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Ok, I’m still working on titles for Friday Book Reviews. I’m open to suggestions. I also just realised that I haven’t posted here all week either. I’d love to say it’s because I read an extra book for you, but in truth, I was finishing up Game of Thrones Season 1. (gasp! television!) I read the series earlier this year and I am a FIEND for GoT. I even got myself this t-shirt to watch my show in.

Love this shirt. LOVE.

Quinn (Eve, Quinn & Bonnie #2) by Iris Johansen

As a former Navy SEAL turned cop, Joe Quinn has seen the face of evil and knows just how deadly it can be. When he first met Eve Duncan, he never expected to fall in love with a woman whose life would be defined by her dual desires to bring home her missing daughter and discover the truth behind her disappearance—no matter how devastating. With the help of CIA agent Catherine Ling, they make a shocking discovery that sheds new light on young Bonnie’s abduction and puts Quinn squarely in the crosshairs of danger.

This is the second book of the series I started last week. It continues telling the story of Eve, Quinn and Eve’s abducted daughter, Bonnie. This story is very compelling, but as with the first book, I didn’t find this an easy read. Not that it was too difficult, just the rhythm set by her narration made it hard for me to lose myself in the book. Normally, I can fly across a page with images dancing in my head like a movie. With Johansen’s book I found it was more work to visualize the characters.

Then there was the ending. Thanks for making a super abrupt cliffhanger to segue into your next book. I always feel cheated when writers do that. Especially if they skimped on the size of a middle book just to make a trilogy. Like you James Frey, a.k.a. Pitticus Lore.

*ahem* anyway.

Bonnie (Eve, Quinn & Bonnie #3) by Iris Johansen

When Eve Duncan gave birth to her daughter, she experienced a love she never knew existed. Nothing would stand in the way of giving Bonnie a wonderful life – until the unthinkable happened and the seven-year-old vanished into thin air. Eve found herself in the throes of a nightmare from which there was no escape. But a new Eve emerged: a woman who would use her remarkable talent as a forensic sculptor to help others find closure in the face of tragedy. Now with the help of her beloved Joe Quinn and CIA agent Catherine Ling, Eve has come closer than ever to the truth.

FINALLY the end. I was compelled through 3 books to find out what happened to Bonnie. But Johansen’s style just does not mesh well with my brain. I’m glad I got through it. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle. Johansen did not disappoint, giving me a terrible twist in finding Bonnie’s killer. This was an intriguing story all the way through, but I won’t be putting it on the beloved re-read shelf. (err…of my iPad?)

Branded as Trouble (Rough Riders #6) by Lorelei James

As a walking advertisement for the tattoo shop she’s set up in a small Wyoming town, India Ellison is well acquainted with preconceived notions. Despite the odd looks, life is good. She’s clean and sober, dotes on her sister’s kids and, best of all, spends most of her free time with her best buddy, Colt McKay. Reformed bad boy Colt never expected three years of sobriety to lead to three years of abstinence. Curbing his craving for booze and random sexual encounters, however, is nothing compared to the ever-increasing craving for his hot-tempered, hot-bodied best friend, India. Too bad she’s his A.A. sponsor.

Mmm mmm. That is all.

I should read some other smut so I have something to tell you guys. I’ll give it a try for next week. In the meantime, hot cowboys, body piercing, sexy-time.

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