The Trouble with Honor by Julia London

The Trouble with Honor begins with Honor Cabot debating what to do with herself as her beloved step father is about to lose his life. It's hard enough for her to contemplate what to do without the man who is as close as a father to her, but as he gets closer to death's door and her step brother gets closer to marriage with a woman who hates Honor and her three younger sisters, Honor is forced to realize that she can no longer postpone a marriage to an eligible bachelor if it means keeping her sisters and family secret's safe. With a stroke of luck she realizes there is one last thing she can do to give her sisters their best chance at happiness. She can end her brothers engagement and encourage him towards a young lady who would be able to take pity on her family. And she knows just the man who could help her!

George Easton, the illegitimate son of a duke, has always enjoyed a good gamble and when the woman with the piercing eyes breaks all conventions and sits down at this table at the men's club he feels destiny spinning around him. Soon he is embroiled in a game to woo another woman but his thoughts are held captive by Honor. 

In between all this intrigue can these two ever find their way to each other and be honest with all the secrets in their hearts?

I had never read anything by Julia London before but I really enjoyed this book! It was funny and endearing, I cared not only about the main characters but the supporting cast as well. Which is good since this is the beginning of the Cabot Sisters series. The characters each have their graces and their flaws which always makes things more interesting. Definitely a read that I would suggest for those who enjoy historical romance!

It's on sale right now through amazon.ca for around $6, definitely worth the price!

Elderwood Manor by Christopher Fulbright & Angeline Hawkes

Elderwood Manor is a short story that appears to be an ode to horror novels from the Victorian era. It is filled with dark imagery and yet has a glimmer of hope interwoven in the story with the love that the father feels for his son. 

I really liked this story, it was a quick read, so nice for over a vacation or on the bus. It was well written and kept a fairly good pace throughout. I did wish that it had gone into a little bit more in depth of the history of how the activity had started but it gives you enough information and detail that you still get the family history of the house. 

Bruce Davenport is returning home after years away from his distant mother. Returning to his childhood home after a desperate phone call from his mother, and only because the rest of his life has seemingly fallen apart. He recently lost his wife to cancer and with mounting debt, it seems like he was also struggling financially. Arriving just as an ice storm hits the isolated location of the manor, he is grateful to get inside out of the cold. But now they're stuck inside the home that chills his blood faster then any cold front, no gas left and no hope of rescue until the morning. The horror builds as he finds his mother's body and begins to wonder if she was even the one who made that desperate phone call that brought him back to this cold, desolate place. 

It was so good! I would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good horror story. It will be exciting to see what else these authors will have for us in the future!

Goldie Locke and the Were Bears Series by Elizabeth A Reeves

I am sorry it's been so long since my last review but sadly real life doesn't always work out the way we would like and it's been a rough year so far but my love for books hasn't waned at all. I have been reading the whole time away and I should have lots of great reviews for you guys!

The Baehrly Series by Elizabeth A Reeves is great! It's a wonderful blend of fairy tale, urban landscape, romance, humour, and heart break. I was lucky enough to find the first book from free and quickly bought the others in the series as I just couldn't get enough. 

The writing isn't always the best and sometimes it looks like the editor maybe should have run it through the machine again but the story makes up for it. The world is interesting if typical, the magical world runs alongside ours though the non magical (called ordinaries) have no idea about it. There is a magical barrier between the our world and the world of faerie since the wars between the Fairies and the witches had gotten to the point where the innocent non magical people were being affected and it was the only way to end the war. 

Baehrly Breathing ~ Goldie Locke is adorable and fits it every step of the way in the series. A brilliant environmental lawyer, she secretly harbours a dream of giving it all up and starting a wildlife refuge for magical creatures, okay maybe it's not that big a secret since her home is already almost full and there's a dragon on it's way. But when she gets pulled into an investigation where the magical animals are going missing, she must fight to not only protect the animals she loves but to struggle with the ordinary who thinks she is nothing but a blonde ball of fluff. Even though she is pretty sure that she could take him in a sword fight. She struggles with her ex Kodi Baehr who is one of three brothers that she works for. She ended their relationship when he couldn't commit but now he just won't leave, making it awkward as she starts to develop feelings towards Donovan.  

I am including a link to a set of 4 books, now I have only read Baehrly breathing of this set, however it's only a $1 in the kindle set! 

Demons, Shifters, Oh my! Includes Baehrly Breathing by Elizabeth Reeves

However, if you have amazon prime then you can read the whole series for free on Amazon.com which is awesome! Not sure how long that will be for, but it's going on right now!

It's a 4 book series and I hope you get just as hooked as I did in the first book! Though I do have to mention that the 4th book of the series is the 6th book of the Cindy Eller series. The Cindy Eller series is actually what the author is known for and the two characters are sisters with many over lapping characters. I do have to mention that while reading the Cindy Eller books made me hungry and I really, really liked the first one, I wasn't in love with the rest of that series. It was okay but not great. I just found Cindy a little to dependent on her love interest. However you may love her! 

I can't wait to see what else Elizabeth Reeves has for us in the future! Definitely an author to watch and wait for! 

