Title: The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: Hardback, 2017
Source: Library
published description:
Ever since Reyes Farrow escaped from a hell dimension in which
Charley Davidson accidentally trapped him, the son of Satan has been
brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His
volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle. But that’s
not the only briny vegetable on her plate. While trying to domesticate
the feral being that used to be her husband, she also has to deal with
her everyday life of annoying all manner of beings—some corporeal, some
not so much—as she struggles to right the wrongs of society. Only this
time she’s not uncovering a murder. This time she’s covering one up.
Add to that her new occupation of keeping a startup PI venture—the
indomitable mystery-solving team of Amber Kowalski and Quentin
Rutherford—out of trouble and dealing with the Vatican’s inquiries into
her beloved daughter, and Charley is on the brink of throwing in the
towel and becoming a professional shopper. Or possibly a live mannequin.
But when someone starts attacking humans who are sensitive to the
supernatural world, Charley knows it’s time to let loose her razor sharp
claws. Then again, her number one suspect is the dark entity she’s
loved for centuries. So the question becomes: Can she tame the unruly
beast before it destroys everything she’s worked so hard to protect?
Love for this series is consistent and big. Story, humor, drama, characters you so want to hang out with - has it all.
Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts
Monday, November 6, 2017
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Breeder
Title: Breeder
Author: Cara Bristol
Series: Breeder, book 1
Copyright: 2017 ebook
Source: Amazon
published description: She was only meant to be the Alpha Commander's slave...but she became his everything.
High Commander Dak, a ruling Alpha of planet Parseon, purchases Omra strictly as a breeder slave. He intends to impregnate her, produce a son, and hand her off to his anointed beta partner, Corren. Any infractions of the rules by her will be harshly punished.
But as Dak and Omra discover a sexual bliss banned by law, Dak begins to question the traditions and ways of his people, causing him to jeopardize his command and endanger the life of the woman he has come to love.
Dak has enemies, men who will not hesitate to exploit his fondness for Omra, and use it to portray him as unfit to rule as Alpha. Can he expose the rampant cruelty and corruption in Parseon culture... or will the protocol he's spent his life defending, be the weapon used to destroy them and their love?
Freebie. It was ok but, not great and won't be looking for the next one.
Author: Cara Bristol
Series: Breeder, book 1
Copyright: 2017 ebook
Source: Amazon
published description: She was only meant to be the Alpha Commander's slave...but she became his everything.
High Commander Dak, a ruling Alpha of planet Parseon, purchases Omra strictly as a breeder slave. He intends to impregnate her, produce a son, and hand her off to his anointed beta partner, Corren. Any infractions of the rules by her will be harshly punished.
But as Dak and Omra discover a sexual bliss banned by law, Dak begins to question the traditions and ways of his people, causing him to jeopardize his command and endanger the life of the woman he has come to love.
Dak has enemies, men who will not hesitate to exploit his fondness for Omra, and use it to portray him as unfit to rule as Alpha. Can he expose the rampant cruelty and corruption in Parseon culture... or will the protocol he's spent his life defending, be the weapon used to destroy them and their love?
Freebie. It was ok but, not great and won't be looking for the next one.
Friday, July 21, 2017
Mastered by Her Mates
Title: Mastered by Her Mates
Author: Grace Goodwin
Series: Interstellar Brides, book 6
Copyright: 2016 ebook
Source: Amazon
published description: Amanda Bryant has been a spy for five long years, but when aliens suddenly appear claiming a deadly enemy threatens Earth's very survival, Amanda is asked by her superiors to accept the most dangerous mission of her life...volunteer to be an alien's bride, to share the strange warrior's bed and then betray him.
Accepting the assignment, Amanda is processed as the first Interstellar Bride and transported halfway across the galaxy to her new mate's battleship where she awakens to discover she has been matched to not just one huge Prillon warrior, but two.
Shocked by her craving for the touch of two dominant alpha males, Amanda attempts to hide her body's immediate reaction to Commander Grigg and his second, Rav. Resistance is futile as her new mates expect to control every aspect of her life, and her pleasure, and neither will hesitate to deliver a thorough and embarrassing spanking should she disobey their sensual commands, or resist a complex and deeply arousing series of medical exams designed to ensure her sexual readiness for their claiming.
Seduced and cherished by two alpha alien warriors who hide nothing from her, Amanda quickly comes to realize that the threat to Earth is very real. When she witnesses a battle with the enemy and the resulting death of a highly respected warrior, she knows she must tell her mates the truth and hope they can forgive her for her duplicity before it's too late.
Loyalties will be tested as Amanda fights the most important battle of her life. How can she protect the warriors she has grown to love and save the people of Earth from making a terrible mistake? Will her human contacts believe her when, with every touch, every look, they will see just how thoroughly she has been mastered by her mates?
Freebie. Was pretty far out there Science Fiction but, ridiculously fun. Alien bride, spy, seduction - crazy.
Author: Grace Goodwin
Series: Interstellar Brides, book 6
Copyright: 2016 ebook
Source: Amazon
published description: Amanda Bryant has been a spy for five long years, but when aliens suddenly appear claiming a deadly enemy threatens Earth's very survival, Amanda is asked by her superiors to accept the most dangerous mission of her life...volunteer to be an alien's bride, to share the strange warrior's bed and then betray him.
