Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Revenant Series: Fallen Fire: Book Three Author: Richard Amos Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 262 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Fallen Fire series has been a case of persistence paying off; it's gotten better with each new betrayal and twist, and Revenant leaves readers in the lurch, waiting for... Continue Reading →
Title: To Find Him and Love Him Again Series: Tyack & Frayne: Book Ten Author: Harper Fox Publisher: Self-Published Length: 245 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance, Magical Realism Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: To Find Him and Love Him Again is a time- and reality-bending feat of romantic storytelling that left me in tears along... Continue Reading →
Title: Requiem Series: Fallen Fire: Book Two Author: Richard Amos Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 268 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 3.75 Stars At a Glance: Requiem gets off to a bit of a slow start, but once Richard Amos escalates the chaos and intrigue, I was left nothing less than curious about where he's taking... Continue Reading →
Title: Reborn Series: Fallen Fire: Book One Author: Richard Amos Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 356 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: Reborn is some fun, if not groundbreaking, Urban Fantasy. I’m still warming up to these characters and their story, which is why I can’t go as far as to say... Continue Reading →
Title: The Labours of Lord Perry Cavendish Series: Winterbourne: Book Four Author: Joanna Chambers Publisher: Self-Published Length: 177 Pages Category: Historical Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I finished The Labours of Lord Perry Cavendish in a day and wanted to start it all over again the moment I was done. Joanna Chambers aimed... Continue Reading →
Title: The Bayou Author: Arden Powell Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 97 Pages Category: Southern Gothic, Horror, Fantasy, Historical Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Arden Powell melds the feral and predatory with the fantastical and dreadful. Their writing is claustrophobic in the best ways, capturing the sultriness of the setting, and that special something for... Continue Reading →
Title: His Haven Series: His: Book Three Author: Con Riley Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 322 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Con Riley has a tendency to write characters who are disarmingly charming, characters whose personalities are larger-than-life, and that stands true in this third novel in the His series. His... Continue Reading →
Title: Incubus Author: Leighton Greene Publisher: Self-Published Length: 431 Pages Category: Noir Mystery, Historical Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Incubus most certainly won't be everyone's cuppa. The cruelty is the point in this dark, twisted, base, deviant, and yet ridiculously compelling story. I couldn't put it down. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Los Angeles, 1956.... Continue Reading →
Title: Fragile Remedy Author: Maria Ingrande Mora Publisher: North Star Editions Length: 331 Pages Category: Dark Dystopian, Sci-Fi, YA/Teen Fiction Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Fragile Remedy isn’t a light read, but it’s a beautiful one—bleak yet gorgeous, and one of the best I've read so far this year. Just prepare to have your... Continue Reading →
Title: Subcutanean 36619 Author: Aaron A. Reed Publisher: Self-Published Length: 251 Pages Category: Horror, Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Aaron A. Reed tells an overwhelmingly compelling story. His writing is impactful, at times almost lyrical, and impressively vivid. For fans of the Horror genre, this story plays out in the imagination in some... Continue Reading →
Title: Murder Aforethought Series: Cabrini Law: Book Two Author: Parker St. John Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 274 Pages Category: Murder Mystery, Romantic Suspense Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: While I can't say I strongly recommend the entirety of the Cabrini Law series as a must-read, I can say I was intrigued enough by Murder... Continue Reading →
Title: Into the Fire: the Complete Series Author: Mia West Publisher: Self-Published Length: 716 Pages Category: Historical, Erotic Romance Rating: 3.75 Stars At a Glance: I can say with some confidence I wouldn’t have been as compelled to carry on with Arthur and Bedwyr’s adventures if I had read this compilation of stories first, not... Continue Reading →
Series: Sons of Britain: Books Two - Five Author: Mia West Publisher: Self-Published Length: 858 (1060 series total) Category: Historical, Fantasy Rating: 4.5 Stars overall At a Glance: I unashamedly and unabashedly adore this series—the romance, the adventure, the creative license, and the way West is drawing everyone and everything together in a manner that... Continue Reading →
Title: The Quiet House Series: Black & Blue: Book Two Author: Lily Morton Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 271 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance, Paranormal Suspense Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: I do so love a good Gothic ghost story, and The Quiet House is one, filled with chills and menace and horrors galore; don’t for... Continue Reading →
Title: Marked by Fire Series: Sons of Britain: Book One Author: Mia West Publisher: Self-Published Length: 202 Pages Category: Historical Romance Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: There are some books I read and struggle to sink into and lose myself in; then there are others, books like this, that seem to absorb me with... Continue Reading →
Titles: The Murder Between Us and The Night Of Author: Tal Bauer Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 280 Pages and 292 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense, Romantic Suspense Ratings: 4 Stars/4 Stars At a Glance: If you don’t have a book picked out for this weekend yet, either one of these would be a smart choice! Mystery and... Continue Reading →
Title: Indirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 430 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: I cackled at times at the accuracy, and at the exaggeration, of the goings-on in Indirection, but those emotional thorns in North and Shaw's blossoming relationship sneak in too, of... Continue Reading →
Title: Blind Tiger Series: The Pride: Book One Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 238 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Fantasy Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: Blind Tiger was one of my most anticipated novels of the year, and, as always, Jordan L. Hawk delivers a taut, suspenseful, and beautifully imagined story. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: Soulstar Series: The Kingston Cycle: Book Three Author: C.L. Polk Publisher: Tor Books Length: 298 Pages Category: Gaslamp Fantasy, F/NB Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: A lot happens in this book, and Polk manages it all with a steady rise in the action and then delivers on the promise of a brighter... Continue Reading →
Title: Perfect on Paper Author: Sophie Gonzales Publisher: Wednesday Books Length: 350 Pages Category: Contemporary Teen Romance, Bi Romance Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: While I didn't love this book with quite the level of joy and excitement I did Only Mostly Devastated, it's got its own charms and delivers an important message to... Continue Reading →
Title: Nighthawking Series: A Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler Novel: Book Two Author: Russ Thomas Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Length: 383 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: As I was reading Nighthawking, I wasn’t sure I loved it as much as Firewatching. Turns out, in the end, I wasn’t quite as awed,... Continue Reading →
Title: An Echo in the Sorrow Series: Soulbound: Book Six Author: Hailey Turner Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 417 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The Soulbound series is perpetually perfect in every single way, and An Echo in the Sorrow delivers an eloquently choreographed, emotional, and action-packed climax that brings Patrick... Continue Reading →
Title: Too Close Author: R. Phoenix Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 202 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Author R. Phoenix offers up a heartfelt story that, in the end, gives her characters the happy beginning they both earn and deserve, and I can’t find a single thing wrong in that. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Currents Author: Doug Burgess Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Length: 259 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery, Murder Mystery Content Warning: For deadnaming and misgendering of the MC by some characters Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Dark Currents is an engaging and suspenseful cozy mystery full of tangled webs and some explosive secrets in a... Continue Reading →
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