The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E HarrowFantasySeptember 10, 2019 by RedhookARC I had zero expectations when I requested this book for review. The cover is what first drew me in and the blurb is what had me hitting the request button. Blurb: In the early 1900s, a young woman searches for her place in the world after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
Need You Now by Molly O’Keefe- Unless you’re new here, (which if you are, welcome) you know that I am a O’Keefe fan girl. When I saw Need You Now, I knew I needed it. It is part of The Debt series. I think I’ve read most of this series. It’s kind of dark y’all. The heroine spends time in a juvenile detention program that puts her in the home of an abuser. If that is a trigger, please do not read this book. It is probably better if you have read at least the first two books in the series to Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday ARC Reviews: Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Lord of the Last Heartbeat by May Peterson
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie DunmoreA League of Extraordinary Women #1Historical Romance September 3, 2019 by BerkleyARC This was a pleasant surprise! I love it when a debut author exceeds my expectations and leaves me looking forward to the next release in the series. Bringing Down the Duke is set in the late 1800s, and features a heroine who has secured a scholarship to Oxford and is involved in the suffrage movement in England. She, quite by accident and without knowing his Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
This week I have mini reviews for three books by new to me authors. The Blacksmith Queen by G.A. Aiken- I rarely read outside contemporary but when Jane, the Kensington publicist, told me about this book I felt compelled to read it. She described it as feminist and humorous with a kick ass heroine and a shifter/centaur hero. All of those things are correct. Seriously, a sure fire way to sell me on a book is to tell me that it is feminist. The heroine, Keeley is a magnificent blacksmith Continue Reading
Review: Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall (Helyce is back!)
Review by Helyce - I’m back!Death of Darkness by Dianne DuvallImmortal Guardians #9Paranormal RomanceAugust 20, 2019 I have been waiting 8 years for Seth’s book. Since book one in 2011, and in each book released thereafter, Seth-the self-imposed leader of the Immortal Guardians has remained a mystery. One of a small group of beings referred to as The Others, Seth defected from them years and years ago when he fell in love with a human woman. In present day, he leads his Guardians to Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday ARC Reviews: The Blacksmith Queen by GA Aiken and Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews
The Blacksmith Queen by GA AikenThe Scarred Earth Saga #1Fantasy RomanceAugust 27, 2019 by KensingtonARC The Blacksmith Queen was just what I needed last week. If you are familiar with GA Aiken/Shelly Laurenston then you know how much humor and zaniness are packed into her storytelling. Her over the top characters, the wonderful, sometimes bloody and violent, yet loyal extended family, the broad, interesting worldbuilding, and the fierce women who are the center of everything. THIS IS BOOK Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday ARC Reviews: Amy Harmon, Hailey Edwards, and Lorraine Heath
The First Girl Child by Amy HarmonFantasyAugust 20, 2019 by 47NorthARC This was a very different book than the previous fantasy releases I've read by this author. I would say that I was expecting more of a romance based fantasy and what I got was more of an epic fantasy with romance woven in. Still overwhelmingly lovely and beautifully written, just not exactly what I was expecting. The First Girl Child is a story of love, power, greed, selflessness, and honor. When a young battle Continue Reading
Review: Quiet Man by Kristen Ashley
I’ve skipped the last couple of books by Kristen Ashley because I heard a lot of not great things about them. Plus I am still not over how disappointing Luci & Hap’s story was in Loose Ends last year. I wanted so much more for them. Anyway, when I heard about Ashley’s upcoming series with Forever Romance, out next year, that is a spin off of the Dream Man series, I had a renewed interest in her books. Quiet Man is a novella that serves as a nice introduction to the new series. It was 100% Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday Thoughts
Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLeanThe Bareknuckle Bastards #2Historical RomanceJuly 30, 2019 by AvonARC I loved this book. In every way. From the first word until the last had I heart eyes and a big ole smile on my face. My kindle copy has seven million highlights because Hattie and Whit had the most wonderful back and forth banter and I didn't want to forget a single word. Even the secondary characters are amazing. I think Nora, Hattie's sister of the heart, ride or die BFF, is one of my Continue Reading
Four reasons to start the Four Horseman series by Laura Thalassa
The Four Horsemen series by Laura Thalassa is all of the sexy, epic fantasy that I've been missing during my most unwanted reading slump. Aside from the occasional highlight (hello, all things Nalini Singh and the always reliable Kennedy Ryan and Ruby Dixon) it's been a rather 'meh' reading year. And then I see this gorgeous cover for War on my timeline, and I'm reminded that I've yet to read book 1, Pestilence of the Four Horseman series, that's been perched on my shelf for months. I knew War Continue Reading