Something steamy and something with some sass

Well I've read two books that had different story basis, but both were excellent.  Blood Moon a paranormal romance that was steamy and good from front to back. Straight out of the University a romance from up and coming Indie author Rosen Trevithick that was comical, but opens your eyes to people delusional thoughts towards society.



Blood Moon(Moonstruck) by: Sliver James


Army Major Hannah Jackson is on mission with a pack of Alpha males that tend to turn furry at a whelm(no seriously). She has never been so frustrated in her life and so hungry...(I am not talking about food either) Sergeant Major Ian McIntire is very put off by having a officer tailing behind him, but even worst a woman. Every inch of her body sends his wolf into overdrive and the blood moon is creeping upon him and he knows sooner or later his beast will claim the one woman who can tame the savage beast. Being a hard ass is all Hannah knows and the constant pull to the man who seduces her dreams and body will either leave her fulfilled or in a world of mess if not both.

This was an exactly story full of action, laughter, and sexy wolves. A love story of a how one woman can make a man or wolf fall hard. I give this a five star on shadow sexy meter....

Straight out of the University by: Rosen Trevithick

Sophie Sweet is a post graduate psychology major that decided to comes home to Cornwall in hopes to reconnect with old friends (Who most defiantly have changed) After her relationships fell through with her other girlfriends she just needs a break to prepare to get her PhD. Sophie doesn't consider herself a Lesbian, but Bisexual and she doesn't think anyone can put a label on who you fall in love with.(If only the close minded wives of her hometown thought the same they would get along swimmingly...not!)She thinks they are close minded and stepford wives... no seriously(but sometimes you can't judge a book by it's cover). Sophie has many insert foot into mouth moments especially with sexy John who has a laid back view on life. She tries to understand him (Okay she snoops), but his non aggressive do gooder ways wins her over.

This was an hilarious story that was an unexpected delight to read. I laughed so many times I couldn't keep it to myself. This most definitely was an awesome read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Five stars...

Midwest Bazaar and Witches Ball

This weekend I attended the Midwest Witches Ball and Bazaar in Warren, Michigan. Where do I start? 

The Bazaar was like walking into home. I was surrounded by unique items and spiritually like minded people. As I walked around it was hard to just stay at one table. Friendly Pagans gathered together selling items that were ranging from amazing to jaw dropping. I've been to many Pagan Bazaars and by far this was the best one. Talking with owners and listening to there stories behind the items they were selling fascinated me.  I wandered around for what seemed like hours always stopping just to feel the energy and love put into all the crafts displayed(also partaking in some Kitchen Witch sweet delights). Even though this was just the beginning of day before the Witches Ball I was already impressed. The vendors were well organized and polite. 

Earlier that day the Royalty House was beautiful, but when I returned that evening it was transformed into something elegant, magickal, and enchanting. The free flowing bar, the excellent cuisine and amazing music. It warmed my heart to see so many people partaking in the spiral dance. The outfits ranged from steampunk to fairies. I have to say it was an amazing event and can't wait for next year.

                           Shadowstorm Norwicca

Writing trends and Author Spotlight Alan Dale

I've noticed the trend in writing styles mainly in part from book stores and kindle books. There's a lot of writing that revolves around Medieval, Apocalyptic, time travel, and shape shifting. The books of late that I've read have been based on this type of writing. Now don't get me wrong I'm still a fan of paranormal romance, erotica, and sci-fi/fantasy, but that being said there are some up and coming authors who have caught my eye.

Alan Dale is one of those authors with his DNA(Dead Nation Army) trilogy... 

Set in the future and the world is now ruled by the New World Order. The elitist of the government (the most wealthy... you know the saying money is the root of all evil...) now reside in Utopia waiting for the lower classes to die off...(Really... now that hurts...) using a virus that has turned some humans into blood thirsty, hungry, savages and now giving the New World Order the army(Scrats) and the means to get rid of the population they consider a plague on there way of life(Yes eating flesh keeps them happy and without it they die... Can you say damn....) Now the humans struggle to survive and band together to form the DNA(Dead Army Nation) to aid those trapped in Survivor Communities. 

This particular book focuses on two siblings torn apart by the rise of the New World Order and are fighting in this war, but for which side? (That's the question) The Order plans are to kill and destroy anyone outside of there Utopia.

The trilogy starts off with Code Flesh and introduces you to the chaos that now is a way of life. I can say I truly enjoyed reading code flesh as well as Dead Nations Army.... I give it a five star rating on the Shadow Realm meter. 
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Lords of Bondage series is total Awesomeness...

Author Corinne Balfour has given women the power to have harems, hotties(biggums), and political standing in a society built around them. In her series The Lords of Bondage is a roller coaster of  speed bumps, turns and paranormal. Here is my review for Dark Lord: Part One(Lords of Bondage):

Briella Avenai is half sister to the Countess Nefertiti (Who by the way is a couple screws short of a set...I'm just saying)she is not the average Flourdan woman. (She doesn't look like she dines on steroids for breakfast...geesh)After throwing herself at the mercy of her tyrant sister she meets her sisters newest harem member Lord Devereux Langley. He is of a royal bloodline grandson to the Queen and son to Princess Crimson.

