Bev's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:54:17 -0800 60 Bev's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Secret of Excalibur (Excalibur Saga #1)]]> 24061982
The US government wanted to control me. But how do you control someone who can teleport anywhere he wants to in a blink of an eye? Fed up with their shenanigans, I headed for the Institute of Psychic Research in London.

But something is pulling me; calling me, and I don’t know what. I ended up at Lake George, where sightings of The Lady of the Lake and Excalibur have been reported. With the help of Dr. Burns and Commander Dobie, we uncovered the secrets of the lake, but they’re more than anyone imagined.

What would I sacrifice to save the world from Excalibur?
]]> 313 Sahara Foley Bev 0 to-read 3.90 2014 The Secret of Excalibur (Excalibur Saga #1)
author: Sahara Foley
name: Bev
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Agency Rules - Never an Easy Day at the Office]]> 20587018 Alternate cover edition of: ASIN B00HUZOED2

Celebrated as a ragtag force that defeated and broke the Soviet Union, no one predicted the Mujahideen would bring with them a plague that would spread like wildfire through Pakistan in the years to follow. When the battle-worn fighters returned with no enemy or war to fight, they turned their sights on the country that had been their creator and benefactor.

From the same battlegrounds that birthed the Mujahideen, a young Kamal Khan emerges as a different breed of warrior. Discarding his wealthy family comforts, Kamal becomes a precision sniper, an invincible commando and a clandestine operative bringing intimidation, dominance and death with him to the battlefield. Ending the plague is his prime directive.

Shrouded in political expediency, hampered by internal power struggles, international espionage and doublespeak that makes Washington’s spin doctors proud, Kamal’s mission is a nightmare of rampant militant fundamentalism that threatens to choke and take Pakistan hostage. For him, the fight is not just for freedom, but the survival of a nation.]]> 273 Khalid Muhammad Bev 4 thriller 4.21 2014 Agency Rules - Never an Easy Day at the Office
author: Khalid Muhammad
name: Bev
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2018/01/10
date added: 2018/01/10
shelves: thriller
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)]]> 862041
All seven eBooks in the multi-award winning, internationally bestselling Harry Potter series, available as one download with stunning cover art by Olly Moss. Enjoy the stories that have captured the imagination of millions worldwide.]]> 4100 J.K. Rowling 0545044251 Bev 5 young-adult, fantasy 4.72 2007 Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Bev
average rating: 4.72
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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date added: 2016/10/02
shelves: young-adult, fantasy
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]]> I, the Sun 17878917 558 Janet E. Morris 0988755092 Bev 5 to-read 4.24 1983 I, the Sun
author: Janet E. Morris
name: Bev
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1983
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[High Couch of Silistra (Silistra, #1)]]> 26214355 "The amazing and erotic adventures of the most beautiful courtesan in tomorrow's universe" - Frederik Pohl
"Engrossing characters in a marvelous adventure." - Charles N. Brown, Locus Magazine
"The best single example of prostitution used in fantasy is Janet Morris' Silistra series." - Anne K. Kaler, The Picara: From Hera to Fantasy Heroine]]> 265 Janet E. Morris Bev 5 to-read 3.69 1977 High Couch of Silistra (Silistra, #1)
author: Janet E. Morris
name: Bev
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1977
rating: 5
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]]> The Unicorn's Daughter 14622788
As a child, she was told her father was dead, but one by one, the lies began to unravel. James Lynde was an operative for the OSS during World War II, and later for the CIA. In 1986, he was still alive and working undercover in Libya. As Jaime followed his trail, a traitor followed hers...and the US prepared to take military action....

"Beishir pens a winner with this gripping thriller...she confidently builds to a revelatory and spellbinding finale."
-- Publishers Weekly]]> Norma Beishir Bev 5 thriller 4.00 1990 The Unicorn's Daughter
author: Norma Beishir
name: Bev
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 2016/03/10
date added: 2016/03/18
shelves: thriller
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]]> September Again 20922144
September Again, second in the series, September Stories, is the follow up to the hugely popular indie sensation, September Ends. September Again finds Liz Snow Savage leaving England. She follows her daughter Zelda Savage back to America after Zelda’s betrayal of her. More drama ensues as Liz looks for meaning in life while Zelda finds her direction after the tragedy of losing Jack O. Savage, The Poet. Set mainly in Chattanooga, Tennessee, September Again chronicles the rhythm of life's cycles. The ebb and flow of love unravel the mystery of Liz's past. September Again allows a further glimpse into the intricate web of passion and desire which have entangled Liz Snow, Pete Hendrix and Jack O. Savage for years. Will a chance encounter finally reveal the truth? What act will change the destiny of Liz and Zelda forever? The story of sin, salvation and redemption continues in Book 2 of the September Stories, told through a mosaic of prose with a smattering of poetry.

Magic happens when you least expect it.]]> 110 Hunter S. Jones Bev 0 4.59 September Again
author: Hunter S. Jones
name: Bev
average rating: 4.59
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]]> <![CDATA[Not Strictly Business: Having Her Boss's Baby / Prodigal Son / Shelter In A Soldier's Arms]]> 25613303 Having Her Boss’s Baby

When Noelle Stevenson saw the positive results of her pregnancy test, she didn’t know what to do. The baby’s father was gone, killed serving his country in Iraq. And Noelle was barely making ends meet. So when her take-charge boss, Devlin Hunter, offered to marry her â€� in a purely temporary business arrangementĚýâ€� how could she possibly refuse? Dev wanted to do the right thing for a woman in need. But he didn’t anticipate that his beautiful bride, wed in a marriage of convenience, would stir his hardened heart.

Prodigal Son

Jack Hanson knew what he wanted, and it wasn’t a media empire. After his father died suddenly, Jack was forced to leave his law practiceĚýto take over his father’s company andĚýpull it back from the brink of catastrophe. The one bright spot in the whole mess was his new hireâ€� Ěýan old business-school friend, Samantha Edwards. Samantha was just as smart, fun and vibrant as she’d been in school, but now…she was a hell of a lot sexier.

Shelter in a Soldier’s Arms

Single mum Ashley Churchill had always been able to provide for her little girl. Until her luck turned, and the only protection she could find was in her stony and taciturn boss, security specialist Jeff Ritter. Jeff warned he was only offering to share his home, not his life, and that suited Ashley just fine.

And yet, Jeff’s broad shoulders were oh-so tempting to lean on, and in his arms, Ashley found a whole new kind of shelter � a home. But no matter how close they became, Jeff always barricaded a part of himself away. And Ashley wondered if he could ever allow himself to come in from the storm and find his own shelter…with her.]]> 720 Susan Mallery 1488766266 Bev 0 to-read 3.90 2015 Not Strictly Business: Having Her Boss's Baby / Prodigal Son / Shelter In A Soldier's Arms
author: Susan Mallery
name: Bev
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Soldier's Secret (The Women of Brambleberry House, #3)]]> 3161333
To find out who was claiming ownership of the only place he'd ever called home, Harry Maxwell knew he'd have to practice a little deception. So the wounded lieutenant changed his name a little. Altered a few facts. All for a good cause--get in, get the truth, get out.

