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Heroine Complex (Heroine Complex #1) Sarah Kuhn Published: July 5, 2016 (DAW) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Evie Tanaka is the personal assistant of San Francisco’s superhero mascot Aveda Jupiter. While Evie is happy to help run every aspect of her best friend Aveda’s life in... 
Soldier (Talon #3) Julie Kagawa Published: April 26, 2016 (Harlequin Teen) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Talon. Soldier starts off right where Rogue finished: Garret has... 
Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #1) Ilona Andrews Published: December 2, 2013 (Ilona Andrews) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Dina is an Inn Keeper in what looks to be a quiet Texas town. Dina’s magical powers are entwined with the Inn she owns and it’s her job is to provide her guests with a certain level of protection on... 
Blood Kiss (Black Dagger Legacy #1) J.R. Ward Published: Dec. 1, 2015 (Signet) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to books in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. If you haven’t started that yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Dark Lover. You do not, however, need... 
Z (Demonica #11.7) Larissa Ione Published: April 26, 2016 (Evil Eye Concepts) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Pleasure Unbound. Zhubaal... 
Beyond the Veil (The Veil #1) Pippa DaCosta Published: Feb. 15, 2015 (Pippa DaCosta) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon (free for Kindle as of this posting) Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Charlie Henderson’s entire life goes up in flames—quite literally—and everything she has worked for, for the last few years, is gone. After having been raised as a half-demon... 
The Witch of Painted Sorrows (The Daughters of La Lune #1) M.J. Rose Published: March 17, 2016 (Atria Books) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 3 stars When we meet Sandrine Salome, she is running away from her home and husband in New York to the safe haven her grandmother can potentially provide in Paris, France, in the 1890’s. When she... 
White Tiger (Shifters Unbound #8) Jennifer Ashley Published: April 5, 2016 (Berkley) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Pride... 
Outtakes from the Grave (Night Huntress #7.5) Jeaniene Frost Published: December 22, 2015 (NYLA) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Halfway to the Grave. Outtakes from the... 
A Little Night Magic (Nodaway Falls #1) Lucy March Published: Jan. 31, 2012 (St. Martin’s Griffin) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Liv is a small-town girl working at the unchanged local diner in Nodaway Falls and hanging out with the same friends she’s known her entire life. Recently, Liv acted on her long-felt attraction... 
