Blood Magic is book 1 in the Soul Tracker series.
Mel Morgan can teleport and use the veil to travel between planes. She uses her talent to track missing persons. She’s approached by Saleem, a djinn that needs help. With the help of Mels support team, can she and Saleem dodge all the supernatural forces against them?
This was and interesting story with a well-developed world full of interesting characters. The adventure was exciting and the mystery was intriguing.
Mason Dixon Monster Hunter is a fun romp following Mason Dixon (yes, that’s his real name) and his faithful camerawoman, Emma, through the muddy wilds around Columbia, Missouri gathering footage for their YouTube show, Cryptid Hunter.
The story was very enjoyable and fast-paced. The characters were colorful and the banter was witty. I really enjoyed the various creatures and their backstories. I lived in Columbia for 3 years and I always thought it was an odd place, so the settings just added to the humor for me.
There are allusions to larger mysteries and groups going on in the story’s world, so I would be interested in reading other books in this series.
A New Templars Novella
Logic and emotion must be balanced when a cyborg meets a dragon princess
Wyvern’s Warrior is an interesting addition to The Dragons of Incendium Series by Deborah Cooke. (Book 3). Action, a cyborg mercenary is sent on a mission to Incendium. Thalina, a princess of Incendium, intercepts him sneaking into the vaults and realizes two things, he’s her mate, and he’s a cyborg. Thalina has longed to study cyborgs, but they are forbidden on Incendium so she now has an opportunity.
Action had some programming added just before he left on his mission and he believes he is being tested by the hive, the collective mind from his planet. Strange sensations and illogical things are happening to him and he’s not sure how to deal with them. As he and Thalina hide in the vaults, they discover many things, about themselves, each other, and Action’s mission.
The story is a fast-paced chase through the vaults and beyond. I found it exciting and thought-provoking. The cyborg learning about his new “programming” promotes lots of thinking about what makes one alive. Out of contact with the Hive, Action must adjust on his own, relying on his new programming and Thalina’s help.
This is the first book in the series I have read, but I did read the short story that proceeded it, which introduced some of the ideas about emotion vs logic. It will be interesting to see how the plot arcs develop in subsequent books and stories.
I love, love this series. The well-researched locations make me feel like I’ve been there, and the situations are varied and interesting.
The series is based in the romantic exploits of Omega Mu Alpha fraternity brothers who decided to each buy a Doberman when they made their first million. The brothers and dogs play prominently in each other’s stories and each story clearly shows the brothers regard for each other, even years after college. Each heroine is different with her own backstory and situations. The locations are so vividly drawn that they feel like another character in the story. From a few miles down the road to halfway across the world, the series’ scope is unlimited.
Nightblade is a wonderful, mad adventure that begins with Loren, a 15 year old girl who dreams of release from her abusive parents. Escaping into fantasy, she becomes Nightblade, wandering the world in a black cloak with a dagger at her side, stealing from the rich and righting wrongs. Then, her opportunity comes when she spots someone fleeing through the forest.
As Loren runs away from home, she has only her wits, swagger and a mysterious dagger to help her navigate her first adventures in the city. The story moves at a whirlwind pace as Loren makes friends and enemies and she tries to become Nightblade.
Nightblade is Book 1 of the Nightblade Epic and part of the Underrealm Saga
I was intrigued by the description for The Seekers by Cait Ashwood, and extremely pleased by the novel. The fantasy-magical setting is unique and the plot kept me guessing. I couldn’t predict what was going to happen and was glued to the story as it wound its way through changing alliances and betrayals until the cliffhanger ending.
To briefly summarize, Audrey feels adrift after her husband’s death. A stranger offers her a chance at adventure, an almost unbelievable one, but she has no ties and if she’s ever going to take a chance and break out of her routine, this feels like the time. The Stranger, called the Hound, is a seeker who spends his life looking for women who have the special potential to save his people from starvation. Such a calling may be just what Audrey’s been looking for, if she has the courage to take it.
