Steph Reviews Grave Matters by Lauren M. Roy

Publisher: Penguin Group
Series: Night Owls #2
Format Read: Ebook
Source: From the publisher for an honest review
Release Date: February 10, 2015
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Blurb from goodreads:

Night Owls bookstore always keeps a light on and evil creatures out. But, as Lauren M. Roy's thrilling sequel continues, even its supernatural staff isn’t prepared for the dead to come back to life…

Elly grew up training to kill things that go bump in the night, so she’s still getting used to working alongside them. While she’s learned to trust the eclectic group of vampires, Renfields, and succubi at Night Owls bookstore, her new job guarding Boston’s most powerful vampire has her on edge—especially when she realizes something strange is going on with her employer, something even deadlier than usual…

Cavale isn’t thrilled that his sister works for vampires, but he’s determined to repair their relationship, and that means trusting her choices—until Elly’s job lands all of the Night Owls in deep trouble with a vengeful necromancer. And even their collective paranormal skills might not be enough to keep them from becoming part of the necromancer’s undead army

Bea Reviews Night Owl by Lauren M. Roy

Publisher:  Ace

Series: Night Owls #1
Format Read: paperback
Source: publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: February 25, 2014
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Blurb from goodreads:

Night Owls book store is the one spot on campus open late enough to help out even the most practiced slacker. The employees’ penchant for fighting the evil creatures of the night is just a perk…

Valerie McTeague’s business model is simple: provide the students of Edgewood College with a late-night study haven and stay as far away from the underworld conflicts of her vampire brethren as possible. She’s lived that life, and the price she paid was far too high to ever want to return.

Elly Garrett hasn’t known any life except that of fighting the supernatural werewolf-like beings known as Creeps or Jackals. But she always had her mentor and foster father by her side—until he gave his life protecting a book that the Creeps desperately want to get their hands on.

When the book gets stashed at Night Owls for safe keeping, those Val holds nearest and dearest are put in mortal peril. Now Val and Elly will have to team up, along with a mismatched crew of humans, vampires, and lesbian succubi, to stop the Jackals from getting their claws on the book and unleashing unnamed horrors…

The Friday 56 #22 Two for the Price of One

This is a fun meme to do hosted by Freda's Voice. If you'd like to join on the fun go to The Friday 56.

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.

I missed last week as I was away visiting family. This week I'm reading two books so I have a 56 from each one. The first one I'm reading is a paranormal romantic suspense, "Turned" by Virna DePaul. The quote is from 56%  in the ebook.

Ana was as scared as she'd ever been. Considering the path her life had taken, that was saying something.

The second book is an urban fantasy, "Night Owls" by Lauren M. Roy. The quote is from page 56 in the paperback.

More people had trickled in, mostly shell-shocked students who stood in clusters, talking in hushed voices.

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Interview with Urban Fantasy Author Lauren M Roy

Today I'm interviewing urban fantasy author Lauren M. Roy. Her debut book, "Night Owls" came out last month and I'll be reviewing it next month. Lauren is a thirtysomething wanna-be bookstore owner, currently working in the publishing industry.  When she's not selling books, she's writing them.


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