PNR Review: Savage Awakening: An Alpha Pack Novel [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Savage Awakening" the 2nd book in her Alpha Pack series by J.D. Tyler.

Product Description

A group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top-secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers combating the greatest dangers in the world. But sometime those dangers are more intimate than they bargained for ...

After a mission goes wrong, Aric Savage is taken prisoner. Half-dead and despairing, he makes a stunning discovery: his Pack mate Micah Chase, who was reported dead, is a fellow captive. When the Alpha team goes into full-rescue mode, accompanying them is an absolute stunner with sable hair -- and a spine of solid steel.

LAPD officer and Psy Dreamwalker Rowan Chase has one priority: her brother Micah's recovery. Still, she can't help but be drawn to Aric, the ruggedly handsome wolf shifter who pleasures her as no man ever has -- however fleeting their affair is destined to be. But when Aric's life is endangered, Rowan must ask herself what she's willing to sacrifice in the name of love, for the man fated to be her Bondmate.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451236440
ISBN-13: 978-0451236449

My Review:

In the previous book Alric Savage was captured by his evil stepsister and this book opens with him being tortured by her.  Then he is experimented on and then is thrown into a cage where he sees a teammate Micha Chase that everyone thought was killed near death's door.

LAPD officer Rowan Chase works in the gang infested East Side.  After she shoot a rogue gang member and then put on leave she gets a tip where he younger brother Micah might be after being told he was killed six months ago.  She shows up at the location and is greeted by white wolves and a black panther.  When they transform into men she faints away.

Nick the Alpha Pack leader decides to tell Rowan the real truth about them and about her brother Micah.  She doesn't believe it at first but when she finds out they plan on rescuing Micah and Alric she insists on helping. They manage to rescue Micah and Alric but unable to capture Alric's evil stepsister or Dr. Bowman who is the one experimenting on the shifters.

Alric realizes Rowan is his lifemate but feels he doesn't deserve her and not telling his team about his evil stepsister.  Rowan is attracted to Alric but just wants to help her brother heal emotionally and physically.

We also see Kalen struggling with a demon that is trying to control him by destroying his friends and family.  We learn he is related to Sariel - he's his father the King of the Unseelie (he raped Sariel's mother) and is the one who has been attacking the Alpha Pack.

4/5

Other books in series:

1.  Primal Law
2.  Black Moon - Dec 4, 2012

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

RS Review: If You Hear Her: A Novel of Romantic Suspense [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "If You Hear Her" the 1st book in her Ash trilogy by Shiloh Walker.

Product Description

A CRY IN THE WOODS

The scream Lena Riddle hears in the woods behind her house is enough to curdle her blood — she has no doubt that a woman is in real danger. Unfortunately, with no physical evidence, the local law officers in small-town Ash, Kentucky, dismiss her claim. But Lena knows what she heard — and it leaves her filled with fear and frustration.

Ezra King is on leave from the state police, but he can’t escape the guilty memories that haunt his dreams. When he sees Lena, he is immediately drawn to her. He aches to touch her — to be touched by her — but is he too burdened by his tragic past to get close? When Ezra hears her story of an unknown woman’s screams, his instincts tell him that Lena’s life is also at risk — and his desire to protect her is as fierce as his need to possess her.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Original edition (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345517539
ISBN-13: 978-0345517531

My Review:

Lena Riddle is blind works as a chef at her best friends restaurant.  One night she hears a women's scream but thinks she is dreaming at first.  When she goes to the police for help they don't believe her.

Ezra King is a detective on medical leave after being shot and finding out his partner and lover is a dirty cop.  When he hears that Lena heard a women's scream in the middle of the night he decides to help her.

When Ezra sees Lena in the restaurant he is immediately attracted to her and you can feel the deep connection between them both physically and emotionally.  Their love scenes were hot and passionate.  Ezra had a rough past so he is wary of getting involved emotionally with a women but when he gets to know Lena he falls hard.

Lena was a strong character and she is determined to live life to the fullest on her own terms.

We also meet Remy Jennings Ash's DA (hero of the second book, Hope (heroine of the second book) who arrives in Ash on the request of her best friend Law Reilly (hero of the third book) who's a suspense novelist.  We learn that Hope was beaten viciously by her cop ex-husband and as a result she is not the sanest of people.

We also meet the killer and his victim but we don't find out the killer's identity in this book.  I never guessed who the killer could be.  I was sickened what he does to his female victims (he was very viscous and cruel).  He loved to rape and torture them.

4/5

Other books in series:

1.  If You See Her
2.  If You Know Her 

New Releases 2012 (May 29)

New Releases

The Player (Moorehouse Legacy) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Ruthless might as well be Gray Bennett's middle name. When the renowned Washington, D.C., insider talks, powerful people listen. But Gray hasn't come home to Saranac Lake to play politics. Or play at all. A tragedy has shaken the unshakable Gray Bennett to his hardened core.

And so has the most unlikely of women.

The mousy redhead who used to run around the Moorehouse B and B — the one he never noticed — is now all fiery hair and lush curves. But sweet Joy Moorehouse is too innocent for a cynic like him. So Gray won't let himself lay a hand on her … until the night he can no longer resist the woman she has become. That's when he discovers a secret that leaves him gasping for breath — and wanting more.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: HQN Books (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0373776411
ISBN-13: 978-0373776412

Home for the Summer: The Chesapeake Diaries [Mass Market Paperback

Product Description

Some of Lucy Sinclair’s best days were those spent growing up in small town St. Dennis — working at the family inn and enjoying summers filled with swimming, sailing, tennis, and the company of Clay Madison, her best friend. But Lucy’s darkest day, the one that shattered her innocence with violence and fear, also happened in St. Dennis. And the town she once loved became the place she gladly left behind — along with the terrible secret she’s kept for twenty years.

While Lucy headed off for college and a career, Clay remained — more than satisfied with the life St. Dennis had to offer. But now, even after inheriting his family’s thriving farm and starting up an organic brewery, he can’t help feeling that something’s missing. And when Lucy comes back to town to plan a celebrity wedding at the Sinclair family inn, she and Clay reconnect, and find themselves reevaluating their long-sleeping friendship that could blossom into something deeper. Like a bookend to those distant childhood days, this summer will be Lucy’s chance to finally confront her hidden pain, make peace with the past, and plan her own whole new future.


Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345531221
ISBN-13: 978-0345531223

No Tan Lines [Paperback]

Product Description

There's a place where the ocean meets the shore, where kicking off your shoes and baring some skin is as natural as sneaking under the boardwalk for an ice cream cone and stolen kisses. But life isn't all a beach for Shaye Cates, even if her idea of an office is a shady umbrella at the water's edge equipped with cell phone and laptop. Steely-eyed Trace Saunders is the incredibly irksome fly in her coconut tanning oil. And running a kids' softball team with her long-time rival is going to have everyone in her little Florida town buzzing. Her scads of laid-back relatives and his whole uptight clan know that Shaye just wants to play ball while Trace thinks only of business. But beneath the twinkling lights of the ferris wheel, the magic of sea and sand can sweep away every inhibition ... Suddenly, it's summertime, and the lovin' is easy. 

Product Details
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Kensington (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0758269196
ISBN-13: 978-0758269195

Seeker of Shadows [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description
 

The second novel in Nancy Gideon’s steamy paranormal romance series features a hero who’s a Shape-shifter club owner and a heroine who’s a Chosen scientist.

Walking a dangerous line, geneticist Susanna Duchamps risks discovery in New Orleans to make good on an old debt. There she finds an unexpected key to her research — and a second chance to explore the love she had denied to save her child.

Shifter club owner Jacques LaRoche is fiercely protective of his freedom. Stripped of his memories of his former life, he longs for the love that was stolen from him until a seductive scent stirs desire in the heart he thought belonged to another.

A good deed erupts into deadly confrontation, forcing a choice between the renewal of their forbidden passion or the fate of an entire species. Secrets and lies have kept these lovers apart. Can they prevent a battle of their different worlds to stay together?

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Pocket Books (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439199515
ISBN-13: 978-1439199510

Blood Lite III: Aftertaste [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

The third hilarious horror collection in the national bestselling series from the Horror Writers Association!

Sink your teeth into a smorgasbord of macabre morsels laced with horrific humor in this all-new Blood Lite collection! Whether you shriek with laughter or scream in fear … well, that’s simply a matter of taste. Jim Butcher’s wizardly PI Harry Dresden pranks some high-tech monster seekers — and rescues a friend’s son from a psychic battle in “I Was a Teenage Bigfoot” … The Author from Hell has dropped dead, but a stressed-out editor is still harassed by her emails from beyond the grave in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s “A Day in the Life”…The flesh is weak — and possibly even rotting — as a teenage virgin werewolf discovers on a visit to a brothel in Kelley Armstrong’s “V Plates” … Murder comes alive in “Mannequin” by Heather Graham, as two thrill-seeking couples “axe” for trouble at a B&B with a bloody history. Plus, twenty-six other tales to tempt and terrorize you from L.A. Banks, Christopher Golden, Joel A. Sutherland, E.S. Magill, Eric James Stone, Jeff Strand, Mark Onspaugh, Mike Baron, J.G. Faherty, Stephen Dorato, Jeff Ryan, Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn, Will Ludwigsen, Daniel Pyle, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, John Alfred Taylor, David Sakmyster, Norman Prentiss, Don d’Ammassa, Adrian Ludens, Chris Abbey, D.L. Snell, Ken Lillie-Paetz, Lisa Morton, Brad C. Hodson, and Lucien Soulban.

and terrorize you from L.A. Banks, Christopher Golden, Joel A. Sutherland, E.S. Magill, Eric James Stone, Jeff Strand, Mark Onspaugh, Mike Baron, J.G. Faherty, Stephen Dorato, Jeff Ryan, Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn, Will Ludwigsen, Daniel Pyle, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, John Alfred Taylor, David Sakmyster, Norman Prentiss, Don d’Ammassa, Adrian Ludens, Chris Abbey, D.L. Snell, Ken Lillie-Paetz, Lisa Morton, Brad C. Hodson, and Lucien Soulban.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Pocket Books (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451636245
ISBN-13: 978-1451636246 

Against the Sun (Raines of Wind Canyon) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

It's not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell's job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake's not on her payroll. As a former special forces marine, Jake trusts his gut, and it's telling him there's something off about a shipment arriving at Marine Drilling International. His instinct is aroused … in more ways than one.

A savvy businesswoman, Sage knows better than to take some hired gun's "hunch" as gospel. And yet she is learning not to underestimate the man her grandfather hired to protect her. Determined to prove Jake wrong, Sage does some digging of her own and turns up deadly details she was never meant to see.

Drawn into a terrifying web of lies and deceit — and into feelings they can't afford to explore — what Jake and Sage uncover may be frighteningly worse than they ever imagined.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Mira (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313506
ISBN-13: 978-0778313502

Love Is Murder [Hardcover]

Product Description 

Lori Armstrong * Jeff Ayers & Jon Land * Beverly Barton * William Bernhardt * Allison Brennan * Robert Browne * Pamela Callow * Lee Child * J.T. Ellison * Bill Floyd * Cindy Gerard * Heather Graham * Laura Griffin * Vicki Hinze * Andrea Kane *Julie Kenner * Sherrilyn Kenyon * Dianna Love * D.P. Lyle * James Macomber * Toni McGee Causey * Carla Neggers * Brenda Novak * Patricia Rosemoor * William Simon * Alexandra Sokoloff * Roxanne St. Claire * Mariah Stewart * Debra Webb

Prepare for heart-racing suspense in this original collection by thirty of the hottest bestselling authors and new voices writing romance suspense today.

Go on vacation with Allison Brennan's Lucy Kincaid, where she saves a man from drowning, only to discover he is in far greater danger on land. Meet Roxanne St. Claire's "bullet catcher"—bodyguard Donovan Rush—who may have met his match in the sexually charged "Diamond Drop." Debut author William Simon shows us what happens when the granddaughter of the president of the United States is kidnapped. And Lee Child's pitch-perfect "I Heard a Romantic Story" puts a whole new spin on Love Is Murder.

Bodyguards, vigilantes, stalkers, serial killers, women (and men!) in jeopardy, cops, thieves, P.I.s, killers — these all-new stories will keep you thrilled and chilled late into the night.


Product Details
Hardcover: 608 pages
Publisher: Mira (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313441
ISBN-13: 978-0778313441

The Girl Who Disappeared Twice (Forensic Instincts) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Despite all her years determining the fates of families, judge Hope Willis couldn't save her own. Her daughter taken, she's frantically grasping at any hope for Krissy's return. Her husband dead-set against it, Hope calls a team not bound by the legal system.

