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Retro Review: Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter

August 8, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted 8/8/2016 by Tori. Blood of the Earth by Faith HunterSeries: Soulwood, #1Urban FantasyAugust 2, 2016ROC Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I am not a witch. I am something far more dangerous.” When Nell Ingram met skinwalker Jane Yellowrock, she was almost alone in the world, exiled by both choice and fear from the cult she was raised in, defending herself with the magic she drew from her deep connection to the forest that surrounds her. Now, Jane Continue Reading

New Releases- Week of August 4-8, 2025

August 5, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Well, Actually: A Novel by Mazey EddingsAMZ * BN * K * GP If Not for My Baby by Kate GoldenAMZ * BN * K * GP Anywhere With You by Ellie PalmerAMZ * BN * K * GP A Beginner's Guide to Forever: A Novel by Kendall RyanAMZ * BN * K * GP The Build-a-Boyfriend Project: A Novel by Mason DeaverAMZ * BN * K * GP Pick Me by Victoria SchadeAMZ * BN * K * GP Once Upon a Time in Dollywood by Ashley JordanAMZ * BN * K * GP He Falls First (Colburn Brothers Book 1) Continue Reading

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August 4, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

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August 1, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Sizzling chemistry and tender friendship develops between two accidental roommates in this hilarious rom-com from the author of As Seen on TV.Sabrina is too busy with grad school and her job as a library page to think about dating. Until her elderly roommate Marcia invites her estranged grandson Adam to move into their two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan temporarily to “find himself.” Sabrina doesn’t mind sharing the small space with Adam if it helps Marcia repair her relationship with her Continue Reading

Retro Review: Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne

August 1, 2025 by Angela 1 Comment

Review originally posted 8/1/2017 by Mandi. Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne (Spymasters #6)Released: August 1, 2017Historical RomanceBerkley Reviewed by Mandi Severine de Cabrillac, orphan of the French revolution and sometime British intelligence agent, has tried to leave spying behind her. Now she devotes herself to investigating crimes in London and finding justice for the wrongly accused. Raoul Deverney, an enigmatic half-Spaniard with enough secrets to earn even a Continue Reading

Review: August Lane by Regina Black

July 30, 2025 by Melanie Leave a Comment

August Lane by Regina BlackContemporary RomanceJuly 29, 2025, by Grand Central Publishing Review by Melanie I became an immediate fan of this author after reading her debut novel, The Art of Scandal and awaited her second novel with great anticipation. August Lane does not disappoint in that regard. If anything, it takes the drama found in her first novel and increases it by a hundred times. This book is all caps DRAMA.  The titular heroine in August Lane is the daughter of a Continue Reading

New Releases- Week of July 28- August 1, 2025

July 29, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Give Me a Reason: A Novel by Jayci LeeAMZ * BN * K * GP The Brave and the Reckless: A Bravetown Novel by Dilan DyerAMZ * BN * K * GP The Chemistry Test by Georgina FrankieAMZ * BN * K * GP One More Time by Emily S. MorrisAMZ * BN * K * GP The Code for Love: A Spicy Workplace Rivals STEMinist Rom Com by Anne MarshAMZ * BN * K * GP Love Blooms: Juniper Creek Series by Charmaine M. AlvaradoAMZ * BN * K * GP Under Locke & Key by Tristen CroneAMZ * BN * K Continue Reading

Monday Morning Book News!

July 28, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

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Review: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

July 24, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno- GarciaGothic Historical Fantasy/HorrorJuly 16, 2025-- Del ReyARC Review by Angela Once again Silvia Moreno Garcia hits it out of the park with this dark, witchy tale told in three alternate timelines that intersect in a thrilling climax. 1908 Mexico- Alba is a young woman living on her family's farm, mourning the death of her father and doing her best to help her mother with the younger children, when her uncle comes to visit. After the Continue Reading

New Releases- Week of July 21-25, 2025

July 22, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Love Is a War Song by Danica NavaAMZ * BN * K * GP Heart Marks the Spot by Libby HubscherAMZ * BN * K * GP Out Of Office by Jessa TidewellAMZ * BN * K * GP Up in Smoke (The Bunkhouse Book 3) by Lainey LawsonAMZ * BN * K * GP And They Were Neighbors (Juniper Creek Romances Book 1) by Brenna BaileyAMZ * BN * K * GP Wild Rose: The BRAND NEW must-read small-town cowboy romance series! (Blue River Springs Book 1) by Roxanne TullyAMZ * BN * K * GP Settling Continue Reading

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