Review: What Ho, Automaton! by Chris Dolley

The Particulars:  Steampunk, Bookview Cafe, available as e-book.The Source: Purchased at Bookview CafeThe Grade: B+The Blurb: Wodehouse Steampunk! Reggie Worcester and Reeves, his gentleman’s personal gentle-automaton, are consulting detectives in an alternative 1903 where an augmented Queen Victoria is still on the throne and automata are a common sight below stairs. Humour, Mystery, Aunts and […]

Review: The Gods of Dream by Daniel Arenson

The Gods of Dream by Daniel Arenson The Particular: Fantasy, Amazon, available as e-book The Source: Free read from Amazon ( sometime during 2011) The Grade: B The Blurb: What are dreams? Some think they are figments of our mind. But what if they were wisps of a distant, magical world… a world you could […]

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 […]

Review: A cold day for murder by Dana Stabenow

  The particulars: e-book, mystery, backlist. Grade: C The blurb: Somewhere in the hinterlands of Alaska, among the millions of sprawling acres that comprise Park,a young National Park Ranger has gone missing. When the detective sent after him also vanishes, the Anchorage DA department must turn to their reluctant former investigator, Kate Shugak. Shugak knows […]

Review: Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews

Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews My rating: 4 of 5 stars  The blurb:On Meli Galdes’ home planet, the struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport—in business and on the battlefield. For years her lethal skills have been a valuable asset in advancing her family’s interests. She’s more than earned her right to retire, but […]

Review: Ada Nish Pura by Lazette Gifford

The Particulars:  Science Fiction, Smashwords, e-bookMy rating: 4 of 5 starsBuy at: SmashwordsThe Blurb: Fighter Pilot Marcus Trevor is the only survivor of a treacherous attack against the star ship on which he served. Injured and alone, he must take refuge on the world of Kailani, a place of vast stretches of water and where […]

Review: The Sergant’s Lady by Susanna Fraser

The Sergeant’s Lady by Susanna Fraser My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Particulars: Historical Romance, Carina Press, e-book. The Review:The blurb: Highborn Anna Arrington has been “following the drum,” obeying the wishes of her cold, controlling cavalry officer husband. When he dies, all she wants is to leave life with Wellington’s army in Spain […]

Review: Silky by Lazette Gifford

Silky by Lazette Gifford My rating: 4 of 5 starsBuy at: Smashwords The particulars: Silky by Lazette Gifford, Fantasy, Smashwords, available as e-book and print. The review: The blurb:Captured as a child and sold into heartless slavery, life has robbed Silky of his magical abilities and left him with no expectations of a better life […]

Free e-books from Carina Press

This week, Carina Press, Harlequin’s digital first arm, is having a campaign this week.  They issue a coupon, valid for one day, $0 at checkout. The good thing is that the e-books are DRM free . Mon 6/20The Debutante’s Dilemma by Elyse MadyCoupon code: DEBUTANTEFREE Tues 6/21Demon’s Fall by Karalynn LeeCoupon code: DEMONFREE Wed 6/22The […]