Three women in three different stories filled with action and romance that only authors Kat Martin, Alexandra Ivy and Rebecca Zanetti can bring their readers.

PIVOT according to the dictionary is a turning point that causes something important to happen. To Meri, Michelle and Melanie that is exactly what happens to them. There comes a point in life when a choice or decision will change things drastically.

These are really fantastic reads that will have your heart jumping in your throat at times and other times you will sigh with the joy and romance that comes to these deserving women.

Annetta Sweetko, reviewer for Fresh Fiction

Complete review may be found at: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=70352

Pivot features 3 novellas, one each from Kat Martin, Rebecca Zanetti and Alexandra Ivy. What I liked about the novellas was that each story was slightly connected to the next one and the novellas also connected back to other series by the authors.

Against the Heart - Kat Martin
Meri Jones is on the run from her ex with her four year old daughter when she runs out of money and gas in a small town in Oregon. There she meets Ian Brodie who hires her to clean his father’s house. As Meri and Ian become closer the danger from Meri’s past has discovered where she is.
Against the Heart is actually the prequel to the Brodies of Alaska series (and has been previously published. I thought the story was good, if a bit too sweet, which can happen in novella size stories. 3 stars.

Shaken - Rebecca Zanetti
Michelle Peach (friend of Meri Jones) was minding her own business in her apartment when two men break in and threaten her. Coming to her rescue is her ex Evan Boldon. They grew up together in foster care and were each other’s first love, until Evan left her for the military years ago. Now he’s back to keep her safe.
I think this novella was my favourite of the three, mainly for the fact that Clarence Wolfe from the Deep Ops series makes a guest appearance to help Evan keep Michelle safe. I can’t wait to read more of his story in his own book coming out in the next few months. 4 stars.

Echoes from the Past - Alexandra Ivy
When Melanie Cassidy sees two men trying to kidnap one of her young students she does what any sane person would: rams the kidnappers car, rescue the boy and run away. Aiding her in her getaway is her former love, Seattle Detective Gray Hawkins (friend of Ian Brodie), who broke her heart years before.
Gray is investigating potential dirty cops within the Seattle PD when he comes across Melanie. Gray is determined to not only help Melanie by keeping her safe but by also winning back her heart.
This was a quick romantic suspense read that I really enjoyed. So much so, that I’m going to continue reading the other books in The Agency series by Alexandra Ivy. 3.5 stars.
Overall this was a great collection of romantic suspense novellas by a great collection of authors. Average rating overall: 4 stars.

PIVOT is a fabulous collaboration between three exceptional authors to bring readers an edge of your seat, action-packed, adrenaline inducing thrill ride. Each story can easily standalone but reading them collectively is an awe-inspiring adventure. I loved every word written and was captivated by the ease with which the authors transition from one story to the next. While I’m not sure if the Ivy and Martin stories are part of their series, I was enraptured with Zanetti’s edition to her heart-pounding Deep Ops series, and I’m now anxious for the release of Broken. I highly recommend this exciting collection to lovers of romantic suspense, and I hope you are equally entertained by these amazing stories.

I am not normally a fan of a book written by several authors. This one is an exception! I love the way the stories flow together and interconnect. There’s crime, drama, intrigue and love. What’s not to love?!

An interesting trio of interconnected novellas by three good storytellers featuring three women on the run. Meri, Melanie, and Michelle (I sort of wish they didn't all have M names) grew up together. Each of them is now facing a problem- and each has a law enforcement love interest (well, ex- love interest initially). They are good examples of romantic suspense and the pared down format is fine. Each story can stand alone but there are characters which appear throughout (you should read them in order). it's a good way to dip into the writing of these three authors. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

This was provided as an ARC from Netgalley for an honest review. The opinions are my own.
Absolutely amazing. This anthology is well read. The best was Zanetti’s new sets addition to hr Deep Ops series. Michelle Peach is need of help and it comes in the form of her first love. They navigate the world of crime and old wounds with perfectly. I really enjoyed the look into Wolfe as a character and wait for his book.
In Martin’s Against the Heart Meri is both strong and vulnerable. I enjoyed how she found her courage to protect her daughter and the chemistry between her and Ian was authentic. As they grew closer, Ian’s protective tendencies towards both Meri and Lily were heartwarming.
In the last novella, Melanie’s story was good. My only complaint is that the plot was similar to others if the genre and I enjoy more suspense. However, that does not take away from the great job the author did of developing the plot line or showing great chemistry between Mel andGray. I highly recommend this book.

