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#WOTR25 #paranormal #Shifters #seriesstarter – Riding with a Cougar, Fix Ridge MC book #1 by Miranda Lynn

Karma never imagined she’d rise to the top and createThe Fox Ridge Riders MC after being rejected by her fated mate. A powerful cougar shifter with a heart scarred by betrayal, she’s carved out a fierce and independent life as club president. But when her father, Rhyno Russo—president of the deadly South American MC, The Motley Beasts—threatens everything she’s worked for, Karma must join forces with the one man she’s sworn to avoid.

Chaos, the brooding president of the rival Wolves’ Den MC, has always known that Karma was his true mate. But with her heart locked away in bitterness, he must fight not only his own instincts but the looming war between their clubs to convince her they belong together. Together, they must take on Rhyno Russo and his empire of drugs, including Synth—a life-saving substance for young shifters—and the deadly Dust, a drug meant for shifters only.

But with every step, the danger grows, and the threats to their bond intensify. Karma and Chaos are forced to confront not only their darkest fears but the powerful forces that would tear them apart. Through battles, betrayal, and undeniable passion, they fight to protect not just their love but the future of the shifter world.

Will they survive the war that could destroy them—or will they find the strength to claim the bond meant to be theirs?

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Review by Twinsie Angie

I purchased this book.

I love new series from authors I call a “one click” author. So when Miranda dropped this bad boy I was ready.  Life lifed and I had to wait a couple days to get to it but I did finally.

This book is a slight spin off from the other series she has.  There are brief mentions of the characters but it is not necessary to read them at all but trust me you will want too.

I love MC stories so I was very excited to read about Karma and her story.  I also love the enemies to lovers with Chaos.  I mean who doesn’t wanna see that chemistry combust.

The story was a series starter so I know to give it time to open up and tell us all the characters.  I will say because we had 2 separate MC clubs it was a little confusing getting all the new characters off the bat.  So a few times I was like is that her club?  His?  Dad’s??

Karma was rejected by her mate and was destroyed.  Her dad takes her home and years later she is running her own club without daddy around.  Chaos is part of her dad’s club and they soon need to lean on each other to figure out what is going on in the town.  Of course they are at each others throats and Karma was sooooo pushing Chaos away.  When he starts making deals with her to spend time with him she does it but is still confused about the chemistry.  She HAD a mate so there is no dang way he is her mate like he claims.

The chemistry was great.  They were perfect pair and I cant wait to see where this series goes in future books.

Mother to two teenage boys, 2 four legged babies, and wife to a loving army veteran who doesn’t mind the extra voices in her head. Miranda grew up on a dairy farm in Illinois, but calls Portland, TN home now. She is an avid reader, coffee addict, wine lover, crafter, and beginning quilter. Though her true passion is in creating her own worlds, characters, and stories for her readers.

#Review – Save My Soul by K.S. Haigwood

Kendra Larkin’s life was seemingly perfect, but little did she know the path she was on was about the be forever altered. Following a tragic rappelling accident, she lands on Dr. Adam Chamberlain’s operating table.

Accepting a proposal from her handsome guardian angel, Rhyan, Kendra is tasked with saving the soul of her doctor, who also happens to be her soul mate. If completed successfully, she will keep her life; however, her life isn’t the only thing in danger … her soul is, too.

Even with Rhyan’s help, it seems there is no happy ending in sight. Torn between her newly discovered love for Rhyan, and the undeniable attraction she has for Adam, Kendra finds herself at a crossroad. With Adam’s rejection of God, and his guardian demon conspiring against her, her soul may already be lost.

Will she find a way to overcome the evil in her life, or will Adam’s guardian demon win both their souls and make Kendra his puppet in Hell?

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Review by Twinsie Kelly

Dying to find your soul mate can suck. But it can be so totally worth it!

