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Uncaged Review- The Hitman’s Mistake by Sally Brandle

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The Hitman’s Mistake
Sally Brandle
Romantic Suspense

After Miranda Whitley stops crooked cops from assassinating a prominent Seattle judge, she’s next on the hit list, and her survival depends on the buff FBI Agent she’s had one awkward encounter with. But can she find him in time?

The last person Grant Morley expects to discover on his annual supply run to a Montana mountain hermit is alluring Miranda Whitley, nearly dead from a bullet wound in her side. An accidental witness or the cold-blooded accomplice to would-be assassins?

Miranda must convince Grant of her innocence, evade the killers intent on preventing her testimony, and fight her unwanted attraction for the agent…an attraction which seems to be mutual. Fortunately, love thrives in Emma Springs. If you love sizzling chemistry, Montana’s mountain landscape, and fast-paced action, then you’ll love Sally Brandle’s galloping thriller, The Hitman’s Mistake.

Uncaged Review: After Miranda witnesses her friend and judge’s attempted murder, she has to disappear as her life is in danger. Miranda barely gets out of town in time, and goes to a dude ranch in Montana to hide out. When out for a trail ride with the guests, she falls behind and is shot at – they’ve already found her. A FBI agent she had met before, saves her and slowly she opens up to him.

This is a nicely paced suspense, with enough danger to keep you turning the pages with a sweet, clean romance that builds slowly. Secondary characters are well thought out, including my favorite, the mule, Red. He’s a hero in this book and Ms. Brandle can bring him over to my farm any day.
Reviewed by Cyrene

4 Stars

Uncaged Review – Chasing the Cheetah by Bella Shaw

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Chasing the Cheetah
Bella Shaw
Shifter Romance

The mate call only comes once in a shifter’s life, if ever. Will Sarai be able to overcome her past in order to answer?

Cheetah shapeshifter Sarai Hartell just wants to escape the aftermath of an abusive relationship by letting her claws out in the heart of Africa. But while abroad, the trip is soon cut short by her own questionable actions. When Sarai’s home is set on fire- with her inside- fate may have finally come to back to bite her.

Conclave Enforcer and lion shifter Ari Easton is in Katonah Valley on a tracking mission when he stumbles upon an unconscious she-cat outside of a burning house. His inner feline is quick to notice the delectable female, but the presence of his lion sends her into a panic. Though his nose tells him she’s heard the mate call, too, he knows this quarry won’t be caught until she’s ready. Thankfully, Ari is a patient hunter.

**This is a stand alone novella within the Primal Mates universe. HEA and no cliffhangers guaranteed! This series contains explicit sexual content, so reader beware.**

Uncaged Review: What a fantastic novella, a little on the longer side of novellas at around 120 pages, but this book is a fast moving story, that ensnare readers within the first few pages. What I really liked about this story is that the author keeps her shifters in character very well. Even when in human form, the shifters have a deep connection to their inner beast and are truly two halves of a whole, they are not mainly human with the ability to shift, they are both beast and human, equally.

Since this is a shorter book, I won’t get into the plot here, but both main characters and the supporting cast are easy to like, and I’m looking forward to reading more in this series. Reviewed by Cyrene

4.5 Stars

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Uncaged Review – The Smuggler’s Escape by Barbara Monajem

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Cyrene Olson
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The Smuggler’s Escape
Barbara Monajem
Historical Regency

After escaping the guillotine in her native France, aristocrat Noelle de Vallon takes refuge with her aunt in Sussex. Feisty, resourceful, and determined to make her own way, she takes over the local smuggling operations, doubling their profits. But when their plans are betrayed, a man from her past steps out of the shadows to save her. Too bad he’s the last man on earth she ever wanted to see again.

Years ago, Richard, Lord Boltwood’s, plan to marry Noelle was foiled when his ruthless father shipped him to the Continent to work in espionage. But with the old man at death’s door, Richard returns to England with one final mission: to catch a spy. And Noelle is the prime suspect.

Noelle is determined to finish the smuggling run and escape back to France. She needs Richard’s help to do it, but how can she ever trust the man who abandoned her? And how can Richard catch the real culprit while protecting the woman who stole his heart and won’t forgive him for breaking hers?

