Saturday, March 31, 2012

In the Mail Saturday 2012 (Mar 31)


In the Mail Saturday is hosted every Saturday at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

I received this in the mail this week.




Guilty Wives [Hardcover]

Product Description


No husbands allowed


Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Their lavish presidential suite overlooks Monte Carlo, and they surrender: to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. For four days they're free to live someone else's life. As the weekend moves into pulsating discos, high-stakes casinos, and beyond, Abbie is transported to the greatest pleasure and release she has ever known.

What happened last night?


In the morning's harsh light, Abbie awakens on a yacht, surrounded by police. Something awful has happened -- something impossible, unthinkable. Abbie, Winnie, Serena, and Bryah are arrested and accused of the foulest crime imaginable. And now the vacation of a lifetime becomes the fight of a lifetime -- for survival. GUILTY WIVES is the ultimate indulgence, the kind of nonstop joy-ride of excess, friendship, betrayal, and danger that only James Patterson can create.

Product Details
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (March 26, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031609756X
ISBN-13: 978-0316097567

Friday, March 30, 2012

Run from Fear [Mass Market Paperback]


I've finished "Run from Fear" the 3rd book in a series by Jami Alden.

Product Description

With each step she takes, he tracks her every move, waiting for the perfect time. The perfect revenge. Until then, he'll watch her . . .

RUN FROM FEAR


More than anything, Talia Vega wanted to leave behind her harrowing past. Moving eight hundred miles away, she succeeded . . . until the one man who knows her darkest secrets wanders into the restaurant where she works. Now the agonizing memories come crashing back-along with an undeniable desire for Jack Brooks, the ex-Green Beret who rescued her from a sadistic monster two years ago.

Jack Brooks knows that showing up unannounced is a purely selfish move. Talia doesn't need his protection anymore, but he can't get the raven-haired beauty out of his mind. And when a twisted madman is hell-bent on resurrecting her torturous past, Jack vows to do anything to keep her safe - even risk his own life to save the only woman he's ever loved.

About the Author

Jami Alden is the Holt Medallion nominated author sexy romantic suspense. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her socially well adjusted alpha male husband, her sons, and a german shepherd who patiently listens to dialog and help her work out plot points. You can find out more about Jami and her books at www.JamiAlden.com, www.facebook.com/jamialden, or by following her on Twitter @jamialden.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Forever; Original edition (March 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446572810
ISBN-13: 978-0446572811


My Review:

Talia Vega has finally rebuilt her life around with her sister Roseario in northern California after the horrors she suffered at the hands of Nate Brewster, David Maxwell and Margaret Grayson-Maxwell.

She thought everything was going great until she starts getting gifts similar to ones that David gave her.  Then an old friend comes back into her life Jack Brooks who she hasn't wanted to see.  Jack has been keeping tabs on her and Roseario for the last two years.  Talia is still dealing with the fact she was kidnapped and tortured and doesn't really trust men anymore.

Jack has gone through a terrible family life with a alcoholic and abusive father and a mother who let it happen and turned a blind eye.  He also tried to save his friend and her son from a Green Beret and feels guilty about the aftermath.  He has always loved Talia and has been waiting for her.

This book had some very tense moments with graphic crime scene details.

We learn who the killer is early in the book and we get his thoughts and feelings.  He admires Nate Brewster and is determined to do what Nate failed to do - kill Talia Vega - she would be his ultimate kill.

At times I didn't really like Talia especially when she was rude to Jack (he was only trying to protect her for her own good) but at the end she redeemed herself when she finally admitted she loved Jack and wanted a life with him.

I really like Jack because he was so protective of Talia and Roseario and he was hot and sexy.

3/5

Broken Wings [Paperback]



I've finished "Broken Wings" by Alexandrea Weis.


Product Description

As a wildlife rehabilitator in southeast Louisiana, Pamela Wells has dealt with her fair share of wild animals, but her reclusive life is forever changed when she meets an elusive former soldier named Daniel Phillips. Sent to Pamela’s wildlife sanctuary as part of his parole requirements, Daniel and Pamela quickly clash until Daniel’s troubled past unexpectedly comes to light. After serving in Iraq, Daniel suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Pamela tries to help ease his condition by introducing him to the healing power of animals. Daniel begins to find peace, and an unexpected kindred spirit in Pamela. Fearing one day she will be forced to give up her beloved sanctuary, Pamela confides in Daniel about her debilitating health. United by their misfortunes, the relationship turns romantic. Just when Pamela has found someone to love and share her burdens, Daniel skips town, crushing her heart. Suddenly Pamela finds herself alone and in a desperate situation. She has no choice but to turn to a ruthless Louisiana attorney, Bob Patrick, for help. Bob promises Pamela financial security in exchange for a life as his obedient wife. When Daniel unexpectedly returns, Bob is not willing to give Pamela up. Like an ensnared bird, Pamela struggles to free herself of her cruel capture. The fight may prove deadly, but Daniel is willing to do anything to save her. Can two broken souls eventually find happiness or, like the broken wings of a dove, will they be forever kept from reaching the heights of heaven.

About the Author

Alexandrea Weis is a registered nurse from New Orleans who has been writing novels and screenplays for over twenty years. Her first novel, To My Senses, was a finalist for commercial fiction in Eric Hofer Book Awards, a finalist for romance in the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year awards, and a finalist for romance in the USA Book Awards. Her second novel, Recovery, was ranked #1 on the Amazon top rated for romantic suspense in kindle books. Buyer Group International, an independent production company in Austin, has optioned the motion picture rights for Recovery. Ms. Weis is also a permitted wildlife rehabber with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries and when she is not writing, Ms. Weis is rescuing orphaned and injured wildlife. She lives outside of New Orleans with her husband and a menagerie of pets.

Product Details
Paperback: 270 pages
Publisher: World Castle Publishing (February 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1937593363
ISBN-13: 978-1937593360


My Review:

Pamela Wells is an wildlife rehabber and owns the Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.  She nurses sick and hurt animals back to health and re-establishes them back into the wild.  She suffers from a chronic disease Lupus which means her body has difficulty telling the difference between her body and a foreign object like a virus.  It attacks her joints which causes swelling and pain and may destroy her kidney, liver, lung and heart.  Lupus has destroyed her marriage, health and children.

