Review originally posted in June of 2014 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Grim Shadows by Jenn BennettRoaring Twenties #2Paranormal Historical RomanceJune 3, 2014- Berkley After reading the first book in Jenn Bennett’s Roaring Twenties series, Bitter Spirits, my first thought was “why didn’t I pick this up sooner?” Such a great romance. Apparently when you mix bootleggers and speakeasies, ghosts and zombies, one sexy, freckled heroine and a big, scarred hero what you get is complete Continue Reading
Retro Review: Broken Blade by J.C. Daniels
Review originally posted in January of 2014 for Fiction Vixen by Angela. Broken Blade by J.C. DanielsColbana Files #3Urban FantasyJanuary 15, 2014- Self Published To say that I have been anticipating the third book in the Colbana Files would be a huge understatement. The ending of the second book, Night Blade, left me gasping for air, clutching my Kindle, desperate to find out how Kit recovers from her captivity and torture and how she will continue in her relationship with Damon. Continue Reading
Retro Review: Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha
Originally reviewed in March of 2014 for Fiction Vixen by Angela. Beyond Jealousy by Kit RochaBeyond #4Polyamory Dystopia RomanceMarch 15, 2014- Self Published Angela’s Top Ten Reasons You Should Read Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha Finally. Finally we get Ace, Cruz and Rachel’s story. Not going to lie, I was pumped for this ménage, ready to be blown away with woman on man, man on woman on man, man on man, woman on man on man hotness. And I totally was. I mean this IS Kit Rocha and Continue Reading
Retro Review: Kinked by Thea Harrison
Review originally posted in November of 2013 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Kinked by Thea HarrisonElder Races #6Paranormal RomancePublished November 5, 2013 by Berkley The Elder Races is one of those paranormal romance series that seems to be hit or miss with some readers. Not me though, I’ve loved every installment Thea Harrison has released. One of the things I’ve heard over and over when it was announced that this would be Aryal’s story was that readers were concerned because she was Continue Reading
Retro Review: The Love Experiment by Ainslie Paton
Review originally posted in October 2017 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. The first thing you should know before I get into this review is that I’ve never read this author before, so it was the blurb for The Love Experiment that caught my eye and had me hitting my request to review button. Blurb: Can you fall in love in thirty-six questions?The closest rookie lifestyle writer Derelie Honeywell gets to megastar reporter Jackson Haley is an accidental shoulder brush in The Courier’s Continue Reading
Retro Review: Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt
Review originally posted in May of 2016 at Fiction Vixen by Angela. The tenth book in the Maiden Lane series featuring the dastardly, vain Duke of Montgomery has been eagerly anticipated by this reader. I’m always a bit intrigued by the anti-hero and how an author will ultimately redeem him. Or if they can get me to believe their redemption and emotional connection to that one special person who makes them want to become better. There certainly hasn’t been a man who fits the role of Continue Reading
Retro Review: Entreat Me by Grace Draven
Review originally posted in November 2014 as a What To Read Wednesday post at Fiction Vixen by Angela. A couple of weeks ago I featured Master of Crows on a WTRW post. I loved that book so much that I couldn’t wait to dive in and see what else this new to me author had to offer. I settled on her newest release, Entreat Me, a fantasy romance based on the Beauty and the Beast myth. This is the story of a curse laid on a husband and son by a dying wife bent on revenge. During a period Continue Reading
Retro Review: Wicked Abyss by Kresley Cole
Review originally posted at Fiction Vixen in April of 2017 by Angela Wicked Abyss by Kresley ColeImmortals After Dark #18Paranormal RomanceApril 25, 2017 by Gallery Books The eighteenth installment of the best-selling Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole once again shifts away from well-known and loved characters by introducing a reincarnated fey princess and dropping her straight into hell. Because Nix the Ever-Knowing plays a long game. The realm of the Fey Continue Reading
Retro Review: The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan Byrne
Review originally posted on Fiction Vixen in September of 2018 by Angela The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan ByrneVictorian Rebels #6Historical RomanceAugust 28, 2018 by St. Martin's Favorite Quote: There are only two indisputable facts in this world. The sun will set in the west, and I’ll come for you. Always. I adore this author. Absolutely, positively adore. She writes bad boy, tortured anti-heroes like no other. Before reading The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo I Continue Reading
Retro Review: Hurts to Love You by Alisha Rai
Review originally posted at Fiction Vixen in March of 2018 by Angela Hurts to Love You by Alisha RaiForbidden Hearts #3Contemporary RomancePublished March 27, 2018 Hurts to Love You is officially the last book in the Forbidden Hearts series by Alisha Rai, and guys… I am so sad right now. I’m going to miss this family with all their secrets, achingly sexy forbidden relationships and tangled, messy history SO MUCH. The last book features Gabe, Eve and a forced proximity trope that I Continue Reading