DEAD AWAKENINGS by Rebekah R. Ganiere

Title:  DEAD AWAKENINGS
Series:  N/A
Author:  Rebekah R. Ganiere
Publisher:  Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Publish Date:   01.03.2014
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC copy/ errors excused
Received from:  Rebekah R. Ganiere
Goodreads link:  Dead Awakenings
Date completed: 10.10.2022
 
Description from the publisher:
Being dead can be a great way to find yourself…
 
Struggling to pay her bills in New York, theater student Evaine Michaels sees an opportunity to make money by taking part in an unsanctioned clinical trial for a new drug. But things don’t go as planned. She wakes up in a derelict hospital, chained to a bed with no memory of who she is or how she got there. Then a band of pale-skinned men, led by the gorgeous Luca, bursts in and rescues her. Evaine is instantly attracted to Luca, but he’s so hell-bent on stopping the experiments, he has no time for the feelings she’s awakening within him.
 
Safely back at Haven House, Evaine is introduced to The Family and learns that the drug trials have made her a Deader, a reanimated Undead. Evaine and Luca find themselves getting close, until Evaine remembers not only who she is, but that she’s engaged. And her fiancé, Tristan, is probably still looking for her. Torn between her first love and her new heart’s desire, Evaine has some hard choices to make. But when a rogue faction of Deaders, called Feeders, attempt to kidnap her, Luca suspects Evaine might be the key to the experiments, and everyone must band together to keep Evaine off the cutting table…
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DEAD AWAKENINGS is a stand-alone story.  However, I think it needs to be the beginning of a series!
 
I don’t like zombie stories.  Especially after living through the recent pandemic!  Life is hard enough without adding in real-life flesh-eaters or blood-suckers or…
 
However, I loved this story.  It grabbed me from the beginning.  It is action-packed, romantic, full of friendships, and suspenseful.  There were times I felt like maybe I missed a prequel, but then I thought, “you’re not stupid, put the pieces together!” 
 
There is a HEA/HFN ending.  It could end here and be complete, but the ending is like life… it’s open to more.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Also from Rebekah R. Ganiere:
·         Christmas at Hart’s Lodge
·         Dead Awakenings
·         Loki (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld #17)
·         Rekindling Christmas
·         Thor (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld #9)
Aether Pirate Chronicles:
1.      The Lady Fugitive
Dead Awakening Series:
1.      Kissed by the Reaper
2.      The Bride
3.      Rekindling
4.      Christmas Lodge
Fairelle Series:
1.      Red the Were Hunter
1.5 Yanti’s Choice
2.      Snow the Vampire Slayer
2.5  Jamen’s Yuletide Bride
3.      Zelle and the Tower
4.      Cinder the Fae
4.5 Jak the Giant Healer
5.      Belle and the Beast (Jan 2019)
5.5 Gerall’s Festivus Bride (Spring 2019
Otherworlder Series:
1.      Kidnapped at Christmas
2.      Vigilante at Valentine
3.      Massacre at Mardi Gras
4.      Hoodwinked at Halloween
Society Series:
1.      Reign of the Vampires
2.      Rise of the Fae
3.      Vengeance of the Demons
Wolf River Series:
1.      Promised at the Moon
2.      Cursed by the Moon
3.      Reclaimed from the Moon
4.      Taming His Saber (Paranormal Dating Agency)
5.      Unleashing Her Saber (Paranormal Dating Agency)
 

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TAMING HIS SABER by Rebekah R. Ganiere

Title:  TAMING HIS SABER
Series:  Paranormal Dating Agency; Wolf River #4
Author:  Rebekah R. Ganiere
Publisher:  Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Publish Date:   09.03.2017
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  B -
Received from:  Rebekah R. Ganiere
Goodreads link:  Taming His Saber
Date completed: 04.03.2022
 
Description from the publisher:
Princess Affina of the Saber Mountain clan spent the first twenty years of her life in the safe comfort of her father's palace. But after being forced from their home by another saber clan and having been on the run for over a year, her father pushes her through a portal to Earth, stranding her on the strange new planet full of too many people, too many sights, and too many temptations. But Gerri Wilder has the perfect way to fix Affina's problems. Put her in the care of fellow sabertooth Mr. Razor Edge.

Raze grew up a slave in the Saber Mountain clan, paying for the sins of his parents and fighting to gain his place. But on the night the pack was attacked Affina's father handed him a chest full of jewels and sent him to secure a new domicile. Razor has been a lone saber for over a decade- and he hasn't wasted any time becoming rich, powerful and his own Alpha. The only thing missing is a mate of his own; a problem not even the best matchmaker in the universe has been able to remedy – until now.

