Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Practice Makes Perfect (Housemates: Book Three) Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Length: 54k Words Category: Contemporary Romance At a Glance: Practice Makes Perfect is another thoroughly charming addition to the Housemates series. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Getting experience with the guy next door seems like a great idea—until the lines blur. Dev, a geeky... Continue Reading →
Title: Damned If You Do Author: Marie Sexton Publisher: Samhain Publishing Length: 123 Pages (Kindle) Category: Paranormal Romance, Angels/Devils, Alt Reality At a Glance: Marie Sexton’s delivery is spot on, and I mean, come on, Chapter Four is titled Cock Blocked by Darth Vader, so don’t even try to pretend like you’re not curious now.... Continue Reading →
Title: The Private Secretary Author: Summer Devon Publisher: Self-Published Length: 141 Pages (Kindle) Category: Historical Romance At a Glance: The Private Secretary is a well written and diverting historical romance with a little conflict, some undeniable wanting of the lustful variety, and a happy ending that suits the setting. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Down on... Continue Reading →
Title: Shut Your Face, Anthony Pace! Authors: Claire Davis and Al Stewart Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing Length: 118 Pages (Kindle) Category: New Adult, Contemporary Romance At a Glance: Shut Your Face, Anthony Pace! made me smile and warmed my heart, and that’s never a bad thing to base a recommendation on. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Title: A Year Less Three Days Authors: Mychael Black and Alyx J. Shaw Publisher: Samhain Publishing Length: 133 Pages (Kindle) Category: Alt U/Fantasy At a Glance: A Year Less Three Days is a rare Samhain miss. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Only love will save them…if it can survive the pits of the damned. When Lias’s... Continue Reading →
Title: Always Another Side Author: Annabelle Jacobs Publisher: Self-Published Length: 167 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance At a Glance: Annabelle Jacobs gives readers a beautiful and emotionally engaging story in Always Another Side. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Starting over at forty is hard work for landscape architect Jack Bowman. His long-term partner hurt him badly. With... Continue Reading →
Title: Boy Banned Author: RJ Scott Publisher: Love Lane Books Length: 174 Pages (Kindle) Category: Contemporary Romance At a Glance: Boy Banned is a feel-good book, unrepentantly so. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: When the only way to win is to hide who you are, how far are you prepared to go? Reuben “Angel” Jacobs is... Continue Reading →
Title: The Circle Unbroken (The Eight Kingdoms: Book Two) Author: Belinda Burke Publisher: Pride Publishing Length: 152 Pages At a Glance: Belinda Burke’s prose is stunning, and at times, borderline poetic. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: A prince, a king, an oath to bind and an oath to break. Can something begun in darkness survive the... Continue Reading →
Title: Mulligans (2nd Edition) Author: Charlie David Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages At a Glance: Set against an idyllic summer backdrop, two men come out, threatening to tear a family apart at the seams. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Chase never had many friends, but at college, he meets and forms close ties with straight... Continue Reading →
Title: Kestrel’s Talon (The Stonewatchers: Book One) Author: Bey Deckard Publisher: Self-Published Length: 426 Pages (Kindle) At a Glance: Every single thing in this book won me over, especially its characters. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Following the Prentish/Nemarri war, Kes is rejected by his homeland under the guise of religious purity laws. Though he's spared... Continue Reading →
Title: The Infected Holiday Special Author: Andrea Speed Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 116 Pages At a Glance: One amazing boatload of Urban Fantasy wrapped around characters who have more personality in their little pixels than should be reasonable or possible. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Peek behind the curtain with Roan McKichan and the various... Continue Reading →
Title: Stasis (Ennek Trilogy: Book One) Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages At a Glance: If this introductory novel is anything to go by, the Ennek trilogy is ramping up to be an exciting and romantic series. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Praesidium is the most prosperous city-state in the world, due... Continue Reading →
Title: Hector and Anatolius (Trojan Men: Book One) Author: Vanessa Mulberry Publisher: Brasyer Press Pages/Word Count: 98 Pages At a Glance: A sweet and angsty twist on the legend of Hector. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Hector has been a dutiful son and prince his whole life until his father orders him to marry. The Trojan... Continue Reading →
Title: What Boys Are Made Of Author: S. Hunter Nisbet Publisher: BadApple Press Pages/Word Count: 356 Pages At a Glance: S. Hunter Nisbet has just written her way right to the top of a list of authors I’m anxious to hear a lot more from—starting with the sequel to this book. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Title: Hexbreaker Series: Hexworld: Book One Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 259 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I don’t know how to say this any plainer—I love this book for all the reasons I’ve listed, and probably for at least a dozen more that I’ve left out.... Continue Reading →
Title: Shadowlands Author: Charlie David Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 180 Pages At a Glance: If you know Charlie David as an actor and audiobook narrator, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend you introduce yourselves to him as an author too; at least if Shadowlands is anything to go by. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Shadowlands is... Continue Reading →
Title: The Convergence Theory (Blood & Bone Trilogy: Book Two) Author: Lia Cooper Publisher: The Spec Press Pages/Word Count: 291 Pages At a Glance: No romance but loads of murderous and metaphysical fun in this Urban Fantasy series. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Walking away from your soulmate is not for the faint of heart... Following... Continue Reading →
Title: The Winter Prince Author: R. Cooper Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 147 Pages At a Glance: I love fairy tales for their darkness and their light—The Winter Prince is both. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: His heart stolen by a powerful pari’s magic, a young prince’s veins slowly fill with ice. That is what the... Continue Reading →
Title: Will & Patrick’s Happy Ending (Wake Up Married: Episode Six) Authors: Leta Blake and Alice Griffiths Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 127 Pages At a Glance: Wheeeeee! Well, that was fun. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Sure, Will and Patrick are in love now, but they weren’t when they got married in Vegas. For Patrick, that’s no... Continue Reading →
Title: Myths Untold: Faery Authors: Gus Li, Brandon Witt, Skye Hegyes, J. Scott Coatsworth Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 247 Pages At a Glance: Myths Untold: Faery gets a high recommendation for lovers of fairy tales and fantasy. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Faeries are part of mythology the world over, past, present, and future.... Continue Reading →
Title: Sex and Candy Author: Nico Jaye Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 50 Pages At a Glance: Sex and Candy is a sweet and sexy interlude with a couple whose love for each other is big, even if their story isn’t. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Sex and Candy Lee may be in a relationship with Tony,... Continue Reading →
Title: Caged Jaye Author: Lynn Kelling Publisher: Forbidden Fiction Publishing Pages/Word Count: 176 Pages At a Glance: One thing’s for sure—this book forced me not to take it at face value, and that’s always something I will cheer for. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Prequel to Arctic Absolution. It’s Jaye Larson’s nineteenth birthday, and all he... Continue Reading →
Title: Chained Melodies Author: Debrah Martin Publisher: I.M. Books Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages At a Glance: Chained Melodies is a poignant and memorable, if not altogether perfect, novel. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Best friends since childhood, life takes very different courses for Will and Tom when they leave school. Tom joins the army to become... Continue Reading →
Title: The 13th Hex: A Hexworld Short Story Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 53 Pages At a Glance: Hex World: yet another brilliant Jordan L. Hawk world being built from the ground up, and one I can’t wait to know more about. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Romance. Magic. Murder. Dominic Kopecky dreamed... Continue Reading →
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