Love is one dare neither of them can take… Arabella Stone, Nashville’s darling, is eager to shuck her prim-and-proper rep, and a few wild months spent checking items off her “summer bucket list” is the way to do it. First up: kiss the man she’s crushed on since she wore a training bra, the bad boy of country himself, Blue bassist Charlie Tucker. For Charlie, a beautiful woman flirting with him isn’t out of the norm—but a beautiful woman bolting after the hottest kiss of his life sure is. And Continue Reading

Nineteenth-century, Scotland: When a mad lass in trousers shoots at him, Munro "Bear" MacLawry isn't sure what impresses him more-the girl's sure aim or her irresistibly tempting curves. Catriona MacColl has fled to the Highlands with her half-sister to escape an unwanted wedding, and wants no part of him, nor any man. But he can't abandon the flame-haired, sharp-tongued wildcat now that he's discovered her-not when she fits so perfectly in his arms... Munro has more than earned his Continue Reading

10. Any suggestions? All? *wink* (thanks Mar) 9. You guys!!! An Anne of Green Gables adaptation is coming to Netflix. You can read the details here. I'm soooooo excited. Anne, Gilbert, Diana....the best. 8. Why can't Chris Hemsworth look at me like this? (link) 7. Momoa has a new show coming to Discovery called, Frontier. I have no idea what it is about but I'm going to watch it. Maybe with the volume on mute.   This ... is one hell of a view. Continue Reading

Fate Forgotten by J.L. Sheppard Series: The Fated Immortals, 2 Paranormal Romance Released: August 26, 2016 The Wild Rose Press Reviewed by Sheena Valerie Matlock’s life revolves around her coven. Young and naïve, she knows little about the immortal war brewing until the night her coven is attacked. In the blink of an eye, the family she loves is gone. Devastated, she lays eyes on the angry demon warrior, Jacob Rhodes. A Guardian, he means her no harm, but she fears him as deeply as Continue Reading

My name is Amelia Gray. I am the Graveyard Queen, a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. My father passed down four rules to keep me safe and I've broken every last one. A door has opened and evil wants me back. In order to protect myself, I've vowed to return to those rules. But the ghost of a murdered cop needs my help to find his killer. The clues lead me to the dark side of Charleston—where witchcraft, root doctors and black magic still flourish—and back to John Devlin, a haunted police Continue Reading

Swear on This Life by Renee Carlino Released: August 16, 2016 Contemporary Romance Atria Books Reviewed by Mandi Last year I read, Before We Were Strangers and gave it five stars. Obviously I was anticipating Swear on This Life, but boy did it have the opposite effect on me. Instead of loving and swooning, I disliked and got a bit ragey. Emiline is an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego who also wants her own writing career, but she has yet to be published. She has had a serious Continue Reading

(This is a novella of approximately 36,000 words. Also included is a two-chapter preview of Do You Want to Start a Scandal, releasing 9/27/16.) Beautiful and elegant, Miss Diana Highwood is destined to marry a wealthy, well-placed nobleman. At least that's what her mother has loudly declared to everyone in Spindle Cove. But Diana's not excited by dukes and lords. The only man who makes her heart pound is the village blacksmith, Aaron Dawes. By birth and fortune, they couldn't be more wrong Continue Reading

From Jodi Picoult, one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction, comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish -- and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence. Until the phone calls came at 3:00 A.M. on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of Continue Reading