Morgan Hannah MacDonald

To say that Meagan McInnis, has horrible luck, and taste in men would be a colossal understatement. She does have lots of ex's though, so she isn't exactly stupid, just unlucky and a bit delusional. Her ex-husband was an alcoholic, her ex-fiancé mooched off of her while he watched porn all day, her ex-boyfriend was a cheat who lied to her about being married, (maybe he just forgot), the manager of the salon where she works is for some reason hostile to her after she spurred his advances and her next one, the lead singer to a local band, seems way too good to be true. So, it’s no wonder she got herself a large dog and tends to hide out in her apartment. Actually, I thought the dog was a big improvement to all the men in her life. She doesn't hide away...but she’s cautious. When she starts getting weird hang up calls, she figures it one of her many exes’ trying to scare her by making her think she has a stalker. Little does she know how close to the truth that is. Now we meet JJ Thomas who is trying to hang on to his sanity and not doing a very good job of it. He's still trying to get over the suicide of his wife two years ago...he doesn’t sleep much...and he spends way too much time in a bottle. When a dead body found on the beach looks like the work of a serial killer, he starts letting go of his demons and starts focusing on the case and that leads him to Meagan. His desire to protect her from being the next victim was notable but felt a bit off. When considering Megan's past, I thought that the relationship between Megan and JJ happened entirely too quick...they barely knew each other, but he was better than what she had had. They didn’t meet until halfway through the book, and their relationship didn’t move to the next level until the very end and then it was just left hanging. I would have like to see a little bit more development to know that they ended up together in a solid place. I did like this story by a new for me author and I would have to say that it was an "edge of your seat" thriller. You’ll have a long list of suspects and will always believe that one of them is the killer up until almost the end. Meagan will manage to win your admiration. While some pretty horrible things happened to her, she seems to have an inner strength that kept her going and not melting into a pile of sticky goo, which is what should have happened.… (mehr)

I got this book as a free kindle download. It is currently at $2.99. I thought this was a great book. The story starts off creepy and intense, and maintains the pacing throughout. The main character, Meagan, was interesting and likable. There was more than one possible suspect, and I didn't know who the killer was until the end. The growing romances between Meagan and the rock star, and Meagan and Detective Thomas, were interesting and believable. One complaint I had was in the character's names. So many of the characters have a last name that is also a common first name. This caused me a little confusion at times. At one point I thought I was reading a scene between 3 people, when it was really only 2, and the author was switching between the character's first and last names. Other than that little issue, I really enjoyed the book.… (mehr)

GRIFFIN is described as a legendary creature made up of a LION and an EAGLE! MacDonald has used this name for CIA agent Alexandria Kingston disguised spy who is brave and preys on the corruption that inhabits the world. This is the second book in the Griffin series and does not stand alone. As with all MacDonald books they are told by a skilled writer and story-teller with the talent to evolve her characters into our soul. Two paths are followed in this novel. One is Alex's goal to free her long time love Shane Donovan from divorce proceedings that would rob him of his child. Two is finding the assassin that has been hired to kill her before he succeeds in his goal to earn Five Million Dollars. WHO is this contractor who is using the Darkest Web to solicit this hit and HOW does he know who she is. "Copy of this book was supplied by author with no requirements for a review. Comments here are my honest opinion. "… (mehr)