Stand-In Groom (Brides of Bonneterre #1) by Kaye Dacus

Anne Hawthorne is a very successful wedding planner. She has been doing this for a while and enjoys it. However, her personal life is lonely except for her frequent dinners with her cousins. 
Anne has been hurt before, so when she meets George Laurance, a british personal assistant she thinks she has met her man.
To her surprise the next time they meet, George is a client. She is to be his wedding planner. 
How can she fall for a man who is almost married?
I liked the secondary characters they make this book come alive.

This is a Christian Literature 
3/5 Fangs

Open House by Tamara Larson

Lacey Ferguson was looking for a new home for herself and her dog Charlie. When she goes into a new home which she knows she can't afford she is excited about the house but also about the builder.
Jackson Kingston is one of the three brothers helping his father improve their business. Personal disaster has left him without the will to do much except work. When he meets Lacey, he feels the first spark that brings him back to life.  
Thanks to a nosy cousin they will meet again. 

This was a free kindle book. The story was short and fast paced. I enjoyed it. 
3/5 Fangs 

Thirteen (Women of the Otherworld #13) by Kelley Armstrong

Last Book in the Series


Let me start by saying that I am very sad this series has ended.
This final book starts where the last one ended. Savannah Levine, Adam and Bryce have escaped the lab and the explosion. The police are everywhere and Savannah leaves with Jaime. Unfortunately, the police take them to the station since Savannah's description has been implicated in the explosion. At the station, someone has liberated an evil being and there is a hungry werewolf too. The girls have to escape. But they get help from an unexpected character.

Savannah also has to try to stop the supernaturals from revealing themselves to the world. The whole crowd gets involved, including Eve, Paige, Lucas, Cassandra, Jaime, Jeremy, Clay and Elena. During this crazy-running out of time-action, we have Adam and Savannah's relationship developing.


I would have preferred for the series to end from Elena's POV, after all she was the first Women of the Otherworld. And also because Clay is my favorite character.
3.5/5 Fangs

Mom leaned over the table. “Gotta admit, as good as Clayton Danvers looks from the other side, he looks even better in person.” She paused. “Just don’t tell Elena I said that.” Another pause. “Or your father.”

I smiled. “Nothing wrong with window shopping when you aren’t looking to buy. Elena’s used to it. Clay’s the one you don’t want noticing you checking him out. He does not take that well. Just ask Cassandra.”

Mom made a face. “Vampires.”

Clay and Elena walked in. Both are blond with blue eyes.  Both were dressed in jeans, sneakers, and T-shirts, none of it less than five years old. It didn’t matter. They still looked like they stepped out of a magazine spread for Outdoor Living, fresh-scrubbed, athletic, and attractive. Both were on the far side of forty, but blessed with a werewolf’s slow aging and fast metabolism.

I stood and waved. Clay noticed first. He gave me a blank look. When I smiled and beckoned him over, he scowled and looked away and I had a moment of consternation before I remembered we were still in disguise.

Across the table, Mom chuckled. “You’re so right. There’s a man who does not appreciate attention, even from cute girls.”

Elena looked over at us, and after only a moment’s pause, smiled and whispered to Clay. His scowl vanished. I moved over beside Mom and let them take the booth seat across from us.

“Good disguises,” Elena said.

Widow’s Web (Elemental Assassin #7) by Jennifer Estep

Gin Bianco (Spider) is trying to have a low profile. Yes, people are still trying to kill her but she is so far very much alive.
However, this peace doesn't last long.
Salina Dubois is back in town, she is Owen's ex.  She is a very strong water element that wants everything that used to be hers. This of course includes Owen. He loved her once and she believes she can make him do this one more time.
We learned in this book more about Eva, Phillip Kincaid, Owen and Salina. Who helped them survive as teenagers.
Things I like about the book: Bria accepts her sister. Finn has funny lines as always.

Thing I disliked about the book : Owen, Why? Why? why? I can expect this behavior from weakly Donovan Caine but not my beautiful violet eyed Owen.
Yes, I am still going to read the next book and I want it now.   :(
3/5 Fangs

Ashes of Honor (October Daye #6) by Seanan McGuire

October Daye (Toby) is still grieving. Her loss had made her reckless. Her friends are worried about her. She keeps on putting her life in danger and she seems to have lost her way. Then,  Etienne comes to her for help. He wants Toby to find his daughter, Chelsea.
Chelsea has been living in the mortal world and Etienne just learned about her existence. She is a tele-porter as well, and she can open doors to places in Faerie that had been long lost.
This is a very hard assignment for Toby, because she knows Chelsea will need to make a decision at the end, if  she is found alive.It will be the same decision that her own daughter had to make almost a year ago.