Forensic Instincts: a behaviorist. A techno-wizard. An intuitive. An ex-Navy SEAL. Unconventional operatives. All with unique talents and personal reasons for joining Casey Woods's group, they'll do whatever it takes.

Able to accurately read people after the briefest of encounters, Casey picks up in the Willis household signs of a nervous spouse, a guilty conscience, a nanny that hides on her phone. Secrets beg to creep into the open.

Forensic Instincts will dig through each tiny clue and eliminate the clutter, working around the clock. But time is running out, and Casey's team knows that the difference between getting Krissy back and her disappearing forever could be as small as a suspect's rapid breathing, or as deep as Hope's dark family history.


Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Mira; Reprint edition (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313271
ISBN-13: 978-0778313274

Manga: Nabari No Ou, Vol. 10 [Paperback] Yukimi's search for the true Yoite ends with a name-"Sora"-and a cruel history best left alone. A lonely soul who wandered into the Nabari world, Yoite has seen his chance to wander back out of it long since fade away, and with each passing second, his very life follows suit. Knowing now the horror of his ward's past, Yukimi races back to Yoite-but is it too late?  Product Details Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Yen Press; Tra edition (May 29, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0316204811 ISBN-13: 978-0316204811

YA Review: Royal Street [Paperback]

I've finished "Royal Street" the 1st book in her Sentinels of New Orleans series by Suzanne Johnson.

Product Description

As the junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco’s job involves a lot more potion-mixing and pixie-retrieval than sniffing out supernatural bad guys like rogue vampires and lethal were-creatures. DJ's boss and mentor, Gerald St. Simon, is the wizard tasked with protecting the city from anyone or anything that might slip over from the preternatural beyond.

Then Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans’ fragile levees, unleashing more than just dangerous flood waters.

While winds howled and Lake Pontchartrain surged, the borders between the modern city and the Otherworld crumbled. Now, the undead and the restless are roaming the Big Easy, and a serial killer with ties to voodoo is murdering the soldiers sent to help the city recover.

To make it worse, Gerry has gone missing, the wizards’ Elders have assigned a grenade-toting assassin as DJ’s new partner, and undead pirate Jean Lafitte wants to make her walk his plank. The search for Gerry and for the serial killer turns personal when DJ learns the hard way that loyalty requires sacrifice, allies come from the unlikeliest places, and duty mixed with love creates one bitter gumbo.

About the Author

Suzanne Johnson is a magazine editor and feature writer with more than fifty national writing and editing awards. A longtime New Orleans resident, she helped rebuild for two years after Hurricane Katrina.

Product Details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; Original edition (April 10, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765327791
ISBN-13: 978-0765327796

My Review:

Drusilla Jaco aka DJ is given the assignment of capturing and sending the famous and gorgeous pirate Jean Lafitte back to the Beyond by her boss Gerald St. Simon aka Gerry.  DJ sends him back but not before he threatens her with retribution.  Hurricane Katrina arrives and DJ is ordered to evacuate when she receives word that Gerry is missing.  She hurries back and finds New Orleans is flooded and thinks Gerry is dead but the Elders believe he betrayed them and is in hiding.

She's now the leader of New Orleans and her orders is to send the dead back to the beyond and to plug all the breaches where they are coming from.  She's assigned a new partner Alex Warin an Elders Enforcer and she thinks he's a HOTTIE!  They spend a lot of time together helping each other and running into cases involving voodoo and National Guard killings.  She also meets Alex's cousin Jake Warin another HOTTIE who also helps when needed!

This was a fun and thrilling YA read with great character development, a love triangle with three men after DJ (Alex, Jake and Lafitte) and a scary, cruel and viscous villain.

4/5

Other book in series:

1.  River Road - Nov 13, 2012

Thanks Tor Books for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (May 28)

What Are You Reading is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Sheila from One Persons Journey: http://bookjourney.wordpress.com

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

Last week I read:

1.  Lucky in Love - Jill Shavis
2.  If You Hear Her - Shiloh Walker
3.  If You Know Her - Shiloh Walker
4.  Savage Awakening - J.D. Tyler
5.  A Killer Read - Erika Chase
6.  Black Heart - Holly Black
7.  Nabari No Ou Vol. 10 - Yuhki Kamatani

I’m currently reading:

1.  Redwood Bend - Robyn Carr

Books I’m planning on reading this week:

1.  Vortex - Cherry Adair
2.  Born of Silence - Sherrilyn Kenyon
3.  Blood Trails - Sharon Sala
4.  The Claimed - Caridad Pineiro
5.  Naruto Vol. 56 - Masashi Kishimoto
6.  X Vol. 2: 3 in 1 - Clamp

Here's the link:

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-140 

Manga Review: Nabari No Ou, Vol. 10 [Paperback]

I've finished "Nabari No Ou Vol. 10" by Yuhki Kamatani.

Product Description

Yukimi's search for the true Yoite ends with a name - "Sora" - and a cruel history best left alone. A lonely soul who wandered into the Nabari world, Yoite has seen his chance to wander back out of it long since fade away, and with each passing second, his very life follows suit. Knowing now the horror of his ward's past, Yukimi races back to Yoite - but is it too late?

Product Details
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Yen Press; Tra edition (May 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316204811
ISBN-13: 978-0316204811

My Review:

Yoite and Miharu are still on the run when they are attacked by the deadly twins again.  Yoite and they fight and Yoite is hurt badly (he has used too much Kisa) but is saved by Raimei and Koichi.  Raimei and Koichi engage in fighting the twins which allows Yoite and Miharu escape.  They go to Hanabasa Seki house and follow her to her house.  She invites them in for refreshments and comments that Yoite is wearing the scarf she made him.  She says she will make one for Miharu too.

Meanwhile Yukimi is fighting Raiko and gets the upperhand over him.  Raiko tells Yukimi what Yoite plans to do and where he is headed.  Yukimi manages to overpower Raiko and leaves but Raiko manages to follow him.

Those two deadly twins find Yoite and Miharu and finally corners them.  They are beating Yoite and when they finally look up they see Yukimi and he shoots them.  Yukimi tells Miharu to leave with Yoite while he deals with the two deadly assassins.  They take off while Yukimi fights both the assassins.  He manages to seriously hurt both of them but he is stabbed in the chest and is almost dying.

