Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren

January 21, 2026

I’m a sometimes fan of Christina Lauren. Accidentally Yours is a short story, available only through Amazon Original Stories with Kindle Unlimited. The digital version is currently free that way. It’s in a series from Amazon. “The Improbable...

A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa

January 20, 2026

Although the cover of A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa is beautiful, I didn’t sink into this translation from the Korean as I often do with these books. It wasn’t the fault of the translator, Slin Jung. I think it was the presence of...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Bitter Fall by Bruce Robert Coffin

January 19, 2026

I played yesterday, so I appreciate Kevin Tipple’s review of Bitter Fall by Bruce Robert Coffin. Thank you, Kevin! It is October as Bitter Fall: A Detective Justice Novel by Bruce Robert Coffin begins. It is just after midnight on a desolate stretch of Maine...

Twelve Months by Jim Butcher

January 18, 2026

It’s been five years since Jim Butcher’s last Dresden Files novel. Twelve Months, though, is a long time in Harry Dresden’s world. It hasn’t even been a year since Chicago was destroyed in a war. Harry lost people he loved, and he’s still...

The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery

January 17, 2026

Ross Montgomery capitalizes on world fears in 1910 in his locked-room mystery, The Murder at World’s End. Montgomery, who normally writes children’s books, decided to write an adult mystery during lock-down for COVID. He successfully introduces a fun new...