Review – Her One Chance by Molly Carrington

Her One Chance; A Protector Romance Thriller
(Interconnected standalone)

Publication Date: June 8, 2024

Genre/Tropes: Suspense Romance

Author: Molly Carrington

Review Rating: 5 Gold Stars

Review/Synopsis:

Review:
Her One Chance is filled with non-stop action! I felt like I was reading a Reacher book. Porter’s description definitely fit Reacher’s giant personality so…yezzzzz I liked the visuals.

This was the first book I’ve read by Molly Carrington and I loved the fast paced thrill ride she took me on. There was never a moment to stop and breath as this book kept me guessing and kept the pages turning.

When we first meet the heroine, Cleo Moralis, she isn’t just having bad luck, she’s being targeted by an unknown person. However, she’s highly in denial, which is sort of hilarious when confronted by Porter Cartwright, who loves to point out that her job is literally to investigative crimes. She’s stubborn, smart, and I’ll circle back to stubborn again, but that’s more in tune with just being independent. She’s a great FMC and perfect for Porter.

These two have instant chemistry and an instant comradery with the similar investigative fields that they both work in. It doesn’t mean that they don’t butt heads, it just means that it ramps up the heat when they do. 😉

Porter is dominant, but not in an off-putting way. He’s ex-military who now runs his own company and he’s a man who knows how to lead and it shows in his actions. This was the Reacher vibe I felt from him; smart, controlled, a man who sees the big picture, and very likeable. His company is filled with great secondary characters as well, which says a lot about the man who hired them.

The suspense kept me guessing right up until the end reveal. So that’s a huge plus in my book when reading suspense.

Her One Chance has it all; suspense, great banter, good chemistry, plot twists, and fun secondary characters.

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Synopsis:
Cleo Moralis is being hunted by a madman.

As a kid, she had learned early and fast that anyone would screw you over if the price was right. She fought long and hard to escape the clutches of a childhood that almost drug her under. Now she is a top investigator with the DC’s District Attorney’s office and feels proud of the difference she makes by helping to put away the worst society has to offer. Except somebody wants her off the case. Permanently.

Porter Cartwright owns Falcon Security and Protection, the most successful security and investigative agency on the East Coast. So he is exasperated by Cleo’s refusal of his help at every turn. He is proud of the elite team of operatives he has built, but he isn’t sure if they will be enough to stop his worst fear. Losing someone else he cares about.

When he steps in to save her from a killer bent on her destruction, he must convince Cleo that he won’t be another in a long line of people to let her down.

Can he convince her before a killer completes his mission?

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Blog Tour – The Torment of Two by K. Webster

From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster comes an enemies-to-lovers, new adult M/F small-town romance. The Torment of Two by K Webster is now live, the fifth book in the Shameful Secrets series! 

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She craves freedom from her overbearing family, and being a student at Park Mountain University is exactly that for her.
Until she’s partnered up for an entire semester with a surly, difficult man who despises her immediately for no reason at all. So much for an escape…

Blurb:

At PMU, I can finally be free to be my own person away from the Park family name.

This semester, though, my happiness is threatened when I meet him.

Tristan “Two” Sheridan is a grumpy jerk who nearly runs me over with his hunk of junk car and then has the audacity to blame me.

Our dislike for one another is instantaneous.

Imagine my horror when not only is he in one of my new “blow-off” classes, but I’ve also been partnered up with him for a labor-intensive class project for a huge portion of my grade.

His distaste for me is mild at first, but the second he learns my name, it turns to utter contempt.

Why does he hate me so much?

What did I ever do to earn such nastiness from a man I don’t even know?

Beneath Two’s crankiness are secrets—secrets I plan to uncover. With each encounter, I peel back more of the mysterious layers of the handsome man with the pale gray eyes and find there’s someone likable deep down beneath. And, despite his grudge against me and my family, I think he can’t help but like me too.

As we spend more time together on our project, and just when I think I’ve got a handle on Two, I start getting harassed by someone else. This person stalks me at every turn, leaving me anonymous creepy notes and promises of a future together.

