![Book Review: Heir to Thorn & Flame (Court of Broken Bonds Book 1) by Ben Alderson [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Heir-to-Thorn-Flame-Court-of-Broken-Bonds-Book-1-by-Ben-Alderson-255x255.jpg)
Max, a servant, uses magic he didn't know he had to defend himself and ends up forced to take the place of the prince he killed. Between arranged marriage, secrets revealed, and dangerous rulers, he doesn't know if anyone---his best friend, his new husband, a spy who claims to be helping---can be...
Vincent is tasked by the Witches' Council to find a powerful magical amulet at a lighthouse because the keeper has just died, but he doesn't expect the man's surly but handsome son, Rafe. As secrets and more danger are revealed, Vincent will have to choose between the Countil and his new...
![Book Review: The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence Book 1) by Emma Mieko Candon [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Archive-Undying-The-Downworld-Sequence-Book-1-by-Emma-Mieko-Candon-255x255.jpg)
When his AI god corrupted and died while Sunai was interfacing with them, it changed him, making him immortal and putting a target on his back. So far, he's escaped the notice of the governing body that forces people like him into AI mech bodies to use them for violence. But then he gets entangled with a man who could very well figure out and turn him in for his secret, and his life only gets...
Dorian is a teacher at a magic academy, and when he sees one of his partner's visions about a student being killed, he's determined to stop it from happening. But anything he does could make it worse, and balancing mind reading, teaching, and navigating his complicated relationship will be...
![Book Review: Deadbeat Druid (Adam Binder Book 3) by David R. Slayton [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Deadbeat-Druid-Adam-Binder-Book-3-by-David-R.-Slayton-255x255.jpg)
Vic has disappeared into another realm, and Adam is going to get him back, along with whoever decides they're coming with, despite Adam's protests. But the druid is there too, and it will be a dangerous journey for everyone...
![Book Review: Moon Flower (Fated Book 1) by Christina Lee [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Moon-Flower-Fated-Book-1-by-Christina-Lee-255x255.jpg)
When Galen, a sex worker, is beat and left for dead by a client, he's found and brought to the local apothecary, which secretly doubles as a brothel for gay men. He ends up working there, but the rule about no romance or sex between employees proves hard not to break when he finds himself falling for...
Reece had a scary experience with a monster as a kid and still fears them despite their integration into society. But when a kraken who's friends with his brother-in-law offers to help him train swimming for his upcoming triathlon, Reece takes him up on the offer and finds himself growing more and more attracted as he gets to know...
I'm back with the rest of the books in Maz Maddox's Stallion Ridge series! (These were the first reviews.) It's a series of connected m/m romance stories, so I recommend reading them in order, though each focuses on a different main couple, set in a fantasy Wild West world filled with different paranormal creatures. A lot of instalove (or quick love), which isn't my favorite thing, but *shrug* I...
Damiskos returns home to find out his parents have frittered away their money and want him to marry, and then, complicating things further, he's accused of murder. Varazda shows up and sets out to find the real murderer and fix everything so that he and Dami can maybe finally get their happily ever...
Ezra has been on the run for years and is about to skip town again when circumstances tangle him up with the vampire Killian. Killian wants to help Ezra, but Ezra's past and family are more complicated than either...
