Unscathed by Tim O'Rourke and C.J. Pinard

   She can't help but watch them, take their picture.  It has been something Mina had been doing for years now; videoing and taking pictures of people around her.  Sometimes it was complete strangers.  No matter what, she always had her phone with her, snapping away wherever she went.  But there was one particular guy who held her attention.   Jax was a college drop-out that had a lot of tattoos and worked at a local garage.  The longer Mina watches him, the more fascinated she becomes.  She wants to get to know him and arranges to literally run into him.  Once they do meet, Jax starts having feelings for Mina and wants to finally try to have a real relationship with someone after all of those one night stands.  There was just something about Mina.  Jax knew she had secrets and at first it was exciting.  But if he ever found out her secret, that could very well be the end of them.  This secret had gotten Mina in trouble in the past.  So much so that her mother had sent her away to her aunt and uncle.  If only someone would hear Mina out and just believe her.

   Another great paranormal read with some romance as well!  I have to admit, my first thought was that Mina was some kind of crazy stalker chick.  And the image keeps on like this for quite a while.  You really don't know the complete story behind why she does what she does until very late in the book.  And frankly, it gave me the creeps the more Mina snaps these pictures and videos and says that she sees something in them. You begin to wonder all sorts of things about what she is seeing.  And unfortunately her secret could be a relationship killer.  Her own mother rejected her after finding out her secret.  Great job Tim O'Rourke and C.J. Pinard of keeping up the suspense in this book and giving me the creeps!!

Hollow Pit (A Pushed World Novella: Book One) by Tim O'Rourke

   If any of you have ever read any of the Kiera Hudson books and have any idea just who Jack Seth is then you will enjoy this book.  It brings out a whole new side to Jack that you haven't seen that much of if you read the first Kiera Hudson series.  Although we are always aware that he is a complicated character, for a while I also just thought that he was a cold-blooded killer.  He is a wolf.  And the wolf tends to rule those that it lives within.  The wolf loves gruesome killing.  But in this book we see Jack desperately trying to overcome the wolf who is clamoring to get out and take over once again.  But Jack doesn't want to go back to that life, even if this life is a new one because he was pushed (killed).  He and Nik, his younger brother, end up here in a wasteland that looks like the apocalypse happens.  Following some railroad tracks brings nothing but more wasteland for a long ways.  They are both thirsty and starving.  The interesting thing is that their eyes no longer burn with the smolder having the wolf within brings.  At first you wonder if maybe their other side has gone, but it isn't, not in Jack anyway.  The voice in his head comes back loud and clear.  As for Nik, one just has to wonder.  The first people the two of them come upon are a sheriff and a girl, both ripped to shreds.  Apparently even in this new world they live in, there are monsters, possibly other wolves or the Vampyrus that were in the Hollows.  They keep traveling and find a small "town" with people who are terrified of the monsters outside.  They live in a place surrounded by a wall of debris that has been welded together to keep things out.  This poor town offers them food and a room in return for help around the town where it is needed.  They end up helping the people fix the wall, but get a huge surprise when they find out what the town deputy is and what she is hiding.  What's worse is the horrific murder that happens while Jack and Nik are there.  It is obviously a monster that did it.  The question is what type?  Nothing is as it seems in this novella.  And for it to be a short story, not only does it pack a punch but it has its surprises!