Recent Reads: The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley

The Loney by Andrew Michael HurleyTartarus Press, 2014, 360 pgs. The Loney. A remote place. Uncaring. Unfathomable. A place where faiths old and ancient may be brought into stark relief. A place which may provide a cure. A place which may provide nothing at all. A fantastically dark folk horror examining the tensions between the…

Series Complete: The Vesta Shadows Trilogy by Debra May Macleod

Brides of Rome To Be WolvesEmpire of Iron by Debra May MacleodCanelo Adventure, 2021-22, 271/352/340 pgs. The Vestal Virgins ensure Rome’s eternal flame never goes out. Julius Caesar leads Rome into glory abroad. However, when Caesar is murdered by the men he trusted, the newly formed empire is thrown into confusion. Soon, other powers rise…

Otherworldly October: Slender Man by Anonymous

Slender Man by AnonymousHarperVoyager, 2018, 330 pgs. Matt Barker and Lauren Bailey have been close friends for a long time – though in recent years their relationship has been reduced to late night texts and link swapping. When Lauren goes missing, Matt delves into their online lives to find out what made Lauren leave her…

Recent Reads: A Sanctuary for Soulden by Lisa Henry & J. A. Rock (Lords of Bucknall Club Book 4)

A Sanctuary for Soulden (The Lords of Bucknall Book 4) by J. A. Rock & Lisa HenryIndependently published, 2021, 2pgs (Kindle edition).  Philip Winthrop, the Viscount Soulden, happens to be near death when he is rescued by the unassuming and secretive surgeon, Edmund Fernside. Hiding in the surgeon’s attic from the French assassins who almost put…

Recent Reads: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonMacmillan, 2019, 422 pgs (Kindle edition). Alex Claremont-Diaz is the First Son of the United States. And, boy, does he hate His Royal Highness, Prince Henry. When the two are caught in an embarrassing tiff by the paparazzi, both publicity teams on either side of the Atlantic, propose…

Nonfiction: The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet by Jeremy R. Moss

The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet by Jeremy R. MossKoehler Books, 2020, 228 pgs (Kindle edition). 1716. Wealthy landowner Stede Bonnet becomes The Gentleman Pirate. Armed with a paid-for crew aboard a vessel he had built specifically for the task, Bonnet leaves behind his home and family in the colony…

Recent Reads: A Rival for Rivingdon by Lisa Henry & J. A. Rock (Lords of Bucknall Club Book 3)

A Rival for Rivingdon (The Lords of Bucknall Book 3) by J. A. Rock & Lisa HenryIndependently published, 2021, 244 pgs (Kindle edition).  Loftus Rivingdon has his eyes set on the eminently handsome Viscount Soulden. After all, it is his debut and it is time to land himself a titled husband. All eyes must be on…

Recent Reads: Ring by Koji Suzuki

Ring (リング) by Koji SuzukiHarperCollins, 1991, 2003, Kindle edition, translated. Four teenagers die simultaneously. All of them suffering heart failure – their corpses bizarrely racked with signs of terror. Journalist Kazuyuki Asakawa begins to investigate the deaths. In doing so, he uncovers a bizarre video tape which somehow kills the viewer within a week’s time…

Recent Reads: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthHarperCollins, 2020, 640 pgs (Kindle edition). 1902. Brookhants School for Girls, Rhode Island. After a freak yellowjacket wasp attack, two students are found stung to death in the grounds of the academy. With their deaths, more follow – and whispers of a terrible curse begins… Present day. Los Angeles.…

Recent Reads: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerBloomsbury Publishing, 2011, 369 pgs (Kindle edition). The exiled prince Patroclus is sent to the kingdom of Phthia, home to a legendary king and his demigod son: Achilles. Soon, the two young men become inseparable. Taught by Chiron, the centaur master of wisdom, away from prying eyes, their relationship…