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Review: The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon

April 28, 2022 by Angela Leave a Comment

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahonGothic Horror/SuspenseApril 26, 2022, by Gallery/Scout PressARC Review by Angela I've kind of been on a gothic suspense/horror kick for the last couple of years. In between my romance and mysteries, I find myself reaching for something with that creepy, dark, scare factor. I discovered this author last year when she released The Drowning Kind and immediately added her to my auto-buy shelf. The Children on the Hill is told in alternating Continue Reading

Angela’s Minis- Beneath the Stairs Jennifer Fawcett and The Last Eligible Billionaire by Pippa Grant

April 7, 2022 by Angela Leave a Comment

Beneath the Stairs by Jennifer FawcettGothic Mystery/Suspense2/22/22 by AtriaARC I picked up Beneath the Stairs for two reasons: this is a new to me author and I'm always on the lookout for new authors in genres I enjoy and the summary sounded interesting. This book had everything to keep me engaged... a ramshackle house out in the woods, rumored ghosts of a murdered family, two women haunted by their visit inside the house as young girls, and chapters that skip from past to present-day Continue Reading

Review: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

March 17, 2022 by Angela Leave a Comment

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. JamesGothic MysteryMarch 15, 2022, by Berkley BooksARC Review by Angela I will pretty much read anything Simone St. James writes. After glomming her backlist a couple of years ago, I was eager to read her latest whodunit, featuring a true-crime sleuth and the one case that still baffles a small well-to-do community. Set in Claire Lake, Oregon, The Book of Cold Cases starts out slowly by introducing Shea Collins, by day a receptionist at a medical Continue Reading

Angela’s TBR Update

August 12, 2020 by Angela 1 Comment

Y'all... I have seven thousand books on my ARC spreadsheet to read, but instead, I keep picking up random new releases and books from my TBR that I've been meaning to read instead. Why am I like this? I've been on a historical mystery kick lately, right now I'm alternating between Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series and Simone St. James's backlist of wonderful gothic/ghost story mysteries. I'm having so much fun. The Veronica Speedwell Series: A Curious Beginning (A Veronica Continue Reading

Angela’s Minis- Book Reviews for books by Lisa Kleypas and Simone St. James

February 19, 2020 by Angela Leave a Comment

Chasing Cassandra is the sixth book in the Ravenels series by Lisa Kleypas and I couldn't wait to read Tom and Cassandra's love story. From glancing at the ratings and reviews on Goodreads I think I'm the only reader in Romancelandia who didn't absolutely love this book. LOL. Not that I didn't enjoy my time spent reading, because I did, but it didn't blow me away. Tom and Cassandra meet by chance at her sister Poppy's wedding and it is lust at first sight for Tom. Cassandra on the other hand Continue Reading

Review: The Visitor by Amanda Stevens

March 23, 2016 by Tori 8 Comments

The Visitor by Amanda Stevens Series: Graveyard Queen, #4 Gothic Horror/Fantasy/Romance March 29, 2016 Mira Joint Review Tori and Pam Favorite Quote: “Take nothing, leave nothing behind.” My name is Amelia Gray. I'm the Graveyard Queen. Restoring lost and abandoned cemeteries is my profession, but I'm starting to believe that my true calling is deciphering the riddles of the dead. Legend has it that Kroll Cemetery is a puzzle no one has ever been able to solve. For over half a Continue Reading

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