Miharu is kidnapped by the Grey Wolves and brought back to a cabin where the leader tells him what he plans.  Yoite manages to save him and they are reunited.  Yoite realizes that he is alive because there are people who care about him (he dies happy and satisfied)  and Miharu grants Yoite his final wish and that is to erase everyone's memories of him. 

Meanwhile Raiko defects from the Grey Wolves with Gau by his side.  We learn a little bit about their past and they manage to escape.

Then we see Miharu waking up after a months rest remembering Yoite and he is living in secrecy.


5/5

Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada/Yen Press for sending me this manga to review, greatly appreciated!

Library Haul 2012 (May 28 - June 2)

Library Haul

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

Softcover:

1.  Redwood Bend - Robyn Carr
2.  The Darkest Surrender - Gena Showalter
3.  Sexiest Vampire Alive - Kerrelyn Sparks
4.  Darkness Rising - Keri Arthur
5.  Blood Trails - Sharon Sala
6.  Sweet Justice - Christy Reece
7.  Caught in the Act - Jill Sorenson
8.  Bound by Night - Amanda Ashley
9.  Desired - Nicola Cornick

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

RS Review: The Heart of a Killer [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Heart of a Killer" the 1st book in her Killer series by Jaci Burton.

Product Description

No one said coming home would be easy.

But for Dante Renaldi, it's murder.

Before the Special Forces hero has even unpacked his bags from twelve years of active duty, he's embroiled in murder — corpses bearing the brutal trademark he's seen only once before — on the worst night of his life.

The last time Detective Anna Pallino saw Dante Renaldi, they were in love. Now, he's part of the connection to a string of fresh homicides and a horrible assault Anna only survived thanks to him.

More than anything, Anna wants to trust Dante. But as the bodies and the coincidences stack up, Anna will have to decide, and fast: Is the man she owes her life to the very same one who wants her dead?

About the Author

Jaci Burton is a bestselling, award winning author who lives in Oklahoma and spends a fair amount of time on the back of her husband's Harley, where she often gets lost plotting her next story as the warm (and sometimes cold) breeze whips her face. She loves reality television, is a sucker for romantic comedies, and completely loses track of time when reading a great book. She's a total romantic and longs for the happily ever after in every story, which you'll find in all her books. 

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (October 18, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778312593
ISBN-13: 978-0778312598

My Review:

16 year old Anna is dating sexy older 18 year old Dante and she works at an ice cream shop. One night after work she is attacked, beaten and has a heart carved onto her chest with a knife. Before he has a chance to rape her she is saved by Dante and his foster brothers Gabe, Roman and Jeff who beat him unconscious. After they make sure Anna is safe inside they go check on the guy and find him dead. Anna doesn't want her boyfriend or her friends to get in trouble so she calls her dad a cop who makes they go away.

Twelve years later Dante comes back for his foster parents anniversary and he can't say no to the only family he knows.  When he finds out his foster dad is missing and finds him murdered with a heart carved onto his chest in the same alley Anna was attacked he realizes they are connected.  Dante, Anna and his foster brothers are reunited over this case.

We learn that Dante has joined the military and has moved up the ranks in the Special Forces during those twelve years but he's quite mysterious about what he does for them.  Glad to see he opened up to Anna and told her what his job was.  He realizes he still is in love with her and is determined to break down her walls.

Anna has become a hardworking detective and is married to her job with no time for romance.  Once she sees Dante again she realizes she is still in love with him but is furious that he left without saying goodbye.

I can understand that Anna is furious with Dante for leaving without saying goodbye but I didn't really like how she treated him.  She treated him like a ant and would be yelling or complaining all the time.

I admire Dante for putting up with Anna's behavior and determination to break down her defenses.

4/5

ARC Review: Social Suicide (Deadly Cool) [Paperback]

I've finished "Social Suicide" the 2nd book in her Deadly Cool series by Gemma Halliday.

Product Description

Twittercide: the killing of one human being by another while the victim is in the act of tweeting.

Call me crazy, but I figured writing for the Herbert Hoover High Homepage would be a pretty sweet gig. Pad the resume for college applications, get a first look at the gossip column, spend some time ogling the paper's brooding bad-boy editor, Chase Erikson. But on my first big story, things went . . . a little south. What should have been a normal interview with Sydney Sanders turned into me discovering the homecoming queen –hopeful dead in her pool. Electrocuted while Tweeting. Now, in addition to developing a reputation as HHH's resident body finder, I'm stuck trying to prove that Sydney's death wasn't suicide.

I'm starting to long for the days when my biggest worry was whether the cafeteria was serving pizza sticks or Tuesday Tacos . . . . 

Product Details
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Tween (Tw) (April 16 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062003321
ISBN-13: 978-0062003324

My Review:

Hartley Featherstone is trying to get an exclusive with Home Coming Queen nominee Sydney Sanders to tell her side of the story of what happened in the first book Deadly Cool.  Sydney agrees to talk to Hartley but when she arrives at the designated spot she finds her dead.  Now she is in the middle of another murder and has to prove it's not suicide.

I really love the dynamics between Hartley and Chase because they work well together and you can see the sparks between them.  

This was a fun light hearted and humerous romantic YA read which makes pokes fun at the teenage speak and gadgets. 

4/5

Other books in series:

1.  Deadly Cool 

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

http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/Social-Suicide-Gemma-Halliday?isbn=9780062003324&HCHP=TB_Social+Suicide

Bunny Express Saturday 2012 (May 26)

Bunny Express Saturday is hosted every Saturday at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

I received these in the mail this week. 

Lethal Rider (Lords of Deliverance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

They're here.

They ride.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Born of a match between good and evil, four siblings stand between hell's minions and everything they want to destroy. They are the Lords of Deliverance, and they have the power to ward off Doomsday . . . or let it ride.

LETHAL RIDER

Thanatos, the most deadly Horseman of the Apocalypse, has endured thousands of years of celibacy to prevent the end of days. But just one night with the wickedly sexy Aegis Guardian, ReganCooper, shatters centuries of resolve. Yet their passion comes with a price. And Thanatos must face a truth more terrifying than an apocalypse-he's about to become a father.

Demon-slayer Regan Cooper never imagined herself the maternal type, but with the fate of the world hanging in the balance she had no choice but to seduce Thanatos and bear his child. Now, as the final battle draws closer and his rage at being betrayed is overshadowed by an undeniable passion for the mother of his child, Thanatos has a life-shattering realization: To save the world, he must sacrifice the only thing he's ever wanted - a family.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (May 22, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446574503
ISBN-13: 978-0446574501

The Color of Tea: A Novel [Paperback]

Product Description

An exciting debut novel set in the exotic, bustling streets of coastal China — a woman whose life is restored when she opens a small cafÉ and gains the courage to trust what’s in her heart.

