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  My name is Stevie, and I clean up the dead for a living. It isn’t as gross as it sounds. I get some kick-ass outfits, and my boss doesn’t mind when I listen to music while I work. I also meet the most interesting people, like serial killers, scorned housewives... oh, and a tech obsessed stalker and a mob boss. When they both decide I’m theirs, all I can do is go along for the ride. Cleaning up bodies is easy, but love? Well, that’s much harder. *Content This is a very dark book not meant for anyone under 18. Please review all the trigger warnings before reading. My Review Stevie took Keir by surprise with her pink hair. Actually, the first time they met, she was wearing so much pink that it was like someone vomited pink bubblegum all over her. Stevie has no filter. Just try to tame her. Ask her boss, Jack. He tries but the more he does, the more she takes it as a challenge. Her coworker, Riley, is great. They get along well and the fact that he is the only other employee at the B...

  Oz smiles like a fairy tale and bites like a curse. And Dorothy is trapped in its teeth. Dorothy Gale has been betrayed by the Wizard of Oz; he used her, broke her, and left her stranded in a strange land. Now she’s forced to team up with the last person she should trust: the Tin Woodman. He's a heartless mercenary with an axe to grind and nothing left to lose. Because the Wizard didn’t just steal his heart, he took Tin’s little brother, Gabriel, too. Everything about Tin is dangerous, and the closer Dorothy gets, the harder it is to tell what scares her more―his blade, or the fire he ignites within her. But defeating the Wizard won’t be easy. His magic hums beneath every brick and coils through every whisper, until you’re walking in circles on the Yellow Brick Road. He has all of Oz under his spell and more power than anyone. Or does he? Dorothy is more than she seems, and the longer she’s in Oz, the more she remembers. Things about her past, about what she is, and about the mag...

  I’m the voice that makes people scream. But I scream for her. The world calls me Cyrus Vale. Rockstar. God of the stage. The man with a guitar in his hands and a crowd ready to bleed for one more song. But Haven Gaillard knew me before the fame. Before the noise. The night my mother married her father, I hated her on sight. I wanted her pain. Dreamed about it. Lived for the way her eyes burned with anger as sweet tears fell down her cheeks. Making her cry was the only thing that ever made me feel whole. Until one day, I realized something worse. I don’t want her pain anymore. I want her. Her anger. Her touch. Her eyes on me like I’m the only thing in the room. She tried to escape, but now my muse is back. And every song I write still sounds like my heart wailing her name. The problem? I don’t know how to want her without destroying her. And I’ve never been good at letting go of things that I’m addicted to. My Review I read the book and love it so much. I fell in love with Cyrus a...

There’s no escaping the holiday spirit in this dark, forced-proximity, why choose, Christmas stalker romance, the sequel to Alta Hensley’s New York Times bestselling He Knows When You’re Awake ! Stalkin’ around the Christmas tree… Hailey Parker thought she had outrun her past. As the assistant to a successful jewelry designer, she’s started a new life in New York City, and may even have a new boyfriend to cozy up with this holiday. Her boss’s security guard, Knox, is a man of few words, but his obvious obsession calls to the darkest parts of Hailey’s imagination. Then, her ex-boyfriend—and ex-partner-in-crime—shows up outside Hailey’s Brooklyn apartment. Liam explains that their past has caught up with the mobster they robbed five years ago has tracked them down. If they hope to escape with their lives, they must return to the remote Canadian wilderness where Hailey hid the priceless stolen diamond. But a very different fate is awaiting them in the frigid landscape. Someone else entir...

  An irresistible urge leads me to the sea, where a tentacled monster holds and pleasures me… And then I pass out. When I wake up, I find I’ve been saved by a gorgeous billionaire Alpha. He claims he’s my fated mate. He’s waited hundreds of years for me. He spoils me in every way. This feels right, except I think he has a secret. And why can’t I stop thinking about the creature in the sea? A spicy, smutty, fated mates kraken shifter omegaverse romance, with a touch of darkness, and a bit of sweetness. There’s a lot of knotting, fairytale vibes, a multi-century age gap, massive size difference, and tentacle use that will make you blush! Listen for an escapist monster romance that will make you gasp and melt. My Review If you are an audiobook lover, you will want to listen to the ALC version. It is performed in duet by Bastian Allen and Cleo Pope. Hearing Bastian and Cleo as Dylan and Isla is amazing. I will probably do another relisten of this ALC. Tenacles rock! I love Dylan. He ha...

  Elise books a solo winter escape—only to find her cabin double-booked with a centuries-old vampire. After a perfect night, he disappears, and she barrels into the seedy vampire underworld determined to find him. Yule Love Bites is part of the smutty novella collection, Petra Palerno’s Filthy Shorts, that feature otherworldly love interests. My Review This is a fun, quickie read. I really enjoyed the chemistry Felipe and Elise shared. I loved that Elise had a shy side but when she was behind the camera photographing Felipe, she became bolder. Felipe has a kind heart. He never pushed Elise and allowed her to be in charge. I felt bad for Felipe when the "incident" happened, and he took off running from Elise. While I understood his reasoning, I did feel like he should have stayed and worked it out with Elise. She showed that she really cared for Felipe by tracking him down. Yule Love Bites is a bite size, spicy treat of a read! This Vampire Holiday Romance features immortal ag...