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Book Review: Hot Springs Homicide by Nikki Haverstock
Brooke, a mermaid living in the magical town of Purgatory Falls, is helping out with the annual Founders’ Week celebrations when a search for a missing bracelet leads to a dead body. With a murderer to catch, and a treasure to find, Brooke discovers she has a deeper connection to her new home than she…
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Book Review: Forgotten Lore by Blanket Fort Writers
Rhonda Parrish runs a wonderful virtual hangout for writers and readers on Discord, called The Blanket Fort, and last year she and six other writers put together this anthology of short stories based on the theme of Forgotten Lore. MLD Curelas starts the anthology on a strong note with Nickel-Plated Demon. Ex-cop turned pawnshop owner,…
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Book Review: Mermaid to the Rescue by Nikki Haverstock
Could there be a serial killer loose in Purgatory Falls? Paranormals are losing their heads, and Brooke has been enlisted with Twyla and Esmeralda to discover who and what is killing them. With Twyla on the mend after her accident, will Brooke be in town long enough to help catch the killer? It seems unlikely…
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Book Review: Mermaid in Troubled Water by Nikki Haverstock
After her engagement ends, mermaid Brooke drives away from her life and finds the reclusive town of Purgatory Falls, a sanctuary for paranormals like her to live freely. Unfortunately for Brooke, during her first moments in town she witnesses a murder, even though she doesn’t actually see very much because in her mermaid state her…
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Book Review: One in the Hand by Rhonda Parrish
Autumn lives an ordinary life working two jobs, looking after her two fabulous wolfhounds, and chilling with her policeman boyfriend. After her grandmother is attacked in her retirement home, Autumn discovers that her life isn’t so ordinary after all. With magic swords, wings, giants and gods all set to complicate her life, will Autumn ever…
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Book Review: Over a God’s Dead Body by Joel Spriggs
Joel Spriggs’ debut novel contains a detailed magic system to rival his Hemlock & Burns books, as well as a mixed pantheon of gods and an obsession with genitalia. Starting as it means to go on, “Over a God’s Dead Body” opens with an intimate moment between a professor and a Sasquatch, before introducing us…
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Book Review: Little Drummer Boy by Joel Spriggs
Preternatural detective, Hemlock Connal and her intern, Morgan Burns, return in another tale of magic and murder. Hemlock and Burns are busy researching a case when they hear a strange drumming sound on the street. Turns out the only way to control zombies is with a drumbeat, so Hemlock and Burns follow the little drummer…
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Book Review: Undead as a Doornail by William F Aicher
When things go bump in the night, and vampires hunt for prey, it’s time to call in Bones, Phoenix Bones, monster hunter. Working in animal control in Mississippi, Phoenix Bones has a secret. Born dead, he has a unique affinity with death and the undead, which makes him perfect for his part time job as…
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Book Review: Another Dead Intern by Joel Spriggs
Do you love urban fantasy, private detectives and mismatched duos? If so, you won’t want to miss out on “Another Dead Intern” by Joel Spriggs. Hemlock Connal, daughter to the fae Fand, queen of the Shadow Court, has been stripped of her sidhe powers and banished to the human realm, where she inherited her father’s…
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Book Review: F is for Fairy edited by Rhonda Parrish
This is the 6th book in the alphabet anthology series, edited by Rhonda Parrish. This anthology contains 26 stories that explore everything fairy – every form of fairy imaginable is contained within this volume, from fairy tale reimaginings to urban fantasy to Norse elfs to some that were totally unexpected. I found all the stories…
