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Mine To Hold (Protection 5) by Kennedy L Mitchell-Review Tour

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Mine To Hold (Protection 5) by Kennedy L Mitchell-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 18, 2022.

Can Bryson keep her safe, or will Tinley’s past nightmare become her new reality?

Every moment, Tinley Harper lives in fear that the man who abducted her ten years ago will keep his promise and return to finish what he started. Scared and alone in her older brother’s absence, she welcomes a familiar handsome face, Special Agent Bryson Bennett, when he comes knocking on her door.

FBI Agent Bryson Bennett knows it’s time to put his past behind him and move on from the tragic accident that left him a single father. When his best friend calls out of fear for his little sister’s safety, Bryson jumps in to protect the beautiful Tinley for fear that another person close to him will be taken away.

Stuck together in her tiny apartment, the two fight to control their unspoken attraction. Anonymous disturbing gifts, new murders, and watchful eyes that monitor their every move signal that Tinley’s terrifying past is now bleeding into her present. As passion burns, dark secrets are revealed, and the elusive stalker seeks to catch them unawares. Can Bryson keep her safe, or will Tinley’s past nightmare become her new reality?

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REVIEW:MINE TO HOLD is the fifth instalment in Kennedy L Mitchell’s contemporary, adult PROTECTION erotic, dark, romantic suspense series. This is forty year old, FBI agent Bryson Bennett, and thirty year old bar waitress Tinley Harper’s story line. MINE TO HOLD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. FBI Agent Bryson Bennett was previously introduced in book four MINE TO KEEP.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Tinley and Bryson) MINE TO HOLD follows the search for a serial killer. Ten years earlier Tinley Harper was abducted and held hostage for three weeks, three weeks in which her brother FBI Agent Tallon Harper nearly lost his mind. Fast forward to present day wherein a suspected serial killer is abducting and murdering women using the same MO from when Tinley was missing, a killer who continues to target our story line heroine. In an effort to protect his sister, Tallon calls in his best friend and FBI Agent Bryson Bennett, the man who had unknowingly stolen Tinley’s heart years before. What ensues is the building relationship between Tinley and Bryson, and the potential fall-out as Tinley as a killer sets their sight on everyone Tinley loves.

Bryson Bennett is a single father having lost his wife to a car accident months before but helping Tallon meant coming face to face with the woman who for years has starred in his fantasies and dreams, a woman whose past is mired in demons and darkness. Tinley Harper knows evil first hand but when the past resurfaces, targeting family and friends, Tinley knows it is only a matter of time before she will have to face her worst nightmare. With Bryson’s help, Tinley battles her demons, demons that are about to come full circle.

The relationship between Tinley and Bryson is a best friend’s sister/age gap romance in which Bryson believes Tinley is off limits but Tinley has been in love with her brother’s best friend for most of her life, and our heroine is willing to take the steps to prove she is worthy of Bryson’s love. Bryson has loved and lost but never expected to find happiness with Tinley Harper, a woman who has suffered more than he could have ever imagined. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate-Bryson is a bit of a dominant in the bedroom.

The secondary and supporting characters are colorful and energetic. We are introduced to Tinley’s brother Tallon, their mother Bethany Parker, and stepbrother Bart Parker; Bryson’s mother Esther, and his daughter Victoria, as well as the return of FBI profiler Charlie Bekham and Special Agent Rhyan Riggs (Mine To Keep 4).

MINE TO HOLD is a story of obsession and madness, abuse and power, family and dysfunctional relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is intriguing, dramatic and intense; the romance is provocative and edgy; the characters are resilient, determined and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous review
Mine to Protect
Mine to Save
Mine to Guard
Mine To Keep

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Kennedy lives in Dallas with her husband, son, and 80lb Goldendoodle who still believes he’s a lap dog. A bookworm at heart, Kennedy loves to snuggle up in bed or by the campfire with an unputdownable book. She began writing two years ago with Falling for the Chance and has no plans of stopping. Her novels are witty, action-packed, and offer enough steam for a great facial. If you like strong heroines and sexy, tattooed men who can’t keep their hands off them, then this author is the one for you.

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Mine to Keep (Protection 4) by Kennedy L Mitchell-Review Tour

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Mine to Keep (Protection 4) by Kennedy L Mitchell-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 13, 2021.

An unlikely friendship, a stalking ex, and a serial killer on the loose.