The stalker is the least of my problems, though. When Two reveals the true reason for hating me—the crushing secret that has tormented him his entire life—my own world is suddenly turned upside down. I feel inadvertently responsible and want to somehow make it all better.

A budding romance burns hot between us as our walls come down, but we have to keep it a secret. My parents will vehemently disprove of our coupling, and his will be utterly destroyed. Under the guise of our project, we’re able to spend stolen moments together, stoking the flames of our growing feelings for one another, keeping the bitter truth from our families.

But my stalker has other nefarious plans that keep escalating in nature.

In order to get help from my father and my brother’s cop fiancée, I will have to come clean. My life may depend on it. Ugly truths will be brought to light and Two’s family will no doubt suffer the consequences. I dread the day I’ll be forced to spill the truth.

Is this thing between me and Two worth all the heartache and pain destined for our future?

Only time will tell…

***This is a complete M/F standalone novel with a happily ever after. Tropes for this book include: enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine, college, new-age romance, opposites attract, historical preservation nerds, hidden rooms and treasure hunts, romantic suspense, mental health rep, and secret romance.***

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Shameful Secrets Series

1 – The Teacher of Nothing (Callum’s Book)
2 – The Tangle of Awful (Hugo’s Book)
3 – The Heart of Smoke (Jude’s Book)
4 – The Law of Deceit (Dempsey’s Book)
5 – The Torment of Two (Gemma’s Book)

About the Author:

K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.

Author Links: https://stan.store/authorkwebster

New Release – Luscious Bite by Sara Ohlin

Luscious Bite: An Enchanted Mates Romance by Sara Ohlin is now live!

Dr. Nikolav Sarkozy has had centuries to perfect his arrogance, but his cold vampire soul is no match for the beautifully joyful ER doctor, Francesca Banetti.

Cursed never to drink blood or enjoy pleasure from a human again until he finds his mate, Niko has lived an extremely lonely vampire life. When he walks into Mercy General Hospital and meets Francesca, his penance crashes down around him.

Francesca is a healer, but with her haunted past, she keeps her witch status hidden. While she excels at saving lives, she flourishes when infusing her magic into food, doting on her niece and nephew, and teasing Niko, of course.

Niko is everything bleak and miserable. Francesca is laughter, light, and love. He craves her but denies the ancient instinct whispering she belongs to him. But when a sinister demon threatens her and her family, he steps up and vows to protect them. He had no idea she would tear down the chains around his soul.

Seven hundred years is an awfully long time to be alone. Perhaps the time has come to find his enchanted mate.

Talk of death and killing. Past death of parents and grief. Death of patients in hospital, including child. Demon targeting women. Talk of gruesome attacks by demon.

Why you will love this book:

Contemporary Paranormal Romance

Steamy Romance

Vampire Romance

Witch Romance

Tortured Hero

Grumpy Sunshine

Caretaking

Fated Mates

Suspense

Food as an Act of Love

Hero with a Dark Past

Doctors

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About Sara Ohlin

Puget Sound based writer, Sara Ohlin is a mom, wannabe photographer, obsessive reader, ridiculous foodie, and the author of ten romance novels with Totally Bound Publishing.

She has over twenty years of creative non-fiction and memoir writing experience, and you can find her essays at Anderbo.com, Feminine Collective, Mothers Always Write, Her View from Home, and in anthologies such as Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women Speak about Healthcare in America, Take Care: Tales, Tips, & Love from Women Caregivers, and Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Although she’s the author of many essays about life, grief, motherhood and the connections we make through delicious food and shared meals, Sara loves creating imaginary worlds with tight-knit communities in her romance novels. She credits her mother, Mary, Nora Roberts and Rosamunde Pilcher for her love of romance.

If she’s not reading or writing, you will most likely find her in the kitchen creating scrumptious meals with her two kids and amazing husband, or perhaps cooking up her next love story.

She once met a person who both “didn’t read books” and wasn’t “that into food” and it nearly broke her heart.

AUTHOR LINKS

Website: https://saraohlin.com