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Book Review: Prowl (The Game #12) by Cara Dee
Read my reviews of previous books in The Game series: Top Priority (#1) | Their Boy (#2) | Breathless (#3) | Doll Parts (#4) | Out of the Ashes (#5) | The Shepherd (#6) | Adrift in the Embers (#7) | Hostile Takeover (#8) | Senseless (#9) | The Secret Plan (#10) | Apex Predator (#11) Though many of the books in this series can be…
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Book Review: Fine Line (Irons and Works: Key Largo #10) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of previous books in the Irons and Works series: Free Hand (#1) | Blank Canvas (#2) | American Traditional (#3) | Bio-Mechanical (#4) | Stick and Poke (#5) | Scarification (#6) | Scratcher (#7) | Ornamental (#8) | Snakebites (#9) | To Touch the Light | Last-Minute Walk-In Though this book fits in the larger scope of Lindsey’s Irons and Works series,…
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Book Review: Speak and Obey (Virtuous Sinners) by Ki Brightly & M.D. Gregory
Read my review of another book in the Virtuous Sinners series, Day of Judgment by Briar Kearney & Aurora Crane. I have enjoyed “psychopaths finding their person and falling in their version of love” books by a few others authors, but in all of those cases, it was a person without empathy connecting in their…
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Book Review: Lightning Born (Monsters & Mayhem) by Sam Burns
Sometimes a book can be well-written from a technical standpoint, and follow the themes of the concept, but still be difficult to connect with on an emotional level. I found myself thoroughly invested in the dramatic opening, which presented a ton of questions and was made even creepier by my knowledge of the source material.…
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Book Review: Wildfire (In Vino Veritas) by Garrett Leigh
Read my reviews of the previous series set in the same world, Vino & Veritas. Since Leigh wrote one of my favorite books of the previous series set in this world, I immediately started with hers to revisit my favorite bar in Vermont. The heroes from the earlier book are strong secondary characters here, but this…
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Book Spotlight: The Dragon Eater (Tharassas Cycle #1) by J. Scott Coatsworth
About the Book Raven’s a thief who just swallowed a dragon. A small one, sure, but now his arms are growing scales, the local wildlife is acting up, and his snarky AI familiar is no help whatsoever. Raven’s best friend Aik is a guardsman carrying a torch for the thief. A pickpocket and a guard?…
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Book Review: Day of Judgment (Virtuous Sinners) by Briar Kearney & Aurora Crane
The surface-level tropes were what originally attracted me to this book, but the deeper story and connections that developed between the characters drew me in completely. Even though it begins with a married couple in a long-term established dynamic, I found myself immediately invested in the external plot, which is much more than Justin taking…
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Book Review: The Goblin Twins by Kit Barrie
This epic fantasy with a touch of romance fulfilled at least 90 percent of my expectations, and I’m pretty sure that the only reason it didn’t max out is that it’s a debut novel. This is not an insult—Barrie may still have room to grow, but she avoids so many of the issues that I…
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Book Review: Necessary Space by Kate Hawthorne
Hawthorne is one of my must-buy authors because she writes compelling romances that are more than just a collection of tropes. Sure, it’s easy to describe this book as a “kinky age-gap romance,” but Hendrix and Miles are more than their ages and their relationship is about far more than kink. That being said, I…
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Book Review: Fate of the Moon by Sara Dobie Bauer
For readers who have not read “omegaverse” fiction before, this book is a well-crafted introduction to this intriguing subgenre. Bauer provides the reader with a brief but excellent primer on the intricacies of this world (werewolves, in this case) couched in the necessary description of Shay’s immediate circumstances. While not all takes on this type…
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Book Review: Alastair (Sons of the Fallen #7) by Jaclyn Osborn
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Sons of the Fallen series: Galen (#1) | Castor (#2) | Daman (#3) | Gray (#4) | Bellamy (#5) | Raiden (#6) Osborn dropped enough subtle clues in previous books in this series for me to guess that Alastair and Lazarus would be the final pairing, but I will admit that I…
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February Wrap-Up & March Goals
I mocked fate hard with last month’s blog post. Remember how I said I might be coming down with something? One of the worst colds I’ve ever had in my life knocked me out for a solid week. I may joke that napping is my Olympic sport, but sleeping 18+ hours a day is not…
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Book Review: A Holiday to Sustain Us (Magi Accounts #3.4) by Michele Notaro
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Magi Accounts series: Our Hearts That Tie Us (#0.5) | The Scars That Bind Us (#1) | A Kiss to Revive Me (#1.5) | The Shackles That Hold Us (#2) | A Date to Impress Him (#2.5) | A Purpose That Restores Us (#3) This novella is another side story to the…
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Book Review: Wholly Trinity (Les’s Bar #3) by Jodi Payne & B.A. Tortuga
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Les’s Bar series: Just Dex (#1) | Hide Bound (#2) Many books by this author pair fall into the “comfort read” category for me, especially because of the fascinating intersection of city versus cowboy, power exchange, and surprising external story elements. While always coming from unique characters, the…
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Free Short Story!
“The Reluctant Master” Steel Empires #0.5J.L. Gribble Decades before the events of the Steel Empires series, Victory and Mikelos both have reason to leave their previous lives. Victory, by choice, to support the dreams of her family. Mikelos, by fate, after he loses everyone whom he holds dear. They choose Limani, a city across the…
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Book Review: Taste of Greed (Carnal Tower #3) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Carnal Tower series: Shades of Lust (#1) | Waiting on Forever (#2) Though previous readers of this series have met both main characters beforehand, new readers should have no trouble with this installment as a stand-alone. In the prologue, Lindsey sends us briefly back in time to King’s…
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Book Review: Zyon (Kingdoms of Pelas #1) by Michelle Frost & Michele Notaro
Frost and Notaro don’t hesitate to throw readers right into the action at the beginning of this book, in which we experience a drastic change in Theon’s life, but like him, have no idea about the reason for it. Even though the book description telegraphs his eventual (happier) circumstances, I felt his same visceral fear…
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Book Review: Maniac (Necessary Evils #7) by Onley James
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Necessary Evils series: Unhinged (#1) | Psycho (#2) | Moonstruck (#3) | Damaged (#3.5) | Headcase (#4) | Mad Man (#5) | Lunatic (#6) The final book in this epic and addictive series delivers on multiple unspoken promises: a sprawling cast of characters featuring all of our favorites from previous books, an explanation…
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Con Report: Farpoint 2023
Last weekend I attended Farpoint, a pop culture convention local to the Baltimore area, as a panelist and presenter on the writing and fandom tracks! As I explained to a handful of authors that I met for the first time during the event, I don’t generally attend conventions for the primary purpose of selling books.…
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Book Review: The Rest of the Story by Tal Bauer
This author’s books might have romance at their core, but he never fails to suck me into the overall story that is always so much greater than the spark between two characters. Morgan certainly isn’t looking for romance at the beginning of this book. He’s barely looking for a home, but he’s resigned to playing…
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