Posts Tagged With: magic

Book Review: Minstrel’s Solstice by Nicole Dennis

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Minstrel’s Solstice
Author: Nicole Dennis
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Cullan & Kerryll
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 29 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A wasting plague swept over the Four Quadrants, changing how folks view the traveling guilds. Most travelers now make permanent contracts and settle in villages instead of continuing on the road. Needing to alter his lifestyle, Kerryll MacGhylle rides deep into the Northern Quadrant in search of a place to belong.

The Northern Duke, Cullan Gryffyn D’Antuono, accepts the contract of the frozen minstrel arriving during a powerful ice blizzard. He nurses Kerryll through the ravages of the sickness. Though they live at opposite ends of society, they have more in common than they realize.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.

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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Dreamspinner Press, fantasy, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, Minstrel's Solstice, musicians, Nicole Dennis, no sex, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, solstice, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Last of Summer by Genna Donaghy

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Last of Summer
Author: Genna Donaghy
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Rowan & Martin
Genre: M/M Paranormal/Fantasy
Length: 23 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Although Rowan Stormbringer was raised Wiccan, he’s never felt a connection to magic. That changes on the eve of Yule, when he encounters a magical creature, a phoenix, that needs his help getting to Stonehenge before the sun sets that day. Hiding a magical creature in the mortal world is tricky at best, but partnering with a good-looking, snarky taxi driver may be just the ticket Rowan needs. As they explore their instant attraction to each other, Rowan and Martin must learn to trust one another if they hope to deliver the phoenix home in time.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.

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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Dreamspinner Press, fantasy, Genna Donaghy, Last of Summer, M/M, magic, no sex, paranormal, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, The Blogger Girls, Yule | Leave a comment

Book Review: King of Me by R. A. Kaitland

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: King of Me
Author: R. A. Kaitland
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Anton & Sean
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 33 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Cast out of his clan of shifters and with no family of his own, Anton Cedwell wants nothing more than to be accepted by his partner Sean’s family when the two of them visit over Christmas. But Sean’s powerful father, Flavius, isn’t happy his son chose a shifter as a mate, and Sean is hiding secrets from Anton. When Sean is attacked by rival weres, Anton hopes Sean’s family will finally see the depth of his commitment and how far he’s willing to go to protect the man he loves.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.

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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: cat shifters, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, injury/recovery, King of Me, M/M, magic, paranormal, R. A. Kaitland, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Darach’s Cariad by R.J. Scott

Posted on December 22, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Darach’s Cariad
Author: R.J. Scott
Series: The Fire Trilogy #2
Heroes: Darach Gravenor/Ceithin Morgan
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 133 Pages
Publisher: Love Lane Books
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Available at: Love Lane Books, Amazon and All Romance Ebooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Darach Gravenor is a keeper of blue Fire. He is alone in his world and he wants to rescue his friend Kian from the horrors of the Other World.

Ceithin Morgan is Cariad. Strong with Ancient magic he teaches Darach that not all children’s fairy stories should be believed. Ceithin has his own reasons for helping Darach and shows Darach that there is magic that he never even knew existed.

They are living on borrowed time. Guardian knows what they are doing and he is coming for Ceithin. Darach and Ceithin have two choices — do they run, or do they make their stand together?
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Darach's Cariad, enemies to lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Intrigue, Love Lane Books, M/M, magic, paranormal, R.J. Scott, Series - The Fire Trilogy, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Kian’s Hunter by R.J. Scott

Posted on December 21, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Kian’s Hunter
Author: R.J. Scott
Series: Fire Trilogy #1
Heroes: Kian and Regan Campbell
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 102 Pages
Publisher: Love Lane Books
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Available at: Love Lane Books, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Please note, this book was originally a short story written in 2010. This version is inspired by that short story and is a complete re-write.

Kian has crossed over from his world to ours to seek revenge. His plan is to kill the monster who murdered his Uncle. The same monster who used magic to escape to our world and is hiding here and growing in strength.

