Showing posts with label Elizabeth Heiter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elizabeth Heiter. Show all posts

Monday, November 14, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #284, November 14th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #283
Teaser Tuesday #291
WWW Wednesday #291
WOW #288
Will the Time Come #282
Third Sentence Thursday #272
Random Reads #259
First Lines Friday #278
The Reward Challenge Update #269
Follow Friday #261
How Well I Stuck to It #113
Wrote that Review Update #118

Week 46 Reviews:
Bad Blood
Twisted
Alien Tango
Blood Games
Lucky Break
Daughters of Ruin
The Rose Society
Hunted
Vanished
Avenged
Seized
Stalked
Kitty's Big Trouble
Kitty Steals the Show
Kitty Rocks the House

Random:
Elizabeth Heiter Author Page
Kate Kessler Author Page

OK, so I got 24 posts in 7 days, which is a pretty great week! I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Alien in the Family, Crash and Burn, The Seventh PlagueThe Midnight Star, and Under Attack.

Planning any wedding is hard enough, but Katherine "Kitty" Katt and Jeff Martini have a lot more to worry about than seating arrangements, because multiple inter-stellar invasions, Alpha Team in mortal peril, and inter-alien conspiracies are all on the guest list—and the gifts they've brought contain some explosive surprises.

The discovery that Martini is actually a member of the Alpha Centaurion Royal Family brings additional bad news—emissaries are on their way to see if Kitty's royal bride material. And they're not the only things coming from the Alpha Centauri system. Amazonian assassins, spies, alien beasties, shape-shifters, and representatives from the Planetary Council, combined with a tabloid reporter who's a little too on the mark, create a deadly situation for Kitty and the rest of Alpha Team. When the assassins strike far too close to home for anyone's comfort, Kitty realizes it's going to come down to more than throwing a bouquet—she's going to have to face an entire planetary consciousness and dethrone a monarch in order to make it to the church on time...
From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins comes a shocking short story, where a chance mishap leads to the discovery of a weapon like no other in . . . Crash and Burn.

On a transatlantic flight, the two black sheep of Sigma Force—Seichan and Kowalski—must set aside their mutual dislike as a mysterious fiery force knocks their aircraft out of the sky. This unlikely duo must use every skill, weapon, and bit of ingenuity to survive a night on a remote volcanic island, where their only refuge is the haunted, bat-plagued grounds of a seemingly deserted resort. But something horrific awaits the two, something born of the latest science but rooted in our basest human instincts. To survive they will need to learn to work together—but even then, it may be too late.
If the biblical plagues of Egypt truly happened--could they happen again--on a global scale?

Two years after vanishing into the Sudanese desert, the leader of a British archeological expedition, Professor Harold McCabe, comes stumbling out of the sands, frantic and delirious, but he dies before he can tell his story. The mystery deepens when an autopsy uncovers a bizarre corruption: someone had begun to mummify the professor's body--while he was still alive.

His strange remains are returned to London for further study, when alarming news arrives from Egypt. The medical team who had performed the man's autopsy has fallen ill with an unknown disease, one that is quickly spreading throughout Cairo. Fearing the worst, a colleague of the professor reaches out to a longtime friend: Painter Crowe, the director of Sigma Force. The call is urgent, for Professor McCabe had vanished into the desert while searching for proof of the ten plagues of Moses. As the pandemic grows, a disturbing question arises.

Are those plagues starting again?

Before Director Crowe can investigate, a mysterious group of assassins leaves behind a fiery wake of destruction and death, erasing all evidence. With the professor's body incinerated, his home firebombed, Sigma Force must turn to the archaeologist's only daughter, Jane McCabe, for help. While sifting through what's left of her father's work, she discovers a puzzling connection, tying the current threat to a shocking historical mystery, one involving the travels of Mark Twain, the genius of Nikola Tesla, and the adventures of famous explorer, Henry Morgan Stanley.

To unravel a secret going back millennia, Director Crowe and Commander Grayson Pierce will be thrust to opposite sides of the globe. One will search for the truth, traveling from the plague-ridden streets of Cairo to a vast ancient tomb buried under the burning sands of the Sudan; the other will struggle to stop a mad genius locked within a remote Arctic engineering complex, risking the lives of all those he holds dear.