Until he met the Brambleberry House heir presumptive. Anna Galvez was captivating in ways he hadn't even known existed. Still, after spending time with her, he wanted the house more than ever.

But only if she was in it....]]> 224 RaeAnne Thayne 0373249187 Bev 0 to-read 3.98 2008 A Soldier's Secret (The Women of Brambleberry House, #3)
author: RaeAnne Thayne
name: Bev
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/04/08
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]]> <![CDATA[Transcendence: Aurora Rising Book Three (Aurora Rhapsody, #3)]]> 25041853 What does it mean to be human? What if the price of saving humanity is giving up your own?

The year is 2322, and we stand upon the precipice of extinction.

The invading Metigen armada has decimated the eastern third of settled space in a matter of days, leaving tens of millions dead. Determined to save the heart of human civilization, Earth and Seneca at last put aside their differences to face the threat together. But even this may not be enough to stop the fleet of colossal dreadnoughts inhabited by advanced AIs.

Alex Solovy and Caleb Marano hold the key to defeating the invaders, for they know the secrets the aliens wage war to protect. Now they face a deadly gauntlet of relentless alien hunters and assassins sent to kill them before they can unleash a potent new weapon. They will risk everything in a bid to save their families, their loved ones, the entire human race—even if it means they can’t save each other.

The lines blur between man and machine, ally and enemy, and soldier and civilian. In a final stand against an ancient, powerful foe intent on eradicating it from the universe, humanity comes face to face with its destiny.

When faced with its greatest challenge, will humanity rise to triumph or fall to ruin?

AURORA RISING is an epic tale of galaxy-spanning adventure, of the thrill of discovery and the unquenchable desire to reach ever farther into the unknown. It's a tale of humanity at its best and worst, of love and loss, of fear and heroism. It's the story of a woman who sought the stars and found more than anyone imagined possible.]]> 453 G.S. Jennsen Bev 0 to-read 4.28 2015 Transcendence: Aurora Rising Book Three (Aurora Rhapsody, #3)
author: G.S. Jennsen
name: Bev
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Taken by the Tycoon 24912236
I never expected him to notice me. Imagine my surprise when he cornered me in the locker room, pressed his incredible body against mine, and forced me to acknowledge a desire more powerful than anything I’d experienced before.

Now that he has introduced me to the pleasures of being dominated, he wants to possess me completely. But how can I risk my heart, when I know his affection will never last?]]> 82 Normandie Alleman Bev 5 3.42 2015 Taken by the Tycoon
author: Normandie Alleman
name: Bev
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Poor Little Daddy's Girl (Daddy's Girls, #3)]]> 23979091
When firefighter Hunter Baldwin saves Charmaine from a fire in her penthouse apartment—a blaze started by her own carelessness—he’s appalled by her nonchalant attitude. Forced to carry her to safety, he throws her over his shoulder, but not before correcting her behavior with a well-deserved spanking. Something about Charmaine arouses him deeply, and it isn’t just her gorgeous looks. This girl needs to be firmly corrected and thoroughly dominated, and a part of Hunter demands that he be the one to take her in hand.

Though he’s used to charging into burning buildings on a daily basis, Hunter knows taming Charmaine’s wild ways may prove to be his greatest challenge yet. Undeterred, he takes on the role of Charmaine’s daddy dom in hopes of breaking down her defenses and healing her wounds. But can she bring herself to open her heart to him, or will she remain the lonely little rich girl forever?]]> 230 Normandie Alleman Bev 0 to-read 4.27 2015 Poor Little Daddy's Girl (Daddy's Girls, #3)
author: Normandie Alleman
name: Bev
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/12/21
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]]> <![CDATA[The Heiress of Santorini (The Greek Isles Series, #3)]]> 23447532 When insurance manager Alexandra Stewart is assigned to the Imperial Resorts Corporation account and has to travel to the island of Santorini, she's worried about keeping the promise she made to her late father. Alexandra swore to keep her real identity a secret and to stay away from her maternal grandfather, a Greek billionaire who lives on the island. However, what Alexandra thought was fate is actually a plot to bring her home.

An undeniable attraction...
The new assignment embeds Alexandra in a deadly game of vengeance and greed that threatens to destroy her grandfather’s empire. The only one she can turn to for help is Mark Taylor, the seductively handsome Managing Director of the Corporation. Mark is torn between his intense attraction to Alexandra and his promise to her grandfather to guard the secret that could destroy the entire Vassiliou family. His puzzling behavior infuriates Alexandra, but it can’t quell her desire.

A startling revelation...
Will Alexandra be able to trust Mark when he has already lied to her once? Will Mark be able to convince Alexandra he’s not the enemy? And when the time comes, will he be able to confess the truth to her?]]> 211 Angel Sefer Bev 5 4.52 2014 The Heiress of Santorini (The Greek Isles Series, #3)
author: Angel Sefer
name: Bev
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Daydream's Daughter, Nightmare's Friend]]> 20639405
"She was one horrible mess. Always looking over her shoulder and avoiding becoming too friendly with the neighbors. That anxiety stemmed from a horrible place. Always fearing that someone would recognize her face, she kept to herself and didn't go out much. And when she did, no matter the season, she wore some kind of hat or covering on her head, enough to shield her face.

Walter never understood why she was such a loner, avoiding people at all cost and just being very anti-social outside of the house. Houston was originally her home, not his, yet she didn't even want her own family and friends to know that she had returned. The only person she found herself being able to really open up with was Walter. And although she tried to make him feel otherwise, he knew that there was still a huge wall up that even he would never be able to see over or climb."

Marisa had a secret and if it was ever revealed, it would cost her her life and her freedom.]]> 370 Nonnie Jules Bev 4 urban-fiction 4.56 2013 Daydream's Daughter, Nightmare's Friend
author: Nonnie Jules
name: Bev
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2014/03/05
date added: 2014/10/06
shelves: urban-fiction
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This book was very well written. It was brought out lots of emotion and one certainly felt for the main character. I wanted to love this book, but quite honestly it depressed me. I could not relate to the book. I'm sure others will consider this a great book and will love it. I read for enjoyment and there was little enjoyment to be found in the book, except perhaps at the very end.
]]> Conditions 23210415
The conflict is drawn out over materialistic issues, but there are other underlying problems which go to the heart of what it means to be part of a family which, in one way or another. has cast one aside.

Prejudice, misconceptions and the human condition in all forms feature in this contemporary drama revolving around a group of people who attend the subsequent funeral at the British South Coast.

