Review: Because the Night - Kylie Scott - March 2025 Okay, let me be real with you all , I have been in a serious reading slump lately. You know the kind. You pick up book after book, read a few chapters, and just... nothing. No spark. No that pull that makes you want to cancel all your plans and stay up until 2am. It has been frustrating, and honestly a little heartbreaking for someone who lives and breathes books. So I did what any self-respecting book lover does in a crisis  I went back to a sure thing. I reached up to my trusty bookshelf and pulled down Because the Night by Kylie Scott. I have never once been let down by a Kylie Scott book, and after a recent rewatch of Vampires Suck had me deep in my Twilight feelings, the timing felt absolutely perfect. And you know what? It worked. Slump: shattered. In Because the Night , we meet Skye Carter, a property manager who makes the very unfortunate and very life-altering mistake of accidentally waking a sleeping vampire named Lu...

Review: A Tempest of Tea - Book #1 Blood and Tea Series - Hafsah Faizal - February 2024 A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal is a whirlwind of steampunk vibes, danger, and deceit, with a twist of romance and intrigue that will keep you hooked from start to finish. Set in the vibrant city of White Roaring, the story centers on Arthie Casimir, a criminal mastermind who runs a seemingly innocent tearoom by day, which secretly transforms into an underground bloodhouse catering to the city's feared vampires by night. When her empire is at risk, Arthie must forge an unlikely alliance with a dangerous adversary to protect her world—one that balances precariously between the living and the undead. Faizal’s world-building is exceptional. Picture the elegance and intrigue of The Parasol Protectorate series combined with the high-stakes action of Heist Royale, and you’ll get a glimpse into the dazzling yet perilous life of White Roaring. Arthie is a force to be reckoned with, balancing power, wi...

A Vampire’s Star Marie-Claude Bourque (The Order of the Black Oak – Vampires, #5) Publication date: November 19th 2024 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance A VAMPIRE’S STAR: An Unexpected Pregnancy Slow-Burn Paranormal Romance When music producer and banshee Tilly Davenport learns that her pregnancy puts her and her child at risk from evil sorcerers who would use her as sacrifice to unleash powerful magic, she has no choice but appear at her powerful vampire baby daddy’s concert to ask for his protection. Easy-going Montreal immortal and rock star Cass St-Amand is shocked when his one-night flame shows up heavily pregnant with his child, disturbing his carefree lifestyle. But panic gets the best of him when a mysterious prophecy threatens the life of his expected child, and he vows to protect mother and baby at any cost. If you love loyal tough guys with hearts, steadfast heroines and satisfying slow-burn paranormal romance, the Black Oak World is for you. Goodreads / Pu...

Feral Darlings: A Vampire Romance Anthology Ally Vance, Ariel Marie, Cassie Lein, Dana Isaly, Emery LeeAnn, Felicity Brandon, Yolanda Olson Publication date: February 14th 2025 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance Cunningly, delicious, lustful, and intoxicating. Fall through the Crimson Veil and Frozen Malice, while you spiral into Revelry. Let the Godd@#n Vampire make their Eternal Claim on your soul. Survive the immortals lurking in the Western Evil as they decide whether to Suck, Marry, Kill their prey or let them run for one more night. Feral Darlings is a collection of short stories from USA Today and internationally bestselling authors Yolanda Olson, Felicity Brandon, Ariel Marie, Cassie Lein, Emery LeeAnn, Dana Isaly, and Ally Vance. Western Evil by Yolanda Olson Frozen Malice by Felicity Brandon Eternal Claim by Ariel Marie Suck, Marry, Kill by Cassie Lein Godd@#n Vampire by Emery LeeAnn Revelry by Dana Isaly Crimson Veil by Ally Vance This sinfully, dark coll...

