Tag: 2018 New Release Challenge

Review: Shattered at Sea by Cheryl Hollon

Shattered at Sea (A Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery #5) by Cheryl Hollon Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: When Savannah signs on to perform glass blowing on a ship that departs from the UK, part of the appeal is that she’ll get a chance to meet her boyfriend Edward’s family. An added bonus is that Edward’s cousin, Ian, will be joining them on board. But when Ian disappears at the beginning of the cruise, the ship’s authorities initially consider it suicide. Savannah tries to balance her growing suspicions with work on her shows, but her relationship with the other […]

Posted August 28, 2018 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Blazing Light by Chloe Adler

Blazing Light (Tales from the Edge #3) by Chloe Adler Rating: 3 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Reverse Harem Blurb: Acrobat, witch, and beloved of four men, Iphigenia Holt finds an unconventional happily every after in her third and final book. Iphi has always lived for others: her mother, the world’s most powerful and temperamental witch; the town of Distant Edge, plagued with a rash of ghoul attacks only she can stop; and all the creatures, human and otherwise, who have strayed across her path since childhood. But when she’s sucked into a desolate land far from home, a land filled […]

Posted August 23, 2018 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review, Romance / 8 Comments

Review: To See The Sun by Kelly Jensen

To See the Sun by Kelly Jensen Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Blurb: Survival is hard enough in the outer colonies—what chance does love have? Life can be harsh and lonely in the outer colonies, but miner-turned-farmer Abraham Bauer is living his dream, cultivating crops that will one day turn the unforgiving world of Alkirak into paradise. He wants more, though. A companion—someone quiet like him. Someone to share his days, his bed, and his heart. Gael Sonnen has never seen the sky, let alone the sun. He’s spent his whole life locked in the undercity beneath Zhemosen, […]

Posted August 13, 2018 by Lola in Coyer, Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 10 Comments

Review: Heart of a Dire Wolf by Carol Van Natta

Heart of a Dire Wolf (Ice Age Shifters #3) by Carol Van Natta Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Blurb: To stay together, they’ll have to escape prison, outsmart wizards, and solve the mystery of a magical sanctuary town. Skyla Chekal is in trouble. She’s a prisoner in an illegal underground auction house that sells magical creatures. If they learn she’s a dire wolf with free magic, they’ll hold a special high-roller sale just for her. She needs to keep her head down and escape, but she can’t because she smells someone who stirs her in the way only a […]

Posted August 9, 2018 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Death Over Easy by Maddie Day

Death Over Easy (Country Store Mysteries #5) by Maddie Day Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: Restaurateur Robbie Jordan is ready for the boost in business a local music festival brings to South Lick, Indiana, but the beloved event strikes a sour note when one of the musicians is murdered . . . June’s annual Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival in neighboring Beanblossom is always a hit for Robbie’s country store and café, Pans ‘N Pancakes. This year, Robbie is even more excited, because she’s launching a new bed and breakfast above her shop. A few festival musicians will be […]

Posted July 31, 2018 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Bonbons and Broomsticks by H.Y. Hanna

Bonbons and Broomsticks (Bewitched by Chocolate #5) by H.Y. Hanna Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: Caitlyn is settling into life as a novice witch in an English village chocolate shop – although she’s finding the hardest magic to master is making caramel sauce without burning it! When two men are murdered, and a mythical black hound is seen haunting the countryside, the village gossips are sure dark witchcraft is to blame. Caitlyn decides to do a little magical sleuthing of her own. Luckily, she has her very own shape-shifter to help (even if he does come in the […]

Posted July 20, 2018 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 1 Comment

Review: Deadly Games by Karen Rock

Deadly Games (Dallas after Dark #2) by Karen Rock Rating: 3 stars Genre: Romantic Suspense Blurb: ONE NIGHT ONLY Special Agent Katherine Bowden doesn’t do girls’ nights out. She doesn’t do blazing hot dances with male strippers or unbelievable, uninhibited one-night-stands. If you ask her ex, all she does is work: study evidence, profile criminals, track them down. And now Katherine’s back home in Dallas, with a new set of all-male colleagues second-guessing her every move, and a possible serial killer hunting women just like her. But just this once, Katherine is going to try all those things she doesn’t […]

Posted July 17, 2018 by Lola in Review, Romance, Suspense / 8 Comments