Friday, October 30, 2026

Book Review: Gingerbread Bones

Title -  Gingerbread Bones 
Author - Lindsay Lovise 
Publication - August 4th 2026 
Genre -  YA Horror Thriller 
Format - eArc 
From - Entangled: Mayhem 
Grab your copy (Here) 
Add to yourTBR (Here) 

Synopsis 
They're being hunted…


When sixteen-year-old Georgie and her troublemaking brother are shipped off to the wilderness for their stepmother’s newest reality show, Georgie is convinced it’ll be the worst experience of her life. Two weeks. No phones. Hiking. Camping. Cameras catching every humiliating second.


Then she meets Mack Gray. Tattooed, unreadable, and―among a cast of kids already branded as trouble―he’s the one she’s sure is dangerous.


One night, the counselors are chanting affirmations around the fire. By morning, they’re gone.


But the kids are not alone.


Georgie can feel it, stalking them from the shadows―watching, waiting, picking them off one by one. Whatever it is, it isn’t just hunting.


It’s playing.


And in this game, there seems to be only one ending: no one gets out alive.


Review 

I received Gingerbread Bones in return for an honest review from Entangled. 


I can't stop talking about this book and so many of my friends have read it and loved it too. Georgie and her brother end up in the woods on a whirlwind wilderness camp that is supposed to help them thanks to their evil step mother for a reality show. The reality show has a mix bag of character and they are being hunting in the woods by a fairytale that had me craving gingerbread at the end. 


Well let me tell you this one blew me out of the water. It's a fast paced YA horror that had me hooked right from the first page till the very last. I loved every moment of the story the characters are fantastic crafted. The author did a beautiful job creating a story that kept me hooked an a little obsessed long after it ends. I actually read this one but I may have to listen to the audio next as I loved it so much. Highly recommend if you are looking for a pallet cleaner or just love YA horror. I'm excited to read the rest of the authors books and plan to read them all as they are on my TBR now. I need a few more stories like this from the author as this one lives rent free in my head still. 



Book Review: Vow of Eternal Night

Title -  Vow of Eternal Night 
Author - Lily Crozier 
Publication - August 4th 2026 
Genre -  Fantasy Vampire Romance 
Format - eArc 
From - Entangled: Amara 
Grab your copy (Here) 
Add to yourTBR (Here) 

Synopsis 

Clara Wagner has always known that monsters are real, and the worst of them is Prince Raleigh of Rostenburg. But when he decides it’s time to marry, Clara inadvertently finds herself at the center of his attention.


Forced to accept Raleigh’s proposal, Clara would do anything to escape her fate. So when the prince provides an ultimatum—lift his vampiric curse before the end of the year, or become his bride for eternity—Clara knows what she must do.


Heal the prince. Stay alive. Try not to fall in love.


Vow of Eternal Night is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers, gothic romantasy about the lengths people will go to for love, and the many faces monsters can wear.


Review 

I received Vow of Eternal Night in return for an honest review from Entangled: Amara. 


I loved Clara she's such a great character who is determined to figure out how to fix Raleigh's curse and free herself from the future bonds of marriage. She just never expected to fall in love with him in the process. Raleigh and Clara have a whirlwind romance that captured my heart as well as my imagination. I really enjoyed the the sweet romance as I'm a huge fan of slow burn romance. 


This is a slow burn romantasy that captured my heart right from the start and had me hooked till the very last page. I ended up reading this one is just one afternoon it kept me hooked from start to finish. I love the characters they are easy to connect with. I found the concept to be unique and refreshing. This is the authors debut novel and she did a beautiful job creating a story that stole a little place in my heart. I loved everything about the story. I can't wait to see what comes next. 


 

Book Review: The Killing Rules


Title -  
The Killing Rules 
Author - Bree Despain 
Publication - August 4th 2026 
Genre -  YA Thriller Horror
Format - eArc 
From - Entangled: Mayhem Books
Grab your copy (Here) 
Add to yourTBR (Here) 

Synopsis 

Seventeen-year-old Harper Westbrook isn’t afraid of monsters…she is one.


For the past three years, she’s been one of the Blood Bound―girls and women cursed with a bloodlust only satisfied by killing terrible men. Once every three months, she trades in her pom-poms for a lethal throwing axe. Her life is led by a strict set of rules to keep her dark secret as hidden as the bodies she buries.


