Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

E-galley Review:  When Sparks Fly by Helena Hunting

E-galley Review: When Sparks Fly by Helena Hunting

Synopsis: Running the Spark House, a hotel/event space that has been in her family for years, has been Avery Spark’s lifelong dream. After years of working hard and making personal sacrifices, Avery and her two younger sisters have turned the Spark House into the premier destination in Colorado Springs. Avery is living her best life—she […]

Posted September 18, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 3 Comments
ARC  Review:  Maggie Finds Her Muse by Dee Ernst

ARC Review: Maggie Finds Her Muse by Dee Ernst

Synopsis: A sparkling romantic comedy starring a bestselling author who goes to Paris to overcome writer’s block and rediscovers family, independence, and love along the way. All Maggie Bliss needs to do is write. Forty-eight years old and newly single (again!), she ventures to Paris in a last-ditch effort to finish her manuscript. With a […]

Posted April 3, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

Audiobook Review: Play (Stage Dive #2) by Kylie Scott

Book info: Title:  Play   Author:  Kylie Scott Series:  Stage Dive #2   Genre:  New Adult, Rock Star Romance Published:  March 25th, 2014 Source:  Digital audiobook downloaded from public library Okay, I am now totally in love with this author.  And to think it all started with a cheap/free e-book from back when I tried […]

Posted August 5, 2016 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments

Review: Frostfire by Amanda Hocking

First, thanks to St. Martin’s Griffin and Edelweiss for allowing me to read an e-galley of this title.  I’ve been a fan of Amanda Hocking since I downloaded a 99 cent e-book of the first book in the Trylle series, Switched.  I read that book while sitting in line waiting for one of the Harry […]

Posted December 22, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments

Elegy (Watersong #4) by Amanda Hockiing

First, let me thank both Edelweiss and especially St. Martin’s Griffin for allowing me to read an e-galley of this book.  Now, can I start telling you how much I loved this book?!  I have to say what an awesome way to end a series!  There was action, there was still romance, there were twists […]

Posted July 14, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

Tidal (Watersong #3) by Amanda Hocking

My Review: Another book I checked out from the library, although it was kind of a fiasco getting it actually in my hands!  I got an email saying it had arrived.  I went to the library the next day, and it wasn’t there.  So, the librarian said one of two things happened, either someone else […]

Posted July 12, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments

Wake (Watersong #1) by Amanda Hocking

As always I’d like to thank the people who made it possible for me to read an advanced copy of this.  I was fortunate enough to walk into work at Barnes and Noble and see this sitting on the break room table.  As I had fallen in love with the Trylle series by Amanda Hocking, […]

Posted July 18, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 9 Comments

Ascend (Trylle Trilogy #3) by Amanda Hocking

Ascend by Amanda Hocking My rating: 4 of 5 stars Again I got this as a great deal as an e-book before they were being published.  This will be published and available in a hard copy next Tuesday! Once again I was not disappointed. This book had romance, suspense, and even some new mythology about […]

Posted April 19, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 3 Comments