Published: Mar. 23rd 2021 Author: Shelley Nolden In the shadows of New York City lies forbidden North Brother Island, where the remains of a shuttered hospital hide the haunting memories of century-old quarantines and human experiments. The ruins conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned by contagions and the doctors who torment her. When Finn,… Continue reading Book Review: The Vines (ARC)
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Audiobook Review: A Lady’s Formula for Love (The Secret Scientists of London #1)
Published: February 9th 2021 Author: Elizabeth Everett Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes What is a Victorian lady's formula for love? Mix one brilliant noblewoman and her enigmatic protection officer. Add in a measure of danger and attraction. Heat over the warmth of humor and friendship, and the result is more than… Continue reading Audiobook Review: A Lady’s Formula for Love (The Secret Scientists of London #1)
Book Review: Go The Distance (Twisted Tales #11) (ARC)
Expected publication: April 6th 2021, 336 pages Author: Jen Calonita [List of the Twisted Tales Series] What if Meg had to become a god? After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship, all seems right in the world. That is, until Zeus tells Meg that she can't be with Hercules because she's,… Continue reading Book Review: Go The Distance (Twisted Tales #11) (ARC)
Book Review: To Love and to Loathe (The Regency Vows #2) (ARC)
Expected publication: April 6th 2021, 349 pages Author: Martha Waters The widowed Diana, Lady Templeton and Jeremy, Marquess of Willingham are infamous among English high society as much for their sharp-tongued bickering as their flirtation. One evening, an argument at a ball turns into a serious wager: Jeremy will marry within the year or Diana… Continue reading Book Review: To Love and to Loathe (The Regency Vows #2) (ARC)
Audiobook Review: Daughter of the Pirate King (#1)
Published July 18th 2017 Author: Tricia Levenseller Narrator: Marisa Calin Audiobook Length: 8 hours There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I've gotten what I came for. Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map-the key to a legendary treasure trove-seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Daughter of the Pirate King (#1)
Double Book Review: A Pendant for Trouble & The Selkie Scandal (Lady Diviner Series Prequels)
Author: Rosalie Oaks Prequels to the Lady Diviner Series Published January 2021 [Book 0.5] A mysterious pendant, a distracting earl, an unfolding scandal... Miss Elinor Avely can’t resist the call of a large jewel mysteriously concealed at a ducal garden party. After all, if the Earl of Beresford isn’t attending, what else is Elinor to… Continue reading Double Book Review: A Pendant for Trouble & The Selkie Scandal (Lady Diviner Series Prequels)
Review: Spellmaker (Spellbreaker #2)
Published March 9th 2021, 301 pages Author: Charlie N. Holmberg Dead wizards, stolen enchantments, and broken promises force a young spellbreaker out of the shadows in the next thrilling installment of the Spellbreaker series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician. England, 1895. An unsolved series of magician murders and opus… Continue reading Review: Spellmaker (Spellbreaker #2)
Review: Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker #1)
Published November 1st 2020, 300 pages Author: Charlie N. Holmberg A world of enchanted injustice needs a disenchanting woman in the newest fantasy series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician. The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the… Continue reading Review: Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker #1)
Review: What Could Be Saved? (ARC)
Expected publication: January 12th 2021, 448 pages Author: Liese O'Halloran Schwarz Washington, DC, 2019: Laura Preston is a reclusive artist at odds with her older sister Bea as their elegant, formidable mother slowly slides into dementia. When a stranger contacts Laura claiming to be her brother who disappeared forty years earlier when the family lived… Continue reading Review: What Could Be Saved? (ARC)
Review: Lana’s War (ARC)
Expected publication: January 12th 2021, 320 pages Author: Anita Abriel Paris 1943: Lana Antanova is on her way to see her husband with the thrilling news that she is pregnant. But when she arrives at the convent where he teaches music, she’s horrified to see Gestapo officers execute him for hiding a Jewish girl in… Continue reading Review: Lana’s War (ARC)