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A Swindle, a Romance, and Beautifully Described Music

The Hellion's Waltz by Olivia Waite

July 10, 2021 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  The Hellion’s Waltz is the third book in Olivia Waite’s Feminine Pursuits series (the first book, The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics was published in 2019 and the second Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows last year). As I said in my review of The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows, one of the things I love most in good romance writing is when authors interact with larger themes. These […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: book riot read harder challenge, cbr13bingo, f/f romance, feminine pursuits, historical romance, NetGalley, new series, olivia waite, queer romance, read women, swindle, the hellion's waltz

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:30 · Genres: Romance · Tags: book riot read harder challenge, cbr13bingo, f/f romance, feminine pursuits, historical romance, NetGalley, new series, olivia waite, queer romance, read women, swindle, the hellion's waltz ·
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Kate Prospero, bad ass cop and recovering alchemist

December 30, 2014 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Dirty Magic is the new series from Jaye Wells featuring a bad ass cop named Kate Prospero. She’s an Adept, which is a person born with inherent magic skills. But she turned her back on making potions years to raise her younger brother when their mother passes away. She even attends AA type meetings for former magic users and abusers. In the present time, she works patrol for the Babylon PD chasing down criminals to lessen the guilt from her wreck less past.  One night, she chases a perp […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: book 1, Dirty Magic, fantasy, Jaye Wells, magic, new series, paranormal romance, Prospero's War, romance, Suspense, thriller, Urban Fantasy, witches

teresaelectro's CBR6 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Suspense · Tags: book 1, Dirty Magic, fantasy, Jaye Wells, magic, new series, paranormal romance, Prospero's War, romance, Suspense, thriller, Urban Fantasy, witches ·
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