Monday, August 25, 2025
Mug Shot: Choose Joy Mug
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
What I'm Reading Wednesday: Good Deeds (Kathryn Moon)
Sooo...I'm not usually a fan of reverse harem romance but I was turned on to Kathryn Moon by a friend who RAVED about her books. Good Deeds is an extremely cute book. I've found that, for me, a sci-fi or alternate universe setting makes all the difference when it comes to RH. I'm actually able to suspend my disbelief.
I've read four of Moon's books now and my only complaint is that I find it hard to keep track of all the names and personalities (and what scent goes with which alpha) especially when half the characters are bikers with TWO names apiece.
Good Deeds
Kathryn Moon
If she can just make it through her heat without too many feelings, avoid the pack of Dendärys males that seem determined to catch her, and figure out why women are going missing, it will all work out.
It’s definitely not vekking working out.
Good Deeds is a full length, insta-burn, standalone, whychoose romance novel, starring a fiesty heroine and five fritzing hot android heroes.
Monday, August 18, 2025
Mug Shot: Fiesta Mug
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
What I'm Reading Wednesday: Copper Script (KJ Charles)
So, there are a lot of reasons why I like this book. One of the two main characters is left-handed...or WAS left-handed--to be exact. I'm left-handed as well, and one rarely stumbles across a left-handed character, so that was interesting and refreshing. The other main character is a cop--an honest cop who is conflicted about his job. I've written SO MANY cop characters and they've occasionally struggled with similar issues, so it was nice to see how someone else handles the subject. Also, it's M/M which I generally enjoy. AND it's a murder mystery/romance set in post-WWI, which Charles does very well and which gives serious Agatha Christie vibes. Having read ALL of Christie's work back in my teens and twenties, it feels a little like coming home.
So, all in all, a very good read.
Copper Script
KJ Charles
Joel’s not an admirer of the police, but DS Fowler has the most irresistible handwriting he’s ever seen. If the policeman’s tests let him spend time unnerving the handsome copper, why not play along?
But when Joel looks at a powerful man's handwriting and sees a murderer, the policeman and the graphologist are plunged into deadly danger. Their enemy will protect himself at any cost--unless the sparring pair can come together to prove his guilt and save each other.
Monday, August 11, 2025
Mug Shot: Antique Hand-Thrown Mugs
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
What I'm Reading Wednesday Hexes Fly (Jenny Schwartz)
I probably haven’t been paying as much attention to release dates as I should because, much to my surprise, Jenny Schwartz’ new story, Hexes Fly, recently appeared in my Kindle library. Did I say surprised? I think I mean delighted!
This is book two in her new Caldryn Parliament series. As Jenny describes it, the series “is a homage to the Golden Age mysteries of the past, but set in a futuristic society that has magic.” Which sums it up nicely, I think.
Like her earlier series “Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist,” these books are set in the far future, on fictional planets that had been settled (in their distant past) by humans. Think Battlestar Galactica meets magical steampunk. Also like this series, (and her Hidden Sanctuary and Uncertain Sanctuary series) the stories are intensely political in a way that makes you (or me, at least) think deeply about philosophically about all manner of socio-political things. Which you might think would make it the LAST thing I'd want to read right now, but SURPRISE! it's not.
It's extremely comforting, somehow, to read about a seemingly sane political system even if it involves alien species, allows for magic and exists in a fictional universe. Or maybe it's BECAUSE of that. I dunno. Could be either one. But if you're as burned out with real life issues as I am, I highly recommend it!
Actually, I recommend it even if you're not burned out. It would make a great beach read, too. Check it out!
https://authorjennyschwartz.com/
Hexes Fly (Caldryn Parliament Book 2)
Jenny Schwartz
https://www.amazon.com/Hexes-Fly-Caldryn-Parliament-Book-ebook/dp/B0DXN1LF23
The Spring Ball on the first Saturday of Caldryn Parliament’s Spring Term is a night of glamour and power.
However, this year the witch clans are feuding, and when rival clans trade curses in the ballroom non-magical bystanders are the victims.
As people transform into animals, burst into unwilling song, or fall into magical slumber Vanda Kavanagh, the Warden of Caldryn Parliament, is suspicious.
The witches claim they never intended to hurt anyone, and Vanda believes them. So, who is using the witches as a stalkinghorse for their own agenda, and what is it that they hope to achieve? Most importantly, why can’t the witches undo their own hexes?
If the spells aren’t broken by the next full moon the curses will be permanent.
Monday, August 4, 2025
Mug Shot: Jersey Shore Mug
https://www.pgforte.com/games-we-play-series-1
A quirky, family-owned resort on the Jersey Shore is the setting for this erotic, lightly paranormal series. Cousins Brenda, Luke and Gwyn are determined to turn their failing hotel business around. They have no time for love. They're in no mood for games. But it's not going to matter. Not when they're up against a handful of ghosts, a mischievous boggart, a family curse, and destinies written in stone.
The Games We Play crew are back! This time, with two new stories featuring Kristy's brothers. Tino and Rocky only received a passing mention in the first books, but this duology is All About the Bros!
I'm excited to introduce the Whole Latte Love Collection; three new stories set in my favorite fictional New Jersey small town.