HG Birde Books

27/07/2023

Sez Rodman I couldn't find you on Insta, so I'm dropping a tag here. Hope you don't mind!

14/07/2023

In a week it’ll be a month since the release of Crossing Acheron! I’m so grateful for the response it’s gotten so far. I’m sending this email out to address a teensy weensy issue that some readers have spotted concerning Malachy’s employment status (y’all can be nitpicky, and I love it). SO I’m here to clarify it once and for all....

In a week it’ll be a month since the release of Crossing Acheron! I’m so grateful for the response it’s gotten so far. I’m sending this email out to address a teensy weensy issue that some readers …

24/06/2023

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Wrong Mate by Sam Crescent - https://geni.us/n6pWK

Servant to the Spidae by Ruby Dixon - https://geni.us/pzIsO

Gateway Catastrophe by Louisa Masters - https://geni.us/cV8U

Born Free by Author Keary Taylor - https://geni.us/43GvA

The Curse of Monsters by Mia Hartson - https://geni.us/4PIjh

Zakai by Eve Langlais - https://geni.us/uK51Haq

Dragon’s Temptation by Lola Gabriel - https://geni.us/7bDl

Broken Mate by Sara Snow Books - https://geni.us/TKanh

Hawk: Devil’s Murder MC by Nikki Landis Author - https://geni.us/BF8hQh

The Vampire Who Loved Me by Aidy Award - https://geni.us/uAsK9dB

The Alpha’s Betrayed Mate by Kayla Wolf - https://geni.us/U33fW

Beast of Eden by Milly Taiden - https://geni.us/seHCCce

Crossing Acheron by HG Birde Books - https://geni.us/X7CWA

Forbidden Blood by CR Robertson - https://geni.us/Pcyi

Depths of Autumn by L.K. Shear - Author - https://geni.us/SzXe

Drawn To The Mafia by Kat Shehata - https://geni.us/0QZLf

The Missus by E L James - https://geni.us/ddRzdHL

Serving The Couturier by M. S. Parker - Author - https://geni.us/waY4FXv

20/06/2023

Tomorrow!

Crossing Acheron features MM enemies-to-lovers, slow burn over high heat, promiscuous vampires and Machiavellian royalty, dragon-shifters, werewolves, and witches.

Malachy Donovan was born human. But after waking up in a pool of his own blood, he knew that fact, which once felt so certain, had been changed forever.

After being freed from imprisonment by Acheron and his elite unit of bodyguards, Malachy quickly learns the truth of his condition: he is a dhampir, a rare and powerful creature born half-human, half-vampire. Forced into a blood bond with the vampire prince—the same man who rescued him from captivity—to leave his side would be the same as being hunted down by the armies at Acheron’s command.

Now caught in a war between the prestigious vampire High Clans and the vampire anarchists who abducted him, Malachy finds himself at a crossroads: should he fight to retain his humanity among the creatures who would see him become a monster? Or give in to the growing attraction he has for the beautiful yet manipulative Acheron…and the dark allure of the underworld said prince would do anything to protect?

15/06/2023

It's been a long road (river?). Files have been compiled. ARCs have been sent. On Wednesday (June 21st), Crossing Acheron will officially release to the world. I'm super excited, anxious, scared, etcetera, etcetera. I hope y'all enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. Don't forget that on release, I'll also be sending out Riverbanks, a prequel story to…...

It’s been a long road (river?). Files have been compiled. ARCs have been sent. On Wednesday (June 21st), Crossing Acheron will officially release to the world. I’m super excited, anxiou…

25/04/2023

My review for Cracked Coffins (Cracked Coffins #1 by 💚

I don’t read a lot of MF, but I decided to give this series a chance because it checked my boxes (dark romance? check. depraved vampire? check). I actually really enjoyed both. I thought the author did a great job balancing the (very, very dark) romance with the fact that this is a Messed Up No Good situation where the MC is stuck in a pattern of abuse.

I’ll be checking out the third when it’s released!

Reviews for both can be found in full on my goodreads. 💚

25/04/2023

My reviews for Cracked Coffins and Binding Blood by 💚

I don’t read a lot of MF, but I decided to give this series a chance because it checked my boxes (dark romance? check. depraved vampire? check). I actually really enjoyed both. I thought the author did a great job balancing the romance with the fact that this is a Messed Up No Good situation where the MC is stuck in a pattern of abuse.

I’ll be checking out the third when it’s released!

Both reviews can be found in full on my goodreads. 💚

20/04/2023

My review of Garden of Eden by 💚

"Count down from five, Micah."

You don't need to count down to rate this one.

I am a big Hellie Heat fan, but I didn't start with her first series! Garden of Eden is an impressive debut. For me, the beginning was a tad slow--not that nothing was happening but it took me a minute to get invested in the characters and their relationship as a couple. By around 30% in, all hesitation was gone, and I was invested. Eden's POV especially captivated me. GOE is dual-POV, and it works. There's a nice balance of tension between the two narratives, and Hellie uses them to add depth to the events in the other. It adds a lot to the pacing and turns this post-apocalyptic dystopian love story into an absolute page-turner. I believe it may be shorter than her other works, but I think it works. The plot is tight with no unnecessary filler, and it doesn't feel like anything is missing from the story--aside from the answers to the plot hooks for the sequels, of course! (And boy, do I have theories.)

