tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34363915713625187382024-02-07T19:50:43.859-08:00Loving Without LimitsLexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.comBlogger1024125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-12728182223387117492023-04-21T21:00:00.006-07:002023-04-21T21:00:00.182-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #TBR #reading #read #wishlist<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It been an alright week. Nothing much going on other than normal things. Working. Chasing the squirrels that are stealing the food meant for the birds. You know, adult stuff. LOL</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L-qTOTLrgS-jBhAzSHpYd1lkWmhOQiNDamv-rPY8-d2lQzhMyUJ5UHoufSck6nS8byK8QQnWbjUvqWh1P6gUHTntSac1Dn_kY2xpvM6lUo7Ew0BtClfEimz0ucHlH-kM06X23SIkKRnXndu4SB30wmRTIiU3ZFAQiV95u8x7dVnPRwWNvMnPvA/s346/Of%20Love%20and%20Shadows%20(Daemons%20of%20San%20DeLain%20Book%203).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="231" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L-qTOTLrgS-jBhAzSHpYd1lkWmhOQiNDamv-rPY8-d2lQzhMyUJ5UHoufSck6nS8byK8QQnWbjUvqWh1P6gUHTntSac1Dn_kY2xpvM6lUo7Ew0BtClfEimz0ucHlH-kM06X23SIkKRnXndu4SB30wmRTIiU3ZFAQiV95u8x7dVnPRwWNvMnPvA/s320/Of%20Love%20and%20Shadows%20(Daemons%20of%20San%20DeLain%20Book%203).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BY7KGXFZ?_bbid=130544711" target="_blank">Of Love and Shadows</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Daemons of San DeLain, 3</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: MA Church</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 292 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal /</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm so excited for the last book in the San DeLain trilogy!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Kage: I may be powerful. I may be the darkness. But it turns out I’m not the only monster who lurks in the shadows. The silence has been broken, and a secret from long ago has been unearthed with devastating consequences. The past has come back to haunt me, and everything I thought I knew has been turned on its head.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Danger strikes at everything I hold dear, and death stalks my mate and me.<br /><br />Austin: Not all monsters have wings, horns, and a tail. And sometimes monsters really are monsters. I know exactly how far someone will go to hide toxic secrets, but even I am shocked by the latest revelations. Pandora’s box has been opened, and now we’re dealing with the aftermath. My monster grieves, and I ache for him.<br /><br />But blood isn’t thicker than water, and found family is everything.<br /><br />Chaos reigns as the attacks from the mimic escalate, and the daemon clan of San DeLain goes on high alert. But violence is never far away, and when the past doesn’t stay buried, the answers will lead to even more questions.<br /><br />Death is coming, and the end is near. But for whom?<br /><br /><i>This is book 3 in the Daemons of San DeLain series which should be read in order.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WC4m_6AwI2lLg3QrEfAPEpht_6k4HFrIgghgUSkWPcsn3_NTgt5-gNPVsoFopuHsQ9YvHsq_W45Tkg6mQuU_kou3OWi7l_x-IHcA4oRrXTRDIvciOW1mHlk3S_RnR2mc4Ww5wc1LETs-wtZCFHiExeqAIo9bBVgHDryIpFvHg0QOYABKkNnC-g/s500/A%20Beginner%E2%80%99s%20Guide.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WC4m_6AwI2lLg3QrEfAPEpht_6k4HFrIgghgUSkWPcsn3_NTgt5-gNPVsoFopuHsQ9YvHsq_W45Tkg6mQuU_kou3OWi7l_x-IHcA4oRrXTRDIvciOW1mHlk3S_RnR2mc4Ww5wc1LETs-wtZCFHiExeqAIo9bBVgHDryIpFvHg0QOYABKkNnC-g/s320/A%20Beginner%E2%80%99s%20Guide.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BXMPGTZT/" target="_blank">A Beginner’s Guide to Death, Demons, and Other Afterlife Disasters</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">(Demonic Disasters and Afterlife Adventures Book 1)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Shannon Mae</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 170 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Angels & Demons / Grumpy & Sunshine / Low Angst Relationship / Instawant / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I found this through a recommendation from MA Church. I really enjoying it. It's very sweet and fun and hit the reading spot. :) The forward lets you know this is this author's first published work. The next book in the series is about a different couple coming out in July. It's already on my wish list.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Adam:<br /><br />Adam is not having a good day. First, he finds out his very long time boyfriend has been having an affair. Then, his dramatic exit becomes a little too dramatic when he ends up dead. To top it off, he finds out that the afterlife isn’t at all what he expected (he has no desire to learn to play the harp, thank you very much). Fortunately for him, some afterlife bureaucratic screw up ends him up with the most smoking hot demon he’s ever seen, and he decides he’s keeping him. Maybe the afterlife won’t be so bad after all.<br /><br />Minos:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />As Judge of the Damned, Minos has seen all sorts of human depravity over his endless existence. When a beautiful, shining soul pops into his chamber for judgment, he knows it's a mistake. The human, however, seems quite content to hang around, and it isn’t long before Minos decides he just might decide to keep this one. Minos isn’t the optimistic or happy sort, but he can’t help but be caught up in the whirlwind that is Adam. When forces beyond his control want to return Adam to his designated afterlife, Minos decides that will not be happening, heaven and hell be damned.<br /><br /><i>Tags: A very grumpy demon meets his match in a snarky, sunshine-filled human; not all angels are nice; Limbo is the party place to be; the afterlife is run like a corporate office, complete with red tape, pointless memos, and high levels of frustration; Minos has a tail and knows how to use it.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgST2_Q0Q1ghv_7g5qOK360G8BoHRguqS9rYunVroDzgjb86zKJ1bqk8wdPWUhD2D539IaOWykGfU3H0lcc45A6Ce5AOQEMJDt2epMPkLlvTNA92FH4d6wfhusAFJOioqO29eHY5iU4ZiJP7lLLbW2jotVLoqxV9BxCloY_aLZCy4ETm2-S5a3WIg/s500/The%20Sheriff's%20Omega%20(Hobson%20Hills%20Omegas%20Book%2010).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgST2_Q0Q1ghv_7g5qOK360G8BoHRguqS9rYunVroDzgjb86zKJ1bqk8wdPWUhD2D539IaOWykGfU3H0lcc45A6Ce5AOQEMJDt2epMPkLlvTNA92FH4d6wfhusAFJOioqO29eHY5iU4ZiJP7lLLbW2jotVLoqxV9BxCloY_aLZCy4ETm2-S5a3WIg/s320/The%20Sheriff's%20Omega%20(Hobson%20Hills%20Omegas%20Book%2010).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sheriffs-Omega-Hobson-Hills-Omegas-ebook/dp/B0C154W4DS/" target="_blank">The Sheriff's Omega</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Hobson Hill's Omegas, 10</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: CW Gray</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 113 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Sweetverse / Low Angst Relationship / Midlife / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This was really sweet and an enjoyable read. It was nice dipping the toe back into Hobson Hills. It's like meeting up with old friends. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Welcome back to Hobson Hills!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Sheriff Ian McKenzie never thought he would find love again. In fact, he didn't even bother looking for it. He's content with taking care of his town and trying to wrangle the meddlesome Wilson family. When a handsome, younger man lands on his doorstep, Mack isn't sure what to do. He can protect him, but can he handle falling in love with him?<br /><br />Roe Dorsey has had a hard few years. Divorced, stalked, and harassed, he hasn't had a chance to settle into his new normal. When someone tries to kill him, Roe takes his family and retreats to Hobson Hills. He had no idea that he would find a home there, little less love.<br /><br />Mack and Roe must decide if they'll stand together against the danger stalking Roe or let it divide them permanently.<br /><br /><i>Author Note: 32k mlm omegaverse romance with mpreg. Can be read as a standalone but characters from previous books pop up. Surprise babies, loveable pets, found family, sweet older men surprised by love, meddlesome Wilsons, and the return of the Hot Mess Club.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoVETTpXjSi5NSPvia_6bohXYZo_EjTVUv0eJs3y90CHJIdq5KbU8asTSmeVvjBWIHYj7MG_J215DGobg1E8tMCjJ4Sy8Xy32lWN3W5bzKKKr3jRdVPdabVJ-BjZgwW7w3nHmD4kOKK0OoE6W3F91SpIywa7MI1CJtFXB36dhJSUa7lSCiQgdgQ/s500/Sleepy%20as%20a%20Koala%20(Society%20of%20Shifters).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoVETTpXjSi5NSPvia_6bohXYZo_EjTVUv0eJs3y90CHJIdq5KbU8asTSmeVvjBWIHYj7MG_J215DGobg1E8tMCjJ4Sy8Xy32lWN3W5bzKKKr3jRdVPdabVJ-BjZgwW7w3nHmD4kOKK0OoE6W3F91SpIywa7MI1CJtFXB36dhJSUa7lSCiQgdgQ/s320/Sleepy%20as%20a%20Koala%20(Society%20of%20Shifters).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sleepy-as-Koala-Society-Shifters-ebook/dp/B0BBWJBNVK/" target="_blank">Sleepy as a Koala</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Society of Shifters</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: TS Snow</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 275 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Low Angst Relationship / RH</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I stumbled on this and licked on the cover because love reading about different shifters. I double love when it's low angst. The relationship is the primary plot with the side plot of Haven needing donations to stay running. All four of them are atypical shifters and I have to say the way the author put things together, there were some super cute moments. I'm about 65% through the story and looking forward to how they are going to handle Haven's money problems. This is in a shared universe and I'm already looking at the other offerings. I know they won't have the same low angst as this one, but they are all standalones and have unusual shifter types. That's hitting my reading sweet spot right now.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Being soul-bonded to a koala is all naps and eucalyptus leaves until a dog is chasing you.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />But if the dog is cute, being caught isn’t so bad.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Especially when he and his friends just so happen to be my soulmates.<br /><br />Owen, my loyal charmer;<br />Ethan, my gentle giant;<br />And Liam, my shy childhood best friend.<br /><br />A relationship between a koala, a dog, a hedgehog, and a moose may seem like a bad joke, but we’re determined to make it work.<br /><br />When the place I grew up in starts to struggle financially, will I be able to count on the guys to help me find a solution before the children who live there lose their only home?<br /><br /><i>Sleepy as a Koala is a standalone paranormal romance where the FMC doesn't have to choose between love interests. It contains strong language and sexual situations that might not be suited for anyone under the age of 18.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />Despite being part of a shared world, Sleepy as a Koala can be read independently of any of the other books.</i></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-25640557351337028592023-04-07T21:00:00.227-07:002023-04-16T10:40:33.676-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #read #reading #WishList #TBR<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reading has been a bit of a struggle the last couple of weeks. I have stopped reading several stories at various points. For some, the angsty and worry got to me and others I wasn't in the mood for. I've also been a bit shy about finishing a book if I think that it's going to end in a cliffhanger. I don't have the same appreciation for them as others do. It's not a big deal when the series is finished, but everything I've been reading lately has had cliffs and I really didn't like how things ended. So I've been hesitant to complete stories if I suspect I'm not going to get a HFN ending.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">That being said, I did find some gems.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DOgKoWtgAlTFM_m60mUji8OyolB7Y3LbC_Fm7iBurRIxPzp8rBRoEwWGf7zqgr5GPm_jmleutQf3SF3OGY33hO_2yPZz6GLe9PWeT84zbtCydnSemLcqdyaeZNWwDehqiRP_wJsGcV3Q1oUDPRSKX1TdFegcU-EvJQGBpj55PA_bF04pik-tGQ/s500/The%20Monster's%20Den.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DOgKoWtgAlTFM_m60mUji8OyolB7Y3LbC_Fm7iBurRIxPzp8rBRoEwWGf7zqgr5GPm_jmleutQf3SF3OGY33hO_2yPZz6GLe9PWeT84zbtCydnSemLcqdyaeZNWwDehqiRP_wJsGcV3Q1oUDPRSKX1TdFegcU-EvJQGBpj55PA_bF04pik-tGQ/s320/The%20Monster's%20Den.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Den-Jillian-West-ebook/dp/B0BZMZ5KX6" target="_blank">The Monster's Den</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Jillian West</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 330 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Sex Worker / RH / Curvy Woman / Low Relationship Angst / Outside Drama</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I really liked this one. It's a standalone with several extended epilogues that give glimpses to the immediate and far future. The male love interests were each distinct and soft for Emerson. I did worry about Emerson's welfare with the big-bad a few times, but I needn't've. This gave me everything I was looking for the last couple of weeks and couldn't find. Now I want to read more like this. I think this might turn out to be a series of standalones and I'm here for it. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Emerson Parker is exhausted. She spends her days chasing around her high energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet.<br /><br />...oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out?<br /><br />Well, that's just icing on the cake.<br /><br />With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike. Survival means taking a job at The Monster's Den - a club that caters to the inhuman residents of her new home.<br /><br />But freedom comes with complications of its own: delusional monsters dead set on inserting themselves into her life and her bed.<br /><br />With the North American Alpha hot on her heels and monsters standing in his way...<br /><br />Will it be enough to keep Emerson and her daughter safe?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Kt6zodAym0XVLcW2zyD9RkEYW37BFqrxQimFLpSYoLliopG_qP6EqEv13PuAU_E5Os6epbRdZlaYNJpZkddY4hnGvGoffIrb01z33znrMdtPVRBixsjekgVpGN6c4JBgziFhdnvk1UE30kf3dBLzcQz_KrcWb-nBpFRdxXu57mwg8gSsaxF4xg/s500/His%20Reluctant%20Omega%20Mate%20(Sweetwater%20Pack%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Kt6zodAym0XVLcW2zyD9RkEYW37BFqrxQimFLpSYoLliopG_qP6EqEv13PuAU_E5Os6epbRdZlaYNJpZkddY4hnGvGoffIrb01z33znrMdtPVRBixsjekgVpGN6c4JBgziFhdnvk1UE30kf3dBLzcQz_KrcWb-nBpFRdxXu57mwg8gSsaxF4xg/s320/His%20Reluctant%20Omega%20Mate%20(Sweetwater%20Pack%20Book%201).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Reluctant-Omega-Mate-Sweetwater-Pack-ebook/dp/B09ZBNWQW9/" target="_blank">His Reluctant Omega Mate</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Sweetwater Pack, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Jax Stuart</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 414 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Mpreg / Cinnamon Roll Character / Prickly Character / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This has been sitting on my TBR since I read January Blues. I really liked that one but wasn't sure how angsty this one would be. It does have 'reluctant' in the title, you know? It wasn't as angsty as I'd anticipated but this is also a plotty book so there was something else to concentrate on other than the reluctance part. I enjoyed this alot, but I'm hesitant to start the next book. The glimpse given of the next MCs has me worried. I'm in love with Dakota and if he gets hurt I will want him to find another mate, just sayin'. I'm already emotionally invested in one of the characters. LOL. I guess that goes to show the author did an excellent job with that. :)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Will Kade be able to trust that fate has brought him an alpha that he can love, not just the one that he needs?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />As an omega, Kade's purpose is to mate with an alpha and carry children. Years on the run have stolen that from him and ravaged his body. A chance meeting with his fated mate has Kade asking if Blake could be the one to heal his heart as well as his wolf. But what kind of alpha would accept a damaged omega?<br /><br />Meeting his fated was a dream come true for Blake, but Kade keeps him at arm's length. Blake doesn't need Kade to trust all alphas, just that Blake would never harm an omega, especially his prickly, reluctant mate.<br /><br /><i>His Reluctant Omega Mate contains mpreg and discussions surrounding the past abuse of several characters. There is some on page violence, a kidnapping, and discussions about infertility. Omegas sometimes have it hard but Blake is a cinnamon roll of an alpha who wants to give them the world.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68eK4xKnDPq_kxTNR27olQsvJmNSYrLPhuQFN_QXe6LobxlS6dDicx-5lsRDm9dHJ0Q-Y_Eeseitt1FYGKNY4pVzC6rboBCsJWuCK5ZXZzvAfZ8ZSd90gBYEuEOxFttxJKelT73g4REbD44fJQ7OAyGPCTi31vBG2Yw8jBMEfzZhG1rgOQ9czgQ/s346/scout.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68eK4xKnDPq_kxTNR27olQsvJmNSYrLPhuQFN_QXe6LobxlS6dDicx-5lsRDm9dHJ0Q-Y_Eeseitt1FYGKNY4pVzC6rboBCsJWuCK5ZXZzvAfZ8ZSd90gBYEuEOxFttxJKelT73g4REbD44fJQ7OAyGPCTi31vBG2Yw8jBMEfzZhG1rgOQ9czgQ/s320/scout.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scout-Chosen-Champions-Book-Four-ebook/dp/B09V85BRK4" target="_blank">Scout</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Chosen Champions, 4</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Macy Blake</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 326 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: So this has been sitting around waiting for me to read it since it came out. I was saving it for when I was having trouble finding something to read. Of all the Chosen spinoffs, this is the series that I like the best. Scout/Jack is so freakin' smart. And Coal's aunt is one dangerous dragon. This was really enjoyable for me. I'm really excited for the next book. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Coal Volsunga is a dragon convinced he’s better off alone…<br /><br />As alone as a dragon who is part of a pack can be, that is. Although he loves the work, his feelings are starting to get involved, especially for a wolf entirely too involved with pack life for a loner like Coal.<br /><br />Jack “Scout” Jerrick is a wolf with two packs, but only one heart…<br /><br />Dividing his time between his father’s pack and his new one hasn’t been an issue for Scout. He’s learning to protect the secrets of the shifter world and the innocents involved in a dangerous war over magic and power. But when he develops feelings for the cantankerous dragon in his new pack, things begin to get a whole lot more complicated.<br /><br />After Scout is kidnapped by the mysterious threat hunting their pack, Coal realizes being alone isn’t his life’s mission after all. If he and Scout are able to survive, they must<br /><br />…put aside their preconceived notions and work together to save their pack,<br /><br />…learn to love and heal when nothing is as it seems,<br /><br />…and realize when it comes to being mates, there’s nothing they won’t do to save each other.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hKlzItCDtl-xM9xSFIBQVAApM_3qd9xpQEpCrdLDKiwkqWXTE_m_gyMVZE4w58iZ5U-MixM59jUYy4sDa7J0s1I-zas01p75LduJouQ5Wl3XEFRAa8y4lV7eYy7kFAEvZmYE9Enrq8ckcRqYVg5jrqiWAl4tJCObSmpF9RXZyVTUsigb5p71jQ/s500/Dangerous%20(Shifter%20Scoundrels%20Book%202).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hKlzItCDtl-xM9xSFIBQVAApM_3qd9xpQEpCrdLDKiwkqWXTE_m_gyMVZE4w58iZ5U-MixM59jUYy4sDa7J0s1I-zas01p75LduJouQ5Wl3XEFRAa8y4lV7eYy7kFAEvZmYE9Enrq8ckcRqYVg5jrqiWAl4tJCObSmpF9RXZyVTUsigb5p71jQ/s320/Dangerous%20(Shifter%20Scoundrels%20Book%202).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Shifter-Scoundrels-Book-2-ebook/dp/B09RGQ5535/" target="_blank">Dangerous</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Shifter Scoundrels, 2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Charlie Chochet, Macy Blake</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 259 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Romance / Paranormal / Hidden Society / Secret Agent Man / Low Angst Relationship /</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: After the first book of this series, I knew that I needed to come into this story understanding that it is going to be more character driven than plot driven. There is some actiony things going on late in the story, but the majority of it is Jason being introduced to this world and the two of them getting to know each other. It was an enjoyable and I really like Jason and Mouse. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: A grumpy lion shifter duke with secrets, a sassy human who knows nothing of the shifter world, and a fiery arrangement neither of them expected.<br /><br />Cormac Donegan, Duke of Everard, is all too familiar with the perils of his shifter world, especially as a Dahlia, one of the dragon king’s elite spies. After a mission nearly costs him his life, Cormac is sidelined, healing and grieving his heavy losses. Then a different kind of trouble shows up on his doorstep, a human claiming to be his fiancé.<br /><br />When Jason Reaves is nearly killed in a house fire, it becomes clear that someone is trying to murder him. With his already fragile health deteriorating, Jason’s only hope is to call in the debt a stranger owes his father– a favor that promises safety, protection… and marriage.<br /><br />Jason’s escape leads him and his service dog, Mouse, to an impressive country estate. He’s expecting the older man who’d made the promise, not his ruggedly handsome son–who happens to be a Duke, as in rich and royal.<br /><br />Will this Cinderfella find his happily ever after in the arms of a dashing–if somewhat irritable–duke? Or will Cormac’s secrets prove to be more dangerous than the shifters hunting him?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL8LlO-KjO6vtdiQGpJJkCOcn0Fur2sqjHRE97E3y5b0AoSJghsVv8qTqvPG_HlBghVgap3PKyaJ4_ae6jRia5M0SaW2Cu-dayYmwJbf33eCN3xbcrdDiYZWrmUvtwHl4HYr1cnhWcKLTAlx9eEtjdum7F5ErVaE6kuXIn5H3S1m1ivBYVSFvhg/s500/Rejected%20Omega.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL8LlO-KjO6vtdiQGpJJkCOcn0Fur2sqjHRE97E3y5b0AoSJghsVv8qTqvPG_HlBghVgap3PKyaJ4_ae6jRia5M0SaW2Cu-dayYmwJbf33eCN3xbcrdDiYZWrmUvtwHl4HYr1cnhWcKLTAlx9eEtjdum7F5ErVaE6kuXIn5H3S1m1ivBYVSFvhg/s320/Rejected%20Omega.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rejected-Omega-Romance-Second-Chance-ebook/dp/B0BNJWJF3W/" target="_blank">Rejected Omega</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Second Chance Mates, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Max Ross</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 392 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Mpreg / Non-Omegaverse / Rejected Mates / Second Chances / Secret Baby / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm a sucker for the rejected mate trope but I usually prefer it if the one rejected finds a different mate. This one isn't like that since it's a second chance romance with a secret baby. I felt for Justin all through the story and really worried for his welfare since the political intrigue always hinted at corruption and violence. I did want to give a warning that the tone for Justin was always shaded in hints of dreariness/depression. If my anxiety was running high, I wouldn't have been able to read this simply for that reason. I understood Justin's mood since he was mourning his fated mate and stressing over being a single father. The two are separated at the very beginning and don't meet back up until about 73% mark, where I stopped reading last night (I'm writing this Friday afternoon) and I really would like to see more groveling and Richard proving with actions (not words) how he's going to make things better and be a better mate. Richard did acknowledge all that he did wrong and my heart broke for Peter!! I hope he gets a romance because Peter deserves a HEA. I'll probably finish reading the book in the next couple of days and I'm really hoping the bad guys get trounced. And I can't believe that Richard didn't call his brother and warn him about anything! This was a bit more angsty than I was anticipating but had a hard time putting it down. I was sure that assassins were going to come out of the woodwork at anytime. Since 25% is still left, I'm still sure that might happen. Just sayin' the author put that expectation out there very subtly and I've been half inclined to yell at the characters for not hiding better. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: He once believed true love lasted forever...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Prince Richard Hargreave has been raised in the customs of his pack—to wed the mate chosen for him by the Wolf Goddess and become Wolf King of Altaden. He just didn't expect to fall so deeply in love. Justin Turner is perfect for Richard in every way. Not only is the omega wolf gay, but he's sweet, kind, and just a little shy—traits severely lacking in the royal court. But when the king's new Dreamer, the Goddess's oracle and divine matchmaker, proclaims the previous oracle a fraud and traitor, Richard is devastated. The new Dreamer claims Richard has been deceived, and the sweet, adoring Justin is not his mate after all. The selection of the omega wolf was nothing more than a plot to taint the royal line. Richard can hardly believe it's true, but a prince's duty to his pack must be greater than his own desires, even if it breaks his heart forever.<br /><br />Justin Turner is leading a charmed life. How else could an omega nobody like him wind up betrothed to a man like Richard Hargreave? Crown prince or not, Justin loves him with all his heart. It wasn't that long ago that the Dreamer priestess appeared on his doorstep, declaring the Wolf Goddess had chosen him as Richard's mate. Since that day, the two had become inseparable. And now, he can barely contain his excitement—he has a surprise for Richard that will change their lives forever. But when he arrives at the place, Richard has a surprise of his own. The betrothal is off. The previous Dreamer betrayed them, and everything they shared was a lie. The new Dreamer has spoken. Justin is no longer Richard's mate. Shattered by the rejection, Justin can barely breathe. After the guards remove him from the palace, he has no choice but to flee with his secret untold—that Richard Hargreave, Crown Prince of Altaden, is going to be a father…<br /><br /><i>Reader note: contains M/M Mpreg romance, wolf shifters, rejected mates, male male love, royal princes, omega wolves, secret babies, second chances, and six loyal dogs</i></span></div></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-18783290734703529912023-03-17T21:00:00.201-07:002023-03-17T21:00:00.157-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #read #TBR #WishList<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What's been going on? Well, I went in for a physical and came out with a flu shot and shingles vac. Then I had a couple of days of feeling achy with a temp. Fun times. But I didn't miss out on reading.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oas3suVrrjEuN5Nu_ASitzHy70BpRBTF8abjiN5FC8UHJRzJRXQBLTtjJToWzqvy4hdKDkn-91cTgGoiEJGko-tpXm5TvEAbXvQPBss195v1oOJrKCxpdscJQILZajoVGCHQDVJNovZy87qEJgh3t4GaPEC6u_rXH0RWIcq6wHBstCHkZqyCuw/s500/514S5y2eOeL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oas3suVrrjEuN5Nu_ASitzHy70BpRBTF8abjiN5FC8UHJRzJRXQBLTtjJToWzqvy4hdKDkn-91cTgGoiEJGko-tpXm5TvEAbXvQPBss195v1oOJrKCxpdscJQILZajoVGCHQDVJNovZy87qEJgh3t4GaPEC6u_rXH0RWIcq6wHBstCHkZqyCuw/s320/514S5y2eOeL.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG8RDC1K" target="_blank">The Marriage Contract</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Marriage Mayhem, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Aja Foxx</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 277 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Romance / Contemporary / Marriage of Convenience / Low Angst / High Outside Drama /</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: If you follow me you know that I read very few contemporary romances. I was looking from something low angst and stumbled on this series by chance. When I say low angst, I mean the couple falls for each other pretty easily with little to no relationship drama. This hit the spot. It sort of reminded me of a Hallmark movie. Their is a lot of outside family drama that was pretty consistent throughout and kept things from going too slow to lose my attention. I ended up reading all the books in this series. They are interconnected in that this is about a group of frat brothers so there are crossover characters. You could probably read a couple of these as standalone, though book 3 will give away a spoiler for book one. The last book does have some relationship angst. I really wanted to punch Lucas in the face several times, but there is character growth and relationship growth and by the time they got together I was starting to believe that they could work. By then end, they were a solid couple. It's been a fun series to read and I will keep reading when new stories are added. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: ~ Jai ~</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">When I learned that my parents had sold me into marriage to pay off my sister's debts, I was in no way surprised. They'd taken everything else from me my entire life. Why not my freedom, too? But Jake D'Amato is unlike anyone I have ever met. He's sweet and kind, and seems to really care about me. When my family decides my sister would make him a better husband, I put my foot down. For once in my life, I was going to fight for what I wanted, and I wanted Jake.<br /><br />~ Jake ~</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I hadn't gotten to where I was in life without learning to fight for what I wanted, and the moment I discover the abuse Jai Thomas is suffering due to his family, I decided I wanted him. Getting him to agree was going to be the hard part. He wanted no part of my money, which was a switch for me, but it also intrigued me enough to consider making our marriage of convenience permanent. I just had to keep his family away from him long enough to convince him to take a chance on a total stranger. Easier said than done when his sister decides she wants to replace Jai, not for my affections, but for my bank account.<br /><br />~~~<br /><br /><i>Warning: Gay erotic romance. The material in this book contains explicit sexual content that is intended for mature audiences only. All characters involved are adults capable of consent, are over the age of eighteen, and are willing participants.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTuWV22m1-VyFU3tYqSwrFzq5CSiTzrkk_4eCwDMApINYcObHYQLP7bTkWE-9mHaiUsMsFWp0tjcqWiZ9Qix_mMqLx6_yBefvE-WYtFUoFDxMQEg9TYPjfOKlHcXp6ECLYTT0nDQsa0ij_bximH90HQWwYgOysRUXbshaezMdNAcBhg4ukVouAA/s500/Susix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTuWV22m1-VyFU3tYqSwrFzq5CSiTzrkk_4eCwDMApINYcObHYQLP7bTkWE-9mHaiUsMsFWp0tjcqWiZ9Qix_mMqLx6_yBefvE-WYtFUoFDxMQEg9TYPjfOKlHcXp6ECLYTT0nDQsa0ij_bximH90HQWwYgOysRUXbshaezMdNAcBhg4ukVouAA/s320/Susix.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susix-Amelia-Rademaker-ebook/dp/B0BJ96GYB3/" target="_blank">Susix</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Susix, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Amelia Rademaker</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 299 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Sci-Fi / Aliens / Slow Slow Burn Romance / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This book was AWESOME. This is a slow burn RH series which is more on the side of polycule. There is no sex or amorous feelings in this first book since the aliens think she's an intelligent dog and she just learning how to survive. There are some really funny things that happens because they think she's a pet. All the things you do with your pet and you think nothing of it until it's flipped around like this. Cece is a great heroine and I loved her to pieces. I'm sorta dying since the next book isn't scheduled until Jan 2024 but this didn't end on a cliffhanger, which I 100% appreciated. I'll be rereading again and if I'm lucky there will be an audiobook version. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Being abducted by aliens is terrifying. Everything after that? Pretty boring.<br /><br />Cece Levine didn’t believe in aliens. That is, right up until she was abducted. Life in space is not what she expected. She lives in a cage. She's left alone all the time. And the boredom is driving her insane.<br /><br />When a thief who is more snake than man, mistakes her for an exotic pet, Cece decides to just roll with it. Who cares if her new owners think she’s a glorified dog? She’s fed, can walk around, and is safe. This is an improvement in her opinion. Until pirates attack and Cece realizes her new owners might be more dangerous than she thought.<br /><br />With a Crown on the line, Vesex Forthusis will take any advantage he can to keep his Nest ahead of the rest. And alive. That might be asking for too much thought.<br /><br />Vesex Forthusis has no desire to be the Sovereign of Susurex. He has no desire for power but he will fight to become the leader of his people if it means they will stop starving and begin thriving. All he has to do is find the Crown of Versetti, one of his people’s most valuable artifacts, and deliver it back home. Too bad it was stolen eons ago and every bloodthirsty Susix in the galaxy trying to steal it.<br /><br />He and his nestmates will need to use every trick they have to survive the journey. What they do not need is a stray pet running around distracting everyone. But when their ship gets ambushed, it becomes obvious that there is much more to their new pet than they originally thought.<br /><br />Will Cece and this misfit crew of snake men be able to work past their differences to survive an onslaught of aliens with murder on their minds?<br /><br /><i>Author’s Note: This is a slow-building reverse harem series. There’s not much spice in this book but there are some situations that are intended for a mature audience.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VDuHGV3s4S5dUHqBdAqOBBi9CKogGeEtZ4o69sLgnpEuA56qXiTcAAU9v3zld5guuFftKkBxNFFahQB5Fm8NLxTjE_i1NJxOZg_AFeKDvxBj-VAmYs-5325i9MTRqtFOJP2Ap5zt16n782A5qWQSQYkgntMxpr35FGfXUXvPMNn92ytMpe2KGg/s500/No%20Good%20Deed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VDuHGV3s4S5dUHqBdAqOBBi9CKogGeEtZ4o69sLgnpEuA56qXiTcAAU9v3zld5guuFftKkBxNFFahQB5Fm8NLxTjE_i1NJxOZg_AFeKDvxBj-VAmYs-5325i9MTRqtFOJP2Ap5zt16n782A5qWQSQYkgntMxpr35FGfXUXvPMNn92ytMpe2KGg/s320/No%20Good%20Deed.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/No-Good-Deed-Insurance-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BVL429F1/" target="_blank">No Good Deed</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Maverick Insurance Mysteries, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: MJ May</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 319 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Slow Burn Romance / Contemporary / Mystery / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I recently read and enjoy MJ's P<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Perfectly-Imperfect-Pixie-Perfect-Book-ebook/dp/B0BKYM1Z3L" target="_blank">erfectly Imperfect Pixie</a> and really loved it. I enjoyed it so much I thought I give her new release a try. There is a lot of who-done-it and what's-going-on tension in this book. I put it on pause because my anxiety's acting up and the trepidation was getting me too wound up. I have my suspicions about what is happening and I'm so worried about Perry's wellbeing!! *bites nails* I'll probably read through the rest this coming weekend because I really want to know what happens. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Three years ago, Perry Atherton tried to play the hero. Turns out real life isn’t like the movies. Instead of saving someone’s life, his reward was head trauma and a blown-out knee. Perry’s dream of becoming an astrophysicist was obliterated along with his memories of that tragic night. Left with a poor memory, painful migraines, and a constant limp, he’s grateful for his custodial position at Maverick Insurance.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Perry can’t remember. Detective Nathanial Harmon can’t forget. The first night Nate met Perry is seared into his brain—Perry lying on his back, the colorful sequences of his Pride shirt glittering in the otherwise dark alley. Perry’s ragged breaths, swollen face, and hemorrhaging body their first introduction.<br /><br />Perry and Nate’s futures are about to collide again—the instigator: a note Perry was never meant to find, let alone read. A murderer lurks in the office building Perry cleans, and a nameless employee appears to be next on their hit list.<br /><br />Perry’s not sure he’s ready to get involved again. He tried to play Good Samaritan before with horrific consequences. But the note screaming murder won’t let his conscience remain quiet and convinces him to tempt the phrase “No good deed . . .” again.<br /><br /><i>No Good Deed is the first book in the Maverick Insurance Mystery Series. No Good Deed is an m/m contemporary mystery romance and involves a man trying to make the best of being on Karma's bad side, the value of true friendship, demanding four-legged fur balls, the pros and cons of listening to your conscience, and finding love where you least expect. No Good Deed has a HFN ending with no cheating.<br /></i><br /><i>Possible trigger warnings include gun violence, past violent trauma, and murder.</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBC5lurFu0lIzmn98kicI2HLZLHkBPrAJkkYTVNKYdwJ9z92CthEhL79NtOqWBiWpDfZD3OaHyQCTx1rUEjpRLBXnHzwM2jDfRRvAfhsvFqftuCrS3jCiDcbXFrz_m-w4fjvbFsGNHy-ExQtpJMw3Wj4UkI0UHTb2fzZ6z5PwbU2ePCUhL62fZ-g/s500/Rejected%20Mate%20Refuge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBC5lurFu0lIzmn98kicI2HLZLHkBPrAJkkYTVNKYdwJ9z92CthEhL79NtOqWBiWpDfZD3OaHyQCTx1rUEjpRLBXnHzwM2jDfRRvAfhsvFqftuCrS3jCiDcbXFrz_m-w4fjvbFsGNHy-ExQtpJMw3Wj4UkI0UHTb2fzZ6z5PwbU2ePCUhL62fZ-g/s320/Rejected%20Mate%20Refuge.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rejected-Mate-Refuge-Lola-Glass-ebook/dp/B0B2W1K266/" target="_blank">Rejected Mate Refuge</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Trilogy Box Set</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Lola Glass</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 707 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Slow Burn Romance / Paranormal / Rejected Mates / Second Chances / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: When I started this I was sorta hoping that it was RH, but it doesn't appear to be. But I do love it when the rejected mate makes a new and better life for themselves and that is what happens here. I like the concept that the moon goddess gives rejected mates something extra if they are rejected. Cara's gift is that she calms feral wolves. My only quibble, her reasons for being distrustful of Knockout wouldn't have been mine. I'm enjoying the story so far. Also, one of the first things that I'd be doing once I escaped would be calling the family and letting them know what happens so that the x-mate doesn't trap them. Just sayin'. She is only 19 and doesn't really think of the consequences because that isn't how she thinks since she was brought up in a nice loving pack that didn't have situations in which she had to look on the darker side of someone's motivations.