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Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "Maybe I have horrible taste in men, but I have pretty amazing taste in friends." - Gwen Gwen's life changes for the best when she becomes a widow. Sounds utterly horrible but after what she's had to deal with and several members of Hallow's Cove community this is bliss. Until the legal documents come rolling in with fine print clauses. . . The game store that Gwen and Gabe have dreamed of for years, and both had a hand in bringing to life, is about to be snatched away from them. Unless Gwen has a baby. An heir to the Fairfield name to be specific. Luckily her best friend just so happens to be hot and the stepbrother to her late husband meaning Fairfield blood! This can just be a new "level" of their friendship, right? No romantic feelings involved just two friends coming together to make a baby, so they don't lose their business. What could possibly go wrong. . .  “I’ve been thinking. I wonder if Gabriel might be scarin...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost! This is the second installment of the trilogy! First book ended on a cliffhanger and this one picks up right where it left off! Spoilers ahead! * * * * "The visions, the tree—those roots were in them. Kade and Theo. Knotted together in ways they still didn’t understand." Monster, Kade Renfield, and Golden Boy, Theo Fairgood, are still just that. Playing the parts of "town freak/outcast" and "town idol" while keeping up the public hatred of one another. Yet, somethings off because Felicity's sharp tongue has dulled and Aaron seems to be cowed. But Kade has other things to be concerned about because behind closed doors Theo and him are on a vampire mystery adventure! An odd friendship has formed between the two and they now know of a deadline! When all this madness is going to reach a big crescendo and one of them may not walk away from this alive or newly undead. Only the closer they get to uncovering th...

ARC Review (yes, I'm a little late) 5 out of 5 stars! "Monsters seemed like the answer to my relationship troubles, but I’m starting to think that the problem is me. Maybe I’m not mate material." - Hayley Like most people who have been in relationships and many dates it feels like there's a dark cloud hanging over you. A string of bad relationships that ended in a dumpster fire to say the least or fuel for a fictional novel. Hayley's at her wits end and just wants to find the one! Is that too much to ask?! Maybe she will find her perfect partner with a monster instead of a human. Only as she gets more acquainted with Hallow's Cove and the single status residences she discovers that even in this small town it's still hard to find her match. Giving up is the solution but she isn't ready to scrap her dreams of happily ever after and babies! What she doesn't know is that her mate has already found her and is completely smitten. . . Will Jake ever get u...

ARC Review 5 out of 5 stars! Releases on March 30, 2025 (tomorrow!) "Thirteen hours before Theo Fairgood died, he woke up early to hang party decorations." - First line of the book! Had me laughing and thinking back to other works by this author! Theo is THE golden boy of Lock. Perfect grades, athletic, rich and powerful parents, etc. Everyone wants to be around him, seen with him, and just bask in his aura. That is except for Kade who would rather die. He just wants to get through the miserable high school years so his real life and adventure can begin. But surviving high school isn't for the faint of heart. Growling, fighting, and barking at everyone will only go so far. Everything changes when Kade crashes yet another party and saves Theo, though "golden boy" didn't need saving at all. Seems like the mysteries monster who attacked Theo was a vampire and Theo is no longer human!? Kade has chased many highs in his short life, but nothing has even come close...

Book Review 4 out of 5 stars! ARC Review (Release Date 3/14/25) "This is the main difference. Shifters can shift whenever they like and stay shifted for however long they like. Were don't get that choice." - Cian Cian's been in love with Mash Cassidy since the moment the two met fifteen years ago. He's been content with just being close friends and keeping his one-sided love, but how much longer can he hold on? When Mash can no longer avoid his family and the plans of his Alpha, who won't take no for an answer, an idea forms. Mash and Cian will be fake mates! They're best friends who have lived together before, what's a couple of months? Cian can openly show love and affection to Mash, but will his heart come out unscathed when this all ends? Mash is straight and adamant that there won't be any worries of feelings developing or attachments. Just pretend for a little bit more. Has our hipster shifter found the limits of the lengths he'd go for M...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "I could already tell this was going to be a long day. Especially if Brooks kept that shirt unbuttoned." - Sydney This is the break Sydney needed in her career to hopefully launch her corporate job to the next level. No more living check to check and paying for the absolute essentials! First time in the field and she can do this, or so she hopes. . . Sydney just has to inspect a farm in the middle of nowhere and then return to the city. From day one of being in Hallow's Cove things aren't working out the way she had planned. Upon meeting her rescuer and the owner of the farm she is to look Sydney forgets the definition of plan. How can she stay professional when this very attractive satyr is spoiling her and making her fall in love with the town and the farm?! Not to mention Chicken highly approves of her! But when an old college enemy pops up with intent to blackmail, Sydney will have to choose what's most important to her and for he...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost! This is a spin-off book from the main series "Dying Gods" .   You can read this book as a standalone if you wish but know there will be spoilers.  This installment takes place shortly after the events of the second book "Burn the Stars" . * * * * "We are mortals born to die, Britomartis. I will not throw my life away needlessly, but I will not horde it like a miser, either." - Sira Sira had it all until Xenodice decided she deserved the title Minas Crete over her own sister and mother. Second daughter rose to claim the throne whilst third daughter was placed in Potina's temple to "serve" the goddess. Never mind the fact that the temple soon became a prison where Sira remained along with all the secrets that would guarantee her end! Sira refuses to just lie down and decides to continue helping her people any way she can. But is it enough? When Britomartis enters Sira's life everything gets ...

Audiobook Review Narrator Karissa Vacker 5 out of 5 stars! Chloe Davis has successfully moved on from her horrible childhood and the memories. Becoming a psychologist with her own practice, owning a house, and about to marry the man she believes to be the one! The wedding date is fast approaching and she's trying to get the motivation to finalize things. Though the more things tack onto her to-do-list the more she just wants to go down to the courthouse! When the news of a missing local teenage girl greets Chloe, she's thrown back to that fateful summer. The summer that redefined her life, her family's life, and so much more. The similarities of now versus then are hard to deny, or maybe her mind is just playing tricks on her. Trauma and all that. Only things get more eerie as the cases of missing girls evolve and multiply. Can she unmask a killer again? Will this unravel everything she worked so hard for or just label her as insane? This audiobook was so fun, and I loved h...