFB.

Rating: 5/5

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Prey by L.V. Lane (A Fantasy Reverse Harem #1)

Synopsis:

I am prey. This is not pity talking, this is an acknowledgment of a fact. I am small and weak; I am an Omega. I am a prize that men war over. For a year I have hidden in the distant corner of the Empire.

But I am running out of food, and I am running out of options. That I must leave soon is not a decision for today, though, but a decision for tomorrow. Only tomorrow's choices never come.

For tonight brings strangers who remind me that I am prey.

Publisher’s Note: Prey is a fantasy reverse harem omegaverse with three stern Alphas, an Alpha wolf-shifter, and a stubborn Omega prey. It includes smoking hot sexual situations, spankings, and domestic discipline.

Review:

This book will make you blush. It’s hot, full of action (all sorts), plenty of gorgeous characters and a seemingly helpless young girl, finding herself in a rather awkward situation.

But not awkward for long. This is the world of Alphas and Omegas and a world, where sharing is most definitely caring.

What makes this book better though is a good story line. This book is not just about the passionate scenes, although these are fab too, but it’s also about the world of Omegas like Belle being a highly priced prey and alphas that would do anything to protect her. Belle is a prey, but also a treasure and her royal Alphas Silas, Dax, Nate and Bram will face various dangers to keep her safe from outlaws like Oswold. They get well rewarded for all their troubles!

There’s clearly more to come and I am looking forward to reading the next chapter.

Thank you to the author and TBConFB.

Rating: 4/5

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Witches' Haven by S. E. Amadis (Alumari #1)

Synopsis:

Charlie lives the perfect life... or so she thinks. She’s beautiful, successful, holding the job of her dreams, the mother of two gorgeous children and married to the perfect man.

But everything isn’t always as it seems.

Charlie’s husband is violent and abusive. Her job is teetering on the brink. And to make things worse, her teenage daughter is rebellious and uncooperative. One day, Charlie’s children disappear without a trace.

Now Charlie’s life turns into a desperate race against time to find them. She has no idea where to turn or who to go to.

Has her husband kidnapped their own children? Or is someone — or something — even more terrifying and invincible holding them in its thrall? Someone more horrifying than even Charlie can imagine?

Why is a mysterious group so interested in her children? Will Charlie be able to find them in time to save them? And what are all these strange and awesome powers that Charlie is suddenly uncovering within herself?

Witches’ Haven is the story of an ordinary mother who makes an extraordinary discovery about herself — but will that be enough to save her children?

Review:

Good characters, fast paced story and plenty of surprises. This book has all of the above. Charlie doesn’t know what or who she is. She thinks she is a normal wife, mother and interpreter for a successful firm. But there is fear at home. Her seemingly fabulous husband is a violent man and Charlie is terrified for herself and her two children.

Her fears are confirmed when Steve turns on her and her children disappear. And that’s just the start of her true nature and faith unraveling. Fighting her powers, the allusive Maestro and not knowing who she can really trust, Charlie feels alone and like she’s walking on egg shells. She entrust her future into the hands of a mysterious group called Alumari, led by Jeremy and his wife Regina. But we have to wait for part two to see if how that’s working out.

This books left on a massive cliff-hanger, so yes I can’t wait for book two!

Thank you to the author and TBConFB.

Rating: 4/5

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