Lord Devereux Langley isn't the Nordic embodiment of a Flourdan male. His dark hair, tanned skin and ever changing eye color makes him stand out.(Not mention his outspoken manner to tell royals not just no, but Hell No!!!)He is a rebel against the society he was breed for and he makes it known on a regular. He is hounded by Nefertiti's advances and is truly disgusted by the lunatic Countess.(Not mention her hard muscles and over powering stench...Ewww!!!)Only one woman has caught his eye and that is the luscious Briella and her soft womanly curves. Devereux has a secret he is hiding and a desire for Briella by the way both could make him lose his manhood...(Especially since this is his last chance... Yes his mother said so) No seriously just check the eunuch army...(That's harsh!!!)

Briella is thrown into a plot that her sister plans in an attempt to gain more power and Briella is trying not to botch it up(or her sister will punish her... so much for sisterly love...) she is captured not once, but twice...(Bad luck o gal...) Her last abductors are different in the sense one has fangs and venom oozing from them. (Great...Really bad luck)... Briella finds herself attracted to the fang wonder and feeling overly hot when she feels the pinch from the fangs of this masked red eye devil on her neck. Briella may just find out that an hybrid is closer than everyone thinks.

On an alternate Earth where women rule with an iron fist(Yup loved that part...) and men are told and placed in the royal houses of society by their mothers or queen. Oh let me not forget the Celtic alien hybrid/Barbarians race who fight amongst themselves and the Romans on the outer borders. I clearly enjoyed this tale and envied the women in the story. What woman wouldn't want a harem of men...(I'm so in line for this...) A very good start and now I begin onto part two. The excitement started at the beginning and left you wanting more. This is a five star hot read.

Check out  Dark Lord: Part Two & Three and Deceptive Lord(Lords of Bondage) on Amazon.

How hot can it get? An inferno I tell ya! Whoa Mama...

Let us chat about Author Delilah Devin... Her words and stories are what paranormal romance thrives on. Sensuality, secrets and the forbidden supernatural. I was thrown into her My Immortal Knight series and haven't stop reading. The first book All Hallows Heartbreaker draw me in hook, line, and sinker.(I'm just saying).... This is a must read(More than likely alone so you can drool or maybe not alone give your significant other a reason to whistle in the morning...wink)... So here is my review for book 1 in the Immortal Knights series.






Emmaline Harris is a woman wanting to break away from the norm(reluctantly). When her best friend convinces her to dress as a sexy vampyre for a Halloween party things seem to go from an bad idea to an even worst idea in a matter of minutes. She is man handled by her friends new beau Nicky. She tells the creep she has an boyfriend and uses her imagination and spins a tale of her dream guy. To her surprise her imagination is real and pulling her from Nicky's clutches. Dylan O'Hara smelled her human scent when she walked through the door of his establishment and knew it could mean a lot of trouble. What he didn't count on was the pull she would have on his blood lust, heart, and groin. Wanting to mark her as his he takes every step possible to have her and keep her safe. Emmaline didn't know sexy vampyres existed, but now she is caught not only by his body, but also his fangs.

I think full figured woman everywhere should be shouting "I am sexy hear me roar...!" and give a big thanks to Mrs. Delilah Devin. She gave the sexy back to us full figured gals. Hey the damsel in distress doesn't have to look like an runway model. The passion in each word makes a gal want to hit all the city vamp clubs and find her own Dylan. This book scores high five on the Sex O Meter. 

Erotic = Hidden Desires....What is your Erotic reading fantasy?

Erotica is a genre of expression and sensual forbidden desires. I know a lot of people turn a blind eye to erotica because of its extreme sexual nature. The erotica genre gives you the sense of freedom from the norm. What is the norm you ask... it is everyday life that is acceptable to society. These authors take you into there worlds of pleasure.... the ultimate domination of the senses. Almost like an overload of ecstasy and you are devoured into every guilty pleasure there is without the regret and embarrassment... (How great is that...I'm just saying...). The bookshelves, kindles, nooks, iPad are filled with books that open the desires of many and leave them hungry for more. Isn't that what we crave...the forbidden without the consequences? Words that are well written can transport us into the story. Our favorite story can place us into the minds of our favorite heroine or heroes. (Would love to be Anita Blake for a few days...) Erotica Authors like Vivi Anna(Bad to the Bone), Samantha Bates(Sliver Alpha: The Sliver series), Primula Bates(Out of Focus), Felicity Heaton (Reunion). Then there are the Authors who dabble into Erotica with BDSM, and Smut undertones. Such as Denyse Bridger(Glass Slipper and Jeweled Masques: Erotic Cinderella fairytale), Brindle Chase(The Dark Embrace), Tracey H. Kitts(Eaten by the Wolf), and Red Phoenix(Brie's first class of submissive training). These authors words are a voyeurism into the world of eroticism and we the readers and writers fall head first.  What is a book, but an escape into the world of desire and fantasy... In other words live a little and indulge your mind, body and soul with passion. 


