Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Alvin is an incubus, a sex demon with the ability to draw on another's life force to gain power. But Alvin refuses to hurt anyone, so he doesn't feed and therefore not only does he only have a fraction of the usual incubus abilities, he is a virgin as well.

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novella Dawson is living his dream by owning a café. Now, if he could find the guy to share it all with. He has a crush on Briar, a man that is a frequent customer, but just as Dawson gets up the nerve to ask Briar out, his twin brother, Nathan, beats him to it… Awkward.

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Atlas has just lost their job. More than their job, their life. They built their company from the ground up, only to have the rug pulled out from beneath them as a rival company stole their clients and trashed their reputation. Now, Atlas has moved home in order to figure out what to do with their life, only to meet the man of their dreams in a coffee shop.

Hi all! I hope you had a great week! We have had a pretty lazy weekend, which I sorely needed. I am still adjusting to my new work schedule and I spent yesterday reading and relaxing most of the day. We also celebrated my mother's 80th birthday, which was a lot of fun and a wonderful milestone! And here is what we have planned this week...

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Archimedes Kee and Phil Kestrel are happily in love and settled into their new relationship. Phil is warm and loving, and he accepts everything about Archie exactly as he is -- and that includes the fact that Archie can talk to ghosts. The pair have even started their own online paranormal investigator show, but while interest (and funds) spiked after the events at Lake Killikee, things have slowed down a lot since then.

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Cole’s wife seems to have lost her tongue. It’s somewhere down her boss’ throat, last Cole saw, as he walked away from her and the mess she made of their marriage. Now, he’s back home with his dad in the small town of Brookhaven. It maybe not be as exciting as his old life and the jobs may be smaller, but the people Cole helps are grateful for it.

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Don't Shoot Me, Santa is the fourth book in the To Love a Psycho series, which was originally a trilogy. This book is not a standalone and is intended to be read in order. This review may reveal plot points for the series. It’s been two years since Aaron and Kenny left the life they knew and started over in a cottage on the Isle of Wight.

Rating: 2.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Dermot has been ashamed his whole life -- ashamed of his mixed heritage, ashamed of his sexuality, ashamed of his lowly position in Lord Stanley’s castle, and ashamed that he will never be good enough to win the heart of someone like Lord Stanley’s youngest son, Aubrey. Then, Dermot is approached by a beautiful faerie prince, Maldred, who seduces him.

Story Rating: 4 stars Audio Rating: 3.75 stars Narrator: Declan Winters Length: 5 hours, 53 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks Quin Hunter's brother and his mate have managed to track the famous stolen painting, The Evolution of Man, to a dealer in Amsterdam. Quin's brothers have taken the initial steps in finding the painting, but now Quin is being called in as they figure out a way to retrieve it.

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel When a base commander is murdered, it is up to Commander Izaak Van Tassel to find out why. The task isn’t an easy one, because lots of people had reason to murder the victim and few of them have any alibis. It doesn’t help that tensions on base were strained before the murder; there is no love lost between the scientists and the criminals-turned First Fighters who protect them in Nullands.

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Finn packs up and moves to Canada, following his sister, who has moved to be with her fiancé. The two siblings have always been close and Finn is in need of a new start, since his career as a nurse has him on the edge of burnout. Finn’s lonely too, and the closest thing he has to a relationship is his connection with the cam boy, Gunner, whose videos he subscribes to on the Money Shot app.

Story Rating: 3.5 stars Audio Rating: 3.5 stars Narrator: Joel Leslie Length: 13 hours, 38 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Wes has just learned the hard way that his older brother has a gambling addiction. Watching all of their furniture, clothing, and memories being dragged out of their home — now owned by his brother’s moneylender — and be set on fire is a hell of a thing.

