Showing posts with label paranormal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paranormal. Show all posts

Monday, August 3, 2026

Audiobook Review ~ Leprechauns and Lemon Bars by Danielle Garrett










Shamrocks, rainbows, pots of gold, and … one irate leprechaun.


Spring has sprung, and I’m finally getting out of town with my monster-hunting boyfriend. However, our cozy little rental cabin in the woods turns out to have a serious problem—an angry leprechaun infestation.


Before we can get back to our romantic rendezvous, we have to prove we didn’t steal a magic hat.


Piece of cake, right?


Thursday, July 30, 2026

Audiobook Review ~ Hexes and Honey Buns by Danielle Garrett










The pen is mightier than the sword—but what's a witch to do when she has writer's block?


After landing my first official journalist job I thought the ideas would be spilling out faster than I could type. But it turns out life in the shadow of my debut piece is a little . . . make that a lot , harder than I expected.


So, when a convicted murderer reaches out begging for help in proving her innocence, I jump at the chance to dig into another investigation.


The only problem? This trail is ice cold.


I don't want to give up on a good story, or let down a witch desperate for my help, but I'm not sure where to turn and I'm running out of time.


Will my last ditch effort pan out, or will I be forced to give my editor a blank page?


Monday, July 27, 2026

Audiobook Review ~ Sugar Cookies and Sirens by Danielle Garrett










The witch who can talk to animals meets the witch with a talking cat. What could go wrong? It's Valentine's Day in Winterspell, but not everyone appears to be feeling the love. And no, I'm not talking about my date-less self. Instead of being wooed by candlelight, I'm working in a candle shop. Cora Hearth, Winterspell's magical chandler, has teamed up with Sugar Shack to create party favors for the lucky couples, and they're counting on us to spark some magic for their special night. So, when a thief breaks into my delivery van and swipes the goodies, Cora and I--and her persnickety talking cat--have to join forces to track down the culprit in time to save Valentine's Day.

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Audiobook Review ~ Mermaids and Meringue by Danielle Garrett










It’s New Year’s Eve and Rosella Midnight has a date with danger.

A handsome date for New Year’s Eve? Check.


Red lipstick and a killer party dress? Double check.


A kiss when the clock strikes twelve? Undecided.


If I’m going to be stuck in Winterspell a little longer, I may as well have fun with it. But you know what they say about the best laid plans...


When my romantic evening turns into a kidnapping investigation, I can’t wait around to watch the ball drop. There’s a mermaid-snatching monster on the loose, and it’s up to me to stop them.


Luckily for me, my date always comes loaded for dragon.


Monday, July 20, 2026

Audiobook Review ~ Grimoires and Gingerbread by Danielle Garrett










Christmas in Winterspell means ice skating, hot cocoa by the barrel, and frosted gingerbread houses.


I was almost looking forward to it.


The merriment screeches to a halt when two elves show up, claiming to have been sent by Santa himself, on a mission to track down an ancient grimoire.


A grimoire with the power of Christmas itself woven through the pages. Without it, Christmas isn’t happening, and Santa himself is in grave danger.


Could Winterspell hold the key to saving Christmas?


**Grimoires and Gingerbread is a holiday-themed novella in the Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries series by Danielle Garrett. This festive novella falls after the events in the first book, but could also be enjoyed as a standalone.**


Wednesday, April 15, 2026

BBNYA2025 Blog Tour Book Review ~ 8th Place Finalist: Soul Fraud by Andrew Givler







Matthew Carver has a terrible life. Seriously - it's awful. It is so bad that Dan the Demon is shocked when Matt turns down his infernal offer: ten years of a blissful life in exchange for his soul.

But Dan is a salesman behind on his quota and his demonic managers are running out of patience. He forges Matt's signature on the dotted line, stealing his soul and thrusting him into a supernatural world he never knew existed.

Now Matt must figure out how to get his soul back and stop a war before it is too late...

Monday, March 23, 2026

Sprinkles and Sea Serpents by Danielle Garrett ~ Audiobook Review








They say you can't go home again. . .oh, if only that were true.

Thanks to a series of unfortunate events - and one backstabbing frenemy - home is exactly where I'm headed. back to Winterspell Lake, the small community in Eastern Washington where magic runs rampant and humans are outlawed.

Faster than you can say hocus pocus I'm unpacking my bags and settling into the guest room of my parents' house, trying to ignore the creeping sensation that I'll never break free again.

The one thing Winterspell has going for it is the sweets shop in the center of town, a bakery filled with magical creations designed to enchant the taste buds and charm even the pickiest of connoisseurs. Luckily for me, I get the friends and family discount since my parents own the famous Sugar Shack. If I want room and board, I have to frost cupcakes and sling macaroons with the rest of the fam.

Unfortunately, things in Winterspell aren't all sugar cookies and rainbows. According to the local news, a dangerous sea serpent has claimed the lives to three missing girls. The journalist in me has to have a look for myself, and what I find is something far more deadly.

Something that makes me wish I'd stayed in the bakery.

Monday, March 9, 2026

Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace ~ Audiobook Review






A lady never reveals the true extent of her decay...

Hannah Miles lives a quiet existence, helping her parents conduct research into a most terrible affliction - until a gruesome murder during her best friend's engagement party pulls her from the shadows. With her specialist's knowledge and demure disposition, Hannah is requested to aid the investigation.

Except Hannah discovers her role is to apologise in the wake of the rude and disgraced man tasked with finding the murderer. The obnoxious Viscount Wycliff thinks to employ Hannah purely as a front to satisfy Whitehall, but she'll have none of that.

The two must work together to find the murderer before the season is ruined. But the viscount is about to meet his greatest challenge, and it's not a member of the ton with a hankering for brains.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Beyond the Veil by Pippa DaCosta ~ Audiobook Review





If your ex is the Prince of Greed, you’d better be ready to raise Hell.

Charlie Henderson is living a lie. Her real name is Muse, she's half demon, and her attempt at a normal life is about to go up in smoke.

When an assassin walks into her life, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake, Muse must return to the one man she hoped never to see again and ask for help. The Prince of Greed isn’t known for his charity. His price is high, and the cost could tear her apart.

Trapped between the malevolent intentions of a Prince of Hell and an assassin with ulterior motives, Muse must embrace the lure of chaos at her core—the demon inside her—in order to survive.

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Ghostly Gossip by Nellie H. Steele ~ Audiobook Review





She lost her parents, but gained a grandmother, but is something more sinister lurking in the shadows.

Uprooted from her life, Carly Ravenspell is forced to move to Thornwood Estate with an enigmatic grandmother she never knew. When the grieving teen arrives, she finds an unexpected solace in the woman and the stories she shares.

As Carly delves deeper into the tale surrounding Maple Mansion, a house where spirits roam free, she begins to forge a bond, not only with her grandmother, but with history’s mysteries and the allure of the supernatural. Plunged into spectral stories that span centuries, will Carly discover the secrets hidden in the manor as well as the ones hidden in plain sight?

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

BBNYA2025 Blog Tour Book Review ~ 14th Place Finalist: A Gift of Words by Rosalind Dando






















A magical gift is more trouble than it's worth...

Cam has plenty of things to worry about. His best friend might have broken someone’s fingers, the class bully won’t leave him alone, and staying under the radar of his teachers is much harder than it ought to be. He definitely doesn’t need magic to make his life any more complicated.

Which is good, because when he does write his name in Libris Sapientia—the book of wisdom—a whole lot of nothing happens. He is a failure, and even a book agrees. Then, Loman Lykill joins their class, bringing a whole new brand of chaos to Highgrove Secondary.

Cam has his magical gift, whether he wants it or not.

A Gift of Words is the first book in The Gifts Trilogy by Rosalind Dando.

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Silver Spells by Kate Moseman ~ Audiobook Review





Luella Campbell is having the weirdest day ever. Getting fired from her job at the sunscreen factory for no good reason is bad enough, but when a mysterious dog brings a tempest into her former workplace, Luella’s life is completely upended by the sudden gift of wild and windy magical powers.

With the help of her ride-or-die best friends, her motorcycle-riding mother, and a romantic blast from the past, Luella must find a way to make ends meet while unlocking the mysteries of her newfound magic...and the secrets hidden in the picturesque town of Sparkle Beach.

Sometimes, an empty nest means it’s your turn to fly.

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman ~ Audiobook Review

 

According to "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" (the world’s only “completely” accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.

So the armies of good and evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to divine plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and fast-living demon—both of whom have lived among Earth’s mortals since the beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture.

And someone seems to have misplace the Antichrist…

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

The Write Reads Blog Tour Book Review ~ Aliza in Nazi-Land by Elyse Hoffman













The Holocaust may be over, but for sixteen-year-old Aliza Aumen, the death of Adolf Hitler brings no peace. Adopted by a fellow survivor and given a new life in America, Aliza cannot escape the ghosts of her past: the parents she lost, the memories stolen from her, and the future that was taken from her in Europe. A life of comfort is no solace—she wants revenge.
When an angel offers her a chance for vengeance, Aliza is thrust into a terrifying role as a warden in Hell. Given dominion over the souls of Hitler, Himmler, and other architects of the Holocaust, she now possesses the power to torment them for eternity.
In Hell, Aliza is a god. But as she unleashes her wrath upon the Nazis, she begins to feel the seductive pull of power. The line between her rage-fueled retribution in Hell and her actions in the real world starts to blur.
Is Aliza, a young girl consumed by vengeance, ready to wield such godlike power? And what will it cost her to wield it?

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

BBNYA2025 Blog Tour Spotlight ~ 17th Place Finalist: The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen


















Claire Vessia's been sentenced to death.


The last survivor of a ship of would-be-pirates captured by the navy, she's been accused of all of their crimes.

She will die for it. Determined to go out with her head held high, her plans for a stoic execution are thrown out the window when a highborn lady offers her a chance to escape the noose... if she pays in vials of her own blood.

But she is betrayed.

Hung from the gallows and buried at sea, she rises amidst the waves as a Vampyri, an undead monster. Without a clue of where, or even what she is, and only a terrible hunger to guide her, it's only when she consumes a person trying to help her that she begins to understands what's been done to her.

Swearing revenge against the noble woman that turned her, the nation that accused her, and its people that killed her, Claire makes an oath that she will hunt down anyone under the navy's flag, and carve a blood-strewn path on her quest for vengeance.

But when the perfect chance to strike takes the form of the child of her maker - Claire must ask herself how far she's willing to go for justice.



Wednesday, January 14, 2026

The Haunting of Ashburn House ~ Audiobook Review

Adrienne didn't know what to expect when she arrived at Ashburn House. She'd never met the deceased owner, her estranged great-aunt Edith, and was surprised that she'd been bequeathed the property.

By all accounts, Edith was a strange woman. She rarely let guests into her home and a myriad of rumours surrounded the property. The residents of the nearby town claimed to have seen a wraith-like figure pacing behind the drawn curtains and to feel ghostly fingers brush their necks when they passed the driveway.

Adrienne doesn't believe in ghosts, but it's hard to ignore the unease that grows as she explores her new home. Strange messages have been carved into the wallpaper, her pet cat stares at nothing, and an old gravestone hidden in the woods behind the house hints at a bleak and shocking history.

One thing quickly becomes clear: Ashburn's dead are not at peace.