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Grinning Cat
May 182 min read
Audiobook Spotlight: Atlas (Iron Tzars MC) by Marteeka Karland
This audiobook is read by Umi Markkanen, and is available on Audible or through Amazon. Atlas The MMC is undercover in an evil MC. Atlas...
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Grinning Cat
May 112 min read
Book of the Week: Illicit by Arianna Fraser
Cat’s Stats MMC/FMC- Douglas and Isla Genre- Mafia Romance (Irish Mob) Heat- 🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋. He has an insatiable appetite for eating… well,...
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Grinning Cat
May 74 min read
Author Interview: Barbara J. Taylor
Author of Rain Breaks No Bones, published today Today’s Author Interview is with Barbara J. Taylor, author of the Scranton Trilogy,...
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Grinning Cat
May 33 min read
Book of the Week: Rain Breaks No Bones by Barbara J. Taylor
The first thing you should know when reading this review is that the author, Barbara J. Taylor, is my first cousin. It’s important to me...
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Grinning Cat
Apr 303 min read
Zexytime, Part Two: A Key to How I Write About It
When I review a Romance novel, I generally include a line or two about the Heat level. I include emojis to indicate how hot it is on a...
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Grinning Cat
Apr 195 min read
Guilty Pleasures Edition
As far as Guilty Pleasures go, of course there’s -milk chocolate frosting (I could eat that shit with a spoon) -white hot chocolate...
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Grinning Cat
Apr 141 min read
Goodreads Stats
I checked my Goodreads stats this morning and I am happy to say that I’m one of the top 100 reviewers in both the U.S. and in the world....
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Grinning Cat
Apr 52 min read
Book of the Week: Relentless by Arianna Fraser
Cat’s Stats MMC/FMC- Cameron and Morena POV- 1st person dual Genre- Mafia Romance (Irish Mob with a side of Bratva) Heat- Let’s raise a...
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Grinning Cat
Mar 315 min read
Featured Series: Mafia Ties Dark Romance by Sophie Slade
Note: I received advance review copies of these books for free, courtesy of Booksprout and the author. I try not to give too many...
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Grinning Cat
Mar 182 min read
About Zexytime
…I got dinged on Amazon for using the phrase “sex scene” once, so, zexytime it is. Amazon has a very expansive definition as to what...
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Grinning Cat
Mar 82 min read
How to Tell If a Romance Is Paranormal
A bit of background. Twice a year, one of our local libraries has a huge book sale. Last sale, they had a new section for Paranormal...
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Grinning Cat
Mar 32 min read
Book of the Week: The Flamingo’s Fated Mate by Elva Birch
…in which I am reading a book about a were-flamingo. I love my life! Cat’s Stats MMC/FMC- Frank and Anita POV- 3rd person Genre-...
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Grinning Cat
Feb 262 min read
A Thought Or Two On Negative Reviews
Sometimes I get an ARC and I just don’t like the book. I know that I’m not going to like every book, and luckily, most of the books I...
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Grinning Cat
Feb 232 min read
Book of the Week- Perilous by Arianna Fraser
I am an unapologetic Arianna Fraser fangirl. I am wowed every single time I read a new one. She brings on the heat (ooh, Lordy) and adds...
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Grinning Cat
Feb 173 min read
Book of the Week- Steel Roses MC: Oleander Oaths
When I’m transported this thoroughly into a book world, it’s so hard to emerge. I’m writing this while I’m still in the bookworld haze,...
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Grinning Cat
Jan 271 min read
Update
I’m working on getting the website up and running, but I’m pretty clueless and my Technical Advisor, a.k.a. my sister, has been working...
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Grinning Cat
Jan 13 min read
Vocabulary
Romance reviews have a vocabulary of their own and I have my own shorthand. Here are a few terms and their meanings: MMC- Male main...
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Grinning Cat
Aug 18, 20233 min read
Begin at the Beginning
My favorite activity is reading. It’s more than a hobby, it‘s an automatic function that originates somewhere between my brain and my...
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