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…
When I’ve read about 90% of the stories by a favorite author, I often get stuck trying to fill in the gaps. If that sounds like you, hopefully this page will help point you in the right direction.So, without further ado, recommended reading order: (Books in parentheses are side stories. If you’re not a…
The nights are so long at this time of year…which means more time for reading! So I pulled together my favorite books since I last regaled you with recommendations. They start out closer to urban fantasy and get more romantic as you delve deeper into the post. Without further ado — good books! Anne…
So, you’ve read all of my books already. What should you try next? One way to look at this is using a tool like yasiv.com that shows how readers have branched out from my titles into other urban fantasy or paranormal romance novels. I’ll let you play with that tool yourself if you haven’t…
(Did you miss the first scene? Click here to start at the beginning.) The Uber app reported that my ride was still several miles out and my stomach ached with the enforced distance from pack. So I sank down onto the curb and succumbed to that most lupine of yearnings—the necessity of calling home. “Ember.”…
I seem to have gotten on a couple of unique reading kicks this summer. Just in case you want to play along, here are the books that hit the spot in each category. I’ll start with fairy tales because, depending on the author, these can feel awfully close to either urban fantasy or to fantasy…
I’m excited to announce that the Fire Kissed anthology is now live on Amazon and FREE to borrow with Kindle Unlimited! This box set contains a lucky thirteen never-before-published novellas by urban-fantasy and paranormal-romance authors…including myself. My contribution is Incendiary Magic, a short but action-packed prequel to the Dragon Mage universe. Fee is a fire…
Branching out a little further from the urban fantasy and paranormal books I recommended last time, today’s post is all about top reads in other subgenres of fantasy (notably fairy tales and romantic fantasy). Death Sworn by Leah Cypress is a perfect fantasy read, with a strong but flawed heroine, an intriguing setup, and enough moral…