Review originally posted in July 2013 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. The Gentleman's Keeper by Bonnie Dee and Summer DevonLGBTQ+ Historical RomanceFirst published July 9, 2013 by Samhain PublishingReissued March 13, 2017 by Duet Publishing Too long with nothing intriguing in his life, he decided. Gambling and racing, boxing and dancing, sexual dalliances and alcohol — he’d indulged in every vice and amusement possible for a wealthy man. He’d cut a swath across Europe and ended the Continue Reading
Review: Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe
Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory MarloweContemporary RomanceAugust 20, 2024 by Berkley Review by Angela I'm always up for something new and fresh, and a contemporary romance featuring a web series producer and a paranormal conspiracy theorist who fall in love while investigating Area 51 and looking for bigfoot seemed to fit that bill perfectly. Hallie Barrett is a producer at a company that produces Buzzfeed like content and is kind of in a funk. After breaking it off with Continue Reading
Retro Review: Taken By the Duke by Jess Michaels
Review originally posted in July of 2013 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Taken by the Duke by Jess MichaelsThe Pleasure Wars #1Historical RomanceFirst published July 1, 2013 by The Passionate Pen So you know my name.” She stared at him as if he were daft. “Of course I know your name. I know it as well as my own– it has been pounded into me since nearly the day of my birth, just as I’m certain my family name has been seared into your mind and soul.” For generations the Continue Reading
Review: De-Witched by Sophie H. Morgan
De-Witched by Sophie H. MorganToil and Trouble #2Paranormal RomanceAugust 20, 2024- HarlequinARC Review by Angela De-Witched is the second book in the Toil and Trouble paranormal romance series, and features Leah Turner, the human friend of Emma and Tia, and part owner of the bar Toil and Trouble, and Gabriel Goodnight, a warlock who is thrust into the human world, without full use of his magic, in order to satisfy a condition in his parent's will that would enable him to take over Continue Reading
Retro Review: Taste of Darkness by Katie Reus
Review originally posted in July of 2014 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Taste of DarknessDarkness #2PNRFirst published July 24, 2014 by KR Press I discovered this series after seeing the first book, Darkness Awakened, featured on Dear Author’s Daily Deals. I picked that one up when I realized it was a second chance love storyline. We all know how much I love that trope. It’s like my crack. I enjoyed it so much that when I saw the second book up for review I snapped it up Continue Reading
Review: Dark Restraint by Katee Robert
Dark Restraint by Katee RobertDark Olympus #7Retellings/Contemporary FantasyAugust 6, 2024- SourcebooksARC Review by Angela This series is hit or miss for me. Some of the main characters and pairings I love and some not so much. I keep coming back over and over again because I'm enjoying the ongoing series plot arc and really need to find out what happens. I'm also determined to get to Hera and Zeus's book. This is Ariadne and the Minotaur's story and it's really a tale of Continue Reading
Retro Review: Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston
Review originally posted in March 2015 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Bite Me by Shelly LaurenstonPride #9PNRFirst published March 25, 2014 by Brava There is something about this series that keeps me coming back for more. I love the laugh out loud humor, dialogue and crazy over the top characters. I love how Ms. Laurenston has created characters who in human form embody every trait from their animal sides. I love that the woman are just as blood thirsty and scary as their men. And Continue Reading
Review: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. KingfisherFantasy/Horror/Fairy Tale RetellingAugust 6, 2024- Tor BooksARC Review by Angela I've been in a bit of a book slump this year--constantly starting and stopping books, looking for something to catch my attention. But then a new T. Kingfisher appeared on my Kindle, and I just knew that this would be the thing to kick my reading year back into high gear. Based on this author's previous fantasy/horror titles, I was expecting something dark and Continue Reading
Retro Review: Riveted by Meljean Brook
Review originally posted in September of 2012 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Make sure you check out the whole series- which is fantastic- especially the fourth book, The Kraken King, which is one of my all-time favorites. Riveted by Meljean BrookIron Seas #3Steampunk RomanceFirst published September 4, 2012 by Berkley One of the things I like most about Meljean Brook’s steampunk romance series, Iron Seas, is that you never know exactly what you’re going to get when you open the Continue Reading
Review: The Secret Hook-Up by Pippa Grant
The Secret Hook-Up by Pippa GrantContemporary Romance/Romantic ComedyAugust 1, 2024- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela Whenever I need a bit of a breather from angsty, darker romances I pick up a Pippa Grant romantic comedy. The Secret Hook-Up is listed as being book number six in The Copper Valley Thrusters series, but it's really just an addition into the Pippa Grant Copper Valley universe. There will be many, many, many past characters, across several of her series, who readers Continue Reading