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: MEETING MY FATED MATE WAS MAGICAL.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Then he rejected me, threw me in the trunk of his car, and sold me into a backwater fighting club full of rabid werewolves.<br /><br />My pack and family have no idea I'm in danger and my inner-wolf is still crying over the guy who rejected me, so I'm on my own.<br /><br />At least I think so, until I realize I have the ability to tame rabid shifters.<br /><br />But I have no idea how to use it--and accidentally end up with a dozen crazed wolves protecting me like I'm their favorite chew toy.<br /><br />The only other sane trapped werewolf is a sexy, infuriating jerk who calls himself Knockout. He might be my ticket out of the fight club, but I don't know if I can trust him.<br /><br />And even if I can, those dozen werewolves who think I'm theirs to protect?<br /><br />They're not letting go.<br /><br />I have to find a way out before I get too attached to the rabid wolves around me…<br /><br />Especially Knockout.<br /><br />Or the gift that's keeping me alive just might become my undoing.<br /><br /><i>*This paranormal romance trilogy is recommended for readers ages 17+, and contains the books Wolf Tamer, Wolf Charmer, and Wolf Whisperer.</i></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Thank you for stopping by and reading!</i></b></span></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-19377219788758141502023-03-03T21:00:00.002-08:002023-03-04T06:40:30.416-08:00What's on the Reading Radar? #read #reading #TBR #WishList<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What a relaxing week! And I'm not saying that because the husband has been gone all week. I took some time for myself. Put together some cubbies, did some spring cleaning (just one room and boy was I exhausted), made some jewelry, watching some true crime videos about serial killers (LOL), and read a couple of the books from last week's post.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP1794bZDSoa2NaEfQEh7heUjdb3LZX8Vdi2YnrOeGpppcG0zC0D8floO8unvf6fhuDZznfiaExEDqIK0e84EyqScXp72epA7OliHh6ctYBa5lL15sGooCGU-c6g2tKhRJJklK8u09jaI-kFnh1GByLRMUkqA-6ILcwx-Tm8exvgaRV3XgMNoKQ/s500/The%20River%20Prince%20(Realms%20of%20Love%20Book%202).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP1794bZDSoa2NaEfQEh7heUjdb3LZX8Vdi2YnrOeGpppcG0zC0D8floO8unvf6fhuDZznfiaExEDqIK0e84EyqScXp72epA7OliHh6ctYBa5lL15sGooCGU-c6g2tKhRJJklK8u09jaI-kFnh1GByLRMUkqA-6ILcwx-Tm8exvgaRV3XgMNoKQ/s320/The%20River%20Prince%20(Realms%20of%20Love%20Book%202).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/River-Prince-Realms-Love-Book-ebook/dp/B0B98YWTX6/" target="_blank">The River Prince</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Realms of Love, 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Sheena Jolie</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 420 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Fantasy / Hurt-Comfort / </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: Preorder drop! The first book in the series, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077JCMB8M">Solstice Prince</a>, is currently on sale for free.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: <b>From bestselling author SJ Himes writing as Sheena Jolie comes the long-awaited new book in the Realms of Love Series!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The countries of Eistrea and Hellebore were once one land, torn asunder by a brutal war. A thousand years later, the Hellebore Empire and the Kingdom of Eistrea foster peace along the shared borders of the massive river Adracias, united by faith in a mysterious river god and an ancient treaty signed in blood and magic.<br /><br />Prince Elia of Eistrea is the youngest of four and is hated by siblings and royal parent alike. Outcast for being different in more ways than one, Elia suffers through abuse and scorn without much hope for a better life. Gifted with magic that leaves him hated by his father, Elia is waiting for the day he's tossed aside like trash and left to die, or married off to a cold-hearted stranger after political power.<br /><br />The festival of Adracias approaches, and the Hellebore Empire has sent their ambassador to Eistrea, guarded by a squadron of the infamous Hellions, the best warriors in Hellebore. One of their numbers is Sir Merrick, a kind, gentle warrior who notices Elia and treats him as if he were precious. Despite knowing better, Elia falls in love with the Hellion guard. Elia dreams of a day he can call a man like Sir Merrick his love, and yearns for the impossible.<br /><br />Yet Sir Merrick has a secret, one even bigger than the magic abilities Elia keeps hidden from the realm under the threat of violence. When Elia learns the truth hidden in plain sight, the potential for war on a scale never seen before erupts between the two lands. Tensions rise and swords are drawn, and then Elia is offered a chance to both achieve his heart's most secret desire and preserve a thousand-year-old peace.<br /><br /><i>The River Prince is a standalone fantasy romance set in the same world as The Solstice Prince, in neighboring countries. There is an interconnected plot in the series that becomes relevant in later books. Both books can be read as standalone stories without any issue. CW for slavery, domestic abuse and bigotry. 124,000 words.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUXU-RS4yQX9f965MAyuMDqW4cYjCWKHv1COB2T_4RekwT7bWvOf7Gn1OmBGonwLhpW0ZXlREjFcAiCgSW0TX7ibuy5YSZPbYIIqFQ0jrOi8ivPJdgDkyJhzxxKy9eiwanGKuP96hGrcg-Nbr31UgvLtDLmyN11hYCnIvGQogJhIm1fanmxdCiw/s500/Scout.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUXU-RS4yQX9f965MAyuMDqW4cYjCWKHv1COB2T_4RekwT7bWvOf7Gn1OmBGonwLhpW0ZXlREjFcAiCgSW0TX7ibuy5YSZPbYIIqFQ0jrOi8ivPJdgDkyJhzxxKy9eiwanGKuP96hGrcg-Nbr31UgvLtDLmyN11hYCnIvGQogJhIm1fanmxdCiw/s320/Scout.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scout-Chosen-Champions-Book-Four-ebook/dp/B09V85BRK4/" target="_blank">Scout</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Chosen Champions, 4</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Macy Blake</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 326 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: Preorder drop! I've been waiting for this forever, it seems like. :D</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Coal Volsunga is a dragon convinced he’s better off alone…<br /><br />As alone as a dragon who is part of a pack can be, that is. Although he loves the work, his feelings are starting to get involved, especially for a wolf entirely too involved with pack life for a loner like Coal.<br /><br />Jack “Scout” Jerrick is a wolf with two packs, but only one heart…<br /><br />Dividing his time between his father’s pack and his new one hasn’t been an issue for Scout. He’s learning to protect the secrets of the shifter world and the innocents involved in a dangerous war over magic and power. But when he develops feelings for the cantankerous dragon in his new pack, things begin to get a whole lot more complicated.<br /><br />After Scout is kidnapped by the mysterious threat hunting their pack, Coal realizes being alone isn’t his life’s mission after all. If he and Scout are able to survive, they must<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">…put aside their preconceived notions and work together to save their pack,<br /><br />…learn to love and heal when nothing is as it seems,<br /><br />…and realize when it comes to being mates, there’s nothing they won’t do to save each other.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLQK7boHNwQNIzZnZf1YyUwwMafP994XOfAXIhwJgZOELxox2hr0swgXpchSNTeIVrvJsSfGslOsjkFanJv_LPLPzDO-gj3K5tGbHE4pVDS4KAk5sM3ld1WWT4cRkIUexrAkPok4DED4VDdhFzBkTMeC9U00AgL7DvEnYO6QPE-t5jO9Xn8Hykw/s500/A%20Fractured%20Family%20(The%20Bestiary%20Book%202).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLQK7boHNwQNIzZnZf1YyUwwMafP994XOfAXIhwJgZOELxox2hr0swgXpchSNTeIVrvJsSfGslOsjkFanJv_LPLPzDO-gj3K5tGbHE4pVDS4KAk5sM3ld1WWT4cRkIUexrAkPok4DED4VDdhFzBkTMeC9U00AgL7DvEnYO6QPE-t5jO9Xn8Hykw/s320/A%20Fractured%20Family%20(The%20Bestiary%20Book%202).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fractured-Family-Bestiary-Book-ebook/dp/B0BWS5Q8MC/" target="_blank">A Fractured Family</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Beastiary Book, 2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Kaye Draper</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 365 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Polyamorous / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Life would be easier if I really was an evil witch like the rest of my family.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I did it. I managed to free all of the creatures enslaved in the pages of the Lovell family’s disgusting grimoire and I destroyed the book to make sure they stayed free. I thought life would go back to normal once I finished my task, but boy was I wrong.<br /><br />Turns out I’m not the last remaining Lovell witch after all. I have an older sister, and she’s been hiding from everyone—including me—for years. Even better? One of my lovers was responsible for wiping her from everyone’s memory. And now, not only has my long-lost-sister been captured by a power-hungry coven who wants to tap into her powerful Lovell heritage…but they’re coming for me and my people as well.<br /><br />I just got my new family of weirdos freed from the Lovell grimoire. There is no way I’m going to let some creeps from another coven steal them and use their power to start an interspecies magical war. But getting my lovers back means cooperating with The Supernatural Alliance—the governing body responsible for my parents’ beheadings—and that sketchy partnership might cost me everything I have left to lose.<br /><br /><br /><i>Author's Note<br />This story is part of my serial, The Bestiary, on Kindle Vella. It is part of an ongoing series, and I will continue to release new books as the story progresses. A Fractured Family is 108,000 words long. The main plot arc is resolved, however since this is a series, a new complication is introduced at the end of the book, so expect a “for now”/”and then” feel. If you are interested in reading book 3 as I write it, you can find it on Vella. Season 3/Book 3 starts on episode 82 with a few exclusive scenes. You can also read along on my Patreon page.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEq3Ec-KuIZvUIomP7pr8c1CBWxA1E_X8iZweT7lH9XDcRxc91nQLd3cqLc3koCGNNV_SfYh2FNqaG0RT0VbrpWD9-o8fmMUjQaJhVTD_D0a812YF-JobJUS530Nn4xiKjAyqYWAomVZ3RrePWhZAx3IvoahXAF_PgAwXhP14WoK3guFjIes4bg/s500/Bears%20in%20Mind.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEq3Ec-KuIZvUIomP7pr8c1CBWxA1E_X8iZweT7lH9XDcRxc91nQLd3cqLc3koCGNNV_SfYh2FNqaG0RT0VbrpWD9-o8fmMUjQaJhVTD_D0a812YF-JobJUS530Nn4xiKjAyqYWAomVZ3RrePWhZAx3IvoahXAF_PgAwXhP14WoK3guFjIes4bg/s320/Bears%20in%20Mind.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bears-Mind-Shifter-Romance-Shifters-ebook/dp/B0BNY2XPTV/" target="_blank">Bears in Mind</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Ursa Shifters, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Sam Hall</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 290 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / RH / Rejected Mate Trope / No Second Chances? / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: So, I've been looking for a Rejected Mates story that I can sink my teeth into. There was one that looked promising but I should've read the reviews beforehand. Fast forward a couple of days and I came across this one. But now I'm leery. I've read Sam Hall before though. Their stories are usually heavy on the smexy times, but I've enjoyed them. I have high expectations and I'm hoping that there isn't a second chance romance for the ex-husband. I love the rejected mate tropes where the mate leaves and finds happiness elsewhere. Wish me luck!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: My ex-husband broke my heart asking for an open marriage. Then I found out he had already been sleeping with someone else.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />So I dumped his arse and moved out,<br />But in the process found myself in the arms of four smoking hot strangers.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />They pull out all the stops, lavishing me with all of the attention I’d been missing out on,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">But these guys have a secret.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Am I going to be able to cope with the truth when it comes out, or is it going to be too much to bear?<br /><br />This is a bear shifter paranormal romance where the girl is hurting and the guys pull out all the stops to try and make her feel loved again.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjAVyoGLCyyXMxA2jqQZiqv2ywCwlD291Vi3x7Jl9l9O-sNIw9zYHEuD0xyPC8RermMWUTDzsHrJiRyeIw1-waBjF6-SDbBgPjvasfW6wtRXGxu8FnjW02PBReDR0dWvk-57Xk9yxjoEWKhflW0BTDOIyaP3D99ovJxfv0XvwvsFve52kKVavJA/s500/As%20Fire%20Rains%20Down.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjAVyoGLCyyXMxA2jqQZiqv2ywCwlD291Vi3x7Jl9l9O-sNIw9zYHEuD0xyPC8RermMWUTDzsHrJiRyeIw1-waBjF6-SDbBgPjvasfW6wtRXGxu8FnjW02PBReDR0dWvk-57Xk9yxjoEWKhflW0BTDOIyaP3D99ovJxfv0XvwvsFve52kKVavJA/s320/As%20Fire%20Rains%20Down.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/As-Fire-Rains-Down-Waking-ebook/dp/B0BTY5GZ11/" target="_blank">As Fire Rains Down</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Dead Gods Waking</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Toni Griffin</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 291 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Fated Mates / Rude Gods / Unwanted Prophecy / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: If you guys haven't seen it, Toni Griffin has a new release out! I have my copy!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: As fire rains down on the forest, Luke finds a hurt but powerful demigod in its wake— the kind of shifter that should only exist in legend.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Forest fires around California have got everyone working overtime. Between Luke's volunteer rescue efforts as the fires rage and his keeping up with regular police duties in his sleepy hometown of Half Moon Bay, he's barely had time to eat, let alone catch some shut-eye. It doesn't help that some out-of-towners have been pressing locals to sell up because they want to turn the little oasis into a hopping tourist destination.<br /><br />Half Moon Bay is a place of sanctuary for shifters like Luke, with most of the town being descended from one kind or another. It's an open secret among the locals. One they're willing to fight to protect.<br /><br />But the newest flames cutting a path toward town rage hotter and fiercer than normal forest fires. Something isn't right. Finding an overpowered elk shifter in the forest as it burns down around him causes Luke even more confusion—everyone knows those kinds of shifters exist only in legend. The questions raised keep jumping the firebreaks, especially when a dark presence falls on the town and homes start burning.<br /><br /><i>This book contains shapeshifters of all kinds, a prophecy nobody wanted, discussions about mental health issues, rude gods with no patience left, and a mate with a history of running from relationships but ultimately learns he's worth loving.</i></span><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-19267680692259890942023-02-24T21:00:00.037-08:002023-02-25T07:16:09.185-08:00What's on the Reading Radar? #reading #read #newrelease <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What's going on? I got a book hangover from American Werewolf in Space. I spent a couple days sampling until some of this month's preorders started dropping. One of my preorders dropped super early and now I have plenty to read again.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioe-_bABCKV28ZI8VDAgnhKHYm7CMVgAm5Sm5DGuwie_a2edEZyJ4mkiUtcHO1vZ4QnjP7GiBa2cBbKlSjhaP1ATjIeMuEL3bEhwP568mHfFrs9bz36wrGkYYfUqZhsARhzvDPaagDG_KiUs37pB92gz7XnPOkTZDGYPKkz2-r0hPuJA7cqmvKdg/s500/American%20Werewolf%20in%20Space%20(Not%20Your%20Mama's%20Alien%20Romance%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioe-_bABCKV28ZI8VDAgnhKHYm7CMVgAm5Sm5DGuwie_a2edEZyJ4mkiUtcHO1vZ4QnjP7GiBa2cBbKlSjhaP1ATjIeMuEL3bEhwP568mHfFrs9bz36wrGkYYfUqZhsARhzvDPaagDG_KiUs37pB92gz7XnPOkTZDGYPKkz2-r0hPuJA7cqmvKdg/s320/American%20Werewolf%20in%20Space%20(Not%20Your%20Mama's%20Alien%20Romance%20Book%201).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Werewolf-Space-Mamas-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BHPMNDL5/" target="_blank">American Werewolf in Space</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Not Your Momma's Alien Romance, 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Alisha Sunderland</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 335 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Sci-Fi / Paranormal / Bad@ss FMC / </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I picked this up because of the title and cover. I barely looked at the blurb before I started sampling. I was hooked from the first page and developed a girl crush on Jack before the end of page two. This will be in my top ten for this year. I'm going to buy the paperback and I'll pray to the book gods that it gets an audiobook because I want that too. There is action and plot. Mind the title. If you've seen American Werewolf in London, then you'll need to keep the expectation of a bit of gore. Jack's not apologizing for that. I really can't wait for book two. Funny story, at about the 60% mark I was experiencing the 'end-of-book anxiety' so I went to check the blurb for book two only to discover that it wasn't out yet. Then I consoled myself with talk of reading her backlist, only she doesn't have one since this is her debut book. I really hope book two comes soon. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: On board this spaceship I’m only certain of two things:<br /><br />1. The movies lied to me.<br />2. I’m about to mark an alien and take him like the beast I am.<br /><br />Look, I didn’t believe in aliens either — until I was abducted by them.<br /><br />Waking up on board a spacecraft among several other naked, terrified women prisoners mostly ruled out my government lab fears. Thank God.<br /><br />But just in case, I tore our captors limb from limb.<br /><br />That’s when I discover our fellow prisoner — General At’ens.<br />This alien is different from the others, mostly because he’s about ten times stronger, ten times — ahem —bigger, and... no. He can’t be my mate.<br /><br />The things I’m imagining us doing are something no shifter should be contemplating with an alien. But if I’m going to hell, I’d rather earn my place...thoroughly.<br /><br />My desires are about to become the least of my problems however, because like it or not we’re now embroiled in a vicious war of the planets — and that includes Earth.<br /><br />If I want a home to go back to, I need to focus.<br /><br />Yep, I’m screwed.<br /><br /><i>American Werewolf in Space is the first book in the Not Your Mama’s Alien Romance series by Alisha Sunderland.</i><br /><br /><i>**Author's Note**<br />This book contains bloody violence, spicy scenes with *extra appendages*, and a foul mouthed heroine. If you like your leading ladies delicate and in need of a rescue then this book isn't the one for you. If you want a kill and eat first and ask questions later kinda gal, well then keep on reading! This book ends on a soft cliffy!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49648TIgA81BLPcK0zgVnlal7SoaU11cAi2q_5SfaeJqbJcF64IZbUICEngky6XgezB5xGpGIWnq10sPwWvHoMr66hoJNvddanFX8xddbaN7JXDdqHKgbSGA1PVOhJbgfRxSBFTfxMKovH-EgvaWJx5Qjvz5-_8hLLB4Py8UhQ0vT7P2BEdM4Ig/s500/02.21.2023%20The%20Orc%20and%20Her%20Bride%20(The%20Sapphic%20Orcs%20of%20Torden%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49648TIgA81BLPcK0zgVnlal7SoaU11cAi2q_5SfaeJqbJcF64IZbUICEngky6XgezB5xGpGIWnq10sPwWvHoMr66hoJNvddanFX8xddbaN7JXDdqHKgbSGA1PVOhJbgfRxSBFTfxMKovH-EgvaWJx5Qjvz5-_8hLLB4Py8UhQ0vT7P2BEdM4Ig/s320/02.21.2023%20The%20Orc%20and%20Her%20Bride%20(The%20Sapphic%20Orcs%20of%20Torden%20Book%201).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bride-Sapphic-Orcs-Torden-Book-ebook/dp/B0BQLL1K42/" target="_blank">The Orc and Her Bride</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: (The Sapphic Orcs of Torden Book 1)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Lila Gwynn</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 236 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Fantasy / Arranged Marriage / Sapphic / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Sapphic fantasy romance with a monstrous twist…</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />RUGA KARRSDAUGHTER, dutiful orc princess with a heart of gold, has spent the years since her sister was elected queen serving the orc country of Torden. Her duties now include marrying an elf princess for a much-needed alliance against an outside threat.<br /><br />ELKETH CERIDWEN, rakish elf princess with a penchant for chaos, has never lifted a finger in her life. Now that an engagement is sprung upon her by the stern elvish king, she has to fulfill a fifty-day betrothal period in Torden surrounded by strangers…unless she can wreak enough havoc to get sent back home.<br /><br />These poor orcs don’t know what they’re in for.<br /><br /><i>A gentle orc princess is betrothed to a bratty elf princess in this sapphic fantasy romance. This novel is first in The Sapphic Orcs of Torden series but can be read as a standalone.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsR7o1UnvZXSq7wZYsZRr9MuS2I1IJ2tl4GF04mg_UcZMFWURnIQgPkdfEdAtARuT1qevT5Vs_2Ej4uYbmGDct6_K9eUqsUmbGdgx1DDD9oePp5JLYqa4oL1lTQg_GOsw16yJ1E3thIOMikSq7JVa_xHP0y_Y5V6_83MObG8B9WHeVGS6Ke5sjA/s500/02.23.2023%20Demon%20for%20the%20Win.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsR7o1UnvZXSq7wZYsZRr9MuS2I1IJ2tl4GF04mg_UcZMFWURnIQgPkdfEdAtARuT1qevT5Vs_2Ej4uYbmGDct6_K9eUqsUmbGdgx1DDD9oePp5JLYqa4oL1lTQg_GOsw16yJ1E3thIOMikSq7JVa_xHP0y_Y5V6_83MObG8B9WHeVGS6Ke5sjA/s320/02.23.2023%20Demon%20for%20the%20Win.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Win-Fated-Novella-Demons-ebook/dp/B0BS59H9TR/" target="_blank">Demon for the Win</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Much Ado About Demons World</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Meghan Maslow</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 174 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Murder Mystery / Fated Mates / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Dryad Tuli Cato has 3 rules he lives by: No relationships, no drama, no trouble.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />When a gorgeous incubus offers a night of no-strings passion, Tuli readily agrees. Only that no-strings night sure feels like a lot more.<br /><br />Okay, Tuli has 2 rules he lives by: No drama, no trouble.<br /><br />Being the sous chef at the most exclusive restaurant in town makes no drama a challenge. Especially when the kitchen’s in an uproar after a staff member turns up dead. Murdered.<br /><br />Um, Tuli has 1 rule he lives by: No trouble.<br /><br />Surely, he can stick to this 1 simple rule. . . except it turns out, he might be the murderer’s next target.<br /><br />Incubus Kem Balthasar has only 1 rule he lives by: Enjoy life.<br /><br />It’s a lust demon’s nature, after all. Creatures either want to be him or do him. Or maybe a bit of both.<br /><br />When Kem lays eyes on a slender dryad hottie across a crowded sex club, suddenly he’s thinking of another L-word and it’s not one he ever thought he’d feel.<br /><br />Okay, Kem has 2 rules he lives by: Enjoy life, romance Tuli.<br /><br />Convincing the skeptical dryad that Kem’s a worthy—and faithful—partner is hard enough. But it’s even harder to date a guy who might wind up dead.<br /><br />Right. Kem has 3 rules he lives by: Enjoy life, romance Tuli, and keep the little dryad safe.<br /><br />Easy, right?<br /><br /><i>Demon for the Win is a 40k just-one-night, fated mates, novella set in the Much Ado about Demons world. Each book stands alone. This book contains explicit scenes, a little black book with loads of secrets, jealous trees, sex club shenanigans, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.<br /><br />*Previously published in the Your Book Boyfriend’s Boyfriend giveaway.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwiNSGgO5jOTG_AhGLPZM4J9mH8UXsgOEHUF9wX-P185xKRJLXp2RVjSkdGTb7sdBPepeeu9Tn8M38ZJcDp3JRrnnRQ8_j7lZnX3u8B6RT3R_DRI5_Vjs0h0ZecKQnyA2ohkUcFm40Xz3Zk-WhCOKF6Ee0ulhrGTq3dWtjt_KbIfBs63F1ooYnQ/s500/Stone%20Skin.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwiNSGgO5jOTG_AhGLPZM4J9mH8UXsgOEHUF9wX-P185xKRJLXp2RVjSkdGTb7sdBPepeeu9Tn8M38ZJcDp3JRrnnRQ8_j7lZnX3u8B6RT3R_DRI5_Vjs0h0ZecKQnyA2ohkUcFm40Xz3Zk-WhCOKF6Ee0ulhrGTq3dWtjt_KbIfBs63F1ooYnQ/s320/Stone%20Skin.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stone-Skin-Paranormal-Gargoyles-Arrington-ebook/dp/B0BC39Y9F1/" target="_blank">Jenn Burke</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series:</span><span style="font-size: large;"> (The Gargoyles of Arrington Book 2)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Stone Skin</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Bookish Historians / Hurt-Comfort / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: 2.28 release date. I'm counting the days.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Can he break his curse before time runs out?<br /><br />Despite being cursed to sleep as a gargoyle for a hundred years, and awake for only twenty-five, Rian O'Reilly is an optimist. He knows he can find a way to break the curse through the tattooed runes he's spent years mastering. No need to wait for this true love crap. But he hasn't found the right combination of magic and his time is almost up. Rian isn't ready to lose everyone and everything. Again.<br /><br />Professor Logan Davis knows about loss. In the past year, he’s lost his mother, his twin, his werewolf pack, and he’s on the verge of losing his mind. So when he’s invited to Arrington to learn about a legend he’s never heard of, he jumps at the chance for a working vacation. He doesn’t expect to find a handsome gargoyle who needs his help to break a centuries-old curse—and he certainly doesn’t expect his grief to finally overwhelm him.<br /><br />As Rian comforts Logan, he starts to wonder if there might be something to this true love crap after all. He'd give anything to help this gentle giant of a man, but Logan needs time to heal...and time is the one thing Rian doesn't have.<br /><br /><i>STONE SKIN is a male/male paranormal romance featuring a magical tattoo artist gargoyle who doesn’t want to go, a werewolf professor who needs time to rediscover himself beneath his grief, and a budding love that might be the answer to everything…if only it has time to bloom.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4_o7s9itWDNul0egol5YTCodygwvWTy8XYrLYThqWUgv72ztrl1dPqfm2g06JoBlRiHggq599cNDvLOYGEz6I0Cjs3Oe2SRA-zTjmh68SIjIvvQXxlW_M4IJuVYk55nM1znCaH54Q34hydqNF6zI4l5-i11kLMnCpMYs_Tn__GQe0r_7Xu93Yg/s500/Savage%20Galaxy%20Rescue.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4_o7s9itWDNul0egol5YTCodygwvWTy8XYrLYThqWUgv72ztrl1dPqfm2g06JoBlRiHggq599cNDvLOYGEz6I0Cjs3Oe2SRA-zTjmh68SIjIvvQXxlW_M4IJuVYk55nM1znCaH54Q34hydqNF6zI4l5-i11kLMnCpMYs_Tn__GQe0r_7Xu93Yg/s320/Savage%20Galaxy%20Rescue.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Galaxy-Rescue-Science-Fiction-ebook/dp/B0B4X5B8SR/" target="_blank">Rescue: Savage Galaxy</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Rescue Trilogy, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Kassie Keegan</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 227 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Erotic Romance / Aliens / Polyamorous / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: this preorder was supposed to release in June but it's here now! So excited for this series!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: A woman is in love…<br /><br />… with a man harboring a complicated past.<br /><br />Both are running for their lives from a powerful enemy.<br /><br />Kat has loved darkly handsome Michael since she first met the wary protector. Although he desperately desires her, he curbs his passion, believing he’s unworthy of her attention.<br /><br />Will he trust her with his battered heart?<br /><br />Kat utterly enchants Michael with her golden beauty, luscious curves, and compassionate nature, but he’s a killer-turned-bodyguard. His past would scandalize her gentle soul.<br /><br />What will happen when time runs out?<br /><br />When a vicious enemy stalks the royal children in their care, Kat and Michael agree to deliver them to safety, even though they must alter their very DNA to survive.<br /><br />They barely escape a deadly explosion.<br /><br />During the perilous rescue Ambassador Prime Mezere and his companions Dominik and Commander Courau are fiercely drawn to Kat and Michael, sensing they have finally found their destined mates.<br /><br />As Kat and Michael adjust to their new beast-natures, the males must entice Michael to join them, and seduce Kat to claim them all.<br /><br />Will they succumb to their beast-natures and accept the Call to Mate?<br /><br /><i>You’ll adore Savage Galaxy Rescue by USA Today Bestselling Author Kassie Keegan because it’s action-packed with spicy romance where everyone falls in love with everyone while experiencing delicious enticement ending with a satisfying happily-ever-after.<br /><br />Savage Galaxy Rescue is a stand-alone in a series where the heroine’s Coalition is complete at the finale and was previously published in the Claimed Among the Stars Anthology. BONUS CONTENT! Savage Galaxy Rescue includes exclusive illustrations of the Lio Heroes and more!</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJ03mfikBuK-X24ZedbFLhEr6Bk9b-lsRKtds8b6Fn3JAgayLuG_jqetHsyt1xMXKTESMY9GvcWwGXbNAlpWdhylqkYGN1IjDX_kgfd1aTHKejHrO1VaNN3rCvWaAq8xJtv9dk7Tv5lD2GKrOpnmP7S0Hq7oks6b-yfI8zqDtIuxCiQ02niRydg/s500/From%20Fear.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJ03mfikBuK-X24ZedbFLhEr6Bk9b-lsRKtds8b6Fn3JAgayLuG_jqetHsyt1xMXKTESMY9GvcWwGXbNAlpWdhylqkYGN1IjDX_kgfd1aTHKejHrO1VaNN3rCvWaAq8xJtv9dk7Tv5lD2GKrOpnmP7S0Hq7oks6b-yfI8zqDtIuxCiQ02niRydg/s320/From%20Fear.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Princes-Blood-Book-ebook/dp/B0BQCRKWHB/" target="_blank">From Fear</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Princes of the Blood, 1</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Megan Derr</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 180 pages</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Fantasy / Vampires / Evil Demons / Shifters / Polyamorous / </span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: It has been a while since I read this series. I meant to reread so that things were fresh in my mind, but I didn't get to it and when this released this week I just jumped right in. I'm a rebel like that. I did recall enough of the series so that I knew how the base world operated. I'd forgotten the slight undercurrent of horror that it's based on and now that I'm done, I wanna go back and immerse myself. I really enjoyed the addition to this series. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><span>Fifteen years ago, several wolf pups were kidnapped by poachers to be illegally sold abroad. They were rescued by a Prince of the Blood, and the Wolves of the Moon vowed the debt would someday be repaid. Now of age, wolf Ilkay Thrace is determined to fulfill that vow. Before he can, though, the Wolves' home high in the peaks of Dragon Claw Mountain is ravaged by an earthquake that reveals an ancient, forgotten temple—and awakens something dark and terrible in its depths. Now, instead of repaying their debt, the Wolves must once again ask the King's Legion for help.</span></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Despite the time that has passed since the Legion was nearly wiped out, their greatest strength, the Princes of the Blood remain few. It is one of their newest, Prince Dalibor, who is sent to evaluate and assist the Wolves. But Dalibor is born of a demon of wrath, his greatest power the ability to drive all living beings out of their minds with rage and fear. He is brash, loud, and reckless, even by the standards of the Legion, and the very last person that should be going into dark, treacherous caves containing ancient evil.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!</span></b></i></div></div></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-4424230105238034192023-02-17T21:00:00.023-08:002023-02-17T21:00:00.171-08:00What's on the Reading Radar?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What are you up to? I missed last Saturday, again. I only had this post partially created and by the time I remembered I didn't finish, the weekend was pretty much gone. Not only that, I'm scrolling the list and not recalling what theme or the reasoning for my choices. What can I say, last week was crazy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbJ2QHHDsVTLl5qgiMfG7mmONXuWfwM4sw7fHMuBHOruufQtsnp2_epjGTYB5PpMKOw0S0bajixB6SuhwlwA3AdIwDJJXjIkxqQ2bXKpxsxfKcTY1byp-oKd5QdYEaq2f59gW1A3YZp731Ik4eSWAt6blmfIPeciN3WATnP2ooKIwlyPaInFkgw/s500/January%20Blues%20(Northarbor%20Coven%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="322" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbJ2QHHDsVTLl5qgiMfG7mmONXuWfwM4sw7fHMuBHOruufQtsnp2_epjGTYB5PpMKOw0S0bajixB6SuhwlwA3AdIwDJJXjIkxqQ2bXKpxsxfKcTY1byp-oKd5QdYEaq2f59gW1A3YZp731Ik4eSWAt6blmfIPeciN3WATnP2ooKIwlyPaInFkgw/s320/January%20Blues%20(Northarbor%20Coven%20Book%201).jpg" width="206" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/January-Blues-Northarbor-Coven-Book-ebook/dp/B0BQFFH1P1/" target="_blank">January Blues</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Northarbor Coven, 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Jax Stuart</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 186 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Fantasy / Paranormal / Gay / Alternate Universe / </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I haven't read the other series referenced in this blurb. EDIT: I finished this on Thursday night and I really liked it! In this world, everyone knows about paranormal people. Going in, I suspected Cody would be a sunshine character, but he's a survivor who puts up a good front. He's so easy to identify with. Toth was great, too. This can be read without having read the series it spun-off from. I am going to go back and read the Sweetwater Pack series while I wait for more to be released on this one.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><span style="font-size: large;">While practically human in a coven of powerful witches, Cody has still picked up an enemy. After an assassination attempt fails spectacularly, his rival summons a demon to get rid of him.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Contracted to ruin Cody's life, Toth tries everything within the rules to break the perpetually cheerful man. Nothing he does seems to work, and he is pressed to try something else: seduce Cody.<br /><br />Cody's hidden magic soon has Toth under his spell and he has to decide if his freedom or Cody's heart are more important.<br /><br /><i>January Blues is a 34k spinoff novella from the Sweetwater Pack series but can be read as a standalone. While MPREG can happen in this world, it doesn't in this story.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC3nqyY0fcRJPS1JC06s4SOIcaksZG3GqvnTcvjnV0VmrgS4R80F44CuMPIIYCPlz2e0cli2ZIjpAr84HUr8v7AXpouf0DZ6DsUVpESTJB-kbHFjB-j284G0-ulp5AxFVisx45L_r36D5lF-tOsRWjpNV3MmP3oY3SWsceIM3_rWUO0pn3QEwhQ/s500/Wielder-Soldiers%20and%20Swords%20Book%201.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC3nqyY0fcRJPS1JC06s4SOIcaksZG3GqvnTcvjnV0VmrgS4R80F44CuMPIIYCPlz2e0cli2ZIjpAr84HUr8v7AXpouf0DZ6DsUVpESTJB-kbHFjB-j284G0-ulp5AxFVisx45L_r36D5lF-tOsRWjpNV3MmP3oY3SWsceIM3_rWUO0pn3QEwhQ/s320/Wielder-Soldiers%20and%20Swords%20Book%201.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wielder-Soldiers-Swords-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0B6SQ3TNG/" target="_blank">Wielder</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Soldier and Swords, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Margaret Couplet</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 143 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Contemporary Fantasy / Dystopia / Gay / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This isn't a a romance. None of the categories attached to this are gay romance but gay fiction, though there may be romantic elements. That doesn't mean that there isn't heat. I listened to the the audio clip and it is a smexy section. I did pick up the ebook sample and it I liked it. I might get the audiobook instead of the ebook, though, just because I have a hard time finding something to listen to when crocheting. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Hundreds of years after a race of magical beings called dindeary have taken over most of the world Corporal Clark Jameson is graduating from the Human Empire’s military academy after four years of grueling work. As a common born orphan from a small town too close to the border for anyone’s comfort Clark knows that he doesn’t have many prospects until, on the night before his future unit is to be decided he meets a strange pair of men who belong to the infamous Squad 42: Adam Milson, a sexy blonde that makes Clark’s blood run hot, and Harry Browning, the mysterious swordsman carrying one of the 13 magical swords which the dindeary will do anything to reclaim.<br /><br />He never expected to see them again, especially considering Adam Milson was the heir to one of the most wealthy provinces but the next day he is called before all three of the members of Squad 42 and is offered the opportunity to try and wield Harry’s sword, Linsgarum. But Clark was a commoner, he couldn’t wield a sentient blade that burned any who were deemed unworthy, could he?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IiN9X-Imlrg7059f9X1s8b9-NbfUkks4ifVDM5dkSV1JPWQnJrq6gLT-tjfzm-BUqwloLyoW-EyrgXzSBKqNyPpVlBrfrSSsTNhhTZZ5tg5cof5WoDlX1lSsEgUAE9GpmTOyrw687T1GNLgfB1vjOkoDr5-CDt5kIYFLQkc51zzeO_vMhXPEPA/s500/Primal%20Instincts-%20Volume%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IiN9X-Imlrg7059f9X1s8b9-NbfUkks4ifVDM5dkSV1JPWQnJrq6gLT-tjfzm-BUqwloLyoW-EyrgXzSBKqNyPpVlBrfrSSsTNhhTZZ5tg5cof5WoDlX1lSsEgUAE9GpmTOyrw687T1GNLgfB1vjOkoDr5-CDt5kIYFLQkc51zzeO_vMhXPEPA/s320/Primal%20Instincts-%20Volume%201.