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CHRISTINE RAINS
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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 The Stalking Dead (Gang of Ghouls #1)
Blurb: Kinda dead. Straight-up psycho. Totally obsessed with her. I did a bad, bad thing. Thanks to a blank in my memory, I'm not sure...
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Nov 20, 20233 min read


Review of Aether Bound (The Rise of Lilith #1)
Blurb: Hello, my name is Lil, and I can see the demon on your shoulder. I found my calling as a bartender in Laguna Beach, California....
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Nov 13, 20232 min read


Review of The Monster MASH (The Monster M*A*S*H #1)
Blurb: Ancient gods. Modern war. And a star-crossed couple who could use some divine intervention. The day I was drafted into the army of...
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Nov 6, 20233 min read


Review of Mexican Gothic
Blurb: After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada...
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Oct 30, 20233 min read


Review of Dark River Inn (Trouble Spirits #1)
Blurb: Inspired by a chilling true story... It’s the day of his ex-wife’s wedding when Dan makes the winding mountain journey to a remote...
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Oct 23, 20232 min read


Review for Guardian of Monsters: Sleuths of Shadow Salon #1
Blurb: Celestine, witch and wolf shifter has a talent for prophetic drawings. She’s shocked when she draws her landlord Ray with his eyes...
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Oct 9, 20233 min read


Review of Warlock at Law
Blurb: Attorney Alistair Burke has been newly hired to represent supernaturals who find themselves in legal trouble in the state of...
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Sep 25, 20232 min read


Review of Heavy Dirty Soul
Blurb: A love that transcends Death. A curse that defies Time. Bold, independent Ivy is a witch. In a time of rampant hysteria against...
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Sep 18, 20232 min read


Review of The Chimera Bounty (Fae Prison: Earth #1)
Blurb: Before meeting Corvin, Maeve’s penniless investigative journalist days were on wash, rinse, repeat: gym, latte, class, bar job,...
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Sep 11, 20232 min read


Review of Bed and Breakfast and Murder (Fiona Fleming #1)
Blurb: Fiona Fleming hasn't lived in Reading, Vermont in over a decade, her escape from small town living leading her to New York City...
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Sep 4, 20232 min read


Review of The Girl from Silent Lake (Detective Kay Sharp #1)
Blurb: Her daughter, with emerald eyes and the sweetest smile, is everything to her. Her whole world. “Mommy,” the little girl says,...
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Aug 28, 20233 min read


Review of Murder at the Library
Blurb: Libraries are full of books . . . and deadly secrets. When Thea Olson agreed to volunteer at her local library, she anticipated...
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Aug 21, 20232 min read


Review of The Last House on Needless Street
Blurb: This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. All...
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Aug 14, 20232 min read


Review of Ill Will & 99c Promo
Blurb: “We are always telling a story to ourselves, about ourselves,” Dustin Tillman likes to say. It’s one of the little mantras he...
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Aug 7, 20233 min read


Review of Roseland: Volume 1
Blurb: Secret Societies, Serial Killers, and a Seriously Snarky PI. When Ginger Mitchell finds out her mother committed suicide, she...
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Jul 31, 20232 min read


Review of Murders at the Manor (Inspector Broekstein Mysteries #1)
Blurb: Murders Most Foul "What would you say if I were to tell you I believed...that in the heart of every man and woman alive, there...
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Jul 24, 20232 min read


Review of The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6)
Blurb: A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A...
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Jul 17, 20233 min read


Review of The Whisper Man
Blurb: After the sudden death of his wife, Tom Kennedy believes a fresh start will help him and his young son Jake heal. A new beginning,...
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Jul 10, 20232 min read


Review of The Shut Eye
Blurb: Five footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here. Yesterday they were a family just like any other: Anna and...
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Jul 3, 20234 min read


Review of Corpse in the Crop Circle
Blurb: The truth is out there . . . along with a killer. When Thea Olson stumbles upon a murder in the middle of a crop circle, all eyes turn skyward. Rumors of UFOs, unexplained lights, and little green men spread through Why, North Dakota, faster than prairie wildfire. As suspicion falls on someone Thea knows, she's determined to uncover the truth. With help from her grandmother, library director Hudson Carter, and Edgar—the magical chameleon with a sarcastic streak—Thea di
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13 hours ago2 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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Aug 172 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
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