Vampires of the Black Oak Marie-Claude Bourque (Vampires of the Black Oak, #1-3) Publication date: October 22nd 2024 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance Meet the vampires of the Black Oak: a powerful order of modern-day warrior fighting evil to protect the ones they love. Three vampire romances now together in this third installment in the Order of the Black Oak – Collection “… a nanural master of the slow-burn…” Book 1: A VAMPIRE’S SPELL: A Witch-Vampire Slow-Burn Paranormal Romance A guilt-ridden legacy vampire teams with a powerful witch to protect their city from a crazed scientist seeking immortality. Book 2: A VAMPIRE’S SIN: An Enemies to Lovers Slow-Burn Paranormal Romance An immortal Montreal vampire teams with an ambitious real estate tycoon to rescue her kid sister from a child-trafficking ring run by a pack of daemons. Book 3: A VAMPIRE’S SOUL: A Friends to Lovers Slow-Burn Paranormal Romance When a female vampire teams up with a faithful immortal friend to e...

Review: Adore - Book #3 Wish Series - Morgan Rice - June 2023 After escaping a half-genie who tried to kill her and now a boyfriend who wants to talk to her after he found out she is a Blood Moon Hybrid, Taylor Knight is still adjusting to her new life at the Wilderness Camp. Taylor and her friends Quinn and Beth have also progressed to the next level of training along with a couple of other friends.  One night, the camp is raided and Jesse ends up kidnapped trying to save and divert attention away from Taylor. Of course, she feels responsible so she sets out to save him. Where Taylor is, her friends are close by and despite Taylor's pleas for them not to come and that she can do it herself - they all end up following her. It won't be an easy journey though and across the way, Taylor will learn more about Blood Moon Hybrids which means her parents were Vampire and Werewolf and she was born under the Blood Moon. Blood Moon Hybrids are very rare due to the fact they can be unpred...

Review: Wish - Book #1 Wish Series - Morgan Rice -February 2023 As I have started to join in the last year of Bookstagram groups and raffles and the world of wishlists, it has seen me adding new books to my list and new titles that interested me but I possibly wouldn't have brought myself. I do have to admit this past year has opened my eyes to trying new authors as well.  Morgan Rice's Wish series caught my attention as it sounded like something up my alley. More so, the books aren't too long either which makes good reading time in terms of reading the book in one sitting. Reading Wish transported me back to the year 2007-2008, the year Vampire fiction was just arriving on the market. The year I first read Twilight and other series like Morganville Vampires, Vampire Beach, Vampire Kisses, and Vampire Diaries - you get the idea. A world for me before the Twilight fandom exploded and Vampires were suddenly the "in thing". If Morgan Rice had written her series back ...

Review: Die For You - Book #1 Red Thorne - Lauren Jackson - October 2023 At the beginning of the year, I saw on Instagram a new NZ company that had decided to give themselves a go at adding book bundles to their shop. At a very reasonable price, I thought I would give it a go and I am now hooked as you not only get an excellent brand-new book and good authors, but you also get a lovely bag of goodies. As many readers and followers of my blog and Instagram- NZGeekChic will know, I have only just gotten back into reading fantasy or as it's now been termed the last year to present time - romantasy. Which is romance meets fantasy - books most of us have been reading for years. Back in my late teens to mid-20s, I was obsessed with the Vampire and Werewolf world - think Bitten by Kelley Armstrong, Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris, Morganville Vampires by Rachael Caine, and of course Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Lauren Jackson's Red Thorne took me back to that time and eve...

The Vampire Jack Townson Publication date: January 23rd 2024 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Thriller Trade your entire life for fame, fortune, and eternal beauty. The only thing have to lose is your soul… Magic is real. And real damn scary . A man down on his luck trips and stumbles into a world of bloodthirsty monsters hidden among the precipices of New York City. A chance encounter with illustrious vampire Alexander LaMont ensnares the clumsy yet hopeful James Donovan in shadow and treachery, thrusting James into his new identity, The Vampire Jack Townson. Will Jack survive the vampiric politics of Manhattan, or will final death come to claim him at the next sunrise? Welcome to New York. We bite. Jack Townson’s contemporary fantasy series, The Vampire Jack Townson, is a perilous tale about the dangers of love, deception, and vampiric grit where the action of Jay Kristoff meets the decadence of Anne Rice. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo — EXCER...