And her number one rule? Stay away from Grayson Jones.


The boy she was totally falling for until the night her curse manifested, everything went horribly wrong, and she killed his father. It was self-defense. Or at least that’s what she keeps telling herself.


Grayson is an investigative reporter for their school paper, and he’ll stop at nothing to find the truth behind his father’s gruesome death.


As he follows new clues down darker and darker paths―to an unbelievable world of mythical beasts and the men who hunt them―Grayson doesn’t realize he’s on a collision course with Harper’s biggest secrets. Now, she must stop him before he exposes her family to the Hunters, even if it means risking her life and heart.


Because who could ever love a monster like her?


Review 

I received The Killing Rules in return for an honest review from Entangled: Mayhem. 


I've been excited about this one since it was announced as I love YA thrillers/horror stories they are great pallet cleaners. I ended up reading this one in just one afternoon as I was hooked on Harper's story and wanted to know more about Blood Bound girls. I loved every moment of her story action packed story and the little sprinkle of romance. I really felt like I could connect with Harper she's a very likable character you can't help cheering her on as she is a cheerleader. 


This is not my first book by the author so she had some big expectations and she knocked those out of the water with The Killing Rules. I enjoyed the story so much and found the concept unique and exciting. I think the author did a great job creating characters to fall in love with and a story that I loved. Highly recommend if you enjoy a good thriller that will keep you on your toes till the last page. I loved it and can't wait to read more books by the author. 


Book Review: Once, Again, Always

 Title -  Once, Again, Always 
Author - Amanda Gayle 
Publication - October 6th 2026 
Genre -  Rivals to Lovers,Slow Burn 
Format - eArc 
From - Avon
Grab your copy (Here) 
Add to yourTBR (Here) 

Synopsis 

A second-chance romance following a young woman who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the past six years, only to find that she apparently married the one man she can’t stand—her arrogant and infuriating former boarding school rival.


Molly Graham’s day can’t possibly get any worse after she wakes up with a head injury and amnesia. But then Aster Bishop—the Aster Bishop who made her life hell at boarding school—storms into her hospital room calling her his wife.


To Molly’s shock, in the six years she no longer recalls, she somehow fell in love with a man she once despised. Persuaded by her lifelong friends to give her new reality a chance, she reluctantly returns to the home she and Aster share to try and piece together her life.


So much has changed, not least the considerate and devastatingly handsome man who spends every night sleeping on the sofa to avoid making her uncomfortable. This Aster is nothing like the entitled boy she once knew. Their chemistry is undeniable-but he’s distant with her, infuriatingly so. It’s clear he has secrets, and Molly can’t stand it. Especially knowing that she might never regain her memories.


That she fell in love with Aster Bishop once is hard enough to believe. But to fall in love again? To promise a future, always, when she can’t remember her past? It feels impossible when faced with a man she hardly knows and isn’t sure she can trust.

And yet…


Review 

I received Once, Again, Always in return for an honest review from Avon. 


I did a little happy dance the moment this one arrived on my kindle. It's one of my anticipated reads so it had some high expectations and it it nailed them all. I loved Molly she's a sweetheart and Aster complements her so well. I enjoyed the sweet romance as Molly falls in love with Aster all over again.I loved the banter between the characters as well as getting to know the side characters. 


The author did a beautiful job creating a captivating story that stole a little place in my heart. I'm a tad bit obsessed with the authors storytelling and enjoyed every. This is her debut novel and I can't wait to see what she comes up with next. I ended up devouring this one in just an afternoon it was impossible to put down as I had to know how it would play out. Highly recommend if you love a romance with characters to fall in love with. 



Thursday, October 29, 2026

Book Review: The Drop

Title -  
The Drop 
Author - S.R. Masters 
Publication - April 21st 2026 
Genre -  Horror Thriller 
Format - Paperback
From - Sourcebook Landmark
Grab your copy (Here) 
Add to yourTBR (Here) 

Synopsis 

A terrifyingly twisty, wholly original thriller following a group of amusement park visitors who get stuck on a roller coaster high above the ground—with no way down.


