April 2011 Reads

Nick Gautier’s day just keeps getting better and better. Yeah, he survived the zombie attacks, only to wake up and find himself enslaved to a world of shapeshifters and demons out to claim his soul.

His new principal thinks he’s even more of a hoodlum than the last one, his coach is trying to recruit him to things he can’t even mention and the girl he’s not seeing, but is, has secrets that terrify him.

But more than that, he’s being groomed by the darkest of powers and if he doesn’t learn how to raise the dead by the end of the week, he will become one of them...

This is the second book in The Chronicles of Nick and I am even more hooked now than I was after the first book. 
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It seems future Nick is changing his Fate!  You know what Ash says about messing with the Fates!  They do not like it one bit!  Now I guess he won't be sleeping with the Simi to be cursed by Ash, so what will he end up doing instead or is his future being corrected??  I can't wait to find out how this story plays out and I hope once we get to the current time we won't have to wait for his Dark-Hunter story if he even ends up with one!
Will we notice changes in the Dark-Hunter stories about him? 
I don't read many YA paranormal but after reading this series I may have to give a couple a try.


 

The women of Lemuria are still in chains. The daughter of an enslaved warrior, brutally attacked by a vicious guard, Selyn has survived - barely. Beaten and terrified, she must overcome her fear and trust her life to the only man who can help her: Dawson Buck, one from Earth who has crossed through the portal, a gifted healer. His skills and knowledge renew her body and strengthen her spirit - and awaken a compelling passion she has never known. But she cannot yield...Selyn seeks revenge for herself and her mother and all the Forgotten Ones who toil in secret. If Dawson helps her, his own life may be forfeit. And for Selyn, true love does not ask such sacrifices...

Kate Douglas is one of my favorite authors and she has yet to let me down.  This series just keeps on getting better!  I wish she could find a way to get this series a few more books added!!  Her characters are strong and a perfect match!

Mica Toler’s best friend is the wolf/coyote hybrid breed, Cassie Sinclair. And now Mica is being drawn into her world in ways she had prayed she never would be when the charming wolf breed Navarro makes good on the promise he made her on a dark, explosive night.

The Breeds guaranteed that no harm would come to Micah Toler but they never allowed for her sensual fascination with Navarro Blaine. Aloof, cool, and mysterious, he draws her in as no man ever has. But Micah never wanted this. She had her own dreams, her own desires, and being stalked and seduced by a wolf breed wasn’t part of that plan.

Now she knows her life is in danger. What Navarro knows is that she’s his mate and that the breeding and training that created him is being peeled away in his desperation to claim a woman that refuses to be claimed.

He has her body. She craves his touch. And as the breeds converge the past will rise up to haunt Navarro in ways he never expected.

I always look forward to Lora Leigh's books no matter the series.  I love the characters and stories!  This is another HIT on my list!  Loved Navarro & Micah both.  We learn more and more about the breeds the farther we get into the series.  As always I look forward to the next book may it be a Novel or Novella!  Some are dissappointed with the short stories but I will take what I can get!

 

Christiana is so excited to finally be Graduating college. After years of studiously concentrating on her Business Degree and preparing herself to walk in her father's footsteps she has spent weeks sewing (and calling home to Mom for some help) her costume. The Annual Graduation Masquerade Ball glitters in front of her, a place where she can finally dress up and wallow in her untried seduction skills. She can become anyone she pleases and finally let her inhibitions go.

Romance, Mystery and Passion.

How Edward has hated those words Christiana threw at him the last (and certainly not the first) time he propositioned her. His oldest and closest friend wants Romance from a man? Mystery and Passion in her life? He could barely believe the lengths he would stoop to catch his girl.

So here he stood, Gatecrashing the Graduation Ball in the hopes of wooing the woman he couldn't seem to get out of his head. The one woman who drove him nuts, teased and taunted him with her "buddy" ways, and whom he couldn't help but compare everyone else to.

What Edward didn't realise was that just as he had been Chasing Love with Christiana, she also seemed to be constantly Chasing Love with him. Even though neither would admit it.



 

Samantha Monique Rutledge is happy with her life. She has her work as a PI, an extended family whom she adores and a twin brother blissfully in love. After being introduced to Callum MacLennon, who is about to leave for a long-term project in Australia, Sam willingly gives in to temptation and indulges in what she believes will be one night of raunchy, make-her-scream sex with no strings, no lingering emotions and certainly no complications.

