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My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding (A Biker Witches Mystery #5) Angie Fox Published: June 28, 2013 (Angie Fox) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Mary Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Lizzy is a demon slayer, part angel, and is backed up by a badass gang of geriatric biker witches. She is also being hunted by the Earl of... 
Consume (Clann #3) Melissa Darnell Published: Aug. 27, 2013 (Harlequin Teen) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Krista Rating (out of 5): 2.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does reference events in previous books from the series. The beginning of Consume, the third in the Clann trilogy,... 
Shadow of the Wolf (Heart’s Desire #1) Dana Marie Bell Published: Sept. 9, 2012 (Samhain) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Purchased Reviewed by: Amanda Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Chris Beckett and his brothers are under a curse. Wizards who shift into werewolves, each brother must perform a spell to find their mate, and Chris is first up to the plate. He asks for someone of old... 
A Witch’s Handbook of Kisses and Curses (Half-Moon Hollow #2) Molly Harper Published: May 28, 2013 (Pocket) Available at: Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Amanda Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars When you start giggling a few pages in to a book, you know you’re in for a good time. Nola Leary’s left behind her tiny village of Kilcairy, Ireland, at the behest of her grandmother. Her task is to locate four... 
Hunter Jacquelyn Frank writing as JAX Published: May 2, 2013 (Kensington Digital) Purchase at: Amazon Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 2.5 stars Jacquelyn Frank won me over many, many books ago with her Nightwalker series. With this new series, I expected the same appeal. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Tatyana Petrova happens upon Willow House by accident. Her car breaks down while she is... 
Werewolves Be Damned (Magic & Mayhem #1) Stacey Kennedy Published: April 15, 2013 (Entangled) Purchase: Amazon Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Nexi Jones is hell bent on revenge after witnessing the savage werewolf attack that killed her parents. Saved from the same fate by sword-wielding, kilt-wearing warriors, she learns two things. Firstly, there are two worlds: The Earthworld and The... 
One for the Wicked (Dark Mission #5) Karina Cooper Published: April 30, 2013 (Avon) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Chelsea Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: This review does not contain spoilers. (Yay!) However, it does make reference to events from earlier books. While I’ve tried to minimize spoilers for those titles, I do suggest you begin with the first Dark Mission novel. Read the... 
I adore Karina Cooper’s Dark Mission books. They’re dark paranormal romance. There’s magic and witches and government shenanigans. Oh, and lots of tension-fueled romance. The final book, One for the Wicked, comes out in April, but there will be a sexy, all-money-goes-to-charity novella called Wicked Lies releasing on March 5. It features Jonas (you’ll see him below) and gets him an appropriate happily... 
Every year, I compile the standard year-end best books list—read 2012’s best reads list—and it’s a hard task narrowing things down. What’s harder though is picking the ten heroes from novels published this year to make my annual swoon-worthy list. Last year Eve Silver’s Lokan took top honors and the year before Stacia Kane’s Terrible was causing fevers all over the place. There are returning favorites... 
From Chelsea/VBC: Today we’re turning the blog over to the fantastic Diana Pharaoh Francis. Her latest Horngate Witches novel Blood Winter releases on Dec. 18. Like me, she’s excited about all the food that comes with the holiday season. Turning it over to Di… Hi everyone! Thank you for having me here. I’m really excited! I was pondering what to write about for awhile and I realized that the answer was .... 
