ARC Review: Demon Bait by Moira Rogers

Format read: ARC provided by author
Series: Book #1 Children of the Undying  series
Release Date: 29th Nov 2011
Number of pages: 87 pages
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Samhain Publishing, Barnes & Noble, iTunes

Blurb:

Fifty years after a demon apocalypse devastated the world, summoners still bear the bulk of the blame. Marci lives in secret, hiding the gifts that could cost her a secure spot in one of humanity’s underground cities, and access to their virtual world. After all, her chances of avoiding the genetic-testing lotto are better than her chances of surviving topside.

The bastard son of a terrifying incubus, lust heats Gabe’s blood and sex fuels his magic. Innate charm and charisma help him navigate the cultural gap between the outcast town he calls home and the human settlements he infiltrates for trade. His latest mission nets him an …

Review: “One Grave at a Time” by Jeaniene Frost

Format Read: Paperback copy purchased by reviewer
Number of Pages: 358
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Publisher: Avon
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, Kindle, ebook, audio
Purchasing Info: Amazon, Book Depository, Goodreads, Author’s Website, Avon

Book Blurb:

The grave is one wrong step away.

Having narrowly averted an (under)world war, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately, her gift from New Orleans’ voodoo queen just keeps on giving–leading to a personal favor that sends them into battle once again, this time against a villainous spirit.

Centuries ago, Heinrich Kramer was a witch hunter. Now, every All Hallows Eve, he takes physical form to torture innocent women before burning them alive. This year, however, a determined Cat and Bones must risk all to send him back to the other side of eternity–forever. But how do you kill a killer who’s already long dead?

My Thoughts:
Oh …

Review: The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

Format Read: ARC supplied by publicist
Length: 361 pages
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Formats Available: Trade Paperback, Kindle, ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon, Book Depository, Goodreads, Author’s website, Harlequin

Book Blurb:

To cold, emotionless faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. His own love had died a horrible death, killing any gentler feelings the Winter prince might have had. Or so he thought.

Then Meghan Chase—a half human, half fey slip of a girl— smashed through his barricades, binding him to her irrevocably with his oath to be her knight. And when all of Faery nearly fell to the Iron fey, she severed their bond to save his life. Meghan is now the Iron Queen, ruler of a realm where no Winter or Summer fey can survive.

With the (unwelcome) company …

Review: "Gateway To Heaven", by Beth Kery

Format Read: e-Book purchased by reviewer
Length: Novel
Genre: Sensual Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Formats Available: e-book, Kindle
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Kindle, Smashwords
Book Blurb:

Life is rough when you’re gorgeous, rich, talented and so sexy that the media won’t leave you alone.

It’s certainly the truth in Christian Lasher’s case. He returns to the neighborhood of his childhood to escape the spotlight, hungering for a change in his creative endeavors. In the midst of his soul searching he meets Megan and is captured by the tantalizing hint of her hidden fires. Megan knows nothing about his wild, rebellious youth or his career as a rock star—and Christian would prefer to keep it that way.

There was much, much more to her than the role of a fragile victim.

Megan Shreve is a sculptor with creative depths and passions that tragedy had forced into …

Review: "Edge of Survival" by Toni Anderson

Format Read: e-ARC provided by NetGalley courtesy of the publisher
Length: Novel
Publisher: Carina Press
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release date: November 21, 2011
Formats Available: e-Book, Kindle, Nook
Purchase information:Author Website , Goodreads, Carina Press, Kindle, Nook, All Romance/OmniLit,
Book Blurb:

Dr. Cameran Young knew her assignment wouldn’t be easy. As lead biologist on the Environment Impact Assessment team, her findings would determine the future of a large mining project in the northern Canadian bush. She expected rough conditions and hostile miners—but she didn’t expect to find a dead body her first day on the job.

