Sophia Rose Reviews - The Purloined Portrait by Christina Dudley, narrated by Katherine Anderson

 

The Purloined Portrait by Christina Dudley, narrated by Katherine Anderson

#5 The Hapgoods of Bramleigh

Historical RomCom

Publisher:  Tantor Audio

Published:  10.7.25

Time:  10 hours 45 minutes

Rating: 4 stars

Format: audio

Source:  Tantor Audio

Sellers:  Amazon

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Youngest of the Hapgood daughters, Edith is the petted darling of her family, her artistic ability a source of pride to all. But with a heart full of painting, there’s no room for romance, not even with Lionel, her brother-like distant cousin who has long adored her. But when Edith’s art career stands in jeopardy, Lionel champions her, at the cost of his own future. Will the eyes of her heart be opened too late, or can she somehow rescue their chance for love?

Sophia Rose Reviews - Constituent Service by John Scalzi

 

Constituent Service by John Scalzi

#2 Third District

Science Fiction

Publisher:  Subterranean Press

Published:  11.10.25

Pages: 86

Rating: 4 stars

Format: eARC

Source:  NetGalley

Sellers:  Amazon

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The aliens are here . . . and they want municipal services!

Ashley Perrin is fresh out of college and starting a job as a community liaison for the Third District—the city’s only sector with more alien residents than humans. Ashley’s barely found where the paper clips are kept when she’s beset with constituent complaints–from too much noise at the Annual Lupidian Celebration Parade to a trip-and-fall chicken to a very particular type of alien hornet that threatens the very city itself.

And if that’s not terrifying enough, Ashley is next up at the office karaoke night.

It's Parks and Recreation meets the Federation of Planets in this fast and funny audio exclusive by Hugo Award winner and Audible best seller John Scalzi.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews: Head Witch in Charge by Avery Flynn

 

Head Witch in Charge by Avery Flynn

#2 The Sherwood Witches

Paranormal Romance

Publisher:  Berkley Romance

Published: 9.2.25

Pages:  348

Rating: 4 stars

Format: Trade Paperback

Source:  Berkley

Sellers:  Amazon

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When two witches with a tangled history are forced to team up, it spells disaster in this steamy rom-com from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn.

It’s the curse of every family’s heir to be the responsible one. My family being the most powerful family in all of Witchingdom doesn’t eliminate that fact, it only makes it worse—and that’s why I, Leona Amber Sherwood, never do the unexpected. Except for that one time I did.

Believe me, I have rued the day that I got married in a midnight ceremony under a full moon to Erik Svensen, the heir to my family’s deepest, bitterest enemies, and now, he won’t agree to a divorce unless we return an ancient spell book to his family’s secured facility.

But on our road trip to return the book, I learn more about Erik as we encounter trolls, nymphs, satyrs, and more. The longer we work together, the more I’m convinced that he might not be the evil trickster I assumed he was. Any more time together will leave me even more enchanted with my husband and that’s the last thing I want. And if I keep telling myself that, maybe I'll start to believe it.

Sophia Rose Reviews: A Damsel and a Demigod by Annette Marie, narrated by Nelson Hobbs

 

A Damsel and a Demigod by Annette Marie, narrated by Nelson Hobbs

#.5 Guild Codex: Spellbound or #4.5 Guild Codex world

Urban Fantasy

Publisher:  Tantor Audio

Published:  10.13.20

Time: 2 hours 29 minutes

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: audio

Source:  Library borrow

Sellers:  Amazon

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Only one thing matters to Kai: getting the job done, and doing it better than anyone else.

But when a beautiful thief crashes his security gig, claiming she's trying to protect the valuable artifact he's guarding, all his careful plans go up in flames. He doesn't believe a word she says—until the item is stolen right out from under them.

Recovering the artifact before the real thief can unleash its ancient magic requires insider knowledge—information the mysterious trespasser possesses. Teaming up with a stranger isn't Kai's idea of smart, but he'll need all the help he can get to take on a notorious rogue and arcane power from the time of the gods.

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This novella can be read as part of The Guild Codex: Spellbound series, as an introduction to The Guild Codex world, or as a standalone adventure. All proceeds from its sale will be donated to youth and youth literacy charities!

Originally published in the limited-time charity anthology, Love Potion.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews: Demon Magic and a Martini by Annette Marie

 

Demon Magic and a Martini by Annette Marie

#4 Guild Codex: Spellbound

Urban Fantasy

Publisher:  Self-Published

Published:  4.12.19

Pages:  314

Rating: 5 stars

Format: ebook

Source:  KU borrow

Sellers:  Amazon

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When I first landed a bartending job at the local guild, I didn't know a thing about magic. These days, I'm practically an expert on the different magical classes, but there's one nobody ever talks about: Demonica.

Turns out they have a good reason for that. My guild is strictly hellion-free, because who wants to risk life and limb to control the biggest bullies on the mythic playground?

Well, some people do, and now a demon has been loosed in the city. My three best friends are determined to slay it, but even badass combat mages are critically out-magicked. And that's not all. The monster they're tracking—it's not hiding. It's not fleeing. It's not leaving a trail of corpses everywhere it goes.

The demon is hunting too. And in a city full of mythics, it's searching for deadlier prey.

If we can’t unravel the demon’s sinister motivations, more innocent people will die, but finding the answers means digging into dark secrets … and learning truths I never wanted to know.

Sophia Rose Reviews: Love at First Sighting by Mallory Marlowe

 

Love at First Sighting by Mallory Marlowe

Romantic Comedy, Suspense

Publisher:  Berkley Romance

Published:  8.12.25

Pages:  352

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: Trade Paperback

Source:  Berkley

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GoodReads Synopsis:

A chance at love might not be out of this world in the next romantic comedy from USA Today bestselling author Mallory Marlowe.

Los Angeles social media influencer El Martin seems to live the perfect aesthetic life. But what El wants more than anything is to find something real to make her heart race in a way it hasn’t in years. She doesn’t expect that feeling to come from capturing footage of an unidentified flying . . . thing, much less from the charming Man in Black who keeps following her around.

Agent Carter Brody is trying his best to keep the Private Intelligence Sector afloat by dragging their hopelessly out-of-date office into this century, even though what he really wants to do is follow in his father’s footsteps identifying and hiding extraterrestrial sightings. He gets his chance after being assigned to El’s case and is stopped in his tracks not only by her ingenuity and confidence, but also by the unnerving coincidence of how her sighting looks eerily like what he saw right before a family tragedy.

The deeper El and Carter fall into the mystery, the harder it is for them to ignore their growing chemistry, as their own alien feelings become dangerously terrestrial.

Sophia Rose Reviews- Matchless Margaret by Christina Dudley, narrated by Katherine Anderson

 

Matchless Margaret by Christina Dudley, narrated by Katherine Anderson

#4 The Hapgoods of Bramleigh

Historical RomCom

Publisher:  Tantor Audio

Published:  8.19.25

Time:  11 hours 11 minutes

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: audio

Source:  Tantor Audio

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Book 4 in the award-winning series called "enchanting" and "sparkling" by Austenprose and Austenesque Reviews

With her two older sisters married, managing family affairs has fallen to capable Miss Margaret Hapgood, leaving little time for thoughts of marriage. But a trip to Bath to find her uncle a wealthy bride throws her in the path of a handsome recuperating soldier, who is equally determined to keep his mother's fortune out of grasping hands.