small town

Review: Radio Static by Nicky James

Jun 10, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Nova is looking forwarded to getting out of the city and heading to the cabin by the lake that he went to as a kid. He needs time away and he needs time with his teenage son, Cooper. Nova...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: bisexual, kids, murder, mystery, Nicky James, self published, small town

Audiobook Review: Featherbed by Annabeth Albert

Jun 2, 2021 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 3.75 stars Audio Rating: 3.5 stars Narrators: Kirt Graves and Alexander Cendese Length: 5 hours, 23 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Harrison Fletcher has relocated from NYC to Vermont. He had a job as...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, 3.75 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: Alexander Cendese, Annabeth Albert, anxiety, farmer, Heart Eyes Press, Kirt Graves, small town, Tantor Audio, Vino and Veritas collection, World of True North universe

Review: Hot as Heller by Lucy Lennox

Jun 1, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sheriff Declan Stone is not happy that there is a movie filming in his small town of Aster Valley, Colorado. Aside from the expected headache of all the added work for the Sheriff’s...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: actor, Aster Valley series, enemies to lovers, law enforcement, Lucy Lennox, self published, small town

Review: Haven by Morgan Brice

May 14, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Austin Williams’ “hunches” (fragmented visions of the past and present/future) helped him achieve an unprecedented close rate as a cold case detective (as well as the enmity of his...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: Darkwind Press, Fox Hollow Zodiac series, instalove, Magic Emporium collection, medium, Morgan Brice, mystery, private investigator, psychic, small town

Review: Staccato by E.M. Lindsay

May 13, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Yanik is a well-trained and educated musician and composer. Blind from childhood, his career in New York was only getting started when his twin brother, Van, called him home to help deal with...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: Alzheimer's, blind, E.M. Lindsay, Magnum Opus series, musician, self published, small town, transgender

Review: Buried by Lizzie Strong

May 12, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 3.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel In addition to being homeschooled in a small town in Oklahoma, Quinn lives in about as remote an area as one could get: smack in the middle of a swamp and miles from the nearest road. It’s...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult
TAGGED: gore, high school, hurt/comfort, Lesbian/FF, Lizzie Strong, magic, necromancy, NineStar Press, small town, The Secrets Witches Keep series, witch

Review: Burn That Bridge by J.R. Gray

May 11, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It’s the first day of school and things are different. Instead of a cheerleading outfit, DJ has a new haircut and also new pronouns. It’s not easy to blend in small town Alabama, and now all...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: coming out, first love, high school, homophobia, J.R. Gray, self harm, self published, small town, suicidal thoughts, transgender, transphobia, violence, virgin hero

Review: The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch

May 7, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sky may seem like your typical high school senior, but his life has been difficult. His father passed away in a car accident when Sky was little and he has no memory of the man. The one thing...