Uncaged Review: Smugglers, spies, action, humor, love…what else do you need in a book? I liked this story, it hooked me in pretty quickly – Noelle is a stubborn, passionate, feisty heroine that grew on me, although there are a few moments in the book I wanted to shake some sense into her. As for Richard, I liked him immediately. This book has plenty of action and danger that will keep a reader turning the pages. My biggest gripe if I really have one, is the book is a bit longer and it drags out a bit in spots, but it does recover from those slow spots fast enough and go where it needs to go.

Readers will fall in love with Richard’s snark and Noelle’s enterprising independence. This author has a great way of spinning a very original tale. Recommended Reviewed by Cyrene

4.5 Stars

Uncaged Review – The Friend Zone by Sariah Wilson

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Cyrene Olson
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The Friend Zone
Sariah Wilson
Contemporary Romance/Sports

Disgraced college quarterback Logan Hunt was on his way to NFL stardom when he messed up big-time. Now the Texas star player with a bad temper has a new option: Seattle’s EOL College—as in End of the Line, to his fellow misfit recruits. It’s Logan’s last chance. If he can follow the rules. No parties, no fighting, no swearing, and oh, no dating the coach’s daughter, Jess. Simple. Yeah, right. For Logan, there has never been a rule he’s more tempted to break.

The deal is “just friends.” The pretty, confident, and fiercely smart math whiz is fine with pizza, tutoring, and keeping Logan in line. But the closer Jess gets, the more receptive she is to his warm heart and spirit—not to mention his irresistible off-field passes. With defenses down, they’re both heading into the danger zone.

It’s more than thrilling. It’s love. It’s also a game changer that could sideline Logan’s NFL goals—and more important, a future with Jess. But dreams are worth fighting for, right?

Uncaged Review: Logan Hunt messed up his chance to the NFL with his temper and fights. He’s shipped off to his last chance in Seattle. The rules from the coach are strict, but Logan is vowing to graduate and to change the course of his life. He gets help in the form of Jess, the coach’s daughter who will tutor him in math. But Logan wants to pay Jess back for her help, so they devise a plan together to get the guy that Jess has been crushing on. As they become fast friends, they grow to realize their feelings are for each other, but it’s against all the rules.

This was a clean entertaining romance and I laughed at times at some of the bantering. The downside, is I felt like I was watching some high school antics instead of college. Both lead characters are likable and it was easy to root for them. There was nothing that was overly surprising here, but it was a fun book. Reviewed by Cyrene

4 Stars

Uncaged Review – Sweet Solace by Alexa Padgett

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Cyrene Olson
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Sweet Solace
Alexa Padgett
Contemporary Romance

Betrayal Broke Them Once…

We can’t afford to indulge in this attraction, but our connection burns too brightly to ignore.

Dahlia
My husband was the second man who betrayed my trust when he left me alone to raise my daughter. Asher was the first. I found solace from both in my novels, writing about the hero I’d lost. But in those bestselling books, Asher-I mean my hero-didn’t shatter my heart the way he had in real life.

Asher
There were so many things I couldn’t say to Dahlia when she was seventeen. But I’ve never forgotten the only girl I ever loved. My voice and song-writing talent made me star. Fame extracted its price. Now I have another chance-the chance to restore her faith in love. The chance to find it for myself. 

I’m not letting Dahlia go now that I have her in my arms again. 

Perfect for fans of the Kendall Ryan, Carly Phillips, and A. L. Jackson, Sweet Solace and its sequels take readers on an emotional, sexy journey of hot men and their feisty women who are transformed by courage, self-sacrifice, and love.

Uncaged Review: This was a very addicting read. A second-chance romance that brews very slowly and works its way through the book. A couple twists toward the end surprised me, but there is a part toward the end that is not very believable as someone doesn’t get what they deserve, and I’m not sure why that was skipped around.

Asher and Dahlia are both flawed characters and have been burned in the past by relationships, but have been attracted to each other since they were teenagers. Now in their 30’s, they have a second chance.

