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11th Anniversary Giveaway #10 at The Reading Cafe-Today’s Prize

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11th Anniversary Giveaway #10 at The Reading Cafe-Today’s Prize

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TOE THE LINE by Penelope Ward -review tour

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TOE THE LINE by Penelope Ward -review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 27, 2023

At first, I thought I’d hate spending the summer with Archie Remington—the conceited son of my parents’ friends.
What I knew about Archie: he was gorgeous, pre-law, and had always treated me like I didn’t exist when we were younger.
When our families bought a house together on an island in Maine, he and I were forced to share a bathroom.
The boy I remembered was now a full-grown man—but with the same attitude.
After a rough start, Archie and I unexpectedly started getting along one day and eventually became friends. We shared secrets and bonded during our morning jogs. I discovered that Archie had a wild spirit and that he struggled to conform to his father’s expectations.
Things were cool until I had to go and ruin it, getting drunk one night, and blurting out my fantasy—involving him.
I took it back, but it was too late. Archie had heard me loud and clear. After that, we never quite knew how to toe the line.
When that summer came to an abrupt and shocking end, I headed back to college, unsure if anything would ever be the same again.
Across the miles over the years, he and I stayed in touch as friends, but fate and timing always kept us from becoming more.
You know the saying: If two people are meant to be, they’ll find their way back to each other?
Let’s just say Archie came back into my life in a way I would’ve never expected.
And this time, my heart would really be put to the test.

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REVIEW: TOE THE LINE by Penelope Ward is a contemporary, adult, erotic, romance story line focusing on chef Archie Remington and journalist Noelle Benedict.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Noelle and Archie), following several timelines, covering approximately twelve years TOE THE LINE focuses on the frenemies to friends to lovers relationship between chef Archie Remington and journalist Noelle Benedict. Archie and Noelle’s fathers were both attorneys, with Noelle’s father mentored by Archie’s dad.Buying a summer home together in Whaite’s Island, Maine, the Remington and Benedicts would spend several weeks together, pushing their only children into an awkward friendship but Archie was a few years old than our story line heroine, more experience in the ways of dating and $ex. Eighteen year old, Noelle Benedict spent the summer watching as the man/boy she loved with someone else, never quite grasping the ways of seduction. In the hopes of finding someone for herself, Noelle makes Archie an offer, an offer to experience $ex before heading to college. Years pass, life, death and illness push Archie out of Noelle’s life until one final summer with an announcement of moving on without our story line heroine. What ensues is the building romance, relationship, and the fall-out of moving forward that threaten not only their friendship but their future together.

Noelle Benedict had always thought Archie Remington was a bit of a snob but the summer of her eighteenth year brought Archie and Noelle closer together. Noelle believed Archie only ever saw her as a friend, and nothing else, forcing Noelle to place some distance from the man that she loved. Archie Remington ‘s home life was a bit of a mess, and summers in Whaite’s Island gave Archie the freedom to play around but summers also meant a time to explore his relationship with our story line heroine, a relationship based on friendship and nothing else but years of miscommunication, misunderstanding and bad timing meant Noelle and Archie spent more time ruminating about one another than acting on their mutual love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Archie’s parents Archer and Nora Remington; Noelle’s parents; Archie’s girlfriend Mariah, Noelle’s boyfriend Jason.

TOE THE LINE is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; a story of love and loss, acceptance and second chances. The premise is emotional and heart breaking; the romance is seductive; the characters are determined and dynamic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family-friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 11-year-old girl with autism and a 9-year-old boy. Penelope and her family reside in Rhode Island.

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Stars in an Italian Sky by Jill Santopolo -a Review

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Stars in an Italian Sky by Jill Santopolo -a Review

 

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A sweeping story of two star-crossed lovers in post-World War II Italy, and a blossoming relationship generations later that will reveal a long-buried family secret.

Genoa, Italy, 1946. Vincenzo and Giovanna fall in love at twenty-one the moment they set eyes on each other. The son of a count and the daughter of a tailor, they belong to opposing worlds. Despite this, the undeniable spark between them quickly burns into a deep and passionate relationship spent exploring each other’s minds, bodies and their city, as well as Vincenzo’s family’s sprawling vineyard, Villa Della Rosa–until shifts in political power force them each to choose a side and commit what the other believes is a betrayal, shattering the bright future they dreamed of together.

New York, 2017. Cassandra and Luca are in love. Although neither quite fits with the other’s family, Cass and Luca have always felt like a perfect match for each other. But when Luca, an artist, convinces his grandfather and Cass’s grandmother to pose for a painting, past and present collide and reveal a secret that changes everything.

