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The Trouble with Twelfth Grave (Charley Davidson #12) Darynda Jones Published: Oct. 31, 2017 (St. Martin’s Griffin) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by the publisher in exchange for and honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out... 
No one does amped up conflict and sparks-flying conflict like Kresley Cole. Seriously. If you aren’t already a fan of her Immortals After Dark series, you’re missing out. (The audiobooks are AH-MAZ-ING, too.) Luckily for all of you, I have two paperbacks of Wicked Abyss for lucky VBC readers. It’s a delicious book. So you’re welcome. Here’s the full blurb: This fairy tale doesn’t end with a kiss in this... 
The Sweetest Burn (Broken Destiny #2) Jeaniene Frost Published: June 27, 2017 (HQN) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Chelsea Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: This review assumes you have read book one, The Beautiful Ashes. If you haven’t read it, check out Chelsea’s review here. The Sweetest Burn brings a... 
When someone says Buffy meets Bridesmaid in their book blurb, I take notice. Words like that get you put on the to-be-read pile ASAP. Such is the case with Deborah Wilde’s The Unlikeable Demon Hunter, which released just this Tuesday. Admittedly, I have a soft spot for heroines others call “unlikeable.” Complex and unapologetic heroines like Darian from the Shaede Assassin series and Chess from the... 
How many of you have read the Hollows series by Kim Harrison? It’s a great urban fantasy series, and actually one I found got stronger and stronger the longer the series ran. With that in mind, I have a copy of Ever After by Kim Harrison. It’s the 11th novel in the Hollows series (sometimes you’ll see it called the Rachel Morgan series, too), and is from another expanding point in the series. We’re... 
Souljacker (Lily Bound #1) Yasmine Galenorn Published: Mar. 7, 2016 (Diversion) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher or author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Does anyone else miss Lost Girl? Yasmine Galenorn may have just the thing to fill that void. Souljacker features a succubus, Lily O’Connell, living in the... 
It’s been a few weeks since we had a tasty paranormal romance giveaway at VBC. Win It Wednesday is the right way to fix that. Today I’m giving away Sandra Hill’s Good Vampires Go to Heaven. It’s the eighth book in her Deadly Angels series, which brings together vampires and angels—legit vangels—and the sexy, sexy in these books. Good Vampires has the bonus of a demon trying to achieve vangel status.... 
Made for Sin Stacia Kane Published: Aug. 30, 2016 (Loveswept) Purchase: Amazon Review Source: Copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 3 stars E.L. Speare is cursed. With a demon inhabiting his body, Speare is forced to sin in order to keep the demon assuaged, otherwise all hell literally breaks loose. Fortunately Speare is a PI in Las Vegas, the... 
The Devil Inside (Morgan Kingsley #1) Jenna Black Published: Nov. 27, 2007 (Dell) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Morgan Kinsley is an exorcist in a land where demon’s are allowed to possess the bodies of humans. In fact, some humans volunteer to give their lives so the demons have a home. Morgan’s job is to kill the rogue... 
The Curse of Tenth Grave (Charley Davidson #10) Darynda Jones Published: June 28, 2016 (St. Martin’s) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 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... 
