Magic is powered by blood—blood given willingly by those who hang on the fringes of power and blood taken violently from everyone
else—and blood magicians have been bleeding the world for centuries, engineering disasters to feed their bloody spells to gain
power, gain riches...to live as gods Read more...
Salome has feared winter ever since she nearly drowned in the
pond behind her grandparents' house. She's haunted by the
voices she heard in the woods that day and the strange monster
who pulled her from the pond. Years of therapy and medication
hasn't helped, and every time Read more...
Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes return to solve a mystery that
appears far from menacing in Evaline's opinion. Princess Alix
has asked Mina and Evaline to investigate Willa Aston, the
daughter of a closer personal friend who'd died recently. Willa
is convinced she's speaking to her dead Read more...
Twylla has only ever known duty. As the daughter of the Sin
Eater, she watched her mother eat the sins of the dead,
learning the role she would one day have to fill. But she had a
larger destiny, one that brings enormous responsibility. A
destiny that made her walk Read more...
Mike Bowditch left the Maine Warden Service. That part of his life is
done, but when his mentor Sgt. Kathy Frost is forced to kill a war
veteran in an apparent case of "suicide by cop," Mike can't ignore his
guilt.
Kathy is under investigation for the shooting, but Read more...
London Phillips, Rich Montgomery, Heather Cummings, and
Spencer
Ellington return to vie for the throne of fame, but a
media-
frenzy, little lies, and rumors might just end the
Pampered
Princesses' reign as Hollywood High royalty.
London is being pressured by her mother to undergo a
breast
reduction to attain Read more...
Devon Mackintosh hasn't recovered from the death of Hutch, the
golden boy of Keaton and her unrequited love. Even solving his
murder hasn't helped heal the scars it left on her or on their
small school. Then Devon is attacked at a New Year's Eve party
and Read more...
Claudia is the leader of a small band of survivors who call
Nashville their home. Unrecognizable since the Aftermath,
Nashville is desolate, polluted, and home to cannibals,
thieves, and a few survivors who can't afford to get attached
to each other because no one can be trusted.
But Claudia Read more...
Being unable to get a wickedly, sexy demon prince off your mind
is
tough.Being in love with your off-limits, best friend is even
harder.
Being unable to kiss a boy without stealing his
soul is the worst, and Layla Shaw is pretty sure things can't
get worse Read more...
Since awkwardly touching a tattoo on the back of a girl's neck
while in a donut shop, Charlie's world has been more
interesting than usual. The girl, Charlotte, wants Charlie's
help. He's a student at Brighton School of Mathematics and
Science, where her sister is the Read more...
Ian Campbell has never felt comfortable in his own skin let
alone around other people. Then comes the recurring dream, a
dream where he's surrounded by dragons of every color, dragons
who can speak to him, dragons who call him Prince Erus. He can
hardly focus on high school Read more...
Ivy Westfall has known that she must marry Bishop Lattimer for
years. Their marriage is supposed to heal the rift in their
nation caused fifty years ago when the Westfalls and Lattimers
both fought for control after a nuclear war destroyed the
United States.
She also knows that she must Read more...
Okiku has been stranded in this world for centuries. She is a
spirit of vengeance, taking the lives of killers and freeing
the spirits of murdered children. But there is no peace for
her. She drifts through the world, always hunting.
Then she meets Tark, a young boy with a Read more...
Meet Blizz Richards and his big family. Family of Bigfeet, that
is. His family, and creatures like him, have promised to never
be seen by the outside world. Blizz and his family are
gathering for the Family Reunion, and one Bigfoot hunter will
ruin it all if he can get Read more...
Essie fills her days with coding and repairs for the seven
loyal drones that run the local mines on Thanda. She likes it
that way. For the most part because sll she wants is to be left
alone.
When Dane, a handsome young man, crashs near her home, Essie
agrees Read more...
WAIT FOR SIGNS by Craig Johnson includes twelve Longmire
short stories, released for the first time in a single volume.
Eleven of the stories were previously released by Johnson on
Christmas Eve to his fans—and all reveal a small episode of
Walt's life. The final story Read more...
DARKNESS by Erin Eveland initially intrigued me because of the
interesting blurb and by the fact that it is an interactive
novel. Each chapter opens with a QR code that takes you to
additional pictures, music, or artwork to enhance the story. I
still love this concept of interactive novels Read more...
Khara has spent centuries trading places with Persephone. For
six months, she spends the winter months with Demeter who
resents that Khara is not her beloved daughter. For the other
six months, she calls the Underworld home, but even Hades, her
adoptive guardian, cannot save Khara from the evil that Read more...
What if Hitler had won World War II?
In THE ONLY THING TO FEAR, author Caroline Tung Richmond
creates a world where not only is that the reality, but Hitler
won because he succeeded in developing super soldiers. These
genetically-engineered soldiers have been perfected to create a Read more...
After humiliating herself badly on local TV, 14-year-
old Johanna Morrigan has no choice but to stop being
Johanna Morrigan. She invents Dolly Wilde, a hard
drinking, fast-talking, Goth Girl and Lady Sex
Adventurer. By sixteen she's smoking, getting drunk,
working for a music paper, and dropping Read more...
Jennifer Barnhart
Jen Barnhart received a Bachelor of
Science in Professional Writing
with a Creative Writing minor from
Missouri State University, and
also has an associate’s degree in
culinary arts, which she uses
mainly to make cookies for family and
friends.
When she’s not reading, Jen enjoys
visiting state parks and watching
movies with her family.
I love Shona Husk's Annwyn series. They do contain all the elements I love when it comes to reading romance; magic, Happily Ever After, and a sweetness to the relationship that makes the physical desire even sexier! You really do capture it all.
I am a huge fan of the Spirit Road Mysteries. They are by far one of my favorite series, and I've had the pleasure of reviewing two of them for Fresh Fiction. The realistic characters are truly what bring me back over and over. It will be a series I not only continue to follow but will go back and re-read over and over.
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