I got this book for "1408" after I'd read ghost stories about the "real" hotel room and later heard Stephen King had written story about the "real" room (while taking some artistic license). I loved the narrative before or after each story, and the stories were all what you'd expect from Stephen King. Always a fan.

How to tame a tomboy

I couldn’t figure out how the rough and tumble heroine would succumb to her gender, but she does so with great patience and passion. Another success for Julia Quinn

Flawless. Everything you’d expect from Kristan Higgins. Love, laughter, screwed up people, second chances and don’t forget the wicked humor.

A feel good story

Cat thinks she has everything she wants in life, until she goes home to her nutty family. Then she discovers everything she’s suppressed all these years and now she has to decide what she truly wants in life. A fun story with engaging characters

Good, but..

I have always enjoyed an Erica Ridley book, and overall this was enjoyable. With that being said, I felt the pace was very slow as we were reminded of the internal conflicts over and over, but most disappointing was that while this was all hinged on the perfect kiss, the author felt it necessary to insert an “obligatory sex scene” (and yes, it felt obligatory, like the author felt she had to include it when, in fact, it would have been stronger without it). Now, I like my steamy romances, but when my heart is sighing on that perfect kiss, to suddenly change it up when the book is nearly done took away from the romance and the sigh-worthy relationship I had been enjoying.

Baxley Powell Mayes is back, and she’s nine months’ pregnant! Her condition doesn’t stop her from stepping in to help solve a murder, but Baxley’s otherworldly senses are clouded by the location of the crime scene. Other abnormalities in the rift between this life and the next send up an alarm, and in an effort to keep herself and her family safe, husband Sam Mayes discourages her from “dreamwalking.” As the story unfolds, Baxley and her extraordinary family must each play a role in closing a tear in the world or risk losing a mortal battle to a sinister foe.

The reader walks along with Baxley in those final, uncomfortable days prior to delivering her child. She must fully trust the people she loves most, surrendering a part of herself to the greater good, and making soul-deep decisions between good and evil. She holds the fate of the world in her hands, and making a wrong choice could be the end of life as the world knows it. For those who have followed the Dreamwalker series, this one holds the ultimate answers. Who is Rose and is she friend or foe? All answers are revealed in the satisfying conclusion.

Fortunate enough to have been given an ARC, but I'm buying a copy anyway to support one of my favorite authors!