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: 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
Blog Tour and Excerpt- Rise and Divine by Lana Harper
Rise and Divine by Lana HarperThe Witches of Thistle Grove #5Paranormal RomanceAugust 20, 2024- Berkley Praise for the Witches of Thistle Grove novels by Lana Harper: “I am happily and completely under the spell of The Witches of Thistle Grove series.” —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation “Harper knows how to summon a wickedly charming read with Practical Magic vibes.” —Entertainment Weekly “These books are intensely Continue Reading
Spotlight- Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe
Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory MarlowePNR RomanceAugust 20, 2024 by Berkley Summary: The hardest thing for a paranormal conspiracy theorist and a web series producer to believe in is finding love in this swoony debut romantic comedy. Hallie Barrett's life has imploded after she's dumped by her hotshot ex, who also happens to be her coworker and the star of the online series she was producing. Without a new show to present for the company competition, she’ll be out of a job. But Continue Reading
Spotlight- Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLucaBoneyard #1Contemporary PNR RomanceAugust 13, 2024- Berkley About HAUNTED EVER AFTER Small Florida coastal towns often find themselves scrambling for the tourism dollars that the Orlando theme parks leave behind. And within the town limits of Boneyard Key, the residents decided long ago to lean into its ghostliness. Nick Royer, owner of the Hallowed Grounds coffee shop, embraces the ghost tourism that keeps the local economy afloat, as well as his spectral 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: Primal Mirror (Psy-Changeling Trinity #8) by Nalini Singh
Primal Mirror by Nalini SinghParanormal RomanceJuly 23, 2024, by Berkley Review by Melanie A personal note before I start this review: the entire reason I ever picked up a Psy-Changeling book to begin with is because of my friend and former Smexy reviewer, Melinda, who sadly passed away earlier this year. She adored Nalini’s books and was rightfully convinced that I would love the Psy-Changeling series despite my claims that I just didn’t think PNR was for me. To appease her, I picked up Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt- The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton
The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India HoltonLove's Academic #1Historical RomanceJuly 23, 2024- Berkley ABOUT THE ORNITHOLOGIST’S FIELD GUIDE TO LOVE Rivals-to-lovers romance? Only one horse? Enough sapiosexual tension to make one’s reading spectacles a bit foggy? Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols.Beth Continue Reading
Review: The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce
The Ex Vows by Jessica JoyceContemporary RomanceJuly 16, 2024- BerkleyARC Review by Angela Y'all, this book wrecked me. I mean I had high expectations after reading this author's previous release, You, With a View, but I had no idea how utterly ruined I would be after reading. This is a second chance romance, which admittedly is one of my favorite tropes. Maybe because these books have the potential to be so emotionally messy. Maybe because I love seeing people in love make their Continue Reading