Meet flamboyant gardener Charles, loner Simon, selfless psychic Elaine, narcissistic body-builder Edgar, Martha and her version of unconditional love and many others as they try to deal with the event and its aftermath.]]> 217 Christoph Fischer 1502376652 Bev 0 to-read 4.15 2014 Conditions
author: Christoph Fischer
name: Bev
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/09/16
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]]> Coyote Series (Coyote #1-3) 23116601
Sweet, orphaned Afghan girls, dreaded gangsters in the mafia, dirty politicians and unscrupulous businesses make their presence felt as the series weaves along at a sprightly pace. Will Maria go to prison forever? Will Slade die in a gun battle with the FBI? Will the motel guests be able to break the inadvertent drug habit they picked up at the Blue Coyote? Who are those little Afghan girls in the barn in Provence? Will Jordan and Maria ever find happiness?]]> 811 Dianne Harman Bev 5 mystery 4.38 2014 Coyote Series (Coyote #1-3)
author: Dianne Harman
name: Bev
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/08/28
date added: 2014/08/28
shelves: mystery
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]]> <![CDATA[The Beginning (PBI Case Files #1)]]> 22855471
Francesca and Sarah Hollister are going to learn very quickly that the monsters that go bump in the night are very real, and very…sexy? After a night of drunken mishaps the very human sisters find themselves in a tough situation that will change their lives forever.

What they don’t know is they have been groomed for this life since the day they were born. Each possess amazing skill sets that will give them the ability to adapt and survive the new supernatural world they’ve fallen into.

As the newest recruits of the PBI (Paranormal Bureau of Investigation), they learn quickly there is no learning curve, and their lives will be forever put in danger as they work side by side with their new supernatural colleagues. They have each other, and Sarah is learning she has also caught the eye of a brooding, possessive vampire who happens to be on his own road to redemption.

This is the pilot episode of PBI Case Files, a new paranormal mystery novella series that is sure to keep you wondering� what if?]]> 61 Jami Brumfield Bev 5 paranormal 4.38 2014 The Beginning (PBI Case Files #1)
author: Jami Brumfield
name: Bev
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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date added: 2014/08/10
shelves: paranormal
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Bev 5 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Bev
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at: 2010/08/05
date added: 2014/08/05
shelves: fantasy, middle-grade, paranormal, series, young-adult
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]]> Le souhait de Petite-Tortue 22550196 25 Murielle Cyr Bev 5 4.94 2013 Le souhait de Petite-Tortue
author: Murielle Cyr
name: Bev
average rating: 4.94
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Witch's Vampire (Mystery Springs #1)]]> 22596736
â€Like hell,â€� was her response but the moment the witches unlocked her powers there was no way she could deny the truth. And the moment she met her vampire prince there was no way she could leave Mystery Springs even if she wanted to.

From the moment the powerful and terrifying Giovanni Mancuso spotted the spunky girl in ripped jeans, green cotton hoodie with her jet black hair in a ponytail and her green eyes covered by black cat glasses he was lost. She was not like the other girls that frequented his nightclub. She was different on so many levels. The moment his eyes connected with hers his soul knew she was important.

She was his soul mate, his first love, a love lost centuries ago. Only she was different; stronger, powerful. Sophie and Giovanni explore their feelings while they attempt to uncover the secret behind acts of war on the supernatural people of Mystery Springs. Together they will face off against dream assassins, death, ghosts, gods, and their own families to save the small Colorado town and find a path back into the safety of each other’s arms.

Past lives collide in this paranormal romance with mythological consequences.

**Please note this is a new adult paranormal novel and contains adult subject matter of sexual nature and profanity.]]> 270 Jami Brumfield Bev 5 3.55 2014 The Witch's Vampire (Mystery Springs #1)
author: Jami Brumfield
name: Bev
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/08/03
date added: 2014/08/03
shelves: fantasy, paranormal, supernatural
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]]> Blue Coyote Motel (Coyote #1) 16119032 Blue Coyote Motel is a suspense love story which begins in the barrios of Southern California and spans the globe in such diverse locations as Provence, South America, and the Himalayas. The beautiful Latina, Maria, and her husband, Jeffrey, a scientist fired from a prestigious laboratory, struggle to build a new life in a remote Southern California desert areas as owners of the motel.
Along with the anti-aging hormone, Jeffrey invents a "feel-good" wonder drug to help Maria with her depression. As Jeffrey becomes insane he begins to experiment with the wonder drug. Six wayward travelers, including an alcoholic priest, a couple who own gold mines in Brazil, a depressed widow, a struggling salesman, and a Native American pediatrician find themselves spending the night at the small motel. The next morning they wake up feeling better than ever. Has Jeffrey's miracle drug delivered? Or is the nightmare of addiction only beginning?
Blue Coyote Motel presents an engaging look at the human frailties present in all of us.]]> 297 Dianne Harman 0615717454 Bev 0 to-read 3.72 2012 Blue Coyote Motel (Coyote #1)
author: Dianne Harman
name: Bev
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Lone Wolf Rising (The Winters Family Saga, #1)]]> 21523892
Revenge has deadly consequences. Seventeen year old Rebecca Winters� main goal for ten years has been to graduate high school and take down the people who killed her parents. When she stumbled upon a werewolf pack in the middle of Phoenix, she knew she’d found a way to make her dream come true. Instead of getting vengeance, an act of war has put her into a position of power and forces her to put her thirst for family justice on a temporary hold.

He is duty bound to protect her. Lucian (Lucky) Lamont is a member of the Protectors, an elite supernatural police force who works for the Authority. Their main goal is to keep humans in the dark about the creatures who live among them. Lucky is assigned to protect and manage Rebecca, despite her refusal of help. His cover is simple; he poses as the dutiful â€pretendâ€� boyfriend in order to keep an eye on the new alpha wolf.

She is his mate.

Gabriel Black though taking his pack back from the witch who was chosen as the new alpha would be simple. He thought wrong. His entire world was turned upside down the moment he met Rebecca at the Authority Council meeting…and he was hooked the moment he kissed her to prove she wasn’t dating his best friend, Lucky.

It’s like being torn between two lovers.

Rebecca is pulled in hundreds of different directions while she attempts to find a way to survive the supernatural world, protect her family, and discover who massacred her entire pack days before her first transformation. She doesn’t have time for romance.

But the heart wants what the heart wants.

And the wolf gets what the wolf wants � or so her alpha believes. While Rebecca manages to keep her head above water as she unlocks political and family secrets which could destroy her, she loses sight of the most important people in her life and one of them pays the ultimate price.]]> 417 Jami Brumfield Bev 5 3.61 2013 Lone Wolf Rising (The Winters Family Saga, #1)
author: Jami Brumfield
name: Bev
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2014/04/30
date added: 2014/07/30
shelves: great-summer-reads, must-read, werewolves-and-shifters, paranormal, supernatural, romance, vampires, thriller, angels, action-adventure
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]]> <![CDATA[A Fatal Waltz (Lady Emily, #3)]]> 1163444
Determined to right this terrible wrong and clear Robert's name, Emily begins to dig for answers, a quest that will lead her from London's glittering ballrooms to Vienna's sordid backstreets. Not until she engages a notorious anarchist in a game of wits does the shocking truth begin to emerge: the price of exonerating Robert can be paid only by placing Colin in deadly peril. To save her fiancé, Emily must do the unthinkable: bargain with her nemesis, the Countess von Lange.]]> 294 Tasha Alexander 006117422X Bev 4 3.89 2008 A Fatal Waltz (Lady Emily, #3)
author: Tasha Alexander
name: Bev
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2014/07/25
date added: 2014/07/26
shelves: historical-fiction, mystery, romance
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]]> Miranda Bay 18141849 She knows little about running a business and depends heavily on loyal cousin Pansy's expertise.
In her frantic drive for success Miranda hires a motley crew to get cracking on the property.
Hamilton, her lascivious financial adviser, seizes the opportunity to undermine her.
But now with paying guests expected, she must make some serious decisions.
So the guests trickle in - hardly the sophisticates Miranda has envisaged.
At the brink of despair, she experiences deepening depression and manic behavior.
She contrives an outlandish economic solution to the problem.
What follow is intrigue and terror, and an emotional and tender unfolding of events in the face of financial ruin.
Witty and wicked, scandalous and scary, this is a story to make you laugh and cry.]]> 332 Susan Tarr 0958291438 Bev 0 to-read 4.51 2010 Miranda Bay
author: Susan Tarr
name: Bev
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> Tin Men (The Clay Lion, #2) 22755094
Although deep down Charlie always suspected his family wasn't what it seemed, the truth of his adoption compels him to search for his birth mother. In the quest to find her, he realizes traveling to the past for the truth he seeks will jeopardize his relationship with the person he cherishes most in the world.

