Not all gifts are welcome. Briseis is bright and determined and if keeping herself in check didn't require so much of her energy, she’d be an excellent student. But as it is, trying to stop plants – flowers, trees, grass – from reacting to her presence takes a lot of focus. Furthermore, when you’re hiding who … Continue reading This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart #1) – Kalynn Bayron
One universe, three stories, linked by blood and a place called Sanctuary, a bar, a restaurant, a sex club and probably so much more, a safe place for magical beings. In Sanguine Faith by Brenda Murphy, Laurel lets herself be charmed by a seductive spirit and learns the hard way that her closest family member … Continue reading Love, Blood, and Sanctuary – Brenda Murphy & Megan Hart & Fiona Zedde
When you open a book by Fiona Zedde, you know it’s going to be sexy. Even more so if one of the main characters is a respected and feared madam. House of Agnes is definitely sexy but it’s so much more than just a sexy book. Lola Osbourne is an investigative reporter intent on bringing … Continue reading House of Agnes – Fiona Zedde
Grace Porter – call her Grace or Porter, she answers to both – is so not the kind of girl who gets married in Vegas after drinking too much champagne and yet she did. To a girl whose name she doesn’t know and who is gone before she wakes up, leaving a note and a … Continue reading Honey Girl – Morgan Rogers
Likotsi didn’t expect a fling to break her heart but a few nights with Fabiola were enough for her to be all in. Not Fabiola, though. A few months, chance brings them together again but for Likotsi, the fear of going through the same pain again is overwhelming. After I read Alyssa Cole’s soon-to-be released … Continue reading Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals #2.5) – Alyssa Cole
Makeda may not know what she wants from life but she knows exactly what she doesn’t want, and that’s being a princess. The family folklore according to which her grandmother had a fling with the prince of the tiny kingdom of Ibarania was fun to entertain until it became her mother’s obsession. So when, in … Continue reading How to Find a Princess (Runaway Royals #2) – Alyssa Cole
4.5⭐️ - This was my first book by Anne Shade and I had no idea what to expect but it was certainly not this. First of all, the atmosphere is brilliant. The way Anne Shade describes the places, the clothes, the vocabulary and turns of phrases she uses carried me easily to Harlem in the … Continue reading Masquerade – Anne Shade
I really wanted to like this book more because it’s a debut novel and I love discovering new authors. Also because lesfic needs more authors and characters of colour. However, Choosing Grace didn’t really work for me. Set in 1986, it follows Sky as she flees North Carolina and marriage to a man she doesn’t … Continue reading Choosing Grace – Regina Jamison
I could read Fiona Zedde’s books just for the chemistry between her characters. It’s hot and irresistible, heavy and exciting. Femme Like Her is told in first person from Nailah's point of view. Nailah doesn’t do femmes. She got hurt once and now she has rules. Scottie doesn’t care and wants Nailah anyway. Pretty fast, … Continue reading Femme Like Her – Fiona Zedde
Once again, a very promising debut novel. Remy Devereux grew up in a Creole family in New Orleans and is now a homicide detective with the SFPD. We first meet her while she’s breaking up with her girlfriend, hotshot US Attorney Erica Forsyte. Remy is working on a very frustrating investigation, and nightmares of the … Continue reading Gray Matters – Dolores Arden
