Category: This one’s a Keeper

Spiral of Need by Suzanne Wright

Posted October 1, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

Title: Spiral of Need
Series: The Mercury Pack #1
Author: Suzanne Wright
Genre: Paranormal Shifter Romance
Published: September 29, 2015
Publisher: Montlake Romance
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Ally Marshall isn’t just a wolf shifter — she’s a Seer.

But a girl doesn’t exactly need special powers to know that Derren Hudson despises her entire kind. Disdain practically rolls off the Beta of the Mercury Pack . . . disdain mixed with a healthy dose of desire. And no matter how much the ruggedly handsome male appeals to her, this is one call of the wild she’s determined to ignore.

After one betrayal too many, Derren doesn’t have much use for Seers — except for Ally.

Forced into acting as her protector, he finds himself intensely and passionately drawn to the woman who incites his primal instinct to claim.

And when enemies target the pack, Ally’s gift may be just what the Mercury Pack needs.

Can he put his distrust aside, or will he force himself to turn his back on the one woman who makes his inner beast howl?

Read on for my thoughts on Spiral of Need. No true spoilers, promise.

Witch Weigh by Caroline Mickelson

Posted October 1, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

Title: Witch Weigh
Series:
Author: Caroline Mickelson
Genre: Halloween Romance, Paranormal
Published: October 23, 2012
Publisher: Bon Accord Press
My Rating: 4 spooky stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

Tessa Von Hellengaard is a real witch. Magical spells aside, she’s snarky and selfish, and the other witches in her silent spell coven are fed up with her. Their plan to reform Tessa involves taking away her magic, saddling her with one hundred extra pounds and sending her to a weight loss spa. For good measure they call in Liam Kennedy, a charming and sexy fairy godfather, to teach her some manners.

Desperate to regain her magic and determined to shed the weight, Tessa soon realizes that protecting her heart from Liam will prove to be her greatest challenge.

Read on for my thoughts on Witch Weigh. No true spoilers, promise.

Halloween Romance Month

Posted October 1, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

cat n pumpkins It’s almost time for witches and goblins and things that go bump in the night to show up at our front doors with pillowcases, fancy bags and containers held high for Halloween goodies.

I don’t “celebrate” Halloween – but I certainly do enjoy the fun, silly and spooky parts of this whole month leading up to Trick or Treat night.

This year I’m giving myself – and hopefully, you – a month long Halloween reading treat. Since I love Paranormal Romance novels it’s not unusual to find those types of book reviews here. So, I went looking for fun, quirky, silly at times but alway entertaining Halloween stories. I found a lot that I will be using my Kindle Unlimited plan on (the author still gets paid for my completing the story to the 100% mark) – as well as some that are on my own keeper bookshelves from years gone by.

So look for a daily dose of Halloween Romance from today until Halloween. If you have any favorites that you always enjoy this time of the year, please let me know in the comments so I can check them out. I always love finding new things to read.

For now, Happy Fall and here’s to a Spooky, Safe Halloween… and reading tons of fun stories.

Blood Dark by Lindsay J. Pryor

Posted September 25, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 3 Comments

Title: Blood Dark
Series: Blackthorn #5
Author: Lindsay J. Pryor
Genre: Paranormal
Published: September 23, 2015
Publisher: Bookouture
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

‘There are guardian angels, and there are monsters with wings’

Caitlin Parish should have been the last person to fall for a vampire. A member of the Vampire Control Unit, her relationship with master vampire Kane Malloy had explosive consequences. Caitlin’s colleagues count her as the enemy. And now she’s going back.

Kane has made powerful enemies of his own – and is being targeted by the head of the Global Council, Sirius Throme. With the stakes higher than ever before, Kane knows caring for Caitlin makes him vulnerable. Worse, her decision to return to VCU feels like betrayal.

With Throme threatening to tear Blackthorn apart, and the prophesied vampire leader finally revealed, Kane and Caitlin must both fight with everything they have to stop an all out war. But they’re fighting on opposite sides…

Right when she needs him most, Caitlin makes a shocking discovery about Kane. Has he been playing her all along? And can she trust him with her life when he won’t even trust her with the truth?

The choice Caitlin makes will change the game in Blackthorn forever.

Read on for my thoughts on Blood Dark. No true spoilers, promise.

