Fallen Over Book Reviews

Title: In The Arms of a Stranger (Shadow Heroes #2) Author: Virginia Kelly Published: March 30, 20 Publisher: RBV Press Pages: 318 Genre: Mystery/ Murder Review: ebook from ebook discovery Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk  Wanted for treason… Burned by his agency and running for his life, CIA Paramilitary Operator JP Blackmon is determined to clear his name. He tracks down his former partner, but when JP discovers the man is dead, he must turn to the only person who can help. His partner’s vulnerable widow. Drowning in lies… Abby Price never wanted anything but a safe home to raise her son with the man she loved. But her husband was hiding secrets. Secrets that branded him a traitor and got him killed. Now the CIA is watching Abby’s every move and she’s sure they’re hiding proof that would clear her son’s father. So when a stranger shows up swearing he’s her husband’s partner and asking for her help to find the truth, she agrees to risk everything. ...

Title: Turn Tables (Reel Romance Book 2) Author: Stacey Rourke Published: March 14, 2017 Publisher: Anchor Group Publishing Pages: 325 Genre: Romance, Comedy Review: Ebook Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk Between private jets, designer labels, and lavish resorts, Tandy Owens should be having the time of her life. Her celebrity author best friend is getting married and all of Hollywood’s elite have turned out for the event. Unfortunately, Tandy’s mood is far from celebratory. For over a year her heart has been torn between two men: Matthew Cruz, the brilliant, well-educated entrepreneur who makes her feel like a queen, and Mateo, his womanizing musician alter ego, who is known for collecting platinum records, and the panties of his sexual conquests. Matthew assures her that Mateo’s antics are all a show. Even so, with her being the only one to witness his softer side, Tandy begins to wonder which persona is truly the act. In the sizzling heat of Miami, Tandy...

Title: Legacy Lost (Hell's Valley 2) Author: Jillian David Published: March 27, 2017 Publisher: Crimson Romance Pages: 250 Genre: Romance/ Paranormal Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Growing up as an honorary Taggart, Eric Patterson found the family he’d always wanted. Almost. He couldn’t ever manage to see the clan’s youngest and only daughter, stubborn spitfire Shelby, quite like a little sister. Suddenly, his long-suppressed feelings are determined to come to light. Too bad Shelby’s cursed. Her double whammy psychic powers to read emotions and locate anyone anywhere have always made relationships impossible—and now they’ve begun to endanger her life. If she uses her echolocation skills again, it just might kill her. But when a malevolent supernatural force invades the valley, threatening the Taggarts and their neighbors, the Brands, Eric and Shelby must contend with both their blossoming feelings and the increasin...

Title: The Collector Author: K.R. Alexander Published: Aug. 28, 2018 Publisher: Scholastic Pages: 224 Genre: Ages 11 on up Review: a book from the book fair Josie always liked visiting her grandmother in the countryside. But when her mother loses her job in the city and they're forced to relocate along with Josie's sister, Annie, she realizes she doesn't like the country that much. Especially because Grandma Jeannie has some strange rules: Don't bring any dolls into the house. And never, ever go near the house in the woods behind their yard. Soon though, Josie manages to make friends with the most popular girl in the sixth grade, Vanessa. When Vanessa eventually invites Josie back to her house to hang out, Josie doesn't question it. Not even when Vanessa takes her into the woods, and down an old dirt road, toward the very house Grandma Jeannie had warned her about. As Josie gets caught up in her illicit friendship with Vanessa, Annie is c...

Title: Her Last Word Author: Mary Burton Published: May 8, 2018 Publisher: Montlake Romance Pages: 360 Genre: Murder/Suspense Review: ebook Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Fourteen years ago, Kaitlin Roe was the lone witness to the abduction of her cousin Gina. She still remembers that lonely Virginia road. She can still see the masked stranger and hear Gina’s screams. And she still suffers the guilt of running away in fear and resents being interrogated as a suspect in the immediate aftermath. Now Kaitlin has only one way to assuage the pain and nightmares—by interviewing everyone associated with the unsolved crime for a podcast that could finally bring closure to a case gone cold. But when a woman Kaitlin questions is later found stabbed to death, she fears that she’s drawn a killer out of hiding. It’s Detective John Adler’s fear that the murders have only just begun. Now his job is to keep Kaitlin safe. As a bond between Kaitlin and Adler builds, t...

