Review: The Spirit of the Times by Justin Newland
In fourteenth-century Central Asia, Karia is a young woman living under the yoke of Mongol occupation. But she’s different. She’s a fighter with supernatural powers. She could use them to keep the Black Plague at bay and solve the mystery of the purple skies at dawn – if only she could overcome her self-doubt.
Merissa
Jul 27
Review: The Making of Marigold McGrath by Carrie Hayes
New York City, 1937. Seventeen-year-old Marigold McGrath is coming undone.
Her mother is dead. Her father is drawn to dangerous politics. The only place she feels joy is behind a camera — where she can frame the world on her own terms.
Merissa
Jul 22
A Poison of Shadows (Whisperbound #2) by Annie Anderson
A Poison of Shadows is the second book in a series of interconnected standalone romantasy novels—complete stories linked by blood, magic, and courtly deception. Expect one dangerously controlled vampire prince, one shadow-walking heroine powered by spite and sharp objects, and a mission that turns “watch his back” into something entirely too personal. Mature themes and dark romantic tension included. Reader discretion advised.
Merissa
Jul 17
The Cleansing by Victoria Alvear
When 50,000 Romans fall in a single day at the Battle of Cannae, priests claim there can be only one reason the gods abandoned Rome: a Vestal Virgin has broken her vow of chastity. And they accuse Opimia (Mia), the strongest, most defiant of the six sacred Vestal priestesses.
Merissa
Jul 9
Typhoon Warning (Olympic Cove, #6) by Nicola Cameron
Once the wisest centaur in ancient Greece, the demigod Chiron finds himself trapped in a human body and thrust into his family's war against the Mad Nereid Thetis and the cunning saurian god Zhidō. To succeed, he has to win the heart of Dr. Zoe Antoniou, a brilliant paleontologist who holds the key to stopping Zhidō.
Merissa
Jul 6
Review & Goodreads #Giveaway: Fables & Lies by Elisabeth Storrs
WWII Berlin. Freyja Bremer, a patriotic museum assistant, marries Kaspar Voigt, an ambitious SS scholar, to protect her father. Yet she is unaware her husband is instrumental in Himmler’s twisted quest for Aryan supremacy.
Merissa
Jul 3
The Deceiver: Tales of Kelnore (Royals #2) by Hannah E. Carey
The Raider War is over, but Kelnore's future is far from certain. The House of Vepi is threatened from both outside and within the Imperial Court, and as Fabian prepares to ascend the throne, he finds himself faced with a fractured empire that is skittering far too close to instability. With the impending winter, the nobility of Kelnore have descended on Talekos, and a familiar name is being whispered throughout the city, with rumors that put him at the very center of the dan
Merissa
Jul 2
Bear Creek Memorial Day (Holiday Mates #5) by Alexander Elliott
Following a devastating loss, Jared Emerson now spends his days at the potter’s wheel, quietly honing his craft and wondering what the future holds. As the holidays approach, he attends one of Bear Creek’s free concerts in the park and meets an intriguing bear shifter. Though he doesn’t realize it at the time, the brief encounter sets off a chain of events that will turn his entire world upside down.
Merissa
Jun 16
Dusty Ropes and Rusty Spurs (Bucket List Buddies #4) by JP Sayle & Lisa Oliver
Rick isn’t looking for an omega or beta—will a Bucket List Buddies event find him his perfect match?
Rick, an alpha bear, once upon a time, worked the rodeo circuit, now he’s content working in the florist business with his best friend. Or so he thought after he takes a chance and some unsolicited advice, and buys a ticket to a “Cowboy for a Day” event.
Merissa
Jun 4
A Ballooning Display (Bucket List Buddies #3) by JP Sayle & Lisa Oliver
Earnest’s last relationship was a disaster with a capital D. A disaster that keeps on giving when Earnest discovers his ex has joined up with Bucket List Buddies to offer hot air balloon rides—how Earnest met his ex when he landed unexpectedly in his paddock.
Merissa
May 19
Kari's Kismet (Divergent Omegaverse #6) by JP Sayle
Everything about Bowie appeals to Kari, but he’s always kept his distance from the shy omega. Working circumstances throw Kari and Bowie together with no escape from the cuteness overload. When Kari finds himself becoming emotionally attached to his PA, he fights against it. Fights against his instinct to nurture Bowie right until Bowie’s boyfriend leaves him in a desperate state, giving Kari two choices.
Leave or stay.
Merissa
May 15
Review: Lady of Lincoln (The Nicola de la Haye Series #1) by Rachel Elwiss Joyce
12th-century England. Nicola de la Haye wants to do her duty. But though she’s taught a female cannot lead alone, the young noblewoman bristles at the marriage her father has arranged to secure her inheritance. And when an unexpected death leaves her unguided, the impetuous girl shuns the king’s blessing and weds a handsome-but-landless knight.
Merissa
May 8
Living For the Dead (Lost Woman Lost World #1) by Katie Zaber
Another day, another traffic jam — until an earthquake strikes during the evening commute, and Amber Kay is one of roughly a hundred people pulled into a wrinkle in time, where dinosaurs are the apex predator and everything is out to kill the ragtag band of survivors. Wonders they’d never imagined and plants and animals found only in schoolbooks abound.
Merissa
May 7
Rue's Rapture (Divergent Omegaverse #5) by JP Sayle
Rue’s past haunts his present, but is there a happy ever after in his future?
Lane and Derick Starling adopting Rue may have saved him, but his subsequent therapy fails to make him believe he is worthy of love. More than a decade later, Rue faces a personal crisis.
Merissa
May 6