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Review: The Faceless by K. B. Everly

Length: 294 pages

Published: July 18, 2020

Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Synopsis

Noir Rose, a horror and thriller author, always believed that the fictional monsters that she wrote about were just that – fictional. The true horror of the hideous beasts resided only within the gruesome tales she wrote. She never dreamed that reality could be just as cold and cruel as the monsters writhing inside her mind.

With the mysterious arrival of a personal invitation to a masquerade ball, Noir’s life takes a page out of one of her stories.

The Crows have come home.

Men cloaked in secrets and hidden behind white masks, earning them their chilling nickname the Faceless.

Noir should’ve ran while she had the chance, but the Faceless have set their sights on her. Now that they’ve found her, they’ll never let her go. They’ve waited an eternity for her, intent on using her to save themselves from the dark fate of their cursed immortal lives.

Can Noir find a way to stop her fate being tied to their own? Or will she succumb to their dark desires and break through their black hearts, lifting the curse forever? One thing’s for sure, she won’t come out of this the same person.

Because sometimes there’s beauty in the beasts within.

**This is a Dark REVERSE HAREM Stand-alone with explicit scenes, light BDSM, violence, and possible triggers**

My thoughts 💭

This was an enjoyable read with a dark beauty and the beasts vibe. I liked all the characters. I definitely recommend!

Review: Spineless by Autumn Reed

Length: 326 pages

Published: July 9, 2020

Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Synopsis

Eight years ago, I believed I’d finally found a place to call home. My mother’s marriage to Vincent Sharpe meant security and three stepbrothers who were already my best friends.

 

But Mom’s mysterious death one week before the wedding turned my world upside down. The day of her funeral, I was whisked away to live with my aunt in Kansas, and I never heard from the Sharpes again…

 

Until a devastating tornado leaves me destitute.

 

Now, Vincent is offering me the opportunity of a lifetime—he’ll pay for my tuition and expenses at an exclusive university. All I have to do is move back in with him and his sons.

 

Knowing this is my one chance to discover what really happened to my mother, I grudgingly accept. But if I thought living in the same house with a potential murderer was going to be my biggest obstacle, I couldn’t have been more wrong.

 

Leo, Hayle, and Tristin Sharpe are no longer the boys I remember. They’re all grown up, with the adult attitudes, tensions, and sex appeal to prove it. They aren’t my problem anymore. Yet, somehow, they keep drawing me into their web of drama.

 

I might be the only person who can fix what’s broken between them. But I don’t trust that they won’t shatter me in the process.

 

 

*The Lonely Souls trilogy is a contemporary reverse harem series inspired by the main characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz…except, this version of Dorothy and her friends is a little twisted.

My thoughts 💭

This was an okay read for me. Thea is supposed to be finding out why her mom was murdered by her soon to be husband but she’s not. Vincent was barely in the story but to be an ass but she still didn’t try to find any info or anything. She was more interested in trying to fix Leo, Tristian and Hayle relationship with each other or save Tristan from being set up. I’m not sure if I’ll read the next one.

Review: Lilly: The Complete Locke Series by Tiya Rayne

Length: 907 pages

Published: July 12, 2020

Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Assassin

In my world, you need to be the biggest and baddest in order to survive and I’m the biggest and baddest there is. Men fear me as if I am death himself and women want me as if I am a gift from the gods. I am the great elf Assassin and the last of my kind. So, what’s my secret to surviving in the Locke? It’s simple: don’t form attachments and never get involved in other people’s problems. I’ve lived by those rules for centuries. But, one chance meeting with a doe-eyed little girl changes everything. One decision sets me on a cataclysmic journey.

Lilly

Safe, predictable, boring Lilly. That’s what my friend calls me. She also says I’m the last living twenty year old virgin. She may be right. But all of that changes when I get one night with a handsome stranger. What could go wrong?

One Decision alters their future.

One Decision sets their path.

One Decision may save their world.

This is the complete story.

This book contains sex and strong language and is not recommended for readers under 18.

