Bite Me (Demon Underground #1) by Parker Blue

 

Blurb:

Part human, part succubus, and one hundred percent done taking crap from anyone.

Eighteen-year-old Val Shapiro has problems most teenagers don’t. Her dad was an incubus, her human mom can’t stand her demon side, and her only real friend is a snarky telepathic hellhound named Fang. (No, really. A hellhound. He sheds.) When she gets kicked out of the family and thrown into San Antonio’s supernatural underworld, Val does the only thing that makes sense: she becomes a vampire slayer.

But keeping her succubus under control while hunting things that go bump in the night is harder than it sounds—especially when every fight risks letting the demon out for good. And in a world that already sees her as a monster, losing that battle might just prove everyone right.

 

My review:

Bite Me is the first in a new to me Urban Fantasy. Val is a sharp character, Fang will make you laugh and Dan will make you swoon. I really enjoyed this one and am starting the next installment now.

 

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Kid Gloves by Annie Carlisle

 

Blurb:

Wade Mercer gave up his career to save the family ranch, and he runs it like control is a love language. The last thing he needs is the new neighbor — a whip-smart auditor with an underwater mortgage, a herd of opinionated goats, and a habit of being right — turning his operation, and his blood pressure, upside down.

Then the fire marshal says arson. And the whole county starts whispering her name.

Wade knows exactly one thing for certain: Delaney didn’t do it. Proving it means staking the ranch’s biggest contract — and his own carefully fenced heart — on the woman who has been dismantling both since the day she moved in.

 

My review:

Hilarious start to a new series. Each can be read stand alone. This is a terrific story about a by the book contractor and an smart, opinionated, tough as nails subcontractor. They’ve both got issues but proximity and a cast of quirky characters will make them see they’re perfect for each other while keeping you snickering out loud.

 

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Golem for Broke (Mad Queens Inc. Book 1) by Deborah Wilde

 

Golem for Broke (Mad Queens Inc. Book 1) by Deborah Wilde

 

Blurb:

Surviving your forties requires coffee, good friends, and a morally flexible relationship with illegal magic.

Tovah Silver runs Mad Queens Inc., an unlicensed magical problem-solving agency with her three best friends. They've built their reputation on grit, loopholes, and unrepentant competence, ignoring those who think their perimenopausal magic tops out at party tricks.

They’re wrong but correcting them would be a felony. Every one of the Queens has a forbidden second magic buried deep—until an assassin golem forces Tovah to unleash hers.

She thinks she got away with it. Then Nikolai Azarov shows up.

Vancouver’s only golem maker would call her story creative if he wasn’t too busy calling BS. Worse, once he figures out what she actually did to that golem, he doesn’t turn her in. He names his price.

Now Tovah must honor a dangerous bargain with a man who’s already insufferable without leverage, outmaneuver the magic cops circling her agency, and hunt down whoever left a hand-delivered clay effigy on her bed.

Middle age isn't a crisis. It's a weapon.

Perfect for fans of paranormal women’s fiction, slow-burn romance with banter, and found family who’d help you hide a body.

 

My review:

Fun, fascinating, full bodied characters will keep you laughing and gasping in this first in an exciting new series by Deborah Wilde. Filled with the authors offbeat sense of humor and featuring a healthy friendship between four women this tale will take you into a world of magic and intrigue. I LOVED IT. I look forward to the next installment with a lust usually reserved for chocolate oranges.

 

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Promise (Men of Inked Sinners #6) by Chelle Bliss

 

 

Blurb:

What happens in Vegas sometimes follows you forever.

Amelia Gallo wasn’t known for being wild. She spends her days working in her family’s bakery and her nights catching up on sleep. Average should’ve been her middle name. But when her friends drag her to a girl’s weekend in Vegas everything spirals out of control.

After a drunken game of truth or dare, Amelia wakes up with a hangover and a wedding ring on her finger. But Amelia has no memories of the ceremony and neither does the hunky, shirtless cowboy lying next to her.

