Review: Becoming Miss Becky by Shannon Stacey

The particulars:  Historical Romance, Samhain, available as e-book and in print.The Source: Purchased, but cannot remember were.The Grade: B Blurb:A sheriff with a stone-cold reputation. An innocent madam hell-bent on disturbing his peace. Who will be the first to give in?Rebecca Hamilton passed through life as bland as biscuits—until the day she buried her father […]

An update on my reading challenges

The Steampunk challenge:I have tried to read Boneshaker by Cherie Priest, but I haven’t finished it.  I started Viridis, but I haven’t finished that one either.The Urban Fantasy challenge: I have read  Shaded Vision by Yasmine Galenorn,  Summer Storm by Lizette Gifford and  Raven Calls by C.E Murphy.  I will probably post reviews of them, sometime […]

Book recommendation: Oracle’s Moon by Thea Harrison

Oracle’s Moon As a second daughter, Grace Andreas never had to worry about the intrigues of the Elder Races. But when her sister, Petra, and Petra’s husband are both killed, Grace inherits the Power and responsibilities of the Oracle of Louisville, as well as her sister’s two young children – neither of which she is […]

Review: HeartMate by Robin D Owens

The Particulars:  Futuristic Romance,  Berkley,  available as e-book and in printThe Source: My bookshelfThe Grade: B+ The blurb: All his life, Rand T’Ash looked forward to meeting his HeartMate, with whom he could begin a family. Once a street tough but now a respected nobleman and artisan, he has crafted the perfected HeartGift, which, in […]

What am I reading

Normally, this list would contain a lot of authors, but right now there is only one: Allison Brennan.  It all started with that I got Love Me to death from the library, which was good. But I realised that it would be better if I had read the backlist first.  So that is what I […]

The Zero Dog War by Keith Melton

The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Samhain, available as  e-book. The Source: Purchased at Allromance The Grade: B- The blurb: After accidentally blowing up both a client facility and a cushy city contract in the same day, pyromancer and mercenary captain Andrea Walker is scrambling to save her Zero Dogs. A team including (but not limited to) […]

Review: Mating Call by Emily Ryan-Davis

The Particulars: Paranormal Romance, Freya’s Bower, ebook The Grade: B- Source: Purchased at Fictionwise The Blurb Cora Phillips has witchcraft in her blood, but she’s convinced she inherited the recessive rather than the dominant trait. Her mother and sister are the real heiresses to the Lune tradition; Cora has neither the interest nor the inclination […]