Category: Fiction

This is the first book I have read by Rachel Scott McDaniel. You will be captivated from the very beginning of this novel. It is set in the 1920s in Pittsburgh with the daughter of a mob boss. One interesting part is that the daughter, Catarina Salvastano, had no idea of his profession until arriving from overseas. Now she has to figure out how to survive and not let anyone know of her real identity. She changes her name to Kate Chamberlain. I found myself empathizing with Kate because she has no control over who her father is or what he does but yet her life is completely affected by it. It gets harder for her to hide her identity when she is threatened because the investigator that comes to help her might not be so understanding if he were to find out her real name. This book has a lot of suspense and intriguing situations along with some romance. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes a page turner.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in order to give an honest review.

This is book number five of six in the “True Lies of Rembrandt Stone” series. This is definitely a series that you will want to read in order otherwise you will be completely lost. When this book starts, Rembrandt is in the past trying to figure out how to undo all the things he previously changed. This book is so good. As soon as you have an idea of what might happen, the author throws you a curveball. The suspense and mystery of this plot is a twenty on a scale of one to ten. I highly recommend this book.

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This is book four in a six book series.  It has all of the key elements a good suspense book should have including twists that have you seeing stars.  It does not take long in this book for the author to throw in a very interesting surprise which I will not mention so as to not spoil it.  Another interesting dynamic to this book is that for a good portion of the novel, Rembrandt does not have the watch and you are left wondering when or if he will get it back.  This book grabs you in from the very beginning, makes you not want to put it down, and keeps you enthralled until the very end.

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This is the third book in the “True Lies of Rembrandt Stone” and I just have to say do not for any reason read these out of order or as a stand-alone.  This series is meant to be read in order and in its entirety.  I will also warn you that once you start this series you will feel the need to finish and then I have a feeling we will all hope that the author writes more.  In this book, Rembrandt has now been back in time a couple of times and each time he has come back to the present not recognizing anything about his life.  So he again goes back into the future to try to reclaim the life he remembers before he received the watch that was given to him by his old boss.  Words cannot fully describe how good this book or the series so far has been.  At the end of this book, I am again attempting to wait patiently for the next book.  I am so glad the author decided to put the entire series out in 2021 and not make me wait so long between books like most do.

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This is the second book I have read by Kate Lloyd. I was so excited to confirm that this book is set at Christmas time. And also the cover really drew me in. Unlike Kate Lloyd’s many other books that are Amish in nature (based on what I see on Amazon), I would not consider this a Christian fiction novel. However, I was happy that it did not have foul language or explicit scenes included in the book. Lucy Goff goes to Rome with the Williams family in order to babysit their daughter, Tabatha. They are not aware of Lucy’s past struggles with addiction that were brought on by a prescription to painkillers for an injury when she was a teenager. This is mentioned throughout the book. Tabatha’s parents also failed to fully tell Lucy everything about their daughter. Then throw in an Italian male that Lucy meets on the plane to Rome, a boyfriend that randomly decides to show up to see her, and Tabatha’s parents all but disappearing to end up with one big puzzle. I did enjoy the mystery behind different parts of this story that I previously described. This is definitely not your typical contemporary romance.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in order to give an honest review.