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BTQZJXR7" target="_blank">Primal Instincts</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: A Reverse Harem Love Story</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Nicole Edwards</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 244 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance, Contemporary / RH / BDSM? / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I haven't read Nicole Edwards in a while. She only writes contemporary but she was one author that I could count on having a well rounded menage romance when she wrote it. This popped up on one of my searches and nostalgia got me. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><span style="font-size: large;">What twenty-four-year-old recent college graduate would sign up to uncover a secret kink club rumored to be hidden within the walls of a multi-billion dollar conglomerate?<br /><br />Me.<br /><br />Why? Well, that’s easy. I’ve spent my entire life with my nose to the grindstone, doing the right thing, focusing on my future, and now I’m bored, which isn’t a good thing when you have an insatiable curiosity.<br /><br />I probably should’ve considered the type of bait needed for a fishing expedition of this magnitude when I applied for the job at Primal Instincts, LLC, looking to uncover the secret world that exists only on the whispers of those who’ve never so much as glimpsed the dark, seductive inner workings because those who had wouldn’t dare reveal anything.<br /><br />Now that I’m through the door, I’ve got my determination and single-minded focus to keep me moving forward. I will figure it out if for no other reason than to say I did.<br /><br />Provided I don’t get sidetracked by not one, not two, but three men who are ridiculously good at keeping secrets.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBtqJbvH2cCXmznzjW81YP6_6gmzylxQtGkgYGXI6yd-KMtbjheNSy4mL9vVFoILWzU2RyY31IydYX7Ad3MJDpvobNswwKhg62h50rmllBkYMsgR8P80zpAqYWSsbHZh0op941GfwkKZLeXApXpCew2oLqMV8JWsjcPrGKoRrP4J9YFzHwygXnA/s500/Hexes%20and%20Heartaches%20(Hitmen%20and%20Hexes%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBtqJbvH2cCXmznzjW81YP6_6gmzylxQtGkgYGXI6yd-KMtbjheNSy4mL9vVFoILWzU2RyY31IydYX7Ad3MJDpvobNswwKhg62h50rmllBkYMsgR8P80zpAqYWSsbHZh0op941GfwkKZLeXApXpCew2oLqMV8JWsjcPrGKoRrP4J9YFzHwygXnA/s320/Hexes%20and%20Heartaches%20(Hitmen%20and%20Hexes%20Book%201).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hexes-Heartaches-Hitmen-Book-ebook/dp/B0B6PF43YP/" target="_blank">Hitmen & Heartaches</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hitmen & Hexes</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Charlotte Brice</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 304 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Urban Fantasy / Mystery / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm not sure if this should be considered a dark romance. This is a four book series which is complete and while reading through the blurbs there are references to different triggers. I actually really like the sound of the Russian hitman throughout the series and is the reason I might pick this up to read.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Voodoo and Hunter are not your average private investigators. Being a witch doctor and a werewolf gives life added challenges. Finding love is one of them.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The Lincolnshire Poacher transmitted it's strange song for fifty years before going silent in 2008. When the disbanded ghost radio transmits one last message, no one can ignore the mystery sound. Things don’t go to plan when the inn keeper, Carl, becomes a target of international hitmen.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />When Hunter loses his heart to the Russian Assassin, Doll, things start to change for the better.<br /><br />It’s not an easy journey, but these men learn to accept each other, even if they are all squashed together in a magical motorhome<br />And they still need to solve why the world wants Carl dead.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><i>This book is suitable for readers over 18. It contains graphic sex and violence, including the death of a main character. But no one says he doesn't deserve it. Otherwise, it ends on a HFN, no cliff-hanger.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3SgWq8gmE_Oci82o3DoQrFPjAp51w2fM7U1t7CTFHtojSLzf82ElFO-ZLPNdKlqmWwTjV-7fIcuBH6M0HW6jGkD5Zqpj-XKLK_7Ut7ts0z2RBSVMtTlWqBAaN4Rt97Kd9_Dn7-qjmfyEn4RVFsvF2LpAEmlPVGGqgx5WygynVsvbcQIuLjGolw/s500/Heir's%20Companion%20(Companion%20Series%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3SgWq8gmE_Oci82o3DoQrFPjAp51w2fM7U1t7CTFHtojSLzf82ElFO-ZLPNdKlqmWwTjV-7fIcuBH6M0HW6jGkD5Zqpj-XKLK_7Ut7ts0z2RBSVMtTlWqBAaN4Rt97Kd9_Dn7-qjmfyEn4RVFsvF2LpAEmlPVGGqgx5WygynVsvbcQIuLjGolw/s320/Heir's%20Companion%20(Companion%20Series%20Book%201).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heirs-Companion-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0BKYMC7BG/" target="_blank">Heir's Companion</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Companion Series, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">RY Long</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 313 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Medieval Fantasy / Alternate World / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm in the middle of reading this one. This is not my usual pick. Despite the trigger warnings, the humor of the blurb and tags convinced me to give this a try. I won't categorize this as a romance or even having romantic elements simply because Cas is an unwilling slave. He's caught in a situation in which he does his best to make the situation more palatable for himself. I'm at the point in the story where the relationship between Cas and Raidon is slipping into more of a partnership. I'm invested in the story and interested in seeing where it goes, but I will admit if somethings don't happen by the end of the trilogy (i.e. abolishing that nasty tradition of sex slaves, freeing Cas) then I'll be highly disappointed. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Being transported to a strange world and sold as a sex slave to a young lord? 9 out of 10, Cas does not recommend (What? His master is hot.).<br /><br />When the going gets tough, lit geeks analyze. Cas is going to analyze his way right out of this trope, thank you very much.<br /><br /><i>Trigger warning scene, check inside for details<br /></i><br /><i>Tags:<br /><br />Evil uncle, master/slave only in name, teacher kink, hurt/comfort, isekai, falling in love, medieval society, found family, brief, romance lovers unite, lit geeks for the win, sex education, carriages suck, seriously, who maintains these roads, the staff is awesome, maids really do know everything, the king and Bob are the best, Bob needs a bondage set, Cas and Raidon fuck like bunnies</i></span><br /></div></div></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!</span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-50017933233922667982023-02-03T21:00:00.154-08:002023-02-03T21:00:00.171-08:00What's on the Reading Radar? <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know about you, but I'm ready for warmer weather. I need to bask in the sun and get some natural vitamin D. I've been cold here lately and if I had a sauna or hot tub, you'd find me in it 24-7, just sayin'. LOL</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reading had been alright this week. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpofbq1WGkumW2XwOxcTsHbIcr1NWaismuozBrYm33XX97jTNkFcRL3hbhLL7CW2hrY5mzwh-mYQmpG6OSLdUiWXPU9ArrBmmROCMKT7uher3_5enI1L3W1Djm32hb4aqDtlNxTJBVhNBVA4oRYKzNFrT8h5DfKxZ2PZWVt_g0AqV0meZCdqHrOA/s500/The%20Sheriff%20of%20Shard%20Hills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpofbq1WGkumW2XwOxcTsHbIcr1NWaismuozBrYm33XX97jTNkFcRL3hbhLL7CW2hrY5mzwh-mYQmpG6OSLdUiWXPU9ArrBmmROCMKT7uher3_5enI1L3W1Djm32hb4aqDtlNxTJBVhNBVA4oRYKzNFrT8h5DfKxZ2PZWVt_g0AqV0meZCdqHrOA/s320/The%20Sheriff%20of%20Shard%20Hills.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BS1KDFHC/" target="_blank">The Sheriff of Shard Hills</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Jenn Burke</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Sci-Fi / Alien / Old Love / New Beginnings</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I really enjoyed this story. It's told from Varuna's POV and I sympathized with him trying not to expect too much from Kerrick who he's loved for ages and thinks can do better. There's a brief mystery that leads some deeper revelations. Would definitely recommend. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Space station cop Varuna Das is different. He’s half-human, half-dimeti, and the mix of DNA has had some interesting consequences…like a tail he does his best to keep hidden. Well into middle age, he’s used to being treated badly because of his looks, and as much as he hates it, he understands it. Humans and dimeti just finished a twenty-year war, after all.<br /><br />What he doesn’t understand is why Major Kerrick StarCourser, a young, beautiful war hero, keeps coming back to him for no-strings sexy fun. Or why Kerrick’s suddenly shown up, bruised and battered, just as Varuna transfers to Shard Hills, a small town on a nearby planet, to take over as sheriff. Kerrick doesn’t show any sign of leaving this time, settling into Varuna’s new home and cooking up a storm. It’s as though he was never a special forces officer.<br /><br />Confused as he is, Varuna loves having Kerrick there. His life in Shard Hills is shaping up to provide everything he’s ever wanted: a home, a purpose, a family. But when Varuna’s dark past catches up to him, will Kerrick’s heroic integrity let him forgive and forget…and stay?<br /><br /><i>The Sheriff of Shard Hills is a 30,000 word novella with a middle-aged, half-alien cop who doesn’t see his own value, a young, fem war hero who does, and a happily ever after. Once the shooting stops, of course.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDe1sKdXjI9amyeo-_2utAnzoch1yxIJa1EzTQMi4b-OFbtSjAjCzHfKn4L78vCVkcABlergWifZig2QKQzUSEzPEjHOMEixyLmz0JtbjuvmQ3lXmBaUtzeJ46S_qyR_ufq7MCeo6Y2HkrmYsjT9BnF0ZxLLt851Q86XU8Csm4UoCZ5TW7Wtv1Q/s500/Reject%20Me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDe1sKdXjI9amyeo-_2utAnzoch1yxIJa1EzTQMi4b-OFbtSjAjCzHfKn4L78vCVkcABlergWifZig2QKQzUSEzPEjHOMEixyLmz0JtbjuvmQ3lXmBaUtzeJ46S_qyR_ufq7MCeo6Y2HkrmYsjT9BnF0ZxLLt851Q86XU8Csm4UoCZ5TW7Wtv1Q/s320/Reject%20Me.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09S8QV9B3/" target="_blank">Reject Me</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Immortal Vices & Virtues, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 532 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Shifters / Alternate Reality / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: When I went looking for (again) for something in the rejected mate trope I stumbled across this one and decided to give it a go. It is set in a shared universe so any of these can be read as standalones. I really enjoyed how Dannie was a different kind of paranormal and though it set her up to be an outcast, she had a strong sense of self that was admirable. When I'm looking for rejected mate books, I want what was given to me here, where the mate who was her childhood bully doesn't get a pass just because they are mates. I also liked how Dannie handled him throughout the whole book. There for a moment or two, I was afraid it was going to be MFM and though I like reading those, I needed Markus to remain rejected. Elias was a great love interest, flawed though he was. He sorta walked right into that reading of his fate, thinking he was going to outwit it. I also enjoyed Dannie's family and the LBGT inclusion represented there. If you enjoy reading MF PNR, I would recommend this. Good writing, interesting plot with a couple of twists. I'm definitely looking up this writing duo to see what else they have.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: “Markus Del Reyes, I reject you.”</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">He left me no choice.<br /><br />I refuse to spend the rest of my life with my childhood bully for a mate. I may be a cursed shifter, incapable of shifting—but I wasn’t desperate.<br /><br />Not till the Alpha Supreme cast me out of the House of Fire and Fluorite for rejecting his son.<br /><br />Now I’m packless.<br />Homeless.<br />No longer under the protection of a House.<br /><br />Until the dark vampire king of Blood and Beryl turns his sights on me.<br /><br />In return for protection from my former House, I have to become his fake mate.<br />I'll be a queen and a fraud.<br /><br />It's a treacherous lie to live—and I find myself forgetting what’s real and what’s not with every stolen touch and heated kiss we share. What starts as a business arrangement turns complicated when my heat hits, and the king insists on being the one to help me through it.<br /><br />I’ve lost everything for doing what I know is right, but the greatest danger I ever faced was never losing my life … it was opening my cursed heart.<br /><br /><i>**Reject Me is a spicy standalone paranormal romance set in the Immortal Vices and Virtues Universe. Every book is a guaranteed happily ever after with a satisfying ending and no cliffhangers. Perfect for fans of Immortals After Dark, Black Dagger Brotherhood, and the Demonica series.**</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnOsJjOg_h3MeFL4BhcEL87Qcavt2lwMDUAoompOj69KT1BENDELsQJLZ7-AbMWbJMl-bkrBZetm976MkQwWjXGKaVkAypQGXdiCc0Fks4UCIrJnmuH91sZF9qYkOn14cBsrOfq7w51HS_JoQh8sRlB1P7w96tNb6POpTyGSqLjeaZ0TZSamE1g/s500/Cair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnOsJjOg_h3MeFL4BhcEL87Qcavt2lwMDUAoompOj69KT1BENDELsQJLZ7-AbMWbJMl-bkrBZetm976MkQwWjXGKaVkAypQGXdiCc0Fks4UCIrJnmuH91sZF9qYkOn14cBsrOfq7w51HS_JoQh8sRlB1P7w96tNb6POpTyGSqLjeaZ0TZSamE1g/s320/Cair.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BL86T3XW/" target="_blank">Cair </a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Veiled City, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Eryn Hawk</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 331 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Alternate World / Paranormal / Gay </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I just started this one but I'm enjoying it so far. The world is one that knows about the fae who live in a part of the city around the portal between worlds. It seems that the fae and humans don't mix too much, but I'm not that far in yet. Not much else to say yet since I'm only at the part where Luca is starting his job for Cair. I do think that plot for this book wraps up here because the name on the next book belongs to Cair's brother. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Twenty-five-year-old Luca Elliot lives in a city divided. The humans and the supernaturals mostly keep to their own kind, but Luca—curious and desperate for work—crosses the border and finds himself employed by a tall, stupidly handsome Fae with killer horns. He should be intimidated, but instead, Luca is utterly captivated. Falling for the boss is a bad idea though, right?<br /><br />Cair Haryk is only a visitor to the human world and, between his position in the Fae kingdom and a bargain he made years ago, he can never remain. He's content with that until he meets Luca—his soulmate—and hires him to work in his high-end lounge. Cair tries to guard his heart, but fate has other plans and, despite his best intentions, he falls for the pretty little human. Hard.<br /><br />Luca can't enter the Fae realm, and Cair’s time in the mortal lands is drawing to an end, so while the attraction between them is irresistible, their situation is impossible. They can't be together. It’s tragedy and heartbreak just waiting to happen.<br /><br />Isn’t it?<br /><br /><i>CAIR is a MM paranormal romance with spice, size difference, and soulmates. It features a lovable human trying to find his place in the supernatural world, and a secretive Fae who's not as detached as he pretends to be. This is the first book in the Veiled City series.<br /><br />If you want to know more about this story's tropes, kinks and warnings, visit my Instagram (authorerynhawk) for a full content list.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlq094R1JMk2LQ2fuYRHKb1Re09D1Q0a1ULhQyT4Sw22Kwxexw1rt04hpmchMH4TiogOD2L0zbYJz0wsLo__wvoaf-ed-P7IxhttHxclDXfyqubUIUK8EJZm6ZEB7aizwmKif2gF8VjA4CZj55S_-NA99veNQ4zgZl8QWIWzPS2tWxxgpEIcvNg/s500/Den%20of%20Escape%20-%20MMM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="330" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlq094R1JMk2LQ2fuYRHKb1Re09D1Q0a1ULhQyT4Sw22Kwxexw1rt04hpmchMH4TiogOD2L0zbYJz0wsLo__wvoaf-ed-P7IxhttHxclDXfyqubUIUK8EJZm6ZEB7aizwmKif2gF8VjA4CZj55S_-NA99veNQ4zgZl8QWIWzPS2tWxxgpEIcvNg/s320/Den%20of%20Escape%20-%20MMM.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BR1SBHMX" target="_blank">Den of Escape</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Den, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Juniper Cole</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 252 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Tropes: Romance / Paranormal / UF? / Polyamorous / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Foster can’t explain the changes in his body that started when he escaped his abusive ex. Despite the eerie feeling that he’s being watched, he forces himself to leave his apartment after a month of hiding. To his surprise, his distracted wandering leads him to the Den, a night club unlike any he has ever been to.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Calix has never felt more trapped. With a boss that constantly makes inappropriate comments and magic he can’t control, the stress drives him to The Den, a perfect place to lose himself in pleasure.<br /><br />Boaz thought it was going to be another boring night guarding the hellgate beneath his club until he spots two beautiful men dancing the night away. The moment their scents hit his nose, he knows that everything is about to change.<br /><br />When unexpected dangers shake the foundation of their newfound love, the men must decide how much they’re willing to sacrifice to fight for their love, and their world.<br /><br /></span><i><span style="font-size: large;">Den of Escape is a paranormal romance about three men falling in love. It is the first book in The Den series, which will follow a new couple in every book. It can be read as a standalone though characters will make appearances in later books so they are better read in order. It contains explicit content, graphic language and situations some readers may find uncomfortable. For a more detailed description please check the content guide inside the novel.</span></i></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></i></b></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-44915194836058882282023-01-28T21:00:00.116-08:002023-02-03T10:00:42.239-08:00What's on the Reading Radar? #read<span style="font-size: large;">How's your week going? Mine always see to be going fast. Trying to make friends with one of the flocks of crows that sweep through the neighborhood once a week. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">This is being posted on Sunday instead of Saturday simply because my writing week got in the way of blogging, which I'm not complaining about. So I decided I would create the post late. It's short too, with only books that I read this week in between searching through the rejected mate trope for a plot I want to read. Still searching... <br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0DPgA6F78Vi1Zq-H03gyrCkt8EHqXPoXUa113qIdukySyxx0yVqXkDB8eFRMvuPGqidIMtUuRz2IInAZaHcQsBpKHhI2cTf0kl8xcS6iEkJZLQcL1ECkQ-ddAsN1zRH57oF-kqIGSogdBk5cP4ckJBpy6F9b28SV9qC-Y_qUa03aiL3RyrXx1A/s500/The%20Body%20Catcher.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0DPgA6F78Vi1Zq-H03gyrCkt8EHqXPoXUa113qIdukySyxx0yVqXkDB8eFRMvuPGqidIMtUuRz2IInAZaHcQsBpKHhI2cTf0kl8xcS6iEkJZLQcL1ECkQ-ddAsN1zRH57oF-kqIGSogdBk5cP4ckJBpy6F9b28SV9qC-Y_qUa03aiL3RyrXx1A/s320/The%20Body%20Catcher.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Body-Catcher-Megan-Derr-ebook/dp/B0BQCV24KR/" target="_blank">The Body Catcher</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Megan Derr</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 192 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Romance / Fantasy / Gay / Poly / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This hit the spot. Grumpy character, sunny character, bickering, political intrigue, and occupations you don't normally see. I really enjoyed the story and was really happy with how things turned out. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Tashi is a body catcher, paid by inhabitants of the poor districts of Ossiri City to dispose of inconvenient corpses. The fewer questions he asks about them, the happier everyone tends to be. It's not an easy life, and the money isn't great, but it's better than the life he led when he was first thrown out on the streets with nothing but the clothes he was wearing.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Then a colleague asks him to help with the bodies of a woman and babe who died in the birthing. Not just any woman and child, either, but a royal princess and her secret bastard. Though he wants no part of the mess, Tashi agrees, and finds himself facing his past and enough trouble to kill him and anyone stupid enough to help him.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQZl9gSn2Rsi7lMpDXJJcyppJio6tbhhyxkZ5Ij8xMklMK56kso2N3nYitPlcDmy5SqVbNPQzbxaLLSoPUyF1ao1pUMr9Wy9Ado2OaybvMUQF1naQkjtOd1wbSg9wap94FD8cABQcME4F8RxjQ99J1UCurieFPNw_0Xz_r6YMuAZXCivrgH8gRA/s500/The%20Trouble%20with%20Trying%20to%20Love%20a%20Hellion%20(Murder%20Sprees%20and%20Mute%20Decrees%20Book%203).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQZl9gSn2Rsi7lMpDXJJcyppJio6tbhhyxkZ5Ij8xMklMK56kso2N3nYitPlcDmy5SqVbNPQzbxaLLSoPUyF1ao1pUMr9Wy9Ado2OaybvMUQF1naQkjtOd1wbSg9wap94FD8cABQcME4F8RxjQ99J1UCurieFPNw_0Xz_r6YMuAZXCivrgH8gRA/s320/The%20Trouble%20with%20Trying%20to%20Love%20a%20Hellion%20(Murder%20Sprees%20and%20Mute%20Decrees%20Book%203).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Trying-Hellion-Murder-Decrees-ebook/dp/B0BR8QDG8W/" target="_blank">The Trouble with Trying to Love a Hellion</a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: (Murder Sprees and Mute Decrees Book 3)<br />Author: Jennifer Cody<br />Length: 189 pages</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Romance / Urban Fantasy / Poly / Ace Spectrum Character / Sunshine Character / Grumpy Guts Character / Puppy Pile Cuddles / Found Family / Consent and Acceptance Galore / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this book. If you have questions about Edovard, read the author's forward for the thorough and no-spoilery heads-up. I thought this was pretty much perfect and I loved every minute of it. Edovard is a delight and I loved seeing the world through his eyes. He's sweet and naïve and doesn't have a mean bone in his body. Highly recommend!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> Edovard:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Um…I was told I’m supposed to summarize my story here, but recently I’ve learned that blurbs are hard so I’m not sure what to say.<br /><br />My name is Edovard Durand Folange. I’m twenty seven years old from Fresno, California, and recently I moved across the country to live with my new parents and brother. Oppa kills people for a living, and Papa is his announcer guy, and my brother is like his assistant, and I guess it turns out I’m the person the magic tells who needs to die—it’s called being an Augur. I don’t really know what that word means, but even though it’s scary, I’m getting used to it.<br /><br /><i>It’s nice to have a job, but Santanos (he’s the Avatar of Evil) offered me a second job, and I’m really excited about that because I get to work with him and help him fix the minions. A lot of them aren’t doing very well, so my second job is to make sure that everyone gets as much love as they need in their lives. Sometimes that means killing people who are stealing all the love away from them. I guess maybe I’m a little evil too, because I don’t mind letting Oppa kill those people to save the minions.<br /><br />The Trouble with Trying to Love a Hellion is a 52k MM+ paranormal romance, featuring a cinnamon roll narrator with more than the usual amount of love to give and a sultry incubus who happens to be the Avatar of Evil. If the minions are especially affectionate with the cinnabun, well, who can blame them when he’s the best cuddler they’ve ever met?</i><br /><br />Contents include: blood, viscera, someone dies because they call Edovard dumb, and Edovard accidentally creates a polycule, but that’s ok because he’s just making sure everyone gets enough love to be emotionally healthy.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggG2bD7m-Z2JzVzVKbuXacHpbI8Ndos5tBB9wS-oCyDsND-evr0-gSbm1OGqPf5xo-pvD6zLsN1y3gENfk4OWKFENMfpFLQ88kM-_pRMlQdYd8p-_4xoSQv7IvKxHRJ3AagKcdvWcJNne9FOvrnR4UUb6r9xJ_dKHtKVCqbRKpbIUG7vkh9vTk1w/s500/Contaminated.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggG2bD7m-Z2JzVzVKbuXacHpbI8Ndos5tBB9wS-oCyDsND-evr0-gSbm1OGqPf5xo-pvD6zLsN1y3gENfk4OWKFENMfpFLQ88kM-_pRMlQdYd8p-_4xoSQv7IvKxHRJ3AagKcdvWcJNne9FOvrnR4UUb6r9xJ_dKHtKVCqbRKpbIUG7vkh9vTk1w/s320/Contaminated.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Contaminated-Cosmic-Fairy-Tales/dp/B0BPF7NTQQ/" target="_blank">Contaminated</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Amanda Milo</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 4 hrs 44 min</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Romance / Sci-Fi / Aliens / Beauty & the Beast</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: So this has been on my TBR for a while. <i>Contagion </i>is the second book in this series and follows the friend from this one, so I knew a little about what went on as well as the side character. When it came out on audio, I gave it a go and oh man, some places were hilarious. It also made me want to reread <i>Contagion </i>(which is one of my all time favorite rereads) another read. Would definitely recommend.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: The people of my planet are under a devastating genetic curse. To treat the disease’s effects, we’ve turned to cultivating a rare flower. That’s my occupation: raising and studying this flower. That’s precisely what I’m doing the daycycle that an alien drops into our research plot, approaches our plant….<br /><br />And cuts my flower’s head off, stealing the bloom.<br /><br /><i>Note: This 37K standalone story is intended for listeners 18+ due to romantic elements. There is no cheating. There is a happily ever after, because this is a sci-fi retelling of Beauty and the Beast--you have to have an HEA. (There is, however, no singing cutlery.)<br /><br />Important Note II: No unicorns were harmed in the making of this story.</i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</b></i></div></span></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-79316654334007499822023-01-20T21:00:00.127-08:002023-01-21T07:41:50.042-08:00What's on the Reading Radar? #WishList #TBR<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">January's half gone and I've barely read anything this month. I've been thinking about this blog and whether or not I'm using it to it's full potential or not. The easy answer to that is 'not' but then that begs the question about what I want to do with it. There are so many different social media platforms that if I try to participate in all of them, I wouldn't get anything done. What I want to do is a question that I will be poking at the next couple of months. So for the time being, I'll continue to do the Reading Radar for Saturday's post. This is the one place that I feel comfortable talking about what I'm reading or wanting to read. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've save several soon-to-be released covers but didn't note when that release would be, so I'll save that for next week. Today will be all about manga/yaoi. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRuzreeCYJU0z_12J0hqvrsm7GviK1O83WJ07ULMSx3VE4Pe_Lp7lQeHCYJkoAyp2K99kOGs_11dmpkPac2w-fezBrvGA1HwfvVpBXFq7PixboVvhapPzXuma1vfIUFXfA_UHJqp1Hg_Pjwx1GUPlX6ChX5mFg5T3pnKvbwZIiirz6gDm8IdIm8g/s500/Moon%20&%20Sun,%20Vol.%201%20(Yaoi%20Manga.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="351" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRuzreeCYJU0z_12J0hqvrsm7GviK1O83WJ07ULMSx3VE4Pe_Lp7lQeHCYJkoAyp2K99kOGs_11dmpkPac2w-fezBrvGA1HwfvVpBXFq7PixboVvhapPzXuma1vfIUFXfA_UHJqp1Hg_Pjwx1GUPlX6ChX5mFg5T3pnKvbwZIiirz6gDm8IdIm8g/s320/Moon%20&%20Sun,%20Vol.%201%20(Yaoi%20Manga.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Moon-Sun-Vol-Yaoi-Manga-ebook/dp/B0B5B9SLYK/" target="_blank">Moon & Sun</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Vol. 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Akane Abe</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Yakuza Romance / BDSM elements / Friends / Non-Binary MC / </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Masahiro, heir to a yakuza syndicate, has been skating through life without much purpose. When he stumbles one night into the drag club where his childhood friend Hana works, the drunk and obnoxious Masahiro causes such a stir that the beautiful owner of the club is forced to deal with the yakuza brat themself. Is one good spanking all it will take to put the heir apparent on the right path in life…and love?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_UsIKvp4xnCEDxSMp2EuDoyRCI48U0Z6xwjaPaj0sS6W4k6slgupiqTrQ1VhMyUwi7DvJ-SqAfg7W5PCpF075y0Gs2kHLhrR9b_3KiFbFRONniK2FFTOV6mX9KaUQKOyjVR9vSERna9RomNwVL5vMtgo6C7cnunoqnhrDXiiuDVhHP1fRAFXLQ/s500/Tales%20of%20Beastkin.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_UsIKvp4xnCEDxSMp2EuDoyRCI48U0Z6xwjaPaj0sS6W4k6slgupiqTrQ1VhMyUwi7DvJ-SqAfg7W5PCpF075y0Gs2kHLhrR9b_3KiFbFRONniK2FFTOV6mX9KaUQKOyjVR9vSERna9RomNwVL5vMtgo6C7cnunoqnhrDXiiuDVhHP1fRAFXLQ/s320/Tales%20of%20Beastkin.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Beastkin-Paranormal-Shifter-Romance-ebook/dp/B08ZH78L8Z/" target="_blank">Tales of Beastkin</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Adam & Shiro, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Bella Chan</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Mafia Romance / Paranormal / Omegaverse / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: So, when I grabbed this cover a couple of weeks ago, I thought it was yaoi manga but looking at the blurb, which doesn't follow managa's usual format, I think this might be book. No pictures. Imma going to leave here, 'cause why not?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: When an alpha wolf shifter mafia boss meets a beaten-up foxkin boy on the run, both their lives change in an unexpected way. A steamy hurt-comfort paranormal shifter mafia mm romance.<br />Adam<br /><br />The Beautiful Monster.<br /><br />Alpha wolf shifter Adam Sullivan, dubbed The Beautiful Monster, is on a “sabbatical leave” of his position as the head honcho of one of the most powerful mafia clans in America. Relishing in his newfound peaceful life, Adam’s wonderful tranquility is being threatened when he happens upon a beaten-up foxkin youth in the back alley of New York City. The moment Adam lays his eyes on the exquisite white-haired, cobalt-blue-eyed Shiro, he is beguiled and knows he’ll be kissing his serene life goodbye if he doesn’t walk away. When Shiro begs for his help, Adam loses the fight to the inevitability and takes the boy home.<br /><br />Shiro<br /><br />Into the arms of a beautiful monster…<br /><br />Shiro is a beastkin, a race of humans with small animal characteristics society despises. Having escaped the institute, he lives in the backstreet scavenging for survival. When Adam saves him after a deadly beating, he is grateful. It isn’t long when Shiro finds himself falling in love with Adam, whose rough exterior and standoffish kindness steals the boy’s fragile heart. Shiro knows he can’t linger around and take advantage of Adam’s generosity, but leaving is just so damn hard, especially when Adam makes him feels he belongs, a feeling he desperately yearns for.<br /><br /><i>Tales of Beastkin: Shiro is a hurt-comfort paranormal shifter alpha-omega mafia mm romance (boys love, yaoi) with some dark themes. The uke (Shiro) is a beautiful beastkin (a race of humans with small animal characteristics) and the seme (Adam) is an alpha shifter hunk. Note: Seme is the man who does the chasing (the top) and uke is the male being chased (the bottom) in the romantic relationship.</i><br /><br /><i>Tags: Hunky wolf shifters, standoffish mafia boss Adam, alpha shifters being protective of their cute mates, omegaverse, cute fox beastkin with white hair and blue eyes Shiro, twinks, sassy wolf beastkin, adorable fox ears, knotting, mpreg later in the series, hurt-comfort, age gap, some dark themes, BL stands for Boys’ Love, it’s a yaoi omegaverse with supernatural, beautiful Shiro is our baby uke, hotty-hot Adam is very daddy, expect steamy scenes between alpha and omega, omega pheromone is sweet nectar that drives their mate crazy.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzIT_Vvmhrh5QMmL5I1uCFkQcgfNJlNJ5Xlso_WDP5gT5O-RroMhEMiGQjngpmFPn_Ju2WrL36Wr7PE-36zf8Yeaojtx1_qnSbnDYRRu9v0YeiuY3ifxi7_L2Y3QrEeug9Op2Z22_VoGy9spb17AdyatsrmckpoRKegKh23ouLYFFZxXNri4wiw/s500/The%209%20Lives%20manga.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzIT_Vvmhrh5QMmL5I1uCFkQcgfNJlNJ5Xlso_WDP5gT5O-RroMhEMiGQjngpmFPn_Ju2WrL36Wr7PE-36zf8Yeaojtx1_qnSbnDYRRu9v0YeiuY3ifxi7_L2Y3QrEeug9Op2Z22_VoGy9spb17AdyatsrmckpoRKegKh23ouLYFFZxXNri4wiw/s320/The%209%20Lives%20manga.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/9-Lives-manga-Bayou-ebook/dp/B00SKMZKPU/" target="_blank">The 9 Lives</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Vol. 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rachel Manija Brown</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 176 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Futuristic Sci-Fi / Aliens / Master & Slave Society / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm on the fence about this one and I keep moving it on and off the wish list. It sounds like Adrian saves Conri though doesn't ascribe to society's practice. But I could be wrong. It is on KU so it would be easy for me to check it out. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Alien refugees have come to Earth. They call themselves 9-Lives. Humans call them cat-boys, and force them to live as collared pets. Conri, a rebellious young 9-Life, ran away to escape this fate. But when a human named Adrian saves him from capture, Conri is torn between his desire for freedom and another desire he can't quite admit, even to himself... Can two people meet as equals in a world divided between masters and slaves?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBasfJupBl9eSoFKbnbjjG8Ru-nEy7bBvd7frHDLpUc1XnT_1jcoaGHDTkmQ4dpFMJbdk7BTKY8pAE7Xq4o_ZVcdVtLsuHppIy3YT7TL1J_r3_hDnyn5XQ13oKR6oR76Pi4Csjkt9vR8qqjigwWMJDqQuE7zYHcYlRdEXUsaasGEgUAaQPMPgPQ/s500/University%20of%20the%20Underworld.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="322" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBasfJupBl9eSoFKbnbjjG8Ru-nEy7bBvd7frHDLpUc1XnT_1jcoaGHDTkmQ4dpFMJbdk7BTKY8pAE7Xq4o_ZVcdVtLsuHppIy3YT7TL1J_r3_hDnyn5XQ13oKR6oR76Pi4Csjkt9vR8qqjigwWMJDqQuE7zYHcYlRdEXUsaasGEgUAaQPMPgPQ/s320/University%20of%20the%20Underworld.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/University-Underworld-Ziloi-ebook/dp/B0BKZ3919H/" target="_blank">University of the Underworld</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Ziloi</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 488 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Fantasy / Mistaken... IDK, from the blurb they both have made assumptions</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: All ghosts in the Professional Malevolent Spirits and Creative Terrorizing Program aspire to become a top malevolent spirit of the underworld. And as for Cui Yue? He’s only here because of Bai Shaonan's unrequited love for him—or at least that was what he thought. Oh well. If Bai Shaonan likes him, it won't hurt to give a little feedback. But ever since he met Bai Shaonan, Cui Yue’s been spending all his time either being hunted, or on his way to being hunted. Hey Shaonan, do you want to fix your love life first?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />After admitting a new student who would go on to break the record for the lowest grades in the school’s history, Bai Shaonan firmly believes that Cui Yue's devotion to academia is solely because of himself. Oh well. If Cui Yue likes him, it won't hurt to give a little feedback. But since Cui Yue is spending all his time either being hunted or on the way to being hunted, the only way toward a truly peaceful future is to deal with these issues, once and for all.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyK2c2Evr8x3IDJB5THecHeW6SykpIi0YHsAiChpzY3H2c6XYQ1B536zfw2QYJCPov4erXEOHJvyF4gguvpD7lIFNVwevHa3Sv9yvrEaKVdZt_YP-qAdlrXCniGYkjdRfGMvwMbYVBYQk7D7t2jIMJ46CLhLZwGxpRYpmmWVGpj6uw9VRzl30Og/s500/Servant%20&%20Lord%20(Servant%20&%20Lord).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyK2c2Evr8x3IDJB5THecHeW6SykpIi0YHsAiChpzY3H2c6XYQ1B536zfw2QYJCPov4erXEOHJvyF4gguvpD7lIFNVwevHa3Sv9yvrEaKVdZt_YP-qAdlrXCniGYkjdRfGMvwMbYVBYQk7D7t2jIMJ46CLhLZwGxpRYpmmWVGpj6uw9VRzl30Og/s320/Servant%20&%20Lord%20(Servant%20&%20Lord).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Servant-Lord-Lo-ebook/dp/B07PRZ3HVK/">Servant & Lord</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Lo, Lorinell Yu</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 232 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre/Trope: Contemporary / Class Differences / Friends</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I noticed that the reading age is 16 & up.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Christian has always admired handsome, talented composer Daniel. Their shared appreciation for music marked the beginning of a friendship between a willful boy and a sophisticated young man... But when tragedy strikes and circumstances twist around to put Daniel in the service of Christian's wealthy family, their bond is tried in unexpected ways.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Years ago, the universal language of music drew them toward one another. Now, Christian has to hope it's still enough to bridge the gap between their vastly different lives.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></i></div></div></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-75821129977520776632023-01-14T07:00:00.007-08:002023-01-14T07:00:51.315-08:00What's On The Reading Radar? #newrelease #TBR<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm late but I did create a blog post for today! The question was what to post and I went with January releases. I had some preorders come in this week that I'm excited for.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFU0nSU2RihKK38O8l1iPiQj_ns4bL4dUBsEnNtK-l9jZFxMwZgaKYfWukFsqOXWeyRhXs7mZHO2mYBBEQ8uVapXNcGb3yMlSDQAF3j0WXACrEdPT8micmG8xWDFTft-2d9rhVXYgObH5Wlq9G-M6tJIbjtVkzUx2Rwt1Za7VfRaq8SL-qzKPCDg/s500/Shadow's%20Embrace%20(Daemons%20of%20San%20DeLain%20Book%202).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFU0nSU2RihKK38O8l1iPiQj_ns4bL4dUBsEnNtK-l9jZFxMwZgaKYfWukFsqOXWeyRhXs7mZHO2mYBBEQ8uVapXNcGb3yMlSDQAF3j0WXACrEdPT8micmG8xWDFTft-2d9rhVXYgObH5Wlq9G-M6tJIbjtVkzUx2Rwt1Za7VfRaq8SL-qzKPCDg/s320/Shadow's%20Embrace%20(Daemons%20of%20San%20DeLain%20Book%202).