Whelp, I didn't post anything last week for the Reading Radar. I got caught up with sending Cherish out to the editor and I immediately jumped into writing Curse Breakers (Sumeria's Legacy). That is Nathan's book that I have been planning and world building on for a couple of years. I had meant to take a couple of weeks off to recharge, but new book energy gripped me and one page turned into another until I wrote 7k in a couple of days.
But, I'm on the ball this week. There are a couple of books that I completed that I really loved and there are a couple other books that I have my eye on.
Series: Vampire Vigilante, 1
Author(s): Nazri Noor
Length: 244 pages
Genre: Urban Fantasy / Light Mystery / Humor
Notes: I enjoyed this immensely. Nazi Noor has been on my TBR for a while but this is the first I've read by him. I listened to this on audiobook and the narrator, Nick Pedehl, was perfect. He really gave Sterling this panache that I might not have if I'd read this before listening. Sterling was hilarious but also endearing. Though he's vainglorious, I wasn't unsympathetic, especially when I realized that he was hamming it up. I really started worrying a bit for him before I was even half way through the book. I would totally recommend this. It was a perfect read for me.
Blurb: All vampires suck. Sterling just happens to be very good at it.
Vainglorious vampire Sterling is forced to trade his big city hedonism for a trip to a sleepy mountain town, where mangled dead bodies have been discovered. Soon he’s entangled with snooty vampire nobles, territorial werewolves, and a society of law-enforcing sorcerers.
The locals aren’t so bad, like the luscious young lady at the fruit shop, or the hunky electrician whose smile sends out sparks. But they’re distractions from the hunt for the mountain murderer. And then there’s the eerie enigma: why are all these corpses missing their faces?
Title: The Favor
Series:
Author(s): Suzanne Wright
Length: 473 pages
Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Marriage of Convenience / Fake Relationship
Notes: I don't know why I stopped and looked at this book. Y'all know that I rarely read contemporary, much less contemporary romance with only the romance as the main plot line. Something about the cover made me listen to the audio clip. I've read Wright's paranormal series, so I'm familiar with her. But still, fake relationships are not my cuppa, and yet, the clip caught my attention and I went for it without reading the blurb. Sucked me in from the very first. It's a 15 hour audio so I had to split it into two days, both with late nights because I kept saying, "Just one more chapter." Loved it. I'm rereading it. :)
Blurb: Vienna Stratton knew she only had herself to blame. You didn't let yourself become indebted to a man like Dane Davenport, no matter how badly you needed his help. As his personal assistant, she was very aware that the globally successful CEO was ruthless and unforgiving.
Of course, if she'd known he'd request that she be his wife for 12 months, she'd have hesitated in accepting his help. Because what she'd learned from Dane was that the devil wasn't ugly and terrorizing. He was seductive and captivating. He hummed with whispers of temptation - the temptation to sin and surrender, to let him brand and possess you. He awakened every need and fantasy you had.
He could even make you love him.
Of course, if she'd known he'd request that she be his wife for 12 months, she'd have hesitated in accepting his help. Because what she'd learned from Dane was that the devil wasn't ugly and terrorizing. He was seductive and captivating. He hummed with whispers of temptation - the temptation to sin and surrender, to let him brand and possess you. He awakened every need and fantasy you had.
He could even make you love him.
Title: Blood and Sand
Series: (The Books of Rue 1)
Author(s): Aisling Wilder
Length: 447 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Lesbian
Notes: As of Friday (when I created this post) the book was on sale for $0.99. I'm not sure how long that will last.
Blurb: Ancient vampire Rue keeps to herself. It makes it easier to fight the constant hunger that plagues her. That is, until the night she catches Grace-a not very good vampire hunter-stalking her through the streets of Dublin. Something about Grace is achingly familiar. And strangely irresistible.
Rue soon learns that Grace is herself being hunted, and is thrown into a battle she never wanted, to save a woman who wants her dead. As Rue unravels the horrifying and treacherous plot, she also uncovers a secret about Grace that could change everything. Along the way, Rue finds herself drawn to the girl, and is forced to choose: Continue her solitary life of safety, or risk it all for love?
Through it all, Rue recalls her creation and formative nights in an ancient world far from the rainy streets of Dublin, a world where she learned to live, love, hunt and kill.
Rue soon learns that Grace is herself being hunted, and is thrown into a battle she never wanted, to save a woman who wants her dead. As Rue unravels the horrifying and treacherous plot, she also uncovers a secret about Grace that could change everything. Along the way, Rue finds herself drawn to the girl, and is forced to choose: Continue her solitary life of safety, or risk it all for love?
