Bull Moon Rising by Ruby DixonRoyal Artifactual Guild #1Romantic FantasyOctober 15, 2024- BerkleyARC Review by Angela When Lady Aspeth Honori, the bookish daughter of a Holder, discovers her father has gambled away all of the family's artifacts she makes the decision to travel to Royal Artifactual Guild and enroll to become an artificer. The only problem is that the Guild doesn't accept women into the program without a chaperone and Aspeth only has her maid as company. Hawk, a Continue Reading
Review: Murder in Berkley Square by Vanessa Riley
Murder in Berkley Square by Vanessa RileyLady Worthing Mysteries #3Historical MysterySeptember 24, 2024, by Kensington BooksARC Review by Angela It's Christmas and Abigail Carrington Monroe, aka Lady Worthing, has just received a letter from her estranged, absent husband informing her that he won't be coming home for the holidays. This is not a surprise to Abby, but the other contents of the letter are, and now she must make some decisions about her life and well-being going forward. Continue Reading
Review: The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning
The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie MoningThe Watch Hill Trilogy #1Urban Fantasy RomanceOctober 1, 2024- William Morrow Review by Angela As soon as I found out this author was releasing a new series, I added it to my TBR list. Karen Marie Moning is an author I've loved, from her old school romances to her more urban fantasy like Fever series. And while I kind of quit the Fever series as it evolved from a MacKayla to a Dani storyline (the last book I read in the series was Iced), Continue Reading
Review: The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally CarterContemporary Romance/Mystery RomanceSeptember 24, 202424- Avon Review by Angela I wasn't sure what to expect going into this book, my first by Ally Carter, but I fell in love with the blurb and the idea of a Knives Out murder mystery, locked room romance and decided to grab it when it came up for review. Maggie Chase is a best-selling author of cozy mysteries who doesn't care for the Christmas season. Ethan Wyatt's recently penned Continue Reading
Retro Review: Twisted by Elisabeth Naughton
Review originally posted in September of 2014 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Twisted by Elisabeth NaughtonEternal Guardians #7Paranormal RomancePublished September 29, 2014 by Elisabeth Naughton Nick –Leader of the half-breeds and the last true hero. He’s spent his life fighting a dark pull toward the gods. A pull he now knows is linked to his father Krónos and the Titan’s plan to escape from the Underworld. “Finally! Nick’s book!” were my exact thoughts when I found out the Continue Reading
Retro Review: Thank You for Riding by Cara McKenna
Review originally posted in April of 2013 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Thank You for Riding by Cara McKenna (Meg Maguire)Contemporary Short StoryFirst published April 2, 2013 by SamhainReissued December 14, 2017 by Cara McKenna The first time Caitlin met Mark they were both sitting in the Red Cross donating platelets. They share a brief flirtation from across the room, mouthing words to each other, sharing a laugh and admiring the other’s ability to squeeze their stress balls. Continue Reading
Retro Review: Wicked After Midnight by Delilah S. Dawson
Review originally posted in January of 2014 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Wicked After Midnight by Delilah S. DawsonBlud #3Steampunk PNR RomanceFirst published January 28, 2014 by Pocket Books Wicked After Midnight just proves that you never quite know what you’re going to get when you open another installment in the Blud series and journey back into the world of Sang. So far we’ve been introduced to Criminy Stain’s caravan and met his carnivalleos, traveled long distances on land Continue Reading
Review: So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
So Thirsty by Rachel HarrisonParanormal/HorrorSeptember 10, 2024- Berkley Review by Angela Rachel Harrison is a new to me author and I've circled around her books for a while now. I will admit that a story about best friends turned bloodthirsty vampires appealed to me, which is why I finally hit that request button when it came up for review. This is the story of two best friends, complete opposites in every way, who get caught up in a terrifying situation. Sloane Parker is a Continue Reading
Retro Review: Courting Carolina by Janet Chapman
Review originally posted in August of 2012 by Angela at Fiction Vixen Courting Carolina by Janet ChapmanSpellbound Falls #3Magic/Fantasy RomanceFirst published August 28, 2012 by Berkley For those of you who aren’t familiar with Janet Chapman, she writes contemporary romances with a time travel/paranormal twist. I actually picked up her first release at a grocery store about 10 years ago and was so charmed that I’ve continued with every single new release she has put out since Continue Reading
Review: The Broken Kingdom Series, books 1-3 by LJ Andrews
I actually read the spin-off of this series, The Ever Seas, earlier this year and really enjoyed. I've always read a lot of fantasy and romantic fantasy which means I am positively delighted by this romantasy trend. Not all the choices available in Kindle Unlimited are well written or even unique, but occasionally I'll hit on a few gems. I didn't realize The Ever Seas series was a spin-off until I got quite a bit into the first book, but I immediately went to the author's page and did a little Continue Reading