Romance and Urban Fantasy Book Reviews
Vitala is a rebel assassin who has only ever had one mission, to get into the bed of the Emperor of Kjall and kill him. To achieve her goal she has become a champion of Caturanga, a war like game based on strategy and skill and also an obsession of the Emperor Lucian. As a half Kjall [...]
The KGI series by Maya Banks and I have a rocky relationship. I very much enjoyed the first three books in the series and kind of fell in love with these brothers and their big, loving family. Book four was a shock to the system because this series was always romantic suspense and all of [...]
Blurb: He takes lives. She saves them. A supposedly hassle-free job for mercenary Cristian Slade becomes a mission of mercy when he saves a life instead of taking one. Slade’s new mission might be his most dangerous yet, because the danger is to his heart. Tragedy has sent esteemed surgeon Alana O’Grady to a remote [...]
I had pretty high expectations going into this book. First off, the cover is lovely. I’m a sucker for a good-looking cover and have been known to actually buy a book based on a great one. Secondly, the premise of this book sounded so cool. A Psychology student looking for a thesis subject who gets [...]
After seeing the cover for Soul Weaver, which is a pretty gold with the typical half-naked man on front with plenty of moobage showing, I decided to read the blurb to see if this was the same old paranormal or maybe something new. The premise sounded interesting, a world of fallen angels who collect or [...]
I am a huge fan of Karen Robards’ earlier works so I was pretty happy when given the opportunity to review this book. I was a little confused by the genre because it is classified as fiction and the previous books I have read have all been romance but I thought maybe that could be because of [...]
Confronted with reality that she is going to lose her job and her livelihood, Kizzy Dean comes to London to confront her boss. But because she is ten minutes late for the meeting she misses him. His snarky secretary tells her that he is most likely at the top of London and there is no [...]
Injured war veteran and former spy Damien Northfield has been called upon by his friend, Sir Charles Peyton, to put his former spy skills to good use in investigating the potential blackmailer and murderer of several nobles within their circle. Lady Lillian (Lily) Bourne, with the enthusiastic assistance of the Dowager Duchess of Eddington, is [...]
Although this book read more like a chick-lit, it uses a lot of ploys that I strongly dislike in romances: Big Misunderstandings, Things Left Unsaid, unsubstantiated profound love, plot-necessary unprotected sex, and a vying love interest. The misunderstandings were huge and lead two people whose one night fling felt like a meeting of soul mates [...]