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Embrace-Daemons-DeLain-Book-ebook/dp/B0BR63CTLS/" target="_blank">Shadow's Embrace</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Demons of San de Lain, 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: M.A. Church</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 302 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Demons / Gay</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Kage: Am I still a monster? Very much so. Am I loved? Absolutely. Will I burn it all down to protect my mate? You better believe it. Hunters have come to San DeLain once again, and they’re targeting humans and paranormals for their sick experiments. Many have gone missing. Some for many, many years. Then new information comes to light, and plans are made to raid their top-secret lab and bring home those taken.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />But no one is safe, especially Austin.<br /><br />In the midst of all this, an old flame returns, bringing chaos into their lives. But not all is as it appears to be.<br /><br />Austin: Kage is still my monster, even if he’s no longer under my bed. I claimed him, and no flame from the past is going to take what’s mine. But the ex isn’t the only danger lurking in the shadows. The hunters have struck close to home, and something heartbreakingly evil is exposed, shocking the paranormal community.<br /><br />Especially Kage.<br /><br />What is real? And what is nothing more than a mimic of the real thing?<br /><br /><i>This is book 2 in the Daemons of San DeLain series which should be read in order.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigYcqNQ2vnV2xSJkNqo2iQvBBPVG7sTynlRl3o7FKY5XRwpOkQ0OyV5ukEQRe5RM5QLvjwWFRf6gOjcsnjfFhPnkbkHnEtVsfvJM1Qnykd4LxomHoqhNpASSg6JSpAOZcCMKdVfsbOq37HMVvd5NmR04QDFz1k3wr9LicC4L1sF6tiv2GxCbFxg/s500/Blood%20Omen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigYcqNQ2vnV2xSJkNqo2iQvBBPVG7sTynlRl3o7FKY5XRwpOkQ0OyV5ukEQRe5RM5QLvjwWFRf6gOjcsnjfFhPnkbkHnEtVsfvJM1Qnykd4LxomHoqhNpASSg6JSpAOZcCMKdVfsbOq37HMVvd5NmR04QDFz1k3wr9LicC4L1sF6tiv2GxCbFxg/s320/Blood%20Omen.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Omen-Infinite-Novella-Sorcerer-ebook/dp/B0BRHHLW6V/" target="_blank">Blood Omen</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">(The Beacon Hill Sorcerer Book 6)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Sheena Jolie</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 85 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Set in the Infinite Arcana Universe, BLOOD OMEN is a fascinating peek into the wider world of the Beacon Hill Sorcerer by SJ Himes....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Remi has been doing the same job for the last two thousand years: specialist courier of valuable magical objects and sensitive information. Sent on a mission to get a powerful talisman to the City Master of the Boston Bloodclan, Remi ends up with an unexpected complication: Celyn, a beautiful fae college student who was in the right place at the wrong time.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Celyn was instantly attracted to the sexy vampire when they met by chance at a pub. Thinking he was about to experience the best hook-up of his life, Celyn never expected to end up running across the streets of Budapest with Remi while the High Council of Sorcery was trying to kill them.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Dodging spells and holing up in secret lairs, Remi and Celyn find something even rarer than the object Remi carries: a chance at true love.<br /><br />BLOOD OMEN is an MM vampire/fae romance featuring a laid-back vampire with a dangerous profession, an adventurous fae college student with some interesting gifts of his own, and a connection to the ongoing battle between the High Council of Sorcery and the infamous Necromancer of Boston, Angel Salvatore...<br /><br /><i>Reading order is not essential, and for reference, this novella of 22k words takes place after LOVE SPRINGS ETERNAL in the BHS timeline. Features extended character cameos from BHS regulars. Previously released through Prolific Works in 2022. No changes to the text have been made. Sheena Jolie is the new pen name of the author formerly known as SJ Himes.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></i></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-76319785307862498202023-01-06T21:00:00.179-08:002023-01-06T21:00:00.156-08:00What's on the Reading Radar? #wishlist<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been neglectful of the Reading Radar for the last couple of months. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This week's list is from my manga/yaoi wish list. I've been reading a lot of them when I haven't been rereading. This list is a little longer than usual because I'm cleaning out my radar folder. If I'm not going to put it on the Reading Radar in the next couple of weeks then I'll be pushing my old finding into a (maybe later) folder to reconsider when my interests shifts. The main folder was getting too cluttered and I started saving current interests elsewhere. It was getting messy. So time for a purge. My computer is thanking me for freeing up so much space. (And the book worm in me feels the need to refill it. LOL)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOeerNFDSO55EwAtbZD_4TNa8T0-2sBfDFckdaPxaaAgkGAQaMxEYZVnrVQG7T4vA1pcCvU6mIv1qCCrO_wAhKmxKPRTptjnv8FnnrNovzeQsMzDkZAsYtc6Nk4-_HI4XmtjiTRJxCbTdOcRVap3ODRLwH6wEg1LENJBIa4gUzgZr-eDhnJszhQ/s500/FANGS,%20Volume%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOeerNFDSO55EwAtbZD_4TNa8T0-2sBfDFckdaPxaaAgkGAQaMxEYZVnrVQG7T4vA1pcCvU6mIv1qCCrO_wAhKmxKPRTptjnv8FnnrNovzeQsMzDkZAsYtc6Nk4-_HI4XmtjiTRJxCbTdOcRVap3ODRLwH6wEg1LENJBIa4gUzgZr-eDhnJszhQ/s320/FANGS,%20Volume%201.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZK1M6P9" target="_blank">Fangs</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Vol. 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Billy Balibally </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 240 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Paranormal / Vampires / </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: So this is on my TBR instead of the wish list. I bought it and I have to keep reminding myself to read it. Note to self: this is that reminder.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: "What kind of guy is unlucky enough to get bitten... and survive?"</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />As the sole survivor of a vampire attack, En wakes up to find that his hair has gone white as snow... and, worse, that he's developed a craving of his own for blood.<br /><br />Fortunately, the vampire health and welfare organization FANGS is there to help with the transition, and the handsome Ichii steps up as his guardian and mentor. Swept up into a confusing and lonely new world where everyone seems to be hankering for a taste of his "virgin" blood, En must navigate the FANGS pairing system, an arrangement that sets up compatible vampires as mutual feeding partners... and partners in all other ways as well. But what happens when En panics and declares that he'll be paired with Ichii? And what does brooding, rough-around-the-edges Ichii make of his spunky, outgoing new charge?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWLtMh1TurFOKddI8KHXlop_HNNF4kaV7pdHZtrKh9ClvkgCLsLVkUayo9RieIX1kMuCFqPvWsuN8LUhxGsyFVaXmtIkeQdv1YM0x6aUs4L4aOiyCvt6K74OeOhfrHtAxJecJCy-wkmMjJH_llxXNWcFYU3wh5jDrZ2Im6Qw2skg-3G52wc0YJQ/s500/I'm%20the%20Catlords'%20Manservant%20Vol.%201%20(I'm%20the%20Catlord's%20Manservant).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWLtMh1TurFOKddI8KHXlop_HNNF4kaV7pdHZtrKh9ClvkgCLsLVkUayo9RieIX1kMuCFqPvWsuN8LUhxGsyFVaXmtIkeQdv1YM0x6aUs4L4aOiyCvt6K74OeOhfrHtAxJecJCy-wkmMjJH_llxXNWcFYU3wh5jDrZ2Im6Qw2skg-3G52wc0YJQ/s320/I'm%20the%20Catlords'%20Manservant%20Vol.%201%20(I'm%20the%20Catlord's%20Manservant).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Im-Catlords-Manservant-Vol-ebook/dp/B08NRFMJ1X/" target="_blank">I'm the Catlord's Manservant</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Vol. 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Rat Kitaguni</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 189 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Paranormal / Shifters</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: AT THE MERCY OF THE FELINE MASTER Yukiharu Izumi just wants one thing-to be a normal high school student. But homeless, penniless, and with nobody else to rely on, he finds himself begging on his knees in front of…shape-shifting cats? They’re willing to take him in-but only if he waits on their every whim. And so start his chaotic days as the catlords’ manservant!</span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wZjRVyWf32xZco4qRsiHD4wfwfewe5pO5kv75upI-fuBlX7YTUEfdshrejEdEA1MUyvhYXTqde1ZP65rFG-xkx1u8pXsufA4utHSoA1QOCV7Q2wsTyvmocdKEEf9_8nuvxuNdvcd96qfwGZde40aCQ6yqdQ5XNlKyzLctUonY-gvpW6CgS7GAg/s500/A%20Gentle%20Noble's%20Vacation%20Recommendation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wZjRVyWf32xZco4qRsiHD4wfwfewe5pO5kv75upI-fuBlX7YTUEfdshrejEdEA1MUyvhYXTqde1ZP65rFG-xkx1u8pXsufA4utHSoA1QOCV7Q2wsTyvmocdKEEf9_8nuvxuNdvcd96qfwGZde40aCQ6yqdQ5XNlKyzLctUonY-gvpW6CgS7GAg/s320/A%20Gentle%20Noble's%20Vacation%20Recommendation.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08TTMKMMX" target="_blank">A Gentleman Nobles Vacation Recommendation</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Vol. 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Momochi, Misaki</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 208 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Fantasy (Larping in an alternate world--essentially)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: When Lizel mysteriously finds himself in a city that bears odd similarities to his own but clearly isn't, he quickly comes to terms with the unlikely truth: this is an entirely different world. Even so, laid-back Lizel isn't the type to panic. He immediately sets out to learn more about this strange place, and to help him do so, hires a seasoned adventurer named Gil as his tour guide and protector.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Until he's able to find a way home, Lizel figures this is a perfect opportunity to explore a new way of life adventuring as part of a guild. After all, he's sure he'll go home eventually... might as well enjoy the otherworldly vacation for now!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK7zgltZZdo01-aVq6sLiTOHa82aFFPSAdIRTUzkM-BzAodJyBpbnXeWL8m-lUM7mm1d60pnf1gj69MypU12aTl_2wuraf1j8RCeneutX7uFhdjHPDyJAFmkiTI9G15ayx0JMdstk6bSB9lUPjF0KOiLpOZANKoHKBxCKXxQS-vQIOq2E39DTLA/s500/On%20or%20Off,%20Volume%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="354" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK7zgltZZdo01-aVq6sLiTOHa82aFFPSAdIRTUzkM-BzAodJyBpbnXeWL8m-lUM7mm1d60pnf1gj69MypU12aTl_2wuraf1j8RCeneutX7uFhdjHPDyJAFmkiTI9G15ayx0JMdstk6bSB9lUPjF0KOiLpOZANKoHKBxCKXxQS-vQIOq2E39DTLA/s320/On%20or%20Off,%20Volume%201.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B3LDS27M" target="_blank">On or Off</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Vol. 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): A1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Contemporary</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Winner of the Ridibooks 2019 BL Awards! Available unabridged and uncensored for the first time in English.<br /><br />They say all's fair in love... and work?!<br /><br />After joining his friend's startup, university student Ahn Yiyoung never imagined he'd end up presenting their work directly to SJ Corporation, a major company headed by one of the most sought-after talents in the country: Kang Daehyung. It certainly doesn't help that, on top of being a bigshot executive, strikingly handsome Director Kang is his ideal type!<br /><br />When his presentation fails to go as planned, Yiyoung's desire to impress Director Kang leads him to take desperate measures... and lands him in a whole new mess, tangled up between his personal and professional relationships. How far is Yiyoung willing to go to achieve success in both his love life and his career?<br /><br />NOTE: This book contains mature themes and explicit sexual content, including situations involving dubious consent. It is not intended for anyone under 18 years of age.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYp3-2XbsI5Nh14-2NQREv8tiKyYkKQR4XwK67mGAv0KmZRJCSPokl15WrSRi54pWPPmJ_eI0isWqRZ8Ja3804LHFwef3vpAc1YminqrffnNNIw9UpIGK53Q1eBn1exTwaqb_fur10oHQP6E_Kk07aGO4p1eeNcPJ1dotBgTk2m8An4VjXlk37A/s500/Self-Love%20and%20Lingerie%20How%20to%20Love%20Your%20Coworker%20Vol.%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="348" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYp3-2XbsI5Nh14-2NQREv8tiKyYkKQR4XwK67mGAv0KmZRJCSPokl15WrSRi54pWPPmJ_eI0isWqRZ8Ja3804LHFwef3vpAc1YminqrffnNNIw9UpIGK53Q1eBn1exTwaqb_fur10oHQP6E_Kk07aGO4p1eeNcPJ1dotBgTk2m8An4VjXlk37A/s320/Self-Love%20and%20Lingerie%20How%20to%20Love%20Your%20Coworker%20Vol.%201.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B99KC7JL" target="_blank">Self-Love and Lingerie How to Love Your Coworker Vol. 1</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Rie Honjyou </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 133 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Contemporary</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Haruta is introverted and always wears a bra to protect his sensitive nipples. What happens when his extroverted coworker figures out his secret and urges him to wear sexy lingerie...?!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7Jyo0suCCl-djaVRccxS6WVB0NKt1f1kHR9_FAkYUeZ2tYCs_oJ0jjV05jibEtbrRlq-MyM_1EQW-wLra7EiGaI_od1f4yc_NWEMCW_54MEnfRrTpRPxN7AdOU52GCPdyxqnau4oc_65JuZWc5XPvaKOfN44zhjjTH8LDfbhIMSZvcgWBE4GbQ/s500/The%20Other%20World's%20Books%20Depend%20on%20the%20Bean%20Counter%20Vol.%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7Jyo0suCCl-djaVRccxS6WVB0NKt1f1kHR9_FAkYUeZ2tYCs_oJ0jjV05jibEtbrRlq-MyM_1EQW-wLra7EiGaI_od1f4yc_NWEMCW_54MEnfRrTpRPxN7AdOU52GCPdyxqnau4oc_65JuZWc5XPvaKOfN44zhjjTH8LDfbhIMSZvcgWBE4GbQ/s320/The%20Other%20World's%20Books%20Depend%20on%20the%20Bean%20Counter%20Vol.%201.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Other-Worlds-Books-Depend-Counter-ebook/dp/B09Q2LNSGS/" target="_blank">The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Vol. 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Yatsuki Wakatsu (Author), Kazuki Irodori (Artist), Kikka Ohashi </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">(Artist)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 180 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Paranormal / Fantasy</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, a holy maiden was summoned. Not just any holy maiden—one hailing from modern Japan. But this story is not her story. This is the tale of the humble accountant, Kondou, who accompanied her and his trials and woes as he accounts in a new world... But no tale is complete without a love interest. And who better to play that role than the handsome knight captain Aresh? Will he begin a personal quest to save said bean counter—who toils around the clock—or is Kondou doomed to be married to his work evermore...?!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMTGTOxbIir6P45PNwBOXJW_NSYEBlWAD4m0jAxTHZl7Flym-Pp3NEbveWUPv94-B_NpxNJAK9rbB6i0dmjKyMZa-BH6FV71psP3Vr48CaT9HKR6LOLDO9_VFSZB9m5GpjcDdOBeWnrnaGBlQ8zOBo_SmzpZI6glXCJipIj_VLvaOGIbBkIxCHA/s500/Love%20Nest,%20Vol.%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="351" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMTGTOxbIir6P45PNwBOXJW_NSYEBlWAD4m0jAxTHZl7Flym-Pp3NEbveWUPv94-B_NpxNJAK9rbB6i0dmjKyMZa-BH6FV71psP3Vr48CaT9HKR6LOLDO9_VFSZB9m5GpjcDdOBeWnrnaGBlQ8zOBo_SmzpZI6glXCJipIj_VLvaOGIbBkIxCHA/s320/Love%20Nest,%20Vol.%201.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Z79Y3QH" target="_blank">Love Nest, Vol. 1</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yuu Minaduki</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 242 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Contemporary</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Masato just wants some peace and quiet on his day off, but the kids upstairs continue to make that impossible, so he escapes to his friend Naruse’s gay bar. Sympathetic to his ongoing plight, Naruse recommends Masato just move into his second home since he’s not using it. But upon his arrival, Masato find a gruff, untidy older man already living there. Does this real-life odd couple stand a chance as roomies…and perhaps something more?</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-34002848627281228562022-12-30T21:00:00.106-08:002022-12-30T21:00:00.176-08:00Top Ten Favorite Reads for 2022 #read<span style="font-size: large;">I didn’t put one of these together last year. Just didn’t have the energy, you know? When I started to think about my list at the beginning of December, I wasn’t sure that I would have a list because I reread old favorites about 75% of the year. I’m a big rereader, obviously, but normally it’s about equal to new reads. But I started writing my list and had more than I thought I would.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCzy-HzYztqk5NVSrZ8zgYxBGvvRVcseG0yDGTG8Z0O3eW1XITkdWyJeo3ap4_6t-Rz8jqazPdmIKwZjuE13tFxS7Xt_hnj1tbPIXgYYx4U1MOX2lyiwtUxxE5s5L_ccRtviT50jZ8eaZTMie12VqDUF5a-Laqf82EHZGURQ-6w9qBBZWGI-vaw/s500/All%20Systems%20Red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCzy-HzYztqk5NVSrZ8zgYxBGvvRVcseG0yDGTG8Z0O3eW1XITkdWyJeo3ap4_6t-Rz8jqazPdmIKwZjuE13tFxS7Xt_hnj1tbPIXgYYx4U1MOX2lyiwtUxxE5s5L_ccRtviT50jZ8eaZTMie12VqDUF5a-Laqf82EHZGURQ-6w9qBBZWGI-vaw/s320/All%20Systems%20Red.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#1 Favorite is a series by Martha Wells. The Murderbot Diaries is… give me a moment, I’m trying not to wax poetic, but this series was a big deal for me, and it took me time to figure out why. I mean, when I finished reading the series for the first time I got teary-eyed when I thought back on the story, and I didn’t know why I had that reaction. There were a lot of things that spoke to me such as Murderbot struggled with its emotions, not having context to explain what it was feeling until it had access to his serials. The struggle with interacting with people, being overwhelmed and not having the shield of its suit to protect it. There are a lot of little things that’s shown but not delved into as Murderbot grows as a person and discovers what it is it wants to do. Things that you either get or you don’t and you get it because you’ve been there. I’m only scraping the tip of the iceberg here. This series became my number one reread this year. There were months where it was the only thing that I read. I’d finish the series only to immediately start over again. I highly recommend this series. <br /><br />Side note: the rest of these aren’t going to be in any particular order.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Dd1hS-6PJzB1XotrFGP3LYbol7o7GIymaJvkMPCUpECrrSB_nJf1286JxUtEnITlcs-s_YF3M0pvql8xRiK3JDCBHiS3cZcjFk1bdQRGRT8ebp1maoUBwFzg_JSKZzrbxY7ZtUkbQnS13JE0reMDJ-hET8ocVOytAfX8Ms7Zl8vgIeftnwJ1HA/s500/White%20Trash%20Warlock%20(The%20Adam%20Binder%20Novels%20Book%201).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Dd1hS-6PJzB1XotrFGP3LYbol7o7GIymaJvkMPCUpECrrSB_nJf1286JxUtEnITlcs-s_YF3M0pvql8xRiK3JDCBHiS3cZcjFk1bdQRGRT8ebp1maoUBwFzg_JSKZzrbxY7ZtUkbQnS13JE0reMDJ-hET8ocVOytAfX8Ms7Zl8vgIeftnwJ1HA/w125-h200/White%20Trash%20Warlock%20(The%20Adam%20Binder%20Novels%20Book%201).jpg" width="125" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#2. White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton. Really enjoyed this slightly spooky urban fantasy. The family struggles/drama are and aren’t a big part of the story. The author did a great job of weaving it all together and making it all matter equally instead of being too heavy on any one topic. I still need to read the next two books, it’s on my list of to-dos. LOL<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixChyTvXnVQKeAqrnhcLY1ykd22l4PVWT3ceddgGb9DfzRakMv2O2ygZCuIA2WSypKwx0XX65Qr8gMk3ZgJaIK6edn_SQGFjJRB5iS9VNu04GWLkNhtdWuaxaMQIoqBiQ9pt8jkqjukl2OtzSJy-cGG3ftf31aEQ5U-SJMsmt32ZgNFFQKzWu4wA/s500/Minor%20Mage-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixChyTvXnVQKeAqrnhcLY1ykd22l4PVWT3ceddgGb9DfzRakMv2O2ygZCuIA2WSypKwx0XX65Qr8gMk3ZgJaIK6edn_SQGFjJRB5iS9VNu04GWLkNhtdWuaxaMQIoqBiQ9pt8jkqjukl2OtzSJy-cGG3ftf31aEQ5U-SJMsmt32ZgNFFQKzWu4wA/w133-h200/Minor%20Mage-1.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#3. Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher. This is a YA fantasy and I enjoyed it so much. Our main character is only 12 years old and his journey was fraught with so many different dangers. I do wish there was an extended ending when he’s reunited with his mother. That one glimpse of her wasn’t enough for me, but the story was wonderful.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDr8USvfEIhnM9sfRfv8GwEHRJwSM7NFPqLyyf-ukYl_3BKkIMCpZWKYfjwE3mw1b03Zn70ua-B1i3qh41SngKORzTDDwO2z0jOp5FdWqWZyzybz-dbroKmoT9UwUspvozK_VZLoHL86MIVaL04WdVgElDV9jhm1AkAiC3VCe8YOhb4brss8ePQ/s500/Junkyard%20Cats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDr8USvfEIhnM9sfRfv8GwEHRJwSM7NFPqLyyf-ukYl_3BKkIMCpZWKYfjwE3mw1b03Zn70ua-B1i3qh41SngKORzTDDwO2z0jOp5FdWqWZyzybz-dbroKmoT9UwUspvozK_VZLoHL86MIVaL04WdVgElDV9jhm1AkAiC3VCe8YOhb4brss8ePQ/w133-h200/Junkyard%20Cats.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#4. Junk Yard Cats by Faith Hunter. This is a futuristic dystopian fantasy. I used to read Hunter’s Jane Yellowrock series, but stopped after book… 4 or 5? I don’t remember exactly. I have read the odd novella set in that world and usually those just remind me why I stopped. It’s not bad. The world building got better with every installment and her characterizations are better now, too, but that world had a pawl of depression, that sense that nothing will go right and things will just get a little bit worse. I can’t read stories like that anymore and it was the reason why I never picked up the Junk Yard Cats. Then it was recommended in a discussion group and I thought why not. There are only two books in the series so far, but the world building, plot, and characterizations are great. I wish there were more coming soon, but I’ll try to be patient to wait. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZhUuuDCRlqcEmMVC9gq19PR3LGQPdLw1oTFdAaFe1poUjOvAC5eGIUESPkw9fm1DXy4Wzq490BFqzeoc9-fGEoXyskUW2t0qYo_IC2E50e31DPbPYTsLSUoS9F3HKxxNATo5lHFI9PzTfwcnVvOboat-SAPR6SRlDf4F0t15ffD-SzYpZAnXKg/s500/The%20Akseli%20(Aldebarian%20Alliance%20Book%204).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZhUuuDCRlqcEmMVC9gq19PR3LGQPdLw1oTFdAaFe1poUjOvAC5eGIUESPkw9fm1DXy4Wzq490BFqzeoc9-fGEoXyskUW2t0qYo_IC2E50e31DPbPYTsLSUoS9F3HKxxNATo5lHFI9PzTfwcnVvOboat-SAPR6SRlDf4F0t15ffD-SzYpZAnXKg/w125-h200/The%20Akseli%20(Aldebarian%20Alliance%20Book%204).jpg" width="125" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#5. The Akseli (The Aldebarian Alliance, 4) by Dianne Duvall. I really love this series. Vampires from Earth in space. Well, they aren’t vampires but Gifted Ones and if you’ve read Duvall you know what that means. The Segonian is still one of my favorite rereads and The Akseli has been added to the lineup. Simone is awesome. And space pirates. Enough said.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQR9jkq-AY2zPUau-a__5za0toe5aMFCGTJ4xvY24xs9mHvvpR6ks8o63aueAixEzJxgvigF51nvUiwqwuluwgpbzrv9e8bifX1iLtq3ENmf9LtAHJja93LfPPhec8z8YKngiNtUtarpZov1JxmZ0TmR_evjUdNcy6Yd6ZXQS-e05t_QEV95oGw/s500/The%20Forgotten%20Dead%20(OutFoxing%20the%20Paranormal%20Book%201).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQR9jkq-AY2zPUau-a__5za0toe5aMFCGTJ4xvY24xs9mHvvpR6ks8o63aueAixEzJxgvigF51nvUiwqwuluwgpbzrv9e8bifX1iLtq3ENmf9LtAHJja93LfPPhec8z8YKngiNtUtarpZov1JxmZ0TmR_evjUdNcy6Yd6ZXQS-e05t_QEV95oGw/w133-h200/The%20Forgotten%20Dead%20(OutFoxing%20the%20Paranormal%20Book%201).jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#6. The Forgotten Dead (Outfoxing the Paranormal, 1) by Jordan L. Hawk. What a spooky engaging story. I read in the evenings and realized my mistake when it stopped at 11pm to got to bed and realized I was analyzing all the house noises and giving them more meaning that I should. I stayed up longer to read something else to get my mind off the spookiness. I look forward to the next book and the adventure this ghost hunting team is going on.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionyDqhVXR5qAIVhu1Y8Npel_-tE9UIzcQRtctehPrPzYXGvTwyygU4fUGFlZ6kNY76xhNLz48BoWHnn1e_iorVLyX5FONVg6xFYu8tvJb3DV4rEPvmNanpsSmcyq-hIIXXugjFTFBLWE_skEcbn2t5HyNSEsZQ0dBVYQKSaj35a-I4bE4XTIz2g/s500/Perfectly%20Imperfect%20Pixie-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionyDqhVXR5qAIVhu1Y8Npel_-tE9UIzcQRtctehPrPzYXGvTwyygU4fUGFlZ6kNY76xhNLz48BoWHnn1e_iorVLyX5FONVg6xFYu8tvJb3DV4rEPvmNanpsSmcyq-hIIXXugjFTFBLWE_skEcbn2t5HyNSEsZQ0dBVYQKSaj35a-I4bE4XTIz2g/w125-h200/Perfectly%20Imperfect%20Pixie-1.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#7. Perfectly Imperfect Pixie by MJ May. This was a story rich book. The setting is today’s world but with paranormal people in the open with humans knowing about them. The romance is slow burn which was perfect for what was going on. The world building and characters are great. I enjoyed every page.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMfBQqHo6bm3EG-ui8YEiPbZF4Ei7AZsv-NF5o7eBdkHOh6MQJXffe28-bditfTrI_HPXzuY_RDsWxlKdBxtHkjVBy0-is-bkynPbAxoIPN69NyZ8Oxuxm_3xeEqaVTJ68AlHXu4HpiaQZo2aHmN2rTKICdvseG_xh0sxhwAc7ZTWba05loevXA/s500/Savage%20Planet%20Embrace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMfBQqHo6bm3EG-ui8YEiPbZF4Ei7AZsv-NF5o7eBdkHOh6MQJXffe28-bditfTrI_HPXzuY_RDsWxlKdBxtHkjVBy0-is-bkynPbAxoIPN69NyZ8Oxuxm_3xeEqaVTJ68AlHXu4HpiaQZo2aHmN2rTKICdvseG_xh0sxhwAc7ZTWba05loevXA/w133-h200/Savage%20Planet%20Embrace.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#8. Embrace: Savage Planet by Kassie Keegan. I wish there were more Sci-Fi romances like this one. Rich world building, alien culture, lots and lots of consent everywhere. I wish it was on audiobook which would make it easier for me to reread. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I2J52fSfEtUVjzEGadhv92JqihZFZbpCtvcJrimQ-MV9ib2ynPDYI9l4JRcuuuoS-zTDpt0yQ1EjMJuRjG1F0E2rNoZk83Gfwa4-xPJtGZgCo2TOHvewWLUylZR1s7tP2sLRgGCUvkj5YizLQDdf2TBFxHlBLYyjM-Riup901cKigJTLxH-n9g/s500/The%20Trouble%20with%20Trying%20to%20Date%20a%20Murderer%20(Murder%20Sprees%20and%20Mute%20Decrees%20Book%201).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I2J52fSfEtUVjzEGadhv92JqihZFZbpCtvcJrimQ-MV9ib2ynPDYI9l4JRcuuuoS-zTDpt0yQ1EjMJuRjG1F0E2rNoZk83Gfwa4-xPJtGZgCo2TOHvewWLUylZR1s7tP2sLRgGCUvkj5YizLQDdf2TBFxHlBLYyjM-Riup901cKigJTLxH-n9g/w125-h200/The%20Trouble%20with%20Trying%20to%20Date%20a%20Murderer%20(Murder%20Sprees%20and%20Mute%20Decrees%20Book%201).jpg" width="125" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#9. The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer (Murder Sprees and Mute Decrees, 1) by Jennifer Cody. Full disclosure, I just plucked this one out of the ‘Cody List’. I gobbled up most everything Cody had to offer (a couple of the Houston Hub shorts I haven’t read) and I loved them all. Even the series with heavy BDSM romance (I sorta skimmed those scenes) because the overall story was fantastic. If BDSM isn’t for you either, she has stories that doesn’t have it in them. The series I’ve listed here and both Hammer and Fist books. I would rebuy everything I’ve read in audiobook, just sayin’. I’m looking forward to all her 2023 releases.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4l8W3qhGkVVADFXaDT7BmhjWxzw0c_2emexrIifDMMFtrlQzTAnJCVt_hWpyAOjFGs2Re2nfY_wAWet3FsyLDsQOSDQvm9NOHtZZb7K6gqoa22X0F1Xk7RWzhCVFqARTCAGYMSQxTp9_crNQ_QMH6Ao5S-hmKuAR-AHmSO1TF89HBTWl92Xagw/s500/The%20Necromancer's%20Light%20(Radiance%20Book%201).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4l8W3qhGkVVADFXaDT7BmhjWxzw0c_2emexrIifDMMFtrlQzTAnJCVt_hWpyAOjFGs2Re2nfY_wAWet3FsyLDsQOSDQvm9NOHtZZb7K6gqoa22X0F1Xk7RWzhCVFqARTCAGYMSQxTp9_crNQ_QMH6Ao5S-hmKuAR-AHmSO1TF89HBTWl92Xagw/w133-h200/The%20Necromancer's%20Light%20(Radiance%20Book%201).jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#10. Necromancer’s Light by Tavia Lark. This was my fist book by Lark and it won’t be my last. Great storytelling and heart in this book. The world is rich and the plot kept me turning the page. I really appreciated that there was angst but it wasn’t heavy handed.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">These are bonuses:</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstm6G4sD2LyJ_Nun7vsWR7lfHbq2W9luQcBXCEN40TABhiXw78vVpyQaK5RjZgmmjUAFcHu38kcSmgxr2tvRXg8LKDjcPAb3Fcvzl5Jaha-YcaV1YA1flK2_zVlxyRQtiBOnI37Ned1bdBe914lIZO8q8hT5Yphm_4bRbA4adblx9eAT6J0YWlA/s500/The%20Rabbit's%20Foot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstm6G4sD2LyJ_Nun7vsWR7lfHbq2W9luQcBXCEN40TABhiXw78vVpyQaK5RjZgmmjUAFcHu38kcSmgxr2tvRXg8LKDjcPAb3Fcvzl5Jaha-YcaV1YA1flK2_zVlxyRQtiBOnI37Ned1bdBe914lIZO8q8hT5Yphm_4bRbA4adblx9eAT6J0YWlA/w133-h200/The%20Rabbit's%20Foot.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#11. The Rabbit’s Foot by Parker Williams. Paranormal romance with a bit of a twist with a rabbit shifter as the romantic interest. There’s danger and love and an alpha wolf who doesn’t want to be responsible for people. I hope there is more to come in this series.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvuCG5NGT5-spwXyMxOlW3fbCB3T30C6XCfTTIn6pwIX84gAtRyRv31LEtuerR9CajQho248SEg9cnmEq3UVya8Bg3Odh-Nu7p3gDBLDxWlsXiqKGtKLChqwyGjPeNLh-r_biuTCqZ_T4_iZxyHewDYbisgtEnv6u9Vt-OPEKU1TU4ugvkyzkTw/s500/Get%20It%20Together%20(The%20Undead%20Detective%20Agency%20Book%201).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvuCG5NGT5-spwXyMxOlW3fbCB3T30C6XCfTTIn6pwIX84gAtRyRv31LEtuerR9CajQho248SEg9cnmEq3UVya8Bg3Odh-Nu7p3gDBLDxWlsXiqKGtKLChqwyGjPeNLh-r_biuTCqZ_T4_iZxyHewDYbisgtEnv6u9Vt-OPEKU1TU4ugvkyzkTw/w125-h200/Get%20It%20Together%20(The%20Undead%20Detective%20Agency%20Book%201).jpg" width="125" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#12. Get It Together (Undead Detective Agency) by Shelby Rhodes. This was fun. A human is hired by the agency to be a driver and he doesn’t know about the paranormal world. Oops. This was cute and lightly humorous. The next book is coming in March. That feels like a long time away. LOL</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveS5mFxM2YpazQM_swlWKxLpFYL94vu1b_F5Nv4KQzRwNVxHiDC75taaMLmq6ruJNgpRfcromqnT72PDpLucEF_ygtQ9Kqk-_BTELCf1Z-exukokri62K6Bzcm0DE3xGEDTwkTs3Woow2npOXMj0-BXQk5z96h3f4Ckypd3Vi_bqaKBWuxa5rQw/s500/Gary%20of%20a%20Hundred%20Days.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveS5mFxM2YpazQM_swlWKxLpFYL94vu1b_F5Nv4KQzRwNVxHiDC75taaMLmq6ruJNgpRfcromqnT72PDpLucEF_ygtQ9Kqk-_BTELCf1Z-exukokri62K6Bzcm0DE3xGEDTwkTs3Woow2npOXMj0-BXQk5z96h3f4Ckypd3Vi_bqaKBWuxa5rQw/w125-h200/Gary%20of%20a%20Hundred%20Days.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">#13. Gary of a Hundred Days by Isabel Murray. This a fantasy friends to lovers romance. Gary is quite naïve and adorable. There is a bit of humor and it wasn’t as angsty as it could have been which was perfect for me. <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And that’s it! Those were my favorite reads for 2022. What were yours?<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-20292137326345582802022-12-09T21:00:00.189-08:002022-12-09T21:00:00.169-08:00What's on the Reading Radar? #read #WishList #TBR<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">December is chugging along and there is a list of things that I need to do... that I keep forgetting to do. :) Story of my life, yeah? Writing is going alright. 200% better than October and already 100% than November. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reading has been alright. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3oYCqTZXklJBb6wGK4ZeBKXEwCeh1IJNUlFpXoFRRPn4CX2ZmthIMjhBEzfNcdhesrSTT_g61OqjjTEdN8L1BTiCcjagxIu3VIxjNqgPdLDgofeSppb31wdRJhjaWfBeUOaHOa_DQ1u7AMGFgPHSDWXKbrfFQmhJc44jnDfxmb3yY-vkyV0GKw/s500/Minor%20Mage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3oYCqTZXklJBb6wGK4ZeBKXEwCeh1IJNUlFpXoFRRPn4CX2ZmthIMjhBEzfNcdhesrSTT_g61OqjjTEdN8L1BTiCcjagxIu3VIxjNqgPdLDgofeSppb31wdRJhjaWfBeUOaHOa_DQ1u7AMGFgPHSDWXKbrfFQmhJc44jnDfxmb3yY-vkyV0GKw/s320/Minor%20Mage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Minor-Mage/dp/B08CNF4434/" target="_blank">Minor Mage</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): T. Kingfisher</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: audiobook is about 5 hrs</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Fantasy / YA</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I needed something outside what I normally read because I was in a reading slump and my mood-reading-meter wasn't helping me. I'd seen this a few time and I think it was on my wish list a while ago but I moved it off because... no real mood for YA. But I listened to the sample and went for it. I really enjoyed the book and following Oliver and his adorable familiar on his quest to bring rain to his community. There are lessons here about the price of betrayal, types of courage, and how to value yourself even though you aren't who/what you want to be. My only complaint is that I wanted more of a reunion scene at the end. I loved Oliver's mother just as much as he did and I really wanted to see them interact. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Oliver was a very minor mage. His familiar reminded him of this several times a day. He only knew three spells, and one of them was to control his allergy to armadillo dander.<br /><br />His attempts to summon elementals resulted in nosebleeds, and there is nothing more embarrassing than having your elemental leave the circle to get you a tissue, pat you comfortingly, and then disappear in a puff of magic. The armadillo had about wet himself laughing.<br /><br />He was a very minor mage. Unfortunately, he was all they had.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZtpV-qi1TLCajMIBVkkCehShWr4anSqrCNte91XYFH1D33pcY2qhxM7pdcrjzvmuBdEamXY-tOluGSiJfBu97CyRfHO5X1wCDPTIjKHLp2TRiOyk0IsqmfVcZNS5uH3PX7YdR2BWqapk4ZV24efaA2kF8aADzMxH-CmXeTLN317hLGWiHGIa-g/s500/Perfectly%20Imperfect%20Pixie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZtpV-qi1TLCajMIBVkkCehShWr4anSqrCNte91XYFH1D33pcY2qhxM7pdcrjzvmuBdEamXY-tOluGSiJfBu97CyRfHO5X1wCDPTIjKHLp2TRiOyk0IsqmfVcZNS5uH3PX7YdR2BWqapk4ZV24efaA2kF8aADzMxH-CmXeTLN317hLGWiHGIa-g/s320/Perfectly%20Imperfect%20Pixie.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BKYM1Z3L/" target="_blank">Perfectly Imperfect Pixie</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): MJ May</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 367 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Urban Fantasy-ish / Paranormal / Gay / Reading</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm about half way through when writing this post. Phil is one of those sunshine characters that you want to shelter and keep safe. There is a lot going on plotwise, which I love, so the romance is on the slow to medium burn rate. It's taken Sed a few to actually see Phil. The villain has been introduced and though their HEA is promised, I'm still biting my nails.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Size matters. Pixies are supposed to be petite, beautifully lithe creatures with gossamer wings. Sporting luscious, ombre pink hair and fluttering pink wings, Phil meets two out of three of those criteria. At over six feet tall, no one would dare call Phil petite. As a home-and-hearth pixie, Phil yearns to find a home and family he can bond to. When no one’s willing to hire a pixie of his stature, Phil is forced to find work elsewhere. Turns out, pixies make terrible bouncers.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The sudden death of Sedrick’s brother and sister-in-law left Sedrick Voss a pack of one—plus two young, traumatized were children. Sedrick needs help. He needs a home-and-hearth pixie. But pixies are small, delicate creatures nowhere near sturdy enough to stand up to a couple of growing werewolves. Phil seems like the perfect answer—a pixie that might be able to physically withstand small werewolf teeth and claws.<br /><br />Phil is overjoyed, finally able to do a job that speaks to his heart and soul. But peace is a hard-won commodity. Sedrick is in the middle of a nasty custody battle with his niece and nephew’s maternal grandfather—one of the most arrogantly deceitful werewolf alphas to ever lead a pack. If their grandfather gets custody, Sedrick’s niece and nephew are in for a lifetime of manipulation.<br /><br />Between the custody battle, noxiously invasive garden gnomes, and fairy lawyers, Phil and Sedrick struggle to keep their home and family safe. Werewolves and pixies don’t mate. Phil and Sedrick are about to challenge that misconception.<br /><br /><br /><i>Perfectly Imperfect Pixie is a m/m standalone title with a HEA, a rough but kind werewolf, fairy lawyers, vampire bar owners, dwarf miners, questionably intelligent humans, pesky garden gnomes, and charming pixies.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKCPGZ_dICYUNd8I_1PX8JPy6AfOzY8MQK9zlCjVrO3Xesbmgl7CE--5K3rgPffZl9B6YzOcmpsNWsQ7idatspTK8LAR6UMSBjW-a4iW4DbFXW2DQAyltaEuY4GkkxIyoeuugQ4RkmanOC8cxMGp1u8VoZrmY1ZPO26VSPFN57ZDv-zl1vC5wbQ/s500/Worse%20Guy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKCPGZ_dICYUNd8I_1PX8JPy6AfOzY8MQK9zlCjVrO3Xesbmgl7CE--5K3rgPffZl9B6YzOcmpsNWsQ7idatspTK8LAR6UMSBjW-a4iW4DbFXW2DQAyltaEuY4GkkxIyoeuugQ4RkmanOC8cxMGp1u8VoZrmY1ZPO26VSPFN57ZDv-zl1vC5wbQ/s320/Worse%20Guy.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Worse-Guy-SciFi-Villain-Romance-ebook/dp/B095XQ29GR/" target="_blank">Worse Guy</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Ruby Dixon</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 234 page</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Monster Romance / Villain Romance / Sci-Fi / Alien / Curvy Woman / POC FMC / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: Since I read Bad Guy and liked it, I thought I'd give this one a try. This is another clone of Crulden with implanted memories from the real Crulden and very different from the Crulden clone from Bad Guy. There is still the element of him discovering who he was and what he wanted to be once he felt sure he was no longer a prisoner. I really like Bee. It doesn't dodge that she's been traumatized and how she uses all the tools available to her to keep herself safe. At this point in the story, it looks like there won't be a 'sex heals all trauma' aspect, which pleases me immensely. I would love to see a different kind of relationship for these two. I also really enjoy this look at the Masaka (not sure I spelled that correctly since I have the audiobooks) who are the favorable MCs in her popular Blue Barbarian series, but here they align to a more natural person scale. Bee is easier on them and their shortcomings than I would be, but she works the misogynistic alien society to her advantage where I would be yelling and screaming. I'm about half way through, maybe more, as I'm writing this. I listen to this when I'm crocheting so I probably won't finish for another couple of days. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Crulden the Ruiner is the most dangerous gladiator in the galaxy.