Bea Reviews Her Last Word by Mary Burton

Publisher: Montlake Romance
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: May 8th, 2018
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Blurb from goodreads:

An unsolved crime pits a desperate woman against a relentless killer in New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton’s heart-stopping novel of psychological suspense…

Fourteen years ago, Kaitlin Roe was the lone witness to the abduction of her cousin Gina. She still remembers that lonely Virginia road. She can still see the masked stranger and hear Gina’s screams. And she still suffers the guilt of running away in fear and resents being interrogated as a suspect in the immediate aftermath. Now Kaitlin has only one way to assuage the pain and nightmares—by interviewing everyone associated with the unsolved crime for a podcast that could finally bring closure to a case gone cold.

But when a woman Kaitlin questions is later found stabbed to death, she fears that she’s drawn a killer out of hiding. It’s Detective John Adler’s fear that the murders have only just begun. Now his job is to keep Kaitlin safe.

As a bond between Kaitlin and Adler builds, the past closes in just as fast—and it’s darker than Kaitlin remembers. Soon, her wish will come true. She’s going to find out exactly what happened to Gina. Someone has been dying to tell her.

Bea Reviews The Last Move by Mary Burton

Publisher: Montlake Romance
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: September 19th, 2017 
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Blurb from goodreads:

In this gripping stand-alone from bestselling author Mary Burton, an FBI agent must catch a copycat killer. The only difference this time: she’s the final victim.

Catching monsters helps FBI agent Kate Hayden keep her nightmares at bay. Now an urgent call brings her back to San Antonio, the scene of her violent past. A brutal new murder shows hallmarks of a serial killer nicknamed the Samaritan. Tricky part is, Kate already caught him.

Either Kate made a deadly error, or she’s got a copycat on her hands. Paired with homicide detective Theo Mazur, she quickly realizes this murder is more twisted than it first appeared. Then a second body is found, the mode of death identical to a different case that Kate thought she’d put behind her.

Now Kate and Detective Mazur aren’t just working a homicide; the investigative pair is facing a formidable enemy who knows Kate intimately. While Mazur is personally trying to protect Kate, the closer they are drawn to the killer, the clearer it becomes that in this terrifying game, there is only one rule: don’t believe everything you see.

Bea Reviews The Dollmaker by Mary Burton

Series: The Forgotten Files #2
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: November 15th 2016
Challenges: NetGalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge
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Blurb from goodreads:

Dr. Tessa McGowan had never seen anything quite like it. But the mutilated bodies on her exam table tell a stunningly macabre tale: someone with a twisted mind is kidnapping women and altering their faces to resemble real, life-size dolls. As a forensic pathologist, it’s her job to aid the agent leading the case—even if that agent is her estranged husband.
Twelve years ago an unspeakable tragedy destroyed Dakota Sharp’s world. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, he’s devoted himself to capturing killers. His only regret is that it cost him Tessa. Now, as the Dollmaker case brings them together—and raises his suspicions that he’s crossed paths with this deranged psychopath before—they may just have their second chance. But it seems Dakota’s not the only one who wants to make Tessa his own…
She may be the Dollmaker’s next target, but Tessa has no intention of winding up as another toy on his shelf. Can she and Dakota stop this ghastly killer before his next deadly playdate?

Bea Reviews I'll Never Let You Go by Mary Burton

Publisher: Zebra
Series: Morgans of Nashville #3
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Challenges: Finishing the Series | NetGalley & Edelweiss ARCs
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Blurb from goodreads:

LOVE HURTS

He promised to kill her. One night four years ago, Leah Carson’s husband almost succeeded. Philip stabbed her twenty-three times before fleeing. The police are sure he’s dead. But fear won’t let Leah believe it.

AND SOMETIMES It starts with little things. Missing keys. A flat tire. Mysterious flowers. All easily explained away if the pattern wasn’t so terrifyingly familiar. Leah has a new veterinary practice and a new life with no ties to her nightmare. But Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent Alex Morgan suspects something. And when another woman’s body is found, stabbed twenty-three times, Leah knows her past has found her.

IT KILLS

As Leah and Alex untangle the horrifying truth, he watches her, ready for the perfect moment. Until death—that was the vow they made. And a killer always keeps his word…

Book Bites: Be Afraid by Mary Burton, Hidden Prey by Cheyenne McCray, and Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti

I've got three romantic suspense books for you today. Instead of doing full reviews for each book, I'm just giving a quick rundown of my thoughts for each one.

Publisher: Zebra
Series: The Morgans of Nashville #2
Format Read: eGalley
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Challenges:  Finishing the Series | NetGalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge
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Blurb from goodreads:

The Fear Is Terrifying

When police rescue five-year-old Jenna Thompson from the dark closet where she's been held captive for days, they tell her she's a lucky girl. Compared to the rest of her family, it's true. But even with their killer dead of an overdose, Jenna is still trying to find peace twenty-five years later.

But The Truth

On leave from her forensic artist job, Jenna returns to Nashville, the city where she lost so much. Instead of closure, she finds a new horror. Detective Rick Morgan needs Jenna's expertise in identifying the skeletal remains of a young child. The case jogs hazy half-buried memories--and a nagging dread that Jenna's ordeal hasn't ended.

Is Even Worse

Now other women are dying. And as the links between these brutal killings and Jenna's past becomes clear, she knows this time, a madman will leave no survivors. . .

Week 3, Day 4 of the Kensington Heroes Battle!

 

It's week three of Kensington's March Madness style elimination tournament in which Kensington will pit its heroes against each other in three rounds as readers and fans vote in each match for their favorite hero. The winner advances on to the next round until there is only one hero left standing. Will he be a dashing duke? A fearsome vampire? A sexy detective? Only time will tell.

The heroes were hand-picked by 32 of their authors including Kat Martin, Shelly Laurenston, Alexandra Ivy, Hannah Howell, Mary Jo Putney, and more!

Choose Your Favorite Kensington Hero Ftng Authors Mary Burton, Nancy Bush, Kat Martin & Shannon McKenna

It's the second week of Kensington's March Madness style elimination tournament in which Kensington will pit its heroes against each other in three rounds as readers and fans vote in each match for their favorite hero. The winner advances on to the next round until there is only one hero left standing. Will he be a dashing duke? A fearsome vampire? A sexy detective? Only time will tell.

The heroes were hand-picked by 32 of their authors including Kat Martin, Shelly Laurenston, Alexandra Ivy, Hannah Howell, Mary Jo Putney, and more!

Bea Reviews Cover Your Eyes by Mary Burton

Publisher: Zebra 
Series: The Morgans of Nashville
Format Read: eGalley
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: October 28, 2014
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Blurb from goodreads:

Don't Look

At first, they struggle to escape. Then a torrent of blows rains down upon their bodies until their eyes cloud over in final agony. The killer shows no remorse--just a twisted need to witness each victim's last terrified moments.

Don't Speak

Public defender Rachel Wainwright is struggling to reopen a decades-old case, convinced that the wrong man is in prison. Homicide detective Deke Morgan doesn't want to agree. But if Rachel's hunch is correct, whoever fatally bludgeoned young, beautiful Annie Dawson thirty years ago could be the source of a new string of brutal slayings.

Just Prepare To Die

Rachel's investigation is about to reveal answers--but at a price she never thought to pay. Now she's become the target of a rage honed by years of jealousy and madness. And a murderer is ready to show her just how vicious the truth can be.