FBI profiler Charlie Bekham prides himself on three unique talents: hacking any database, making women swoon with a cocky smirk, and letting no one see the desperate man buried deep. When a string of murders in Louisville, KY, requires extra help, he’s forced to partner with the brilliant yet shy Special Agent Rhyan Riggs to hunt the killer. Long nights of working the case fan the growing attraction between them, making Charlie question if “just friends” is enough.

Special Agent Rhyan Riggs is running from her past—a narcissistic ex, to be exact. Determined to move on from the terrible breakup, she focuses solely on her career… until him. Special Agent Charlie Bekham. Covered in tattoos, cocky as hell, and bad-boy hot, he’s exactly the type she should avoid at all costs but can’t seem to stay away from.

With more victims and at a dead end, Rhyan does the unthinkable—she puts herself in the killer’s sights. When the killer takes the bait and disappears with the woman Charlie’s fallen for, can he piece together the remaining clues before Rhyan becomes the next body found?

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REVIEW:MINE TO KEEP is the fourth instalment in Kennedy L. Mitchell’s contemporary, adult PROTECTION erotic, romantic suspense series. This is thirty-seven year old, FBI profiler Charlie Bekham, and thirty-five year old Special Agent Rhyan Riggs’ storyline. MINE TO KEEP can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Charlie was first introduced in book three MINE TO GUARD.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Charlie and Rhyan) MINE TO KEEP follows FBI profiler Charlie Beckham and Special Agent Rhyan Riggs of the Behavioral Science Unit, and a case in Louisville, Kentucky where several women have reportedly committed suicide over the past several months. Believing there was more to the story than was reported, Charlie and Rhyan, head to Kentucky in an effort to uncover the truth but our couple is met with disdain at the Louisville FBI office, and Rhyan will be targeted by a misogynistic agent. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Charlie and Rhyan, and the potential fall-out our couple, with the help of the Agent Bryson Bennett, of an investigation where profilers go everything wrong.

The FBI team’s section chief Carter has targeted both Charlie and Rhyan. Rhyan is equal in status to Carter, but has refused to take control. The rumors around the office make Rhyan the proverbial gossip punching bag, and Charlie finds himself on Carter’s sh*t list for sins of the past. Working together to profile a possible serial killer, Rhyan finds herself wanting something more with our story line hero.

The relationship between Rhyan and Charlie begins as partners but Charlie suspects something dark in Rhyan’s past. Rhyan’s sense of personal self-worth is negligible, and in this, Charlie sets out to prove she is worthy of friendship and love. Days and nights spent working together push our couple together but tracking down a killer means placing one or both in the direct line of fire. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word.

We are introduced to FBI Agent Bryson Bennett, lead detective Steven Hicks, section chief Carter, and Assistant Deputy Director Garr, and via phone Rhyan’s controlling ex Brian, and her bestie Olivia Reynolds. Bryson Bennett’s story line is next in MINE TO HOLD.

MIND TO KEEP is a story of power and control, obsession, vengeance and murder, acceptance and love. The fast paced, character driven premise is intriguing and edgy; the romance is energetic and provocative; the characters are spirited and realistic. My only complaint is the lack of any true closure with the ex-boyfriend story line.

Reading Order and Previous review
Mine to Protect
Mine to Save
Mine to Guard

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Kennedy lives in Dallas with her husband, son, and 80lb Goldendoodle who still believes he’s a lap dog. A bookworm at heart, Kennedy loves to snuggle up in bed or by the campfire with an unputdownable book. She began writing two years ago with Falling for the Chance and has no plans of stopping. Her novels are witty, action-packed, and offer enough steam for a great facial. If you like strong heroines and sexy, tattooed men who can’t keep their hands off them, then this author is the one for you.

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Mine to Keep by Rhenna Morgan – a Review

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Mine to Keep by Rhenna Morgan – a Review

 

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Description:
She’s in way over her head…

Bonnie Drummond is from the wrong side of the tracks, raised in a family of liars and criminals. No matter how hard she tries to stay on the straight and narrow, she always finds herself sucked back into the family drama, forced to sacrifice everything she’s earned to protect her family. 

But this time they’ve gone too far—crossed the wrong people—and to save them she’ll have to put her life on the line.

Roman Kozlov, enforcer for a New Orleans mafiya family, is the poster child for the life Bonnie is struggling to escape. But he’s also as alluring as he is dangerous, and it doesn’t take long for their lives to begin to mesh.

With Roman, Bonnie finds the family she never had.

