In the Mail (Nov 16)

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

Product Description

TRACING KILLERS IS MIA VOSS’S BUSINESS. AND HER WORK JUST GOT PERSONAL

At first, Mia Voss thinks it’s just bad luck when her already lousy day ends with a carjacking, but what seems like a random incident is followed by another sinister episode. A DNA expert, Mia has made it her mission to put away vicious criminals. Suddenly, she’s become the target of one. And the only way to protect the people she loves most is to deliberately destroy her reputation and risk letting a killer walk free.

Once, Mia trusted Detective Ric Santos, but that was before Ric let his turbulent past ruin his chances with Mia, the sexiest, most intriguing woman he’s ever met. But he can tell when she’s lying — and when she’s scared. The key to catching a sadistic madman lies within a long-buried cold case that has haunted Mia for years. Only she can uncover the truth, but first, Ric will have to get her to entrust him with her secrets . . . and her life.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Pocket; Original edition (November 30, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439152969
ISBN-13: 978-1439152966

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 is:

Night of the Vampires (Hqn) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

As a soldier, Cole Granger fights to restore peace to a world divided by war and evil. His extraordinary talents are enlisted to prevent the president's horrific premonition from becoming reality. Nothing — and no one — will stop him from fulfilling his duty. Especially the mysterious young woman who claims to be his comrade's sister. Enemy or ally, he can't yet determine. But one thing he knows for certain is that he must keep her close. Very close.

Megan Fox's quest to uncover a family secret leads her to the center of vampire riots in West Virginia. To find the answers she needs — and clear herself of suspicion — she must join forces with Cole. They work undercover to bring justice, but they can't disguise the potent attraction and need that draw them together. Yet trust doesn't come easily for Cole…and when Megan unearths the grim, dark truth, can she trust him to believe her?

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: HQN Books; Original edition (November 23, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0373774869
ISBN-13: 978-0373774869

New Release (Nov 16)

Vampire Knight Box Set [Paperback]

Product Description

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) T+ audience

Cross Adademy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires!

Includes volumes 1-10 and an exclusive Cross Academy Day Class Planner.

Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (November 16, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421539500
ISBN-13: 978-1421539508

Stronger than Sin (Sin 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Stronger than Sin" the 2nd book in her Sin series by Caridad Pineiro.

Product Description

Dr. Liliana Carrera nearly lost her life to Wardwell scientists. She won't let them harm other innocent victims, like her new patient, Jesse Bradford. The former pro athlete had the best hands in the NFL . . . until an injury forced him to undergo Wardwell's experimental gene therapy. Now Jesse's gorgeous body is superhuman-but his strength comes at a price.

With Wardwell threatening his family, Jesse can't tell Liliana all he knows. Yet he can't resist her compassion . . . or her healing, erotic touch. As their passion flares, Jesse's body becomes dangerous and volatile. For evil men are plotting to change the face of humanity-and will destroy whoever stands in their way.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Forever; Original edition (November 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446543845
ISBN-13: 978-0446543842

My Review:

A man shows up claiming to be FBI, and wants Liliana to treat an escapee, Jesse Bradford, a hunky ex football player who joined the treatment in order to get better since he is suffering from a disease. They implanted genes into him, and now those genes are going crazy and he is getting an exo-skeleton, because where he gets a wound, bone heals it. And when the whole of you are just bone, well then you die. The evil guys blackmail him by saying they would harm his little sister!

I really like Jesse because he feels so bad lying to Liliana while very attracted to her!  He's basically a really great guy just in a bad situation!

I really like Liliana because she's strong, smart and doesn't let any man walk all over her!  She was in a bad relationship so she is wary of men (I don't blame her)!

The relationship between Liliana and Jesse slowly builds up but when they finally come together they steam up the pages!

3/5

Caridad Pineiro Stronger than Sin Blog Tour with Giveaway

Caridad's Profile

Caridad Piñeiro is a multi-published and award-winning author whose love of the written word developed when her fifth grade teacher assigned a project – to write a book that would be placed in a class lending library. She has been hooked on writing ever since.

From the start, Caridad’s novels have received acclaim and have helped redefine the landscape of modern romance novels. In 1999, Caridad was published by Kensington as part of Encanto, the first line of bilingual Latino romance novels. In 2000, Caridad was one of the first Latino authors featured at the launch of BookExpo America’s Spanish Pavillion. In December 2006, Caridad helped Silhouette launch its successful Nocturne paranormal line with DEATH CALLS, one of the novels in the award-winning THE CALLING Vampire series. In addition, Caridad has appeared at BookExpo America on numerous occasions and has captained both the multicultural and vampire genre panels at the RT BookClub Conventions.

Caridad’s CHICAS novels, including her seventeenth release, SOUTH BEACH CHICAS CATCH THEIR MAN from Simon & Schuster’s Downtown Press, have garnered praise from both fellow authors and reviewers and are helping to make Latina fiction a vital part of the publishing mainstream.

