Friday, December 31, 2010

Follow My Blog Friday #29



This Meme is hosted by Rachel from Parajunkee's View on Fridays.

To join the fun and make now book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host {Parajunkee.com} and any one else you want to follow on the list

2. Put your Blog Name and URL in the Linky thing.

3. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments

4. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can

5. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers

6. If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post!

The question this week is:

What are your new years book blogging resolutions?

My resolutions are:
 
1.  Comment more. 
 
2.  Join more Book Tours + Giveaways
 
3.  More interviews
 
4.  More Guest Posts
 
5.  Inspire more blog followers to read manga and watch animes
 
6.  Review more manga/manhwa

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Indulgence in Death [Hardcover]


I've finished "Indulgence in Death" the 31st book in her Eve Dallas series by J.D. Robb.

Product Description

An indulgence for readers: the new Eve Dallas novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

First it was a limo driver shot through the neck with a crossbow. Then it was a high-priced escort found stabbed through the heart with a bayonet.

Random hits, thrill kills, murderers with a taste for the finer things in life-and death-are making NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas angry. And an angry Eve can be just as an efficient and dangerous predator as the killer.

As time runs out on another innocent victim's life, Eve's investigation will take her into the rarefied circle that her husband, Roarke, travels in-and into the perverted heart of madness...

About the Author

J.D. Robb is the pseudonym for a number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 190 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 400 million copies of her books in print.
 
Product Details
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1ST edition (November 2, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399156879
ISBN-13: 978-0399156878

My Review:

Storyline:  We first read that Eve and Roarke are on vacation in Ireland with his family.  Eve is surrounded by noises and chores she's not use too (like roosters, pigs, cows and hay gathering, etc.)  Eve reveals her wonderful and loving present to Roarke.  Next thing you know there back in New York and a new case takes center stage.  Strange murder weapons and people on top of their field are being murdered

Characters:  I really love Eve's character because she takes no nonsense, doesn't stop thinking and figuring out who the murderer is and why, kick-ass heroine and loves Roarke and not just for his looks or body!  I love Roarke because he really loves and adores Eve, smart and loves to help her and take care of her too.  Always a delight to see Peabody and McNab (they're both a hoot!)

Romance:  Lots of loving scenes between Eve and Roake in this book. 

Killer(s):  Both of them only kill for the thrill of it and are so snooty (it's not funny).  They are polite but you can tell they are snubbing you if you are of no interest.

5/5

Thanks Laura from Penguin Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Waiting on Wednesday Meme

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.


This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection are:


Blood Challenge (Lupi) [Paperback]

Product Description


Ex-cop Lily Yu and werewolf Rule Turner's engagement announcement is stirring up ugly passions in the Humans First camp. There's hate mail, followed by death threats. And when a lupus in Tennessee goes on a killing spree, Lily realizes that it's only the opening skirmish in an all-out war.

Product Details
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Berkley (January 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425239195
ISBN-13: 978-0425239193

Frostfire: A Novel of the Kyndred (KYNDRED NOVEL) [Paperback]

Product Description


As one of the genetically enhanced Kyndred, Lilah's mind-reading powers make her vulnerable to a mysterious biotech company willing to murder to acquire her superhuman DNA. But her true fear may come from her own Kyndred brethren...

Product Details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Signet Select; Original edition (January 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451413024
ISBN-13: 978-0451413024

The Sentry (Joe Pike) [Hardcover]

Product Description


The extraordinary new crime novel from the New York Times bestselling author.
Dru Rayne and her uncle fled to L.A. after Hurricane Katrina; but now, five years later, they face a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a protection gang, he offers his help, but neither of them want it-and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching them.

As the level of violence escalates, and Pike himself becomes a target, he and Elvis Cole learn that Dru and her uncle are not who they seem- and that everything he thought he knew about them has been a lie. A vengeful and murderous force from their past is now catching up to them . . . and only Pike and Cole stand in the way.

Product Details
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult (January 11, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399157077
ISBN-13: 978-0399157073

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Lisa Jackson Challenge


This challenge is usually hosted on J. Kaye's blog but I haven't seen anything posted so I decided to host the challenge!

This is a challenge to read, re-read or any Lisa Jackson books between Jan 1st through Dec 31st. Any books read before Jan will not count.

You can pick any *old or new release it doesn't matter. But remember this is only for Lisa Jackson books. If you have any questions please email me or leave a comment, thanks.

If you are participating in the Lisa Jackson Challenge, please leave a comment, thanks!

New Releases (Dec 28)

Love Me to Death: A Novel of Suspense [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description

Six years ago, Lucy Kincaid was attacked and nearly killed by an online predator. She survived. Her attacker did not. Now Lucy’s goal is to join the FBI and fight cyber-crime, but in the meantime, she’s volunteering with a victim’s rights group, surfing the Web undercover to lure sex offenders into the hands of the law. But when the predators she hunts start turning up as murder victims, the FBI takes a whole new interest in Lucy.

With her future and possibly even her freedom suddenly in jeopardy, Lucy discovers she’s a pawn in someone’s twisted plot to mete out vigilante justice. She joins forces with security expert and daredevil Sean Rogan, and together they track their elusive quarry from anonymous online chat rooms onto the mean streets of Washington, D.C. But someone else is shadowing them: A merciless stalker has his savage eye on Lucy. The only way for her to escape his brutality may be another fight to the death.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345520394
ISBN-13: 978-0345520395


Whisper Falls: A Destiny Novel (Destiny, Ohio) [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description

Welcome to Destiny, Ohio — where coming home means finding your true heart and maybe even your true love

Tessa Sheridan came crawling back to her quaint hometown of Destiny after her big-city interior design career crumbled. Now not only must she struggle to make ends meet, but she has to contend with a biker next door and the roar of Harleys shattering the serenity of her cabin in the woods by Whisper Falls.

