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Retro Review: Must Love Fangs by Jessica Sims

May 2, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted as a What-To-Read-Wednesday at Fiction Vixen in August of 2013 by Angela. (For those of you who don't know- Jessica Sims is also Jessica Clare who is also Jill Myles. Just in case you love this author's voice and might have missed a few releases over the years.) Must Love Fangs by Jessica SimsMidnight Liaisons #3Paranormal RomanceOriginally Published: August 27, 2013 by Pocket Books Must Love Fangs is the third book in the Midnight Liaisons series by Continue Reading

Retro Review: The Viking Queen’s Men by Holley Trent

April 4, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted April 16, 2018 by Mandi at Smexy. The Viking Queen’s Men by Holley Trent (Afótama Legacy #1)Released: October 2014Paranormal M/F/MSelf Published Is there anything better than a book recommendation via Twitter? I love it when people are enthusiastic about a book. Thanks to Lillie, I saw her telling everyone to read this, and I hopped on that train. I didn’t even read the blurb – so imagine my surprise when this turned out to be a male/female/male Continue Reading

Retro Review: White Knight by Kelly Meade

December 6, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted in January of 2015 at Fiction Vixen by Angela. White Knight by Kelly MeadeCornerstone Run Trilogy #3PNRPublished January 20, 2015 by Intermix I’ve been eagerly anticipating the final installment of the Cornerstone Run trilogy. While each book tells the story of a different brother, Knight is at the center of the main plot and the one who has been victimized the most. This urban fantasy trilogy revolves around the McQueen brothers and their run’s battle Continue Reading

Retro Review: Gray Bishop by Kelly Meade

November 29, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted in October of 2014 at Fiction Vixen by Angela. Gray Bishop by Kelly MeadeCornerstone Run Trilogy #2PNRPublished October 21, 2014 by Intermix Gray Bishop is the second book in the Cornerstone Run Trilogy, and while I had some problems with the romance in Black Rook, the world-building and premise of this series had me looking forward to the next two releases. Bishop and Jillian, our main characters, feature prominently in the first book and I was very much Continue Reading

Retro Review: Black Rook by Kelly Meade

November 22, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted in July of 2014 at Fiction Vixen by Angela. Black Rook by Kelly MeadeCornerstone Run Trilogy #1PNRPublished July 15, 2015 by Intermix Black Rook is the first book in the new Cornerstone trilogy by Kelly Meade (aka Kelly Meding). This new series centers around a Loup Garou run and the three sons of the Alpha. The McQueen brothers are all vastly different and each story will focus on one brother and give them their own HEA, but will have a story arc that Continue Reading

Retro Review: Lord’s Fall by Thea Harrison

November 8, 2024 by Angela 1 Comment

Originally posted in November of 2012 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Lord's Fall by Thea HarrisonElder Races #5PNRPublished November 6, 2012 by Berkley Lord’s Fall is the fifth book in the Elder Races series by Thea Harrison and brings us back to the couple that started it all, Dragos and Pia. I am one of those readers who has loved each book in this series. I haven’t been disappointed with any of these stories. With the return of this couple we get to see how the events of the last Continue Reading

Retro Review: The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston

October 18, 2024 by Angela 1 Comment

Review originally posted on Fiction Vixen in March of 2016 by Angela. The Undoing by Shelly LaurenstonCall of Crows #2PNRFirst Published March 29, 2016 by Kensington I read Shelly Laurenston when I need something just a little bit crazy, but a whole lot funny. Anyone who has enjoyed either her Pride series or Dragon series written under the pen name G.A. Aiken knows exactly what I’m talking about. The Undoing is the second book in the Call of Crows series and features Jace, Continue Reading

Retro Review: Twisted by Elisabeth Naughton

September 27, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted in September of 2014 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Twisted by Elisabeth NaughtonEternal Guardians #7Paranormal RomancePublished September 29, 2014 by Elisabeth Naughton Nick –Leader of the half-breeds and the last true hero. He’s spent his life fighting a dark pull toward the gods. A pull he now knows is linked to his father Krónos and the Titan’s plan to escape from the Underworld. “Finally! Nick’s book!” were my exact thoughts when I found out the Continue Reading

Retro Review: Wicked After Midnight by Delilah S. Dawson

September 13, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted in January of 2014 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Wicked After Midnight by Delilah S. DawsonBlud #3Steampunk PNR RomanceFirst published January 28, 2014 by Pocket Books Wicked After Midnight just proves that you never quite know what you’re going to get when you open another installment in the Blud series and journey back into the world of Sang. So far we’ve been introduced to Criminy Stain’s caravan and met his carnivalleos, traveled long distances on land Continue Reading

Review: De-Witched by Sophie H. Morgan

August 21, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

De-Witched by Sophie H. MorganToil and Trouble #2Paranormal RomanceAugust 20, 2024- HarlequinARC Review by Angela De-Witched is the second book in the Toil and Trouble paranormal romance series, and features Leah Turner, the human friend of Emma and Tia, and part owner of the bar Toil and Trouble, and Gabriel Goodnight, a warlock who is thrust into the human world, without full use of his magic, in order to satisfy a condition in his parent's will that would enable him to take over Continue Reading

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