18 and Over Book Blogger #13

18 and Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend hosted by Crystal from Reading Between the Wines and Kelly at Secrets of a Book Lover.

The 18 Over Book Blogger Follow is a Friday blog hop with the objective to find and visit other book blogs that share the same interest as you, namely books geared towards the 18 and over crowd, and make new friends!

How to join in:

You should run a book blog that features and reviews mostly adult reads, some Y.A.’s are okay but 18 &  Over adult reads should be your majority.

Make a separate post for the 18 and Over Book Blogger Follow on your blog.

Copy the html for the button above and place it at the top of your post.

List and answer the ‘Question of the Week.’

Place your name and blog title in the linky below and the url for a direct link to your post

Visit the other blogs on the list. If you like what you see make sure to leave a comment and follow so the blog owner knows you stopped by and can return the favor. Following each blog is not mandatory but I know it is always appreciated, and if someone comments saying they’re a new follower it’s polite to follow back. It’s always nice to spread the 18 and Over Book Blog love!

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

Keeping with last week's and the end-of-year theme; What are three new-to-YOU-authors that you've read and loved this year?

1.  Jami Alden - Great heroes and heroines and truly scary and psychotic killers/villains.


2.  Rochelle Staab - Really enjoyed the quirky characters and the subject of Voodoo religious practices.

3.  Melissa Bourbon - Enjoyed how Butch Cassidy was incorporated into the storyline and that each Cassidy women has a special talent.

In Seconds [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "In Seconds" the 2nd book in her Bulletproof series by Brenda Novak.

Product Description


They're back…

Laurel Hodges has changed her identity twice. She's been on the run for the past four years, trying to outdistance the gang members who blame her for the death of one of their own. She's finally found peace and stability in the small town of Pineview, Montana. But just when Laurel thinks she and her children are safe … the nightmare starts all over again.

The Crew, a ruthless prison gang with ties to Laurel's brother, will never forget and they'll never forgive. And now that they've finally tracked her down, they'll stop at nothing.

Sheriff Myles King, who happens to live next door with his thirteen-year-old daughter, appoints himself Laurel's personal guardian. His growing attraction to her could change his life — Myles is beginning to picture marriage and family. But it could also end his life. If he can't save her, everything he's built, everything he wants, could be destroyed. In seconds …

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (August 30, 2011)

Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778312445
ISBN-13: 978-0778312444

My Review:

Laurel has been on the run for two years from THE CREW a viscous gang who are set on revenge against the people who wrong them. She has been living in Pineview, Montana with her two children and doesn't want to get involve with anyone just in case trouble comes abrewing. Myles King the sheriff has lived next door to LLaurel and has asked her out a couple of times but she has always refused

Laurel.  He lives with his teenage daughter and lost his wife 3 years ago.  He's very popular with the ladies but he isn't interested in them only in his next door neighbor. 

When a real estate agent is murdered in town it raises Laurel's suspicions that she has been found again.  She was in witness protection for a couple of years when the marshall who was protecting them was killed she decided to go on her own.

Her older brother Virgil served fourteen years in prison for a crime he didn't commit and was finally exonerated four years ago.  Her joined "The CREW" for necessity while in prison but they have held a grudge ever since he left them.  Now they want revenge against him, his family Rex aka Pretty Boy his best friend who was also in the gang.  Now Virgil with the help of Rex wants to finally finish the game and end the threats.

The villain INK is from the first book and he truly is a scary psychotic killer who has no remorse and feels nothing.  All he knows is that he must exact revenge against the family who wronged his gang.  The killings are very descriptive and brutal.

5/5

New Releases 2011 (Dec 6)

Red Mist (A Scarpetta Novel) [Hardcover]

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.

Product Details
Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult (December 6, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399158022
ISBN-13: 978-0399158025

True Shot (Berkley Sensation) [Paperback]

Product Description

Special FBI operative Samantha Trudeau's unique psychic abilities help her catch the most elusive criminals. They also put her in the path of a sadistic adversary when she discovers she's actually working for a rogue cell-and into the confidence of a handsome journalist with his own potentially dangerous secrets.


Product Details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (December 6, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 042524492X
ISBN-13: 978-0425244920

The Cocoa Conspiracy: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery (Lady Arianna Hadley Mystery) [Paperback]

Product Description

Lady Arianna's gift of a rare volume of botanical engravings to her husband, the Earl of Saybrook, has something even more rare hidden inside - sensitive government documents which would mark one they hold dear as a traitor of King and country. To unmask the villain, they must root out a cunning conspiracy - armed only with their wits and expertise in chocolate ...


