With one thing and another – summer breaks, end of term activities for the children and now their summer holidays, we have been a little slow on the reviewing since our last update. However, the weather in the UK has been hot and sultry, which is just how we like it as it gives us plenty of excuses to indulge our passion for reading whilst lazing in our back gardens!

Over the last week Tina has read and reviewed one of Eve Rabi’s recent novels, Obsessed With Me. Books 1 and 2 of When She Rejected Him He Set Out To Destroy Her are covered here. This is a passionate and heartrending love story with adult content.

Tina has also reviewed Justin Richards’  The Wolfstone Curse and will be knocking together a Werewolf Wish List, which will suggest some tasty morsels you may want to sink your teeth into! Look out for that soon!

Next up for Tina to review is The Proposal, by Mary Balogh, a Regency Romance. She also has a copy of Kellyann Zuzulo’s The Genie Smolders, Book #2 in The Zubis Chronicles, a paranormal romance. Tina reviewed the previous novel, The Genie Ignites in April. You can check out her review for that here.

Heart of the Diamond, a Regency Romance by Carrie Brock is also on Tina’s reading list.

Meanwhile, I will be posting my review on Pavarti K. Tyler’s White Chalk on Thursday 1st August as the beginning of a blog tour for the book. White Chalk is a mature read for those who enjoy a psychological drama about coming-of-age teenager, Chelle, who finds it difficult to fit in with most people, including her own family. Will high school newcomer, Troy Christiansen, change all of this for Chelle? We soon find out as Chelle hangs her hopes and dreams on the new guy that takes an interest in her!

I am quite open-minded with any reading and just finished reading Celeste Anwar’s Wolfen Domination. This is a highly tensed up adult paranormal with some rather disturbing elements to the story, including some brief non-consensual intimate scenes. Certainly not for the young or faint of heart, however it is an exciting, adventurous read and the intimate scenes are necessary for the story.

My current read is Chrystalla Thoma’s urban fantasy, Boreal and John Grey Season 1. I have just begun this series and I am completely gripped already. After centuries of The Gate between the human world and the elf world being closed the elves have found a way to open it. However, when The Gate was open before the elves almost conquered humankind. With the dangerous Shades, elves and goblins it is largely left to Ella Benson, who is an agent of the Paranormal Bureau, to fight these dangerous beings. Coming close to death herself, she is saved by a hot, mysterious hero, Finn. Although having secrets of his own, Ella partners up with him and they fight together. I cannot wait to find out what Finn’s secrets are and who will win in the end – the elves or the humans?

My following reads will be fantasy The Pull by Brooke Morris and thriller/horror The One Percenters by John Podgursky.

And, last but certainly not the least, we can announce our winners for our fantastic Tim O’Rourke giveaway. Drum roll, ta-da-da, congratulations to Claire White and Cassie Sansom! We know that you will enjoy your signed paperbacks. Thanks to all of you who entered are competition and for all of you great followers for your support.

We hope that you have a fantastic week.

Caroline and Tina 🙂