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I’m his clone - equally ugly, equally dangerous, and just as feared. I’m also being held captive, since no one trusts a creature like me to be let loose.<br /><br />A curvy, determined human named Bee doesn’t think I’m a creature, though. In fact, she thinks I just need a guide. She’s got half the males on this planet eating out of her hand, and she’s confident she can do the same with me.<br /><br />The managing little female has no idea what she’s in for. I’m not some fool to be led around by my tail. But…the champion in me loves a challenge.<br /><br />A champion also wants to win a prize. So I tell Bee I’ll go along with her plans if she kisses me…right on my tusk-filled mouth.<br /><br />I never expected her to say yes…</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVS08Ucl2owuXm1pdPIPLFlsJNg2u9gcxDyuFsfxn_i3mAuhWOMvD_Z3GLmvhsnPa25N_KLUXYUuvTd698Y7V7m2zyUzpj09grUr4wXQfG1tYwuYjZaMTDHPQynA7889_oBQQDeTK8DaHNoes00IDGIQR7ne_-4I0rVCBIRoNSFNoBcSfSx3Siw/s500/Problem%20Child%20(The%20Wolfverse).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVS08Ucl2owuXm1pdPIPLFlsJNg2u9gcxDyuFsfxn_i3mAuhWOMvD_Z3GLmvhsnPa25N_KLUXYUuvTd698Y7V7m2zyUzpj09grUr4wXQfG1tYwuYjZaMTDHPQynA7889_oBQQDeTK8DaHNoes00IDGIQR7ne_-4I0rVCBIRoNSFNoBcSfSx3Siw/s320/Problem%20Child%20(The%20Wolfverse).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4GBWQCJ" target="_blank">Problem Child</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Wolfverse</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Sam Hall</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 438 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / RH</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: There are a couple of reasons why I gave this book a try. Even though there are omegas in this world who typically pair up with the alphas (like in the other omegaverses), this is about the Beta getting her alpha wolf pack. There is also the secret child trope that tickled my mood radar and it wasn't a series. The end is an HEA and I didn't have to read more than one book to get to it. This is a series but the only real interconnectedness that matters is that it's all set in the same world, and though I'm guessing that there is some crossover from somewhere with the people at the clinic, you didn't need to know anything about them. This is a high heat story, so lots of smexy times, some of which I skimmed though I did notice that the author did a good job using those scenes as part of the character building and relationship and not just for titillation. I might try another book in this world since I enjoyed this one. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: One night of fun with a gorgeous guy, that’s all I thought this was, but when Ben walked out my door, he left behind more than just a heart that ached a little.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />There’s no way I should’ve been able to get pregnant, yet here I am.<br /><br />For nine long years, I’ve been fighting to bring my daughter up right, trying to cater for all her unique needs, even as I go to bed every night knowing I’m failing her. So, when I’m offered help by Riley Taylor from the world famous Crowe Corp, I jump at the chance.<br /><br />But that’s when I run into him.<br /><br />He shouldn’t look that good, not after all this time and his brothers shouldn’t be clustering closer, trying to catch my scent. He definitely shouldn’t be looking at my daughter with awe and wonder, knowing exactly where her blonde hair comes from.<br /><br />Ben and his pack want to be part of her life, but more than that, they want their mate and they think I might be her.<br /><br />If you loved A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing and wanted more of Riley and the gang’s story, join Lily as she struggles to balance motherhood, bringing up a very strong willed daughter, being a beta in an alpha’s world and being forced to consider another chance at love.</span></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></i></b></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-15532727729526317352022-11-18T21:00:00.144-08:002022-11-18T21:00:00.161-08:00What's on the Reading Radar? #reading #WishList #TBR<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">How is it already mid-November? It was Halloween just yesterday! The writing week has been meh, but a ton better than the whole of the month of October in which I did zero writing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reading has been alright. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuHObHQ8E28KWwknQBKrVoHkflFgTMjwLPkeGVHdnHVvGOOYAjfI5Y6KeYzlDUN8FoDy64f1Bb761zbeVxN70XC5GhJfYjLTy5bL2V9LqogZ_NtPpQDdkTFxoIbuYwqzTk6u8WJdGVDyewgfaOAu5BOAULiqR3EoPPZZ60NLv7WF9SaKAj5Fvig/s500/Not%20So%20Thanks%20in%20Advance%20(MMM%20Monster%20Romance)%20(Warts%20&%20Claws%20Inc.%20Series%20Book%203).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuHObHQ8E28KWwknQBKrVoHkflFgTMjwLPkeGVHdnHVvGOOYAjfI5Y6KeYzlDUN8FoDy64f1Bb761zbeVxN70XC5GhJfYjLTy5bL2V9LqogZ_NtPpQDdkTFxoIbuYwqzTk6u8WJdGVDyewgfaOAu5BOAULiqR3EoPPZZ60NLv7WF9SaKAj5Fvig/s320/Not%20So%20Thanks%20in%20Advance%20(MMM%20Monster%20Romance)%20(Warts%20&%20Claws%20Inc.%20Series%20Book%203).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B5M4XK1G/" target="_blank">Not So Thanks in Advance</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Warts & Claws, 3</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Clio Evans</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 174 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay / BDSM elements /</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I've really enjoyed this series so far. Y'all know that BDSM isn't my think but it's not a heavy element for this series, just enough to add spice. I liked all three of these characters and it brought something unusual with the predicament of an invisible character. The series plot has advanced and we know more of what is going on as well as who the next romance with be about. I'm looking forward to Ember's story. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><span style="font-size: large;">It’s just another Monster Monday…<br /><br />Billy expected many things to happen— but getting into an elevator with the omega he’s been stalking and seeing an invisible tentacle monster for the first time wasn’t one of them.<br /><br />Charlie is an invisible tentacle monster who never believed he could be seen or loved. Jaehan is an omega witch who recently escaped a bad situation and is just trying to settle into his new job.<br /><br />After meeting in the elevator, passions arise, and souls connect. When Billy and their boss are kidnapped, the Warts & Claws office will have to pull together and fight against the monster trying to ruin their lives.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Can Billy, Jaehan, and Charlie live to see another Monday without sacrificing what they have found?<br /><br /><i>This story contains the following:SPICY Monster Office Romance<br />Fated Mates<br />BDSM<br />Omega heats<br />Tentacles<br />and more.<br /><br />The Warts & Claws Inc series is a spicy monster romance series following an evil HR department vs. the office. Each book will have a different relationship dynamic, inappropriate use of office supplies, creatures finding love, and more.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiX-vAE1mVLZ6zd5K1nD1kLAFdom_TqEYch1zv7bKZgneBHT7_T-jA0KsRfhJeyuMd78_aOKoNtABt704JajYDnDHCUAuehTB-u_cjSZemaqMMrCj0FfpW6H2KKeB4LGGLb45Nj9ZyUVF9Ztl_cztsjijYe5xe5L0txCHtXrsviZd_qyaB7uOgYQ/s500/The%20Kraken's%20Mate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiX-vAE1mVLZ6zd5K1nD1kLAFdom_TqEYch1zv7bKZgneBHT7_T-jA0KsRfhJeyuMd78_aOKoNtABt704JajYDnDHCUAuehTB-u_cjSZemaqMMrCj0FfpW6H2KKeB4LGGLb45Nj9ZyUVF9Ztl_cztsjijYe5xe5L0txCHtXrsviZd_qyaB7uOgYQ/s320/The%20Kraken's%20Mate.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BHY8PF7W/" target="_blank">The Kraken's Mate</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Houston Hub Short</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Jennifer Cody</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 92 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: If you look at the next book listed you will see Shahmat, the last book of the Shattered Pawn series. Earlier this year I read both the Shattered Pawns and Diviner's Game which was a wild ride, to say the least. Shahmat came out about a week ago and I've been hmm-hawing over reading it, so I picked up this latest Houston Hub short to get into the groove of universe. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">This was a really cute story. I loved both characters and it did help to get me in the mood for the next rollercoaster ride. :)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Soren:<br /><br />I might die down here, but dang. What a way to go.<br /><br />It was just supposed to be a test dive. I'd take the submersible down to the bottom of the Atlantic and then straight back up. If I got to see some cool ocean life, well, that's why we were live-streaming the dive.<br /><br />I didn't expect to see the most incredible thing ever. Who expects to get abducted by a kraken? Not me, but wow, he's...um...hot.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Kraken's Mate is a standalone 25k MM Paranormal Romance set in the same universe as the Diviner's Game with cameos from characters in the Shattered Pawns series, featuring steamy scenes with tentacles and an adorable billion year old eldritch horror with a thing for cute, puny humans—well, one specifically.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRY-d-G5buFsqsDXEKt6qX949dTc5DJzPGWHhwlobgFTiK9kTDQx_bN8jzIXIGBxPfy4-rQYDlmKAGbyCMTXn_wm0tEIdbLn9HSqUvBHjOoD4vCkZz_99tXmgbDCjU7XZ2m1hFcNoypaanotMDnnJnkJXmL6TOf0C8ZpxNMPvh4zDaWDMlA1ZEQ/s500/Shah%20Mat%20(Shattered%20Pawns%20Book%204).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRY-d-G5buFsqsDXEKt6qX949dTc5DJzPGWHhwlobgFTiK9kTDQx_bN8jzIXIGBxPfy4-rQYDlmKAGbyCMTXn_wm0tEIdbLn9HSqUvBHjOoD4vCkZz_99tXmgbDCjU7XZ2m1hFcNoypaanotMDnnJnkJXmL6TOf0C8ZpxNMPvh4zDaWDMlA1ZEQ/s320/Shah%20Mat%20(Shattered%20Pawns%20Book%204).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BHX9VDV3/">Shahmat</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Shattered Pawn's, 4</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Jennifer Cody</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 433 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / High Paranormal (I just made that up) / BDSM / Poly / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I've been looking forward to and dreading this last installment. The complete chaos left by the last book in this series was a bit mind boggling, just like the whole series (including the Diviners series). Why did I put High Paranormal as a genre category? Because this series is a genre mashup, IMHO. It's a high fantasy set in a contemporary paranormal environment. On top of the genre, toss in handfuls of varying mythology, alternate realities, a sprinkle of chaos, and coat it in BDSM... So, High Paranormal. Depending on my mood, I'll read it this weekend. I don't think that I can read it in one sitting but I guess we'll see. You might be seeing this on next week's Radar if I have thoughts I want to share. :)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Den:<br /><br />What does one do when they're responsible for the death of their chosen mate? Kill a god, steal his powers, and reset the timeline, of course. What does one do when their chosen mate keeps throwing away his life to save the universe? Reset the timeline forty two times, obviously. I’m not letting Monet sacrifice himself because I made a mistake that ended the universe. I’m not letting any of my family sacrifice themselves to save the universe, and if I have to kill a thousand gods to save them from their hero-complexes? Done. I might be on the verge of villainy, but I have my priorities in line.<br /><br />Slean:<br /><br />What does a diviner do when the love of his mate’s life dies in the apocalypse? Kill three gods, steal their powers, and change the fate of the world, of course. What does he do when his mate’s the one responsible for starting the apocalypse? Everything he can to fix it, obviously. I’m not going to let the universe end. I’m not going to watch my family die because of my mate’s choices, and if I have to create a few new Aquinos to do it? Done. It might make me insane, but I’ll do anything for Den’s happiness, even if that means becoming the villain in my own story.<br /><br />Shah Mat is a 105k word MMMM paranormal romance.<br /><br />In the Aquino family, the boys all have tragic backstories; Den isn’t an exception. Content warning: Child imprisonment/harm, violence, consensual sharing and sex outside of the main relationship (open relationship), exhibitionism, voyeurism, light BDSM including rope bondage, horror descriptions (i.e. zombies).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z1OehPC0PosLgTMObfOEuo7cgI8jFMIhiuHxDCLAz2bSKC-DxX5Ll5FttCxNVW9UXbYF_PAefrP7HQbla85RsT1BBTz4Se1i3Mj9gLdesbHkGblOjdQsU0utHv8yQWSo3LMD8-HOVNVBsFs2JSJJzgmCUNuiMUiOjyYMKJH6yJrE034rGBSSDg/s500/sweet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z1OehPC0PosLgTMObfOEuo7cgI8jFMIhiuHxDCLAz2bSKC-DxX5Ll5FttCxNVW9UXbYF_PAefrP7HQbla85RsT1BBTz4Se1i3Mj9gLdesbHkGblOjdQsU0utHv8yQWSo3LMD8-HOVNVBsFs2JSJJzgmCUNuiMUiOjyYMKJH6yJrE034rGBSSDg/s320/sweet.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BCD8TDJL/" target="_blank">Merman Kisses and Starving Incubi</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Sweet Supernaturals, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Morgan Lysand</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 249 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: this is on my to-read list. The series title is what caught my attention since I really enjoy sweet, cute romances.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Felix is a miserable incubus, but he does his best to hide his misery. For the most part. Adopted and rejected by strict Catholics, Felix is ashamed of his body’s needs. Work isn’t much better. He’s a star litigator at his law firm, but hates every second. Oh, and he’s in love with his best friend Chris, who happens to be a fellow attorney, his roomie, and a sexy as sin freshwater merman.<br /><br />After Truth or Dare on Halloween loosens their lips in more ways than one, Felix pumps the brakes and challenges them both to a bet. No release for a month, or the loser moves out. Chris agrees with a counterproposal. Felix has to come to terms with being an incubus, otherwise he loses Chris.<br /><br />Chris’s life is pretty peachy. His estate planning clients are great… mostly. He sees Felix every day and has the family lake to look forward to every Saturday. But as Felix investigates being an incubus, a few things of his own mer nature come to light, changing his perspective on his family.<br /><br /><i>Merman Kisses and Starving Incubi is a fluffy and spicy MM paranormal romance featuring the pine-y-est of pining besties to lovers idiots. A sugar-loving incubus that’s not a virgin, thank you very much. And a freshwater merman that may be a touch too obsessed with his long hair. Please check trigger warnings in the Author’s Note.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</i></b></div></span></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-58397207772385224602022-11-11T21:00:00.141-08:002022-11-12T06:31:10.265-08:00What's on the Reading Radar? #TBR #WishList #reading<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wow, this week was a slog. I don't have a lot to say about it that I would repeat in polite company. LOL. On the upside, I ran across some covers that enticed me to look at some new-to-me authors.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OEAdHjLmT_TBrP853pfvb5SZjywn2g6pvvoO0ey35dE1FYZSWfaGqrREwH-VHBOpAgq4XzO6V-kchnQHnlN95mzaNOnqRgxk2zHFjIbh23-_t5XsPrTNcAMvGXajrFRFeh-Mqdta2o3LzvJblrsZ17lY5FoDVhKgEiu2RcxBeoAb6nwqyL7IRQ/s500/Not%20So%20Kind%20Regards%20(MMW%20Monster%20Romance)%20(Warts%20&%20Claws%20Inc.%20Series%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OEAdHjLmT_TBrP853pfvb5SZjywn2g6pvvoO0ey35dE1FYZSWfaGqrREwH-VHBOpAgq4XzO6V-kchnQHnlN95mzaNOnqRgxk2zHFjIbh23-_t5XsPrTNcAMvGXajrFRFeh-Mqdta2o3LzvJblrsZ17lY5FoDVhKgEiu2RcxBeoAb6nwqyL7IRQ/s320/Not%20So%20Kind%20Regards%20(MMW%20Monster%20Romance)%20(Warts%20&%20Claws%20Inc.%20Series%20Book%201).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09XYZ4SWW/" target="_blank">Not So Kind Regards</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Warts & Claws Series, 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Clio Evans</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 188 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Poly / Bisexual / BDSM-Lite</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: What a great find. This was a fun quick read. I enjoyed the plot arc and really loved all the characters, especially Inferna. This has mainly domination/submission situations with some spanking. I really liked that Calen was the omega. You don't seen that a lot. It's usually always the woman. I would totally recommend and I jumped into the next book.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />It’s just another Monster Monday…<br /><br />Inferna expected many things to happen— but sparks flying between her, the office rival, and his lover was not one of them.<br /><br />Calen is a nerdy omega witch, one that Inferna wants to sink her teeth into. Art is a stuck-up boss but can be a little more charming outside the regular 9-5.<br /><br />After an evil HR agent shows up with an agenda, everything starts to change. No one is safe, tensions are high, and the creatures of Warts & Claws Inc will have to fight spell and claw to make it to the weekend.<br /><br />Can Inferna, Calen, and Art survive a work week from hell while discovering a love that’s off the charts?<br /><br /><i>This story contains the following:</i></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i>SPICY Monster Office Romance<br />Fated Mates<br />BDSM<br />Omega heats<br />V*agina fangs and more ;)The Warts & Claws Inc series is a spicy monster romance series following an evil HR department vs. the office. Each book will have a different relationship dynamic, inappropriate use of office supplies, creatures finding love, and more. </i><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT23tNdsvaUV45EcvyC7DP4FeOeV3O-Sw1C3w8_B2NEjnEOyC_KKMqveNdELzyIHZJkN6GKDB47-M3r-DQapbzL-nf4WHVCBF1Pw7RbtfcFVHRT-72s2p92t6oU9-7Z0VxQtFXKI7i_HbNFpBU_vfYRwC6yWKaBWZuXksno3pghKn9v0DTTKlK8A/s500/Not%20So%20Best%20Wishes%20(NbiMW%20Monster%20Romance)%20(Warts%20&%20Claws%20Inc.%20Series%20Book%202).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT23tNdsvaUV45EcvyC7DP4FeOeV3O-Sw1C3w8_B2NEjnEOyC_KKMqveNdELzyIHZJkN6GKDB47-M3r-DQapbzL-nf4WHVCBF1Pw7RbtfcFVHRT-72s2p92t6oU9-7Z0VxQtFXKI7i_HbNFpBU_vfYRwC6yWKaBWZuXksno3pghKn9v0DTTKlK8A/s320/Not%20So%20Best%20Wishes%20(NbiMW%20Monster%20Romance)%20(Warts%20&%20Claws%20Inc.%20Series%20Book%202).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B5M3KW9P/" target="_blank">Not So Best Wishes</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Warts & Claws Series, 2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Clio Evans</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 169 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Poly / Bisexual / Non-Binary / BDSM-Medium</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm only a couple of chapters into this one and I'm licking it so far. This shares a series plot arc which has me biting my nails for Cinder. (Saturday morning update!) I finished this last night and realized that I missed the last chapter of the first book in the series. It was from the big bad. Just make sure you keep reading after the amazon window pops up asking what you thought of the book. It made me think the book was done. That aside. I enjoyed this, maybe not as much as the first. I just <i><b><u>really </u></b></i>liked Inferna. I do wish there was more back ground on the characters. I was really happy to see the next book is about Billy. The poor guy needs hazard pay. He made me laugh with his sigh-heaving 'you can try' attitude. I looking forward to the next book in the series. :)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />It’s just another Monster Monday…<br /><br />Lora expected many things to happen— but sparks flying between her, the new HR agent, and her manticore coworker wasn’t one of them.<br /><br />Mich is a handsome manticore who goes into rut after a fateful encounter with Lora and Cinder. Cinder is the new sexy HR agent with secrets they can’t keep for long.<br /><br />The office environment starts to get hot as these three fall into an affair they can’t stop. Love and heat are in the air, but as the corporate enemy starts to emerge, everything changes for monsters and witches alike.<br /><br />Can Lora, Mich, and Cinder make it to the weekend without losing their newfound love and jobs?<br /><br /><i>This story contains the following:</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i>SPICY Monster Office Romance<br />Fated Mates<br />BDSM<br />Stapling<br />Nonbinary Representation<br />Evil HR overlords<br />and more ;)<br />The Warts & Claws Inc series is a spicy monster romance series following an evil HR department vs. the office. Each book will have a different relationship dynamic, inappropriate use of office supplies, creatures finding love, and more. </i><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCtsDX-_3AUrLFO1FAcq5-Ou-jz6M7ImcFeX4x74k_vxmkvRYgCvy09-3BJZ1fj9wYI81rIn6egmU7NyN-HX8_ycf0XVN_7aNnALrqdDSmaB6MNG_uvNOAc7Mghit_OQ0a5uTKbgL9BqrpHogDAWBuwf8tsiSUtg73-KB7HJizbmpv_crNaaFOA/s500/Tentacles%20&%20Triathlons%20(Leviathan%20Fitness%20Book%202).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCtsDX-_3AUrLFO1FAcq5-Ou-jz6M7ImcFeX4x74k_vxmkvRYgCvy09-3BJZ1fj9wYI81rIn6egmU7NyN-HX8_ycf0XVN_7aNnALrqdDSmaB6MNG_uvNOAc7Mghit_OQ0a5uTKbgL9BqrpHogDAWBuwf8tsiSUtg73-KB7HJizbmpv_crNaaFOA/s320/Tentacles%20&%20Triathlons%20(Leviathan%20Fitness%20Book%202).jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B18LGQVH/" target="_blank">Tentacles & Triathlons</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Leviathan Fitness #2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Ashley Bennett</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 202 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This sounds like it can be read as a standalone. I have it downloaded.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Leviathan Fitness is the favorite place of monsters, muscles, and a tentacled creature who can seduce even the hardest to win over human.<br /><br />When parks department supervisor Reece Rollins decides to sign up for a triathlon– there are two things holding him back. One, his fear of monsters. Two, his sub-par swimming skills.<br /><br />At the urging of his sister’s wolven mate, Reece joins Leviathan Fitness to train in the gym’s olympic size swimming pool. After running into Reece at the pool, Cyrus offers to help Reece get ready to win the race.<br /><br />New feelings arise from the depths as Reece and Cyrus learn that monsters and humans go together, tentacle in hand. The only question is- can these two hold on to their new found love despite their differences?<br /><br /><i>Tentacles & Triathlons is book two in the Leviathan Fitness series. Each book will center around the gym and feature a different monster pairing.<br /></i><br /></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03HLCqfz71Bgm-YSFaPjMhq1XqSTajJ61nAjTxjW_yNABkvrte3aRRKk2Ql397Rt3Da3cos3FlI0ven-tgHP9Ml2d4FxA0XCiYO95HtrGfCSOwAs15rTdUQbliJK06Zvr5ILmakw-sN_K4vWzYyhHSNiZtzoV2pQSmzHCz6gVKFbMYdN36SUWIA/s500/Warts%20and%20All.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03HLCqfz71Bgm-YSFaPjMhq1XqSTajJ61nAjTxjW_yNABkvrte3aRRKk2Ql397Rt3Da3cos3FlI0ven-tgHP9Ml2d4FxA0XCiYO95HtrGfCSOwAs15rTdUQbliJK06Zvr5ILmakw-sN_K4vWzYyhHSNiZtzoV2pQSmzHCz6gVKFbMYdN36SUWIA/s320/Warts%20and%20All.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BKQV8F55/" target="_blank">Warts and All</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Ashley Bennett</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Poly / Bisexual</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I grabbed this cover not realizing that the book won't release until next year. My bad.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Once upon a time, deep in the bog, amid the song of crickets and the flash of fireflies— a pair of cold-blooded hearts ran hot for me.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />After escaping my ex, I find myself running straight towards a 36.2-acre stretch of freedom. The wetlands call my name, an unexpected ticket to a life of my own. What waits for me is a new job, a new home, and a secret no one can know.<br /><br />When the sun sets, I discover that my neighbors turn into something else…something monstrous. Sparks fly between us and I’m drawn into a world where creatures aren’t just fantasy.<br /><br />I find myself falling for them both, warts and all. But when a nightmare from my past returns, I learn just what it means to fight for a happy ending.<br /></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</i></span></b></div></div></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-71450615740691367982022-11-04T21:00:00.239-07:002022-11-04T21:00:00.156-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #WishList #TBR #reading<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's been a couple of weeks since I posted for the Reading Radar. October was just one of those busy months, though not in the usual ways. I traveled and visited family at the beginning of the month so I did get to listen to some audiobooks, but for a large part of the month I did very little reading or even book browsing. I'm working to get back into the swing of things with only marginal success. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEdDFcGf97bC30wv2iENRSvcPNukZY5e96zCrbizdVMKZzfVA4G6S5RfSMCQZYqIvagbhk8tdtse70r_Saf36LY-nYaxPCs4zS0xVQO9-Vfdivu9RqnlO6BVXeLXObkCnueHpfeFsST2tzmTNz87q_LlZOp2psrAOBXO9wLI0hMBczxx7oJ28kg/s500/Clarity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEdDFcGf97bC30wv2iENRSvcPNukZY5e96zCrbizdVMKZzfVA4G6S5RfSMCQZYqIvagbhk8tdtse70r_Saf36LY-nYaxPCs4zS0xVQO9-Vfdivu9RqnlO6BVXeLXObkCnueHpfeFsST2tzmTNz87q_LlZOp2psrAOBXO9wLI0hMBczxx7oJ28kg/s320/Clarity.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Clarity-Queer-Annual-Fiction-Contest-ebook/dp/B0BF5GKLRH/" target="_blank">Clarity: Queer Sci Fi's 9th Annual Flash Fiction Contest</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span><span style="font-size: large;">(Queer Sci Fi's Flash Fiction Contest Book 8)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Authors: Multiple Authors</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 294 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror / High Fantasy / Speculative Fiction / Urban Fantasy / Paranormal / LGBTIAQ</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: Full disclosure, I was very honored to be a judge for this flash fiction contest this year. All the stories are 300 words or less. It was interesting to see where the writers took 'Clarity'. I really enjoyed the experience and have some favorites. My 'judge's pick' is actually in the front of the Fantasy section. Telegram From The Netherland is fantastic. I do have a list of other favorites, but the list is too long to put here. Pick up a copy yourself and see which ones you like best. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: clarity(noun)<br /><br />Four definitions to inspire writers around the world, and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell:<br /><br />1) Coherent and intelligible<br /><br />2) Transparent or pure<br /><br />3) Attaining certainty about something<br /><br />4) Easy to see or hear<br /><br />Clarity features 300-word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers of Queer Sci Fi.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4X3Z_j7wx8PixDzXkb-Z-4esl909KhVPee41opqIwYJcz548zTR0J6-sRv_6jG0sSsn_VtccAirC0S65DHwqrdjHssyLLZ7-hRLjOHZFKP6JRG_b83eSeDOJvP75pL6kH409I23kkCpxvX-6-yPWec_Ze4noOG2cJSBBWsMsOL5RPHpyfWKfWQ/s500/From%20the%20Noblest%20Motives%20(Variant%20Configurations%20Book%202).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4X3Z_j7wx8PixDzXkb-Z-4esl909KhVPee41opqIwYJcz548zTR0J6-sRv_6jG0sSsn_VtccAirC0S65DHwqrdjHssyLLZ7-hRLjOHZFKP6JRG_b83eSeDOJvP75pL6kH409I23kkCpxvX-6-yPWec_Ze4noOG2cJSBBWsMsOL5RPHpyfWKfWQ/s320/From%20the%20Noblest%20Motives%20(Variant%20Configurations%20Book%202).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Noblest-Motives-Variant-Configurations-Book-ebook/dp/B0BK2WR7C8/" target="_blank">From the Noblest Motives</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">(Variant Configurations Book 2)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Authors: Angel Martinez</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 296 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Slow Burn Romance / Urban Fantasy? / Sci-Fi / Gay / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I've been looking forward to this release. Yay! Coming Nov 22nd</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: The Fredamine Project was just the beginning. Shadow dealings and conspiracies regarding variants intertwine until Damien and his cohorts can no longer tell who the bad guys are.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Several months have passed since Blaze and the infamous Variant activist Shudder McKenzie helped Damien rescue the captives of the sinister Fredamine Project. Professionally, everything's great. He's back to working with Damien again and they have a new lead on the three kids who are still missing. Personally, not so much. Blaze has made his peace with Shudder, though nothing between them has even been easy, but his relationship with Damien has taken several steps back. Blaze no longer has any idea where he stands. Adding to the tense atmosphere are the anti-Variant members of legislature who have been slowly gaining popular approval, and the cryptic messages Damien receives from an unknown source.<br /><br />Shudder's back to his old haunts and his old tricks, trying to raise public awareness of imperiled Variant rights—such as the draconic Horace Act that strips due process during Variant trials—and to rescue Variant kids in trouble. His almost mythical luck runs out though when he's arrested for murder only three days after the passage of the Horace Act and a whirlwind trial and sentencing lands him in the most notorious maximum security facility for Variants—San Judas Tadeo.<br /><br />With too many conspirators on both sides of the aisle, Damien, Blaze and Shudder no longer know whom to trust. Peeling through the layers of deceit and half-truths puts them on shakier ground with every discovery and in greater danger than ever before.<br /><br /><i>Variant Configurations takes place in a future Earth where humanity is reclaiming its spot in a gradually healing world. This book contains mentions of past abuse, action-adventure style mayhem, and the sparks of a slow burn, series-spanning relationship.</i><br /></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxz1LuXAoARptJWc3ABTUNKjkfsajSqoEMyZkw8pq--r6M21cqILwb_L9J4nKyyrViikYD7x6KSVtWFZBOUvtfoXTH287eCjUELWVmvfnWmnkEpzNKi8AyAnznHgdA4b0zGjoAmdF2ZFPxvlTboLZftAQa2tFYH1MtNzADqPRhpYztsb_uQOLqiw/s500/The%20Akseli.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxz1LuXAoARptJWc3ABTUNKjkfsajSqoEMyZkw8pq--r6M21cqILwb_L9J4nKyyrViikYD7x6KSVtWFZBOUvtfoXTH287eCjUELWVmvfnWmnkEpzNKi8AyAnznHgdA4b0zGjoAmdF2ZFPxvlTboLZftAQa2tFYH1MtNzADqPRhpYztsb_uQOLqiw/s320/The%20Akseli.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFC4XD4T/" target="_blank">The Akseli</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Aldebarian Alliance, 3</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Authors: Dianne Duvall</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 11 hrs 2 min</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm still in love with this spinoff series. Simone was awesome and I really enjoyed a look at the Janwar and his 'pirates'. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Simone has hunted and slain psychotic vampires for hundreds of years and desperately needs a change. When the leader of the Immortal Guardians offers her an opportunity to guard ten mortal women who are venturing to another planet, she dives right in and finds traveling into space just as exciting as she'd hoped . . . until an enemy attacks. Simone saves everyone she can before she's thrust into an escape pod and the ship explodes.<br /><br />Despite his fierce reputation and propensity for violating the law, Janwar has formed a friendship with strait-laced Prince Taelon of Lasara. When the prince's ship is destroyed, Janwar joins the Aldebarian Alliance-wide search and rescue mission and soon locates the Gathendien ship that launched the attack. Much to his surprise, someone else has reached the ship first: one of the very Earth women he hoped to rescue.<br /><br />Fascinatingly fierce, Simone bands together with Janwar and his crew to search for her missing friends. The friendship that grows between Janwar and Simone deepens into love. But the enemy warriors they face boast more weapons in their arsenal than the alliance knows. Can Janwar, Simone, and such a small crew vanquish them?<br /><br />Contains mature themes.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyvF8io9aZLsUDZhfyzGzd_AQ5xVi1uwmr2W6QnIaKNU47W8Ws6rYGoc57OL8ECG7VTMKbfg8XqfabCR5Pzr8h3q1N_VwjW8Vl0C8MtqmvgyvkAE-U85knUc8mbAN0q4iiNFylJUxTLSx14onLmuv3tS0ZWAwj7lfypWhWx8DTb117-p2ediwsg/s500/The%20Valens%20Legacy,%20Books%201-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyvF8io9aZLsUDZhfyzGzd_AQ5xVi1uwmr2W6QnIaKNU47W8Ws6rYGoc57OL8ECG7VTMKbfg8XqfabCR5Pzr8h3q1N_VwjW8Vl0C8MtqmvgyvkAE-U85knUc8mbAN0q4iiNFylJUxTLSx14onLmuv3tS0ZWAwj7lfypWhWx8DTb117-p2ediwsg/s320/The%20Valens%20Legacy,%20Books%201-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B4KJDHF/" target="_blank">The Valens Legacy</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Publisher's Pack 1-2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Authors: Jan Stryvant</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 11 hrs 13 min</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Paranormal / Action & Adventure / Harem / Romantic Elements / Bisexual / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I've mentioned this before on the Radar when it was recommended to me since I enjoy poly romances. This is very much a plot driven story about a lion shifter uncovering his past and the people who are trying to keep him from accomplishing something that will rock the paranormal world between shifters and mages. It deals with some heavy topics, like the forced servitude of some shifters to mage houses. It has an interesting lore for the rare lion shifters. Sean is a likable MC. He collects pride members with a decisiveness that is a little jarring because the use of "girlfriends" morphed into wives from one chapter to the next. There is insta-love in all cases and very little relationship angst. I'm completely okay with that since it fits with his shifter type. There are not long drawn out love scenes and they are on the lighter side of explicit, which is also okay with me. I'm on the 3rd dual volume and so far I've liked all the women in his life and how they were depicted, each being different and bringing new skills to the group.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">There are a couple of things I noticed though. One is the lack of diversity. With the story taking place in Reno, Nevada I expected there to a wider range of cultures represented. But from signs given in the writing, I'm pretty sure that the author isn't from the area and might not be from the United States. The first hint came from how banking is portrayed. No on can walk into a bank and withdraw 100,000 in cash in less than an hour. The teller doesn't handle that kind of money. And you're not going to be keeping it in rolls in your pockets. Plus, there aren't going to be many places that will accept large bills simply because they don't keep enough cash in the register to break the bills. There were other hintss, like all the humans at a Reno mall carrying a firearm and running to participate in a gun battle. *dies laughing</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Despite the things that I've overlooked because I found them weird (this is fiction and they can write the world however they choose) I've been enjoying the series. The narrator is also pretty good with all the different voices. *looks up at the paragraphs I just wrote. Looks like I had a lot to say about this series. :)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Black Friday, book 1: <br /><br />In his junior year at college, the only things on Sean's mind are doing his homework and getting out of college to get a real job. A gamer and a bit of a nerd, Sean's philosophy in life has been to keep his head down and get his work done: He doesn't have the time or money for anything more after his father died in an industrial accident when Sean was eight. <br /><br />But when a failed kidnapping attempt leaves him with a gaping hole in his memory, his oldest friend dead, and his mother missing, Sean suddenly finds his whole world turned upside down as he's thrust into the hidden world of magic and the supernatural. Apparently he's now wanted, dead or alive, by all of the magical societies, though he has no idea why. About the only thing going for him is what his friend did for him just before he died and the cute track star who lives in the room next to his, who has suddenly taken a very personal interest in his problems. <br /><br />Perfect Strangers, book 2: <br /><br />During his junior year in college, Sean finds himself suddenly dropped into the middle of a world that he didn't even know existed. A secret world of magic and magic users, lycanthropes, goblins, and all the other things that go bump in the night. To make matters even more difficult, the very same magic users who had Sean's father killed now believe that Sean will somehow inherit his father's work when he turns 21, which is just a few days away. <br /><br />Needless to say most of the magic users' councils seem to be in two camps: The first camp wants him dead. The second camp wants him captured and will probably kill him after they've learned his secrets. The only solution Sean sees to any of this is to finish his father's work, the very thing that got his father killed. But in order to do that, Sean must first find out just what his father was working on! He's also going to need to learn magic himself, find a safe place to stay, raise some money, and gain a lot of allies. <br /><br />Fortunately for Sean he's got two good women at his side: Roxy, a cheetah lycanthrope with a lot of experience in fighting; and Jolene, a tantric witch with more than a few connections in the supernatural black market. <br /><br /><i>WARNING: The Valens Legacy contains explicit sexuality, nudity, violence, bad language, attempted murder, actual murder, self-defense, proactive self-defense, destruction of private property, vandalism, breaking and entering, tantric magic, polyamory, mayhem, gratuitous sex and violence, littering, breaking speed limits, a used car dealer, one Plymouth hemi, and some poor guy who just wants to earn a paycheck as a cashier.