When I saw that this would be the story of Phineas and Brynley, I have to admit I wasn’t excited. Phineas, though quite a characters, has always struck me as very immature. And Brynley is prickly. BUT … I actually liked it. There was better characterization in this story than I’ve seen in many of […]
Author Archive: Christine
Book Review: Mother of Storms
Immense. That’s the best word I can think of to describe this story. At first glance, it’s the story of an apocalypse — a nuclear attack accidentally releases enough methane into the air to cause catastrophic global warming and resulting hurricanes. But it doesn’t take much of a peek beneath the surface to see that […]
Book Review: Sexiest Vampire Alive (Love at Stake, #11)
Gregory is a 100% bottle-fed vampire. That is to say, he’s never bitten a mortal; he has survived entirely on synthetic blood. So he seems like the perfect person to go talk to the president, who has recently learned of the existence of vampires, to try to persuade him that he is no threat. Gregory […]
Book Review: Vampire Mine (Love at Stake #10)
This book takes us back to the Scottish warriors. But instead of hooking up with a mortal, this one falls for … an angel? Hmmm. I’m not sure how excited I am that this series has taken on an angel. I don’t want to see it morph into a heaven vs hell story. This book […]
Book Review: Eat Prey Love (Love at Stake #9)
This corny vampire series continues in book 9, when Shana’s sister Caitlyn comes for her nephew’s birthday party and gets thrust into a world she never imagined. She instantly falls in love with Carlos, a jaguar shape-shifter trying to save his species from extinction. But in order to do that, he must marry and have […]
My New Favorite Scifi Series: Sense8
I have a new all-time favorite science fiction series. Snese8, which I binge watched over the last week-and-a-half on Netflix, has ousted Babylon 5 from the coveted #1 spot that it held in my heart for over 15 years. J. Michael Straczynski had a hand in both, and there are some similarities in what I […]
The Vampire and the Virgin (Love at Stake, #8)
Book 8 in the Love at Stake series gives us another male vampire and female mortal with a gift — this time she’s an empath and human lie detector. Apparently she’s a virgin because no man has ever been completely honest to her. So of course she decides to get together with a vampire who […]
TV Review: Orphan Black Season 1
Orphan Black begins with Sarah, a troubled woman with an abusive ex-boyfriend she’s trying to shake and a daughter she’s trying to get custody of. She needs money, and she’s not exactly afraid to use illegal means to get it. But she doesn’t even know what trouble is yet … In the subway, Sarah sees […]
Book Review: Forbidden Nights with a Vampire (Love at Stake, #7)
Vanda has an anger problem. A big anger problem. It has to do with some past trauma that she’s not letting anyone know about. But when Phil, one of the day guards, agrees to be her anger management sponsor, she might have met her match. It was nice to see a female vampire in the […]
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BLURB: When longtime courtroom rivals Rachel Richards and Brady Craft get appointed to the bench in Bourbon Springs, Kentucky, tempers flare as they are forced to share chambers. Working closely with the obstinate-yet-sexy Brady is not an attractive idea to Rachel—although she has to admit that Brady himself is pretty damned attractive. Rachel doesn’t […]