Category Archives: mystery

My February Reading Log

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Taking the Lead by Cecilia Tan is a contemporary romance with BDSM, first in a new series. The heroine and her sister have inherited their gazillionaire grandfather’s secret Hollywood BDSM club, and the hero is a rock star who’s … Continue reading →

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My December Reading Log

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: There’s Something About Ari by L.B. Gregg was novella length, I think, a m/m romance that never took off for me, though I did finish it. I picked up another in a long-running series. Obsession in Death by J.D. … Continue reading →

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November Reading Log

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: A Trifle Dead by Livia Day is a humorous small-town mystery. I enjoyed all the quirky characters and the to-me-unusual setting of Hobart in Tasmania; there’s also a lot of excellent, excellent food description, as the first person narrator … Continue reading →

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April 2015 Reading Log

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Lone Wolf (Bluewater Bay Book 4) by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt is a male/male romance. I’d read one book previously in this series, which focuses on the creative personalities surrounding a series of werewolf books and the television … Continue reading →

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November 2014 Reading Log

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Still Life With Murder by P.B. Ryan – First in the Nell Sweeney series, it’s a historical mystery set in Gilded Age Boston. The heroine has a terrible past and so does the man accused of murder, whom it … Continue reading →

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March 2014 Reading Log

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (galley) – I have known the author online for many years, though we’ve only met in person a few times, briefly. I loved this. Straight up loved it. And since now it’s been … Continue reading →

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February 2014 Reading Log

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Marketplace (Book One of The Marketplace Series) by Laura Antoniou – this was a freebie of a well-known book about dominance and submission. I’d read it back when it came out, but didn’t remember much. Anyway, Submission is … Continue reading →

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Previews Catchup

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Victoria Janssen

While my blog was down, I had several novel previews go live. Fresh Meat: Death Comes to the Village by Catherine Lloyd. A Regency-set historical mystery I enjoyed quite a bit. Fresh Meat: Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall, Paranormal … Continue reading →

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Roundup of Recent Guest Posts

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

More book-preview posts. I’ve been introduced to a lot of new authors this way! Angel With A Bullet by M.C. Grant. A lighthearted noir mystery. Yes, I meant to use both adjectives! Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan. A Young Adult … Continue reading →

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A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd – WWI Challenge

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My April book for the The WWI Challenge was A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd, a mystery novel set (mostly) in England while the war was still going on. Heroine Bess Crawford is the daughter of a colonel … Continue reading →

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