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Kris has gone back to Cambridge to finish his degree now that his brother has taken over as the King of Christmas. He isn’t talking to Iris since he realized that he was only in love with the idea of being in love and that Iris wasn’t in love with him.  Coal asks him to to investigate the St Patrick’s Day court since there seems to have been a theft of joy from Christmas as they are trying to get their ducks in a row with the other Winter Holidays.  Of course, the prince of St Patrick’s Day turns out to be someone that Kris has crossed paths with at college and they don’t get along.  But this is almost a classic enemies to lovers story and the sparks do fly between them.  A fun romp and some spicy reading.

 

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Vesper is now in charge of the company she used to work for after exposing her boss’s treachery. But she is still hiding her bond with Kyrion from him and Lord Holloway.  When the Techwave kidnaps her to use her technical expertise Kyrion realizes the bond between them is still active. Now the two of them are on the run and trying to avoid death by having the power of their bond siphoned off by Lord Holloway.  A fun followup to the previous book.

 

What does a paladin do when their god dies? Stephen and his fellow paladins went into a berserker rage and the few that survived were taken in by another god’s order.  Grace is a perfumer that is definitely letting her light hide under a bushel due to leaving a disastrous marriage in another town. Her landlady pushes her to present her perfume as a gift to a visiting dignitary and is quickly embroiled in a plot to murder him.  Stephen is now working for an order of the god of justice and meets Grace during the investigation. This is a cute fantasy romance with some interesting characters, the two main leads have issues, but they work on some of it and it works out for them.  I really enjoyed the audio of this.  

 

Marlow is a bestselling writer that is late with her next novel, but she has some secrets that no one would believe. She has an invisible lover that she isn’t sure is a figment of her imagination until he attacks and kills a stalker from her previous life as a highly paid escort.  It turns out that the stalker has demon living in the basement that he has been feeding all of his kills. When Marlow actually sees the invisible demon things start coming together to move the plot forward.  The story was a bit all over the place and I found it hard to really care for the character.  I will not be reading any more in this series.

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I had heard that this was a fun fantasy romance, and I decided to try it. The story moved along quite quickly with the heroine finding out the demons that attacked them were put under a curse by the goddess that her hometown worshiped.  Some things would pop me out of the fantasy setting and I wished it hadn’t since this could have been a better story if it wasn’t for jarring bits of dialogue that sounded way too modern for the setting.  It was cute but I don’t think I’ll bother with the rest of the series.

 

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I wondered just what would happen in this story since it was going to focus on Eurydice. It doesn’t follow the myth except in smaller strokes to the overall story.  Orpheus wants Eurydice back and fights his way to the lower city to be with her and will do anything that Charon asks just for the chance. This one is certainly hot, and everyone is in danger. The overall plot of the fall of the barrier moves along and we finally find out who is behind the information that Olympus’ enemies are using to take the city over.


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Bryn wins a luxe trip to Las Vegas and is immediately hooks up with a man that turns out to be the owner of the hotel she is staying at.  The next morning Caiden finds himself in bed with a woman he doesn’t remember and is now married to her. Caiden isn’t just a wealthy hotel owner; he is actually the Dark Fae king and to marry activates a curse that makes him very easy to kill.  As he is uncovering the plot that set this plan in motion, he finds he can’t just divorce Bryn because of the ceremony that was done while they were both under a spell. This is a hot strangers to lovers story with a  secret world of Fae living in Las Vegas.  A fun read.

The fifth book in the Olympus series moves the PoV to Aphrodite and the new Hephaestus.  The arranged marriage between them has lots of sparks but no love between them.  The new Hephaestus is still working with his father and brother to topple the power structure of the thirteen from the inside.  As usual there are sparks between them and it ruins both their plans and everyone else’s plans for them.  Lots of smolder between them and others in the book. The audio was great and read by the same narrators as before and alternates between the two main PoV characters.

 

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The latest in this long running series has the focus again on the Russian bears and a Psy from the Marshall clan.  Theodora is a low gradient psy and was taken away from her high-powered twin’s side at a a young age and horribly used by her grandfather in his power schemes. Now that he is dead and Silence is broken her twin is going to clean up some of the meses he left behind. Theo goes to Moscow to research why there is a stealth drain on their finances and with the help of the local were bear pack they will find out just what happened when everything shut down.  Yakov is working with Theodora and upon meeting her realizes she is the woman that his been in his dreams of ForeSight he has had all his life.  He slowly and carefully woos her during the mystery they are trying to solve.  This book surprisingly doesn’t have tons of spoilers for previous ones so someone new to the series can read this without being lost.  A lovely romance and a great addition to the series. 

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When you don’t live up to your birth prophecy your mom can get really pushy with your life.  Mariel is supposed to be the most powerful with in generations in her family but all she does well is plant magic and her mom isn’t impressed and lets her know daily her entire life.   When another summoning spell goes  wrong and instead of a bag of flower she summons a demon with a human soul stuck inside him. 

Ozroth can’t leave until Mariel has made a deal for her soul.   When Marriel’s mother comes over unexpectedly Mariel blurts out that the demon is her boyfriend to hide her mistake. Ozroth goes along with this and figures out quickly that he doesn’t want to leave and is enjoying her company.  This is a cute enemies to lovers romance that delivers on the HEA. There is a sample chapter to the next book included as well.

 

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