Worse still, her sexy, bad boy neighbor makes her feel breathless and weak — and shy, petite Tessa knows what a major mistake it would be to get involved with someone so . . . dangerous.

They say that former teen rebel Lucky Romo has a dark, secret past — that he’s trouble with a capital "T." Still, Tessa feels all tingly when she sees how well he fills out a pair of tight jeans. And when Lucky invites her into his world, she knows the intense heat sparking between them could lead her somewhere wild and wonderful . . . and, yes, dangerous!

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061765805
ISBN-13: 978-0061765803


Undertow [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description


SHE TAKES THE PLUNGE

Teal Williams is content with her career as a ship’s master mechanic —until Zane Cutter, the “Casanova of the Caribbean,” makes her an offer she can’t refuse: to climb on board with him for a real-life treasure hunt. Teal must help him dredge up a shipwrecked vessel containing an abundance of gold, silver, and emeralds — and she’ll claim part of the prize.

HE’S BLOWN OFF COURSE

Zane needs a mechanic — not a lover — and Teal, who can also dive, is perfect for the job. So it suits him just fine that Teal is completely immune to his charms…or so he tells himself. But with a deadly enemy in their midst—one who’s silently edging closer — Zane and Teal sink into troubled waters. Trapped in the middle of a perilous sea, they have no one to turn to but each other as they face down a danger that runs unfathomably deep — and a passion that runs even deeper…

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312371926
ISBN-13: 978-0312371920



Senseless [Paperback]


Product Description

The vicious burns scarring the victims' flesh reveal the agony of their last moments. Each woman was branded with a star, then stabbed through the heart. With every death, a vengeful killer finds a brief, blissful moment of calm. But soon it's time for the bloodshed to start again. Ten years ago, Eva Rayburn and her sorority sisters were celebrating the end of the school year. That party turned into a nightmare Eva can't forget. Now she's trying to start over in her Virginia hometown, but a new nightmare has begun. Every victim is linked to her. And Detective Deacon Garrison isn't sure whether this mysterious woman needs investigating - or protecting. Only Eva's death will bring peace. Only her tortured screams will silence the rage that has been building for ten long years. Because what started that night at the sorority can never be stopped - not until the last victim has been marked for death.

Product Details
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Zebra; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420110195
ISBN-13: 978-1420110197

Secrets to the Grave [Hardcover]


Product Description

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag returns with her second thriller in the Deeper than the Dead microseries, exploring the early days of forensic investigation, the characteristics of innocence-and the nature of evil.

Marissa Fordham had a past full of secrets, a present full of lies. Everyone knew of her, but no one knew her.

When Marissa is found brutally murdered, with her young daughter, Haley, resting her head on her mother's bloody breast, she sends the idyllic California town of Oak Knoll into a tailspin. Already on edge with the upcoming trial of the See - No - Evil killer, residents are shocked by reports of the crime scene, which might not have been discovered for days had it not been for a chilling 911 call: a small child's voice saying, "My daddy hurt my mommy."

Sheriff's detective Tony Mendez faces a puzzle with nothing but pieces that won't fit. To assist with his witness, Haley, he calls teacher-turned-child advocate Anne Leone. Anne's life is hectic enough - she's a newlywed and a part- time student in child psychology, and she's the star witness in the See - No - Evil trial. But one look at Haley, alone and terrified, and Anne's heart is stolen.

As Tony and Anne begin to peel back the layers of Marissa Fordham's life, they find a clue fragment here, another there. And just when it seems Marissa has taken her secrets to the grave, they uncover a fact that puts Anne and Haley directly in the sights of a killer: Marissa Fordham never existed.

Product Details
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Dutton Adult (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 052595192X
ISBN-13: 978-0525951926


Rafferty's Wife [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description

From New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper comes a classic tale of love undeniable, as two government agents posing as newlyweds learn the real meaning of “undercover.”

Sarah Cavell is a beautiful, brilliant cryptographer with the uncanny ability to crack any code. But her most daunting challenge may be reading the true feelings of her new “husband,” Rafferty Lewis, the secretive federal agent to whom she’s just been assigned. Sent on a perilous mission to a Caribbean nation teetering on the brink of revolution, the two must go undercover as husband and wife to make contact with a shadowy informant passing on cryptic messages that could trap a terrorist.

Pilot, sharpshooter, and accomplished yachtsman, Rafferty prides himself on being the epitome of coolness under pressure. But in the aftermath of a marital tragedy that exposed his vulnerable core, the prospect of pantomiming intimacy with a woman of Sarah’s intoxicating allure has him unnerved, to say the least—and that could prove deadly for both of them. Dodging danger at every turn even as passion’s magnet draws them closer to each other, these two make-believe lovers will learn that the heart is a puzzle they can only solve together.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553590634
ISBN-13: 978-0553590630


The Presence [Mass Market Paperback]

Product DescriptionProduct Details


The ultimate moneymaking plan — buy the ancient, run-down Scottish castle and turn it into a tourist destination. Toni Fraser and her friends will put on reenactments combining fact and fiction, local history, murder and an imaginary laird named Bruce MacNiall.

Just as someone arrives, claiming to actually be Laird MacNiall — a tall, dark, formidable Scot somehow familiar to Toni—the bodies of young women are found, dumped and forgotten in the nearby town.

But even stranger, how is it possible this laird exists? Toni invented Bruce MacNiall for the performance…yet sinister, lifelike dreams suggest he's connected to the recent deaths. Bruce claims he wants to help catch the murderer. But even if she wants to, can Toni trust him…when her visions seem to be coming from within the very eyes of the killer himself?


Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Mira; Reprint edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778329283
ISBN-13: 978-0778329282


Promise Canyon (Virgin River) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

After years spent on ranches around Los Angeles, Clay Tahoma is delighted to be Virgin River's new veterinary assistant. The secluded community's wild beauty tugs at his Navajo roots, and he's been welcomed with open arms by everyone in town — everyone except Lilly Yazhi.

