Lee Westfall, the heroine of the Gold Seer Trilogy, has settled with the folks she’d journeyed cross country in a settlement called Glorious. Her best friend Jefferson is still by her side trying to win her heart. This book tells the story of a much more empowered young woman than we saw in Walk on Earth a Stranger. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Like a River Glorious (Gold Seer Trilogy #2) by Rae Carson”
Maggie Sullivan, as a neuro surgeon, is used to making judgement calls in the emergency room that may save lives. One day, her structured life falls down around her and she escapes to her father’s house in the mountains to recoup. What was supposed to be a two week break stretches into two months, while she tries to explore and reimagine the direction she wants the rest of her life to take. Cal Jones was also on a break from his life, and in Sullivan’s Crossing he discovers Maggie, and together they journey towards a new life filled with love and purpose. Continue reading “This Chick Read: What We Find (Sullivan’s Crossing #1) by Robyn Carr”
Dayna Cross and Clark Layton are rivals, each owning a large oil company, competing in that ruthless world. They are not only rivals in business, but they share a personal history. At two separate times in their lives, they had very passionate but brief relationships. Each separation more heartbreaking than the last. Laura Carter writes a realistic, gripping story about the intricacies of the oil business and a heartrending tale of two people who struggle to belong to each other, even though their families try to keep them apart. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Scarred by You by Laura Carter”
At the end of the first novel, Feyre dies, and all of the High Lords, present at the moment of her death, help re-make her. She is brought back to life, but it is as an immortal, not as a human. This novel is about Feyre’s internal struggle. She killed others in order to save Tamlin, and the Spring Court, but in her mind, she can’t seem to wipe that blood off her hands, a la Lady Macbeth. Out, Out damn spot! Continue reading “This Chick Read: A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas”
I have read Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protecterate series and listened to her Etiquette and Espionage series, so when Prudence came out, the first in the Custard Protocol series, I immediately put it on my TBR list. Yep, it took me a year and a half, the impetus being that the second book in this series, Imprudence, is out. I do love being able to quickly move on to the second book! Continue reading “This Chick’s Audible Review: Prudence by Gail Carriger (read by Moira Quirk)”
You know when someone recommends a book to you and you aren’t sure that you want to add it to your TBR list? My list is huge, but my sister promised that this book was worth moving to the top. Boy, was she right! Amanda Bouchet has created a world that is part fantasy, part mythology, and a whole lot of action adventure. Cat, Catalia Fisa, is hiding out in a traveling magical circus. She has disguised herself as a Soothsayer, but her talents are so much more. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Promise of Fire (The Kingmaker Chronicles Book 1) by Amanda Bouchet”
When ice skater Lia agrees to teach a skating class at her skating rink, she never thought that her co-teacher would be Pierce Miller, local celebrity, and probable future NHL player. All Laced Up is a classic teen romance. Shy and uncertain Lia misunderstands Pierce’s confidence for cockiness. It isn’t until she starts following him anonymously on a hockey social media site, that she see’s a different side of him. Continue reading “This Chick Read: All Laced Up by Erin Fletcher”
This is a wonderful fantasy adventure novel that introduces us to a new type of adventurer, the Pathfinder. Shea belongs to the Pathfinder’s Guild, a job that she was raised to do from the age of 10. She has more experience traveling than others in her world, who may be at a more advanced age. She creates maps of her journeys, and her experiences with dangerous beasts and creatures, makes her guidance invaluable. Unfortunately, she is a woman, and in her village, where she has been placed, the elders think they know better than she. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Pathfinder’s Way by T. A. White”
I’m so excited to take part in the release launch for Pintip Dunn’s REMEMBER YESTERDAY (Forget Tomorrow #2)! Check out the book’s details and teaser, and be sure to enter the giveaway below Continue reading “Release Blitz! Remember Yesterday by Pintip Dunn”
Kristen Callihan has written both fantasy and sports romances, and excelled at them. Idol is her first romance set in the rock world. Killian, on a break from his band because his best friend and band member tried to commit suicide. Killian was devastated, blaming himself for not seeing the signs, and also was angry that his friend was hurting so much and he didn’t come to him for help. He rents a house in the countryside, and on his first night there gets drunk and crashes his vehicle through Libby’s gate and then proceeds to throw up all over her. Love at first sight. Well, maybe not! Continue reading “This Chick Read: Idol (VIP #1) by Kristen Callihan”
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