🎧 Review: Her Final Breath

Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Review ~ Her Final Breath

📚 Tracy Crosswhite Book 2

🖋 Author ~ Robert Dugoni

🎧 Narrator ~ Emily Sutton-Smith

🖋 Genre: Small Town Romance, Mystery, Police Procedural

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tracy Crosswhite Series

Homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite returns to Seattle after the sensational circumstances of her sister’s murder. Still scarred from that ordeal, Tracy is pulled into an investigation that threatens to end her career, if not her life. Pitted against not only an unknown stalker but also a serial killer known as the Cowboy, Tracy’s career is threatened by media sensationalism and an old case with links to the current murders.

Emily Sutton-Smith as the voice of Tracy Crosswhite continues to draw me in and keep me listening. I appreciate the logical and methodical way Tracy approaches her cases. There is just enough emotion in her depiction that I feel as if I’m part of the investigation with Tracy, Dan, and her partner, Kinsington Rowe. I love Tracy’s unique approach to her cases, as well as her quick wit, which borders just inside the lines of sarcasm, especially when verbally sparring with Johnny Nolasco.

🖋 Enjoyment: 5. Narrator: 5. Writing: 5. 

🖋 Setting: 5. Plot: 5. Characters: 5. 

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Review: Changed by You

Changed by You by Brenda Rothert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Review ~ Changed by You 

Minnesota Mammoths Book 3

🖋 Author ~ Brenda Rothert 

🖋 Genre: Sports Romance, Contemporary Romance

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dalton and Alice

“I’m always the one doing the caretaking, never the one receiving the care. It felt good to just let go of everything in his arms, even if it was only for a minute.” ~ That is absolutely Alice. She is the caretaker, giving up so much of her time and life to make sure her brother and her parents, especially her ailing father, are well cared for. She works basically non-stop, fulfilling her boss’s every whim, including lavender-infused glass-bottled boutique water and carefully prepared sushi.

After choking in the final of the series, Minnesota Mammoth’s team captain, Dalton isn’t necessarily looking for romance. But he agrees to appear in a reality TV show to increase publicity for the NHL. He wasn’t looking for anything special until he saw Alice.

While Alice is overly busy taking care of her superstar boss, Dalton realizes that it is Alice’s turn to have someone care for her. And Dalton is determined to be that man. I love these two together. While Alice is used to putting herself last in almost every aspect of her life, it’s Dalton who recognizes this and encourages Alice to step up for herself. This is an incredible read, and I truly enjoyed seeing Alice allow herself the time and the energy to be herself. As someone who usually puts others first, I love how Dalton sees who Alice is. That he is the man who will love and support her, however she needs.

🖋 Enjoyment: 5. Readability: 5. Writing: 5. 

🖋 Setting: 5. Plot: 5. Characters: 5. 

💌 Favorite Moments:

🖇 But I’m also a person, and I get lonely.

🖇 You’re so close to me right now, but way too far away.

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🎧 Review: A Dead Draw

A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Review ~ A Dead Draw

📚 Tracy Crosswhite Book 11

🖋 Author ~ Robert Dugoni

🎧 Narrator ~ Emily Sutton-Smith

🖋 Genre: Small Town Romance, Mystery, Police Procedural

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tracy Crosswhite Series

Tracy has spent 20 years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah’s disappearance and the murder trial that followed. Years later, Tracy is still reaping the repercussions of her sister’s death. A legal mistake has given accused killer Erik Schmidt a chance at revenge, deliberately maneuvering Tracy into a final duel.

Another fantastic narration by Emily Sutton-Smith. Her portrayal of Tracy Crosswhite is heartfelt and yet at the same time, gives Tracy the right amount of logical process in the way her detective mind works. The introduction of Lydia helps to heal the wounds left behind by the truth of Sarah’s murder. I love the detail put into Lydia’s character, how she helps Tracy reconcile a part of her past, and moves her forward with her husband Dan and their daughter. 

🖋 Enjoyment: 5. Narrator: 5. Writing: 5. 

🖋 Setting: 5. Plot: 5. Characters: 5. 

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Review: The Contract

The Contract by Lexxi James
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Review ~ SINS: The Contract

📚 Book 1 Dante & Riley

🖋 Author ~ LexxiJames

🖋 Genre: Dark, Mafia, Billionaire Romance

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dante & Riley

My newest obsession is marked off with bright yellow Do Not Enter tape. But as long as I just look with my eyes, no harm, right?

⛓Two tortured souls irrevocably intertwined. 

