I for one am soooo READY to ring in the New Year and (yet again!) embark on my quest to vanquish my TBRs and devour the books I am eagerly anticipating. MY 2020 romance reading forecast promises to be full of contemporary gems, paranormal activity-and I am determined to mark my return, back to my beloved Historicals- my all time fav genre, which took a back seat for me in 2019. My eyeballs are READY: Road to Salvation, Trilogy by Jamie Begley (Last Riders)- Book 1, Gavin's Song is out Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
What a whirlwind! I have been in a freaking rut. The rut of all reading ruts- the mother-rutter of them all- I'm talking romance desolation- and finally, finally snapped out of it. After yet another week of inspirationless, mindless, going-through-the-motions "reading"- which was really just me reading a bunch of my saved passages from past books- I came across just the thing to bring me to the land of the romancelandia living. I've been so disconnected from my beloved past-time (shakes fists at Continue Reading
Angela’s Monday Morning Reflections
What I read this week: When a Duke Loves a Woman by Lorraine Heath Sins for All Seasons #2 Historical Romance August 21, 2018 by Avon Favorite Quote: "You are a remarkable woman, Gillie Trewlove. I am a better man for having known you." The second book in the Sins for all Seasons series by Lorraine Heath introduces readers to Gillie Trewlove. One of six children left on Ettie Trewlove's doorstep, she's grown into a smart, savvy business owner who looks out for her neighbors around her Continue Reading
Review: The Emerald Lily by Juliette Cross
The Emerald Lily Juliette Cross Series: Vampire Blood #4 Paranormal Romance Released: January 29, 2018 Entangled Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “I love you, Vilhelmina Dragomir.” She laced her slender arms around his neck, a tear slipping from one eye even as she smiled. “I love you, Mikhail Romanov.” “Is it that bad that you must cry?” he teased. “It’s that good.” When Princess Vilhelmina Dragomir is awakened from her hellish sleep with a blood kiss from a handsome Continue Reading
Review: Dragon in the Blood by Juliette Cross
Dragon in the Blood by Juliette Cross Series: Vale of Stars, 2 Paranormal Romance Released: July 26, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Sheena While all seems quiet in Gladium Province, the Morgon Guard—the global justice force for the dragon hybrid race—knows their enemy is rebuilding its forces in the underground. Valla Moonring, an assassin for an order of the Morgon Guard, is ordered to join an expedition through the Wastelands of Aria, a formidable, icy wilderness fraught with all Continue Reading
Review: Bound in Black by Juliette Cross
Review: Bound in Black (The Vessel Trilogy) by Juliette Cross Paranormal Romance Released: July 21, 2015 Samhain Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Genevieve Drake is on a dangerous mission to find the soul collector, Lethe, and enter the deepest, darkest level of the underworld. No one has ever returned alive from the belly of a soul collector, but she will let nothing stop her from going after the precious treasure Lethe stole from her. As she is tested against demon spawn and foul Continue Reading
Review: Sealed in Sin (The Vessel Trilogy # 2) by Juliette Cross
Sealed in Sin (The Vessel Trilogy # 2) by Juliette Cross Urban Fantasy Released April 21, 2015 Samhain Publishing Reviewed by Sheena In my excitement, the following is mildly spoilery. Book 2 in the Vessel trilogy is wrapped in unpredictability. Though an HEA is expected, the road traveled in this installment is anything but predictable. Sealed in Sin picks up shortly after events in Forged in Fire cemented Genevieve as the most powerful Vessel of Light , the being of which a Continue Reading
Review: Forged in Fire (The Vessel Trilogy # 1) by Juliette Cross
Forged in Fire (The Vessel Trilogy # 1) by Juliette Cross Paranormal /Urban Fiction Released: January 27, 2015 Samhain Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: There on bended knees was Jude. Fists tightly clenched and so, so bloody. his head snapped up, black gaze tormented with despair and helpless rage. Bursting onto his feet, he took in my state of undress as I teetered on the threshold of the door, dazed and terror-striken. He grabbed me by the shoulders, gaze flickering Continue Reading