The new covers are also stunning and capture the series atmosphere perfectly. I probably would've upped this series on my TBR had they had these covers all along. I'm glad I was given a free review copy because now I have to pick up the next books for myself. I just have to know what happens!

18/04/2023

My review of His Darkest Desires by 💚

(4.5) Some context: I read in the bathtub to unwind. My experience with His Darkest Desire was very similar to the experience I had with Hellie's Nyte. The first night I read about two chapters and thought it was pretty good. The second? I kept reading until the bathwater was too cold to stay in, and then, I got out and read the rest. Most issues I have with books is that they lag so much in the middle I end up DNFing then. Hellie writes such entertaining middles that keep the plot flowing at an appropriate pace.

His Darkest Desires was extremely entertaining. It is set in the 19th century at the height of the Whitechapel murders (Jack the Ripper) and combines them with the story of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (which intertwined in the pop culture of the time!). HDD is dark, sexy, and exciting. For much of the story, it reads like an LGBTQ-flavored mystery novel that descends rapidly into thriller with the devolution of Dr. Jekyll.

Hyde is a fantastic villain, and I loved his struggle with Jekyll far more than the conflicts with the somehow-eviler secondary antagonists. I was rooting for Hyde as much as I was Henry and Liam. (Which, as you can imagine, is very conflicting!)

HDD is not extremely spicy (though there's still enough to keep you sated) and while very dark, Henry and Liam's relationship is the light in that darkness. There is no abuse between the MCs. Hyde and his proclivities toward evil exist as their own character (though I will say, this retelling does not drift into the pitfall of portraying them as having Disassociative Identity Disorder--their personalities have a clearly Paranormal/Sci-Fi origin).

Does His Darkest Desires have a happy ending? I think that's best left for you to discover.

15/04/2023

My review of Nyte by 💚

There is such a gap in MM vampire romance that is actually dark, and I was excited from the moment I first read the blurb for this. Nyte didn’t let me down. Going in, I was unsure if Cypress & Haven’s relationship would be dark or if it was just the world surrounding it—I think it leans to the latter and works really well.

Nyte is post-apocalyptic dark fantasy, and it delivers. Its exploration of vampires and the way they harm humans—and the way humans harm themselves—is refreshing and unique. The characters are all rounded and motivated by their own agendas. You will fall in love with Haven. You will hate the antagonists and love to do it.

Vampyre Dominion is going to be right up there with Jex Lane’s Beautiful Monsters and Joel Abernathy’s paranormal works. You do not want to miss out on this one.

The only complaint I have is that I have to wait for the second book.

14/04/2023

My review of The Enemy of Heaven by 💚

(4.5) This was a ride from start to finish. Dante and Raphael are a complete powerhouse of a couple, but what I enjoyed most about them is that they feel like actual people. They tell jokes at inopportune moments, disagree with each other, and don’t always make the right decisions. For being an angel and a demon, they are completely and utterly human.

Reni Stankova is an author who knew what she set out to do and executed that plan not unlike Raphael. My only solid critique is that sometimes I felt as if payoff from reveals or new introductions happened too quickly, but even so, I never felt like the narrative wasn’t justified in its trajectory. The plot itself has climatic ups and downs, and every major event leads into another. The reveals were intriguing, and just enough was left unanswered to leave me eager for more. All-in-all, the story gave me some lowkey Game of Thrones meets Arianna Nash. If said story was set in a post-apocalyptic world undergoing its Industrial Revolution and the characters were shrouded in an air of Christian myth, of course. A very intriguing world with a plot to match.

Speaking of, this one ends on a HFN. If the series continues to follow Dante and Raphael, I’m excited to see what this world…their new Heaven…might have in store for them. If it follows another couple (and I can definitely see the possibility), I would be happy for Dante and Raphael and how their story concluded. Whichever direction it goes, I’m happy to follow.

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12/04/2023

My review of Unhinged (Necessary Evils #1) by

This is such a fun & very unique series. A joy to read. (But Psycho is my favorite!🗡💚)

*Full review found on Goodreads

11/04/2023

Coming June 21st!

captive/captor
vampire prince/half-vampire
marking
enemies to …enemies?
steamy

Blurb: Malachy Donovan was born human. But after waking up in a pool of his own blood, he knew that fact, which once felt so certain, had been changed forever.

*read the full blurb on Goodreads

24/03/2023

Crossing Acheron is on track to be published on June 21st! I know this is a few months later than I said on social media, but I wanted to make sure I had the time to really make this release great. Plus, releasing on the Summer Solstice is a juicy parallel to some Events in the books, so that's something to look forward to....

Crossing Acheron is on track to be published on June 21st! I know this is a few months later than I said on social media, but I wanted to make sure I had the time to really make this release great.…

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02/11/2022

It's happening!

Hello, lovelies! If you’re here, you know I’m HG Birde, otherwise known as Mercury, and likely that I’ve written the MM dark fantasy novel, Crossing Acheron. Crossing Acheron is the first book in m…