When I first started reading I wasn’t completely sure if I was going to really like it. There was a lot of “you must believe in God,” “he has to believe in God,” etc. It’s good to believe in something. Well, I kept reading because the story was starting to get going. We are learning more about guardian angels and guardian demons. Then there is a little love triangle conflict happening. What?! There is literally so much going on that you have to keep turning the pages because if you don’t, you are bound to miss something!

Kendra is given a second chance at life but this second chance is with her soul mate… as long as she can show him love. She has one week. At the same time, she has to contend with her own guardian angel and demon, plus her family and friends.

This is an epic love story with a million roadblocks but when love conquers all evil, you never have to give up hope!

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“Far from crazy, but equally as far from normal. There are voices in my head and I occasionally talk to them.” – Kristie Haigwood

K. S. Haigwood is the author of the Save My Soul, Eternal Island and Moonrising series. By day, she is a CNC Machinist, but by night and weekend, she saves the world or destroys it in a single bound, depending on what mood she is in and if she has had her coffee. In addition to being an award winner for the ‘Life Changing Read Award’, she has also been nominated twice for Best Indie Book 2016 in the Paranormal category.

Characterization is one of K.S. Haigwood’s strongest points. You can understand each characters’ predicaments and you can almost foresee their reactions. But. There’s always a but, with this author, because Haigwood can deliver enough twists and turns to turn a tornado on its head. Just as you think you’ve figured where the story is going next, she’s duped you again.

The whole of her novels are littered with good chuckle moments, and even in the darkest hour, the thinnest hint of a silver lining is still visible among the clouds.

Shock therapy for body and soul, delivered at a hundred miles an hour with the humor and charisma of a trendsetter, Haigwood is certain to be hailed the new wonder-drug to cure all ills.

#Review – #0.5 Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Dark magic is forbidden at Zodiac Academy. That’s why I hide it so well.

But now I’m supposed to mentor Darius Acrux: the son of the most ruthless Dragon Shifter in Solaria. If he’s caught using blood magic, he’ll lose his claim to the throne.

The problem is? Our families are up to something, and we’re determined to find out what.

No matter what dark power we must turn to…

Welcome to Zodiac Academy, where your star sign defines your destiny. As the Fae of the future, you will soon learn the merciless way to claim your power. Life among the Vampires, Shifters and Sirens is no easy ride, but if you can make it through your exams, you might just be able to harness your inner strength and earn your place among the elite.

***This is a prequel novella set five years before Zodiac Academy: The Awakening, Book 1 in the Zodiac Academy series.***

When I started this series, I didn’t realize there were so many books and that it should be read in a certain order. Thankfully, I haven’t missed much but it was nice going back to the beginning to find out how Lance and Darius’s bond formed. Darius’s father is still a monster and I loathe him even more now. It was also nice to see how Lance was completely different compared to now (I’m on book 3 of the series). Looks I’ll have to go back and read the one told by the boys too.

This novella introduces us to the dark magic you hear Lance talk about later on. If you read this one first, you will get spoilers. So I actually liked reading book 1 and 2 first and then going back to read this one. I think I’ll like that for the boys book too. It’s such a big world and I’m so looking forward to reading all of these books. I also can’t wait to get them in paperback because I know I’ll want to read them again and again.

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#Promo – Onyx Storm (The Empyrean Book 3) by Rebecca Yarros

Discover the instant #1 New York Times bestseller! TV series now in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society.

Accolades for Fourth Wing
Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 • Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 • Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 • NPR “Books We Love” 2023 • Audible Best Books of 2023 • Hudson Book of the Year • Google Play Best Books of 2023 • Indigo Best Books of 2023 • Waterstones Book of the Year finalist • Goodreads Choice Award Winner • Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Books of 2023 • Paste Magazine’s Best Books of 2023 • TikTok Book Awards UK and Ireland Book of the Year (International) 2024

There was so much happening in this book that I’m definitely going to have to do a re-read before the next one. This is jam packed with action and I enjoyed every moment of it! Also, Xaden. *sigh* He’s just the perfect book boyfriend and I love his love for Violet.

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#WOTR25 #Review – Reign of Blood (The Vampires of Vegas Book 1) by Alexia Purdy

“Never tease anything that wants to eat you. My name is April Tate and my blood is the new gold. Vampires and hybrids have overrun my world, once vibrant with life, but now a graveyard of death shrouded in shadows. I fight to survive; I fight for my mother and brother. The journey is full of turns that I am quite unprepared for. And I’m just hoping to make it to the next Vegas sunrise…”In a post-apocalyptic world, a viral epidemic has wiped out most of the earth’s population, leaving behind few humans but untold numbers of mutated vampires. April is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives in the remains of Las Vegas one year after the outbreak. She has become a ferocious vampire killer and after her family is abducted, she goes searching for them. What she finds is a new breed of vampire, unlike any she has seen before. Unsure of whom she can trust, she discovers that her view of the world is not as black and white as she once thought, and she’s willing to bend the rules to rescue her family. But in trying to save them, she may only succeed in bringing her fragile world crashing down around her.

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Review by Twinsie Kelly

Ok, so, I am a sucker for post-apocalyptic, dystopian, end of the world, zombies, vampires, etc. Now this series, it mixes post-apocalyptic and vamps….I just had to read it!

When the world around you has become a graveyard and everything has been taken away from you, what do you have to live for? April is trying to live. She is a 17-year-old who has to grow up really fast and lives for her mother and brother. When they are abducted, she just has to find them.

It has been a year since a virus outbreak that didn’t cause zombies but there was an outbreak of feral vampires. I have to be honest and eyerolled a bit here because I was hoping for something a bit more original instead of a virus. However, I continued. While April is out searching for her family and during one of her rage killings of feral vampires, she is introduced to a hybrid vampire. Ultimately, an entire hive of hybrid vampires. Turns out that that she has something that this hive needs, but she also needs this hive to help her find her family. A little tit for tat. Nothing wrong with that, right? While this part of the story is unfolding, we end up getting some cliché’ vampire vibes (forever mating, being able to walk in sunlight, etc.) and I had to hide another slight eyeroll. I had a bit of problem that a year has gone by and April and her family never ran into the hybrids in Las Vegas while foraging.

While some of these things bothered me during the story, the writing was done very well. Even though some of it wasn’t as original as I had hoped, there is a lot of great writing and story telling that keeps you turning the pages. The characters are well developed and April is extremely easy to identify with. Her internal struggle is very real. If placed in a similar position, I don’t know if many people could mentally handle the situation. There is quite the plot twist that is keeping me hanging on and I do need to continue to find out what happens. I am also invested in her love interest *wags eyebrows*!

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Alexia is a USA Today Bestselling author who currently lives in Las Vegas and loves spending every free moment writing or hanging out with her four rambunctious kids. Writing is the ultimate getaway for her since she’s always lost in her head. She is best known for her award-winning Reign of Blood series, and A Dark Faerie Tale Series.

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#WOTR25 #Review – Resonant (The Vampires of Vegas Prequel) by Alexis Purdy

Surviving is worse than death…

As the first days of the end of humanity tumble across the city of Las Vegas in the form of an overwhelming viral infection, turning almost everyone into vampire-like creatures, April Tate will find out what it really means to survive. What does it take to make it out alive in a place where everything is but a withered echo of its former self, and death does not come willingly?

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Review by Twinsie Kelly

I love Prequels! Especially after you get invested with the main character and just NEED to see what the heck they went through at the beginning. However, in this instance, I started with the prequel. Sometimes, this is a big no no because you are just not committed to the story yet. Well, Alexia Purdy is a new to me author and I am now invested in this story. I need to know what craziness April and her family are about to get into. APOCALYPTIC VAMPIRES! I read this in less than an hour and was so bummed that the story was over. But the best part is, I get to dive right into Reign of Blood like, RIGHT NOW! See ya on the flip side!

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Alexia is a USA Today Bestselling author who currently lives in Las Vegas and loves spending every free moment writing or hanging out with her four rambunctious kids. Writing is the ultimate getaway for her since she’s always lost in her head. She is best known for her award-winning Reign of Blood series, and A Dark Faerie Tale Series.