Accepting the assignment, Amanda is processed as the first Interstellar Bride and transported halfway across the galaxy to her new mate's battleship where she awakens to discover she has been matched to not just one huge Prillon warrior, but two.
Shocked by her craving for the touch of two dominant alpha males, Amanda attempts to hide her body's immediate reaction to Commander Grigg and his second, Rav. Resistance is futile as her new mates expect to control every aspect of her life, and her pleasure, and neither will hesitate to deliver a thorough and embarrassing spanking should she disobey their sensual commands, or resist a complex and deeply arousing series of medical exams designed to ensure her sexual readiness for their claiming.
Seduced and cherished by two alpha alien warriors who hide nothing from her, Amanda quickly comes to realize that the threat to Earth is very real. When she witnesses a battle with the enemy and the resulting death of a highly respected warrior, she knows she must tell her mates the truth and hope they can forgive her for her duplicity before it's too late.
Loyalties will be tested as Amanda fights the most important battle of her life. How can she protect the warriors she has grown to love and save the people of Earth from making a terrible mistake? Will her human contacts believe her when, with every touch, every look, they will see just how thoroughly she has been mastered by her mates?
Freebie. Was pretty far out there Science Fiction but, ridiculously fun. Alien bride, spy, seduction - crazy.
Friday, April 14, 2017
Claimed
Title: Claimed
Author: Evangeline Anderson
Series: Brides of the Kindred, book 1
Copyright: ebook 2011
Source: Amazon
published description: Olivia Waterhouse has just graduated from nursing school and has her whole life ahead of her—until she gets drafted. Problem is, she isn’t being forced into the Army, she’s been chosen as a Kindred bride.
The Kindred are huge alien warriors—a race of genetic traders whose population is ninety-five percent male. After saving Earth from the threat of invasion they demand a reward—the right to find brides among the population. The chances of being chosen are about the same as those of winning the lottery—guess it’s just Liv’s lucky day.
Baird is a Beast Kindred who recently escaped imprisonment and torture at the hands of the malevolent Scourge. Through the torment and pain only one thing kept him sane—the thought of finding and claiming his bride—Olivia. His need to possess her is a burning intensity that threatens to consume them both.
Angry at having her future and her family taken away from her, Liv vows to fight back the only way she can—by resisting. She has one month on the Kindred Mothership with Baird—their claiming period. If she can keep from having bonding sex with him during that time, she can go home and get on with her life on Earth.
But Baird isn’t going to make it easy for her. Every week he is allowed to touch Liv more and more intimately and according to the contract she signed, she has to let him. She’s determined to resist him but his touch sets her on fire. And just as she thinks she knows what she wants, a twist of fate and an attack by the faceless Scourge AllFather changes everything…
Freebie - really interesting concept - basically a really weird take on mail order brides sort of, except the brides didn't really sign up for it - weird alien war future stuff. But, the people part was still people - relationship / romance. Decent story.
Author: Evangeline Anderson
Series: Brides of the Kindred, book 1
Copyright: ebook 2011
Source: Amazon
published description: Olivia Waterhouse has just graduated from nursing school and has her whole life ahead of her—until she gets drafted. Problem is, she isn’t being forced into the Army, she’s been chosen as a Kindred bride.
The Kindred are huge alien warriors—a race of genetic traders whose population is ninety-five percent male. After saving Earth from the threat of invasion they demand a reward—the right to find brides among the population. The chances of being chosen are about the same as those of winning the lottery—guess it’s just Liv’s lucky day.
Baird is a Beast Kindred who recently escaped imprisonment and torture at the hands of the malevolent Scourge. Through the torment and pain only one thing kept him sane—the thought of finding and claiming his bride—Olivia. His need to possess her is a burning intensity that threatens to consume them both.
Angry at having her future and her family taken away from her, Liv vows to fight back the only way she can—by resisting. She has one month on the Kindred Mothership with Baird—their claiming period. If she can keep from having bonding sex with him during that time, she can go home and get on with her life on Earth.
But Baird isn’t going to make it easy for her. Every week he is allowed to touch Liv more and more intimately and according to the contract she signed, she has to let him. She’s determined to resist him but his touch sets her on fire. And just as she thinks she knows what she wants, a twist of fate and an attack by the faceless Scourge AllFather changes everything…
Freebie - really interesting concept - basically a really weird take on mail order brides sort of, except the brides didn't really sign up for it - weird alien war future stuff. But, the people part was still people - relationship / romance. Decent story.
Monday, February 13, 2017
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
Title: Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: Hardback, 2017
Source: Library
published description:
A typical day in the life of Charley Davidson involves cheating husbands, errant wives, missing people, philandering business owners, and, oh yeah...demons, hell hounds, evil gods, and dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. As a part time Private Investigator and full-time Grim Reaper, Charley has to balance the good, the bad, the undead, and those who want her dead.
Now, Charley is learning to make peace with the fact that she is a goddess with all kinds of power and that her own daughter has been born to save the world from total destruction. But the forces of hell are determined to see Charley banished forever to the darkest corners of another dimension. With the son of Satan himself as her husband and world-rocking lover, will Charley be able to defeat the ultimate evil and find a way to have her happily ever after after all?
