USA Today bestselling author of adventurous urban fantasy that flirts with paranormal romance
Shepherd asked me if I’d be willing to look back through my reading lists and see which books most hit the spot over the last year. Those of you on my email list have already been regaled with the fantasy book recommendations I came up with. To which, I now must add another instant favorite:…
I realized it had been almost a year since I’d summed up recent beloved books. How time flies when your kindle is perpetually full! As usual, I’m going to start with books most like mine and veer away a bit near the end, but every one of these is a very good read. Black Hat,…
I was recently approached by the new website Shepherd.com to share my all-time favorite werewolf books for lovers of fantasy and romance. These are the classics I’d recommend to someone who just discovered how awesome werewolf books can be and didn’t know where to start diving into the massive backlist. Perhaps even those of you…
I can’t believe it’s been nine months since I wrote a book recommendation post. With extreme effort, I’ve managed to narrow the dozens of novels I gulped down during that time into my favorite half dozen. It seems a little crazy to start with book six in a series, but it would be crazier not…
It’s cold and white outside. Our wood stove is raging. The cats are lazing. The perfect time for a book! It felt a little decadent, though, to start my evening reading right after lunch. So, instead, I dug through my notes and pulled out some must-read recommendations for you. I adore Maria Vale’s The Legend…
The more complicated the world gets, the more I appreciate books that hook me so deeply I lose hours walking in another person’s shoes. Most of these books aren’t in my genre, but every one was a complete immersion in loveliness. Crack their covers before bedtime at your own risk. Krista Street’s Magic in the…
I burned through young adult books like they were candy a decade or so ago, then I mostly stopped reading them. But over the last nine months, I stumbled across quite a few that sucked me back in. Here are my favorites. A Study in Charlotte is true to and at the same time better…
Did you run through all of my paranormal recommendations and still need something to read? Or perhaps you’re like me and crave the simple sweetness of an excellent contemporary romance when times get tough. Either way, here are four romances bound to leave you with a smile on your face. This entire Reluctant Royals series…
Has it really been nine months since I posted a list of book recommendations? If you’re lucky enough to be able to ride out the COVID-19 outbreak at home and need something to keep you occupied, here’s the cream of what I’ve read in the last three seasons arranged from most-like-my-books to least-like-my-books. The only…
Usually, it takes me several months to come up with a list of books I love and think you will too. But this has been a good reading season. So here are three werewolf books and a steampunk selection for your enjoyment. My number one recommendation is Maria Vale’s The Last Wolf (and the sequel,…