Title: The Sunny Side Series: The Model Agency: Book One Author: Lily Morton Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 374 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: At its core, The Sunny Side is about kindness and empathy and compassion, and there is heaps of hurt/comfort in its pages. If you like Lily Morton’s…
Review: Imitate the Dawn by M.A. Grant
Title: Imitate the Dawn Series: Whitethorn Agency: Book Three Author: M.A. Grant Publisher: Carina Press Length: 283 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: M.A. Grant’s voice is gracefully nimble, lyrical when called for in the Darkest Court series, and given to a pure grittiness when her characters are fighting…
Review: It Helps With the Blues by Bryan Cebulski
Title: It Helps With the Blues Author: Bryan Cebulski Publisher: tRaum Books Length: 171 Pages Category: Teen Fiction Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The angst and woe in this short novel is intense, real, and frequently painful. These are teenagers being teenagers, for better and for worse, just trying to cope, and there are…
Review: Heppel Ever After by Con Riley
Title: Heppel Ever After Series: Learning to Love: Book Five Author: Con Riley Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: Novel Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: As has been the case throughout the series, Heppel Ever After is composed of compassion, understanding, and it takes great care to include friends and family who ensure…
Review: A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
Title: A Taste of Gold and Iron Author: Alexandra Rowland Publisher: Tordotcom Length: 505 Pages Category: Fantasy, Alt-History Rating: 3 Stars At a Glance: To put a fine point on it, A Taste of Gold and Iron seems to suffer from an identity crisis, and I feel the story could have been half as long…
Review: Stone Wings by Jenn Burke
Title: Stone Wings Series: The Gargoyles of Arrington: Book One Author: Jenn Burke Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 200 Pages Category: Contemporary Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Stone Wings hits all the romantic beats and offers the truth that sometimes love is a lightning strike, and sometimes it sneaks up like a thief of…
Review: Subtle Bodies by Jordan Castillo Price
Title: Subtle Bodies Series: PsyCop: Book Thirteen Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 305 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Castillo Price has the boos and the wigglies down cold in the PsyCop series, delivering the chills that come naturally with the territory and that readers have come to…
Review: Pack of Lies by Charlie Adhara
Title: Pack of Lies Series: Monster Hunt: Book One Author: Charlie Adhara Publisher: Carina Adores Length: 310 Pages Category: Paranormal, Murder Mystery, Romantic Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Pack of Lies is, simply stated, a fast paced and action packed mystery elegantly intertwined with the relationship between a prickly and secretive Eli and…
Review: His Lordship’s Return by Samantha SoRelle
Title: His Lordship’s Return Series: His Lordship’s Mysteries: Book Three Author: Samantha SoRelle Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: Novel Category: Historical Romance, Murder Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I am entirely infatuated with these characters as well as with Samantha SoRelle’s storytelling and the historical elements she brings to the illustration. These books have…
Review: My Name Is Jimmy by Garrick Jones
Title: My Name Is Jimmy Author: Garrick Jones Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 90 Pages Category: Historical (Post-World War II) Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: My Name Is Jimmy is a gritty, lusty story of vengeance and endurance, set in a lawless frontier in the aftermath of World War II. Not a romance by the…
Review: A Clap of Thunder by Nazri Noor
Title: A Clap of Thunder Series: Arcane Hearts: Book Six Author: Nazri Noor Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 322 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: It’s not often a Fantasy series offers an equal measure of sweet romance, delightful narration, and life-threatening encounters, and balances them so cleverly. Noor manages it effortlessly. Reviewed…
Review: High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson
Title: High Times in the Low Parliament Author: Kelly Robson Publisher: Tordotcom Length: 162 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 2 Stars At a Glance: High Times in the Low Parliament is a short novel that had potential, but in the end, I was left with too many “hows?” and “whys?” unanswered for it to satisfy. Reviewed…
Review: Dark Water by Ripley Hayes
Title: Dark Water Series: Daniel Owen Welsh Mysteries: Book Two Author: Ripley Hayes Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 192 Pages Category: Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Ripley Hayes has a knack for compiling interesting characters and placing them in a small town atmosphere that can feel homey and, at the same time, claustrophobic. That…
Review: Stolen Token by Felix J. Léon
Title: Stolen Token Author: Felix J. Léon Publisher: Self-Published Length: 119 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: There is no doubt Felix J. Léon loved telling this story and held his characters in great affection. That sincerity endeared them to me as well, by simple virtue of realizing I was being introduced…
Review: His Lethal Desire by Leighton Greene
Title: His Lethal Desire Series: West Coast Mobsters: Book One Author: Leighton Greene Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 410 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance, Mystery/Suspense Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Age gap, only one bed, and forced proximity are just a few of the juicy tidbits that round out this romance. What makes it work is…
Review: The Tudor and Stewart Abergwyn Mysteries by Ripley Hayes
Titles: No Accident at Abergwyn & No Friends at Abergwyn Series: Tudor and Stewart Abergwyn Mysteries: Books One and Two Author: Ripley Hayes Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 108 Pages/202 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: If you’re looking for some cozy summer reading, with a little murder to spice things up,…
Review: The Final Sin by Avril Ashton
Title: The Final Sin Series: Brooklyn Sinners Author: Avril Ashton Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 147 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The race to find and punish Cà tia’s captor takes readers through our emotional paces. The Final Sin is quite the send-off, just as I’d expect from Avril Ashton. Reviewed By:…
Review: The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman
Title: The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse Series: The Gumshoe: Book One Author: Keith Hartman Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 532 Pages Category: Sci-Fi, Murder Mystery Rating: 3 Stars At a Glance: It takes some patience and perseverance to get through the subpar editing and to the meat of this story, but I finished…
Review: Emerald Earth by Adam J. Ridley
Title: Emerald Earth Series: The Witch Brothers Saga: Book One Author: Adam J. Ridley Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 200 Pages Category: Fantasy Romance Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: There are no surprises or unexpected turns to this story, which makes it a sweet, low-drama read, predictable but still interesting for the inclusion of the…
Review: The Sins of the Orc by Finley Fenn
Title: The Sins of the Orc Author: Finley Fenn Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 192 Pages Category: Fantasy Content Notes: dark situations and power dynamics causing current and past trauma (not between main love interests); intense intimate scenes (including in public); discussion and depiction of abuse and its effects; depression and suicidal thoughts; discussion of war…