LOVE THIS SERIES! Still love it! Funny, hot, great stories, characters you want to hang out with - really, really great stuff.
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: Hardback, 2017
Source: Library
published description:
A typical day in the life of Charley Davidson involves cheating husbands, errant wives, missing people, philandering business owners, and, oh yeah...demons, hell hounds, evil gods, and dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. As a part time Private Investigator and full-time Grim Reaper, Charley has to balance the good, the bad, the undead, and those who want her dead.
Now, Charley is learning to make peace with the fact that she is a goddess with all kinds of power and that her own daughter has been born to save the world from total destruction. But the forces of hell are determined to see Charley banished forever to the darkest corners of another dimension. With the son of Satan himself as her husband and world-rocking lover, will Charley be able to defeat the ultimate evil and find a way to have her happily ever after after all?
LOVE THIS SERIES! Still love it! Funny, hot, great stories, characters you want to hang out with - really, really great stuff.
Friday, February 10, 2017
Feversong
Title: Feversong: A Fever Novel
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Series: Fever Series, Book9
Copyright: 2017, Hardback
Source: Library
published description: As Mac, Barrons, Ryodan, and Jada struggle to restore control, enemies become allies, right and wrong cease to exist, and the lines between life and death, lust and love, disappear completely. Black holes loom menacingly over Dublin, threatening to destroy the earth, yet the greatest danger is the one MacKayla Lane has unleashed from within: The Sinsar Dubh—a sentient book of unthinkable evil—has possessed her body and will stop at nothing in its insatiable quest for power.
The fate of Man and Fae rests on destroying the book and recovering the long-lost Song of Making, the sole magic that can repair the fragile fabric of the earth. But to achieve these aims, sidhe-seers, the Nine, Seelie, and Unseelie must form unlikely alliances and make heart-wrenching choices. For Barrons and Jada, this means finding the Seelie queen, who alone can wield the mysterious song, negotiating with a lethal Unseelie prince hell-bent on ruling the Fae courts, and figuring out how to destroy the Sinsar Dubh while keeping Mac alive.
This time, there’s no gain without sacrifice, no pursuit without risk, no victory without irrevocable loss. In the battle for Mac’s soul, every decision exacts a tremendous price.
So...totally admit that I skimmed some parts - honestly, some just got too deep in Fae explanations and such for me. But, dug the parts that involved Mac, Dani/Jada, Barrons, etc. Interesting conclusions to everything.
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Series: Fever Series, Book9
Copyright: 2017, Hardback
Source: Library
published description: As Mac, Barrons, Ryodan, and Jada struggle to restore control, enemies become allies, right and wrong cease to exist, and the lines between life and death, lust and love, disappear completely. Black holes loom menacingly over Dublin, threatening to destroy the earth, yet the greatest danger is the one MacKayla Lane has unleashed from within: The Sinsar Dubh—a sentient book of unthinkable evil—has possessed her body and will stop at nothing in its insatiable quest for power.
The fate of Man and Fae rests on destroying the book and recovering the long-lost Song of Making, the sole magic that can repair the fragile fabric of the earth. But to achieve these aims, sidhe-seers, the Nine, Seelie, and Unseelie must form unlikely alliances and make heart-wrenching choices. For Barrons and Jada, this means finding the Seelie queen, who alone can wield the mysterious song, negotiating with a lethal Unseelie prince hell-bent on ruling the Fae courts, and figuring out how to destroy the Sinsar Dubh while keeping Mac alive.
This time, there’s no gain without sacrifice, no pursuit without risk, no victory without irrevocable loss. In the battle for Mac’s soul, every decision exacts a tremendous price.
So...totally admit that I skimmed some parts - honestly, some just got too deep in Fae explanations and such for me. But, dug the parts that involved Mac, Dani/Jada, Barrons, etc. Interesting conclusions to everything.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Close Liaisons
Title: Close Liaisons
Author: Anna Zaires
Series: The Krinar Chronicles, book 1
Copyright: 2014 ebook
Source: Amazon
published description: In the near future, the Krinar rule the Earth. An advanced race from another galaxy, they are still a mystery to us - and we are completely at their mercy.
Shy and innocent, Mia Stalis is a college student in New York City who has led a very normal life. Like most people, she's never had any interactions with the invaders - until one fateful day in the park changes everything. Having caught Korum's eye, she must now contend with a powerful, dangerously seductive Krinar who wants to possess her and will stop at nothing to make her his own.
How far would you go to regain your freedom? How much would you sacrifice to help your people? What choice will you make when you begin to fall for your enemy?
Freebie. It wasn't bad - mostly a pretty decent romance story with some syfy alien side thrown in. If the next in the series comes to me, I'll read it but, I won't necessarily seek it out.
Author: Anna Zaires
Series: The Krinar Chronicles, book 1
Copyright: 2014 ebook
Source: Amazon
published description: In the near future, the Krinar rule the Earth. An advanced race from another galaxy, they are still a mystery to us - and we are completely at their mercy.
Shy and innocent, Mia Stalis is a college student in New York City who has led a very normal life. Like most people, she's never had any interactions with the invaders - until one fateful day in the park changes everything. Having caught Korum's eye, she must now contend with a powerful, dangerously seductive Krinar who wants to possess her and will stop at nothing to make her his own.
