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Review of Six of Crows
Blurb: Ketterdam : a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone... A convict with a thirst for revenge A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager A runaway with a privileged past A spy known as the Wraith A Heartrender using her magic to survive
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2 days ago2 min read
Review of Worthe's Village
Blurb: Marcus Holt thought his worst memories were behind him. A veteran of the Vietnam War, the tough old soldier is haunted by nightmares of brutal conflict. But he’s about to discover that his battle for survival has only just begun. Professor Abel Worthe is brilliant, wealthy, and utterly immoral. He is an expert in a very particular field: the study of fear and death. Using his vast resources, Worthe has purchased a collection of haunted houses and paranormal sites, hid
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Apr 132 min read
Review of Manifesting Destiny
Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Cee Klinger is destined for heartbreak and she knows it. She's helplessly in love with Marcus, her childhood best friend. But soon they will change, transforming for the first time into whichever animal Clan they belong to, and once they join those Clans, they may never see one another again. Cee is desperate to make the most of their remaining time, but after Marcus's brother leaves to join the Aerie, Marcus begins pulling away. And then Cee discover
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Dec 1, 20253 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 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
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
Review of Horrorstor
Blurb: Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find...
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Jun 9, 20252 min read
Review of Hex
Blurb: Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves. Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly...
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Jun 2, 20252 min read
Review of The Onyx Covenant
Blurb : HE ONCE REJECTED HER HEART. NOW HE HUNTS FOR IT. Lyra Mooncrest has spent years burying the memory of Theron Shadowmane-the wolf...
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May 12, 20252 min read
Review of Her Night With the Duke
Blurb: Desire knows no reason... When Lady Delilah Chambers finds herself stranded at a country inn on a rain-swept evening, she’s...
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May 5, 20253 min read
Review of The House at Watch Hill
Blurb: Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity,...
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Apr 28, 20253 min read
Review of The Petticoat Pirate
Blurb: Josephine Teversin was fifteen years old when her father was murdered by pirate hunters. She’s the last of her kind—an immortal...
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Apr 14, 20253 min read
Review of The Starlight Prince
Blurb: A love story written in the stars. Hunted for being a witch, Madelyne longs for somewhere to belong and performs a full moon...
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Apr 7, 20252 min read
Review of Witches and Fairies and Tacos... Oh My!
Blurb: Charli Quinn and her sister Brielle own House Witches Cleaning and promise to clean like magic. They may not be your everyday,...
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Mar 31, 20252 min read
Review of Nothing But Blackened Teeth
Blurb: A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of...
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Mar 24, 20252 min read
Review of Personal Demons
Blurb: Megan promises listeners to her new radio call-in show that she'll "slay their personal demons," and they believe her. So do the...
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Mar 17, 20252 min read
Review of Six of Crows
Blurb: Ketterdam : a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone... A convict with a thirst for revenge A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager A runaway with a privileged past A spy known as the Wraith A Heartrender using her magic to survive
christinerainswrit
2 days ago2 min read
Review of Worthe's Village
Blurb: Marcus Holt thought his worst memories were behind him. A veteran of the Vietnam War, the tough old soldier is haunted by nightmares of brutal conflict. But he’s about to discover that his battle for survival has only just begun. Professor Abel Worthe is brilliant, wealthy, and utterly immoral. He is an expert in a very particular field: the study of fear and death. Using his vast resources, Worthe has purchased a collection of haunted houses and paranormal sites, hid
christinerainswrit
Apr 132 min read
Review of Ninth House
Blurb: Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s m
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Apr 63 min read
Free Books in Your Basket!
Image credit: Alexas Fotos on Pixabay It's spring and time to fill yourself up with treats! Since I can't give chocolate to everyone, I want to fill your imagination with stories. Here are three amazing freebies for you this Easter weekend. Enjoy! CURSE OF THE HUNTED is a clean paranormal romance in a magical world shared with other authors. KNOT ON MY WATCH is a sweet and spicy reverse harem contemporary Omegaverse romance. The SASQUATCH SUSIES is a contemporary suspense
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Apr 31 min read
Review of Nine Goblins
Blurb: No one knows exactly how the Goblin War began, but folks will tell you that goblins are stinking, slinking, filthy, sheep-stealing, henhouse-raiding, obnoxious, rude, and violent. Goblins would actually agree with all this, and might throw in “cowardly” and “lazy” too for good measure. But goblins don't go around killing people for fun, no matter what the propaganda posters say. And when a confrontation with an evil wizard lands a troop of nine goblins deep behind ene
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Mar 302 min read
Sisters of the Pale Claw is Now in Paperback
Too bad we don't have any snow to take a picture in! Three sisters. Seven totems. One chance to save the world. It's taken a lot of work, but SISTERS OF THE PALE CLAW is finally available in paperback. I got my author's proof the other day, and I was so excited. It's a thick tome at 717 pages. Not one I could hold up with one hand and read. It's a two-hand job! It includes all nine novellas of the Totem series and bonus author's notes at the end of each novella. This is the
christinerainswrit
Mar 232 min read
Lucky Day! Free books!
Photo credit: Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay It's second winter here and time to snuggle under a blanket with a good book. I've been good and keeping up with my reading challenge so far this year. Cozy stories have become my favorite way to escape. What have you been reading? I have a few more books to add to your e-reader! May luck and good books forever be in your life. When offered a choice between tedious research or fighting a dragon, the players always choose the dragon. Eve
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Mar 171 min read
Review of The Vampire Knitting Club
Blurb: At a crossroads between a cringe-worthy past (Todd the Toad) and an uncertain future (she's not exactly homeless, but it's close), Lucy Swift travels to Oxford to visit her grandmother. With Gran's undying love to count on and Cardinal Woolsey's, Gran's knitting shop, to keep her busy, Lucy can catch her breath and figure out what she's going to do. Except it turns out that Gran is the undying. Or at least, the undead. But there's a death certificate. And a will, leav
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Mar 162 min read
Review of Spread Me
Blurb: Kinsey has the perfect job as the team lead in a remote research outpost. She loves the solitude, and the way the desert keeps her far away from the temptations teeming out in the civilian world. When her crew discovers a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand, Kinsey breaks quarantine and brings it into the hab. But the longer it's inside, the more her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Temptation has found her after all, and it can't be ignored any lo
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Mar 92 min read
Cover Reveal for Tea Leaves, Pages, & Starlight
Blurb: Bethany Hawthorne has never felt like she truly belongs anywhere. So when a regular café customer recognizes what she is—a witch—and tells her there’s a place where she won’t have to hide her magic, Bethany does something she’s never done before. She leaves. Briardell is everything she hoped for: a secluded village filled with warmth, magic, and people who understand what it means to be different. There’s just one small problem. No one has a spare room to rent. No one,
christinerainswrit
Mar 41 min read
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