Our Authors After Dark 2012 Spotlights continue with the hilarious and very talented Amanda Carlson. I admit I have a special love for anyone who outshines me in their love of bacon, the rooftop scene in Hangover, and the Madagascar penguins cartoon. Amanda burst on the scene with her action packed debut urban fantasy novella, Blooded, in 2012. Blooded grabbed everyone’s interest with the introduction of a snarky kick ass heroine named Jessica McClain. Jessica is a female werewolf born in a time Continue Reading
Review: Crazy on You by Rachel Gibson
Crazy On You by Rachel Gibson (Lovett, Texas #2) Romantic Contemporary Novella May 1, 2012 Reviewed by Tori Crazy On You is a short story by Rachel Gibson. In here we return to Lovett, Texas and meet Lily Darlington. Lily is the sister to Daisy (Daisy’s Back In Town) and has finally got her life on track. Her cheating ex-husband is paying attention to their child, her spa business is making money, and no one has called her “crazy Lily” for a couple months now. When Tucker Matthews Continue Reading
Review: Silence by Michelle Sagara
Silence (Queen Of The Dead #1) Michelle Sagara Urban Fantasy YA May 1, 2012 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’m surprised she’d ever want to speak to me again. She almost died there.“ “You almost died there as well.” “Yes, but I can’t get away from me.” Emma is your average normal teenager who has had more than her fair share of grief. First her father passes away, then she loses her boyfriend in a fatal car accident. Emma tries to gain some sense of peace by visiting the Continue Reading
Review: The Prophet by Amanda Stevens
The Prophet (Graveyard Queen #3) by Amanda Stevens Paranormal Horror April 24, 2012 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Never bargain with the dead. We have nothing to lose. “ Amelia Gray has come back to Charleston on the heels of a text supposedly sent by the man she loves, Detective John Devlin, telling her he needs her. She returns only to find him in the arms of another woman. Amelia feels betrayed but knows she has no rights to Devlin since she was the one who pushed him away and Continue Reading
Review: Royal Street by Suzanne Johnson
Royal Street (Sentinels of New Orleans #1) By Suzanne Johnson Urban Fantasy April 10, 2012 Tor Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “ Who summoned you? I bet it was the mayor. He’s been showing signs of post traumatic stress.” Drusilla Jaco is a junior wizard who stands as sentinel between the mortal world and the beyond in her beloved New Orleans. As hurricane Katrina hits and her mentor, Gerry disappears, DJ finds herself in over her head as boundaries weaken between the planes and Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Cat Grant
Our Authors After Dark 2012 Authors Spotlight continues with the delectable and erotic writer Cat Grant. This EPIC award-winning author lives by the sea in beautiful Monterey, California, with one persnickety feline and entirely too many books and DVDs. When she's not writing, she sings along (badly!) to whatever's on her iPod shuffle, watches lots of movies, and fantasizes about kinky sex with Michael Fassbender. Currently publishing with Ellora’s Cave, and Riptide Publishing, Ms Grant Continue Reading
Review: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Memoir /Humor April 12, 2012 Putnan Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!“ Everyone who is anyone, well, anyone who appreciates insane, questionable, depraved humor, knows who Jenny Lawson is. She is the voice behind The Bloggess, a blog that crosses all lines, pokes all chickens, and usually leaves me laughing so hard I have found it’s in my best interest to get dressed on AFTER I have read her latest post. Continue Reading
Review: Shadow’s Fall by Dianne Sylvan
Shadow’s Fall (Shadow World #3) by Dianne Sylvan Urban Fantasy March 27, 2012 Ace Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I love you. I love you, Miranda. I will always- “ Shadow’s Fall takes place three years after Shadowflame. David and Miranda have moved past the events that took place in Shadowflame and their love has survived and blossomed into something more than just the soul mate bond that binds them to one another. The Signet Council is having its ten year meeting and Continue Reading
Review: White Witch by Trish Milburn
White Witch by Trish Milburn YA Paranormal March 1, 2012 Bell Bridge Books Reviewed by Tori Jax Pherson is a sixteen year old witch. Born into a powerful dark magic coven led by her father, Jax watched her mother die when she tried to leave. From that day on, she saved and plotted until she was able to escape the coven. Now hiding in North Carolina, Jax is going to school under an assumed name and making friends. All she has to do is deny the calling of the dark power inside of her Continue Reading
Review: The Thirteenth Sacrifice by Debbie Viguie
The Thirteenth Sacrifice (Witch HUnt #1) by Debbie Viguie Supernatural Horror Suspense April 3, 2012 Signet Imprint Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I can barely live with the things I have done. How can I ask him too? “ Samantha Ryan grew up in one of Salem’s most powerful covens until a spell worked by her coven destroyed them all...except for her. Found and adopted, Samantha suppressed her traumatic childhood and did everything possible to distance herself from the evil that Continue Reading