Flashback Friday Book Review: Murder In The Rue Ursulines (Chanse MacLeod #4) by Greg Herren
Reviewed by Chris
TITLE: Murder In The Rue Ursulines
SERIES: Chanse MacLeod #4
AUTHOR: Greg Herren
PUBLISHER: Bold Strokes Books
LENGTH: 256 pages
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As New Orleans continues to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Chanse MacLeod becomes involved in a high profile case involving a golden couple of Hollywood...Read More »
Recent Release Review: The High King's Golden Tongue by Megan Derr
Reviewed by Chris
TITLE: The High King’s Golden Tongue
AUTHOR: Megan Derr
PUBLISHER: Less Than Three Press
LENGTH: 400 pages
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Prince Allen has trained his entire life to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious mother, who has made their kingdom one of the wealthiest and most influential in the empire....Read More »
Book Review: Taste of Air (Alchemists and Elementals #2) by Cassie Sweet
Reviewed by Chris*
TITLE: Taste of Air
SERIES: Alchemists and Elementals #2
AUTHOR: Cassie Sweet
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 230 pages
BLURB:
The reappearance of necromancers to the Dominincál city-states worries Sadonia prolate Estobán Medovin. Ever since Masters Nico and Theodyne drove the necromancers from his mind three years before, he’s suffered an...Read More »
Release Day Review: Secrets and High Spirits (Secrets #4) by Lou Harper
Reviewed by Chris*
TITLE: Secrets and High Spirits
SERIES: Secrets #4
AUTHOR: Lou Harper
PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing
LENGTH: 137 pages
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Their love is an explosive cocktail—stirred, shaken, and served with a twist.
Secrets, Book 4
Teag and Bruce dream of opening their own bars, but that’s where the similarities end.
Teag, a popular bartender at West...Read More »
Book Review: Nami by Victoria Zagar
Reviewed by Chris*
TITLE: Nami
AUTHOR: Victoria Zagar
PUBLISHER: Wilde City Press
LENGTH: 58 pages
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The Empire is sweeping the land, taking cities and towns by force. Nami, a young priest dedicated to the Goddess Ceres, is ready to sacrifice himself as Numidia falls, but his slave, lover, and protector Avan...Read More »
Book Review: Eye of Truth (Alchemists and Elementals #1) by Cassie Sweet
Reviewed by Chris*
TITLE: Eye of Truth
SERIES: Alchemists and Elementals #1
AUTHOR: Cassie Sweet
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 246 pages
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Theodyne Thespacian is a thief. Caught and imprisoned, he’s done his time and vowed never to return to the life of pulse-racing excitement and easy money. But when one of his...Read More »
Book Review: My Prince by Anna Martin
Reviewed by Chris*
TITLE: My Prince
AUTHOR: Anna Martin
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 243 pages
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After growing up in a rough part of town, George Maguire worked his way out of Manchester and to a career as a design engineer. Alexander van Amsberg, an architecture student at the University of Edinburgh,...Read More »
Release Day Review: How To Be A Normal Person by T.J. Klune
Reviewed by Chris*
TITLE: How To Be A Normal Person
AUTHOR: T.J. Klune
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 290 pages
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Gustavo Tiberius is not normal. He knows this. Everyone in his small town of Abby, Oregon, knows this. He reads encyclopedias every night before bed. He has a pet ferret called Harry...Read More »
Book Review: The Melody Thief (Blue Notes #2) by Shira Anthony
Reviewed by Chris*
TITLE: The Melody Thief
SERIES: Blue Notes #2
AUTHOR: Shira Anthony
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 230 pages
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Cary Redding is a walking contradiction. On the surface he’s a renowned cellist, sought after by conductors the world over. Underneath, he’s a troubled man flirting with addictions to alcohol and anonymous...Read More »
Flashback Friday Book Review: Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate #1) by J.L. Merrow
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Pressure Head
SERIES: The Plumber’s Mate #1
AUTHOR: J.L.Merrow
PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing
LENGTH: 279 pages
BLURB:
Some secrets are better left hidden.
