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Review of The Haunting of Ashburn House
Blurb: Everyone knows about Ashburn House. They whisper its old owner went mad, and restless ghosts still walk the halls. They say it's the dwelling place of something cruel and sinister. But when Adrienne―desperate and in need of a place to stay―inherits the crumbling old mansion, she only sees it as a lifeline... until darkness falls. Strange messages are etched into the walls. Furniture moves when she leaves the room. There's something here―something powerful, angry, and
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Nov 17, 20252 min read
Review of The Final Girl Support Group
Blurb: Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece. But the thing about final girls is that no ma
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Nov 10, 20252 min read
Release Day for The Twelve Knots of Christmas
She hates the fuss people make over the holidays, but these gorgeous Alphas are about to give her a gift she never knew she wanted. Christmas has long lost its magic for Mariska Belmont. She has no time for the festive fluff because she’s preparing to move to the west coast for the job of her dreams. Yet when she meets three hot Alphas at a Christmas tree farm, she’s torn between working under sunny California skies and her growing feelings for the pack. The Alphas of Silver
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Nov 3, 20251 min read
Halloween Treats!
HAPPY (early) HALLOWEEN! It's my favorite time of the year. I love the cool, crisp weather and the spooky events. I've been reading some great horror books this year. Check out my reviews if you're looking to add any to your TBR list. I'm going to help add to your list with two treats! Both of these books are FREE from today through November 1st! When players are offered the choice between tedious research and fighting a dragon, the players always choose the dragon. Even when
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Oct 28, 20251 min read
Review of All Hallows
Blurb: It’s Halloween night, 1984, in Coventry, Massachusetts, and two families are unraveling. Up and down the street, horrifying secrets are being revealed, and all the while, mixed in with the trick-or-treaters of all ages, four children who do not belong are walking door to door, merging with the kids of Parmenter Road. Children in vintage costumes with faded, eerie makeup. They seem terrified, and beg the neighborhood kids to hide them away, to keep them safe from The C
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Oct 20, 20252 min read
Review of The Man With No Shadow (How to Survive Camping #1)
Blurb: I am a campground manager. I don’t have a list of rules because I’m trying to ruin your fun…I’m trying to keep you from doing...
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Oct 13, 20253 min read
Review of The Bewitching
Blurb: “Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her...
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Oct 6, 20252 min read
Prepping for the Festive Season
Now available for pre-order: She hates the fuss people make over the holidays, but these gorgeous Alphas are about to give her a gift she...
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Sep 29, 20252 min read
Review of Shades of Shame
Blurb: One night changed everything. What began as a carefree evening with friends ended in an act of sexual assault that shattered...
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Sep 22, 20253 min read
Review of The Library at Hellebore
Blurb: The Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted is the premier academy for the dangerously the Anti-Christs and Ragnaroks, the...
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Sep 15, 20252 min read
Review of The Staircase in the Woods
Blurb: A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods. While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers...
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Sep 8, 20252 min read
End of Summer Freebies
FREE today through September 2nd! School is in session and summer is nearly at an end. We're coming up on my favorite season of the...
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Aug 30, 20251 min read
My Procrastination Types
Last week was release day for Colleen M. Story 's new nonfiction book, Escape the Writer's Web . It's a guide to help creative...
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Aug 25, 20256 min read
Release Day for Escape the Writer's Web
Blurb: Untangle Your Procrastination Type, Discover Personalized Solutions, and Transform Your Writing Life. Are You Trapped in the Web...
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Aug 19, 20253 min read
Review of Forged by Magic
Blurb: Trapped in a tower by the emperor who conquered her homeland, Daella yearns for an escape. But as one of the few half-orcs left...
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Aug 11, 20252 min read
Review of Unlikely Omega (Hunted Fae #1)
Blurb: The prophesy speaks of Fae-blooded omegas, destined to bring back the lost Fae race. I just never thought the prophecy was about...
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Aug 4, 20252 min read
Review of We Ate the Dark
Blurb: Four women investigating the haunting murder of their friend discover more than they ever imagined in a terrifying novel about...
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Jul 28, 20252 min read
Review of Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque
Blurb: In an alternate Victorian era replete with aerovehicles, automatons, and other electrik wonders, factory worker Anthony Reynolds...
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Jul 21, 20252 min read
Free Summer Reads
FREE OMEGAVERSE BOOKS TODAY ONLY! I love nothing more than avoiding the heat and cuddling inside with a good book. Don't miss out on all...
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Jul 11, 20251 min read
Fireworks With Free Books in July
Happy Canada Day and Happy Independence Day! I'm not one for fireworks. You'll find me inside comforting my pets when the fireworks are...
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Jul 1, 20251 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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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
Review of The Witchstone
Blurb: Meet Laszlo, eight-hundred-year-old demon and Hell’s least productive Curse Keeper. From his office beneath Midtown, he oversees the Drakeford Curse, which involves a pathetic family upstate and a mysterious black stone. It’s a sexy enough assignment—colonial origins, mutating victims, et cetera—but Laszlo has no interest in maximizing the curse’s potential; he’d rather sunbathe in Ibiza, quaff martinis, and hustle the hustlers on Manhattan’s subway. Unfortunately, his
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Jun 83 min read
Review of Magically Murdered
Blurb: Moonstruck Manor is a perfect little bed & breakfast for a romantic getaway…or a murder. The police enlist free-spirited witch Kyla to go undercover to find the killer. Her quirkiness and magical abilities make her the perfect candidate to pose as their new chef. Unfortunately, she has a secret - while she can sense hidden magic, she's not so great at making breakfast. But that’s not her only problem. The magical deaths she’s investigating were of the previous two chef
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May 253 min read
Review of A Quick Demise & Flash Fiction Tips
Blurb: Murder Ghosts Depravity We are drawn to the darkness that lurks within us. Reveal the depravity of human nature in this collection of tales. Each story is told in exactly 200 words and will send a quick shiver down your spine. Will you survive? Review: This little book has wonderfully unsettling little flash fiction stories. Each piece takes you by surprise, more so because they're so short. It gets you before you realize what's happening. There's a variety of horrors
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May 182 min read
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