Tag: Adult

Review: The Nameless Restaurant by Tao Wong

The Nameless Restaurant (Hidden Dishes #1) by Tao Wong narrated by Emily Woo Zeller My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: no romance Blurb: There is a restaurant in Toronto. Its entrance is announced only by a simple, unadorned wooden door, varnished to a beautiful shine but without paint, hidden beside dumpsters and a fire escape. There is no sign, no indication of what lies behind the door. If you do manage to find the restaurant, the décor is dated and worn. Homey, if one were to be generous. The service is atrocious, the […]

Posted March 12, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 5 Comments

Review: Poisoning at the Party by Beth Dolgner

Poisoning at the Party (Nightmare, Arizona #5) by Beth Dolgner narrated by Petrea Burchard My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Candy, Chaos, and Conjuring in Nightmare, Arizona There’s a new fairy in town, and no one in Nightmare, Arizona, is happy about it. Olivia Kendrick learns why when she and Annabelle team up to help out at the annual Nightmare Fall Festival. When Annabelle is found dead inside the corn maze the night of the festival’s kickoff party, the police don’t think it’s murder. Olivia and her supernatural friends at […]

Posted March 10, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 5 Comments

Review: Waiting for Psamathe by Laura Greenwood

Waiting For Psamathe (A Jinx Paranormal Dating Agency Story) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Can a Greek goddess find love for a second time? Psamathe believes she’s already had the love of her life, no matter what other people tell her. But when a Jinx event comes to her hotel, she finds herself on the end of Aphrodite’s meddling, and the love goddess is determined to find her a match. Seal shifter Zale has always admired Sama from afar, but believes she’s out of his reach as […]

Posted March 7, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Mythology, Review, Romance / 3 Comments

Review: Deckles and Death by A.C.F. Bookens

Deckles and Death (Poe Baxter Books Series #6) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Poe Baxter: book expert, travel enthusiast, and amateur sleuth with a knack for trouble. A rare, signed edition of Midnight’s Children should have been the highlight of Poe’s trip to Mumbai. But when the auction house owner is murdered, and the police point the finger at her, book collecting takes a deadly turn. With a cryptic code hidden in an old book of Marathi folktales, Poe and her friends must unravel a mystery that […]

Posted March 4, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Poisoned Primrose by Dahlia Donovan

Poisoned Primrose (Motts Cold Case Mystery #1) by Dahlia Donovan My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Meet Motts and the quirky cast of characters in her world. Poisoned Primrose is a quintessential cosy British mystery and an all-round fun story to throw yourself into. Autistic, asexual, and almost forty, Pineapple “Motts” Mottley flees London with her cat and turtle to a quaint cottage in Cornwall. She craves the peace of life in a small village. The dead body buried in her garden isn’t quite what she had in mind, though. Unable […]

Posted February 28, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: The City Without End by Kelly Jensen

The City without End (To See the Sun #2) by Kelly Jensen My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: In the City Without End, level is everything. The overcity is bright and glittering, the realm of the First Families. As a dutiful son and heir, Cato spends his days crafting the contracts that bind citizens together—but by night, he works to undermine the corrupt system. When his activities come under question, he scrambles to cover his tracks. Then his family arranges a new marriage for him, and Cato must look deeper […]

Posted February 26, 2025 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments

Review: File M for Murder by Miranda James

File M for Murder (Cat in the Stacks #3) by Miranda James narrated by Erin Bennett My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: In this mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series, librarian Charlie Harris and his cat Diesel must clear the name of someone near and dear to their hearts—Charlie’s own daughter. Athena College’s new writer in residence is a famous native son, playwright Connor Lawton, known for his sharp writing—and sharper tongue. After an unpleasant encounter, librarian Charlie Harris heads home to a nice surprise: […]

Posted February 24, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments