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Archangel’s Sun (Guild Hunter #13)Nalini SinghPublished: Nov. 24, 2020 (Berkeley)Purchase at: Amazon or BookshopReview Source: Copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference events from the previous book in the series. If you haven’t it, check out VBC’s review of Archangel’s War.... 
Archangel’s War (Guild Hunter #12)Nalini SinghPublished: Sept. 24, 2019 (Berkley)Purchase: Amazon or IndieBoundReview source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of Angels’ Blood.... 
Need a new paranormal romance fix? Are you there for all the “mine” action of mates? Then today’s feature is for you. We have an exclusive excerpt from Marie Johnston’s Angel Fire, the first in a new PNR series. EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: ANGEL FIRE BY MARIE JOHNSTON Concentrating, Bryant descended to the human realm. It was a skill he wasn’t granted until he’d become a warrior. His parents posed as missionaries... 
Hardest Fall (Dominion #2) Juliette Cross Published: Feb. 25, 2019 (Entangled) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it may reference previous events in the series. In the apocalypse, demoness Bone is determined to stay neutral. Formally a Seraph, after falling... 
Archangel’s Prophecy (Guild Hunter #11) Nalini Singh Published: Oct. 30, 2018 (Berkley) 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 review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of Angels’... 
It’s Wednesday, which means we have an awesome book for one lucky VBC reader. This week we’re shifting back to urban fantasy with Michelle Belanger’s Conspiracy of Angels. It’s the first in her Shadowside series, so prepared to be hooked for a set of books. (Your TBR will thank you.) ABOUT CONSPIRACY OF ANGELS When Zachary Westland regains consciousness on the winter shores of Lake Erie, his memories are... 
The Brightest Embers (Broken Destiny #3) Jeaniene Frost Published: Nov. 28, 2017 (Harlequin) 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): 5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference events in earlier books. If you haven’t started the Broken Destiny series, check out the... 
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... 
Update: With 69% of the vote, Kate Daniels has defeated Raphael. She will advance in the Alpha Showdown 2017. Both of today’s alphas have been in the Alpha Showdown more than once. Readers love them both. However, neither has managed to make it to the end and capture the title of Alpha Showdown champion. Will this be the year for one of them? We have Kate Daniels from the series of the same name by Ilona... 
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.... 
