T.L. Brown's Blog
November 2, 2025
Book Review: Julie Embleton’s Hematite & Hemlock, Book 2 of the Oath & Legacy Series
Julie Embleton Casts a Brilliant Spell Over Readers in this Second-in-Series Find the Oath & Legacy series here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLNGDL7R A truly engaging second book in a series can be hard to pull off, and yet, paranormal fantasy author Julie Embleton has done it again! The ending of the first book in her Oath & Legacy […]
Published on November 02, 2025 06:34
July 27, 2025
Character Alphabet: Big Rabbit
Big Rabbit bounced onto the scene in Doors Wide Open after a violent enemy attacked Emily Swift. Directed by Rabbit to protect the D2D series’ main character, this lovable “cinnamon roll” won over readers immediately and continues to earn fans with each friendly grin. Get to know him from A to Z! A – Agile, […]
Published on July 27, 2025 04:01
June 17, 2025
Book Review: The Veiling by Julie Embleton
A second-in-series that satisfies while building suspense for what’s to come. The stunning conclusion of The Dawning, book one in Julie Embleton’s Coveted Power series, shook me to my core. Immediately, I was driven to seek out the second installment in the trilogy, desperate for a solution to the drama experienced at the end of […]
Published on June 17, 2025 03:51
June 14, 2025
Character Alphabet: Sebastian St. Michel
Sebastian St. Michel…😈 Love him or not, there’s just something about my half-demon that makes him hard to forget. 😉 (He *is* trying to be better—I promise!). Below, you’ll learn more about this charismatic bad boy and the role he now plays in the Bellerose Witchline series. Get to know him from A to Z! […]
Published on June 14, 2025 16:05
May 17, 2025
Book Review: The Dawning by Julie Embleton
I looked forward to reading this book every night! I’m a massive fan of author Julie Embleton, having read eight of her books, including the Turning Moon series novella. The only reason why I delayed picking up The Dawning, the first installment of the Coveted Power series, is that I’m not a particularly big fan […]
Published on May 17, 2025 16:06
Character Alphabet: Tara Parker-Jones
Tara Parker-Jones is the best friend of Door to Door’s Emily Swift and the manager of a small specialty bookstore in downtown Kincaid. Because she’s such a tiny wisp of a thing, people have a habit of taking her for granted. What they don’t know is that she’s a shrewd and savvy businesswoman. Tara is […]
Published on May 17, 2025 09:25
May 4, 2025
Podcast Episode 27: An interview with dark fantasy author Rose J. Fairchild
Come listen to—or watch—Episode 27 of my podcast, 12 Minutes (or less!) with the Author. In this episode, adult dark fantasy author Rose J. Fairchild talks about her new novella (Born of Blood and Sin), what it’s like to explore and write a dark story that includes different forms of abuse and manipulation, what she […]
Published on May 04, 2025 08:43
Character Alphabet: Flame
From the first moment he shifted in Lucie Bellerose’s living room (see Crossing the Witchline) and promised our brokenhearted witch that “whatever it is, we can fix it,” Flame has won a legion of fans who adore the sweet young feline—er, young man. Indeed, we are smitten with the “pretty and irresistible” shapeshifter who has […]
Published on May 04, 2025 07:42
May 2, 2025
Book Review: Born of Blood and Sin: The Fall and Rise of Kylan: Prequel to A Shiver of Rainbow and Shadow by Rose J. Fairchild
Sympathy for the Villain—an origin story that will pull on your heartstrings I’m a big fan of author Rose J. Fairchild, not only because she creates the most exquisite characters in her Taste of Faerie series, but also because no matter how dark the story might go, there is always light threaded throughout. Pinterest Save […]
Published on May 02, 2025 16:11
March 30, 2025
Book Review: Ghost Writer by Jennifer Brasington-Crowley in Collaboration with Brian Bateman
A 5-star horror novel that deserves to be on your bookshelf! While I don’t typically seek out true horror novels, Jennifer Brasington-Crowley is one of my favorite writers. The premise of the book (read the description on Goodreads here) intrigued me, and I knew if it was something JBC was lending her pen to, it […]
Published on March 30, 2025 11:00