Ghost of You by Kelly Moran

Posted September 23, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

Title: Ghost of You
Series: Phantoms #3
Author: Kelly Moran
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Published: September 21, 2015
Publisher: Entangled, Covet
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

The safest place is with the guy she doesn’t trust…

It’s no secret amongst the Phantoms crew that lead investigator Sammy Hanesworth pretty much hates psychologist Cain McClutchen. The tension between them is taut with dislike…and unexpected attraction. Cain knows full well that something about him rubs Sammy the wrong way. But now they’re on a terrifying case-with orders from the network to get along or else.

Filled with past horrors, the Nebraskan site is more than creepy. And Sammy knows it all too well. It’s her hometown and near the place where her mother was killed. As the sinister presence makes itself known, Sammy finds herself turning to the last person she ever expected-Cain. Even as darkness surrounds them, tensions gives way to something bright and unexpectedly intimate. But nothing will prepare them for the evil they are about to face.

Read on for my thoughts on Ghost of You. No true spoilers, promise.

The Brigadier’s Runaway Bride by Erica Ridley

Posted September 5, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

Title: The Brigadier’s Runaway Bride
Series: The Dukes of War #5
Author: Erica Ridley
Genre: Historical Romance
Published: September 1, 2015
Publisher: Intrepid Reads
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Miss Sarah Fairfax is having a wretched year. Her intended perished at war. His child is in her belly. To secure her future, she resigns herself to a loveless marriage. Just as she’s about to say “I do,” her fiancée returns from the grave to crash the wedding… but he’s no longer the charming, carefree man she remembers.

After being left for dead on the battlefield, Brigadier Edmund Blackpool is scarred inside and out. He fights his way home only to discover his intended before the altar with his best friend. He’ll be the one to marry her, no matter what she wants! But when his new bride disappears with his child, he must reopen his wounds to win the most important battle of his life.

Read on for my thoughts on The Brigadier’s Runaway Bride. No true spoilers, promise.

Southern Spirits by Angie Fox

Posted September 4, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

Title: Southern Spirits
Series: The Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #1
Author: Angie Fox
Genre: Paranormal
Published: January 21, 2015
Publisher:
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: Owned, Kindle Edition
Cover Description:

When out of work graphic designer Verity Long accidentally traps a ghost on her property, she’s saddled with more than a supernatural sidekick—she gains the ability see spirits. It leads to an offer she can’t refuse from the town’s bad boy, the brother of her ex and the last man she should ever partner with.

Ellis Wyatt is in possession of a stunning historic property haunted by some of Sugarland Tennessee’s finest former citizens. Only some of them are growing restless—and destructive. He hires Verity to put an end to the disturbances. But soon Verity learns there’s more to the mysterious estate than floating specters, secret passageways, and hidden rooms.

There’s a modern day mystery afoot, one that hinges on a decades-old murder. Verity isn’t above questioning the living, or the dead. But can she discover the truth before the killer finds her?

Read on for my thoughts on Southern Spirits. No true spoilers, promise.

Soul Corrupted by Lisa Gail Green

Posted September 3, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

Title: Soul Corrupted
Series: Of Demons and Angels #2
Author: Lisa Gail Green
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Published: September 9, 2015
Publisher: Full Fathom Five
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

In Soul Corrupted, the sequel to Soul Crossed, life in Heaven isn’t all “happily ever after” for Josh and Grace. Now Guardian Angels, they are entrusted with finding and saving the next potential Antichrist. But Grace is consumed with worry about her family, which is dealing with the aftershocks of her death. She’s particularly concerned about her brother Noah, who has turned down a dangerous path of drugs and violence—and she’s frustrated by the rules of Heaven, which forbid her from contacting them.

Josh has troubles of his own. A former Demon, he questions his ability to guide troubled souls to the light. When he discovers that Noah made a deal with Lucifer and has even been hanging around with Josh’s old Demon pal, Keira, he makes a forbidden counter-deal with the Devil to save Noah’s soul. Josh’s side of the bargain? He has to sever his relationship with Grace.

Josh and Grace’s world is about to spin out of control, testing the limits of true love and blurring the border between Heaven and Hell.

Soul Corrupted is the second installment in Lisa Gail Green’s Of Demon and Angels series, which started with Soul Crossed.

Read on for my thoughts on Soul Corrupted. No true spoilers, promise.