The Seekers, is Book 1 of the Order of the Lily. I can’t say more, the next book is out there somewhere, I’ve got to get to it!
Cassie Grey’s nose for news has brought on more trouble than she was ready for. Her investigation of the disappearance of shifters in Aspen Valley brings her a death threat and an urgent need to leave town. She and her brother plan for her to hide out in a remote cabin, but a bad roof leaves her with nowhere to go. Fortunately, Luke, one of her brother’s college friends, has a cabin rental business and can loan her a cabin next-door to his.
Cassie quickly falls for Luke despite their age difference. Luke is hesitant for a lot of reasons. It’s his best friends younger sister for one thing, for another he is a wolf shifter and neither Cassie nor her brother knows — at first.
Will Luke open up to Cassie and if he does, will she accept him despite the secret he’s been hiding?
This was a very enjoyable short novel with a satisfying HEA. The mystery element of the story helps adds to the suspense of the situation. This book is part of the Aspen Valley Wolf Pack series.
A K Michael’s new shifter series, a Wolf’s Hunger, opens with a world in turmoil. Rafe, the Alpha of his pack, is suffering from a strange uncontrollable hunger that cannot be sated by any number of kills. For days he has hunted in his wolf form as his Beta wolf has followed and worried.
Meanwhile, Tasha is on the run after a mysterious illness and an attack by rogue wolves has destroyed her pack. At the insistence of her mother, Tasha fled the attack to warn other packs. After days of pursuit, the rogue wolves are almost on her heels.
I enjoyed this book tremendously. The story is full of action from the very start and with only brief romantic interludes the plot continues at a fast pace until the mysteries are solved and the story resolved. Rafe and Tasha are strong characters and the supporting characters are also well developed. I look forward to other books in this series.
While bartending at a strip club, Julia witnesses her friend’s death at the hands of a mobster and she must go into witness protection until the trial. The marshals protecting her are betrayed and they are attacked. As a last resort, one of the marshals sends her across country to find a someone she’s told will help her. Traumatized and confused, she soon finds her way to Justin’s ranch.
Justin is not in any shape for company. He’s fighting PTSD and doesn’t want anybody to see him. He certainly isn’t ready to have a houseguest who’s depending on him.
Alone together at the ranch it is impossible for them to avoid each other. As they spend time together, Julia begins to break down his barriers and Justin’s resistance fades. Unfortunately for them, the mobster has a powerful incentive to track her down once he learns she has data files that will prove he and his group are guilty of a lot more than murder. Time is not on Julia’s side. When the inevitable happens and they come after her, will Justin be able to overcome his PTSD and protect Julia?
This book was a fast, exciting read. I really enjoyed watching the relationship develop between Justin and Julia. The plot was not predictable and the story is self-contained with no cliffhangers.
So, a bear shifter walks into a bar and runs into a friend. Then he’s smitten with a cute waitress and says all the wrong things. Then… all hell breaks loose.
Bear shifter Luther just lost his job with the Green Bearet border patrol due to budget cuts. He wanders into a bar in the neutral city of Cloud lake to drown his sorrows and decide what to do next. Once there he’s smitten with Allix, a human who works as a waitress at the bar. When shifters from the Fenrir enclave arrive and cause trouble, he acts to defend her. It turns out that the Fenrir shifters enclave have started attacking humans and shifters all over town. Fenrir has just declared war. Luther and his friend have no choice but return to their old base in the Cadia enclave.
Allix has been wandering all her life looking for something. She sees Luther in the bar and there’s definitely some special bond there. Suddenly, Allix finds herself in the middle of a shifter war and in need of rescue. Can love bloom in the shadow of war and can Allix finally find a place to belong?
This was an exciting story based in Amelia Jade’s Cadia shifter world. Green Bearets – Luther is Book 1 in the Base Camp Bears series. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It combined a lot of different elements such as shifter/human conflicts, conflicts between shifters, Military tactics and training, and of course romance. The story is unpredictable and keeps your guessing what will happen next.