How far would you go to regain your freedom? How much would you sacrifice to help your people? What choice will you make when you begin to fall for your enemy?
Freebie. It wasn't bad - mostly a pretty decent romance story with some syfy alien side thrown in. If the next in the series comes to me, I'll read it but, I won't necessarily seek it out.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Island of Glass
Title: Island of Glass
Author: Nora Roberts
Series: The Guardians Trilogy
Copyright: Paperback 2016
Source: Library
published description: As the hunt for the Star of Ice leads the six guardians to Ireland, Doyle, the immortal, must face his tragic past. Three centuries ago, he closed off his heart, yet his warrior spirit is still drawn to the wild. And there’s no one more familiar with the wild than Riley—and the wolf within her...
An archaeologist, Riley is no stranger to the coast of Clare, but now she finds herself on unsure footing, targeted by the dark goddess who wants more than the stars, more than the blood of the guardians. While searching through Irish history for clues that will lead them to the final star and the mysterious Island of Glass, Riley must fight her practical nature and admit her sudden attraction to Doyle is more than just a fling. For it is his strength that will sustain her and give her the power to run towards love—and save them all...
I enjoyed this trilogy very much - some mystery / suspense, action, fantasy / paranormal, romance, great group of friends - good stuff.
Author: Nora Roberts
Series: The Guardians Trilogy
Copyright: Paperback 2016
Source: Library
published description: As the hunt for the Star of Ice leads the six guardians to Ireland, Doyle, the immortal, must face his tragic past. Three centuries ago, he closed off his heart, yet his warrior spirit is still drawn to the wild. And there’s no one more familiar with the wild than Riley—and the wolf within her...
An archaeologist, Riley is no stranger to the coast of Clare, but now she finds herself on unsure footing, targeted by the dark goddess who wants more than the stars, more than the blood of the guardians. While searching through Irish history for clues that will lead them to the final star and the mysterious Island of Glass, Riley must fight her practical nature and admit her sudden attraction to Doyle is more than just a fling. For it is his strength that will sustain her and give her the power to run towards love—and save them all...
I enjoyed this trilogy very much - some mystery / suspense, action, fantasy / paranormal, romance, great group of friends - good stuff.
Friday, October 21, 2016
Crimson Death
Title: Crimson Death
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, book 25
Copyright: Hardback, 2016
Source: Library
published description: Anita has never seen Damian, her vampire servant, in such a state. The rising sun doesn’t usher in the peaceful death that he desperately needs. Instead, he’s being bombarded with violent nightmares and blood sweats.
And now, with Damian at his most vulnerable, Anita needs him the most. The vampire who created him, who subjected him to centuries of torture, might be losing control, allowing rogue vampires to run wild and break one of their kind’s few strict taboos.
Some say love is a great motivator, but hatred gets the job done, too. And when Anita joins forces with her friend Edward to stop the carnage, Damian will be at their side, even if it means traveling back to the land where all his nightmares spring from...a place that couldn’t be less welcoming to a vampire, an assassin, and a necromancer: Ireland.
So...really long book... honestly don't think it needed to be that long. Seemed to take forever for them to actually get to Ireland. Was also expecting lots of Edward - got Edward but, not really a lot of him in the end because he was always with the other group, as opposed to with Anita. Anyway, the extra magic / fey / shifters / different sort of vampire stuff was cool and was cool to see a little more of Damian but, wasn't a series favorite and actually only did the read once, when I usually read a second time before turning back in.
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, book 25
Copyright: Hardback, 2016
Source: Library
published description: Anita has never seen Damian, her vampire servant, in such a state. The rising sun doesn’t usher in the peaceful death that he desperately needs. Instead, he’s being bombarded with violent nightmares and blood sweats.
And now, with Damian at his most vulnerable, Anita needs him the most. The vampire who created him, who subjected him to centuries of torture, might be losing control, allowing rogue vampires to run wild and break one of their kind’s few strict taboos.
Some say love is a great motivator, but hatred gets the job done, too. And when Anita joins forces with her friend Edward to stop the carnage, Damian will be at their side, even if it means traveling back to the land where all his nightmares spring from...a place that couldn’t be less welcoming to a vampire, an assassin, and a necromancer: Ireland.
So...really long book... honestly don't think it needed to be that long. Seemed to take forever for them to actually get to Ireland. Was also expecting lots of Edward - got Edward but, not really a lot of him in the end because he was always with the other group, as opposed to with Anita. Anyway, the extra magic / fey / shifters / different sort of vampire stuff was cool and was cool to see a little more of Damian but, wasn't a series favorite and actually only did the read once, when I usually read a second time before turning back in.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
The Sound of Seas
Title: The Sound of Seas
Author: Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin
Series: The Earthend Saga, book 3
Copyright: 2016 Hardback
Source: Library
published description:
After discovering the secrets to the Gaalderkhani tiles—ancient computers that house not just memories, but untold destructive force—Caitlin O’Hara’s son gets accidentally thrust back in time. In order to save him she must master the power of the tiles and figure out what the Gaalderkhani’s modern relatives are searching and killing for. Can she put the pieces together and bring her son back home again?
