The Phantom Paragrapher

Taken, I’m bound inside the home of a dangerous man. He may have saved me from his sadistic cousin, but it seems I’ve only traded one monster for another. Fans of The Five Families series by Jill Ramsower will love Violent Ascension by Giorgia Blake, a steamy, enemies-to-lovers, forced marriage, mafia romance. Buy Now! I’m a Rising Star. A boss. A Real One. Yet I’m here. Taken and bound inside the home of Alessandro Parisi. A dangerous man who holds my life and my secrets close to the chest. He has all the answers but refuses to answer any of my questions. All he’s told me is that I’m his and the key to his ascension. He saved me from his sadistic cousin; but it seems I just traded one monster for another. The first one stalked and taunted me until I was convinced death was around every corner. This one orders me to cooperate, bend to his touch, and obey. Too bad obedience isn’t in my nature and sacrifice is my birthright. ...

Bookworm Cookie O’Gorman Publication date: April 20th 2023 Genres: Romance, Young Adult Bookworm (buk-werm): Someone who loves books, reading, and/or studying. For reference, see Charlotte Kent. Seventeen-year-old Charlotte Kent likes happy endings. Not that she’s looking for one herself. Awkward, never been kissed, and bookish to the core, Lottie would rather read about love than experience it. But she enjoys helping others find their HEA in books. Lottie loves working at the library…even if it means running into Bo Stryker. Broody, athletic, and unfairly attractive when he frowns, Bo works at the flower shop across the street. Lottie is about to get rejected…when surprisingly, Bo steps in, pretends to be her boyfriend, and steals her first kiss. One viral video later, everyone thinks they’re together. Bo wants to keep pretending. Lottie wants to make amends—long story short: she was on a ladder; he startled her; the book slap was an accident. A fake relationship may b...

Renley Ali Lucia Sky (Somnolence, #4) Publication date: April 11th 2023 Genres: Adult, New Adult, Paranormal In her darkest moment, he came willing to burn the world down for her. During one night of weakness, Adder Rowe gave in to some sweet words, and has a lot of complications in her life to show for it. Now pregnant, she is eking by. But even before that, her ties to CypherSphere Records and Of Ashes To Eternity had left a bad taste in her mouth and an uneasy feeling in her heart. Renley Titan isn’t anyone’s hero. A chance meeting with his Tether, when she reaches out to his former band, leaves him in a dicey position. Play the game and keep winning the hearts of millions, or break the rules and make the world a better place for everyone by blowing it all up. The volatile keyboardist could go either way. But when someone comes out of the woodwork looking for a story only Adder can tell, how far will they go to get it? Please be advised by the content warning inside the...

Broken Dreams Abbie Roads (Beautiful Nightmare, #2) Publication date: May 9th 2023 Genres: Adult, Dark Romance, Romance A stalker. A killer. A virgin hero who will sacrifice himself to save the woman he loves. FBI Special Skills Consultant Lathan Montgomery has a genetic anomaly that he uses to solve cold cases, but it forces him to live in seclusion. When he saves a woman from a roadside attack, instead of her presence causing him to lose control, she soothes him. For the first time in his life, he experiences love. But someone is watching them and planning to make them both suffer. Broken Dreams is the second book in Abbie Roads’ Beautiful Nightmare Series of dark romantic thrillers. It features a v!rg!n hero who never thought he’d find love. If you devour true crime and romance novels then you’ll love a series that combines both in a roller-coaster ride of danger, mind games, and swoon worthy love. Buy this dangerously dark romance today! Trigger warning: Depictions of...

Stars on Fire Sky Gold (The Sable Riders, #1) Publication date: February 26th 2023 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Science Fiction The thing is, Selene, I don’t do forever. It’s not what this is.’ – Kainan Sable. He’s lethal, wraith-like, a warrior who lives in the twilight, the hidden inferno amongst the stars. She’s driven, ambitious, and unrelenting, with an allure that forces him from the shadows. He needs to control the intensity of his reaction to her. She fights the temptation glinting in his sapphire wildfire eyes. He wants revenge. She wants forever. But he can’t give her ‘forever’. Or can he? War is stirring in the skies and stars above Eden II. Between empires in ascension and realms in decline. Kainan and Selene find themselves caught up in the maelstrom. Together they’ll light the stars on fire, even as darkness beyond their control seeks to turn their destiny – and their forever – to ashes. __________________________ If you’re in the mood for: A ...

Review: Dead Ringer - Jessie Rosen - November 2015 One year ago the small town of Englewood suffered a major tragedy when a student Sarah Castro-Tanner jumped off the local bridge and supposedly committed suicide. Everyone wrote it off as a tragic accident and decided not to talk about it again. That is until a new student Laura Rivers turns up and the whispers start again as Laura looks similar to Sarah,   they could pass as sisters. This story has three sides to it, we have Sasha - who is invested in finding out the truth about what happened to Sarah and as an amazing hacker, she decides to tap into the Englewood High School students' network and set up some alerts in case anyone searches Sarah's name. Things for her have been quiet until now and now with new information rolling in, she has upped her hacker game skills. Laura soon starts to date Charlie, who we discover was involved with Sarah, and he and his friends were with her the night she died. Can Laura find out the ...

Review: The Perfect Ruin - Shanora Williams - August 2021 After reading Shanora William's book The Other Mistress, and enjoying the psychological thriller and the edgy twists and turns. I wanted to go back and read some of her other books. I grabbed The Perfect Ruin and set to read this. This one was just as a crazy ride as The Other Mistress. In The Perfect Ruin, we meet Ivy who has been going to a therapist for years ever since her parents were killed and now she has finally been presented with the name of the person who killed her parents and in her mind completely ruined her life. Now Ivy has the name, she is prepared to ruin the person's life as they ruined hers. The name on the paper belongs to Lola Maxwell who is a wealthy philanthropist and owner of a charity helping young mums. Ivy gets plastic surgery from Lola's husband and slowly starts to infiltrate Lola's life and soon gains Lola's trust as one of her BFFs. Lola's other friends are suspicious as I...

Review: The Ninth Month - James Patterson and Richard DiLallo - August 2022   As usual, I like to give the author writing with James Patterson a go, some are hits and others are misses. The Ninth Month was one of those hits. The book starts with introducing us to Emily who is an alcoholic and druggie, she also has no one really as her parents were always mainly focused on themselves and paraded Emily around when they needed a child or an accessory. They had their faults, but what worked for Emily was they were really wealthy and always provided financially for her. One day, she ends up in the hospital after a bad overdose and meets Beth - one of the nurses. The two become fast friends especially when they both learn that they are pregnant at the same time. For Emily, this is her first child but for Beth - it is her fourth.  As Emily hasn't been the most responsible with her body, Beth is there as her support person throughout the pregnancy. The book then flips to the present...