{"id":3482,"date":"2021-12-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2022-01-22T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T23:58:08","slug":"starlas-december-2021-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/31\/starlas-december-2021-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Starla&#8217;s December 2021 Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3482\" class=\"elementor elementor-3482\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0471a94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0471a94\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6772ec\" data-id=\"a6772ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d165e63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d165e63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CalmingWildfire-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CalmingWildfire-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CalmingWildfire-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CalmingWildfire-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CalmingWildfire-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CalmingWildfire.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e175b9\" data-id=\"6e175b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5570172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5570172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b><i>Calming His Wildfire (Spirit Hunters #2) <\/i><\/b><br>By Temperance Dawn<b><\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c1308b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c1308b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Book Links:<\/u><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10bf2d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10bf2d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/Calming-His-Wildfire-Spirit-Hunters-ebook\/dp\/B096Z3N9L2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon AU\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Calming-His-Wildfire-Spirit-Hunters-ebook\/dp\/B096Z3N9L2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon US\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56041677-calming-his-wildfire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-97effdb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97effdb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c98eac8\" data-id=\"c98eac8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fda3fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fda3fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<b>Genre:<\/b> Paranormal romance<br>\n\n<b>POV:<\/b>\u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> person with alternating perspectives, past tense<br>\n\n<b>Heat Gauge:<\/b> \ud83d\udd25 \ud83d\udd25 \ud83d\udd25 (3\/5)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8821619 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8821619\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The Spirit Hunters series continues with Trey and Lexi\u2019s story. Trey is part of Liam\u2019s team of paranormal investigators, and he fell for Lexi when they first met in Book 1. Lexi feels drawn to Trey; unable to deny the chemistry they have but unwilling to lower her guard after her last disastrous relationship. When she takes a walk in the woods surrounding her workplace, she discovers a strange necklace and unwittingly brings the cursed pendant back with her. Weird things start to happen as a vengeful spirit makes its presence known. Lexi must learn to trust again, to let Trey get close if she has any hope of surviving the ordeal that follows.<\/p><p>This was an interesting story with some great characters, although I feel it could have used a little more editing. I do struggle with lots of word repetition, something this book suffers from. The ghostly encounters were not as spooky in this book as they were in the first, but they were still fascinating to read about. There were more bedroom scenes too, but they fit well with the characters, both of whom were more experienced in that department.<\/p><p>I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys romance with a paranormal twist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cdd66d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cdd66d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c9e13d\" data-id=\"0c9e13d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f38da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5f38da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JessicasKing-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JessicasKing-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JessicasKing-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JessicasKing-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JessicasKing-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JessicasKing.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eeff9a4\" data-id=\"eeff9a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8185f75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8185f75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b><i>Jessica\u2019s King<br>\n(King Brother<br> Investigation Series, #1) <\/i><\/b><br>By Clarice Jayne<b><\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d38100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d38100\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Book Links:<\/u><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2348e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2348e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/Jessicas-King-Brothers-Investigation-Book-ebook\/dp\/B091HXJM98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon AU<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jessicas-King-Brothers-Investigation-Book-ebook\/dp\/B091HXJM98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon US<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/57613811-jessica-s-king\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-664534e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"664534e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32c1f0f\" data-id=\"32c1f0f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea2a497 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea2a497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<b>Genre:<\/b> Romantic suspense, mystery<br>\n\n<b>POV:<\/b>\u00a01<sup>st<\/sup> person alternating dual perspective, past tense<br>\n\n<b>Heat Gauge:<\/b> \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 (2\/5)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc0bd44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc0bd44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Jessica grew up in the English countryside, and she never wanted to leave. Enjoying the simple life, she set up her own caf\u00e9 and moved into the flat upstairs. She knew she wanted to find love eventually, although she never expected to find it with the owner of King Brothers Investigation Services. After breaking it off with his cheating fianc\u00e9, Mason King left the city and settled into the quiet life. As quiet as it can get for a private investigator anyway. He thought he was done with love and romance, but when Jessica comes to him with a problem, he quickly rethinks his stance on the matter.<\/p><p>This was an interesting mystery and the romance that blossomed between the characters was sweet. The author focussed a little too much on the mundane, slowing the pace, so I needed to skim past some bits. I\u2019m curious to see how the rest of the series turns out.<\/p><p>I recommend this book to lovers of mystery and sweet romance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fdbe3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fdbe3c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58ba0f3\" data-id=\"58ba0f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-702aa22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"702aa22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hooked-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3480\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hooked-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hooked-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hooked-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hooked-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hooked.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab45150\" data-id=\"ab45150\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb2b842 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb2b842\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b><i>Hooked (Never After #1)  <\/i><\/b><br>By Emily McIntire<b><\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b9c6bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b9c6bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Book Links:<\/u><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ab750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7ab750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/Hooked-Never-After-Emily-McIntire-ebook\/dp\/B099XB1LXM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon AU<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hooked-Never-After-Emily-McIntire-ebook\/dp\/B099XB1LXM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon US<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/58545703-hooked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9de740 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9de740\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7407536\" data-id=\"7407536\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08cd972 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08cd972\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<b>Genre:<\/b> Dark contemporary romance<br>\n\n<b>Content Warnings:<\/b> Violence, dark themes, coarse language<br>\n\n<b>POV:<\/b> 1<sup>st<\/sup> person alternating dual perspective, past tense<br>\n\n<b>Heat Gauge:<\/b> \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 (4\/5)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24e5a2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24e5a2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This titillating tale takes the Peter Pan fairy tale and twists it into a dark, contemporary romance. It is not a retelling or an origin story, but a new take on the characters and motifs. Hook is cast as the broken anti-hero, a man who lost his parents and suffered abuse at the hands of Croc, his uncle. While seeking vengeance against Peter, the man who killed his parents, Hook meets the heroine of the story. Wendy is Peter\u2019s beloved daughter, his little shadow. Consumed by lust, Hook changes his plans, deciding it will be more fun to use Wendy against Peter. Problem is, he never expected his criminal empire to crumble from within.<\/p><p>I could not put this book down! It is full of edge-of-your-seat action and page-turning intrigue. The characters are well-developed, and I loved seeing the relationship between Hook and Wendy grow. And the plot twists are so delicious. McIntire kept me guessing right to the end. I am keen to see what she does with the next book in this series.<\/p><p>I highly recommend this book to all lovers of dark romance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calming His Wildfire (Spirit Hunters #2) By Temperance Dawn Book Links: Amazon AU&nbsp; Amazon US&nbsp; Goodreads Genre: Paranormal romance POV:&nbsp;3rd person with alternating perspectives, past tense Heat Gauge: \ud83d\udd25 \ud83d\udd25 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/31\/starlas-december-2021-reviews\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Starla&#8217;s December 2021 Reviews<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[50,17,43,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3482"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3726,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482\/revisions\/3726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}