As their race for answers heats up, so too does the budding romance between them. And with danger nipping at her heels and love threatening her heart, Bonnie must come face-to-face with her past if she wants to have a future

Reading Order: 

NOLA Knights:
Book 1 His to Defend
Book 2 Hers to Tame
Book 3 Mine to Keep 

 

 

Review:

Mine to Keep by Rhenna Morgan is the 3rd book in her Nola Knights series. It seems like ages since I read book 2 Hers to Tame (which I read and loved) and I have to admit I had forgotten how much I had liked that book, so I was ready for book 3….. 

Bonnie is Cassie’s friend (MC from Hers To Tame) . Her life is crappy at the moment, two jobs to just make ends meet, she’s constantly having to bail out both her brother and father in whatever scheme they are embroiled in. She’s also trying to make a dent into the hospital bills her father has accrued (he’s waiting for a liver transplant) 

Her life takes a nasty turn when both her father and brother have an altercation with an unseen foe (she’s hiding in her fathers bedroom at the behest of her brother) noises are heard, then silence, both of them are missing, and there is blood! The only person Bonnie can turn to is her new best friend Cassie (and hope it doesn’t end the start of a friendship) 

Why Cassie you ask, well, she’s in love with a Russian Mafia Mobster (or Bratva) So Bonnie thinks that maybe Kir can help?! But is it asking for more trouble becoming involved with the Mafia? But what choice does she have? 

Roman is happy with his life, an enforcer, a job he takes seriously, it’s gotten him out of the hell hole he lived in, so he’s grateful and a hard worker. He’d love to have what Kir and Sergei (MC in book 1 His to Defend is his Pakhan or boss) have, but he know that won’t ever happen, so he will get his happiness within this family. He becomes involved when Cassie gets a phone call asking her to go to a part of town he knew her husband would not like. (He’s away at the moment, and Roman takes his wife’s security very seriously) So he drives Cassie to see her friend. 

Bonnie is amazing, she wants to walk away from her troublesome family, but she can’t do that, so she works a multitude of jobs to help. She has a quick brain, and an even quicker mouth. She’s not afraid to voice her opinion, but she’s a very private person. 

And I thought I loved Kir, well move over dude, my heart belongs to Roman, he’s such a teddy bear, he’s a family man at heart, and a core of loyalty that is never in question. But cross him at your peril. He’s also had a hard life, so he’s in a position to understand why Bonnie is so guarded. He also thinks that once Bonnie really gets to know him, she’s going to walk away (his mother left him at an orphanage, so why shouldn’t Bonnie?!)

The story is well put together, enough action to keep you entertained, it’s a pretty fast paced book once Roman and Bonnie go looking for her father and brother. Very descriptive, and it has it’s funny moments (like when he saw Cassie start to play matchmaker between Roman and Bonnie) I’ve not read the previous series (Men of Haven) and it doesn’t matter if you haven’t, but when we catch up with them, listening to how they found each couple, has me itching to read more. 

Reading the interactions between Roman and Bonnie had me sighing with delight, he wants to take care of her, and she’s suspicious of his intentions, she’s also worried that If she gets to attached, it would break her when he left! Only by showing her his intentions does Bonnie slowly come round to his way of thinking. 

Her brother and father are a liability! Both have taken the easy way out for years, but being Ki napped and beaten by their captors certainly shakes loose a few home truths! And when Bonnie becomes a bargaining chip, will Roman and his family pull the city apart to find her? You bet they do! 

I’m going to have to go back to visit Cassie and Kir, and as I never read Sergei’s book it looks like a visit to Amazon ?

Highly entertaining, and highly recommend you pick up this book. 

Reviewed by Julie

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Mine to Keep/Mine to Crave by Cynthia Eden-a review

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Mine to Keep/Mine to Crave by Cynthia Eden – a review

Mine Series 2, 4

 

MINE TO KEEP (Mine #2) by Cynthia Eden

ABOUT THE BOOK: September 16, 2013

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Mine to KeepLove is the most dangerous obsession…

Skye Sullivan is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. She survived a brutal stalker and escaped his abduction, and now she is looking to the future—a future that includes Skye’s lover, billionaire Trace Weston. Skye thinks the danger is finally over for her.

She’s dead wrong.

When Trace’s past comes back to haunt him, Skye discovers that the man she loves isn’t quite who he seems to be. Trace has been leading a double-life. An ex-special forces agent, his military training turned him into the perfect killing machine. He made more than his share of enemies during his time in the military—and as he built his security empire—and one of those enemies is striking back.

He won’t lose her.