Lost among the mayhem that defines Macau, Grace’s life is slowly unraveling. Her marriage to Pete is fraying and her dreams of having a family seem hopeless.

With the heralding of a new year she resolves to do something bold. Something her impetuous Mama might do. In this pocket of China, filled with casinos and yum cha restaurants, she opens her own small cafe called Lillian’s. This sanctuary of macarons and tea becomes a place where the women of Macau come together, bridging cultural divides, to share in each other’s triumphs and pain. But Grace’s immersion in the cafe takes its toll on her marriage, and when things start to crumble, her beloved Lillian’s suddenly feels like a burden rather than an escape. The recipe for disaster is complete when Pete does the unthinkable.

Infused with the heady aromas of Macau and peppered with delectable characters, The Color of Tea is a mouth-watering journey of the senses as Grace rediscovers what it is to love, to live with hope, and embrace real happiness.

Product Details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Scribner; Original edition (June 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451682824
ISBN-13: 978-1451682823

Artists and Thieves [Paperback]

Product Description

Where there is art, there are thieves. Mai Ling is both. Artist by day, thief by night, she recovers stolen art for Interpol. It's a business, not a passion, until her beloved grandfather reveals a family secret that is also a destiny. He is duty-bound to return to China an especially precious bowl which belonged to his ancestor. Mai must steal it for him. But Mai Ling is not the only one after the bowl. Four others plan to extract the bowl from a private California art collection. The rival thieves grasp and then lose the bowl until finally Mai is faced with the ultimate dilemma: save the bowl or save herself. Her duty to her grandfather gives her only one choice. Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Monterey Peninsula and peopled with quirky characters, this stylish art caper entertains on every page.

Product Details
Paperback: 270 pages
Publisher: INDI Best, INDI Publishing Group; 1 edition (August 17, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935636022
ISBN-13: 978-1935636021


Manga:

Black Bird, Vol. 14 [Paperback]

Product Description

There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. But she is the bride of demon prophecy, and her blood grants incredible powers, her flesh immortality. Now the demon realm is fighting over the right to her hand ... or her life!


Product Details
Paperback: 194 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (June 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421542757
ISBN-13: 978-1421542751

Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 4 [Paperback]

Product Description

Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen.

Princess Nakaba of Senan is forced to marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming a hostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive, telling Nakaba outright: “You are my property.” With only her attendant Loki at her side, Nakaba must find a way to cope with her hostile surroundings, her fake marriage...and a mysterious power!

Princess Nakaba of Senan and Prince Caesar of Belquat only married each other for the sake of peace between their two warring countries, so no one expected there to be love between the unlikely couple. But just as feelings start growing between them, Nakaba's power, the Arcana of Time, shows her a vision of a young woman's murder. Has the time come for Nakaba to harness her power to change fate?


Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (June 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421541076
ISBN-13: 978-1421541075

A Devil and Her Love Song, Vol. 3 [Paperback]

Product Description

Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen.

Meet Maria Kawai — she’s gorgeous and whip-smart, a girl who seems to have it all. But when she unleashes her sharp tongue, it’s no wonder some consider her to be the very devil! Maria’s difficult ways even get her kicked out of an elite school, but this particular fall may actually turn out to be her saving grace ...

Hana Ibuki, a cheerful soul, waltzes into Maria’s life and befriends her right away. She even convinces wary classmates to join Maria’s choral group. There’s something suspicious about Hana’s help, however, especially since misconceptions about Maria occur every time Hana is involved. Is Hana really a friend or actually a foe?

Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (June 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421541661
ISBN-13: 978-1421541662

Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura , Vol. 8 [Paperback]

Product Description

Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen.

Sakura is the granddaughter of a mysterious moon princess who slew demons with her Blood Cherry Blossom sword. All her life Sakura has been forbidden to look at the full moon without knowing why. Then one night, unhappy over her impending marriage, Sakura gazes up at the moon, only to see a demon attacking her...

Enju and the followers of the moon are nowhere to be found after the destruction of the hidden palace. Sakura has returned with Aoba, but the lovers may soon be parted again. The emperor has asked Aoba to take another bride ...


Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (June 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421541785
ISBN-13: 978-1421541785

The Earl and The Fairy, Vol. 2 [Paperback]

Product Description

Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen.

Lydia Carlton is a fairy doctor,one of the few people with the ability to see the magical creatures who share our world. During one of her rare trips to London to visit her father, Lydia’s quiet life is suddenly transformed when she is rescued from kidnappers by a mysterious young man!

Edgar and his small band must travel to the Isle of Manan, once home to the Blue Knight Earl. But the island is surrounded by merfolk, whose tragic songs cause rough seas and shipwrecks. And even if Edgar and his companions reach the island, they face death if it turns out he isn’t a true heir to the Earl ...

Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (June 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421541696
ISBN-13: 978-1421541693

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Vol. 1 (Yu-Gi-Oh! (Graphic Novels)) [Paperback]

Product Description

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for Teen audiences.

In a futuristic city, augmented reality Duels are all the rage. Duelists, using devices called D-Gazers, can interact with their environment and their opponents as never before. With more awesome monsters and unbelievable cards, the future of Yu-Gi-Oh! starts right here!

No one loves Dueling more than Yuma Tsukumo, but unfortunately for him, no one is worse at it! This isn’t going to stop Yuma from trying though. When Yuma calls on the memory of his parents during the Duel, a strange being called Astral appears, and the encounter is the start of Yuma’s amazing Duel journey!

Product Details
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (June 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421549026
ISBN-13: 978-1421549026

Thanks Hachette Book Group, Linda Schroeder, Pump Up Your Book Promotions and Simon and Schuster Canada!

What did you get in the mail this week?

Book Blogger Hop #27

This Meme is hosted by Jennifer from Crazy for Books on Fridays.

What to Do:

1. Post on your blog answering this question:

Blogging question: How do you handle the writing of a negative review?  

2. Enter the link to your post in the linky list below (enter your Blog Name, Genre you review, and direct link to your post answering this week’s question; failure to do so will result in removal of your link). 3. Visit other blogs in the list, spending quality time getting to know the people you are visiting. Don’t just visit the post with the question, but click around and read some of the blogger’s other content, too! This Hop isn’t about the number of people you can visit, but the quality of each visit.

