It’s June and the Texas heat has settled in for the summer. If I’m not out the
door by 6:45am, we skip the trip to the dog park because it’s just too hot. So,
fun means indoor and air-conditioned activities. Movies, television, shopping,
and going to the gym are all on the list. Of course, my favorite activity is
curling-up in bed with a good book. Now that I have a new mattress (what took me
so long?), napping and reading are my two favorite ways to relax. This month,
there are some great choices in romantic suspense to keep you entertained while
you stay cool.
FADE TO MIDNIGHT
McCloud
Shannon McKenna
Kensington;
$20.95
I can’t wait to read McKenna’s latest addition to the McCloud series
which answers the question—What happened to Kevin? Davy, Connor, and Sean
mourned the loss of their brother, Kevin, in Edge of
Midnight, Out of Control,
and Standing
in the Shadows. When the McCloud brothers discover Kev is alive,
they won't rest until they find him. Beaten and tortured almost to death, Kev
Larsen was found eighteen years earlier in a warehouse alley. He survived his
brutal ordeal, but his memories before that night were completely erased. When
he nearly dies from trying to save someone from drowning, the brain surgery he
has to save his life triggers fragmented, terrifying memories. With only these
memories and the name of his torturer to guide him, Kev is determined to unlock
the secrets to his past. Edie Parrish has always been good at not letting anyone
get too close to her. If someone were to learn of her unusual gift, her life
would be immediately jeopardized. But when Kev discovers who she really is, Edie
has only one choice: to trust him.
SILENT
SCREAM
Karen Rose
Grand Central Publishing; $7.99
Rose is a master
of suspense and building our relationship with characters over several books.
Silent
Screams brings together Olivia Sutherland and David Hunter who we met in
several books including Count to Ten and I Can See You. When a teenage girl dies
in a suspicious fire, Detective Olivia Sutherland is assigned to track down the
arsonist. Then she discovers something more sinister: a vicious blackmailer who
preys on young people and murders without hesitation. Making her work even
harder is sexy firefighter David Hunter. He's not only sharing the case but
sparking memories of their long-ago night of passion, when feelings were left
unspoken and hearts were broken.
CARNAL
SIN
Seven Deadly Sins #2
Allison Brennan
Ballantine Books; $7.99
Original Sin, the first in this series, is high on my to-read pile. Now I can
read it back-to-back with this new release. In Carnal Sin, a coven of
witches well versed in the black arts unleash the Seven Deadly Sins on earth -
as incarnate demons with an agenda. When straying men are murdered, Moira and
Rafe Cooper, an ex-seminarian battling demons of his own, confront a succubus
who's far more deadly than they imagined
KILLING ME
SOFTLY
Secret of Shadow Falls #1
Maggie Shayne
Mira; $7.99
Look
for all three in Shayne’s suspense trilogy to be out this summer (June, August,
and September). The first in the series features rookie cop Bryan Kendall whose
lover was a victim of the Nightcap Strangler. When Bryan becomes a suspect in
the killings, he and his ex, Dawn Jones, search for the truth.
THE
WHISPER
BPD/FBI #4
Carla Neggers
Mira, $24.95
Previously seen
in The
Widow and The Angel, Scoop Wisdom returns as the hero of his own
adventure. After taking a backful of shrapnel from that bomb, Scoop Wisdom goes
to Ireland's Beara Peninsula to recuperate. There he runs into an attractive
Celtic archaeologist who is determined to find out who tried to kill her in a
remote island cave there a year earlier.
TRUE
VISION
True #1
Joyce Lamb
Berkley Sensation
June 2010; $7.99
Newspaper reporter Charlie Trudeau is living an ordinary life, until witnessing
a fatal hit-and-run accident gives her an intense psychic power she has no clue
how to handle— and brings a Chicago police detective to her doorstep...Noah
Lassiter wants nothing more than to find the driver who killed his good friend.
But his only lead is the beautiful Charlie Trudeau, who gets prickly when he
starts nosing around town. Charlie’s clearly hiding something, but Noah needs
her help unraveling the mystery of his friend’s death—even if the electricity
between them complicates things.
Until next month...Maria Munoz
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