by Sarah Peterson-Camacho
The literally bone-chilling tale of a country lawyer seeking refuge from a frontier snowstorm in a seemingly empty old house, Edward T. Stewart’s The Death Vampire resurrected the soul-sucking she-demon of ancient myth—and eerily echoed a young Bakersfield girl’s terrifying supernatural encounter more than two decades previous.
Road Trip With A Vampire is book 3 in Jenna Levine’s My Vampires series, which is apparently also the last book. The first two books were called My Roommate Is A Vampire, and My Vampire Plus-One. This is a delightful vampire rom-com series that I highly recommend and am sad to see be over. While each book has it’s own plot, there are crossovers from some of the characters from the other books in book 1 and 2, so I highly recommend reading these in order.
The Hearth Witch’s Guide to Magic & Murder by Kiri Callaghan is a wonderful blend of magic and fantasy, and a new take on the world of Sherlock Holmes. When I got an email from the Kiri’s publicist with this opening paragraph I was hooked...
by Sarah Peterson-Camacho
“Her hair is like the serpent locks of Medusa,” Parsons wrote in The Visalia Daily Times of Tuesday, November 21, 1916. “Her eyes have the cruel cunning of Lucretia Borgia … and her hands are those of the blood-bathing Elizabeth Bathory—who slaughtered young girls that she might bath in their life blood and so retain her beauty.
by Sarah Peterson-Camacho
The wolf woman and the vampire melded effortlessly that night—two monsters become one. And with kohl-rimmed eyes and a dark little heart of a pout, she was indeed a stunner.
If you have been reading KRL for very long, you know that I am a huge fan of vampires—have been for most of my life. So when I heard that there was going to be a gay cozy mystery series featuring vampires I knew I had to check it out. Dead & Breakfast is the first in the series and I absolutely love the tagline on the cover-Come For the Vampires, Stay For the Scones! Boy am I glad that I did. I will happily check into this bed and breakfast any time.
Mateo Borrero has a bit of a problem – his bruja mother (who is currently missing) trapped a demon in his body when he was born. Yet his own mother told him never, ever to use magic. Living with a demon inside your body isn’t easy, and Mateo desperately wants an exorcism, which requires funds Mateo doesn’t have.
We at KRL are always on the lookout for businesses that are unique, and Coffein Coffee Co. in Clovis fits that bill perfectly. Interviewing them during Halloween month also felt like a perfect fit—from their coffin shaped coffee bags (which can be packaged in a tiny little coffin), to their interest in bat rescue—what could be better!
Now, I know there are some of you out there who are already shouting out in enthusiastic agreement with this statement because, let’s be honest, you know it’s true. But for the skeptics out there, let me see if I can convince you.
As I mentioned in my review of Jack Townson’s first Everdusk novel, The Lightslayer (check out my review of that book here), I discovered the Vampire Jack Townson on TikTok a couple of years ago and have been extremely glad ever since. I have loved vampires most of my life, so when Jack said he was releasing a new fantasy novel, I had to check it out, and boy was I glad that I did. The Lightslayer is absolutely amazing, and through it, I fell in love with the world that Jack has created, Draconia. Now Jack is back with a prequel novella called Stolen Power, the first in his Everdusk Side Quest Series.