As the global crisis grows ever larger, Sigma Force will confront a threat born of the ancient past and made real by the latest science--a danger that will unleash a cascading series of plagues, culminating in a scourge that could kill all of the world's children . . . decimating mankind forever. 
The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from “hit factory” Marie Lu.

There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.

Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She’s turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all that she’s achieved.

Adelina’s forced to revisit old wounds when a new danger appears, putting not only Adelina at risk, but every Elite and the very world they live in. In order to save herself and preserve her empire, Adelina and her Roses must join the Daggers on a perilous quest—though this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger.

Bestselling author Marie Lu concludes Adelina's story with this haunting and hypnotizing final installment to the Young Elites series.
Sophie Lawson is a human immune to magic, which comes in handy for helping paranormal beings transition into everyday life. But fallen angel Alex Grace and his search for the Vessel of Souls is one curse she never saw coming. Suddenly an unexplainable string of killings and destruction has even San Francisco's demons fearing for their immortal lives. And Sophie isn't about to trust Alex's all-too-vulnerable charm or his secret agenda. Now their hunt is revealing dangerous secrets about Sophie's past, and malevolent power hellishly close to turning one irreverent human into the ultimate supernatural weapon.

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Week 46 Reviews: Hunted, Vanished, Avenged, Seized, Stalked





From Goodreads:
Terror stalks a small Virginia town.

FBI rising star, criminal profiler Evelyn Baine, knows how to think like a serial killer. But she's never chased anyone like the Bakersville Burier, who hunts young women and displays them, half-buried, deep in the woods. As the body count climbs, Evelyn's relentless pursuit of the killer puts her career - and her life - at risk. And the evil lurking in the Burier's mind may be more than even she can unravel.

Terror is closer than she thinks.

The Bakersville Burier knows he's got an FBI profiler on his trail. He knows who she is and where to find her. And he's biding his time, because he's planned a special punishment for Evelyn. She may have tracked other killers, but he vows to make this her last chase. This time it's her turn to be hunted!

From Goodreads:
Sometimes the past can haunt you...

Eighteen years ago, FBI profiler Evelyn Baine s best friend, Cassie Byers, disappeared, the third in a series of unsolved abductions. Only a macabre nursery rhyme was left at the scene, a nursery rhyme that claimed Evelyn was also an intended victim. Now, after all these years of silence, another girl has gone missing in South Carolina, and the Nursery Rhyme Killer is taking credit. But is Cassie's abductor really back, or is there a copycat at work?

Sometimes the past is best forgotten...


Evelyn has waited eighteen years for a chance to investigate, but when she returns to Rose Bay, she finds a dark side to the seemingly idyllic town. As the place erupts in violence and the kidnapper strikes again, Evelyn knows this is her last chance. If she doesn t figure out what happened to Cassie eighteen years ago, it may be Evelyn s turn to vanish without a trace. 

From Goodreads:
Danger is all around her… 

What should have been a routine investigation for FBI profiler Evelyn Baine turns ominous when she's kidnapped by a dangerous cult of survivalists. As her worst nightmares become a reality, she begins to question what she's seeing. Because the longer she's inside their compound, the more she realizes this group is not what it seems to be. 

The next terrorist threat is right beside her… 

As the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team closes in, Evelyn suspects she's stumbled onto an emerging terrorist threat—and a cult leader who has a score to settle with the FBI. If Hostage Rescue breaches the compound, Evelyn's dead for sure. If they don't, the cult may unleash a surprise attack that could leave the whole country shattered.

From Goodreads:
Love and vengeance

FBI profiler Evelyn Baine and fellow agent Kyle McKenzie are—secretly—on vacation together, visiting an island off the coast of Georgia. Evelyn has recently solved a notorious cold case, so she considers their holiday a reward of sorts. More than that, it's a cautious acknowledgment of her growing feelings for Kyle.

One day a body washes up on the beach, a body that's been disfigured. The killer has carved the word "pervert" into the victim's stomach. A second murder, with the victim labeled a "killer" appears soon after. The police don't agree when Evelyn tells them the murders look like the work of a vigilante trying to avenge…something.

