"If you're good at reading people, it's mostly because you learned as a child, trying to stay one step ahead of whatever tormented you. Now, if they really did a number on you, then that crack it's a hollow, then you'll never be enough, there's no filling that." Nightmare Alley
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Breakaway (Sin Bin: West Coast #1) by E.M. Lindsey | Book Review
Breakaway is the first book in the Sin Bin: West Coast series featuring the fictional NHL team the Denver Huskies. This story contains bad geography, a best friend with feelings-burritos, platonic cuddling, cute squirrels, spicy food, and of course a happily ever after.
Descent of Ravens (Bel’s War #1) by A.C. Andrews | Book Review
The old covenant of the gods is broken. Will the world break, too? Descent of Ravens is an epic fantasy with gay, trans, and non-binary protagonists, rich world-building, and dark adventure!
Facing Nightmares
A nightmare's purpose is to reveal a dreamer's fear, that they may face them." Morpheus, The Sandman
A Kiss to Revive Me (The Magi Accounts 1.5) by Michele Notaro | Audiobook Review
A prickly mage has me under his spell, and I think I kinda like it.The first time I met him, I knew I was in trouble, but I hadn’t known just how much. I hadn’t been looking for a relationship, hadn’t wanted one, but it seems that a stubborn little mage did it for me … Continue reading A Kiss to Revive Me (The Magi Accounts 1.5) by Michele Notaro | Audiobook Review
Prince of L.A. (F.B.I. Files #1) by Patricia Logan | Book Review
When a serial killer suddenly starts targeting innocents, former Marine Staff Sergeant, Max Prince, and Special Agent Leo Reeves, have trouble pinning down who they’re dealing with. With victimology all over the place, Leo can’t make sense of a profile and Max simply wants to put the bastard away before he murders anyone else. The case is maddening but worse, the attraction the two men find every time they look at each other, is beginning to get in the way.
No Wisdom Needed
"The best we can do sometimes, in absence of actual wisdom, is to simply cease to being foolish." Paper & Blood, Kevin Hearne
The Shackles That Hold Us (The Magi Accounts 2) by Michele Notaro | Book Review
The Shackles That Hold Us is a 113K novel and the second book in the MM urban fantasy series, The Magi Accounts. It’s recommended to read the series in order because it has an ongoing storyline. Book 1 is The Scars That Bind Us.
Charlie’s Doctor (Shadow Elite #1) by Jocelynn Drake | Book Review
A second chance to say ‘don’t let me go’. Charlie’s Doctor is the first full-length novel in the Shadow Elite mercenary series and features stubborn men with poor communication skills, second chances, meddling brothers, explosions, and love on the run in Argentina.
Ghost of Truth (Medium Trouble #2) by Alice Winters | Book Review
HiroWhen I first realized that I could see the dead, I never imagined that it would allow me to help save the lives of others and pull me into Detective Maddox Booker’s path. Through my ability, ghosts have become some of my greatest friends and allies. But now, someone’s dead and his ghost is gone. … Continue reading Ghost of Truth (Medium Trouble #2) by Alice Winters | Book Review
Worn Out Spines 