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Don’t Speak Book 1 of Lyrics from the Heart by Olivia Tucker
(Rattle the Stars PR – ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Rockstar Romance (Contemporary Romance) Published – 12th August 2025 Length – 349 pages Synopsis – Allie: I was supposed to be relaxing. After a messy breakup and years of putting myself last, a girls’ trip to Boston with Continue reading
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Ballad of the Blade (Book 1 of A Serenade of Smoke Series) by Andrew P. Meritt
(Physical Review – I was cheeky enough to ask Andrew for a physical ARC of this book… And he said YES!! He’s a legend and now one of my new favourite indie authors!) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Genre – Dark Fantasy Published – 14th October 2025 Length – 552 pages Synopsis – Magic is dead. Continue reading
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The Scorned Maiden (Book 0.5 of the Ashes of the Damned Series) by Amaya Jax
(ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Genre – Dark Fantasy Horror Published – 28th November 2025 Length – 100 pages Synopsis – For generations, my family has hunted witches, claiming to protect the world from their dark magic. I was born to follow in their footsteps — the next in line to carry on the Continue reading
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Reign of Betrayal (Book 1 of The Prince and The Prisoner Series) by Amber L. Bowe
(ARC) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Dark Romantasy Published – 9th May 2025 Length – 497 pages Synopsis – In a kingdom under a malevolent curse, the rulers turn to the Hollows—an underground prison for dangerous criminals. In a cruel plan to save their land, they host a series of Continue reading
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Secrets of a Witch by Steph Ziders
(ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Genre: Paranormal Romance Published: 14th July 2025 Length: 342 pages Synopsis – In the tranquil town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, witches hide in plain sight. Shay Whitley, the resident soulmate finder and psychic, control freak witch, is the last in the powerful Whitley coven. The Whitley legacy is her responsibility.When Continue reading
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Nightmares on Lull Lane Anthology
(ARC Review) Nightmares on Lull Lane is a shared world anthology. Each author in this series has written their own book; however, they will tie into each other and continue one main storyline. While it is not mandatory, I highly recommend you read them in order Anthology Synopsis – Eighteen years ago, the Lull Lane Continue reading
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Escaping Wildfire by Constantina Cristi
(Kindle Unlimited book) Tropes: Rating – 🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️ Genre: Paranormal Romance Published: 1st August 2024 Length: 330 pages Synopsis – Gema: All my life, I’ve been taught to fear the Wildfire Pack. What I didn’t expect is for me to end up living here after my home was taken over by them. Continue reading
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Spellbound by Olyvia Wyld
(ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre: Dark Stalker Romance (Erotic) Published: 5th October 2025 Length: 217 pages Synopsis – “She is exquisite and I intend to help her accept all the darkest parts of herself, because if she can learn to love her own darkness then she can love mine. Continue reading
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My Recent Absence…
(and a little immortalisation…) Hi everyone, This post is going to be a little different to my usual. I thought I would come on here and explain why I haven’t posted anything since the 23rd of September. A couple of days after my last post, we noticed our cat, Oliver, was drooling excessively, which was Continue reading
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Oathborn by Ann C. Orlandi
(Advanced Readers Copy (ARC)) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Genre: Fantasy Length: 467 pages Published: 22nd September 2025 Synopsis – The war against the fae took everything from Zari. Her father, her fiancé, and her future. Now, she works as a nurse, devoting her life to saving others. But when a fae mage claims her father Continue reading
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