Eight months later, Sam still can’t get the delectable man out of her mind. Not only has Callum returned, but two little wolf cubs have gone missing, and her twin brother Alexander wants her to discreetly investigate whether her one-time lover had anything to do with it. Balancing herself between the twin temptations of finding the lost cubs and indulging herself in her lover, however, is harder than she could have believed—especially since Callum is making it crystal clear that he’s all for them giving in to temptation and solving this puzzle together, intimately.

I read the previous books in this series a while ago but couldn't wait til these came out in print to read them, so I broke down and got the ebooks!  Both stories were great and I was so glad I broke down! lol   


 

Killian O'Brien is your not-so-average demon escorting souls of the damned to their just rewards. Whiskey and women fill his downtime, and he's quite happy with how his eternity is going until three well-meaning but meddling teenagers summon him to grant them a wish. They want him to find a real life good man for overworked editor Poppy, who's devoted her past few years to raising her younger sister. Good is something Killian normal doesn't deal with, but if he fails the teens, he'll be stuck on earth. It shouldn't be a problem, except there's much more than meets the eye to Poppy in her slouchy jeans and logo tees, enough to make Killian wonder whether even a demon might be worthy of true love.

I really enjoyed this story!  I recommend all Kathy Love's books!  I enjoyed the teenagers in this book.

I loved how Poppy & Killian's story unfolded!

After an unstable childhood, gorgeous London Brooke is content with her orderly life working at the Elk Ski Lodge in Aspen, Colo. Then bounty hunter Marc King shows up at her front desk and forces her to question whether her sheltered existence really counts as living. London isn't sure where her relationship with Marc is heading other than the bedroom, but when they both receive cryptic packages, they have to work together to save their families.

I have enjoyed this series so far. The King Men rock! They are HOT! 

Virginia Dean wakes at midnight beside a dead body, with a bloody knife in her hand and no memory of the evening’s events. Dark energy, emanating from the mirrors lining the room, overpowers her senses. With no apparent way in or out, she is rescued by a man she has met only once before, but won’t soon forget....

Owen Sweetwater inherited his family’s talent for hunting the psychical monsters who prey on London’s women and children, and his investigation into the deaths of two glass-readers has led him here. The high-society types of the exclusive Arcane Society would consider her an illusionist, a charlatan, even a criminal, but Owen knows better. Virginia’s powers are real — and they just might be the key to solving this challenging case.

 I love how strong the women are in this series!  The Arcane is a great world!  I don't normally read historical books but I look forward to the Past, Present & Future books in this series!  I highly recommend The Looking Glass Trilogy as well as all books related to The Arcane series!
 

It's never a good idea to date your prey.

Xandra had a thing about vampires-like not dating one. Ever. But now that she's on the hunt for the mastermind behind a newly formed vampire army, she's sucking it up and dating every vamp in her little black book. Her prime suspect: Dante. Cop, vampire-and drop-dead gorgeous. As the police force's vampire liaison officer, Dante is no stranger to crime. Feral vampires are attacking in droves, and he's hell-bent on finding out who's responsible before the backlash robs them all of their hard-won rights. His number one suspect: Xandra. Hunter, smartass-and sexy as sin. No one is more surprised than Xandra when Dante shows up as her date. Her cover is not all that's blown during their mutual interrogation. Sparks of attraction fly-right before an attack leaves her gravely injured. With no choice but to inoculate her with his blood, Dante has more questions than ever before. Like who wants her silenced. As they race to uncover a long-buried secret, Xandra realizes she can trust no one. Not even Dante. Especially since his blood is giving her unpredictable side effects.

This is a new author to me and I really liked this story.  If I found another book from her I would definately have to put it in my huge TBR pile!  The story is solid with great characters.  I recommend this book!

 

Elyn Castel spent 50 years as the slave of a vampire sociopath. Now, thanks to cyborg bodyguard Jarl “Blade” Bladin, Kruz is dead. But Blade is after Elyn now, and she has to do everything she can to get away from Blade. But that’s easier said than done…

This was a short read but I enjoyed it totally!  Angela Knight is another of my favorite authors and love her books!

 

Daphanie Carter is thrilled that her sister Danice finally found her Prince Charming—even though he’s not quite, well, human. Daphanie is trying to keep an open mind. Which is why she jumps at the chance to enter the hidden world of The Others when a friendly imp invites her to a non-human nightclub. Daphanie’s curious to see how the Other half lives—and parties—but soon, one handsome stranger has her bewitched, bothered, and beside herself…

Enter Asher Grayson. As a Guardian, it’s his job to protect humans who get mixed up in the affairs of Others. When he spots Daphanie in a club, going head to head with a notorious witch doctor, he steps in to cool things off. Now the heat is on. Daphanie becomes the target of strange magical attacks, and Asher’s got to undo the voodoo before it’s too, too late. But soon he starts to wonder if this beautiful, beguiling mortal has put a spell on him—because every little thing she does is magic…

I love both characters in this book!  Action packed all the way through!  I love The Others world and can't get enough! 