</i></span></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-80263210239161616462022-09-30T21:00:00.136-07:002022-09-30T21:00:00.164-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #reading #WishList #TBR<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What a quick week! I ate something earlier in the week that disagreed with me and I lost a day to sickness. Now we have hurricane weather coming our way. I don't except it to be bad, just lots of rain. The winds are going to be 20-30 mph with gusts. The locals are acting as if we are going to lose power. I guess well see how the infrastructure holds up, yeah?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, I've found a couple of great reads this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cOcMSaIZpoRi2WoFPRHTSd070aqvTPyQ0tYz33jSOs777ykenK9mzqTf0ksZoBlD_-fN7LNXpwnl_69BEeF98lq1OWVE3jY2s_E3-Q9BL1V2UFkUltiXm7Of6hhTdmGIHLkogjkygYQww9jWGtgMPetvbw04AkO2PgE-L_K7OacEj5dB85ZU1g/s500/Gary%20of%20a%20Hundred%20Days.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cOcMSaIZpoRi2WoFPRHTSd070aqvTPyQ0tYz33jSOs777ykenK9mzqTf0ksZoBlD_-fN7LNXpwnl_69BEeF98lq1OWVE3jY2s_E3-Q9BL1V2UFkUltiXm7Of6hhTdmGIHLkogjkygYQww9jWGtgMPetvbw04AkO2PgE-L_K7OacEj5dB85ZU1g/s320/Gary%20of%20a%20Hundred%20Days.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BDJW8SCX/" target="_blank">Gary of A Hundred Days</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Isabel Murray</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 159 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Gay / </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: What an adorable read. Gary is so innocent and easy to like and root for. I enjoyed this book so much that I went and bought this author's backlist, not caring if they were contemporary. If they have this same feel and atmosphere, then I'm completely onboard. Sign me up! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Seriously? Who is making this up?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Gary said no thanks, don’t want to be king, and they dragged him away from all he's ever known and stuck a stupid crown on his head anyway.<br /><br />As far as Gary’s concerned, all that political intrigue can go ahead and keep seething without him. He didn’t know or care a thing about it when he was the unwanted son of a backwater lord. He definitely doesn’t care about it now they tried to kill him and he’s on the run.<br /><br />Minor problem: he managed to escape, but he’s all out of ideas. It’s dark, it’s raining, he’s in the middle of nowhere, and there might be bears. In fact, he’s pretty sure one is following him.<br /><br />Luckily for Gary (it’s about time he had some good luck) his ex-stable master tracks him down, and it turns out that Magnus has more than a few interesting ideas about Gary and his future.<br /><br />More specifically, about their future.<br /><br /><br /><i>Gary of a Hundred Days is a low-angst fantasy romantic comedy in which a sheltered ex-king undergoes quite the awakening at the hands of his rugged ex-stable master, and everyone’s way more interested in kissing and romance than in all that rightful heir to the throne business.<br /><br />Somehow, despite an entire kingdom wishing him dead, it’s starting to look like Gary might just end up with a happily ever after?<br /><br />(Unless that really is a bear following him.)</i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLp7ABpLhuex0ewBmXN2XbxT84erIi0EdwKAhGWeS108GrxbfDK7vrIWNSc090fK3jlGWk4xJZoIud2cQjgXet0Mt9DAk7R3oJqmgza4NjsOkv5ZGK6ksVUkaJHWgZ_2Y6scjAbHpTaCioW1fbCRpckC7mGSviuELlL3xtHlM8n0t2DwBaF7VLJA/s500/06.13.2022%20Roman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLp7ABpLhuex0ewBmXN2XbxT84erIi0EdwKAhGWeS108GrxbfDK7vrIWNSc090fK3jlGWk4xJZoIud2cQjgXet0Mt9DAk7R3oJqmgza4NjsOkv5ZGK6ksVUkaJHWgZ_2Y6scjAbHpTaCioW1fbCRpckC7mGSviuELlL3xtHlM8n0t2DwBaF7VLJA/s320/06.13.2022%20Roman.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Paranormal-Romance-Vampires-Mate-ebook/dp/B09V3C9RKW/" target="_blank">Roman</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Vampire's Mate, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Grae Bryan</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 273 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm in the middle of reading this one right now and really enjoying it. The book has been on my list for a while and for some reason I thought it was going to be dark, but it's not really. There is danger from a crazy vampire but the relationship between Roman and Danny is sweet and hits on everything that I enjoy about fated mates stories. I've not read this author before and plan to look up their backlist. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Danny Kingman is used to fending for himself. Working nonstop as an ER nurse to pay for his mother’s care, he’s been putting his own life on hold since he can remember. But when an unbelievably hot, strangely intense man saves him from a mugging, Danny has a feeling everything is about to change. Especially when that man suddenly pops out a pair of fangs.<br /><br />Roman Mourier has been wandering aimlessly for decades, waiting for the inevitable day when the last of his humanity leaves him, and the demon inside him takes permanent control. He doesn’t believe in fated mates, or the myth that there’s a soul out there that could tether his humanity to him. Until he feels a strange pull to the lovely young man at the hospital, and hope stirs in him for the first time.<br /><br />But Roman has demons other than just the one inside him. Is he strong enough to keep Danny safe from the past that haunts him? He knows one thing for sure: now that he’s found his mate, he will do anything to keep him.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><i>Roman is a heated, fated-mates MM paranormal romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains insta-obsession, a cinnamon roll of an ER nurse, and the possessive vampire determined to keep him. It also contains steamy scenes between two men, and the moderate violence (and mentions of blood) that one might expect from a vampire romance. Not suitable for readers under 18.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzTG_WaFaTN5YoQsLILxlnZR3rcAUwg9qpXUbgI9l9dBgKWe3bu5Zu-cRi27H_HPTaLWXQswRmQb_3mLYe2-Ky40TV-2Z12gh3PZKiTOGfN9ioGTNdaZgoQM88bZL4dbgFAJbhUZAbED8wjpWbC1D9Yuke0dcoPpzDCpCZGAJw4rDJe8Nuw6VKw/s500/The%20Dragon%20Prince's%20Necromancer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzTG_WaFaTN5YoQsLILxlnZR3rcAUwg9qpXUbgI9l9dBgKWe3bu5Zu-cRi27H_HPTaLWXQswRmQb_3mLYe2-Ky40TV-2Z12gh3PZKiTOGfN9ioGTNdaZgoQM88bZL4dbgFAJbhUZAbED8wjpWbC1D9Yuke0dcoPpzDCpCZGAJw4rDJe8Nuw6VKw/s320/The%20Dragon%20Prince's%20Necromancer.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Princes-Necromancer-Fantasy-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BCMDKXV9/" target="_blank">The Dragon Prince's Necromancer</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Dragon's of Serai, 2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Amy Sumida</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 363 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Dragons / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I really liked the first book of this series and when this popped up as released I dived in. The storyline for this is a little heavier than the Dragon King's Assassin... okay a lot heavy. It's about racism, bigotry, culpability, personal honor, and I don't know what else. I started this before bed one night and got to about 45% before I had to put it down to go to sleep. Sleep was terrible because it was all dreams about this book and possible outcomes. It is rare that I take a story into my dreams anymore, which just shows how wrapped up in this I am. I'm planning a family trip in this coming week so I probably won't pick this back up until sometime in mid-October, but I wanted this to go on the Radar as a recommendation.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Death walks beside me.<br /><br />Two weeks ago, I was hired by the Dragon Prince of Zaru to help his brother, the King, deal with their dead. Not that there is an abundance of corpses in their kingdom, but those who die aren't staying in their graves. As a necromancer, I'm one of the few people on Serai who can put the dead to rest and discover why they are rising. As a Raltven, I'm particularly good at it. Good enough that the King of Zaru sent his brother across the sea to find someone like me.<br /><br />At first sight, desire sparked between Prince Racmar and me. On the way to Zaru, our attraction for each other had grown. Now it's reached the point of combustion, but I want more than a single night of pleasure from the Prince. To win him, I must play a dangerous game, tantalizing the man without riling the beast inside him. Between Racmar and the dead, I have some serious work to do, and both are presenting unforeseen complications. The reanimated corpses aren't talking, something both unusual and unfortunate for my investigation. Then there is Prince Racmar who speaks too much, and his words are clawing at my resistance. I don't know who will break first—the unknown power behind the dead, the Dragon Prince, or me.<br /><br />Death walks beside us Raltven, in our shadow form we are akin to spirits, but if I'm not careful, a spirit is exactly what I will become.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzfS09oA6aKtWdAXT0CuN33YNCDNZxJRJzb4SRMoHCUBD0vrDw7o9CBZsfbrDIvJBamQHaXE373WKa5qqaXJQjly50_9XpwLkTClBP6dGXBAm5VES6dnBRmnGg09ur7oID_EgR5pVeRP2WLnvVPg95Lh90azyCSlNj6xx1DOtTOFfclK55mMJ6g/s500/It's%20Not%20Unusual%20To%20Be%20Loved%20by%20an%20Alien%20(Tentacular%20Tales%20Book%201).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzfS09oA6aKtWdAXT0CuN33YNCDNZxJRJzb4SRMoHCUBD0vrDw7o9CBZsfbrDIvJBamQHaXE373WKa5qqaXJQjly50_9XpwLkTClBP6dGXBAm5VES6dnBRmnGg09ur7oID_EgR5pVeRP2WLnvVPg95Lh90azyCSlNj6xx1DOtTOFfclK55mMJ6g/s320/It's%20Not%20Unusual%20To%20Be%20Loved%20by%20an%20Alien%20(Tentacular%20Tales%20Book%201).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unusual-Loved-Alien-Tentacular-Tales-ebook/dp/B0B9F9SDWC/" target="_blank">It's Not Unusual to be Loved by and Alien</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Tentacular Tales, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Chloe Archer</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 358 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal ? / Aliens / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I just started this one last night, so I'm not far in, but so far it's cute, though I did a side eye at the Gen X'r and their eatable usage. This has the promise of a lighthearted romance with some soft humor. We'll see where it goes.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: A sexy alien living incognito on Earth meets a sci-fi loving nerd who wants to rock his universe. What could possibly go wrong? Besides the unexpected tentacles and the accidental Mating Courtship Ritual, that is....<br /><br />RIVER SULLIVAN<br /><br />As a bona fide sci-fi nerd and total X-phile—the truth is out there—I’ve always believed in aliens. Duh. But I never thought I’d actually find them on Earth–let alone right here in Las Vegas! Now I’ve stumbled onto a big freakin’ secret and found my very own hot AF alien. I’m head over heels, but he’s being a total grump and holding back. How do I make him realize a geeky sunshine guy like me is just what he needs in his life? Did I mention he also has tentacles?!?! #HolyHentaiFantasyBatman #SwoonworthyAlien #SignMeUpSugar #MakeItSo #VivaLasVegas<br /><br />KAI GENARO<br /><br />The last thing I need in my life is a chatterbox twink who’s determined to woo me and could expose the secret existence of aliens on Earth to all humankind. Everything about him annoys me, including his stupidly attractive halo of golden curls and his bright green ‘come hither’ eyes. To make matters worse, he’s been recruited to work for the alien Alliance on Earth, and I’m assigned to keep him out of trouble. I don’t care how attractive he is. I don’t date humans! Except, my tentacles may have accidentally started the Mating Courtship Ritual with him…<br /><br />It’s Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien (Tentacular Tales #1) is a (102,000 words) M/M sci-fi rom com featuring an adorkable twink with unexpected secrets and a slight obsession with extraterrestrials, the reluctant alien he wants to make his boo, tentacles with a mind of their own, zany extraterrestrial shenanigans in Sin City, and enough humor to fill an entire spaceship. This is the first book in the series. There is no cheating, and this book ends with a HFN. Never fear, the series guarantees readers an HEA by the end!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAy9qLu9wkLmAHc8Jfmcr0N0jaYV6T0yqHGZEwDV2_0IuWNDajcnDnA2EmcgNIMps8KfMSnoI2iqbZhz8mRqE7pjVeFzcMaCEXs0cetrGYxyDwUx7ebCoeZLD9bZ4YmJj05PxSM5PWTSxBEcmUTQzrKi9kMHPXQ0qv4V4r9RRyRCMcUlc7_-lpEA/s500/Regi's%20Goddess%20(Gods%20of%20Misfortune%20Book%202).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAy9qLu9wkLmAHc8Jfmcr0N0jaYV6T0yqHGZEwDV2_0IuWNDajcnDnA2EmcgNIMps8KfMSnoI2iqbZhz8mRqE7pjVeFzcMaCEXs0cetrGYxyDwUx7ebCoeZLD9bZ4YmJj05PxSM5PWTSxBEcmUTQzrKi9kMHPXQ0qv4V4r9RRyRCMcUlc7_-lpEA/s320/Regi's%20Goddess%20(Gods%20of%20Misfortune%20Book%202).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Regis-Goddess-Gods-Misfortune-Book-ebook/dp/B0BF9D1TWT/" target="_blank">Regi's Goddess</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Gods of Misfortune, 2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Lyn Gala</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 165 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi / Aliens / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I enjoyed the first book in this series. Sometimes it was hard for me to wrap my mind around people following gods who could bring misfortune, but the way its presented made sense. I was also glad I wasn't born as one of Regi's species. LOL</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Regi and Dante landed on one of the Empire's border planets while the exalteds try to understand the involvement of the gods. Regi's people are xenophobic, so he's determined that his crew will make a good impression. The alternative is unthinkable, especially with so many Kowri suggesting that the gods would rather see the outsiders dead rather than show them respect.<br /><br />Dante wants to avoid the brewing political fight. He has never enjoyed politics—not on Earth, much less around aliens he barely understands. Give him a stable and alien horses to learn to ride instead. But when a certain goddess of poisons is involved, he will be dragged into the conflict whether he wants to be there or not. With Dante's life in danger, Regi cannot remain neutral. He won't take a stand on the conflicts between the Coalition and the Empire, but for Dante he will challenge the universe itself.</span></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-3282814018269081132022-09-23T21:00:00.189-07:002022-09-23T21:00:00.163-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #WishList #TBR #reading<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another week gone in a flash. I feel like that should be a superpower. Instead of forgetting, I actually sat here wondering if I wanted to post a Radar for this week or not. I've been rereading this week with a few chapters here and there of other books because obviously, I'm not focusing well. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I'm going to pull from my 'curious' list. These are books that their covers have caught my attention and I'm curious about. These will eventually (mostly) be books that I will probably sample. Some of them, I'll come back to and take off the list after rereading the blurb. It's all about the mood with me, like I went through a couple of weeks where I hunted for rejected mates looking for a specific story. Then suddenly I didn't want to read that anymore and so I filed away my findings for when the mood comes back around. The curious list means something caught my attention and I saved it for later. LOL</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTwO4BrLBWwgbtzifCgptkpWQHD7vVjub4_9sQ694oEDH0OdtmHCYBqgRxWviGn7nJzPRbeS6gEaAzk05ybFuS_E0gFHRERTgzUHx2uG3ljA5lKRI0Defzen0GpwgSjx60iZ7IbhFZ65JhZQtvT83VqYe3AjJteyLPmoc_2RXTdXq6pHOVqC_mA/s500/Prince%20and%20Assassin%20(Perilous%20Courts%20Book%201).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTwO4BrLBWwgbtzifCgptkpWQHD7vVjub4_9sQ694oEDH0OdtmHCYBqgRxWviGn7nJzPRbeS6gEaAzk05ybFuS_E0gFHRERTgzUHx2uG3ljA5lKRI0Defzen0GpwgSjx60iZ7IbhFZ65JhZQtvT83VqYe3AjJteyLPmoc_2RXTdXq6pHOVqC_mA/s320/Prince%20and%20Assassin%20(Perilous%20Courts%20Book%201).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Assassin-Perilous-Courts-Book-ebook/dp/B0B1KBW2K8/" target="_blank">Prince and Assassin</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Perilous Courts, 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Tavia Lark</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 283 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / High Fantasy / Gay</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: So I read Necromancer's Light which is a different series by this author and really liked it, though I haven't read the read the rest of that series... for reasons. (See mention of mood reading)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: He’s supposed to kill Prince Julien. Not fall for him.<br /><br />Whisper doesn’t remember his real name. All he knows is the elite assassin guild that raised him—and controls him with the threat of blood magic. Plagued by nightmares, he doesn’t get to refuse assignments, even when his new job doesn’t make sense:<br /><br />Infiltrate Prince Julien’s court, protect him until the signal arrives, then kill him.<br /><br />Julien hides his own schemes behind a sordid reputation. He trusts nobody besides his brothers, and he certainly doesn’t trust the aloof, beautiful new stranger at court. But he doesn’t have to trust the stranger to be drawn to him, especially when he saves Julien’s life.<br /><br />Then Julien saves Whisper too, and Whisper’s reserve shatters.<br /><br />Beneath Julien’s playboy facade is a warmth Whisper can’t resist. Whisper’s never been comforted before. He’s never been cared for like this. As his nightmares darken, Julien’s touch is his only solace—but falling in love could ruin them both.<br /><br />Because Whisper’s mission hasn’t changed, and the price for failure is worse than death.<br /><br /><i>Prince and Assassin is a high fantasy gay romance, with secret identities, hurt/comfort, and magic tigers with attitude. The Perilous Courts series is best read in order, but each book follows a different prince and his Happily Ever After.</i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseUmodBpQWPoNT_pEZtihzmdVdTfKOyPVoALJxL63geZ7sMXbdp8mFz5Z3CB-zbL2sJrLONUxCSdDLqiqAbGZizDcwPkTn_aranWh0bGuuDzDUXNd2gdhPUp9XHX3jU9yvCiunCRVlMFv3q1_RTeQpk5-vZqo2f9jcit-_tSAU4gDL-wHMxizSQ/s500/By%20the%20Red%20Moonlight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseUmodBpQWPoNT_pEZtihzmdVdTfKOyPVoALJxL63geZ7sMXbdp8mFz5Z3CB-zbL2sJrLONUxCSdDLqiqAbGZizDcwPkTn_aranWh0bGuuDzDUXNd2gdhPUp9XHX3jU9yvCiunCRVlMFv3q1_RTeQpk5-vZqo2f9jcit-_tSAU4gDL-wHMxizSQ/s320/By%20the%20Red%20Moonlight.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Red-Moonlight-Amanda-Meuwissen-ebook/dp/B09CW69HHD/" target="_blank">By The Red Moonlight</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Amanda Meuwissen</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 221 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Werewolves / Vampires / Gay /</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I like vampires and am always up for vampire romance but I have found lately that I like certain types of vampire romances. Lots of hunting with nothing brought home recently. This was part of a promotion but by the time I looked at it, the promotional period was passed or something. So I saved it in my curious file to take a look at later.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Alpha werewolf, crime boss, and secret Seer Bashir Bain is neck-deep in negotiating a marriage of convenience with a neighboring alpha when a tense situation goes from bad to worse. A job applicant at one of Bash’s businesses—a guy who was supposed to be a simple ex-cop, ex-con tattoo artist—suddenly turns up undead.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />A rogue newborn vampire would have been a big wrench in Bash’s plans even without his attraction to the man. After all, new vampires are under their sire’s control, and Ethan Lambert doesn’t even know who turned him. When Bash spares his life, he opens himself up for mutiny, a broken engagement, and an unexpected—and risky—relationship.<br /><br />Ethan just wants a fresh start after being released from prison. Before he can get it, he’ll need to turn private investigator to find out who sired him and what he wants. And he’d better do it quick, because the moon is full, and according to Bash’s prophecy, life and death hang in the balance.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTi48R1-rGqUNOIda7uRtZC8XsCiDhIicGKVOlI6tdY5Ulah7cPxuPrqGycqteakJRA4xyY2jwQv3FkuGeTQhiTbTMd-3Qoa7R1Le99DNGVcIz3uCVGXhRx02cCPK5JNT0duZLJ5VnnbKW3Sx8bg7LcLlEx-m-3d03wtGnltPD1s42vBYHrtAIA/s500/Gary%20of%20a%20Hundred%20Days.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTi48R1-rGqUNOIda7uRtZC8XsCiDhIicGKVOlI6tdY5Ulah7cPxuPrqGycqteakJRA4xyY2jwQv3FkuGeTQhiTbTMd-3Qoa7R1Le99DNGVcIz3uCVGXhRx02cCPK5JNT0duZLJ5VnnbKW3Sx8bg7LcLlEx-m-3d03wtGnltPD1s42vBYHrtAIA/s320/Gary%20of%20a%20Hundred%20Days.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gary-Hundred-Days-Fantasy-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BDJW8SCX/" target="_blank">Gary of a Hundred Days</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Isabel Murray</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 159 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Humor / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: The title is what caught my eye and the blurb sounds promising. I'm all for low-angst and some humor.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: The Kingdom of Estla is in turmoil. Power plays, intrigue, and plots seethe in the corridors of power. And Gary of a Hundred Days, Last of the Tyrant Kings is…well, he's pretty offended, actually?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Tyrant?<br /><br />Seriously? Who is making this up?<br /><br />Gary said no thanks, don’t want to be king, and they dragged him away from all he's ever known and stuck a stupid crown on his head anyway.<br /><br />As far as Gary’s concerned, all that political intrigue can go ahead and keep seething without him. He didn’t know or care a thing about it when he was the unwanted son of a backwater lord. He definitely doesn’t care about it now they tried to kill him and he’s on the run.<br /><br />Minor problem: he managed to escape, but he’s all out of ideas. It’s dark, it’s raining, he’s in the middle of nowhere, and there might be bears. In fact, he’s pretty sure one is following him.<br /><br />Luckily for Gary (it’s about time he had some good luck) his ex-stable master tracks him down, and it turns out that Magnus has more than a few interesting ideas about Gary and his future.<br /><br />More specifically, about their future.<br /><br /><br /><i>Gary of a Hundred Days is a low-angst fantasy romantic comedy in which a sheltered ex-king undergoes quite the awakening at the hands of his rugged ex-stable master, and everyone’s way more interested in kissing and romance than in all that rightful heir to the throne business.<br /><br />Somehow, despite an entire kingdom wishing him dead, it’s starting to look like Gary might just end up with a happily ever after?<br /><br />(Unless that really is a bear following him.)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyB75F7lc2pL2enSgUCdobx3WPU38ZKj-8tr6GSXMcHWxkQJvyP2wx89KcUYoPV-PKTeNtw5xyRk8GOYCFMzuPqd-yb5uUAY5Q7bKc-u74PUuf6At4hvCorNEYXuhFE7_RCdku_g3-Y5It1U6lypmsOA0FItwRqLl_YhtLFz0_8jLFqdNtKwipSQ/s500/A%20Taste%20of%20Gold%20and%20Iron.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyB75F7lc2pL2enSgUCdobx3WPU38ZKj-8tr6GSXMcHWxkQJvyP2wx89KcUYoPV-PKTeNtw5xyRk8GOYCFMzuPqd-yb5uUAY5Q7bKc-u74PUuf6At4hvCorNEYXuhFE7_RCdku_g3-Y5It1U6lypmsOA0FItwRqLl_YhtLFz0_8jLFqdNtKwipSQ/s320/A%20Taste%20of%20Gold%20and%20Iron.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Taste-Gold-Iron/dp/B09TLGMDY6/" target="_blank">A Taste of Gold Iron</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Alexandra Rowland</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 505 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Political Intrigue / Gay /</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: the more I put this list together it seems that my mood was definitely in the fantasy range. The cover caught my eye and the title is a bit odd and the blurb reads like a serious fantasy romance. I've not read this author before and since this comes from a traditional publisher, I'm not sure if this will have a HEA. Presumptuous of me, I know, but I don't want tragic queer books. Since I've not read either book reference in that first review line, I don't know what the reviewer is alluding to. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: <i>The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century"—a queer central romance unfolds in a fantasy world reminiscent of the Ottoman Empire.<br /><br />“A delicious tangle of romance, fealty, and dangerous politics.” (Tasha Suri)</i><br /><br />Kadou, the shy prince of Arasht, finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court - the body-father of the queen's new child—in an altercation that results in his humiliation. To prove his loyalty to the queen, his sister, Kadou takes responsibility for the investigation of a break-in at one of their guilds, with the help of his newly appointed bodyguard, the coldly handsome Evemer, who seems to tolerate him at best. In Arasht, where princes can touch-taste precious metals with their fingers and myth runs side by side with history, counterfeiting is heresy, and the conspiracy they discover could cripple the kingdom’s financial standing and bring about its ruin.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9LKgNAxDffUPOve-kxp1CeipxsRNFYHwvc49r0WAPiKV6WE0j_ChUJcIlE4wQ0fcxhTlZKid9MZG-4hpb4SfHOwU2D1gcGiTB-MCbyliumObr2ifwUnTywZTutR-HNsWDqGigW9afxiZ7yl9bHTnln0bFnwltYWSW7_uA6lJKbPdFWnHgA37HA/s500/The%20Ice%20Giant's%20Housekeeper%20(Convergence%20Book%204).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9LKgNAxDffUPOve-kxp1CeipxsRNFYHwvc49r0WAPiKV6WE0j_ChUJcIlE4wQ0fcxhTlZKid9MZG-4hpb4SfHOwU2D1gcGiTB-MCbyliumObr2ifwUnTywZTutR-HNsWDqGigW9afxiZ7yl9bHTnln0bFnwltYWSW7_uA6lJKbPdFWnHgA37HA/s320/The%20Ice%20Giant's%20Housekeeper%20(Convergence%20Book%204).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ice-Giants-Housekeeper-Convergence-Book-ebook/dp/B0B8TTFWXR/" target="_blank">The Ice Giant's Housekeeper</a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: (Convergence Book 4)</span><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Autumn Dawn</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 178 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Alternate History / Alternate World / Paranormal / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I read a lot of hero storylines and I wanted something different, where the heroine is okay or enjoys just everyday accomplishments without there being hidden misogyny. This is part of a series but can be read as a standalone. I liked the blurb enough that I did send myself a sample to see what it was like.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: The Convergence<br /><br />It had been thirty years since the Convergence, when the dimensions aligned and combined Earth and the world of Gwyllon, known in human mythology as “Underhill”. Elven castles and ancient ruins sprouted in vacant lots, on major highways, sometimes merging with existing buildings, twisting into completely new structures. Roads and rail systems reformed, and after the rioting, starvation and death, agriculture finally sorted itself and food began to flow. A new government formed of elves and men had arisen, a society of human tech and elven magic. Cell phones and frost giants, race cars and elven steeds, dungeons and dragons…<br /><br />And everywhere, monsters.<br /><br />The Ice Giant’s Housekeeper<br /><br />The Convergence had changed their world. Years ago, Earth and the fabled elven world had melded, causing earthquakes, raising sunken islands and unleashing monsters. The catastrophic disaster disrupted every facet of transportation, agriculture and caused widespread death. When the shaken citizens of both worlds finally sorted things out, roads got fixed, farms and factories started to produce, and oil and natural gas once more fueled the nations. The world ran on a mix of magic and science, allowing dragons to rule the skies and satellites to dominate space.<br /><br />These days, resources were focused on infrastructure, communications, manufacture and monster control. Meat and animal products were especially rationed. It took a lot of manpower to protect herds of animals and helpless, delicious chickens from hungry monsters. WW2 memorabilia and rationing posters were back in circulation, as people were encouraged to “grow your own” and “have a monster garden”. Etsy sold framed posters of Rosie the Riveter, people were encouraged to “make do and mend”, and homemaking was a full-time job again…<br /><br />Which is why Hakon and his brothers were struggling. Women were naturally superior at homemaking; at least Fern thought so.<br /><br />Fern served the perfect frost giant family, until a disaster forces her to find a new home. Turned out another family was in need of a live-in housekeeper. It’s not exactly a dream job.<br /><br />He needed a cook. Maybe someone to clean house. The little human seemed like a good idea, but it was tricky keeping her alive.<br /><br />He needed a housekeeper. She needed a home.<br /><br />Fern’s apartment is wreaked by monsters and she’s fired the next day. With nowhere to go, she’s grateful to accept any job...even if it’s working for a family of ice giant bachelors. They’re nice enough, if dreadful slobs. Thankfully, it’s nothing a fire hose and elbow grease won’t clean.<br /><br />A member of Fire & Rescue, Hakon doesn’t have time to breathe, much less clean. Not only is the new housekeeper a talented cook, she makes his house a home. She also comes with unexpected magical talents...<br /><br />American pie and monsters. Ice giant cattle ranchers and goblin bankers. Murderously protective magical geese and a very talented housekeeper.<br /><br /><i>Heat level: sweet. Contains no graphic love scenes.<br /><br />Expect reasonable amounts of gore as monster heads explode and plenty of action.</i></span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8w3kci5aMaH1XSXiDvr3z4D7Wbe_YhrRN4XYQpUKGq-6umOzErCRmauxkXxIkAs0IjAX8Ze8fyO6X6SXUJVleQp3DfVg5v8YINnxp_PWzTwJ_utH6TKoteSvRiZaTqQnvw9gvekpiN-cK3L7L8VyCpsOab6oVHISYCpQpfNa_rpmFF1mKPArkw/s500/The%20Reluctant%20Companion%20(13%20Kingdoms%20%231).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="330" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8w3kci5aMaH1XSXiDvr3z4D7Wbe_YhrRN4XYQpUKGq-6umOzErCRmauxkXxIkAs0IjAX8Ze8fyO6X6SXUJVleQp3DfVg5v8YINnxp_PWzTwJ_utH6TKoteSvRiZaTqQnvw9gvekpiN-cK3L7L8VyCpsOab6oVHISYCpQpfNa_rpmFF1mKPArkw/s320/The%20Reluctant%20Companion%20(13%20Kingdoms%20%231).jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Reluctant-Companion-13-Kingdoms-ebook/dp/B09X28J5RZ/" target="_blank">The Reluctant Companion</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: 13 Kingdom's, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: HL Day</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 309 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Gay / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: To be honest, I keep moving this book on and off my list. It seems I can't make up my mind. I think I'm having a hard time reconciling it being both an 'enemies to lover' as well as 'light-hearted'. That is mixing like water and oil in my mind.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Sebastian might have the power to summon animals, but winning Jack over? Far more difficult.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />As first encounters go, Jack and Sebastian’s isn’t ideal, leaving Jack nursing a grudge he’s not about to let go of in a hurry. Yet, if Jack is to find his missing sister, and Sebastian is to rescue his captured prince, they’ll need to set their differences aside and work as a team.<br /><br />Jack is stubborn and somewhat volatile. Sebastian is vain and clearly in love with himself. But as the unlikely companions face all manner of dangers together, they grow closer. Rescuing the prince should be easy. Rescuing him from an impenetrable tower guarded by dragon-shifting knights? Okay, that part is harder.<br /><br />But once the adventure is over, letting Sebastian go might be the hardest thing Jack has ever had to do.<br /><br /><i>The Reluctant Companion is an 85k MM enemies to lover’s story featuring murderous orcs, deadly creatures, and marauding bandits. Opposites attract in this light-hearted fantasy romance which mixes humor with action and adventure. Meet a whole cast of colorful characters in the first book of the 13 kingdoms series.</i></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-69102912014124096952022-09-16T21:00:00.096-07:002022-09-18T07:31:25.787-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #WishList #TBR #reading<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've missed posting the radar the last couple of weekends. Simply lost track of time and honestly didn't do much reading or sampling. This is my birthday week and I didn't plan anything at all. Yep, it crept on me too. :) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwONYVEcem9QIPCH7fbLmxXr4GrH2BBl4w6q0bSM-Z9YxWWgejdWz2jGYU0NvScZCTctAMf90Y2E1oYSh8k4jWL9xGO3OgeAxJ8CLrXq71ClWIS9NMxkdvhnnr51H2SYF_u4SwmyKueOHBPQaLhwcEZUSiZFQgIh7OBQRwXcF6ctCV_cncjihErw/s500/Logan.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwONYVEcem9QIPCH7fbLmxXr4GrH2BBl4w6q0bSM-Z9YxWWgejdWz2jGYU0NvScZCTctAMf90Y2E1oYSh8k4jWL9xGO3OgeAxJ8CLrXq71ClWIS9NMxkdvhnnr51H2SYF_u4SwmyKueOHBPQaLhwcEZUSiZFQgIh7OBQRwXcF6ctCV_cncjihErw/s320/Logan.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B095DDZKFZ/" target="_blank">Logan</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Chosen Champions</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Macy Blake</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 328 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This was a fun story and I really liked the mix of people involved in Logan's and Bailey's lives. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Logan Moore is a leader without a pack...<br /><br />And after the rejection he faced from his last pack, he’s not sure he wants one. But when a mysterious benefactor he nicknames The Oracle offers Logan the chance to use his military expertise to lead a group of misfit shifters to protect the creatures of the magical realm, Logan’s wolf won’t allow him to say no.<br /><br />Bailey Cairn is a man without a protector...<br /><br />And for the entirety of his very human life, he hasn’t needed one. But when his friend is attacked at a bar, sweet, caretaker Bailey is drawn into a world he hadn’t known existed. A world full of secrets, and magic. A world full of danger… and gorgeous, protective Logan.<br /><br />But if Bailey and Logan want to break the chains of the past, they'll have to learn to trust each other and themselves, and start to believe in things that are bigger than they are...<br /><br />That magic exists.<br /><br />That packs are about more than blood ties.<br /><br />That sometimes true love is a matter of fate.<br /><br />And that heroes aren’t made…they’re Chosen.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vt_wOryUY0MOEYzkbK33PJ4Oipea_bPsAjD5SYLDV4PoQW7JW-Mc55W-V8VVXpBzDQo4CswfSqO8O-g1uInibYqGQQDmHM0YWrEbFB9NkNcQzjKGFl-R_uSW6mOPwU2jhtzhksdFWhHy8XU3pI9ZQEfhEU-22HoTok1fBmyC_PKPoPBgE_lHUw/s500/Transfiguration.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vt_wOryUY0MOEYzkbK33PJ4Oipea_bPsAjD5SYLDV4PoQW7JW-Mc55W-V8VVXpBzDQo4CswfSqO8O-g1uInibYqGQQDmHM0YWrEbFB9NkNcQzjKGFl-R_uSW6mOPwU2jhtzhksdFWhHy8XU3pI9ZQEfhEU-22HoTok1fBmyC_PKPoPBgE_lHUw/s320/Transfiguration.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BCWRFZ65" target="_blank">Transfiguration</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Pillars of Magic: Dark Awakening, 2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Lissa Kasey</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 405 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / UF / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: Just released! yay!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone underestimates the wind until it tears their world apart.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Con’s job is recovering rare books and artifacts, and learning all their secrets before handing them over to be archived. He never expected to find a little girl with an affinity to speak to the dead, and with her a strange symbol for a cult long since thought extinct.<br /><br />Luca is on the verge of a change he’s feared for a long time, and he worries his lovers won’t want him anymore once his darker side is set free. With Con newly returned with a little girl in need of protection, and Sam trying to help the most powerful witch in the world solve a slew of murders, Luca feels powerless to stop the rising change.<br /><br />But someone is in control of a demon and trying to capture the power of all the Pillars of Magic. Can the trio uncover the end goal before dark magic tears them all to pieces?</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWnGlHbr4BMorDULIanNFduIUhJ5wGAzGsr59cOTljCUDrqEsFDhXFSmlxlDuFlPHDLGl1rv8Zoyg-BrTLGK0yHxpII8_owKsWv87qNz5UwUa2l6hKumG-dil3A7QEePkKhsTJHB0EsN6C7vBk1e53Yssm7l3k-5292Zf67YfN3bDbv3VVNKdSA/s500/Chasing%20Shadows%20(Daemons%20of%20San%20DeLain%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWnGlHbr4BMorDULIanNFduIUhJ5wGAzGsr59cOTljCUDrqEsFDhXFSmlxlDuFlPHDLGl1rv8Zoyg-BrTLGK0yHxpII8_owKsWv87qNz5UwUa2l6hKumG-dil3A7QEePkKhsTJHB0EsN6C7vBk1e53Yssm7l3k-5292Zf67YfN3bDbv3VVNKdSA/s320/Chasing%20Shadows%20(Daemons%20of%20San%20DeLain%20Book%201).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Shadows-Daemons-DeLain-Book-ebook/dp/B0B95P38H6/" target="_blank">Chasing Shadows</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Daemons of San Delain</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: M.A. Church</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This blurb makes me think the monster gets himself a cinnamon roll. IDK. I haven't read it yet. We'll see.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: The monster: They say I am powerful. They say I am the darkness. They say I instill fear in the minds and hearts of many.<br /><br />They’re right.<br /><br />I am powerful. I am the darkness. I should be feared. Then I heard his cries and everything changed. Power can be tempered. There’s safety in the darkness. And the monster isn’t always the one under the bed.<br /><br />Now only the heart and mind of one human interests me. He is mine. I wait, watching over him until the time is right to claim what belongs to me.