 

 

Review:

Stars in an Italian Sky by Jill Santopolo is a standalone novel. The story constantly switches between two timelines; Italy after World War II and in present day (2017) New York.  We meet Giovanna, who is 21 years old, works with her father (a tailor) and sister. In 1946, with the war over, the family returns to their shop in Genoa, with Giovanna helping to make designs.  Her sister and boyfriend, become part of a group against the monarchy, and wants to move to America. 

Giovanna meets Vincenzo in the shop, having clothes made by her father.  He is immediately enthralled with her, and comes to the shop often with excuses to fix things.  In a short time, they both begin to have feelings for each other, as they are falling in love.  Vincenzo is from a different world then Giovanna, being the son of a count and she the daughter of a tailor. 

There was a true element of historical, as the monarchy was to be voted on whether to keep or abolish it. Vincenzo was worried that if the monarchy was abolished, what will his future hold. Giovanna was influenced by her sister, knowing that maybe Italy was better off without the monarchy, which actually did happen.  When Vincenzo discusses the vote, he becomes upset that Giovanna voted against the monarchy and angrily walks away.  When he comes to his senses, knowing how much he loves Giovanna, decides to go to her and apologize for his behavior.  When he arrives at the shop, he learns that she left with her sister and brother-in-law for America; and he has no idea where she went.

In 2017 New York, we meet Cassandra (Cass) and Luca, who are very much in love, and planning their wedding. Cass is a designer for a fashion clothing firm, and Luca is a painter, who has recently started to become well known.  Luca and Cass always support each other, even though her family doesn’t always support her choices.  Luca convinces Cass’s grandmother to pose for one of his paintings, and after some consideration, she accepts.  When Luca’s grandfather visits, he is asked to pose in the same painting.  Soon a revelation will be discovered that has a link to the past, with secrets being unraveled changing everything.

Stars in an Italian Sky was a wonderful beautiful heartwarming story that held our attention from start to finish.  This was also very emotional, with romance playing a large part in both the past and present.  Stars in an Italian Sky was very well written by Jill Santopolo, with a fantastic group of wonderful characters.  I suggest you read this book. 

Reviewed by Barb

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The Heist (Team Zulu 3) by Julie Weaver-review

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The Heist (Team Zulu 3) by Julie Weaver-review

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 28, 2023

♥ A morally grey ex-navy SEAL,
♥ A heroine on the run and in need of protection, and
♥ Touch her and you die vibes.

Freya

I’ll do anything to escape the controlling monster who’s tormented me for years, even if it means putting my life at the mercy of a criminal. When Kane Daniels breaks into my gilded cage, he doesn’t realize his loot will include more than gold and diamonds—it’ll include me.

Bearded, built, and covered in tats, Kane looks like a sexy Viking warrior wrapped in biker gear, embodying every filthy fantasy I never knew I had. It’s been a long time since I could choose anything for myself, and I’m choosing him.

But the devil I fled has dangerous men hunting me, and they won’t hesitate to eliminate anyone who stands in their way. I’m tougher than I look and have faced unimaginable suffering many times in my life, but losing Kane could be the first thing to break me.

Kane

After getting out of Team Zulu, my life is exactly the way I want it. No commitments. No responsibilities. No killing. And then a brazen blond forces her way into my world, turning it upside down.

Freya Palmer is exactly the kind of trouble I should avoid, but when I learn of the nightmare she’s endured, my protective instincts kick in, and the black ops skills I never wanted to use again suddenly seem mighty useful. Because the man who hurt her badly wants her back, and I’m going to be the one to stop him.

Our arrangement is temporary. She’s living with me until she’s safe, but what if my heart wants something more permanent? How can I ask Freya to stay with me when all she dreams of is being free?

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REVIEW:THE HEIST is the third instalment in Julie Weaver’s contemporary, adult TEAM ZULU erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on the members of an under cover Black Ops Unit known as Team Zulu. This is thirty-two year old, former US Navy SEAL Kane Daniels, and twenty-five year old Freya Palmer’s story line. THE HEIST can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.Any important information from the previous storylines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Freya and Kane) THE HEIST follows in the wake of a contract to secure Kane’s brother Wyatt enough money to retire but Wyatt needs Kane’s help, help to drive the targeted and getaway car, a car that is about have a desperate and unwanted passenger. Freya Palmer has been a prisoner of French National, billionaire arms dealer Andre Matisse for close to seven years, never having anticipated the cruelty and abuse at the hands of the man who offered her family financial security but Andre’s manipulations placed Freya at a disadvantage, meant to destroy Freya’s freedom by threatening the safety of the people she loves. The break-in and robbery at Andre’s mansion gave Freya a chance at an escape but she never expected to come face to face with her future in the guise of former US Navy SEAL Kane Daniels. Keeping Freya Palmer safe means not only hiding from Andre Matisse but both the Mexican and Colombian Cartels but Team Zulu underestimated Andre’s reach, when Freya is recaptured and imprisoned by the man she is hoping to take down. What ensues is the building but forbidden relationship between Freya and Kane, and the potential fall-out as Team Zulu warn Kane away from Freya, as Freya becomes collateral damage in a war that was never hers to begin.