My thoughts 💭

I enjoyed this book! It had the drama, villain, Love, betrayal and a woman nobody deserved. Lilly was a sweetheart and I absolutely loved her. I definitely recommend this book, it gave me all the feels!

Release Blitz: The Biker And The Professor by S. Ann Cole


Title: The Biker and the Professor
Series: The Oil and Water Series
Author: S. Ann Cole
Genre: Contemporary Romance Novella
Release Date: August 20, 2020

Raw, scorned, and finally free from my disastrous marriage, I flee the lies, humiliation, and manipulation of my old life like a bat out of hell, leaving it all in my rearview mirror.

Seduced by the sunny, diverse, laid-back Denver, Colorado, I settle in and set up a new life.

New job. New house. New friends… Freedom.

The idea was to start over. Fresh. Anew. But I didn’t anticipate starting over with my twenty-year-old student.

Nero Gunnar might be twelve years my junior, but he’s the manliest man I’ve ever met. He has his sights set on me and he’s not letting up.

It’s wrong. Forbidden. A disaster waiting to happen.

But sinful wrongs have never tasted so, so sweet.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a dark romance. This is not an erotica. The Biker and the Professor is a sexy, unconventional contemporary romance novella at approximately 43k words. Written in first-person present tense. Contains mature content.

 
S. Ann Cole is an exaggerator, a laugher, sometimes overly chatty, sometimes overly shy. She’s afraid of cats, dogs, snakes—heck, she’s only tolerable to gold fishes in a tank.
She hates fireworks, schmaltz and arrogance.
She loves carbs, full moons and humility.
She lives nowhere and everywhere.
Jokey people are her favorite people to be around, as laughter is the way to her heart.
When Ann’s not abusing her computer keyboard, you can find her nosing a novel, watching anything on television that makes her laugh until she breaks into hiccups (loves Disney, TBS, and Impractical Jokers!) studying the Bible, or sipping red wine.
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Review: Away With The Faeries by Sam Hall

Length:288 pages

Published: May 30, 2020

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Synopsis

They’ve haunted my dreams, now they’re coming for me.

I’ve lived in Gisbourne my whole life, feeling like nothing other than a set of symptoms to my family, my town.

Until now

Asked to photograph the outright debauchery of Avalon Records latest launch, I look and I look and I look until finally I see it.

My parents gave me a camera when I was a kid to help me see the truth: there’s no such thing as the fae.

What if they were wrong?

Seriously, what else could these beautiful people be?

My favourite band, the Changelings: a group of bad boys who shine in my lens, so brightly they threaten to burn me up. Why are they taking an unholy interest in me. Hunting me down, luring me closer, using every damn means they have to box me in, tie me down. And for what?

I’m about to step beyond the lens, become something else altogether and I’m not sure any of us are ready for it.

Author note: This is a reverse harem, paranormal, enemies to lovers kind of romance with multiple love interests. 18+ only for steamy goodness.

My thoughts 💭

This was an interesting read. I’m definitely interested in reading more. I liked Kira. Kira finds out she isn’t human after all then falls down the rabbit hole that is the Fae and since she is more powerful than anyone had thought there’s folks out to get her for her power. I have mixed feelings about her bff Jen. I liked this book.

Book Announcement: The After Another Trilogy by Bethany-Kris

THE AFTER ANOTHER TRILOGY

by Bethany-Kris
Publication Date(s): (September, October, November)
Genres: Adult, Mafia Romance, Crime Thriller, Romantic Suspense

ONE STEP AFTER ANOTHER

by Bethany-Kris
The After Another Trilogy, Book One
Publication Date: September 14, 2020
Genres: Adult, Mafia Romance, Crime Thriller, Romantic Suspense

FULL BLURB COMING AUGUST 24th!

He finds the unfindable, but she’s terribly good at hiding …

One can only play with monsters for so long before they start to notice you’re not the same. In this world, predators can just as easily become prey.

Note: One Step After Another is book one of the After Another trilogy following the same couple. The books should be read in order. The trilogy discusses triggering topics that may be uncomfortable for some. Please be advised and read at your own discretion.

