Hello everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend! Starting this week with a Blog Tour: CR Hiatt's Gone at Zero Hundred 00, sponsored by Tourz de Codex! There will be my Review and a Giveaway, along with other cool stuff, so continue to read below, and thank you for visiting! :)
Blurb
"McSwain & Beck kick ass" says @Fyrinstructor04
"Their lives are in the hands of two 18 year-olds..."
Sydney Marie McSwain - a tomboy who yearned for a father.
Cody Beck - a wannabe filmmaker, wisenheimer and flirt.
Jaden White - the star who led the high school hockey team to two championships, and was now on the A-list for NHL scouts.
Sydney Marie McSwain loves her mom, Anna - a private investigator in the coastal city where they live - but they had a major issue between them. Anna refused to give Sydney the identity of her father. On the day of her high school graduation, they were battling it out, once again. An hour later, Sydney, Cody and Jaden were at the local café, and watched as Anna was gunned down.
Faced with immediate responsibility, Sydney and Cody agreed to take over the agency, only they changed the name to McSwain & Beck. At the same time, Sydney convinced Sutter Beach Detective, Ace Carter, to help her track down her father.
Then out of the blue, a model walked in and hired them to follow her step-brother. While Cody was busy editing a trailer to solicit new clients, Sydney settled into her lemon-yellow pickup to do surveillance, and wound up staking out a secret club called The Devil’s Door whose suspicious members wore the tattoo of a devil.
That same night, Sydney received a call from one of her mom’s former clients, but the client was gunned down at the location where they agreed to meet. The mysterious discovery of a DVD revealed the possibility that teenagers were being abducted, only nobody reported them missing.
On the hunt for the victims, McSwain & Beck were chased by men in ski masks, nearly gunned down by a members of a drug cartel called the outlaws, Sydney’s precious pickup was broken into; then the step-brother they were hired to follow, was found dead and Sydney was the number one suspect.
If things weren’t bad enough already, they had to figure out how to crash a red-carpet Mardi Gras bash being held on a private cruise ship, before it sailed off into the sunset, where they just might meet the devil, himself.
Now, the clock was ticking…
And time was running out…
How was she ever going to find her father, now?
Book Trailer
Review
I really enjoyed reading this story. When I first saw the cover, I was intrigued, and when I read the blurb, I was more interested. It's a great moving story with a good developed plot, and I believe it will keep you guessing; sure you might have some predictions beforehand on whom the bad guys are, but you just might be surprised towards the end; I know I was! The characters were very well formed, and the scenes/dialogue flowed pretty nicely. There are hard moments that the characters face, but there are humorous, and good feeling moments as well. And of course this story has action/adventure, so be prepared! There is also a hint of a possible romance, and when you read the end, you will definitely be wanting more, trust me...and good news, there is another book coming, so be ready for that, but read this one first. I hope you read this as it's a novel very much worth reading! :)
*My Rating: 4/5
*My Audience Rating: PG-13
*Giveaway*
About The Author
CR HIATT is a writer of screenplays and an author of YA action-mystery novels. The daughter of a military veteran, CR grew up in a small town where she became an All-American athlete. CR knew early on that she wasn't cut out for the nine to five type of job - her tendency to day dream about adventures often got in the way. But, being the daughter of a Navy Veteran she also knew one had to do what was necessary to be secure, so she disciplined herself to push those dreams aside and settled on working in the entertainment legal field. When those dreams invaded her world once again, CR finally gave in and set out to write her own adventures. What the heck, right. If you can't live 'em, you might as well write about them. The McSwain & Beck series are works of fiction, only based on real life events. Gone at Zero Hundred 00:00 is the first in the series, and available now.
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I read Gone at Zero Hundred. It rocks! McSwain & Beck kick some serious butt!
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Sounds like a super read and one I would like.
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I wasn't sure I was going to like the book just by the title. I went ahead and read the blurb about the book, and I have to say I was wrong for judging the title. I'll be adding the book to my TRL!
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