Product Details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (December 6, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451235312
ISBN-13: 978-0451235312

Double Booked for Death (A Black Cat Bookshop Mystery) [Paperback]

Product Description

As the new owners of Pettistone's Fine Books, Darla Pettistone is determined to prove herself a worthy successor to her late great-aunt Dee ... and equally determined to outwit Hamlet, the smarter - than-thou cat she inherited along with the shop. Darla's first store event is a real coup: the hottest bestselling author of the moment is holding a signing there. But when the author meets an untimely end during the event, it's ruled an accident - until Hamlet digs up a clue that seems to indicate otherwise ...


Product Details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (December 6, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425244970
ISBN-13: 978-0425244975

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Dec 5)

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. Hide from Evil - Jami Alden
2. Murder Game - Beverly Barton

I’m currently reading:

1. Hot Zone - Catherine Mann

Books I’m planning on reading this week:

1. Hot Night - Shannon McKenna

Here's the link:

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-115

In the Mail Saturday 2011 (Dec 3)

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

I received this in the mail this week.

The Dark at the End (Repairman Jack) [Hardcover]


Product Description


Bound by his promise to Glaeken, Jack has refrained from making any direct moves against Rasalom. But things have changed so there's nothing holding Jack in check any longer. Other changes are occurring as well. Jack is healing at an accelerated rate--much like Glaeken did when he was immortal. This can only mean that Glaeken's time is almost up and when he dies, Jack takes his place.

Rasalom continues to plot against the Lady. Twice she has died and returned; a third time and she will be gone, leaving a clear path for the Otherness to infiltrate this reality. But Ernst Drexler, formerly Rasalom's go-to guy for logistical support, fears he will be left out in the cold when the Change comes. He forms an uneasy alliance with Jack, who is preparing to face their old enemy.

Meanwhile, Dawn Pickering is searching for her supposedly dead baby. The trail leads her to a mansion in a remote Long Island coastal town, where she discovers a truth she could have never imagined.

Now the stage is set for Jack's massive assault on Rasalom. Jack knows he's got just one shot. But it's not just a matter of taking out Rasalom: he also must safely retrieve Dawn's child and minimize collateral damage.

So, he comes up with a foolproof plan.

But fools are always with us ….

Product Details
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; 1 edition (October 11, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765322838
ISBN-13: 978-0765322838

Hell to Pay [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Hell to Pay" the 3rd book in her Cavalon and Walsh trilogy by Wendy Corsi Staub.

Product Description

And so it begins . . . again.

Survivors of a serial killer who invaded their childhood, Lucy Walsh and Jeremy Cavalon are married now, replacing nightmares of their terrifying past with joyful dreams of the upcoming birth of their first child. Fiercely determined to protect the fragile balance of their lives, Lucy doesn’t know that her new husband guards a deadly secret . . . or that an Act of God is about to unleash a vengeful fury.

For shell-shocked Lucy and Jeremy, the horrible death of a loved one is a tragic accident. But for a shadowy predator, it’s the first step toward completing a deadly mission that was interrupted so long ago. Now, at last, the members of the Walsh and Cavalon families will pay for their sins, one by one . . . 

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon (September 27, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061895083
ISBN-13: 978-0061895081

My Review:

Lucy and Jeremy barely survived an attack by a serial killer during their childhood.  Now they are married and are expecting a child.  Years ago the Cavalon family won a case against the killer and they lost all their assets.  Now they are determined to make both of them pay including their family by killing them off one by one.  First they kill Jeremy's adopted grandma Silvie Durand but makes it look like an accident.  They move into her apartment unaware that someone is watching their every move.

This last book in the series is very fast paced right from the start of the book to the end and never lets up.  The killer is very psychotic and believes that God is on their side and wants them to avenge what was wrongly done to them.

Though the ending was kind of quick and we don't find out the fate of some people who were seriously hurt.

4/5

Cozy Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Challenge

This is a challenge to read or re-read any Cozy, Mystery Thriller or Romantic Suspense you have in your TBR pile books between Jan 1st through Dec 31st, 2012. Any books read before Jan will not count.
You can pick any *old or new release it doesn't matter. But remember this is only for any Cozy, Mystery Thriller or Romantic Suspense. If you have any questions please email me or leave a comment, thanks.

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December Releases

6th
Red Mist - Patricia Cornwell
True Shot - Joyce Lamb
The Cocoa Conspiracy - Andrea Penrose
Double Booked for Death - Ali Brandon

27th
Sleepwalker - Karen Robards
Down the Darkest Road - Tami Hoag
Sweet Reward - Christy Reece