Her Last Goodbye - Melinda Leigh

Her Last Goodbye is the second novel in the Morgan Dane series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Morgan is pulled into the case of a missing wife and mother. The woman disappeared and nobody knows why. The husband is worried he's going to be a suspect, even though he has two little children to take care of. Morgan doesn't want let an innocent man go to jail again. Plenty of suspense and excitement. Not to mention Morgan and Lance finally realize they're more than friends. Very highly recommended.

Oaths - Lindsay Buroker

Oaths is the eighth novel in the Dragon Blood series.

You'd think that planning their wedding would keep Ridge and Sardelle plenty busy. They still find time to thwart Tolemek's kidnappers, stop attempts to steal the king's dragon blood, deal with Ridge's mother's magic delusions, and someone is pregnant! Very highly recommended.

Twisted Prey - John Sandford

Twisted Prey is the 28th novel in the Prey series. If only Sandford could write faster.

Lucas Davenport versus Taryn Grant part II. Now Grant is a US Senator and Lucas is a US Marshal. If you don't remember Grant, she's the one who got away in Silken Prey. Their paths cross this time because Grant decides to have her old rival Senator Porter Smalls murdered. Grant misses Smalls, but his lover is killed when their vehicle is run off the road. Lucas is tasked with finding out if it's more than an accident and bringing the killers to justice if it is. Lots of action and suspense. Be prepared for another late night of reading. Very highly recommended.

Gold Dragon - Lindsay Buroker

Gold Dragon is the fifth novel in the Heritage of Power series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

More dragon excitement with Trip, Rysha, and the crew. When dragons want to take over the country, Trip finds a way to stop them. In the end, he really finds something new. Very highly recommended.

Say You're Sorry - Melinda Leigh

Say You're Sorry is the first novel in the Morgan Dane series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Morgan Dane is ready for change. Her husband died two years ago, leaving her with three daughters to raise. Morgan is a lawyer and needs to get back to work. Little does she realize what kind of lawyering she's going to be doing. A great murder mystery. Very highly recommended.

Under the Ice Blades - Lindsay Buroker

Under the Ice Blades falls between books five and six in the Dragon Blood series.

I knew there had to be some other book someplace. There were too many unexplained things in book six. This is where Kaika and King Angulus hook up. This is also where the dragon Morishtomaric is released from prison. This is another great story and a must read if you don't want to lose hair from scratching your head reading book six :) Very highly recommended.

Hell's Princess - Harold Schechter

Hell's Princess is the Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Belle Gunness was one of the most notorious female serial killers of all time. She killed for greed and she killed for fun. Belle's fame was earned while living on her farm in La Porte Indiana. It became known as the Murder Farm. When Belle's victims were dug up, they hadn’t merely been poisoned, like victims of other female killers. They’d been butchered. My complaint is the author made no attempt to make the dry facts anything but dry facts. Or if he did he failed. Recommended.

The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus

The Shape of Water is a science fiction love story.

Elisa is mute. She has been from birth. Elisa is a janitor at a research facility. Fate is working its magic. A strange creature is captured in the Amazon jungle and transported to the research facility for study. Elisa somehow manages a rapport with the creature.

Strickland was the man given the job of finding and capturing the creature. When it was captured he was also tasked with guarding it and keeping it safe. Safe doesn't mean the creature's safety. Safe means safe from the outside world finding out about the creature.

Elisa and her allies are at odds with Strickland and his perverse relationship with the creature. When the creature needs saving it's up to Elisa and her band to save it. But can they? It won't be easy.

This book was a challenge at times. The authors seemed determined to bury the story in useless prose and angst. It was worth working through all that. Very highly recommended.

True Fiction - Lee Goldberg

True Fiction is the first novel in the Ian Ludlow Thrillers series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Ian Ludlow is a thriller writer. He has some fame, but in reality, he's a middle-aged author whose life is nothing like his main protagonist. Ian's main character is Clint Straker, an over-sexed super spy who never seems to break a sweat. Then Ian realizes that he's been used to plan a mass murder and now he's the target of a hired killer. Ian has to die to clean up loose ends. Ian is not going to let that happen. If he can write about Straker maybe he can live like him to survive. Very highly recommended.

Soulblade - Lindsay Buroker

Soulblade is book seven in the Dragon Blood series.

