C is for Crookshollow
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 have books starting with that letter on my list, a book I’ve read and reviewed (with the review!) and one of my books matching the letter with a link about more info about the book (I’ve published some new books, so take a look).
I chose the books this year quite randomly from my Goodreads Want to Read page. Some are quite creatively added to letters.
I know there were suggestions in last year’s Reflection post that I skip my TBR and just get on with the review, but I like knowing what I have left to read for each letter (and how far I’ve come with all the reading challenges I’ve done) so things are staying the same. Scroll down to the reviews if you’re not interested in what my TBR still contains. FYI, you might encounter issues with commenting if you don’t tick all the boxes marked as mandatory (especially the privacy one).
Let the fun begin!
If you’d rather check out my folklore post for today, go here.
My TBR
About the Book I’ve Read
Crookshollow Foxes: The Art of Cunning by Steffanie Holmes
Alexandra Kline has landed her dream job – curating her first art exhibition at the prestigious Halt Institute in the small English village of Crookshollow. But the dream quickly turns into a nightmare when she’s forced to work with Ryan Raynard – the arrogant, reclusive artist who refuses to co-operate with her. When Ryan’s paintings don’t show up at the gallery on time, Alex heads out to his crumbling, gothic manor to give him a piece of her mind.
Billionaire artist Ryan Raynard hides a dark secret. He is a fox shifter, who shuns the company of humans and hunts alone at night in the forest surrounding his home. But the moment he laid eyes on Alex, he can’t help but be drawn to her. He can sense that she’s the descendent of a powerful shifter clan, and she is destined to become his mate. If only he was ready to fall in love again …
As Ryan and Alex are drawn together, they realise they are facing bigger problems than Ryan’s stone-cold heart. Crookshollow is being overrun with a different kind of shifter – ruthless and deadly, these shifters are killing humans indiscriminately for no apparent reason. And they are hot on Alex’s scent. Can Ryan keep Alex safe from harm, or will his need for her endanger them both?
Reader Warning:Art of Cunning is the first book in the 3-part Crookshollow Foxes serial. This book contains scorching sex, adult language, and a cliffhanger ending. If you like dirty, raunchy sex with a hot fox and one clever, sarcastic heroine, then this book will have you howling for more. Enjoy!
Check it out on Goodreads.
My Review
Short, steamy, ends on a cliffhanger. There are some narrative flaws, sure, but it’s so much fun to read. And very steamy…
About the Book I’ve Read
Crookshollow Foxes: The Art of the Hunt by Steffanie Holmes
The evil wolf Isengrim has Raynard Hall surrounded, and he’s moving in for the kill. Billionaire artist and fox-shifter Ryan Raynard must protect his mate – the clever curator Alexandra Kline – at all cost. But that’s difficult to do when she refuses to even talk to him. After discovering Ryan’s lie, Alex flees Raynard Hall and aligns herself with Marcus, a vicious mutt with his own agenda. But without Ryan’s protection, Alex is vulnerable. Isengrim’s shifter army are gaining power, and too late Alex realises just how dangerous the enemy really is. With less than two weeks until Ryan’s exhibition launch, can Alex and Ryan find a way to reconcile and stop an army of rogue shifters from killing every last human in Crookshollow? Art of the Hunt is the second book in the Crookshollow Foxes series by USA Today bestselling author Steffanie Holmes. This book contains scorching sex, adult language, and a cliffhanger ending. If you like dirty, raunchy sex with a hot fox and one clever, sarcastic heroine, then this book will have you howling for more. Enjoy!
Check it out on Goodreads.
My Review
Running around without thought, getting into trouble, stealing books, making allies. Her cat, of course, is my favourite surprise of the book. The graveyard scene was creepy and it could have been cool, but there was something missing. And of course the shifters are going after witches…
A fun, if flawed, steamy read.
About the Book I’ve Read
Crookshollow Foxes: The Art of Temptation by Steffanie Holmes
The evil wolf Isengrim has captured Ryan’s mother and brother, and has plans to sacrifice them as part of a dark spell to swell his shifter army with Barghests – terrifying spectral dogs that feast on the blood of battle. Only Ryan and Alex stand in the way of an all out human-shifter war – and with Ryan’s art exhibition only days away, the couple need to focus all their cunning on coming up with a way to stop the wolf massacring the entire village of Crookshollow. Now that they are mated, Alex knows Ryan will do anything to protect her. But with her fox-genes awakened inside her, she must now control her passions and keep her hands off Ryan long enough to out-fox their toughest foe. Art of Temptation is the third and final book in the Crookshollow Foxes series by USA Today bestselling Steffanie Holmes. This book contains scorching sex, adult language, and bucketloads of black magic. If you like dirty, raunchy sex with a hot fox and one clever, sarcastic heroine, then this book will have you howling for more. Enjoy!
Check it out on Goodreads.
My Review
Using what she’s learned, using her enemies’ tricks against them, and having a marvellous time with her mate, Alex becomes a kick-ass woman who knows what she wants and goes after it.
A fun, flawed, steamy end to the story.
My Book
Stories on Scrolls
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Your TBR list is quite impressive! I might pick some of them for my own reading.
~Ria
Thank you.
I saw a picture from some bookstore employees. They took all the romance novels with bare-chested men and and put them on a table under a big sign that said “Dude; Where’s My Shirt!” Hahahahahahah
Great C.S Lewis quote. He will make a quick appearance in one of my later blogs.
Zulu Delta
LOL. I can totally see a lot of my favourite romances on that table.
Cendrilla looks fun — I like retellings of classic fairytales.
My mother and I used to enjoy The Cat Who… mysteries — thanks for bringing that memory back!
You’re welcome, Joy. I’m looking forward to reading Cendrilla and the rest of that series.
Sounds like you have thoroughly enjoyed these books. Perhaps just as well they were all out. I hate cliffhangers! 😉
Me, too. That’s why I usually wait for a series to be complete before starting to read 🙂
I love Clean Sweep and that whole series
Good to know!