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2025 Favourite Readsโ€ฆso far

This year has been a whirlwind of amazing books by established voices and incredible works from new authors. Enter Shepard to save the day! readers ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Iโ€™ve read 63 books so far this year but wantrd to share my favourite ones so far which have had the greatest impact on me. Writers ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Shepherd are… Continue reading 2025 Favourite Readsโ€ฆso far

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The Haunting of Alejandra

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description Alejandra no longer knows who she is. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her. Nor can they see what… Continue reading The Haunting of Alejandra

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Fevered Star

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description There are no tides more treacherous than those of the heart. โ€”Teek saying The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow Godโ€™s eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. The… Continue reading Fevered Star

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Upon A Starlit Tide

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Saint-Malo, Brittany, 1758. To Lucinde Leon, the youngest daughter of a wealthy French shipowner, the high walls of Saint-Malo are more hindrance than haven. While her sisters are busy trying to secure advantageous marriages, Luce spends her days secretly being taught to sail… Continue reading Upon A Starlit Tide

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A Sorceress Comes To Call

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesnโ€™t have any doors between roomsโ€”there are no secrets in this houseโ€”and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily… Continue reading A Sorceress Comes To Call

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The Black Feathers

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description Set on the Yorkshire Moors in the 1800s, The Black Feathers is a ghostly tale of magic and wickedness. When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and arrives at Guardbridge, his estate on the Yorkshire moors, she thinks she has finally put darkness behind her. She is mistaken. Edwardโ€™s sister, Iris, still lives in… Continue reading The Black Feathers

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The Crimson Road

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Violet Zennor has had a peculiar upbringing. Training as a fighter in underground arenas, honing her skills against the worst scum, murderers and thieves her father could pit her against, she has learned to be ruthless. To kill.  Until the day Hedrek Zennor… Continue reading The Crimson Road

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The North Wind

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it is Wrenโ€™s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for… Continue reading The North Wind

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Cover Real: Loki Novel

Cover Design: Luke Spooner I am very excited to real the cover for my first novel Loki: Untangling A Tale published by IFWG Publishing and releasing worldwide in May 2025! Want to know more? You can read announcement here From the description: What if you were born a monster? Deformed and shunned by your race?… Continue reading Cover Real: Loki Novel

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The Night Ends With Fire

** I received an ARC for an honest review ** โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description The Three Kingdoms are at war, but Meilinโ€™s father refuses to answer the imperial draft. Trapped by his opium addiction, he plans to sell Meilin for her dowry instead โ€“ but when she discovers that her husband-to-be is violent and ill-tempered, she decides… Continue reading The Night Ends With Fire