Review: Tempted by Megan Hart

Format Read: PrintNumber of Pages: 432 pagesRelease Date: January 1st 2007Publisher: SpiceFormats Available: Ebooks, PaperbackPurchasing Info: Good Reads, Author Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Book Blurb:

I had everything a woman could want.

My husband James. The house on the lake. My life. Our perfect life. And then Alex came to visit.

The first time I saw my husband’s best friend, I didn’t like him. Didn’t like how James changed when he was around, didn’t like how his penetrating eyes followed me everywhere. But that didn’t stop me from wanting him. And surprisingly, James didn’t seem to mind.

It was meant to be fun. Something the three of us shared for those hot summer weeks Alex stayed with us. Nobody was supposed to fall in or out of love. I didn’t need another man, not even one who oozed sex …

Review: The Betrayal by Pati Nagle

Format Read: MMPB

Number of Pages: 373
Release Date: March 2009
Publisher: Del Rey
Formats Available: Paperback, ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Author’s website

Book Blurb:

The noble and magical aelven were riven by war when a rogue clan embraced a forbidden source of magic: the drinking of blood. In the bitter fighting that ensued, the vampiric Clan Darkshore were cast out of the aelven and driven across the Ebon Mountains. Stripped of their various clan colors, they were thenceforth known only as “alben,” hated and shunned. An uneasy peace now holds over the land, but it is whispered that Shalár, the beautiful and bloodthirsty queen of the alben, is readying a surprise attack to win back all that was lost–and none can say where or when she will strike.

The fate of the clans will depend on two young aelven lovers, Eliani and Turisan, who …

Review: Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

Format: Hardback Number of pages: 320Release date: 04 May 2010 Publisher: Ace trade paper (Penguin imprint)Formats available: Hardcover, Kindle editionPurchasing info: Penguin, Amazon, Goodreads

Synopsis:

After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she’s angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he’s under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their relationship. And as the political implications of the Shifters coming out are beginning to be felt, Sookie’s connection to the Shreveport pack draws her into the debate. Worst of all, though the door to Faery has been closed, there are still some Fae on the human side-and one of them is angry at Sookie. Very, very angry…

My …

Review: Spells by Aprilynne Pike

Format Read: ARC Number of Pages: 359 pages Release Date: May 4, 2010 Publisher: HarperTeen Formats Available: Hardcover Purchasing Info: Amazon.com, GoodReads, Author’s Website

Book Blurb:

“I can’t just storm in and proclaim my intentions. I can’t ‘steal’ you away. I just have to wait and hope that, someday, you’ll ask,” Tamani said.

“And if I don’t?” Laurel said, her voice barely above a whisper.

“Then I guess I’ll be waiting forever.”

Although Laurel has come to accept her true identity as a faerie, she refuses to turn her back on her human life—and especially her boyfriend, David—to return to the faerie world.

But when she is summoned to Avalon, Laurel’s feelings for the charismatic faerie sentry Tamani are undeniable. She is forced to make a choice—a choice that could break her heart.

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Review: Shut Up and Kiss Me by Christie Craig

Format Read: Ebook

Number of Pages: 336
Release Date: June 2010
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing
Formats Available: Trade Paperback, Ebook
Purchasing Info:  Goodreads, Amazon, Author’s Website

Book Blurb:WELCOME TO PRECIOUS, TEXAS

Where fistfights serve as dinner theater and fire ants rain from the sky. The locals are usually very friendly, if a bit eccentric. No pictures please, or you may find yourself a guest of the county morgue.

“Christie Craig will crack you up!”—New York Times Bestselling Author Kerrelyn Sparks

Photojournalist Shala Winters already had her hands full bringing tourism to this backward, podunk little town, but her job just got tougher. Pictures can say a thousand words, and one of Shala’s is screaming bloody murder. Now she has to entrust a macho, infuriating lawman with her life—but she’ll never trust him with her heart.Trusted or not, Sky Gomez isn’t about to let a killer get his hands on Shala’s Nikon—or any of …

Review: Beautiful Creatures by K. Garcia & M. Stohl

Format Read: Hardcover

Number of Pages: 563 pages
Release Date: December 1st 2009
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Formats Available: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Purchasing Info: BookDepository, Book Website, GoodReads

Book Blurb

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps, and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town’s oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one …

Review: The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran

Format Read: Print Number of Pages: 384 pages Release Date: March 25th 2008 Publisher: Pocket Star Formats Available: Ebooks, Paperback Purchasing Info:Good Reads, Author Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Book Blurb:

In a debut romance as passionate and sweeping as the British Empire, Meredith Duran paints a powerful picture of an aristocrat torn between two worlds, an heiress who dares to risk everything…and the love born in fire and darkness that nearly destroys them.
From exotic sandstone palaces…
Sick of tragedy, done with rebellion, Emmaline Martin vows to settle quietly into British Indian society. But when the pillars of privilege topple, her fiancé’s betrayal leaves Emma no choice. She must turn for help to the one man whom she should not trust, but cannot resist: Julian Sinclair, the dangerous and dazzling heir to …

Review: No Longer Mine by Shiloh Walker

Format Read: eBook

Number of Pages: 167 pages
Release Date: April 2010
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Formats Available: eBook
Purchasing Info: GoodReads, Author’s Website, My Bookstore & More

Book Blurb:One woman, one man, and a love that won’t let either of them go.

Born on the wrong side of the tracks and dealt a fair share of hardship, Nikki Kline never gives up a fight. Even when her reason to keep going is ripped from her, Nikki tries desperately to hang on. But when the man who broke Nikki’s heart comes back into her life she doesn’t know how much she can take. Especially since that man seems determined to win back her damaged heart.

Wade Lightfoot is a man who knows he’s made more mistakes than most. As much as he would like to repair the damage he’s done to those he loves, Wade also …

Review: Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell

Format Read: HardcoverNumber of Pages: 352 pagesRelease Date: May 11, 2010 Publisher: Egmont USA Formats Available: HardcoverPurchasing Info: amazon.com

Book Blurb: Damien Locke knows his destiny–attending the university for supervillains and becoming Golden City’s next professional evil genius. But when Damien discovers he’s the product of his supervillain mother’s one-night stand with–of all people–a superhero, his best-laid plans are ruined as he’s forced to live with his superhero family.

Going to extreme lengths (and heights), The Rise of Renegade X chronicles one boy’s struggles with the villainous and heroic pitfalls of growing up.

My thoughts::

Damien (aka Renegade X) is not just some punk with a cocky attitude who wants to be a villain, he’s real and likable and although he may not want to admit it, he has a conscience. I loved the way Chelsea captured Damien’s inner struggles and included …

Review: Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker

Format Read: ARCNumber of Pages: 192 Release date: June 1, 2010Publisher: Eos Books Genre: Urban FantasyFormats Available: Trade PB, EbookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Borders Author’s website Book Blurb: Forget contemporary American literature–former college professor Jack Barnes has a new passion: Brains. It’s in his nature…he’s a zombie. But he’s not your normal, vacant-eyed, undead idiot. No, Jack Barnes has something most other victims of the zombie apocalypse don’t have: sentience. In fact, he can even write. And the story he has to tell is a truly disturbing–yet strangely heartwarming–one. Convinced he’ll bring about a peaceful coexistence between zombies and humans if he can demonstrate his unique condition to the man responsible for the zombie virus, Howard Stein, Barnes sets off on a grueling cross-country journey to meet his maker. …