Tag: Adult

Review: Intara’s Guide to Cozy Vales by L.A. Scott

Intara’s Guide to Cozy Vales: A Cozy Fantasy Travelogue by L.A. Scott My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: no romance Blurb: “Find the Heart of the Vale.” I am Intara, Court Counselor of His Majesty, King Roderick of Urbeir, and those six words introduced me to the queendom of Cozy Vales. King Roderick ordered me to obtain samples of a magical chocolate drink known as Heart of the Vale, rumored to have healing properties. But he also sought to know how the queendom had prospered for over six hundred years without experiencing a […]

Posted December 16, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 4 Comments

Review: A Fatal Autumnal Stew by Dahlia Donovan

A Fatal Autumnal Stew (The Skeleton Crew #2) by Dahlia Donovan My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: gf/f Blurb: Welcome back to the Skeleton Crew. Keep your knitting needles sharp and have a strong brew in hand for their next adventure. Life for gender-fluid, autistic vampire Hyde Snodgrass has never been better. Her cosy village bookshop is thriving as is their new relationship with witch and taco bus owner, Teresa Vega. Autumn is in full magical tilt in their corner of the Scottish Highlands. Everything is beautifully perfect right up until a […]

Posted December 13, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: A Very Woodsy Murder by Ellen Byron

A Very Woodsy Murder (Golden Motel #1) by Ellen Byron My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: New motel owner Dee Stern has checked out of the familiar comforts in the Studio City and checked in to the quaint village of Foundgold. Running a rustic getaway in the woods sure beats LA traffic—until murder ruins the peace and quiet . . . Down-on-her-luck sitcom writer Dee Stern is flipping the script. Twice divorced and wasting her talents on an obnoxious kids’ show, the lifelong Angeleno embraces the urge to jump in her […]

Posted December 11, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: The Coharie Beach Café 2 by Casey Dawes

Coharie Beach Café 2 (Carolina Sunrise #2) by Casey Dawes My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Women’s Fiction Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: She’s lost everything, including her house and her husband. When a stranger leaves her a beach café in North Carolina, she grasps the chance for a new beginning. With nothing to else to lose, Caitlin Walsh convinces her best friend to go on a road trip to inspect her mysterious inheritance. Once there, she confronts the reality of a owning a café when she doesn’t like to cook. Worse yet, she quickly suspects not everyone […]

Posted December 6, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: All For Knot Book Two by Ember Blaze

All for Knot: Book Two (The Packverse #2) by Ember Blaze My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Omegaverse Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Polyamory Blurb: Just when I think I’ve escaped my troubled past, everything around me blows up. My life with the Corbyn pack feels like a fairytale. I have friends, a great job, a hot boyfriend, and a rich, successful pack offering to bond with both of us. But my cheating ex has secrets of his own, and he’ll do whatever it takes to make sure I can’t bring him or his slimeball family down. When he uses […]

Posted December 4, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams

The Whispered Word (Secret, Book, & Scone Society #2) by Ellery Adams narrated by Cris Dukehart My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: In this cozy mystery by a New York Times–bestselling author, a gifted bookstore owner can find the right book for any patron, but can she find a killer? The proprietor of Miracle Books in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, Nora Pennington believes that a well-chosen novel can bring healing and hope. But she and the other members of the Secret, Book, and Scone Society know that sometimes practical help is […]

Posted December 2, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 8 Comments

Review: Slaying at Stanway by A.C.F. Bookens

Slaying at Stanway (Cotswolds Classics #1) by ACF Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Some weddings end with ‘I do’—this one ends with ‘whodunit? When American ex-pat Nigella Hunt agrees to help her friend with the flowers for a wedding at the grand Stanway Manor, she expects a day of romance and celebration. But when the cantankerous wedding planner is found dead among the roses, the festivities take a deadly twist, and Nigella finds herself caught up in her very first murder mystery. With all eyes on the guests at […]

Posted November 29, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments