This week I tried a few more new to be authors. I must say that I have been very pleased with the outcome.
Abigail Swish’s life is nothing to brag about: gang-ridden
city, orphanage style accommodations, and a matron who’s kinda on the evil
side.
Not that she has to worry about that for much longer. She’ll
turn 18 soon, and then it’s goodbye compound, hello dangerous streets of New
York City. Of course, as her luck would have it, she doesn’t make it to 18
before her world is turned upside down. One ambushed meeting with an
accent-bearing, sword-wielding stranger, and suddenly her entire life as she
knows it is a lie.
Apparently she was just stashed on Earth for safekeeping and
has been lost to her family ever since. And it’s time to return home. To First
World; a land of unimaginable beauty. Of course, one should never forget how
the old tale goes: beauty can hide the darkest secrets.
Abigail will discover friends, family and home. Not to
mention a love beyond her star system. But she’ll also face an epic danger and
one wrong move could destroy them all.
4 Stars ****
A secret power. The revival of magic. An ancient evil stirs.
Twenty-year-old university dropout Cassie Rogan has returned
to her small British Columbia home. Tortured by an accident that killed her
parents, she drifts, failing life at every turn. When an impossibly localized
lightning storm hits the surrounding forest, Cassie discovers her supernatural
side.
After centuries of atrophy, the forces of magic are flowing
back into our world, and Cassie can wield arcane powers. Her life seems
destined to turn around, until the downside of magic brings everything to a screeching
halt. Horrifying mythical beasts now prowl the northern wilderness—including
the Basilisk—an enormous eight-legged lizard that can turn its prey to stone.
Recruited by a secretive agency, Cassie must quickly master
her powers to protect mankind. As she develops her skills, a dark power
secretly watches from the shadows. The Fae Seelie (a.k.a. the Dark
Elves)—humanity's ancient enemy—have returned to settle the score.
3 Stars***
Beneath the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas lies another
city.
A secret city in plain sight, full of warlocks and demons,
shape-shifters and golems. A city that feeds off the chance magick that is
generated by gamblers and which is ruled by mysterious beings called the
Oddsmakers. It is in this strange underbelly of the occult that Anne Moody runs
a cursed pawn shop for the desperate, the curious, and the magickally inclined.
Though the job is boring, it keeps her under the radar. None
of her customers have any inkling that she is a dragon sorceress with a power
that's been feared throughout history. However dragons are no help when a stone
statue ends up in her shop that is more than it appears. The statue is a
gargoyle named Vale, who is shrouded in mystery and secrets.
When she learns that Vale is possessed, and that the person
responsible for cursing him plans to take over Las Vegas with a horde of demons
from Hell, Anne realizes it is up to her to defy the Oddsmakers and save the
city, and possibly the world.
4 Stars****
Madison Fox just learned that her ability to see souls is
more than a sight: It's a weapon for fighting evil. The only problem is she
doesn't have a clue what she's doing.
On the positive side, her money problems are over, she's
possibly discovered her purpose in life, and her coworker is smoking hot. On
the negative side, evil creatures now actively hunt her, and deadly experiences
are becoming the norm.
When she thinks it couldn't get worse, a powerful evil sets
up shop at a local hotel's video game convention, and it's got its eye on more
than the gaming geeks--it's hungry for Madison's soul. Madison needs to become
an expert illuminant enforcer overnight to save her job, her region . . . and
her life.
4 Stars****
Alice is all grown up.
Running the Mad Hatter's Cupcakery
and Tea Shoppe is a delicious job, until fate--and a fairy godmother with a
weakness for bad boys--throws her a curveball. Now, Alice is the newest
resident of Wonderland, where the Mad Hatter fuels her fantasies and thrills
her body with his dark touch.
The Mad Hatter may have a voice and a body made for sex, but
he takes no lovers. Ever. But a determined fairy godmother has forced Alice
into Wonderland--and his arms. Now, as desire and madness converge, the Hatter
must decide if he will fight the fairy godmother's mating--or fight for Alice.
3 Stars***
Betty Hart has had it with men.
Jilted in love, her life now
consists of shelving books by day, watching too much Anime by night, and
occasionally dressing up like a superhero on the weekends with her fellow
‘Bleeding Heart’ nerds. Men are not welcome and very much unwanted. Especially
the sexy Frenchman who saunters into her library reeking of alcohol and looking
like he went one too many rounds in the ring.
Gerard Caron is in trouble. Again. Caught with his pants
down (literally) he’s forced to seek asylum on Earth while his fairy godmother
tries to keep Prince Charming from going all ‘Off with his head’. Maybe,
messing around with the King’s daughter hadn’t been such a great idea after
all, not that Gerard knew the silly redhead was a princess. But his fairy
godmother knows the only way to save his life is to finally pair Gerard with
his perfect mate, whether he’s willing or not.
From the moment Gerard lays eyes on the nerdy librarian he
knows he must have her, but Betty is unlike any woman he’s ever known. He
thought Betty would come as willingly to his bed as every other woman before
her, but she is a woman who demands respect and even… horror of all horrors…
love. Is it possible for a self-proclaimed Casanova to change his ways?
3 Stars***
All of these books I read using Kindle Unlimited.
Thanks for stopping by,
Michelle
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