Stacey Rourke

Crane by Stacey Rourke
The Legends Sage series #1. Retelling Ichabod Crane, Sleepy Hollow. Horror paranormal
The Horseman is unending,
his presence shan’t lessen.
If you break the curse,
you become the legend.
Ireland Crane has moved to Sleepy Hollow for a fresh start. It’s only after she’s moved that she finds out the Headless Horseman is not just a scary children’s tale. She’s told the real story by Washington Irving and Rip Van Winkle and is warned the monster will awaken in her. Ireland is disdainful until she’s losing time and there is a dead body with witnesses saying it was the Headless Horseman.

Talk about horror coming to life! To hope for a new start and then think you might be a killer while asleep? Yikes. Some humor as Rip learns about the current century trends and inventions.
Chilling. With a twist of today’s science.… (more)

Reaper vs. Ripper by Stacey Rourke
Fear the Reaper series #1. Paranormal mystery, fantasy novella.
The Reaper is going after souls of the dead. Nyx is known by several names and stories. Here she is the Reaper, taking the souls to Lucifer and giving the victims a little piece. Souls that don’t want to found. First, Blackbeard with his many misdeeds and foul smelling history. Then
Jack the Ripper. Nyx gathers the details she needs from the victims he killed, but Jack doesn’t act as suspected and it throws Nyx off.
Ezekiel makes the triad of mixing the angels and giving the next assignment to Nyx.

🎧 audiobook narration done by Poppy Royana with a slight accent and a smoothness that is compelling and captivating.

“You can’t kill Death.”

Intriguing setup in this first book. Nyx clearly has her own issues to deal with, using snark and quips to divert, Lucifer hides something important and Ezekiel seems to be a friend and listens with compassion.
Obviously multiple layers of story here that I can’t wait to dig into with the next book.… (more)

4.5

Book source ~ Tour

Octavia Hollows can bring people back from the dead with a touch of her hand and a funky green light show. She and her pet pig Bacon have been traveling around the country on her motorcycle ever since she lost the love of her life. The pain nearly cripples her, but she’s determined to find out what happened to Elba. She’s being stalked by someone sinister and while she does get some help from friends along the way, will they be enough?

I really love this story and the narrator. Octavia is a great character! Full of pain and doubt she really has room to learn and grow through the book and the best part? She does! Her journey is our journey. The writing is not overly complex allowing it to flow along at a consistent pace and the characters are wonderful. There really wasn’t much I didn’t like about this story. The villain is a little underwhelming, but overall I have very much enjoyed listening to this audiobook. It is no fault of the book that it took me so long to finish it. That’s all on me and my crazy life.… (more)