Gina's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:02:39 -0700 60 Gina's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Natural Magick (Aaron's Kiss, #3)]]> 12929160 126 Kathi S. Barton 1937593622 Gina 0 4.13 2011 Natural Magick (Aaron's Kiss, #3)
author: Kathi S. Barton
name: Gina
average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Faerie Master (Aaron's Kiss, #8)]]> 14718875
Cade is a cook by trade. She works in a restaurant during the day and a bar maid during the night. She’s got to pay her bills and make money so she can find a place to stay that has running water and heat before the winter. Her home has been a cave. She’s shopping when she runs into Duncan and they start a conversation. He mentions to her that Ms. Penny, the cook they have at the MacManus home is going on vacation for two weeks and they need someone to cover. Cade offers because she could use the extra money.

She’s never been around a vampire that can be up during the day, wolfs, nymphs, and faeries. She’s fine with that as long as she isn’t dinner for anyone. She’s exhausted after the past few days so she heads to her temporary home, the cave. She hears a noise after lying down, and before she knows it, there’s a hand covering her mouth. This man wants to feed from her and terror fills her body. Once he feeds, he forgets to seal the wound and it is history in the making for them. She’s weak and isn’t positive of all the details anymore but when she gets to the MacManus home she collapses.

Can Shawn save Cady from her brother and Gabriel? Will Cady learn to accept Shawn and be able to keep him and the MacManus family safe from harm?]]> 230 Kathi S. Barton 1938243765 Gina 0 4.18 2012 The Faerie Master (Aaron's Kiss, #8)
author: Kathi S. Barton
name: Gina
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Cormac (Harrison Ambush, #2) 27259867
Andi Collins can’t seem to catch a break. The last time she’d encountered her father, she’d ended up in the hospital. Now, Stormy Harrison, is giving her a break and helping her get back on her feet. So when this big handsome man tells her that she’s his mate she’s scared to death.

Mate. She’d heard the term before. And what it meant. She would belong to him. Not just him, but whoever he wanted to sell her to. Andi reached for the door handle, thinking that rolling from a moving car would be better than being passed around like a napkin at a banquet hall.

“Don’t do that.� He reached for her hand just as she touched the handle. “Please, just listen to me and I’ll explain.�

“I don’t need you to explain. I know what mate means. My friends at school, they told me what happens when you become a mate to men. And what they didn’t tell me, my father and aunt explained the rest. Mates use you, and then when they’ve had enough, they pass you around to all the other men they know. I won’t have it.�

The car suddenly stopped. Her seatbelt cut into her neck, and she nearly hit her head on the dash it stopped so abruptly.]]> 207 Kathi S. Barton 1629893781 Gina 0 currently-reading 4.38 2016 Cormac (Harrison Ambush, #2)
author: Kathi S. Barton
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average rating: 4.38
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]]> Vicente (Samuel's Pride, #5) 21847451 Abby Curry’s strength was gone. She had given up hope that she’d be found by someone that could help her. The blood trail she’d left was easy enough to follow. The three men that hunted her would finish her off if she wasn’t dead already before they got there.
Vicente caught her before she could hit the ground―there was something about her―he didn’t even know what she looked like she was beaten so badly, but he had to save her if he could�.
But when he heard her name, his blood ran cold…it couldn’t be her…it couldn’t. He’d left her five years before…standing at the altar�. Now what was he going to do?
]]> 210 Kathi S. Barton 1629892653 Gina 5 4.26 2015 Vicente (Samuel's Pride, #5)
author: Kathi S. Barton
name: Gina
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories]]> 721012 Sketch Book first appeared in 1819, readers in America and abroad greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. The pieces about life in England are gently ironic, reflecting the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New. But it is in "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that Irving exhibits his true strength—the ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre.

Originally published as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]]> 368 Washington Irving 014043769X Gina 4 3.96 1820 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
author: Washington Irving
name: Gina
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1820
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Talin's Echo (Warriors of the Atlantean Empire, #1)]]> 213840906
Headstrong and dreaming of love, mer-princess Echo is fleeing from a forced mating with a merman she can’t stand. When she discovers a hidden abyss, an unexpected transformation begins...

Suddenly in a strange world, unsure of everything and hiding her true identity, Echo meets Talin and realizes that he is the one she’s been waiting for.

As passions flare and love blooms, Talin and Echo must find a way to bridge their separate worlds. Can their love survive when he discovers what she really is? Or will they be torn apart forever?

(Due to sexual content and language, this book is recommended for 18+)]]> C.L. Pardington Gina 0 to-read 4.69 Talin's Echo (Warriors of the Atlantean Empire, #1)
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]]> Claimed (Dark Protectors, #2) 40745798 Librarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN: B005CRY8NQ. The original cover edition can be found here.

A Daring Rescue Emma Paulsen is a geneticist driven by science. But she's also a psychic, so when a dark, good-hearted vampire frees her from the clutches of the evil Kurjans, she realizes he must be the man who's been haunting her dreams. But with a virus threatening vampires' mates, Emma may discover a whole new meaning of "lovesick".

A Deadly Decision As King of the Realm, Dage Kayrs has learned to practice diplomacy. Still, it's taken three hundred years to find his mate, so he'll stop at nothing to protect her—even if it means turning his back on his own kind...]]> 354 Rebecca Zanetti Gina 0 4.42 2011 Claimed (Dark Protectors, #2)
author: Rebecca Zanetti
name: Gina
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> The Billionaire's Assistant 27887541 Meredith Bentley is big, beautiful, and too smart to be just somebody’s assistant, but she’s hoping to learn a lot from her boss � successful entrepreneur and self-made man, Gabriel Miles. Her dull, if well-organized world, is upended, though, when a young man uses his dying wish to ask her to do him a favor.

What happens next will set Meredith’s life on a new course: one that demands she take risks and think on her feet. Riding on the back of Gabriel’s motorcycle, Meredith must search for clues to expose a criminal enterprise before they track her down.

And amidst all the danger, real feelings begin to develop between them that will take their relationship far beyond that of employer and executive assistant...

� WARNING: This 21,000+ word Alpha Male Mystery Romance contains mature themes and language. It is intended to be enjoyed by an 18+ audience only. Read at your own risk!

BONUS ★★★★� At the end of the book is a story as an added bonus.

GRAB YOUR COPY NOW!]]> 81 Jolie Day Gina 0 3.07 2015 The Billionaire's Assistant
author: Jolie Day
name: Gina
average rating: 3.07
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> King, King, Goose? 23470810 This short story should be FREE. If it is not listed as FREE please report the lower price to the vendor.

King, King, Goose?
A Realm of the Dragon Shifters Short Story

As a dragon shifter and king of his people, King Najarni wants to make his lovely wife happy. Her human ways are a mystery to him. Her Earthly customs and holidays are something he knows little about. When his trusted guards return from the human realm, having mastered the art of Christmas, he knows his queen will be overjoyed.
At least, that was the plan.
]]> 23 Mandy M. Roth Gina 0 currently-reading 4.10 2004 King, King, Goose?
author: Mandy M. Roth
name: Gina
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2004
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]]> <![CDATA[Hero's Haven (Dark Protectors, #11)]]> 45279009 He’s her darkest fantasy. . .

After years of struggling, Haven Daly has finally accepted that she’s nuttier than a fruitcake.Why else would she see visions of a beautiful but tormented male every night . . . and actually believe she can talk to him, even feel his touch? But thanks to those dream journeys, she can paint images nobody else on earth can duplicate.In each brush stroke, she captures the blatant masculinity and raw desire in his eyes that promise he’s coming for her…and soon.

She’s the light that keeps him going. . .

Quade Kayrs has already suffered a lifetime of pain and torture. Completely isolated, he kept his sanity thanks to one beautiful female, a vision with kind emerald eyes.In the end, her soft voice led him out of hell.Now, naked and alone, he’s in a strange world that bears little resemblance to the one he left behind. All he knows is Haven. All he wants is Haven. His final mission? To protect her from the evil hunting them both—whether she likes it or not . . .

“Spicy romantic interplay; highly recommended.�
�Library Journal on Vampire’s Faith

“Sizzling sex scenes and a memorable cast.�
�Publishers Weekly on Claimed

“A fast-paced, excitement-filled explosion of action� Zanetti keeps getting better.�
—RT Book Reviews on Marked, 4.5 Stars Top Pick]]> 306 Rebecca Zanetti 1516107489 Gina 0 currently-reading 4.35 2020 Hero's Haven (Dark Protectors, #11)
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]]> <![CDATA[Alpha's Promise (Dark Protectors, #10)]]> 42116664 To hell and back . . .

Though he has vampire, demon, and Viking blood rushing through his veins, Ivar Kjeidsen’s soul-crushing trip to hell broke him in ways he can barely fathom.One vow keeps the deadly immortal To rescue the vampire brother who had sacrificed freedom for him.To do that, Ivar needs the help of a brilliant physicist with wary brown eyes, fierce brilliance, and skin that's way too soft.

