Month: October 2025

Book Review: Unholy by Kathryn Amurra

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Unholy is the third and final book in the “Heart’s True Desire” series by Kathryn Amurra. The books in this series are all very unique, and the one thing that ties them together is a very unusual necklace.

Unholy is a Vampire Romance. However, the vampire is the most unique vampire character I have ever encountered, and the story is the most unique Vampire Romance story I have ever read. The main character is Beth D’Angelo, who is a college student. She is striving to get her thermodynamics experiment to work so that she can graduate. She is working with another college student, and she has a boyfriend. Beth has strong beliefs she lives by.

Between Beth’s frustrations with her experiment and the issues between her and her boyfriend, Beth is quite stressed. Then, one evening as she’s driving, she is certain that she has hit someone with her car, adding to her stress levels.

When she meets, Thomas, a very attractive man, who takes an interest in her, she finds herself drawn to him. Thomas, who is actually a centuries old vampire, finds Beth’s sweet nature a challenge to corrupt her. However, it isn’t long before Thomas finds that Beth has something that he craves more than blood.

What happens between Beth and Thomas, and Beth and her boyfriend, makes for a very interesting twist in Unholy. It’s been years since I have even considered reading a vampire story, but I found that once I started reading Unholy, I couldn’t put it down. The uniqueness of several characters and the story line held my attention.

Ms. Amurra created deep, interesting characters that she developed so well from the beginning of the book and throughout the story. Even the vampire was realistic. Ms. Amurra produced such a unique story line that I was intrigued and captivated until the very end.

I will say that there is some profanity in this book, but it is spread throughout and not overwhelming. There are two scenes that may be problematic for sensitive readers. However, there are no scenes that include a lot of graphic violence, blood, and gore.

I highly recommend this book to adult readers who crave unique stories, as well as those who enjoy vampire stories. I will also say that, after reading Unholy by Kathryn Amurra, I believe Thomas will forever be my favorite vampire.

Although I have read most of Kathryn Amurra’s books, after reading Unholy, I have truly become a dedicated fan and cannot wait to see what she comes up with next.

Unholy is truly worthy of 5 stars.

Fun and Successful Author Event

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Thursday evening, October 2, 2025, I participated in an Author Reception at my friend, Becky’s, beautiful artisan shop, Pebbles & Lace. This is me at the table I shared with my friend and fellow author, C.S. Wachter, ready to start greeting readers.

Here are some of the wonderful authors who participated. The cute little dog is the character in her mommy’s books, and she even co-signs the books her mommy sells. Her name is Charlamay. We had such a great turnout that I didn’t have enough time to meet and talk to all of the authors. I think I spoke to the majority of shoppers, though.

I have known this dear young lady since she was a young child. It was such a blessing to have her, her mom, and several of her siblings come out. I enjoyed seeing them. It was a blessing to have this young lady so excited and happy to purchase my book! She said she had waited a whole year to get it, and she had. She saw me just a month or two before I published it. She was the first to purchase my book at this event.

The young lady in the blue dress standing next to me came out for this event to promote her Literary Magazine the evening before its release! I was very intrigued because there aren’t very many literary magazines around anymore, since so many things are on the internet. Her magazine is called “The Drowsy Dragon”. It’s a small magazine of short stories by this young lady and a few other people. I was excited to purchase one and take it along home to read.

This author reception was definitely the most fun and most successful event I have attended as an author so far. Thank you to all of you who came out to support us authors! And thank you, Becky, for hosting this wonderful event!

I wish all of the author attendees blessings, and I hope to see you all again.