#SpecFic Bookworm News: A Sasquatch Susies Series Review and More

BOOKS READ

Big Yearning by Christine Rains
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
What a Werewolf Wants by Kristin Miller

BOOK REVIEWS

Big Yearning by Christine Rains

Suzetta Hughes yearns to find Bigfoot, but her attraction to their forest guide may interfere with her plans in Christine Rains' Big Yearning. A nurse and Sasquatch hunter, Suzetta uses humor to derail any negative situation. I love how she tries her best to abide by girl code and ignore hunky Rayce Webb's advances. The action moves at a good pace and races to the conclusion, and the sexual situations are steamy and passionate. Christine Rains leads us into the mystery of whether or not Bigfoot exists in this sexy romp of a story in Big Yearning.

To purchase Big Yearning by Christine Rains: Amazon | Kobo | Ellora's Cave | Nook | Google Play

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Magic might not be enough to get Harry Dresden out of trouble in Jim Butcher's Storm Front. Take one private detective, a heavy dose of magic, intriguing murders, and a splash of humor and you have the recipe for this delightful novel. Harry Dresden uses his wizarding skills to solve cases, and his self-deprecating humor, intelligence, and good nature make him a character a reader can relate to. The action moves the book at a good pace, and I found myself smiling and even laughing out loud. I feel like we've scratch the surface of this fantastic world Butcher has created. I'm thrilled to discover we have a lot more books to read in The Dresden Files. Storm Front by Jim Butcher is a must read for those people who enjoy urban fantasy and detective mysteries.

What a Werewolf Wants by Kristin Miller

Josie Cole will be a famous matchmaker if she can pull off her 100th perfect match, but Ryder McManus desires to ruin her plans in Kristin Miller's What a Werewolf Wants. This book worked as a standalone title, although it is the third book in the San Francisco Wolf Pack series. I don't usually buy into the whole fated mates type of romances, but Josie and Ryder seemed so incompatible, despite great sexual chemistry, I was curious at how Miller would get them together in the end. Josie believes in love so strongly that anything seemed possible. Although Ryder is quite pessimistic about romance and love, his desire to help his best friend made me like him. The glimpses into a werewolf's world created wonderful tension and conflict upon the pages. Opposites definitely attract in What a Werewolf Wants by Kristin Miller, and I'm looking forward to reading the other books in the San Francisco Wolf Pack series.

SPECULATIVE FICTION BOOKS RELEASING IN MARCH

Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop

Blood Passage by Heather Demetrios

The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins

Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige

Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie

Seven Black Diamonds by Melissa Marr

Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor

Holding Court by K.C. Held

Cloaked in Secrecy by T.F. Walsh

Amid Wind and Stone by Nicole Luiken

Atlantis Quest by Gloria Craw

Remnants: Season of Glory by Lisa Tawn Bergren

Released by Jus Accardo

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Conspiracy Boy by Cecily White
Playing the Witch's Game by Zoe Forward
Relic by Gretchen McNeil
Witch of the Cards by Catherine Stine
The Last Girl by Joe Hart
The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler

RELEASE DAY BLITZ

Witch of the Cards

Catherine Stine

Genre: paranormal historical suspense

Publisher: Konjur Road Press

Publication: March 2016

ISBN 13: 978-0-9848282-6-5    

ISBN 13: 978-0-9848282-7-2  

Number of pages: 265

Cover Artist: Mae I Designs

Book Description: Fiera was born a sea witch with no inkling of her power. And now it might be too late. 

Witch of the Cards is historical, supernatural romantic suspense set in 1932 on the Jersey shore. Twenty-two year-old Fiera has recently left the Brooklyn orphanage where she was raised, and works in Manhattan as a nanny. She gets a lucky break when her boss pays for her short vacation in Asbury Park. One evening, Fiera and her new friend Dulcie wander down the boardwalk and into Peter Dune’s Tarot & Séance, where they attend a card reading. 

Fiera has always had an unsettling ability to know things before they happen and sense people’s hidden agendas. She longs to either find out the origin of her powers or else banish them because as is, they make her feel crazy. When, during the reading, her energies somehow bond with Peter Dune’s and form an undeniable ethereal force, a chain of revelations and dangerous events begin to unspool. For one, Fiera finds out she is a witch from a powerful sea clan, but that someone is out to stop her blossoming power forever. And though she is falling in love with Peter, he also has a secret side. He’s no card reader, but a private detective working to expose mediums. Despite this terrible betrayal, Fiera must make the choice to save Peter from a tragic Morro Cruise boat fire, or let him perish with his fellow investigators. Told in alternating viewpoints, we hear Fiera and Peter each struggle against their deep attraction. Secrets, lies, even murder, lace this dark fantasy.

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Read about what inspired me to write "Folds in Life and Death," a short story in the forthcoming IWSG anthology Parallels: Felix Was Here, on Yolanda Renee's blog.