Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: End of the Road Series: SOS Hotel: Book Ten Author: Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 212 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Even as the series comes to a close, the SOS Hotel carries on in all its singular glory, as does the unlikely love affair between the dragon,... Continue Reading →
Title: Copper Script Author: KJ Charles Publisher: Self-Published Length: 255 Pages Category: Historical Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: When readers can feel the setting and we're transported there, it's love at first page. It’s the attention to detail that makes this story and its characters spring to life and ensnare readers in the... Continue Reading →
Title: Always Murder Series: The Last Picks: Book Nine Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 241 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: This series is sweet and cozy, goofy and corny and charming, and it's a welcome bit of easy to make you forget how hard everything is for a while.... Continue Reading →
Title: Second Story Series: Second Chance School: Book Three Author: Con Riley Publisher: Self-Published Length: 316 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Second Story is an impeccable ending to this set of books at Glynn Harber School. I can’t imagine any better way to get from “Once Upon a Time” to... Continue Reading →
Time flies when life comes at you fast, doesn't it? Here's a quick roundup at some of the books I've read and enjoyed over the past few weeks :) Along Torturous Paths by Vivian Moira Valentine - Amelia Temple harbors a cosmic being in her consciousness and is pursued and coveted for her parapsychological abilities,... Continue Reading →
Title: Murder in Shades of Fire and Ash Series: DS Charlie Rees: Book Four Author: Ripley Hayes Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 237 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: If you’re a fan of the author and this series, make sure to catch Murder in Shades of Fire and Ash. It’s political,... Continue Reading →
Title: Icy Reception Series: SOS Hotel: Book Nine Author: Adam Vex (Ariana Nash) Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 192 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Ariana Nash serves up the sass and sweetness and spice that’s a staple of this -verse, but it’s the love that holds it all together. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: Evil All Along Series: The Last Picks: Book Eight Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 255 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Keme's story hurts like a blunt instrument to the solar plexus, which makes the way it ends all the more wonderful. The Last Picks may not have it... Continue Reading →
Title: Into the Dark Series: OutFoxing the Paranormal: Book Three Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 227 Pages Category: Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: When all is said and done, Into the Dark delivered something unique. If Cozy Horror isn't a thing, maybe this book just invented it. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Title: On the Road Series: SOS HOTEL: Book Eight Author: Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 160 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Ariana Nash (writing as Adam Vex) hasn’t missed a single beat since she closed the first story arc and opened this one. Adam, Zee, and Victor are as warm... Continue Reading →
Title: Mandrake Manor Author: JP Rindfleisch IX Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 366 Pages Category: Cozy Paranormal Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: What a delightful surprise this book was. It’s warm, cozy, a little bit sassy, and the bonds of found family and magic give a nice touch to developing both the plot and... Continue Reading →
Title: Servant Sovereign: The Complete Collection Author: Michael G. Williams Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 484 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Time Travel Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Servant Sovereign series is, plainly, an homage to the city of San Francisco. It's a time-travel adventure, from the city's gold rush beginnings to its modern day... Continue Reading →
Title: By the Book Series: The Last Picks: Book Seven Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 241 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: This Last Picks installment may feel like yet another crazy, cozy caper with Dash and company. It's a little more, though. It's a turning-point in some important relationships,... Continue Reading →
Title: Curse of the Stag's Eye Series: Haunted Hearts Collection Author: Glenn Quigley Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 190 Pages Category: Paranormal Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Curse of the Stag's Eye is a fun ghost story full of creepy moments and danger of the paranormal variety. What was unexpected is a story-within-the-story that came... Continue Reading →
Title: The Ritual of the Broken Series: Ritual of the Broken: Book One Author: Seb L. Carter Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 450 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This book is rife with so much suspense that I had to smack down my anxiety every so often so I could keep... Continue Reading →
Title: The Revenge of Captain Vessia Series: Sails of Black and Blood: Book One Author: Leslie Allen Publisher: Self-Published Length: 449 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: There is a slow-burn romance amongst the action and adventure and bloodthirst in The Revenge of Captain Vessia. While it doesn't develop along the usual... Continue Reading →
Title: Molly Boys Series: London Underside: Book One Author: Vawn Cassidy Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 372 Pages Category: Murder Mystery, Gaslamp Fantasy, Historical Romance Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: There wasn't much new or different about Molly Boys, nothing I hadn't read before in one form or another, but that familiarity made this an... Continue Reading →
Title: The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle Author: Steve Hugh Westenra Publisher: Self-Published Length: 450 Pages Category: Horror, Mystery Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: Despite some issues, I liked this book. The claustrophobia of the island lent itself perfectly to the feelings Steve Hugh Westenra wanted his readers to feel; that is, isolated and trapped. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Titles: Beneath Strange Lights and Against Fearful Lies Series: Amelia Temple: Books One and Two Author: Vivian Moira Valentine Publisher: Self-Published Length: 269 and 334 Pages Category: Cosmic Horror, New Adult, Historical Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: If you love your cosmic horror with a heaping side of intelligence, sympathetic heroines, evil-doers and alien... Continue Reading →
Title: Their Heart a Hive Author: Fox N. Locke Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 268 Pages Category: Teen Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This is a beautiful book in both style and substance. That I was left in tears at the end only speaks to how lovely the story is and how invested I... Continue Reading →
Title: The Christmas Curse Author: Avery Cockburn Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 175 Pages Category: Holiday Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Watching Anthony and Martin connect through shenanigans, compassionate moments, kindness, the mutual love of dogs (and cats), and uncompromising attraction to each other translates into a holiday romance that teaches a sweet and... Continue Reading →
Title: Once Upon a Lullaby Lane Series: Once Upon a Holiday Story Collection (various authors) Author: K. York Publisher: Amazon/ Kindle Unlimited Length: 125 Pages Category: Holiday Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: It's the shocking truths and healing along the way that drive this story to its ultimate destination—the connection that builds between... Continue Reading →
Title: Again with Feeling Series: The Last Picks: Book Six Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 211 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery, Romantic Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The quips, the banter, the awkwardness, the warmth of the emotional connection within this found family, they're all an amalgamation that works so splendidly against the... Continue Reading →
Title: His Lordship's Folly Series: His Lordship's Mysteries: Book Five Author: Samantha SoRelle Publisher: Self-Published Length: 271 Pages Category: Mystery, Historical Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: My love of all the ways Alfie and Dominick flirt, and banter, and how much they adore each other grows with each book in the series. That's... Continue Reading →
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