My Answer:

I don't write that many negative reviews but if I do I only comment on why I didn't think the book was for me (I make sure that I'm nice about it). I also try to write positive points too and that doesn't mean that someone else might like the book.
3. Visit other blogs in the list, spending quality time getting to know the people you are visiting. Don’t just visit the post with the question, but click around and read some of the blogger’s other content, too! This Hop isn’t about the number of people you can visit, but the quality of each visit.

Follow My Blog Friday #100


If you are new to the FF fun, Feature and Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, myself of course and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

Now to make this FF interesting we do a FEATURE blogger. If you are interested in becoming a Feature click on the drop down link above FEATURES and Features and Follow Friday and get on the waiting list!  It is also required, that if you participate you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee and Alison Can Read) and the two Feature blogs.

This Meme is hosted by Rachel from Parajunkee's View and Alison from Alison Can Read 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} {Alisoncanread.com}and any one else you want to follow on the list.

2. Follow our Featured Bloggers - Underworld Love Addiction and Charissa Books.

3. Put your Blog name and URL in the Linky thing.

4. 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

5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can

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

7. If your new to the Follow Friday Hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

The Friday Follow Feature are ...

Underworld Love Addiction


 

When did you start blogging?

I started blogging in August 2011 after chatting with some friends on Goodreads that were having fun with their new blogs.

What is your favorite part of book blogging?

I love chatting with so many amazing fellow bloggers, readers and authors. It’s given me the opportunity to connect with lots of other people that are just as crazy about books as I am.

What is your favorite book(s)?

You can’t possibly think I could narrow it down to one do you!? How about a few of my favorite series instead? Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter, Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost, The Fever Series by Karen Moning, Immortals After Dark by Kresley Cole and The Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward are definitely at the top of the list.

What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?

Definitely all of the great people I’ve met and of course the books!  I love chatting with all of the authors too, they’re like book celebrities!

Charissa Books

1. When did you start blogging?

About a year ago, we had our YouTube channel (BooksForYouAndMe) first.

2. What is your favorite part of book blogging?

Marissa: Connecting with other people and sharing what I've read!
Charlotte: Discussing books in the comments, and doing weekly events.

3. What is your favorite book(s)?

Marissa: The Perks Of Being A Wallflower & John Green books
Charlotte: The Hunger Games series and the Luxe series

4. What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?

Marissa: Meeting people with similar interests and similar taste in books.
Charlotte: Talking to all types of bookish people, and learning the process that takes place when a book is published. It's so cool when an author tweets you, and stuff like that. You're a lot more involved in the blogging community, and you get more opportunities to talk to authors and such. I find the whole online book community totally fascinating, and getting to be a part of it is the best thing!

Q: Activity! Dreamcast your current read.

I'm currently reading "A Killer Read" by Erika Chase.

A Killer Read (An Ashton Corners) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

For the first meeting of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society, six friends gather in Molly Matthews's old Southern mansion - including Lizzie Turner, a reading specialist with a penchant for mysteries. But the mystery book club meeting becomes the scene of an actual murder when a stranger is shot - and nobody knows who the victim is, or how Molly' antique gun came to be used as the murder weapon.

Then Lizzie begins finding mysterious manuscript chapters in her mailbox. As she and the book club members try to read between the lines, Molly surfaces as the next name on the killer's list ...

Hmm I see Carole Lombard as Lizzy:

18 and Over Book Blogger Hop #87

18 and Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend hosted by Crystal from Reading Between the Wines and Kelly at Secrets of a Book Lover.

The 18 Over Book Blogger Follow is a Friday blog hop with the objective to find and visit other book blogs that share the same interest as you, namely books geared towards the 18 and over crowd, and make new friends!

How to join in:

You should run a book blog that features and reviews mostly adult reads, some Y.A.’s are okay but 18 and  Over adult reads should be your majority.

Make a separate post for the 18 and Over Book Blogger Follow on your blog.

Copy the html for the button above and place it at the top of your post.

List and answer the ‘Question of the Week.’

Place your name and blog title in the linky below and the url for a direct link to your post

Visit the other blogs on the list. If you like what you see make sure to leave a comment and follow so the blog owner knows you stopped by and can return the favor. Following each blog is not mandatory but I know it is always appreciated, and if someone comments saying they’re a new follower it’s polite to follow back. It’s always nice to spread the 18 and Over Book Blog love!

Question of the Week:  Do you feel the need to write a review for your personal reads, as oppose to requested reviews, or are there some books you read just for the joy of reading?


No I don't feel like I need to write a review on some personal reads because sometimes I don't finish the book so there isn't much I can review about (personally I don't really like writing negative reviews). For requested reviews I always write a review.

MT Review: 11th Hour (Women's Murder Club) [Hardcover]

I've finished "11th Hour" the 11th book in his Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson.

Product Description


Your best friend

Lindsay Boxer is pregnant at last! But her work doesn't slow for a second. When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, she discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker. Anyone could be the killer -- even her closest friends.

Or a vicious killer?

Lindsay is called next to the most bizarre crime scene she's ever seen: two bodiless heads elaborately displayed in the garden of a world-famous actor. Another head is unearthed in the garden, and Lindsay realizes that the ground could hide hundreds of victims.

You won't know until the 11th hour

A reporter launches a series of vicious articles about the cases and Lindsay's personal life is laid bare. But this time she has no one to turn to -- especially not Joe. 11TH HOUR is the most shocking, most emotional, and most thrilling Women's Murder Club novel ever.

About the Author

James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 240 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Mr. Patterson also writes the bestselling Women's Murder Club novels, set in San Francisco, and the top-selling New York detective series of all time, featuring Detective Michael Bennett. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.

Maxine Paetro is the author of three novels, two works of nonfiction, and the coauthor of nine books with James Patterson. She lives in New York with her husband.

Product Details
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (May 7, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316097497
ISBN-13: 978-0316097499

My Review:

Millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down and Lindsay discovers the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals and it was taken from her own department's evidence locker.

Then she is called to the Ellsworth compound where world famous actor Harry Chandler was accused of killing his wife 10 years ago.  He was acquitted because they never found any evidence or any body.  When she reaches the compound with her partner Rich Conklin they find  two bodiless heads elaborately displayed in the garden.  Then another head is unearthed and she realizes the garden could be the resting ground of thousands of heads.