Ridge crashed into the mountains after defeating the dragon Morishtomaric. Almost everyone accepts that he's dead. Not Sardelle. While she's on a quest to find Ridge dead or alive the rest of the squadron is on a secret mission to kidnap the Cofah emperor. It all comes together in a dragon fighting, castle destroying melee. Very highly recommended.

Raptor - Lindsay Buroker

Raptor is the sixth novel in the Dragon Blood series.

Ex-Lieutenant Caslin Ahn is wracked with guilt over the death of Apex. Ahn had no plans to get back in a flyer, but when the king asks it's hard to say no. She is going to wield the magic killing sword Kasandral in hopes of slaying the golden dragon that's terrorizing the kingdom. Can Ahn kill the dragon and keep Kasandral from attacking more of her teammates? Very highly recommended.

Burn Bright - Patricia Briggs

Burn Bright is the fifth novel in the Alpha and Omega series.

The pack is in jeapordy from a traitor. The wildlings are the target. Charles and Anna have to fight off the challenge and find the root of the problem. Very highly recommended.

The Blade's Memory - Lindsay Buroker

The Blade's Memory is the fifth novel in the Dragon Blood series.

When Ridge and his crew get back from their mission to find the source of dragon blood and free Tolemek’s sister they've all been made criminals. Some because of going AWOL and others for being witches. They have to overcome this hurdle to find the missing king, and still be able to fight off an impending enemy attack. Very highly recommended.

Patterns in the Dark - Lindsay Buroker

Patterns in the Dark is the fourth novel in the Dragon Blood series.

Jungle. Dragon. Magic. Very highly recommended.

Blood Charged - Lindsay Buroker

Blood Charged is the third novel in the Dragon Blood series.

Sardelle and Zirkander take a team into Cofah to find the source of the rumors that the Cofah have dragon blood. They find the dragon blood. It's used in weapons and machines the Cofah try and stop them with. Very effectively too. The question is, where did the Cofah get dragon blood? These are "lose sleep" books. They make staying up late worth it. Very highly recommended.

Deathmaker - Lindsay Buroker

Deathmaker is book two in the Dragon Blood series.

Lieutenant Caslin Ahn is part of the famous Wolf Squadron run by Colonel Zirkander. When Cas crashed into the ocean everyone thought she was dead. Instead, Cas turned up in the same prison cell as the infamous pirate Tolemek "Deathmaker" Targoson. Together they escape from the prison, but with Cas as Mek's prisoner. Cas plans to escape again and Mek plans to use Cas to find Zirkander. So much for plans. Very highly recommended.

Balanced on the Blade's Edge - Lindsay Buroker

Balanced on the Blade's Edge is the first novel in the Dragon Blood series.

Colonel Ridge Zirkander has never had great impulse control. As the most famous flyer in the Iskandian army, it hasn't always been a problem. Punching out a foreign diplomat is the exception to that rule. Ridge is now commanding the prison in the Ice Blades Mountains. That a sorceress, who has been buried beneath the prison for 300 years, wakes up when Ridge gets there is just a coincidence. Or is it. Very highly recommended.

Abbey Rayne - John Locke

Abbey Rayne is the 5th novel in the Dani Ripper series.

If there's one thing Dani is, it's inconsistent. Even though Dani breaks the rules all the time, she feels compelled to report anyone else who breaks the rules. When Dani broke the rules to obtain information on a rapist the result was the rapist went free. When the rape victim, Abbey Rayne, broke the rules trying to get payback, Dani ratted her out. Now Dani is trying to make things right in her own way and it's a Charlie Foxtrot if there ever was one. Highly recommended.

Call of the Dragonbonded: Book of Fire - JD Hart

Call of the Dragonbonded: Book of Fire is the first novel in the Dragonbonded series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Conner is a sixteen-year-old farm boy, just coming of age. Now is the time he's looking forward to the bonding call. Maybe he'll get a chipmunk or a raccoon, like his Mom and Dad. Or maybe something much bigger.

Veressa is the sixteen-year-old princess of Griffinrock. She is also answering the bonding call. She has no idea what she'll be bonded to, but it's going to be special.

Conner and Veressa's paths will cross and then some. It's an adventure. I wish I didn't have to wait for the second novel to come out in March. Very highly recommended.

Hot Mess Express - John Locke

Hot Mess Express is book six in the Dani Ripper series.

