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Mark of the Moon (Mark of the Moon #1) Beth Dranoff Published: Feb. 6, 2017 (Carina Press) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Dana Markovitz is a bartender in a paranormal bar run by a demon, and she also has an on-again-off-again vampire lover. When the book opens the two are seen together having a particularly rousing bout of sex,... 
Leopard’s Fury (Leopard People #9) Christine Feehan Published: Nov. 6, 2016 (Jove) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Leopard’s Fury is a standalone book set in Christine Feehan’s Leopard world. It introduces us to Evangeline Tregre, a woman who just wants to run her bakery and be left alone. That is until a dangerous man walk... 
Firewalker (Worldwalker #2) Josephine Angelini Published: Sept. 1, 2015 (Feiwel & Friends) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference the previous book. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Trial by Fire. Starting off where book one ended,... 
Trial by Fire (Worldwalker #1) Josephine Angelini Published: Sept. 2, 2014 (Feiwel & Friends) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Lily Proctor is sick. Not just cough-and-sneeze sick, but she-might-die sick. She’s allergic to everything, suffers from seizures, and can’t do anything fun because she lives in fear. When her BFF Tristan,... 
Feversong (Fever #9) Karen Marie Moning Published: Jan. 17, 2017 (Delacorte Press) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Darkfever. Mac, Barrons, Jada, and Ryodan fight to save the world... 
Howling at the Moon (Tales of an Urban Werewolf #1) Karen MacInerney Published: Feb. 26, 2008 (Ballantine Books) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 2 stars I love a good werewolf story. I love when an author gives me characters that I can sink my teeth into, so when Howling at the Moon popped up on my Kindle, I was excited to dig in. I wish... 
Hyde (Hyde #1) Lauren Stewart Published: July 8, 2012 (Off the Hook) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 5 stars While surfing through the urban fantasy section of my kindle, I came across a cover that made me stop long enough to read the blurb. Yes, I am one of those people, if you have a pretty cover, I will judge. So, already taken in by... 
Harsh Gods (Shadowside #2) Michelle Belanger Published: Aug. 30, 2016 (Titan Books) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it may reference previous books in the series. Harsh Gods is the second book in the Shadowside Trilogy. I haven’t read... 
Omens (Cainsville #1) Kelley Armstrong Published: Aug. 20, 2013 (Penguin) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Omens is written by one of my favorite authors, Kelley Armstrong. If you haven’t read anything of hers before, then please do yourself a favor and pick up one of her books, any of them, it doesn’t matter, the woman is a master... 
The Devil You Know (Morgan Kingsley #2) Jenna Black Published: July 29, 2008 (Dell) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, The Devil Inside. At the end of The Devil Inside,... 
