Review: Venomous - Book #2 Monstrous Series - Nicole M. Rubino - October 2024 Some books sit on your Kindle for years before the right moment finally comes along to read them. Venomous by Nicole M. Rubino was one of those books for me. I’d had this one sitting on my Kindle for a couple of years, but it was an August reading challenge that finally gave me the push I needed. One of the prompts was for a mythology retelling, and I immediately knew this was going to be the perfect choice. Sometimes a reading challenge really does know what you need to pick up next! After surviving her first year at Alystair University, Rhiannon is barely holding things together. She is plagued by nightmares that blur the boundaries between dreams and reality, while the guilt of the friends she failed to protect continues to weigh heavily on her. Then there is Nick. Believing that letting him go was the only way to keep him safe, Rhiannon soon discovers that her plan has spectacularly backfired as Nick’s o...

Title: Unapologetic Obsession A Twisted Titanic Story Series: Tales of Obsession #3 Author: Drethi A. Genre: Dark Romance Tropes: Student/Professor, Amnesia, Stalker Hero Shy Heroine, Interracial Romance Release Date: October 1, 2025 BL URB Tabula Rasa—A clean slate. Everyone deserves one, no? Whether I want it or not, that’s exactly what I receive—a reset. My name is Rose. No last name. No family to anchor me. No one to claim me as their own. I woke up behind a dumpster with no memories, just nightmares featuring a faceless man. My life has been erased like chalk dusted on a blackboard. Desperate and hungry, I sneak onto a boat, only for the owner to catch me red-handed. His name is Dr. Caledon Maxwell. He looks as regal as his name suggests. Arrogant. Unattainable. Drop dead gorgeous. Drop dead rich. I am both terrified and fascinated by the man. I tell him I set out to uncover my past, but Dr. Maxwell has other ideas. Forget the past. Look forward to the future. With each...

  Book Details: Book Title :   DEAR HERO by  Alyssa Roat & Hope Bolinger Category :   YA Fiction (Ages 13-17) ,  394 pages Genre :   YA Romance, Superheroes,  Chat Fiction, Humor Publisher :   Torchflame Books Release date:    October, 2024 Content Rating :  PG-13  for MCU-level superhero violence; PG when it comes to language and sexual content (kissing). Book Description: There's an app for everything--even meeting a new nemesis. Up-and-coming teen superhero Cortex is on top of the world—at least, until his villain dumps him. If he’s going to save his reputation, he needs a new villain to fight, and fast. Meanwhile, the villainous Vortex has once again gotten a little overeager and taken out a hero prematurely. Will any young hero be able to keep up with her? Maybe she should work on finding a steady relationship with an enemy she won’t kill in the first round. Enter Meta-Match, a nemesis pairing site...

When Poesy Laroche was sold to the highest bidder, she found herself desperate to change her fate and disappears into the woods no one dares to speak of. The screams that come at night become only whispers of stories about the mysterious Lady Venom, whose manor is filled with snakes and horrors. And when Poesy gets lost within her maze, Lady Venom claims her as her own mistress, with no hope of escape. Fans of dark sapphic romances will devour Lady Venom Takes a Mistress by Kat Blackthorne, a spicy gothic twist on Medusa and Beauty and the Beast. Buy Now or Read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Blurb To be bid on was to be bought as a wife. To the winning bidder his prize, a maid, a servant, a child-bearer. That would be Poesy Laroche’s life, she realized, as she walked down the aisle to her future husband. He’d promised to break her into submission, and she knew his words were true. In an act of desperation, she takes the reins of her fate and dives into the woods we don’t speak ...

Wonder Land Alexis Rey Publication date: July 1st 2023 Genres: Adult, Romance “ALICE FALLS DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE She was told she’ll be called Alice. She was told he will meet her there. She wasn’t told much else, but she knows it will be a singular experience she won’t soon forget. Wonderland. Where she will discover things about herself she both always knew and didn’t believe existed. Except it doesn’t turn out to be a singular experience, as the call of Wonderland lures Alice back again and again, and her mysterious stranger shows her more and more hidden recesses of her fantasy self. Every time she sees him, he ups the ante and wants more of her, while keeping himself shrouded in mystery. But soon, lines between fantasy and reality, home and Wonderland, begin to get blurred as two very real vulnerable people find themselves entrenched in each other more than they think they should be. How far will Alice and her Dom go to prove themselves to each other?” **Wonder Land ...

Wonder Land Alexis Rey Publication date: July 1st 2023 Genres: Adult, Romance ALICE FALLS DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE She was told she’ll be called Alice. She was told he will meet her there. She wasn’t told much else, but she knows it will be a singular experience she won’t soon forget. Wonderland. Where she will discover things about herself she both always knew and didn’t believe existed. Except it doesn’t turn out to be a singular experience, as the call of Wonderland lures Alice back again and again, and her mysterious stranger shows her more and more hidden recesses of her fantasy self. Every time she sees him, he ups the ante and wants more of her, while keeping himself shrouded in mystery. But soon, lines between fantasy and reality, home and Wonderland, begin to get blurred as two very real vulnerable people find themselves entrenched in each other more than they think they should be. How far will Alice and her Dom go to prove themselves to each other?” **Wonder Land i...

Review: Northanger Abbey - The Austen Project Series - Val McDermid - March 2014 This month's reading challenge is to clear my TBR bookshelves and focus on books that have been sitting there for a while. I decided to start by grabbing ones that I know have been there a long time, like this one that has been sitting on my bookshelf for nearly ten years. I wasn't sure how I would find this one as I do love my renditions but didn't know much of the story of Northanger Abbey as it isn't one of Austen's most known works and one people I have heard said is aimed at the younger audience due to the main characters age. The other thing was that Val McDermid is said to be the Queen of Crime and so I wasn't sure how she would transfer her skills to an Austen tale. After reading it, I can surely doth protest that Val McDermid did an amazing job as the book was so easy to follow and read and held my attention. In Northanger Abbey, we first met Cat Morland who has come to E...