#BookReview: Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse #1) by @authorpenncole @atriabooks

When old secrets catch fire, everything will burn.In a mortal world colonized by the gods and ruled over by the Descended, their cruel offspring, Diem Bellator yearns to escape the insular life of her poor village.Her mother’s sudden disappearance—and the discovery of a dangerous secret about her past—offer Diem an unexpected opportunity to enter the dark world of Descended royalty and unlock the web of mysteries her mother left behind.With the dying King’s handsome, mysterious heir watching her every move, and a ruthless mortal alliance recruiting her to join the growing civil war, Diem will have to navigate the unwritten rules of...

#BookReview: The Stars Are Dying (Nytefall, #1) by Chloe C. Peñaranda

"The brightest star needs the darkest night."In a world abandoned by the celestial guardians and left to suffer a tyrant king’s reign, all Astraea knows is safety in seclusion. With fragmented memories of only five years of her life, she’s determined to discover more about her past, even if that means fleeing the cruel arms that hold her safe from the wicked vampires rumored to roam the land.But when Astraea stumbles upon the mysterious Nyte, she soon realizes determination alone isn’t enough to guard her heart. He lingers like the darkness that expands between the stars, and soon she discovers her captor’s wicked means of control...

#BookReview: Jackson: Montgomery Ranch Cowboy by @fionawolfe_books

".... if only she knew the things I could do to her, what I will do to her… but she’ll beg me first."Heir to his family's sprawling multimillion-dollar ranch; Jackson Montgomery has always been certain of his future—until the most enticing woman he's ever encountered moves into his aunt and uncle's house.Handsome and capable; he's never had to go far for female attention but this woman; with her feisty spirit and mouthwatering curves, fires his blood in a way no other woman has before.Her hungry gaze tells him she wants him...but she doesn't seem to be taking him seriously!Confusion, anger, and lust war within him as his body yearns...

#BookReview: The Prince and the Player by @nora.phoenix @rachelsrandomresources

The royally romantic, enemies-to-lovers college romance for fans of Casey McQuiston, Alexis Hall and Jax Calder. I’m determined to win over the one guy who hates me…but I never expected to fall for himBeing a prince may seem like a fairytale, but to me, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. That’s why I’m excited when I get permission from my uncle—the king of Norway—to go undercover as a student at an American college for a year. And I’m even more ecstatic to be selected for their football team. Soccer, I mean. The only problem? Farron, the team captain, dislikes me on sight. Determined to win him over, I start a charm offensive,...

#BookReview: The Mother Self: Poems by @taliagutin

In this debut collection of poetry, The Mother Self guides readers along the raw and transformative path of early motherhood.The Mother Self is a collection of poetry that poignantly unveils the journey of a new mother navigating the complexities of early motherhood. Accessible and engaging, each poem captures a mother's delicate dance as she embraces her new identity and grieves her past self, all while finding solace in the sacred bond with her son. Readers are invited to explore the beauty and challenges of this period of life with grace and authenticity and to linger in the quiet spaces of a mother’s heart, where...

#BookReview: It All Comes Back to You by @melissawiesnerauthor @thenerdfam

An absolutely unforgettable and heart-shattering romance, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, Lucy Score and Carley Fortune, that does keeping secrets destroy true love?Anna works two jobs to get herself through college and never, ever talks about her family. It’s easier to keep her distance from everyone until she can finally leave her old life behind. That is, until chance throws her together with Gabe …Gabe is top of the class, in a fancy fraternity, and has a big, perfect, warm-hearted family. He is everything Anna is not. Their connection is undeniable. His silver-blue eyes pierce right through her, and he makes her laugh in ways...

#BookTour: Blood of the Blackthorn (The Eternal Curse Book 1) by @rociocarranzawrites @rrbooktours @rrbooktours1

Blood of the Blackthorn (The Eternal Curse Book 1)Publication Date: March 11, 2025Genre: Dark Romantasy 🥀Forbidden Love 🩸Magic & Witchcraft 🥀Unreliable Prophecy 🩸Political Intrigue 🥀Secrets & Betrayal 🩸Feminine Rage   HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO GO TO KEEP YOUR SECRETS? After years of living as a lady in the Givensmir court - a life of luxury and opulence - Eve's past has slowly come back to haunt her. One of secrets and magic that courses through her veins, thought to have been long forgotten. Now, a princess lies mysteriously dead before her in the great hall. The eyes of the duplicitous court are everywhere. And...

#BookTour: The Elf Witch by @jacquelyngilmore_books @rrbooktours @rrbooktours1

The Elf Witch (The Plot of the Six Saint Series Book 1) Publication Date: March 11, 2025 Genre: Dark Romantasy 🔥 Witchy vibes and a unique magic system🔥 Betrayal🔥 Plot twists🔥 Banter🔥 Morally-black characters🔥 Love triangle🔥 Deadly magic trials🔥 Spice and angst🔥 Badass but feminine FMC🔥 Feminist rage🔥 Slow burn For fans of One Dark Window and From Blood and Ash comes a haunting, slow-burn fantasy romance about villains. It follows a formerly magicless elf as she suddenly comes into powers that her kingdom has never seen and the duplicitous prince she must bargain with to save them at whatever cost—even her soul. After her grandmother's...

#AudioBookTour: Heir Of The Beast (Fairy Godmother Inc. #1) by @f.r.black @rrbooktours

Heir Of The Beast: Fairy Godmother Inc. Series - Book 1 Publication Date: January 6 2025 Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Spicy Fairytales Narrators: Alexa Borys and E.M WyldeTouch Her and 💀Morally Gray Male CharactersEnemies-to-LoversSpicy Fairytales “All you must do is sign on the dotted line, and all your romantic dreams will come true,” the Fairy Godmother says with a twinkle in her eye. This is what happens when you do not read the fine print in a very detailed contract. You miss all the things that are immediate deal breakers. Viola, a proud resident of New Orleans, lives on the top floor of an old Victorian mansion on a very normal street....

#BookReview: Bearer of Bad News by @elisabethdiniauthor @SimonBooks

A sharply funny and moving debut in which a young woman accepts a job that takes her though the Italian Dolomites and into an international mystery far greater—and more personal—than she could have ever expected.For someone who hates secrets, Las Vegas hairdresser Lucy Rey is about to be faced with a whole bunch of them. After discovering that her fiancé has been cheating on her with someone from his improv class, she finds herself short on funds and desperate for a change of scenery. Enter a most unusual job a Bearer of Bad News.Sure, it’s a little weird—the job description has few details, and the bad news is more like a vaguely worded...

#BookReview: The Ten Worst People in New York by Matt Plass @Crooked Lane Books

Perfect for fans of The Collective and We Begin at the End, this psychological thriller will make you question the nature of justice… and revenge.The ten worst people in New York are dying, one after the other.A late-night TV chat show feature, The Ten Worst People in New York, is the talk of the town. When a real estate mogul on the Ten Worst list jumps to his death, it could be a coincidence. But after a corrupt NYC councilor, also on the list, dies suspiciously, recently widowed Special FBI Agent Alex Bedford suspects foul play.Young British filmmaker Jacob Felle arrives in New York to connect with his estranged sister, Elizabeth,...

#BookReview: Distance (#BeneaththeMask #1) by @authorlunamason #LunaMasonMafia @KensingtonBooks @btc_books

Look Beneath the Mask with Booktok sensation Luna Mason’s scorchingly intense dark mafia romance series featuring elite criminal families, morally gray anti-heroes, and breath-stealing tension for fans of J.T. Geissinger, Sav R. Miller, Sophie Lark, Rina Kent, and Shantel Tessier.KellerFrom a poor, underground street fighter, I rose to fame as the world heavyweight boxing champion. No one knew I was also a monster who hunted in the shadows. Trapped in the mafia until my debts were paid. A simple deal held my freedom- unify my belts. It seemed simple until an enchanting British firecracker landed on my lap, knocking me sideways. Wanting...

#BookReview: Dirty Lying Wolves (The Enchanted Fates #3) by @sabrinablackburry

From the author of Dirty Lying Faeries and Dirty Lying Dragons comes a new installment in the Enchanted Fates series in which a young woman involuntarily finds herself in the company of a rogue pack of wolves, with plenty of troubles of their own.When Juniper stumbles across a small group of strangers during her morning power walk, she jumps in to help an injured member of the party. However, her act of kindness backfires when she’s savagely bitten by what turns out to be a very ill werewolf.The pack’s acting leader, Dom, gives June a choice: she can return to the human world post-transformation or she can join the pack. Either way,...

