Book Review:Spellsmoke: An Urban Fantasy Novel (A Fistful of Daggers Book 2) by SM Reine

Spellsmoke: An Urban Fantasy Novel (A Fistful of Daggers Book 2)

by SM Reine

July 25, 2018

378 pages

It's not much of a life, taking bounty hunts on vampires. But as a disgraced former deputy, Lincoln Marshall's not exactly knee-deep in job offers, and airplane tickets are expensive after the apocalypse. His dying father is all the way across the country in Northgate. It's Lincoln's last chance to see him, and he'll do whatever it takes to get there - even though the werewolf pack in Northgate is still out for his blood.

Sophie Keyes, the one and only Historian, needs Lincoln's help. She fears the gods may be out to kill her. So Lincoln drags her back home despite his better instincts - only to learn that home's not exactly safer than Reno. Some preternatural monster is killing hospice patients in Northgate.

Sheriff Noah Adair is convinced the killers are werewolves. The werewolves are convinced Lincoln Marshall is the killer. And Lincoln thought surviving the post-apocalypse had been bad enough before all this crap.

Book 2 of the A Fistful of Daggers series.

Lincoln was disgraced as a deputy and has no job offers on the horizon, so he takes bounties and hunts vampires to get paid. He wants to use the money to find his ex-girlfriend Elise. He needs her help with an immediate problem that he faces. His plans take a turn when his cousin calls and says his dad is dying and he needs to get home as fast as he can. Sophie has an assassin out to kill her and decides the only way to stay alive and protect history is to enlist Lincoln’s help.

Sophie rejected Lincoln’s advances for a relationship in the past and he still has some sore feelings over her rejection, but Lincoln is an honorable man nonetheless and will do anything he can to keep Sophie safe. The dynamics between Sophie and Lincoln are interesting. They aren’t the type of couple you would envision together, but something about their differences draws them together as well. Family drama is always the hardest for people to face and seeing the truths sometimes if hardest of all. If you've wondered how some things came to be in other series there are some answers here so you won’t want to miss this but beware the story creates more questions for your mind to ponder. 

 Review: Lonesome Paladine (A Fistful of Daggers Book 1)

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Book Review: Lonesome Paladine (A Fistful of Daggers Book 1) by SM Reine

Lonesome Paladin: An Urban Fantasy Novel (A Fistful of Daggers Book 1)
by SM Reine
April 16, 2018
263 pages
God is dead. Lincoln Marshall knows who killed Him...

It's been a month since apocalypse destroyed the world as Lincoln Marshall once knew it. The new world is populated by deadly faeries, wild shapeshifters, and humans without a god. Lincoln's sins can never be absolved now that God is dead. There's nothing left for him but the bottom of a whiskey bottle.

Until Cesar Hawke comes seeking help. The undersecretary of the new Office of Preternatural Affairs has manifested uncontrollable magical powers. The only cure lies beyond the frontier of the untamed faerie worlds -- a land that no mortal man can survive. He needs Lincoln to escort him to the Winter Queen through hostile territory riddled by killer unicorns, doppelgangers, and false prophets. No big deal.

Lincoln Marshall once conquered Hell. He's certain he can conquer the Middle Worlds too -- and if he can't, he's happy to die trying.

The world was destroyed by the apocalypse a month ago, and people are still coming to terms with what and who they have become. Some didn’t return and stayed dead, others became fae, shapeshifters and other strange things. Lincoln feels that his sins can never be forgiven now that God is dead and is determined to drink himself to death.

Cesar Hawke is the undersecretary of the new Office of Preternatural Affairs, and after a month of the new world has developed out of control magical powers. He is a danger to all around him and the only cure is in the faerie worlds which no mortal can survive. Lincoln will escort him to the Winter Queen in hopes of helping Cesar and others live.

If you are a faithful SM Reine fan and have been reading all her series this is the one you’ve been waiting for. The story of Lincoln Marshall. Many of the blanks on Lincoln are filled in as well as a few other characters as well. It didn’t bother me that we were going back in time, so to speak either, it just helped enhance the books I’ve already read.

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Hi everyone! My name is Sara, and I'm the New York Times Bestselling Author of urban fantasy known as SM Reine. I collect swords, cat hair, and typewriters (which I do use for writing!). You can usually find me writing on my treadmill desk at 2am whilst listening to dubstep. Yes, dubstep.

If you would like to know the instant I have a new book available, you should enlist in my Army of Evil! I'll only email you when I have a new release, which is generally no more than once a month. I can't write any faster than that. :) http://smarturl.it/armyofevil

Book Review: Blood Kissed: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Blood Heiress Book 1) by Vivienne Savage

Blood Kissed: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Blood Heiress Book 1)

by Vivienne Savage

August 1, 2017

255 pages

Running from danger is what Emmaleigh does best, but the monsters of her past are inescapable.

Years after ditching a corrupt coven in San Antonio, Emma is making a fresh start in Massachusetts as the owner of a new luxury spa. Her life couldn’t be more peaceful - until a near-death encounter with ruthless vampire hunters draws attention to her questionable history. 

According to the vampire elders, Emma’s old ties make her a liability. Given one chance to prove herself, she’s plunged headfirst into a journey to recover a stolen artifact from the hunters—and assigned her own champion. Unfortunately, he’s also her former lover, a master vampire with his own motivation for accompanying her.

Despite their differences, Emma and Adrian must work together to solve the mystery. Her past is coming back to bite her, and the only way off the council’s hit list is to discover why the hunters want the relic at all.

As an attendee of Once Upon a Book (OUAB) this summer, I set out to read as many attending paranormal writers as possible. I had the pleasure to meet Ms. Savage at the event last summer. A prolific independent author of paranormal fiction, she also writes as one half of the partnership Payne & Taylor.

Blood Kissed has been one of my favourite reads this summer. It’s the story of sassy vampire Emmaleigh Whittaker, spa operator and dutiful member of The Belleridge Coven of Dartmouth. When Emma is attacked by a militaristic group of vigilante humans, she’s drawn into a larger conspiracy and thrust headlong into danger. Emma is soon given an impossible task -- a task she must complete or her undead life is forfeit. Master vampire, and Emma’s one-time lover, Adrian Kennedy is subsequently drawn into the quest as Emma’s champion. Together the pair face near constant peril all the while making sense of their problematic relationship.

I love a good vampire story. Savage’s vampire construction consists of a political, organized system of sophisticated vampires. Emma’s world, while decadent and pleasurable, teems with repression and fear. Savage has a clear agenda to create powerful, independent, and capable female characters. Emma is smart, sexy, and self-assured. While she is supported by other characters, she isn’t constantly reliant upon them. Together Emma and Adrian make an exceptional team with a combustible dynamic. The pair is supported by an rich cast of characters including shifters, a goddess, and a demon. Blood Heiress has all the style, action, and sex appeal of great vampire fiction. Fans of Charlaine Harris’s (early) Sookie Stackhouse books will love Emmaleigh Whittaker as the blood heiress apparent.

Five Sheep

Bianca Greenwood

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