Brooke almost lost everything traveling back in time to save her brother. Will Charlie make the same mistake?]]> 252 Amalie Jahn Bev 0 to-read 4.61 2014 Tin Men (The Clay Lion, #2)
author: Amalie Jahn
name: Bev
average rating: 4.61
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/07/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Alien Species Intervention (Species Intervention #6609, #1-3)]]> 18874565
This charming, yet brutal saga will chill and surprise you as it foretells the selfishly destructive path man has followed since his species evolved. It pulls no punches while allowing Netty and Baby's influence to transcend mortal life as the world dances toward depraved indifference, introducing other characters along the ride that readers will laugh and shed tears with, and learn to despise.

"Baby" introduces Netty, a naive teenage farm girl given in marriage to an older brutal opportunist disguised as a successful citizen during the years of Prohibition in Sussex County, New Jersey. After years of enslavement, Netty flees into the night from her rapist and bootlegger husband, traveling back to the farm worked by her parents, where she rescues an unfamiliar damaged creature she finds in a cave in the woods of her childhood, falling in love with the enigmatic alien she names Baby. Together they find happiness and fulfillment
despite the changes to Netty's body wrought by the proximity of the unusual creature.

Damaged by entry into our atmosphere while pregnant, the confused creature forgets the purpose of his mission, appearing unconcerned with the disappearance of his offspring and savoring the unexpected joy of the love he shares with young Netty.

When a handsome Italian stranger comes into Netty's life, complications ensue as she falls in love while trying to hide the bizarre and wondrous changes to her farm and her body. Netty, Baby and Wil strive to conquer obstacles thrown in their path by life, succeeding wildly until the heart-rending and astonishingly brutal climax to their story.

What lengths will Baby and his offspring go to complete their mission? Will it spell Armageddon for the beleaguered planet with its vulnerable and exploited creatures or will man tip the scales himself, leaving those that love the creatures to salvage the pitiful ruins?

In "Echo", Netty's influence transcends a full century as the United States evolves to a point of politically driven economic collapse. The year is 2033 as a young mother, abused by her shiftless husband, heroically decides to remove her two sickly children, Scotty and Abby, from the mean streets of their government subsidized tenement town of Short Hills, New Jersey to the hills and old farmland of Sussex County. There they unite with a Latino family that adopted Jose, a young boy from Costa Rica, traumatized at the age of seven by the brutal murder of his parents and the kidnapping of his infant sister.

The two families unite to pool finances, creating the love and bonds that will enable them to survive the psychotic attention of Armoni, a soul damaged beyond redemption, discovery of Baby's miraculous offspring, Echo; and their subsequent body changes. Through the efforts of Echo who develops an unexplained passion for the curly haired dog, Barney, they flee the clutches of Armoni after the murder of Armoni's sidekicks by Echo, to Sarasota, Florida, one of the last remaining enclaves of wealth in the U.S.

Scotty learns to utilize Echo as a co-conspirator in his intrigue to thwart the efforts of heinous people that prey on the lives of creatures in their environmentally rich new home, where the insidious miscreant, Armoni, tracks them; bringing brutality and violence to all.Having fallen in love, the young Abby and Jose draw close, only to be separated by the transcendental Netty, who tries to use Abby as a conduit in her plan to rescue as much wildlife as they can before despicable political events bring on the specter of Armageddon...]]> 518 J.K. Accinni Bev 0 to-read 3.84 2013 Alien Species Intervention (Species Intervention #6609, #1-3)
author: J.K. Accinni
name: Bev
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/07/17
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]]> Don't Pass Me By 18654846 342 Julie McGowan 1909278106 Bev 5 historical-fiction 4.33 2013 Don't Pass Me By
author: Julie McGowan
name: Bev
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dwellers of Ahwahnee (The Beyond Collection)]]> 22610866 Come to the Beyond for a supernatural unique read!

BOOK 1: BEYOND BRIDALVEIL FALL
Oria is celebrating her eighteenth birthday in Yosemite National Park when she goes into the pool at the bottom of Bridalveil Fall, only to come out beyond it.
In another world she learns she is The Golden Queen of the Ahwahneechee tribe, and that she is a shape shifter. Here the Dwellers of Ahwahnee fight the Evil that tries to get into the world of man. Will she find her soul mate in Grey Wolf or is he more than he appears to be? One thing is for sure, with all the magic and shape shifting happening, only the all knowing grandfather and her grandmother's wisdom can guide her through the Evil Beyond Bridalveil Fall.

BOOK 2: BEYOND ORIA FALLS
Oria is the Golden Queen of the Ahwahneechees and a Dweller of Ahwahnee. Together with her friends she travels back to find out why the Village of Lost Souls cannot find their way home to the West. The Ale is back in this second book full of action packed magic and shapeshifting. Will Oria finally find love and happiness with Grey Wolf or will a new evil threaten her magical world Beyond Oria Falls? Join the Dwellers as they try to keep evil out of the world of man.

BOOK 3: BEYOND THE WORLD OF MAN
This is the third installment in the Dwellers of Ahwahnee series and with the destruction of the world of man, the Dwellers traveled to other worlds and survived for twenty years.
With Oria's magic the 'Beyond' has grown and they can now come home.
There is a different kind of evil in the world now. Who will survive in the 'Beyond'? This generation
of shapeshifters are different and will lead the Dwellers into a new age.

Spirit Walker is rebellious and has often been called a Wildcat. She has been sheltered in The Village of Lost Souls for her entire life. Now she is to become the Golden Queen of the Ahwahneechees.
Her choices for the future involve adult decisions and with only her mother's journal to guide her, she must rely on the magic within the pages.]]> 502 Sheryl Seal Bev 0 to-read 4.85 2014 Dwellers of Ahwahnee (The Beyond Collection)
author: Sheryl Seal
name: Bev
average rating: 4.85
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]]> Time To Let Go 21947533 Following a traumatic incident at work Stewardess Hanna Korhonen decides to take time off work and leaves her home in London to spend quality time with her elderly parents in rural England. There she finds that neither can she run away from her problems, nor does her family provide the easy getaway place that she has hoped for. Her mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and, while being confronted with the consequences of her issues at work, she and her entire family are forced to reassess their lives.
The book takes a close look at family dynamics and at human nature in a time of a crisis. Their challenges, individual and shared, take the Korhonens on a journey of self-discovery and redemption.]]> 239 Christoph Fischer Bev 0 to-read 4.02 2014 Time To Let Go
author: Christoph Fischer
name: Bev
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wanderer (Thunder Point, #1)]]> 16000980 From Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the popular Virgin River novels, comes Thunder Point-the highly anticipated new series that will make you laugh, make you sigh, and make you fall in love with a small town filled with people you'll never forget.ĚýNestled on the Oregon coast is a small town of rocky beaches and rugged charm. Locals love the land's unspoiled beauty. Developers see it as a potential gold mine. When newcomer Hank Cooper learns he's been left an old friend's entire beachfront property, he finds himself with a community's destiny in his hands.Ěý

Cooper has never been a man to settle in one place, and Thunder Point was supposed to be just another quick stop. But Cooper finds himself getting involved with the town. And with Sarah Dupre, a woman as complicated as she is beautiful.Ěý

With the whole town watching for his next move, Cooper has to choose between his old life and a place full of new possibilities. A place that just might be home.]]> 377 Robyn Carr 0778314472 Bev 0 to-read 3.95 2013 The Wanderer (Thunder Point, #1)
author: Robyn Carr
name: Bev
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Virgin River (Virgin River, #1)]]> 184850 A Netflix Original Series!

Welcome back to Virgin River with the book that started it all�

Wanted: Midwife/nurse practitioner in Virgin River, population six hundred. Make a difference against a backdrop of towering California redwoods and crystal clear rivers. Rent-free cabin included.

When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees this ad, she quickly decides that the remote mountain town of Virgin River might be the perfect place to escape her heartache, and to reenergize the nursing career she loves. But her high hopes are dashed within an hour of arriving—the cabin is a dump, the roads are treacherous and the local doctor wants nothing to do with her. Realizing she’s made a huge mistake, Mel decides to leave town the following morning.

But a tiny baby abandoned on a front porch changes her plans…and former marine Jack Sheridan cements them into place.]]> 386 Robyn Carr 0778324907 Bev 0 to-read 3.97 2007 Virgin River (Virgin River, #1)
author: Robyn Carr
name: Bev
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[Echo in Time (Erasing Time, #2)]]> 15897244
Action-packed and romantic, this futuristic sequel to Erasing Time is perfect for fans of dystopian and sci-fi novels such as The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Across the Universe by Beth Revis, and Matched by Ally Condie.]]> 400 C.J. Hill 0062123963 Bev 5 science-fiction 3.99 2013 Echo in Time (Erasing Time, #2)
author: C.J. Hill
name: Bev
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2014/06/10
date added: 2014/06/21
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]]> <![CDATA[Behind the Shattered Glass (Lady Emily, #8)]]> 17286801 A ruined abbey on a beautiful estate in Derbyshire, a murdered peer, and a most unlikely romance make New York Times bestseller Tasha Alexander's new novel Behind the Shattered Glass absolutely irresistible

Anglemore Park is the ancestral home of Lady Emily Hargreave's husband Colin. But the stately calm of country life is destroyed when their neighbor, the Marquess of Montagu, bursts through the French doors from the garden and falls down dead in front of the shocked gathering. But who has a motive for murdering the young aristocrat? The lovely cousin who was threatened by his engagement, the Oxford friend he falsely accused of cheating, the scheming vicar's daughter he shamelessly seduced or the relative no one knew existed who appears to claim the Montagu title? Who is the mysterious woman seen walking with him moments before he was brutally attacked?

The trail takes readers into the gilded world of a British manor house and below stairs to the servants who know all the secrets. One family's hidden past and a forbidden passion are the clues to a puzzle only Lady Emily can solve.]]> 288 Tasha Alexander 1250024706 Bev 0 to-read 3.85 2013 Behind the Shattered Glass (Lady Emily, #8)
author: Tasha Alexander
name: Bev
average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[Death in the Floating City (Lady Emily, #7)]]> 13538723 The Huffington Post calls "Tears of Pearl" author Tasha Alexander "one to watch--and read" and her new Lady Emily mystery set in Venice proves it.

Years ago, Emily's childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalized polite society when she eloped to Venice with an Italian count. But now her father-in-law lies murdered, and her husband has vanished. There's no one Emma can turn to for help but Emily, who leaves at once with her husband, the dashing Colin Hargreaves, for Venice. There, her investigations take her from opulent palazzi to slums, libraries, and bordellos. Emily soon realizes that to solve the present day crime, she must first unravel a centuries old puzzle. But the past does not give up its secrets easily, especially when these revelations might threaten the interests of some very powerful people.]]> 309 Tasha Alexander 0312661762 Bev 0 to-read 3.90 2012 Death in the Floating City (Lady Emily, #7)
author: Tasha Alexander
name: Bev
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[A Crimson Warning (Lady Emily, #6)]]> 10891889
Newly returned to her home in Mayfair, Lady Emily Hargreaves is looking forward to enjoying the delights of the season. The delights, that is, as defined by her own eccentricities—reading The Aeneid, waltzing with her dashing husband, and joining the Women’s Liberal Federation in the early stages of its campaign to win the vote for women.

But an audacious vandal disturbs the peace in the capital city, splashing red paint on the neat edifices of the homes of London’s elite. This mark, impossible to hide, presages the revelation of scandalous secrets, driving the hapless victims into disgrace, despair and even death.

Soon, all of London high society is living in fear of learning who will be the next target, and Lady Emily and her husband, Colin, favorite agent of the crown, must uncover the identity and reveal the motives of the twisted mind behind it all before another innocent life is lost.]]> 324 Tasha Alexander 0312661754 Bev 0 to-read 3.93 2011 A Crimson Warning (Lady Emily, #6)
author: Tasha Alexander
name: Bev
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[Tears of Pearl (Lady Emily, #4)]]> 6341655
Looking forward to the joys of connubial bliss, newlyweds Lady Emily and Colin Hargreaves, diplomats of the British Empire, set out toward Turkey for an exotic honeymoon. But on their first night in the city, a harem girl is found murdered, strangled in the courtyard of the Sultan’s lavish Topkapi Palace. Sir Richard St. Clare, an Englishman who works at the embassy in Constantinople, is present and recognizes the girl as his own daughter who was kidnapped twenty years earlier. Emily and Colin promise the heartbroken father that they’ll find her killer, but as the investigation gains speed, they find that appearance can be deceiving—especially within the confines of the seraglio

As a woman, Emily is given access to the forbidden world of the harem and quickly discovers that its mysterious, sheltered walls offer no protection from a ruthless murderer. As the number of victims grows, Emily must rely on her own sharp wits in a heart-stopping finale if she is to stop a killer bent on exacting vengeance no matter how many innocent lives he leaves in his wake.]]> 307 Tasha Alexander 0312383703 Bev 0 to-read 3.72 2009 Tears of Pearl (Lady Emily, #4)
author: Tasha Alexander
name: Bev
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Dangerous to Know (Lady Emily, #5)]]> 7965864 Returning from her honeymoon with Colin Hargreaves and a near brush with death in Constantinople, Lady Emily convalesces at her mother-in-law's beautiful estate in Normandy. But the calm she so desperately seeks is shattered when, out riding aĚýhorse, she comes upon the body of a young woman who has been brutally murdered. The girl's wounds are identical to those inflicted on the victims of Jack the Ripper, who has wreaked havoc across the channel in London. Emily feels a connectionĚýto the young woman and is determined to bring the killer to justice.

