What's on the Reading Radar? #TBR #WishList

 Soooo. I forgot to work up a Reading Radar last week. I didn't even have a draft. The week got away from me. I'm on the ball this week even though I was sick a couple of days. I have some exciting news but I can't share yet. :D

Title: Storm Cursed
Series: Mercy Thompson, 11
Author: Patricia Briggs
Length: 368 pages

Genre: Romantic Elements / Urban Fantasy / Paranormal / Werewolves / Shifters / Fae / Vampires / Witches / 

Notes: I'm a little behind on this series. I stopped and started this book a couple of times. My anxiety couldn't take the suspense and I got too wound up instead of sinking into the story. I was able to finish it this last week and I have thoughts... and questions. It was an interesting addition to the series.

Blurb: My name is Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman, and I am a car mechanic.

And a coyote shapeshifter.
And the mate of the Alpha of the Columbia Basin werewolf pack.

Even so, none of that would have gotten me into trouble if, a few months ago, I hadn’t stood upon a bridge and taken responsibility for the safety of the citizens who lived in our territory. It seemed like the thing to do at the time. It should have only involved hunting down killer goblins, zombie goats, and an occasional troll. Instead, our home was viewed as neutral ground, a place where humans would feel safe to come and treat with the fae.

The reality is that nothing and no one is safe. As generals and politicians face off with the Gray Lords of the fae, a storm is coming and her name is Death.

But we are pack, and we have given our word.

We will die to keep it.

Title: Dragon Scholar
Series: Dragon Hoard, 1
Author: Minerva Howe
Length: 215 pages

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Dragon Shifters / Gay /

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Blurb: Devon Marks loves books more than just about anything. They're his job and his passion, and they've brought him to an auction where he meets the hottest guy he's ever seen. When Brand Drake offers to let Devon come and value his extensive collection at an old mansion high in the Colorado mountains, he knows life as about as good as it gets.

Brand Drake knows he wants Devon the moment they meet, so he goes about adding Devon to his hoard the same way he would an amazing old book. But when Devon starts eating him out of house and home and showing signs that he has emerging dragon traits, he knows he hasn't just found a lover, he's found a mate.

When Devon starts to show signs of something even more amazing, Brand calls on his brothers Eagan and Tyson to help him figure out what to do, as well as how to tell Devon what's going on with his body, which is life-changing, and also dangerous. Someone always wants dragon magic to use, and Brand has to find a way to keep them safe, and to keep Devon with him, hopefully forever.

Title: Beneath the Opal Arc
Series:
Author: Lee Colgin
Length: 244 pages

Genre: Love Story w/HEA / Fantasy / Paranormal / Vampires / Werewolves / Witches / Gay / 

Notes: The reason I put 'love story' instead of romance is because the author classified as such at the end of the blurb. Though he does say the characters get a HEA. This is part of a triology.

Blurb: As the battle rages around him, Laurence stops to witness a witch casting a powerful magical arc. Werewolves race past, running for cover, but Laurence can't tear his gaze from the vulnerable spellcaster.

When Remy is injured, he doesn't expect a vampire to come to his rescue. What is he to Laurence if not dinner? But Laurence carries him to safety, ensures he gets treatment, and protects him from a pack of angry werewolves.

No one knows how long the magical arc will hold. Frightened by what might happen when it falls, Remy needs to escape the frontlines and find a safe haven before his own people hunt him down for treason.

As sparks fly between the unlikely pair, can they find solace in love, or will the supernatural war claim two more victims?

Beneath the Opal Arc
~A vulnerable witch lost on enemy soil
~A lonely vampire fighting to protect his charge
~A love story neither of them saw coming

Beneath the Opal Arc is an MM Paranormal Romance packed with adventure, a steamy love story, and danger at every turn. This novel contains violence and scenes intended for mature readers. This is book one of a series, and though some threads are left for book two, there is no cliffhanger. These characters get their HEA with another adventure yet to come!

Title: Breath
Series: (Scales 'N' Spells Book 2)

Author(s): AJ Sherwood, Jocelyn Drake
Length: 435 pages

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Dragons / Mages / Gay /

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Blurb: A Mage’s List for Freedom:

1. Escape his evil, controlling clan.
2. Get a job.
3. Work magic on HIS terms.
4. Avoid all dragons.

Tori was doing great until sexy dragon Baldewin interfered.

Between the little gifts, constant protection, and the steadfast confidence from the overgrown lizard, Tori wonders if maybe that last step needs revising. He has no chance to consider it.

Not before trouble called Jaeggi REALLY hits. Now he’s on the road trip from hell to the one place he’d never thought would be a safe haven. A clan of dragons.

Assuming they make it, that is.

Tags:
Dragon shifters, mages, fated mates, hurt/comfort, enemies to lovers, not mpreg, interracial couple, road trip, No Flying, nope not even with a dragon, dwarf hunting in Poland, Tori needs allll the hugs, Baldewin is happy to supply them, dragons are ninjas, attempted kidnapping, mages being BAMF, insecurity, trust issues, Tori is an arse, Baldewin is adorable, Cassie is over it, virgin character, but not for long fufufufu, dysfunctional family, family of choice, magical realism, cuuuuudles, the authors regret nothing

Title: Finally Home: Josiah
Series: (Where the heart is Book 1)

Author: K-lee Klein
Length: 119 pages

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Gay /

Notes:

Blurb: Josiah Nelson left the family home where his father’s bullying and his own fears made life a penance, swearing never to return. Now he has a funeral to arrange, another joyless Christmas holiday to survive, and a ranch to sell, before he can finally wipe the last dust of his childhood off his shoes and settle into his lonely big city life.

When he arrives in his hometown, Wyatt Aames is still there, still out and proud and everything Josiah secretly wanted when they were growing up. He can’t help feeling a tiny, fragile hope that this time, things might turn out differently. Especially when Wyatt seems set on teaching him that home isn’t the house you live in. It’s the place where your heart belongs.

This is a re-edited, rerelease of a book originally published by MLR in 2011. The book has been substantially expanded and improved in this edition.

Title: Laws of Attraction
Series: (Triorion: The Series)

Author: L.J Hachmeister
Length: 286 pages

Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi / Bisexual

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Blurb: An uptight nurse. An outlaw telepath. When war erupts, will their accidental psychic bond tear them apart - or unleash true desires?

Nikkia "Niks" Rison thinks she has it all: A great career as a nurse, a steady boyfriend, and a life traveling the stars. That is until a medical experiment goes wrong and she's tethered to the mind of Rex, a gorgeous - and dangerous - telepath who uses her unusual talents to unleash her clients' desires. Caught in the middle of the intergalactic war against the telepaths, Niks faces her greatest fears as Rex is captured by the military and sentenced to a fate worse than death. Will Niks abandon everything she knows to save the one she loves?

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