This book is very well written. It flows smoothly. The characters have all grown. They have learned from old mistakes and losses.
This is the best in the series so far.
Just want to end by thanking the writer for listening to her readers. We wanted more Tybalt and we got him. He was amazing in this book.
61% in my kindle has become an all time favorite bookmark.
5/5 Fangs
Spoiler Fangalert (not really- just 61% Tybalt)-

“What changed?”

“I fell in love.”

Four words, simply stated, and impossible to believe. “You can’t mean that.”

“Can’t I? It’s been a long time since I’ve loved someone, but I know what it feels like. When you turn from me, it hurts. When you think badly of me, I think badly of myself. When you do stupid, suicidal things, I want to slap you upside the head and demand to know how you can be so brilliant and so blind at the same time.” Tybalt’s expression was calm. “If that’s not love, what is it?”

“Why are you telling me this?” I whispered.

“Because we’re probably going to die today.” He waved his free hand toward the street. “I’ve always tried not to lie to you; I’ve seen how you react when others do. Dying without telling you how I felt would be lying. I’ve been patient. I’ve given you time to recognize my feelings, and I’ve seen you choose a man who loved the girl you were, not the woman you are. Now he’s gone, and I can’t be patient anymore. I love you, October. I’ll be sorry if we die here, but I won’t be sorry I helped you…and I won’t be sorry I finally told you.”

“Tybalt…”

“Cats never regret anything,” he said, and he turned and kissed me.

Blood Warrior (The Alexa Montgomery Saga #1) by H.D. Gordon

Alexa Montgomery is not your regular girl next door. No, she has been raised as a fighter. Her mom trains her everyday, while her baby sister watches. She gets hit multiple times and more than once has she had a black eye. School is a nightmare, everyone avoids her. She thinks her mom is paranoid, because she is always looking back and moving the girls to different cities.
Everything changes when they are attacked by female vampires. Her mother has told her to protect her sister Nelliana at all cost. They have to run for their lives. They are not alone, her only friend Jackson comes with them.
Alexa learns that her sister is a type of supernatural and Jackson is a werewolf. She also learns that she is a Warrior, probably the last of them.
The three of them end up at a school for their kind. Here, Alexa meets Kayden, a vampire (I just learned that the writer thinks he looks like Charlie Hunnam), who is a warrior in his own way.
The chemistry is there and the action grabs you from the beginning. Definitely worth it.
4/5 Fangs

Rock Chick Renegade (Rock Chick #4) by Kristen Ashley

Juliet Lawler (Jules) is a social worker. She works with runaway kids. Four months ago she became a vigilante against drug dealers after one of her kids overdosed. Her street name is Law. When her path's collide with Vance Crowe, she gets the help of all the Hot Bunch which includes their protection.
Jules lives with her uncle Nick. He's her only family. Her parents and brother died when she was younger in a car accident. Her aunt Reba died as well when she was fifteen. She doesn't date. She has a cat named Boo. She cares very much for two of her street kids, Roam and Sniff.

Vance Crowe is a ladies man. But once he meets Jules, they are history.  He comes from a very sad background. Grew up with an abusive father. He can't tolerate violence against women. He makes it known that Jules is his now.

I loved them together. Again all the secondary characters make this a great funny (except for one sad part), fast paced book.
5/5 Fangs



Quotes I liked:

“Outside my bike, never has anything important in my life been just mine.”

“Find yourself a woman who can cook and doesn’t mind you ordering her around al the time, being bossy and dictatorial and macho and hyper-intense and actually likes it when you get all … whatever… and make her belly flutter.” After I said that, my mouth snapped shut.

Damn.

I’d gotten carried away and went too far.

Another one here:

Instead I said, somewhat wistfully, “I’m gonna miss the street.”

“You left it in good hands.” Vance’s lips weren’t smiling but his eyes were.

“How’s that?” I asked.

“Jack told me a dealer’s entire car was shrink-wrapped the other night.”

I felt my eyes widen. “What?”

“Tex shrink-wrapped a dealer’s BMW. Wrapped the whole thing in plastic wrap and then used a portable blow drier on it to tighten the plastic. Word has it, it was several layers deep.”