Friday, May 8, 2026

read now-Netgalley/ Pub Date May 05 2026 | Archive Date May 19 2026/ I SPY BY L.M. KEMP

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 St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books

 General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

 

Ex-spy Kendal was one of the best, but now she’s wearing the toughest disguise of her career: Mom.

Kendal Carter is out in the cold and she wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s been four years since her daughter Rosie was born and Kendal has kept her miles away from The Game. But when their hiding place is discovered and danger comes too close, Ken is forced to turn to old contacts. Her longtime friend and ex-handler Rico doesn’t miss his chance to pull his best player back in. Whisking them to London, Rico offers them a luxury safe house in an area with good schools. How can she resist?

But there’s a catch, of course. Rico wants Kendal to come back to work for his espionage agency Bon Temps. He’s offering a cushy assignment with no apparent downside, running a rookie asset in one of London’s biggest, murkiest tech firms. It should be easy enough for someone with her experience, and luckily, mother is the perfect cover.

However, it doesn’t take long for Kendal to realize that Rico’s got an agenda of his own. The tech firm has hands in Rosie’s school, and the world of PTAs and playdates comes with its own web of allegiances and betrayals. Kendal soon finds herself in way too deep . . .

I, Spy is the first novel in a propulsive debut thriller series about the disguise that all parents wear, and the former lives that come back to haunt us.


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---My 5 STAR  Review Notes TITLED: Loved Kendall; hated her mother !
To begin with I loved the intriguing eBook cover.! Beautiful And eye-catching ! The story made me smile from the very beginning even when I realized it wasn't the real opening for the story !! Rosie her daughter was something else. Cute and at times wiser than her 4 years ! Their antics are hilarious ! I loved them both!
Rico is someone Kendall used to work with years ago but she still doesn't trust him totally. Charming, funny but also ruthless in getting what he wants. Kendall that but has no choice but to run to the safety that she now needs for her daughter and herself ! It surprising how many names that Kendall has burned through because she needed to under her mother Jenny's tutelage.  Kendall never had a childhood because of all the training her mother put her through Spy in training of all things ! She's not having it for her daughter !!! 
Kendall has a lot of people on her side BUT there are some hidden "assets " that don't care about Kendall or he daughter on bit. If they die they die.  It got pretty intense ! Fini Meridian is her best friend from years ago and still is. A tech genius eager to go the extra mile for them !
Joel seemed to be a fun, younger agent that she was supposed to be helping train more but I wasn't so sure about him !  Hey, he was able to cook, adored Rosie and she adored him but something just felt off ! Great part of the mystery !
All Kendall wants is to raise her daughter and safely re-connect with her ex, Khalil ! I wanted that too. But everyone just keeps interfering !!!  They are both heartbroken !It's plain he still loves her.  
Some things get taken care of at the end but I still hated her manipulative mom and want to know where she's hiding Khalil and why ! She NEVER explains anything to Kendall and  it's clear that she wants to keep her hooks in her to use her in the future. 
 Get ending and now I want more. Thank you Netgalley and L.M. Kemp for such a GREAT story !

Friday, May 1, 2026

5-1 ARC Bksprut-The Bikers Fake Marriage by Carmella Knight

 The Bikers Fake Marriage Bksprt

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 I fake-marry the biker next door to escape my abusive father… and fall for a dangerous billionaire with a touch-her-and-die reputation. He’s the man everyone avoids—quiet, tattooed, built like trouble. His name is Knox. I’m Daisy, the girl next door living with a drunk whose words turn violent. Fear owns my life— until the night Knox hears too much. He doesn’t rescue me. He protects me. Suddenly, I’m safest behind the most dangerous man on the block. It happens fast. A ring. A fake marriage. A promise meant to scare off monsters. Living together means late nights, shared silences, his hand always at my back—his eyes seeing straight through me. It means seeing the man beneath the biker—and falling before I know how to stop. Then his obsessed ex starts watching. My father gets bolder—starts acting like I belong to him. Pretending stops working. Because if this marriage breaks, I won’t just lose my protector—I’ll lose the man I love. And the men who want me broken won’t stop until one of us bleeds. 

