In the Mail (Aug 4)

Today I received in the mail:

My Forbidden Desire (Mass Market Paperback)

Product Description

TORN BETWEEN...

Alexandrine Marit is a witch in mortal danger. An evil mage craves the powerful, mysterious talisman that supplies her magic, and the only person who can keep her safe is a dark and dangerous fiend called Xia. With his fierce animosity toward witches, he's hardly the ideal bodyguard. Yet as days turn into nights, she can't deny the white-hot passion between them.

My Forbidden Desire (Mass Market Paperback)

DESIRE AND TEMPTATION

Xia hates witches. They enslave and mercilessly kill his kind. But he's been ordered to protect Alexandrine, who, to his surprise, has a spirit he admires and a body he longs to possess. With the mage and his henchmen closing in, Alexandrine and her protector must trust the passion that can unite them...or risk losing everything to the enemies who can destroy them both.

Demonica

Heartsick (Hardcover)

I've just finished reading "HeartSick" the 1st book in her Archie Sheridan series by Chelsea Cain.

From the Inside Flap

Damaged Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent ten years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end she was the one who caught him. Two years ago, Gretchen kidnapped Archie and tortured him for ten days, but instead of killing him, she mysteriously decided to let him go. She turned herself in, and now Gretchen has been locked away for the rest of her life, while Archie is in a prison of another kind---addicted to pain pills, unable to return to his old life, powerless to get those ten horrific days off his mind. Archie’s a different person, his estranged wife says, and he knows she’s right. He continues to visit Gretchen in prison once a week, saying that only he can get her to confess as to the whereabouts of more of her victims, but even he knows the truth---he can’t stay away.

When another killer begins snatching teenage girls off the streets of Portland, Archie has to pull himself together enough to lead the new task force investigating the murders. A hungry young newspaper reporter, Susan Ward, begins profiling Archie and the investigation, which sparks a deadly game between Archie, Susan, the new killer, and even Gretchen. They need to catch a killer, and maybe somehow then Archie can free himself from Gretchen, once and for all. Either way, Heartsick makes for one of the most extraordinary suspense debuts in recent memory.

About the Author

Chelsea Cain lived the first few years of her life on an Iowa commune, then grew up in Bellingham, Washington, where the infamous Green River Killer was “the boogeyman” of her youth. She started writing Heartsick to kill time while she was pregnant. Also the author of Confessions of a Teen Sleuth, a parody based on the life of Nancy Drew, several nonfiction titles, and a weekly column in The Oregonian, Chelsea Cain lives in Portland with her husband and daughter. Visit her online at www.chelseacain.com.

My review:

Wow this is one sick relationship! Stockholm Sydrome is what I call it!

5/5

It's Monday! What Are You Reading Meme?

What Are You Reading is a weekly Monday Meme that J. Kaye Book Blog hosts.

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

Last week I read:

1. Whisper of Warning - Laura Griffin
2. Deadlock - Iris Johansen
3. Promises in Death - J.D. Robb
4. Sweetheart - Chelsea Cain

I'm currently reading:

1. Fast and Hard - Erin McCarthy

Books I'm planning on reading this week:

1. One Reckless Summer - Toni Blake
2. Forbidden Nights with a Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks
3. Night Moves - Heather Graham

Here's the links:

http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/
http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-

Library Haul Part 2 (July 27 - Aug 2)

Here's the list of books I picked up from the library this weekend.

1. She Loves Me Not - Wendy Corsi Staub
2. The Last to Know - Wendy Corsi Staub
3. Don't Scream - Wendy Corsi Staub

Library Haul (July 27 - Aug 2)

Here's the list of books I picked up from the library this weekend.

Night Moves - Heather Graham (review coming)
One Reckless Summer - Toni Blake (review)
Forbidden Nights with a Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks (review)
The Trouble with J.J. - Tami Hoag (review coming)
Once Bitten Twice Shy - Jennier Rardin
A Rush of Wings - Adrian Phoenix
Deep Down - Karen Harper (not reading)
Houses of Stone - Barbara Michaels

August Book Releases

+ = New

1st
Bound By Love- Rosemary Rogers
My Soul To Take- Rachel Vincent
Storm Watch – Jill Shavis
Tasting Fear – Shannon McKenna
Take Me – Shelli Stevens
The Bad Boy’s Guide to the Galazy – Karen Kelley
The Perfect Couple – Brenda Novak
Night’s Edge - Anthology
Chosen to Die - Lisa Jackson