 

It’s an Immortal War…

Vampires and werewolves have been blood enemies for centuries, but now a new threat is rising…demons are escaping from hell and those demons are intent on wiping out both the vamps and the werewolves.

When you have no one to trust…

In order to stop the demons, pureblood vampire princess Morgan LaBeaux agrees to the treaty offered by werewolf alpha Jace Vaughn. She’ll mate with him, share her blood with him…and in return, the wolves will aid the vampires in this battle.

The enemy of my enemy is my husband…

But Morgan doesn’t realize just how dangerous the wolves can truly be. Jace has been waiting years to claim her. He’s set a trap for his princess, and now that he has her, Jace doesn’t plan to let her go. He’ll send the demons back to hell, and he’ll keep his vampiress—forever.

Because the blood binds all.

This was a short story that I devoured!  I loved this story and the ending was great!  I recommend all of Cynthia Eden's books!

When Saria Boudreaux finds a dead body in the Louisiana bayou near her home, her first instinct is to go to the police. But there’s a problem--it looks like the victim may have been killed by a big cat, and her brothers are all shape-shifting leopards.

Sent to investigate by the land’s owner, leopard shifter Drake Donovan is ready for anything—except the insatiable hunger that rocks him when he meets Saria. Deep in his soul he knows that she is destined to be his mate. Torn between protecting her brothers and finding the truth, Saria treads warily around the powerful shifter. Yet as they venture deep into the mysterious bayou on a hunt for the killer, Saria finds herself longing for Drake’s touch and the sweet release of surrender…

I read all of Christine Feehan's books, she is an auto-buy for me!  This one did not let me down.  Love the action & suspense!  I look foward to more Leopard books!  This is a world I love to visit!

March Reads

 
The Fates do enjoy their little amusements.

Storm O’Malley thought she’d always be a beat cop. But when she helped catch a serial murderer, she became a detective and a member of the elite Homicide squad. Now she’s got a murder to solve and a new reason to call on the gorgeous professor she met on the Dean case.

The first time Professor Tristan Lisalli met Storm, she was off limits because he couldn’t afford to get mixed up in a high-profile case. No supernatural could. Much less a noble of the Sidhe court. But after that case was solved, he’d fully intended to challenge his cousin Pierce with the seduction of a woman-with the seduction of Storm. But now Storm is involved in another high-profile case. A murder again, but with a difference. Treasure.

No fey creature can resist the legendary Medici Chalice of Eros. But if what Tristan suspects is true, then the real treasure is Storm. He thinks she just might be his forever wife-and Pierce’s as well.

I really enjoyed this book and want to get my hands on the rest of this series. I recommend this series!




A BLESSING—OR A CURSE?


Kristin Daniels is passionate in her pursuit of the truth. As the host of the television show Hoax Hunters, she's traveled to the ends of the earth to explore—and expose—life's most enduring myths. Her latest undertaking is no exception: Kris is bound for Scotland, where she intends to get to the bottom of the Loch Ness Monster legend once and for all. Instead, Kris encounters something far more mysterious... For in the ruins of the lake's Urquhart Castle lies a heavenly creature—a sleek, muscled man with a seductive brogue named Liam Grant. One look into his eyes and Kris is already in danger of falling in too deep. Is Liam for real? Or has the spell of the moon touched them both?

I was so happy when I got the news that that Lori was writing more books in this series.  She did not disappoint!  I am looking forward to the next book in this series Crave the Moon 6-28-11.

 To be a hero, he had to sacrifice his soul.  Now more beast than man, Dr. Henri Edouard puhed the limits from a drug he foolishly designed for one purpose - to create an invincible soldier.
In the aftermath, the government seeks the formula and Henri is on the run.  But he cannot outrun himself.
Sterling wants to reach Henri before the drug destroys him.  Dr. Alison Cunningham must save him no matter the cost and is willing, for her own reasons, to risk her life for his.  What she didn't count on risking was her heart.  Though the clock is ticking, Henri and Alice fin that lo is the most dangeous drug of all.