To most of the world, Tom Paretski is just a plumber with a cheeky attitude and a dodgy hip, souvenir of a schoolboy accident....Read More »
Recent Release Review: Dragon's Eye (Sumeria's Sons #5) by Lexi Ander
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Dragon’s Eye
SERIES: Sumeria’s Sons #5
AUTHOR: Lexi Ander
PUBLISHER: Less Than Three Press
LENGTH: 334 pages
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In the wake of birth and betrayal, Ushna takes the God Ashur to Tristan in a last desperate bid to save Tristan’s life—and is helpless to do anything but watch as...Read More »
Book Review: Dance With Me by Heidi Cullinan
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Dance With Me
AUTHOR: Heidi Cullinan
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 282 pages
BLURB:
Sometimes life requires a partner.
Ed Maurer has bounced back, more or less, from the neck injury that permanently benched his semipro football career. He hates his soul-killing office job, but he loves volunteering at a local...Read More »
Recent Release Review: The Firebird and Other Stories (Beings in Love #5) by R. Cooper
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: The Firebird and Other Stories
SERIES: Beings in Love #5
AUTHOR: R. Cooper
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 350 pages
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Magical creatures known as beings emerged from hiding amid the destruction of the First World War. Since then they’ve lived on the margins of the human world as misunderstood...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Hard Sell by Kendall Morgan
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Hard Sell
AUTHOR: Kendall Morgan
PUBLISHER: Tulabella Ruby Press
LENGTH: 52 pages
BLURB:
What if the porn star you always adored was secretly living right under your nose?
Wes Mitchell, 49, is the best real estate agent in Urlack, a small Midwestern town. He has political ambitions, but he...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Betrothed: A Faery Tale by Therese Woodson
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Betrothed: A Faery Tale
AUTHOR: Therese Woodson
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 200 pages
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Faery royalty have always married for duty rather than love. Prince Chrysanths should be no different—except with a human for a father, the prince known as Puck already is different. When he is betrothed...Read More »
Book Review: Opportunity Knocks (Laissez Faire #1) by L.D. Blakeley
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Opportunity Knocks
SERIES: Laissez Faire #1
AUTHOR: L.D. Blakeley
PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing
LENGTH: 149 pages
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Small-town security guard, Gill Martin, has lived in Mystique Pointe his entire life. His dating prospects are non-existent and he doesn’t particularly like his job, but at least it’s better than unemployment. Besides,...Read More »
Theme Week Review: Lessons in Love (Cambridge Fellows #1) by Charlie Cochrane
Theme Week Review
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Lessons in Love
SERIES: Cambridge Fellows #1
AUTHOR: Charlie Cochrane
PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing
LENGTH: 186 pages
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He didn’t think he had a heart. Until he lost it.
St. Bride’s College, Cambridge, England, 1905.
Jonty Stewart is handsome and outgoing, with blood as blue as his eyes....Read More »
Recent Release Review: Dangerous Spirits (Spirits #2) by Jordan L. Hawk
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Dangerous Spirits
SERIES: Spirits #2
AUTHOR: Jordan L. Hawk
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 157 pages
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After the events of Reyhome Castle, Henry Strauss expected the Psychical Society to embrace his application of science to the study of hauntings. Instead, the society humiliates and blacklists him. His confidence shaken, he...Read More »
Flashback Friday Book Review: Without Reservations (With or Without #1) by J.L. Langley
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Without Reservations
SERIES: With or Without #1
AUTHOR: J.L. Langley
PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing
LENGTH: 268 pages
BLURB:
Sometimes love just catches you by the tail.
Chayton Winston is a veterinarian. He is also a werewolf. Much to his Native American parent’s chagrin, he has always dreamed of a fair-haired, Caucasian...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Healed Hearts by Logan Meredith
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Healed Hearts
AUTHOR: Logan Meredith
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 200 pages
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Even men afraid of donuts deserve a happy ending.
Second-grade teacher Seth Ray has experienced more than his fair share of heartbreak. On his own since his mother’s death, Seth remains burdened by frequent anxiety, which he...Read More »