Reviewed by Cristofer Garton Member of The Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team A CHEQUERED ROMANCE is the first book in Lawson Brook’s contemporary, LGBTQ “Chequered Romance” series. The story follows the complicated and often messy love lives of British Prime Minister George Morgan and African freedom-fighter MasimbaDewele, told through the perspectives of not just..
Read moreREVIEW: Witch Under Wraps (Mythmatched) – E.J. Russell
Reviewed by Madison Davis Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team Witch under Wraps is the second book in the Mythmatched series. I had no opportunity to read the first book, Howling on Hold. While I read Witch under Wraps, I wished sometimes I had read the first one to recognize some of the..
Read moreREVIEW: Bloodlaced (Youkai Bloodlines Book 1) – Courtney Maguire
Reviewed by Melissa Brus Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team This is one of those stories that doesn’t fit neatly into a category. It has a love story but isn’t a romance. It has scary scenes but isn’t a horror tale. It has vampires, but isn’t a typical paranormal story. What it is,..
Read moreREVIEW: Ink: Some Like it Haunted – Helen Mint
Reviewed by Linda Tonis Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team This short story is the prequel to a paranormal reverse harem series, and I have no doubt the series will be something I want to read. Layla Leeland wants to spend her birthday alone since it is on Halloween. However, she..
Read moreREVIEW: Awake and Dreaming (The L.A. Stories) – Alexandra Caluen
Reviewed by Ulysses Dietz Member of The Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team Alexandra Caluen’s “L.A. Stories” are apparently a group of loosely-linked stand-alones, each focusing on the coming together of two people with complicated back stories. “Awake & Dreaming” is, I’d wager, the book most thinly tied to Los Angeles, and possibly the most diverse..
Read moreREVIEW: Sedona Surrender – Lisa Kessler
Reviewed by Linda Tonis Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team Cole Vega is a veterinarian for large animals, he is alone and convinced that he will never find his mate until a visit to a farm changes everything. He meets Madison Williams the new Marketing Manager and the sister of Chandler the jaguar..
Read moreREVIEW: A Peculiar Prom Night: A Minded Story – R.L. Merrill
Reviewed by Ulysses Dietz Member of The Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team This tasty novella by R.L. Merrill is distinctive in a couple of ways. First, although the setting is crammed full of high school kids, the main performers in Merrill’s drama are all middle-aged, lonely people. The other distinctive detail is that we’re looking..
Read moreREVIEW: Coal Dust – C.J. Baty
Reviewed by Linda Tonis Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team This book begins in the 1930's in a mining town where life was a constant struggle. Miner's barely make ends meet working long hours just to be able to put food on the table while everyday in the mine puts their lives in..
Read moreREVIEW: Type Dirty to Me – Roxanne D. Howard
Reviewed by Linda Tonis Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team Madelyn Stacilli spent twenty years with a husband who left her empty and insecure. She stayed for her son. When he prepares for college, she knows she cannot live without love and security any longer. She moves to Connecticut, and using the money..
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