Excerpt:   “You’re late,” she stated, folding her arms across her chest. “I know, I’m sorry.” He drew closer in awe of her unyielding stare. Men twice his age weren’t half as fierce. Even with the annoyance in her eyes, she looked more radiant than the previous day. She was wearing a lacy white dress with high heels and had done her hair straight with extra makeup to emphasize her beautiful eyes. “Can you forgive me?” he asked. She scrutinized him before asking suspiciously, “Depends. Why were you late?” “He just delivered a baby on the side of the road,” Eli said flatly. Charly blinked in surprise at him. “You delivered a baby?” Gunner encouraged her further, nudging her arm with his. “Don’t be too hard on him, Charly. He did good tonight.” Jaxon couldn’t break away from her gaze as her entire demeanor shifted from puzzlement to something else entirely. “How about we drop this topic and move on to that drink you promised me tonight?” he asked her. His only goal tonight was getting her to soften toward him and to show her what this bar meant to everyone in town. His dream, his bar, was burning to…

With Stacey Kennedy‘s new book OH FANG! out, we here at Fresh Fiction thought it would be a fun way for readers to get to know her characters from her Undead Ever After series better by playing a little game we call “The Character Most Likely“. I love this because it satisfies my romance nerd self AND because I love Stacey Kennedy’s books. If you’re new to her Undead Ever After series – it ‘s a mix of paranormal, suspense, and romance and focuses on the same couple in each book.   1. Most likely to laugh in a serious moment? Willa, she’s a witch/vampire who never does take life too seriously. But that’s only because she hasn’t had it easy. First being a witch without magic to then finding out she’s also part vampire and being thrust into danger. Sometimes a girl needs to find a laugh in the weirdest of places to stay sane!   2. Most likely to get caught having sex in public? 100% Killian and Willa, but it’s not their fault. They’re newly bonded and can’t seem to keep their hands off each other. Add that to the fact that vampires are a wild bunch and…

1–What is the title of your latest release? WHAT THE FANG?, Undead Ever After Book 1 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? I’ll let Sapphyria’s Book Blog tell you since she does it so well. As a magicless witch cast out from her coven, Willa settles in the one place witches don’t belong. She runs Cauldron Boil Books, a bookstore in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, a city run by vampires. She caters to the reading habits of the undead and had made a couple vampire friends. Willa also manages to fly under the radar. That is, until she doesn’t. Upon closure of the bookstore after an event, Willa finds herself the helpless victim of a vampire attack. When she discovers who saves her, Willa’s world quickly upends. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? For my 40th birthday, I had planned a trip with my best friends to Napa Valley. Sadly, this was when Napa Valley had terrible forest fires across the state. On the advice from our travel agent, we ended up going to Charleston instead, which ended up being a blessing in disguise. I absolutely fell in love with Charleston and…

Our reviewer retrospective continues with Miranda Owen‘s favorite books of this year!  I love making lists. At the end of a year, friends and fellow readers will post about their top favorite five or ten books of the year. I’m not configured that way. Trying to pick only five or ten favorite books out of the hundred or so I’ve read over the course of a year is unfathomable to me. Instead, I’ve picked about five or so titles in four different categories. Many of these selections fit a few of different categories listed here. I mostly read and review romances, but cozy mysteries are my jam too. Christmas-themed Romance Picks THE MATCHMAKER’S MISTLETOE MISSION by Jaci Burton A COWBOY UNDER THE MISTLETOE by Jessica Clare ONE HOT HOLIDAY by Cynthia Eden MEET ME UNDER THE MISTLETOE by Stacey Kennedy ONE CHRISTMAS EVE by Shannon Stacey There was a ridiculous amount of amazing Christmas-themed romances that came out this year, many of which came out at the end of October. The ones I’m discussing were my absolute favorites, but there were a bunch more that put a smile on my face. THE MATCHMAKER’S MISTLETOE MISSION by Jaci Burton and A…

You can read more about Fresh Fiction Senior Reviewer Miranda Owen and her reviews here! “But sometimes, the things you wanted most were the things that would destroy you.” Cynthia Eden, BOUND IN SIN In general, I’m a cozy mystery kind of a girl. I don’t usually go for movies or books that promise “high suspense.” That’s usually a turn-off for me. If a book has dog tags or a pistol on the cover the odds are that it’s probably not for me. Likewise, a film trailer or poster with some intense music or describing how the hero/heroine has a limited amount of time to defuse a bomb, rescue so-and-so, or recover the lost jewel of blah blah blah does nothing for me. I like scary movies, but usually with the violence that is cheesy and obviously fake rather than what I think of as “torture porn” – gratuitous torture scenes that don’t further the story or have us learn anything new about the baddies and generally just stick in my head like some toxic sludge that resurfaces even years later. There are, of course, exceptions to every rule. I do read some mysteries and some romances with a few…