DDBook Reviews

Behavior Beyond Analysis by Richard van Doren is a crime procedural and the third book in the Abel Haskins Trilogy. Having recently joined the renowned BAU with the FBI, former parish minister, and subsequent police detective, Abel Haskins is pulled into the most horrific murder cases of his career. Abel is suited to join the FBI task force, which has to investigate the ritualistic killings of young girls kidnapped from church camps. As the investigation expands, it becomes clear that the killer has a bigger plan than any of them could have guessed. Following leads and hunches, Abel, his friends, and family come into the crosshairs of a Satanic group. Willow, the young woman Abel rescued from the Deep Dark cult, feels called to aid the investigation, but when she joins the Satanic cult, Abel is at a loss. Will he be able to keep his loved ones safe from a sinister adversary, or will he lose those he fought to save in his quest to thwart evil? Behavior Beyond Analysis brings the reader

  The Seventh Friend by Tim Stead is an Epic Fantasy of phenomenal proportions. It is a complicated tale encompassing a whole continent. Four hundred years before the Seth Yarra came to the shores of Terras. The religious fanatics tried to convert the people of Terras by sword but did not make it further than Afael. They met with the fury and vengeance of Wolf Narak, the Wolf god, one of the Benetheon created by Pelion to look after the continent of Terras and its surrounding seas. Now, the Seth Yarra have returned and has a different tactic. As traitors show their colors and friends are lost, Narak attempts to thwart the Seth Yarra invaders. The most unlikely heroes arise and come together at the gate on the Green Road between  Telas and Berash, the gateway to the rest of Terras. In this first book of the Sparrow and Wolf series, we meet the core characters and the battle for the gate against staggering odds.   Tim Stead has written a tome of a fantasy novel, an epic story with ch

The Wolf and Flame is a paranormal shifter romance that focuses on Kasspian, an American with roots in Ireland as he is from a Wiccan family. He has inherited a fae pact that he has to uphold but his time is running out to receive the proper training. When he is invited to Ireland to train and meet the other Wiccan families he meets and is immediately drawn to Cara, a Wiccan/Shifter who is torn between her adoptive parents who are Wiccans, and her father's family who are shifters. Raff's mentor is killed and Raff's training is in danger as the International Council is called in to evaluate Raff and his abilities. When a traitor shows his colors and tragedy strikes close to home for Cara she and Raff have to join forces and try and find a way out for both of them. The Wolf and Flame is a new adult novel and has many themes that are relevant today, such as family and acceptance, moral compasses and how they differ from person to person, and a strong need to protect those you

  The Reprobation Series by Catherine Fearns is a supernatural thriller box set situated in Liverpool. The box set contains three books that make out the series. In the first, Reprobation DI Darren Swift is given his first big murder case: a young man crucified on the beach. Through his investigation, he meets Sister Helen Hope, a Calvinistic nun. She starts her own investigation into the circumstances surrounding the murdered young man. She encounters and becomes friends with the lead singer of Total Depravity, a Norwegian Death Metal band. Together the three come to the same conclusion and race to save the life of a baby and a kidnapped criminal from a fanatic scientist and his accomplice. The second book, Consuming Fire, finds DI Darren Swift investigating the fiery death of an Albanian woman in a city caught in a heatwave. As the heat escalates, there are more unexplained fiery deaths. As Swift still feels shaken by the circumstances of his previous case, he feels himself drawn t

  Futility of Defense is the second book in the epic sword and sorcery series by Bryan Cole. The series follows the exploits of Krell, a paladin of the god ReckNor, and his band of warriors that are under contract to protect the harbor town of Watford. Watford has become the target of sea devils that attack during storms and kill indiscriminately. This time around Krell has to face a giant and a basilisk, reanimate his friends that are killed. Again. Consequences from the past brings death and destruction to Watford as a demon is set on destroying Krell. If dealing with these things is not enough Krell has to navigate human life and relationships which at times seem more perilous than fighting monsters.   In this, the second book of The Paladin’s journey, the author has taken time to flesh out the characters. As more background is given regarding Verbena, Dahlia and Sheana, Krell develops both in his skill with magic and hand-to-hand combat as well as his view of the world around h

  Kaimo de Morté is a trained optometrist but living in a small town he has to work in the mines in order to save money for his own optical emporium. Living under an Emperor who is seen as a god there are insurgents who fight for political freedom. When Kaimo and the insurgents’ paths cross and Kaimo rescues a girl from an imperial cargo train, his world changes. He and the girl embark on a quest to find a scholar who can tell her more about the aether in her veins that Lord Cazar wants her for. In their travels, they encounter countless dangers and suffer betrayal and trauma. However, once they reach the Insurgents and discover that they themselves have become rebels there is no turning back. Together with a very Brittishly witty automaton, Kaimo, and Zylpha have to face dangers and losses and celebrations of life, all against the backdrop of a steampunk industrial world filled with automatons and mechanical works of wonder, such as the traveling City Mystwalker and the steam-powered

  Hot Magic by Black Cat Antiquities Book 1 (Cat's Paw Cove Series Book 5) by Catherine Kean tells the story of Lucian Lord, a 12th Century Knight A sorceress cursed him with her dying breath. He and his squire (who is now a cat) are cursed to be reincarnated for eternity. Lucian is bound to an organization, the Experts, that monitors and controls magic. This has led to the demise of any relationships he has started. While Lucian looks after his Grandfather’s antique shop in Cat’s Paw cove, he observes a spike of dark magic which he has to investigate. His investigation brings danger and destruction to the antique shop, and what he uncovers brings back an old nemesis Lucien thought was long gone. After Molly’s mother died, she has to go through the contents of the house to judge what can be sold or what needs to be kept. She meets Lucian at the antique shop, and the two have an instant connection. As she cleans, she finds an old wooden box that contains a unique necklace. However,

Titanian Warrior by Victoria Saccenti is the third in the Titanian Chronicles and follows the story of Hagen, the last Titanian who still has to find his mate. After the events in Alaska, Hagen finds himself consumed by bloodlust. This affliction can only be cured by finding his mate or facing execution by his older brother Soren. When faced with the devastation he wreaked. At the same time, under the influence of his bloodlust, Hagen turns to the chthonic deity, Alecto, for punishment, but Hades intercedes. Broken and exhausted, Hagen wakes up with a fever in an unknown house. Taking care of him is Faiza and her sister Lillith. When the truth comes to light about Faiza's master's plan for Hagen, Faiza steps in and saves Hagen. Faiza is introduced to the world of the supernaturals fighting the dark forces of Astarot to keep humans safe. Is Faiza Hagen's mate? Will she accept him and save him from being swallowed by the bloodlust? All this has to be dealt with while fighting