The Book Cove

( Blurb ): On a bitterly cold January evening, Tracy Ellis went for a jog along Chicago’s snowy lakefront and disappeared. Her body was discovered days later, her beautiful face bashed in with a rock. Police determine her brutal death to be a mugging gone wrong and drop the matter into their cold case files. Over a year later, Tracy’s sister, Sondra, still can’t come to grips with what happened. She throws herself into her work as a documentary filmmaker to try and forget the cruelty of her sister’s death. However, a chance encounter with a man from Tracy’s past rips the wound open and sends Sondra on a desperate search for answers about the secrets from her sister’s life that may have led to her death. As Sondra struggles to uncover what happened to Tracy, she’s launched into a tangled web of deceit and danger that put her on a collision course with life and death… Review: When I was first asked to review “Live and Let Die,” I checked, online, f...

(Blurb): A maltreated orphan in the land of the Old Coast in Ghana overcame the ordeals in this, unpredictable world when the American missionary, Reverend Matthew Mac-White Blackteng, used the collar on his neck as the method of intervention. The untimely call of Rev. M.W. Blackteng by the Father in heaven was the beginning of rising pains to be yet unraveled… Review:  Honestly, you guys, I did not finish this book. I found that there were too many times where I had to ask myself “who is this character, again?” There were also times where I did not understand what the characters were saying and this book really struggled to hold my attention. However, I did like that the author did include his honest thoughts in what I believe is his memoir; some of them are thought provoking and memorable. I also liked that the author included some of his native (I believe) language in the book. Rating: DNF 

(Blurb): Erin never would have expected to fall in love. Never. Not with her past, and not with her fear. She never dated; she didn't even allow herself friendships. She didn't trust her judge-of-character skills enough to allow anyone close...until Marcus. With him, a deep connection happened in spite of the walls she'd so carefully constructed around herself. His self-confessed rage fueled much of his life, with the exception of her. For Erin, Marcus dares to make the step toward love…one with the potential to heal them both. Review: Unlikely Hero is the first book in the Atlanta Series and as this book was my first introduction to author Kemmie Michaels, I must say I loved it! What I liked I'm a sports fan. So anytime a sports themed book can really draw me in - I know it's going to be a good time! I especially love MMA (mixed martial arts) and being very familiar with the sport, I was impressed with the number of details that the author p...

What a crazy month it has been in my (Jessi) life - to say the least! I'm so far behind on posting reviews it's crazy and I feel like I'm never going to be able to catch up (even though 95% of them are already completed and just need to be posted!) A HUGE thanks goes out to my loyal helpers. For those of you that have been reviewing and turning books over like crazy - you are amazing and I truly appreciate it (as do the authors and publishers!)! I plan to do something for my faithful helpers as soon as I have five seconds to sit down and think about it! So what's going on at The Book Cove? Good question! I have no idea! Haha, just kidding. I do have some control left over here...little, but some ;-) First, I'd like to thank K.C. Finn for nominating The Book Cove for the Versatile  Blogger Award! It really makes us at The Book Cove feel good knowing that our readers appreciate what we are blogging about. We love, love, love the communities feedback on our ...

(Blurb) : “I'm not sure what possessed me to do it. Maybe it was the impossible expectations I faced, maybe it was my own self-loathing. But I just knew I needed something different to happen. I needed someone... something... to derail me from my current path. Otherwise, I would become lost... a hollowed out shell of a man. So I did it. I approached her, then I pursued her, then I made her mine. And my life was saved...” Ryan Burnham is the privileged son of a U.S. Congressman and captain of his university’s hockey team. While he is on the verge of fulfilling his dreams to play in the NHL, his parents want him on a different course. One he is expected to accept for the sake of his family’s public image. Forced her to abandon her music career after the heart breaking death of her parents, Danny Cross exists on the opposite side of the tracks from Ryan. She is struggling to make her own way, working two jobs, attending college part time and volunteering in a homeless sh...

(Blurb) : Erin Benson felt like she'd won the lottery when she arrived all the way from North Dakota with the keys to her first home in hand. Crisp white walls: Check. Breathtaking view of downtown Boston: Check. Minutes from Northeastern School of Law: Check. But home is not always where the heart is. Sometimes it’s where you find Mr. Random shacked up and sprawled out on what was supposed to be your new bed. Between the bear spray and the handcuffs, she discovers a terrible mistake has been made. Lochlan hasn't broken into her new home to sleep with a seedy barmaid...he owns half. With emotions running on high, Erin is determined to tough it out until a solution can be found. The tight quarters seem smaller with his accumulated clutter and bizarre sleeping schedule. It also doesn't help that he's the new lead singer for Thin Ice, an indie band on its rise to fame. What happens when a quiet bookworm gets stuck with a relentless rocker? What happens when the thi...

(Blurb): With one look, I’m his . . . With one touch, he’s mine . . . With one kiss, it changes everything between us . . . I’ve been famous since I can remember. Singing, acting, dancing—I’ve done it all. The tabloids cover my every move, but I don’t want that anymore. I want to be normal, whatever that is. When I leave Hollywood for college in Vermont, I’m on my own for the first time in my life. This is my chance to figure out who I am and what I want in life. But it’s a lot harder than I expected. I can’t escape my image. Classes are difficult, and I’m struggling. And then there’s Caleb Fox. Sexy, intriguing Caleb Fox. Caleb is the one man who doesn’t want to use me. He breaks down my walls. He challenges me. He wants me . And I just don’t know if I can give him the same—or if he’ll stick around when he finds out my shameful secret that the tabloids haven’t managed to uncover. Dating him is risky enough, but loving him could break me. Book Information: Released: Augus...