This is a Dani mess and a half. Dani's latest client is Vicki. Vicki's grandson has been kidnapped. Then Vicki is kidnapped. Dani is trying to solve the first kidnapping and gets roped into another missing person. Confusing but highly recommended.

Unraveled - Lindsay Buroker

Unraveled is the fourth book in the Heritage of Power series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Trip and Rysha make a good team. Someone has stolen a stasis chamber with one of Trip's siblings inside. They have to recover the chamber and survive the revenge of the cult of the dragon, a sorcerer, and a bronze dragon. Very highly recommended.

Origins - Lindsay Buroker

Origins is the third book in the Heritage of Power series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Trip and a select team are sent on a mission to find Agarrenon Shivar, the golden dragon who fathered Trip. Their mission leads them to the continent of Rakgorath. The problem is Rakgorath is supposed to be a magic dead zone. How will Trip, his soul swords, and everything else that uses magic handle that? They're going to find out. Very highly recommended.

Revelations - Lindsay Buroker

Revelations is the second novel in the Heritage of Power series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Trip has suspected he has some dragon blood since he was a kid, but he's about find out how much. He's part of a mission to destroy the portal that let dragons back into the world. This mission requires fighting multiple dragons and the duplicitous Cofah. Kit is challenged to use his abilities in spite of his attempts to keep his heritage a secret. Very highly recommended.

Dragon Storm - Lindsay Buroker

Dragon Storm is the first novel in the Heritage of Power series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Trip Yert is newly promoted captain, and a flyer in the King's army. Then he's picked for a mission to close the portal that dragons are using to get into his world. Trip is going to find out things about himself he's long suspected but hoped weren't true. He's going to play an important role is the war against the dragons. If he lives that long. Very highly recommended.

Don't Tell Presley! - John Locke

Don't Tell Presley! is the fourth novel in the Dani Ripper series.

Dani's new client is a rape victim who was assaulted the same day her husband and her boyfriend were killed. Oh yeah. The client also finds out she's had a hit put out on her. And you thought you'd had a bad day? Dani manages it all in a frantic but effective kind of way. Very highly recommended.

Code Talker - Joseph Bruchac

Code Talker is a novel about the Navajo marines of WWII.

Kii Yázhí was only six years old when he was sent to the white man's boarding school. The young Navajos were forbidden to speak their native tongue because it was part of what made them Indians. The white man's motto was "kill the Indian and save the man."

Kii Yázhí was given the name Ned Begay because the white man giving out names thought Begay was his father's last name. In reality, Begay means "son of" so lots of Navajos are now named Begay because of ignorant white men.

Ned would grow up to join the Marine Corp and become a code talker. Ned fought on many Pacific Islands, but his main job was using the Navajo language to confound the Japanese. The same language he was forbidden to speak as a boy. Ned and his fellow Navajos were very good at their job. That's what this book is all about. Very highly recommended.

Welcome to Bordertown - Holly Black, Ellen Kushner

Welcome to Bordertown is an anthology of fantasy poems, short stories, and novellas. There is even a graphic novel included.

Some winners and some losers. Long but highly recommended.

Teacher, Teacher - John Locke

Teacher, Teacher is the third novel in the Dani Ripper series.

Dani gets mixed up in revenge, betrayal, blackmail and lots of sex. There are teachers involved. Very highly recommended.

Call Me! -‎ John Locke

Call Me! is the first novel in the Dani Ripper series.

Dani Ripper is not her real name. Dani was kidnapped as a girl and managed to escape from her captor. Later she changed her name to avoid the publicity of being the little girl who got away. Now Dani is a private investigator leading a complicated life. A life that gets a lot more complicated. Very highly recommended.

Promise You Won't Tell? - John Locke

Promise You Won't Tell? is the second book in the Dani Ripper series. This book is free for kindle.

Dani Ripper is a private detective. Dani is a little tired of the background checks and infidelity investigations. Then a young woman comes to Dani's office, and Dani gets the kind of case she dreams of. Dani's on the hunt for sex offenders, something she knows a lot about. Keep in mind that things are not always what they seem. This is a tale with twists and turns from start to finish. Very highly recommended. It's good enough I've read it twice.

The Forever Girl - Rebecca Hamilton

The Forever Girl is the first novel in the Forever Girl series.

Sophia Parsons is a 22 year-old waitress. Sophia is also a Wiccan. What Sophia doesn't know is that she's an actual witch. But Sophia will find out, and it will change her life. Very highly recommended.

