The Blackest Crimson (Shades of Death 0.5) by Debra Webb

Detective Bobbie Gentry was psyched when she was offered the opportunity to work with the FBI on a special task force in the search for a heinous serial killer known as the Storyteller. What she didn't expect was for the serial killer to follow her home on Christmas Eve...The Storyteller couldn't resist Bobbie no matter the risk. He murdered her husband and would have murdered her child but the little boy got away. Now Bobbie's fight for survival might just be more than he bargained for...
One of them must die.

Review: Thank you Debra Webb for an ACR copy of the Blackest Crimson.
This is the prequel to the new series that Debra Webb is introducing. In this novella we meet a serial killer known as The Storyteller who kills women and tattoos their stories on their body as the final act before they die after he has tortured them in unspeakable ways for weeks and Bobbie the police officer who was working the case and ultimately taken by The Storyteller.
Bobbie and her family were enjoying Christmas Eve at home the night The Storyteller broke in and killed her husband and took her from her home and made her his next victim. In this story we learn what he does to his victims and about Bobbie and what she does in a crisis and a very bad situation. Giving us insight into the mind of both the hunter and the prey for this series.
I am giving The Blackest Crimson five out of five stars.

Investigating Christmas (Colby Agency: Family Secrets #3) by Debra Webb, Regan Black

When the woman who left him comes back desperate for help, sexy billionaire Rush Grayson is thrilled. He still wants and needs Lucy Gaines, but Lucy only needs his professional help—to rescue her abducted sister and nephew. The strong-willed independent woman thinks she's over Rush. She'd never be foolish enough to fall for a man incapable of love.
But as Rush and Lucy begin a harrowing race against time to free her family, the fire between them blazes. Now they must use Rush's brilliant invention to outwit the ruthless kidnapper, or neither will live to see a Christmas family reunion…

Review: I was given an ARC of Investigating Christmas from the authors and I thank them for the chance to read and review the book before its release.
Investigating Christmas by Debra Webb and Regan Black was a fast moving story about Lucy Gaines who finds herself needing the help of her ex flame sexy billionaire Rush Grayson when she trust the wrong person and her sister and nephew are kidnapped for a ransom that she needs Rush's company to make. Things heat up when Rush and Lucy realize that the feelings they had for each other are not dead and they have a short time to save her family.
Will they be able to save Lucy's sister and nephew and turn the tables on a crazy criminal? Will Lucy and Rush have a second chance?
I loved Lucy and Rush together. Both dancing around how they feel when the chemistry was there between them. It was very well done and was very hard to put the book down because you wanted them to get it right so bad. As for the suspense part I found that twist interesting as well. I won't give it away, but that was a nice curve in this book as well.
I as giving Investigating Christmas five out of five stars.

All the Dead Girls (Graveyard Falls #3) by Rita Herron

When a violent storm hits Graveyard Falls, it unearths the unimaginable: skeletons of teenage girls, each dressed in white and holding a candle. It’s clear to FBI agent Beth Fields that this is the work of a long-standing killer—but could it be the one she escaped years ago? She has no memory of the man who held her captive and murdered her friend. But even though someone was jailed for the crime, she’s always feared that the real killer is still out there…waiting and watching.
Ian Kimball never believed his stepfather was guilty of Beth’s kidnapping or the slaying of two local girls. Now Graveyard Falls’s sheriff, he’s determined to catch the true perpetrator. And when more young women go missing, he realizes he needs Beth’s help. She is nothing like Ian expected, and everything he desires. But if they have any hope of finally ending the killer’s reign of terror, Beth and Ian will need to put everything aside, including their past, their mistrust, and their growing attraction…

Review: Thank you Netgalley for the copy of All the Dead Girls by Rita Herron that I was able to review.
All the Dead Girls was a great addition to the Graveyard falls series by Rita Herron. In this book the skeletons of teenage girls dressed in white holding a candle and wearing a cross were unearthed after a tornado hit Graveyard Falls and it is up to FBI agent Beth Fields and Sheriff Ian Kimbell to to work together to find out who is behind the murder of these girls.
To add to the mystery both Ian and Beth may have something to do with the case. Beth was taken as a teenager but released by a man who killed her best friend in front of her and the man who was arrested and tried for her abduction is none other then Ian's stepfather. Is he the one behind the killing of all of these girls or did an innocent man go to jail like Ian insists?
The killer is still out there taking and killing girls and he knows Beth is the one that he let go. Will Ian and Beth catch him before he gets her back? Or will he get the one that got away?
I loved this book. I kept going back and forth from suspect to suspect and talking myself out of each one. (But I will admit I did get the right one, yeah me!) Herron did a great job giving the reader just enough crumbs to let them solve the case with Beth and Ian but at the same time keep second guessing if they were right until the very end. I also enjoyed the history with Beth and Ian and how they dealt with it. That added another layer to the book that made it all that more enjoyable. This book was the total package and I could not put it down. A must read for sure!
I am giving All the Dead Girls five out of five stars!

