Review: Summoned by M.A. Guglielmo

Summoned (From Smokeless Fire #1) by M.A. Guglielmo My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: multiple romances, one MM and one MF Blurb: The wrong jinn at the right time, Zahara’s a force to be reckless with Zahara, party girl of the paranormal, floats up out of a lamp in Daniel Goldstein‘s apartment ready to trick a sorcerer into giving up his soul. But Daniel, whose Moroccan grandmother has reached out from beyond the grave to command him to raise a jinn, wants to do good—by stopping a vengeful fallen angel. The nymphomaniacal, shopping-obsessed […]

Posted September 25, 2019 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Maddie Day and Alex Erickson

Christmas Cocoa Murder (Irish Village Mystery #4.5) (Country Store Mystery #6.5) (Bookstore cafe’s mystery) by Carlene O’Connor, Maddie Day and Alex Erickson My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: ‘Tis the season for hot chocolate and mouthwatering treats. But sometimes too much of a good thing can be downright deadly . . . CHRISTMAS COCOA MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR Siobhán O’Sullivan’s hopes for a quiet Irish Christmas are dashed when the local Santa turns up dead in a carnival dunk tank of hot cocoa. Now instead of hunting down holiday gifts, she’s […]

Posted September 24, 2019 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Sunday Post #353

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? Again this was not a good week. Not sure if ate anything wrong or caught a flu or what, but last weekend I was nauseous on and off and then Monday I felt better again, but on Tuesday and Wednesday I got a major headache that went paired […]

Posted September 22, 2019 by Lola in Sunday Post / 20 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Banana Snickerdoodles Recipe

Lola’s Kitchen is a feature on Lola’s Reviews where I talk about all things related to food, cooking and baking. These posts can be recipe posts, tens list posts about food or recipes or more discussion type posts about food. I love cooking and spend some time in the kitchen almost every day, so I wanted to give it a place on my blog as well. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Designs. One day on Pinterest I stumbled upon a recipe for banana snickerdoodles and I was immediately sold on the idea. This sounded […]

Posted September 20, 2019 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 4 Comments

Review: Dine With Me by Layla Reyne

Dine With Me (Table for Two #2) by Layla Reyne My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Life never tasted so good. Miller Sykes’s meteoric rise to award-winning chef is the stuff of culinary dreams, but it’s all crashing down around him. He’s been given a diagnosis that could cost him something even more precious than his life: his sense of taste. Rather than risk the very thing that defines him, Miller embarks on a last tour of his favorite meals while he still can. But there’s a catch: he needs a […]

Posted September 16, 2019 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 8 Comments

Sunday Post #352

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? This was another meh week. I hope I am not landing in a slump again. It was busy and even with the extra hours I put in this week, I still feel behind. Some extra tasks for my assistant authors that needed to be done this week. It […]

Posted September 15, 2019 by Lola in Sunday Post / 9 Comments

Review: Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie

Taming Demons for Beginners (The Guild Codex: Demonized #1) by Annette Marie My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: New Adult/ Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Rule one: Don’t look at the demon. When I arrived at my uncle’s house, I expected my relatives to be like me—outcast sorcerers who don’t practice magic. I was right about the sorcery, but wrong about everything else. Rule two: Don’t listen to the demon. My uncle chose a far deadlier power. He calls creatures of darkness into our world, binds them into service contracts, and sells them to the highest […]

Posted September 13, 2019 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments