Stuck with my Frenemy (The Karma Collectors #1)
Maya Daniels and Cassandra Fear
Book
You Stack it, We Pack it. Life should be good when you are a daughter of Aphrodite, or a daughter...
Urban Fantasy
Forever Pucked (Pucked #4)
Book
Being engaged to Alex Waters, team captain and the highest paid NHL player in the league, is...
Salt & Blood (Darker Desires #2)
Book
After slaying a wendigo, banishing a sub-prince of Hell, and falling in love with Adrian Graves...
Urban Fantasy Romance New Adult
Family Lore
Book
The Marte women are preparing for a gathering that will change their lives forever Flor has a...
Bethr1986 (305 KP) rated Salt & Blood (Darker Desires #2) in Books
Sep 14, 2022
Vivianna Sky and Adrian Graves have got a lot of demons to work through with themselves and others. When there is an unexplained phenomenon feeding off the life force of unborn children and expectant mothers, causing their lives and families to fall apart they must do everything they can to stop any more tragedies from happening.
This is book number 2 of the darker desires series, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far and I'm hoping that there is more to come from V and Adrian's story (please Tesla?)
The writing is so smooth it just flows and if I didn't have responsibilities I would of quite happily read this in a day I just wish I could have l the stories at once to read straight after one another.
The battle scenes are extremely well described and graphic and there are some sexual scenes but they are tastefully written and didn't make me feel uncomfortable at any point reading them
Another brilliant novel from Tesla Storm
A recommended read from me
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Merissa (13600 KP) rated You Otter Know (Part of: Double-Booked for the Holidays) in Books
Nov 24, 2025
You may want to hold onto your hat for this one, as the pacing is FAST. In twelve or thirteen chapters, you get an entire year, a pregnancy, and a relationship from meeting to marriage; all at breakneck speed.
I would have preferred a little more show and less tell, but it's a cute, easy read that begins and ends at Christmas. If you're not looking for anything more than that, then this is the one for you.
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* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Nov 24, 2025
Baby Ears by DBL
Lifestyle and Education
App
Your newborn baby isn’t just crying - she is communicating with you. With the Baby Ears app you...
Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated I am, I am, I am: Seventeen Brushes with Death in Books
Jan 12, 2018
There is a deep sense of violence faced by a woman's body, which is apparent in her experiences. She describes near misses with vehicles, a mugging, juvenile encephalitis, the birth of her first child, near drownings, a knife-throwing act, dysentery-induced dehydration, and an encounter with a murderer.
The section about her miscarriages is deeply moving. She questions why it isn't discussed and why it is given little exposure. She explains how mothers end up feeling isolated because of the little care given to those who have experienced it. Her voice and pain shines through at this particular point.
As with her fiction, O'Farrell’s prose is often exquisite. This is a privileged peek into the life of an amazing author, a moving and fascinating read.
ClareR (6054 KP) rated Gallowstree Lane (Collins and Griffiths #3) in Books
Feb 11, 2019
It's a really well told, gritty police procedural, heavy on the character building. In fact I became very attached to these characters: the struggling single parent WPC; the teenaged boys who had become involved in drug dealing; the officer involved with a big operation; the DC investigating a murder. I didn't like the big drug dealer though (which I think was the whole point. He was a man devoid of conscience).
The mothers in this really resonated with me: women trying to do their best , one working long hours and sacrificing time with her baby to be able to provide for him in a job she loves; the other, a woman who risks losing her son to drug dealing and violence. Both women backed into impossible-to-get-out-of corners.
I really, really enjoyed this book, and I'll be buying the first two in the series to read and catch up!!
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole and to the author, Kate London, for reading along with us!