Dr. Promise Williams understands the underpinnings of the universe but has never figured out the human beings inhabiting it.Her function is to think—and not feel—until she’s touched by a vampire who’s nowhere near human.The primal hunger in his eyes awakens feelings in her that defy calculation.As she shows him the way to step between worlds, he brands her with a pleasure that could last more than a lifetime . . .]]> 345 Rebecca Zanetti 1516107470 Gina 0 currently-reading 4.30 2019 Alpha's Promise (Dark Protectors, #10)
author: Rebecca Zanetti
name: Gina
average rating: 4.30
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire's Faith (Dark Protectors, #8)]]> 37703013 The Dark Protectors are Back!

Vampire King Ronan Kayrs wasn’t supposed to survive the savage sacrifice he willingly endured to rid the world of the ultimate evil.He wasn’t supposed to emerge in this time and place, and he sure as hell wasn’t supposed to finally touch the woman who’s haunted his dreams for centuries. Yet here he is, in an era where vampires are hidden, the enemy has grown stronger, and his mate has no idea of the power she holds.

Dr. Faith Cooper is flummoxed by irrefutable proof that not only do vampires exist . . . they’re hot blooded, able to walk in sunlight, and shockingly sexy.Faith has always depended on science, but the restlessness she feels around this predatory male defies reason. Especially when it grows into a hunger only he can satisfy—that is if they can survive the evil hunting them both.]]> 367 Rebecca Zanetti 1516107454 Gina 0 4.14 2018 Vampire's Faith (Dark Protectors, #8)
author: Rebecca Zanetti
name: Gina
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound to Midnight (Immortal Ops: Crimson Ops #3)]]> 49676585 392 Mandy M. Roth 194790809X Gina 0 currently-reading 4.62 2019 Bound to Midnight (Immortal Ops: Crimson Ops #3)
author: Mandy M. Roth
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average rating: 4.62
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]]> Gregor (Stone Society #2) 24895162
Gregor Stone is a full-blood Gargoyle and the Warden at the New Atlanta Penitentiary. He spends his days running the prison and his nights looking for Unholy. With the recent discovery that Gargoyles can mate with humans, there is new hope for his kind. Gregor has found his mate, but there’s one problem: she hates him. He believes his happily ever after is still just a fairy tale.

Tessa Blackmore is Trouble with a capital T and has been since she was a baby. Tessa is a half-blood. Her father is a Gargoyle and her mother is human. The half-bloods have hidden themselves from the Gargoyles for centuries. Now that Tessa has found her mate in a full-blood, will she continue to hide, or will she give in to the pull of the mate bond?

Tessa is running from her past and the madman hell bent on catching her. As he and his army close in, Tessa is forced to turn to the one man she has tried to avoid for years: her mate.

This book is about a Hot Alpha Gargoyle shapeshifter and his feisty redheaded mate.

Warning: The story is full of action, F-bombs, and HOT, descriptive sex, including anal play. It is intended for mature audiences and only those are enjoy this type of book.
]]> 305 Faith Gibson 1495140563 Gina 0 currently-reading 4.27 2015 Gregor (Stone Society #2)
author: Faith Gibson
name: Gina
average rating: 4.27
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]]> <![CDATA[Consumed (Dark Protectors, #4)]]> 40745888 Librarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN: B0083JCF3K. The original cover edition is here.

Sometimes You Mate For Life

Katie Smith is the best of her class, part of an elite hunting force trained to eliminate werewolves from the hills of Western Virginia. She's good at it because she has the kind of focus and drive that won't back down no matter how steep the odds. Call it southern sass. Whatever it is, there's no denying her willingness to risk everything for the only man she's ever cared about--a man on the verge of losing his very humanity. . .

Sometimes You Mate To Stay Alive

For the past ten years Jordan Pride has dedicated his life to protecting his people from a deadly shifter virus. But in a rare moment of distraction, Jordan's guard drops just long enough for his fate to take an irreversible twist. Unless the woman he loves surrenders everything to him, again and again, under a full moon rising. . .]]> 331 Rebecca Zanetti Gina 5 4.48 2012 Consumed (Dark Protectors, #4)
author: Rebecca Zanetti
name: Gina
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Burden of Reckoning (Aaron's Kiss, #4)]]> 19001074
Tucker James was a vampire fleeing from his cruel maker. He came to Aaron’s Kiss in hopes of swearing allegiance to Aaron MacManus and becoming a member of his Kiss. He just wanted to be a part of a realm of vampires that didn’t starve their subjects and beat them.

Sam’s peaceful life is shattered when her secret life comes back to haunt her in her own shop. To protect an innocent, Sam winds up shot and loses consciousness.

Sara MacManus, Aaron’s mate, just happened to be there when things went bad. She sensed Sam’s powers and had Sam taken to Aaron’s Kiss. Sam was dyeing and the only thing that would save her was blood, vampire blood.


From the moment he caught her scent, Tucker knew that Sam was his mate—the very beautiful dying woman lying on the bed needed his blood—and while he wanted her with every fiber of his being, keeping her safe wasn’t an option. His own maker wanted him back.


With Sam’s special brand of magic she can save the big vampire but he isn’t ready to take it. He’s terrified of Marta, his maker, and not so much what she’ll do to him but what she could and would do to his very lovely, stubborn mate.

]]> 233 Kathi S. Barton 1937593908 Gina 0 4.35 2011 Burden of Reckoning (Aaron's Kiss, #4)
author: Kathi S. Barton
name: Gina
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood, Body and Mind (Aaron's Kiss, #1)]]> 11464171
1. Blood Body and Mind

2. Divine Savior

3. Natural Magick

4. Burden of Reckoning

5. Enduring Retribution

6. Fated Absolution

7. Reluctant Alpha

8. The Faerie Master

9. My Warrior Fae

10. Night Hungers

11. A Forbidden Taking

12. Son of Our Blood

13. Desire Awakened

14. Elizabeth the Queen of All Magick

Aaron MacManus, the new master vampire of the realm just wanted to go out and meet some of his subjects and to figure out what needed to be done to set things right.

April and Demetrius Carlovetti own an air service and are the most trusted and well liked vampires in Aaron’s realm. What he didn’t expect when he visited them was betrayal. His own bodyguards try to murder him and blame it on the Carlovetti’s.

Sara Temple was not a vampire. She pilots planes for the Carlovetti Airways. She had secretes of her own and working for this small air service is keeping her out of sight. The last thing she wanted to do was save a vampire, even an extremely good looking one.

Sara was only trying to survive but with Aaron she becomes embroiled in politics, the magic of several realms involving a queen in peril, magical beings, passion and love.

Blood, Body and Mind, the first book in the Aaron’s Kiss series.]]> 214 Kathi S. Barton 1937593657 Gina 0 4.12 2011 Blood, Body and Mind (Aaron's Kiss, #1)
author: Kathi S. Barton
name: Gina
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[Big Bad Vamp (Knight Protectors, #2)]]> 17252192
The last thing Knight Protector Liam wants to do is rescue some purple-haired human, but he doesn’t get a say in the matter. So, he hunts her down and, instead of finding a paranoid woman, he finds a voluptuous beauty bleeding to death beneath a certain evil Pixie King. Then he does what any law-breaking vampire would do in such a he saves her. Mostly. Well, she does die first, but it was only for, like, a minute. See, the thing about it is…]]> 84 Celia Kyle 1301565873 Gina 0 4.00 2013 Big Bad Vamp (Knight Protectors, #2)
author: Celia Kyle
name: Gina
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Crossing Hudson (Guardians, #2)]]> 27214396
In this world of magik, mishap, demons, gods, and pleasure nymphs, anything is possible. Hudson, werewolf, guardian and head general for the king of the lycans has thought his true mate long dead. He thought wrong. Now The Powers That Be have placed her right before him. All he has to do is protect her long enough to claim her--that is, if she'll let him.]]> 370 Mandy M. Roth Gina 4 4.34 2016 Crossing Hudson (Guardians, #2)
author: Mandy M. Roth
name: Gina
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon Shifter’s Duty (PSI-Ops/Shadow Agents #2)]]> 31281719
He's locked away...
She's being hunted...
Undercover special operative and dragon-shifter Ezra has fallen into enemy hands. He knew better than to stray from the mission, but he couldn't fight his natural need to protect the innocent. When he senses the desperate call of his mate, there is no stopping this wild, fire-breathing, alpha male. He won't go down without a fight and he'll destroy anyone and anything that stands in his way of happiness and love.]]> 292 Mandy M. Roth Gina 0 4.48 2016 The Dragon Shifter’s Duty (PSI-Ops/Shadow Agents #2)
author: Mandy M. Roth
name: Gina
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Viktor (The Protectors, #14) 44646065
Lacey Cruz has always wanted to be a writer, but she’s never had the chance to pursue her passion. After being fired from a company she was employed with since graduating high school, she now has plenty of time on her hands.

Lover of all things paranormal, Lacey sets out to do research in hopes that special something will fall in her lap. Something does in the guise of a powerful vampire warrior. What Lacey doesn’t realize is she may be the heroine in her own real-life novel.