#BookReview: Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #2) by @TjKlune @tjklunebooks

Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugely anticipated sequel to TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea, one of the best-loved and best-selling fantasy novels of the past decade. Featuring gorgeous orange sprayed edges!A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one.He’s the master of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there.Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the children ever feel the neglect and pain...

#BookReview: The Magician's Daughter - A Memoir by Katy Grabel

The Magician’s Daughter – a Memoir is a coming-of-age story set within the motion and light of a traveling magic show. Fourteen-year-old Katy has a craving for grandeur and an imaginary world in her bedroom. She is the daughter of Lee Grabel—a former professional magician stuck behind a desk in the suburbs—who yearns to rekindle the lost fame of his former magic show. When he decides to hit the road again in a grand bid to be a Las Vegas headliner, Katy is delighted to enter the leagues of show biz as his stage assistant. With a floating piano, vanishing horse, and other wonderments, the Grabel family and their crew go on tour...

#BookReview: The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li @christinaliwrites

Mexican Gothic meets Everything I Never Told You in Christina Li’s haunting novel about the secrets that lie in wait in the crumbling mansion of a former Hollywood starlet, and the intertwined fates of the two Chinese American families fighting to inherit it.They say what you don’t know can’t hurt you. But silence can be deadly.Vivian Yin is dead. The first Chinese actress to win an Oscar, the trailblazing ingénue rose to fame in the eighties, only to disappear from the spotlight at the height of her career and live out the rest of her life as a recluse.Now her remaining family members are gathered for the reading of...

#BookReview: A Curse of Breath and Blood (The Mind Breaker #1) by K.W. Foster

'A Court of Thorns and Roses' meets 'Six of Crows' in this thrilling new fantasy romance. A queen turned mercenary. A long-lost love. An ancient evil reborn. With her home kingdom destroyed and her family considered dead, Aelia Springborn makes a living, using her abilities to break minds for anyone with enough coin. Content to live a life in the shadows, her world is turned upside down when her former lover, Caiden Stormweaver, tracks her down at the edge of the world with a proposition she can’t refuse…. help him thwart her former husband, King Gideon, from obtaining the deadly army of the Alder King.With a chasm of hurt...

#BookReview: Curtsies & Consequences by Melissa Constantine

Kira, Princess Royal of the Known Kingdoms, has a big, particularly hairy secret. That terrifying thing running through the woods around Corlea Palace? That's her.And she plans to keep it up, using the magic of an old cloak to be the mythical Beast of Barlow. It's all going just fine until she receives an urgent request from her cousin Bertie to help him figure out why a group of orphans is turning into little copies of the Beast whenever they go outside. To help solve the mystery Kira is paired with Sir Robert, perhaps the most infuriatingly beautiful (and far too preceptive) knight on the continent, before a planned hunt...

#BookReview: My Vampire Plus-One (My Vampires #2) by Jenna Levine

Nothing sucks more than fake dating a vampire in this paranormal romantic comedy from the USA Today bestselling author of My Roommate Is a Vampire.Amelia Collins is by definition successful. She would even go so far as to say successfully single. But not according to her family, and she’s tired of the constant questions about her nonexistent dating life. When an invitation to yet another family wedding arrives, she decides to get everyone off her back once and for all by finding someone–anyone–to pose as her date.After a chance encounter with Reginald Cleaves, Amelia decides he’s perfect for her purposes. He’s a bit strange, but that’s...

#BookReview: The Crescent Moon Tearoom by Stacy Sivinski

A cozy and uplifting debut novel about three clairvoyant sisters who face an unexpected twist of Fate at the bottom of their own delicate porcelain cups.Ever since the untimely death of their parents, Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley have made a business of threading together the stories that rest in the swirls of ginger, cloves, and cardamom at the bottom of their customers’ cups. Their days at the teashop are filled with talk of butterflies and good fortune intertwined with the sound of cinnamon shortbread being snapped by laced fingers.That is, until the Council of Witches comes calling with news that the city Diviner has lost her...