Category: Review

Review: A Scone to Die for by H.Y. Hanna

A Scone to Die For (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #1) by H.Y. Hanna Blurb: When an American tourist is murdered with a scone in Gemma Rose’s quaint Oxfordshire tearoom, she suddenly finds herself apron-deep in a mystery involving long-buried secrets from Oxford’s past. Armed with her insider knowledge of the University and with the help of four nosy old ladies from the village (not to mention a cheeky little tabby cat named Muesli), Gemma sets out to solve the mystery—all while dealing with her matchmaking mother and the return of her old college love, Devlin O’Connor, now a dashing CID detective. […]

Posted February 15, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 18 Comments

Review: February by Audrey Carlan

February (Calendar Girl #2) by Audrey Carlan Blurb: A muse. Me. The motorcycle riding, ass-kicking, concert t-shirt wearing chick from Las Vegas, is a world-renowned French artist’s muse. For a month. I had no idea when I took the escort job with Exquisite Escorts I would be standing naked in front of a blank canvas in a Seattle warehouse. “Love on Canvas” he calls his exhibit, a combination of photographic stills and paint entwined to create the most awe-inspiring pieces the world will ever see. Except every last one of them features me and a moment in time where I […]

Posted February 10, 2016 by Lola in Contemporary, Coyer, Erotica, Review, Romance / 10 Comments

Review: The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum by Kirsten Weiss

The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum (A Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery #1) by Kirsten Weiss Blurb: When Maddie Kosloski’s career flatlines, she retreats to her wine-country hometown for solace and cheap rent. Railroaded into managing the local paranormal museum, she’s certain the rumors of its haunting are greatly exaggerated. But a new ghost may be on the loose. A fresh corpse in the museum embroils Maddie in murders past and present. With her high school bully as one of the officers in charge, Maddie doubts justice will be served. When one of her best friends is arrested, she’s certain it […]

Posted February 8, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 30 Comments

Product Review: Baker’s Secret Measuring Spoons

Baker’s Secret 5-Piece Measuring Spoon Set, Multi-Color by Baker’s Secret Description: The secret to easy baking, Baker’s Secret introduces a line of baking tools that will help you prep and bake delicious treats for those you love. – 5-pc Multi-color Measuring Spoon Set – Easy to read measure marks – Sizes include: 1 Tsp, 1/2 Tsp, 1/4 Tsp, 1 Tbsp, 1/2 Tbsp – Dishwasher Safe – Limited Lifetime Warranty My Review: Normally I don’t do any product reviews, but as I recently got these adorable measuring spoons from amazon and amazon asked me if I wanted to review them, I […]

Posted February 4, 2016 by Lola in Review / 12 Comments

Review: Driven by Kelley Armstrong

Driven (Otherworld Stories #13.6) by Kelley Armstrong Blurb: Cains are known for being big, brutish and not-too-bright. The mutt clan embodies all the supernatural world’s worst stereotypes about werewolves. But not even the Cains deserve to be hunted down and skinned like animals. When young Davis Cain comes to the Pack for help, Alpha Elena Michaels can’t refuse him. It isn’t about morality or justice. It’s about not letting anyone think they can do this to werewolves and get away with it. But Elena is also dealing with the Pack’s homegrown monster—Malcolm Danvers, onetime enforcer, full-time psycho. Malcolm is now […]

Posted February 3, 2016 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 16 Comments

Review: The Semester of Our Discontent by Cynthia Kuhn

My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and on the last saturday of the month I’ll post my review of the book. The Semester of Our Discontent (Lila Maclean Mystery #1) by Cynthia Kuhn Blurb: English professor Lila Maclean is thrilled about her new job at prestigious Stonedale […]

Posted January 30, 2016 by Lola in Contemporary, My To-Be Read List, Mystery, Review / 22 Comments

Review: The Halfling by H.D. Gordon

The Halfling (The Aria Fae Series #1) by H.D. Gordon Blurb; Being seventeen and an outcast is hard. Being seventeen and only half human is harder. When Aria Fae gets cast out of the Peace Brokers, a secret supernatural organization that’s trained her since infancy, and is left to fend for herself in the human world, she finds herself in Grant City, intent on attempting a normal human life. As a Halfling, Aria has abilities that are a little underused in the flower shop she lands a job at. And when her new friend Samantha Shy enlists Aria to help […]

Posted January 27, 2016 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 16 Comments