Daniel Phillip was arrested for assault and battery and was sentenced to serve one hundred hours of community service.  He's assigned to work with Pamela and they rub each other the wrong way when they first meet.  Daniel suffers from PTSD, anger issues and panic attacks.

This is a very heartwarming love story which isn't your typical romance book but with two scarred people who find comfort in each other and caring for animals.

The author did a great job in writing about Daniel's PTSD and how affects the person suffering from this disease and people around them and Pamela's Lupus and the way one suffers from it.  Glad she didn't let that stop her from doing what she loves best - care for wildlife and give them another chance to survive.

5/5

Follow My Blog Friday #19



If you are new to the FF fun, Feature and Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, myself of course and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

Now to make this FF interesting we do a FEATURE blogger. If you are interested in becoming a Feature click on the drop down link above FEATURES > Features and Follow Friday and get on the waiting list!  It is also required, that if you participate you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee and Alison Can Read) and the two Feature blogs.

This Meme is hosted by Rachel from Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read on Fridays.

To join the fun and make now book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host {Parajunkee.com} {Alisoncanread.com}and any one else you want to follow on the list.

2. Follow our Featured Bloggers - Alluring Reads and Justin's Books and Life.

3. Put your Blog name and URL in the Linky thing.

4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments

5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can

6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love ... and the followers

7. If your new to the Follow Friday Hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

The Friday Follow Feature is ... 

 Alluring Reads


officialblogbutton1 1 Feature & Follow #90

I’m a 24 year old married mom of two little ones. Now that my kids are getting a bit older I’m really getting back into reading and found after joining GoodReads that I really enjoy reviewing books that I read. Some of my favorite books are The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice, The Mist by Stephen King and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I’m really into contemporary and paranormal YA.

Justin's Books & Life




Hi, my name's Justin. I'm 22 years old, and I have loved reading since I was young, and what really set me on the path for where I am now was Harry Potter back when it came out in the US in 1998. That series opened up the door for me and showed me how great reading is. I'm so glad I decided to pick them up, and I am glad to be where I am today.

I started blogging simply to share my opinions on books I love to read. And I am loving doing that, and also seeing other peoples opinions on books that I have either read or want to read. It's a really awesome community to be a part of.

Q: Do you read one book at a time or do you switch back and forth between two or more?

I read one book at a time since I only read two to three books per week.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Celebrity In Death [Hardcover]



I've finished "Celebrity in Death" the 34th book in her In Death series by J.D. Robb.

Product Description

Lieutenant Eve Dallas is no party girl, but she's managing to have a reasonably good time at the celebrity - packed bash celebrating The Icove Agenda, a film based on one of her famous cases. It's a little spooky seeing the actress playing her, who looks almost like her long-lost twin. Not as unsettling, though, as seeing the actress who plays Peabody drowned in the lap pool on the roof of the director's luxury building. Now she's at the center of a crime scene - and Eve is more than ready to get out of her high heels and strap on her holster and step into the role she was born to play: cop.


About the Author

J.D. Robb is the pseudonym for a number one New York Times bestselling author of more than 190 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 400 million copies of her books in print.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1 edition (February 21, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399158308
ISBN-13: 978-0399158308


My Review:

Nadine Furst wrote a book The Icove Agenda based on the Icove case that Eve Dallas lived through.  Now it's being made into a movie which Eve and Dallas are checking out.  The actors and actresses playing their counterparts are doing a great job with their characteristics and looks they could all be twins.

Eve, Roarke, Peabody, McNab, Dr. Mira and her husband, Mavis and her husband and Nadine are at a gathering with the cast of the movie.  During dinner Eve exchanges some unpleasant words with K.T. Harris the actress portraying Peabody in the movie.  As everyone is watching a gag movie K.T. is murdered and Eve has to solve the case.

As Eve digs deeper into the case she discovers K.T. was keeping alot of secrets and liked to disrupt her fellow co-stars lives by blackmailing them or coercing them to do what she wanted.  Eve also learns secrets of all the other major players and finally figures who the killer is.

This book deals with the deeper development of  Eve and Roarke's relationship.  Eve is finally coming to terms about what happened in Texas and Roarke is still worried about her and how she changed his outlook since she came into his life.

I really liked how detailed the characteristics of the characters which made them seem so real and I got the feeling of what they were like.  K.T. was a pretty nasty person who loved to manipulate her fellow co-stars.

Glad to see Nadine take a more active role in this book and became a hero in helping prevent a character from dying.

Loved the witty lines!

4/5

Other books in series:

1.   Naked in Death
2.   Glory in Death 
3.   Immortal in Death
4.   Rapture in Death
5.   Ceremony in Death
6.   Vengeance in Death
7.   Holiday in Death
8.   Conspiracy in Death
9.   Loyalty in Death
10. Witness in Death
11. Judgement in Death
12. Betrayal in Death
13. Seduction in Death
14. Reunion in Death
15. Purity in Death
16. Portrait in Death
17. Imitation in Death
18. Divided in Death
19. Visions in Death
20. Survivor in Death
21. Origin in Death
22. Memory in Death
23. Born in Death
24. Innocent in Death
25. Creation in Death
26. Strangers in Death
27. Salvation in Death
28. Promises in Death
29. Kindred in Death
30. Fantasy in Death
31. Indulgence in Death
32. Treachery in Death
33. New York to Dallas
34. Delusions in Death - Sept 13, 2012
35. Time of Death - Nov 27, 2012

Thanks Penguin Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Waiting on Wednesday


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" selections are:





Queen of Hearts [Mass Market Paperback]


Product Description

Congressman Kiel Whellen had been chosen by the president himself to negotiate with terrorists during an airline hijacking. The stakes were high: his own fiancee was aboard the plane. But in the tragedy he failed to avert, Kiel's love perished. And Rhiannan Collins, young wife and mother, lost her husband, her children, her dreams... The years haven't erased Rhiannon's sorrow; nor has she forgotten the man she holds responsible. And he's here, aboard the luxury yacht on which she ekes out a living as a blackjack dealer. She's determined to hate him - until Kiel dares her to let passion make two hurting hearts feel, touch, and care again. But also aboard is someone who could shatter Rhiannon's world ... unless she fights for her future with the only weapon she has left - the invincible power of a woman's love.


Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Zebra; Reprint edition (April 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420125761
ISBN-13: 978-1420125764




Betrayal: A Bella Terra Deception Novel (Scarlet Deception) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Only New York Times bestseller Christina Dodd could bring you this series about three brothers, tormented by their pasts ...

At nineteen, Noah Di Luca was Bella Terra's golden boy, handsome, confident, and untouched by the shadows that tormented his brothers ... or so it seems. Driven by ambition, beautiful teenage Penelope Alonso fought her way out of the ghettos. During one hot summer, they came together in the sweetness of first love ... until his past reared its ugly head and Noah walked away.

Nine years later, Penelope returns, never imagining she'd see Noah or that one glance would wake their fiery passion. As peril builds around them, Penelope has one choice: to survive, she must once again trust the man who betrayed her.

Even with terror stalking through Bella Terra's streets, love may be the most dangerous choice of all.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Signet Select; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451413202
ISBN-13: 978-0451413208

 


A Killer Read (An Ashton Corners) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

For the first meeting of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society, six friends gather in Molly Matthews's old Southern mansion-including Lizzie Turner, a reading specialist with a penchant for mysteries. But the mystery book club meeting becomes the scene of an actual murder when a stranger is shot-and nobody knows who the victim is, or how Molly' antique gun came to be used as the murder weapon.

Then Lizzie begins finding mysterious manuscript chapters in her mailbox. As she and the book club members try to read between the lines, Molly surfaces as the next name on the killer's list ...
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425247031
ISBN-13: 978-0425247037


50% Off Murder (Good Buy Girls) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
Maggie Gerber - one of the founding members of the Good Buy Birls - loves her quiet life in St. Stanley, Virginia. But all that changes when Sam Collins, her old flame, moves back to town as the new sheriff. On top of that, Claire Freemont, a librarian and the newest member of the Good Buy Girls, starts acting utterly strange.

When Maggie goes to visit her the next day at the library, she finds the body of a very dead man. Turns out the man is someone from Claire's past. As the handsome new sheriff zeroes in on Claire, it's up to Maggie and the rest of the Good Buy Girls to use their bargain-hunting skills to hunt a killer - while making sure they don't pay too much in the process ...
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425247023
ISBN-13: 978-0425247020

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

New Releases 2012 (Mar 27)

The Unseen [Hardcover]

Product Description

1800s. San Antonio, Texas: In room 207 at the Longhorn Saloon, in the long shadow of the Alamo itself, a woman renowned for her beauty was brutally murdered. Her killer was never found.

One year ago: In that same historic room, another woman vanished without a trace. Her blood was everywhere … but her body was never recovered.

Now: In the last month, San Antonio has become a dumping ground for battered bodies.

All young women, many of them long missing, almost all forgotten. Until now.

Texas Ranger Logan Raintree cannot sit by and let his city's most vulnerable citizens be slain. So when he is approached to lead a brand-new group of elite paranormal investigators working the case, he has no choice but to accept the challenge. And with it, his powerful ability to commune with the dead.

Among Logan's new team is Kelsey O'Brien, a U.S. marshal known for her razor-sharp intuition and a toughness that belies her delicate exterior. Kelsey has been waiting all her life to work with someone who can understand her ability to "see" the past unfolding in the present. Now she has her chance.

Together, Kelsey and Logan follow their instincts to the Alamo and to the newly reopened Longhorn, which once tempted heroes with drink, cards and women. If the spirits of those long-dead Texans are really appearing to the victims before their deaths, only Kelsey and Logan have the skills to find out why.

And if something more earthly is menacing the city's oldest, darkest corners, only they can stop it — before more innocent women join the company of San Antonio's restless ghosts ….
Product Details
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Mira (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313298
ISBN-13: 978-0778313298
A Perfect Storm [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description
He never saw her coming …

Spencer Lark already knows too many secrets about Arizona Storm, including the nightmare she survived and her resulting trust issues. But in order to expose a smuggling ring—and continue avenging his own tragic past — the bounty hunter reluctantly agrees to make Arizona a decoy. Yet nothing has equipped him for her hypnotic blend of fragility and bravery, or for the protective instincts she stirs in him.

Arizona wants to reclaim her life, which means acting as bait to lure the enemy into a trap. Sure it's dangerous, especially with a partner as distractingly appealing as Spencer. But as their plan — and their chemistry — shifts into high gear, Arizona may discover there's an even greater risk in surrendering her heart to a hero.
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: HQN Books; Original edition (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 037377656X
ISBN-13: 978-0373776566
 



Run Wild [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Hot on the trail of a cold-blooded killer, a small-town sheriff risks his life — and his heart — with one sexy partner …

Raised in a family of professional bounty hunters, Natasha King knows the dangers of tracking down fugitives — especially when they’re wanted for murder. But this is no ordinary mission. This time, it’s personal. The suspect is her own long-lost father — and the lawman hunting him down is dangerously close to catching her off-guard…

In all his years as sheriff, Trent Oakley has never seen a woman as strong-willed — or as scorching hot — as Natasha. With her big-city experience and black-belt training, she’s his best chance for tracking down the Trinity Ranch killer. Problem is: Can he trust her? As the trail gets hotter, their attraction burns wilder, and soon Trent’s not sure who’s hunting who. But one thing’s for sure: Natasha is one woman who always gets her man …

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312534566
ISBN-13: 978-0312534561



Through the Night [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Descripiton 

As the Executive Casino Hostess for The Onyx in Las Vegas, Valerie Downing is always on the lookout for the night’s biggest winners. When she spots a man — one of the sexiest she’s ever laid eyes on — generating huge excitement at the craps table, she knows she’s in luck. Her goal: To make sure the high rollers stay at her hotel, and that any further gambling is invested right back into the casino. His: To enjoy some other “perks” that Valerie might have to offer …

Turns out Chase Pierson is already a VIP guest who happens to be working with Valerie’s boss on a top-secret mission for the Reliance Group — one for which she too has been recruited. But Valerie, bold and gorgeous as she is, is first and foremost a professional. No fraternizing with Onyx clientele is her motto … and this hard-bodied, infuriatingly charming client is no exception. Even if Chase knows that the harder the hunt, the hotter the surrender …

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312372310
ISBN-13: 978-0312372316




Deadly Dance [Mass Market Paperback]
 
Product Description

As the intelligence officer for A-Tac, a black-ops CIA unit masquerading as Ivy League faculty, Hannah Marshall is used to working behind the scenes. But when a brutal murder hits too close to home, Hannah finds herself in the middle of the action, falling in love while racing to outwit a sadistic mastermind.

