This is what happens when I get cocky. See the paragraph below in parenthesis? That was the intro to last Saturday's Reading Radar that I never finished. Yep. That is all the further I got when creating the post the Thursday before. Complete forgot about it then Friday buzzed by, and I was half way through Saturday when I realized I had scheduled nothing. I'm going to have to start working on this post at the beginning of the week instead of leaving it for the end.
I have been more forgetful than usual the last couple of months. I chalk that up to all the editing. I get really focused on it and time flies, just not in a fun way since--> I'm editing. Plus, I'm doing all things prep for a new release. Looking for intriguing quotes and making memes. Wondering if I should finally branch out to Instagram, Tiktok, or perhaps post more on Twitter. I can talk about what I'm reading or want to read all day long into infinity. But to promote my own stuff, I freeze. Do you know how hard it is to break a life long habit about not talking about yourself? I've been working on breaking that unhealthy, ingrained teaching... is it teaching? It's was something that was stressed while growing up so I'm going to say teaching. Anyway, still working on breaking that teaching and every year I swear it is going to be different! LOL!
So back to what I was saying, with Cherish approaching completion, I've been preparing for it's release... once I release it from edits, but that is another blog post. Today, is about what I've been reading, want to read, or what I put on the wish list because I've already spent my book budget.
(It's so weird that the week goes by so fast. I cannot believe that we are already on the last half of August. I'm chugging through Cherish's edits, making memes for it's upcoming release, and trying to make a list of blog topics. If I get enough topics, I'll schedule a blog tour. Reading has been a bit all over the place.)
Series: Simply Crafty Paranormal Mystery, 3
Author(s): Lissa Casey
Length:
Genre: Romantic / Mystery / Urban Fantasy / Paranormal as in Spooky / Gay
Notes: This is one of my favorite series! It's not coming out until September 23rd, though. For some reason I thought I missed its release. But then, I woke up this morning thinking it was two days from now. LOL I can't wait for this book!
Blurb: His brother vanished into the shadows. Taken or possessed?
Alex can see ghosts and demons. It’s not a gift he asked for, but recent events have made his abilities impossible to deny. When his brother Lukas goes missing, walking off camera in the middle of a ghost hunting video, Alex fears the worst.
As Alex searches for Lukas, a long list of secrets, lies, and omissions come to light. Including Lukas’s recent departure from the police force and the death of a fellow cop.
Alex has to face what he can see, the ghosts, and maybe even a demon or two, if he wants his brother back. But he’s afraid once he lets the shadows in, they may take over and never leave.
Title: Dragon Ever After
Series: (Here Be Dragons Book 1)
Author(s): Louisa Masters
Length: 179 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay
Notes: I love that Percy got his HEA. This is an adorable book, dragons are like puppies.
Blurb: Note to self: You can’t teach an old dragon new tricks… he likes to invent his own.
After half a century of chaos, my retirement from leading the Community of Species Government has been bliss. No more hellhounds playing pranks. No more snippy demons demanding my attention. No more cajoling money from the wealthy to support the community. Just peace while I avoid my overbearing father and try to work out what my next steps will be.
Although… maybe three years of peace is enough. It might even be starting to get… boring. In fact, an adolescent dragon crash-landing on my landlord’s shed is just the kind of excitement I need—especially when he brings his species leader to my door.
Brandt. Wing leader of all dragons, suave, sexy, and… slightly unhinged. It doesn’t take much for him to convince me to give up my solitude and spend some time getting to know him. It’s hard to care about the future when I’ve got a dragon of my own to “play” with. Naked dragon rides for the win, right?
But Brandt’s the leader of his people, on call for them all the time, and I’ve left that part of my life behind me. Plus my father insists I should fulfil my duty to the family by getting a nine-to-five job and “marrying well.” That’s not what I want, but riding herd on a group of beings who fly, breathe fire, and could literally crush me beneath their feet would be a huge challenge, especially since Brandt’s kind of loose with rules.
It all comes down to how much I want my very own dragon ever after.
This exciting spin-off from the Hidden Species series kicks off with Percy's story.
Title: Love Springs Eternal
Series: (The Beacon Hill Sorcerer Book 5)
Author(s): SJ Himes
Length: 294 pages
Genre: Romance / Urban Fantasy / Gay
Notes: Who hasn't been waiting for this book! It releases August 31st.
Blurb: Apprenticed to the infamous Necromancer of Boston while on the brink of death, Daniel Macavoy has seen a lot of upheaval in his life since that fateful day. Rescued from an abusive father and the monster he was once enslaved by, Daniel has struggled with the traumas that scarred his heart and mind.
Yet with the love and support of his found family, Daniel has become stronger than he ever imagined. A capable sorcerer, he's been entrusted with the ancestral home of the Salvatores, the legendary site of the Massacre that brought an end to the centuries-long Blood Wars between the Salvatores and the Macavoys. The huge Mansion is a testament to old-school magic, high sorcery, and comes with a history almost as impressive as the enigmatic fae warrior who calls the gardens home.
A member of the nearly extinct High Court Sidhe, Rory remembers when humans climbed down from trees and learned to stand upright. After eons spent hand in hand with his twin, Cian, Rory was struck down by a near-fatal sword blow; he slept for centuries only to be resurrected by the Necromancer of Boston. Once awakened, Rory lost his twin to a mortal prison, sentenced for heinous crimes committed in an effort to save Rory while he slept.
