Ghost romance? Yeah, I wasn’t so sure either. But in The Siren’s Touch I was pleasantly surprised to find an unexpectedly twisty, intriguing and ultimately satisfying read. I have enjoyed Amber Belldene’s books in the past so I knew the writing would be good, but well, the heroine is a ghost. Now, either that grabs
The world of Panopolis is a place where superheroes and supervillains reign, but it’s clear that shadowy GenCorp is the power behind their thrones. The heroes in particular are controlled by their handlers—they feed them, house them, pay them, control their sponsorships and generally run a company store to keep them beholden. I honestly can’t
Hi guys! I just got a fun little new toy, this Polaroid tabletop tripod for my cell phone, and thought I’d try it out by doing my very first ever Periscope broadcast. I made an apple cake last week for my husband’s coworkers that they LOVED, but I thought it needed a little refinement so
This month’s TBR Challenge theme was a “Random Pick” and this one was pretty random. I picked up all three books in the Grabbed series by Lolita Lopez at the recommendation of a friend. The basic plot is that a planet-bound agrarian society is defended from external threats by a sky-going warrior race in return
Have you heard? There will be a casual gathering of romance readers and writers in Montreal next summer! The meetup is being coordinated by romance readers Ana Coqui of Immersed in Books, Kay of Miss Bates Reads Romance and me! We did a poll over the weekend of interested parties and by general consensus, we’ve
About three months ago, I started this blog post. But between my review for Misfits by Garrett Leigh and posting the ice cream recipes that were supposed to go up the next day, I found out something crazy exciting: my husband’s work was moving him (and me) to London for six months. Um. That was
For TBR Challenge this month I am sooo cheating. Well, sort of. I had intended to read The Sleeping Night by Barbara Samuel, but I completely forgot about the deadline (note to self: add a one week reminder to my TBR Challenge calendar). But Misfits by Garrett Leigh, the book I’m reviewing today, also qualifies.
I read just as many books in February as I did in January, but I didn’t have as many stand-outs. Most of the ones that were seriously excellent were highly anticipated and managed to deliver on some really high expectations. Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha This is the latest in the long-running dystopian future romance
Beyond Ruin is the latest in the long-running dystopian future romance Beyond series by Kit Rocha. These are most definitely not standalone books, but the first one, Beyond Shame, always seems to be free at all the major ebook outlets so it’s a low-risk way to try the series. Of all the books in this