Reed Anderson’s a cowboy who works too much. He’s too busy on his family’s ranch to have much time for anything else, including fun or dating. But when his friends drag him to a guy’s weekend in Vegas, his entire world shifts. Reed marries a stranger and has zero memories of the entire thing.

A quickie marriage can be solved with a quickie divorce. Problem solved. But when he goes to Chicago to hand deliver the paperwork to the city girl who’s now his wife, he finds out she has an even bigger surprise for him.

And what starts out as an ending turns into ‘my wife’ in an instant.

 

My review:

City girl and country boy meet in Vegas and spend some quality time being wild with each other. When that wild turns into a drunken wedding things get a little crazy. But what if…

This is a sweet and steamy romp that will have you laughing out loud and rooting for love.

 

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Double Booked by Piper Strickland

 

 

Blurb:

Take Care of my Babygirl

That was the message Maci Kate's Daddy had left for his two best friends after cancer took him from their lives.

Tifton and Malice know they've been given a gift, and a great responsibility, but with their best friends and former MMA brothers, they all step up to help Maci rebuild the pieces of her life and show her she's not alone as she may feel.

Determined to build something beautiful from the pain, Maci Kate decides to open a kink-themed bed and breakfast in her husband’s honor. But during the renovations, something unexpected happens.

Maci Kate, Tifton and Malice realize their friendship has grown into something deeper and they all have to come to terms with their new feelings, the guilt over their happiness, and the idea that the future looks a little different than any of them expected.

And much like the doors on the bed and breakfast, their hearts are ready to open again.

 

My review:

Cole was Maci’s husband and heart. But when he passes away she is lost in grief. Cole asked his best friends to help her through his loss. I really felt for them all and was thrilled when they found their way to love again. Maci is much stronger than she thinks and their healing journey will fill your heart.

 

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Nobody Told Me Thrift Shops Sell Stolen Dragon Heirlooms by Lindsey Devin

 

Nobody Told Me Thrift Shops Sell Stolen Dragon Heirlooms by Lindsey Devin

 

Blurb:

Rafe Virelli has spent his whole life watching his family's history disappear piece by piece — sold, stolen, and scattered across a city that doesn't know or care what it's holding. He's down to one missing relic and no leads, until his law firm's intern shows up wearing it.

Quinn Bradley didn't mean to become the reason a half-dragon shifter starts showing up at her office. She definitely didn't mean to negotiate her way onto his case, get pulled into rigged auctions and museum standoffs, or end up in the middle of an actual heist when a rival collector decides Rafe's family relics are worth killing for.

She just wanted a law degree and a dog with a stable temperament. Instead she got a client who fixes her door locks at midnight, a dragon who'd burn down a mansion for her, and a front-row seat to exactly how far someone will go to protect what's left of their family.

The relics can be replaced. This can't.

 

My review:

Sweet, slow-burn, with some quirky side characters and some laugh out loud moments make this a fun read. Retired service dog Max steals the show. Highly recommend.

 

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Uncertain (G.R.I.T.S., Love & The Paranormal) by Jan Mau Hill

 

 

Blurb:

Halloween Hauntings & Exasperating Exes

Petra Rushmore, knows what it’s like to have destiny thrust upon you. Like 50 years ago, when she unexpectantly became a Vampire. Now she’s a pro at crafting white lies. None question her Russian accent or that Belgravia is a suburb of London, not Moscow.

Done pretending to have a fulfilling life, Petra draws a card from an enchanted tarot deck. The High Priestess, offers her the ability to make peace with her past and find true love through helping others.

When the Halloween party caterer dies in her arms, he asks her to warn his brother, Gil Maddox. He’s Petra’s Warlock ex who dumped her for perpetually lying. Doing the right thing feels decidedly overrated.

The only certainty in life, is that it’s Uncertain.

 

My review:

Petra is a vampire of many talents. In this tale Petra gets assistance from The High Priestess of an enchanted tarot deck. She works with her ex to solve the murder of his brother and perhaps they may get a second chance at love.  This is a brilliant, fast-paced tale that kept me flipping pages and rooting for Petra.

 

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