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#WOTR25 #twinsieforthedayYvonne – Chasing Harmony, The Others #1 by Sabrina Rue

Step into the world of the Others.

Harmony Kassis knows how to survive. No matter what life throws at her, no matter the odds. On the run for four years after the death of her father, she manages to evade capture that means certain death…or worse.

Until he joins the hunt. Faster, stronger than the others…she begins to doubt her ability to best him.

To Ryker Blackwell, his arranged marriage with Harmony is a way to advance his goals and expand his holdings. Following a horrific tragedy, his bond with her becomes personal. She’s on the run, alone and vulnerable, their mutual enemies in pursuit.

He will stop at nothing to catch her before they do.

Read the first book in the Others series right now and discover paranormal romance done differently. You’re going to love Sabrina Rue.

Chasing Harmony: The Others – Book One
Finding Hope: The Others – Book Two
Keeping Desiree: The Others – Book Three

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Review by Yvonne

I loved this story and cannot wait for more. I have read paranormal before but this just takes it up a notch. So well written and the characters are so full of life. I truly cannot wait to see what else she has in store for us.

Sabrina Rue is a paranormal author who focuses on the human condition…with all the horror and beauty it entails.

Enthralled in the supernatural from a young age, she’s written more stories about things that go bump in the night than any other. She has much to share in the coming years…and it’s good to have you here to be part of it.

You can find more information about Sabrina through her Always the Good Girl page on Facebook.

#ReleaseDay #Vampire #ForcedProximity – Because the Night by Kylie Scott

Waking a monster from its sleep is never a good idea.

Skye Carter is as normal as normal can be. But when she chances upon a man in the basement of an abandoned Hollywood Hills house, she’s suddenly playing tour guide, and introducing a fifteen-hundred-year-old vampire to this century. And who even knows what’s going on with her teeth.

The truth is, immortality can get old—which is why Lucas Thorne went to sleep for seventy years. But he’s back and ready to take on undead enemies and friends alike. In a world where threatening creatures roam the night streets, he’s the most dangerous of them all.

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Review by Twinsie Angie

I was given this book by the author for an honest review.

When Kylie said she had a Vampire novel I was excited.  Paranormal is my favorite genre to read.  I do love that Kylie is stretching her writing chops to tackle new subjects and new genres.  I have read every book of hers and will continue to do so.

Skye is a fabulous character who was in the wrong place at the wrong time when she became a meal for a starving just woke up elder vampire.  Poor girl.  She soon is thrown into a world of violence, betrayal, family, and rules???  Crazy right.

I liked Skye and her character.  She was a modern woman who was not to thrilled with Lucas and his old timey ways.  Lucas is a hot mess in this time period.  Things have changed and he needs to roll with the new times.  Henry…he made the book.  I loved every sentence he uttered in the book and every single scene.

SO did I like the book?  Yes-ish.  The banter with Henry was the best.  Its what I love most about Kylie books. Her banter is on point.  What I didn’t love was the constant retelling of information when a new character was introduced to the storyline.  It felt like too much of the same things.  I liked the story line of the new “Board” vs Lucas and his “old ways”.  I also felt like the story was stiff and was almost too slow to get going.  By the last few chapters I felt like it was better with the story and flow.

I would love to see another book since I feel towards the end of the book Kylie got into a good flow with the world and characters.

Kylie is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling, Audie Award winning Romance author.

#NewRelease #paranormal #RH – Cursed by Death, A Ruby Jane Novel Book #1 by Mary Martel

After the death of her mother and her father abandoning her, Ruby Jane grew up in foster care. Due to her father being the king of the underground people think that perhaps Ruby was much better off being raised in foster care.

People would be wrong. She’d just traded one monster in for another, an even bigger one.

Now, as an adult, and after the murder of the only family she had left, Ruby finds herself all alone in the world and seeking answers. Answers she has to venture into the underground to find.