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 5 STAR REVIEW TITLED: He didn't have to get involved but I'm glad that he did !

 I love how this story was written ! Knox sees Daisy's father being brutal with her once again. She's scared after he he comes out drunk, yells and throws a chair threw their outside falling down fence. He blames her for not fixing it ! The nerve ! Knox finally comes out of his garage and calmly threatens him and quietly. The father doesn't take that well !! Now, Knox starts walking her to work and hanging around to protect her. But things start getting intense because she's being watched by someone with money and Know isn't putting up with that. Even though he has dangers of his own.  I kept wondering how long Daisy's drunken father was going to stay because although people avoid him; someone else has threatened him to get to Daisy !

Suddenly after he takes Daisy to his minimalist home, a put together mystery woman shows up at this door. His security system pings, and he knows who she is. When Knox sees her he tells Daisy that the woman is Trouble ! It's his Ex.

Things get really even more interesting from there and Intense.  I could hardly wait to see how things were going to end. I was already loving Knox and Daisy together already !

 I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

kindle free/ Vicious: An Irish Mafia Romance Book 1- by Vi Carter

 Vicious: An Irish Mafia Romance (Wild Irish Book 1)  amazon

 Book 1 of 5: Wild Irish 

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07W4RF9JQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CARTER BOOKS
  • 152 pages
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 12, 2019
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    Killing for me is easy. Loving is an entirely different thing.

    Una is the only person I ever gave a damn about, but she's off limits. I’m grateful she only spends the summer with us. I can't risk her getting involved in my life of crime. But now she’s here, all grown up, and this time, I don’t think I can stay away from her.

    When Una starts partying with Darragh, who’s as wild and unpredictable as they come, I can't afford keeping my distance any longer. Bodies seem to stack up wherever he goes. Cleaning up his messes used to be annoying. Now I have Una to consider, Una to protect.

    My family is belly deep in the criminal underworld, and she's a distraction I can't afford. The closer she gets to me, the more I'm spiraling out of control.

    I can't let her see who I really am, but I can't seem to let her go.

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    My 4 Star Review TITLED: A really dangerous family

    Una has been hung up on Shane for years.   She hates living with her mother who insists she dress up like a fancy businesswoman . Una hates it and she hates being kept inside to learn and do accounting. She's a wild, outdoors young woman.  Every time she's forced into someone else's mold with Michael and his family, she gets drunk and goes wild ! The only thing that made her happy was when Shane got her a horse, who she ended up loving.  Things go hot and cold between Shane and Una until they don't! Una has quite the redheaded mouth and temper ! It was actually fun to watch.  Shane was a dangerous man who was totally in love with Una and was just trying to protect her ! Mary is the housekeeper at the house who loves Una but there's not much she can do.  She doesn't like Liam and is afraid of him because he could end her !

    Liam is the next in line to take over from their father Michael and he's scary !  Darragh is actually the worst of the lot. He gets drunk, takes drugs and when he gets Una involved? Things are about to get messy !  And they do ! I do have to say that I liked Una and Shane together. They kept things interesting !

    Saturday, April 25, 2026

    Apr 25-bksprt/ My Forbidden Bad Boy Biker by Mia Amour

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    He was my biggest mistake. Now he's the only thing I want to repeat.

    I came back to Moonrise to care for my dying father.

    I didn't plan on Rafe Dalton.

    The ex-MC enforcer who ruined me for every man after… looks at me like ten years never happened. Like I never left his bed, grip, name on my lips.

    Scarred. Sinful. Inescapable.

    He should be the last man I let back in.

    Instead, he plants himself between me and everything else.

    Unmovable. Unavoidable. His grip finds me like my body never got the memo were done.

    Gone in a single breath.

    Late nights. His mouth tracing every place he missed.

    One look. Already falling.

