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Category Archive — contemporary

The Chocolate Rose

At first glance, it seems Gabriel Delange has it all – a successful career as one of France’s top chefs, his own three-star restaurant, and all the fame that goes with it. But Gabriel has never forgotten his past, and how his old mentor Pierre Manon pushed him out of the way and claimed Gabriel’s [...]

Witch Central (series)

Last fall, when I was on my witch-kick when it came to my reading materials, I encountered Debora Geary’s A Modern Witch, the first book in her Witch Central series. I reviewed the first book in the series, but though I continued to read, I didn’t think to review the others – until now. Having [...]

DNF: Rainshadow Road

From the publisher: Lucy Marinn is a glass artist living in mystical, beautiful, Friday Harbor, Washington. She is stunned and blindsided by the most bitter kind of betrayal: her fiancé Kevin has left her. His new lover is Lucy’s own sister. Lucy’s bitterness over being dumped is multiplied by the fact that she has constantly [...]