Title: TS901: Dominion Authors: Stacey Rourke and Tish Thawer Published: July 23, 2018 Publisher: Anchor Group Publishing Pages: 153 Genre: Sci-fi/YA Review: ARC ebook Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk  Risen from their literal hole in the ground, Thia, Lance, and her ‘Maly’ brethren have escaped The Hive and now face a full-on war. Welcoming the distraction from her abysmal love life, Thia throws herself into training the troops and claiming Nary bases. Grateful to be of service again, Evan focuses on maneuvering their forces while fighting to break the icy bonds of betrayal still clutching Thia’s heart. After a startling vision by his mother, Lance learns that Gigi is alive and trapped within The Hill. Now, he will stop and nothing to save his favorite icy blonde. Stuck deep in enemy territory, Giselle DuBeau isn’t waiting for anyone to rescue her. Following her growing abilities, she becomes a force far beyond what her friends knew her to be. Y...

Title: StillHouse Lake Author: Rachel Caine Published: July 1, 2017 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 286 Genre: Murder/ Mystery Review: Library book Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk  Gina Royal is the definition of average—a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband’s secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor—the ultimate warrior mom. With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake. Though still the target of stalkers and Internet trolls who think she had something to do with her husband’s crimes, Gwen dares to think her kids can finally grow up in peace. But just when she’s starting to feel at ease in her new identity, a body turns up in the lake—and threatening letters start arriving from an all-too-familiar address. Gwen Proctor must keep friends close and enemies at bay to avoid being exposed—...

Title: The Drowned Girls  Author: Loreth Anne White Published: June 20, 2017 Published: Montlake Romance Pages: 526 Genre: Mystery/Suspense  Review: ebook Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  He surfaced two years ago. Then he disappeared ... But Detective Angie Pallorino never forgot the violent rapist who left a distinctive calling card—crosses etched into the flesh of his victim’s foreheads. When a comatose Jane Doe is found in a local cemetery, sexually assaulted, mutilated, and nearly drowned, Angie is struck by the eerie similarities to her earlier unsolved rapes. Could he be back? ​ Then the body of a drowned young woman floats up in the Gorge, also bearing the marks of the serial rapist, and the hunt for a predator becomes a hunt for a killer. Assigned to the joint investigative task force, Angie is more than ready to prove that she has what it takes to break into the all-male homicide division. But her private life collides with her p...

Title: The Hot Zone Author: Richard Preston Published: March 14, 2012 Publisher: Anchor Pages: 450 Genre: True Story, Disease Review: library book Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk As the tropical wildernesses of the world are destroyed, previously unknown viruses that have lived for eons are entering human populations. The Hot Zone is the hair-raising story of how a strain of one such virus (even more infectious and horrible than HIV) showed up in 1989 in a Virginia laboratory--and of the efforts of a military bio-hazard SWAT team to identify the virus and prevent it from spreading. Soon to be a movie.

Title: Havenwood Falls: From the Embers Author: Amy Miles Published: June 22, 2018 Publisher: Ang'Dora Productions Pages: 162 Genre: YA Review: ebook provided by Red Coat PR Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk Welcome to the secluded mountain town of Havenwood Falls, home to sexy men, strong women, and neighbors who bite. Discover supernatural mystery, thrills, and romance in a place where everyone has a deep, dark, and often deadly secret. Nineteen-year-old Ember Ramsey creates trouble everywhere she goes, and right now, she’s on the warpath. Driven to avenge her momma’s brutal murder, she infiltrates a world of bloodthirsty monsters, but as a flame-wielding fighter, she might be the deadliest of them all. When she enters a fight club in Denver to squeeze information out of a known snitch, she comes face to face with the black-eyed demon who haunts her nightmares. With her mark finally in sight, Ember trails the killer to a quaint mountain town. But whe...

Title: I Can't Make This Up Life Lessons Author: Kevin Hart and Neil Strauss Published: June 6, 2017 Publisher: Atria/37 Ink Pages: 401 Review: library book Genre: Self help Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival, success, and the importance of believing in yourself since Old Yeller. The question you’re probably asking yourself right now is: What does Kevin Hart have that a book also has? According to the three people who have seen Kevin Hart and a book in the same room, the answer is clear: A book is compact. Kevin Hart is compact. A book has a spine that holds it together. Kevin Hart has a spine that holds him together. A book has a beginning. Kevin Hart’s life un...

Title: Krampus the Yule Lord Author: Brom Published: Oct. 30, 2012 Publisher: Harper Voyager Pages: 373 Genre: Horror/ Christmas/ Mythology  Review: ebook library Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk Set in Appalachia, Krampus the Yule Lord is a twisted fairytale about a failed West Virginia songwriter who gets ensnared on Christmas Eve in an eternal war between a not-so-saintly Saint Nick and his dark enemy Krampus, aka Black Peter, an ancient trickster demon. Krampus the Yule Lord is Gregory Maguire (Wicked) meets Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell) in the realm of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, as Clive Barker (Mr. B. Gone) works his dark sorcery from the shadows. Once again featuring Brom’s chillingly beautiful artwork throughout, Krampus the Yule Lord is a feast of wonder straight from the kitchen of Sweeney Todd.

