Ms. Renfield and the Inheritance Trap Author: Annika Martin Reviewer: Jen Rating: B What I’m Talking About: I’m not sure what I was expecting with Martin’s new Immortal Boss series, but by the end of Ms. Renfield and the Inheritance Trap, I was hooked! Harriet lives above the shop that her mother and grandmother run. […]
Mince Pies and Murder Author: J.R. Leigh Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Christmas comes to a Cornwall seaside village and with it, a murder. Amateur sleuth, Morwenna Mutton, is on the spot and starts investigating, but soon other inexplicable dangerous events with a sinister Santa start happening, too. This is not […]
Mate Author: Ali Hazelwood Reviewer: Jen Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Mate opens with a flashback to the night young Serena was taken from her home where she lived with her negligent mother and her abusive werewolf boyfriend. A group comes in, kills the werewolf, and takes her. Next we are in present day, […]
No Gifts to Bring Author: Kathleen McKee Reviewer: Jen Rating: C- December’s optional theme: Celebration! What I’m Talking About: Note: After reading the first book in the series for review, I discovered this prequel story. According to the author, No Gifts to Bring was originally as standalone book, but readers fell in love with the […]
The Inheritance Author: Ilona Andrews Reviewer: Jen Rating: B What I’m Talking About: The Inheritance opens with a very brief primer on the current state of the world. A decade ago, strange portals started appearing on Earth. When the gates on the portals burst, it allows hordes of monsters into the world. After the first […]
The Heir Author: Darcie Wilde Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: A royal princess stifled in the environment of the rundown palace and her mother’s strict rules yearns for freedom. When she comes across a dead body on the palace grounds, she is determined to investigate. Darcie Wilde’s A Useful Woman- Rosalind […]
Alien Spare Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: His brother and her sister made a royal match after being paired by an alien matching series – that he and she set up for said brother and sister. Now, it’s their turn, and let the hostilities begin because they got […]
Second Chance Romance Author: Olivia Dade Reviewer: Jen Rating: B What I’m Talking About: Olivia Dade is an auto-read author for me. I adore her characters and how she pens a romance. She doesn’t shy away from problematic situations and always delivers an HEA. In Second Chance Romance, the author brings together two lonely people […]
Queen Demon Author: Martha Wells Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Last year, I came to The Rising World series from Martha Wells’ Murderbot series and promptly discovered she was not a one-trick pony. Her fantasy writing has its own voice and a richness of setting, worldbuilding, characters with nuance, and a […]
The Botanist’s Assistant Author: Peggy Townsend Reviewer: Jen Rating: B What I’m Talking About: Margaret hasn’t had the easiest life, but she’s perfectly content working as a lab assistant for the brilliant Dr. Deaver on his groundbreaking cancer treatment research. However, on her 54th birthday, she discovers Deaver dead and despite being told different, knows […]
While It Was Snowing Author: Julia London Reviewer: Jen Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Amy Casey needs some time away from her life… her two teenage boys, her brother, her job, and the ex who wants to reignite their relationship. Wanting to reconnect with her love of painting to see if she can make […]
A Little Holiday Fling Author: Farah Heron Reviewer: Jen Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Ruby and Rashid have a Hallmark-moment meet-cute when Ruby attempts to lug a Christmas tree by herself and ends up running into Rashid. Of course, he offers to help her, but despite an attraction, they are grumpy and sunshine. A […]
You Make It Feel Like Christmas Author: Sophie Sullivan Reviewer: Ang Rating: A What I’m Talking About: You Make it Feel Like Christmas is like enjoying the perfect cup of cocoa with a ginger bread cookie on the side…. Sweet and spicy. The setting is perfection! The characters are completely likable and the struggles are […]
Stilettos and Whiskey Author: Gail Koger Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Her best bud and adopted sister has been her ‘ride or die’ partner in the sheriff’s department. With Gemma away and the family enemies in jail, Julie expects a day on patrol with only the usual callouts coming her way. […]
Mr. Darcy’s Dragon Author: Maria Grace Reviewer: Jen Rating: DNF October’s optional theme: Here There Be Monsters What I’m Talking About: I have heard wonderful things about the Jane Austen’s Dragons series by Maria Grace for years now and thought Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon would be the perfect book to read for this month’s optional […]