As an author who likes to indulge into the world of eroticism I leave you with a brief taste of my upcoming Trilogy book 1 The House of the Fire Dragons...

"My thoughts seem to wander over a man who is claimed, but yet I yearn for a sweet taste of his forbidden. Such wrongness in wanting what isn't mine, but such rightness in the way his words drip along my flesh like raw honey. I take what is offered, but wanting so much more. Your sweet lips and your skin taste so delicious on my tongue and ignites a fire that burns to my very core. What I want is something I can't have... You covenant your secrets, but I know the truth... I see with my heart and really know you. Our pleasures make the sunrise and our climax is a sunset, the beauty is inspiring and for everyone to see. Between my thighs is a thirsty flower and only your watery juices will bloom its beauty..." excerpt from The House of the Fire Dragons by Shadowstorm Norwicca

Paranormal Romance where art thou?

Lately every mainstream movie lot is filled with next big paranormal movie based on a series from some well known author...(Yup best sellers of course...). What about the unsigned author or the series whom we love to read, but isn't well known unless its on sites like Goodreads or Shelfari(I'm just saying...). The days of Anne Rice, Lora Leigh, and Kate Macallester are what open doors for some of the new authors who stories are just as good and sometimes better in my opinion. 


Where have all the sexy heroes gone?


 I've just read the Tears of Crimson series and I have to say wow!!!! This series gives Charlene Harris (True Blood) a run for its money. Michelle Hughes really put the sexy back in vampires and hot, hot, (did I say hot) sexual domination in every character and scene. From the beginning I was fanning myself and at the end I was drooling...(Hello Gabriel). Then there is Lisa Renee Jones Underground Guardian series which makes Lora Leigh Breeds look like a bunch of domesticated cats(I'm just saying). 


Amazon's freebies(Yes I said freebies) has given the readers, bloggers, reviewers and writers a place to meet and form a new bond.  There are many more of the unsung authors out there and not enough marketing to go around. So instead of all the same ole paranormal endings and romantic undertones try to explore and venture to the darkside... There is a whole new world of paranormal and all you have to do is click, download and enjoy. 

Surprise, Surprise ---I'm a African American Norse Wiccan Witch.. What has the magick world come too?

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FLIPPING HARRY POTTER...? Of course you did, but he is white and I'm black so that really throws a monkey wrench in your close minded thoughts. Sorry to have to say this "but there be black folk in the craft too...Yes sir it surely do"... Society is a melting pot within a melting pot that is the universe. There are so many different religions, cultures and so on. Yet the shock factor is always there no matter what you do. Assumption is how people really do make asses out of themselves. The assumption of believing that witchcraft is just for whites is a assumption that is main stream bullshit. I know of a lot of African Americans in the craft, but the sad thing is it just not other races that bombard us with the dumb ass statements "I didn't know black people were witches ..." this is when irritation follows after hearing this from people of my own race hell any race (Jackasses...Just saying...). It's different when you're outside the box of normalcy that people label you weird or devil worshiper(Hello Pagan don't believe in Satan...). Then again its the age old problem people like to stay in their bubble and never venture out. I have never been one for being trapped in a bubble especially with my sexuality and religion. Its funny when people find out I'm a dominatrix they assume I'm having massive orgies and beating the living hell out someone. (Now now what did we say about assumptions...tsk tsk) I have a lot strikes against me, but I do love challenges... No for real I do ask any of my exes my challenge was to get rid of them and now I'm single(You are the weakest link ...Goodbye)...Even though I claim the Norse Pantheons and also the Wiccan Deities there is always doubt of how can I claim the two. Easy because I am a Earth Magick Witch/Warrior. My seed of spiritual awakening and growth is planted within the earth and grows by the Goddesses love as well as the Gods strength. I'm no different from anyone else except I'm open and willing to receive what knowledge is granted to me by the Gods. My point is race and sex are nothing but words. Maybe next time try to look past it and really understand the person from within. A heart is a fragile thing, but love can be unconditional and give you the strength that moves planets.... Blessed Be )O(Wassail

Extra, Extra

Starting in March I will be accepting inquires for authors who would like to promote their books live on my new radio show " Words have meaning" and also like to be spotlighted in my new magazine "Book Reviewers Roundtable"(This is a free promoting service) .... Also I will be accepting inquiries for my other show Shadow Realm if you are a band, or pagan and would like to spotlight your music or knowledge send all inquires to shadowrealminc@gmail.com...All authors who submitted books for me to review the reviews will be posted on amazon, good reads,book reviewers roundtable magazine, words have meaning blog talk radio show and my personal blog. I'm not accepting anymore submission for reviews until march 15th. Genres are Romance- (historical, paranormal, erotica, bsdm,) Science-Fiction, Fantasy & Non-Fiction.... Thank you once again.