So, to be honest, this probably shouldn't be on the blog because I didn't really read it all. I tried, swear I did...I like Gillian Anderson so much but, really just couldn't follow this very well. I worked thru the first one, sort of came thru the second one but, this one I mostly just skimmed to see where the main character ended up.
Author: Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin
Series: The Earthend Saga, book 3
Copyright: 2016 Hardback
Source: Library
published description:
After discovering the secrets to the Gaalderkhani tiles—ancient computers that house not just memories, but untold destructive force—Caitlin O’Hara’s son gets accidentally thrust back in time. In order to save him she must master the power of the tiles and figure out what the Gaalderkhani’s modern relatives are searching and killing for. Can she put the pieces together and bring her son back home again?
So, to be honest, this probably shouldn't be on the blog because I didn't really read it all. I tried, swear I did...I like Gillian Anderson so much but, really just couldn't follow this very well. I worked thru the first one, sort of came thru the second one but, this one I mostly just skimmed to see where the main character ended up.
Monday, October 10, 2016
Waylaid
Title: Waylaid
Author: Kim Harrison
Series: Short story combining Rachel Morgan of The Hollows and Peri Reed of The Drafter
Copyright: ebook 2016
Source: Library
published description:
The paranormal and the futuristic meet in this thrilling novella featuring your favorite badass heroines from two of “the amazingly gifted” (RT Book Reviews) Kim Harrison’s most beloved series: the Hollows and the Peri Reed Chronicles. The magic of the Hollows runs full force into the technological sophistication of The Drafter when a device capable of carrying a city’s data stream pulls Rachel, the bounty hunter witch of the Hollows, between realities, marooning her in a world where the supernatural holds no sway. To get Rachel and Jenks home, Peri, the dangerous renegade of 2030, must decide what will chart her future: her blind trust in those who grant her power, or her intuition telling her to believe.
Was fun - neat to see the two world meet up.
Author: Kim Harrison
Series: Short story combining Rachel Morgan of The Hollows and Peri Reed of The Drafter
Copyright: ebook 2016
Source: Library
published description:
The paranormal and the futuristic meet in this thrilling novella featuring your favorite badass heroines from two of “the amazingly gifted” (RT Book Reviews) Kim Harrison’s most beloved series: the Hollows and the Peri Reed Chronicles. The magic of the Hollows runs full force into the technological sophistication of The Drafter when a device capable of carrying a city’s data stream pulls Rachel, the bounty hunter witch of the Hollows, between realities, marooning her in a world where the supernatural holds no sway. To get Rachel and Jenks home, Peri, the dangerous renegade of 2030, must decide what will chart her future: her blind trust in those who grant her power, or her intuition telling her to believe.
Was fun - neat to see the two world meet up.
Monday, July 4, 2016
The Curse of Tenth Grave
Title: The Curse of Tenth Grave
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: Hardback, 2016
Source: Library
published description:
As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three?” was never among them. Until now. And since those gods are on earth to kill her daughter, she has little choice but to track them down, trap them, and cast them from this dimension.
There’s just one problem. One of the three stole her heart a very long time ago. Can the Razer, a god of absolute death and destruction, change his omniscient spots, or will his allegiances lie with his brothers?
Those are just a few of the questions Charley must answer, and quick. Add to that a homeless girl running for her life, an innocent man who’s been charged with murdering the daughter of a degenerate gambler, and a pendant made from god glass that has the entire supernatural world in an uproar, and Charley has her hands full. If she can manage to take care of the whole world-destroying-gods thing, we’re saved. If not, well…
Love, love LOVE this series. Charley and the entire gang never disappoint.
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: Hardback, 2016
Source: Library
published description:
As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three?” was never among them. Until now. And since those gods are on earth to kill her daughter, she has little choice but to track them down, trap them, and cast them from this dimension.
There’s just one problem. One of the three stole her heart a very long time ago. Can the Razer, a god of absolute death and destruction, change his omniscient spots, or will his allegiances lie with his brothers?
Those are just a few of the questions Charley must answer, and quick. Add to that a homeless girl running for her life, an innocent man who’s been charged with murdering the daughter of a degenerate gambler, and a pendant made from god glass that has the entire supernatural world in an uproar, and Charley has her hands full. If she can manage to take care of the whole world-destroying-gods thing, we’re saved. If not, well…
Love, love LOVE this series. Charley and the entire gang never disappoint.
Friday, June 24, 2016
A Dream of Ice
Title: A Dream of Ice
Author: Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin
Copyright: 2015 Hardback
Series: The Earthend Saga, book 2
Source: Library
published description: After uncovering a mystical link to the ancient civilization of Galderkhaan, child psychologist Caitlin O’Hara is left with strange new powers. Suddenly she can heal her young patients with her mind and see things from other places and other times. But as she learns more about her powers, she also realizes that someone is watching her, perhaps hunting her—and using her son to do it.
Meanwhile Mikel Jasso, a field agent for a mysterious research organization, is searching for Galderkhaani ruins in Antarctica. After falling down a crevasse, he discovers the entire city has been preserved under ice and that the mysterious stone artifacts he’s been collecting are not as primitive as he thought. As Mikel and Caitlin work to uncover the mysteries of the Galderkhaani, they realize that the person hunting Caitlin and the stones may be connected in ways they never knew possible.