Pursuing a trail of clues and victims to the beautiful medieval city of Rouen and a crumbling chateau in the country, Emily begins to worry about her own sanity: she hears the cries of a little girl she cannot find and discovers blue ribbons left inĚýthe child's wake. As Emily is forced to match wits with a brilliant and manipulative killer, only her courage, keen instincts and formidable will to win can help her escape becoming his next victim.

]]> 306 Tasha Alexander 0312383797 Bev 0 to-read 3.90 2010 Dangerous to Know (Lady Emily, #5)
author: Tasha Alexander
name: Bev
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[A Poisoned Season (Lady Emily, #2)]]> 512391 London's social season is in full swing, and Victorian aristocracy is atwitter over a certain gentleman who claims to be the direct descendant of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Adding to their fascination with all things French, an audacious cat burglar is systematically stealing valuable items that once belonged to the ill–fated queen.

But things take a dark turn. The owner of one of the pilfered treasures is found murdered after the theft is reported in the newspapers, and the mysterious thief develops a twisted obsession with Lady Emily Ashton. It takes all of Lady Emily's wit and perseverance to unmask her stalker and ferret out the murderer, while faced with a brewing scandal that threatens both her reputation and her romance with the dashing Colin Hargreaves.

]]> 308 Tasha Alexander 0061174149 Bev 5 3.96 2007 A Poisoned Season (Lady Emily, #2)
author: Tasha Alexander
name: Bev
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily, #1)]]> 288159
And Only to Deceive

For Emily, accepting the proposal of Philip, the Viscount Ashton, was an easy way to escape her overbearing mother, who was set on a grand society match. So when Emily's dashing husband died on safari soon after their wedding, she felt little grief. After all, she barely knew him. Now, nearly two years later, she discovers that Philip was a far different man from the one she had married so cavalierly. His journals reveal him to have been a gentleman scholar and antiquities collector who, to her surprise, was deeply in love with his wife. Emily becomes fascinated with this new image of her dead husband and she immerses herself in all things ancient and begins to study Greek.

Emily's intellectual pursuits and her desire to learn more about Philip take her to the quiet corridors of the British Museum, one of her husband's favorite places. There, amid priceless ancient statues, she uncovers a dark, dangerous secret involving stolen artifacts from the Greco-Roman galleries. And to complicate matters, she's juggling two very prominent and wealthy suitors, one of whose intentions may go beyond the marrying kind. As she sets out to solve the crime, her search leads to more surprises about Philip and causes her to question the role in Victorian society to which she, as a woman, is relegated.]]> 321 Tasha Alexander 006114844X Bev 5 3.75 2005 And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily, #1)
author: Tasha Alexander
name: Bev
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> Dominoes (Dominoes, #1-4) 20348199 688 C.B. Blaha Bev 4 4.65 2013 Dominoes (Dominoes, #1-4)
author: C.B. Blaha
name: Bev
average rating: 4.65
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Aggie Lichen; Pilp Collector - Hero Required (Mirvellon Trilogy Book 3)]]> 21002880 320 Debra J. Edwards Bev 5 5.00 2009 Aggie Lichen; Pilp Collector - Hero Required (Mirvellon Trilogy Book 3)
author: Debra J. Edwards
name: Bev
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Aggie Lichen: Pilp Collector (Aggie Lichen: Pilp Collector, #1)]]> 7068807
One nightsgritch � a tooth collecting evening � Aggie is attacked by a bright, mysterious light. Is it just a low flying glow worm or a bad tempered giant bluebottle? Or, as Aggie and her gang suspect, is it something more sinister?

Unknown to them, Aggie and her gang have just thirty days to solve the mystery and save their kind but time is not on their side � neither are the Sprites or the Grublins �

'This is Fairyland as you've never known it! A beautifully-crafted, hugely funny tale that made me laugh out loud. Debra has produced a little gem.' Herbie Brennan, author of 'Faerie Wars'.

P.S. To translate from Spritespiel, just take the previous letter in the alphabet!]]> 248 Debra J. Edwards 0955019206 Bev 0 to-read 4.30 2005 Aggie Lichen: Pilp Collector (Aggie Lichen: Pilp Collector, #1)
author: Debra J. Edwards
name: Bev
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2005
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]]> <![CDATA[Geared to the Present, Jones Whitman Time Traveler Series]]> 20648364

Committed to marry Emily Fuller at the end of the month, Father Carlini is bound and determined to interfere with the wedding plans. Behind the scenes he schemes to put Jones away for his blasphemy against God through his inventions.


Undeterred, Jones he anxiously approaches his first human trial of the Atomotron when he accidently trips the lever that animates the time machine. He is catapulted into the future 120 years and inadvertently lands in Snohomish, Washington in the year 2012 where he meets Darcy Champagne.


Darcy is a strong woman and soon takes Jones at his word and helps him fix the damaged time machine. Could the serendipitous meeting create consequences across time and space for everyone involved?]]> 224 Dana Bennett 1631735152 Bev 0 to-read 4.47 2014 Geared to the Present, Jones Whitman Time Traveler Series
author: Dana Bennett
name: Bev
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2014
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]]> Tagged: The Apocalypse 19492453 They own the night. These zombies are a new breed and fast; hair like women; teeth like lions and sharp claws. They hunt in overwhelmingly large packs like a plague of locusts. The government and military are overrun, retreating underground and leaving the populace to fend for themselves.
Lucky for Sven and his Cannabis growing crew they find shelter in a nuclear power plant. The lights keep them at bay - at least for a while. But how long will it last?
In the lawless environment they survive by their own code until the Government and military return to establish a new world order.
Fast, deadly zombies and end times biblical prophecy meet in this compelling new look at the apocalypse.]]> 120 Joseph M. Chiron Bev 5 3.30 2011 Tagged: The Apocalypse
author: Joseph M. Chiron
name: Bev
average rating: 3.30
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2014/06/16
date added: 2014/06/16
shelves: paranormal, zombies, horror, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, supernatural-elements, dark, survival, christian-fiction, dystopia
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]]> <![CDATA[Coyote in Provence (Coyote #2)]]> 21824185 Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 0988934922 / ISBN13: 9780988934924.

