Library Haul 2011 (Jan 30 - Feb 5)

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

Hardcover:

1. Worth Dying For - Lee Child

What books/manga did you pick up from the library this week?

Deadly Heat [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Deadly Heat" the 2nd book in her Deadly series by Cynthia Eden.

Product Description

She wants revenge . . .

Six months after her lover died in an arsonist's blaze, firefighter Lora Spade calls in the FBI's elite Serial Services Division to track the elusive killer. When Special Agent Kenton Lake is lured into a violent inferno, Lora pulls him to safety and is stunned - not by the fire, but by her own searing attraction to Kent. For the first time in months, she longs for something other than vengeance.

He wants her . . .

Kenton's interest in Lora should be purely professional. But one fleeting kiss and he can't get her out of his mind. Her combination of strength and vulnerability makes him want to protect her, and that means solving this case - and fast. For even the passion igniting between them can't hide a terrifying truth: Lora is the next target in a murderer's sadistic, fiery game.

A vicious killer wants only . . .


DEADLY HEAT

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Forever (January 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446559261
ISBN-13: 978-0446559263

My Review:

Storyline:   Lora Spade calls in the special elite unit of the FBI Serial Services Division to help catch the serial arsonist.  She doesn't let anyone mess around with her people because she lost one she loves to the arsonist.  She pulls FBI Kenton Lake from a fire and she tangles with him even though she feels an undeniable attraction to him.  She fights it and Kenton doesn't let anyone near him either ever since he lost his mom at an early age.

Characters:  All the characters were well written so it feels like you know them in real life.  Lora is such a great character because she very kick-ass and knows how to fight and spar with anyone.  She doesn't need a man to complete her and take care of her.  Kenton is such a great hero because he's a ladies man but he falls for Lora which is a complete surprise to him (very protective and possessive).  He sees a vunerability in her which makes him want to take care of her.

Romance:  Wow the romance between Lora and Kenton were hot and steamy!  You can feel the heat from the very first moment that she pulls him from the fire.  I believe their verbal confrontations are foreplay and you can feel the heat coming off of the pages.

Killer:  Wow the killer is quite brutal in his killings and definately has no remorse at all.  Has a fascination with fires ever since childhood.  He killed his parents!

5/5

In the Mail 2010 (Jan 28)

I received this in the mail on Thursday (won from Murder She Writes), signed by Allison with some bookmarks, thanks!

What You Can't See (Mass Market Paperback)

Product Description

THREE GRIPPING TALES
FROM TODAY'S BRIGHTEST STARS
OF DANGER AND SEDUCTION

Allison Brennan

Demonologist Anthony Zaccardi can't save the twelve priests brutally slaughtered at a California mission, but he's determined to send the killer -- an ancient demon -- back to hell. And when tough, sexy local sheriff Skye McPherson refuses to believe something supernatural is at work, Anthony realizes that to "Deliver Us From Evil" he must first win Skye's trust, then her heart.

Roxanne St. Claire

Popular TV psychic Arianna Killian's conversations with the dead have earned her the attention of a killer who fears her abilities, and Bullet Catcher Chase Ryker is the skeptical bodyguard assigned to protect her. When the messages turn deadly, they are given a "Reason to Believe" in life after death...and love...after all.

Karin Tabke

After a fatal car crash, bad boy cop Zach Garret's descent into hell is interrupted by an unusual deal for "Redemption." All Zach has to do is return to earth as a warrior sworn to defend his ex-fianc?e Danica Keller, the unknowing keeper of a power coveted by the forces of darkness. But even harder than keeping Danica alive that long is convincing her to give a second chance to the man who once betrayed her.

About the Author

ALLISON BRENNAN worked as a consultant in the California State Legislature for thirteen years before leaving to devote herself fully to her family and writing. Her books include the New York Times bestselling Evil series: Speak No Evil, See No Evil, and Fear No Evil. She lives in northern California with her husband and their five children.

Visit her website at www.allisonbrennan.com.

KARIN TABKE is a mother of four, wife to one, and CEO of her own business, who still manages to find time between her sons' and husband's football games (he's a coach), her daughters' dramas, and troubleshooting in the office to write. She is the author of Master of Surrender, Master of Torment, and Master of Craving, the first three novels in her historical romance series, The Blood Sword Legacy, and the contemporary romance Have Yourself a Naughty Little Santa. She has also written three erotic novels—Good Girl Gone Bad, Skin, and Jaded—and a novella that appeared in the anthology What You Can't See, all available from Pocket Books.

Visit her website at www.karintabke.com.

Roxanne St. Claire is a bestselling, RITA-Award winning author of twenty-two novels of romance and suspense. She currently writes a popular romantic suspense series called ?The Bullet Catchers? featuring a cadre of bodyguards and security professionals. In addition to the RITA, her books have won the National Reader's Choice Award, the Daphne Du Maurier Award, the Maggie Award, the Booksellers Best, the Book Buyers Best, The HOLT Medallion, multiple Awards of Excellence, and Borders ?Top Pick? for Romance in 2007. Currently readers are enjoying the first ?Bullet Catcher Trilogy? featuring three connected stories titled First You Run, Then You Hide and Now You Die. Up next, back-to-back Bullet Catcher adventures: Hunt Her Down (Sept. 2009) and Make Her Pay (Oct. 2009.) Prior to launching a full-time career as a novelist, Roxanne managed a large marketing and public relations business with international clients including Fortune 500 businesses and high-profile celebrities. She lives in Florida with her husband and two children and can be reached via her web site, www.roxannestclaire.com.

