A gritty Gaslamp fantasy adventure set in Jane Austen’s England introduces new players, a darker plot, and, of course, more fiery dragon action. M Verant’s colorful worldbuilding, nuanced characters, and suspenseful plot made for another enthralling read right to the very last tantalizing page. Emma’s Dragon is the second installment in a read in order […]
The Ruth Galloway series is an unusual sort of police procedural with archeological and spiritual aspects. Ruth is an archaeologist who has had some success with books and even television, and is now head of the department. She is normally called in when bones are found with police cases. This is how she met DCI […]
Emily Henry and Julia Whelan are an author/ narrator combination that I really enjoy. Happy Place gives us a long term couple where each loves the other, maybe more than themself. There is also the insecurity of not being enough for the other person. These feelings are based on both family and personal history. We […]
An ongoing hunt to find and free Aunt Lavender has taken an Air Witch and her witchy cat familiar through many exciting twists and turns. The stakes are getting higher and I feel the series is coming down to it. Another entertaining segment in Danielle Garrett’s series as told by the amazing Amanda Ronconi. Furry […]
The Detective Kate Young series really takes off at a furious pace, with plenty of emotional angst if you are rooting for Kate. Kate continues her work on investigating her husband’s death and department corruption. It takes her over the fine line of the law. She knows the corrupt are stacked against her and it […]
I have read all the books in the Kate Shugak series, and now we have book 23. The series begins with A Cold Day for Murder in 1992. The last few books were a 4 year wait between books. I am thrilled to have more to read in this series. Many things have changed over […]
I still love the covers in this Dangerous Damsels series. There are connections between books in the series so I would read them in order. Plus you gain a much better understanding of pirates, and witches. I really appreciate the magic of strong women in a historical setting. The plots are rather ridiculous, but the […]
Turn of the (Twentieth) Century Chicago is a place and time where history is raw and heartbreaking, but seedy and dangerous for those of the lower and immigrant classes. I was keen to read the story of a young first generation Irish American come to this blustering city to find his older brother and ends […]
The Love Wager starts with a wedding. I didn’t realize it until much later in the book, but it’s the couple from the first book Mr. Wrong Number, Olivia and Colin. They are barely mentioned as this book is about Olivia’s brother Jack. I really enjoyed the humor in Mr. Wrong Number so I was […]
I have enjoyed Robert Dugoni’s books from the first one I read and now I wouldn’t think of not reading all his new ones. Her Deadly Game is the first in a new series, Keera Duggan. The setting is Seattle, as some of his other series. In fact, it is the same world, as we […]