“Fans of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child will find a lot to like” (Publishers Weekly) in the Earthend Saga, and this latest adventure is sure to leave you gasping for breath as Caitlin races against time to save what’s dearest to her heart.
I wanted to like it cause I love Gillian Anderson but, I remembered having a little trouble with the first one but, thought I came thru it well. But, I had a lot of trouble with this one...a lot of confusion and honestly started to fee kinda stupid. I'm certainly not a rocket scientist but, I do have a decent brain...couldn't wrap it around this one.
Author: Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin
Copyright: 2015 Hardback
Series: The Earthend Saga, book 2
Source: Library
published description: After uncovering a mystical link to the ancient civilization of Galderkhaan, child psychologist Caitlin O’Hara is left with strange new powers. Suddenly she can heal her young patients with her mind and see things from other places and other times. But as she learns more about her powers, she also realizes that someone is watching her, perhaps hunting her—and using her son to do it.
Meanwhile Mikel Jasso, a field agent for a mysterious research organization, is searching for Galderkhaani ruins in Antarctica. After falling down a crevasse, he discovers the entire city has been preserved under ice and that the mysterious stone artifacts he’s been collecting are not as primitive as he thought. As Mikel and Caitlin work to uncover the mysteries of the Galderkhaani, they realize that the person hunting Caitlin and the stones may be connected in ways they never knew possible.
“Fans of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child will find a lot to like” (Publishers Weekly) in the Earthend Saga, and this latest adventure is sure to leave you gasping for breath as Caitlin races against time to save what’s dearest to her heart.
I wanted to like it cause I love Gillian Anderson but, I remembered having a little trouble with the first one but, thought I came thru it well. But, I had a lot of trouble with this one...a lot of confusion and honestly started to fee kinda stupid. I'm certainly not a rocket scientist but, I do have a decent brain...couldn't wrap it around this one.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier
Title: Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier
Author: Myke Cole
Series: Shadow Ops, book 2
Copyright: Paperback 2013
Source: Library
published description:
Author: Myke Cole
Series: Shadow Ops, book 2
Copyright: Paperback 2013
Source: Library
published description:
The Great Reawakening did not come quietly.
Across the country and in every nation, people began to develop
terrifying powers--summoning storms, raising the dead, and setting
everything they touch ablaze. Overnight the rules changed...but not for
everyone.
Colonel Alan Bookbinder is an army
bureaucrat whose worst war wound is a paper-cut. But after he develops
magical powers, he is torn from everything he knows and thrown onto the
front-lines.
Drafted into the Supernatural
Operations Corps in a new and dangerous world, Bookbinder finds himself
in command of Forward Operating Base Frontier--cut off, surrounded by
monsters, and on the brink of being overrun.
Now,
he must find the will to lead the people of FOB Frontier out of hell,
even if the one hope of salvation lies in teaming up with the man whose
own magical powers put the base in such grave danger in the first
place--Oscar Britton, public enemy number one...
Like the first in the series, it took me a little bit to get in to it but, once I did, it was hard to put down. Action packed, exciting stuff.
Like the first in the series, it took me a little bit to get in to it but, once I did, it was hard to put down. Action packed, exciting stuff.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Feverborn
Title: Feverborn: A Fever Novel
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Series: Fever Series, Book 8
Copyright: 2016, Hardback
Source: Library
published description: When the immortal Fae destroyed the ancient wall dividing the worlds of Man and Faery, the very fabric of the universe was damaged, and now Earth is vanishing bit by bit. Only the long-lost Song of Making—a haunting, dangerous melody that is the source of life itself—can save the planet.
But those who seek the mythic song must contend with old wounds and new enemies, passions that burn hot and hunger for vengeance that runs deep. The challenges are many: the Keltar at war with nine immortals who’ve secretly ruled Dublin for eons, Mac and Jada hunted by the masses, the Seelie queen nowhere to be found, and the most powerful Unseelie prince in all creation determined to rule both Fae and Man. Now the task of solving the ancient riddle of the Song of Making falls to a band of deadly warriors divided among—and within—themselves.
Once a normal city possessing a touch of ancient magic, Dublin is now a treacherously magical city with only a touch of normal. And on those war-torn streets, Mac will come face-to-face with her most savage enemy yet: herself.
I really liked this series in the first couple but, I have a hard time with them now. I continue reading because I have such a problem with thinking I'm going to miss something ;) I still really like the characters and maybe the fantasy is just over my head because it is work to get thru them now.
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Series: Fever Series, Book 8
Copyright: 2016, Hardback
Source: Library
published description: When the immortal Fae destroyed the ancient wall dividing the worlds of Man and Faery, the very fabric of the universe was damaged, and now Earth is vanishing bit by bit. Only the long-lost Song of Making—a haunting, dangerous melody that is the source of life itself—can save the planet.
But those who seek the mythic song must contend with old wounds and new enemies, passions that burn hot and hunger for vengeance that runs deep. The challenges are many: the Keltar at war with nine immortals who’ve secretly ruled Dublin for eons, Mac and Jada hunted by the masses, the Seelie queen nowhere to be found, and the most powerful Unseelie prince in all creation determined to rule both Fae and Man. Now the task of solving the ancient riddle of the Song of Making falls to a band of deadly warriors divided among—and within—themselves.
