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Review for Hoax for Hire
Blurb: The McNeil family has always been professional hoaxers—tricking bystanders into believing they’re seeing legendary creatures like...
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Nov 8, 20212 min read


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Nov 1, 20210 min read


Happy Halloween! A Treat for You!
It's that spooky time of year! Time to carve the pumpkins and greet all the little monsters who come to your door. It's also a time for...
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Oct 29, 20211 min read


Review for The Fall of the House of Cabal
Blurb: Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has come into possession of a vital clue that may lead him to his ultimate...
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Oct 25, 20212 min read


Review for The Crane Diaries: Dirty Blood
Blurb: Deep in the swamps of the Louisiana bayou, a horrifying secret lies waiting to be discovered. A legend haunts the bayou, a...
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Oct 18, 20212 min read


Review for The Tenth
Blurb: Being buried alive is just the beginning. Emerging from a cardboard coffin with no memory of her past, Sky knew only three things:...
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Oct 11, 20212 min read


Release day for Shudder of Specters!
Huzzah! It's time to celebrate and roll for initiative! I'm so excited to share with the world my first LitRPG/Gamelit novel, Shudder of...
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Oct 5, 20212 min read


Review for Dungeon Crawler Carl
Blurb: It's the most-watched game show in the galaxy! In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth--from Buckingham Palace to...
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Sep 27, 20213 min read


Review for Marilia, the Warlord
Blurb: Born the bastard daughter of a painted lady, Marilia was told she would live out her days within the walls of her mother’s...
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Sep 20, 20213 min read


Review for The Sniggard's Revenge
Blurb: Taking from a Barrow? Not a good idea. Ethan's family has fallen from owning a manor to scraping by on a small farm. As he...
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Sep 13, 20212 min read


Review for Drunk on Love
Blurb: First my husband reveals himself as a werewolf by taking a bite out of me. If that’s not enough, I find out he's been cheating on...
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Sep 6, 20212 min read


Review for The Dragon's Enforcer
Blurb: A Triad heiress who wants nothing to do with her father's legacy. A rival gang enforcer who abhors violence. Together, they must...
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Aug 30, 20212 min read


Review of The Cure
Since this is the first official week of my new blog, I'm celebrating by putting up two reviews! Also, I'm so excited for Patricia...
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Aug 26, 20212 min read


Review for Smitten with Candy Canes
Most books I read, I leave my review on Goodreads and Amazon. "Smitten with Candy Canes" is included in a big romance collection called...
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Aug 23, 20212 min read


New Blog, First Post
Hello internet! It's been a long time since I've written a blog post, and I miss it. I'm still trying to get into a regular routine. I do...
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Aug 16, 20211 min read


Review of The Lost Daughter of Sparta
Blurb: Helen of Troy. Clytemnestra. Timandra. Three sisters, infamously cursed by the goddess Aphrodite to betray their husbands, are known the world over. But few know about the fourth sister: Philonoe. Lost to historical record, ancient texts say she had a different fate than her sisters. But why and how did this happen? A magnificent hero's journey with a feminist twist, The Lost Daughter of Sparta fills in history's missing pieces with sparkling wit and pathos, thrilling
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4 days ago2 min read


Review of You Let Me In
Blurb: Cassandra Tipp is dead...or is she? After all, the notorious recluse and eccentric bestselling novelist has always been prone to flights of fancy--everyone in town remembers the shocking events leading up to Cassie's infamous trial (she may have been acquitted, but the insanity defense only stretches so far). Cassandra Tipp has left behind no body--just her massive fortune, and one final manuscript. Then again, there are enough bodies in her past--her husband Tommy Tip
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Aug 102 min read


End of Summer Break Update
Image from chenspec on Pixabay.com It's been a while since I've said hello and checked in. I've been in that summer break haze. There was no vacation for us this year as we got a new roof, but my adventures consisted of teaching my son to drive and exploring the county with him. I have new inspiration for stories and several more gray hairs. Most of my writing energy goes to my pen name, Alora James. I've been writing a cozy contemporary romance and enjoying a northern Ontari
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Aug 32 min read


Review of The Temptation of Charlotte North
Blurb: Be careful what you wish for. It might come true.... In 1910, on a small, remote island that boasts more sheep than people, life does not hold a lot of promise for spirited Charlotte North. Her only escape from both this insular community and a family who does not understand her seems to be through marriage—an institution she is not at all eager to join, given the unhappiness of her parents' own union. Plus, eligible suitors are few and far between, which is why Charlo
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Jul 272 min read


Review of The Mapmaker
Blurb: Kidnapped as an infant, Aleeya has spent her life as a slave to the Temple of Nesha with her wings bound and spirit unbroken. Her mapmaking skills and the will of the gods have kept her relatively safe in this foreign city, but her luck runs out when her escape plans are revealed, prompting her master to sell her. Just before the sale is completed, slave smugglers kidnap Aleeya from the temple for reasons they refuse to share. They free her wings but deliver her into t
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Jul 203 min read


Review of Heat Mountain
Blurb: Everyone knows that omegas can’t be doctors, not with the alpha-dominated medical establishment still stuck a hundred years in the past. So when she arrives in Heat Mountain for her month-long wilderness medicine fellowship, Holly plans to do the same thing she has always done…pretend to be a beta. Until her designation suppressing medication fails spectacularly and she ends up accidentally bonded to the hottest pack of alphas in town, one of whom also happens to be he
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Jul 132 min read


Review of A Game of Cat and Witch
Blurb: Avery Alarch has always been the worst witch at Caerwyn University. Now she’s got twenty-four hours to conjure a familiar or get kicked out for good—a fate that means losing her magic forever and being stuck on a dreary island with nothing but regrets. Desperate times call for desperate spells. So when Avery stumbles on a forbidden grimoire, she decides to risk it all. One little summoning later, she’s expecting a cute magical cat. Instead? She gets Felix, a six-foot-s
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Jul 63 min read


Heatwave Bringing Free Books!
Image from Pexels HAPPY CANADA DAY! & HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! July is starting off with a heatwave. Record breaking hot days. I've been hiding inside curled up with some good books. I recommend you do the same thing. In fact, I have some free books to share with you that will help you through the brutal weather. RAVAGE OF REVENANTS is FREE today through July 5th! Have a taste of Christmas in July! THE TWELVE KNOTS OF CHRISTMAS is FREE today through July 5th!
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Jul 11 min read


Review of The Line Between
Blurb: Rule number one, whenever we want each other, we can come to each other. Day or night. Paisley never imagined she’d hear those words coming from the demon lord, but nothing has gone according to plan. Following the murder of her parents, Paisley becomes queen for the vampyre and faye factions. The day she’s crowned, a threat pits her up against Lord Case, an infuriating demon who claims he wants her the first time they meet. And damn if she doesn’t desire him, too. Exc
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Jun 222 min read


Review of Ararat
Blurb: When a newly engaged couple climbs Mount Ararat in Turkey, an avalanche forces them to seek shelter inside a massive cave uncovered by the snow fall. The cave is actually an ancient, buried ship that many quickly come to believe is really Noah’s Ark. When a team of scholars, archaeologists, and filmmakers make it inside the ark for the first time, they discover an elaborate coffin in its recesses. The artifact tempts their professional curiosity; so they break it open.
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Jun 152 min read
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