I have three reviews for you today:

Under Romance: Four Sparklers for Paranormal Romance “Keeper of the Grove” by Juli D. Revezzo.

Under Mystery: Five Sparklers for A Tale of Two Cookies by Eve Calder

Under LGBTQ for Adults: Five Sparklers for The Players Encore by Joe Cosentino

KEEPER OF THE GROVE

Stacy Macken has one goal in mind: saving her renowned history center from greedy creditors. Losing it would be a catastrophe—one she doesn’t know how she’ll avoid. Until Aaron Fielding arrives. To all human eyes, he is just like any man, but he reminds Stacy of one of the fae. He certainly enchants her like a fae lover would. But Stacy suspects there is more to this sexy fellow, with his tales of the Tuatha dé Danann, and magical warriors from Celtic legend who protect humanity from a wicked enemy seeking their destruction. Does his appearance mean the end of the world imminent? Can she, a studious woman more intent on history books with no training in or love of war, possibly have anything to offer when a long-prophesied druidic battle explodes around her?

Juli D. Revezzo loves fantasy and Celtic mythology and writing stories with all kinds of fantastical elements. She is the author of the Antique Magic series and the fantasy historical Romance Celtic Stewards Chronicles series, the fantasy series entitled: Stewards War, Victorian romance Watchmaker’s Heart, and more. She is also a member of the Independent Author Network and the Magic Appreciation Tour.

Visit Juli at her website

Review to come. Please check back.

Four new reviews for you today:

Under “Mysteries” – “Hiss H for Homicide” – a 4 sparkler cozy mystery that has an amazing cat as the star of the book.

Under Nonfiction, three cookbooks. “Small Batch Cooking” for when you don’t want a whole lot of something, “The 30-Minute Prediabetes Cookbook” – a wealth of good information and recipes here. And finally “The Cookie Bible” – just yum!

Thank you to Sparkling Book Reviews for having me back to announce the latest release in my Adrenaline Shots Series! (Note: These are stand-alone quick reads with people falling in love in the middle of an adventure. Only 99 cents each or available in Kindle Unlimited!)

Operation Gratitude: Greta and Finn have always made a great team as part of JOE Ten, a private company running military-adjacent operations. They’ve each buried growing feelings for a long time, but the suppression becomes unbearable when a mission goes sideways.

Facing impossible choices, they are eventually forced to confront them, as well as each other and their own weaknesses. Making the wrong decisions will put their lives, careers, and relationship at risk.

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The idea from this story is the end of the first scene, so I don’t want to spoil it. But I had this guy in my head, doing this really stupid, dangerous thing, and that action being the trigger that made his teammate realize she loved him, and vice versa, causing a cascade of complications.

This book was the catalyst for the Adrenaline Shots series. A bunch of friends (including the owner of this blog!) and I had done some short stories in a couple of fun anthologies, but that pursuit ended before the third collection was released, and I had already written Operation: Gratitude. I had SO much fun writing those stories and wanted them to find their audience. And I have so many more to come!

Next up is Endless Secrets and this post is my EXCLUSIVE cover reveal! When Bree finds herself in the middle of a time loop on Valentine’s Day, she decides to use it to her romantic advantage. But she soon discovers it’s not actually fun and harmless, becoming entangled in a race against time (ha!) to…well, save the world, of course! 🙂

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Thank you, and happy reading!

Under Romance: A 4 Sparkler Paranormal with immortals, archangels, demons. “Immortal Justice” by Faith V. Smith is a decent read with interesting characters.

And Teresa has two new movie reviews for you: By the Pricking of My Thumb 1984, and The Sittaford Mystery 2006

Have a bunch of new stuff for you to check out today.

First up, under “Romance” you’ll find three new ones:

“Phenomenal Impact” by Natalie J. Damschroder is a 5 Sparkler short novella (65 pages) that gives you action, adventure, and a touch of romance. It’s science fiction romance at its best.

“Through the Void” – another one by Natalie Damschroder. This is a short story (42 pages), 5 Sparkler read that is also full of action, adventure, and romance with a HEA that satisfies.

A Heart for All Time by Linda Tillis is a 4 Sparkler time-travel romance that takes you back to the late 1800s in North Carolina. It’s a sweet story that gives you a HEA that satisfies as well.

Under “Teresa’s Movie Reviews”, she gives you her insights into Agatha Christie’s “Body in the Library” and “By the Pricking of My Thumbs”.

I just finished SPRING UPON A CRIME by ML Erdahl – a 5 Sparkler Cozy mystery. Below are my thoughts. You can read the full review under “Mysteries”

Thoughts: I loved this story! This was the second in the Seattle Wilderness series. I enjoyed the first one enough to pick this one up as well – and wasn’t disappointed. This is a solid follow up to “Winter Takes All”. We are once again pulled into the life of Crystal, a wilderness guide who seems to stumble into murders. In the way of all cozy mysteries, she is our amateur sleuth who finds out who the killer is (and almost gets herself killed in the process). In this one, she has to save her friend Roxie the chef from being prosecuted for the murder of Roxie’s boss. She’s up against the local cops, developers, loggers, and tree-huggers. I especially loved the character of Emerson. He is perfect. The characters are fun and realistic and the imagery is amazing. The author shows us the northwest without being overly descriptive. And the light romance between Crystal and Conner is well done as well, although Conner isn’t in much of this book due to a sprained knee.

As the month draws to a close (already!), here are some new books for you to consider:

Under Fantasy: The Executioner’s Apprentice by D.K. Holmberg. This is a 4 sparkler book only because I was given the second book in the series and had no clue what was going on at first. The writer is an excellent writer with great characters and worldbuilding, but I strongly suggest reading the first book in the series first then this one. You’ll understand a whole lot more.

Under Fiction: Bernie and Bertie by Mike Owens. This darkly humorous book is about two serial killers who find love. Can’t say I liked it. Definitely not my kind of story, but that doesn’t mean someone out there won’t enjoy this kind of story. Take a look if you’re into dark stories.

Under Nonfiction: The Ultimate Memory Activity Book by Alexis Olsen and Phil Fraas. I liked this 5-Sparkler ebook so much, I purchased the paperback version for myself. Definitely recommended.

From Teresa:

Under movies: Sleeping Murder

Under Teresa: The Fabric of Civilization.

Enjoy!

I have one new review and two for Teresa.

My review is for the entertaining book “Flirting With Fairies” by Peg Pierson. This 4 Sparkler story shows what’s happening to book characters when their authors aren’t working fast enough or writing well. It’s fun, silly, and gives you a HEA that satisfies. Even though there are romantic elements, you’ll find the review in the Fantasy section or on Goodreads:

Teresa has two reviews – neither of which scored very high for her. The first is a movie “Lord Edgware Dies” a 1934 Agatha Christie film adaptation.

The second is a 2-Sparkler review for “Before and After the Book Deal” that you’ll find on Teresa’s review page.