![]() Stephanie’s focus on the ex-cop, Joseph Morelli, became a bit silly at times because she was focused on him for the wrong reasons – they had a little hour long fling back in high school and she has held a grudge since. That said, it was an enjoyable book with plenty of humor, and just enough seriousness for me to look forward to catching more books in the series. ![]() So, I already had an idea of how odd it was and the sense of humor I was in for. I think this book had less impact on me because I saw the movie based on the book a few years ago. It’s a crazy, whacky mystery just with that set up. In walks Ranger, a professional bounty hunter of Cuban descent. Now she has two reasons to learn how to use pepper spray and a gun. Along the way, she attracts the attention of a man known for his taste in violence. Her first case is to track down and apprehend an ex-cop wanted for murder. She manages to score beat up vehicle that had some interesting graffiti, and lands a job at her cousin Vinny’s place, as a bounty hunter. taking place in Trenton, New Jersey, Stephanie survives having regular dinner at her parents’ place (and her mother’s attempts to set her up with a potential husband). ![]() ![]() But she lost her job, hasn’t found any real work for several months, lost her car, and will soon be evicted if she doesn’t pay her rent. Who I Recommend This To: Modern-day action mysteries with a quirky hero. Why I Read It: The series has been highly recommended to me. ![]()
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There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. The fate of nothingness received by the family's clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected. When the Zhu family's eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. ![]() ![]() In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. About the Book "To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything 'I refuse to be nothing.' In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s wealthy, sophisticated, and has a successful career as an ER doctor. Part of Your World was my first book by Abby Jimenez, and now I have to go back and read her back catalog because I loved every minute of this.Īlexis is a city girl through and through. With so many differences between them, how can Alexis possibly choose between her world and his? Yet letting their relationship become anything more than a short-term fling would mean turning her back on her family and giving up the opportunity to help thousands of people.īringing Daniel into her world is impossible, and yet she can’t just give up the joy she’s found with him either. And every minute she spends with Daniel and the tight-knit town where he lives, she’s discovering just what’s really important. She’s fine with being a “mere” ER doctor. 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