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Love, Friendship, and the Supernatural: Why Laurel’s Story is a Must-Read This February

Laurel by Addison James

18+ Contains Adult Content

Laurel is a sapphic supernatural romance following Laurel, who is 900 years old. Laurel was tortured by a witch and was inadvertently made immortal. She tries not to get too close to anyone as she knows she will have to leave and start fresh in a new town, or else face questions about why she isn’t ageing. Laurel, against her will, becomes close to Callie; she tries not too but there is something so endearing about Callie that she can’t help herself. However, when she goes to Callie’s house for dinner and meets her husband, Blake Laurel is prepared to run as she has made it a rule to stay away from all supernatural beings, and she knows with one look in Blake’s eyes that he is a vampire. Laurel can’t run until she knows Callie is safe, but then she meets Blake’s twin sister, Blaire, and Laurel doesn’t want to run anymore. Maybe the supernatural world isn’t so bad after all…until the witch that tortured Laurel turns up. Now, Laurel needs to decide whether she runs far, far away or stays and fights for the love and friendship she has found.

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Posted in Book Review, Dark Romance/Erotic Horror, Nikki St. Crowe

Hot Vampire Next Door Review: Love and Secrets Unveiled

Hot Vampire Next Door Season One by Nikki St. Crowe

18+ Contains Adult Content

Hot Vampire Next Door is a novella (although it is said to be a Kindle Vella Serial, which is a boxset of episodes 1-18, which I have never heard of before) that follows Jessie and Bran. Jessie is a human, Bran is a vampire. In Midnight Harbor, humans share the space with many supernatural beings, and once they become of age at 21, they are to pledge themselves to a supernatural being. Jessie’s family has always been pledged to the Locke family, and it is expected that Jessie will pledge there too, but she is enamoured with Bran Duval, the black sheep of the Duval family. Bran is not as unaffected by Jessie as he makes out to believe, but when Jessie and Bran find out that secrets are being kept that involve Jessie, they go hunting for the truth. Who is Jessie really?

“Good Girl,” he says. “Behave yourself tonight.”

“I don’t plan on it,” I say back.

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