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Review of Theater of Curses
Blurb: Shadow Salon detectives Luna and Celestine take on their second case, when Tim Calhoun insists his Conservatory of Theater Arts...
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Apr 22, 20242 min read
Review of A Quick Test (A Quick Tale Book #4)
Blurb: Aliens Outer Space Experiments These mysteries fascinate our minds. Explore the unknown in this exciting collection of...
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Apr 15, 20241 min read
Review of Knot My Fairytale (Jaded Omegas #1)
Blurb: The whole world watched me lose it all… After spending the last three months on My Fairytale, a show that promised I’d find my...
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Apr 8, 20242 min read
Review of Hearthomancy (Vol. 1)
Blurb: Monsters, mortgages, and madmen – Being a new homeowner can be murder! My name is Brent, and I'm the proud, new owner of Rootwood...
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Apr 1, 20243 min read
Review of The Dead Take the A Train
Blurb: Julie Crews is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-something who packs a lot of magic into her small body. She’s been trying to establish...
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Mar 25, 20242 min read
Celebrating TOTEM's New Covers
Three sisters. Seven totems. One chance to save the world. TOTEM series link here! I'm so excited to share with you all the new covers...
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Mar 11, 20241 min read
Review of Caskets & Conspiracies (Lindy Johnson #1)
Blurb: A favor for her quirky aunt unleashes a dangerous conspiracy. Can she survive their deadly attempt to silence her forever? Lindy...
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Mar 4, 20242 min read
Review of Death by Dating
Blurb: Zosha Paul navigates an unpredictable career, disastrous love life, endlessly critical mother, and best friend who’s been accused...
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Feb 26, 20242 min read
Review of House of Gilded Nightmares (Dark Fae Guardian #1)
Blurb: He's sworn to protect her, to give his life for hers. Giving her his heart, however, is absolutely forbidden. For years he haunted...
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Feb 19, 20242 min read
Review of The Blacktongue Thief
Blurb: Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to)...
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Feb 12, 20243 min read
Review of The Hate U Give
Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school...
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Feb 5, 20242 min read
Review of Escape from Doka (A Backworlds adventure)
Blurb: The son of a nobleman and a young man from the poorest part of the city strike up an unlikely friendship that changes the course...
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Jan 29, 20242 min read
Review of McBride's Magical Munchies (Episode #1)
Blurb: Conner McBride was still finding his way in the world when it all changed. Traveling home late after a long day of slinging tacos,...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
Review of Enemies to Lovers (Give Me a Love Trope, #1)
Blurb: Is it hate or is it love? I've heard of childhood sweethearts, but Val is my childhood rival. She snagged the first-place ribbon...
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Jan 15, 20242 min read
Review of Avoid Seeing A Mouse
Blurb: Embark on a mesmerizing journey through the realms where reality intertwines with the surreal in "AVOID SEEING A MOUSE: AND OTHER...
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Jan 8, 20242 min read
Review of Re-Writing Christmas
Blurb: When Nova McKay heads to her elderly neighbour’s house for their regular afternoon tea, she’s greeted by an unfamiliar face....
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Dec 25, 20232 min read
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"This is a wonderful, heavy paranormal read which manages to keep the entire thing on a very humanly emotional level." OF BLOOD AND...
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Dec 18, 20231 min read
Review of Pastels and Jingle Bells
Blurb: Trish Ackerly never expected to cross paths with Ian Rafferty again, but when she spots the former bully of her childhood years...
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Dec 11, 20232 min read
Knot My Secret Santa
Blurb: She’s falling for her Secret Santa and his perfect gifts. What she doesn’t know is that he’s her boss. Avery Bell is excited for...
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Dec 4, 20232 min read
Review of On the Edge of Broken Pieces
Blurb: One moment changes everything. Xander Morales is close to getting his big ticket out of his crappy life. All he needs to do is...
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Nov 27, 20232 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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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 133 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 62 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 292 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 223 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 152 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 82 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 301 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 256 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 193 min read
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