Cheddar Luck Next Time (2025) Beth Cato Bird is slowly rebuilding her life after losing both her parents and then her grandmother within a single year, but her inheritance gave her one thing: the ability to focus on her gourmet cheese board business. The property she inherited from her grandmother has a commercial kitchen, and […]
A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience (2024) Stephanie Burgis (The Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven #1) Set in an alternate 19th century England. After being kept awake for 48 hours by her unscrupulous aunt and uncle, Margaret has been forced into marriage she didn’t want. Margaret set her teapot and cup on a side […]
Sleepless, Vol. 2 (2019) Sarah Vaughn, Leila del Duca, Alissa M. Sallah It’s been almost a year since Poppy released Sir Cyrenic from her service. A lot has happened in that time, including her betrothal to Lord Helder That goes precisely as well as you would expect. But Cyrenic has finally awakened, changed, but normal. […]
Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (2018) Ngozi Ukazu (Check, Please! #1) Publisher: First Second Rating: 8.5/10
In Defense of the Queen (2013) Michelle Diener (Susanna Horenbout and John Parker #3) Set in London in 1525 Susanna’s brother has come to London, but something is wrong, and a crossbow bolt emphasizes that point. As Henry plants to make his illegitimate son heir over his legitimate daughter, intrigue and plot swirls once more […]
Blackwater (2022) Jeannette Arroyo, Ren Graham Tony is a track star and popular. His best friend is an asshole. His dad doesn’t know–or seem to care–what’s happening in Tony’s life. Eli is the weird kid, who often misses school. And who sees ghosts. Despite being warned, Tony goes into the woods, and ends up bitten […]
Dark Heir, Audio Book (2015) Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam (Jane Yellowrock #9) “There is job-bound, there is emotion-bound, and there is blood-bound—all kinds of binding. Then there is stupid-bound. In this case, I think you’re stupid-bound.” The vibes the place gave out said it had not been a happy place, while the décor […]
A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping (2025) Sangu Mandanna Sera was fifteen when she lost most of her magic. Choosing her love for Jasmine over her loyalty to the British Guild of Sorcery wasn’t exactly difficult for Sera. The Guild was strict, stuffy, and entirely too fond of looking down their noses at almost everybody. […]
A Shore Thing (2024) Joanna Lowell Set in Cornwall in 1888 Mrs. Muriel Pendrake has come to St Ives with her best friend James both to vacation and to find a painter for her botanical images for her upcoming presentation in New York. “You have enough people to worry about in London. This is a […]
The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking (2019) Leigh Perry (The Family Skeleton #6) This seems to be the last Skeleton mystery, although I did see a listing for an anthology of short stories. Georgia is back living at home, and working as an adjunct at the other university in town (the one her parents do not […]
Dangerous Sanctuary (2012) Michelle Diener (Susanna Horenbout and John Parker #1.5) Set in London in 1525 This is a novella set between In a Treacherous Court and Keeper of the King’s Secrets. Today the King’s procession through London from Bridewell would end here, in a ceremony of thanks to God for the capture of the […]
Washington’s Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben (2023) Josh Trujillo, Levi Hastings This is a graphic novel biography of Baron von Steuben, the Prussian who became Inspector General for the Continental/American Army and wrote the “Blue Book” that changed the army into a force that was able to defeat the British. […]
Keeper of the King’s Secrets (2012) Michelle Diener (Susanna Horenbout and John Parker, #2) Set in London in 1525 “Foreigners live there.” The boy pulled himself taller. “Rich ’n’ all.” He eyed the money. “Where’re they from?” Parker did not loosen his hold. The boy tried to yank his arm away but gave up when […]
The Skeleton Makes a Friend (2018) Leigh Perry (Family Skeleton Mystery #5) Another semester, another college, but this time Georgia is teaching at a summer program for high school students. If I’d been able to afford it, I would have tried to talk Madison into signing up for the program. She’d just finished her sophomore […]
In a Treacherous Court (2011) Michelle Diener (Susanna Horenbout and John Parker #1) Set in London in 1525 Although the main characters are based upon real people, almost nothing is known about Susanna Horenbout and John Parker except for their court positions and that they were married to each other. Additionally part of the story […]
The Skeleton Paints a Picture (2017) Leigh Perry (Family Skeleton Mystery #4) This premise of this series is a little silly–one of the two main characters is an animated skeleton. But once you accept that, it’s a fun cozy mystery. Georgia Thackery is an adjunct professor, seeking the magical grail of a tenured position. “Why […]
Baba Yaga’s Assistant: A Graphic Novel (2015) Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll Everyone knows about Baba Yaga. She flies with a mortal and pestle. She eats misbehaving children. She has the best house. After Masha’s mother died, he grandmother baked cookies and loved her. And told her stories about Baba Yaga. But then her grandmother […]
Sleepless, Vol. 1 (2018) Sarah Vaughn, Leila del Duca, Alissa Sallah Lady “Poppy” Pyppenia’s father, the king has died. Her uncle now rules in his stead, and intrigue swirls around her. But for protection she has her Sleepless guard, Sir Cyrenic. Sir Cyrenic has protected Poppy since she was young, coming to the notice of […]
Ladycastle (2017) Delilah S. Dawson, Ashley A. Woods and Becca Farrow Apparently there is just no pleasing me today. I was in a bit of a reading slump so I decided to turn to comics. But I have so many comics I need to read I didn’t pick up what I really wanted, which was […]
Goldie Vance Vol. 1 (2016) Hope Larson, Brittney Williams (Goldie Vance #1) Imagine Nancy Drew crossed with Dennis the Menace, and her father manages the hotel she works at. Cute, but not really for me. Publisher: BOOM!Box Rating: NR
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (2023) Deya Muniz The Count of Camembert has provided many suitors for his daughter to consider, but she has rejected them all because she has no interest in marrying a man. But daughters can’t inherit, so if she isn’t to be left alone and with nothing, she’ll have […]
A Little Light Mischief (2019) Cat Sebastian (The Turner Series #3.5) Set in England in 1818 Molly had spent many an hour wondering what good it was for Miss Stapleton to call herself a lady, when as far as Molly could tell, all it meant was that she was unfit to work for wages. Justice […]
Love Language (2024) Jax Calder Dominic and Ashton have shared an office for three-and-a-half years. Despite the fact that much of their conversation consists of insults and griping, all of Ash’s friends insist he has a crush on Dominic. “You must be the most annoying person on the planet,” Dominic says. I ignore him. Because […]
Broken Soul, Audio Book (2014) Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam (Jane Yellowrock #8) “Other than proper etiquette, there are few rules,” Gee said, his blade slowing. “One may fight with one blade or two, though two is more common. And most formal challenges are to first blood, though some few are to true-death. Deception […]
The Devil in Music (1997) Kate Ross (Julian Kestrel Mysteries #4) Set in Lake Como, Italy in 1825 He knew he had been testy and ungracious—had not really given Europe a chance. But how could he, when home tugged insistently at his heartstrings, and a cruel voice kept whispering in his ear: Don’t stay away […]