I picked this book up a while ago at a used book store because I have all the books in The Horde Wars and the Shikar series and totally love them.  I enjoyed this book in the Sterling Files series and now must find the rest of the books in this series.




Enemy mine…


Lyra Marcus tries to avoid her werewolf family’s political entanglements. Instead, she heals the wounds of the never-ending border skirmishes between lycans and wereleopards. It’s a bitter irony that she’s about to die in that war.

When she awakens after an attack, the horror of her situation dawns. She’s a wounded werewolf in the middle of wereleopard territory. And standing over her is a son of its most powerful family, Zander Leonidas. Her fate may be a swift and bloody end, but she intends to go down fighting.

Zander has no plan to fight the little she-wolf who’s landed at his Refuge Resort, a place where shifter species are free to be what they are—except wolves, of course. Yet Lyra fits him in a way she shouldn’t, and the urge to mark her as his mate is irresistible. A match like theirs, though, would rock the foundations of their world.

He intends to find out who left Lyra for dead on Leonidas land. And keep her safe from whoever wants to finish the job—not to mention the werewolf alpha who wants his niece back at any cost…



 

 When both his mate and his father died in a freak accident, Jason, the oldest Leonidas brother left home and became a park ranger in the Florida Panhandle. The distance and solitude suit him. After all, the less he cares, the less he hurts.


With a hurricane bearing down on the coast, his job is to secure and evacuate the park. As the storm worsens to a point where evacuation is no longer possible, he discovers Celeste Lykaios injured and unconscious. The problem is…his mate died over a year ago.

Celeste’s world has turned upside down. After being gravely injured in a plane crash, Jason abandoned her. In a mere twenty-four hours she finds out her werewolf step-father lost her birth father’s land, her family hid her survival from Jason, and her new fiancé is a killer. She goes to the only person she is certain can keep her safe, driving straight into a hurricane only to be attacked before she finds him. She wakes up in Jason’s home with no idea how she got there or why.

They take shelter from the storm to unravel the betrayal that split them apart, but first have to face the danger stalking Celeste.

When the storm passes, one question remains. If his mate–a human–survived the airplane crash that was supposed to have taken her life and the life of his father…what happened to the stronger wereleopard leader?

Love is the only thing she can’t escape…

Ecstatic that she’s found a place to hide—and a job—at Refuge Resort, Cleo Nemean toasts her escape a few too many times and ends up having a one-night stand with a seriously hot leopard shifter. The catch? It’s Adrian Leonidas, her new boss…and they accidentally mark each other as mates.

Nothing could be worse than losing her hard-won freedom. Until her werebear ex, Trevor, tracks her down. His obsession has already cost one life. Determined to never again be the cause of another death—especially Adrian’s—she flees the safety of the refuge. And her new mate’s protection.

Only Cleo has ever caused Adrian to lose his formidable control. Accidental or not, the lovely lion shifter is now his woman. He’s not about to let anything harm her before they’ve explored the undeniable heat between them. There’s only one way to eliminate the threat to her life: use her as bait to lure Trevor into a trap.

When the trap is sprung too soon, however, there’s no time to wonder if whoever tipped Trevor off is tied to his father’s disappearance. Not when there’s a gun pointed at Cleo’s head…

I found out about this series from looking up Crystal Jordan's website to find out about when the next book in her Paranormal type books will come out.  I went directly to Amazon and downloaded all three books!  Now there is another book in the series Renegade Passions.  I will have to put this one on the top of my TBR pile!



 

EXPANDED AUTHOR’S CUT SPECIAL EDITION – INCLUDING 100 EXTRA PAGES OF NEW MATERIAL

Enter the enchanting world of the Carpathians, where dark adventure, mystery, and love await, and the desires of two daring hearts unite in one irresistible passion.  

A telepathic hunter of serial killers, Raven Whitney helps catch some of the most depraved criminals. But her work keeps her from getting close to others, and has drained her body and spirit. In need of rest and rejuvenation, she embarks on a vacation far from home.

Mikhail Dubrinksy is the Prince of the Carpathians, the powerful leader of a wise and secret ancient race that thrives in the night. Engulfed by despair, fearful of never finding the mate who can save him from the encroaching darkness, his soul cries out in loneliness. Until the day a beautiful voice full of light and love responds, softly soothing his pain and yearning.

From the moment they meet, Raven and Dubrinksy are helpless to resist the desire that sparks between them. But just as fate unexpectedly brings these life mates together, malevolent forces threaten to destroy them and their fragile love. Yet even if they survive, how can these two lovers – Carpathian and human – build a future together? And how can Dubrinksy bring Raven into his dark world without extinguishing her beautiful goodness and light?