A KILLER CLOSES IN

After the death of her A-Tac partner, Hannah doubts everything she thought she knew about love and loyalty. When handsome Harrison Blake joins the team, she's reluctant to trust him - or to act on her intense attraction to him. Then Hannah receives a podcast of a gruesome murder, and the only person who can help her find the killer is Harrison.

Harrison has spent years trying to hunt down the cunning monster who killed his sister. Now investigating with Hannah, he faces a shocking possibility - his sister's murderer has resurfaced. As the danger escalates, Hannah and Harrison grow closer, the desire simmering between them ignites. And when Hannah disappears, Harrison has only one chance to save the woman he loves.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Forever; Original edition (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446582948
ISBN-13: 978-0446582940

Monday, March 26, 2012

New Release 2012 (Mar 26)



Guilty Wives [Hardcover]

Product Description


No husbands allowed


Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Their lavish presidential suite overlooks Monte Carlo, and they surrender: to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. For four days they're free to live someone else's life. As the weekend moves into pulsating discos, high-stakes casinos, and beyond, Abbie is transported to the greatest pleasure and release she has ever known.

What happened last night?


In the morning's harsh light, Abbie awakens on a yacht, surrounded by police. Something awful has happened -- something impossible, unthinkable. Abbie, Winnie, Serena, and Bryah are arrested and accused of the foulest crime imaginable. And now the vacation of a lifetime becomes the fight of a lifetime -- for survival. GUILTY WIVES is the ultimate indulgence, the kind of nonstop joy-ride of excess, friendship, betrayal, and danger that only James Patterson can create.

Product Details
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (March 26, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031609756X
ISBN-13: 978-0316097567

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Mar 26)


What Are You Reading is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Sheila from One Persons Journey: 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.  Afterglow - Cherry Adair
2.  Play Nice - Gemma Halliday

I’m currently reading:

1.  Explosive Eighteen - Janet Evanovich

Books I’m planning on reading this week:

1. Run from Fear - Jami Alden
2. No One Left to Tell - Karen Rose

Here's the link:

https://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-131 

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Before She Dies [Mass Market Paperback]



I've finished "Before She Dies" by Mary Burton.

Product Description

In death, they are purified. Holding his victims under water, he washes away their sins as they struggle for their last breath. Then he stakes their bodies to the ground, exposing them for what they really are. Witches, sent to tempt and to corrupt. No one knows about defense attorney Charlotte Wellington's murdered sister, or about her childhood spent with the carnival that's just arrived in town. For Charlotte, what's past is past. But others don't agree. And as a madman's body count rises, she and Detective Daniel Rokov are drawn into a mission that's become terrifyingly personal.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Zebra; Original edition (January 31, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420110217
ISBN-13: 978-1420110210

My Review:

Charlotte Wellington is a defense lawyer with a secret past.  She's well respected by her peers and is high powered defense lawyer.  She hides before a mask and has built a wall around herself to protect her privacy.

In her past, her mother married Grady Tate a Carnival owner when she was eight and her sister Mariah was nine. They didn't have any roots and lived like a gypsy. When their mother died when she was thirteen, Charlotte and Mariah stayed with Grady. Charlotte left the Carnival when she was sixteen when Mariah died from a drowning accident.  Grady promised that he would put Mariah's daughter Sooner up for adoption to give her a real good home. Charlotte wanted to take Sooner with her but Grady refused. Grady liked being in control of everything and everyone.

Charlotte hasn't seen Sooner for eighteen years when one day Grady shows up asking for her help in defending Sooner.  She was arrested for shoplifting and all these years Charlotte thought Sooner was put up for adoption.

Woman are being found dead with the word WITCH tattooed on their foreheads and Detective Rokov and his partner have the lead on the investigation.  When the Carnival rolls into town Rokov take a closer look on the owner Grady. 

Charlotte is in a secret relationship with Rokov which she doesn't want anyone to know about.  Rokov is in love with her and wants more than she can give.

I was so glad that Detective Rokov treated Charlotte with extreme care and understanding.  I liked how he was very determined to bring the killer to justice and solve the case.

This book has a male and female character, intriguing secondary characters, gruesome and well descriptive crime scenes, etc.

3.5/5

Library Haul 2012 (Mar 25 - 31)


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

Hardcover:

1.  The Unseen - Heather Graham

Softcover:

1.  Night Moves - Stephanie Tyler
2.  Against the Night - Kat Martin
3.  The Heart of a Killer - Jaci Burton
4.  If You Hear Her - Shiloh Walker

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

Saturday, March 24, 2012

In the Mail Saturday 2012 (Mar 24)


In the Mail Saturday is hosted every Saturday at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

I received these in the mail this week.



Run from Fear [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description
With each step she takes, he tracks her every move, waiting for the perfect time. The perfect revenge. Until then, he'll watch her . . .


RUN FROM FEAR

More than anything, Talia Vega wanted to leave behind her harrowing past. Moving eight hundred miles away, she succeeded . . . until the one man who knows her darkest secrets wanders into the restaurant where she works. Now the agonizing memories come crashing back-along with an undeniable desire for Jack Brooks, the ex-Green Beret who rescued her from a sadistic monster two years ago.