    I need him like my next breath.

    But the past isn't buried.

    Father's name tied to a fifteen-year smuggling operation. Expose the truth, I destroy my family. Stay silent and I betray the only man who ever fought for me.

    He already lost me once.

    This time.

    I might be the one who doesn't survive letting him go. 

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    Contemporary Romance Romantic Suspense Small Town Romance second chance forced proximity protector hero offlimitts military ex mc enforcer damaged smart and sassy career woman beautiful
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    My 4 Star Review TITLED: The Attraction & Danger is still there
     Evil has been circling Moonrise for years . And people are watching. And it not only been the bad guys.  Dalton has a few men that he trusts that have been watching things happening across their property for awhile and don't tell Dalton. At least not at first. 
    Elena Valentina Cruz is someone that he father had always called his intelligence analyst.  She'd seen noticed and called out wrongs from a very young age. And she was always proven right ! General Harlan Moss is identified early on as, the Highest Level evil running things.  Now Elena is back home visiting her ill father and checking out why it looks like her father is also in the wrong. I loved how it was called her, "Father Wound."  She couldn't confront him or his files right away because it could hasten his death. And she loves him. She's still wildly attracted to Rafe Dalton, who she's known for years. She's fighting that when she comes home. But so is Rafe who now has built his own security team, called Dalton Security.  And they are good. They will have to be to outwit that General who shut the door on Dalton when he refused an order while in the military and was basically erased ! Now Dalton is saying, "Not in my town General!"  I loved how closely these men and the good families of Moonrise worked so hard to take care of their community.  It was a tense drama that kept me wondering how in the world things could ever work out for all of them. How is it going to work out for Elena's dad?   And what about Elena and Dalton?  I ached for them to be able to get together and stay together. 
     I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

    Wednesday, April 22, 2026

    bksprt/ The Enemy's Ring by Gianna Vonnie

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    She came to save her father. She didn't know she was already sold.

    Mia Caruso walks into Romano Tower with everything she has saved and a plan. She walks out with neither.

    The folder already has her name on it. Her father's signature at the bottom. One year. Luca Romano's tower. His fake fiancée.

    Her father doesn't answer her call. The car is already gone.

    Luca Romano is cold, powerful, and untouchable. He built his empire from a distance and he intends to keep it that way.

    Until her.

    Mia is sunshine in a world built from shadows — and she refuses to be afraid of the most dangerous man in New York. She finds the man underneath the armor. The one who lost everything once. The one who forgot there was something worth staying for.

    But in Luca's world, the moment you matter to someone — you become a weapon against them.

    And Mia has been a target since before she ever walked through that door.

    Forced proximity. Enemies to lovers. Age gap. A love that was never supposed to happen — and couldn't be stopped.


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    Romantic Suspense Dark Romance Mafia romance enemy to lovers Forced Proximity Arranged Married Sunshine/Grumpy Possessive/ Obsessive Love Innocent/Dangerous Witness to Crime Touch Her and Die
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    Tuesday, April 21, 2026

    bksprt/ Guarded by the Savage Heir by Ivy Lenox ( Moretti Dynasty Series)

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     ( Moretti Dynasty Series) 

    He was supposed to protect…not ruin me.

    I’m a trauma surgeon who ran from her mafia family years ago. 

    Traded blood for scrubs. Secrets for scalpels. That was the deal.

    Then a dying man presses a drive into my hand and with his dying breath, made me public enemy number one to two powerful mafia families, including my own.

    Enter Luca Moretti: Billionaire. Underboss. The man I was raised to hate.

    The one who locks me in his safehouse and dares me to run.

    I should fight him. Instead, I let him corner me with kisses in dark corners.
    Touch me like he's been starving for years. 

    And when he breaks me apart against his desk like it’s a religion he just discovered… 

    I know I’ve fallen for the man my father would kill on sight.

    Then I learn the truth: his uncle plans to trade me, and Luca knew.

    Now the only man who can save me… might be the one to hand me over.