Lilly has encountered her share of strong, silent, traditional men within her own aboriginal community, and she's not interested in coming back for more. In her eyes, Clay's earthy, sexy appeal is just an act used to charm wealthy women like his ex-wife. She can't deny his gift for gentling horses, but she's not about to let him control her. There's just one small problem—she can't control her attraction to Clay.

But in Virgin River, faith in new beginnings and the power of love has doors opening everywhere.…

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778329216
ISBN-13: 978-0778329213



Against the Wind [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description


They were known as the "no-account Raines boys" but they've grown into successful, honorable men and everything they have, they've fought for tooth and nail. Now each of the three brothers has one last obstacle to overcome to claim what's eluding them: love.

Secrets don't stay buried long in cattle country. Sarah Allen, the beautiful girl who humiliated Jackson Raines in high school, is back in town. Not so long ago, she couldn't wait to leave Wind Canyon, Wyoming, in her dust. But, recently widowed, she has nowhere else to go and finds herself on Jackson's ranch. And despite everything, Jackson's finding himself reluctant to get rid of her.

Sarah brings her own kind of trouble, and he can't resist trouble. Enemies of her dead husband show up making threats, thinking she has something they're owed. They're not taking no for an answer, but what they will take is the one thing she has left—her daughter. Jackson's the only one who might be able to save little Holly and bring her home.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778329194
ISBN-13: 978-0778329190



Tiger Eye: The First Dirk & Steele Novel [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description



The first book in Marjorie M. Liu's extraordinary Dirk & Steele Series!


Long ago they roamed the earth — dragons, tigers . . . shapeshifters — men who wore the forms of beasts. Their world was magic. Now it is gone. But some remain . . .

He looks out of place in Dela Reese’s Beijing hotel room — exotic and poignant, some mythic, tragic hero of an epic tale. With his feline yellow eyes, he’s like nothing from her world. Yet Dela has danced through the echo of his soul and knows this warrior will obey her every command.

Hari has been used and abused for millennia. But he sees, upon his release from the riddle box, that this new mistress is different. There is a hidden power in Dela’s eyes — and with her, he may regain all that was lost to him. Where once he savaged, now he must protect; where before he knew only hatred, now he must embrace love. Dela is the key.

For Dela, he will risk all.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon; Reprint edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062020153
ISBN-13: 978-0062020154


Ruthless Game (Game/Ghostwalker) [Paperback]


Product Description

GhostWalker Kane Cannon's mission plunges him into a hot zone more personal than he anticipated: the hiding place of Rose Patterson-hunted fugitive, ex-lover, and a fellow GhostWalker desperate to save the life of her unborn child. Kane's Child.
 
Product Details
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Jove; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0515149217
ISBN-13: 978-0515149210


Black Magic Sanction (Hollows) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description


Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter — and lived to tell the tale. But she's never faced off against her own kind . . . until now.

Denounced and shunned for dealing with demons and black magic, her best hope is life imprisonment — her worst, a forced lobotomy and genetic slavery. Only her enemies are strong enough to help her win her freedom. But trust comes hard when it hinges on the unscrupulous tycoon Trent Kalamack, the demon Algaliarept, and a lowlife ex-boyfriend-turned-thief.

Product Details

Mass Market Paperback: 576 pages
Publisher: Eos; Reprint edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061138045
ISBN-13: 978-0061138041

Manga:


Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 3 [Paperback]

Product Description



Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for T+ audiences
 
Teru decides to move out of Kurosaki’s apartment, but she wonders if Kurosaki is actually relieved that she’s leaving. As she settles in at her new place, trouble comes knocking when an old business acquaintance of her brother’s appears…
 
Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 142153729X
ISBN-13: 978-1421537290

Monday, December 27, 2010

Storm of Visions (Chosen Ones, Book 1) [Mass Market Paperback]


I've finished "Storm of Visions" the 1st book in her Chosen Ones series by Christina Dodd.

Product Description


First in a new back - to - back series from the New York Times bestselling author

Hailed as "a star in any genre,"(New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward) Christina Dodd delivers an exciting new paranormal romance that introduces The Seven, a secret society created to combat evil in all its deadly forms...

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (August 4, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451227638

My Review:

At first I didn't like Jacqueline because I thought she wasn't very nice!  But as I read more of the book I started to see why she acted the way she was towards Caleb.

I really do like some of the other characters (Samuel, Isabelle, etc.!)

3/5

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Dec 27)


Post the books you read last week, book currently being read and books you plan on finishing this week.

Last week I read:

1. In the Dark of Dreams - Majorie M. Liu
2. Storm of Vision - Christina Dodd
3. Indulgence in Death - J.D. Robb
4. Gente Vol 1 - Natsume Ono

I’m currently reading:

1. Scared to Death - Wendy Corsi Staub

Books I’m planning on reading this week:

1. Everlasting Desire - Amanda Ashley
2. Simply Irrestible - Jill Shavis
3. Vampire Knight Vol. 7 - Matsuri Hino

Here's the link:

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-68/

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Under the Christmas Tree (Manga)

I found these mangas under my Christmas Tree (thanks Grandma)!


Togainu no Chi Volume 1 (v. 1) [Paperback]


Product Description

In this bishonen love story, Akira must participate in a deadly game called "Igura" in post-apocalyptical Japan in exchange for being freed from jail. His goal is to beat the strongest person in Igura. But what if he falls for him first?
 
Product Details
Paperback: 208 pages

Publisher: TokyoPop (December 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 142781189X
ISBN-13: 978-1427811899


Togainu no Chi Volume 5 [Paperback]

Product Description

Akira battles a Line-addicted Takeru, who seems to be energized to an insane, superhuman level. Although Takeru seems to have the upper hand, he then licks some blood dripping down Akira's face, and then begins to suffer from convulsions - apparently an incompatibility disorder to Line!

