The Particulars: Historical Romance, Sourcebooks, available as print and in e-books The Source: Purchased at Booksonboard The Grade: C+ The blurb: All Sophie Windham wants is peace, quiet and the novelty of a little solitude in the Duke of Moreland’s London mansion before she joins her family for Christmas at the family seat in Kent. […]
The Particulars: Mystery, Smashwords, e-bookThe Source: Purchased at Smashwords.The Grade: B-The Blurb:Alix Thorssen’s partnership with sexy Paolo Segundo is at a crossroads. When another gallery on the town square burns, revealing the body of a famous artist, she is drawn into the investigation as an appraiser of the lost paintings. Ray Tantro was a has-been […]
I have made no secret about the fact that I love Laura Anne Gilman’s books. So, I when I found out that she planned to Kickstart Cosa Nostradamus stories, I was very happy. Still, despite this, the launch took me by surprise. ( Primarily since I was offline for a couple of days.) I […]
The Particulars: Historical Fiction, Medallion Press, available as e-book and in print. The Source: Purchased at Omnilit The Grade: A The blurb: It is 526 B.C. and the empire of the Pharaohs is dying, crushed by the weight of its own antiquity. Decay riddles its cities, infects its aristocracy, and weakens its armies. While […]
The Particulars: Romantic Suspense, Harlequin, available as e-book The Source: Purchased at Allromance The Grade: B- The Blurb: “What happened that summer?” The ill-fated vacation Reece Howard spent at her grandparents’ Georgia home long ago changed her in ways her mind still refuses to remember. She forgot about the man she once knew as “Jones,” […]
My name is Raine Benares—and it sucks to be me right now. I’m a seeker who managed to “find” the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone that gave me unlimited power I never asked for or wanted. Now I’ve managed to lose the rock—and the magic it gave me—to a power-hungry goblin dark mage whose main goals […]
The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Candlemark and Gleam, available in print and as e-book The source: Received as a Kickstarter pledge reward The Grade: B+The blurb: Marley Claviger is just trying to get her life together. Stumbling into an ancient conflict between celestial forces is going to make that a whole lot harder… When Marley wakes […]
The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, indie, ebook. The Source: Purchased at Smashwords The Grade: C+ The blurb: Maddie Chester is determined to leave her hometown of Gansett Island, a place that has brought her only bad memories and ugly rumors. Then she’s knocked off her bike on the way to her housekeeping job at McCarthy’s Resort […]
Books on board offers up to 33% off right now, so I am going on a shopping spree tomorrow. Since it is easy to get overwhelmed, I decided to make some recommendations: For the UF and PNR fans: Laura Anne Gilman. I love her books. They are snarky, witty, and action packed. With the […]
This is the second post in my series of blogposts about books On My To Check out list. I also try to add why I haven’t got them yet. First up is Burning Sky by Joseph Robert Lewis: Taziri had a promising career as an airship engineer and inventor until an explosion tore through the […]