Concrete Clockwork

The Philanthropist, Book 1

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Pub Date 07 Mar 2021 | Archive Date 01 May 2021

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Ex-military operative Lottie Nightshade is enjoying civilian life helping her widowed sister raise three teenagers. When a last-minute job interview turns out to be blackmail, her peaceful days are over. Lottie is given two choices, and the least deplorable of them is doing wetwork for an eccentric millionaire.

Philanthropist Dane Harrington has no option but to blackmail Lottie Nightshade. Dane was contracted to terminate a bomber who threatened to level a new arena in St. Paul, Minnesota. The stakes are too high to trust the time-critical mission to anyone but a skilled operative, and Dane knows Ms. Nightshade will not do the job willingly.

When the bomber realizes he’s been targeted for extermination, the hired killer is already closing in on him. The only way he’ll live to trigger the arena’s destruction is by stopping Lottie Nightshade.

Lottie feels the bomber’s cold stare watching her every move as the timer ticks closer to detonation. When he sets off a series of explosions and people begin to die, Lottie realizes she may need to give up her own life to end the bomber’s.

Ex-military operative Lottie Nightshade is enjoying civilian life helping her widowed sister raise three teenagers. When a last-minute job interview turns out to be blackmail, her peaceful days are...


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☕ Concrete Clockwork by Laura Breck

☕ Publication Date - 9th March 2021

☕ Ex-military operative Lottie Nightshade is enjoying civilian life helping her widowed sister raise three teenagers. When a last-minute job interview turns out to be blackmail, her peaceful days are over. Lottie is given two choices, and the least deplorable of them is doing wetwork for an eccentric millionaire.
Philanthropist Dane Harrington has no option but to blackmail Lottie Nightshade. Dane was contracted to terminate a bomber who threatened to level a new arena in St. Paul, Minnesota. The stakes are too high to trust the time-critical mission to anyone but a skilled operative, and Dane knows Ms. Nightshade will not do the job willingly.
When the bomber realizes he's been targeted for extermination, the hired killer is already closing in on him. The only way he'll live to trigger the arena's destruction is by stopping Lottie Nightshade.

☕ Concrete Clockwork is a fast-paced suspense novel, full of twists and turns, which kept me turning the pages right to the end.

☕ The characters are well developed, Lottie is a take charge and get the job done kind of woman. Harrison is a bit mysterious and definitely dangerous. I can't wait to see what they get up to in the next book of the series!

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This book pulls you in from the first line and the amount of detail and activity keeps you hooked until you reach the last page. Also loved the different POVs as we get a look into the madman’s head.

Follow Lottie Nightshade as she races against time to stop a bomber from killing hundreds of people.

*the kids ages confused me a little but otherwise it was ok.

**I received a free copy in exchange for honest review.

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When Lottie Nightshade left the military, after twelve years of service, she thought she was done with killing…but she was wrong. Now she is being blackmailed to work as an assassin, to eliminate those that the law can’t. Should she refuse, certain details about her abusive brother-in-law’s death will be made available to the police. She is not concerned for herself, but when they threaten her sister, she has no choice. A man is threatening to blow up an arena, killing many unless his demands are met. The bombs are already in place so Lottie must find him before he makes good on his threat. A back-and-forth suspense as Lottie matches wits with the bomber. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation for an honest review. (by paytonpuppy)

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