Audio: Startup Hell by Caitilin Rozakis

Narrated by: Megan Tusing

Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins

Release date: 05-19-26

Publisher: Tantor Media

Urban fantasy/to review

Morgan works at a startup company. She is a total failure. Her family has magic, while she flunked out of magic school. Her mum is a total kickass huntress, and well Morgan is just trying to make rent.

And then her boss summons a demon and Morgan needs to fix this fast. First not let the mundane know, and second get rid of this demon.

Luke the demon is hot, and Morgan is obviously bad at magic. They must work together to fix the situation as it gets worse and worse.

Morgan was, well she was rather unhappy at times. And Luke, oh this demon was the sweetest! Demons have quotas too to fill, not his fault.

I did not know how, but it actually works out well in the end. Not to worry. I really had no idea how they would save the day.

The narration was good, and the narrator did a good job with different voices

Morgan Blackwater's mother is a kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying Shadow Council wizard. As for Morgan? Morgan's a junior salesperson at a tech startup. But with magic dyslexia and a disinclination to kick ass, Morgan is doing her best carving out a niche for herself in the mundane world.

Leaving work late one night, she discovers her boss dead from the effort of summoning a demon to trade his soul in order to make his quarterly target. The disturbingly-attractive demon, Lucareoth (Luke for short), is trapped here until he finds someone to sell their soul. While trying to sneak Luke out of the building, Morgan runs into her infamous mother. Apparently, someone has been summoning demons and she's here to get to the bottom of it.

Trying to protect Luke from her mother, Morgan gets sucked into the Infernal Plane and discovers hell really is a corporate nightmare. She only gets back home with a promise to deliver a human soul of her own. While her coworkers are really annoying, she's not willing to sacrifice their souls. The company's tech bro CEO is another story.

Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis

Series: Queens of Villainy (#1)

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Published: January 1, 2025 by Bramble

Fantasy, romance/own

Awww this was sweet. Such a good find, I am glad I got it.

Felix needs to get away from the guy who is ruling his Dukedom in his stead. He is fearing for his life and he finds his way to their enemy . The wicked Witch Queen.

Saskia has a fierce reputation, and is looking for a librarian. Then this stranger shows up and calls himself Fabian, she gives him the job thinking he is a dark mage.

Saskia is dealing with protecting her kingdom, Fabian Felix is organizing the library. They become friendlier and there is something there.

And it is all told in such a cozy feel. So this was a cozy fantasy with a bit of romance. I enjoyed it a lot.

In a Gaslamp-lit world where hags and ogres lurk in thick pine forests, three magical queens form an uneasy alliance to protect their lands from invasion…and love turns their world upside down.

Queen Saskia is the wicked sorceress everyone fears. After successfully wrestling the throne from her evil uncle, she only wants one to keep her people safe from the empire next door. For that, she needs to spend more time in her laboratory experimenting with her spells. She definitely doesn’t have time to bring order to her chaotic library of magic.

When a mysterious dark wizard arrives at her castle, Saskia hires him as her new librarian on the spot. “Fabian” is sweet and a little nerdy, and his requests seem a little strange – what in the name of Divine Elva is a fountain pen? – but he’s getting the job done. And if he writes her flirtatious poetry and his innocent touch makes her skin singe, well…

Little does Saskia know that the "wizard" she’s falling for is actually an Imperial archduke in disguise, with no magical training whatsoever. On the run, with perilous secrets on his trail and a fast growing yearning for the wicked sorceress, he's in danger from her enemies and her newfound allies, too. When his identity is finally revealed, will their love save or doom each other?

Audio: Mr Hurst´s return by Jann Rowland

By: Jann Rowland

Narrated by: Harry Frost

Series: Netherfield Returns, Book 2

Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins

Release date: 05-19-26

Publisher: Tantor Media

Pride and prejudice variation/to review

Another pride and prejudice variation because they are always fun! And this was a first for me. The boorish Mr Hurst returns to Netherfield alone. And it seems he is not such a bore after all.

Mr Bennet finds a friendly soul in Mr Hurst. Lizzy understands there is more beneath the surface when he protects her from someone. And Mr Hurst realises that Jane is miserable and he decides to do something about it.

But there are still bad people out there, Mr Wickham, and Miss Bingley who is a nuisance.

I liked this variation, I had never thought to see Mr Hurst takes such a role to bring them all together.

Good narration and the different voices and everything flowed well.

When Mr. Hurst returns to Netherfield just days before Christmas, the last thing anyone expects is for him to change the lives of those around him—least of all Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet.

Once dismissed as idle and indifferent, Hurst surprises society by showing both wisdom and heart. As he observes the strained relations between his friends and the Bennet family, he begins to intervene in quiet but decisive ways. His efforts, born of regret and newfound purpose, set in motion a chain of events that might mend what pride and misunderstanding once tore apart.

In a season of reflection and renewal, even the most unlikely gentleman can become a catalyst for love.

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