Hi all! Today I am sharing the Joyfully Jay Favorite Books from October. These are the books that got the highest ratings from our reviewers last month. We'd love to hear your recent favorite reads as well! Jay's Favorite Books All of Us Murderers by K.J. Charles Redneck Revenant by David R. Slayton King of Lies by H.L. Day Hashtag Holidate…

Hi all! Today I am sharing my favorite covers from the books we reviewed on Joyfully Jay in October (and I had a lot of them this month!). These are the covers I loved the most and I'd love to hear yours as well!

Story Rating: 4 stars Audio Rating: 4 stars Narrator: Krystal Hammond Length: 10 hours, 37 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Eleanor Cromwell never wanted to be the CEO of her father’s company, Cromtech, but after his death, that is the job she has. Even though Eleanor works long hours, the Board isn’t always behind her and every step feels like an uphill battle.

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Asher has been facing bullying for years, and while he’s grown accustomed to it — the same way you might grow accustomed to a pebble in your shoe — it never stops hurting. The constant calls of loser and fag, the mocking laughter, the public humiliation, and the calculated cruelty get worse and worse each time.

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Beau's father has been missing for days and Beau can't hep but be worried that he is in real trouble. Beau manages to track his father's last location to the Spire, a casino run by demon Cillian Ashmore. Cillian is known to be ruthless, dangerous, and terrifying, but Beau has no choice but to take a chance at confronting the man to try to learn his father's whereabouts.

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Rome Ashbridge is rich, kind of a playboy, and looking for love now that two of his closest friends are coupled up. On a date to the symphony, Rome runs into his childhood best friend, Liam Rose. But Rome and Liam haven’t spoken in twenty years after an impulsive decision on Rome’s part tore them apart.

Rating: DNF Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel In WHERE THERE'S ROOM FOR US, #1 New York Times bestselling author Hayley Kiyoko brings us a young adult novel set in a reimagined 1880s Victorian England where everyone is free to love whoever they choose. When her brother unexpectedly inherits an English estate, the outspoken and infamously daring poet, Ivy, swaps her lively New York life for the prim and proper world of high society, and quickly faces the challenges of its revered traditions–especially once she meets the most sought-after socialite of the courting season: Freya Tallon.

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Lucas has had more than his share of people who are rude or underestimate him; as a chef and food truck owner who is blind and autistic, he deals with plenty of jerks. So when the health inspector who comes to check out his truck seems to be picking on him unfairly, Lucas has no problem letting the guy know just what he thinks of him.

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel As a child, Aston St. James was in foster care and was abused in the worst of ways. The only light in his life was his foster brother, Vale DuPont, and Aston took upon himself to protect Vale and the other foster kids in the house. After all the terrible nights culminate in the worst night, Aston spent the next six years in a psychiatric hospital, never seeing Vale.

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel The Children of Heaven is the third installment of Reni Stankova's Heaven Trilogy and the books need to be read in order. This review contains mild spoilers for previous books. The final King of Heaven had three sons. First born, Michael Azelys, was a demon and he was forced to take powerful medicines that hid his red demon eyes.

Today I am so pleased to welcome Alex Woolfson to Joyfully Jay. Alex has come to talk to us about his upcoming release, The Reluctant Incubus. Please join me in giving him a big welcome! Excerpt “You kissed me,” I say, stupidly.  He grins. “I did. Free will, remember?”  I just sit there, wide-eyed, while my brain does the whole computer-crash, spinning rainbow-circle thing.

Thank you to all the fabulous folks who advertised with Joyfully Jay in October! Their support helps keep the blog running, so please show them lots of love and support! We have opened up our 2026 ad calendar and have spots remaining at various tiers through the end of 2025 and all of 2026. However, we are selling out of some tiers, so be sure to book if you are interested. More details are available on our Advertise page.

Hi all! I hope you had a great week! Nothing too exciting to report here. I'm settling into things with my new job, though I'm definitely missing the extra reading time I had before. But I'm enjoying the work and appreciate still being able to work from home. We are definitely settling into fall weather here in my area, so some nice autumn foliage.