Product Details
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: TokyoPop (February 2, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1427815852
ISBN-13: 978-1427815859


Black Butler, Vol. 2 [Paperback]

Product Description

As high society's social calendar opens up and the Season draws to a close, London is gripped by fear. Someone has taken to stalking women of the night and painting the town red...in their blood. The name on everyone's lips seems to be "Jack the Ripper" - and as a result, the name on Queen Victoria's lips is Phantomhive. Summoned to London to clean up the mess created by this madman, Ciel Phantomhive arrives with Sebastian, his extraordinary butler, at his side to pour him tea, polish his silver, and...investigate a serial killer. And with the aid (and occasional interference) of a few of the Phantomhive house's numerous acquaintances, little stands in the way of the young earl getting to the bottom of this mystery. However, one question remains...can he handle the shattering truth behind it?

Product Details
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Yen Press (May 18, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316084255
ISBN-13: 978-0316084253

What did you find under your Christmas Tree?

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas Everyone


I want to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas!

I hope you enjoy your holiday with family and friends!

Friday, December 24, 2010

In the Mail (Dec 23)


I received this in the mail yesterday for review (sent by H.B. Fenn and Company), thanks Rita!

Undertow [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description


SHE TAKES THE PLUNGE

Teal Williams is content with her career as a ship’s master mechanic — until Zane Cutter, the “Casanova of the Caribbean,” makes her an offer she can’t refuse: to climb on board with him for a real-life treasure hunt. Teal must help him dredge up a shipwrecked vessel containing an abundance of gold, silver, and emeralds—and she’ll claim part of the prize.

HE’S BLOWN OFF COURSE

Zane needs a mechanic — not a lover — and Teal, who can also dive, is perfect for the job. So it suits him just fine that Teal is completely immune to his charms…or so he tells himself. But with a deadly enemy in their midst — one who’s silently edging closer — Zane and Teal sink into troubled waters. Trapped in the middle of a perilous sea, they have no one to turn to but each other as they face down a danger that runs unfathomably deep — and a passion that runs even deeper…

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312371926
ISBN-13: 978-0312371920

Follow My Blog Friday #28



This Meme is hosted by Rachel from Parajunkee's View on Fridays.

To join the fun and make now book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host {Parajunkee.com} and any one else you want to follow on the list

2. Put your Blog Name and URL in the Linky thing.

3. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments

4. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can

5. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers

6. If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post!

The question this week is:
 
WHAT ARE YOU PLANS FOR THIS FABULOUS DAY?
 
Tonight I will be celebrating Christmas by having dinner with my mom's side and on Christmas Day I will be celebrating by having dinner with my dad's side.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

In the Dark of Dreams: A Dirk & Steele Novel [Mass Market Paperback]


I've finished "In the Dark of Dreams" the 10th book in her Dirk and Steele series by Majorie M. Liu.

Product Description

She could never forget the boy with the ice blue eyes . . .

She was only twelve when she saw the silver boy on the beach, but Jenny has never stopped dreaming about him. Now she is grown, a marine biologist charting her own course in the family business — a corporation that covertly crosses the boundaries of science into realms of the unknown . . . and the incredible.

And now he has found her again, her boy grown into a man: Perrin, powerful and masculine, and so much more than human, leaving Jenny weak with desire and aching for his touch.

But with their reunion comes danger. For Perrin and Jenny — and all living creatures — their only hope for preventing the unthinkable lies in a mysterious empire far beneath the sea . . . and in the power of their dreams.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon; Original edition (November 30, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062020161
ISBN-13: 978-0062020161

My Review:

I highly recommend reading this series if you like fantasy adventures with not your typical well written characters.

Jenny was a smart and independant women who knew how to take care of herself.  Perrin has had a harsh life since childhood who has learned how to live and speak English.

When they meet you can see the fireworks and they must find a way to save themselves and the world.  They both have trouble trusting people and it was fun to see them finally opening up and trusting each other.

4/5

Thanks Shannon from HarperCollins Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Waiting on Wednesday Meme

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection are:


Heart's Ease [Hardcover]

Product Description

A classic romance from an award-winning author - Cassie O’Neill is distraught when she’s falsely accused of tampering with lab results in her job as a researcher, but just when she thinks her life can’t get any worse, she hears that her loyal friend Meredith has been in a serious car crash. Cassie drops everything to fly to her side, but when Meredith’s brother Bran picks her up from the airport, he seems to hate her at first sight. She resolves to stay for her friend’s sake, but as she gets to know Bran, things soon become a lot more complicated . . .

Product Details
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Severn House Publishers (January 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0727869531
ISBN-13: 978-0727869531

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

In the Mail (Dec 20)


I received this ARC in the mail yesterday for review (sent by Hachette Books), thanks Anna!

My Immortal Assassin [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description


TEMPTED BY REVENGE...

Grayson Spencer is hellbent on killing the dark mage who destroyed her life. But when her attempt fails, she is forced to turn to Durian, a feared demon and expert assassin. Newly armed with powerful magic she's barely able to control, she'll do whatever it takes to complete her mission--even surrender to a dangerous fiend whose eyes promise unimaginable pleasure.

BOUND BY DESIRE...

Sworn to protect all mages, Durian can't let Gray threaten the uneasy peace among demons, humans, and mages. So he proposes a deal: He'll train Gray to master her gift if she'll bind herself magically to him, submitting to his control. As Gray's powers intensify, so too does Durian's hunger for this fierce, irresistible woman. When the dark mage makes a final play for Gray, will the passion she and Durian share be the key to their survival or the seed of their destruction?

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Forever; Original edition (January 3, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446563862
ISBN-13: 978-0446563864

Tempted by Fate (The Guardians of Destiny) [Mass Market Paperback]


I've finished "Tempted by Fate" the 3rd book in her Guardians of Destiny series by Kate Perry.

