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    [Book Review] Snared By Jennifer Estep & CoffeeAM Mochadoodle Flavored Coffee

    In Snared, book sixteen of the Elemental Assassin series, fearsome elemental assassin and Ashland’s underworld queen Gin Blanco's hunt for information on the the shadowy group of criminal elites responsible for the death of her mother gets derailed by a sister’s desperate plea to find her missing sibling. Never one to do anything halfway, Gin throws all her resources, including her mixed group of talented and connected friends and family members, into the hunt for any trace of the missing young woman. Each piece of uncovered evidence brings them closer and closer to a sinister and disturbing realization – real evil exists in Ashland and there's a body count to…

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    [Blog Tour & Giveaway] RecruitZ By Karice Bolton & Coffee Shop of Horrors Reanimator Morning Blend

    April 23, 2014

    [Book Review] I Found You By Jane Lark & Bethesda Coffee Beginnings Blend

    April 26, 2014

    [Book Review] Shadowplay By Laura Lam & Gypsy Espresso The Magician

    February 22, 2014
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    [Book Review] Bitter Bite By Jennifer Estep & KMO Joe Icicle Delight Flavored Coffee

    Bitter Bite, book 14 in the Elemental Assassin series, sees dual magic wielding, underworld queen, and all around badass assassin Gin Blanco dealing with some good, old-fashioned family drama – of course, it's slightly more menacing and potentially deadly family drama than most people have to deal with (understatement).

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    [Book Review] Ghost Of A Promise By Kelly Moran & Ghost Coffee Collab Unfinished Business

    April 30, 2022

    Freebie Friday – Ghost Stories

    April 15, 2022

    [Book Review] The Gravedigger’s Brawl By Abigail Roux & Gaslight Coffee Roasters Chania Estate French Mission

    October 30, 2013
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    [Book Review] Spider’s Trap By Jennifer Estep & Rose Park Roasters Ethiopian Beriti

    Elemental Assassin Gin Blanco, known as the Spider, has made quite the reputation for herself wielding her dual Ice and Stone magic to take out some of the biggest heavy hitters of Ashland’s criminal underworld – and in doing so has kind of lucked into the position of the de facto queen of the underworld herself. In Spider’s Trap, the 13th book of the Elemental Assassin series, Gin finds herself in the very weird position of having people she used to be gunning for coming to her to talk about business deals, treaties, and territory disputes. Gin’s first big meeting to mediate a dispute between some underworld bosses ends explosively…

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    May 6, 2022

    [Book Review] Poison Promise By Jennifer Estep & Honeybird Coffee Velvet Assassin

    August 10, 2014

    [Blog Tour & Giveaway] The Last Necromancer By C.J. Archer & Raven’s Brew Deadman’s Reach

    September 1, 2015
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    [Book Review] Black Widow By Jennifer Estep & Coffee Beanery Caramel Apple

    Gin Blanco, the badass ice and stone elemental wielding assassin with a seemingly perpetual target on her back, is back in the 12th installment of the Elemental Assassin series. The person targeting Gin this time around is very different from her usual adversaries – M.M. Monroe is calm, confident, and very very cunning, patiently bidding her time and quietly weaving a web of misfortune around Gin and her friends from behind the scenes using all the power money and connections can buy in a town as overrun with corruption as Ashland, and that’s before she even unleashes a drop of the powerful acid magic she has at her finger tips.

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    [Anthology Review] Lovecraft’s Monsters Edited By Ellen Datlow & Boca Java Spiced Vanilla Bean Coffee

    April 23, 2015

    [Book Review] Crane By Stacey Rourke & Coffee Shop Of Horrors Ichabod’s Dame

    April 10, 2015

    [Book Review] Getting It Right By A.M. Arthur & Aroma Ridge Georgia Peach

    March 22, 2015
  • Books,  Coffee,  m/f,  Reviews,  Urban Fantasy

    [Book Review] Poison Promise By Jennifer Estep & Honeybird Coffee Velvet Assassin

    The Elemental Assassin series is an Urban Fantasy set in the fictional town of Ashland where corruption runs rampant and vampires, dwarfs, giants, and elemental magic wielders are all common place. In Poison Promise, Gin Blanco, main character and certified badass elemental assassin wielding the powers of stone and ice, is trying to get things back to normal after her latest bout of assassinating (I don’t want to say straight up murder, because these people kind of had it comin’- but yeah, she kills a lot of people. Be warned) and struggling to get over the recent loss of a loved one. But there’s no rest for the wicked; even…

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    [Book Review] The Cosy Coffee Shop Of Promises By Kellie Hailes & The Tea Farm Rose Peppermint Coffee

    February 13, 2017

    [Blog Tour & Giveaway] Obsidian Eyes By A.W. Exley & Caribou Coffee Obsidian

    April 4, 2014

    [Book Review] Love And Other Hot Beverages By Laurie Loft & New York Gourmet Coffee Cinnamon Cappuccino Coffee

    August 10, 2017

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