Wyatt Daniels is desperate to complete one final job, a heist meant to net the team a small fortune but his brother Kane has struggled since an assignment that went horribly wrong, preferring to live his life alone, on a boat that has seen better days. Knowing he owes his brother one final favor, Kane never anticipated a volunteer hostage, a woman desperate to escape the cruelty of the man Team Zulu was sent to rob. Kane doesn’t do relationships, and Freya has plans to return to her family, so an affair based on proximity means one or the other is about to break their heart.

The relationship between Freya and Kane begins when Freya begs Kane to help her escape. Freya has been used and abused by her captor but making her escape could place her family in the direct line of fire. Kane never expected a volunteer hostage but his need to protect outweighs the direct orders of the people in charge. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and erotic but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word, although only used once, more for shock value than anything else.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters. Kane’s brother Wyatt and his wife Maggie who have issues with our story line hero-Kane has struggled since the last assignment, and prefers to remain in solitude, away from family and friends; Elias Shepherd (The Hit #1), Brandon and Sage (The Payback 2), and well as brothers Vaughn and Owen, and Freya’s sister Lena. The requisite evil has many faces.

THE HEIST is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, family and relationships, acceptance, forgiveness and love. The fast paced premise is intriguing and compelling; the romance is seductive and intense; the characters are desperate, determined and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Hit
The Payback

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Reviewed by Sandy

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At First Meet (Montgomery Ink Legacy) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review

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At First Meet (Montgomery Ink Legacy 2) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 27, 2023

I fell in love with the wrong man and learned the hard way to ask for help.

I don’t plan on falling again and have no intention of trying.

But when I get invited to a high-powered CEO retreat, I know I can’t say no.

And I can’t go alone.

When my frenemy, Nick, invites himself as my escort, I should walk away.

But there’s no stopping the connection we’ve both ignored for far too long.

Only Nick’s past is far darker than he lets the world know, and the shell he encased himself in is stronger than my own. And when the pain from my past comes back with a force, I’m afraid that walking away will be the only choice—even if it breaks us both.

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REVIEW:At First Meet is the second installment of the Montgomery Ink Legacy series by Carrie Ann Ryan. As always, I recommend reading a series in order, however the majority of C.A.R books can be read as standalone.

The book kicks off with Lake, she is still learning about herself and what it means to be out of a crappy relationship. Lake is a Montgomery, it’s in her blood to fight for what she wants, but her last relationship lasted far longer than it should have and left her with more that just a few emotional booboos. When she learns that her hard work and struggles have finally payed off and she has won a fancy award, Lake is so proud of herself.

But why does it still feel like something is missing?

Nick has been involved with the Montgomery’s for what has felt like his entire life. His relationship with his own family has never been the best, and has left him with his own form of MUFD (messed up family drama). The Montgomery’s are family, even the ones that rub him the wrong way like Lake.

These two were just a hoot to read. The bickering, the stupid comments, it was like watching two teenagers learn that they really “like, like” one another, and in a way it was. Lake and Nick both know what emotional damage can do to a person, and while they may not be each other’s favorite person, they don’t want to hurt one another either. When they finally open up to one another, and see what they have been missing. Well lets just say it was like a lightbulb moment for poor Nick.

As always with a C.A.R story there is love, laughter and family, everything you expect to find in a Montgomery book. Let’s see who’s next in the never ending line that is Montgomery!

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Reviewed by Sarah

 

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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FIRST TOUCH (Ex Cap Files 1) by Elsa Jade -a review

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FIRST TOUCH (Ex Cap Files 1) by Elsa Jade -a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 20, 2023

She lost her childhood and her mother on a wild journey through a jungle deep and dark—now she is losing what’s left…
Freelance illustrator Cecily Serrao has painted herself into a corner—and she likes it there. She has her pastel watercolors, her tiny Portland apartment with nice indirect lighting, and just enough work to let her drift through her perfect quiet life.
Until a supersecret agent with eyes as brilliant gold as the deadly jaguars that haunt her dreams tells her she’s missing one thing: herself.
Ronan Conrad joined the First Responders: Extrasensory Capabilities Unit—freaks for short—to atone for his troubled, misspent youth. When unknown forces as covert as any of his unit’s ops threaten ExCap’s mission, the lieutenant guide controller who usually handles other agents with power and precision finds himself hunting the shadows on his own.
Alone until he finds her: subtle, strong, stubborn—and a cruel reminder of his worst failure, why he can never let anyone too close ever again.
They only share an enemy, and even as a dangerous desire ignites between them in all the reckless hues of passion and peril, they know anything more intimate is impossible. But the freaks of ExCap specialize in the impossible as they fight to survive…FIRST TOUCH.

