FINISHING FORTY by L.A. Boruff and Lacey Carter Andersen

Title:  FINISHING FORTY
Series:  An Immortal Midlife #3
Author:  L.A. Boruff and Lacey Carter Andersen
Publisher:  L.A. Boruff
Publish Date:  11.01.2021
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content.
Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused.
Received from:  L.A. Boruff
Goodreads link: Finishing Forty
Date completed: 11.21.2021
 
Description from the publisher:
The Gates of Hell are Open.
got a glimpse of our daughter.
And I’ve got all my power back.

Everything hangs on our ability to close the gates, but all I truly care about is finding Ariel. I can’t fathom the thought that I might never see her again.

I don’t care about all the demons terrorizing the world.
I don’t care about the angels, demons, and humans I might have to kill.

It’s all going to burn.

***Finishing Forty was formerly titled Straight to Hell***
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FINISHING FORTY is the third book in the Immortal Midlife series.  This is a continuing saga and must be read in the order of release.
 
Well!  I didn’t see that coming!  I thought this was a trilogy.  You know, finish the third book and we’re all done, right?  Right!?  Nope.  They may have wrapped up the big ugly issue of this trilogy, but we are ending on a cliffie that must be either a continuation of the series or the start of a spin-off.  Lucifer’s and Lilith’s daughter is going to have one he(hockey stick)(hockey stick) of a life before they meet again; I just know it!
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
An Immortal Midlife Series:
1.      Fatal Forty
2.      Fighting Forty 
3.      Finishing Forty
Also from L.A. Boruff:
·         Blood Moon Rising (Goddess of Virtue)
Academy’s Rise Series (with Lia Davis):
1.      Hell Fire
2.      Dark Water
3.      Dead Air
Coven’s End (with Lia Davis):
1.      Kane
2.      Voss
3.      Quin
4.      Jillian
Demons and Demigods Series (with J.L. Burns):
1.      The Devil’s Delight  
2.      Chaotic Creations (releases 01.05.2022)
3.      Divine Deviations (releases 03.31.2022)
Fanged After Forty Series (with Lia Davis):
1.      Bitten in Midlife 
2.      Staked in the Midlife 
3.      Masquerading in the Midlife (releases 01.12.2022)
The Firehouse Feline Series (with Laura Greenwood and Lacey Carter Andersen):
1.      Feline the Heat
2.      Feline the Flames
3.      Feline the Burn
4.      Feline the Pressure
Immortal Quest Series (with J.L. Burns):
1.      Realm or Ruin
2.      Echoes of Ancients  
3.      Heart and Shadow
Immortal West Series (with Kerry Adrienne):
1.      Undead (releases 03.09.2022)
2.      Hybrid (releases 05.11.2022)
3.      Fae (releases 07.06.2022)
Lucifer’s War Series (with Lia Davis):
1.      Devil’s Consort
2.      Devil’s Assassin
Magic & Metaphysics Academy Series (with Laura Greenwood):
1.      Magical Mischief
2.      Magical Mistake
3.      Magical Misfit
Meowing Medium Series (with Molly Fitz):
1.      Secrets of the Specter  
2.      Gifts of the Ghost (releases 01.19.2022)
3.      Pleas of the Poltergeist (releases 2022)
Midlife Mage Series (with Daphne Moore):
1.      Unfettered (releases 02.09.2022)
Mystic Hollow Series (with Helen Scott and Lacey Carter Andersen):
0.5 Cookies and Cover Ups (Girdles and Ghouls Anthology)
1.      Karma’s Spell 
2.      Karma’s Shift  
3.      Karma’s Spirit
4.      Karma’s Stake (releases 12.29.2021)
Prime Time of Life Series:
1.      Borrowed Time
2.      Stolen Time 
3.      Just in Time  
4.      Hidden Time (releases 12.29.2021)
5.      Nick of Time (releases 02.23.2022)
Shifting into Midlife Series (with Lia Davis):
1.      Pack Bunco Night (releases 11.30.2021)
Southern Soil Series:
1.      Literary Yours
2.      Snow Cure
The Tales of Clan Robbins Series:
1.      Outlaw of Ladies
2.      Princess of Thieves
3.      Alpha of Exiles
An Unseen Midlife Series:
1.      Bloom in Blood (formerly War of Fangs)
2.      Dance in the Night (formerly War of Fire)
3.      Bask in Magic (formerly War of Wings)
4.      Surrender in Dreams (releases 10.12.2022)
Valentine Pride Series (with Laura Greenwood):
1.      Unicorn Mates
2.      Unicorn Luck
3.      Unicorn Truth
4.      A Platypus and Her Wolves  
Witching After Forty Series (with Lia Davis):
1.      A Ghoulish Midlife
1.1 Cookies for Satan
1.2 I’m with Cupid
2.      A Cursed Midlife
2.1 Birthday Blunder
2.7 A Girlfriend for Mr. Snoozerton
3.      A Haunting Midlife  
4.      An Animated Midlife  
4.5 Old Magic and Odd Mothers (Girdles and Ghouls Anthology)
5.      A Killer Midlife
 

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SWEET RELEASE by Carrie Pulkinen

Title:  SWEET RELEASE
Series:  N/A
Author:  Carrie Pulkinen
Publisher:  Breathless Press
Publish Date:   10.08.2010
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC
Received from:  Carrie Pulkinen
Goodreads link: Sweet Release
Date completed: 12.28.2020
 
Description from the publisher:
The day Miranda Billings dies isn't the worst day of her life—but it's close.

