Weekend Tales

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Angeline Boulley, Art, cat, currently reading, Delemhach, fantasy, magic, mystery, romance, Wren Studio

Today I am sharing the books I am currently reading or listening to. I hope you will share what you are reading by posting in the comments at the end.

Kitchen Witch by WrenStudio

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On my Kindle, I have The House Witch by Delemhach. This one is about a witch with domestic powers. Haven’t we all wished for the dishes to be magically washed and put away? Among many other household duties! I borrowed this through Prime Reading. Also, there is a cat!

About The House Witch

When Finlay Ashowan joins the staff of the King and Queen of Daxaria, he’s an enigma. No one knows where he comes from or how he came to be where he is, which suits Fin just fine. He’s satisfied simply serving as the royal cook, keeping nosy passersby out of his kitchen, and concocting some truly uncanny meals.

But Fin’s secret identity doesn’t stay hidden for long. After all, it’s not every day a house witch and his kitten familiar, Kraken, take to meddling in imperial affairs. As his powers are gradually discovered by the court, Fin finds himself involved in a slew of intrigues: going head-to-head with knights with less-than-chivalrous intentions, helping to protect the pregnant queen, fending off the ire of the royal mage, and uncovering a spy in the castle. And that’s only the beginning—because Fin’s past is catching up with him just as his love life is getting complicated . . .

My current audiobook is Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley. The book is the All Iowa Reads YA selection for 2023. We are reading it for book club in May. The audiobook is currently on sale for just $3.99 from Chirp.

About Firekeeper’s Daughter

As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in—both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. When her family is struck by tragedy, Daunis puts her dreams on hold to care for her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother’s hockey team.

After Daunis witnesses a shocking murder that thrusts her into a criminal investigation, she agrees to go undercover. But the deceptions—and deaths—keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home. How far will she go to protect her community if it means tearing apart the only world she’s ever known?

Tell me! What are you reading?

Weekend Tales

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Abigail Reynolds, Art, cat, currently reading, dog, fae, fantasy, historical, Jane Austen, Jane Steen, Lanre Studio, magic, mystery, romance, terrier

Today I am sharing the books I am currently reading or listening to. If you feel so inclined, do the same by posting in the comments at the end.

Scottish Terrie from Lanre Studio

Clicking on the book covers below will take you to Amazon. Use of these links supports this blog and is very much appreciated. I also recommended checking with your library (if you want to save some $$$).

On my Kindle, I am have Mr. Darcy’s Enchantment by Abigail Reynolds. You’ve probably guessed this is yet another variation on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I’m barely into chapter 2, so it is too soon to know if I will like it. It begins a bit into the original story when Elizabeth Bennet is visiting her newly married friend Charlotte. I’m looking forward to seeing where this story goes.

About Mr. Darcy’s Enchantment

Fitzwilliam Darcy is a powerful magician who controls fire, water, and wind. What he cannot control is his growing feelings for Miss Elizabeth Bennet.

Elizabeth’s sentiments towards Darcy are quite different. She detests his arrogance, and she fears he will expose her use of forbidden magic – forbidden to women, that is. He is the last man in the world she would choose to help her on a difficult and dangerous task.

But when a magical war looms between the land of Faerie and their world, a Lord of Faerie demands that Darcy and Elizabeth serve together as his emissaries to make peace with the other mortals. That mission throws them into the middle of a chaotic power struggle between magicians whose power dwarfs their own, and everything Elizabeth has ever believed about her family, her friends, and her enemies will be called into question.

My current audiobook is Lady Helena Investigates by Jane Steen. This historical mystery is the first in the Scott-DeQuincy Mysteries. I’m not sure I am liking this narration. I also have the e-book, so I may switch. I’ll stay with it for a little while longer. BTW, I noticed that the second book in this series is currently on sale for $0.00!

About Lady Helena Investigates

1881, Sussex. With a drowned husband—the second love lost—an overbearing family, no longed-for child, and the responsibility of a huge baroque mansion, it’s not surprising Lady Helena Whitcombe is overwhelmed. When attractive, mysterious, French physician Armand Fortier disturbs her first weeks of mourning with his theory of murder, Helena’s reluctant and ineffective attempts at investigation are hardly life-changing—until the resulting revival in her long-abandoned herbalist studies bring her into confrontation with her past and her family’s.

Can Lady Helena survive bereavement the second time around? Can she stand up to her six siblings’ assumption of the right to control her new life as a widow? And what role will Fortier—who, as a physician, is a most unsuitable companion for an earl’s daughter—play in her investigations?

Every family has its secrets. The Scott-De Quincy family has more than most.

Weekend Tales

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Alexandria McQueen, Art, currently reading, dragons, fae, fantasy, historical, Kelley Armstrong, magic, mystery, Nora Roberts, romance, time travel

Today I am sharing the books I am currently reading or listening to. If you feel so inclined, do the same by posting in the comments at the end.

Outlander Craigh Na Dun Standing Stones by Alexandria McQueen

Clicking on the book covers below will take you to Amazon. Use of these links supports this blog and is very much appreciated. I also recommended checking with your library (if you want to save some $$$).

On my Kindle, I am reading The Poisoner’s Ring (A Rip Through Time, #2) by Kelley Armstrong. Last year, I really enjoyed A Rip Through Time, so I am anxious to see where this story is headed. In the first book, after an attack, a time travelling 21^st century police officer wakes up in the body of a Victorian era maid with a less than stellar reputation.  In this book, Mallory’s strange secret is out to a selective few, so her skills may be called upon to solve another mystery or two. 

About The Poisoner’s Ring

Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she’s not housemaid Catriona Mitchell―even though Mallory is in Catriona’s body―and Mallory is now officially an undertaker’s assistant. Dr. Duncan Gray moonlights as a medical examiner, and their latest case hits close to home. Men are dropping dead from a powerful poison, and all signs point to the grieving widows… the latest of which is Gray’s oldest sister.

Poison is said to be a woman’s weapon, though Mallory has to wonder if it’s as simple as that. But she must tread carefully. Every move the household makes is being watched, and who knows where the investigation will lead.

My current audiobook is still The Choice (The Dragon Heart Legacy, #3) by Nora Roberts which I started last week. I need more listening time!

About The Choice

Breen Siobhan Kelly grew up in the world of Man and was once unaware of her true nature. Now she is in Talamh, trying to heal after a terrible battle and heartbreaking losses. Her grandfather, the dark god Odran, has been defeated in his attempt to rule over Talamh, and over Breen―for now.

With the enemy cast out and the portal sealed, this is a time to rest and to prepare. Breen spreads her wings and realizes a power she’s never experienced before. It’s also a time for celebrations―of her first Christmas in both Talamh and Ireland, of solstice and weddings and births―and daring to find joy again in the wake of sorrow. She rededicates herself to writing her stories, and when his duties as taoiseach permit, she is together with Keegan, who has trained her as a warrior and whom she has grown to love.

It’s Keegan who’s at her side when the enemy’s witches, traitorous and power-mad, appear to her in her sleep, practicing black magick, sacrificing the innocent, and plotting a brutal destruction for Breen. And soon, united with him and with all of Talamh, she will seek out those in desperate need of rescue, and confront the darkness with every weapon she has: her sword, her magicks―and her courage…

Tell me! What are you reading?