Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry

No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal.But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.

Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.

 I enjoyed this much more than I had expected to. A lovely, hopeful ending. 
The situations the characters found themselves in were believable.  It had me close to tears towards the end, but all worked out.

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead, but the wilderness is a stark place, and Mabel is haunted by the baby she lost many years before. When a little girl appears mysteriously on their land, each is filled with wonder, but also foreboding - is she what she seems, and can they find room in their hearts for her?

Is the little girl a real girl or is she a fairytale come to life?  All through the book my opinion swung one way, then the other.  It was a beautifully written, enchanting book  with a bittersweet ending.  It was sad that those who loved her didn't understand her and tried to make her fit their idea of how she should live.

No Escape by Heather Lowell

Kelly Martin is a frightened teenage runaway who made a scandalous accusation, then vanished, leaving Los Angeles prosecutor Tessa Jacobi with a ticking time bomb of a case on her hands. When the investigation leads her to chic nightclubs, shadowy business deals and whispers of sexual slavery, Tessa understands that she's out of her league. So she asks for help from a man whose contacts and experience can help her bring Kelly home.

Burned by the system in the past, private investigator Luke Novak plays by his own rules -- and he's not about to change them to accommodate a smart, classy blonde from the D.A.'s office. But when a killer strikes frighteningly close to home, Tessa has nowhere to turn -- except to Luke. Because somewhere in a neon underworld, a young girl is running for her life. And Tessa is determined to get her out, even if it means placing her own life in the hands of a renegade she has no choice but to trust ... 

I enjoyed this light romantic thriller. Plenty of action and a touch of romance. 

Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs

For once, mated werewolves Charles and Anna are not traveling because of Charles's role as his father's enforcer. This time, their trip to Arizona is purely personal - or at least it starts out that way . . .

Charles and Anna soon discover that a dangerous Fae being is on the loose, replacing human children with simulacrums. The Fae's cold war with humanity is about to heat up - and Charles and Anna are in the cross fire.

Another excellent addition to this series. We get a small glimpse of some of Charles' past. They go to  Arizona to buy horses from an old friend of Charles and get caught up in a missing child incident. They solve the case and end up up with more than the one horse they went to buy. The horses were the stars of the story.  

Voodoo River by Robert Crais

Jodi Taylor is a popular actress who was given up for adoption at birth in the state of Louisiana. She hires Elvis to search out her biological parents for medical reasons. She has also retained the rights of a Louisiana lawyer who specializes in situations like hers. Elvis heads down to Baton Rouge to meet the lawyer and search for the parents. When Elvis walks into Lucy Chenier's office, he is immediately head over heels in love.

 Good read. Lots of twists and turns( from searching for a birth mother, to a murder, to people trafficking), a touch of romance. I liked Joe Pike.He didn't say much but what he did say added humour. I'd like to read more by this author.

Colters Lady by Maya Banks

Adam Colter finds an unconscious women in the snow outside his ranch gates. He carries her inside. When she wakes up he instantly falls in lust....umm...love with her, as do his 2 brothers.  They all decide they want to marry her, and rather than have 1 of them get her and the others miss out, they decide to share her.  She of course agrees with this plan.  They have lots of sex, all 3 at once and individually.  They have 4 children and live happily ever after.  The end.

Breaking The Chain by Golden Angel

The latest in the Stronghold series. There was a bit of spanking, a couple of sex scenes but no other real BDSM scenes. I like this series because it is similar to the Cherise Sinclair series. Doms who care about their subs, Doms and subs who are in relationships not just play together and that things don't always go smoothly but are generally not over the top ridiculous issues, and they are well written.