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REVIEW: FIRST TOUCH is the first instalment in Elsa Jade’s contemporary, adult EX CAP FILES extrasensory, paranormal, action thriller focusing on the men and women who work at Ex Cap, a covert ops group known as First Responders: Extrasensory Capabilities Unit aka FREAKS. This is freelance illustrator Cecily Serrao, and guide controller Lieutenant Ronan Conrad’s story line.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Ronan and Cecily) FIRST TOUCH follows Cecily Serrao in the wake of the unexpected discovery of her missing corporeal body. A visit to the local grocery store finds Cecily facing Lieutenant Ronan Conrad, a member of Ex Cap, a division of FREAKS, and the man who will help find our heroine’s body. Cecily Serrao is a ‘ghost walker’ with the ability to project her spirit; etheric projection remote viewing with some intermittent psychokinesis-in other words, Cecily’s spirit can be projected into other places but Cecily’s body is missing, and her ‘ghost’ is found wandering at the local grocers. Ronan Conrad is a guide controller, and his duty is to help guide those with supernatural abilities but Cecily is unaware of the true nature of her powers, and Ronan is hoping to uncover the truth about what is happening and why. Working with Ronan, and other supernatural entities at Ex Cap, Cecily and Ronan will go on the hunt when Cecily’s ghost walking reveals a possible connection to a rogue division of Ex Cap. What ensues is the building relationship between Ronan and Cecily, and the potential fall-out when betrayal and madness threaten the people in control.

Cecily Serrao always knew she was something different having spent much of her childhood dealing with Shamans and medicine men in the South American jungles but ‘magic’ had always kept Cecily’s powers under control until she disappeared approximately three weeks earlier without memory of what happened or why. Ronan Conrad never expected to come face to face with an untrained person with the ability to project their spirit and manifest somewhere else. Most people with psychic powers had been corralled or tracked, and in this, Cecily could have been a danger to not only herself but everyone else. Having no idea where Cecily’s corporeal body was taken, Ronan and our heroine must divide themselves in an effort to discover the truth about what happened and why.

The relationship between Cecily and Ronan begins when Ronan finds Cecily at the local grocers. Cecily doesn’t suspect anything is wrong until she finds herself back at her apartment having no memory of what happened or why. With Ronan’s help, Cecily begins to search for answers to her ‘ghost walking’ powers, and the possibility that all is not right with the world of which Ronan works. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and magical secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Ronan’s co-workers: empath Rosalind Merrick; former Ex Cap Elvis; Colonel Sykes; Captain Brandon Pierce, as well as pyrokinetic Tennyson, and psychic/prescient Zahara Foy. The requisite evil has many faces.

FIRST TOUCH is a story of power and control, madness and delusion, betrayal and vengeance, acceptance and friendships. The premise is intriguing and entertaining, similar in sensation and atmosphere to the X-Men series. The characters are powerful and magical; the romance is seductive. A wonderful start to a new series.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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The Girl in the Blue Blazer by Alretha Thomas – a Review

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The Girl in the Blue Blazer by Alretha Thomas – a Review

 

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Two women. One powerful man. A decades-old secret binds them together.

In 2019, Pamela Carter is determined to secure her dream internship with billionaire businessman Andrew Clifford III.

Twenty-five years ago, in 1993, Andrew is just starting out. Without any of his later fame or fortune, the party boy becomes a legitimate hero when he intervenes to save assaulted Elizabeth Westlake. Sure, she’s a waitress at a strip club, but that’s not her dream. Elizabeth is determined to write her way out of the Harlem hellhole she lives in. Maybe Andrew is the ticket? Even the best-laid plans go awry, and for Elizabeth, tragedy looms.

Pamela is impossible not to notice and she soon becomes Andrew’s prime intern. But, just as with Elizabeth, not all goes to plan. The stocks are plummeting. The company is careening. And then, Andrew himself goes missing. Will Pamela also be plunged into the tragedy that surrounds this man? Or is Pamela the one person who really knows what happened that fateful night in 1993? More than a company is at stake, as Andrew struggles for survival. But sometimes, the past is too powerful. Some secrets refuse to remain buried. Sometimes, truth kills.