<br /><br />Austin: Do you believe there are monsters under the bed? I do. I don’t just believe; I know for a fact they exist. I’ve met one. Sort of. Okay, I haven’t actually seen the monster, I’ve only spoken to it.<br /><br />Kind of hard to see much of anything when you’re hiding under the covers while waiting on your father to beat your ass. The monster saved me. Literally. He says I’m his, and he’s waiting for the right time to claim me.<br /><br />Someone tell him to hurry the hell up.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vkp4Mhs1iTUkd5Qc38zIqK7892E0PF8o-wJGbwP-miUPVsbA3jRyvN6XACbD4_zr8GaC8mODqmbFDz03SBh0EpDaZ2-dxe-PSUWPriP2439qC-JTEz9HPJYwYMREmmTwIvH6Qj4bjxQ8ZTWB26NYRm7uoAybNnkuA0_QEudE3uS0-aqXeQi4FQ/s500/Moon%20River%20Rogue.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vkp4Mhs1iTUkd5Qc38zIqK7892E0PF8o-wJGbwP-miUPVsbA3jRyvN6XACbD4_zr8GaC8mODqmbFDz03SBh0EpDaZ2-dxe-PSUWPriP2439qC-JTEz9HPJYwYMREmmTwIvH6Qj4bjxQ8ZTWB26NYRm7uoAybNnkuA0_QEudE3uS0-aqXeQi4FQ/s320/Moon%20River%20Rogue.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09D3B7GJ9/" target="_blank">Moon River Rogue</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Exiled Pack, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Fel Fern</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 268 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Shifters / Mpreg / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: It seems I'm on a paranormal kick and I really like rabbit shifters. This one is a rabbit paired with a wolf. It's a little angsty with your exiles' backgrounds and the rabbit getting away from an abusive relationship. It's set in the same world as the last Fern book I read about the motorcycle club of bear shifters. I'm going to look around her series to see if I can find the one the neutral town that was mentioned in the last book. That was dragon territory and I want to read it too.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: An Omega who’s trying to get his life back together. An exiled Alpha who just wants to be left alone. Fate brings two broken souls together to make them whole.<br /><br />Caden Hill’s life is in tatters. Thanks to his ex-boyfriend, he lost his high-paying job, and he’s now living in his car. When his warlock best friend invites him to a sanctuary for lost paranormals, it’s a new start for Caden. He’s sworn off romance… until a gorgeous Alpha saves him from a fate worse than death. Lee’s sexy, protective and thoughtful, but he’s broken, just like Caden is. Caden’s taste in men is awful, but maybe he can make an exception for Lee.<br /><br />Branded as a murderer by his old pack for killing his father, all Lee Marshall wants to do is forget his past. He runs an animal shelter with three other misfit Alphas like him. Lee thinks he’s finally found peace, but something is missing in his life. The answer lies in Caden. Caden is his bright ray of sunshine, but Lee doesn’t believe a killer like him deserves a shot at happiness. When a former pack mate begs Lee for help, Lee finds himself at a crossroads. Will he choose redemption or his fated mate?<br /><br /><i>Moon River Rogue is a mpreg shifter romance that features a reluctant Alpha with a dark past, a broken Omega keen on pursuing him and plenty of adorable rescue animals. It is the first book in the Exiled Pack series. There are no cliff-hangers or cheating, and a HEA is guaranteed.</i></span></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-65914937811447145562022-08-27T08:10:00.000-07:002022-08-27T08:10:14.358-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #read #WishList #TBR<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The week got away from me and I was thinking about letting this week's radar go. But I'm going to do the a last minute scramble.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNWrggge-qLUomaHaMM_2JtIFjVEijCF270dO0UaBF6gJDvk1NECEdei4FzX-reY0huQoxfRvHeSW3T6pNifLQh6zCyndRWko2QQ-NkMcj2VvwOR71q5d4k6fkA_o0sNx1pUOv06pP-qdZXf1r8T6cjMHlO7r13NApfQehaMiWIHoAUXa62CLbA/s500/How%20To%20Summon%20A%20Boyfriend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNWrggge-qLUomaHaMM_2JtIFjVEijCF270dO0UaBF6gJDvk1NECEdei4FzX-reY0huQoxfRvHeSW3T6pNifLQh6zCyndRWko2QQ-NkMcj2VvwOR71q5d4k6fkA_o0sNx1pUOv06pP-qdZXf1r8T6cjMHlO7r13NApfQehaMiWIHoAUXa62CLbA/s320/How%20To%20Summon%20A%20Boyfriend.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZRNWJJN/" target="_blank">How to Summon a Boyfriend</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Aja Foxx</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 231 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: Herby is one of the most adorable characters that I've read recently. If you're looking or something cute and fluffy, here you go.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is my first book by this author and I went to look at their backlist. Something to note, there is an author's note at the beginning that states they played with the mythology a bit. They made their own world so don't go in with expectations.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Herby</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I needed a boyfriend to keep my father from marrying me off to a man handpicked by him. What better way to get one than to summon a demon? When I found a book of shadows in my grandfather's attic, I knew I'd found the answer, but something went wrong. Instead of summoning a demon, I ended up in hell. What was I supposed to do now?<br /><br />Hades</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Judging souls was boring. Ruling the underworld was boring. Everything was boring. I needed something to happen to keep me from going insane. I never imagined the fates would answer my unspoken prayer by dropping a human into the underworld, and I'd certainly never met a human quite like Herby. He confused me, amused me, and drove me crazy. Why else would I agree to be his boyfriend?<br /><br /><i>Note: This story was originally part of the Fate's Call Anthology - Manlove Edition. It has been revised and extended by 21,000 words.<br /><br />Warning: Gay erotic romance. The material in this book contains explicit sexual content that is intended for mature audiences only. All characters involved are adults capable of consent, are over the age of eighteen, and are willing participants.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUIYSYEZm8wFPJnEteW14zoMniJPn6mdQPb3zmRBlq05tea4sMXKo9gW4sMs-nNBt8scGSm05cIJhUQBLRJTk3gCmU6XFsjrOBCwgiySxXlOMpE8h6fs0tIJye7qP8w9uCBZFZR_0y47EEfZRHoI9o942KEakOmfGqsSgVUkRzJM-00Yll8DrCA/s500/The%20Half-Orc's%20Maiden%20Bride.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUIYSYEZm8wFPJnEteW14zoMniJPn6mdQPb3zmRBlq05tea4sMXKo9gW4sMs-nNBt8scGSm05cIJhUQBLRJTk3gCmU6XFsjrOBCwgiySxXlOMpE8h6fs0tIJye7qP8w9uCBZFZR_0y47EEfZRHoI9o942KEakOmfGqsSgVUkRzJM-00Yll8DrCA/s320/The%20Half-Orc's%20Maiden%20Bride.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09VZVRZWQ/" target="_blank">The Half-Orc's Maiden Bride</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Ruby Dixon</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 190 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This was a fun read with a bit of humor inserted in strategic spots. It's more on the erotic side than I'd anticipated but I only skimmed a little. The story left me felling happy and I liked this so much I went back to see if she had any other fantasy romances. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Lady Iolanthe of Rockmourn Keep expects to be a spinster all her days. She is very tall. She is very poor. And she is thirty. What lord could possibly want her?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />But then her father returns with news that he has found a bridegroom for her - one that is impressively tall. One that is strong, and bold, and wealthy. And best of all? He wants Iolanthe. It seems too good to be true.<br /><br />And when Iolanthe gets her first look at her husband-to-be, she realizes why.<br /><br />No one mentioned the 'orc' part of things...</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOy7feYYHV-ddAzkcsej-Rl4Y_dAt-fmSeNeIm-VuWOgMRSl2yIlCOaBjJU2ZssUMuYG0o6tcXaUywhBfvQ2K92Shm35TpOQWEzFIFRqx92kypAPzvqVleDPFP32yfJy9uQdO-4-vHF3O62E7_ygyw-HbeQ2KlGL9raE0c_0DoxvvvK1Ei1yHAA/s500/Devil's%20Mark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOy7feYYHV-ddAzkcsej-Rl4Y_dAt-fmSeNeIm-VuWOgMRSl2yIlCOaBjJU2ZssUMuYG0o6tcXaUywhBfvQ2K92Shm35TpOQWEzFIFRqx92kypAPzvqVleDPFP32yfJy9uQdO-4-vHF3O62E7_ygyw-HbeQ2KlGL9raE0c_0DoxvvvK1Ei1yHAA/s320/Devil's%20Mark.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B1BDXCV7/" target="_blank">Devil's Mark</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Reckless Damned, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Lark Taylor</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 324 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm about 30% in and enjoying it so far. #reading</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Cal and his brothers turned their backs on the family business over a hundred years ago. Hell is tired of waiting for them to return.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Cal<br /><br />I’ve never wanted a relationship—especially not with a human. With my father demanding my return to Hell and a demon leaving dead bodies in my bookshop, now is not the time to lose my heart. But one look in Oscar’s broken eyes, and I know I’m in trouble. Oscar’s been hurt before, and everything in me screams to keep him safe. How can I do that when I know being with me will only put him in more danger?<br /><br />More importantly, am I strong enough to walk away from him?<br /><br />Oscar<br /><br />After escaping my last relationship with broken bones and an anxiety disorder, I’m tired of living half a life. My world revolves around my classroom, flat, and best friend. When fate throws Cal in my path, he seems too good to be true. He looks like he’s been pulled from my fantasies, and my baggage doesn’t scare him. Ok, so there’s the tiny issue of him being a demon, but I’ve dealt with far scarier.<br /><br />I’ve been broken once before, and I don’t think I’d survive it again. Can I let down my barriers enough to let Cal in?<br /><br /><i>Devil’s Mark is a thrilling high heat, hurt/comfort, M/M contemporary paranormal romance with a HEA and no cliff-hanger. It features a possessive demon and the broken teacher who captures his heart. ‘Devil’s Mark’ is the first in The Reckless Damned series but can be read as a standalone. Each book focuses on a different couple and will have a HEA.<br /><br />Trigger warning for emotional abuse and domestic violence in a previous relationship, anxiety attacks, and descriptions of violence.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zls-g7FCYep1UVc2TSea0XiUn3u-wykG6Lm1OMJOJfdxN1kWypu5KZexruGoLqXATIFbMg8yeDAljU82aFc80IRuhkMJpwsMmwQNWdFTot9xG9v1a-e1izBdvE0sIw3L9ki4OeU1J_E6bIo1J4KTjxkyvF6EiRw4fwuOath53tErXzp8u_N_vQ/s500/Notorious%20(Shifter%20Scoundrels%20Book%201).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zls-g7FCYep1UVc2TSea0XiUn3u-wykG6Lm1OMJOJfdxN1kWypu5KZexruGoLqXATIFbMg8yeDAljU82aFc80IRuhkMJpwsMmwQNWdFTot9xG9v1a-e1izBdvE0sIw3L9ki4OeU1J_E6bIo1J4KTjxkyvF6EiRw4fwuOath53tErXzp8u_N_vQ/s320/Notorious%20(Shifter%20Scoundrels%20Book%201).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09RBZ95KC/" target="_blank">Notorious</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Authors: Charlie Cochet, Macy Blake</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 317 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: Finished this last night. It was enjoyable. I am happy to see that the next book is about different characters. I had some niggles about the pace of the investigation, so if you're going to jump into this thinking there will be investigations and sleuthing on page, don't. This is not that kind of story. I'm looking forward to meeting the next couple.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Caspian Drake knows what it takes to get ahead in modern-day shifter society. He is an Earl, after all, and known for his wit, style, and ability to charm the pants off of anyone he chooses. Getting his best friend Brandr, the Prince of the Dragons, in and out of trouble is only one of his many talents. When a horrible attack shakes Cas’s world, he’s forced to pair up with Saphir Vepkhia, the esteemed tiger shifter and former Captain of the Royal Guard.<br /><br />Upon retirement, Saphir is granted the title of Baron Archer and, much to his dismay, becomes part of royal society. Years later, when he’s summoned to the palace, the last thing Saphir expects is for the king to request a favor that ties him to the scoundrel, Caspian Drake. Despite his misgivings, Saphir accepts the assignment, knowing it will give him the access he needs to infiltrate the wealthy and powerful while trying not to get outfoxed by the exasperating Earl.<br /><br />Forced into a fake relationship by an outdated matchmaking ritual, Cas and Saphir each face the upcoming season with their own agenda. The secrets pile up as the two mates navigate the complexities of a modern world that plays by historic rules. But the closer they get to the truth, the greater the danger–and their attraction to each other–grows.<br /><br />With their lives on the line and the very foundations of their society at risk, Cas and Saphir must unravel the mystery, even if it means creating a scandal more notorious than their newfound love.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwUw2xBXoYkaD3VRsHsBrjachpViVM7mfqrVbNLMM9SFYPM3Ra5YoGZRKHNT9Ehdh0abMg48BhdycfNTeuuTGlAq8LPO54co8tmS0YWaD3Tgef8dPFGllrvVYZwFiNV4MX-OfDNEEKWI7tOGmUcyINwE1UasPOWOuOQrwjoyHDK7IWR43N16TBQ/s500/Their%20Omega.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwUw2xBXoYkaD3VRsHsBrjachpViVM7mfqrVbNLMM9SFYPM3Ra5YoGZRKHNT9Ehdh0abMg48BhdycfNTeuuTGlAq8LPO54co8tmS0YWaD3Tgef8dPFGllrvVYZwFiNV4MX-OfDNEEKWI7tOGmUcyINwE1UasPOWOuOQrwjoyHDK7IWR43N16TBQ/s320/Their%20Omega.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B34PQ364/" target="_blank">Their Omega</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Rosalie Spencer</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 186 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Sci-Fi Setting / Polyam Romance /</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This is on my 'read next' list. So I picked this up when it was recommended in a group after I read the bottom of the blurb. This is supposed to be a sweet and fluffy FF polyamorous romance. Something to note, FM means the female is the dominant partner. That made me smile lots because this a dynamic that is hard to find.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Valerie isn't like other beta shifters, she likes being in control. Andrea isn't like other omega shifters, she likes a bit of pain with her pleasure. Together, they like playing with alphas, but just for temporary fun. That is, until Valerie's childhood rival comes back to town and Valerie decides she's going to show her once and for all, by making their most recent conquests a permanent addition.<br /><br />Jada was taught that, as an alpha, she should be strong but she was never taught to be gentle until her childhood friend rejected her. She ran after that, found her own mate, Hayden, found happiness with him... until she hears that Valerie has returned to their home town. Now they both have mates, surely they can clear the air. But when Jada sees Valerie for the first time in years, she knows that giving the beta woman an apology isn’t going to be enough.<br /><br /><i>This is an immediate burn, super spicy standalone fantasy novel intended for audiences of 18+ that centers the experience of the two mated shifter women who enter a polyamorous/reverse harem relationship, it includes tropes of enemies to lovers, second chance romance and a guaranteed HEA. Content warning; includes FM, FF, MFMF and MFFF, as well as BDSM.</i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></b></i></div></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-68019310962855509522022-08-19T21:00:00.133-07:002022-08-19T21:00:00.159-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #WishList #TBR #sampling<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been doing a lot of research this week into the Sumerian Land of the Dead and the goddess Ereshkigal. Not an easy topic to research when there are very few references available, and when they are, they are mentioned in conjunction with something else and don't have the details that I need. I've read a few interesting things though. One of them was the honors thesis by KM Torres, about the decent of Inanna into Ereshkigal's domain and how she was returned to this plain. There is commentary on lamenting and gender which I found to be really interesting. I'm a geek, I know. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, this week has been a rereading week. So the list today will be about samples I sent to myself.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DDRd98yNfKw5LiceFfUz41uG144h3B0JFiAPXNM9OryiVI_Ezdx4kCFgHmFD0G2CdOGY9gpjlFXFP43c6KDu3usL1KjNLbWTvGqMfVIINNYaJQ7R0SCXT0NA5gJ40FBYrYa2jGURv-D-Zgreazq2ZlqIn2Gj5LjWg67788HLaIHpMCZvmxUf-w/s500/Zentara%20Mates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DDRd98yNfKw5LiceFfUz41uG144h3B0JFiAPXNM9OryiVI_Ezdx4kCFgHmFD0G2CdOGY9gpjlFXFP43c6KDu3usL1KjNLbWTvGqMfVIINNYaJQ7R0SCXT0NA5gJ40FBYrYa2jGURv-D-Zgreazq2ZlqIn2Gj5LjWg67788HLaIHpMCZvmxUf-w/s320/Zentara%20Mates.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Zentara-Mates-MM-Alien-Romance-ebook/dp/B0B52SS3FT/" target="_blank">Zentara Mates</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Zia Quinn</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 252 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi / Aliens / Gay</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: More than once I've wished that Ruby Dixon wrote a couple of gay romances in her Ice Planet series. The set up of that world was ripe for same sex partners, just sayin'. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This has some similarities. Blue aliens, abducted human who got away, and an ice world, but that's about it. I've only read the sample but liked it and bought the book.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Harry Davies thought the worst part of hiking the Oregon woods in December was the uphill trail to the cabin. His five gay friends all agree. It's cold, they're hungry, and it's margarita-o'clock. But Harry's worried about other things. Cougars. Bears. And some strange, animal-like creature a friend had filmed there years ago. His friends say he's being stupid. But when something dark moves in the trees around them, Harry fears they could all be in danger. And when his friends start vanishing into thin air, there's nothing to do but run—straight into the arms of animal-like creatures with technology like they've never seen.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Something is pushing Vexe toward a disturbance in the sky. A ship, possibly slavers returning to capture more of his people to be sold on Bengus-6. The huge, blue-skinned Zentarans are a favorite of the Ghovik slavers, and Vexe knows he should abandon his hunt and head back to the colony. But he can't resist the strange compulsion—the need—that pulls him through the harsh, snow-covered mountainside, straight for the ship, which he's sure now is going to crash. And straight for the exotic, human survivor, desperate for Vexe's help. Vexe's soulbond explodes to life, compelling him to possess her, his rhuza, his destined mate. But the little human will not submit without a fight. And there is much Vexe must learn before he can claim his rhuza, the beautiful human woman, Harry…<br /><br /><i>Reader note: contains gay Sci-Fi Romance, alpha aliens, and a happily ever after</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnQmvfCHwD0mJ2ou1snGgBaWnpc8jIyRkO2u3svxm1_Xsbau83u1a5wpzHKTAM7Uni63w1CcdFl9Cu3G0mAsLj-G15b4SF63FQwK_D9haCdTN6HydbVW0q6YWSbxpwkLWEOTnmNFdCZbL7T_-dUNkd_T7A04AIGT1DR-2TmhY9mAzOhIQuPhX9w/s500/Roark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="384" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnQmvfCHwD0mJ2ou1snGgBaWnpc8jIyRkO2u3svxm1_Xsbau83u1a5wpzHKTAM7Uni63w1CcdFl9Cu3G0mAsLj-G15b4SF63FQwK_D9haCdTN6HydbVW0q6YWSbxpwkLWEOTnmNFdCZbL7T_-dUNkd_T7A04AIGT1DR-2TmhY9mAzOhIQuPhX9w/s320/Roark.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roark-Dragons-Thunderbird-Mountain-book-ebook/dp/B0B75NP8HB/" target="_blank">Roark</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Dragon's of Thunderbird Mountain, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Terry Poole</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 191 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Dragons / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I got to this sample last night and bought the book. It's cute and what drew me was the line in the blurb about him running. I'm in that sort of mood where my first thought was, "Oh! We have a runner!" LOL</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Dragons are real. They live among us in secret. It could be your neighbor, your boss, or your best friend, and you would never know.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Cameron loves his life on the road. As a truck driver in Canada’s north, he sees majestic mountains, lush valleys and waterfalls that fall hundreds of feet. He couldn’t be happier. Until one day, his rig breaks down in the middle of nowhere and a creature out of mythology comes to his rescue, opening up a world he never knew existed.<br /><br />A world in which Roark, the High King of the dragons, chooses him for his consort. Or does he?<br /><br />Heartbroken, Cameron flees from Thunderbird Mountain. He can run, but he can’t hide and must decide if dragons can be a part of his future or not.<br /><br /><i>This book contains the mention of emotional abuse and trauma, along with sexy dragons, happy endings and an egg, which hatches an adorable baby dragon.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lmAkCqQZ4HKTk8YWBF9LZuqtzCFrjiqViPDCb8iUDPTMs12erkTzHcQGwmVekotZ5kM3H6SBt0mofocK83Gghbg5XQveS4BMy_-hMC0ceQ8c4Kkpp7NARv5cBQfE2oX3Q55OBgqbPhtX_hGVP-4BN6bFvwlNElTm6gDAB5xgamauY8MgG38Fgw/s500/Dragon%20Hearts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="347" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lmAkCqQZ4HKTk8YWBF9LZuqtzCFrjiqViPDCb8iUDPTMs12erkTzHcQGwmVekotZ5kM3H6SBt0mofocK83Gghbg5XQveS4BMy_-hMC0ceQ8c4Kkpp7NARv5cBQfE2oX3Q55OBgqbPhtX_hGVP-4BN6bFvwlNElTm6gDAB5xgamauY8MgG38Fgw/s320/Dragon%20Hearts.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Hearts-D-Book-ebook/dp/B073N8T6GJ/" target="_blank">Dragon Hearts</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: D.O.A. 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Cree Storm</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 177 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Rene and his men are known as D.O.A., Dragons of Anarchy. They were created centuries ago, by the great Heck, to find and destroy serialists by any means necessary. Each member was gifted with a dragon that was connected to their soul. If one died, so did the other. The men didn't shift into the dragon, but they would call out and the maharishi would join them in the fight against evil. Not wanting their secret discovered, D.O.A. lived in a town called Drago, just outside Poconos Boulevard, and they hid behind their image as a bad ass motorcycle club</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Children were being murdered and Rene, otherwise known as Pit, along with his men were out to find out who was behind the copycat murders of a long time serial killer known as the Alphabet Killer. While questioning a victim's mother, Rene discovered his sentience, his mate. Now all he had to do was figure out how to tell the man he was not exactly human, and he better do it fast because his dragon heat was already kicking in.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bren was the local town veterinarian. He figured something was off about SI Rene Telkin. If not from the leather jacket with a large D.O.A. patch on the back, then maybe because he drove a navy Blue Harley Davidson CVO Street glider instead of a tan sedan.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Bren was not the type to get mixed up with a biker club, even if the man was a cop. However, something kept drawing him to the sexy man and it seemed that nothing would break the bond they were forming. Not even when he discovered the secret all D.O.A. agents held. A large dragon for a partner.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Now Rene needs to do his best to claim his mate and also track down a serial killer, because on the last body was a note threatening the good doctor of Poconos Boulevard.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF6aDgamnNWrPmnR3YQx8V2tZWtFBUk8uoVl_RCV_T0TXXyW1fP584EtBluoFPToBGlbG9Q0U4gTRgXxHAGCyyd4FT1VVc7wq27o8idN2s4bM6KthJ8QkxEgPODaMbkpkJxq3v8RuAtl1tPdots0q6wo1TskdhYfg7CtTDOnTBw_VycArf_i3LA/s500/Once%20Bitten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF6aDgamnNWrPmnR3YQx8V2tZWtFBUk8uoVl_RCV_T0TXXyW1fP584EtBluoFPToBGlbG9Q0U4gTRgXxHAGCyyd4FT1VVc7wq27o8idN2s4bM6KthJ8QkxEgPODaMbkpkJxq3v8RuAtl1tPdots0q6wo1TskdhYfg7CtTDOnTBw_VycArf_i3LA/s320/Once%20Bitten.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Once-Bitten-Javier-Coven-Book-ebook/dp/B07WJF6X3R/" target="_blank">Once Bitten</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Javier Coven, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Jayda Marx</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 434 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Prince / Gay /</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'll be honest, I didn't read the blurb. It's long, and it wasn't talking to me in the first couple of lines. But I skipped to the bottom where there's an author's note which did more to sell me on taking a sample than the blurb did. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Dante – For over three hundred years, I’ve waited for Fate to deliver my soulmate; the person I’d love for the rest of my life; the one I was destined to protect, to treasure and to cherish. The one to complete me. I never expected to find him dancing like an angel in my nightclub. The moment my eyes gazed upon his beauty, my heart was gone. The most mesmerizing thing about him were his eyes; he had the biggest, roundest doe eyes I’d ever seen. They were an enchanting shade of blue; the exact color of the Mediterranean Sea. When I looked into those eyes, I was home. The problem? Ben is human and knows nothing of vampires or our culture. His anxious nature and pure heart give me pause in divulging my true identity. Will he believe what I have to tell him? Can he ever accept what I’ve done; what I need to do? Can someone so sweet and innocent ever see me as anything but a monster? Time is running out for me to claim my mate as I grow weaker every day. If he does accept me, can I keep him safe from the dangers that lurk around every corner?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Ben – The nightclub really isn’t my scene. I’m more of a book reading, star gazing nerd at heart. However, I allow my best friend to drag me out one night (at nine o’clock, I might add!) because I can’t resist his puppy dog expression and he knows it. There, I find the sexiest man I’ve ever seen; tall, strong, and with a sultry Spanish accent that turns my insides to goo. We hit it off immediately, but I’m worried; how can this wealthy, powerful man be attracted to boring little me? The most exciting thing about me is that I know how to ballroom dance, and that’s only because I took lessons with my grandma! I’ve got no experience with men, my best friend refers to me as “Papaw” because again, I’m boring, and a hundred different worries are always battling in my mind. Can Dante accept me as I am and maybe bring a little excitement into my life?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><i>*This M/M paranormal romance is for readers 18 and up! It has no cliffhangers or cheating and a very happy HEA. It contains a sexy Spaniard vampire, his anxious little love and a hilarious (if not insufferable) best friend. Look out for lurking dangers, heartwarming moments and steamy scenes!</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />**Author’s note: Thank you for your interest in my book! This paranormal romance features my take on some seriously sexy vampires. They share many attributes of vampires found in other fictional works, but not all. This book contains dark elements, fated mates, sweet moments and lots of laughs. My stories tend to be low angst because it hurts my heart; I like getting to the good stuff and live for fluff. If “instalove” isn’t your thing, my books may not be for you. I want my readers to finish my books with a smile on their face and a fierce case of the warm and fuzzies. Laughter is guaranteed, and each read delivers its own type of drama. Thanks again for taking a look and happy reading!</i></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaFuWT4UDeQEN1fUa0CFbrYzApR3GDAAJsZrTqzCSjjwsCwbm3zE0RcutRlpNzfRjPcoZJswUW4kweMQopZNx0YCESF0ZXKHTzzFLhi_Okb6wdks29EurDdMbAyqXWmtLBSrbLt6a42K0el_pB_suORhlgmEZOf7e-sQtKf6JYSz4EPo1V6i8dw/s500/Devil's%20Mark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaFuWT4UDeQEN1fUa0CFbrYzApR3GDAAJsZrTqzCSjjwsCwbm3zE0RcutRlpNzfRjPcoZJswUW4kweMQopZNx0YCESF0ZXKHTzzFLhi_Okb6wdks29EurDdMbAyqXWmtLBSrbLt6a42K0el_pB_suORhlgmEZOf7e-sQtKf6JYSz4EPo1V6i8dw/s320/Devil's%20Mark.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Mark-Reckless-Damned-Book-ebook/dp/B0B1BDXCV7/" target="_blank">Devil's Mark</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Reckless Damned, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Lark Taylor</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 324 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Cal and his brothers turned their backs on the family business over a hundred years ago. Hell is tired of waiting for them to return.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Cal<br /><br />I’ve never wanted a relationship—especially not with a human. With my father demanding my return to Hell and a demon leaving dead bodies in my bookshop, now is not the time to lose my heart. But one look in Oscar’s broken eyes, and I know I’m in trouble. Oscar’s been hurt before, and everything in me screams to keep him safe. How can I do that when I know being with me will only put him in more danger?<br /><br />More importantly, am I strong enough to walk away from him?<br /><br />Oscar<br /><br />After escaping my last relationship with broken bones and an anxiety disorder, I’m tired of living half a life. My world revolves around my classroom, flat, and best friend. When fate throws Cal in my path, he seems too good to be true. He looks like he’s been pulled from my fantasies, and my baggage doesn’t scare him. Ok, so there’s the tiny issue of him being a demon, but I’ve dealt with far scarier.<br /><br />I’ve been broken once before, and I don’t think I’d survive it again. Can I let down my barriers enough to let Cal in?<br /><br /><i>Devil’s Mark is a thrilling high heat, hurt/comfort, M/M contemporary paranormal romance with a HEA and no cliff-hanger. It features a possessive demon and the broken teacher who captures his heart. ‘Devil’s Mark’ is the first in The Reckless Damned series but can be read as a standalone. Each book focuses on a different couple and will have a HEA.</i><br /><br /><i>Trigger warning for emotional abuse and domestic violence in a previous relationship, anxiety attacks, and descriptions of violence.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-30847829585850470902022-08-12T21:00:00.181-07:002022-08-12T21:00:00.170-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #reading #read #TBR #WishList<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm having one of those 'where did [insert month or season] go' weeks. I spent the majority of the week reviewing and editing so that I could find spots to insert character development scenes and kept getting sucked into the story and had stop and go back to re-review. With so few new words added, it feels as if I should still be on Tuesday, not entering the weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've read-read a lot this week (the majority of my book consumption is audio so that I can do other things while listening. Not this week though.), most of which didn't make the radar because I don't put things up here I wouldn't recommend. But there are times I read books that have issues (i.e. plot holes galore, wait where was the consent, why are you going back to the vampire who explained NOTHING, wait you're not suddenly gay but bisexual) and instead of DNFing, I'll finish the book/series (that series I completed because I wanted to see how the bad guy plot arc finished up). Mainly it's because I'm a mood reader and sometimes I cannot find what I'm looking for. I don't do this for long because I my reading time is precious. But for some reason I stuck it out with some of those not-recommending stories. BUT I did read a couple of gems. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yMxSu4gLPOecZYuk86np5LnHVjwz_vnjtTv0-wVk9ZbXJhdCmArIZP95nYbu19tNOMXZSaklxrhlxq6L4jBV6omlJEcKITxUmhYH0w8ZdLPv4tQCS2IxTEadKs2nW4kcNQjnGO-1uWGXRFQUmqpDnIvk5BCzZZnfqMFfcQzH2U2kWQRakzR2eQ/s500/The%20Dragon%20King's%20Assassin.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yMxSu4gLPOecZYuk86np5LnHVjwz_vnjtTv0-wVk9ZbXJhdCmArIZP95nYbu19tNOMXZSaklxrhlxq6L4jBV6omlJEcKITxUmhYH0w8ZdLPv4tQCS2IxTEadKs2nW4kcNQjnGO-1uWGXRFQUmqpDnIvk5BCzZZnfqMFfcQzH2U2kWQRakzR2eQ/s320/The%20Dragon%20King's%20Assassin.jpg" width="201" /></a></div>Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B2M5FMHK/">The Dragon King's Assassin</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Dragon's of Serai</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Amy Sumida</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 369 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Enemies to Lovers? / Gay</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This was a pleasant surprise. There are no triggers in this expect possibly violence, which, hey, Assassin plotline. There is a mystery to solve and I did guess it long before the characters wised up, but I didn't mind. The way this was written I think the reader was supposed to put the pieces together first. :) I put a question mark on the trope because they are/aren't enemies. Lock doesn't hate the king but neither does he have any particular emotion for the king. There were a couple of times I laughed out loud because Lock has the right kind of snark and attitude in startling moments. I like that Lock wasn't suddenly this good guy who dropped his criminal ties. I really enjoyed this and if it comes out in audio, I would totally buy that too. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: My life changed the day I tried to take his.<br /><br />Mhavenna is a glorious city but, like every city on the face of Serai, it's run by Dragons. As a human, I'm on the lowest rung of the racial ladder here, as far from an illustrious Dragon as I could be, and I've made me peace with that. I don't like Dragons much, but like or dislike has nothing to do with my work. So when my broker offered me the task of killing the Dragon King, I took it. It was the sort of kill that could make an assassin's career, and I was certain that I had the skills for it.<br /><br />I was wrong, nearly dead wrong.<br /><br />The King caught me before I could finish the job, but instead of killing me, he made me his. I'm now the Dragon King's assassin. A warning and a weapon. A way for him to bypass his own laws without personally breaking them. But that's not all. He's tasked me with guarding him against future attacks. Who better to stop an assassin than another assassin? And who better to find the one who hired us? If only the King didn't have a body that made me salivate, a face that made my knees weak, and a pair of teal eyes that made me whimper. If only he didn't stare at me with those stunning eyes as if I could be more than property to him. Maybe then I could do my job, find the person who wants him dead, and save my own life. But I don't believe in miracles.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrMW2MQyWHSvHYnKey7AfmxGPMW4q7x3WzPM5FgrZNJAfGciNBTl7OBDKYGW4-GwBV3n6QN8aKKtC0_wZwaLfZyBWRXVD6qsEEylcL4TWpqvZqs3UQguTnoxQvHjIMG2Y77nHPvG0WRXrqSpnOfBXOh3RFcDb-hnZHKWvl0bSgD5azZz6ukxBgA/s500/She%20Who%20Became%20the%20Sun%20(The%20Radiant%20Emperor%20Duology%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrMW2MQyWHSvHYnKey7AfmxGPMW4q7x3WzPM5FgrZNJAfGciNBTl7OBDKYGW4-GwBV3n6QN8aKKtC0_wZwaLfZyBWRXVD6qsEEylcL4TWpqvZqs3UQguTnoxQvHjIMG2Y77nHPvG0WRXrqSpnOfBXOh3RFcDb-hnZHKWvl0bSgD5azZz6ukxBgA/s320/She%20Who%20Became%20the%20Sun%20(The%20Radiant%20Emperor%20Duology%20Book%201).jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GZXND63/" target="_blank">She Who Became the Sun</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Radiant Emperor Duology, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Shelbey Parker-Chan</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 408 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Fantasy / Non-Binary?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This was a book suggested for a BOM in a group that I'm in and I've looked at it a couple of times. I finally picked it up this week when it went on sale.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />“I refuse to be nothing…”<br /><br />In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness…<br /><br />In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.<br /><br />When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate.<br /><br />After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJCmYjylb6AQqf6nrQX_Y2y_0MzaW9TydScSRyFGRww6R92FKGjO-cEXPXFazA1cDopsd0sHoZhg8XjK3NcmVFTeDogHVNsJqcmb7ruEKxGh8_wGKTznSLT2Djsbtsbwr7_Kdg3VWMJx-8yokS9WFznkguZT4-OISG-HpOiZzudHXQUTMoMlzmw/s500/Talismaker%20(Stray%20Magic%20Book%202).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJCmYjylb6AQqf6nrQX_Y2y_0MzaW9TydScSRyFGRww6R92FKGjO-cEXPXFazA1cDopsd0sHoZhg8XjK3NcmVFTeDogHVNsJqcmb7ruEKxGh8_wGKTznSLT2Djsbtsbwr7_Kdg3VWMJx-8yokS9WFznkguZT4-OISG-HpOiZzudHXQUTMoMlzmw/s320/Talismaker%20(Stray%20Magic%20Book%202).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B7GTCTGM/" target="_blank">Talismaker</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Stray Magic, 2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Megan Derr</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 32 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: A quick, sweet read.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Since losing his arm and being discharged from the army, Millé has been struggling—for money, for work, for a home. Though he is a highly skilled talismaker, his 'devil eyes' keep anyone from hiring him.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Then he saves a man from a footpad, and in gratitude the man takes him home—where Millé finds far more than the warm meal he was promised…</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhur-JyfwxafrC6EEQlxSLjKuEsZEys0OEaxB6tnLQKorJBs1JuHofZ0eV5pDN3n1_Hf5AUbx6oRw9aMxnNJp9qJn8Xmc9iTmN57hL0yyesX7lrsMzLYlIlA0rXZyn562gf0KBpXEed5QzdS7eEFkjCPLTPkAuS0fb5TyUg21zirGmgyYoE2kObcw/s500/A%20Cursed%20Legacy.