Inside Passage

Inside Passage is the first novel in the Corey Logan Trilogy by Burt Weissbourd. Corey Logan is the heroine of the trilogy and I love her down to earth voice even as she faces unlikely circumstances. I really enjoyed this book! I could barely put it down until the end and that was only because I didn't want it to end so I slowly started creeping through it in the hopes of prolonging the inevitable!

Corey Logan is a woman fighting a losing battle. After serving two years in jail for a crime she didn't commit Corey is just longing to start a normal life and to get her son back. She doubts that this will be possibly as Nick Season is still out there, he's already tried to kill her once and it's only a matter of time until he tries again because she knows the truth.

In the process of fighting for her son she goes to her evaluation with Abe Stein. At first Corey resists him but slowly begins to trust him while appreciating the thought he puts into each word. As Corey's hard work begins to unravel as enemies crawl out of the woodwork she finds only one safe harbour, Abe Stein. For the first time in years Corey has hope for a future with her son and a possible new lover.

Until she accidentally breaks all the hard rules she had set with the man who wants her dead. Fleeing, she barely gets to her son in time and ends up having to take a life to save her sons. Corey grabs Billy and flees to the Inside Passage in Canada but she knows it's just a matter of time until Nick finds her. Events skyrocket as Abe refuses to let Corey slip through his fingers.

I really enjoyed this book! The action is flawless and the story is compelling. To me the best bad guys are the ones that I almost want to root for and yet kind of want to shake and then flee from. Nick Season is him! He's charismatic, passionate and a cold blooded killer. All the smaller characters are well rounded and have lots of life!

I definitely recommend this book! I am going to include a link to the author Burt Weissbourd as well, he has written or been a part of some brilliant scripts, books and films and seems rather brilliant! It also gives a sneak peek at the other two books!

http://www.burtweissbourd.com/

Circle of Fire

This is the first part of the Damask Circle and I love it. It's a paranormal romance series and it's really well done. The world is filled shapeshifters, vampires and magic users but not the typical stuff that the market is flooded with right now. The Damask Circle is a group that travels throughout the world trying to stop evil magic users/creatures from killing innocent people. It is a blend of the unknown and mystery which draws you in with believable cast of characters. 

Circle of Fire begins with Madeline Smith, a woman who is battling the agoraphobia that is slowly closing her life into a box. Until a "ghost" appears to her and begs her for help. At first she refuses to believe in the spirit, it feels too real and tries to take her out of her comfort zone but then the ghost tells her that her beloved nephew may go missing and be the next body found if she does nothing. All too soon it's proven that it was true and she was plunged into an adventure that she wasn't sure she was ready for. 

Heading off to save the "ghost" after promising her sister that she would bring home her nephew. However the ghost is a real flesh and blood man who sets her pulse to racing and drives her mad between hormones and anger. In helping to save her nephew Madeline also learns how to save herself and come to terms with her abilities. 

This book is available at the end of the month and I greatly recommend it to everyone who enjoys the paranormal romance genre! For me one of the bonus perks is that the characters were in their 20's and 30's so for me that made it easier for me to relate to them. 

Definitely a quick and easy pick me up! 

Mr. Midnight

This is a brilliant book by Allan Leverone. I have personally always been fascinated by the concept of twins. There are so many different stories and myths that surround them and I have always liked to see the original ideas that authors come up with the idea. 

The book begins with Caitlyn Connelly, an independant 30 year old woman who is struggling with the fact that she was adopted. Caitlyn needs to understand these things, she calls them flickers, where she can see events of other peoples  lives. She tries to use the information for good but at 30 she longs to understand why she can see these things. Her boyfriend, the sweet cop that he is, surprises her with a private detective to help track down her mother. 

That's where the action explodes as Caitlyn gets ready to find her mother and we are introduced to the Mr. Midnight character. He is a deprived killer of young women compelled by the visions he sees inside of his mind. Everything changes for him when he glimpses a woman in a vision who is the anti thesis of everything he is and fills him with a hatred that he has never known before. 

I am going to stop there so I don't give too much away but this book is so good! It's fast paced and intelligently written. You even feel for the characters who have minor parts, they are all so well thought out and given back grounds of their own. 

I definitely recommend this book! It can be found for 5 bucks on amazon for the ebook and it's brilliant. If you are in the mood for something tense and evocative then grab this book!

Who you calling Silly? How a silly woman becomes virtuous

Mmmmm .... where to start on this book. This is a christian based book and I am pretty open minded and thought in a age where skimpy clothing and sleeping with various partners is not only acceptable but sought after I would check out this book when it was brought to my attention.

Now I personally believe in a as long as it isn't hurting me then your business is your own kind of philosophy but I am always interested in other peoples ideas. However I don't agree with pretty much anything this author had to say.

She goes on about how you should stay away from men, not even being friends because you might have dirty thoughts about them, you shouldn't drink at all, not even socially. That you should clean your home (you should actually probably do that part) but not forget the doorknobs and wash your walls on a frequent basis. As a woman I just don't have time to wash the walls of my home once a month.

I don't know for some people this might be a great book, for me it just didn't work. I didn't find any part of helpful. I don't recommend it at all.