4th
Cold Moon Rising- C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp
Skykeepers- Jessica Andersen
Laid Bare- Lauren Dane
Storm of Visions- Christina Dodd
Beyond the Rain- Jess Granger
The Path of Razors- Chris Marie Green
Bad Moon Rising- Sherrilyn Kenyon
Babydoll – Allyson Roy
The Bride’s Secret – Debra Webb
Crystal Healer: A Stardoc Novel – Lynn Viehl
Out of Light, Into the Shadows - Lori Foster, L.L. Foster & Erin McCarthy
Pitch Black – Leslie Parrish
Sweet Restraint – Beth Kery

5th
I Can See You – Karen Rose

11th
Smash Cut – Sandra Brown
More Than a Man – Rebecca York
The Bride's Secrets - Debra Webb

15th
By The Blood We Live- Anthology

18th
Savor Me Slowly – Gena Showalter (Mass Market Paperback (reprint)

25th
Unbound- Anthology
Hunting Ground- Patricia Briggs
Mercy Thompson: Homecoming- Patricia Briggs
Lucan- Susan Kearney
Possession- Devyn Quinn
Belong to the Night – Anthology
Servant: The Kindred – L.L. Foster
Pleasure – Jacquelyn Frank
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker – Leanna Renee Hieber
Dreamfever- Karen Marie Moning
Tall, Dark & Fangsome – Michelle Rowen
The Darkest Whisper – Gena Showalter
+Silent Killer - Beverly Barton

Win Frostbitten or The White Queen or Prophecy of the Sisters Contest

The Eclectic Reader has an awesome contest to win one of three books on her blog.

The contest closes Aug 31st at 12:00 AM EST and is open to everyone.

She has three books up for grabs and they are:

1. Frostbitten - Kelley Armstrong
2. The White Queen - Philippa Gregory
3. Prophecy of the Sisters - Michelle Zink

Here's the link:

http://teddyree-theeclecticreader.blogspot.com/2009/08/win-frosbitten-or-white-queen-or.html

Promises in Death (Hardcover)

I've just finished reading "Promises in Death" the 28th book in her Eve Dallas series by J.D. Robb.


Product Description

#1 New York Times– bestselling author J. D. Robb takes us to the New York City of 2060, where Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces down a cop killer.

Amarylis Coltraine may have recently transferred to the New York City police force from Atlanta, but she’s been a cop long enough to know how to defend herself against an assailant. When she’s taken down just steps away from her apartment, killed with her own weapon, for Eve the victim isn’t just “one of us.”

Dallas’s friend Chief Medical Examiner Morris and Coltraine had started a serious relationship, and from all accounts the two were headed for a happy future together. But someone has put an end to all that. After breaking the news to Morris, Eve starts questioning everyone from Coltraine’s squad, informants, and neighbors, while Eve’s husband, Roarke, digs into computer data on Coltraine’s life back in Atlanta. To their shock, they discover a connection between this case and their own painful, shadowy pasts.

The truth will need to be uncovered one layer at a time, starting with the box that arrives at Cop Central addressed to Eve containing Coltraine’s guns, badge, and a note from her killer: “You can have them back. Maybe someday soon, I’ll be sending yours to somebody else.”

But Eve Dallas doesn’t take too kindly to personal threats, and she is going to break this case, whatever it takes. And that’s a promise.

About the Author

Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times– bestselling author of more than 150 novels. Under the pen name J. D. ROBB, she is the author of the futuristic suspense In Death series, featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke. With more than 280 million copies of her books in print, Roberts has had more than one hundred bestsellers on the New York Times list.

My review:

I enjoyed reading this book and I had trouble putting it down.

I loved the dynamics between Eve and Summerset, love Roarke and Eve and the supporting characters.

4/5

August Reading Challenge - Pizza's Book Discussion

Pizza's Book Discussion is having a August Reading Challenge to see who will read the most between now and Aug 31, 2009.

She will not give you a prize but instead an award which you can put on your sidebar.

Here's my Reading List:

1. Heartsick - Chelsea Cain
2. Hard and Fast - Erin McCarthy
3. One Reckless Summer - Toni Blake
4. Forbidden Nights with a Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks
5. Night Moves - Heather Graham
6. The Trouble with J.J. - Tami Hoag
7. Hot Pursuit - Suzanne Brockmann
8. Ashes of Midnight - Lara Adrian
9. Wicked Prey - John Sandford
10. I Can See You - Karen Rose
11. Dust to Dust - Heather Graham
12. Burning Wild - Christine Feehan
13. Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon
14. Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child
15. Thriller 2: Stories You Can't Put Down - various authors
16. One Silent Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
17. Fantasy Lover - Sherrilyn Kenyon

Here's the link:

http://pizzasbookdiscussion.blogspot.com/2009/07/august-reading-challenge.html