Title: Sanctum (ARV-3 #2) Author: Cameo Renae Published: July 23, 2014 Publisher: Crushing Hears and Black Butterfly Publishing Pages: 284 Genre: YA, Zombies, Post Apocalyptic Review: ebook Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk   Blurb The Arvy threat worsens each day. They continue to destroy the hives vital fuel resources, leaving us with one option—evacuate to the largest government bunker, located in South Dakota. The injured hive members are moved as first priority, but a disastrous even occurs on the way to our drop-off zone. We find ourselves in a ghost town, surrounded by spiteful, revenge-filled Arvies. Chaos ensues and our death toll rises. Just when we think the end has come, unsuspected help arrives. We are rescued and brought to an underground bunker. They call it Sanctum. With no way of reaching outside help, we must depend on each other to reach our pick-up zone, thirty miles away. If we don’t make it in time, we will be left for dead. ...

Title: Bring Me Back Author: B.A. Paris Published: June 19, 2018 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pages: 304 Genre: Mystery & Thrillers Review: ebook provided by NetGalley and publisher Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk A young British couple are driving through France on holiday when they stop for gas. He runs in to pay, she stays in the car. When he returns her car door has been left open, but she's not inside. No one ever sees her again. Ten years later he's engaged to be married; he's happy, and his past is only a tiny part his life now. Until he comes home from work and finds his new wife-to-be is sitting on their sofa. She's turning something over in her fingers, holding it up to the light. Something that would have no worth to anyone else, something only he and she would know about, because his wife is the sister of his missing first love. As more and more questions are raised, their marriage becomes strained. Has his first love ...

Title: ARV-3 Author: Cameo Renae Published: Dec. 31, 2013 Publisher: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly publishing Pages: 316 Genre: YA, Zombies, Post Apocalyptic Review: ebook Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  The beginning of the end. The Apocalypse. A nuclear fallout wiped out every living thing on the planet, except for a few thousand of us who took shelter in underground bunkers across the globe. Now, after thirteen long years, we were finally able to return to the topside to begin to rebuild. We thought we were alone. We were never more wrong. Before the fallout, scientists had worked on creating an anti-radiation vaccine (ARV). The first two attempts failed, but despite the incomplete tests and results, the government approved and distributed the third serum to the masses in an effort to aid those who had no shelter. It worked, keeping those who remained on the topside alive, but it also altered and mutated them. This new and infectious threa...

Title: The Harvest (The Last Orphans book #2) Author: N.W. Harris Published: April 14, 2015 Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing Pages: 365 Genre: Teen, Sci-fi Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk In the wake of the apocalypse, nobody is safe. Shane Tucker and his friends thought they managed to save the world from the destructive machine that killed off most of its adult population. Unfortunately, a war nobody was prepared for has only just begun. Now they find themselves joining ranks with a secret organization that will train them to fight for the right to survive. Taking refuge alongside other teenage survivors in a hidden base set deep within the mountains, they will learn how to repel an imminent attack by an ancient race of aliens. Determined to safeguard the children under their charge, Shane and his friends compete for the ultimate prize—a suicide mission against the flagship of the alien fleet. While Shane's feelings for Kell...

Title: The Mask of Sanity Author: Jacob M. Appel Published: March 16, 2017 Pages: 256 Genre: Murder/Mystery Review: Hardback provided by author Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk   Blurb On the outside, Dr. Jeremy Balint is a pillar of the community--the youngest division chief at his hospital, a model son to his elderly parents, fiercely devoted to his wife and two young daughters. On the inside, Dr. Jeremy Balint is a high-functioning sociopath, a man who truly believes himself to stand above the ethical norms of society. As long as life treats him well, Balint has no cause to harm others. When life treats him poorly, he reveals the depths of his cold-blooded depravity. In contrast to fictional predecessors like Dostoyevesky's Raskolnikov and Camus's Mersault, Dr. Balint is a man who already has it all--and will do everything in his power, no matter how immoral, to keep what he has.

Title: Cloud 9 Black Eyed Demons Author: Dale W. Reierson Published: Dec. 3 2012 Publisher: Self Genre: Horror Pages: 374 It came with every breath, on every touch, and in every swallow. It changed all life on earth. All that was green is now red. The animals rebel with suicidal savagery. Genetic disorders are suddenly and miraculously cured. Super plagues have become pandemic and Chaos envelopes the earth. It came from a previously unknown Stellar Cloud. The earth has passed near this Stellar Cloud before. In fact, it does every 25800 years. Only this time around… it went into it. The world didn’t listen to the prophetic foretelling. They might have…if they had known the Stellar Cloud contained the building blocks of life. They might have …if they had known it was a Stellar Cloud of RNa. Ribonucleic Acid: The catalyst, the key to the diversity of life and the backbone of every Virus ever imagined. Wrapped in cocoons, the new gods are at the most vulnera...