ONE BREATH AFTER ANOTHER

by Bethany-Kris
The After Another Trilogy, Book Two
Publication Date: October 5, 2020
Genres: Adult, Mafia Romance, Crime Thriller, Romantic Suspense

BLURB COMING SOON!

NOTE:One Breath After Another is book 2 in the After Another trilogy. It follows the same couple – Luca and Penny – from present to past, and back again. The books must be read in order. Be warned, the trilogy discusses a subject that may be triggering.

ONE SECOND AFTER ANOTHER

by Bethany-Kris
The After Another Trilogy, Book THREE
Publication Date: November 9, 2020
Genres: Adult, Mafia Romance, Crime Thriller, Romantic Suspense

BLURB COMING SOON!

NOTE:One Second After Another is book 3 in the After Another trilogy. It follows the same couple – Luca and Penny – from present to past, and back again. The books must be read in order. Be warned, the trilogy discusses a subject that may be triggering.

CALLING ALL REVIEWERS, BLOGGERS, BOOKSTAGRAMMERS! YOU CAN NOW SIGNUP TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AFTER ANOTHER TRILOGY EVENTS!

One Step After Another: https://indiesage.com/one-stepbk/
One Breath After Another: https://indiesage.com/one-breathbk/
One Second After Another: https://indiesage.com/one-secondbk/

ABOUT BETHANY-KRIS

Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to four young sons, one cat, and two dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a hubby calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something … when she can find the time.

To keep up-to-date with new releases from Bethany-Kris, sign up to her New Release Newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/bf9lzD

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Release Blitz/ARC Review: One Crazy Bite by Cassandra Faye

One Crazy Bite

by Cassandra Faye
Publication Date: August 17, 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Paranormal Romance

Read for FREE in KindleUnlimited: Amazon

“If you’re going to get stalked, at least make him hot and immortal.”

It’s always nice to feel wanted, but Grace wasn’t exactly looking for a boyfriend. Plus, getting stalked by a super hot vampire who’s invisible to everyone else just makes you look — and feel — crazy.

Not that her mental health is a high priority for the immortal.

Nic says they’re destined to be together. She’s pretty sure he’s a magical figment of her imagination… but he’s not taking no for an answer. He wants her body, her blood, and to make her his forever.

But does he have the magic wand to make her scream ‘yes?’

My thoughts 💭

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was an enjoyable read! Nic is finally freed from his curse and he’ll convince his plehara/mate that they’re meant to be. I liked Grace, she was very witty. This was a funny and easy read. I definitely recommend if you enjoy cursed vampires being saved by their mates.

About Cassandra Faye

Cassandra Faye lives in Texas where she’s done nothing but fantasize about other worlds her entire life. Constantly daydreaming about ancient powers, faerie realms, old gods, and how seriously dangerous unicorns would be if they existed, Cassandra writes the stories she’s always craved. Taking paranormal and fantasy worlds, mixing them in with modern day, and adding a dash of darkness.

So, if you enjoy those fairy tales that were a little more grimm, or if you ever wondered just how bad the villains could be as you held on for that happily-ever-after, then you might be just the person she’s writing for.

* * *

Cassandra also writes dark contemporary romance as Jennifer Bene. You can find her online throughout social media with username @jbeneauthor and on her website: http://www.jenniferbene.com

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Review:The Librarian & The Beast by SJ Sanders

Length: 242 pages

Published: July 7, 2020

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Synopsis

Beni has lived a charmed existence in Dunvar Citadel, but one that is coming quickly to an end. When she loses her position as transcriber in the citadel library to a newcomer, she knows that is only a matter of time before the council will insist that she marry. Although she dreads the idea of being one of many wives to her husband, her more immediate and pressing concern is her replacement—a man who is conspiring with the chancellor to weed out non-essential fiction that distract the women workers within the citadel.

