Amber Hawthorne and Jolene Morris, roommates and business partners at the Hawthorne Funeral Home, are drowning in debt. Because both young women have trouble keeping their partying habits in line, they start selling body parts on the black market to keep their business alive – and th…

That's right.  As a result of my (totally) cluttered brain, this month has been one big ball of restless-minded energy. Yet, I've still managed to concentrate long enough to read quite a bit and haven't stopped thinking about my future WIPs. But first, how has this …

Stirring the Sheets by Chad Lutzke My rating: 5 of 5 stars While sorting through my Paperwhite the other night, I stumbled upon this novella and decided to check it out. I mean, it sounded interesting, the cover is super creepy, and I've heard great things about this author. …

Deep in a Wyoming mine, hell awaits. Nat Blackburn is given an offer he can't refuse by President Teddy Roosevelt. Tales of gold in the abandoned mining town of Hecla abound. The only problem - those who go seeking their fortune never return. Along with his constant companion, Teta…

Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss My rating: 5 of 5 stars I found this story online yesterday and because the title is so cool and the cover is beautiful, today I decided to read it. Klara is a young girl who works in the kitchen of a castle. She's also obsesse…

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was really looking forward to reading this book before the show hits, so finding an old paperback copy in a local thrift store was perfect. And when I started reading, I was drawn into the story right away. Crowley and Azir…

When traveling actors recruited his wife for a plum role, Cody Wilson had no idea they would murder her. Twelve-year-old Willet Black was just as devastated the night the fiends slaughtered everyone he loved. Now Cody and Willet are bent on revenge, but neither of them suspects what th…

That's right. I had one of those weeks where although my head was FULL OF STORY STUFF, I couldn't focus on ONE thing. 😵 There's a lot of mind clutter for me to sift through and it's keeping me from committing to the many projects I'm excited about getting stuck…

Web by John Wyndham My rating: 5 of 5 stars This slim book was sitting in a basket marked FREE outside a local thrift store, with a bunch of other random titles. It also seems to have lived as a high school library book in its former life, and has now become another book I've re…

The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the third book in the Women Are Some Kind of Magic poetry series. Although I loved the first two because of their raw emotion and sense of empowerment, I found this one to be a disappoint…

Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had this lovely novella for a few months, and since I'm loving my new Paperwhite (Gen 10) I decided to check it out today. Well, the intention was to get a taste, but I was hooked instantly and had to read it r…

The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the second book in the Women Are Some Kind of Magic poetry series, and just like the first one, this is actually my daughter's book. She encouraged me to read it because she knows how I fe…

Body of Christ by Mark Matthews My rating: 4 of 5 stars Okay. That was weird! What can I say about this novella? Well, I suppose I can start by saying that it's TOTALLY messed up. And add that reading this felt like being stuck in a really gross, bad dream I couln't wa…

Hey!  I hope you all had a nice week. Mine was a bit weird.  After two (awesome) weeks of staying up late, sleeping in and going on adventures with hubby, getting back into the swing of things was a little challenging.  It's not so much the getting up super early again.…

Myles Carver is dead. But his estate, Watermere, lives on, waiting for a new Carver to move in. Myles’s wife, Annabel, is dead too, but she is also waiting, lying in her grave in the woods. For nearly half a century she was responsible for a nightmarish reign of terror, and she’s not p…