What happens when the very beautiful and sexy Maria Brooks, now Elena Johnson, a woman hiding out in Provence from the California legal authorities, meets Jordan Kramer, a handsome art theft detective from Los Angeles?

He's looking for stolen California paintings reportedly for sale in Provence. She's trying to stay under the radar. Both share a love of food and wine. Will Jordan find Pierre, the French chef who's suspected of being the art thief? and who are the young Afghan girls hiding out in his parents' barn?

A cozy mystery with great food, art, and romantic suspense at its best.]]> 272 Dianne Harman Bev 0 to-read 4.58 2013 Coyote in Provence (Coyote #2)
author: Dianne Harman
name: Bev
average rating: 4.58
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]]> Cornered Coyote (Coyote #3) 21448484
The silver bird gleamed in the blue sky, as the early morning sun bathed it in soft golden hues. Flight 714 was on the last leg of its journey, having burned close to fifty thousand gallons of jet fuel on its trans-Atlantic flight from Paris to Los Angeles.

Dianne Harman’s third and final book in the Coyote series, Cornered Coyote, is a throbbing tale of love, courage and passion. The frailties of human nature are deftly brought into the spotlight, as insecurity, jealousy, hatred, contempt and xenophobia rear their ugly head from time to time.


Follow the loveable yet eccentric private investigator, Slade Kelly, (a readers' favorite), as he tries to save Maria's sweet ass from seemingly insurmountable odds.


The story moves at a rapid pace, from the ghettos of Chicago to the beaches of Florida, from the streets of Los Angeles to the lush gardens of New York city. Each twist and turn comes with its own cast of colorful characters, from sleazy men in the mafia to hot, desperate women, who will do anything to make it big, in a world that is always trying to keep them small.
]]> 210 Dianne Harman 0988934981 Bev 0 to-read 4.55 2014 Cornered Coyote (Coyote #3)
author: Dianne Harman
name: Bev
average rating: 4.55
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]]> Tsunami Connection 22207400
Enlisted as a child and living out the vicarious dreams of her adoptive mother as a covert-ops sleeper, Kefira fights against a ticking clock. Flashbacks provide sanctuary from the political intrigue, adding depth to the real-to-life personalities of Kefira's team.

In her attempts to unravel the political intrigue behind world-threatening events, Kefira - the orphaned child of top-secret Mossad operatives killed by a bomber in Buenos Aires - confronts more than even her training can cope with...

Cover art by Darren Warrow.]]> 261 Michael James Gallagher Bev 0 to-read 4.32 2013 Tsunami Connection
author: Michael James Gallagher
name: Bev
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Tropical Dreams 13269513 258 Kelly Cozzone 1440419019 Bev 0 to-read 4.40 2008 Tropical Dreams
author: Kelly Cozzone
name: Bev
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2008
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dead Husband (Jessica Huntington, #1)]]> 19397480
This is the first in the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series]]> 296 Anna Celeste Burke Bev 0 to-read 4.14 2013 A Dead Husband (Jessica Huntington, #1)
author: Anna Celeste Burke
name: Bev
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2013
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]]> Dreams Come True 21861048
David had to thank Amanda for the way she had saved the children’s concert. Only that wasn’t his only intention. He knew nothing about her and had never met her before. The feelings and emotions that she had stirred up on first sight made David realize that love at first sight was real. It did exist. He couldn’t let her slip through his fingers. He had to do something.

Their late night coffee date turned a little sour. Amanda was not an easy target or a push over. Their meeting leads to their first date the following day. Amanda was drawn to David. She had also felt the emotions. They connected in every way possible. Neither David nor Amanda left things to chance. They were both direct and to the point. Their intentions were very clear. Their lives were about to change.]]> 254 Bridgitte Lesley Bev 0 to-read 4.22 2014 Dreams Come True
author: Bridgitte Lesley
name: Bev
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Scarred Beginnings (Scarred #2)]]> 22380729 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

David’s chance for love.

He had trained for it, been counselled about it, seen comrades affected by it, but even as he signed up he dismissed it. Nothing was going to happen to him or any of his friends, nothing what so ever. All his sister’s worrying was ridiculous.

Nearly ten years into his service and he’d barely grazed a knuckle. His equipment was the best, his teams had his back, there was scarcely any danger at all.

And then it happened. His whole team caught up in it. Nothing could change those nightmarish few seconds that would so completely alter the rest of their lives. That it could have been a child that did it to them was almost as shocking as the event itself. He would never forget the look on the boy’s face as long as he lived.

If he thought that surviving the incident was going to be a trial, enduring the aftermath was proving to be a different sort of challenge entirely.

(Book 2 in the Scarred Series. To be read after Running Scarred. (Short story, 43,500 words) Please allow the author a little poetic licence. There are slight differences in the way David recounts his story to the way Ellen remembers events.]]> 180 Jackie Williams Bev 0 to-read 4.17 2014 Scarred Beginnings (Scarred #2)
author: Jackie Williams
name: Bev
average rating: 4.17
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]]> The Reluctant Jesus 21820482
The year is 1999 and the millennium is fast approaching. Baseball fan and thirty two year old confirmed bachelor and architect, Seth Miller, is content with his life, as long as the Yankees win and his mother stays away from his Greenwich Village apartment. Seth's life though, is turned upside down when he is informed by his overbearing and overprotective mother, that he is actually God's youngest son; and by default the second coming of Christ.

Initially convinced that his parents are crazy, his thoughts of their committal to a suitable care facility are superseded when he receives an unsolicited telephone call from God himself. With Armageddon fast approaching, and due to some poor editing and proofreading of the Bible, Seth must assume the role of Christ and fight God's corner in the 'Final Conflict' between good and evil. Despite his initial reluctance and attempts to shirk his new responsibilities, God is insistent and Seth is cajoled into undertaking the role of Messiah.

With his best friend, and chief follower Bob Nancy, Seth embarks on a calamitous sequence of miracle doing and disciple gathering, all of which fail to inspire the legions of followers expected by God, but leads to a bout of food poisoning for a troop of visiting boy scouts and a suspected attempt on the life of Mayor Giuliani.

God, a somewhat nonchalant character, is far more preoccupied by the lack of IT and administrative support he is receiving in heaven, than actual events on Earth; and is already planning to move on to other planets that he and Lucifer are in the process of developing for 'future projects'.

Enter Maggie De Lynne, as Seth's second disciple and love interest, who adds her own perspective to Seth's predicament; which is only compounded when a just as unsuitable anti-Christ, suffering from IBS and with a penchant for dressing up as cartoon characters, visits his apartment.

