Category: Pnr Romance

Review: Rosanna Leo's DARKE PASSION.

1/25/2023

Thanks to the author for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

I’m often trying new authors because I feel like you never know when you’ll find a new one whose books make you fall in love.

Rosanna Leo was gracious enough to send me an ARC of her upcoming PNR Darke Passion, out 03/21.

Dual timelines + ghosts + kissing is definitely my jam & this book delivers on those fronts. The historical setting is Canada during the War of 1812 & it becomes pertinent to the present- day story when inn owner Simon Teal contacts our heroine Edwina Darke saying that people think his inn is haunted.

Edwina Darke & her sisters—all of whom have unique jobs at their paranormal investigation agency—are on the case.

While the story is atmospheric & creepy in a way I wanted, the ending is satisfying, & the moments of sweetness are engaging, I’m not a huge fan of insta feelings—which this felt like to me—& I didn’t always feel fully connected to the writing style. (Both of those things are “YMMV” kinds of things to me).

But this is a fun story with some great thrills & a sweet & naughty romance too.

Thanks to the author for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

3⭐️. Out 03/21.

CWs: murder, haunting, reference to rape.[ID: Jess, a white woman, holds the ebook in front of a white bookcase & wears a green shirt that says “Just one more chapter.”]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC and the publisher for the complimentary hard-copies. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5 ⭐️. Out 10/04.

CWs: Implied attempted rape by soldier. Violence. Death.[ID: a white woman wearing a blue dress with white polka dots holds A Queen’s Curse in her left hand. In her lap are books 1-3 of the series.]

#FlatlayFridayPunny TitlesThis Friday flatlay inspired by the fantastic title & cover of Celestine Martin’s Witchful Thinking. Read on for my review!

​Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4⭐️. Out 09/27.

I didn’t record CWs for this one when I read it. Sorry![ID: first image: a flatlay of books featuring punny titles. Second image: a white hand holds the book in front of a plant stand.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

​4.5⭐️. Out 09/06.

Thanks to the publisher for complimentary finished copy and the publisher & Edelweiss for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out now!

CWs: violence, death.ID: a white hand holds up the book in front of a grayish sky, mountains, & trees.

​Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

5 ⭐️. Out 08/23.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4 ⭐️. Release date: 07/20.

​Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4 ⭐️. Release date: 6/22.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Casa & Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4 ⭐️. Big Bad Wolf is available on 01/26/21.

5 ⭐️. Cry Wolf is available on 01/18/21. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

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CWs: murder, haunting, reference to rape.

[ID: Jess, a white woman, holds the ebook in front of a white bookcase & wears a green shirt that says “Just one more chapter.”]

CWs: Implied attempted rape by soldier. Violence. Death.

[ID: a white woman wearing a blue dress with white polka dots holds A Queen’s Curse in her left hand. In her lap are books 1-3 of the series.]

#FlatlayFriday
Punny Titles

This Friday flatlay inspired by the fantastic title & cover of Celestine Martin’s Witchful Thinking. Read on for my review!

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

I didn’t record CWs for this one when I read it. Sorry!

[ID: first image: a flatlay of books featuring punny titles. Second image: a white hand holds the book in front of a plant stand.]

4.5⭐️. Out 09/06.

CWs: violence, death.

ID: a white hand holds up the book in front of a grayish sky, mountains, & trees.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.