The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks

The Indian in the Cupboard is the first novel in the Indiana in the Cupboard series. This is a book suitable for third graders and up. Up includes adults.

Omri and Patrick had been friends forever. Well at least since they started school. For Omri's ninth birthday Patrick got him a plastic Indian. Omri was disappointed, but little did he know how significant that present would be. The best present though was the old medicine cupboard his brother Gillon had scavaged from the alley. When Omri's Mom noticed there was a keyhole she let Omri look through her box of old keys to see if one would fit. One did. A very special key. And that's when the adventure began.

This is a great story. In spite of nine-year-old behavior, Omri manages to handle the responsibility thrust upon him well. The story has a bittersweet but happy ending. Very highly recommended.

Killing the Rising Sun - Bill O'Reilly,‎ Martin Dugard

Killing the Rising Sun is one of the books in Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series.

The defeat of the Japanese in the second world war was the first and only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. We should all hope it stays that way. This book covers the steps leading up to dropping the bomb, and what takes place afterward. It is a riveting book from the first page to the last. Very highly recommended.

Thin Line - L.T. Ryan

Thin Line is the third novel in the Jack Noble series.

In a job like Jack's there's a thin line between being a good guy and a bad guy. It's getting harder for Jack to find that line as his current assignment becomes a convoluted mess. Very highly recommended.

A Deadly Distance - L.T. Ryan

A Deadly Distance is the second novel in the Jack Noble series. I'm sorry I waited four and a half years to get to the second one.

Jack Noble works for the shadowy SIS. This time Jack gets tangled in a dangerous plot and the man in charge seems to be able to see through the SIS shadows. Jack is in more danger than ever. Very highly recommended.

Dead Stop - Barbara Nickless

Dead Stop is the second novel in the Sydney Rose Parnell series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Sydney is called in when a train hits a woman. There isn't much left, but Sydney has seen more than her fair share of bodies. The woman is suspected of being a suicide, but that's not the case. She is just the fourth death in her family, and definitely no suicide. None of them were. Another victim is still hanging on to life and the youngest, an eight-year-old girl, is missing. Sydney and Clyde have their work cut out for them. Very highly recommended.

Blood on the Tracks - Barbara Nickless

Blood on the Tracks is the first novel in the Sydney Rose Parnell Series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

When Sydney Rose Parnell came back from the war she brought a lot of ghosts with her. She also brought her partner, a combat-trained Belgian Malinois named Clyde. Sydney took a job as a railroad cop. It was a family thing. Being a railroad cop isn't as simple as it sounds. Especially when skinheads are involved. Now Sydney is creating more ghosts while trying to save lives. Very highly recommended.

Eye of the Storme - W. L. Ripley

Eye of the Storme is the third novel in the Wyatt Storme Thriller series.

Very highly recommended.

Quantum Predation - Isaac Hooke

Quantum Predation is the fourth novel in the Argonauts series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Highly recommended.

The Midnight Line - Lee Child

The Midnight Line is the 22nd Jack Reacher Novel. Read them all. I have.

Reacher runs across an old West Point class ring in a pawn shop. By the time he tracks down the owner he's started a ball rolling that will pull in everyone from local law enforcement, to the DEA, to the Pentagon. Reacher never fails to go all the way. Very highly recommended.

Beast Master - Shayne Silvers

Beast Master is the fifth novel in the Temple Chronicles series This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Nate Temple and his band of mixed monsters would seem to be at peace. Unfortunately, a wizard shows up and spoils the peace. Now Nate and company must fight to free the beasts controlled by an evil person who uses them for sport, blood sport.

I'm done. Silvers suffers from the same malady that hits lots of good authors. They keep trying to top themselves with more and more complexity. I read for enjoyment, not as a challenge to my organizational skills. If you like the Temple Chronicle series this is a must-read. It's likely my last read from Silvers.

Killers in the Family - Robert L. Snow

Killers in the Family is sub-titled Inside a Real Family of Criminals Bound by Blood. It's a true story of a family that defies understanding.

The Reese family was no good and everyone in the neighborhood knew it. Even the police knew it, but being no good isn't a crime. Unfortunately, thirteen-year-old Dawn Marie Stuard didn't know it. Dawn disappeared on March 16, 1986, and no one was brought to justice until 2011. Dawn's family knew who was responsible. The police knew who was responsible. But the wheels of justice turned very slow for Dawn. Thanks to a dedicated detective, who never forgot Dawn, justice was finally served. This book is a bit tedious at times. The court proceedings were hard to get through. The final result is rewarding though. Recommended.