I love this series but was disappointed that I didn't notice any 100 extra pages!   I would love to find out exactly what was added to this book!  I still look forward to the next book in this series Dark Predator fall of 2011 - and April 26th Savage Nature comes out from her Leopard series another of her great series!

She wants to hide the past…

FBI Special Agent Samantha Kennedy is haunted by memories of the serial killer who abducted her. To keep the darkness at bay, she pretends to be a different, more confident woman. This Samantha doesn’t fear every unknown face. So she throws caution to the wind and shares a night of unbridled passion with a handsome stranger.

He needs to uncover the truth…

One night isn’t enough for successful entrepreneur Max Ridgeway. He wants more of the sexy, smart, mysterious woman who slipped away before dawn. When they meet again, their attraction is undeniable—until his stepbrother goes missing, and Max realizes that Samantha isn’t who she seems. But they must trust each other to trap a ring of blood-thirsty kidnappers before the nightmares that terrorize Sam become irrevocably real.

As a merciless criminal spins a web of . . .

DEADLY LIES

This series gets better and better, I am so glad that Cynthia decided to take a leap and try a new genre!  I will definately pick up all her suspense books in the future!

 

 A HERO AMONG MEN

Meet Captain Jordan Malone. For years he has been a silent warrior and guardian, operating independent of government protocol or oversight, leading his loyal team of Elite Ops to fight terror at all costs. A legend in the field, Jordan’s true identity has remained a mystery to even his own men…until now.

A MAGNET FOR ONE WOMAN
Tehya Talamosi, codename: Enigma, is a force to be reckoned with. A woman this striking spells nothing but trouble for Jordan. Armed with killer secrets—and body to die for—she’ll bring Jordan to his knees as they both take on the most deadly mission they have ever faced. Because this time, it’s personal…

The last book in the Elite Ops series!  I do enjoy her suspense books but my favorite is still the Breeds!   I also look forward to more books in her Bound Hearts series!! :)  I hope she continues with the The Chronicles of Brydon series!  She is a terrific author and one of my favorites!  I always look forward to reading any book she publishes!!


 
Katie Woods never thought she'd be forty-one, divorced, and thrust back into the dating world. To start fresh, Katie uproots her veterinary practice to upstate New York-not exactly the hottest dating scene on the planet. But when an unconscious cougar appears at her clinic, Katie's newly single life gets a much needed jolt of the supernatural kind. After Katie examines the cougar and leaves him caged overnight, she's shocked to find a big strapping specimen of young, hot man in its place. And when the scratch she got during the exam results in some unnatural side effects, Katie has more to deal with then her animal attraction to a much younger guy-she has to figure how to stop herself from becoming a cougar of the four-legged variety.

Dakota has such a great humor to her writings and I can't get enough.  I so look forward to Accidentally Dead ....Again!




 

Nothing on earth can make this vampire fall in love…

After 499 years of existence, Connor Buchanan has arrived at an inescapable conclusion: he is a cold-hearted SOB. He’s been watching his friends—those poor romantic fools—plummet off the cliff into love like a dazed herd of sheep. But not Connor. He knows that love leads to nothing by heartache.

Until Marielle…

She is an angel cast down from heaven for disobedience. Trapped in mortal form, she finds a protector in Connor, a Scottish vampire haunted by a dark past. Marielle hopes to heal his broken heart and earn her way back home, but suddenly she has these…feelings. This strange yet pleasant physical yearning—for a vampire! Is this the work of a demon luring her into hell, or has this angel found heavenly bliss?

I always enjoy reading the Love At Stake books and am glad she now has more paranormal characters included in this series!  I so look forward to the next book in this series Sexiest Vampire Alive!!  If you read this series then you know this book belongs to Gregori!  I look forward to finding out who the new bad guys or girl will be also and how Shanna's dad takes to being a Vampire!


I was planning on doing this a few weeks ago, but several sad events have taken place in my life that had me put this off until now! 
Rest In Peace
Uncle Neil Castro whom introduced me to his nephew who is now my husband of almost 20 years!
Uncle Steven Mitchell my fathers brother that he was very close to. Out of 7 siblings he only has 2 left which scares me alot!
And Lisa Dalrymle 31, my co-worker who died in a car accident and left 3 small children and husband!  My prayers go out to the family.

On top of the above sad news I have trigger finger in my thumb and will go to the specialist Thursday to see if he can help me with the pain it is causing.


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