Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: The Duality Paradigm (Blood and Bone: Book One) Author: Lia Cooper Publisher: The Spec Press Pages/Word Count: 261 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Everyone knows magic users and werewolves are intrinsically diametrically opposed... Seattle Police Detective Ethan Ellison, born into a long line of Quebecois magicians, leads a fairly unassuming life... Continue Reading →
Title: Turnbull House Series: The Ira Adler Series: Book Two Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 288 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Drawing vivid descriptions that transport the reader back to the latter years of the 19th century and welcoming a diverse pallet of role players from the... Continue Reading →
Title: Born This Way Author: Poppy Dennison Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 115 Pages Category: Paranormal Romance At a Glance: The Liger is pretty much my new favorite animal. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Dayton Whitmore injures his arm playing basketball with his lion-shifter friends, and his best friend asks Dayton to check on her estranged brother... Continue Reading →
Title: The Other Guy Author: Cary Atwell Publisher: Self-Published Length: 233 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: This book is charming and clever, and I adored it so much that I couldn’t put it down. In fact, I may just go ahead and read it again. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Emory... Continue Reading →
Title: How to Repair a Mechanical Heart Series: Mechanical Hearts: Book One Author: J.C. Lillis Publisher: Self-Published Length: 298 Pages Category: YA Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Just when I’ve become complacent in the belief there can’t possibly be any more original ways to tell me a coming-of-age story, J.C. Lillis happens along... Continue Reading →
Title: The Affair of the Porcelain Dog Series: The Ira Adler Series: Book One Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 288 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: Sometimes happy endings are so evident they’re impossible to miss. Sometimes happy endings are so subjective that one hesitates even to call... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Soul: Volume Five Author: Aleksandr Voinov Publisher: Self-Published (Second Edition) Length: 117 Pages Category: Mafia Romance, Dark Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Aleksandr Voinov was the master of my education, from start to finish. He led me by the senses and tweaked at my emotional boundaries; then, when he got me... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Soul: Volume Four Author: Aleksandr Voinov Publisher: Self-Published (Second Edition) Length: 117 Pages Category: Mafia Romance, Dark Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: This installment in the Dark Soul series felt like progress, but that's also a dangerous feeling; there's always a sense of one step forward and two steps back when... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Soul: Vol. Three Author: Aleksandr Voinov Publisher: Self-Published Length: 117 Pages Category: Mafia Romance, Dark Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Dark Soul serial is Voinov doing what he does best—daring his readers to think outside the paradigm of romance and venture into the realms of the forbidden erotic, to find... Continue Reading →
Title: Infected: Freefall Series: Infected: Book Four Author: Andrea Speed Publisher: Self-Published Length: 350 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: In spite of the sense of doom and gloom in this installment, Andrea Speed manages to infuse the story with plenty of her trademark humor—gotta love the fact that, regardless of... Continue Reading →
Title: Renfred's Masquerade Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Self-Published Length: 216 Pages Category: Young Adult Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Hayden Thorne’s work is a celebration of storytelling, and Renfred’s Masquerade is a novel that made me realize how terribly insignificant a numerical rating can be on a book that exceeds my ability to... Continue Reading →
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