Fans of Ms. St. James are no doubt familiar with Fell, the location of her popular 2020 novel The Sun Down Motel. We’re back there to learn all about the Esmie siblings, whose peculiar story is told in A Box Full of Darkness. 1989: Folks in Fell are used to the creepy, the strange, the…
Sally Malcolm’s No Man’s Land is a darkly chilling paranormal historical romance set in 1917 that draws on ancient folklore and superstition to weave a compelling (and scary!) story of secrets, lies, and betrayals as the war raging in Flanders threatens to bring the horror of the battlefields to the streets of London. Josef Shepel…
New-to-me author Amy Rae Durreson’s A Frost of Cares is a superbly-crafted little gem of a book that combines a genuinely creepy ghost story with a lovely, gentle romance, and addresses some serious themes in a sensitive manner – all in just over one hundred and fifty pages. It turned out to be the perfect…
Eden Winters’ Darkness is an inventive and intriguing mixture of police procedural and urban fantasy with a dash of sci-fi and a touch of romance, and is quite unlike anything else I’ve read recently. The worldbuilding is excellent, but the pacing is uneven; I liked that the author takes time to set up the story…
We often say that lies take on a life of their own. Sarah Beth Durst does a deep dive into this concept with her book, The Lies Among Us. To say that Leah Allen’s relationship with her late mother was complicated is to understate the situation. Her mother’s flexible view of reality did actual damage…
Kirsten White admits in her author’s notes that she wrote Mister Magic as a way to come to terms with her childhood lived within the Mormon church. White is not kind about religious bigotry (or sexism or racism) in the book, as well she shouldn’t be, but sometimes her attempt at painting them accurately results…
J.L. Merrow’s Face Blind is an atmospheric tale featuring two men who are trying to come to terms with and move on from traumatic events in their pasts. Add in family secrets, some gentle humour, a little bit of mystery and touch of the paranormal, and you’ve got an interesting and entertaining romance. Adam Merchant…
While not listed as such, A Ghost in Shining Armor is the second story in a duology about two sisters who are separated at a young age and only learn about each other in adulthood. However, you don’t have to read the first book – And They Lived Happily Ever After – to enjoy this…
My Imaginary Mary is fun, fizzy and completely off the wall. With it, Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows add another volume to their Lady Janies series – and nope, it’s not about Marie Curie as they’d previously said it would be, it’s about Mary Shelley and mathematician Ada Lovelace, who shares the narrative…
Is romance dead? asks YA author Ashley Poston’s début adult contemporary/paranormal romance. That’s a complicated question, but if The Dead Romantics isn’t quite a nail in the coffin, it’s certainly no help to the genre or the concept of romance as a whole. Florence Day has sworn off love, which currently threatens her financial life…
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