Evelyn and Kyle find their own lives at risk as they move closer to the truth.

From Goodreads:
If you're reading this, I'm already dead… 

That's the note seventeen-year-old Haley Cooke leaves behind when she disappears from inside her high school. FBI profiler Evelyn Baine is called in to figure out who had reason to hurt her. On the surface, the popular cheerleader has no enemies, but as Evelyn digs deeper, she discovers that everyone close to Haley has something to hide. Everyone from estranged parents, to an older boyfriend with questionable connections, to a best friend who envies Haley's life. 

Secrets can be deadly… 

One of those secrets may have gotten Haley killed. If she's still alive, Evelyn knows that the more the investigation ramps up, the more pressure they could be putting on Haley's kidnapper to make her disappear for good. It's also possible the teenager isn't in danger at all, but has skillfully manipulated everyone and staged her own disappearance. Only one thing is certain: uncovering Haley's fate could be dangerous—even deadly—to Evelyn herself.

My Review:
These books were so great to read! I loved reading about Evelyn and her cases! There was a lot going on, and yeah, these were just fantastic reads! I kinda wish that I'd started them sooner, but also not, because Stalked was only most recently added to NetGalley!

I've read other books that have featured the BAU, like the Sophie Anderson series by P.T. Martin. But this series more reminded me of the Sam Owens series by J.T. Ellison-both Sam and Evelyn have been through pretty traumatic events, and they used that to move forward. Yeah.

Loved the mysteries in these books! Vanished was the most personal, but all of these had pretty high stakes! Going from Seized to Stalked, was pretty great, because it went from a cult/terrorist group to a missing teen. And while things weren't what they seemed, yeah, it made things more contained!

Things worked out pretty well in most of these books! Of course, there were a few losses, like the injury Mac got that took him out of the HRT. But all in all, there were wins, and Evelyn opened up more and relaxed just a tad! Loved that journey!

These book were really fantastic! Elizabeth Heiter is a fantastic author!

Author: Elizabeth Heiter
Series: The Profiler #1, 2, 2.5, 3, 4
Read: November 8th, 9th, 10th, 10th, 11th, 2016
Source: NetGalley, Free
Reason Why: Sounded really good and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2016 Books!
Publisher: Harlequin Mira, harlequin.com
Published: December 31st 2013, December 30th 2014,  January 22nd 2016, December 29th 2015
Expected Publication: December 27th 2016

Hunted:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Vanished:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Avenged:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Seized:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Stalked:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Friday, November 11, 2016

First Lines Friday #278, November 11th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"'You’ve got to stop this.' Her husband's voice reached her slowly, as if from a great distance, even though she knew he was standing at the doorway to her daughter's room. Instead of turning, Linda Varner continued methodically pulling things out from underneath Haley's unmade bed." -Stalked by Elizabeth Heiter

That sounds so sad! I need to read more! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Third Sentence Thursday #274, November 10th

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Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme which likes to watch fireworks especially while eating a cookie!
1) Take the book you are currently reading and open it to a random page. Share the third full sentence on that page. (If there isn't a third one – like at the end of a chapter or a blank page – you can share the third sentence of the book or just choose another random page.) Feel free to share more than one sentence, if you feel the need to do so.
2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)
3) Post a link to your sentence at Words I Write Crazy (This Blog)
4) Visit one or two of the other blogs to check out their third sentences!

"Don't die for Ward Butler." -Seized by Elizabeth Heiter, page 144.

Yeah, that's pretty good advice! But the situation sounds tense and not good at all!

What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!

Elizabeth Heiter Author Page

The Story: I saw Hunted on NetGalley, and then Vanished, then Seized, then Stalked! And yeah, I'm reading this series and I'm really enjoying it and I can't wait to read more!

Website

Series: The Profile.

The Profile: Hunted and her site, my review, Vanished and her site, my review, Avenged and her site, my reviewSeized and her site, my review, Stalked and her site, my review.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

WWW Wednesday #291, November 9th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme!



I'm reading Vanished, and it's such a great sequel! I'm really enjoying it!
I read Hunted, and it was so awesome, I loved the mystery and the characters!
I'm going to read Seized and I can't wait, this series is really fantastic!

What about you guys? Happy reading!