There is something about a mystery set around books that makes me want to put the kettle on immediately. Give me a library, a suspicious encounter, and secrets tucked behind respectable faces, and my evening plans practically make themselves. Darcy Graves’s The Harlot of St. Cecelia’s caught my…

Some books practically ask you to put the kettle on before opening the first page. Charred: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery by G.P. Gottlieb belongs beside a warm mug, something sweet, and an afternoon with nowhere urgent to be. This was such a cute, fun read. I love…

There is something comforting about settling into a quiet evening with coffee, candlelight, and a book that promises anything but peace. My surroundings can feel perfectly cozy while the story opens a door into something much darker.

I picked up The Alchemist of All Hallows Eve because a mysterious old house and a Halloween murder sounded like exactly the kind of reading night I wanted. Then I learned there was a French chef gargoyle who fancies himself Poirot. At that point, I was sold. My…

Some books sound made for a quiet evening with a warm drink. Others make you glance toward the window before turning the page. Blood Becoming: Halvyn Dawn belongs firmly in the second group, which, honestly, can be its own kind of magic.