Poppy by Cherron Riser

  

Blurb:

Feeding from the fae is met with a death sentence.

Poppy loves her little life—brewing coffee and reading copious amounts of romantasy books while making magic spells, teas, and salves. Ever since moving from Etheriel to the human realm, she has found peace with her siblings in the Garden District. That is until her racing mind has her dragging a stranger from the street to help her with a little measuring experiment. Silly books.

Davyan has just taken power after challenging the former master of the city. His hold is tenuous at best, but he won’t stop until his people are in line. The Collective is watching, after all. His focus is clear until she pulls him into her shop and her world. That’s when everything changes.

Their connection is so strong they can’t seem to stay away from each other. There is just one problem. He is a vampire, and she is fae. The Collective laws are clear. It is forbidden for him to feed from her. Can they ignore the pull to break the laws? Or will they allow the law to break them apart?

Through the haze of their desperation lies another threat that neither of them sees until it’s too late.

 

My review:

Poppy is a pie in the sky perky Fae and Davyan is the new Master Vampire in town. Vampires and Fae tolerate each other they don’t fall for each other. These two are total opposites yet love will not be denied.  Poppy is a well told tale of the power of love.

 

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Duplicity (The Myriad Project #1) by Rowan Hayes

 

 

Blurb:

How much is a year of my life worth?

It turns out the answer is a hell of a lot, but there’s a catch. I’m more valuable asleep than I am awake. Go figure.

Before I went under, I was Darius Castor, an elite asset in the cutthroat world of corporate espionage. But after an assignment went nova and left my body broken, tech mogul Carson Harris offered me the deal of a lifetime. The terms were simple: spend three years in a stasis pod while my highly specialized skill set was harvested and downloaded into “duplicants,” synthetic beings designed to be the workforce of the future. In exchange, I’d get a massive payout and the cutting-edge cybernetics needed to rebuild my shattered body.

It was the perfect solution—until someone cancelled my wake-up call.

Now that I’m awake, I need answers and allies. I also need to expose a billionaire madman’s plans to hijack humanity’s future. But first, I’m going to get my body back.

 

My review:

Duplicity is a mind-bending, sci-fi thrill ride. This tale takes you through the hellish landscape of a future controlled by corporations who could care less about anything but their profits and agendas. It kept me on the edge of my seat till the very last page.

 

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His Guilty Pleasure (Montgomery Ink Legacy #11) by Carrie Ann Ryan

 

 

Blurb:

There were two rules in our relationship:

We remain friends with the benefits.
And we don’t catch feelings.

Only I made a mistake. I started to fall for Dash Montgomery.

Now our secret physical-only time together is done, and we have to see if we can keep our promises.
He needs to move on. And I need to focus on my business and friends.

Yet when an attack happens close to home, Dash steps up and changes the game. I don’t want to fall for him and yet I know there’s no walking away from this. Not when he puts himself on the line and I finally can give in.

Everyone I’ve ever loved, save one, has walked away from me, leaving the shattered remnants of who I once was behind. If I don’t find a way to trust Dash—as well as my heart—the darkness stalking us both won’t be the only thing that breaks us.

 

My review:

Dash and Aly are “friends with benefits” who’ve agreed not to “catch feelings” but then they do. Watching these two get over themselves to find that they’re perfect for each other will have you shouting out loud and sighing with relief. Another fantastic read from Carrie Ann Ryan.

 

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Down, Boy (Iron Creek K9 Book 2) by Annie Carlisle

 

 

Blurb:

Cash Mercer speaks maybe nine words a day and considers most of them optional. Georgia arrived at Iron Creek with something to prove, a past she doesn’t discuss, and a talent for making the quietest Mercer spend his entire word budget arguing with her.

He’s her instructor. She’s his best trainee. The county opened a betting line by week two.

But somebody is tampering with Iron Creek’s contracts from the inside, Georgia’s history is the kind that follows a woman, and the dog who won’t perform his best trick is grieving a name nobody says out loud. Falling for each other is easy. Saying it — in a family where feelings are conducted via casserole — is war.

Opposites attract, forced proximity, a hero whose silence is a whole language, and a heroine who becomes the county’s first female field operative. Laugh-out-loud, cry-into-the-dog scenes, scorching heat, complete HEA. Reads as a standalone; hits harder in order.

 

My review:

Cash and Georgia will make you laugh and swoon. Cash is man of few words but he is always there for you when you need. Georgia has more than enough words for them both. And Havoc retired working dog has enough feelings to bring them both to the table. A fun addition to the series. Bring on Grady’s story.

 

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Paranormal Crimes Unit by Joe Gillis

 

 

Blurb:

In a world where vampires are real, the deadliest monsters wear lab coats.

Detective Sam Kane has spent six years successfully avoiding supernatural cases in a world where vampires work the night shift and werewolves join the K-9 unit. He investigates embezzlement, not monsters. Numbers don't bite, and spreadsheets don't require silver-lined evidence bags.