Jack Brooks knows that showing up unannounced is a purely selfish move. Talia doesn't need his protection anymore, but he can't get the raven-haired beauty out of his mind. And when a twisted madman is hell-bent on resurrecting her torturous past, Jack vows to do anything to keep her safe-even risk his own life to save the only woman he's ever loved.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Forever; Original edition (March 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446572810
ISBN-13: 978-0446572811


Agony of the Leaves (A Tea Shop Mystery) [Hardcover]

Product Description

In the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Scones and Bones, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning finds herself in hot water when a body surfaces at the grand opening of Charleston's Neptune Aquarium...

To make matters worse, the victim is Theodosia's former boyfriend Parker Scully. The EMTs on the scene think Parker's drowning was an accident, but when Theodosia notices what look like defense wounds on his hands, she realizes that someone wanted Parker dead. The local police aren't keen on hearing her theory-especially because of her ties to the victim-so Theodosia knows that if she wants Parker's killer brought to justice, she'll have to jump into the deep end and start her own investigation.

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover (March 6, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425245535
ISBN-13: 978-0425245538


Protector (Dark Ops - Berkley Sensation) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description


TRUST, LOVE … AND LIES.

After barely surviving enemy torture, Captain Chuck Tanaka doesn’t trust himself to do more than ride a desk — but new orders leave him no choice. Assigned to the investigation of a mob boss whose luxury cruise ship is reportedly a hub for terrorist activity, Tanaka goes undercover. His target: Jolynn Taylor, the mob boss’s daughter

As a child, Jolynn saw her beloved uncle murdered. Since then, she’s stayed far away from her father’s crooked empire. But when he falls ill, she returns, hoping to mend the gap between them. Instead, she finds herself on the run, one step ahead of unknown enemies. The only thing keeping her alive is the man she knows as Charles Tomas, the only man she’s ever been able to trust.

Unfortunately, he’s also the man determined to destroy her family.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (March 6, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 042524699X
ISBN-13: 978-0425246993

Murder Buys a T-Shirt (A Haunted Souvenir) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description


Glory Martine has inherited her uncle's Florida souvenir shop, one stuffed with collectibles, mementos of times gone by -- and ghosts -- who, like her customers, refuse to let go of the past. But things take an even more unexpected turn when a local football hero dies far too suddenly and suspiciously. Now, Glory has to uncover the truth before someone makes her history.
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (March 6, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425246663
ISBN-13: 978-0425246665


Ripper [Hardcover]

Product Description


You thought you knew him. You were dead wrong.

Carver Young dreams of becoming a detective, despite growing up in an orphanage with only crime novels to encourage him. But when he is adopted by Detective Hawking of the world famous Pinkerton Agency, Carver is given not only the chance to find his biological father, he finds himself smack in the middle of a real life investigation: tracking down a vicious serial killer who has thrown New York City into utter panic. When the case begins to unfold, however, it's worse than he could have ever imagined, and his loyalty to Mr. Hawking and the Pinkertons comes into question. As the body count rises and the investigation becomes dire, Carver must decide where his true loyalty lies. Full of whip-smart dialogue, kid-friendly gadgets, and featuring a then New York City Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt, Ripper challenges everything you thought you knew about the world's most famous serial killer.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 12 and up
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Philomel (March 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399255249
ISBN-13: 978-0399255243



Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada and Penguin Canada!


What did you get in the mail this week?

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday


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" selections are:

The Unseen [Hardcover]

Product Description

1800s. San Antonio, Texas: In room 207 at the Longhorn Saloon, in the long shadow of the Alamo itself, a woman renowned for her beauty was brutally murdered. Her killer was never found.

One year ago: In that same historic room, another woman vanished without a trace. Her blood was everywhere … but her body was never recovered.

Now: In the last month, San Antonio has become a dumping ground for battered bodies.

All young women, many of them long missing, almost all forgotten. Until now.

Texas Ranger Logan Raintree cannot sit by and let his city's most vulnerable citizens be slain. So when he is approached to lead a brand-new group of elite paranormal investigators working the case, he has no choice but to accept the challenge. And with it, his powerful ability to commune with the dead.

Among Logan's new team is Kelsey O'Brien, a U.S. marshal known for her razor-sharp intuition and a toughness that belies her delicate exterior. Kelsey has been waiting all her life to work with someone who can understand her ability to "see" the past unfolding in the present. Now she has her chance.

Together, Kelsey and Logan follow their instincts to the Alamo and to the newly reopened Longhorn, which once tempted heroes with drink, cards and women. If the spirits of those long-dead Texans are really appearing to the victims before their deaths, only Kelsey and Logan have the skills to find out why.

And if something more earthly is menacing the city's oldest, darkest corners, only they can stop it — before more innocent women join the company of San Antonio's restless ghosts ….
Product Details
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Mira (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313298
ISBN-13: 978-0778313298
A Perfect Storm [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description
He never saw her coming …

Spencer Lark already knows too many secrets about Arizona Storm, including the nightmare she survived and her resulting trust issues. But in order to expose a smuggling ring—and continue avenging his own tragic past — the bounty hunter reluctantly agrees to make Arizona a decoy. Yet nothing has equipped him for her hypnotic blend of fragility and bravery, or for the protective instincts she stirs in him.

Arizona wants to reclaim her life, which means acting as bait to lure the enemy into a trap. Sure it's dangerous, especially with a partner as distractingly appealing as Spencer. But as their plan — and their chemistry — shifts into high gear, Arizona may discover there's an even greater risk in surrendering her heart to a hero.
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: HQN Books; Original edition (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 037377656X
ISBN-13: 978-0373776566
 



Run Wild [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Hot on the trail of a cold-blooded killer, a small-town sheriff risks his life — and his heart — with one sexy partner …

Raised in a family of professional bounty hunters, Natasha King knows the dangers of tracking down fugitives — especially when they’re wanted for murder. But this is no ordinary mission. This time, it’s personal. The suspect is her own long-lost father — and the lawman hunting him down is dangerously close to catching her off-guard…