Not a safe place for an innocent girl because the underground isn’t just full of criminals. It’s a place of darkness for the real life monsters that most people think are make-believe. The stuff nightmares are made of, that’s what lurks in the underground.

Ruby may be innocent but she’s anything but average. More familiar with monsters than most, she goes looking for answers and a murderer.

And she gets far more than she bargained for.

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Review by Twinsie Angie

I was given this book by the author for an honest review.

I had zero clue what this book was about but when Mary offered it, I jumped.  Imagine my shock and excitement when I saw it was a RH/Paranormal…yes please.

The book starts off with Ruby Jane and her twins being punished.  We don’t know why but know it will be part of the story moving forward.  Ruby is being raised in an orphanage by a very nasty woman and when she is 18, she us contacted by her dead grandmother’s attorney telling her she is rich. Pride keeps her from accepting the “charity” until her belly grows.  Then Pride be damned.

Ruby is thrown into a world that she knows about but isn’t ready for.  I mean she walks her butt into the underground strapped with weapons to find her Mate??  WHUTT!!  She is none to thrilled.  We then mee the other men who will be her harem…..the shifter, the detective, and the hunters aka the twins from childhood.

Ruby has a lot to deal with. But meeting her father wasn’t on the bingo card she planned on playing with.  She sure isn’t ready for the demands he makes on her either.  The is a great start to a new series.  I cant wait to see what happens with all her men and all the ways they should despise each other but work together to be with Ruby Jane.

I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest review.

I was excited but a bit nervous when Mary sent me this book.  The title and cover of this book did scare me a bit thinking it was going to be a dark story.  I have to say once I started reading it, I was hooked and could not put this one down.  I absolutely loved Ruby Jane.  She is a loner and can take care of herself. She doesn’t need anyone’s help but oh my how she ends up getting it anyway.

Ruby Jane has never had an easy life. She grew up in foster care after being left behind by her parents. She was forced to live with an evil woman but she did have her “twins” there that helped protect her when she was little. When she was older, the only friend she had was her deceased grandmother’s attorney, old man Thomas, that watched over her. Thomas was the only family she had left until one night he was taken from her.

While trying to figure out why Thomas was taken from her she somehow found herself surrounded by all kinds of men that wanted to protect her.  Her twins, Bane and Roan, from her childhood were reunited with her. She found a new friend in the detective Johnny Rowans that was assigned to the murder case. Then there is the shifter, Rally, that claimed her as his mate when she went to the underworld to find answers to her friends’ death.

Ruby Jane is used to being on her own and watching her navigate all these new relationships was entertaining.  I have to say it was fun to watch the guys interact with one another even though none of them see eye to eye on things except to protect Ruby Jane.  To say Ruby Jane will have her hands full is an understatement. I have to say one of the most shocking things was finding out who her father is and how he plays into this was a bit shocking. I am so exited about this series and so ready to find out what happens next with Ruby Jane and her harem of mixed matched men.

Mary Martel was born in West Michigan and spent the majority of her life there. She currently resides in North Dakota with her husband, and her two beautiful daughters. She’s an avid reader, and when not writing she can be found with her nose stuck in a book.

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#CoverReveal #paranormal #Vampire – Because the Night by Kylie Scott

Waking a monster from its sleep is never a good idea.

Skye Carter is as normal as normal can be. But when she chances upon a man in the basement of an abandoned Hollywood Hills house, she’s suddenly playing tour guide, and introducing a fifteen-hundred-year-old vampire to this century. And who even knows what’s going on with her teeth.

The truth is, immortality can get old—which is why Lucas Thorne went to sleep for seventy years. But he’s back and ready to take on undead enemies and friends alike. In a world where threatening creatures roam the night streets, he’s the most dangerous of them all.

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Kylie is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling, Audie Award winning author. She has sold over 2,000,000 books and was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year four times by the Australian Romance Reader’s Association. Her books have been translated into sixteen different languages. She is based in Queensland, Australia; living and working on land traditionally owned by the Jagera people.