]]> 298 Teresa Gabelman Gina 0 currently-reading 4.57 2019 Viktor (The Protectors, #14)
author: Teresa Gabelman
name: Gina
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[Darkness Dawns (Immortal Guardians, #1)]]> 10355637
Once, Sarah Bingham’s biggest challenge was making her students pay attention in class. Now, after rescuing a wounded stranger, she’s landed in the middle of a battle between corrupt vampires and powerful immortals who also need blood to survive. Roland Warbrook is the most compelling man Sarah has ever laid hands on. But his desire for her is mingled with a hunger he can barely control�

In his nine centuries of immortal existence, no woman has tempted Roland as much as Sarah. But asking her to love him is impossible—when it means forfeiting the world she’s always known, and the life he would do anything to protect...]]> 353 Dianne Duvall 1420122428 Gina 0 currently-reading 4.14 2011 Darkness Dawns (Immortal Guardians, #1)
author: Dianne Duvall
name: Gina
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2011
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]]> Simon (Le Beau Brothers, #2) 22616668 Four years later, he returns home from deployment, stuck in wolf form. Little did he know, his mate would, in fact, show up at his family’s plantation. If only he had opposable thumbs.
Rose O’Leary is a beautiful, voluptuous woman. Raised in fos-ter homes, she fears abandonment and avoids men. Relationships bring nothing but pain.
As if they didn't have enough problems, a secret organization is out to destroy the Le Beau family. What better way to cripple the roy-al family than to steal their females? And the one they hired wants Rose for himself.
Welcome to New Orleans, Louisiana, where every myth and scary story you were ever told is real. A place where the things that go bump in the night, or daytime for that matter, are surprisingly friendly. For the most part.
Take a good look at your neighbor, the person sitting beside you at the bar, or your coworker. Are you sure they’re human?]]> 290 V.A. Dold Gina 0 currently-reading 4.19 2014 Simon (Le Beau Brothers, #2)
author: V.A. Dold
name: Gina
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Bewitching the Werewolf (Megan Stephens #1)]]> 12752362
This is a short story and includes an excerpt from Love is Darkness, the first book in the Valerie Dearborn series.]]> 62 Caroline Hanson Gina 0 currently-reading 3.50 2011 Bewitching the Werewolf (Megan Stephens #1)
author: Caroline Hanson
name: Gina
average rating: 3.50
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]]> Cade (Le Beau Brothers, #1) 42602205 Cade Le Beau is a billionaire with a furry secret. But even billions can’t buy happiness. He blew his chance to meet the woman of his dreams six months ago. Dreaming is a fine way to pass the time, but he wants the flesh and blood female.
When a second opportunity presents itself, it comes with baggage. Anna’s past has come for a visit, and she’s been taken. Racing against the clock, Cade has forty-eight hours to deal with the threat and claim what’s his.
Welcome to New Orleans, Louisiana, where eve-ry myth and scary story you were ever told is real. A place where the things that go bump in the night, or daytime for that matter, are surprisingly friendly. For the most part.
Take a good look at your neighbor, the person sitting beside you at the bar, or your coworker. Are you sure, they’re human?]]> 289 V.A. Dold Gina 0 currently-reading 4.05 2014 Cade (Le Beau Brothers, #1)
author: V.A. Dold
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> Thomas (Le Beau Brothers, #4) 25342432 Thomas James� childhood has molded him into the man is today, extremely protective and relationship shy. As the chief of security for the royal family, he has his hands full. His grandparents, Isaac and Emma Le Beau’s lives are in his hands. Women don’t factor into that other than as an unwanted distraction.
Though they are destined to be mates, the obstacles between them and their happily-ever-after, seem insurmountable.
Will Julia and Thomas’s happiness be snuffed out before it has a chance to begin or will they forge through—obstacles be damned.
Welcome to New Orleans, Louisiana, where every myth and scary story you were ever told is real. A place where the things that go bump in the night, or daytime for that matter, are surprisingly friendly. For the most part.
Take a good look at your neighbor, the person sitting beside you at the bar or your coworker. Are you sure they’re human?]]> 187 V.A. Dold 0990523535 Gina 0 currently-reading 4.41 2015 Thomas (Le Beau Brothers, #4)
author: V.A. Dold
name: Gina
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Kyele's Passion (A World Beyond #4)]]> 29543125
Rescued from a Marenian slave auction, Joni Miller is relieved to have her life back but there’s one man making it difficult to remember why she shouldn’t want to think about happy ever after any more.

An enemy’s need for revenge puts Joni in the path of danger and unleashes the fury of an elite soldier with dark abilities.
]]> 276 Michelle Howard Gina 0 currently-reading 4.16 2016 Kyele's Passion (A World Beyond #4)
author: Michelle Howard
name: Gina
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2016
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]]> Honor Bound (Warlord #1) 20754979 265 Michelle Howard Gina 0 currently-reading 3.98 2014 Honor Bound (Warlord #1)
author: Michelle Howard
name: Gina
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Memories of My Melancholy Whores]]> 5947099
Tender, knowing, and slyly comic, Memories of My Melancholy Whores is an exquisite addition to the master’s work.
--back cover]]> 115 Gabriel García Márquez 1400095948 Gina 0 to-read 3.59 2004 Memories of My Melancholy Whores
author: Gabriel García Márquez
name: Gina
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2004
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]]> <![CDATA[Tactical Magik (Immortal Ops, #5)]]> 20443356
Eadan Daly has thrown himself into the role as the sixth I-Ops team member and has forged a brotherhood of sorts with the other men. When he's asked to go on a solo mission for the PSI Branch (Paranormal Security and Intelligence) he's not so sure he wants his old job back.

Inara Nash is a survivor, doing what she must to get by. On the run for years, from an organization she doesn't fully understand, she tries to stay below the radar. When a blond hunk arrives and claims he's her savoir, she suspects her luck might have finally run out. Sure, he's hot and looks like he'd be good in bed but there is something almost magical about him that defies reality. And if there is one thing she's learned in her life in the paranormal underground it's you never trust a magik.]]> 100 Mandy M. Roth 1625010265 Gina 0 currently-reading 4.28 2014 Tactical Magik (Immortal Ops, #5)
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]]> Justice (New Species, #4) 13045405 Justice North is the face of New Species. Seeing him up close makes Jessie’s heart race. He’s the ultimate alpha male—big, muscular, exotically beautiful…and dangerous. Of course he’s off limits. But then the sexy man purrs and all bets are off.
Jessie Dupree is a mouthy, fiery human female who brings out the animal in Justice. She wants to show him how to relax, and he’s all for anything she wants to do, but Justice has sworn to protect his people and to take a Species mate. He’s torn between the woman he wants and the oath he’s taken.
Jessie knows a relationship between them probably won’t end well, heartbreak is inevitable. But that won’t stop her from freeing the wildness inside Justice and spending every moment she can steal wrapped around his hot body, making him roar with passion.
Inside Each New Species book may be read as a standalone, but we suggest reading them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series.
Reader This story has graphic sexual language and scenes - no closed bedroom doors (or other rooms) here!]]> 291 Laurann Dohner Gina 0 currently-reading 4.45 2011 Justice (New Species, #4)
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]]> Valiant (New Species, #3) 12645238
Valiant hates humans. But when he gets a whiff of the adorable human female who has invaded his territory, he starts rethinking. Her fear scents of pure, sweet temptation and the closer he gets, the more appealing she becomes. Once he’s got his hands on her, he isn’t about to let her go. One thought will change his life. MINE!

Before Tammy can regain her senses, she’s flat on her back in Valiant’s bed. Now he just has to use every inch of his big, buff body to convince her that she should stay with him forever.]]> 269 Laurann Dohner Gina 0 currently-reading 4.43 2011 Valiant (New Species, #3)
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]]> Drantos (VLG, #1) 27860118
Dusti and her sister Batina survived the crash, thanks to a couple of brothers who are equal parts menacing and muscled. She’d be grateful…if they hadn’t turned out to be delusional kidnappers, who believe Dusti’s grandfather is some monstrous halfbreed creature bent on murder. Turns out Vampires, Lycans, and Gargoyles do exist� and they’ve been crossbreeding to form two hybrid races. Drantos, the man Dusti can’t stop lusting after, is one of the most dangerous of all.

VampLycans Drantos and Kraven were sent to eliminate a threat to their clan. But when that threat turns out to be mostly human women, clueless of their lineage, plans change—especially after Drantos gets a taste of Dusti’s blood. Now, he’ll die to protect her. Even if that means walking away from everything he knows to keep her at his side.

Is her strong desire for Drantos reason enough to endure danger coming from all sides? Or should Dusti cut and run the first chance she gets?

Author Note: VLG stands for Vampires, Lycans, Gargoyles…and breeds in between. Living in Alaska’s harsh, pristine territories, these creatures live and love fiercely. These are their stories.
]]> 376 Laurann Dohner Gina 0 3.81 2015 Drantos (VLG, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[My Guardian (Bewitched and Bewildered, #6)]]> 29637369 260 Alanea Alder 1941315127 Gina 0 4.43 2016 My Guardian (Bewitched and Bewildered, #6)
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average rating: 4.43
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]]> <![CDATA[Night Reigns (Immortal Guardians, #2)]]> 12593166
Marcus Graden has been an Immortal protector of humanity for eight hundred years, and he's not interested in backup. From the moment Ami arrives in his life, he can't deny that she's strong, smart, and extremely skilled at watching his back. But she's also destroying his protective solitude and stirring desires he can't bear to awaken. After all, whatever her secrets--how can she defeat death itself?