Very interesting read! I requested this book because Kat Martin is one of my favorite authors. I really liked how the book was put together. It's three different novellas by different authors but the stories intermingle, making it seem like one book. It was different but I enjoyed it. All the authors did a nice job in keeping the reader entertained and the story feeling consistent.

KatMartin is one of my favorite authors. I found her when I read her Brody,s of Alaska books. Her stories are very entertaining and Pivot was no exception. I really enjoyed it. It has everything you could want. Romance, suspense and even some humor. My favorite in the book was the first story but they were all good. Pivot is a ride full of thrills that you’ll find hard to put down, if you like Romantic Suspense, Kay Martin will not disappoint!

Pivot takes three authors, each with their own built worlds and intermingles them in three novellas. Overall good reads that are fast paced and cohesive. None of them stand out but they were enjoyable. I give this a solid three stars because I liked it. I had a minor pet peeve where the guys knew each other and the girls knew each other but some how they met their respective partners not through each other but by random chance across multiple states. That was just a little to neat for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for an ARC. This is an honest review.

What a great read! Leaves you wanting more. 3 short stories by 3 great authors. Against the Heart by Kat Martin, Shaken by Rebecca Zanetti, and Echoes of the Past by Alexandra Ivy. All 3 are tied together with one thread and all three can be read as a standalone. Suspense, Romance, and strong women! YES, I absolutely loved the cameos in Shaken. Those of you who read Rebecca Zanetti know what I am talking about. This is my unsolicited freely shared opinion, Buy it, enjoy! When you want to get away from things and don't have a lot of time, this is a great, quick read. The drawback is you will want to search out these authors for more :) # Netgalley #Pivot #Zebrabooks

Three short, but great suspense stories.
Each story can be read alone, but the characters are interwoven.
The characters and plots are well developed and flow easily from one to another. This was a great, quick read. Lots of excitement and suspense, with some romance sprinkled in.
I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this anthology. The common denominator based on a bad one night stand. Each story was excellent with a happy ending.

Three intertwined short stories that pack a lot of romance and action in a short amount of time! The three authors did a great job of merging stories and characters. All three write great romantic suspense and this book gives you a great taste that will leave you searching out other works by these authors.

Thanks to the publisher for a review copy via NetGalley.

Three of my favorite author write 3 separate stories with interconnected characters and storylines. Usually a recipe for disaster but not this time.

I enjoyed reading every single story and wish these three would collaborate again. Excellent!

This is a book comprised of 3 novellas by 3 different authors. They have a few reoccurring characters in them, that ties the stories together.
The first story, Against the Heart, is by Kat Martin. A very sweet, complete story , just done in a mini version.
The story Shaken, by Rebecca Zanetti, takes place at the same time as Kat Martin's, with some crossover characters. I've never read Ms Zanetti before and really enjoyed her writing style. I loved her 2 main characters, Muchelle and Evan. Wasn't crazy about the storyline with the mom. But all in all a very good novella.
The last story, Echoes of the Past, by Alexandra Ivy, was ok. It felt a little short and rushed. I haven't read any of her books before, so I'm not familiar with the series it's from. I don't know if that would have made a difference or not. I did like her hero and heroine. I did like the story. It just seemed to suddenly end
I want to thank Netgalley for the chance to review this book.

