Fairyloot Adult – May 2023
Feuding Gods
A historical fantasy romance that’s full of magical letters, mysterious disappearances and malevolent gods.
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Title: The Spanish Love Deception
Series: Spanish Love Deception #1
Author: Elena Armas
Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancée—will be there and eager to meet him.
She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won’t be easy to fool.
Enter Aaron Blackford—her tall, handsome, condescending colleague—who surprisingly offers to step in. She’d rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man.
But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realize he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is at the office.
I do love a fake dating read!
Catalina needs a date for her sisters wedding in Spain after she has told a large white lie about having an American boyfriend!
Enter colleague and arch-nemesis Aaron Blackford! Catalina doesn’t have any other options and Aaron has an alterior motive.
I really enjoyed this book! It wasn’t strung out, had just the right amount of tension and I loved the banter and I now admit I have a crush on Aaron! He knows what he wants and goes for it!
A good romance read so I say you should go for it!
Title: The Maid
Author: Nita Prose
Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by.
Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life’s complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.
But Molly’s orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what’s happening, Molly’s unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it’s too late?
A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.
Oh this was a listen I didn’t know I needed!
Molly is a maid in a hotel and one day there’s a mess she can’t clean!
Armed with some newly found friends, she sets out to put things right…..because things need to be right!
I loved Molly so much. She struggles with social interactions, with people and has her set of ‘rules’ she follows as set by her Gran to help her. I was so mad how people treated her and totally take advantage of her!
I won’t say anymore about the plot but just tell you that you need this book in your life. It was quirky, unique and a total 5 star read. That little twist at the end was superb!
Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
THEME: Bookish Wishes
I don’t normally do stuff like this as it feels a bit grabby but I couldn’t think of another topic so I’m doing it!!!
Artsy Reader Girl says:
This is a popular thing to do on Twitter, but today we’re blog hopping. Include a link to a wishlist so that people can grant your wish. After you post, jump around the Linky and grant a wish or two if you’d like.
So my Amazon wishlist is here: https://amzn.to/3cBROSV
I’ll be hopping about and will grant a wish (or maybe 2!)
Title: Love Theoretically
Author: Ali Hazelwood
The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she’s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.
Honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and broody older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And that same Jack who now sits on the hiring committee at MIT, right between Elsie and her dream job.
Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but…those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she’s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist’s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?
Okay so I think this is my fave AH book yet and that’s saying something because I was a goner for TLH!
Elsie Hannaway sees herself as medium. At everything. She’s a people pleaser to an exteme! I loved her. More than life itself because she gives and she gives and she gives. I wanted to grab her up and cuddle her and protect her….and this is why I am a fan of old Jackie boy. Because he does in the most exquisite way!
‘Easy peasy, photons squeezy.’
All I can say is you need to read this! You won’t be disappointed, I guarantee it!
The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a good week?
Back to school and work for us this week and, surprisingly, we didn’t feel too tired! Maybe it’s the summer air making us feel good!
My son had his brace tightened this week and I had an office day but otherwise it’s been a normal week!
I seem to be getting my groove back with reading so hoping I’ve seen the back of the slump!
Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
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🎧 Ruling Destiny by Alyson Noel
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None this week (my tbr shelf thanks me because it’s heaving!!!)
Unboxing – Afterlight May 2023
Unboxing – Fairyloot Adult May 2023
Review – The Wicked In Me by Suzanne Wright
Review – Slaying the Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent
What have you read lately?
Title: Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
Series: Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers #1
Author: Carissa Broadbent
She was commanded to kill him with a single strike to the heart. She didn’t expect her own to betray her. Sylina has sacrificed everything for her goddess–her soul, her freedom, her eyes. Life in service to the Arachessen, a cult of the Goddess of Fate, has turned Sylina from orphaned street-rat to disciplined killer, determined to overthrow Glaea’s tyrannical king. But when a brutal vampire conqueror arrives on their shores, Sylina faces an even deadlier adversary. She’s tasked with a crucial mission: infiltrate his army, earn his trust… and kill him. Atrius is a terrifying warrior carving an unstoppable path through Glaea. Yet when Sylina becomes his seer, she glimpses a dark and shocking past–and a side of him that reminds her far too much of parts of herself she’d rather forget. Sylina’s orders are clear. The conqueror cannot live. But as the blood spilled by Glaea’s tyrant king runs thicker, her connection with Atrius only grows stronger. A connection forbidden by her vows. A connection that could cost her everything.
What is it about this author that makes me fall in love with every book she writes?
Is it the:
~ Strong, likeable female leads?
~ The fierce but troubled males?
~ The plot?
~ The absolute delicious-ness of the story?
I think it might be all of it combined and this book was no exception. I’m so glad I found this author!
Anyway, gushing aside…..
Syrina is an Arachessen. A group of assasin women who gave much up to their goddess, Acaeja, the Weaver of Fates, the Keeper of the Unknown, the Mother of Sorcery.
Atrius is a cursed, vampire conquerer who comes to claim Syrina’s world as his own so she is sent to infiltrate his camp.
There was double crosses, action, drama and, of course, romance and schexy times! And, excuse the pun, Syrinas eyes were opened!
This was a great addition to the Nyaxia world!
Title: The Wicked in Me
Series: Devil’s Cradle #1
Author: Suzanne Wright
No one really knows what they are. Only that they’re the first civilization. Aeons, they call themselves. They’re immortal. Powerful. Secretive.
And they’ll come for her.
Witch Wynter Dellavale knows that for certain. Because in unfairly trying to execute her, they started a chain of events they’re struggling to stop.
Needing safety, she flees to Devil’s Cradle, the home of monsters. A place for the outcasts, the fugitives, the crazies. A place ruled by the Ancients, seven beings who were once banished by the Aeons. Among the Ancients is the infamous Cain, brother of Abel and embodiment of jealousy — who, on another note, wants her in his bed.
There’s a heavy price for the safety the Ancients offer, but Wynter will have to pay it. She can’t take on the Aeons alone. And she has no intention of dying — been there, done that.
Not that she’ll be the easy prey the Aeons are expecting. They have no knowledge of the … thing that lives inside her. You see, when witches are brought back from the afterlife, they don’t always come back the same.
And they don’t always come back alone.
Wynter is banished from her Coven and picks up some stragglers and goes to a place called Devils Cradle. I can assure you this has one of the best found families I’ve ever read. They are a hoot!
Devils Cradle also comes with the Ancients who are basically trapped there and look after it, Cain being one of them and he certainly takes an interest in Wynter!
There is drama, violence, trials, schexy times, secrets and laughter, a lot of laughter!
Hattie was one of my favourite characters with her books! ‘Hattie read erotic books like it was her job—the filthier the better, in her opinion.’ I was obsessed with her!!!
I do have questions though:
Where does the story go from here?
Are the other Aeons coming?
When’s the next book out?
Did Hattie find her copy of 50 Shades?!
Fairyloot Adult – May 2023
Kiss or Kill
A spymaster to the Queen with an affinity for persuasion but a tragedy strikes and dark magic rises and she has to work with the Queen’s Enforcer, who she doesn’t like!
The Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis
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