June 19, 2016

REVIEW: Autumn Princess, Dragon Child by Lian Hearn

JayneBook Reviews / D ReviewsDark Fantasy / epic fantasy / fantasy/scifi / Japan / Series / The Tale of ShikanokoComments Off on REVIEW: Autumn Princess, Dragon Child by Lian Hearn

A self-assured warrior stumbles into a game of Go that turns fatal. An ambitious lord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands. A stubborn father forces his son to give up his wife to his older brother. A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne. ... more >

May 6, 2016

The Water Thief by Jane Kindred

SiriusBook Reviews / D ReviewsFantasy / m/m romance2 Comments

It takes a con to expose a con. But this con could strip their secrets bare. Framed for his twin sister’s murder, Sebastian Swift has been kept drugged in a mental institution since age thirteen, aware of only one horrible fact—every night in his dreams, he drowns. After a freak ... more >

KaetrinB- Reviews / D ReviewsContemporary / novella / PTSD / SEAL24 Comments

Dear Anne Calhoun, It’s no secret I’m a fan of your work. The previous novella in this series, The SEAL’s Secret Lover, was, for me, missing a little something which linked the “hey you’re hot, let’s hook up” and the “let’s get married” but I still enjoyed it. I enjoyed ... more >

March 31, 2016

REVIEW: Enemies of the state (The executive office #1) by Tal Bauer

SiriusD Reviewscontemporary mm romance / politics / thriller8 Comments

A rogue Black Ops unit with the president in their crosshairs. A Secret Service agent who will break every rule. A president falling for the one person he shouldn’t—a man. Newly elected President Jack Spiers’s presidency is rocked from the very beginning, and he’s working furiously to keep the world ... more >

KaetrinD ReviewsCathars / Contemporary / dual-timeline / France / Historical / Knights Templar / medieval / mystery / reincarnation / time slip12 Comments

Historian Lia Carrer has finally returned to southern France, determined to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. But instead of finding solace in the region’s quiet hills and medieval ruins, she falls in love with Raoul, a man whose very existence challenges everything she knows about life–and ... more >

November 3, 2015

REVIEW: One Night by A.J. Pine

JennieD ReviewsCollege basketball / New Adult / physical therapy / trauma4 Comments

Dear A.J. Pine: I’m going to start off by stating that I found One Night to be a very frustrating book, due to the structure and some of the narrative choices. I found it so frustrating that I almost quit reading a couple of times (rare for me), but my ... more >