Miranda is a nurse who's stuck in a passionless relationship and a dull life. The only excitement she has to look forward to is the hot EMT who flirts with her every day. She dreams of adventure and escaping her boring existence, but she has to lose everything—including her life—to find the exhilaration she craves.

When Andre, the half-demon EMT, finds the woman he loves crushed by a bus, he reawakens her soul with his magic and his blood. Now, Andre must decide if he’s willing to let her join him in his perilous quest to slay demons and save humans. He almost lost her once. Is he willing to risk losing her forever?

This book is available exclusively to members of Carrie Pulkinen's VIP Reader Group. Visit the author's website to join.
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SWEET RELEASE is a stand-alone paranormal romance available exclusively to members of Carrie Pulkinen's VIP Reader Group.  To receive a free copy, visit Carrie’s VIP Reader Group page.
 
Such a wonderful, short, paranormal love story.  The story may be only about 35 pages, but the characters are fully developed and I quickly felt empathy for both of them.  I thoroughly enjoyed this treat.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Also from Carrie Pulkinen:
·         Azrael (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld - releases 06.2022)
·         Bewitching the Vampire
·         Escorting Jessica
·         Reawakened
·         The Rest of Forever
·         Sign, Steal, Deliver (Gods of Thunder MC #2)
·         Soul Catchers
·         Sweet Release
Crescent City Ghost Tours series:
1.      Love & Ghosts
2.      Love & Omens
Crescent City Wolf Pack series:
1.      Werewolves Only
2.      Beneath a Blue Moon
3.      Bound by Blood
4.      A Deal with Death  
4.5  A Song to Remember
5.      Shifting Fate
Haunted Ever After series:
1.      Love at First Haunt (previously To Catch a Spirit)
2.      Second Chance Spirit (previously To Stop a Shadow)
3.      Third Time’s a Ghost (previously To Free a Phantom) 
New Orleans Nocturnes Series:
1.      License to Bite  
2.      Shift Happens
3.      Life’s a Witch
3.5 Santa Got Run Over by a Vampire
4.      Finders Reapers  
5.      Swipe Right to Bite (releases 12.27.2021)
Shift Creek Series:
Up Shift Creek
1.      Flipping the Bird  
 

THE REARRANGEMENT by Kimberly Forrest

Title:  THE REARRANGEMENT
Series:  Malsum Pass #0.5
Author:  Kimberly Forrest
Publisher:  Kimberly Forrest
Publish Date:   10.20.2018
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content.
Grammar/editing:  B – a few small errors
Received from:  Kimberly Forrest (as a gifted copy)
Goodreads:  The Rearrangement
Date completed: 11.14.2021
 
Description from the publisher:
A visit from a friend sparks a journey down memory lane…
 
Everything was bigger in the eighties: the hair, the fashion, the music, the dreams… But for Sherry Denis, those big dreams were soon to become a reality. With an acceptance to Harvard University, she could practically reach out and touch that high-powered career she’d always wanted for her future.
 
Just one problem – it seems her father had long ago promised her hand in marriage to the alpha’s son of an allied pack. Seriously? An arranged marriage? In this day and age? Did her father really expect her to marry a stranger and stand by while her dreams turned to dust? Not if she could help it.
 
But sometimes, the universe may actually know what it was doing, as an unwanted marriage leads to a friendship that would become a true and lasting love – and may just be the best thing that had ever happened to both of them.
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THE REARRANGEMENT is the first book in the Malsum Pass series.  This is a continuing paranormal romance series and you do need to read them in the order of release.
 
This story is given to newsletter subscribers (subscribe) as a thank you.  It was originally released between books 7 and 8 as a prequel for loyal readers to reminisce with the matriarch and patriarch.  In my opinion, this short story makes a wonderful introduction to the series.  I have officially fallen in love with Sherry and Tarvahl.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Malsum Pass Series:
0.5  The Rearrangement
1.      Malsum Pass
2.      Until You
3.      For Her
4.      Meant to Be
5.      Whole Hearted
6.      Small Moments
7.      Soul Deep
8.      Christmas in Malsum Pass
9.      Fifty, Furred, and Fabulous
Also from Kimberly Forrest:
·         Christmas on Dragonback Mountain (releases 12.02.2021)
·         Forget Me Not
·         Silver Wolves
Hired Hunters Series:
1.      A Hunter Born  
2.      A Hunter Turned  
3.      A Hunter Found  
4.      A Hunter Cursed  
Hunter Training Series:
1.      Exes, Hexes, and Strategy
2.      Mayhem, Magic, and Tactics  
Misfits & Rogues Series:
1.      Tea with Monsters
2.      Dinner with the Wolf
3.      Chocolates from a Vampire
4.      Brunch with an Angel
4.5 A Gift from the Vampire