I volunteered to read and review an advanced readers copy of PIVOT through Netgalley .
I really enjoyed reading this wonderful collection of intertwining stories . Meriwether Jones with her daughter runs to escape her crazy ex-boyfriend .She runs into excop Ian Brodie who hires her to clean his father's home . As feelings grow between them he'll do whatever it takes to keep Meri and her daughter safe .
Melanie Cassidy attempts to save a young boy as two thugs are trying to kidnap him . Melanie's ex Detective Gray Hawkins appears and rescues Melanie and the boy . They soon work together to catch those after Melanie and the boy .
Michelle Peach has a mentally unstable and addict mother who's always causing problems . After two strangers break in and threaten Michelle . Her mother goes on a blackmail binge and Melanie must stop her . Sheriff Evan Boldon also Melanie's ex is gonna help her stop her mother and problems whether she wants his help and protection or not .
These stories are fast paced and fantastic . I highly recommend taking the time to read and enjoy .

This is a set of three novellas from three different authors with reoccurring characters in each story. My favorite store was Rebecca Zanetti because I loved the return of Wolf and his pets. I love how the dog always manage to get into alcoholic beverages. I am not really fond of novellas because the story line is so rushed with the limited word count, I like the longer books for more character development. The authors did a great job of connecting the different story lines and characters

I love this! Three great authors, each one building a story from a character of the last story...but also using characters from their own series’!!!! I thoroughly enjoyed all three stories and was excited to meet up with characters I already knew from previous book series’. I would love to read compilations like this in the future.
5 stars!

All of these stories work great as short stories/novellas and I thought the length of each of them was perfect for the needs of their individual stories. The authors did a good job of weaving the stories together without it feeling like a gimmick. My only complaint with these stories is that it often felt like you could have swapped the characters between stories and not notice any differences.

Against the Heart - I have read a few other books in this series and found this fit in quite well with those books. If you're a fan of Kat Martin you'll enjoy this story. Meri and Ian make a good team and I enjoyed seeing their relationship develop. Lily's relationship with Daniel was so sweet and added another layer to the story.

Shaken - I was not a huge fan of the storyline about Michelle's mother and the tablet as it wasn't completely necessary for this story. It mostly just set up a redemption story for her mother. Evan and Michelle's story is pretty standard but still entertaining to follow.

Echoes of the Past - This is probably the darkest of the three stories and therefore the story with the highest stakes. As with Shaken, the complicated history between Mel and Gray was pretty standard for these types of stories. It might have worked better had it not been revealed who the dirty cops were so early - it took some of the suspense out of the story.

If you're looking for some entertaining, page-turning novellas, this is the book for you. There's nothing groundbreaking here, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy these stories.

A selection of three novellas, PIVOT presents the works from Kat Martin, Rebecca Zanetti, and Alexandra Ivy. Of the three, Martin’s AGAINST THE HEART was re-release from her “The Brodies of Alaska” series prequel in 2014. It brought together Meriwether Jones with ex cop turned PI and security specialist Ian Brodie when Meri and her daughter ran from her vicious addict ex. Ian was cousins to the heroes on Martin’s “BOSS, Inc” series. SHAKEN is starring estranged childhood sweetheart Evan and Michelle; both connected to hero from Zanetti’s “Deep Ops” series. And last but not least ECHOES OF THE PAST which related to Ivy’s “The Agency” series; wherein Melanie Cassidy reunited with Detective Gray Hawkins after a kidnapping attempt of one of Mel’s pupils.

While can be read as standalone, each novellas connected to one another in one way or another. There were the bad guys, damsel in distress, and the depiction of man in uniform - sort of - as the hero. The plots were pretty formulaic, the villains were the portrait of dumb and overconfident, the hero(es) using all the connection they had to solve the women’s problem.

As expected of these novellas, the pacing were rather rapid - Martin’s AGAINST THE HEART the measured one of the three - which didn’t left much room to dig more into (each) stories. Even with two of them taking on second-chance romance trope, I didn’t really feel the sparks of chemistry between the people involved. Overall they struck me as insta-love and rushed second-chance. The way the trouble handled to completion left a lot to be desired. With that much resources on hand, I expected BETTER from our heroes here.

That said, PIVOT is quite entertaining. My favorite of the three was SHAKEN, simply due to the cameo of Wolfe, Roscoe, and Kat (yes, not the leading cast, sorry). Their antics more than made up for the dissatisfaction I felt of the book overall. 😉


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