Product Description


Willow Tarata is a Guardian who trusts no one. She hunts those who prey on the vulnerable. And she's driven by a vengeful goal-find the man who murdered her mother. Yet suddenly Willow's quarry now has her on the run . . . straight into the sights of San Francisco's most dangerous detective.

Three bizarre murders have Inspector Rick Ramirez baffled-and determined to uncover the truth. But to catch the real killer, he needs the help of his prime suspect, Willow Tarata, even though this fierce and sexy blonde is challenging his professional cool. And now, unless they believe in each other and trust their deepest instincts, a relentless evil will end both Willow's and Rick's life-and claim this Guardian's extraordinary powers forever . . .

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Forever; 1 edition (December 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446564621
ISBN-13: 978-0446564625

My Review:

Willow knows as Guardian she has to protect the Book of Wood part of the Scroll Destiny.  She knows the Bad Man is after her (he killed her mother) and she has to find out who he is and why he is after her.  The bad man sets her up murder after murder and ends up in the arms of Inspector Dectective Rick Ramirez.

Together they will find find out who the Bad Man is and vanquish him forever while finding true love!

Rick is a all business when it comes to work but he feels an urge to kiss the truth from Willow.  He has this need to protect her at all cost and his grandma has predicted that Willow was placed in his care.  He seems to have a sixth sense and is able to see Willow even when she does her hocus pocus stuff.

I highly recommend reading this exciting series (unfortunately I haven't read the first two books in the series) if you enjoy fun and sassy heroines and sexy heroes!

4/5

Thanks Anna from Hachette Book Group for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

New Release (Dec 21)


Gente, Vol. 2: The People of Ristorante Paradiso [Paperback]

Product Description

Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for T+ audiences
 
In this volume, Claudio reminisces about when he was a young, insecure waiter just getting his feet wet. Vanna gets to the bottom of why Teo's stubborn lack of ambition prevents him from living up to his full potential in the kitchen. A woman running a streak of bad luck finds cheer when Gabriella introduces her to the magical ambiance of Casetta dell'Orso. And finally, a mysterious young woman arrives with an important message for Lorenzo.
 
Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (December 21, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421532522
ISBN-13: 978-1421532523

Monday, December 20, 2010

Bad Blood: a Virgil Flowers novel [Hardcover]


I've finished "Bad Blood" the 4th book in his Virgil Flowers series by John Sandford.

Product Description


The brilliant new Virgil Flowers thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

One late fall Sunday in southern Minnesota, a farmer brings a load of soybeans to a local grain elevator- and a young man hits him on the head with a steel bar, drops him into the grain bin, waits until he's sure he's dead, and then calls the sheriff to report the "accident." Suspicious, the sheriff calls in Virgil Flowers, who quickly breaks the kid down...and the next day the boy's found hanging in his cell. Remorse? Virgil isn't so sure, and as he investigates he begins to uncover a multigeneration, multifamily conspiracy-a series of crimes of such monstrosity that, though he's seen an awful lot in his life, even he has difficulty in comprehending it...and in figuring out what to do next.

About the Author

John Sanford is the author of twenty Prey novels, most recently Storm Prey, and ten other books. He lives in Minnesota.
 
Product Details
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1st Printing edition (September 21, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399156909
ISBN-13: 978-0399156908

My Review:

Storyline:  To find out why Jacob Flood was killed and why Bobby after being arrested why did he hang himself?  Coakley reaches out to the Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for help.  She gets Virgil Flowers who has reputation of being a lockdown investigator.  Virgil and Coakley get a whiff of sexual abuse involving a girlfriend/friend of Bobby's.  The case now includes a local church where the members close ranks.  They both find a woman that fled the influence of the church 8 or 9 yrs ago.  She agrees to become a key witness to the case which opens up corruption within the police deputies, multiple murders and a tradition that goes way back from generation to generation.

Characters:  I really liked Coakley because she's very level-headed and doesn't panic in situations, a kick-ass heroine and she treats her fellow policeman/woman with respect!  I really like Virgil because he's always thinking through situations, also doesn't panic during these situations, sexy, humerous (loves the lines he says) and has a great relationship with his friends and boss!

Romance:  I really liked the romance between Virgil and Coakley because they really understand each other (not just about personal life but also about the case and the people involved).

Killer(s):  The killers are quite screwed up and have no remorse on killing or doing bad things to people! 

4/5

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Dec 20)


Post the books you read last week, book currently being read and books you plan on finishing this week.

Last week I read:

1. Wolf Fever - Terry Spears
2. Last to Die - Kate Brady
3. Tempted by Fate - Kate Perry
4. Bad Blood - John Sandford
5. Blood Prophecy - Stefan Petrucha
6. Otomen Vol. 8 - Aya Kanno

I’m currently reading:

1. In the Dark of Dreams - Majorie M. Liu

Books I’m planning on reading this week:

1. Storm of Vision - Christina Dodd
2. Blood Spells - Jessica Andersen
3. Indulgence in Death - J.D. Robb
4. Gente Vol. 1 -  Natsume Ono

Here's the link:

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-67/

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Library Haul (Dec 19 - 25)


Here's the list of books I picked up from the library this week:

Softcover:

1. Taken by Midnight - Lara Adrian
2. Storm of Visions - Christina Dodd
3. Blood Spells - Jessica Andersen
4. Everlasting Desire - Amanda Ashley
5. Forbidden Shores - Jane Lockwood

Manga:

1.  Vampire Knight Vol. 4 - Vol. 6

What books/manga did you pick up from the library this week?

2011 Support Your Local Library Challenge


Jamie from The Book Junkie's Bookshelf is hosting the 2011 Support Your Local Library Challenge here:
http://thebookjunkiesbookshelf.blogspot.com/2010/12/2011-support-your-local-library.html

RULES:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate. Just create a post for the challenge and link to your challenge post in the linky below.

Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post.

2. There are four levels to this challenge...Pick your poison:

The Mini – Check out and read 30 library books.

Fun" Size – Check out and read 40 library books.

Jumbo Size – Check out and read 50 library books.

Mega Size – Check out and read 51+ library books.

(Aim high. As long as you read 30 by the end of 2011, you are a winner.)

3. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Young Reader – basically any book counts just as long as it is checked out from the library. Books MUST be checked out like with a library card, books purchased at a library DO NOT count.

4. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

5. Crossovers from other reading challenges count.

6. Challenge begins January 1st 2011 and goes thru December 31 2011.

Here is my list:

1.  Everlasting Desire - Amanda Ashley
2.  Lie With Me - Stephanie Tyler
3.  Chains of Fire - Christina Dodd
4.  Don't Blink - James Patterson
5.  Night of the Vampires - Heather Graham
6.  In Silence - Erica Spindler
7.  Port Mortuary - Patricia Cornwell
8.  Dead Run - Erica Spindler
9.  Worth Dying For - Lee Child

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Duchess of Sin Winners

I have picked the 5 winners of my Duchess of Sin giveaway and they are:


























CONGRATULATIONS:





















1. Myra C.
2. Cecile
3. Kathy P
4. Crystal
5. Alexa

Please fill out this form with your contact information, so I can send the info. to the publisher thanks!
http://www.emailmeform.com/fid.php?formid=640430

Please comment on this post if you have won this book on another blog, so I can pick a new winner(s), thanks!

You will have 2 days to get back to me or else I will have to pick new winner(s), thanks!

In the Mail Saturday - Dec 18th


In the Mail Saturday is hosted every 2nd Saturday at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

I received these in the mail in the last two weeks.

For Review:
 
 
My Love, My Enemy [Paperback]

Product Description

Lord Hazard is no stranger to the atrocities of war. His career as a British spy has shown him dark sides of humanity. An assignment in Maryland destroys his cover and leaves him the intended victim of a mob, and his jaded beliefs are shaken when a beautiful young American comes to his rescue. Page has no idea what compelled her to come to the aid of her enemy, but when captured by the British blockade on the trip back to her house, she knows Hazard is her only chance of surviving her extended holiday with the British Navy. Traversing the high seas between France, England, Maryland, and the tropical shores of Bermuda, they must fight to quell their attraction, knowing love can never blossom between enemies. But there are no rules in love and war, and true love cannot be denied.

Manga:


Gente, Vol. 2: The People of Ristorante Paradiso [Paperback]


Product Description


Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for T+ audiences

In this volume, Claudio reminisces about when he was a young, insecure waiter just getting his feet wet. Vanna gets to the bottom of why Teo's stubborn lack of ambition prevents him from living up to his full potential in the kitchen. A woman running a streak of bad luck finds cheer when Gabriella introduces her to the magical ambiance of Casetta dell'Orso. And finally, a mysterious young woman arrives with an important message for Lorenzo.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Tempted by Fate Winners

I have picked the 5 winners of my Tempted by Fate giveaway and they are:











CONGRATULATIONS:










1.  Cecile
2.  Meredith Miller
3.  Kathy P
4.  Crystal
5.  Diana (Book of Secrets)

Please fill out this form with your contact information, so I can send the info. to the publisher thanks!

http://www.emailmeform.com/fid.php?formid=640430

Please comment on this post if you have won this book on another blog, so I can pick a new winner(s), thanks!

You will have 2 days to get back to me or else I will have to pick new winner(s), thanks!

*** I just want all my blog winners to know that I'm receiving all your entry forms!

Last to Die [Mass Market Paperback]


I've finished "Last to Die" the sequel to "One Scream Away" by Kate Brady.

Product Description

A ruthless killer hides in plain sight, someone no one believes is capable of murder. Within a week, six women will be murdered, all punished for their dark pasts. Detective Dani Cole is determined to track down this serial killer whose victims include a young woman she pulled out of a life of crime. Her investigation leads her to a photography foundation and the renowned photographer Mitch Sheridan, a man she she fell in love with years ago but has tried to forget. Dani and Mitch are instantly attracted to each other again, though their troubled pasts keep them from getting too close. Together, through the course of the investigation, they unearth a dark chain of deception that leads to a killer who is closer than they think.
 
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Forever; 1 edition (September 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446541532
ISBN-13: 978-0446541534

My Review:

Glad to catch up with Neil Mitch's older brother!

Storyline: To find out who killed a former prositute by the name of Rosie and why.  Dani helped her start a new life so this is personal.  Then Russell Sanders the arts founder director is found dead and now Dani needs to find the link between Rosie and Rusell.  Then more prositute bodies start showing up and Dani needs to find out what the connection is!

Characters:  I really liked Dani because she is strong, overcame her troubled childhood and became a cop.  I really liked Mitch too because he was very caring and is determined to prove his friend/father figure is innocent.

Romance:  Dani and Mitch were once teenager lovers but she pushed him away because she didn't want him to know what her family was like.  She actually gave him a broken nose and told him their was someone else!  They reconnect on this case and it was very sweet how Mitch didn't push her and she finally learned to trust him.

Killer(s): The killer was one screwed up person and really enjoyed their killings!  Had a very bad childhood!

4.5/5

Thanks Anna from Hachette Book Group for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

18 and Over Book Blogger Tag Along Friday Hop #17


Laurie from Bitten by Paranormal has created a 18 and Over Book Blogger Tag Along Friday Hop where you can find adult bloggers. Thank you for this was looking for more adult blogs.


Rules

*Place your blogs name in the first box of the Linky

*Then add your post for the tag along in the second box linky

*When you find a blog that you like to follow please leave comment, so they can tag along to your blog.