But when his star witness is found dead with two tiny marks on his neck—and a trail leading to a discount vampire transformation ring preying on the terminally ill—Kane's forced into the one division he's avoided: the Paranormal Crimes Unit.

Now partnered with a vampire detective and a werewolf with a forensics degree, Kane discovers a conspiracy that's been killing desperate people since supernatural integration began. Someone's been selling death at bargain prices, and the body count is rising.

As Kane navigates a bureaucratic nightmare of supernatural evidence protocols, species-specific Miranda rights, and a forty-hour sensitivity training he's desperately trying to avoid, he uncovers a truth more terrifying than any vampire: Sometimes the real monsters are the ones selling hope to the hopeless.

The investigation will cost him everything. His witness is already dead. And murder has never been more profitable.

Series Note: Paranormal Crimes Unit is a darkly funny supernatural police procedural that asks: What if the biggest challenge in solving supernatural crimes isn't the monsters—it's the bureaucracy?

My review:

No matter how weird the world gets it’s the paperwork that will bury you. For six years (since the paranormal creatures came out) Detective Sam Kane has avoided dealing with the Paranormal Crimes Unit. Now his star witness has been killed by what appears to be a botched vampire transition. So much for sitting safely in the Financial Crimes Unit. This case will take us into the Paranormal Crimes Unit with its quirky characters, stupid rules and endless paperwork that seems to change on the daily. Through grit and determination Sam and his new partners take a huge bite out of a frightening paranormal crime ring but there is still more out there and I look forward to seeing how Sam integrates into the Paranormal Crimes Unit.

 

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Begonias and Blood (The Botanicum Book 2) by Evangeline Hunter

 

 

Blurb:

Four deadly trials. One forced marriage. No way out.

My name is Anastasia Ashwood. I run The Botanicum, a magical flower shop in New York City, and I am also a dryad, a retired assassin, and a fugitive from Sentinel Security Group.

When my floral designer, Sophie Hartwell, is kidnapped by the powerful witch coven she fled, I follow her to Pittsburgh and discover that her uncle intends to force her through four deadly elemental trials before marrying her and taking control of her family’s bloodline.

If we fail, we die. If we succeed, Sophie will be forced to marry her uncle and bear the child he intends to use to secure his rule.

Now I have to keep Sophie alive, rescue my judgmental telepathic cat, and find a way to escape before victory becomes a fate worse than death.

 

My review:

Begonias and Blood begins where Roses and Ruin left off. Sophie is under attack.  Her past has come to reclaim her and she doesn’t want to go. When she is taken against her will Anastasia and Mochi are determined to get her back. This is a fast-paced magic filled adventure that will keep you on your toes and holding your breath. Can’t wait for the next installment.

 

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A Visitor’s Guide to Guarded Vampires (Ravenslight Creek #1) by Rebecca Arden

 

A Visitor’s Guide to Guarded Vampires (Ravenslight Creek #1) by Rebecca Arden

 

Blurb:

Ellery runs to Alaska to figure out what she wants. Too bad nobody mentioned her new boss is grumpy, gorgeous, and technically dead.

Twenty-four years of being the perfect daughter ends with one explosive fight, three thousand miles, and a taxi driver named Gary who drops her in the entirely wrong town. Stranded, with a broken suitcase and seven dollars, she takes the first job she’s ever chosen for herself. Falling for the locals is not on the itinerary.

Nick would like it noted, for the record, that he did not sign up for any of this. He didn't ask to be a vampire. He didn't ask to inherit his dead father's tour company, or the interspecies pact that chains him to Ravenslight Creek for the rest of his long life. And he definitely didn't ask to hire some city girl in an impractical coat (that part was his meddling mother).

But stuck together, night after night under the northern lights, something shifts. For the first time in her life, Ellery feels seen. And Nick, who gave up on wanting anything, starts to want her. Badly.

When something with teeth comes hunting too close to town, too close to Ellery, Nick is forced to show her exactly what he is, and pray she doesn't run screaming back to New York.

But Ellery doesn’t run, she’s got questions. Lots of them. Which is a problem – because Ravenslight Creek has a way of dealing with outsiders who learn too much.

He can't leave.

She was never supposed to stay.

Neither of them counted on the town having a say.

A slow-burn, cozy paranormal romance under the Alaskan northern lights.

 

My review:

My kind of romance. Ellery is smart but entrapped by familial expectations. She runs to Alaska to escape. Nick too is entrapped but he can’t leave and he is resigned to that fact but it doesn’t make him the happiest of tour guides. With a little matchmaking on his mother’s part these two eventually figure it out. This is a slow burn, entertaining vampire romance that will leave you smiling and with a couple of questions I need answered. Maybe in the next book.

 

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