Miramont's Ghost - Elizabeth Hall

Miramont's Ghost is mostly fiction with some real-life settings to make it even more tedious. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

I read the whole thing. I should have stopped when it turned into a historical non-fiction reminiscent of Les Misérables, but without any real historical significance. It was even set in France at first. Unfortunately, I kept reading in hopes of a happy ending. No such luck. Don't bother.

Hero in a Halfling - William Tyler Davis

Hero in a Halfling is the first novel in the Epik Fantasy series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Epik is a hafling. He is obsessed with magic. Epik finally decides to take his furry feet and leave the Bog in search of his obsession. Epik heads to the city-state of Dune All-En. Unfortunately for Epik, the king banished magic the day before he arrived. He still manages to find some magic and lots of other interesting things. Not to mention helping to save the kingdom. Highly recommended.

Deep Freeze - John Sandford

Deep Freeze is the tenth novel in the Virgil Flowers series. They're all excellent.

Virgil is on vacation when his boss calls. It sounds like there's more trouble in Trippton Minnesota. Virgil has already put a whole bunch of Trippton residents in prison. (Read the novel Deadline.) Now there are two things going on in Trippton that require Virgil's attention. A woman's body showed up in the frozen river, and someone is making obscene Barbie dolls. Virgil gets all the good cases. Very highly recommended.

The Lost City of Z - David Grann

The Lost City of Z proves that non-fiction can be just as exciting as fiction.

Percy Fawcett is a legend among explorers. This book explains his obsession with finding a lost civilization in the Amazon jungle. Very highly recommended.

Silver Tongue - Shayne Silvers

Silver Tongue is the fourth novel in the Temple Chronicles series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

More magic and mahem from Nate Temple. This time defeating the Grimms is the goal. The problem is who will be lost in the fight for that goal. Very highly recommended.

Unchained - Shayne Silvers

Unchained is the first novel in the Feathers and Fire series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

Callie Penrose is a Kansas City native. She's your normal girl next door wizard in training. Her mentor is a Vatican Shepherd named Roland. Roland is injured in a fight with a mutant werewolf, so Callie is tasked with the simple job of bidding on a religious artifact. Of course, the item is a piece of the spear that pierced the Savior's side on the cross. There's nothing simple about it. Callie runs into Nate Temple at the auction. He's bidding against her. When the auction is disrupted by a fight between Nate and a werebear, a Nephilim is killed, and some vampires and a demon get into a fight over the artifact, Callie is in a little over her head. It just gets more interesting from there. Very highly recommended. Too bad the next book in the series isn't written yet!

Rendezvous - Jerry Aubin

Rendezvous is the fourth novel in the Ship Series. This book is available through kindleunlimited.

If you were ever nervous about how AI could affect our world, you probably don't want to read this book. If you do it will give you a bad case of the heebie geebies.

Zax is out of cryostorage, and back on flight training. Twelve years have changed much about the ship, and Zax is having a lot of adjustments to make. Zax was woken up because the ship is almost to earth and they want all available combat pilots awake and ready for a fight. Ship has encountered the other humans numerous times and if they're setting a trap at earth the ship wants to be ready.

Ship always seems to be run behind the scenes by the main AI. Zax's friend Mase tells him he's been able to hack into some real old logs and uncovered secrets about the AI. Zax reluctantly listens and the truth of the AI is stunning. It changes everything Zax and Mase thought they knew about the ship's history. This is a great book, with another dang cliffhanger. Only this time the next book isn't even written yet! Highly recommended.

Armageddon Cometh - J.K. Accinni

Armageddon Cometh is the third novel in the Species Intervention #6609 Series.

Abby, Scotty, and Jose are almost completely changed now. Hiding their new bodies is becoming harder. When Netty and Baby contact Abby about the coming disaster, the group mobilizes to save as many creatures as they can.

I have begun to get annoyed at the authors theme that humans are a destructive force and a problem to be solved. I'm so tired of authors deciding that current politics and the lies of the left are important to incorporate into their narratives. I still enjoy this book, but I'm not going to bother reading any more in the series. Somewhat recommended.