Through it all, Rue recalls her creation and formative nights in an ancient world far from the rainy streets of Dublin, a world where she learned to live, love, hunt and kill.
Title: Galen
Series: Sons of the Fallen, 1
Author(s): Jaclyn Osborn
Length: 363 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Grumpy & Cinnamon Roll / Gay
Notes: Low Angst and Grumpy & Cinnamon Roll characters! Yes, please.
Blurb: Simon just wants to run his antique shop in peace.
But then he finds a small mysterious box that’s (probably) haunted, and his shop is broken into by the hottest man he’s ever seen who then steals said creepy box.
Now demons are after him and his only hope is to trust the tall, muscled, combat-boot-wearing thief who claims to be the son of a fallen angel.
Galen is charged with protecting humanity from dark forces. Cursed with Wrath, he’s hot-tempered and spends his days fighting demons and trying not to kill his six brothers when they irritate him.
His number one rule? Never fall in love. But then he meets Simon, a clumsy human who asks way too many questions and is—unfortunately—a total demon-magnet, and he starts breaking his own rules.
What’s inside the box, and why do the demons want it so badly? One thing is for sure… Simon can kiss his peaceful, ordinary life goodbye.
Book 1 in the Sons of the Fallen series. A low-angst urban fantasy MM romance featuring a grumpy half-angel and the human he swears he doesn’t like (he’s lying), seven warriors representing the deadly sins, a seaside mansion where they all live, banter, a snarky demon, and a HEA.
Title: Chaos
Series: The Library of the Profane, 1
Author(s): JB Trepagnier
Length:
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / RH
Notes: The Series Title made me stop and look at the blurb. It sounds like it will be funny.
Blurb: The Library of the Profane has everything your black heart desires. But we don’t just allow anyone to get a library card.
Need to summon a demon? Raise the dead? A clan of vampires bothering you? Do you like the really nasty werewolf erotica? The Library of the Profane has all of that, but not everyone can handle the contents (Some people can’t handle their werewolf erotica). I’ve been a librarian here for five years and when I say I killed to get this job, I’m not being facetious.
You can’t check out our books. Some of the books are sentient and don’t like it. We have rooms to perform the spells in or hell, we do have a copy machine (copies are extra). When a witch came in and said they needed to do a little necromancy, I didn’t question it. They wouldn’t have been given a library card if they were going to raise someone really bad. I helped with the necromancy because it’s just my job as a librarian.
Except it wasn’t a normal resurrection. It was the physical embodiment of Chaos and when he woke up, he saw me first and now he’s attached. Chaos personified is a horrible library guest and he won’t leave with the witch who raised him. He’s constantly getting into things he’s not supposed to and he’s really into the werewolf erotica.
It’s not like I can let him out because the Library of the Profane is meant to contain Chaos. The rest of the world isn’t. He’s awful about keeping his identity secret too. A warlock, a Hellhound, and a vampire know he’s here and they are bugging me to let Chaos have a little fun.
I just want a normal day of summoning demons, cursing people, and telling people to be quiet in my library. This is too much.
Need to summon a demon? Raise the dead? A clan of vampires bothering you? Do you like the really nasty werewolf erotica? The Library of the Profane has all of that, but not everyone can handle the contents (Some people can’t handle their werewolf erotica). I’ve been a librarian here for five years and when I say I killed to get this job, I’m not being facetious.
You can’t check out our books. Some of the books are sentient and don’t like it. We have rooms to perform the spells in or hell, we do have a copy machine (copies are extra). When a witch came in and said they needed to do a little necromancy, I didn’t question it. They wouldn’t have been given a library card if they were going to raise someone really bad. I helped with the necromancy because it’s just my job as a librarian.
Except it wasn’t a normal resurrection. It was the physical embodiment of Chaos and when he woke up, he saw me first and now he’s attached. Chaos personified is a horrible library guest and he won’t leave with the witch who raised him. He’s constantly getting into things he’s not supposed to and he’s really into the werewolf erotica.
It’s not like I can let him out because the Library of the Profane is meant to contain Chaos. The rest of the world isn’t. He’s awful about keeping his identity secret too. A warlock, a Hellhound, and a vampire know he’s here and they are bugging me to let Chaos have a little fun.
I just want a normal day of summoning demons, cursing people, and telling people to be quiet in my library. This is too much.
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