In recognition of her work, Caridad has received various awards and honors. In 2007, a year marked by the debut of six novels from Harlequin and Pocket Books, Caridad received the Golden Apple Award Author of the Year Award from the New York City Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. Other honors that Caridad has received include the selection of DANGER CALLS and DEATH CALLS as the Top Fantasy Books of 2005 and 2006 by CATALINA magazine, the Cataromance Reviewers Choice Award for Best Nocturne in 2006 and the New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf award in 2001 for Best Short Contemporary. Her other titles have received a number of nominations, such as the Harlequin Readers Choice Awards and RIO Reviewers Choice Awards. Both DANGER CALLS and SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS have been book club selections.

Caridad’s eighteenth novel, MOON FEVER, a paranormal anthology with Maggie Shayne, Susan Sizemore and Lori Handeland, debuted in late September 2007 as #32 on the New York Times Extended Bestseller list and #123 on the USA TODAY Bestseller List. HOLIDAY WITH A VAMPIRE, a paranormal anthology with Maureen Child, made the BookScan Top 100 Adult Fiction list.

In 2009, Caridad will debut a new paranormal romantic suspense series with Grand Central Publishing. The first novel in the series, SINS OF THE FLESH, will be released in November 2009.

Caridad has appeared on Romance Novel Television, Fox Television’s Good Day New York Early Edition , New Jersey News’ Jersey’s Talking with Lee Leonard and WGN-TV’s Adelante Chicago. Articles featuring Caridad’s works have appeared in the New York Daily News, Catalina, RT BookClub, NJ Monthly, Star Ledger, Home Tribune News, Sun Sentinel, Variety Yahoo! Online News, Latina and the Waterbury Republican-American.

When not writing, Caridad teaches workshops on various topics related to writing and heads a writing group. Caridad is also an attorney, wife and mother.

Also about the Author:

Caridad was born in Havana, Cuba, and settled in the New York Metropolitan area. She attended Villanova University on a Presidential Scholarship and graduated magna cum laude. Caridad earned her juris doctor from St. John’s University and became the first female partner of Abelman, Frayne & Schwab, an intellectual property firm in midtown Manhattan.

You can reach Caridad on her blog, facebook and twitter:

http://www.caridad.com/
http://www.facebook.com/#%21/Caridad.Author?ref=ts
http://twitter.com/caridadpineiro

STRONGER THAN SIN

By Caridad Piñeiro

It's been six months since Liliana Carrera helped her brother rescue Caterina Shaw from Wardwell Laboratories, a group of fringe scientists experimenting on human beings. Now, Liliana -- with funding from the FBI -- has set up a new facility to continue testing the inhibitor complex, a cure for the patients of Wardwell. What's even better is the FBI has managed to recover another of the patients, Jesse Bradford.

When Jesse arrives at Liliana's facility, he has been drugged and displays violent erratic behavior. As Liliana helps him detox, Jesse demonstrates strange powers--superhuman strength and the ability to heal quickly.

Despite their growing attraction, Jesse is secretive and Liliana remains fearful of him. Eventually he admits that Wardwell scientists threatening his sister's life in order to maintain control over him and his powers. As they try to locate her, they begin to suspect that the scientists may have corrupted the FBI. Unless they can discover Wardwell's master plan soon, Jesse's sister, the other patients, and an unknown number of innocent people, will pay the price.

Giveaway Rules

Thanks to the great people at Forever Romance I am thrilled to be able to offer 5 copies of Stronger than Sin by Caridad Pineiro!

This giveaway is open to the US and Canada only and No P.O. BOXES please!

If you’d like to enter this giveaway please fill out this form thanks
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The giveaway runs till Nov 30th and closes at 11:59 PM PST!

Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum) [Hardcover]

I've finished "Sizzling Sixteen" the 16th book in her Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.

Product Description

Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a “lucky” bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn’t specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck. . . .

BAD LUCK:

Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is being held until the cash can be produced. Nobody else will pay to get Vinnie back, leaving it up to Stephanie, office manager Connie, and file clerk Lula to raise the money if they want to save their jobs.

GOOD LUCK:

Being in the business of tracking down people, Stephanie, Lula, and Connie have an advantage in finding Vinnie. If they can rescue him, it will buy them some time to raise the cash.

BAD LUCK:

Finding a safe place to hide Vinnie turns out to be harder than raising $786,000. Vinnie’s messing up Mooner’s vibe, running up pay-per-view porn charges in Ranger’s apartment, and making Stephanie question genetics.

GOOD LUCK:

Between a bonds office yard sale that has the entire Burg turning out, Mooner’s Hobbit-Con charity event, and Uncle Pip’s lucky bottle, they just might raise enough money to save the business, and Vinnie, from ruin.

BAD LUCK:

Saving Vincent Plum Bail Bonds means Stephanie can keep being a bounty hunter. In Trenton, this involves hunting down a man wanted for polygamy, a turnpike toilet paper bandit, and a drug dealer with a pet alligator named Mr. Jingles.