Once a normal city possessing a touch of ancient magic, Dublin is now a treacherously magical city with only a touch of normal. And on those war-torn streets, Mac will come face-to-face with her most savage enemy yet: herself.
I really liked this series in the first couple but, I have a hard time with them now. I continue reading because I have such a problem with thinking I'm going to miss something ;) I still really like the characters and maybe the fantasy is just over my head because it is work to get thru them now.
Monday, January 18, 2016
Shadow Ops: Control Point
Title: Shadow Ops: Control Point
Author: Myke Cole
Series: Shadow Ops, book 1
Copyright: Paperback 2012
Source: Library
published description: Across the country and in every nation, people are waking up with magical talents. Untrained and panicked, they summon storms, raise the dead, and set everything they touch ablaze.
Army officer Oscar Britton sees the worst of it. A lieutenant attached to the military's Supernatural Operations Corps, his mission is to bring order to a world gone mad. Then he abruptly manifests a rare and prohibited magical power, transforming him overnight from government agent to public enemy number one.
The SOC knows how to handle this kind of situation: hunt him down--and take him out. Driven into an underground shadow world, Britton is about to learn that magic has changed all the rules he's ever known, and that his life isn't the only thing he's fighting for.
A little different for me - I've done a little bit of the military type thing before but, this was much more seemingly actual military as opposed to romantic-type military. Lots of good action. And, he totally kicks you in the face and flips you around with the magical elements, interesting stuff.
Author: Myke Cole
Series: Shadow Ops, book 1
Copyright: Paperback 2012
Source: Library
published description: Across the country and in every nation, people are waking up with magical talents. Untrained and panicked, they summon storms, raise the dead, and set everything they touch ablaze.
Army officer Oscar Britton sees the worst of it. A lieutenant attached to the military's Supernatural Operations Corps, his mission is to bring order to a world gone mad. Then he abruptly manifests a rare and prohibited magical power, transforming him overnight from government agent to public enemy number one.
The SOC knows how to handle this kind of situation: hunt him down--and take him out. Driven into an underground shadow world, Britton is about to learn that magic has changed all the rules he's ever known, and that his life isn't the only thing he's fighting for.
A little different for me - I've done a little bit of the military type thing before but, this was much more seemingly actual military as opposed to romantic-type military. Lots of good action. And, he totally kicks you in the face and flips you around with the magical elements, interesting stuff.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
The Dirt on Ninth Grave
Title: The Dirt on Ninth Grave
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: Hardback, 2016
Source: Library
published description:
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: Hardback, 2016
Source: Library
published description:
In a small village in New York Charley
Davidson is living as Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or
where she came from. So when she is working at a diner and slowly begins
to realize she can see dead people, she's more than a little taken
aback. Stranger still are the people entering her life. They seem to
know things about her. Things they hide with lies and half-truths. Soon,
she senses something far darker. A force that wants to cause her harm,
she is sure of it. Her saving grace comes in the form of a new friend
she feels she can confide in and the fry cook, a devastatingly handsome
man whose smile is breathtaking and touch is scalding. He stays close,
and she almost feels safe with him around.
But no one can outrun their past, and the more lies that swirl around her-even from her new and trusted friends-the more disoriented she becomes, until she is confronted by a man who claims to have been sent to kill her. Sent by the darkest force in the universe. A force that absolutely will not stop until she is dead. Thankfully, she has a Rottweiler. But that doesn't help in her quest to find her identity and recover what she's lost. That will take all her courage and a touch of the power she feels flowing like electricity through her veins. She almost feels sorry for him. The devil in blue jeans. The disarming fry cook who lies with every breath he takes. She will get to the bottom of what he knows if it kills her. Or him. Either way.
Love this series - always so funny. This one was totally different since, of course, Charley wasn't really Charley - but, still just as good and fun.
But no one can outrun their past, and the more lies that swirl around her-even from her new and trusted friends-the more disoriented she becomes, until she is confronted by a man who claims to have been sent to kill her. Sent by the darkest force in the universe. A force that absolutely will not stop until she is dead. Thankfully, she has a Rottweiler. But that doesn't help in her quest to find her identity and recover what she's lost. That will take all her courage and a touch of the power she feels flowing like electricity through her veins. She almost feels sorry for him. The devil in blue jeans. The disarming fry cook who lies with every breath he takes. She will get to the bottom of what he knows if it kills her. Or him. Either way.
Love this series - always so funny. This one was totally different since, of course, Charley wasn't really Charley - but, still just as good and fun.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Brighter Than the Sun
Title: Brighter Than the Sun
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: ebook, 2015
Source: Amazon
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: ebook, 2015
Source: Amazon
published description:
All his life, Reyes Alexander Farrow has suffered the torments of the damned. Only one thing has given him hope: the woman who radiates a light that no mortals can see; a light that only the departed can see...
Told from his point of view, BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN chronicles the first time Reyes ever encountered Charley, and how their relationship has been the one thing that can either save him or doom him.
LOVE this series and LOVED getting Reyes' perspective.
All his life, Reyes Alexander Farrow has suffered the torments of the damned. Only one thing has given him hope: the woman who radiates a light that no mortals can see; a light that only the departed can see...
