Book Review: Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren

Summary: What the hex is going on? Life at Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting and yarn shop is about as smooth as shop owner Lucy’s knitting. In other words, lumpy, tangled and prone to disaster. Much like her spell-casting. But things get worse when her cousin and shop assistant Violet shows alarming symptoms of a hex. Who … Continue reading Book Review: Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren

Book Review: Dracula’s Child by J.S. Barnes

Summary: Dracula returns… It has been some years since Jonathan and Mina Harker survived their ordeal in Transylvania and, vanquishing Count Dracula, returned to England to try and live ordinary lives. But shadows linger long in this world of blood feud and superstition - and, the older their son Quincy gets, the deeper the shadows … Continue reading Book Review: Dracula’s Child by J.S. Barnes

Halloween Highlights: Vampires Never Get Old – Tales with Fresh Bite edited by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker

In this delicious new collection, you’ll find stories about lurking vampires of social media, rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, eager vampires coming out―and going out for their first kill―and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic, powerful creatures of the night.Welcome to the evolution of the vampire―and a revolution on the page.Vampires … Continue reading Halloween Highlights: Vampires Never Get Old – Tales with Fresh Bite edited by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker

Book Review: Frostbite by Richelle Mead #SpooktasticReads

Summary: Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose… It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand … Continue reading Book Review: Frostbite by Richelle Mead #SpooktasticReads

Halloween Highlights: Fangs by Sarah Andersen

Vamp is three hundred years old but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all changes one night in a bar when she meets a charming werewolf. FANGS chronicles the humor, sweetness, and awkwardness of meeting someone perfectly suited to you but also vastly different. Fangs by Sarah Andersen is a graphic novel … Continue reading Halloween Highlights: Fangs by Sarah Andersen

Book Review: Diamonds and Daggers by Nancy Warren

Summary: Missing jewels, a witch's dagger and murder...Just a regular day at Cardinal Woolsey's Knitting and Yarn shop in Oxford. When glamorous vampire Sylvia discovers a movie company is remaking one of her most famous silent films, she's determined to get some creative input and decides to make knitting shop owner Lucy the beneficiary of … Continue reading Book Review: Diamonds and Daggers by Nancy Warren

Book Review: Grave Secrets by Alice James

Summary: An adventure with zombies. And vampires. And romance. And croquet. Toni Windsor is trying to live a quiet life in the green and pleasant county of Staffordshire. She’d love to finally master the rules of croquet, acquire a decent boyfriend and make some commission as an estate agent… …but first she’s got to deal … Continue reading Book Review: Grave Secrets by Alice James

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Book Tag

I was poking around looking for vampire themed book tags and I happened across this one from a while back over at The Mermaid Behind the Books. Rules: You must ping me back to Tea With Rose’s Tomes  so she can read all of the tags. Answer the below questions with a fictional character & the book … Continue reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer Book Tag

Book Review: Heart of Stone by Johannes T. Evans

Summary: The year is 1764, and following a glowing recommendation from his last employer, Henry Coffey, vampire, takes on a new personal secretary: young Theophilus Essex. The man is quite unlike any secretary - or any man, for that matter - that Henry has ever met. 'Heart of Stone' is a slowly unfolding period romance … Continue reading Book Review: Heart of Stone by Johannes T. Evans

Book Review: Garters and Gargoyles by Nancy Warren

Summary:   Old Secrets lead to Murder At a secret society in Oxford’s Cardinal College, privileged young men from important families get drunk and rowdy and cause trouble. It’s been going on for centuries, but when someone dies, it looks like more than boys behaving badly. It’s up to Lucy and her undead knitters to … Continue reading Book Review: Garters and Gargoyles by Nancy Warren