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    Contemporary Romance Romantic Suspense Dark Romance mafia romance dark mafia romance billionaire mafia romance possessive hero enemies to lovers forced proximity bodyguard romance alpha male protector romance forbidden romance
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    ----------------My 5 Star Review TITLED: She sure knew how to deal with them !
    Dr. Serafina Virelli is a Trauma Surgeon who works at Bellevue Hospital and she doesn't bend for anyone !  Luca Moretti dares to step in front of her pulling her into a life that she worked hard to escape.  He's so many steps ahead of her but doesn't want to hurt her. Now his Uncle Enzo doesn't mind running over whoever he wants to as he plans to use her for his benefit.  Niether Luca or Serafina plan to ruin his plans as they finally start working together. Even her father, is another user, she knows SOME of what he's done but it's darker than she knows.  He keeps telling her when he can how evil Luca is and demands that she return home, With Him.   Caruso is Luca's man who helps them so much along with another man in their group that begins to unravel the many fingers that have been doing underhanded things and now want to control SERAFINA !  She's the key. 
    I loved the humor between the main characters, the intensity, the pursuits and how Serafina stood toe to toe against Enzo and her father and she didn't blink. I loved how the romance between Luca and Serafina developed.  And Luca wants to make some changes for her.  Great ending!
     
     I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

    Sunday, April 19, 2026

    april 21/Bksprt/ Hitman: A Dark Mafia Romance (King of the Mafia Book Four) by Ivy Davis

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    I was kidnapped by a hitman as a pawn in powerful man’s game.

    I wasn’t prepared to fall in love with the hitman himself.

     

    I’ve been kept safe all my life by my brother.

    But when his enemies want to hurt him, they come for me.

    I’m taken by a hired hitman, Will Taylor, to be given to another mafia man.

    But when things don’t work out, Will takes me for himself.

    We end up on the run together.

    Never in my life have I experienced freedom and yet…

    With this hitman, I’m getting my first taste of it.

    But my brother wants Will dead for kidnapping me.

    How can I be at peace with the man I have feelings for and still have my family in my life?

    I’m going to have to figure it out before the man I love is killed.

    Or before I die myself. 

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    Romantic Suspense Erotica Dark Romance mafia romance mafia arranged marriage mafia dark romance mafia billionaire romance enemies to lovers romance mafia enemies to lovers mafia age gap romance age gap romance mafia contemporary romance mafia marriage romance
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    Hitman is the fourth book in the King of the Mafia series but can be read as a standalone. Thank you for taking the time to read and review my book!

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     My 5 STAR Review TITLED:  So many controlling people in her life

    Gianna  is a shy woman, totally controlled and under the thumb of her nasty Aunt Francesca !  Sure, the aunt raised her like she was her own daughter after their parents died but still...So controlling that Gianna threw up every day. That's the only control that she's had over her own life ! She's been with the aunt since she was 8 years old ! She doesn't really want to marry Nico Esposito, but her aunt pressures her into saying okay. So in front of the aunt and Nico and her brother Enzo she agrees even though she doesn't want him. Enzo has NO idea how controlling Francesca has been and the aunt thinks she's doing what's best for her niece and keep pushing !! Nope. And she doesn't want to hear anything else from Gianna. Enzo is a dangerous man who  loves his sister, and wants her safe and protected but he has no clue ! 

    Marco Amato also also wants Gianna, for the alliance but also because he desires her. He's the one who hired Will Taylor, the hit-man to kidnap her.  She got just about everyone pulling on her. But this kidnapping helps her to start to find her voice The one that her aunt had silenced over the years !

    Will has standards. He has a moral code installed by his mother long before she died. He only kills bad people. No women or children.  

    I loved the suspense, the  kidnappings back and forth, the chases and Gianna finally putting her foot down ! The romance between Gianna and Will is so sweet and Will finally finds true love.  So does Gianna, a man who doesn't want to control her.  l loved that !!! 

    I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.