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CHRISTINE RAINS
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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 283 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 172 min read


Celebrating My Love For My Readers With Free Books!
Happy (early) Valentine's Day! I love my readers. I don't need a special day to celebrate you, but it's fun to do so anyway. A lot of my...
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Feb 131 min read


Review of Donn's Hill (The Soul Searchers Mysteries #1)
Blurb: Mackenzie Clair needs a fresh start. The death of her father and a broken relationship rendered her old life unlivable. What...
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Oct 21, 20242 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 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 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 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 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 Death by Miss Adventure
Blurb: She’s an accident waiting to happen. There’s a specter haunting Las Vegas. An incorporeal hitman lurks in the shadows, striking...
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May 6, 20242 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


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 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 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 Proof of Existence (Existence #2)
Blurb: Proof of Existence picks up from Fractions of Existence's cliffhanger, where Gwendolyn is among the hostages of the Eyes in the...
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Apr 10, 20233 min read


Using Reality in an Urban Fantasy Novel - guest post by J Lenni Dorner
The most typical identifiers of the urban fantasy genre are a modern city setting (primarily), fantastical or supernatural elements, dark...
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Apr 4, 20234 min read


Review of Demon Bound (Imp #1)
Blurb: Samantha Martin is an imp, enjoying an extended vacation from Hel. All she wants to do is drink beer by the pool, play mischievous...
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Mar 21, 20232 min read


Review of Realms of Ghosts and Magic (Fae Witch Chronicles #1)
Blurb: When the fae beckon, very few resist. Even fewer return. As a veil witch, I’m used to taking out the supernatural trash....
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Mar 13, 20232 min read


Week of Love Freebies!
It's the week of love, and I want to share my appreciation with my fabulous readers. You're awesome! Thank you so much for supporting me...
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Feb 13, 20231 min read


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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6 days ago2 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 102 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 31 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 281 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 202 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 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...
christinerainswrit
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...
christinerainswrit
Sep 152 min read
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