Hi there! How are you today? Hope you're all having a great week. Since I've been busy updating my website , I thought I'd post a little something to announce what I've done. The other day I blogged about the things I did  to make the connection secure and make sure the co…

Hey! How's it going? Hope you're having a great month so far. 🙂 Personally, the last few weeks have been a mix of awesome and stressful. Awesome because my husband has been having a few long weekends and spending time together is always fun and cozy. Some of the stress was becaus…

Roses of May by Dot Hutchison My rating: 5 of 5 stars Last month I read The Butterfly Garden and although it was sad and disturbing, I loved it. So I decided to check out the second book. Four months have passed since the Butterflies escaped the Garden, and FBI agents Brandon Eddi…

Check it out: Isn't it beautiful? The cover artist is Adrian Medina from Fabled Beast Design . (@uglybyproxy.bsky.social on Bluesky) Here's the blurb: A young woman pulled from a bog. An office worker straying from routine. An author making deals in the dark. Death comes for every…

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe My rating: 5 of 5 stars After finding out that this book was made into a TV show, I decided to read the book first. I'm a weirdo like that. 😅 When Margo falls pregnant after having an affair with her English professor, she decides to k…

Hey! How are you today?  OMG, I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post . 😳 I mean, I didn't stop adding reviews but I haven't posted an actual update in a while. So, here I am. LOL. Can you believe there was another cruise outbreak? Of course you can. Per…

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison My rating: 5 of 5 stars Here's another book that I've had on my TBR pile for a while. Actually, I have the four books on my Paperwhite and wanted to get started on the series. After a demented garden full of kidnapped girls is finally disco…

Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've been curious about this book for a while, and was instantly hooked because it turned out to be nothing like I expected. In a good way. Roach is a little antisocial, is obsessed with the violent part of true crime,…

A House Between Sea and Sky by Beth Cato My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've taken my time with this book—mainly because I started reading it before a long weekend, plus I'm addicted to Tomadochi Life: Living the Dream —but I really enjoyed it. A lot. Fayette Wynne writes for Hollywoo…

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had this book on my TBR pile for a while and got stuck into it last night. Imogen is staying in a resort in Mexico when someone catches up with her... I have to admit that I'm a sucker for an unreliable, unlikeable narra…

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu so I've been looking forward to reading this retelling. Lenore has been married to Henry for ten years. Without a child, their union has become a little cold. When he drags her from London to Sh…

You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir by Christina Applegate My rating: 3 of 5 stars I'm part of the generation that grew up watching Christina Applegate on TV and at the movies, so of course I was interested in checking this out. Christina Applegate is from Laurel Canyon, California and…

Vow of Eternal Night by Lily Crozier My rating: 5 of 5 stars It's no secret that I love vampires. I mean, I spent most of last year writing a whole world of vamp tales. So I'm always interested in checking out a good bloodthirsty story. And this one has such a pretty cover that…

Game On by Navessa Allen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Last week I read LIGHTS OUT and CAUGHT UP and loved them so much that I got stuck into the third installment as soon as I got it. 😊 Tyler is an egotistical douche who also happens to be a bookie with revenge on his mind, and anger iss…

Valentine's Slay by Navessa Allen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Tonight I felt like reading something but only had a few hours, so this turned out to be the perfect size. Noah is a gravedigger and this Valentine’s night while working late in the cemetery, he hears someone screaming from …

Caught Up by Navessa Allen My rating: 5 of 5 stars After reading and enjoying the hell out of Lights Out , I had to read the next book. 😅 Junior is a serious man stuck in a family business he wants to escape, while still obsessing over his teenage crush. Lauren has a great life with…

Lights Out by Navessa Allen My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had this book on my shelf for a while now, and finally got stuck into it last night. Aly is a trauma nurse who works too hard, and wants to help people so much she often ignores her own health. She's also addicted to watc…

Hey! How are you today? Well, we enjoyed an awesome two-week break but my husband went back to work on Monday. Cool thing was that he had an RDO on Wednesday and we went to the optometrist for our follow-up appointment that included getting the dreaded drops and photos of the back of our…

Hey! How's it going? Well, March is here and in Australia that marks the beginning of autumn. I'm going to miss summer because it's my favourite season, but at least we have one more month of daylight savings left. My husband has a few weeks off and we're having a great ti…

Hey! How are you today? Long time no blog, huh? 😅 After spending most of January working on a really extensive edit that almost broke my brain, I decided to take this month off. So, what did I do? I spent most of my time reading. Yep. It's been a lot of fun choosing one book after an…

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love the Murderbot Diaries and in this installment we meet up with some familiar faces. Murderbot might not care about humans, but when it finds out that Dr. Mensah has been taken, it tracks her down before the GrayCris Corporati…

Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles My rating: 5 of 5 stars Here's another book that I've had my eye on for a while and finally decided to get stuck into. Orabella Mumthrope is an outsider. A young woman living with her aunt and uncle, who are desperate to get rid of her. When Elias…

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the next book that caught my eye. It's actually one that I've been curious about for a while. Evelyn Caldwell is an award-winning scientist in the field of cloning. So when she finds out her husband is having an affa…

Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh My rating: 5 of 5 stars While browsing through my Kindle books this one caught my eye and I decided to check it out. In Calla's world, when girls start bleeding they have to pick a ticket. A white ticket leads to marriage and children, a blue ticket…

Cackle by Rachel Harrison My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had this book on my TBR pile for a while, so it was definitely time to check it out. After Annie's longtime boyfriend breaks up with her, she leaves New York City and moves to a small town to teach in a nearby high school…

Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley My rating: 5 of 5 stars With such a great title, and a brilliant cover with a very cool stepback, I couldn't wait to get stuck into this book. When Annie Lane wakes up submerged in the river, she's dead-set on figuring out how she got…

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…

The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard My rating: 5 of 5 stars While going through my Kindle books I stumbled on this one and decided to check it out. Except, I couldn't stop reading. Eve Black was twelve when her family was killed by a serial attacker/killer named the Nothing Ma…

We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love reading Sarah Pinborough's books because she writes very addictive thriller/horror stories. After a terrible accident and months in hospital, Emily arrives at her new house in the country with her husband, Freddie.…

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sara Gran is the author of Come Closer ,  a novella that I read years ago but still often think about because I loved it so much. I also really enjoyed The Book of the Most Precious Substance ,  so I dec…

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had my eye on this book for AGES! So, it's about time I got stuck into it. Millie desperately needs a place to stay, as well as a job. So when she lands a housemaid position with the Winchesters, she can't believ…

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars It's time to get back into reading, and I thought I'd start with the next Murderbot novella. Our favourite Murderbot is back for another adventure, one that it hopes will answer some of the outstanding questions about what…

🎉 🥳 🎉 I can't believe that my debut short story collection was released a year ago . I'm very proud of every single story included in this volume, and will always be grateful to Cemetery Gates Media for giving my collection a great home. And for putting together a lovely boo…

Hey, remember me? 😃 It's been a while since I posted because I've been caught in an endless loop of editing all month. And now, the first month of 2026 is almost over. Yikes. So, how are ya? How are we all surviving during the weirdest timeline ever? It's too much, isn't …

The Mad House by Kelly O'Rourke My rating: 1 of 5 stars After reading the ridiculous crap that was the first book in this pathetic excuse for a Halloween YA trilogy, I actually enjoyed the second one , so I started this year's reading with the third/last novel. Okay, in this …