Paranormal

REVIEW:  Roaring Midnight (The Gardella Vampire Chronicles) by Colleen Gleason

REVIEW: Roaring Midnight (The Gardella Vampire Chronicles) by Colleen Gleason

Dear Ms. Gleason: I was a tremendous fan of the first of your Gardella Vampire Chronicles series, so I was really excited to hear that you were writing more Gardellas, and intrigued to find they would be set in the 1920′s. Macey Denton works at the library at the University of Chicago. She lives in(…)

REVIEW:  Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley

REVIEW: Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley

Dear Ms. Ashley: One of my favorite historical re-reads is The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie and in Tiger Magic I think I see hints of the same character, although not the same romantic arc. This is the fifth book in the Shifters Unbound series which is an alternate reality contemporary that makes a strong(…)

REVIEW: Dark Lover by JR Ward

REVIEW: Dark Lover by JR Ward

Caught in a Mad Bromance – Dark Lover In Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters (bear with me, I’m going somewhere with this) the witches of Lancre bless the child Tomjon with three gifts: to make friends easily, to always remember the words, and to be who he thinks he is. I read Wyrd Sisters at a(…)

REVIEW:  Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh

REVIEW: Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh

The recommended read review of the long awaited release “Heart of Obsidian”. It will answer many questions and leave you with many more. An intense reading experience.

DA3 Interview & Giveaway: Audiobook Narrator Karen White’s Romance Picks

DA3 Interview & Giveaway: Audiobook Narrator Karen White’s Romance Picks

Samuel Johnson observed, “A writer only begins a book. The reader finishes it.” With an audiobook, a voice is added to that mix, one that can profoundly affect the reader’s experience of the story. Audiobook narration is an art and craft that’s long fascinated me, and June Is Audiobook Month, so I’m very excited to(…)

REVIEW: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris

REVIEW: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris

Dear Ms. Harris: Now that I read so much in digital, I don’t pay as much attention to book covers as I used to. But the cover for Dead Ever After says so much about the book itself, that I’m tempted to tell people who wonder how the series ends to take their cues from(…)

REVIEW:  Russian Prey by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

REVIEW: Russian Prey by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

Book eight in assassin/shifter series Special Agent Keegan Ripley has watched, listened to and fantasized about the notorious Vicious Vince Markov for more than a decade. Now he has been assigned the task of going undercover in Rio to convince Markov to meet with FBI bosses about joining forces. After meeting Vince in a gay(…)

REVIEW:  A Stitch in Time by Amanda James

REVIEW: A Stitch in Time by Amanda James

A stitch in time saves nine …or does it? Sarah Yates is a thirty-something history teacher, divorced, disillusioned and desperate to have more excitement in her life. Making all her dreams come true seems about as likely as climbing Everest in stilettos. Then one evening the doorbell rings and the handsome and mysterious John Needler(…)

REVIEW:  Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost

REVIEW: Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost

Dear Ms. Frost: I think I received this book in paper format, but I actually bought the digital copy when it was released on Tuesday because that is my preferred way of reading. I bought the book for three reasons. First, I had read the first one and it ended in somewhat of a cliffhanger(…)

REVIEW:  Lover At Last by J.R. Ward

REVIEW: Lover At Last by J.R. Ward

Dear Ms. Ward: I’ll be honest — I was a rabid fan of the first three books in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. In fact, I’ll still pull out Lover Eternal sometimes, because I enjoy Rhage and Mary’s story so much. But as the series turned more towards Urban Fantasy and became more epic in(…)

REVIEW:  Temping Is Hell by Cathy Yardley

REVIEW: Temping Is Hell by Cathy Yardley

Dear Ms. Yardley: While I liked the narrator’s voice and found some aspects of this story funny, the lack of movement in the plot and the overall mishmash of world building left me puzzled and deflated at the end. Kate O’Hara is presented as this conflicting mass of extraordinary capabilities and super screw up. Despite(…)

REVIEW:  Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

REVIEW: Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

Dear Ms. Briggs: I am constantly amazed at how consistently good these books are.  I don’t mind waiting a year between books if it means that each story is as good as the last one.  “Frost Burned” is the seventh book in the Mercedes Thompson series.  Mercedes is an auto repair mechanic and coyote, a(…)

REVIEW:  Waterwitch by Juliet Dark

REVIEW: Waterwitch by Juliet Dark

Dear Ms. Dark: There are spoilers in here for the first book, Demon Lover. I was drawn to this in part by the cover and in part by the suggestion that fans of Elizabeth Kostova and Deborah Harkness would enjoy this. I have yet to pick up one of Harkness’s books but I remember being(…)

REVIEW:  The Lost Soul by Gabriella Pierce

REVIEW: The Lost Soul by Gabriella Pierce

Dear Gabriella Pierce: I will never fully understand how anyone could claim the short-lived ABC TV series, 666 Park Avenue, was based on this series. They have completely different premises. The TV show was about an apartment building that granted your desires — but for a price. The book series is about a young woman(…)

REVIEW:  Going Under (A Bound by Magick Novel) by Lauren Dane

REVIEW: Going Under (A Bound by Magick Novel) by Lauren Dane

Dear Ms. Dane: Your Bound by Magick series is my favorite of your paranormal series. Clan Owen, one of the largest and oldest covens of witches in the United States is recovering from the horror of the Magister, a superpowered enemy that annihilated much of witch-kind, but was beaten back at the end of the(…)