Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Check Me Out Authors: Jordan Castillo Price, Clare London, Dev Bentham & Kim Fielding Publisher: Self-Published Length: 201 Pages Category: Anthology, Romance, Contemporary, Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Check Me Out gives good feels and has a little something to please every reader. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurbs: THE PRICE OF HAPPINESS by... Continue Reading →
Title: Harvest Season Series: The Old Bridge Inn Author: Annick Trent Publisher: Self-Published Length: 48 Pages Category: Historical Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Annick Trent has such a soothing writing style, which not only serves her historical time period well but her characters too. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Lowri has spent the past... Continue Reading →
Title: No Rest for the Wicked Series: SOS Hotel: Book Five Author: Adam Vex (Ariana Nash) Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 214 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Adam Vex is doling out this story at just the right pace. It’s engaging, it’s page-turning fun, and most of all it’s charming as... Continue Reading →
Title: Lion's Tale Series: The Pride: Book Two Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 242 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Historical Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Found family and deep, abiding love is something Jordan L. Hawk does so brilliantly. It's a feature of his storytelling that never runs out of ways to... Continue Reading →
Title: Strawberry Moon Series: Summer Nights Prolific Works Giveaway (Ends 8/8/2024) Author: Lily Morton Publisher: Self-Published Length: 95 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Morton had me rooting for Clem and Harry all the way through, and I loved that she did so with little fuss and no bluster. Strawberry Moon... Continue Reading →
Title: The Duke at Hazard Series: The Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: Book Two Author: KJ Charles Publisher: Orion Length: 326 Pages Category: Historical Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: This author writes a lovely scoundrel. In The Duke at Hazard, she writes two lovely cinnamon rolls whose happy ending was well deserved. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: The Shabti Author: Megaera C. Lorenz Publisher: CamCat Books Length: 498 Pages Category: Historical, Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The supernatural elements in this story are tied to Ancient Egypt, and the author’s knowledge of the subject is not only obvious but extensive. The Shabti is as sweet and sincere as a... Continue Reading →
Title: Feed Them Silence Author: Lee Mandelo Publisher: Tordotcom Length: 105 Pages Category: Sci-Fi Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Feed Them Silence isn't a book to pick up if you're looking for a short, light read. It's a great story, though, and I couldn't put it down despite how irked I was most of... Continue Reading →
Title: Bury Your Gays Author: Chuck Tingle Publisher: Tor Nightfire Length: 297 Pages Category: Horror Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Tingle went all out to make sure readers get the message of this story. It's sharp, clever, fun, and the characters speak eloquently to the points he meant to make. With a little a... Continue Reading →
Title: Doom Magnet Series: The Last Picks: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 190 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Doom Magnet is a quintessential cozy: it's charming and funny, and the relationship between Dash and his found family—even Keme!—couldn't give off more heartwarming vibes. I don't ever pretend... Continue Reading →
Title: Between the Teeth Series: Between the Teeth: Book Three Author: Taylor Fitzpatrick Publisher: Self-Published Length: 285 Pages Category: Contemporary Sports Fiction Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: I didn't love the execution of Between the Teeth, which is a rarity for me and this author, but I did love the support and compassion David... Continue Reading →
Title: Bluebird Author: Ciel Pierlot Publisher: Angry Robot Books Length: 464 Pages Category: Sci-Fi/Space Opera Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: This is some tense and action-packed Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk with a heroine who gets by on a little snark and a lot of grit and determination. Despite the pace being slow in places, in the end,... Continue Reading →
Title: SOS Hotel Series Author: Ariana Nash writing as Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: Short Novels Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I devoured these books, no other word for it. I was charmed, start to finish, by the characters and the world Adam Vex (aka Ariana Nash) has built. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: My Darcy Series: (originally appeared in the Heart2Heart charity anthology) Author: Lily Morton Publisher: Self-Published Length: 66 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: This little morsel of a romance hit the spot, made me smile, and warmed my heart a bit too. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Freddie Evans is flamboyant,... Continue Reading →
Title: Cicadas: A Totally Ordinary Epic Love Story Author: Avery Cockburn Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 454 Pages Category: Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Cicadas is utterly and unabashedly beautiful. It’s an uncommon sort of Romance with a familiar theme that delivers its protagonists to their happy ever after. It's a totally ordinary love... Continue Reading →
Title: Awakening in Sapphire Series: Once & Forever Kings: Book One Author: Jonathan Hawker Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 502 Pages Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: Stylistically speaking, this book and I didn't jibe, but overall, Awakening in Sapphire throws out some great surprises and originality to give an awesome spin to an... Continue Reading →
Title: The Woods All Black Author: Lee Mandelo Publisher: Tordotcom Length: 153 Pages Category: Historical Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Horror is not always about the things that go bump in the night or hide in the places that light can’t touch. Horror is as often about the inhumane masking as human, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Song of the Tyrant Worm Series: The Worm and His Kings: Book Three Author: Hailey Piper Publisher: Off Limits Press Length: 197 Pages Category: Horror Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I haven't read a Hailey Piper book yet that hasn't twisted my brain in some far out and unusual ways. She has such... Continue Reading →
Title: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself Author: Marisa Crane Publisher: Catapult Length: 342 Pages Category: Sci-Fi/Dystopia Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Marisa Crane delivers such a thought provoking, disturbing, and emotional story in this, her debut novel. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself is a book I couldn't put down. Reviewed By: Lisa... Continue Reading →
Title: Alice Isn't Dead Author: Joseph Fink Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 355 Pages Category: Horror Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Alice Isn't Dead is the trippiest of road trips. I was told a horror story that I couldn't look away from and didn't want to until it came to its end. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Title: Beck & Call Series: The Old Bridge Inn: Book One Author: Annick Trent Publisher: Self-Published Length: 244 Pages Category: Historical Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Annick Trent has easily made it onto my short list of favorite Historical Romance authors. From the ways in which she draws readers into the setting and... Continue Reading →
Title: A Disaster's Wake Series: Silver Locket Origins: Book Three Author: Kennedy Sutton Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 334 Pages Category: Historical Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Kennedy Sutton's prose is lush, expressive, and suits the story with its flourishes and vivid descriptions of time and place. The seafaring life was a difficult one,... Continue Reading →
Title: Dude Magnet Series: The Last Picks: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 212 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This little nugget of a story is sheer perfection. It’s funny, heartwarming, and yes, there are murdery bits to give Dash focus, forcing him to make decision after decision... Continue Reading →
Title: Skeleton Crew Series: PsyCop: Book Fourteen Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 302 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Jordan Castillo Price continues to tap into her extensive imagination and uses it to its full advantage to pull readers back into the PsyCop world, book after book, with... Continue Reading →
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