Official Synopsis: Maddox Sinclair has run out of options. No job means no health insurance —a death sentence for a type one diabetic like herself. She flees to the forest to make a desperate deal with a dryad queen: kill the Redwood King and be cured of the illness that threatens her life. In the redwood treetops, Prince Castor, is cursed-- anyone who loves him is doomed to die. Like Maddox, he has made an equally unwise pact with his brother, the Redwood King: get a mortal

Official Synopsis: Eighteen-year-old August is trying to navigate life after the sudden death of his boyfriend left him devastated, aimless, and feeling guilty. Years after the tragic accident, August mistakenly stumbles into a world beyond his own—the Underworld. Unlike his own gray existence, the underworld is a lavish extravagant place, full of mystery and a flurry of charismatic gods, all curious about August’s arrival in their world. Realizing right away the opportunity

Here we are again, with some of our favorite reads of the month. July has been a wild one here in Minnesota, it is very hot, occasionally smokey and overall humid and horrible (in my personal opinion). I'm sure people are shocked I didn't put the storm chasing romances on this list, but in my defense, they have their own blogs and if I keep talking about them you are going to get sick of me. But if you want a storm chasing romance that is really great, make sure to check out

Official Synopsis: Despite the college’s budget cuts that slashed her syllabus, Linguistics and Incantation Translation professor Maggie Linden has almost made it to the end of the spring semester. To celebrate, Maggie attends a magical masquerade on Beltane. Maybe the end-of-year frenzy explains why she kissed a masked stranger at the festival, though her celebration may have come too soon…. An accident in the lab of famous (and famously broody) alchemist Arthur Taliesin set