In all his years as sheriff, Trent Oakley has never seen a woman as strong-willed — or as scorching hot — as Natasha. With her big-city experience and black-belt training, she’s his best chance for tracking down the Trinity Ranch killer. Problem is: Can he trust her? As the trail gets hotter, their attraction burns wilder, and soon Trent’s not sure who’s hunting who. But one thing’s for sure: Natasha is one woman who always gets her man …

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312534566
ISBN-13: 978-0312534561



Through the Night [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Descripiton 

As the Executive Casino Hostess for The Onyx in Las Vegas, Valerie Downing is always on the lookout for the night’s biggest winners. When she spots a man — one of the sexiest she’s ever laid eyes on — generating huge excitement at the craps table, she knows she’s in luck. Her goal: To make sure the high rollers stay at her hotel, and that any further gambling is invested right back into the casino. His: To enjoy some other “perks” that Valerie might have to offer …

Turns out Chase Pierson is already a VIP guest who happens to be working with Valerie’s boss on a top-secret mission for the Reliance Group — one for which she too has been recruited. But Valerie, bold and gorgeous as she is, is first and foremost a professional. No fraternizing with Onyx clientele is her motto … and this hard-bodied, infuriatingly charming client is no exception. Even if Chase knows that the harder the hunt, the hotter the surrender …

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312372310
ISBN-13: 978-0312372316

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

If I Should Die (with bonus novella Love Is Murder): A Novel of Suspense [Mass Market Paperback]



I've finished "If I Should Die" the 3rd book in her Lucy Kincaid series by Allison Brennan.

Product Description

If I Should Die includes Allison Brennan’s chilling novella Love Is Murder, formerly available exclusively as an eBook!

A TRIP TO THE DARK SIDE


Aspiring FBI agent Lucy Kincaid and her P.I. boyfriend, Sean Rogan, are heading to the Adirondack Mountains for a pleasant romantic getaway when they detour to help troubled friends, owners of a new resort who are battling malicious vandals. After Lucy and Sean pursue an arsonist into an abandoned mine shaft, Lucy stumbles upon an even more heinous crime — and the perfectly preserved remains of its victim.

The only thing more disturbing than the discovery of the corpse is its sudden disappearance. While the local police remain skeptical, Lucy is dead certain that there’s a connection between the sabotage at the resort and the murder — one that the less-than-neighborly citizens of Spruce Lake seem to have a stake in keeping hidden. Then, when a cold-blooded sniper targets Sean and Lucy, FBI agent Noah Armstrong enters the fray to ensure that more bodies don’t hit the ground. Now three outsiders race to untangle a violent conspiracy before they end up like the rest of Spruce Lake’s secrets: dead and buried.

About the Author

Allison Brennan is the New York Times bestselling author of many romantic thrillers, including Kiss Me, Kill Me; Love Me to Death; Sudden Death and Killing Fear. A five-time RITA finalist and Daphne du Maurier Award winner, Brennan enjoys spending her free time reading, playing games, watching high school sports, and researching her novels. A member of Romance Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers, Allison Brennan lives in Northern California with her husband, Dan, and their five children.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Original edition (November 22, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345520416
ISBN-13: 978-0345520418


My Review:

FBI agent Lucy Kincaid and her boyfriend P.I. boyfriend Sean Rogan go on a pretend romantic vacation at the Adirondacks.  Sean promised his friend that he would investigate to find out who is sabotaging his property. One day after enjoying a hot and steamy night and a delicious breakfast they smell smoke.  When they go to investigate they find the nearby Spuce Lake Inn on fire with the arsonist fleeing on an ATV.  Sean goes in pursuit and falls into an abandoned mine shaft.

Lucy manages rescue Sean but also finds a dead young women's corpse in the shaft.  The sherriff's deputy scoffs at her when the body disappears.  As Lucy and Sean investigate further they uncover secrets the small town of Spuce Lake don't want getting out.

We also see through the eyes of the psychotic killer who happens to be a women this time (man she is really messed up) and the whole town is involved.    There were alot of twists and turns which would pinpoint to a certain person - but are they really the killer?  There are some people who want revenge and would do anything to achieve their goals.

We see Lucy overcome her fears and anxieties and finally admit that she loves Sean.  She has always felt lonely until Sean came into her life but she's afraid to love again after what happened in her past.

Noah Lucy's boss is called in and he plays a bigger role in this book.  I love his interactions with Lucy and Sean.   I loved the way Sean had to deal with Noah being an important part of Lucy's life and working with him.

4/5

Monday, March 19, 2012

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Mar 19)


What Are You Reading is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Sheila from One Persons Journey: 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.  Broken Wings - Alexandria Weis

I’m currently reading:

1.  Afterglow - Cherry Adair

Books I’m planning on reading this week:

1. Play Nice - Gemma Halliday

Here's the link:

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-130 

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Library Haul 2012 (Mar 18 - 24)


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

Hardcover:

1.  No One Left to Tell - Karen Rose
2.  Explosive Eighteen - Janet Evanovich
3.  Trail of Blood - Lisa Black


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

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Red Mist (A Scarpetta Novel) [Hardcover]



I've finished "Red Mist" the 19th book in her Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell.

Product Description

The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer.

Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. The murder of an Atlanta family years ago, a young woman on death row, and the inexplicable deaths of homeless people as far away as California seem unrelated. But Scarpetta discovers connections that compel her to conclude that what she thought ended with Fielding's death and an attempt on her own life is only the beginning of something far more destructive: a terrifying terrain of conspiracy and potential terrorism on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it.
About the Author
Patricia Cornwell is one of the world's major international best-selling authors, translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries. She is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, a founding member of the National Forensic Academy, a member of the New York OCME Forensic Sciences Training Program's Advisory Board, and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital's National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. In 2008 Cornwell won the Galaxy British Book Awards' Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year - the first American ever to win this prestigious award. Her most recent bestsellers include Scarpetta, Book of the Dead and The Front. Her earlier works include Postmortem - the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year - and Cruel and Unusual, which won the coveted Gold Dagger award in 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American writer. 
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult; First Edition first Printing edition (December 6, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399158022
ISBN-13: 978-0399158025
My Review:
Kay's former Deputy Chief Jack Fielding was murdered, shot in the head by his daughter Dawn Kincaid with Kathleen Lawler who molested Jack when he was 12 years old.  
Kathleen has requested that Kay come talk to her and it's urgent.  When Kay arrives she is given a note with a mobile phone number which she calls.  She is shocked when she finds out it's New York high profile District Attorney Jaime Berger and her niece Lucy's ex-lover.