💰Dante D’Angelo, descending deeper into the mysterious disappearance of his father and the brutal attack on his sister, can’t help but be drawn to the unbreakable defiance of Riley Mullvain. She will do anything she can to prove that Dante and his family had everything to do with her own father’s death, despite her sister marrying into their infamous mafia family.

🫦Riley is the one thing he shouldn’t want for himself. 

⛓This book keeps the intensity and the adrenaline pitched at an all-time high. It was an incredible continuation of the D’Angelo family’s twisted history and dark future that cannot seem to extricate itself from the Mullvain girls. Where Enzo was a slow burn drawing Kennedy Mullvain to their inner sanctum; Riley and Dante are an inferno, burning up everything they touch, including themselves.

🖋 Enjoyment: 5. Narrator: 5. Writing: 5. 

🖋 Setting: 5. Plot: 5. Characters: 5. 

💌 Favorite Moments:

🖇 The thing about silence is it doesn’t echo. It seeps. And the longer it stretches, the heavier it gets.

🖇 He’s everywhere all at once. Pressing into the edges of me, filling the space between fear and want until I can’t tell them apart.

🖇 I want every brutal, dark piece of him forced into every shattered edge of me.

🖇 “You’re not the hunter, Pom. You’re the meal. Mine.”

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🎧 Review: My Sister's Grave

My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Review ~ My Sister's Grave

📚 Tracy Crosswhite Book 1

🖋 Author ~ Robert Dugoni

🎧 Narrator ~ Emily Sutton-Smith

🖋 Genre: Small Town Romance, Mystery, Police Procedural

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tracy Crosswhite Series

Tracy has spent 20 years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah’s disappearance and the murder trial that followed. I was immediately captivated by the story of Tracy and her family, hanging on every clue and turn as Tracy is drawn back to her hometown. Emily's voice and narration is intimate, poignant in the way she leads us through Sarah's final moments. 

A missing sister and the need to follow the evidence to its conclusion, Tracy leaves her job as a chemistry teacher and becomes a police officer. Moving up into the ranks of detective, she has never given up on finding out what happened to her sister Sarah. Now with the recent discovery of Sarah’s remains, Tracy may finally have the final pieces to figure out who is responsible for the kidnapping and murder of her sister and the pervasive lies that tore her family and hometown apart.

Tracy and her childhood friend, Dan, who is now a lawyer, will inadvertently step into the path of a killer as they uncover the 20-year-old truth of what happened to Sarah.

🖋 Enjoyment: 5. Narrator: 5. Writing: 5. 

🖋 Setting: 5. Plot: 5. Characters: 5. 

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Review: Faking the Shot: Golden Meadow Polo Series Book 1

Faking the Shot: Golden Meadow Polo Series Book 1 by Jolie Dunn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Review ~ Faking the Shot

📚 Golden Meadow Polo Series #1

🖋 Author ~ Jolie Dunn Author

🖋 Genre: Small Town Romance, Sports Romance, Polo Romance, Friends to Lovers Romance

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Maggie and Jack

He always knew his life would change. He just never thought she would be the reason.

This is the first time I’ve tried Jolie Dunn. And, Faking the Shot was a wonderful read! I have never read a book that includes Polo. But I’m glad I picked this as my first one. Jolie did a seamless job of weaving the intricacies of the sport with the storyline. Beyond that, her characters felt real.

Maggie and Jack are friends from childhood, so it is no surprise that benefits would eventually follow. And, Maggie’s surprise pregnancy isn’t a surprise either because friends with benefits usually aren’t foolproof. What is a beautiful surprise is the journey that both Maggie and Jack take to find their happiness together. 

The fear, the uncertainty in their futures, the brave way these two come together, devoting themselves to a fresh start and a commitment to be the best parents despite their childhood examples, is at first commendable. Their initial obligation to their baby, of course, is not necessarily to each other, yet though Jack is careful with Maggie, making sure that she and the baby have what they need. 

Once Jack and Maggie got their footing, I enjoyed seeing them grow into each other as well as discovering the best parts of themselves. At times, it was wrenching as they separately experienced the fear and panic of not only becoming parents, but coming to the realization that they are not their parents, and that they truly do love and trust one another. 

🐴Maggie and Jack🐴

💍Protective Hero

🚿Reunited Lovers

💍Fake marriage

🚿Accidental pregnancy

💍Friends with benefits

🚿Horse - Sports Romance

🖋 Enjoyment: 5. Readability: 5. Writing: 5. 

🖋 Setting: 5. Plot: 5. Characters: 5. 

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