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhur-JyfwxafrC6EEQlxSLjKuEsZEys0OEaxB6tnLQKorJBs1JuHofZ0eV5pDN3n1_Hf5AUbx6oRw9aMxnNJp9qJn8Xmc9iTmN57hL0yyesX7lrsMzLYlIlA0rXZyn562gf0KBpXEed5QzdS7eEFkjCPLTPkAuS0fb5TyUg21zirGmgyYoE2kObcw/s320/A%20Cursed%20Legacy.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B88TBBHW/" target="_blank">A Cursed Legacy</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Bestiary Book, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Kaye Draper</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 468 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Poly</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: My family is dead and gone. But they left their grimoire behind. Now it's my job to free the powerful magical beings trapped in the pages. I might just find a whole new family…if they don't kill me first.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I was just a kid when my family was executed for starting a magical war, forcing me to live my life in the human world, far away from the judgment and scorn of the magical world—and far away from the weirdos who want me to tell them all my dangerous Lovell family secrets. But when a cursed grimoire containing enslaved magical beings falls into my lap, I can't continue to avoid my family's craptastic legacy of pain and suffering. Now, thanks to the nagging of an annoyingly moral ghost, I'm off to free the powerful (and pissed-off) creatures in the bestiary.<br /><br />I'm nothing like my horrible family. But my newfound attraction to dangerous magical beings who could murder me without a thought… yeah, that might indicate otherwise.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZY9W9TjQeUnb9deXbmRNYap2RcvzGVuBQ9fBEorck0k344wc0Gs8lbcp7OwtSZZV8tcQyfqjjzMokcPqUi10L2BhqujnydymyIwmi-JPDbQHOGL0nfFSDMxn9HVruQtMw5toEeggJz-lDhetZH-3-E8hDHtMdGtNBbWySP7gwa1gXgoaA4e2aw/s500/The%20Ghost%20in%20the%20Hall%20(Beyond%20the%20Veil%20Book%201).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZY9W9TjQeUnb9deXbmRNYap2RcvzGVuBQ9fBEorck0k344wc0Gs8lbcp7OwtSZZV8tcQyfqjjzMokcPqUi10L2BhqujnydymyIwmi-JPDbQHOGL0nfFSDMxn9HVruQtMw5toEeggJz-lDhetZH-3-E8hDHtMdGtNBbWySP7gwa1gXgoaA4e2aw/s320/The%20Ghost%20in%20the%20Hall%20(Beyond%20the%20Veil%20Book%201).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09K5Y75VH/" target="_blank">The Ghost in the Hall</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Beyond the Veil, 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: KM Avery</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 472 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I came across this series through book 3, which caught my attention with its blurb. For some reason, when I saw this series before, I thought it was mainstream romance. It's not and I sent myself a sample. It sounds like something that I would love.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Something is very wrong with the Fitzwilliam estate...</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />It was supposed to be a regular séance job.But from the minute I met an angry ghost in the hall, I knew there wasn’t going to be anything ordinary about this house or its dead residents. First of all, there were way too many of them. Second, some of them had been helped along from living to dead. Third, my attempt to figure out what was going on got a bit sidetracked when I met the gardener.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />He was tall, dark green, and handsome.<br /><br />And really, really smart. So I hired him to help me figure out what was going on. And that’s when things got interesting, in more ways than one.<br /><br />I think I’m falling for an orc, and that’s making it really hard to concentrate on doing my job, but if I don’t, I’m going to be in a whole heap of trouble.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></b></i></div></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-25955712999681757212022-08-05T21:00:00.001-07:002022-08-05T21:00:00.156-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #read #reading #TBR #WishList<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Man, the week blew by (And I wished I gained $100 every time I said that!) Writing is coming along alright. I'm trying to up my game exercising because here lately, I've become this bottomless pit. Hungry all the time. Not much crocheting going on, so not a lot of audiobooks being consumed. Reading has been fun.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8IJUAIluezhPPXWhUjwbKaOTPef5z4nEgnUW178vMdmA8FHRzhPADsoCTuwuRjaNLPnv4UbRTvAGoP2tGkEjSHnm0AXy2CkPCv8BsYbttkC87HoFCln-c8k7drCrQte63ulu23360SCUzSoMAvOXJE7CT4e9lfH0tNvIEc2kSHUz3iEV_ppSkw/s500/Savage%20Planet%20Embrace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8IJUAIluezhPPXWhUjwbKaOTPef5z4nEgnUW178vMdmA8FHRzhPADsoCTuwuRjaNLPnv4UbRTvAGoP2tGkEjSHnm0AXy2CkPCv8BsYbttkC87HoFCln-c8k7drCrQte63ulu23360SCUzSoMAvOXJE7CT4e9lfH0tNvIEc2kSHUz3iEV_ppSkw/s320/Savage%20Planet%20Embrace.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QBS1CDN/" target="_blank">Savage Planet Embrace</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Savage Planet Series, 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Kassie Keegan</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 424 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Erotic Romance / Alien Sci-Fi / Bisexual / </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This says 'steamy' and I would upgrade it to spicy . This is a standalone polyamorous romance that leans heavily into erotic romance. The sex scenes are important to push the main plot line, so there are plenty of them. That being said, they are also important in showing the Lio culture and practices. We learn a lot about the Lio people in and out of bed. There is plenty of information given about the characters that I got sucked in, wanting them to find happiness and peace. There are several full page illustrations throughout the story. I really enjoyed seeing everyone come together and there were several hints as to other romances that might be coming. There are a couple of people who snagged my interest that I would like to read more about.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you follow the Radars, you know that I usually don't read high heat books. I love my plots with some spice on the side, so this was not a typical read for me and left me wanting to know so much more about this world. I'd also like to know more about Aubrey and Daniel and their abilities, how the pride would utilize them... and just there was a lot I wanted to know beyond the group's relationship. I was reading last night (I'm writing this up on Friday) and for some reason I thought it was going to end with a cliffhanger. So I stopped and figured I read the rest when the next book came out. It wasn't until I was putting this post together that I reread the blurb to see that this is a standalone. Whew. No cliffhangers to dodge. I look forward to the next book in this series or whatever else this author decides to write. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: A woman scarred by loss…<br /><br />… must choose to trust.<br /><br />Will she release the past to embrace love or lose everything?<br /><br />Aubrey watched her mother die in agony, abandoned by those sworn to protect her. Despite being adored by worthy males; Aubrey holds herself back.<br /><br />Is it keeping her from true love?<br /><br />Strong, steady Commander Ferrand, silently bold Léandre and tech-genius Jovian claim their places in her heart while waiting for her to choose the last member of their Coalition.<br /><br />Who will she select to join them?<br /><br />When Daniel arrives, he triggers her irresistible Call to Mate, plunging them all into untamed desire.<br /><br />Aubrey must trust herself to her mates’ care and surrender her heart, body, and soul or die, leaving her mates abandoned and forever bereft.<br /><br />Can she conquer her fear to embrace true love?<br /><br /><i>You’ll adore Savage Planet Embrace because it’s overflowing with steamy romance where everyone deliciously falls in love with everyone ending with a tantalizing happily ever after.<br /><br />BONUS CONTENT INCLUDED! Savage Galaxy Rescue includes beautiful, exclusive black and white illustrations of the Lio Heroes to enhance the reader's experience.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67zp2uuMZCg2cchg75bk_3x2lIbAXNfDSPqej9O9qsfSCt3-D54Qz1vz0fHjWXVDXr_UWrnbYTctn916x_LKv8tzAiOuF1tx_EgZrkLt9_hSUV-SB6ys2Wr-MAbLQmvFsxXqp8JTD4LrOp1AH0_kzJ4eI4dqecG13BCyQiKGjOU8y5tA_h7zBZg/s500/Ambrosius.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67zp2uuMZCg2cchg75bk_3x2lIbAXNfDSPqej9O9qsfSCt3-D54Qz1vz0fHjWXVDXr_UWrnbYTctn916x_LKv8tzAiOuF1tx_EgZrkLt9_hSUV-SB6ys2Wr-MAbLQmvFsxXqp8JTD4LrOp1AH0_kzJ4eI4dqecG13BCyQiKGjOU8y5tA_h7zBZg/s320/Ambrosius.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KWF2TVL/" target="_blank">Ambrosius</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Paranormal Council Enforcers</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Taylor Ryan</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 294 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I'm in the middle of reading this and already have some thoughts. I don't think that I've read this author before, but something about one of the back stories seem familiar, so I might be wrong. This is s spinoff from one of her other series and this claims to be a standalone series beginner. Yes and no, it really depends on how easy it is for the reader to not focus on all the names that are given throughout. Some of them I've come to know and others aren't important to the story so I ignore them. Readers who have read her other works will probably recognize the name drops, I'm one of those people who can ignore them until they interact with the character more than once.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">That being said, it is a meaty mpreg romance. There is a disclaimer that some of the overarching plot arcs aren't going to be resolved. With everything that is going on in this book, I'm hoping for a couple of resolutions. I guess we will see how things go. It's an interesting world.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: When you’re the created vampire, and discover your fated mate is a dominant dragon alpha, what could go wrong?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Master Ambrosius was created over a millennium ago and had come to terms with spending his life alone. He has his coven, his second, and a few close friends, but he continues to be haunted by the memory of his fated mate running from him in terror. That is, until the goddess sends him to Montana, and he discovers his body reacting to a sexy alpha with wide shoulders and dark eyes. Surely there’s some mistake though, right?<br /><br />Emmerich was born on Treasure Ridge, the mountain his grandparents claimed several centuries ago for a reason that wasn’t yet known. Like his brother, he longs for his mate and children but knows they aren’t on their mountain. Emmerich’s dragon insisted he would find his mate in Sicily, but after weeks of searching, he comes back to Treasure Ridge, where his dragon scents the most amazing thing. Mate. When he discovers the scent is coming from the created vampire, he’s not sure about the pairing but is more than willing to accept the match.<br /><br />Together, they discover a desire for unexpected things. But while they are happy switching roles at certain times, the council is still forming, and they discover an evilness none expected. Will they be able to stop the threat before their family is harmed?<br /><br /><i>Ambrosius is Book One in the Paranormal Council Enforcers series. Each book in this series will focus on a different couple, but these books are not standalones and should be read in order as there is an ongoing backstory that won’t be resolved quickly. This is a fated mate MPreg story in an MPreg world, and you should expect all the normal vampire shenanigans, and remember that love bites in unexpected places. Especially when your beloved is a sexy dragon.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvGEIroD1SPM4lSxQwSD1TJFDjerDaPhepcDHhAAEFoGykhYgIK-JXSW9XlMY8bWXrcaUJ_LEXAo5xBeCSQC58DjIbCAaEyR3xGz3YoMSnkEGsIV6GrNZsfeThZ-UnheVlFtSzjX38jLFeOBDZrJ4hfKZeScHupr-5GBFjiDMLnRQpP7vzu3TIw/s500/Leprechauned%20(Her%20Irish%20Treasures%20Book%202).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="311" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvGEIroD1SPM4lSxQwSD1TJFDjerDaPhepcDHhAAEFoGykhYgIK-JXSW9XlMY8bWXrcaUJ_LEXAo5xBeCSQC58DjIbCAaEyR3xGz3YoMSnkEGsIV6GrNZsfeThZ-UnheVlFtSzjX38jLFeOBDZrJ4hfKZeScHupr-5GBFjiDMLnRQpP7vzu3TIw/s320/Leprechauned%20(Her%20Irish%20Treasures%20Book%202).jpg" width="199" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08YY8B6S4" target="_blank">Leprechauned</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Her Irish Treasures</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Joely Sue Burkhart</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 200 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / RH</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I just got notice this week that the third book in this trilogy released. Yay! I read the first book a while ago and held off reading the book 2 until 3 was out. So bumping this up the TBR.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Four hot Irishmen sitting in a leprechaun’s bar… All staring at me like I’m his pot of gold.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Oh yeah, I’m one lucky woman. But everything isn’t rainbows and lucky charms with my four Irish treasures. Warwick may have helped me break the curse trapping Doran as the stone gargoyle, but the guys don’t trust the leprechaun. At all.<br /><br />Worse, demons are pouring into our world unchecked despite the four treasures being reunited. I am their treasurekeeper, the conduit that allows their magic to flow, but there are disturbing holes in my memory. Someone doesn’t want me to remember…<br /><br />And these whiskey-drinking, tattoo-loving, motorcycle-riding badasses are quick to leap to the conclusion that I’ve been lepre-conned.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3euJYa7h9pTV_-1nCoqO4CCpridvJLs9GhCGo0VAfTEf_Xe_Skl2cKIgKhES5nq2swwnOKnHVMOabbkfViOuV59RlN6Kv4Db1LrQ0c1E1sk87WeJhlt4YsDKhFCajgUfpyWiMatU1jQFnkMsIyrCghXlvzP6k2j473Gu8_B4zeLlXRVlVsddaA/s500/The%20Aliens'%20Mate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3euJYa7h9pTV_-1nCoqO4CCpridvJLs9GhCGo0VAfTEf_Xe_Skl2cKIgKhES5nq2swwnOKnHVMOabbkfViOuV59RlN6Kv4Db1LrQ0c1E1sk87WeJhlt4YsDKhFCajgUfpyWiMatU1jQFnkMsIyrCghXlvzP6k2j473Gu8_B4zeLlXRVlVsddaA/s320/The%20Aliens'%20Mate.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Aliens-Mate-Scifi-Romance-Share-ebook/dp/B09L1MNKQR/" target="_blank">The Aliens' Mate</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Delaney Rain </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 152 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Alien Sci-Fi / Gay / Language Barrier / Polyamorous / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This popped up here on my radar recently and it sounds interesting. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Luc Martin was abducted by aliens over a month ago and has been stuck in a cage on a spaceship with three women ever since. On either side of their cell are two alien prisoners who both seem to have a thing to staring at Luc. Oh and everyone’s naked.<br /><br />Then comes the moment when escape is possible, and Luc makes the decision to free Bolaico and Teranu in the hopes that they know how to do more in outer space than he does. And boy do they! A fight through the ship, stealing a shuttle, and crash landing on a strange planet get the group of five away from their abductors…but now what?<br /><br />Following through on the idea that Luc could be the aliens’ thank you gift for all their help sees him giving into desires up in a tree and in a hot springs pool inside a cave. As time passes, and despite a language barrier with both aliens, Luc discovers he’s begun to care about his aliens. But do they feel the same?<br /><br />When their captors track them down and force a confrontation that includes the native population on this planet, their futures will be decided by the choices that they make. When Luc’s aliens have the chance to return to their lives, where does he fit in?</span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></i></b></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-72281091162276144832022-07-29T21:00:00.199-07:002022-07-29T21:00:00.168-07:00What's on the Reading Radar? #TRB #WishList #read #reading<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;">You know, July just buzzed by. On one hand, I'm shooing it away because, wow, HOT. On the other hand... you know what. Shoo.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reading has been a mixed bag of new stuff and rereads. The anxiety about the new stuff is I don't know how the new to me authors are going to treat me. Is there going to be a death of a character that I like? Please god don't let this be a tragedy. Am I going to be strangled with a cliffhanger? Is this going to be dark and they didn't include trigger warnings?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I'm fine and I can complete a book but other times, my anxiety nopes right on out and I start a reread of my current favorite series. Despite that, I still test the waters and search for all the spoilers if I'm undecided. LOL</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1fnVuI_jT-jHgXY3YckEbp65hMMwGkGxtMSCB6kEAx7Td-DbKw5otmbDOiH5GtH0NZSbrShOkb1Nu8BLWkyHDjpmuCbyl3a7PE0oC6CzKDyfIAFXzsNEbDRrsD1pHjdBsiCojKT1u2fZT-06kqLZcTG5iIwDsNVh-qrS7JEv_yPBGoSCnBq21g/s500/JUNKYARD.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1fnVuI_jT-jHgXY3YckEbp65hMMwGkGxtMSCB6kEAx7Td-DbKw5otmbDOiH5GtH0NZSbrShOkb1Nu8BLWkyHDjpmuCbyl3a7PE0oC6CzKDyfIAFXzsNEbDRrsD1pHjdBsiCojKT1u2fZT-06kqLZcTG5iIwDsNVh-qrS7JEv_yPBGoSCnBq21g/w200-h200/JUNKYARD.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Junkyard-Cats-Audiobook/B082LSC2RR" target="_blank">Junkyard Cats</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Shining Smith, 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Faith Hunter</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 5 hr 2 min</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Sci-Fi / Post Apocalyptic /</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I used to read the Jane Yellowrock series. I stopped reading at perhaps book five or six. IDK, I'd have to go back and look. There was a couple reasons why I stopped. One of the reasons was because in one book Jane would be attracted to someone and the next book she'd change her mind for an unexplained reason. So it was jarring and eventually became an unreliable character. I could also guess the direction of the plot and characters, which is not a bad thing. But what I really struggled with was the dreariness of the series. I loved the world but with Jane getting on my nerves and how depressing things could be from book to book, I set the series aside thinking that perhaps one day I'd come back to it. I have sampled some of the side stories. Just recently, in the Dirty Deed 2 anthology, she had a short and it had all the hallmarks I remembered. She got me interested in the characters and then bad things happened to people I liked, then some.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of that above is the reason why I didn't try her newest Shining Smith series, Junkyard Cats. But it was recommended in a book discussion group I'm in and I was in a good place to give it a try. This is a post apocalyptic world. World War III had happened around the time of an alien invasion. The face of the world has changed. How the world works has changed. And we have Shining who just wants to be left alone. I really enjoyed the book and bought the next one right after finishing. I just need to keep reminding myself not to get hopeful because if something sucks rocks now, it will continue to suck rocks in the story going forward.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: From the author of the best-selling Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood series comes a tough new heroine who is far more than she seems.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />After the Final War, after the appearance of the Bug aliens and their enforced peace, Shining Smith is still alive, still doing business from the old scrapyard bequeathed to her by her father. But Shining is now something more than human. And the scrapyard is no longer just a scrapyard, but a place full of secrets that she has guarded for years.<br /><br />This life she has built, while empty, is predictable and safe. Until the only friend left from her previous life shows up, dead, in the back of a scrapped Tesla warplane. Clutched in her cold fingers is a note to Shining—warning her of a coming attack.<br /><br />With dread, Shining realizes: someone knows who she is. Someone knows what she is guarding. Will she be able to protect the scrapyard? Will she even survive? Or will Shining have to destroy everything she loves to keep her secrets out of the wrong hands?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-tcfqLeHCsCTqIayPWOpnSDDBPNnk2wUoatEF_hNJsH-9xafdDs8pRd-Hu_BO8A-qTMP3c2dXQufCBr8ygI__lpgPpIQuo8AIMzHu-r36Qqz5zQGyYyiUJaMO2m5qiCHtJc3jm7BSbYUPscs-1-PCQCrenz8kZx0eBLuZrbGZxwtILsVZKGbwg/s500/Junkyard%20Bargain.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-tcfqLeHCsCTqIayPWOpnSDDBPNnk2wUoatEF_hNJsH-9xafdDs8pRd-Hu_BO8A-qTMP3c2dXQufCBr8ygI__lpgPpIQuo8AIMzHu-r36Qqz5zQGyYyiUJaMO2m5qiCHtJc3jm7BSbYUPscs-1-PCQCrenz8kZx0eBLuZrbGZxwtILsVZKGbwg/w200-h200/Junkyard%20Bargain.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Junkyard-Bargain-Audiobook/B08QW714NC" target="_blank">Junkyard Bargain</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Shining Smith, 2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Faith Hunter</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 5 hr 40 mintes</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Sci-Fi / Post Apocalyptic /</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I really wanted the next book when I finished this. I like this world and Shining is a compelling character that I feel for. I can sorta see a possible plot arc for the series though I could be wrong about Shining taking over West Virginia. This is not a romance but there is a part of me that kept whispering, oh man, this would be a great poly series. I know the author is going to deny me that little joy, but still. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Sometimes before you can face your enemies—you need to confront yourself.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Time is running out for Shining Smith and her crew to gather the weapons they need to rescue one of their own. But will they even make it to the ultimate battle? First, they’ll need to hit the road to Charleston—a hell ride full of bandits, sex slavers, corrupt lawmen, and criminal bike gangs looking to move in on Shining’s territory.<br /><br />Shining’s human allies will do anything to protect her—because they must. But will victory be worth it if she must compel more and more people to do her bidding? And will her feline warriors, the junkyard cats, remain loyal and risk their lives? Or are they just in it for the kibble?<br /><br />Shining knows she’ll need to keep her friends close and her enemies closer. That is, if she’s able to tell which is which.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQf50WHKPMmOrDEbRcqirozDET91mGSnDSVqz3PcCQZGd9tdk5CdfXLG7ne0Z_9Hr7e99yZ-AHavDYp1jYMBYBV_teV5RW8zrL_Q-oItvsOsxbcpsn0hJHJVwPIPWvZOiQRQjVKy2ECaHqOun6zJSntlkkOd9oSW2rBdWdqxfWxSqjZt2g2V0ndg/s500/When%20He's%20Sinful.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQf50WHKPMmOrDEbRcqirozDET91mGSnDSVqz3PcCQZGd9tdk5CdfXLG7ne0Z_9Hr7e99yZ-AHavDYp1jYMBYBV_teV5RW8zrL_Q-oItvsOsxbcpsn0hJHJVwPIPWvZOiQRQjVKy2ECaHqOun6zJSntlkkOd9oSW2rBdWdqxfWxSqjZt2g2V0ndg/w200-h200/When%20He's%20Sinful.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/When-Hes-Sinful-Audiobook/B09QHBB9PZ" target="_blank">When He's Sinful</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: The Olympus Pride, 3</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Suzanne Wright</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 11 hr. 48 min</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Paranormal / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: All three of Wright's paranormal shifter series are really good if you want some gritty shifters, but Olympus is my favorite of the three. I'm wondering if Bailey's romance is next?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Aspen Montgomery was nine years old when she befriended Camden Priest—a boy with dead eyes and dark urges. Since that day, they'd been inseparable. She hadn't expected to later develop a major crush on him. Or expected that the crush would fail to pass. Or ever thought that she'd grow to wish that she could one day claim him as her mate. It's never going to happen. She knows that. To him, she's a friend, nothing more. So it's time to make some changes to establish some better boundaries. Which would be a hell of a lot easier if he didn't fight her on it.<br /><br />There is only one person in the world who Camden Priest gives a damn about—Aspen. She's his best friend, his anchor, his conscience, the very reason he's sane. There's only one secret he ever kept from her...he wants more than friendship. Knowing she doesn't feel the same, he put a chokehold on his need for her. But when some asshole claims to be Aspen's true mate and danger starts closing in on her, Camden's control becomes precarious and platonic lines are crossed. He knows what he should do—leave it at a one-night stand to protect their friendship. He's just not so sure he can.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8y6OU8wwUnmPLqSfvCENY7PL5G1QGlzV3Pbzf6yIV8hkWHmA04bqY8mTZ3-9_MBZp5A4QdflIv-dKBV4y5n6C9IIan1qflgTIvmtTiIxP0C0Ap7KeJAgd7wglKaUtlvSObxFww_1E2I0RZeabgXqyrxWiXRK1B2tq2AbeDT0aLbMxEbe8D9JNg/s500/Forging%20a%20Nightmare.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8y6OU8wwUnmPLqSfvCENY7PL5G1QGlzV3Pbzf6yIV8hkWHmA04bqY8mTZ3-9_MBZp5A4QdflIv-dKBV4y5n6C9IIan1qflgTIvmtTiIxP0C0Ap7KeJAgd7wglKaUtlvSObxFww_1E2I0RZeabgXqyrxWiXRK1B2tq2AbeDT0aLbMxEbe8D9JNg/w200-h200/Forging%20a%20Nightmare.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.audible.com/author/Patricia-A-Jackson/B08S4668L2" target="_blank">Forging A Nightmare</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Patrician A. Jackson</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 16 hr. 53 minutes</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Urban Fantasy / Murder Mystery / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: This was recommended in the book discussion group by the same person who recommended Junkyard Cats. I'm only just starting. With it being a murder mystery it is a little dark but compelling. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: FBI Agent Michael Childs is tasked with tracking down a serial killer with an obsession for victims born with 12 fingers and toes. But he discovers something much more startling about himself....<br /><br />The only link between a series of grisly murders in New York City is that the victims were all born with 12 fingers and 12 toes. These people are known in occult circles as the Nephilim, a forsaken people, descendants of fallen angels.<br /><br />After a break in the case leads to supposedly killed-in-action Marine sniper Anaba Raines, Michael finds the soldier alive and well, but shockingly no longer human. Michael then discovers that he is also a Nephilim, and next on the killer’s list.<br /><br />Everything Michael once thought of as myth and magic starts to blur the lines of his reality, forcing him to accept a new fate to save the innocent or die trying.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9hVhDiDjIe7aX06MwhTNYpqvRLUAuNAgY00jW43AlQ13e-GrJQcpj5mcAyfV3SNAID6EtdkDhKivuUAZmwv2i7lM3LULNItKitKRa0iFyKb0fgPfk0VDySCQP22CTa-GeCfs6F3zwp-YKpq9caH2hnyXCQsq_wrA3xXhPlDi5zi6egR9Ea-6Jg/s500/Dualwick%20(Misfit%20Wick%20Book%202).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9hVhDiDjIe7aX06MwhTNYpqvRLUAuNAgY00jW43AlQ13e-GrJQcpj5mcAyfV3SNAID6EtdkDhKivuUAZmwv2i7lM3LULNItKitKRa0iFyKb0fgPfk0VDySCQP22CTa-GeCfs6F3zwp-YKpq9caH2hnyXCQsq_wrA3xXhPlDi5zi6egR9Ea-6Jg/s320/Dualwick%20(Misfit%20Wick%20Book%202).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dualwick-Misfit-Wick-Book-2-ebook/dp/B0B2PVD3TN/" target="_blank">Dualwick</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Misfit Wick Series</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Megan Derr</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 188 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Poly</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I barely remembered the first book of this series, enough to know how the world worked. Massy is a bad@ss. Just sayin'. After I finished this I went back to reread the first one. Several things clicked into place with the reminders. So yeah, if you vaguely recall the first stories, you might want to reread them before delving into this one. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Massy has been notorious since birth: the son of the infamous Creawick, kidnapped as a child, and a legendary dualwick. He is feared, admired, studied—and alone, long abandoned by his childhood best friends, and betrayed by one lover after another.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In the wake of yet another betrayal, though, he is ordered to go with his old friends to save a woman he met briefly while studying abroad. She has gone missing, and given her connections, his friends fear the worst.<br /><br />As they set out on their journey, the trio soon realizes the matter is even more complicated than they feared—and Massy learns that everyone, even his beloved father, has been keeping an important secret from him…</span></div></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></b></i></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436391571362518738.post-37417307123958188712022-07-22T21:00:00.145-07:002022-07-23T06:56:13.371-07:00What is on the Reading Radar? #WishList #TBR<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What's going on? Actually, nothing much. It's been a quiet, hot week. Even though it's been a quiet week, I still didn't get a jump on this post. Procrastinator, that's me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today it's about manga. Adult manga, so this is not something you'd recommend to kids under 18.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggIe3s5adbZ7e3XHIPJ_s0y9D81kwkwl70eTohXNWuXAPZht_m79QmExu18Svaxib0FBHhdic01Zo8pKtMTlzfgoH7BU_1RLh3-aFi3EDiyxazT7HgxM_dR8kOa61ojx_tZd4e4VyfE1oNG2TQu9-I6zq_-ugCzkccbHxfUOD0QJnOGY0AlwZeg/s500/Punderworld.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggIe3s5adbZ7e3XHIPJ_s0y9D81kwkwl70eTohXNWuXAPZht_m79QmExu18Svaxib0FBHhdic01Zo8pKtMTlzfgoH7BU_1RLh3-aFi3EDiyxazT7HgxM_dR8kOa61ojx_tZd4e4VyfE1oNG2TQu9-I6zq_-ugCzkccbHxfUOD0QJnOGY0AlwZeg/s320/Punderworld.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096GDFJY2/" target="_blank">Punderworld</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): </span><span style="font-size: large;">Linda Sejic</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 175 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Manga / Mythology / Fantasy</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I've seen this mentioned time and again and took the plunge. The artwork is gorgeous.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Hades and Persephone's love-struck misadventures.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The classic tale of Greek mythology, but 100 percent more awkwardly relatable. Hades is the officious, antisocial ruler of the Underworld. Persephone, daughter of Demeter, is an earth goddess of growth and renewal—they've been crushing on each other for the past two centuries. But when a festival (and a little liquid courage) present an opportunity to put an end to their olympian will-they-won't-they, a meddlesome pantheon and several titanic misassumptions threaten to give every god in the sky the wrong impression...and leave their romance dead before it can bloom.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheK_WRY5Bdb12ejAMo0djgLF6AdbYSUrPL5K7fW42RCWi5OH8jw-O8DTrL4GOhBv_I9s0GCnbWSE-qjTk5k7H5e_h5TqqC8zsjPEQxqzyqZ5geUcVA5-eHRBc6mriUvllFsCV4AjB-FSNzwgEtChgvHf7iBOHjKctol_otaTu1v_wt-2TPOPxx5Q/s500/Smut%20Peddler%20Presents-%20My%20Monster%20Boyfriend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="323" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheK_WRY5Bdb12ejAMo0djgLF6AdbYSUrPL5K7fW42RCWi5OH8jw-O8DTrL4GOhBv_I9s0GCnbWSE-qjTk5k7H5e_h5TqqC8zsjPEQxqzyqZ5geUcVA5-eHRBc6mriUvllFsCV4AjB-FSNzwgEtChgvHf7iBOHjKctol_otaTu1v_wt-2TPOPxx5Q/s320/Smut%20Peddler%20Presents-%20My%20Monster%20Boyfriend.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Smut-Peddler-Presents-Monster-Boyfriend-ebook/dp/B07N177V94/" target="_blank">My Monster Boyfriend</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Dechanique, Scary-T, Shari Hes, Noora Heikkilä, C. Spike Trotman, Gail Simone, Jess Fink, Leia Weathington, Savannah Horrocks, Amanda Lafrenais, skoptsy, B. Sabo, E. K. Weaver, Trudy Cooper, Nechama Frier</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 221 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Manga / Fantasy / Paranormal / Sci-Fi / Anthology / LGBTQ+</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: Since the comixology and the print version were about the same price, I purchased the print. It's really nice and the I loved seeing the different art styles. I enjoyed this and bought another volume in the anthology series.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Smut Peddler Presents: My Monster Boyfriend is Iron Circus Comics' first full-color anthology project, featuring over 150 pages of cute monster boys and the folks lucky enough to be shagging 'em. Featuring a fantasticcover by skoptsy and comics by E.K. Weaver, Gail Simone, Trudy Cooper, Jess Fink, and more!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCG9DYEO6-8I7aXepj8UJPLghvxcQYdXfeAs5m7g4dniTxyHzPtuQWVO-3voC1ZD5C_A7d25u109_H4dGuB1XT-1t2Me5SDAYary2fMN5uOKgqG5m5sNxh4DAt5Ybwi4AQ3UeFzB1le1iRrAT6Tpd1-NiONlMzQ1FeBLbaUAktL5-ROf9EphSEVQ/s500/Fine%20Print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCG9DYEO6-8I7aXepj8UJPLghvxcQYdXfeAs5m7g4dniTxyHzPtuQWVO-3voC1ZD5C_A7d25u109_H4dGuB1XT-1t2Me5SDAYary2fMN5uOKgqG5m5sNxh4DAt5Ybwi4AQ3UeFzB1le1iRrAT6Tpd1-NiONlMzQ1FeBLbaUAktL5-ROf9EphSEVQ/s320/Fine%20Print.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BK6M4MK/" target="_blank">Fine Print</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Stjepan Sejic</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 183 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Manga / Mythology / Fantasy / Paranormal / Poly</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: I've been hym-humming over this one. Part of it is that it's priced a little higher than the mangas I usually buy. But reading My Monster Boyfriend gave me courage and I bought it. :)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: How do you deal with a broken heart? Junk food? Excessive drinking? Dubious contracts with ancient gods? For Lauren Thomas, the queen of bad decisions, the answer is always the worst possible choice. So when she finds herself with the rare opportunity to have her broken heart patched by the highest-rated god of desire, what could possibly go wrong?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />A tale of gods, mortals, love, lust, death, and bad decisions—that all starts with a simple bite of a golden apple.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTNeBP3OarHuHtqiFqzuUBHVoRWwEjD5PT6umASoogjILihTeHz9OgbZ5uDwH7vZwK2rTqe-It12b_Lm_e65MBgZeL0t7VZfZGcbF4THMivuvO-tezZ4MYE8JbKH23wi8EZPE88MueNZvfplV-_NDTvRTYAi612B8_tZNnrx2DqUmtzzh4vfo6Q/s500/Smut%20Peddler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTNeBP3OarHuHtqiFqzuUBHVoRWwEjD5PT6umASoogjILihTeHz9OgbZ5uDwH7vZwK2rTqe-It12b_Lm_e65MBgZeL0t7VZfZGcbF4THMivuvO-tezZ4MYE8JbKH23wi8EZPE88MueNZvfplV-_NDTvRTYAi612B8_tZNnrx2DqUmtzzh4vfo6Q/s320/Smut%20Peddler.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GKDXZNO/" target="_blank">Smut Peddler Vol. 1</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 344 pages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Manga / Fantasy / Paranormal / Sci-Fi / Anthology /</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: My Monster Boyfriend is the 3rd volume in this antholoy series. This one isn't in color and is a bit longer than volume 3. I've only read the first couple stories. Vastly different art styles.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Indie comics' most sex-positive, lady-friendly, dirty little mini is back as a FULL-SIZED ANTHOLOGY! Smut Peddler began life in 2003 as a digest-sized minicomic, published by Saucy Goose Press. It was an anthology of erotic comics, with contributions from some of the best and the brightest creators. There were three issues, and they were AWESOME. But that was it. The third Smut Peddler mini was followed by a years-long publishing hiatus... Until NOW.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcuB16KyDeIuPaEVkuomkkiiYldtjvWzi2BX77uqfkkDQKoK38x9QYGlVMcGUjf14drTe_2JR65d0ofizu3ygDh0abVECa20Z5Z2gWdo7g-ElT0kDACbQnVguFPcUcymM1AItbclKsYtmm47RReCIlmlqdGmR4yjY9mG5B8dIt9cHSAJn1KeXig/s500/Money%20Shot%20Vol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcuB16KyDeIuPaEVkuomkkiiYldtjvWzi2BX77uqfkkDQKoK38x9QYGlVMcGUjf14drTe_2JR65d0ofizu3ygDh0abVECa20Z5Z2gWdo7g-ElT0kDACbQnVguFPcUcymM1AItbclKsYtmm47RReCIlmlqdGmR4yjY9mG5B8dIt9cHSAJn1KeXig/s320/Money%20Shot%20Vol.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09CSGXWZT/" target="_blank">Money Shot Vol. 1</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Series: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Author(s): Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Length: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Manga / Sci-Fi / </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Notes: The blurb promises a bit of camp but I was in denial. The first couple of panels made me sputter out a laugh. Poor dude. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb: Physicist Dr. Christine Ocampo is on a mission to discover distant worlds, encounter exotic civilizations, seek out strange species, and, well, get busy with them. Space exploration is expensive business, but science calls and porn pays.<br />A STORY ABOUT SCIENTISTS HAVING SEX WITH ALIENS FOR THE GLORY OF MANKIND—AND MONEY.<br /><br />In the near future, space travel is ludicrously expensive and largely ignored. Enter Christine Ocampo, inventor of the Star Shot teleportation device with a big idea: She'll travel to new worlds, engage—intimately—with local aliens, and film her exploits for a jaded earth populace trying to find something new on the internet. Now, Chris and her merry band of scientist-cum-pornstars explore the universe, each other, and the complexities of sex in MONEY SHOT!<br /><br />Collects issues #1 to #5.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for stopping by and reading!!</span></b></i></div></div></div>Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627451119329330649noreply@blogger.com0