Books For Review – Week of May 6th

Change of Heart
A Seashell Cottage Book
Judith Keim
Wild Quail Publishing
Release Date Jun 11, 2019
Romance, Women’s Fiction

Emerson “Em” Jordan always wanted a Valentine’s Day wedding. But after being dumped by her boyfriend, she spends the holiday at Seashell Cottage on the Gulf Coast of Florida with Devin Gerard, a family friend who has no interest in her or any other woman and is instead concentrating on his pediatric medical practice and continuing medical missions in Costa Rica.

Em, who’s always wanted a large family, doesn’t mind his disinterest. At thirty-two, she’s decided she doesn’t need a husband to have a child or to adopt one. First, she’s going to fulfill her dream of setting up her own landscape design business in upstate New York and has promised to continue to help run her grandmother’s flower shop.

It isn’t until Em and Devin become friends that Em realizes she might want more than friendship from him. But with his work in Miami and Costa Rica and her busy life in New York, it’s out of the question until something happens that changes everything, even a couple of hearts.

Last Ticket to Paradise
Carol Ericson
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Romance

Sent to paradise to find her missing sister, she discovers a passion that burns hotter than hell… Georgette Lawson has always been the dull, practical twin…until she steps foot on the tropical island of Palumba. Desperately searching for her missing sister,

Georgette plays a dangerous game that results in whispered threats and dire warnings. One such warning comes from sexy Jake Kincaid, the main developer of the island. Now Georgette’s life…and heart are at risk.

Jake Kincaid overcame too many obstacles to allow the silly rumors of ritual sacrifice to destroy his island paradise. He wants uptight Georgette Lawson to abandon her search for her flighty twin and go home—until the danger to Georgette becomes all too real. His fight to save the island and expose its seamy underbelly becomes an even greater fight to save Georgette and and claim her as his own.

Seven Devils
City of Angels/Dead on Arrival
Steve McManus
Mystery & Thrillers

Los Angeles crime reporter Danny Kasho is working on the unsolved murders of two women when he gets a tip about a missing couple. The tip has one thing in common with his story, but to prove it Danny will have to jeopardize his career—and his life.

Ursula Ruda discovers a friend and fellow reporter is missing. Working with only a cryptic last text and a single clue to her location, Ursula follows her friend’s trail and finds a threat greater than anything she could have imagined.

From drought-stricken LA to the snowbound mountains of Northern California where a reclusive self-help guru is gathering his followers, Danny and Ursula chase separate tragedies that could dovetail with disaster.