*There is a code on my left sidebar, so you can place the pic. on your post.

UPDATE

I am adding a question for each week. All you have to do is tell us a resent favorite hot read, if you have a review you can add a link, but its not necessary.

This weeks question:

No Question this week!

Follow My Blog Friday #27



This Meme is hosted by Rachel from Parajunkee's View on Fridays.

To join the fun and make now book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host {Parajunkee.com} and any one else you want to follow on the list

2. Put your Blog Name and URL in the Linky thing.

3. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments

4. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can

5. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers

6. If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post!

The Friday Follow Feature is...

Carmel @ Rabid Reads
 

Hey! My name is Carmel and I’m the author of Rabid Reads. I started blogging after having gotten too many glazed looks from my guy while blabbing about a book. He’s not thrilled about my new hobby but we’ve worked out a schedule. Sports = Reading/Blogging time. Luckily for me, he’s a huge sports fan! Paranormal romance, urban fantasy and YA are the current genres that I’m addicted to. But, my ultimate obsession is wolves. If you’ve been by my blog; you probably already know that! Recently redesigned by our awesome hostess!


When I’m not on “me-time” I work full-time at one of Canada’s national museums and study part-time in Web Design. I live out in the country with my guy and our two adorable pooches, one of which happens to look like a wolf btw... During this time of the year I can often be found on the ski slopes carving it up on my snowboard.

Thanks Parajunkee for featuring me!! :)

Carmel is studying web design... What did you study in college, or are currently studying and did it lead to your current 9 to 5 or are you doing something totally different?

My answer. I studied Art and English. Graphic Design being where I specialized, and it led to my high stakes corporate job at an advertising agency. I'm kidding about the high stakes. I'm thinking about going down to get another specialized masters in internet based marketing, but boy is school expensive!!! I don't think I'm ready to take out another student loan.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

In the Mail (Dec 15)


I received this in the mail yesterday for review (sent by HarperCollins Canada), thanks Shannon!

Scared to Death [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Elsa Cavalon — petrified that the nightmare from fifteen years earlier is beginning all over again.  

Marin Quinn — hiding with her daughters in their concrete fortress, her storybook marriage over .

Perfect strangers whose once-perfect lives were cruelly shattered, they're bound by a long-lost child, a fragile strand of newfound maternal hope — and mutual loneliness. Yet Elsa and Marin are never truly alone. Someone is always nearby, watching them and their children. Someone driven by vengeance and the simple poetry of nursery rhymes . . .  Someone who must satisfy a dark need with innocent blood. And now time is running out for two mothers stalked by a cunning mastermind who wants to leave them . . .

Scared to death

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061895075
ISBN-13: 978-0061895074

ARC Review: Wolf Fever [Mass Market Paperback]


I've finished "Wolf Fever" the 6th book in her werewolf series by Terry Spear.

Product Description

She may be his destiny, but she's not his first choice...

Hospital nurse and newly turned red werewolf Carol Woods is being pressured by her pack leader to find a mate, but he's the only guy in the pack who remotely attracts her.

Why is he playing so hard to get?


The fate of the pack rests on his shoulders...

Gray pack leader Ryan McKinley doesn't want anything to do with Carol unless she's willing to embrace her wolf nature-no matter how beautiful she is.

But when a virus infects the local lupus garou pack, Ryan realizes just how wrong he's been not to seize the moment with the woman he's come to love. And now, it may be too late...

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca; Original edition (December 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402237529
ISBN-13: 978-1402237522
My Review:

Carol is a newly changed red wolf who has psychic abilities.  The alpha of the pack is pressuring her to find a mate within the pack because newly changed werewolves have trouble with their animal side and female werewolves are rare.  She isn't interested in any of the men except for two brothers but they aren't interested in her (or so she thinks).  She finds herself attracted to gray alpha male Ryan but he's skeptical of her abilities.  She realizes she can't have a relationship with anyone that doesn't believe in her and denies their attraction.  She is haunted by dreams of werewolves not turning back to humans and uses this to not transform which makes her a danger to the pack and herself.

Ryan is hired to protect Carol when there is a kidnapping attempt and tries to convince her to accept her werewolf nature and transform.  Ryan is a sexy alpha male.

The buildup of the romance between Carol and Ryan was very steamy!

4/5

Thanks Danielle from Sourcebooks for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

In the Mail (Dec 14)

I received this in the mail yesterday for review (sent by author), thanks Stefan!


Blood Prophecy [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Man and monster are in his blood. . .

His name is Jeremiah Fall. A soldier of fortune, he has been fighting his own war for 150 years--ever since the beast in him was born.

Desperate to restore his lost humanity, Fall crosses the sands of Egypt, discovers a lost city off the coast of France, and finally arrives at the birthplace of all mankind. Shunning daylight and feeding only when he must, he battles the monster who transformed him forever. He can share his deepest secret with no one . . . not even the beautiful woman he starts to love, the only human who grasps the mysteries of an ebony stone as old as creation itself.

Across the world, across time, Fall seeks the stone's secret. But has he found a cure for himself or unleashed a final curse on all mankind?

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition (November 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446555991
ISBN-13: 978-0446555999

I also received this yesterday for review (sent by Simon and Schuster Canada), thanks Maylene!


Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 3 [Paperback]

Product Description

Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for T+ audiences
 
Teru decides to move out of Kurosaki’s apartment, but she wonders if Kurosaki is actually relieved that she’s leaving. As she settles in at her new place, trouble comes knocking when an old business acquaintance of her brother’s appears
 
Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 142153729X
ISBN-13: 978-1421537290

Waiting on Wednesday Meme

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection are:


Love Me to Death: A Novel of Suspense [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description

Six years ago, Lucy Kincaid was attacked and nearly killed by an online predator. She survived. Her attacker did not. Now Lucy’s goal is to join the FBI and fight cyber-crime, but in the meantime, she’s volunteering with a victim’s rights group, surfing the Web undercover to lure sex offenders into the hands of the law. But when the predators she hunts start turning up as murder victims, the FBI takes a whole new interest in Lucy.