“A thrilling and chilling new paranormal series. Fantastic!" --Romantic Times

“These dark, kick-ass guardians can protect me any day!" --Alexandra Ivy]]> 401 Dianne Duvall 1420125451 Gina 5 4.27 2011 Night Reigns (Immortal Guardians, #2)
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name: Gina
average rating: 4.27
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]]> <![CDATA[Immortal Ops (Immortal Ops #1)]]> 31806923
Immortal Ops Team Captain Lukian Vlakhusha is having issues with his newest target, Peren Matthews. His higher ups want her eliminated. He simply wants her. The alpha side of him demands he claim her--that is, if she'll have him. After all, he's what she fears most--a wolf shifter. But there is more to Peren than even she's aware of and the enemy is closer than anyone imagined.


This book has been revised and expanded from its original release in 2004.]]> 260 Mandy M. Roth Gina 5 In love with the characters

The characters are well rounded and come alive. Enganging from start to end. On to the next in the series.]]> 4.12 2004 Immortal Ops (Immortal Ops #1)
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In love with the characters

The characters are well rounded and come alive. Enganging from start to end. On to the next in the series.
]]> <![CDATA[Act of Passion (Immortal Ops : PSI-Ops #5)]]> 36627208 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B077LDKJPJ

Paranormal Shifter Military Special Ops Romance. Book five in the bestselling series PSI-Ops!

Paranormal Security and Intelligence operative and lion-shifter Malik "Tut" Nasser's past is about to catch up to the ancient Egyptian.

When he agreed to help test a drug that could help supernaturals with control issues, he never thought it would have the opposite effect on him. So when he finds himself fighting the urge to lay claim to a human woman, he's far from prepared for what happens next.

Winning an all-expenses-paid trip to Egypt felt like a dream come true for Brooke Larner. Everything in her life is lining up perfectly-even the handsome new man she's found herself attracted to. Before long she's handing over more than just her heart, thinking it just might be for keeps. When it doesn't go as planned, Brooke finds herself running right into the hands of madmen bent on creating super soldiers. And she soon realizes that creatures from stories and nightmares are altogether too real.

After five years of searching for Brooke, Malik has finally reached his breaking point. Already the obsession to find her left him shifting into a lion in a very public place before being forced on mandatory leave. Still, he can't get her out his mind. The suppression drugs have been out of his system for years. The burning desire for Brooke should have gone with them.

It didn't.

So when chance leaves their paths crossing once more, he realizes destiny is at play. The only problem is, she doesn't trust him and she has a secret she's willing to die to protect.

As demons from their past resurface, they find themselves in a battle to save everything they hold dear.
]]> 412 Mandy M. Roth Gina 0 4.59 2018 Act of Passion (Immortal Ops : PSI-Ops #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Living with Vampires (Vampire Guardians #4)]]> 27848805
She forced herself to look away from the awesome marine views and scanned the rest of the area around them. Dare had told her she should always do that first but being ADD she’d gotten distracted. Then again she was pretty sure that she was safe with Hunter, despite the fact that he’d already killed her once�.

They were standing on top of an old abandoned military bunker. You wouldn’t have known unless you walked to the edge and looked down onto the cement courtyards, numerous large brick decks and stairways leading to rooms and hallways below them. She looked around again then floated herself after Hunter down the narrow steep stairs to the open courtyard beneath them.

“I totally would have hung out here when I was a kid,� she said as she followed him inside exploring the different rooms and long hallways. Several of the rooms had bars on the windows and huge sliding steel doors which the park had secured opened so nobody would become trapped inside. “What a great place to get high,� earned her a disapproving glare from The-Hunter-Of-All-Things-Illegal.

“What?� Kylie propped her hands on her hips, “You do know that it’s now legal to smoke weed in this state? You know that right? The voters have spoken.�

Hunter was silent a moment then said very calmly, “It’s a gateway drug.�

Kylie ignored him because…he was right. She wrapped her fingers around one of the thick cold bars on a small window. “Wow, imagine, someone may have actually been locked up in here once upon a time, that’s pretty creepy. It’s so small.�

Hunter nodded remembering his midnight visits to some of those who’d been locked up back in the day when it was an active military base. Then there were those he brought here, which were much more recent throughout the last decades of his Guardian’s summoning.
He decided against telling her that he’d killed in the very spot in which she now stood. Now was not the time to make her think about death � by his hand. As he started out of the room he heard her ask.

“So do you bring all your dates here?�

He stopped, turned to her with a smile in his eyes. She was cute but she wasn’t going to cut him any slack. “See that heavy ring attached to the wall over there?�

Ԩ𲹳.�

“The last woman I brought here found herself chained to that ring.�

Kylie looked from Hunter to the ring and back without moving her head.

As she contemplated whether he was into kinky feeding habits, BDSM or maybe he just enjoyed killing women, Hunter answered her question. “She was a target and I needed some intel�,� he turned and began walking ahead of her again leaving the rest unsaid. He’d walked about ten paces before he added casually, “Although if you’re interested in trying a walk on the wild side I’m sure I could be accommodating � I have a very strong feeling you could use some discipline in your life.�

“Whatever,� came out sharp and sarcastic, obviously he was reading her mind. She’d normally have winced at hearing her quick acerbic retort but she was too busy thinking of possibilities.]]> 1183 Jody Offen Gina 5 4.61 Living with Vampires (Vampire Guardians #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Robinson Crusoe, #2)]]> 849788 The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (now more commonly rendered as The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. Like its significantly more popular predecessor, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719), the first edition credits the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author. It was published under the considerably longer original title: The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe. Although intended to be the last Crusoe tale, the novel is followed by a non-fiction book involving Crusoe by Defoe entitled Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With his Vision of the Angelick World (1720).

The story is speculated to be partially based on Moscow embassy secretary Adam Brand's journal detailing the embassy's journey from Moscow to Peking from 1693 to 1695.

The book starts with the statement about Crusoe's marriage in England. He bought a little farm in Bedford and had three children: two sons and one daughter. Our hero suffered a distemper and a desire to see "his island." He could talk of nothing else, and one can imagine that no one took his stories seriously, except his wife. She told him, in tears, "I will go with you, but I won't leave you." But in the middle of this felicity, Providence unhinged him at once, with the loss of his wife.]]> 224 Daniel Defoe 0809594625 Gina 3 3.89 1719 The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Robinson Crusoe, #2)
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]]> Fury (New Species, #1) 12392106 Book 1 in the New Species series.

Ellie is horrified to discover the pharmaceutical company she works for is doing illegal experiments. Company scientists have spliced human and animal DNA, creating exotic new species. One such “experiment� captures her heart and she’ll do anything to save him—even if he hates her for it.

Fury has never known compassion or love. He’s spent his life in a cell, chained and abused by humans. The one woman he allowed himself to trust betrayed him. Now he’s free and set on vengeance. He vows to end her life but when she’s finally in his grasp, harming her is the last thing he wants to do to the sexy little human.

Fury can’t resist Ellie—the touch of her hands, her mouth on his skin, her body wrapped around his. He’s obsessed with the scent of his woman. And Ellie wants Fury—always has. She craves his big, powerful body and wants to heal his desolate heart.

But loving Fury is one thing…taming him is another.

Reader Advisory: This story contains the heartrending aftermath of a rape scene involving a captive male. Another scene involves capture and forced touching by a hurt, vengeful Fury.

]]> 376 Laurann Dohner Gina 5 4.23 2011 Fury (New Species, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[My Healer (Bewitched and Bewildered, #3)]]> 24358297
Rheia Bradley is a dedicated professional that lives to help others, but has long forgotten how to help herself. When she arrives in Lycaonia seeking the protection of the warrior units, Colton is ecstatic to discover that she’s his mate. His relief is quickly eclipsed by one small problem, a tiny, solemn four-year-old girl who happens to be his mate’s adopted daughter. Which means� he is now a father!

While Rheia settles into her new job, Colton and all his fellow warriors are about to get a crash course on little girls. The men quickly learn that not one ounce of their centuries-long training has prepared any them for this precocious child.

When Rheia uncovers something about their enemy that puts her name next to her daughter’s on their hit list, Colton is willing to do anything to keep his new family safe. But will it be enough?]]> 270 Alanea Alder 1941315046 Gina 0 4.42 2015 My Healer (Bewitched and Bewildered, #3)
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average rating: 4.42
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]]> <![CDATA[Fate Knows Best (Kindred Of Arkadia, #1)]]> 18933818 146 Alanea Alder Gina 0 4.32 2013 Fate Knows Best (Kindred Of Arkadia, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Area of Influence (Immortal Ops, #8)]]> 34523710
Paranormal Shifter Vampire Military Special Ops Romance

Once a proud, fierce alpha male shifting operative with the Immortal Ops, Lance Toov finds himself under the thumb of an evil master vampire. Now a plaything, a god-like toy, he struggles with the tasks assigned to him. As his mind begins to break the vampire’s influence, a woman comes along who changes all the rules, and ups the stakes in the most interesting of ways.
]]> 320 Mandy M. Roth 1947908006 Gina 5 4.60 2017 Area of Influence (Immortal Ops, #8)
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]]> Cruz (Hell Squad, #2) 25440912
Until a mysterious woman emerges from the ruins of destroyed Sydney and saves him from a pack of rampaging aliens.