Regan Campbell is a hunter of Demons. The first son, of a first son, he is the one who protects this world from the monsters that no one else knows are here.

When Kian reaches this world, he knows Regan is the perfect man to fight alongside him, but Regan trusts no one.

It isn’t until they are facing death and a terrible evil that will be let loose, that Regan finally realises he can trust another…his fated partner, Kian.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: demons, Fated Couples, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hunters, Kian's Hunter, Love Lane Books, M/M, magic, mates, Parallel Worlds, paranormal, R.J. Scott, Series - Fire Trilogy, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Dog With A Bone by Hailey Edwards

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Dog With A Bone
Author: Hailey Edwards
Series: Black Dog #1
Hero/Heroine: Thierry & Shaw
Genre: M/F Urban Fantasy
Length: 184 pages
Publisher: CrushStar Multimedia
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Half-bloods with Thierry’s skill set are given two options. They can join the conclave’s marshal program, or they can pack their bags. Turn down the job offer, and you’ve just shredded your residency pass for the mortal realm and booked yourself a one-way ticket to Faerie.

Texas is the only home Thierry has ever known, and she’s not going anywhere. Even if it means following in her notorious father’s footsteps as a peacekeeper. But pinning on the badge opens her eyes to the fact sometimes fae need protection too, and that sometimes humans are the real monsters.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: CrushStar Multimedia, death magic, Dog With A Bone, Fae, Hailey Edwards, incubus, injury/recovery, m/f, magic, Mystery/Suspense, New Adult, no sex, Secret agents, Series - Black Dog, sexual tension, teacher/student, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, urban fantasy, warriors, working together | Leave a comment

Ariel Tachna Week Review: Alliance in Blood

Posted on December 17, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Alliance in Blood
Author: Ariel Tachna
Series: Partnership in Blood #1
Heroes: Alain Magnier/Orlando St. Clair
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 235 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: May 11, 2008
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Can a desperate wizard and a bitter, disillusioned vampire find a way to build the partnership that could save their world?

In a world rocked by magical war, vampires are seen by many as less than human, as the stereotypical creatures of the night who prey on others. But as the war intensifies, the wizards know they need an advantage to turn the tide in their favor: the strength and edge the vampires can give them in the battle against the dark wizards who seek to destroy life as they know it.

In a dangerous move and show of good will, the wizards ask the leader of the vampires to meet with them, so that they might plead their cause. One desperate man, Alain Magnier, and one bitter, disillusioned vampire, Orlando St. Clair, meet in Paris, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance of their decision: Will the vampires join the cause and form a partnership with the wizards to win the war?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Author Week, Book Review, LGBT, Published Before 2010, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Abuse, Alliance in Blood, Ariel Tachna, Author Week - Ariel Tachna, Dreamspinner Press, Grief, HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Location - France, M/M, magic, Mystery/Suspense, paranormal, Rape (off page), Series - Partnership in Blood, slow burn, sweet, The Blogger Girls, urban fantasy, vampires, Wizards | Leave a comment

Book Review: Protector of the Alpha by Parker Williams

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Protector of the Alpha
Author: Parker Williams
Series: Shifting Needs
Heroes: Jake Davis/Zakiya Incekara
Genre: M/M Paranormal/New Adult
Length: 195 Pages
Publisher: Parker Williams
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Available at: Amazon, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Adopted at an early age by a wealthy family, Jake Davis has always seemed to have an easy life. Even in college he was blessed with good grades and an apparently clear path to a pro football career. Good thing his best friend keeps hanging around to keep his head from getting too swollen.

Zakiya Incekara has always been…odd. Being fluent in six languages and having a flair for international cooking should open the world to him, but those skills leave him isolated.

When Jake sees Zak for the first time, with water beading down his slender form, something inside him shifts, and it hungers for Zak. To have him. To claim him. And Jake knows that whatever it is, it won’t be denied.