I do like how the author keeps the romance slower to build and doesn’t rush the plot. There are some secondary characters that I really enjoyed, but since this review, the books have been pulled out of KindleUnlimited, and I probably won’t read the rest of the series. Reviewed by Cyrene

4 Stars

Uncaged Review – The Bride and the Brute by Laurel O’Donnell

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The Bride and the Brute
Laurel O’Donnell
Medieval Historical

Jayce Cullen has been fighting her fear of thunder and lightning ever since she was a child, but nothing could have prepared her for the fury of her new husband. Feeling deceived and betrayed into a loveless marriage, Lord Reese Harrington wants nothing to do with his new wife. Trapped in a marriage with no escape, the beautiful young bride must battle the demons of her husband’s past and hope that she can weather the storm his brutish behavior unleashes.

Uncaged Review: Don’t be fooled by this book when it tells you it’s 222 pages. It’s not, it’s less than half that, after you get close to 40% – the book is done and the rest is excerpts from other books. Yeah, about 100 pages of excerpts. As of this review, it is a free read.

On to the book itself – I liked the characters and the plot and it kept a pretty good pace. Lord Reese is tricked into a marriage and wants nothing to do with Jayce as all he wanted was to get his sister free from her kidnappers, and the marriage to Jayce, arranged by her father, was the ransom price. Once they are married, Lord Reese is a bully and not very likable. But the plot does move predictably toward the happy ending, there weren’t too many surprises here, but it was an entertaining read and eventually Lord Reese redeems himself. Reviewed by Cyrene

4 Stars

Uncaged Review – Angel’s Flight by Ella Summers

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Cyrene Olson
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Angel’s Flight
Ella Summers
Urban Fantasy

The old saying is true. Knowledge really is power, especially when angels and gods play the game.

The original Immortals, masters of magic, once reigned over every world in the known universe—until they suddenly vanished. The gods and demons have been fighting over the remains of their fractured empire ever since.

Millennia later, new angel Leda, a soldier in the gods’ army, is recuperating from her transformation. Her recovery is cut short, however, when a curse strikes New York City, a spell targeted directly at the Legion of Angels. Even as the Legion’s soldiers succumb to wrath, jealousy, and fear, the beasts on the plains of monsters are growing in numbers and power. And the longer Leda and her archangel lover Nero investigate these phenomena, the closer they come to the ancient secret that destroyed the Immortals—and that now threatens to tear the Earth apart.

Uncaged Review: This is a series that I jump on as soon as the latest book is out. It’s also a series that I wish I had the time to go back to the beginning and re-read. This book starts out right after the previous one, and Leda is a new angel, getting used to her new powers and wings. But she doesn’t get much downtime before the action starts. This book is non-stop, with a nice dash of romance and Nero and Leda’s relationship continues to build and strengthen. On top of everything else going on, controlled monsters are getting into Purgatory, and whomever is controlling them needs to be stopped before the monsters take over.
The action, humor and romance are all present, and this is a series that just keeps getting better and better. Reviewed by Cyrene

5 Stars

Uncaged Review – The Shadow Prince by Stacey O’Neale

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Cyrene Olson
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The Shadow Prince
Stacey O’Neale
Young Adult Fantasy

Sixteen-year-old Rowan is an elemental prince. Banished to the mortal world, he doubts he will ever return to Avalon and claim the fire court throne. Until he receives a challenge from his estranged mother. If he slays Kalin, the half-human, half-elemental princess and heir to the court of air, she will abdicate her throne. Is he capable of completing such a heinous task? And what price he will pay if he refuses? 

Uncaged Review: This is a really good prequel for this series, although it does have some parts that are not fully explained, it’s a good start. Rowan has been living in the mortal world among humans since his monstrous mother, Queen Prisma banished him. But now, he receives word that she is ready to abdicate her thrown to him and it’s time to return to Avalon. But the price that Rowan will have to pay may be too great..

I like the premise of the series, and this is a well written beginning – and the reader will get a good feel for the characters. There are still a lot of questions, but I’m sure they will become clear as the series progresses. Reviewed by Cyrene

4 Stars

Uncaged Book Reviews – September 2019 Now Available

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