Santha Kade has one revenge. The raptors who have devastated the Earth have taken everything from her team, her home, her beloved sister. Santha--a former police officer--has spent a year alone in the ruined city, waging her own guerrilla war. Sure, she might get lonely sometimes, but she doesn't have room for anything but vengeance. Not even for a sexy soldier with liquid brown eyes, a bone-melting accent, and a face designed to drive a woman wild.

But as Cruz and Santha join forces to rescue human hostages from the aliens, their explosive attraction is impossible to resist. Can these two warriors survive long enough to find something worth living for?

Note to This sci fi romance contains a lot of action (think invading aliens, explosions and gunfights), tough warriors (the sexy, battle-hardened soldiers of Hell Squad) and a steamy romance (lots of sexy times between a warrior woman and a sexy soldier). So if you like it fast, and gritty, and sexy, this is for you!

Includes preview of Book 3 of the Hell Squad, Gabe.]]> 245 Anna Hackett 0994194846 Gina 0 currently-reading 4.23 2015 Cruz (Hell Squad, #2)
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]]> Not Between Brothers 2191040 656 David Marion Wilkinson 0451196864 Gina 4 4.15 1996 Not Between Brothers
author: David Marion Wilkinson
name: Gina
average rating: 4.15
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]]> Walden & Civil Disobedience 116020 Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings—as well as Civil Disobedience, his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty—have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature.]]> 320 Henry David Thoreau 0451529456 Gina 3 3.96 1849 Walden & Civil Disobedience
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]]> <![CDATA[El coronel no tiene quien le escriba]]> 23875 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez durante su estancia en París, adonde había llegado como corresponsal de prensa y con la secreta intención de estudiar cine, a mediados de los años cincuenta. El cierre del periódico para el que trabajaba le sumió en la pobreza, mientras redactaba en tres versiones distintas esta excepcional novela, que fue rechazada por varios editores antes de su publicación. Tras el barroquismo faulkneriano de La hojarasca, esta segunda novela supone un paso hacia la ascesis, hacia la economía expresiva, y el estilo del escritor se hace más puro y transparente. Se trata también de una historia de injusticia y violencia: un viejo coronel retirado va al puerto todos los viernes a esperar la llegada de la carta oficial que responda a la justa reclamación de sus derechos por los servicios prestados a la patria. Pero la patria permanece muda.]]> 104 Gabriel García Márquez 0307350436 Gina 0 3.82 1961 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
author: Gabriel García Márquez
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]]> The Autumn of the Patriarch 23887 The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power.

From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best but also the worst of human nature. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the reader to a world that is at once fanciful and vividly real.]]> 255 Gabriel García Márquez 0060882867 Gina 0 3.90 1975 The Autumn of the Patriarch
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name: Gina
average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories]]> 23885 170 Gabriel García Márquez 0060751576 Gina 0 3.88 1961 No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories
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]]> Of Love and Other Demons 23876
Unsettling and indelible, Of Love and Other Demons is an evocative, majestic tale of the most universal experiences known to woman and man.]]> 160 Gabriel García Márquez 0517405091 Gina 0 4.01 1994 Of Love and Other Demons
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]]> Chronicle of a Death Foretold 23878
Yet if everyone knew the murder was going to happen, why did no one intervene to try and stop it? The more that is learned, the less is understood, and as the story races to its inexplicable conclusion, an entire society--not just a pair of murderers—is put on trial.]]> 120 Gabriel García Márquez 140003471X Gina 0 3.98 1981 Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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]]> Galin (Mystic Protectors, #3) 23456456 “This boy you are going to protect is somewhat of a problem child. He has had a great deal thrown at him, but—�
“Boy?� Boss nodded and frowned. “No, I’m sorry, but it should be a woman, not a boy. I’m not…you’re going to assign me my wife to care for. I don’t want one, but I know it should be female. What is this about?� He pushed the file back at Michael.
“You want a wife? It was my understanding that you have no wish to be wed. Am I correct on that?� Galin nodded and looked at the file with the picture of a young boy on it. He appeared to be in his early teens maybe, but he wasn’t much older than that. “Galin? Do you wish for me to reassign you? Do you have no desire to help this young man?�
“I thought I was going into the rotation to find me a wife. The way that you did for Riss and Agon.� He looked up at Boss and Michael, who had summoned him today. “I had thought that the Mystic’s were a way for you to get rid of us all, and marrying us off was better than having us die. I’m…I’m not sure what’s going on now.�
Dusty McGee has just lost her sister to horrific accident and finds herself saddled with a very angry young nephew to raise. Now, some self-proclaimed protector, Galin, tells her that although he doesn’t want to marry her he would very much like to take her to his bed. She’s had about all that she can stand.
Markum has set his sights on taking the boy to his realm, convinced this is the alleged boy the demons have been searching for, and Dusty is an added bonus�
]]> 206 Kathi S. Barton Gina 4 4.26 2014 Galin (Mystic Protectors, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Hunting a Mate (M&M Mating Agency, #2)]]> 26013102
Wereferret Paige Baxter has an itty-bitty shifting problem. Mainly she spontaneously shifts, and that’s a problem. Her answer is to remain calm, practice yoga, and stay away from anything that could scare her� or surprise her� or arouse her. Of course, the super-hottie ?hunk of werecougar ?she runs into at the M&M Mating Agency ticks off all three “must never happen at once� boxes.

Paige does what any embarrassed, self-respecting woman would do in that situation—she runs. Unfortunately—or fortunately—cats love a good hunt.

The M&M Mating Agency: We deal in matings, not chocolate.

Part of the Quick & Furry series:
Chasing Tail
Tailing Her
On Her Tail
Heads or Tails
Quick & Furry Boxed Set (Chasing Tail, Tailing Her, On Her Tail, and Heads or Tails)
Wanting a Mate
Hunting a Mate]]> 64 Celia Kyle 1680399810 Gina 0 currently-reading 4.16 2015 Hunting a Mate (M&M Mating Agency, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Lisa's Bear (Bryant Station Curves #1)]]> 18283622
David, a Kodiak bear shifter, is not looking for his mate and is not happy about chaperoning his nephew’s school dance, but the sweet honey-rose scent of his mate changes that. Now he has to convince Lisa he’s really attracted to her, as well as the fact he is a bear shifter.

But another female has her eyes on David and will do anything to make him hers, even if she has to kill Lisa.

Novella (Approximately 25,000 words)
Contains explicit sexual content (m/f)]]> 67 Rayne Rachels Gina 3 3.53 2013 Lisa's Bear (Bryant Station Curves #1)
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name: Gina
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> Carter (Lanning's Leap, #3) 25621551
While attending college at fifteen, she’d formed a deep friendship with Rider Lanning. He was the brother she never had and one of the few people she knew she could trust�. They hadn’t spoken in years. How did he know to contact her now? The gunshot wound was bad…she wouldn’t last much longer�. She wanted to tell him that she’d left him everything…the money…the houses�. She was too weak, she lost the connection before she could tell him about the most important thing…take care of her son.

Carter Lanning had withdrawn from his family. The rescue mission where they had to recover a busload of children from a mudslide had taken a toll on him emotionally. He hadn’t expected the little girl he pulled out of the mud to be alive only to die in his arms. She haunted his dreams…she’d called him Daddy and died.

Carter knew that Rider’s friend was in critical condition in their Leap’s medical facility. They had taken her there to keep her hidden from whoever shot her. What surprised him was that the boy Rider had in the cafeteria carried the scent of his mate.

Carter had a mate…and a son. He couldn’t be happier. They would be his forever. They would do as he says and he would protect them always�.

“My family are leopards, and not without the means to keep you safe. You’ve met Linyah and the rest of my family. We can help you, but you’re going to have to listen to every word I say from now on.�

Saying nothing, she turned from him. He was an ass and full of himself. If he thought that she’d been just sitting around waiting for him to come along and rescue her and Max, he was dumber than the people who thought she’d give up without a fight.
]]> 150 Kathi S. Barton 162989270X Gina 5 4.55 2015 Carter (Lanning's Leap, #3)
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]]> Brock (Golden Streak, #4) 21857763 Brock Golden is a Weretiger and the streak’s enforcer. From the moment he sees the beautiful, petite, Em Cole, he’s pretty sure he’s found his mate. He just has to touch her to be sure. When he does his tiger isn’t the only one to respond. His beast does as well. Brock isn’t like his brothers―he harbors a dark beast. A beast he can’t control. A beast even Ryland has trouble reigning in.
Brock will do anything to protect his golden beauty―even taking on a nest of vampires. This group is on a killing rampage, and even their friend Peter isn’t sure if the streak is strong enough to stop them. Will the force of the streak be enough to protect Em? Can Brock reign in his beast and not harm the ones he loves?
Find out in the fourth installment of the Golden Streak Series―Brock
]]> 207 Kathi S. Barton 1629890812 Gina 4 4.33 2014 Brock (Golden Streak, #4)
author: Kathi S. Barton
name: Gina
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Double Dare (Neighbor from Hell, #6)]]> 22593948
For twenty years, Darrin Bradford has been waiting for the right moment to make his move and now that Marybeth was finally his, he planned on keeping her. There was only one problem with this plan, the stubborn woman that he loved more than anything in this world was keeping something from him and until he figured out what that something was, she would never really be his.