Skye is the one weapon that can be used against Trace—his only vulnerability. But he won’t let her go—he can’t. Trace will do anything necessary to protect Skye. Anything. Yet when she discovers the secrets that he’s tried to keep hidden, Skye’s pain and rage may send her running directly into the cross-hairs of a killer…

REVIEW: MINE TO KEEP is the second instalment in Cynthia Eden’s Mine romantic suspense series focusing on a group of former special ops agents and the women they love. This is Trace Weston (billionaire, private investigator, former special ops) and Skye Sullivan’s (ballerina, dance instructor) continuing story. We were first introduced to Trace and Skye in book one MINE TO HOLD where Skye fell victim to a stalker-a living nightmare-and one that continues in her dreams and sleep. MINE TO KEEP furthers Skye and Trace’s story with Trace the target of an obsessed former ally.

The focus of the storyline is a warning of imminent death- the past is alive-and seeking revenge against the people responsible. Ten years earlier, a mission in Russia went horribly wrong-one death, two injuries and a decade of PTSD and a psychological nightmare for everyone involved. Fast forward to the present day and it appears the dead have risen and want revenge. When the people in Trace’s life begin to turn up dead, the former special ops soldier finds little solace in the people he once trusted as friends.

The relationship between Skye and Trace continues to be sultry and seductive. Our couple are now engaged and were looking forward to a future together, but Trace’s secrets and what happened in the past will push Skye until there is no where left to go.

Cynthia Eden writes a well-paced, suspense filled storyline where enemies are friends; friends are enemies; and everyone you love is targeted for destruction. The reader is pulled into a story of action, mystery, intrigue and the history between a group of friends who can no longer trust what they once believed to be true. The world building continues from the first book as we are introduced to Trace’s former colleagues and friends; learn about their history together; and what might be in store for the future.

Reviewed by Sandy

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Mine to Crave Mar 14MINE TO CRAVE (Mine #4) by Cynthia Eden

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 4, 2014

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HE TAKES WHAT HE WANTS.

From the moment that billionaire casino owner Drake Archer sees Jasmine Bennett, he’s obsessed. Consumed by desire for the mysterious redhead, Drake will do anything necessary to claim her. Yet as desire rages between them, danger is stalking ever closer. Drake’s past isn’t dead, and the ex-Special Forces agent will soon have to face the ghosts he left behind.

SHE’S HIDING SECRETS.

Jasmine isn’t who she pretends to be. She’s a woman on a mission—and she’s supposed to be stealing secrets from the mysterious Drake. Falling for him isn’t on her agenda, but when lust and love tangle together, all the rules get broken.

AN ENEMY IS CLOSING IN…

When Drake learns of Jasmine’s betrayal…all hell breaks loose. He knows that he should turn his back on her, but it’s too late for him. He can’t let her go, but he can teach her a lesson. No one betrays him…not without paying a heavy price. Drake will destroy all of the enemies on his trail, he’ll bury his past, and he’ll teach Jasmine to want only him…just as much as he craves her.

REVIEW: MINE TO CRAVE is the fourth instalment in Cynthia Eden’s adult contemporary, erotic MINE suspense series. The series focuses on a group of former special ops friends and a secret they all share about a mission that went horribly wrong. This is casino owner/billionaire Drake Archer and Jasmine Bennett’s story. Drake’s connection to the failed operation in Russia comes full circle when he falls for the woman he finds stealing information from his casino files.

The focus of the story is Drake and his need to uncover the truth behind Jasmine’s aborted attempt to steal encripted information from the casino computer. With the help of Trace’s investigation team, Drake will discover that Jasmine is an enigma-not quite who she appears to be. When Jasmine warns Drake that the man wanting the information will kill them both, Drake realizes that the past is never quite buried and the dead are always looking for revenge. The investigation will lead to an abandoned warehouse where thought of losing someone that he loves will come to fruition when an explosion leave one man without his sister and another man with the woman that he loves.

The relationship between Jasmine and Drake begins as captive and captor leading to a sensual need of lust and sex. As the storyline develops, Drake will soon realize that the woman sent to steal information has stolen his heart-instead. Theirs is a need of desire; of survival; and never letting go.

MINE TO CRAVE is a fast paced, sometimes graphically violent and provocative storyline that chips away at one man’s psyche- a man who has withdrawn from the only family he knows because of the actions of his past. Cynthia Eden writes a series about friends who have been drawn together by a passion for survival, for revealing the truth and for proving that not everyone is to blame for the wrongs in life.

READING ORDER
1. Mine to Take
2. Mine to Keep
3. Mine to Hold
4. Mine to Crave

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Reviewed by Sandy

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