There has been a serial killings against high level drug dealers with no evidence of who is doing the killings.  As Lindsay investigates further she discovers who the serial killer is.

If that isn't enough she has to contend with being pregnant and Joe might be having an affair.

This was another fast paced and thrilling mystery in the Women's Murder Club series.  I wish that Lindsay would talk to Joe instead of assuming he had an affair and blocking him out of her life.

4/5

Other books in series:

1.   1st to Die
2.   2nd Chance
3.   3rd Degree
4.   4th of July
5.  The 5th Horseman
6.   The 6th Target
7.   7th Heaven
8.   The 8th Confession
9.   The 9th Judgement
10. 10th Anniversary


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

Contemp Review: Barefoot in the Sand (Barefoot Bay) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Barefoot in the Sand" the 1st book in her Barefoot Bay series by Roxanne St. Clair.

Product Description

When all you hold dear is taken away . . .

When a hurricane roars through Lacey Armstrong's home on the coast of Barefoot Bay, she decides all that remains in the rubble is opportunity. A new hotel is just what Mimosa Key needs, and Lacey and her teenage daughter are due for a fresh start. And nothing, especially not a hot, younger architect, is going to distract Lacey from finally making her dreams a reality.

A second chance is the only thing you have left.

Love has already cost Clay Walker everything. And if he's going to have any chance of picking up the pieces of his life, he needs the job as Lacey Armstrong's architect. What's not in the plans is falling for the headstrong beauty. Her vision of the future is more appealing than anything he could have ever drafted for himself. Will Clay's designs on Lacey's heart be more than she can handle, or will she trust him to build something that will last forever?

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Forever; Original edition (May 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1455508217
ISBN-13: 978-1455508211

My Review:

Lacey Armstrong loses her house to a hurricane she decides she wants to build a B and B.  She believes both she and her 14 year old daughter Ashley need a new start.

Then she meets smoking hot Clayton "Clay" Walker a young architect who really wants to help her fulfill her dream.  Clay has been hurt very badly and is afraid of being in this situation again so all he wants is sex with Lacey.  He keeps telling himself this but he falls hard for the bossy and sexy mother.

I love how passionate Clay is about his architectural work and how he wants to show Lacey to live life to the fullest and reach her dreams.  Glad that he wasn't worried she is an older women with a teenage daughter.

I really enjoyed reading the strong bond Lacey has with her three best friends and how they support her and encourage her romance with Clay.

4/5

Other books in series:

1.  Barefoot in the Rain - Oct 30, 2012

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

Jill Shavis Lucky in Love Blog Tour with Review

Lucky in Love (A Lucky Harbor Novel) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Mallory Quinn has had enough of playing it safe. As a nurse and devoted daughter, she takes care of everyone but herself. And as the local good girl, she's expected to date Mr. Right. But for once, she'd like to take a risk on Mr. Wrong. And who could be more wrong than Ty Garrison? The mysterious new guy in town has made it clear that he's only passing through, which suits Mallory just fine. Besides, his lean, hard body and sexy smile will give her plenty to remember once he's gone . . .

For the first time in his life, Ty can't bear to leave. Helping this sexy seductress-in-training walk on the wild side is making him desire things he shouldn't including leaving the military for good. As their just-for-fun fling becomes something more, Mallory and Ty wonder if they could really be this lucky in love. After all . . . anything can happen in a town called Lucky Harbor.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Forever (May 22, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 145550372X
ISBN-13: 978-1455503728

My Review:

Mallory Quinn has grown up in Lucky Harbor and is an ER Nurse.  She is known as the good girl and she has a older sister Karen who died very young, a younger sister and brother who are both have a wild side.  Mallory decides to walk on the wild side and who better than Ty Garrison.

Ty Garrison is a former Navy Seal medic who lost his best friends and teammates.  He watched them all die and he couldn't do anything since he was badly hurt himself.  He lost the will to still be a Navy Seal so he has come to Lucky Harbor to heal.  He is known as Mysterious Cute Guy and there is information about him on Facebook.

Mallory goes to visit her friend Amy at the local diner after work.  There is only one other person there Grace who is just passing through when a snow storm hits.  They become trapped inside when a couple of trees crash through windows so they decide to eat a cake and wait it out.  When Mallory decides to go to her car to get her cell phone she notices a man lying on the ground bleeding with a concussion.  It's Mysterious Cute Guy and the girls are talking that Mallory doesn't have a date for the hospitals charity fundraiser.  Amy says to make it up to Mallory he can be her date and Mallory thinks he won't remember agreeing to go as he is rushed to the hospital.

The night of the fundraiser Mallory is waiting anxiously and a little nervous that Mysterious Cute Guy might be appear.  She turns to her left and there he is staring at her.

Mallory and Ty are very likeable characters and I really enjoyed their romance even though both deny they want a relationship.  It was very hot and steamy especially their encounter in an attic.

4/5

Thanks Forever Books for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

New Releases 2012 (May 22)

 New Releases

Vortex (Cutter Cay) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Cherry Adair plunges into a world of high-sea adventure and romance, where a long-lost treasure is a deadly lure — and love is the most dangerous current of all … SWEPT AWAY

Searching for a sunken ship off the coast of Peru, treasure hunter Logan Cutter manages to pull a very different kind of prize from the sea — beautiful gallery owner Daniela Rosada. Dani claims she was thrown overboard by ruthless pirates and begs for his protection. But Logan is no strnager to a woman's lies, and something about her story doesn't add up.

IN TOO DEEP
With her knowledge of Peruvian artifacts, Dani offers to help Logan translate an ancient map that will lead them to a shipwrecked treasure — and into a carefully laid trap. But the closer they get, the deeper she falls for him, not realizing that Logan is hiding a secret of his own. By the time she learns the truth about his boat, his brothers — and his blood feud with pirates — it’s too late. By falling in love, they’ve set a course for disaster …

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (May 22, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312371950
ISBN-13: 978-0312371951

Beautiful Sacrifice: A Novel [Hardcover]

Product Description

According to Maya legend, December 21, 2012, will mark the end of the world as we know it. Is it myth . . . or will their prediction become reality?

Archaeologist Lina Taylor has devoted her life to studying ancient Maya artifacts, splitting her time between digs in South America and the classroom teaching college students. But the professor's structured, academic life is about to spin out of control. Some extremely valuable and important Maya artifacts have gone missing. Are the culprits fanatics determined to create chaos and usher in annihilation?