Marybeth made a mistake, one that they were both paying for, but even knowing that this wasn’t going to end well wasn’t enough to make her do the right thing and walk away. She loved him, always had, always would, but she needed to do the right thing before it was too late.]]> 305 R.L. Mathewson Gina 0 3.92 2015 Double Dare (Neighbor from Hell, #6)
author: R.L. Mathewson
name: Gina
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Gina 4 currently-reading 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
author: John Green
name: Gina
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> Management 14794262 512 Michael A. Hitt 0132378175 Gina 0 4.00 2004 Management
author: Michael A. Hitt
name: Gina
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2004
rating: 0
read at: 2009/04/10
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]]> The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 24583
Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ­ the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."

As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

Excerpt:
"TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer.
"What's gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!"
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never lookedthroughthem for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear:
"Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll�"
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat.
"I never did see the beat of that boy!"]]> 244 Mark Twain Gina 4 3.92 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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name: Gina
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1876
rating: 4
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]]> Disney Sleeping Beauty 299384 24 Michael Teitelbaum 073642198X Gina 4 4.35 1986 Disney Sleeping Beauty
author: Michael Teitelbaum
name: Gina
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> Das Kapital 238953 Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth century. From Kapital sprung the economic and political systems that at one time dominated half the earth and for nearly a century kept the world on the brink of war. Even today, more than one billion Chinese citizens live under a regime that proclaims fealty to Marxist ideology. Yet this important tome has been passed over by many readers frustrated by Marx’s difficult style and his preoccupation with nineteenth-century events of little relevance to today's reader.

Here Serge Levitsky presents a revised version of Kapital, abridged to emphasize the political and philosophical core of Marx’s work while trimming away much that is now unimportant. Pointing out Marx’s many erroneous predictions about the development of capitalism, Levitsky's introduction nevertheless argues for Kapital's relevance as a prime example of a philosophy of economic determinism that "subordinates the problems of human freedom and human dignity to the issues of who should own the means of production and how wealth should be distributed."

Here then is a fresh and highly readable version of a work whose ideas provided inspiration for communist regimes' ideological war against capitalism, a struggle that helped to shape the world today.]]> 356 Karl Marx 089526711X Gina 3 3.88 1867 Das Kapital
author: Karl Marx
name: Gina
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1867
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The School for Heiresses (School for Heiresses, #2.5; Neville Family & Friends, #0.5; Desperate Debutantes, #3.5)]]> 106543 Inspired by New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries' School for Heiresses series, this delightful anthology features four young women who learn that there's nothing textbook about love. . . .
At the School for Heiresses, the lessons go far beyond etiquette and needlepoint. In addition to teaching her students how to avoid fortune hunters, headmistress and founder Charlotte Harris proposes the radical notion that women of means need not shackle themselves to men at all -- unless they find a suitable, desirable mate. So lessons in the fine art of acquiring a loving and passionate husband are part of the curriculum at this highly unusual school. And as the holidays approach, Mrs. Harris sends her young ladies home with personally tailored lessons to work on. Will they return any closer to finding the perfect husband?
This collection includes:
Ten Reasons to Stay by Sabrina Jeffries
After Midnight by Liz Carlyle
The Merchant's Gift by Julia London and
Mischief's Holiday by Renee Bernard.]]> 416 Sabrina Jeffries 1416516115 Gina 4 3.94 2006 The School for Heiresses (School for Heiresses, #2.5; Neville Family & Friends, #0.5; Desperate Debutantes, #3.5)
author: Sabrina Jeffries
name: Gina
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[To Pleasure a Prince (Royal Brotherhood, #2)]]> 1264115
Beautiful Lady Regina Tremaine has turned down so many suitors that she's called La Belle Dame Sans Merci. The truth: she won't marry because she carries a dark secret. She sees no good reason, however, why her brother shouldn't court the lovely Louisa North -- even if the girl's brother, the notorious "Dragon Viscount," objects.

Marcus North, Viscount Draker -- bastard son of the Prince of Wales -- is rumored to be a monster who holds women captive in his dark castle to have his way with them. He has been exiled from polite society for years. But when Lady Regina makes a plea on her brother's behalf, Marcus proposes an outrageous deal: her brother can court Louisa so long as Marcus can court Regina. Can the beauty and the beast survive a proper courtship when the devastatingly improper passion between them threatens to cause the scandal of the century?]]> 364 Sabrina Jeffries 0743477715 Gina 0 to-read 4.02 2005 To Pleasure a Prince (Royal Brotherhood, #2)
author: Sabrina Jeffries
name: Gina
average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #3)]]> 8192917
When a charming rogue proposes she marry him to meet her grandmother's ultimatum, the Sharpe clan's strong-willed sister makes a tempting counter-offer that preserves her inheritance and ignites his imagination.

Lady Minerva Sharpe has the perfect plan to thwart her grandmother's demands: become engaged to a rogue! Surely Gran would rather release her inheritance than see her wed a scoundrel. And who better to play the part of Minerva's would-be husband than wild barrister Giles Masters, the very inspiration for the handsome spy in the popular Gothic novels she writes? The memory of his passionate kiss on her nineteenth birthday has lingered in Minerva's imagination, though she has no intention of really falling for such a rakehell, much less marrying him.

Little does she know, he really is a covert government operative. When they team up to investigate the mystery behind her parents' deaths, their fake betrothal leads to red-hot desire. Then Minerva discovers Giles's secret double life, and he must use all the cunning tricks of his trade to find his way back into her heart.]]> 345 Sabrina Jeffries 1439167559 Gina 4 4.05 2011 How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #3)
author: Sabrina Jeffries
name: Gina
average rating: 4.05
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]]> <![CDATA[Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism]]> 399136
Anderson explores the processes that created these communities: the territorialization of religious faiths, the decline of antique kingship, the interaction between capitalism and print, the development of vernacular languages-of-state, and changing conceptions of time. He shows how an originary nationalism born in the Americas was modularly adopted by popular movements in Europe, by the imperialist powers, and by the anti-imperialist resistances in Asia and Africa.

This revised edition includes two new chapters, one of which discusses the complex role of the colonialist state's mindset in the develpment of Third World nationalism, while the other analyses the processes by which, all over the world, nations came to imagine themselves as old.]]> 224 Benedict Anderson 0860915468 Gina 3 4.13 1983 Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
author: Benedict Anderson
name: Gina
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1983
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[American Gods (American Gods, #1)]]> 4407
Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...

This is the author's preferred text, never before published in the UK, and is about 12,000 words longer than the previous UK edition.

]]> 635 Neil Gaiman Gina 3 4.10 2001 American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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name: Gina
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Who's The Driver Anyway? Making the Shift to a Collaborative Team Culture]]> 15734799
He uses the metaphor of a driver and a passenger and the nature of their power-sharing relationship to illustrate how lack of clarity about "who's the driver anyway?" is the root cause of all leadership headaches.

If your team or leaders are not getting things done through others on-time, on-spec or on-budget, this book comes highly recommended by readers and endorsed by Canada's leading HR publisher.]]> 248 John Kuypers 0779834763 Gina 0 currently-reading 5.00 2011 Who's The Driver Anyway? Making the Shift to a Collaborative Team Culture
author: John Kuypers
name: Gina
average rating: 5.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)]]> 17447588
…until the night his schooner capsizes, and he’s stuck on a life raft with one of the passengers.

Raine’s young, she’s cute, and Bastian would probably be into her if he wasn’t suffering from alcohol withdrawal. As the days pass, DTs, starvation, and dehydration become the norm. Even the most closed person starts to open up when he thinks he’s going to die, but when she realizes their traumatic pasts are connected, it’s no longer the elements that have Bastian concerned.

He has no idea how he’s going to Survive Raine.]]> 351 Shay Savage Gina 0 to-read 4.01 2013 Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)
author: Shay Savage
name: Gina
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound to Seduction (Firebrand, #1)]]> 14739685 Three djinn warriors. One power-hungry sorceress. The battle for good and evil has taken a whole new turn...

From New York Times Bestselling Author Elisabeth Naughton, the first book in a series about brotherhood, survival and unexpected love in a world filled with magic and betrayal.

Careful what you wish for�

Sentenced as a pleasure slave, Djinn Prince Tariq of the Marid tribe has but one duty: travel into the human realm and corrupt souls by granting wishes to the women who possess the Firebrand opal, a gemstone of magical power. Ten years of imprisonment have left Tariq bitter, but to save his brothers� lives, he’ll submit to his endless personal hell, even if it means giving up his own hope for freedom.

When Mira Dawson obtains the Firebrand opal, she’s sure the rumors about its magical qualities must be fiction. Until, that is, she touches the stone and a dark and dangerous warrior appears in her living room, offering to pleasure her beyond her wildest dreams. Soon, fantasy becomes a temptation she can’t deny. The only question left is…will the pleasure be worth the price? Because as Mira’s been warned, nothing…not even fantasies…are free.]]> 150 Elisabeth Naughton 0985671904 Gina 0 to-read 3.77 2012 Bound to Seduction (Firebrand, #1)
author: Elisabeth Naughton
name: Gina
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2012
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]]> The Location of Culture 187943 440 Homi K. Bhabha 0415336392 Gina 0 to-read 3.85 1994 The Location of Culture
author: Homi K. Bhabha
name: Gina
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1994
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]]> <![CDATA[Time Refigured: Myths, Foundation Texts and Imagined Communities]]> 16126350
One of the specific objectives of this volume is to reconsider, in the context of ongoing European expansion and integration, the functionalist approach of Benedict Anderson, according to whom "imagined communities ... are to be distinguished, not by their falsity/genuineness, but by the style in which they are imagined."

