The Duke and I by Julia Quinn - a review and mini comparison to the Netflix series! Can there be any greater challenge to London's Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke?—Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, April 1813By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend's sister—the lovely and almost-on-the-shelf—Daphne Bridgerton.... Continue Reading →
Exciting news folks!!! Queen to Ashes by Mallory McCartney is now available as an audiobook! Read on for more details and a chance to win either your choice of a hardcover edition of Queen to Ashes, or an advanced reader's copy of Kingdom of Iron (Black Dawn #3)! Queen to Ashes (Black Dawn #2) Publication... Continue Reading →
I'm thrilled to share this wonderfully dark fantasy with you all today. It's called Takakush by Raine Reiter! Read on for an excerpt and a chance to win an amazing giveaway - A copy of the book AND a bunch of swag! Takakush: Genus Magic #1 Publication Date: January 25th, 2021 Genre: Mature YA/ NA/... Continue Reading →
Happy February 14th. What a better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with two mini reviews of two unabashedly cheery rom-coms! What’s the actual last thing you’d ever want your executive assistant to see you doing the morning after you had hot, drunk, angry sex with her in a terrible hotel room? Dancing around your... Continue Reading →
J.W. over at Storeys of Stories hosts this meme. Taken from J.W.’s introduction: • Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end.• Did you think you’d love it and ended up hating it? Or did you think you’d hate it and wound up loving it? Or were you exactly right?•... Continue Reading →
Book 2 in Erin's Vampire Tea Room Mysteries is maybe even better than Book 1! And I love the cover too. Welcome to the coziest, vampire-owned tea room in Bath! It’s steeped in magic and mystery.You’d expect serving afternoon tea to a high-society ladies club to go smoothly, right? Newbie witch and marketing whiz Minnie Wells... Continue Reading →
Wow... book 12 in the Mitzy Moon series. No, I haven't managed to read quite so many in the last two weeks. Tempting though... Lol. I took up an opportunity to get on Trixie's ARC team as I enjoyed the first few Mitzy Moon stories. When a disappearing dog leads to a decades-old feud, will... Continue Reading →
At some point, I really have to find the time to treat myself to a reread of all seven Harry Potter books. I've reread a couple of them at different points over the years, but I'd love to start over from Book 1 and work my way through. In the meanwhile, I still have a... Continue Reading →
Wow, one month of 2021 down. Crazy, but, here we are in February, the shortest month of the year. Normally at some point this month we get a mini school break and often make travel plans... not happening this time around! Ah well, instead we've been planning at home birthday celebrations for the two youngest... Continue Reading →
Well, I've been going down a rabbit hole of a new paranormal cozy series! Who sent me?! Actually, I do know how who - Thanks Nadine! I sped through the first two books of the Mitzy Moon Mysteries and I'm looking forward to continuing! A gift that’s too good to be true. A murder she... Continue Reading →
