Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
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"Hollis’s writing is beautifully blunt, and she humbly thanks her fans for her success. Her...
Bad Magic and the Big Top (Blackwood Bay Witches Paranormal Cozy Mystery)
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Welcome to Blackwood Bay, where magic and murder have come out to play...Life for fledgling new...
Becoming the Witch (The Rise of Orion 0.5)
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This is the Haunting Prequel to The Rise of Orion series. As Miss Elizabeth Marshfield, I’ve...
Adult Paranormal Romance
The Captain and the Theatrical
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When Captain Pendleton needs an emergency fiancée, who better to turn to than his male best friend?...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2340 KP) rated Haunted House Murder in Books
Aug 17, 2022
I know that the Lucy Stone series is extremely popular, but I struggle to get through the stories I have read. Part of it is Lucy’s family. I haven’t spent enough time with them to look past their faults and love them, I guess. And, let’s face it, that is often what we have to do with people in real life. In this case, I found the story to be better suited to a short story than even a novella. It’s not bad, but it felt drawn out and a little forced.
NOTE: This story is a novella, roughly 100 pages, and was originally part of the novella collection Haunted House Murder. If you have that book, there is no need to buy this ebook. If you haven’t read the story, now is the time consider this Halloween trip to Maine.
ClareR (5874 KP) rated This Charming Man in Books
Jan 31, 2023
The team at The Stranger Times have probably lost the will to laugh at their editor anymore. I mean, they see him every day, but his general bad attitude and shockingly bad work relations are hilarious.
Assistant Editor Hannah is back at work after her messy divorce, and Manchester is faced with what appears to be a bit of a vampire problem. But, you see, Vampires don’t exist. And everyone agrees on this.
Even when this book was being serious, it made me laugh. Banecroft’s interesting swearing system is workplace goals (although I work in Early Years, so still a no for me!), there’s a man on a canal boat who can’t lie and lives with a talking pug, the new journalist who lives in his van and lives on a diet of ice cream (and has terrible wind) - well. It’s just all delightfully wonky, funny and frankly genius!
I can’t wait for the next one!
Merissa (12861 KP) rated The Skriker (Pitch & Sickle #3) in Books
Sep 28, 2022
For the majority of the book, Pitch and Sickle have their own separate 'adventures' and, although necessary, I wanted them to get back together. To me, it was pretty obvious who would be able to heal Pitch and I was all 'woohoo, it's finally happening!' only for it to stutter to a stop and we're back to square one. Gah!
The overall story arc is definitely picking up the pace and I look forward to Pitch and Sickle's upcoming adventures. I just wish they'd sort themselves out a bit more. They take the miscommunication or lack of talking trope to new extremes!
Still a great read and definitely recommended by me.
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Merissa
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Trancing the Tiger (Chinese Zodiac Romance, #1)
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He's a Tiger. She's a Rabbit. She'll entrance him. He'll devour her. After the Red Death...
Fantasy Romance Chinese Mythology
Lindsay (1760 KP) rated If Puppies Had Pockets in Books
Jan 7, 2022
This book has some rhyming. What would you do if puppies had pockets? What would they have in their pockets? You could ask your child or children what they think their puppy or puppies would have in their pockets if they had them. It seems to me to be set on imagination and sharing and talking about love.
The book stood created to be held by toddlers and children. It is thick enough for them to turn the pages. It is a short and easy read; Your child can learn to read with this. The pictures are cute; I love the images in this book. Children and adults will enjoy this book. If you are a dog or animal person, this book is for you and your family. Parents should put it on their child's bookshelves, or their grandparents could get it for their grandchildren.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2340 KP) rated A Killing in Costumes in Books
May 9, 2025
This book has been on my radar for a while, and I’m glad I finally picked it up. The writing did make it hard to get into the story originally, but soon I was hooked on the mystery. There were several good twists and surprises on the way to the logical climax. Jay and Cindy share lead character duties, and they lead a cast of characters I enjoyed getting to know. And I smiled at the many references to classic movies, tv shows, and stars of the screen. We also get talk about classic musicians. At this point, this is looking like a standalone novel, but if a sequel does pop up, I’d be happy to visit Cindy and Jay again.