Six hundred and fifty feet in the air, no one can hear you scream.


Some might say that thirtysomething Cady Ellison landed herself a strange creative career, but Cady finally feels like she's found her footing. Now an online theme park influencer, she is invited to the opening of a brand-new park by her old friend, Danny, who wants to use her online profile to help build buzz for its flagship ride, Hysteria, a record-breaking 650 foot-tall roller coaster.


When she arrives at the half-complete theme park site in the middle of the desert, Cady is unexpectedly met with her old college friend Femi, an award-winning actor, Naseem, a decorated novelist, and Winston, a member of a popular rock group. Wanting them all to sing the praises of Hysteria online, Danny has arranged an exclusive private ride for them, capped off with the stunning desert sunset. But when their coaster cars get to the top of the first hill, the ride stalls 650 feet above ground. With no one due on site for days and over 100-degree heat awaiting them once the sun rises, the four friends soon realize that they must unravel the secrets from their complicated past if they are to find their way to safety.


Review 

I received The Drop in return for an honest review from Sourcebook Landmark. 


I really liked Cady as a character she was easy to connect with and I spent the whole book cheering her on. I loved that she found something she loves doing while unconventional it works and she enjoys it. When she has a chance to try a new rollercoaster perfect for her as a theme park influencer she jumps at the chance. I mean I love theme parks even I would jump at the chance to be the first to try a new ride. 


This is a fast paced action packed horror thriller full of mystery, and a group of former friends stuck upside down on a rollercoaster while a madman controls their fate. I devoured The Drop in just one afternoon it kept me hooked from start to the very last page. This is my first book by the author but I'm hooked it was everything that I needed in a thriller. I'm excited to work my way through the authors backlist. 


Happy Release Week & Bookmail


It's Release Week for Mark of the Warrior by the very talented duo of Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee Let's congratulate them on the latest release. 

Breath of the Dragon & Mark of the Warrior 
This duet 

Breath of the Dragon Synopsis 
The instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller!

A young warrior dreams of proving his worth in the elite Guardian Tournament, fighting not only for himself but the fate of everything he loves.


Sixteen-year-old Jun dreams of proving his worth as a warrior in the elite Guardian’s Tournament, held every six years to entrust the magical Scroll of Heaven to a new protector. Eager to prove his skills, Jun hopes that a win will restore his father’s pride—righting a horrible mistake that caused their banishment from his home, mother, and twin brother.


But Jun’s father strictly forbids him from participating. He believes there is no future in Jun honing his skills as a warrior, especially considering Jun is not breathmarked, born with a patch of dragon scales and blessed with special abilities like his twin. Determined to be the next Guardian, Jun stows away in the wagon of Chang and his daughter, Ren, performers on their way to the capital where the tournament will take place.


As Jun competes, he quickly realizes he may be fighting for not just a better life, but the fate of the country itself and the very survival of everyone he cares about.


Mark of the Warrior Synopsis 

In the explosive finale to the instant New York Times bestseller Breath of the Dragon, a young warrior fights to reunite his family and the realm.


Two brothers. Two nations. One destiny.


Exiled as a traitor after the Guardian’s Tournament, Li Jun has vowed to retrieve the stolen Scroll of Heaven and to honor his father’s dying request: find his mother and twin brother, Sai.


Fleeing into the East in search of their friend Ren, Jun and his longtime rival Yin Yue have no choice but to trust the two breathmarked women who saved their lives but who answer to the mysterious and draconian Council of Virtue that tore Jun’s family apart and banished him and his father a decade ago.


Recovering the Scrolls of Heaven or Earth in order to stop the brewing war that threatens to devastate East and West alike isn’t Jun’s only seemingly insurmountable challenge. The twin he was separated from in childhood is now the High Keeper who resides in the Sun Pagoda, protecting the precious Scroll of Earth from all potential enemies…including Jun.


The fate of the entire land hinges on an inevitable reckoning between brothers that will test their skills, their loyalties, and everything they thought they knew about themselves and the nature of destiny.


Did you receive any bookmail recently? 

Thriller Thursday


It's a new week and a new thriller on my list today. 

I devoured the first book in the series The Murder Between Us in just one afternoon and loved every moment of Cole & Noah's story. I'm ready to dive into the next installment The Gave Between Us. 