She learns that Pete Marino is involved too and then when Kathleen is killed there is an investigation that involves everyone including her FBI profiler forensic psychologist husband Benton and her niece Lucy.  During Kay's investigation she uncovers a conspiracy that involves the local prison.

There were a lot of twists and turns that made you learn towards a certain person as the killer but were they actually the one though?
3/5

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday


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" selections are:



Born to Darkness [Hardcover]

Product Description

As the New York Times bestselling author of the Troubleshooters series and a “superstar of romantic suspense” (USA Today), Suzanne Brockmann has an acclaimed history of taking readers’ breath away with her novels of hot passion and high adventure. Now she takes her talent for sexy, action-packed storytelling in a thrilling new direction: forward — into a future, both fantastic and frightening, that only the brilliant Brockmann could envision.

Dishonorably discharged, former Navy SEAL Shane Laughlin is down to his last ten bucks when he finally finds work as a test subject at the Obermeyer Institute, a little-known and believed-to-be-fringe scientific research facility. When he enters the OI compound, he is plunged into a strange world where seemingly mild-mannered scientists — including women half his size — can kick his highly skilled ass.

Shane soon discovers that there are certain individuals who possess the unique ability to access untapped regions of the brain with extraordinary results — including telekinesis, super strength, and reversal of the aging process. Known as “Greater-Thans,” this rare breed is recruited by OI, where they are rigorously trained using ancient techniques to cultivate their powers and wield them responsibly.

But in the depths of America’s second Great Depression, where the divide between the haves and the have-nots has grown even wider, those who are rich — and reckless — enough have a quick, seductive alternative: Destiny, a highly addictive designer drug that can make anyone a Greater-Than, with the power of eternal youth. The sinister cartel known as The Organization has begun mass-producing Destiny, and the demand is epidemic. But few realize the drug’s true danger, and fewer still know the dirty secret of Destiny’s crucial ingredient.

Michelle “Mac” Mackenzie knows the ugly truth. And as one of the Obermeyer Institute’s crack team of operatives, she’s determined to end the scourge of Destiny. But her kick-ass attitude gets knocked for a loop when she finds that one of the new test subjects is none other than Shane, the same smoldering stranger who just rocked her world in a one-night stand. Although Shane isn’t a Greater-Than like Mac, as an ex-SEAL, he’s got talents of his own. But Mac’s got powerful reasons to keep her distance from him — and reasons that are just as strong to want him close. She’s used to risking her life, but now, in the midst of the ultimate war on drugs, she must face sacrificing her heart.


Product Details
Hardcover: 528 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 20, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345521277
ISBN-13: 978-0345521279



Afterglow (Lodestone) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description


Pleasure with a price.

A high-profile celebrity wedding in Monaco is the kind of A-list event security specialist Rand Maguire excels at. Everything goes like clockwork, until guests start inexplicably losing all their inhibitions . . . .

Painful secrets from the past.

Rand is no stranger to the effects of Rapture. His chemist father’s attempt at a cure for depression caused Rand’s mother’s death years ago, and put his father away for her murder. Now someone is circulating Rapture in a campaign of terror, intending to manufacture and sell it on a global scale. But with no leads, Rand feels the heat.

Passion with no limits.

Sexy Lodestone agent Dakota North is sent to help Rand kick-start his search, armed only with her uncanny sixth sense. But what they discover in their race across Europe is more far-reaching and lethal than an erotic street drug. From a Barcelona bank heist to a million-dollar arms deal in Paris, Dakota and Rand give in to an insatiable craving for each other in nights of pure carnal delight, no senses left untouched. No Rapture necessary.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Pocket Star; Original edition (March 20, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439153833
ISBN-13: 978-1439153833

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

New Release 2012 (Mar 13)



Play Nice (Anna Smith and Nick Dade Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Product Description 

She faked her death to escape life as an assassin. But now her enemies have tracked her down, and this time they want her to stay dead.
Anya Danielovich was an assassin in her former life. But that was a long time ago. Today she’s just Anna Smith — a single, thirtysomething woman living in San Francisco with a simple desire to lead a better life. But she’s still haunted by her past — the people she killed, the mentor she betrayed, the woman she was. She’s taken care to cover her tracks, but she’s beginning to feel like she’s being watched …

Nick Dade is a hired gunman — the best of the best. He’s read Anya’s file and, after weeks of surveillance, he’s ready to pull the trigger … until someone else beats him to the punch. With his agenda shattered, Nick suddenly finds himself thrown together with the woman he’s been sent to eliminate. Who is she really? Who hired the second hit? And who can he trust? Together Nick and Anna find themselves embroiled in a web of deceit and desire as an unknown enemy closes in. To unravel the truth, Anna must face her past even if that means risking both Nick’s life and her own.
Product Details
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books (March 13, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312656076
ISBN-13: 978-0312656072

Monday, March 12, 2012

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Mar 12)


What Are You Reading is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Sheila from One Persons Journey: 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. If I Should Die - Allison Brennan
2. Before She Dies - Mary Burton

I’m currently reading:

1. Broken Wings - Alexandrea Weis

Here's the link:

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-129 

Saturday, March 10, 2012

In the Mail Saturday 2012 (Mar 10)


In the Mail Saturday is hosted every Saturday at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

I received these in the mail this week.

For Review: 



Afterglow (Lodestone) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Pleasure with a price.

A high-profile celebrity wedding in Monaco is the kind of A-list event security specialist Rand Maguire excels at. Everything goes like clockwork, until guests start inexplicably losing all their inhibitions . . . .

Painful secrets from the past.

Rand is no stranger to the effects of Rapture. His chemist father’s attempt at a cure for depression caused Rand’s mother’s death years ago, and put his father away for her murder. Now someone is circulating Rapture in a campaign of terror, intending to manufacture and sell it on a global scale. But with no leads, Rand feels the heat.

