Lakesedge Estate is a silhouette against the night sky. The road gives way to a graveled drive, arched by an intricate iron gateway. As we pass through the gate, florence reaches out to collect an unlit lantern hooked on the post. She lights it with her sparklight. The colorless flame glimmers through the dark as we ride toward the house.

I haven’t read this yet. The cover is absolutely gorgeous! I’m also loving the descriptions of this book. I’m very excited to read it! If I’m being honest, I’ve been excited to read it since I found it in the Owlcrate box it was in!

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Note: This quote is from a short story that’s in this anthology. The passage is near the end of the story, but it does not give anything away. Also, this story is featured in another anthology called Cast a Wicked Spell. It is an anthology exclusive to Literary Love of Savannah.

As soon as the temparature evened out, she slid the tarts into the oven and began making her vanilla sponge again. She hoped she had enough time for it to cool before she spread the whipped cream layer on, or it would ooze all over the place. Once that was completed, she set a second timer and popped the cake in the oven.

I love that the author detailed the baking competition so well. It’s made me feel like I was actually there. I definitely recommend you checking the story out. I also recommend her debut novel: The Complications of Pi.

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She didn’t want to anger the Cowls, but she very much belived Mr.Kelsye’s threat.

Not sure what this is about. I don’t think this a spoiler. I haven’t really read it yet. I do plan to very soon.

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It took me a second or two to deduce that she thought this was a drawing of a woman who’d been sliced in half. No, no, it’s a cutaway- sketched as if we can see right through her. You notice how the baby’s all curled up?

It still amazes e that they had people who hadn’t been trained at all come in and help the hospital staff out because they were so short-staffed. I wonder if they are doing that now in the current pandemic. I just recently finished this book and I loved it so much. Has anybody else read this?

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Mags sat perched on the edge of his desk, listening to someone talk about his summer internship. He waved me in and handed me the attendance sheet.

I just got this book in the mail today. I haven’t read it yet. It looks really good though!

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I waved a hand, dismissing the Shazir and their madness, their hate. They rejected the truth of the Two-Faced God, that the Day Lord was but one-half of the deity, the bright face to Lady Night’s darkness. “My mother wasn’t a witch, and my father wasn’t an earth witch. He was a healer. The greatest healer this empire has ever seen. It was his power that saved Queen Ozura’s life when she was pregnant with her youngest son, and everyone knew it. How could they have possibly caused the earthquake?”

I just got this book yesterday. I haven’t read it yet. I am very intrigued. I know that I will be really interested in this book when I finally do get around to reading it. I won a copy of the sequel on Goodreads, so I felt like it was fate and bought the first book. Anybody have this book and would like to read it with me?

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James? So handsome that ladies’ rose-salved lips dropped open in astonishment when he passed? James Cutter fancied her? There was something alluring about the idea of a match between them, on that would make all the socialites who had ever giggled over her clumsy ways jealous…

I just got this book in the mail today, so I haven’t read it. It sounds very intriguing though, and I’m looking very much forward to reading this. I’ll be happy when the time comes that this passage will make sense to me. Until then, enjoy the quote!

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Ellis emerges from Godwin House just once, even though it’s a Friday afternoon. Maybe Ellis Halley isn’t required to attend classes. I watch her go across the yard, chin level with the ground and wearing a pantsuit, into the administrative building. She stays there about twenty minutes before I spy her again. This time she’s holding an armful of paperwork. I raise my voice and call her name, she looks over and our gazes meet. But then she turns away and keeps walking, as if I’m not there at all.

The dynamic between these two is very interesting. They aren’t really enemies. They really don’t know each other well enough to be enemies. Yet they aren’t exactly friendly either. I’m curious to see how this relationship grows and unfolds as the series continues. I’m about halfway through the book as we speak so I guess I’ll find out soon.

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“The Viboras are bloodthirsty, homicidal maniacs. They’ve been known to cut off a man’s arm and beat him to death with it. Aren’t you worried about the Viboras hunting you down?”

Nick waved off her concern. “I’m already on the run from all sorts of mobsters and countless law enforcement agencies. What’s one more? Besides, I’ve got you protecting me.”

I haven’t read this one yet, but I can tell that Evanovich is just as quirky in this series as she is in the Stephanie Plum series. I’m really excited about it now!

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She didn’t know why she said it, merely wanted to. But she delighted in the way Hale’s eyes widened. That wanting smile stretched back across his face. He may have been fae, but when it came to women, it didn’t matter: fae males were as simple as human men, it seemed.

I’m actually actively reading this book now. I’m not this far into it yet. I picked the vaguest paragraph on the page to share so I wasn’t tempted to keep reading. Anybody else know that struggle? Anyway, this book is so good so far and I want to know if anybody else is reading it! Or has read it!

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