When Affina arrives to find her best friend Razor is not only alive but thriving she's overjoyed, but Raze the man is not Razor the teen who spent his nights with her under the stars. As Affina tries to acclimate to her new life on Earth she and Raze must fight the memories of their pasts to allow the mating bond they now feel to guide their hearts.

But just as they finally give into their passion, they discover that the clan that destroyed their people isn't done with either of them quite yet.
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TAMED UNDER THE MOON is the fourth book in the Wolf River series and was also released as TAMING HIS SABER in the multi-author Paranormal Dating Agency series.
 
This story is beautifully romantic.  I read it in one day and I loved it!  Shifters are even better when they come from off-world.  Razor has been on earth for a decade as a lone shifter, but he has never forgotten Affina. 
 
Leave it to Gerri Wilder to reunite Razor and Affina when the time was right.  They are ready to rebuild their clan here on Earth.  I never wanted it to end… bring on the cubs!
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Wolf River Series:
1.      Promised at the Moon
2.      Cursed by the Moon
3.      Reclaimed from the Moon
4.      Taming His Saber (Paranormal Dating Agency)
5.      Unleashing Her Saber (Paranormal Dating Agency)
Also from Rebekah R. Ganiere:
·         Christmas at Hart’s Lodge
·         Dead Awakenings
·         Loki (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld #17)
·         Rekindling Christmas
·         Thor (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld #9)
Aether Pirate Chronicles:
1.      The Lady Fugitive
Dead Awakening Series:
1.      Kissed by the Reaper
2.      The Bride
3.      Rekindling
4.      Christmas Lodge
Fairelle Series:
1.      Red the Were Hunter
1.5 Yanti’s Choice
2.      Snow the Vampire Slayer
3.      Jamen’s Yuletide Bride
4.      Zelle and the Tower
5.      Cinder the Fae
6.      Belle and the Beast
7.      Gerall’s Festivus Bride
8.      Jak the Giant Healer
Heaven and Hell Series:
1.      Kissed by the Reaper
Immortal Monsters Series:
1.      Dracula’s Bride
Otherworlder Series:
1.      Kidnapped at Christmas
2.      Vigilante at Valentine
3.      Massacre at Mardi Gras
4.      Hoodwinked at Halloween
Society Series:
1.      Reign of the Vampires
2.      Rise of the Fae
3.      Vengeance of the Demons
 

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DEER DUPLICITY by Molly Fitz

Title:  DEER DUPLICITY
Series:  Pet Whisperer P.I. #14
Author:  Molly Fitz
Publisher:  Sweet Promise Press
Publish Date:   06.20.2020
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Cozy Mystery
Recommended for:  14+
Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from:  Melissa Storm
Goodreads link: Deer Duplicity
Date completed: 09.08.2022
 
Description from the publisher:
There's a new tenant in the old Harlow manor, and she is intent on making life difficult for Angie and the gang. But when happens when the cranky old lady who lives on the other side of the trees turns up dead in the garden?
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DEER DUPLICITY is the sixteenth book in the Pet Whisperer P.I. series.  These will best be understood if read in the order of release. 
 
When the new neighbor upsets the neighborhood, it’s aggravating for Octocat, Pringle, and Paisley to be confined to the house.  However, when that neighbor winds up dead, things go from bad to worse!  That’s when Angie and her menagerie of adorable private investigators begin once again to sleuth close to home. 
 
This story is a quick, charming, feel-good, cozy mystery to lighten any dreary afternoon.  I love this series and look forward to every installment I can get my hands on to read.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via BookSprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Pet Whisperer, P.I. Series:
1.      Kitty Confidential
2.      Terrier Transgressions
3.      Hairless Harassment
4.      Dog-Eared Delinquent
5.      The Cat Caper
6.      Chihuahua Conspiracy
7.      Raccoon Racketeer
8.      Himalayan Hazard 
8.5  Meowy Christmas Mayhem
9.      Hoppy Holiday Homicide 
10.  Retriever Ransom
11.  Lawless Litter
12.  Legal Seagull
12.5  Black Cat Benefit (Black Cat Crossing Anthology)
13.  Scheming Sphynx
14.  Deer Duplicity
15.  Persian Penalty
16.  Grizzly Grievance
Also from Molly Fritz:
·         The Killer at Cat Castle (Kindle Vella)
Claw & Order Series:
1.      Paws and Probable Cause 
2.      Purebreds & Purrjury
3.      Pets & Parolees
Meowing Medium Series (with L.A. Boruff):
1.      Secrets of the Specter
2.      Gifts of the Ghost
3.      Pleas of the Poltergeist
Merlin and Her Magical Fluff Series:
1.      Merlin the Magical Fluff  
2.      Merlin Fights a Ghost 
3.      Merlin Kills a Zombie
Paint-Slinging Sleuth Series:
1.      My Colorful Conundrum  
Paranormal Temp Agency Series:
1.      Witch for Hire
2.      Psychic for Hire  
3.      Vampire for Hire
 

