Review: Fangs for the Memories by Molly Harper

Fangs for the Memories

Half Moon Hollow, #4.5
Molly Harper

Genre: Paranormal Romance Novella
Publisher: Pocket Star
Date of Publication: November 2, 2015
Number of pages: 86

Available at the following retailers:
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Review: I'm Dreaming of an Undead Christmas by Molly Harper

I'm Dreaming of an Undead Christmas

Half Moon Hollow, #2.7
Molly Harper

Genre: Paranormal
Publisher: Pocket Star
Date of Publication: November 17, 2014
Number of pages: 132

Available at the following retailers:
Amazon     BN     Kobo     ARe     eBooks

Waiting on Wednesday Meme for May 15th

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine showcasing upcoming books that we are waiting, often impatiently, to be released.

A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses by Molly Harper

Nola Leary would have been content to stay in Kilcairy, Ireland, healing villagers at her family’s clinic with a mix of magic and modern medicine. But a series of ill-timed omens and a deathbed promise to her grandmother have sent her on a quest to Half-Moon Hollow, Kentucky, to secure her family’s magical potency for the next generation. Her supernatural task? To unearth four artifacts hidden by her grandfather before a rival magical family beats her to it.

Complication One: Her grandfather was Mr. Wainwright and the artifacts are lost somewhere in what is now Jane Jameson's book shop.

Complication Two: her new neighbor, Jed Trudeau, who keeps turning up half naked at the strangest times, a distraction Nola doesn't need. And teaming up with a real-life Adonis is as dangerous as it sounds, especially when he’s got the face of an angel and the abs of a washboard—can Nola complete her mission before falling completely under his spell?

Release Date: may 28, 2013

Why This book?

I am waiting on this book because ever since I read my first book by Molly Harper, And One Last Thing..., I have admired her writing style.  Then after reading the Jane Jameson series I just fell in love with Half Moon Hallows and all it's inhabitants.  Thank goodness Ms. Harper is continuing to give us more Half Moon Hallows so I can keep up on what Dick Cheney is up to. *grin*

Review: The Undead in My Bed Anthology

This was a great anthology, featuring novellas for 3 series that I currently follow.  The first was by Katie MacAlister called Shades of Gray.  This is book 10.5 of the Dark Ones series and tells the story of Noelle, the Beloved who lost her Dark One to another in an earlier book in the series and Grayson.  It was full of Katie MacAlister's famed snarky humor as Noelle tries very hard to convince Gray that she is his Beloved and isn't scared of the Demon Lord who has sworn to see Gray dead.  The secondary characters are great as usual and provide wonderful comedy to offset Noelle and Gray's romance.

The second novella is Undead Sublet by Molly Harper.  This is the third novella in her Half Moon Hollow spin off series that originated with the Jane Jameson series.  This novellas was great because we got to catch up on Jane, Gabriel, Zeb, Jolene, Andrea & Dick.  in this novella, Tess, a Chicago chef, becomes so exhausted, that she swears the food is talking to her.  She is put on "sabbatical" and decides to go visit her former mentor who had moved to Half Moon Hollow Kentucky.  When Tess rents a house from a woman going through a divorce, she never expects to find out that she already has a roommate living in the basement - the woman's soon to be ex-husband turned vampire, Sam.  The battle of wills as Tess and Sam each fight for the right to live in the house alone, by sabotaging the sleep and personal items of the other is too funny.  I really enjoy going back to Half Moon Hollow and can't wait for another story in this series.

The third novella is Out with a Fang by Jessica Sims.  It is number 1.50 in her Midnight Liaisons series.  Midnight Liaisons is a dating service for the paranormal community around Fort Worth Texas.  I didn't really see where this novella fit in with the other 2 books in the series other than the couple, a Vamp and a Were-Jaguar, meet through the dating service.  When we first meet Ruby, the were-jaguar, she is pining her lost love, a forbidden human that she had to break up with some 5 years before.  She has finally decided to start dating again and is using Midnight Liaisons to find a match.  Her first date is with a vampire who asks that she be blindfolded while they talk and get to know one another.  What happens is a little bit predictable, but the story kept my interest enough to get through.  

Overall, this was a really good book, especially since I am reading all 3 of the series these novellas are part of.  Since the stories were novellas, they were easy, fast reads.  I would recommend to anyone reading the Dark Ones, Half Moon Hollow or Midnight Liaisons series.