Chaser by Kylie Scott
Given his well-earned bad boy reputation, Eric is having a tough time scoring.. When single Jean moves to town, she seems heaven sent by the sex gods. Only problem is, she not only wants nothing to do with him, but it turns out that she’s pregnant.
Starting over in a small town, Jean is determined to turn her wild lifestyle around and be the kind of mother she always wished she’d had. Since local bar owner and all round hottie, Eric Collins, is now determined to steer clear of her pregnant self, it should be easy. When she goes into labour during a snow storm and her car slides on some ice, it’s Eric who comes to the rescue.
There seems to be a bond between them now, but is it enough? And can Eric give up his manwhore ways to be the man Jean needs?
Head On by John ScalziJohn Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Lock In. Chilling near-future SF with the thrills of a gritty cop procedural, Head On brings Scalzi’s trademark snappy dialogue and technological speculation to the future world of sports.
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent’s head and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are “threeps,” robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden’s Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it.
Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field.
Is it an accident or murder? FBI Agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth―and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.
Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian
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The one you love…
Robert Selby is determined to see his sister make an advantageous match. But he has two problems: the Selbys have no connections or money and Robert is really a housemaid named Charity Church. She’s enjoyed every minute of her masquerade over the past six years, but she knows her pretense is nearing an end. Charity needs to see her beloved friend married well and then Robert Selby will disappear…forever.
May not be who you think…
Alistair, Marquess of Pembroke, has spent years repairing the estate ruined by his wastrel father, and nothing is more important than protecting his fortune and name. He shouldn’t be so beguiled by the charming young man who shows up on his doorstep asking for favors. And he certainly shouldn’t be thinking of all the disreputable things he’d like to do to the impertinent scamp.
But is who you need…
When Charity’s true nature is revealed, Alistair knows he can’t marry a scandalous woman in breeches, and Charity isn’t about to lace herself into a corset and play a respectable miss. Can these stubborn souls learn to sacrifice what they’ve always wanted for a love that is more than they could have imagined?
The Elizas by Sara Shepard
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When debut novelist Eliza Fontaine is found at the bottom of a hotel pool, her family at first assumes that it’s just another failed suicide attempt. But Eliza swears she was pushed, and her rescuer is the only witness.
Desperate to find out who attacked her, Eliza takes it upon herself to investigate. But as the publication date for her novel draws closer, Eliza finds more questions than answers. Like why are her editor, agent, and family mixing up events from her novel with events from her life? Her novel is completely fictional, isn’t it?
The deeper Eliza goes into her investigation while struggling with memory loss, the closer her life starts to resemble her novel until the line between reality and fiction starts to blur and she can no longer tell where her protagonist’s life ends and hers begins.
The Cat one confuses me..so a chambermaid is pretending to be a Lord? How does that even work..must know!
I think that is what's going on. I am very curious!
The Elizas was a mixed bag for me but generally liked it. Thanks for sharing these!!
I do remember that you were not completely in love with that book.
a confusing set of books this time, i wonder which one is good?
I haven't read any of these so I am not sure which would be the top pick.
Chaser sounds interesting.
I listened to the first book in that series and liked it so it would probably be a safe bet for me.
thanks for sharing
You are welcome, Melliane!
All Scott's books have been good, fun reads for me. I am interested in her new series, because she does a good rock star romance.
I really liked the audio of the first book in this series, Dive, so I am very tempted to listen to a few more 🙂
Ooh I liked the john Scalzi book I read last year (my first one). I should read more.
I have listened to Scalzi short story but that is it. I do need to read some of his longer works soon.
That guy on the Chasers cover looks like a kid! Or maybe I'm just getting old 🙂 The Eliza's is a library borrow for me. I'm too broke from my recent splurges.
I do think that he looks like a kid but then again, my kid is 23 so my reference point is a bit off.
Shot in the Dark looks fun 🙂
I really love the cover of that book!
Unmasked by the Marquess sounds complicated! The Elizas sounds interesting and I'm really looking forward to Shot in the Dark. I've been loving Cleo Coyle's cozies lately.
Unmasked by the Marquess does sound like a very involved plot but I think it sounds pretty good.
I read Chaser. It was an ok read.
I was hoping that would be a good one!
The Elizas is a book I have been interested in when I see it around. I might have to go and read some reviews for it to see if I will like it.
I have to admit that I am kind of on the fence in regards to The Elizas.