The common denominator of each of the essays contained in this volume is the problem of the discontinuity of time in relation to tradition, cultural and individual memory, as well as in relation to historical and literary narratives.

Time becomes "the locus of its own reflexivity: it is self-temporalized. It undergoes endless reiteration within itself, and needs a semantics which sets valid accents for specific moments."]]> 383 Martin Procházka 8073081024 Gina 0 erotic-paranormal, to-read 5.00 2005 Time Refigured: Myths, Foundation Texts and Imagined Communities
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name: Gina
average rating: 5.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)]]> 6304335
Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.]]> 563 Kami Garcia 0316042676 Gina 2 3.78 2009 Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
author: Kami Garcia
name: Gina
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2009
rating: 2
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Well, that one was a hard read. Ugh.
]]> <![CDATA[Take What You Got And Fly With It]]> 13530294 Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons Gina 0 to-read 3.94 2012 Take What You Got And Fly With It
author: Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons
name: Gina
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[Colour Wielders (Colour Wielders, #1)]]> 17261634
Behind the Faerying Mysts, hidden from Mortal eyes, is a land where gods and creatures of myth and legend dwell. And in the Mortal Realm, their Princess is hidden away.

Quinn Sinclair lives an ordinary life with her less-than-loving mother in Conifer, Colorado, clueless of her true nature. On the night of her birthday, a staggering betrayal sends her life spinning out-of-control. As she struggles to pick up the pieces, a vision of a man with haunting tourmaline-blue eyes begs her for help, and she is transported into a Magykal battle-forever changing her life.

Arik Morgaine-Demigod bad boy and outcast of the Magykal Realm-tried to avoid contact with Princess Quinn for eighteen years, not wanting to make good on an old threat. But the fates have other plans. Arik can no longer deny his growing desire for Quinn, or the need to protect her from those wanting to control her burgeoning powers. Can the two of them come together and save the Magykal Realm from being destroyed by the Darkest of Magyks?

New Adult. Recommended for 18 and above. Mature themes, sexual situations, and profanity. ]]> 381 Dawna Raver Gina 0 to-read 3.88 2013 Colour Wielders (Colour Wielders, #1)
author: Dawna Raver
name: Gina
average rating: 3.88
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord of the Dark (Elementals, Book 2)]]> 2713954 304 Dawn Thompson 0758221800 Gina 1 3.76 2008 Lord of the Dark (Elementals, Book 2)
author: Dawn Thompson
name: Gina
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2008
rating: 1
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Convoluted plot. Exasperating characters.
]]> <![CDATA[Immortal Words: History's Most Memorable Quotations and the Stories Behind Them]]> 6570999 383 Terry Breverton 1848660049 Gina 0 3.65 Immortal Words: History's Most Memorable Quotations and the Stories Behind Them
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overall interesting collections of quotations set within context.
]]> <![CDATA[Dark Awakening (The Kategan Alphas, #2)]]> 12348635 Alternate cover for ASIN B005F0KOHE

Once a vibrant woman, Alison Bennson suffered a terrible trauma in the past. When her past crashes back into her life, Alison must turn to the Kategans for help. Rome Kategan has been a haunting thought in her mind ever since she met the grinning rogue. If only she was the woman she used to be she could enjoy the sexy male, but instead she is haunted and fearful for the future.

Her past has emerged with vengeance and with one purpose in mind for Alison—death. Rome Kategan swears to protect Alison with a passionate determination that frightens Alison almost more than her past. Now, in the midst of danger, Rome must protect the woman he loves and convince her to be his mate.]]> 148 T.A. Grey Gina 0 erotic-paranormal Like it. 3.92 2011 Dark Awakening (The Kategan Alphas, #2)
author: T.A. Grey
name: Gina
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2011
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Like it.
]]> <![CDATA[The Ugly Duchess (Fairy Tales, #4)]]> 11879737 How can she dare to imagine he loves her... when all London calls her The Ugly Duchess?

Theodora Saxby is the last woman anyone expects the gorgeous James Ryburn, heir to the Duchy of Ashbrook, to marry. But after a romantic proposal before the prince himself, even practical Theo finds herself convinced of her soon-to-be duke's passion.

Still, the tabloids give the marriage six months.

Theo would have given it a lifetime... until she discovers that James desired not her heart, and certainly not her countenance, but her dowry. Society was shocked by their wedding; it's scandalized by their separation.

Now James faces the battle of his lifetime, convincing Theo that he loved the duckling who blossomed into the swan.

And Theo will quickly find that for a man with the soul of a pirate, All's Fair in Love � or War.]]> 334 Eloisa James 0062021737 Gina 4 3.62 2012 The Ugly Duchess (Fairy Tales, #4)
author: Eloisa James
name: Gina
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> The Paid Companion 367747
The simplest solution is to hire a paid companion. Finding the right candidate proves more of a challenge than he expected. But when he encounters Miss Elenora Lodge, her feisty manner and golden eyes sway him to make a generous offer. Elenora's sorry financial circumstances - and dreams of a life of independence - leave her little choice but to accept.

But St. Merryn appears to be hiding a secret or two, and things seem oddly amiss in his gloomy London home. Elenora soon discovers that this lark will be a far more dangerous adventure than she'd been led to believe. And the Earl of St. Merryn will find that the meek and mild companion he'd initially envisioned has become a partner in his quest to catch a killer - and an outspoken belle of the ball who stirs a bothersome passion in his practical heart.]]> 375 Amanda Quick 0515138649 Gina 0 to-read 3.91 2004 The Paid Companion
author: Amanda Quick
name: Gina
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2004
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]]> Dangerous 247373
At five and twenty, Prudence Merryweather knew very well the risks a woman took by visiting a gentleman in the dead of night. But bearding the notorious Earl of Angelstone in his den was the only way to stop him from engaging her hot-headed brother in a duel. And that was why she found herself ushered into Sebastian's forbidding presence at three in the morning--and thoroughly kissed before dawn.

She was a country-bred innocent--and an intriguing experience for a man who dwelt more in the shadows than in the sunshine. Yet as her boldness drew Prue into one dangerous episode after another, Sebastian found himself torn between a raging hunger to possess her and a driving need to protect her. And the reckless beauty would soon need all the protection she could get...]]> 352 Amanda Quick 0553293176 Gina 3 3.94 1993 Dangerous
author: Amanda Quick
name: Gina
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1993
rating: 3
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]]> Scandal 367749
Driven by dark, smoldering passions and a tragic secret buried deep within his soul, Blade has all of London cowering at his feet, but not Emily...never Emily. For even as she surrenders to his seductive charms, she knows the real reason for his amorous suit. And she knows that she must reach the heart of this golden-eyed dragon before the avenging demons of their entwined pasts destroy the only love she has ever known...]]> 329 Amanda Quick 0553289322 Gina 3 3.88 1991 Scandal
author: Amanda Quick
name: Gina
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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]]> Mistress 101269 384 Amanda Quick 0553588656 Gina 5 3.95 1994 Mistress
author: Amanda Quick
name: Gina
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1994
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake (Rhymes With Love, #2)]]> 15704780
Lord Henry Seldon is aghast at the latest addition to the house party guest list—one would think after the unforgettable scandal Daphne Dale caused at the duke’s engagement ball, she wouldn’t dare show her face at the duke’s wedding. But here she is, poking her nose where she shouldn’t and driving Henry mad . . . with an unforgettable passion that will turn enemies into lovers.]]> 353 Elizabeth Boyle 0062089080 Gina 0 to-read 3.78 2013 And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake (Rhymes With Love, #2)
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name: Gina
average rating: 3.78
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]]> The Gone-Away World 3007704 531 Nick Harkaway 0434018422 Gina 0 to-read 4.10 2008 The Gone-Away World
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name: Gina
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2008
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]]> <![CDATA[Wings of the Divided (The Divided, #1)]]> 17452158
An emotional, character-driven adventure, at times humorous and fun, and at others dark and horrific, Wings of the Divided is the first book in an epic trilogy that explores the sacred bond of friendship, the universal power of music, and the question of redemption.]]> 242 C.J. Sullivan 0988415224 Gina 0 to-read 3.88 2012 Wings of the Divided (The Divided, #1)
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name: Gina
average rating: 3.88
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]]> <![CDATA[Nicholas (The Lords of Satyr, #1)]]> 1479413
Nicholas looks very much like what he is - the handsome, successful heir to a vineyard in Tuscany. But Nicholas is much more, for he is one of the last in an ancient line of satyr men. And the dying king of ElseWorld wants him not only to marry, but to wed one of the king's own daughters - a half-human, half-faerie woman unaware of her heritage. Nicholas won't shirk his duty to produce heirs to guard his race's legacies, but he never plans to make his bride his only lover. A satyr's sexual hunger and sensual skills are legendary. One woman will never satisfy him.

