Gothic Ghost Stories, Historical Mysteries, Scottish and Vampire Romance – Review Roundup Spring and Summer 2019

There may be tiny spoilers for some of the books I mention, so here’s your warning. This spring I was craving Simone St. James. She put out one book a year from 2012 to 2016, but then it was two years between Lost Among the Living and The Broken Girls and will now be two years between The Broken Girls and The Sun Down Motel. …

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Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

Title: Hardcore Twenty-Four Author: Janet Evanovich Series: Plum #24 Boring, sick of Evanovich formula, disgusted with Stephanie One of your friends makes an unexpectedly hilarious joke at just the right moment, and everyone laughs until they’re leaking bodily fluids. Then the moment passes and everyone gets over it, but the friend liked the attention and keeps trying to tell the joke over and over again …

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Dangerous Minds by Janet Evanovich

Title: Dangerous Minds Author: Janet Evanovich Series: Knight and Moon #2 A fun, humorous romp When Emerson Knight’s friend Wayan Bagus, a buddhist monk, discovers the island where he had been living as a hermit has gone missing, Knight and his impromptu, unofficial team of investigators go on an adventure to find out what could possibly have happened to make an entire island disappear. Their …

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Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton

Title: Curious Minds Authors: Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton Series: Knight and Moon #1 a fun romp with an intriguing plot but leaves one wanting something more This book seemed to come out of nowhere; Janet and her co-authors are all in the middle of series already, so the last thing I expected was a new one. Maybe the Lizzie and Diesel series isn’t selling …

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The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

Title: The Scam Authors: Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg Series: Fox and O’Hare #4 Intelligent, fast-paced, hilarious, intriguing–what more could you want? 🙂 Evanovich at the top of her game Evanovich is on a role so far this year, in my opinion. I loved Wicked Charms, the third fun and mostly silly installment in her Lizzie and Diesel series, and I loved this fast-paced, intriguing …

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Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton

Title: Wicked Charms Authors: Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton Series: Lizzie and Diesel #3 A fun action-adventure-comedy (with a pinch of romance) that will make you laugh out loud 🙂 YAAAY AN EVANOVICH BOOK!! WHOOP WHOOP! There was quite a long hiatus between the last book of this series and this latest installment, but it was worth the wait. Only Janet Evanovich (and whichever co-writer …

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