 To find her missing aunt, she has to unearth the secrets of the past. But lies and deceit run through the very heart of their town…  Spent Identity (Annalisse Series #2) By Marlene M. Bell Contemporary Romantic Suspense Paperback & ebook, 378 Pages December 11th 2019 by Ewephoric Publishing SYNOPSIS:. What started out as a promising relationship with adventurer and tycoon Alec Zavos has fizzled into an uncertain future for antiquities expert Annalisse Drury. Returning to Walker Farm in Upstate New York to see her Aunt Kate should have been a welcome homecoming and distraction. Instead, she finds the childhood home she expected to inherit is for sale, without her permission. What’s worse, Kate’s ranch manager makes a gruesome discovery in the barn: the body of a man, dead by foul play. Annalisse turns in Alec’s direction for help. She and her aunt shelter on his estate in the Catskills while the authorities canvass the scene. But when Kate herself disappears without a trace, Annalisse fears the worst: that one of the many secrets of her hometown has ensnared her family—a secret someone is willing to kill for to keep hidden. (Affiliate links included.) Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository REVIEW by LAWonder10: Annalise was more than disappointed when her fiance canceled their vacation she was so anxious for and had extensively planned for. Was she willing to continue in this relationship? She had to escape the city and clear her head so she could think. She needed some wisdom from her aunt. Her aunt had raised her most of her life. However when she finally arrived at her aunt's farm, she didn't receive the greeting she expected. Something really stunk at her aunts farm - Literally and figuratively. When a very unpleasant situation occurred, she and her aunt had to escape the farm to her fiance's estate in the next county. Her aunt went to check the horses but when she didn't come to the house after a period of time, Annalise went looking for her. She had disappeared! The only consolation Annalise received is her fiance, Alec, canceled his business trip and had joined her at the estate. Together they began searching for clues - Clues as to what happened to her aunt and who is the dead body? If you read the first book of the series, it explains how she met Alec and what part his mother played in their relationship. Other than this lack of information, the second book in the series could be read as a "stand alone". There is nonstop action, mystery and romance in Spent Identity.. The characters are well=portrayed, the scenes vividly defined and there are several unexpected "twists". The Book Cover needed to be more eye-catching and the Title is confusing. I do not understand the term "Spent" Identity. ^^ Reader Beware: There are some strong words and a few sexual situations bit only one slightly explicit scene. There is just a little too much outlandishness for me to offer a full Five Stars rating. it was very captivating and intense most of the time, so I offer a Four and a Half Stars rating.
"The story is welcoming and vibrant, and much of it is nuanced and warm. When Bell aims for fun adventure, she hits the bull's-eye." - Booklife Review "...Bell keeps her well-paced story moving. Her use of dialogue to drive the narrative is excellent and she sticks the twist ending nicely, one of the harder tricks to pull off in this genre. Her characters are vivid and spot-on..." - IndieReader Review "Ambitiously written, Spent Identity has lots of action, a solid narrative, and engaging dialogue that give it substance, while the theme of betrayal cuts a wide swath. Enhanced with a cast of well-balanced and wide-ranging characters, Spent Identity acts as more than a run of the mill mystery, with engaging and relatable family relationships woven into the mains storyline. Suspenseful and well-crafted, Spent Identity is a consistently entertaining read." Self-Publishing Review ~~~~~+++++~~~~~ OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES ~~~~~+++++~~~~~~ Hold on for a heart-thumping, thrilling adventure through exotic lands in this fast-moving romantic suspense mystery by Marlene M. Bell.  Stolen Obsession (Annalisse Series #1) By Marlene M. Bell Contemporary Romantic Suspense Paperback & ebook, 294 Pages June 30th 2018 by Ewephoric Publishing BOOK BLURB: People die, but legends live on. New York antiquities appraiser Annalisse Drury recently lost her best friend to murder. The killer’s identity may be linked to her friend’s expensive missing bracelet—a 500-year-old artifact that carries an ancient curse, one that unleashes evil upon any who dare wear the jewelry created for the Persian royal family. Weeks later, Annalisse sees a matching necklace at a Manhattan gallery opening. She begs the owner to destroy the cursed piece, but her pleas fall on deaf ears—despite the unnatural death that occurs during the opening. With two victims linked to the jewelry, Annalisse is certain she must act. Desperate, Annalisse enlists the gallery owner’s son to help—even though she’s afraid he’ll break her heart. Wealthy and devastatingly handsome, with a string of bereft women in his wake, Greek playboy Alec Zavos dismisses Annalisse’s concerns—until his parents are ripped from the Zavos family yacht during their ocean voyage near Crete. Annalisse and Alec race across two oceans to save his mother, feared dead or kidnapped. When the killer changes tactics and goes after Alec behind Annalisse’s back, can her plan to rescue Alec’s mother save them all? (Affiliate links included.) Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository
"Debut author Bell delivers a great, slow-building romance, gently examining her characters' painful pasts." — Kirkus Reviews "An irresistible page turner and a successful melding of thriller and romance. With a splash of international adventure and plenty of surprises, Stolen Obsession is an entertaining read and a great beginning to the Annalisse Series." — Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★½
 Marlene M. Bell is an award-winning writer and acclaimed artist as well as a photographer. Her sheep landscapes grace the covers of Sheep!, The Shepherd, Ranch & Rural Living, and Sheep Industry News, to name a few. Her catalog venture, Ewephoric, began in 1985 out of her desire to locate personalized sheep stationery. She rarely found sheep products through catalogs and set out to design them herself. Marlene and her husband, Gregg, reside in beautiful East Texas on a wooded ranch with their dreadfully spoiled horned Dorset sheep, a large Maremma guard dog named Tia, along with Hollywood, Leo, and Squeaks, the cats that believe they rule the household—and do. Website | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter  GIVEAWAY DETAILS One winner will receive the following (valued at $230):
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1/30/2020 09:25:49 am
Thank you for being part of the Spent Identity tour and your review!
Daniel M
2/5/2020 05:10:53 pm
sounds like a fun one Leave a Reply. |
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