Waiting on Wednesday

Wating 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" selection is:

Blood Stains (Searchers) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

At the reading of her father's will, Maria Slade receives shocking news — as a four-year-old, she'd witnessed her prostitute mother's murder and been taken into hiding by the well-meaning preacher who'd raised her as his own.

Maria remembers none of that. But now she's determined to flush her mother's killer out of hiding and discover the identity of her birth father. She heads to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she meets Detective Bodie Scott.

Empathizing with this beautiful woman looking to find out who she really is, he opens the decades-old case file. Their investigation leads them down a dangerous path, where no one is what they seem. Where a father does not want to be found. And a murderer has "like mother, like daughter" in mind for Maria.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Mira (January 18, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778329410
ISBN-13: 978-0778329411

New Release 2011 (Jan 25)

Kiss the Moon [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Lost in the frozen woods of New Hampshire, Penelope Chestnut discovers the wreckage of a small plane. An aviator herself, she sees clues to a conspiracy in the rusted-out remains.

Rumors of her discovery bring Wyatt Sinclair to Cold Spring, determined to put to rest a family scandal and learn what really happened to his legendary uncle, who had disappeared with his adventuress lover years earlier.

As Wyatt and Penelope investigate, old motives are uncovered and new ones created, including a growing attraction between the pair. But when an unknown enemy emerges with a violence rooted in desperation, uncovering the truth will be far less problematic than surviving it.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Mira (January 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778329267
ISBN-13: 978-0778329268

Scared to Death [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Scared to Death" the 2nd in her trilogy series by Wendy Corsi Staub.

Product Description

Elsa Cavalon — petrified that the nightmare from fifteen years earlier is beginning all over again .
Marin Quinn — hiding with her daughters in their concrete fortress, her storybook marriage over .

Perfect strangers whose once-perfect lives were cruelly shattered, they're bound by a long-lost child, a fragile strand of newfound maternal hope — and mutual loneliness. Yet Elsa and Marin are never truly alone. Someone is always nearby, watching them and their children. Someone driven by vengeance and the simple poetry of nursery rhymes . . . Someone who must satisfy a dark need with innocent blood. And now time is running out for two mothers stalked by a cunning mastermind who wants to leave them . . .

Scared to death

About the Author

New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of more than seventy novels. She lives in the New York City suburbs with her husband of seventeen years and their two children.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061895075
ISBN-13: 978-0061895074

My Review:

I highly recommend reading "Live to Tell" the 1st in the series so you know who the main players are!

Storyline:   15 yrs ago Elsa's adopted 7 yr. old son Jeremy was kidnapped in broad daylight.  20 yrs. ago Marin gave up her son Jeremy for adoption.  Elsa is in the process of adopted 7 yr. old Renny who is scared of enclosed spaces.  What she didn't expect was her nightmares to come back to haunt her which leaves her no choice but to run with Renny and her life.  She never believed that Jeremy was dead but still alive somewhere!

Marin is dealing with the betrayal and lies of her disgraced Congressman husband and being there for her daughters.  It was her husband who was behind the kidnapping and murder of Jeremy.  When a threat is directed towards her daughter Caroline she has to decide if she is just seeking attention or not.  Lauren from "Live to Tell" is the one she runs to and seeks advice.

Characters: All of the characters were well written and you got to know them.  I really connected with Elsa and Marin!

Killer: The killer was one sick person and had no remorse or feelings about killing their victims.  You learn the early history of the killer and what happened to them to make them this way!

4/5

Thanks Shannon from HarperCollins Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

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In the Mail 2011 (Jan 24)

I received this in the mail yesterday for review (sent by Joan Schulhafer Publishing and Media Consulting), thanks Joy!

Merciless [Paperback]

Product Description

Each skeleton is flawless - gleaming white and perfectly preserved, a testament to his skill. Every scrap of flesh has been removed to reveal the glistening bone beneath. And the collection is growing. When bleached human bones are identified as belonging to a former patient of Dr. Dillon Dixon, Detective Malcolm Kier suspects the worst. Dixon was recently acquitted of attempted murder, thanks to defence attorney Angie Carlson. But as the body count rises, Kier is convinced that Angie is now the target of a brutal, brilliant psychopath. Angie is no stranger to the dark side of human nature. But nothing has prepared her for the decades-long legacy of madness and murder about to be revealed - or a killer ready to claim her as his ultimate trophy.

Product Details
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Zebra (January 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420110209
ISBN-13: 978-1420110203

Library Haul 2011 (Jan 23 - 29)

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

Hardcover:

1. Port Mortuary - Patricia Cornwell
2. Dead Run - Erica Spindler

What books/manga did you pick up from the library this week?