 

Review:

The Girl in the Blue Blazer begins with Pamela Carter anxiously waiting to mee with Andrew Clifford III, having made the cut to the final two from a grueling process for his prestigious internship program.  This is her third time, and her last.  That is the maximum number of times that you can apply and she is determined to make it.  When she is called into Andrew’s office, they have a frank, albeit strange at times, conversation. When Pamela leaves, she feels good about her chances, only to have them dashed a few days later when she is told they chose the other candidate. Imagine her surprise when she receives another phone call a few days after that informing her that they were choosing her.  She has waited soooooo long for this opportunity and she will not waste one moment to do what she needs to do.

Elizabeth Westlake is trying to make it on her own, having run away from home to escape her mother’s abusive, ever changing, boyfriends.  Her story begins in 1993 when she is seventeen (she lied about her age)  and working as a waitress at a strip club.  When Elizabeth is groped by a customer, Andrew steps in and saves her.  He then requests she have a drink with him in the VIP room.  Little does she know how much that encounter will alter the direction of her life……….and so many others.

The Girl in the Blue Blazer is written with dual timelines and draws you in from the very beginning that have you turning the pages faster and faster as you navigate all of the twists and turns.  One moment, you’re convinced of one thing, the next, not so much.  What you ARE convinced of is that Mrs. Thomas has once again written an amazing story and built a world that draws you in and doesn’t let go until the very end.  One thing that hit me while reading this is that it is so refreshing to read a story that has “real” dialogue between the characters.  Due to the subject matter of this book, that frank and real dialogue will endear the characters to the reader even more. If you’re a fan of suspenseful storylines with awesome and strong women, you will not go wrong with this book.  So happy that she is back to writing with her busy schedule.  Well done, Alretha Thomas!!  Very, very well done!

Reviewed by Vickie

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The Foreign Exchange by Veronica G Henry – a Review

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The Foreign Exchange by Veronica G Henry – a Review

 

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A Vodou priestess turned amateur sleuth investigating a ritual murder is embroiled in an insidious case of corruption that reaches beyond the shadows of New Orleans.

After solving a crime blamed on Vodou in New Orleans’ French Quarter, Vodou priestess turned amateur detective Reina Dumond has returned to her benevolent work as a healer. But when her friend and enigmatic client Evangeline “Vangie” Stiles comes to her for a spell, Mambo Reina quickly realizes what Vangie really needs is a sleuth.

Something is amiss in the Stileses’ marriage. Five thousand dollars has inexplicably appeared in the bank account Vangie shares with her scam-artist husband, Arthur, and she smells trouble. So does Reina. Especially when her investigation into Arthur’s likely new con leads to murder. Considering the manner of death and the signs on the victim’s body, Reina recognizes it for what it is: ritual magic of the vodouisant kind.

As Reina digs deeper, she encounters a conspiracy exploiting vulnerable youth—one of whom may have abilities just like hers. With the help of her friends Darryl and Tyka, Reina must hone her ever-evolving skills to uncover a mystery that reaches further than she imagined.

 

 

Review:

The Foreign Exchange by Veronica G. Henry is the 2nd book in her Mambo Reina series.  I did not read the first book, but this one read very well as a standalone; though knowing more about the heroine in this series, would have been more informative.

Reina Dumond (Mambo Dumond), a Vodou priestess, who is a healer, as well as an amateur detective in New Orleans French Quarter.  Reina creates spells, tinctures of protection for her clients, as her shop is filled with magic Vodou healing traditions. When her friend and client ask for help regarding her husband, Arthur, who is scam-artist, Reina finds herself once again trying to solve a murder. She discovers a conspiracy, and recognizes the signs on the murdered victim’s body that dark ritual magic was used.  Reina will ask for help from other Houngans and Mambo’s in her investigations.

Reina comes across a young boy, who to her surprise, seems to have abilities like her and Lucien.  When the boy disappears, the race is on to find him, and together the two of them can help train him.  I really liked her friends Darryl and Tyka, who are always willing to help her.  Roman, her cop boyfriend, has been busy on the job, so she relies more on her friends for help.

The Foreign Exchange was a unique story, taking place in New Orleans dealing with Vodou and a mystery, in an excellent urban fantasy/paranormal thriller.  I really liked Reina, who was tough and smart heroine, with amazing abilities. There was so much going on, that you need to read this in its entirety.  The Foreign Exchange was very well written by Veronica G. Henry.

Reviewed by Barb

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