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Romanov by Nadine Brandes | An Anastasia Retelling

    Title: Romanov Author: Nadine Brandes Genre: YA | Magic | historical fiction | Retelling      [Synopsis: The history books say I died. They don’t know the half of it. Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he’s hunted Romanov before. Nastya’s only chances of saving herself and her family are to either release the spell and deal with the consequences, or enlist help from Zash, the handsome soldier who doesn’t act like the average Bolshevik. Nastya has only dabbled in magic, but it doesn’t frighten her half as much as her growing attraction to Zash. She likes him. She thinks he might even like her. That is, until she’s on one side of a firing squad . . . and he’s on the other. ] I adore retellings and was so excited to finally pick this read up! It's alread...

Heir by Addison Carmichael | A Werewolf Cinderella

*I was sent an ARC of this book by the author in exchange for an honest review, my thoughts and opinions are my own!* Title: Heir Author: Addison Carmichael Series: Book 2 in the Sons of the Alpha series [order of books:] Beauty and Her Beast (prequel to Knight) Knight (Book 1) Forbidden Territory (prequel to Heir) Heir (Book 2) LINKS: Amazon (affiliate link) Published: April 15th, 2019 Genre: romance, retelling, supernatural, paranormal, YA Synopsis:   It’s bad enough Nicole Gabrielle is a low-ranking Sigma Wolf —she also harbors a taboo secret that would expel her from the Bryant Wolf pack there in the Pacific Northwest. Nicki is half were-Coyote born from the notorious Juarez Coyote Pack. But Nicki has bigger problems. Were-Bear gangsters blackmailed her family, and the only way to pay them off is to doctor her Pack records and disguise herself in order to hire on at the exclusive Timber Ridge community. No matter how hard she tries to fly under...