A Different Blue By: Amy Harmon Published: March 29, 2016 by CreateSpace 322 pages Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance Source: Freebie, Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Blue Echohawk doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know her real name or when she was born. Abandoned at two and raised by a drifter, she didn't attend school until she was ten years old. At nineteen, when most kids her age are attending college or moving on with life, she is just a senior in high school. With no mother, no father, no faith, and no future, Blue Echohawk is a difficult student, to say the least. Tough, hard and overtly sexy, she is the complete opposite of the young British teacher who decides he is up for the challenge, and takes the troublemaker under his wing.  This is the story of a nobody who becomes somebody. It is the story of an unlikely friendship, where hope fosters healing and redemption becomes love. But falling in love can be hard w...

The Scionless House (The Scion Legacy 0.5) By: Nazarea Andrews Published: October 30, 2015 by A&A Literary 62 pages Source: Personal Kindle library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Twelve Houses. Twelve vampire lines. We ruled from the shadows, and manipulated the world, and when humans came too close to destruction, we intervened.  Every House has a Scion. A fragile, easily broken human that stood shoulder to shoulder with the house Princes and Princesses.  Except for ours. The Ravens, House Cantelie.  We've been without a Scion for almost fifteen years.  But that will change...and her life will be mine to protect. MY REVIEW: For a freebie novella, which was recommended to read before reading book one in the series, this short 62 pages was enough to wet my appetite in the vampire genre again. As the Goodreads summary says, there are 12 vampire houses which are the 12 vampire lines, each house with a patriarch and then a hierarchy of...

The Key (True Reign #1) By: Jennifer Anne Davis Published: January 8, 2014 by Clean Teen Publishing 342 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon  FREE at time of posting) Summary: ***This is BOOK ONE of a THREE book series. It is NOT a stand alone book. The entire series is now available!!*** AWARDS: *Finalist in the 2014 USA Best Book Awards: Young Adult Category* *Winner Curvy Book Award 2013 Best Overall Small Press* Within these pages lie kingdoms with castles and princes who fall in love with fair maidens, but make no mistake−this is no fairytale. His father's kingdom is on the brink of upheaval and at the center of it all is an ordinary girl who could be the key to its undoing. When faced with the ultimate choice, will he choose the girl he's falling in love with or the kingdom he has sworn to protect? An ordinary girl with an extraordinary past... All she wants is to be free. What she doesn't realize is that freedom com...

Poison Dance (Midnight Thief #0.5) By: Livia Blackburne Published: September 12, 2013 by Lion's Quill Press Novella, 84 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library (FREEBIE) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: James is skilled, efficient, and deadly, a hired blade navigating the shifting alliances of a deteriorating Assassin’s Guild. Then he meets Thalia, an alluring but troubled dancing girl who offers him a way out—if he’ll help her kill a powerful nobleman. With the Guild falling apart, it just might be worth the risk. But when you live, breathe, and love in a world that’s forever flirting with death, the slightest misstep can be poison.  MY REVIEW: I read Midnight Thief  first and my interest in James, who turns out to be one of the villain's of the story, was so great I just happened to look to see when the next book was coming out and found that there was a novella about him that was FREE . I'm not a huge fan of novellas, generally speaking, but when a chara...