Cheryl's Book Nook

  Welcome to Retro Whimsy where the owners know just what you need. Katie is looking to rekindle her love of video games after she was very publicly dumped by her gaming streamer boyfriend. Her cousin encourages her to return to the basics and get retro with a system from the local vintage store. Katie finds more than she expected when the Square system she purchases comes with a bootlegged dating simulator. Nathaniel is everything she likes in a man with none of the complications of being real. Cursed by his girlfriend, Nathaniel has been trapped inside the video game for the last decade. Katie may be just what he needs to escape. But can he convince her he’s real, and really needs her help to escape? My Review As a gamer myself, I liked this short novella. I did have to laugh at the situation that Nathaniel found himself in being a gamer himself. It is very easy to neglect all reality when playing a game. I know I will sit down to play and then look at the clock, only to find tha...

  Ten years ago, two step-brothers entered their family’s arcade restaurant and were never seen again. Some suspected foul play—maybe even murder. Now, the restaurant lay vacant—reportedly haunted. Samara Stormcrow, a ghost hunter determined to find proof of life after death, sets out to find the truth about Caine and Lucky Ward. What she never expected to find was the brothers, alive, cursed, and trapped inside the arcade equipment. They need to break their spell, and maybe she’ll be just the person they need to help them claw their way out. However, Caine and Lucky need to learn to get along before anything else—and that might be the hardest game in the arcade to beat. Insert Token for Love is an MMF, step-brother, sentient object romance. My Review I really enjoyed this book. It reminded me of my childhood with the arcade games. The spice is low/medium, but it is backed with a really good storyline and enjoyable characters. There are plenty of funny moments to be found throughou...

  Let the universe guide you, they said. It’ll be fine, they said. Sure, until you accidentally summon a three-hundred-year-old witch into your broomstick instead of enchanting it to fly. Cordelia may be the worst witch Circe Academy has ever seen and she’s definitely going to be the laughingstock of the entire class when they realize how badly her spell has gone wrong. Except, the ancient witch is more than happy to help Cordelia with all of her needs. Maybe this mistake won’t be so bad after all. Knotty Broomsticks is a Sentient Object Romance about a girl and her broom. It is a deeply unserious story with high spice. Suited for audiences 18+ My Review Cordelia is trying to learn and be a really good witch at Circe Academy, but she just does not have it. She puts too much magic into her spells and they go array. One of those spells is trying to make her broom, fly. This is where Broomhilde appears into the picture.  Haha. I enjoyed this quick, steamy read. If you like readin...

  Bea thought all she had to worry about when she moved to Ghostlight Falls was the cold, wet weather and getting her Nonna’s bookstore up and running. Instead she finds herself accidentally summoning a demon at every turn. An annoyingly sexy demon who insists on helping her, despite her protests. Now, more than just soup is cooking up between Bea and the Demon. But summoning him puts more than just Bea’s heart at risk. Set in Ghostlight Falls, the coolest fictional small town in the Pacific Northwest , Cooking Up a Demon is a standalone novella with cozy vibes. My Review Haha. I laughed so much while reading this novella. I had the biggest smile on my face. Bea and Kallax calling each other "Demon" and "Witch". Pure gold. It is especially funny because Kallax is a demon and Bea kept summoning Kallax like a witch.  To be honest, if I ended up summoning Kallax, I would not be mad about it. He is tall and sexy. Plus, he cleans, dusts, and washes dishes. Any woman...