You’re the Earl That I Want by Kelly Bowen

Posted August 25, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

Title: You’re The Earl That I Want
Series: The Lords of Worth #3
Author: Kelly Bowen
Genre: Historical Romance
Published: August 25, 2015
Publisher: Forever (Grand Central Publishing)
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

THE EARL DOTH PROTEST . . .

For businessman Heath Hextall, inheriting an earldom has been a damnable nuisance. The answer: find a well-bred, biddable woman to keep his life in order and observe the required social niceties. But it’s always been clear that Lady Josephine Somerhall is not that woman. Once a shy slip of a girl, Joss is now brilliant, beautiful chaos in a ball gown.

. . . BUT THE LADY KNOWS BEST

In her heart, Joss has always loved Heath, the one person she’s always been able to count on. That doesn’t mean she wants to marry him though. Without a husband, Joss can do as she pleases—and now, it pleases her to solve the mystery of an encoded file given to Heath by a dying man. It’s put Heath in peril once, and Joss won’t let that happen again. She’ll do what she must to ensure the earl’s safety. And to remind him that what she lacks in convention, she makes up for in passion.

Read on for my thoughts on You’re The Earl That I Want. No true spoilers, promise.

On The Hunt

Posted August 25, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

Title: On The Hunt
Series:
Author: Alexandra ivy, Rebecca Zanetti, Dianne Duvall, Hanna Jayne
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Published: August 25, 2015
Publisher: Kensington Books, Zebra
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Four of today’s most intriguing paranormal authors entice readers deep into the shadows, where vampires, immortals, and other supernatural creatures heat up the night…

ON THE HUNT by Alexandra Ivy
Mika Tanner has loved Bailey Morrell, a beautiful Healer, since childhood. But his duty as a Sentinel, a supernatural guardian of an ancient race, clashed with her rebellious spirit. Now a dangerous new anarchist group not only threatens life as they know it—but any chance of their being together again…

SCORPIUS RISING by Rebecca Zanetti
While searching for a meteorite, Nora Mendina is arrested by her sheriff ex-husband—who’s only gotten hotter than the Nevada desert since she last saw him. When the meteorite breaks open, the few survivors gain extraordinary powers, unleashing a crazed super genius killer. Can Nora and her ex stop the murders…while igniting a new love affair?

PHANTOM EMBRACE by Dianne Duvall
Immortal Yuri Sokolov was born with the ability to see spirits, yet he’s never seen one as lovely as Cat Seddon, the woman who haunts his home and his dreams. But amid their star-crossed love, a new danger may have Yuri facing a different kind of eternity.

STAKE OUT by Hannah Jayne
Vampire fashion designer Nina LaShay has a lot on her plate—just two days until fashion week and the model who was flirting with her photographer boyfriend is now a corpse in her studio. But when dead turns into undead and dangerous, Nina must find out who’s responsible…before the beautiful baby vamp takes too many bites out of the Big Apple.

Read on for my thoughts on the anthology On The Hunt. No true spoilers, promise.

What To Do With A Duke by Sally MacKenzie

Posted August 25, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 0 Comments

Title: What To Do With A Duke
Series: Spinster House #1
Author: Sally MacKenzie
Genre: Historical Romance
Published: August 25, 2015
Publisher: Kensington Books, Zebra
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Welcome to the charming, fatefully named village of Loves Bridge, where a woman destined for spinsterhood can live a life of her own choosing—or fall unexpectedly, madly in love…

Miss Isabelle Catherine Hutting would rather be lounging in the library than circling the ballroom in search of a husband any day. So when Cat hears that the town’s infamous Spinster House is open for a new resident, she jumps at the chance to put all this marriage business behind her. But first she must make arrangements with her prospective landlord, Marcus, the Duke of Hart—the most handsome man she’s ever seen, and the only man who’s ever impressed her in the least…

With her wit, independent spirit, and not least of all her beauty, Marcus can’t help but be stirred by Cat. It’s terribly unfortunate he’s not looking to marry, given the centuries-old curse that left his family with the Spinster House to begin with. No duke shall live to see his heir’s birth. But is there a chance the curse could be broken—in true fairy-tale fashion—by an act of true love? The race to Happily Ever After is about to begin…

Read on for my thoughts on What To Do With A Duke. no true spoilers, promise.