With her future and possibly even her freedom suddenly in jeopardy, Lucy discovers she’s a pawn in someone’s twisted plot to mete out vigilante justice. She joins forces with security expert and daredevil Sean Rogan, and together they track their elusive quarry from anonymous online chat rooms onto the mean streets of Washington, D.C. But someone else is shadowing them: A merciless stalker has his savage eye on Lucy. The only way for her to escape his brutality may be another fight to the death.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345520394
ISBN-13: 978-0345520395


The Presence [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description

The ultimate moneymaking plan — buy the ancient, run-down Scottish castle and turn it into a tourist destination. Toni Fraser and her friends will put on reenactments combining fact and fiction, local history, murder and an imaginary laird named Bruce MacNiall.

Just as someone arrives, claiming to actually be Laird MacNiall — a tall, dark, formidable Scot somehow familiar to Toni — the bodies of young women are found, dumped and forgotten in the nearby town.

But even stranger, how is it possible this laird exists? Toni invented Bruce MacNiall for the performance…yet sinister, lifelike dreams suggest he's connected to the recent deaths. Bruce claims he wants to help catch the murderer. But even if she wants to, can Toni trust him…when her visions seem to be coming from within the very eyes of the killer himself?

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Mira (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778329283
ISBN-13: 978-0778329282


Whisper Falls: A Destiny Novel (Destiny, Ohio) [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description


Welcome to Destiny, Ohio — where coming home means finding your true heart and maybe even your true love

Tessa Sheridan came crawling back to her quaint hometown of Destiny after her big-city interior design career crumbled. Now not only must she struggle to make ends meet, but she has to contend with a biker next door and the roar of Harleys shattering the serenity of her cabin in the woods by Whisper Falls.

Worse still, her sexy, bad boy neighbor makes her feel breathless and weak — and shy, petite Tessa knows what a major mistake it would be to get involved with someone so . . . dangerous.

They say that former teen rebel Lucky Romo has a dark, secret past — that he’s trouble with a capital "T." Still, Tessa feels all tingly when she sees how well he fills out a pair of tight jeans. And when Lucky invites her into his world, she knows the intense heat sparking between them could lead her somewhere wild and wonderful . . . and, yes, dangerous!

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061765805
ISBN-13: 978-0061765803


Rafferty's Wife [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description


From New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper comes a classic tale of love undeniable, as two government agents posing as newlyweds learn the real meaning of “undercover.”

Sarah Cavell is a beautiful, brilliant cryptographer with the uncanny ability to crack any code. But her most daunting challenge may be reading the true feelings of her new “husband,” Rafferty Lewis, the secretive federal agent to whom she’s just been assigned. Sent on a perilous mission to a Caribbean nation teetering on the brink of revolution, the two must go undercover as husband and wife to make contact with a shadowy informant passing on cryptic messages that could trap a terrorist.

Pilot, sharpshooter, and accomplished yachtsman, Rafferty prides himself on being the epitome of coolness under pressure. But in the aftermath of a marital tragedy that exposed his vulnerable core, the prospect of pantomiming intimacy with a woman of Sarah’s intoxicating allure has him unnerved, to say the least — and that could prove deadly for both of them. Dodging danger at every turn even as passion’s magnet draws them closer to each other, these two make-believe lovers will learn that the heart is a puzzle they can only solve together.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Bantam (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553590634
ISBN-13: 978-0553590630

Undertow [Mass Market Paperback]
 
Product Description

Teal Williams is content with her career as a ship’s master mechanic—until Zane Cutter, the “Casanova of the Caribbean,” makes her an offer she can’t refuse: to climb on board with him for a real-life treasure hunt. Teal must help him dredge up a shipwrecked vessel containing an abundance of gold, silver, and emeralds — and she’ll claim part of the prize.

HE’S BLOWN OFF COURSE.

Zane needs a mechanic — not a lover — and Teal, who can also dive, is perfect for the job. So it suits him just fine that Teal is completely immune to his charms…or so he tells himself. But with a deadly enemy in their midst—one who’s silently edging closer — Zane and Teal sink into troubled waters. Trapped in the middle of a perilous sea, they have no one to turn to but each other as they face down a danger that runs unfathomably deep — and a passion that runs even deeper…

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312371926
ISBN-13: 978-0312371920



Ruthless Game (Game/Ghostwalker) [Paperback]

Product Description


GhostWalker Kane Cannon's mission plunges him into a hot zone more personal than he anticipated: the hiding place of Rose Patterson-hunted fugitive, ex-lover, and a fellow GhostWalker desperate to save the life of her unborn child. Kane's Child.
 
Product Details
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Jove; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0515149217
ISBN-13: 978-0515149210


Tiger Eye: The First Dirk & Steele Novel [Mass Market Paperback]
 
Product Description



The first book in Marjorie M. Liu's extraordinary Dirk & Steele Series!

Long ago they roamed the earth — dragons, tigers . . . shapeshifters — men who wore the forms of beasts. Their world was magic. Now it is gone. But some remain . . .

He looks out of place in Dela Reese’s Beijing hotel room— exotic and poignant, some mythic, tragic hero of an epic tale. With his feline yellow eyes, he’s like nothing from her world. Yet Dela has danced through the echo of his soul and knows this warrior will obey her every command.

Hari has been used and abused for millennia. But he sees, upon his release from the riddle box, that this new mistress is different. There is a hidden power in Dela’s eyes — and with her, he may regain all that was lost to him. Where once he savaged, now he must protect; where before he knew only hatred, now he must embrace love. Dela is the key.

For Dela, he will risk all.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon; Reprint edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062020153
ISBN-13: 978-0062020154
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