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A Man for Mrs. Claus by Rebekah Weatherspoon

It’s all about Mrs. Claus

A Man for Mrs. Claus by Rebekah Weatherspoon

December 27, 2025 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I needed to get into the holiday spirit, and A Man for Mrs. Claus by Rebekah Weatherspoon did the trick. Even though I’m recovering from surgery, I also wanted to read along with The Ripped Bodice LA fantasy book club. This was their December pick, and I was able to snag the Cover Snob special edition. This North Pole Santa-verse finds angels recruiting souls to bring holiday cheer. We meet Tiffany, aka Mrs. Claus, saying goodbye to her current Santa Claus husband. He’s moved on […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, christmas, magic, Mrs. Claus, paranormal romance, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Santa Claus

teresaelectro's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, christmas, magic, Mrs. Claus, paranormal romance, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Santa Claus ·
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Terror at the Gates by Scarlett St. Clair

Mafia, magic, and sin

Terror at the Gates by Scarlett St. Clair

December 26, 2025 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Terror at the Gates is the first book in the new Blood of Lilith duology series from Scarlett St. Clair. The city of Eden is split into different districts ruled by mafia-esque families. Women of this world are born with magic, which they are allowed to use only if approved by their fathers or husbands. We meet Lilith Leviathan after she has run away from her posh district to live by her own rules in the red light district. She has sex magic that allows […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Religion, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, dark romance, demons, erotica, lilith, magic, Scarlett St. Clair

teresaelectro's CBR17 Review No:8 · Genres: Audiobooks, Religion, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, dark romance, demons, erotica, lilith, magic, Scarlett St. Clair ·
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Only on Game Day by Kristen Callihan

I find the trend of not using condoms the first time the characters have sex terrifying

Only on Game Day by Kristen Callihan

December 26, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I’m glad to see Kristen Callihan publishing again, even if I can’t recommend this particular book. Only on Game Day is very much in keeping with her new adult Game On series. I suspect this is the start of a series centering the Luck family. Three Luck brothers, January, August, and March are at various stages in their football careers – January sidelined after a career ending injury, August the first round draft pick quarterback, and March a college star. There are Luck sisters too – […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance, Sports Tagged With: Kristen Callihan

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:96 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance, Sports · Tags: Kristen Callihan ·
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“Some called it arrogance. She called it competence untainted by performative humility.”

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley

December 25, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

First a warning – this is a two novel story and there is only one out. The second book comes up July 7, 2026. If you are the kind of person who, like me, hates incomplete stories, delay reading this. Second warning – I understand this is a reskinning of a very popular Harry Potter fan fiction, and that readers of said fan fiction have mixed feelings about this book. I am not a Harry Potter fan at all, so I neither read that originating […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: Brigitte Knightley

Nart's CBR17 Review No:35 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: Brigitte Knightley ·
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A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

Back to beginning of the Immortals After Dark universe

A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

December 25, 2025 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

9 years later, I’ve still not finished Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series. But I do own all of them since Kresley kindly stopped by The Ripped Bodice to sign the re-release of the series. I adore the new cover of A Hunger Like No Other, which is now a comfort read. I re-read it for TRB’s fantasy book club in July, and devoured it once again! I wouldn’t have guessed that from my first review. But here we are, unabashedly loving fated supernatural mates […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: fated mates, Immortals After Dark, Kresley Cole, lykae, paranormal romance, re-read, valkyries, vampires, werewolves

teresaelectro's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: fated mates, Immortals After Dark, Kresley Cole, lykae, paranormal romance, re-read, valkyries, vampires, werewolves ·
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My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas

Dangerously in Love

My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas

December 25, 2025 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas was a historical romance book club pick from The Ripped Bodice. I sped-read the first half and didn’t return to it last year. And then in February, I remembered, and it was so worth finishing. Ying-Ying, aka Catherine Blade, is a badass. She was trained in martial arts because her guardian/stepfather, Da-Ren, was a Chinese warlord. She makes an enemy of Lin, a dangerous assassin, who relentlessly hunts her across the globe. When the story begins, she is hiding […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: assassin, China, duology, enemies to lovers, historical romance, London, Sherry Thomas, spies, The Heart of Blade

teresaelectro's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance, Suspense · Tags: assassin, China, duology, enemies to lovers, historical romance, London, Sherry Thomas, spies, The Heart of Blade ·
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