In attempt to save the books, Beni herself ends up requiring saving when she falls into a river. Her savior, however, is far beyond anything she ever could have imagined. The Mintar is far from human in appearance and social niceties, he isn’t even particularly friendly, yet he promises to return her safely home. All that is required is a pretense of mating to keep the other males of his clan from courting her. That is certainly no hardship as far as she is concerned, especially not with so much in the village to keep occupied, alien scrolls to explore, and an opportunity to do what she loves. What she doesn’t plan on is falling in love with the stoic male who doesn’t want a mate.

Faltz carries the scars on his body and heart from losing his parents as a calf. Females are frightened by his appearance and he doesn’t consider himself worthy of having a mate and family when his parents died saving him. Caring for a lost human is an annoying inconvenience, but he is determined to see it through and get the feisty female home safely…even if that means deceiving his queen and entire clan by pretending a mating with her. When pretense turns into truth, Faltz’s honor is tested when he is forced to face one fact…when she leaves, how would he continue without her?

Book contains graphic sex and violence

My thoughts 💭

This was an enjoyable read. Beni and Faltz had good chemistry. It took meddling friends and a kidnapping to make them realize they’d rather stay together.

Release Blitz: Under My Skinby Jo-Anne Joseph


Title: Under My Skin
Author: Jo-Anne Joseph
Genre: Dark Romance 
Release Date: Aug 13th 



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Many know me,

yet none have seen my face.
I’m the topic of conversation,
but nobody knows my name.
I am a life thief.
A soul destroyer.
An invisible plague.
And still, you want to know me.
Because my darkness reminds you,
of the desires that lurk within you.

It was initially published as part of an anthology under the title Dark Desires.


For those who have read it, there is a new cover, bonus content and an extended Epilogue to look forward to.If you haven’t you’re in for a treat.


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Jo-Anne Joseph is a South African Author who writes fiction contemporary romance, psychological romance and romantic suspense. She has a flair for creating stories that are sweet and sassy, others riveting and suspenseful. Along with a passion for writing, she is an avid reader and enjoys painting and coloring. She also has a deep love for poetry and prose. Her lifelong love affair with words started at a young age and resulted in her debut novel Infinity published in September 2017. She has since published five other titles along with a poetry anthology, as well as contributed to two anthologies.
Her books are available on Amazon.com, Ibooks, Kobo, Barnes and Noble in ebook and paperback format. She has worked with an international publishing company on one of her anthologies. Bridge Books in Johannesburg and Maboneng carry her titles.
Jo-Anne is a business professional by day, she works in the field of corporate governance, and an Author by night. She also writes on a volunteer basis for on-line publications Still Standing Magazine and the website Glow in the Woods. Her articles have been republished in several newsletters.
She is eager to encourage the culture of reading in South Africa and show regular working woman and parents that it’s not impossible to follow the creative aspect of their dreams and goals. If you love something enough, you’ll make the time for it. 


Review: Daughter Of The Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips & Bex Mclynn

Length: 159 pages

Published: June 21, 2020

Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Synopsis

Can a grieving alien warrior and a desperate mother overcome their painful pasts through the shared love of a child?

One year ago, Jade’s husband was killed and the baby she had wanted for so long disappeared. She has been searching for her daughter ever since. Nothing – not even being abducted by aliens – is going to stop her.

She doesn’t expect to find a daughter who doesn’t know her; one who clings to a huge, green alien instead. Despite her own attraction to the older warrior, she will do whatever it takes to get her daughter back.

Inzen lost his wife and daughter many years ago in the terrible plague that threatened to destroy the Cire race. When his ship rescued a group of abducted women and infants, he willingly took on the care of one of the children.

Then a luscious human female appears, demanding the return of her daughter and he is faced with once again losing a child.

When danger threatens, can Jade and Inzen come together for the sake of the child they both love?

Each book in the Treasured by the Alien series can be read as a standalone romance. This sweet and steamy HEA is intended for mature readers.

My Thoughts

Jade is determined to find her daughter and nobody is going to stop her….not even aliens. After losing a mate and child before Inzen is overprotective of the human child he’s raised as his own, at the thought of someone trying to claim her he panics. He ends up falling for the human who seems to be his daughters mother and believes they can all be family but someone else thinks they have a claim on her and tries to collect. This was an enjoyable read.