Shadows of Nightshade Lyla Oweds (The Garden of Eternal Flowers, #1) Publication date: March 8th 2023 Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult I dream of a time where I was warm, safe, and loved. But my waking reality is starkly different. Anxiety plagues me and spirits haunt the shadows. No matter how fast I run, I can’t seem to escape my past. The only solace and steady force in my life is my best friend, Finn. And now… there’s a ghost haunting me. And I’m not certain if it wants help or if it wants to kill me. There’s only one person who can understand: Finn’s brother, Damen. However, in reaching out, I’m betraying Finn and setting things into motion that cannot be undone. But nobody ever said that doing the right thing was easy. — The Garden of Eternal Flowers is a re-envisioning of my Grimm Cases series. Eternal Flowers has taken my original vision of Bianca’s story and transformed it into something new and beautiful. Some chapters are similar, and some dialogue is the s...

Review: The Darkest Web - Book #2 Allison Barton Series - Kristin Wright - April 2022 I enjoyed Kristin Wright's debut novel in this series and so when I saw the second book come up on Netgalley, I knew I had to read it and it was just as good as the first book. The Darkest Web introduces us to lawyer Jane Knudsen who has come in and found her boss's body dead on his floor. She knows how it looks and is afraid she would be pinpointed as the number one suspect. Jane contacts one of her old roommates from law school, Allison Barton. Allison hasn't seen or heard from Jane since law school and the pair reunite. Allison will soon learn that Jane is still a beauty but that her beauty comes with a price and that it is this that makes her the prime suspect. At school, Jane was always private and now Allison is about to discover why as she delves into Jane's background. I felt for Jane and it now too has given me a different perspective on people that are "naturally beau...