Book Review - Sunrise

Susan May Warren’s new Sky King Ranch series kicks off with a crash and a bang in Sunrise.

Dodge Kingston left home ten years ago, sure that every shred of his future had gone up in the flames of a high school bonfire. With the loss of his best friend and the love of his life in Echo Yazzie, the out-of-control fight with his own brother, and the heap of shame he dumped on his father, there was no going back. At least, not until Dodge gets word that his father has crashed one of their planes and needs help to keep Sky King Ranch from falling apart while he heals. Dodge just has to keep his head down, keep his distance from his father, and absolutely avoid running into Echo.

Echo’s mom up and left her and her dad ages ago, but Echo doesn’t need her mom. She has her dad and her dogs. Echo’s biggest regret is losing Dodge. After a decade of missing him and dreaming of a day when they can be reunited, her chance finally comes. But is there any real hope for reconciliation with all the pain they both carry? And is there time for restoration when they have to give their attention to  injured dogs, injured loved ones, and poachers desecrating their beloved Alaskan wildlife?

Susan May Warren invites us to venture into the vast Alaskan wilderness on an exploration of loss and redemption with the first book in her new Sky King Ranch series, Sunrise, available now from your favorite local bookseller or online.

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Book Review - Life Flight

“Today was not going to be the day they died…” Y’all know I love a strong opening line. This one leaves no doubt that Lynette Eason is going to take us on a thrill ride, so you better be situated securely and recall your crash safety protocol.

The rain and ice should have grounded the flight EMS helicopter pilot Penny Carlton had to sit down hard on the mountain, but that also should have been the hard part of getting their patient to the hospital. A cold hike to a nearby house should have been the second most difficult part of her shift. And an escaped serial killer on the mountain should not have been a factor in this rescue. Unfortunately, serial killers on the run don’t care about “should” and “should not,” and a run in with this one puts Penny on his list.

Penny’s youth is behind her, but the nightmares are not. Instead, they are exacerbated by her mountaintop life or death experience with an escaped serial killer who will not die. Especially when she starts to hear bumps in the night. She sees his face in the crowd as she responds to work calls. Shadows dance along the line between paranoia and reality. Penny is not the only one taking these oddities seriously, as she is surrounded by a fiercely loyal group of friends, one of whom is FBI Special Agent Holt Satterfied.

Holt and Penny have been flirting with more-than-friendship, but hectic schedules and mutual hesitation to share their deepest held tidbits of information hold them back from more. Now Holt’s work and personal lives collide as he chases an escapee who has set his sights on Penny. Will the chase prove fatal for their relationship hopes as their hidden things are revealed or will it prove to both of them that two are better than one? Life Flight kicks off Eason’s new Extreme Measures series with painstaking precision, including scenes that chill to the bone.

Life Flight by Lynette Eason, the first book of her Extreme Measures series, is available now from your favorite local bookseller or online:

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Book Review - A Heart Adrift

Some say Henri Lennox is a privateer. Others murmur that he is a pirate and troublemaker, with his ideas against slavery and his black jacks aboard ship. For Esmee Shaw, however, Henri is the only man she has ever loved. Unfortunately, he loved the sea and she could not bear to stay home as a captain’s wife with him gone so far away for so very long. Esmee is content with the life of a spinster, carrying on the work of her dear departed mother in her roles as chocolatier, companion to her younger sister, and patron of the almshouse. At least she is content until Captain Lennox returns to coastal Virginia and both are forced to reconsider their feelings and what they mean now that Henri has other ambitions better suited to life onshore.

There is a very good reason why Laura Frantz has won both Christy and INSPY awards, and she sets her sails for success with A Heart Adrift. Her main characters and primary plot are stellar. However, don’t underestimate the supporting characters or subplots which carry considerable weight of their own. Such attention to detail makes this one of her best novels to date.

A Heart Adrift by Laura Frantz is available now from your favorite local bookseller or online:

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