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Review of The Death Witch
Blurb: The world was destroyed by angry gods at the end of the 22nd century, but humanity survived. Now it's AL 1040 and the world is a...
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Oct 14, 20242 min read


Review of The Graystone Killings (Ella Mills #1)
Blurb: GRAYSTONE MANOR HAS A CHEQUERED PAST. BUT SOME THINGS CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN... Ella Mills considers her life to have a...
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Oct 7, 20242 min read


Review of The Sneaky Lass (The Silver Locket #1)
Blurb: Jane has been many things in her life. A wife. A widow. A thief. A prostitute. Most recently, a woman seeking any means of escape...
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Sep 30, 20243 min read


Review of Bloodstone (Lost Witch Book #1)
Blurb: Family secrets hold the key to buried magic. Her legacy awaits. Katelyn Grey is a gardener in Southern California. She’s content...
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Sep 23, 20242 min read


Review of The Curse of King Midas
Blurb: The curse of King Midas is real. In the ancient kingdom of Phrygia, tribal boy Karem Savas thirsts for revenge against King...
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Sep 16, 20242 min read


Review of The Hex Next Door (Witches of Moondale #1)
Blurb: What’s a little necromancy between family? For the Crow Witch, Icarus "Rus" Ashthorne, Moondale seemed the perfect hiding place....
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Sep 2, 20242 min read


Review of Time-Marked Warlock (The Chronos Chronicles #1)
Blurb: Adair Finch is the most powerful warlock in the world, and one of the best private investigators for hire. He has dealt with...
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Aug 26, 20242 min read


Review of Paranormal Hunters (Magical Hunters Academy #1)
Blurb: An untrained witch. An orphan. A teenager looking for her place in the world that’s a lot larger than she ever realized…...
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Aug 19, 20242 min read


Review of Annalise (Virtue & Vice #1)
Blurb: When Annalise Fernsby went in search of answers about her father's past, she found Countess Oreste...and an intriguing world full...
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Aug 12, 20242 min read


Review of Deep Curse: A Mermaid Romance
Blurb: A thousand year curse. A mythical creature of the deep. Is true love enough to save a cursed mermaid? Arik Grayson has made the...
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Aug 5, 20242 min read


Review of Black Hat, White Witch
Blurb: Remember that old line about how the only way out of the organization is in a pine box? Well, Rue Hollis spent ten years thinking...
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Jul 29, 20242 min read


Review of Poisoned by the Book
Blurb: Books can be deadly when in the wrong hands. Thea Olson is looking forward to volunteering at the annual book fair and raising...
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Jul 22, 20242 min read


Review of The Recruit
Blurb: Join the journey of Charming, and how she became part of the Rifters in this captivating tale. Review: Prodigy and lover of...
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Jul 15, 20242 min read


Review of That Much She Knew
Blurb: A murder, a missing colleague, and a pack of lies… When DCI Gawn Girvin is called to a murder scene, she is shocked to find the...
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Jul 8, 20242 min read


Review for A Gamer's Wish
Blurb: Given the opportunity to make his dreams comes true, Henry Tsien decides to make a wish that will change his life forever. Now a...
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Jul 1, 20242 min read


Review of A Spinster's Guide to Matchmaking
Blurb: Lady Eleanor Pembroke may be a spinster, but she is also considered the most esteemed matchmaker in London society. After years of...
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Jun 17, 20242 min read


Review of The Seventh Run (Apotheosis #1)
Blurb: Come one, come all! The Seventh Running of the Kessivan Dungeon is about to begin! In a matter of days, the Grand Dungeon of Kess...
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Jun 10, 20242 min read


Review of The All-Consuming World
Blurb: A diverse team of broken, diminished former criminals get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission and...
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Jun 3, 20242 min read


Review of Exile (The Caein Legacy #1)
Blurb: Andrew grew up in the royal palace of Novania, the eldest son of the queen. He went on to achieve fame and glory as a renowned...
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May 27, 20242 min read


Review of Myth Stalker: Wendigo Nights
Blurb: A late night call from her mentor sends Selina Moonstone on a mission to Canada, determined to track down a Wendigo and...
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May 20, 20242 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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15 hours ago2 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


Review of Bearly Human
Blurb: On August 29, 1975, six men vanished in the middle of the night. Fifty years later, mechanic Harper Brinkman didn’t come to this sleepy seaside town for mysteries. She came to escape her toxic ex and start over. Armed with a duffle bag full of tools and her slightly crazy best friend, Harper is finally getting back on her feet when fate steps in to throw a wrench into her life. She should have known better. Who wins anything from those boardwalk claw machines? Of cours
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May 112 min read


Mother's Day Freebies
Image source from Prawny on Pixabay.com Happy Mother's day to all the moms and like-moms out there! I hope you get spoiled this weekend. I get to spend my Saturday watching my son compete at the Academic Super Bowl state championships. I also found out this week he got the internship he really wanted for next school year. He's going to be working in a veterinarian's office. I'm so proud of him. To celebrate all of us, I have some free books this weekend! SHUDDER OF SPECTERS
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May 81 min read
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