When they are approached by a man who claims knowledge of a secret past they share, Jake and Zak are thrust into a world they would never have believed existed. The forests of Alaska might seem an odd place to find your destiny, but these men will meet the challenges head on, as they learn that sometimes you have to make sacrifices to be Protector of the Alpha.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: cat shifters, cute, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, mates, New Adult, paranormal, Parker Williams, Protector of the Alpha, Self-Published, series, Series - Shifting Needs, Shifters, sweet, taken, The Blogger Girls, virgins | Leave a comment

Book Review: Beyond the Rift by Alana Ankh

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Beyond the Rift
Author: Alana Ankh
Series: Elemental Lovers #1
Heroes: Behnivyr ‘Ivy’ erethe/Kristelien Fezenda
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 260 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Across the centuries, the Nikari, a race of vicious elemental mages, have built an empire, bringing an entire continent to its knees. The course of history seems set… until one innocent Andari mage changes everything and claims a greater prize—the heart of the Nikari emperor.

Behnivyr ‘Ivy’ Erethe knows his duty is to wed another Andari Pure-Blood. Craving one moment of freedom before his loveless bonding, he escapes his father’s suffocating protection and goes to a masquerade ball, only to unexpectedly meet a mysterious Nikari named Kris. Kris makes Ivy ache with a need he barely dares to acknowledge. One kiss, one dance—and Ivy’s life changes forever. Unbeknownst to Ivy, Kris is actually Kristelien Fezenda, the Nikari emperor. Forced to make a difficult choice, Ivy picks love over duty and becomes Kris’s concubine.

Poorly prepared for the whirlwind of emotion Ivy summons inside him, Kris now faces the hardest battle of his life. In a ruthless world where all weakness is exploited, where allies become enemies in the blink of an eye, where love can mean death, he will have to defeat more than his own personal demons to breach the rift between him and Ivy.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Alana Ankh, arranged marriage, betrayal, Beyond the Rift, Dreamspinner Press, enemies to lovers, fantasy, favorites, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, Pets, Psychic Abilities, royalty, series, Series - Elemental Lovers, The Blogger Girls, virgins, warriors, yearning | Leave a comment

Early Review: The Highland Dragon’s Lady by Isabel Cooper

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Highland Dragon’s Lady
Author: Isabel Cooper
Series: Highland Dragon #2
Heroine/Hero: Regina Talbot-Jones/Colin MacAlasdair
Genre: M/F Historical Fantasy
Length: 352 Pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Regina Talbot-Jones has always known her rambling family home was haunted. She also knows her brother has invited one of his friends to attend an ill-conceived séance. She didn’t count on that friend being so handsome… and she certainly didn’t expect him to be a dragon.

Scottish Highlander Colin MacAlasdair has hidden his true nature for his entire life, but the moment he sets eyes on Regina, he knows he has to have her. In his hundreds of years, he’s never met a woman who could understand him so thoroughly… or touch him so deeply. Bound by their mutual loneliness, drawn by the fire awakening inside of them, Colin and Regina must work together to defeat a vengeful spirit – and discover whether their growing love is powerful enough to defy convention.

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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: dragons, ghosts, highlanders, Historical Fantasy, injury/recovery, Isabel Cooper, m/f, magic, Psychic Abilities, romance, series, Series - Highland Dragon, Sourcebooks Casablanca, The Blogger Girls, The Highland Dragon's Lady | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: magic

Book Review: Minstrel’s Solstice by Nicole Dennis

Book Review: Last of Summer by Genna Donaghy

Book Review: King of Me by R. A. Kaitland

Book Review: Darach’s Cariad by R.J. Scott

Book Review: Kian’s Hunter by R.J. Scott

Book Review: Dog With A Bone by Hailey Edwards

Ariel Tachna Week Review: Alliance in Blood

Book Review: Protector of the Alpha by Parker Williams

Book Review: Beyond the Rift by Alana Ankh

Early Review: The Highland Dragon’s Lady by Isabel Cooper

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