GOOD LUCK:

The job of bounty hunter comes with perks in the guise of Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, and the dark and dangerous security expert, Ranger. With any luck at all, Uncle Pip’s lucky bottle will have Stephanie getting lucky --- the only question is . . . with whom?

Sizzling Sixteen . . . so hot, the pages might spontaneously combust!

About the Author

Janet Evanovich is the #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels, and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author. She lives in New Hampshire and Florida.

Product Details
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1 edition (June 22, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312383304
ISBN-13: 978-0312383305

My Review:
 
I highly recommend this series if you love a fast paced and very funny light read!  Has two hot guys that Stephanie can't decide between!
 
I always laugh at the situations that Stephanie finds herself in when she tries to apprehend her fugutives!
 
Grandma Mazar is hilarious as usual and so is Lulu!
 
I was laughing so hard when they described Vinnie in a ?????? You will have to read yourself to find out!
 
A couple of Morelli scenes but mostly Ranger scenes!!!!!!!!!
 
I'm a huge RANGERBABE!
 
4/5

New Release (Nov 15)

Cross Fire (Alex Cross) [Hardcover]

Product Description

Wedding bells ring

Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories -- is the marksman a hero or a vigilante?

A murderer returns

The case explodes, and the FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to the investigation. As Alex and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, the murders continue. It becomes clear that they are the work of a professional who has detailed knowledge of his victims' movements--information that only a Washington insider could possess.

Caught in a lethal cross fire

As Alex contends with the sniper, Siegel, and the wedding, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good. With a supercharged blend of action, deception, and suspense, Cross Fire is James Patterson's most visceral and exciting Alex Cross novel ever.

Product Details
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (November 15, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031603617X
ISBN-13: 978-0316036177

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Nov 15)

What Are You Reading is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Sheila from One Persons Journey here:
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. Dark Warrior Unbroken - Alexis Morgan
2. Ghost Moon - Heather Graham
3. Chains of Ice - Christina Dodd
4. Demon from the Dark - Kresley Cole
5. Sizzling Sixteen - Janet Evanovich
6. Vampire Knight Vol. 6 - Matsuri Hino

I’m currently reading:

1. Stronger than Sin - Caridad Pineiro

Books I’m planning on reading this week:

1. Water Bound - Christine Feehan
2. Blind Spot - Nancy Bush
3. Waking the Witch - Kelley Armstrong
4. Vampire Knight Fanbook - Matsuri Hino

Here's the link:

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-62

Library Haul (Nov 14 - 20)

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

Hardcover:

1. Waking the Witch - Kelley Armstrong

Softcover:

1. Water Bound - Christine Feehan
2. The Anime Companion 2 - Gilles Poitras

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

In the Mail (Nov 11)

I went shopping on Thursday with two of my cousins and I bought these books from Chapters.

Scoundrel's Honor [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description

When her younger sister is abducted, strong-willed Emma Linley-Kirov will make a deal with the devil himself to rescue her. Devastatingly handsome, Dimitri Tipova is a scoundrel, seducer … and the only man who can help her, though his motive is cold, hard vengeance. Emma dares to trust him, but at what price?

As prince of Saint Petersburg's underworld, Dimitri has wealth, power, women — everything but revenge against his nefarious father. Emma is an enchanting means to an end. But as their dangerous pursuit sweeps them from the ballrooms of Russia to the steamy streets of Cairo, his savage desire for her grows. And leads him to a crossroads between his dark obsession…and the promise of love.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: HQN Books; Original edition (November 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0373774567
ISBN-13: 978-0373774562

The Promise (De Warenne Dynasty) [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description

After a record-breaking sail from China, Alexi de Warenne's moment of triumph quickly vanishes. At his welcoming party, his bewitching childhood friend Elysse O'Neill begins flirting with a shipmate, clearly punishing Alexi for his time at sea. But when Alexi finds Elysse desperately struggling in the man's arms, tragedy ensues. Within days, Alexi weds her to save her honor — and leaves her to forge a new life.

Elysse de Warenne rules the ton with her wit and grace, but the whispers of "abandoned bride" follow her ruthlessly. Elysse will never reveal the truth: that she hasn't seen her husband in six years — and that they didn't even consummate their marriage! When Alexi unexpectedly returns to England, Elysse will do whatever it takes to win his heart and claim her place at his side….

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: HQN Books; 1 edition (September 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0373774427
ISBN-13: 978-0373774425


Crave (Fallen Angels, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description

Seven deadly sins. Seven souls that must be saved. One more no-holds- barred battle between a fallen angel with a hardened heart and a demon with everything to lose.

Isaac Rothe is a black ops soldier with a dark past and a grim future. The target of an assassin, he finds himself behind bars, his fate in the hands of his gorgeous public defender Grier Childe. His hot attraction to her can only lead to trouble-and that's before Jim Heron tells him his soul is in danger. Caught up in a wicked game with the demon who shadows Jim, Isaac must decide whether the soldier in him can believe that true love is the ultimate weapon against evil.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (October 5, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451229444
ISBN-13: 978-0451229441