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MASSACRE AT MARDI GRAS by Rebekah R. Ganiere

Title:  MASSACRE AT MARDI GRAS
Series:  Otherworlder #3
Author:  Rebekah R. Ganiere
Publisher:  Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Publish Date:   04.14.2022
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Recommended for:  18+
Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC copy/ errors excused
Received from:  Rebekah R. Ganiere
Goodreads link:  Massacre at Mardi Gras
Date completed: 04.14.2022
 
Description from the publisher:
She's the Outcast no one wants - until they get into trouble.
 
Raine’s a Fae with no magic. Banished to live among “Mundanes” in the Human world she works as a Private Investigator for Otherworlders.

Mardi Gras is the annual blood drive for the Vampires of the East Coast. But when Mundanes are found slaughtered in the streets, Raine is hired by the head Vampire family to discover who is behind the murders.

The Vampires think it's the Shifters. The Shifters think it's the Vampires. And the Voodoo Priestesses say it could be zombies. But is it something else entirely?

As Raine investigates, she finds the case more complex than expected. Between every creature wanting a taste of her, Sam having to walk around in disguise, and Slade showing up dressed like a Fairy Godmother, she thinks she has her hands full- until a new ally becomes more trouble than they are worth.

Time is running out, and Raine must stop the murderer before Mardi is canceled. Because if she doesn't, when the blood stores dry up for the Vampires, the entire United States will have an even bigger problem than a dozen dead partiers.
 
Massacre at Mardi Gras is a fun, lighthearted Paranormal Mystery for those who love Kristen Painter's Nocturne Falls and Jayne Frost Series.
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MASSACRE AT MARDI GRAS is the third book in the Otherworlder series.  They will each stand on their own, but I highly recommend reading them all and in the order of release.
 
A wonderfully interesting take on why vampires are drawn to Mardi Gras and how voodoo plays a part.
 
I love Raine and the family she has made in the Mundane world.  Of course, everyone who reads these books falls in love with Sam.  He is the teenage, chihuahua of dragons and, oh-boy, do I know about demanding chihuahuas!  I can just imagine mine breathing fire and making little dragon ultimatums.
 
Rebekah Ganiere is a perfect example of why I believe authors are rock stars!  I recommend this story for anyone who loves to laugh, enjoys a bit of cozy mystery, and wants a feel-good romance with fun, flirt, and a fantastic familiar.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Story Origin, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Otherworlder Series:
1.      Kidnapped at Christmas
2.      Vigilante at Valentine
3.      Massacre at Mardi Gras
4.      Hoodwinked at Halloween
Also from Rebekah R. Ganiere:
·         Christmas at Hart’s Lodge
·         Dead Awakenings
·         Loki (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld #17)
·         Rekindling Christmas
·         Taming His Saber (Paranormal Dating Agency)
·         Thor (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld #9)
·         Unleashing Her Saber (Paranormal Dating Agency)
Aether Pirate Chronicles:
1.      The Lady Fugitive
Dead Awakening Series:
1.      Kissed by the Reaper
2.      The Bride
3.      Rekindling
4.      Christmas Lodge
Fairelle Series:
1.      Red the Were Hunter
1.5 Yanti’s Choice
2.      Snow the Vampire Slayer
3.      Jamen’s Yuletide Bride
4.      Zelle and the Tower
5.      Cinder the Fae
6.      Belle and the Beast
7.      Gerall’s Festivus Bride
8.      Jak the Giant Healer
Heaven and Hell Series:
1.      Kissed by the Reaper
Immortal Monsters Series:
1.      Dracula’s Bride
Society Series:
1.      Reign of the Vampires
2.      Rise of the Fae
3.      Vengeance of the Demons
Wolf River Series:
1.      Promised at the Moon
2.      Cursed by the Moon
3.      Reclaimed from the Moon
4.      Tamed under the Moon
5.      Unleashed with the Moon
6.      Fated Despite the Moon
 

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