Helping out a friend, former immigration and customs enforcement officer Hunter Johnston is determined to recover the missing pieces and he needs Lina's help. A man used to calling the shots and working alone, he isn't comfortable letting anyone get close, especially a beautiful and brainy woman like Lina. His gift for reading people tells him there's a lot going on below that professional exterior, and he's more than a little curious to probe her depths.

Burying herself in her work, Lina's had little experience handling men, especially one as fascinating and exasperating as the secretive, headstrong Hunter. A devoted archaeologist, she has the skill to excavate those protective layers all the way to his core.

But finding the missing artifacts is only the beginning of a mystery that will plunge these unlikely partners into adventure, romance, and danger more thrilling, sensual, and deadly than either of them knows. . . .

Product Details
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: William Morrow (May 22, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061629863
ISBN-13: 978-0061629860

 

 

 

Lethal Rider (Lords of Deliverance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

They're here.

They ride.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Born of a match between good and evil, four siblings stand between hell's minions and everything they want to destroy. They are the Lords of Deliverance, and they have the power to ward off Doomsday . . . or let it ride.

LETHAL RIDER

Thanatos, the most deadly Horseman of the Apocalypse, has endured thousands of years of celibacy to prevent the end of days. But just one night with the wickedly sexy Aegis Guardian, ReganCooper, shatters centuries of resolve. Yet their passion comes with a price. And Thanatos must face a truth more terrifying than an apocalypse - he's about to become a father.

Demon-slayer Regan Cooper never imagined herself the maternal type, but with the fate of the world hanging in the balance she had no choice but to seduce Thanatos and bear his child. Now, as the final battle draws closer and his rage at being betrayed is overshadowed by an undeniable passion for the mother of his child, Thanatos has a life-shattering realization: To save the world, he must sacrifice the only thing he's ever wanted - a family.


Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (May 22, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446574503
ISBN-13: 978-0446574501

New Barefoot in the Sand Winner

I have picked a new winner (one previous winner didn't get back to me) of my Barefoot in the Sand Giveaway and they are:

CONGRATULATIONS:

1.  Rebe (confirmed)

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

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

Happy Victoria Day!

I want to wish my fellow Canadians a Happy Victoria's Day!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (May 21)

What Are You Reading is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Sheila from One Persons Journey: http://bookjourney.wordpress.com

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

Last week I read:

1.  The Danger That Is Daimon - Lisa Renee Jones
2.  Kiss of the Goblin Prince - Shona Husk
3.  Under Fire - Catherine Mann
4.  Barefoot in the Sand - Roxanne St. Clair
5.  Heart of a Killer - Jaci Burton
6.  Social Suicide - Gemma Halliday
7.  Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson
8.  11th Hour - James Patterson
9.  Blood Alone Vol. 6 - Masayuki Takano

I’m currently reading:

1.  Lucky in Love - Jill Shavis

Books I’m planning on reading this week:

1.  If You Hear Her - Shiloh Walker
2.  If You Know Her - Shiloh Walker
3.  Savage Awakening - J.D. Tyler
4.  A Killer Read - Erika Chase
5.  Black Heart - Holly Black
6.  Nabari No Ou Vol. 10 - Yuhki Kamatani

Here's the link:

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-139 

MT Review: Down the Darkest Road [Hardcover]

I've finished "Down the Darkest Road" the 3rd book in her Oak Knoll series by Tami Hoag.

Product Description

Once upon a time I had the perfect family. I had the perfect husband. I had the perfect children. I had the perfect life in the perfect home. And then, as in all fairy tales, evil came into our lives and destroyed us.

Four years after the unsolved disappearance of her sixteen-year-old daughter, Lauren Lawton is the only one still chasing the ghosts of her perfect Santa Barbara life. The world has given her daughter up for dead. Her husband ended his own life in the aftermath. Even Lauren's younger daughter is desperate to find what's left of the childhood she hasn't been allowed to have.

Lauren knows exactly who took her oldest child, but there is not a shred of evidence against the man. Even as he stalks her family, Lauren is powerless to stop him. The Santa Barbara police are handcuffed by the very laws they are sworn to uphold. Looking for a fresh start in a town with no memories, Lauren and her younger daughter, Leah, move to idyllic Oak Knoll. But when Lauren's suspect turns up in the same city, it feels to all the world that history is about to repeat itself. Leah Lawton will soon turn sixteen, and Oak Knoll has a cunning predator on the hunt.

Sheriff's detective Tony Mendez and his team begin to close in on the suspected killer, desperate to keep the young women of their picturesque town safe. But as the investigators sift through the murky circumstances of an increasingly disturbing case, a stunning question changes everything they thought they knew. In Down the Darkest Road, #1 New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag proves again why she is one of the world's most beloved storytellers.

About the Author

Tami Hoag is the #1 international bestselling author of thirty books. Renowned for combining thrilling plots with character-driven suspense, Hoag first hit the New York Times bestseller list with Night Sins, and each of her books since has been a bestseller. She lives in Florida.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Dutton Adult; First Edition edition (December 27, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 052595239X
ISBN-13: 978-0525952398

My Review:

At one time the Lawton family were very happy with a husband, wife and two beautiful daughters.  But that all changed when Leslie the eldest daughter at 16 years old was kidnapped and Lance the father couldn't handle losing her he drove his car over a mountainous road two years after the event.  Now Lauren's motive is to make the man responsible Roland Ballencoa  pay for his crime.  Four years later Lauren has moved from Santa Barbara to the small town of Oak Knoll with Leah her younger daughter to start a new life.  When she shops at a grocery store she swears she sees the Roland Ballencoa and follows him out to the parking lot.  She races after him which catches the attention of Detective Tony Mendez and he pulls her over.  When he realizes who she is and who she thought she saw he decides to look into the case to find out if a dangerous child predator has moved into his backyard.

I really enjoy how they solve cases back in the 80's before modern technology was discovered.  How they did it by hand.

It was great to catch up with Anne, Vince and their children.  It was fun to see both of them involved in the case and how they helped.

Danni Tanner was an interesting character because of her potty mouth but she really cares about people.  Liked her romance with Tony.

The main villain was really gross and disgusting.  I was really disappointed how he got away and was never convicted of the crimes he was accused of.

4/5

Other books in series:

1.  Deeper Than the Dead
2.  Secrets to the Grave