Once worshipped as a god, Rory Brennan is learning what it means to exist in a modern mortal world. Rory finds that for the very first time, true love has found its way into his immortal heart. Daniel and Rory grow closer, love springing to life in the narrowing space between them. But their nascent bond is threatened by strangers attempting to break into the Mansion, and by the ever-growing danger to Rory's twin Cian, locked in the depths of Blackguard Prison.
With the danger increasing from all sides, Daniel and Rory struggle to balance surviving with falling in love. A dragon with a growth spurt isn't helping matters, and his mentor's watchful eye makes things both more awkward and potentially lethal.
LOVE SPRINGS ETERNAL is the fifth book in the bestselling Beacon Hill Sorcerer series and should not be read as a standalone. The content advisory can be found on the Copyright page, please download a sample of this book or use the Look Inside feature. 113,000 words.
Yet with the love and support of his found family, Daniel has become stronger than he ever imagined. A capable sorcerer, he's been entrusted with the ancestral home of the Salvatores, the legendary site of the Massacre that brought an end to the centuries-long Blood Wars between the Salvatores and the Macavoys. The huge Mansion is a testament to old-school magic, high sorcery, and comes with a history almost as impressive as the enigmatic fae warrior who calls the gardens home.
A member of the nearly extinct High Court Sidhe, Rory remembers when humans climbed down from trees and learned to stand upright. After eons spent hand in hand with his twin, Cian, Rory was struck down by a near-fatal sword blow; he slept for centuries only to be resurrected by the Necromancer of Boston. Once awakened, Rory lost his twin to a mortal prison, sentenced for heinous crimes committed in an effort to save Rory while he slept.
Once worshipped as a god, Rory Brennan is learning what it means to exist in a modern mortal world. Rory finds that for the very first time, true love has found its way into his immortal heart. Daniel and Rory grow closer, love springing to life in the narrowing space between them. But their nascent bond is threatened by strangers attempting to break into the Mansion, and by the ever-growing danger to Rory's twin Cian, locked in the depths of Blackguard Prison.
With the danger increasing from all sides, Daniel and Rory struggle to balance surviving with falling in love. A dragon with a growth spurt isn't helping matters, and his mentor's watchful eye makes things both more awkward and potentially lethal.
LOVE SPRINGS ETERNAL is the fifth book in the bestselling Beacon Hill Sorcerer series and should not be read as a standalone. The content advisory can be found on the Copyright page, please download a sample of this book or use the Look Inside feature. 113,000 words.
Title: Client from Hell
Series: (A Magically Hellish Comedy (with a body count) Book 1)
Author(s): RJ Blain
Length:
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Notes: This is a spinoff of my favorite series by Blain. I've been reading a chapter here and there. As expected there is circuitous conversation. It's going to be a trilogy.
Blurb: Step one: add some gasoline.
Step two: light a match.
Step three: watch the devil’s house burn.
As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins. Life is good—at least for the year she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first.
Instead of the quick end and the retribution she deserves, Sandra gets the client from hell for the case of a lifetime, one that could forever change the war between the heavens and the devil’s many hells.
Step three: watch the devil’s house burn.
As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins. Life is good—at least for the year she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first.
Instead of the quick end and the retribution she deserves, Sandra gets the client from hell for the case of a lifetime, one that could forever change the war between the heavens and the devil’s many hells.
Title: When He's Dark
Series: Olympus Pride Series, Book 1
Author(s): Suzanne Wright
Length:
Genre: Romance / Paranormal /
Notes: So. I have read a few books of Wright's Demon series, not in order because I'm moody. LOL! I was looking for something different and decide to give this a go even though I haven't read any of her other shifter series. This is a little on the dark side because the Pallus cat shifters have no mercy and if you cross them you die. There is not going to jail or anything. The love interest is a wolverine and I have to say that he is seriously bad@ss. After this book I read the next one and started the other two shifter series, though I did not read them in order. It has been a seriously long time since I've binged on a world. I'm not finished with the other series because, like I said, I'm moody, but now I have a couple of books waiting on me when I'm in this mood again. I would definitely recommend with a warning that some of them have more violence than others with the opposition dying, sometimes dying hard.
Blurb: Cat shifter Bree Dwyer doesn't fear much. Ironically, what she fears most is the person who was put on the Earth just for her. Your true mate wasn't supposed to be cruel and twisted; wasn't supposed to be someone who'd never love or want to claim you. The rumors that her true mate is dead bring her only relief. Bree's intent on moving forward with her life and building a future with someone else. Sadly, the male she wants most is one she can never have - a hot-as-sin wolverine shifter who happens to be her boss...and the cousin of her predestined mate.
Aleksandr "Alex" Devereaux detests being bullshitted, but he's been lying to himself for years - pretending he thinks of Bree as extended family; that he doesn't want her so bad he aches with it; that he can't feel himself weakening against her pull. The night they spend together changes everything. He's done fighting himself on what he wants. Someone isn't happy about that. Possibly the same "someone" who's playing mind games with Bree, trying to scare her. They're succeeding, because too many leads point to the possibility that the culprit could be the one person that she's determined to believe is dead.
Aleksandr "Alex" Devereaux detests being bullshitted, but he's been lying to himself for years - pretending he thinks of Bree as extended family; that he doesn't want her so bad he aches with it; that he can't feel himself weakening against her pull. The night they spend together changes everything. He's done fighting himself on what he wants. Someone isn't happy about that. Possibly the same "someone" who's playing mind games with Bree, trying to scare her. They're succeeding, because too many leads point to the possibility that the culprit could be the one person that she's determined to believe is dead.