Or so Nicholas believes until he meets Jane. As spirited as she is fey, as beautiful as she is innocent, she is nevertheless determined to make her new husband hers alone - and she is eager for him to teach her every deliciously carnal secret he knows ...]]> 332 Elizabeth Amber 0758220391 Gina 0 erotic-paranormal ]]> 3.52 2007 Nicholas (The Lords of Satyr, #1)
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name: Gina
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2007
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Eventough i read the series out of order i did enjoy the mytholigcal references and the storyline. Did not dissappoint.

]]> East of Eden 4406
Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aaron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness enveloped by a mysterious darkness.

First published in 1952, East of Eden is the work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis.]]> 601 John Steinbeck 0142000655 Gina 3 4.41 1952 East of Eden
author: John Steinbeck
name: Gina
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1952
rating: 3
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]]> Night Shift 10628
This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems, where the familiar and the friendly lure and deceive. A world where madness and blind panic become the only reality.

Listening Length: 10 hours and 33 minutes]]> 409 Stephen King Gina 4 4.04 1978 Night Shift
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]]> Dreamcatcher 11570
A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky.

Before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives as they struggle with a terrible creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past - and in the Dreamcatcher.]]> 688 Stephen King 2226131906 Gina 4 3.67 2001 Dreamcatcher
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> Different Seasons 39662
A “hypnotic� (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption—from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters.

This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,� in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption.

Next is “Apt Pupil,� the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town.

In “The Body,� four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. This novella became the movie Stand By Me.

Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “The Breathing Method.�

“The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is,� hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons.]]> 560 Stephen King 0751514624 Gina 4 4.42 1982 Different Seasons
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]]> A Thousand Splendid Suns 128029
With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.]]> 372 Khaled Hosseini 1594489505 Gina 0 to-read 4.44 2007 A Thousand Splendid Suns
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average rating: 4.44
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)]]> 5043 Ken Follett is known worldwide as the master of split-second suspense, but his most beloved and bestselling book tells the magnificent tale of a twelfth-century monk driven to do the seemingly impossible: build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known.

Everything readers expect from Follett is here: intrigue, fast-paced action, and passionate romance. But what makes The Pillars of the Earth extraordinary is the time the twelfth century; the place feudal England; and the subject the building of a glorious cathedral. Follett has re-created the crude, flamboyant England of the Middle Ages in every detail. The vast forests, the walled towns, the castles, and the monasteries become a familiar landscape.

Against this richly imagined and intricately interwoven backdrop, filled with the ravages of war and the rhythms of daily life, the master storyteller draws the reader irresistibly into the intertwined lives of his characters into their dreams, their labors, and their loves: Tom, the master builder; Aliena, the ravishingly beautiful noblewoman; Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge; Jack, the artist in stone; and Ellen, the woman of the forest who casts a terrifying curse. From humble stonemason to imperious monarch, each character is brought vividly to life.

The building of the cathedral, with the almost eerie artistry of the unschooled stonemasons, is the center of the drama. Around the site of the construction, Follett weaves a story of betrayal, revenge, and love, which begins with the public hanging of an innocent man and ends with the humiliation of a king.

For the TV tie-in edition with the same ISBN go to this Alternate Cover Edition
]]> 976 Ken Follett 045122213X Gina 0 to-read 4.34 1989 The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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]]> Home for the Holidays 419283
But Christmas is a time of miracles, after all. And even two rival souls can be touched by the spirit of forgiveness inthese magical days and showered with precious gifts of tenderness, love, and ecstasy unbound.]]> 339 Johanna Lindsey 0380814811 Gina 4 3.64 2000 Home for the Holidays
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average rating: 3.64
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]]> The Heir (Reid Family, #1) 412963
Dashing highlander Duncan MacTavish is even less keen to be in London. Having recently learned he is the sole heir of an English marquis, Duncan is now required to assume his grandfather's title and estates—and to marry Sabrina's ravishing, viper-tongued guide, who has been heard to make scathing statements in public about her "Scottish barbarian" groom-to-be.

His unwanted betrothal, however, has brought Duncan into close proximity with the enchanting Sabrina—a kindred spirit whose wit delights him . . . and whose essence is the exquisite stuff of dreams. But duty, station, and a secret that dwells in the lady's past forbid Sabrina's and Duncan's desired union—unless true love can somehow miraculously find a way.]]> 416 Johanna Lindsey 0061131164 Gina 5 3.80 2000 The Heir (Reid Family, #1)
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wicked Gentleman (Cavendish Square, #1)]]> 28148
Pooling their meager resources, Lady Cornelia Dagenham, her sister-in-law Aurelia, and their friend Liv Lacey arrive in London's Cavendish Square to spend a month at the home Liv has just inherited. But why anyone would show a fervent interest in purchasing the rundown property -- particularly the arrogant Viscount Bonham, who clearly could afford the finest of homes -- is a puzzle to Cornelia. His charms are undeniable, though -- and Cornelia finds her resistance to this mysterious stranger falling away...as a sparking passion clouds her view.

But their affair may place her and her friends in danger as Harry Bonham sweeps her into the sparkling whirl of high society. Leading a double life as a code breaker for the Crown, Harry is a man of many secrets. Is it Cornelia whom he truly desires, or something hidden in the house on Cavendish Square?]]> 474 Jane Feather 1416525513 Gina 5 3.59 2007 A Wicked Gentleman (Cavendish Square, #1)
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average rating: 3.59
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]]> <![CDATA[The End of the Hunt (Irish Trilogy, Book 3)]]> 813020 The End of the Hunt chronicles the years following World War I, in which the British attempted to put down once and for all the centuries-old dream of an independent Ireland.

On the pages of this gripping novel, we are transported from the smoky pubs of Dublin, where men argue eloquently but action has the final word, to the Irish countryside, where lonely roads become paths to the grave as fast as a rifle shot; from stately manors, where an ancient way of life is threatened, to the gleaming London conference table, where men like Lloyd George and Winston Churchill play games of power, tainting the triumph of their Irish opponents; through the painful dilemmas and grievous losses of men and women for whom old certainties have been splintered and new sides must be chosen. The End of the Hunt is fiction of a very high order. It brings us face-to-face with history as it was made, and life as it was given and lost.]]> 704 Thomas Flanagan 0446360465 Gina 4 4.21 1994 The End of the Hunt (Irish Trilogy, Book 3)
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average rating: 4.21
book published: 1994
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]]> Patriot Games (Jack Ryan, #1) 32682
Tom Clancy's Patriot Games is filled with the exceptional realism and authenticity that distinguished the author's two previous bestsellers, Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising. Patriot Games puts us on the cutting edge of another type of war � the international battle of terrorism.
It is fall. Years before the defection of a Soviet submarine will send him hurtling into confrontation with the Soviets, historian, ex-Marine and CIA analyst Jack Ryan is vacationing in London with his wife and young daughter, when a terrorist attack takes place before his eyes. Instinctively, he dives forward to break it up, and is shot. It is not until he wakes up in the hospital that he learns whose lives he has saved -- the Prince and Princess of Wales and their new young son -- and which enemies he has made -- the Ulster Liberation Army, an ultra-left-wing splinter of the IRA.

By his impulsive act, he has gained both the gratitude of a nation and then enmity of hits most dangerous men -- men who do not sit on their hate. And in the weeks and months to come, it is Jack Ryan, and his family, who will become the targets of that hate.

]]> 794 Tom Clancy 0425134350 Gina 4 4.17 1987 Patriot Games (Jack Ryan, #1)
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]]> Citizen Girl 33993 Another biting satire from Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, authors of the New York Times bestseller The Nanny Diaries.
Working in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty-four-year-old Girl is struggling to keep up with the essential trinity of food, shelter, and student loans. So when she finally lands the job of her dreams she ignores her misgivings and concentrates on getting the job done...whatever that may be.
Sharply observed and devastatingly funny, Citizen Girl captures with biting accuracy what it means to be young and female in the new economy. A personal glimpse into an impersonal world, Citizen Girl is edgy and heartfelt, an entertaining read that is startlingly relevant.]]> 305 Emma McLaughlin 0743266862 Gina 3 2.41 2004 Citizen Girl
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average rating: 2.41
book published: 2004
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]]> <![CDATA[The Value in the Valley: A Black Woman's Guide Through Life's Dilemmas]]> 851156
Is it the job you hate but need in order to pay the rent? Is it that relationship that you gave your all to only to end up with a broken heart...again? Perhaps it's your children, a family member, or a life-long friend doing you in, dragging you down, pushing you to the brink. If you are an honorary member of the Black Woman's Suffering Society, you have probably been told that it's all your fault. Or that struggling and suffering is your lot in life. Iyanla Vanzant says, No! Life is an Act of Faith and suffering is optional! Those everyday challenges, obstacles, and dilemmas are what Iyanla calls "valleys." As bad as they may seem, there is a purpose or, as Iyanla says, "There is so much value in the valley."

If you've ever been disappointed, betrayed, rejected, abandoned, or just plain old scared to let go, then you've been or may still be in a valley. Iyanla knows—she's been there and on a bad day she's still there, but now she shares the way out with you.]]> 320 Iyanla Vanzant 0684824752 Gina 5 4.42 1995 The Value in the Valley: A Black Woman's Guide Through Life's Dilemmas
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average rating: 4.42
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