The Dollmaker (The Forgotten Files, #2)

Dr. Tessa McGowan had never seen anything quite like it. But the mutilated bodies on her exam table tell a stunningly macabre tale: someone with a twisted mind is kidnapping women and altering their faces to resemble real, life-size dolls. As a forensic pathologist, it’s her job to aid the agent leading the case—even if that agent is her estranged husband.
Twelve years ago an unspeakable tragedy destroyed Dakota Sharp’s world. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, he’s devoted himself to capturing killers. His only regret is that it cost him Tessa. Now, as the Dollmaker case brings them together—and raises his suspicions that he’s crossed paths with this deranged psychopath before—they may just have their second chance. But it seems Dakota’s not the only one who wants to make Tessa his own…
She may be the Dollmaker’s next target, but Tessa has no intention of winding up as another toy on his shelf. Can she and Dakota stop this ghastly killer before his next deadly playdate?

Review:Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of The Dollmaker by Mary Burton.
The Dollmaker, which is the second book of The Forgotten Files Series by Mary Burton, can be read as part of the series or as a stand alone book because I personally did not feel that it has any spoilers or had anything that really dealt with the first book in series except mentioning it briefly a few times in passing as a case they has solved before. I loved this book from the when I started reading the first chapter until I closed the book when I finished it.
Dakota Sharp a Virginia State Police Detective has just caught a new case of a woman who was found dead who was dressed like a doll and her face was tattooed to look like a dolls. To make things interesting his estranged wife, Tessa, a forensic pathologist, has returned from working overseas and has taken a job at the medical officers office and she has made it clear she wants to give their marriage another try. But, things did not work the first time because Dakota shut Tessa out because he was dealing with the guilt of his sisters death that took place when he was in the marines and she disappeared and when she was found it was believed she OD on drugs.
Thing take a turn when the killer known as The Dollmaker is linked to Tessa and Dakota's sister and their group of friends from college and information from a PI who at one time was the police officer investigating Dakota's sister's death tells him that his stepfather had hired him to look into her death and he is no longer sure if her death was an OD or a homicide and that Dakota should look into. By the time Dakota and Tessa figure out what is really going on it just might be too late for Tessa and for them to get things right between them.
The idea of a killer who turns his victims into dolls is creepy to begin with but adding the fact that he is tattooing the makeup on their faces just adds another level of freak to this guy. I loved the fact that Burton kept me guessing who the killer was until almost the end of the book and her twist and turns were exceptional in this book. Some of her best.
I am giving The Dollmaker five out of five stars.

Burned by Her Devotion (Rogue Vows #2) by Melinda Leigh

When Chase Ryan, a popular crime TV star, turns up dead, the entire town of Solitude is shaken—but the show isn’t over yet. The confessed murderer is violently abducted on the way to the county jail, and now Detective Seth Harding must find both the killer and the kidnapper.
Seth’s investigation unearths unsavory secrets from the celebrity’s life that incriminate a cast of suspects: Chase’s family, his sleazy agent, and a fanatical stalker with a troubled thirteen-year-old daughter. When that same teen disappears from her temporary foster home, Seth’s wife, social worker Carly Taylor, is drawn into the search.
Dodging paparazzi and peril, Seth and Carly track the girl. But as they get closer to uncovering the truth, the abductor sets the stage for a chilling finale…

Review: Thanks NetGalley for the copy of Burned By Her Devotion by Melinda Leigh that I was able to review.
I loved this two book novella series by Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliott.
In this book we find out what really happened to Chase Ryan a movie star who was murdered in Solitude, Oregon, a small town he visits with his son, brother and a couple of good friends each year. It is up to Seth and Carly to figure how the man who admitted to the murder managed to escape from police custody and where the daughter of the crazy lady who likes to start fires and who believed that she was involved with Chase disappear to when she left her foster parent's home.
Was the case as easy as it seemed or is there more to it like Seth's gut is telling him? And who wants Chase Ryan's killer to pay the ultimate price?
Burned By Her Devotion was a great addition to the Rogue Novels Family and I am giving it five out of five stars.

The Innocent Fighter by Joli Torres

Adrianna Whetmore, star agent of the FBI, had never missed a target. She always found the fugitive and brought them in without a hitch, until a famous MMA fighter was killed by another fighter. Dead set on finding her man and bringing him into the law, she uses her psychic abilities to track him down. But when she finally finds him, she realizes: he’s innocent. Worse, the real killer won’t stop until they’re dead to keep his existence hidden.
Agent Whetmore and the MMA fighter are forced to work together to survive out in the wilderness, hunted by a villain more dangerous than they could have imagined. But what initially begins as a fight for survival quickly grows into something more. Will they make it out alive and prove his innocence before it's too late?

Review: Thank you Joli Torres for the ARC if The Innocent Fighter.
The Innocent Fighter is a book that is full of action from the start and does not stop until the end. From a car blowing up to bullets flying all over the place and a car chase or two this first novel by Joliet Torres puts a new definition to action packed.
When FBI Agent Adrianna Whetmore is sent to find MMA fighter David "The Celtic" O'Brien who is wanted for murder things get a little complicated when her "special powers", which consists of reading people's auras and other cool tricks are giving her mixed signals about his guilt in the crime. When she tracks him down he tells her the real killer is a bad guy known as The Owl and if she takes him in he won't survive to testify the fun begins. I am not going to give the story away for spoiler reasons but there is a ton of action and some attraction while they fight to put the bad guy away and clear The Celtics name.
I am giving The Innocent Fighter five out of five stars.