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Hot and Badgered (Honey Badgers #1) Shelly Laurenston Published: Mar. 27, 2018 (Kensington) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars The last thing bear shifter Berg Dunn expects when he starts bodyguard duty for a jackal shifter piano prodigy is a naked woman to fall from the sky and land... 
Dating the Undead (V-Date.com #1) Juliet Lyons Published: May 2, 2017 (Sourcebooks Casablanca) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Dumped by her date and thrown out of a New Year’s Eve party, Silver Harris is feeling down on herself. Then she meets a charming vampire on the way home... 
Immortal Nights (Argeneau #24) Lynsay Sands Published: Sept. 20, 2016 (Avon) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference previous books. For the last two years Abigail Forsyth has been taking care of her sick mother, who,... 
Fangs for the Memories (Half-Moon Hollow #0.5) Molly Harper Published: November 2, 2015 (Pocket Star) Purchase: Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 3.5 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 Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs (Jane Jameson #1). Fangs for... 
Moonstruck (Diablo Lake #1) Lauren Dane Published: June 20, 2016 (Carina Press) Purchase: Amazon Review Source: Copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Chelsea Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars I’m an unabashed Lauren Dane fan and have been auto-buying her contemporary romances for a long time, but I always love it most when she visits the paranormal side. (I absolutely adore... 
Alpha Ever After (Midnight Liaisons #5) Jessica Sims Published: May 17, 2016 (Jessica Sims) Purchase: Amazon Review source: Purchased Reviewed by: Amanda Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Note: while this review will be spoiler free, it may make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Beauty Dates the Beast. Readers first met Savannah and Connor in... 
The Shifter Romances the Writer (Nocturne Falls #6) Kristen Painter Published: May 15, 2016 (Sugar Skull) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 3.5 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, 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... 
Beauty and the Werewolf (San Francisco Wolf Pack #2) Kristin Miller Published: Aug. 25, 2015 (Entangled) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Isabelle Connelly, heir apparent to the Ireland Wolf Pack, has a secret. To the rest of the world she’s renowned painter Bella Nolan, famous for her werewolf series of... 
The Gargoyle Gets His Girl (Nocturne Falls #3) Kristen Painter Published: Aug. 1, 2015 Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars I’ve got nothing against a typical vampire or shifter romance. In fact, the first two books in the Nocturne Falls series featured one of each and I really enjoyed them. But there’s a... 
