I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 5 of 5 stars It's been a while since I read a Kelley Armstrong book, so I decided to get stuck into this one. Nicola Laughton has Cystic Fibrosis but has managed to live well into her thirties. She takes her health seriously, enjoy…

Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 5 of 5 stars Kelley Armstrong writes great books, so I was excited about getting stuck into this one. After her divorce, Laney Kilpatrick has to rent out the house on Hemlock Island because it's too expensive to run on her own. But when…

Omens , the first instalment in Kelley Armstrong's exciting new series, introduced Olivia Taylor-Jones, daughter of notorious serial killers, and Gabriel Walsh, the self-serving, morally ambiguous lawyer who became her unlikely ally. Together, they chased down a devious killer and …

Twenty-four-year-old Olivia Taylor Jones has the perfect life. The only daughter of a wealthy, prominent Chicago family, she has an Ivy League education, pursues volunteerism and philanthropy, and is engaged to a handsome young tech firm CEO with political ambitions.   But Olivia s…

Cruel Fate by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 5 of 5 stars I LOVED the Cainsville series and after really enjoying the first sequel novella , I was looking forward to checking this out. Six months have passed since the last time we caught up with Olivia, Gabriel and Ricky. And now, her …

Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 5 of 5 stars Last year I read the last book in the Cainsville series and absolutely loved it. Not just the book, but also how everything was wrapped up. Still, when I found out this novella was available (because I found it as a Ki…

Betrayals by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed the previous three books in the Cainsville series, so of course I was looking forward to reading this one. Olivia Taylor-Jones hasn't been the same since she found out the truth about her parent…

Lost Souls by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love the Cainsville series , so I always look forward to checking out short stories/novellas set in this world. The disappearing hitchhiker is an urban legend that's been around for years, but when Patrick brings the case…

TRUST NO ONE Olivia Jones is desperate for the truth. The daughter of convicted serial killers, she has begun to suspect that her parents are innocent of their crimes. But who can she trust, in a world where betrayal and deception hide in every shadow? RISK EVERYTHING Liv does …

Last year I reviewed the third book in the awesome Cainsville series for Hachette Australia . This year, the paperback will be released from Penguin Random House . Olivia Taylor Jones’s life has exploded. She’s discovered she is not only adopted, but her real parents are convi…

The 21st century has brought an explosion of interest in zombie stories. George A. Romero may have spawned the last century's 'modern' zombie story with Night of the Living Dead, but four decades have passed since then. So what accounts for the current zombie craze? That is th…

I had the pleasure of reading these two books this week! Both were outstanding, unpredictable, different kinda thrilling rides... HAUNTED by Kelley Armstrong is the fifth book in the Otherworld series. This one's Eve Levine's story. She's a half-demon, witch who now happens…

HIDDEN (Firelight #3): Sophie Jordan GENERATION V (Generation V #1): ML Brennan QUICKSILVER (Ultraviolet #2): RJ Anderson TRUTH (XVI #2): Julia Karr BITTER SPIRITS (Roaring Twenties #1): Jenn Bennett GONE GIRL: Gillian Flynn VENGEANCE (Fracture #2): Megan Mirand…

Hark! The Herald Angels Scream by Christopher Golden My rating: 3 of 5 stars This anthology continues my dark Christmassy reads binge. 😈🎄 ABSINTHE & ANGELS by Kelley Armstrong: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ava and Michael just want to spend a romantic, snowy Christmas together. Instead, th…

Well, today is the last day of my daughter's school holidays. She goes back to school tomorrow, so I was planning to use this week for the revision of one of the stories I wrote last month. But... decided against it. Instead, I'm going to take this week off from one project an…

AN ANGEL IN STONE: Peggy Nicholson TOUCH OF THE WHITE TIGER: Julie Beard THE DA VINCI CODE: Dan Brown THE CARDINAL RULE: Cate Dermody TIGER EYE: Marjorie M Liu BITTEN & SMITTEN: Michelle Rowen AWAKEN ME DARKLY: Gena Showalter MOON CALLED: Patricia Briggs SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S T…