Author friend Lyndsey Hall is part of a multi-author collection of fairy tale retellings where the villain gets their own happy-ever-after. I decided to sign up to read the ARCs for the entire series. About the Book Falling for the Doomed Bride by C.K. Beggan A cursed treasure.A relentless hunt.A doomed bride who won’t go down …
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Book Review: Falling for the Trickster by Lucy Tempest | To Win A Dark Heart Series | Fairy Tale Retelling
Author friend Lyndsey Hall is part of a multi-author collection of fairy tale retellings where the villain gets their own happy-ever-after. I decided to sign up to read the ARCs for the entire series. About the Book Falling for the Trickster by Lucy Tempest Rumpelstiltskin meets The Goose Girl. An opportunistic maid.A manipulative faerie.A gilded deal …
More Books I’ve Read this Year: 2025
All the books I’ve read this year that didn’t fall into my April reading challenge or my Speed Dating Books post. I focused a lot on reading non-fiction. The Books I Finished About the Book A Coastal Corpse (Seffi Wardwell Mystery #1) by Rebecca M Douglass Just what the doctor fresh salt air, a garden …
New Release: Wizard of Ends by Vanessa Finaughty
I met Vanessa through the Grumpy Old Gods anthologies and am happy to share her new release. About the Series The first two books have been published for a while, but book 3 and the companion book came out this month. About the Book Wizard of Ends by Vanessa Finaughty A powerful sorceress wants the …
New Book Release: The Hidden Island by Charity Rau
I’m happy to share the sequel to The Bloodstained Key by writer friend Charity Rau. [Read the review for book 1 here.] About the Book The Hidden Island by Charity Rau. After years of wondering what happened to her fiancé, Will, Marianna is thrilled when she discovers his message in a bottle. She hires a …
New Book Release: Jewels of Darterra by J Lenni Dorner
I’m so excited to announce the newest release by author friend J Lenni Dorner. About the Book Jewels of Darterra by J Lenni Dorner Darterra is a moon world where people are born with a lit jewel at their suprasternal, or jugular, notch. The jewel determines the specialty of the person. People are generally segregated …
New Release: Edited Out by Rebecca M Douglass
I’m so happy to announce the newest release in the Seffi Wardwell Mysteries by author friend Rebecca M Douglass. Series Blurb Retired science teacher Seffi Wardwell is making herself a new home on the Maine coast. She has a flower garden to keep up to the stiff local standards, a tough job ahead breaking down …
Speed Dating Books: 2025 Edition #bookreviews
I read a boatload of books for April’s book review selection, but some just didn’t make the cut. Usually, this would be my A-Z’s Z post, but I decided to read more books for the challenge instead. These books, I read so fast, especially series starters, that it was a lot like speed dating. LOL. …
My Languishing TBR: Z #AtoZChallenge2025 #Books #Bookreview
Z is for Zeitgeist I’m doing folklore and book review posts to reach and please a larger audience. Previous years have shown select interest in both and to minimise blogging throughout the year, I’m focusing my efforts on April. Focusing on an A to Z of my TBR (to be read) list, each letter will …
My Languishing TBR: Y #AtoZChallenge2025 #Books #Bookreview
Y is for IcY I’m doing folklore and book review posts to reach and please a larger audience. Previous years have shown select interest in both and to minimise blogging throughout the year, I’m focusing my efforts on April. Focusing on an A to Z of my TBR (to be read) list, each letter will …










