The Secret of Bow Lane by Jennifer AshleyA Kat Halloway/ Below Stairs Mystery #6Historical MysteryAugust 2, 2022Berkley Book Summary: In Victorian-era London, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must solve a murder to claim an inheritance she didn’t know she had in a riveting new historical mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Death at the Crystal Palace. A stranger who appears on Kat's doorstep turns out to be one Charlotte Bristow, legal wife of Joe Continue Reading
Review: Midnight Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
Midnight Wolf by Jennifer Ashley Shifters Unbound, #11 Paranormal Romance April 24, 2018 Berkley Favorite Quote: "Goddess damn my brother. I know he's in Summerland but I hope all the shifters there are kicking his sorry ass." Reviewed by Tori Tamsin Calloway, an uncollared shifter, has flown under the radar for years. When she witnesses a brutal murder, she finds herself on the run from the shifter bureau and a relentless tracker. Angus Murray enjoys two things in life, his Continue Reading
Review: Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley
Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley Kat Holloway Mysteries, #1 Historical Mystery/Romance January 2, 2018 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I often pity the upper classes. I have the option to take a job to keep myself fed, no matter how menial the position. Lady Cynthia has no prospects unless she marries and no inheritance unless some benefactor provides it for her. She must beg for room and board from her friends and family, be the poor relation, the spinster no one Continue Reading
Review: Red Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
Red Wolf by Jennifer Ashley Series: Shifter’s Unbound, #10 PNR May 2, 2017 Berkley Favorite Quote: “When you live thousand of years, people who annoy you tend to die off.” Reviewed by Tori Lupine Shifter Dimitri has always had to defend himself to other Shifters. As a red wolf, he’s not considered a “pure” wolf, and the battles have honed him into a tough fighter, a champion of the fight clubs. Jaycee Bordeaux, a leopard Shifter, is Dimitri’s staunchest defender and oldest friend. Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Dimitri. Rare Red Wolf. Tracker. Mate claimed his best friend but she hasn't accepted...yet. Heroine: Jaycee. Also a tracker. Loves Dimitri but isn't sure she wants or can be submissive to a man. Dimitri took her by the hand and led her out, speeding his steps as he got closer and closer to the door. He and Jaycee ran out together into the night, which was finally cool after a day of heat. The parking lot was mostly deserted, the space where Dimitri had left his truck, dark. He Continue Reading
Review: Guardian’s Mate by Jennifer Ashley
Guardian’s Mate by Jennifer Ashley Series: Shifter’s Unbound, #9 PNR September 6, 2016 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I know I’m crazy...It lets me get away with a lot of shit.” Rae Lyall never expected to be chosen by the Goddess as the new Guardian for her Montana Shiftertown. As the first female Guardian ever, she catches quite a bit of backlash from her fellow shifters. Her foster father decides to send her away for training and Rae soon finds herself on a boat in the Continue Reading
Review: White Tiger by Jennifer Ashley
White Tiger by Jennifer Ashley Series: Shifters Unbound, #8 PNR April 5, 2016 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Take one for the team.” Kendrick, an uncollared rare white tiger and Guardian, has been in hiding his people for over 20 years. When their den in infiltrated and his clan is forced to run, Kendrick struggles to find a new place for them to live free of the shifter towns and the dreaded collars forced on them by the humans. A chance meeting with a gorgeous human Continue Reading
Review: A MacKenzie Clan Gathering by Jennifer Ashley
A MacKenzie Clan Gathering by Jennifer Ashley Series: MacKenzies & McBrides, #8.5 Historical Romance/Novella November 17, 2015 InterMix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Beth is not my friend. She is...Everything.” Lord Ian MacKenzie and his family have arrived early to Kilmorgan Castle to celebrate Hart MacKenzie’s upcoming birthday. While there, Ian chances upon thieves stealing the priceless art works littering the galley and decides it is up to him to discover who stole the Continue Reading
Review: The Stolen Mackenzie Bride by Jennifer Ashley
The Stolen Mackenzie Bride by Jennifer Ashley (Mackenzies #8) Released: September 29, 2015 Historical Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "You'll ruin me," she whispered. Malcolm studied her, his amber-colored gaze intense. "Marry me, lass, and I'll ruin ye every day." One of my favorite historical series is Jennifer Ashley's Mackenzie series (starting with Lord Ian - a favorite book of all time). I was thrilled to hear she is changing things up a bit with this Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Malcolm Mackenzie. Youngest of five brothers. Wild, unruly highlander with a heart of gold. I adore him. Heroine: Lady Marry Lennox. Bethrothed to someone else, but can't keep her eyes off of Malcolm. He woos and courts her until he wins her heart. “Am I hurting you?” she asked, worried. Malcolm raised his head, his face more relaxed that she’d ever seen it, even in sleep. “I’m fine, lass.” He closed his large hand around her small one where she gripped him. Continue Reading