Told from his point of view, BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN chronicles the first time Reyes ever encountered Charley, and how their relationship has been the one thing that can either save him or doom him.
LOVE this series and LOVED getting Reyes' perspective.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Stonecast
Title: Stonecast
Author: Anton Strout
Series: Spellmason Chronicles, book 2
Copyright: Paperback 2013
Source: Library
published description: Alexandra Belarus was an artist stuck working in her New York family’s business…until she discovered her true legacy—a deep and ancient magic. Lexi became the last practicing Spellmason, with the power to breathe life into stone. And as her powers awoke, so did her family’s most faithful protector: a gargoyle named Stanis. But when a centuries-old evil threatened her family and her city, Stanis sacrificed himself to save everything Lexi held dear.
With Stanis gone, Lexi’s efforts to master Spellmasonry—even with the help of her dedicated friends—are faltering. Hidden forces both watch her and threaten her, and she finds herself suddenly under the mysterious wing of a secret religious society determined to keep magic hidden from the world.
But the question of Stanis’s fate haunts her—and as the storm around her grows, so does the fear that she won’t be able to save him in her turn.
Took me a little bit to get in to it, been a while since I read the first one. It was pretty good but, I admit, some of it got a little too sciency and stuff for me sometimes.
Author: Anton Strout
Series: Spellmason Chronicles, book 2
Copyright: Paperback 2013
Source: Library
published description: Alexandra Belarus was an artist stuck working in her New York family’s business…until she discovered her true legacy—a deep and ancient magic. Lexi became the last practicing Spellmason, with the power to breathe life into stone. And as her powers awoke, so did her family’s most faithful protector: a gargoyle named Stanis. But when a centuries-old evil threatened her family and her city, Stanis sacrificed himself to save everything Lexi held dear.
With Stanis gone, Lexi’s efforts to master Spellmasonry—even with the help of her dedicated friends—are faltering. Hidden forces both watch her and threaten her, and she finds herself suddenly under the mysterious wing of a secret religious society determined to keep magic hidden from the world.
But the question of Stanis’s fate haunts her—and as the storm around her grows, so does the fear that she won’t be able to save him in her turn.
Took me a little bit to get in to it, been a while since I read the first one. It was pretty good but, I admit, some of it got a little too sciency and stuff for me sometimes.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Eighth Grave After Dark
Title: Eighth Grave After Dark
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: Hardback, 2015
Source: Library
published description: Charley Davidson has enough going on without having to worry about twelve hellhounds hot on her trail. She is, after all, incredibly pregnant and feeling like she could pop at any moment. But, just her luck, twelve deadly beasts from hell have chosen this time to escape onto our plane, and they've made Charley their target. And so she takes refuge at the only place she thinks they can't get to her: the grounds of an abandoned convent. Of course, if hellhounds aren't enough, Charley also has a new case to hold her attention: the decades-old murder of a newly-vowed nun she keeps seeing in the shadows of the convent.
Add to that the still unsolved murder of her father, the strange behavior of her husband, and Charley's tendency to attract the, shall we say, undead, and she has her hands full…but also tied. While the angry hellhounds can't traverse the consecrated soil, they can lurk just beyond its borders like evil sentries, so Charley has been forbidden from leaving the sacred grounds. Luckily, she has her loyal team with her, and they're a scrappy bunch who won't let a few thirsty hellhounds deter them.
While the team scours the prophesies, searching for clues on the Twelve, for a way to kill them or at least send them back to hell, Charley just wants answers and is powerless to get them. But the mass of friends they've accrued helps. They convince her even more that everyone in her recent life has somehow been drawn to her, as though they were a part of a bigger picture all along. Their presence is comforting. But the good feelings don't last for long because Charley is about to get the surprise of her crazy, mixed-up, supernatural life….
LOVE - great humor, great characters, great story, great surprises.
Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Copyright: Hardback, 2015
Source: Library
published description: Charley Davidson has enough going on without having to worry about twelve hellhounds hot on her trail. She is, after all, incredibly pregnant and feeling like she could pop at any moment. But, just her luck, twelve deadly beasts from hell have chosen this time to escape onto our plane, and they've made Charley their target. And so she takes refuge at the only place she thinks they can't get to her: the grounds of an abandoned convent. Of course, if hellhounds aren't enough, Charley also has a new case to hold her attention: the decades-old murder of a newly-vowed nun she keeps seeing in the shadows of the convent.
Add to that the still unsolved murder of her father, the strange behavior of her husband, and Charley's tendency to attract the, shall we say, undead, and she has her hands full…but also tied. While the angry hellhounds can't traverse the consecrated soil, they can lurk just beyond its borders like evil sentries, so Charley has been forbidden from leaving the sacred grounds. Luckily, she has her loyal team with her, and they're a scrappy bunch who won't let a few thirsty hellhounds deter them.
While the team scours the prophesies, searching for clues on the Twelve, for a way to kill them or at least send them back to hell, Charley just wants answers and is powerless to get them. But the mass of friends they've accrued helps. They convince her even more that everyone in her recent life has somehow been drawn to her, as though they were a part of a bigger picture all along. Their presence is comforting. But the good feelings don't last for long because Charley is about to get the surprise of her crazy, mixed-up, supernatural life….
LOVE - great humor, great characters, great story, great surprises.
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