Review: Make Her Pay - Book #3 Detective Nessa Ainsley Novellas - Melinda Woodhall - August 2021 If you loved Melinda Woodhall's Willow Bay series and her Veronica Lee, then you will enjoy Nessa Ainsley's novellas which are set before she made her way into Willow Bay and joined the PD there.  Book #3 has a new captain arrive and Nessa getting herself a new partner in Detective Malik Ramirez. In Book #3 Lara Hawke who now works as an environmental lawyer has received an anonymous tip on a case she is working on. She can't make it out there, so sends her best P. I along instead. What her PI doesn't realize though was this was a trap set to kill Lara and now she will make herself a surrogate victim. Years ago Lara struck up a deal and sent a guilty person to jail for only 10 years and now he is out and a handful of people aren't happy at the result. What happens though when Lara is kidnapped? Will Nessa and the PD be able to find Lara Hawke before it's too late a...

Review: Break Her Heart - Book #4 Nessa Ainsley Series - Melinda Woodhall - October 2021 I have to admit, I have been pretty good lately and haven't done this in a while but oops I have somehow managed again to read a series out of order. I went from Book #2 to Book #4 and accidentally skipped Book #3, so will have to backtrack. However, as I know what happened to Nessa after she left Rosewood PD it didn't create any spoilers for me. I would suggest to readers that they read her Willow Bay and Veronica Lee series first before the Nessa Ainsley Novellas. As readers of Melinda's series will know, Nessa is currently the Chief of Police in Willow Bay but before she got that role and moved to Willow Bay, she was a detective with the Rosewood PD and in Break Her Heart the town of Rosewood's females are being hunted by the Eastside Ripper. So far, the Eastside Ripper has been very cocky but now after killing someone in the hospital and being caught, they kidnapped their wit...

Review: Take Her Life - Book #2 Nessa Ainsley Novella - Melinda Woodhall - July 2021 One of my favorite female mystery writers is Melinda Woodhall, so whenever I see any of her books - I want to read them straight away as I love connecting with the characters. This series takes us back to a time before Nessa came to Willow Bay PD and became Chief of Police. In a small town called Rosewood, Nessa works as a detective at Rosewood PD. In Take Her Life, someone is killing prostitutes and sex workers. Nessa and her partner are on the case but Nessa is finding it hard to return to work as the new Chief keeps putting her down and she can't help but think of her new baby Cole at home. Determined to make her way and prove to the new chief that women can be both mothers and police officers, Nessa will have to work harder than before and come up with a creative way to catch the killer before he/she kills again. If you love authors like Melinda Leigh, Kate Watterson, and Kendra  Eliott then...