Passion with no limits.

Sexy Lodestone agent Dakota North is sent to help Rand kick-start his search, armed only with her uncanny sixth sense. But what they discover in their race across Europe is more far-reaching and lethal than an erotic street drug. From a Barcelona bank heist to a million-dollar arms deal in Paris, Dakota and Rand give in to an insatiable craving for each other in nights of pure carnal delight, no senses left untouched. No Rapture necessary.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Pocket Star; Original edition (March 20, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439153833
ISBN-13: 978-1439153833





Run Wild [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description

Hot on the trail of a cold-blooded killer, a small-town sheriff risks his life — and his heart — with one sexy partner …

Raised in a family of professional bounty hunters, Natasha King knows the dangers of tracking down fugitives — especially when they’re wanted for murder. But this is no ordinary mission. This time, it’s personal. The suspect is her own long-lost father — and the lawman hunting him down is dangerously close to catching her off-guard…

In all his years as sheriff, Trent Oakley has never seen a woman as strong-willed — or as scorching hot — as Natasha. With her big-city experience and black-belt training, she’s his best chance for tracking down the Trinity Ranch killer. Problem is: Can he trust her? As the trail gets hotter, their attraction burns wilder, and soon Trent’s not sure who’s hunting who. But one thing’s for sure: Natasha is one woman who always gets her man …

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312534566
ISBN-13: 978-0312534561
 
 

Through the Night [Mass Market Paperback] 
 
Product Descripiton 
As the Executive Casino Hostess for The Onyx in Las Vegas, Valerie Downing is always on the lookout for the night’s biggest winners. When she spots a man — one of the sexiest she’s ever laid eyes on — generating huge excitement at the craps table, she knows she’s in luck. Her goal: To make sure the high rollers stay at her hotel, and that any further gambling is invested right back into the casino. His: To enjoy some other “perks” that Valerie might have to offer…

Turns out Chase Pierson is already a VIP guest who happens to be working with Valerie’s boss on a top-secret mission for the Reliance Group — one for which she too has been recruited. But Valerie, bold and gorgeous as she is, is first and foremost a professional. No fraternizing with Onyx clientele is her motto … and this hard-bodied, infuriatingly charming client is no exception. Even if Chase knows that the harder the hunt, the hotter the surrender …
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (March 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312372310
ISBN-13: 978-0312372316




Simon Says Die [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description 

Simon says … I’m watching.

Madison McKinley knows someone is watching her, following her, hiding in the shadows. But her clever stalker never leaves proof. The police are too busy trying to find the ‘Simon Says’ killer to waste time chasing a stalker they believe exists only in Madison’s mind. With no one to turn to, Madison must handle her problems on her own – even when her former lover shows up to help. Madison knows Pierce means well, but she can’t risk her heart–or his life–any more than she already has.

Simon says … I’m coming.

From the moment FBI Special Agent Pierce Buchanan knocks on Madison’s door, he’s drawn into a deadly game of deception and danger. He should have expected all this turmoil – after all, Madison’s nickname is ‘trouble’. But when people start dying and the evidence mounts, the police begin to suspect Madison is behind everything. Was Pierce a fool for following his heart and trusting her again, or are they both caught in a game so complex it will be a miracle if they come out alive?

Simon says … DIE.
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Avon Impulse (April 17, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062136364
ISBN-13: 978-0062136367


Won:

Before She Dies [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description 
In death, they are purified. Holding his victims under water, he washes away their sins as they struggle for their last breath. Then he stakes their bodies to the ground, exposing them for what they really are. Witches, sent to tempt and to corrupt. No one knows about defence attorney Charlotte Wellington's murdered sister, or about her childhood spent with the carnival that's just arrived in town. For Charlotte, what's past is past. But others don't agree. And as a madman's body count rises, she and Detective Daniel Rokov are drawn into a mission that's become terrifyingly personal.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Zebra Books; Original edition (January 31, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420110217
ISBN-13: 978-1420110210


Thanks Hachette Book Group, Kensington Books, Simon and Schuster Canada, Sourcebooks and St. Martin's Press!

What did you get in the mail this week?

Thursday, March 8, 2012

A Fitting End: A Magical Dressmaking Mystery (A Dressmaker's Mystery) [Mass Market Paperback]


I've finished "A Fitting End" the 2nd book in her Dressmaker's Mystery by Melissa Bourbon.

Product Description

Business is booming at Harlow Jane Cassidy's custom dressmaking boutique-even with her great grandmother's ghost hanging around the shop. But when a local golf pro is found stabbed with dressmaking shears, the new town deputy suspects Harlow. Now she has to clear her name before the next outfit she designs is a prison jumpsuit ...

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (February 7, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451236149
ISBN-13: 978-0451236142


My Review:

Harlow Cassidy a former New York designer and dressmaker now lives in Bliss, Texas.  Her Buttons and Bows Boutique is booming with the Margaret crowd getting ready for the Margaret Moffette Lea Pageant and Ball. Harlow Jane's has the family magical touch bestowed on the descendants of that nineteenth century Butch Cassidy making a wish at an Argentinean fountain.

Sheriff Hoss McClaine and TV reporter Rebecca Quinones ask Harlow Jane on the air about her relationship with the local golf pro Macon Vance whom she denies knowing. Someone stabbed Vance with a her dressmaking shears which happens to have blood on it and she forgot to take her bag with her after overhearing a confrontation between the wife of Senator James Mrs. James (Zinnia) and the Macon Vance the golf pro at the club. Deputy Sheriff Gavin McClaine, the sheriff's son already acts like she guilty.  This deploys the other thing Butch Cassidy bestowed on his descendants the paranoia of law enforcement officials even with Hoss being Harlow Jane's mother's not so secret boyfriend.

Evidence points to Mrs. James (Zinnia) as the killer but Harlow knows she is innocent.  She does her own investigation and finds out the town has a secret that no one wants to be known.

I highly recommend this cozy mystery because of the characterization, interesting storylines, Mee-Maw and the fashion.

4/5