Justice for Mackenzie

Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes, Book 1

By: Susan Stoker

Narrated by: Erin Mallon

Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's Summary

Daxton Chambers loved being a part of the oldest and most distinguished law enforcement agency in the state of Texas: the Texas Rangers. But the person who was burying women alive in his city of San Antonio was always two steps ahead of him...and he hated it.

Mackenzie Morgan lived what she considered a normal life. She worked at a non-profit agency, hung out with her best friend, had an annoying-but-loving family, was clumsy, had a tendency to ramble when she was nervous...and was still searching for the man to spend the rest of her life with.

Meeting Mack, and finding out just how perfect she was for him, wasn't a part of Dax's plan. But he'd be damned if he was going to complain about it. Unfortunately, Dax's job wasn't always safe. Both Mack and Dax would find that out the hard way.

Justice for Mackenzie is the first book in the Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes series. Each book is a stand-alone, with no cliffhanger endings.

©2015 Susan Stoker (P)2015 Susan Stoker

Enjoyed it

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review via audiobook boom. I don't know what the other reviewers were talking about with the narrator. Perhaps I got a revised edition of the story. She just read the book. I could tell when each of them was talking and no background noises. She also did not try to lower her voice to be Dax or any male character. I love stories where the H/h like each other from the beginning and we see how the romance progresses. If the author is not good at making the story go from dislike to love they should leave it alone. Ms. Stoker did a good job with this love at first sight. I like also that the suspense came from the outside. I also love it that neither of them was perfect. Yes, I like hunky guys but some of us not so perfect people fall in love also and after all there are only a few people in the world who fit some of those perfect molds. The rest of us are plain average people and we enjoy a great love life just like Dax and Mack. Loved the fact that all of the kid's names, as well as the parent's started with M. Funny!

Great Story!!

It was a little hard going from the narrator from the Seals series, to this one. However, the story line is so awesome that it helped with the transition. She eventually grew on me, and is okay.

Was good not great

I enjoyed the story line. I thought the descriptive details was old fashion at times. I will get the next one I hope that she can bring herself to write a different word for vagina instead of folds. I mean come one there are plenty. Lol. And I did hear what it sounds like maybe a basketball game. or some other sport in background, not good😑

omg I loved how she is a real woman

I loved that they didn't fight it was a real love story I CAN'T WAIT

I want a Dax ;)

It was easy to fall in love with Dax. Kind, loyal, strong and with a big heart, no wonder he caught Mack's heart. She is hilarious, clumsy and talks a lot, but that is what makes her endearing. She made me laugh out loud with her rambles. I loved that the story is about a second chance at HEA for an older couple than the usual 20something. Quite a trip these two have on the way to that though. I cried when he talked to her while watching her last minutes on the monitor, my heart almost stopped but it all ends well. Loved the friendship between Dax and his crew from different divisions and how they have each other's backs. Looking forward to Cruz's story.
Ms. Mallon really breathed life into the characters, the various voices distinct and the story flowed easily with the emotions clearly expressed. Very enjoyable listening experience.

Great Start to a Series

Daxton and MacKenzie are perfect characters for this story. MacKenzie ' s quirky personality and Daxton's hot self caught and kept my attention throughout the book. The story line was totally believable and realistic. Looking forward to the next book.

a bit surprising

I wasn't expecting what I got with this book, but am so glad that the author wrote it this way. The characters just work and the plot is believable. I enjoyed the story, characters, and how everything went down.

Great Non Perfect Characters

I enjoyed this book very much and have found a new favorite author. Wonderful, likable, older, flawed characters. Loved that the characters were not "slight," "fit," "beautiful," or twenty-something. Narrator was okay. Story was okay, but the characters made the book.

Good story but sucky narrator!

The story for me was between three and four stars so I gave it 4 . There was some weird dialogue sometimes between the hero and heroine , especially during sex. SS needs to work on her sex scenes a little bit to make them sexier and not stilted . Otherwise though, it was a pretty good story. It had me on the edge of my seat sometimes.

The narrator on the other hand was terrible. Her acting skills need serious work. Her male voices vs female voices were pretty good except that she just didn't have the proper inflection or emotion for the scenes . This book could have been so much better if she had done that properly.

I'll give one more of her books a try but if it's not better than this one it will only be Kindle unlimited for free or library books from this author in the future.

Could have been good

Decent story but the dialogue was juvenile and laughable, which I'm fairly certain wasn't the intention. The female lead character was 37 and talked like she was 13. The sex talk between this pair of 37 and 46 year olds was beyond ridiculous. I would not recommend this author unless she stops writing dialogue for her characters!

TEXAS HEROES BOOK 1

What does Erin Mallon bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

CHARACTER TO THE BOOK

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

YES I WOULD LIKE TO GO AND SEE IT

Any additional comments?

I HAVE MOST OF SUSAN STOKER BOOKS AND THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT STORIES

Suspenseful joyride

Holy hell! Talk about tension! I have not been this desperate to just page to the end to see if everyone survives IN A LOOOOOONG TIME! The characters were clear and believable. Mack's quirkiness and Daxton's gentle grace made me feel invested in their future(s).
If this is how the first in the series starts, and the rest fills in terms of quality, I will definitely be moving on to the rest of the series - asap!
Definitely a MUST if suspense is your thing.
A pity about the quality of the recording, the background noise interference took away from the narration which was good.

Brilliant story shame about the audio

This is a brilliant story by Susan Stoker. It's my favourite so far. It's just a pity that it's ruined by the poor quality audio recording. You get half way through the story when the background noise starts, it's faint at first but gradually builds until you struggle to ignore it. And it's happening during the most exciting part of the book. It's as if they recorded the book when someone has left on either the tv or the radio.
Give this one a miss and but the book. Poorest quality audio I've ever heard.

Omg!!

Oh my Goodness and I thought reading this story was emotional enough! Actually hearing the audio version was harrowing!
What an amazing job by the narrator.

Book 1 standalone

Omgoodness I did not want to stop listening to this book. I was captivated the entire time. I am kind of a wimp so it was a little bit to detailed for me when it came to the burying woman alive stuff, but I had to keep listening lol. I love the characters and their friendships. I think the author was a little wishful thinking with the men in this book. The h talks A LOT and rambles on, the guys think it’s cute. No guy I have ever met likes to listen to a woman ramble lol. I absolutely love narrator Erin Mallon however I think there were some issues with editing this book. You can hear her taking breaths in between sentences and there seems to be a lot of background noise. Those issues didn’t make me like the book any less, I just noticed them and it kind of distracted me. I definitely recommend this book. 🎧 Audiobook Obsession

Not worth the time to continue

I only managed to listen to 25 mins before the boy's club attitude of the males and the stupid bumbling female was just to horrible and too silly to continue with, so never really got into the story.