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Adamant Spirits: A 2022 Charity Anthology of Romantic Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Paranormal Romance for Ukraine, by Veronica Scott, Jen Lynning, Ashley McLeo, Rebecca Rode, Anna Carven, Miranda Honfleur, Alora Carter, G. Bailey, G.K. DeRosa, Jessica M. Butler, Elle Beaumont, Chloe Parker, T.K. Eldridge, Jenni Ward, Claudia Blood, Leslie Chase, Debbie Cassidy, Jen L. Grey, Maggie Alabaster, Alana Khan, Demelza Carlton, Sara Fields, Jessica Wayne, Tana Stone, Aurelia Jane, Alexi Blake, Tameri Etherton, Katherine Bennet, Maria Vermisoglou, Ella Blake, Hattie Jacks, Kel Carpenter, Lea Kirk, Jade Waltz, Candace Robinson, Michele Mills, May Sage, Vee R. Paxton, K.N. Lee, Grace Goodwin, Lisa Kumar, Honey Phillips, Sarah M. Cradit, Eva Chase, Calla Zae, Julia Vee

msbookworld's review

4.0

First of all, I want to say thank you to the authors of this anthology for volunteering their time and energy in order to put this together and then for donating the proceeds to help Ukraine.

I genuinely enjoyed this anthology. However, I will say that I think being familiar with some of the authors' other works would make reading a few of these stories more enjoyable.

Two of my favorite short stories in this series were Swept Away by Alora Carter and One Night in Mayfair by Chloe Parker

Swept Away is presented as a stand alone, but came across as more of prequel for me. It's a contemporary paranormal romance, which while not very spicy was very sweet. I love how the main character not only finds love but comes to realize that her life is not what she wants. And even better she decides to make some drastic changes.

One Night in Mayfair is definitely a prequel that makes me want to pick up In Her Thrall by Chloe Parker. It's set in the post WWII era and tackles PTSD as well as a bit of a sexual awakening for one of the main characters. If you enjoy steamy paranormal romance reads then I really think you'd enjoy this one