THE MATZAH BALL by Jean Meltzer Holiday Romance Publication Date: September 28, 2021 Publisher: MIRA Books Book Summary: Oy! to the world Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family. Her talent has made her a bestseller even as her chronic illness has always kept the kind of love she writes about out of reach. But when her Continue Reading
Melinda’s Minis: Learned Behaviors by Jayce Ellis & We Could be Heroes by Mike Chen
Learned Behaviors by Jayce EllisHigher Education #1LBGT Contemporary RomanceNovember 9, 2020 by Carina Press I’m generally not a reader who gravitates to single father stories but this cover drew me in because it’s gorgeous. This story has so much going on, but all of it works together. Two single men, with families, both with heavy work loads, working together and fighting their growing attraction. I really enjoyed the subplot there is with their two daughters also being in love Continue Reading
Review: Fury by Rachel Vincent
Fury by Rachel Vincent Menagerie #3 Urban Fantasy October 30, 2018 by MIRA Favorite Quote: "I love you. I have always loved you. And when I die, it will be with your name on my lips." Reviewed by Angela Wow. I've anxiously awaited the conclusion to the Menagerie series for some time, but now that I've read it I'm kind of at a loss. I don't know exactly how I feel. Maybe it's because this series has been so sad and terrible at times, the treatment of the cryptids so horrific, Continue Reading
Review: The Lucky Ones by Tiffany Reisz
The Lucky Ones by Tiffany Reisz Mystery Suspense/Gothic Horror February 13, 2018 Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The girl in the tower is a romantic image to anybody but the girl in the tower.” They were called “The Lucky Ones; ” the foster children who were chosen to live with the wealthy Dr. Vincent Capello at his beach house, nicknamed the Dragon, in Clark Beach, OR. Allison Lamarque looks back on those idyllic days fondly, except for the part where she almost died and Continue Reading
Review: The Awkward Path to Getting Lucky by Summer Heacock
The Awkward Path to Getting Lucky by Summer Heacock Romantic Comedy July 25, 2017 MIRA Reviewed by Kini In thirty-four days, it will have been exactly two years to the day since I've had sex. Having sex wasn't exactly high on Kat Carmichael's priority list while her successful bakery was taking off, especially since things hadn't been working very well in that department. And the last time she and her boyfriend, Ryan, even attempted the act, they found it to be physically Continue Reading
Review: The Awakening by Amanda Stevens
The Awakening by Amanda Stevens Series: The Graveyard Queen, #6 PNR Suspense/Mystery March, 20167 Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "Shush...lest she awaken..." Amelia Grey, a professional cemetery restorer know as The Graveyard Queen, has been awarded the bid to restore the Woodbine Cemetery. Woodbine has long been considered the final resting place for the mistakes and indiscretions of the elite and wealthy Charleston families. When Amelia encounters an elaborate child’s Continue Reading
Review: Stalked by Elizabeth Heiter
Stalked by Elizabeth Heiter Series: The Profiler, #4 Mystery/Thriller December 27, 2016 Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: If you're reading this, I'm already dead… Stalked is book four in Elizabeth Heiter’s suspense filled FBI Profiler series. Easily read as a stand alone, this police procedural fueled thriller offers a convoluted mystery and low key romance elements. Based on special agent Evelyn Baine, Heiter leads our heroine back into the fray when she is tasked with helping Continue Reading
Review: The Sinner by Amanda Stevens
The Sinner by Amanda Stevens Series: The Graveyard Queen, #5 PNR Suspense/Mystery September 27, 2016 Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Tread carefully...trust no one.” Amanda Stevens’s Graveyard Queen series is a dark paranormal mystery suspense series that is drenched in southern style gothic horror. Even five stories in, Stevens’s powerful voice continues to wrap her readers in a chilling embrace as she gently guilds them through her world of spirits, superstition, and death Continue Reading
Review: The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz
The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz Women's Fiction/Historical/Mystery/Interracial June 28, 2016 Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We tell ourselves lies to survive when we know the truth will kill us.” A mysterious woman attempts to steal a piece of her past only to be detained by its current owner. When she makes him an offer he can’t refuse, the unknown story of how one of the richest and most distinguished bourbon empires, Red Thread, rose and fell, in return for the very Continue Reading
Review: The Visitor by Amanda Stevens
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