Former SAS Sergeant Daniel Fox forged a career as a helicopter pilot, working as far from the rest of the human race as possible. The thrill of flying makes his civilian life bearable, and he lives by his mantra: don’t get involved. But when he’s charged with transporting the biologist to her research …

Review: Open Minds by Susan Kaye Quinn

Format Read:  E-bookNumber of Pages:  241 pages  Release Date:  1st November 2011Publisher:  CreateSpaceFormats Available:  E-book, Paperback.  Purchasing Info: Susan Kaye Quinn, Good Reads, Amazon,  

Book Blurb:
When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.

Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone who can’t read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can’t be trusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mindreader and the best friend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf’s mind and nearly kills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family and an increasingly suspicious Raf. But lies tangle around her, and she’s dragged deep into a hidden world of mindjackers, where having to mind control everyone she loves is just the beginning of the deadly choices before her.

My Thoughts:

After reading the …

Dual Review: Head Rush by Carolyn Crane

Format Read: Audiobook
Length: Novel
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Audible Frontiers
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: Oct 25th (Audiobook), Dec 6th, 2011 (ebook)
Series: The Disillusionists Trilogy #3
Formats Available: Audiobook, eBook (in Dec)
Purchasing Info: Samhain Publishing, Audible, Author’s Website, Goodreads

Book Blurb:

JUSTINE JONES FACES HER ULTIMATE ENEMY: HERSELF!

In an attempt to put her unhappy past behind her, Justine Jones throws herself into nursing school and planning her wedding to Otto Sanchez, the man of her dreams. But something is off. Random details aren’t adding up…and is it her imagination, or are her friends and fiancé keeping secrets from her? And what’s with this strange sense of unease, and her odd new headaches?

Justine tries to stay upbeat as Midcity cowers under martial law, sleepwalking cannibals, and a mysterious rash of paranormal copycat violence, but her search for answers leads her into the …

Review: Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 234Release Date: 5 October 2010Publisher: PoppyFormats Available: Harcover, Ebook, PaperbackPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Attention, all girls reading this:

We get it. The message is coming through loud and clear: You think vampires are hot. Your little sister thinks vampires are hot. Your mom thinks vampires are hot. Every single female on the face of the earth thinks vampires are hot. Girls love vampires, and I love girls. Unfortunately, girls don’t seem to love me.

So I’m making a change. For all the guys reading this, say a little prayer to the high school dating gods for me. Here’s hoping that girls think fake vampires are hot, too.

My Thoughts:

Bloodthirsty was a non-stop laugh for me, purely because it was so true.

Finbar is for want …

Review: After Midnight by Sarah Grimm

Format Read: eARC provided by Author for review
Length: 284 pages
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Midnight Series Book I
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Publisher: Wildrose Press
Formats Available: e-Book, Paperback, Kindle
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Publisher e-Book, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle
Book Blurb:

Thirteen years—that’s how long Isabeau Montgomery has been living a lie. After an automobile accident took her mother’s life, Izzy hid herself away, surviving the only way she knew how. Now she is happy in her carefully reconstructed life. That is until he walks through the door of her bar…

Black Phoenix singer/front man Noah Clark came to Long Island City with a goal–one that doesn’t include an instant, electric attraction to the dark-haired beauty behind the bar. Coaxing her into his bed won’t be easy, but he can’t get her pale, haunted eyes nor her skill on the piano out …

Review: Chosen By Fate, by Virna DePaul

Format Read: e-ARC provided by Author for review
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Length: 320 Pages
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Para-Ops Book II
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Formats Available: Paperback, Nook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, Books-A-Million, Chapters, Goodreads, Nook

Book Blurb:

Although he keeps company with a vampire and a were, human Shaman Caleb O’Flare can definitely hold his own. But neither his psychic ability nor his healing powers can help his sexy-as-hell teammate, Wraith-a ghost with no memory of her human existence, who cannot experience touch without pain.

No wraith has managed to exist past its tenth year, so her time is about to run out. She wants only two things before accepting her fate: to learn her human identity, and experience one night with Caleb…

Excerpt

My Thoughts:

In Virna DePaul’s Para-Ops world wraiths are an enigma. They are …