I'm currently enjoying a tasty mushroom coffee with a maple donut from my favorite grocery store. They were putting them out fresh and I had to grab a maple donut. 

I've been working my way through Tal Bauer's books and have enjoyed them all. 

Grab The Murder Between Us (Here)
The Grave Between Us (Here) 

Synopsis for The Grave Between Us 

It was just one moment.

It was just one mistake.


For years, men have been disappearing. A father in North Carolina. A boater in California. A hiker in Arkansas. And more, scattered across the United States. The FBI knows who’s responsible: a serial killer they caught, a man they sent young profiler Cole Kennedy to interrogate. But then the killer escaped, leaving the FBI in chaos and Cole’s psyche in tatters.


Eight years later, Cole’s life has changed. He’s found the man of his dreams, and he’s moved to Iowa to be with Special Agent Noah Downing, leaving the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit and the murderers behind.


Or so he thought.


An attack on the backroads of Iowa shatters the FBI, and in the aftermath, they uncover the signature of the last man they expect: the killer who got away. Now he’s hunting Noah, and the BAU descends on Des Moines, sending Cole back on the psychological chase.


To catch the only man who has ever beaten him, Cole will have to delve inside the killer’s mind. It’s a place he barely survived before, and the deeper he goes, the more horrors await. And though Noah is ordered to back off the investigation, he won’t leave Cole to face this darkness alone.


If Cole has any hope of saving the man he loves, he must unravel the killer’s twisted profile and follow his trail of death… even when it leads him into the marrow of his worst nightmares.


What are you reading? 

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Release Blitz: Holiday Heir



Title: Holiday Heir
Series: Cartwright Family #4
Author: Maggie Cole
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Secret Baby, One Night Stand, Small Town
He Falls First, Cowboy, Holiday Romance
Release Date: October 28, 2026


BLURB

He needs her to save his racehorses. She needs him to never find out about their daughter. But some second chances come wrapped in cowboy boots and mistletoe. Hot. Relentless. Impossible to undo.

Small-town gossip never cost me a thing. Until it convinced the best night of my life that I was somebody else's fiancé.

When a family emergency drags me away before sunrise, I do something I never do. I leave the gorgeous redhead a note on the back of a receipt. But when I return, she's gone.

No explanation. No phone number. No last name. No goodbye.

For eleven months, I search for her. Then, without realizing who she is, I hire her to save my family's racehorses.

Only Lainey's been hiding something far bigger than her phone number.

My daughter.

She thought disappearing was the only way to protect us both. Too bad the town gossip that sent her running was nothing but a lie.

Now I'll do whatever it takes to prove she belongs exactly where she always should have been.

With me.

On the Cartwright ranch.

Holiday Heir is a secret-baby, one-night-stand, small-town cowboy holiday romance. It's a slow-burn, steamy standalone featuring a playboy rancher and the spitfire horsewoman who never planned on loving him twice.







PURCHASE LINKS

AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU

Read in Kindle+






ALSO AVAILABLE


AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU

Read in Kindle+



AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU

Read in Kindle+



AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU

Read in Kindle+



AUTHOR BIO


Maggie Cole is committed to bringing her readers alphalicious book boyfriends and fiercely strong heroines.

She’s been called the literary master of steamy romance. Her books are full of raw emotion, suspense, and will always keep you wanting more. She is a masterful storyteller of contemporary romance and loves writing about broken people who rise above the ashes. Her books can often be found hanging out in the top 100, even years after publication.

Maggie lives in Florida with her son. She loves tennis, yoga, paddleboarding, boating, other water activities, and everything naughty.

Her current series were written in the order below:
All In (Stand alones with entwined characters)
It's Complicated (Stand alones with entwined characters)
Brooks Family Saga (Read in order)
Behind Closed Doors (Read in order)
Mafia Wars (Stand alones with interconnecting plot and entwined characters)
Mafia Wars New York (Stand alones with interconnecting plot and entwined characters)
Club Indulgence Duet
Mafia Wars Ireland
Wilted Kingdom Duet
Holiday Hoax (Standalone)
Holiday Hire (Standalone)
The Underworld Series
Beautiful Delusions Duet


AUTHOR LINKS