Throw a 'gangsta' rapping guardian angel and Walter the talking cat - who used to be quiet as a mouse - into the mix, and the scene is set for a hilarious tale of one man's reluctance to save the world and join the family business.]]> 264 Duncan Whitehead 1457527049 Bev 0 to-read 4.26 2014 The Reluctant Jesus
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name: Bev
average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations]]> 12340404 311 Zhu Xiao-Mei 1611090776 Bev 5 non-fiction, memoir 3.87 2007 The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
author: Zhu Xiao-Mei
name: Bev
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> The Open Water Swimmer 17248403 236 Sabrina Devonshire 1771114339 Bev 0 to-read 4.73 2012 The Open Water Swimmer
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average rating: 4.73
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[In My Mother's Words: Sharing the Gift of My Mother's Prayer Journals]]> 17300219 178 Mary McLeary 1482049910 Bev 0 to-read 4.50 2013 In My Mother's Words: Sharing the Gift of My Mother's Prayer Journals
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name: Bev
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Birth Of The Monster (The Dracula Chronicles, #5.5) (Bound By Blood, #0.5)]]> 20739386 THE ULTIMATE EVIL IS UPON US



Dracula sits astride his horse, surveying the battlefield below. He has defeated another Ottoman army and won back his throne for the third time. Confident in his victory, he is unaware of the events about to unfold and the plans Lucifer has for him.

Prequel to the vampire arc of The Dracula Chronicles series.]]> Shane K.P. O'Neill Bev 5 4.53 2012 Birth Of The Monster (The Dracula Chronicles, #5.5) (Bound By Blood, #0.5)
author: Shane K.P. O'Neill
name: Bev
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Arielle: Immortal Passion (Immortal Rapture, #3)]]> 17665403 St. Jean De Luz, in the south of France, is the gorgeous setting of one of Sebastian Gaulle’s family estates. It is to this lush place that the Immortal takes his love, Arielle Lloyd, and her friends, to relax and spend their holiday exploring the surroundings and learning about his family’s history.

A snake in the garden�
There is no safety in this paradise, however, as Sebastian’s past continues to haunt him. The Immortal, Annabel, still lusts for vengeance on Sebastian and seeks to destroy his new love. While exploring, Arielle’s life is endangered when she discovers dangerous hidden strangers occupying the house.

Evil that will not die�
Trapped, threatened, and nearing her last breath, Arielle must call on the powerful magic of her friend, Eva, for help. Sebastian must rally his Immortal friends and family to protect his love and expel the evil before his paradise is forever lost.]]> Lilian Roberts 1483927571 Bev 0 to-read 4.81 2013 Arielle: Immortal Passion (Immortal Rapture, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Arielle: Immortal Quickening (Immortal Rapture, #4)]]> 18126565 College co-ed Arielle Lloyd is on vacation with her immortal love, Sebastian Gaulle, when they receive word of a dreadful accident. Her dear friend Gabrielle hovers near death. But it's much worst for her beloved friends, Eva and Ian. In spite of Eva's magical abilities, their lives have been cut tragically short.

An immortal choice...
Troy Vasser's only love is Gabrielle, but on the night of the accident, his deepest concern is for their dying friends. When the life force within Ian and Eva flickered dangerously low, Troy had to make a hard choice. He could either them them die or lose their humanity and live as immortals. So he did the only thing he could: he gave them immortality. Now it is up to Arielle to break the news to Eva before the transformation is complete.

A quest for vengeance...
Danger continues to stalk Arielle's life. Unknown to her, her new professor is an immortal, and he is furious when discovers that Arielle is wearing an amulet that should be owned by immortals only. Sebastian's nemesis, Annabel, has also not given on her quest to destroy Arielle. What Annabel doesn't realize is that Arielle's circle of friends drastically changer. There are two newly minted immortals that adore her and have vowed to protect her.]]> 328 Lilian Roberts 1490530029 Bev 0 to-read 4.63 2014 Arielle: Immortal Quickening (Immortal Rapture, #4)
author: Lilian Roberts
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]]> <![CDATA[Arielle: Immortal Seduction (Immortal Rapture, #2)]]> 17319069 Arielle Lloyd has found the love of her life, but his business as the owner of an international company calls him away. She longs for Sebastian, but stays busy with school, and finds comfort in spending time with her best friends, Gabby and Eva. It is during Sebastian’s absence that a stranger enters Arielle’s life at the university and threatens to shatter her joy with a vicious assault.

A time of renewal�
The return of Sebastian Gaulle, Arielle’s Immortal love, brings a return of joy. Her terrifying experience has her rethinking her vow of remaining chaste until marriage. Arielle already knows Sebastian is the one man she will love for eternity. Sebastian has longed for Arielle, like no other. He has carried a ring in his pocket for her almost from the first moment they met. He’s only waiting for the right moment to pledge his eternal love for her.

A time of danger�
But Sebastian’s past still threatens their future. A trio of jealous Immortal women has vowed Sebastian will belong to no other woman for centuries to come. Arielle, Sebastian, and their friends must join together to fight off the Immortals bent on utter destruction, if they are ever to find their eternal happiness.]]> 336 Lilian Roberts Bev 0 to-read 4.63 2013 Arielle: Immortal Seduction (Immortal Rapture, #2)
author: Lilian Roberts
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]]> <![CDATA[Deadly Secrets (The Greek Isles Series, #2)]]> 22052520
Helena was only eight when her father disappeared, and her life was shattered. Thirteen years later, she returns to her birthplace—the Greek island of Mykonos—on a quest to learn the truth about her father. Eerie warnings from her late mother and prophecies hidden in her grandmother’s diary compel Helena to delve into her family’s mysterious past. But well-buried secrets and a hidden mastermind plotting revenge create a deadly combination that could destroy Helena’s life.

A powerful and seductive man�

Upon discovering that the seductive Captain Dimitris Nikolaou has taken everything once belonging to her father, Helena is devastated; but in spite of his treachery, she is drawn to him like no other. As danger and passion collide, Helena realizes that nothing is what it seems.

Keeping a promise can be fatal�

Despite her desire for the irresistible captain, Helena is wary of his insistence to keep the promise he’d made to her father—the promise to marry her. Dimitris wants this feisty enchantress, and he’s used to getting what he wants. Making Helena his wife isn’t about the promise anymore—he wants her…and he’s willing to put his heart and his life at risk to keep her in his arms forever.]]> 224 Angel Sefer 1620154307 Bev 5 4.78 2014 Deadly Secrets (The Greek Isles Series, #2)
author: Angel Sefer
name: Bev
average rating: 4.78
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> Please Look After Mom 8574333 Please Look After Mom is a stunning, deeply moving story of a family's search for their missing mother - and their discovery of the desires, heartaches and secrets they never realized she harbored within.

When sixty-nine year old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, and vanishes, their children are consumed with loud recriminations, and are awash in sorrow and guilt. As they argue over the "Missing" flyers they are posting throughout the city - how large of a reward to offer, the best way to phrase the text - they realize that none of them have a recent photograph of Mom. Soon a larger question emerges: do they really know the woman they called Mom?

Told by the alternating voices of Mom's daughter, son, her husband and, in the shattering conclusion, by Mom herself, the novel pieces together, Rashomon-style, a life that appears ordinary but is anything but.

This is a mystery of one mother that reveals itself to be the mystery of all our mothers: about her triumphs and disappointments and about who she is on her own terms, separate from who she is to her family. If you have ever been a daughter, a son, a husband or a mother, Please Look After Mom is a revelation - one that will bring tears to your eyes.]]> 237 Kyung-Sook Shin 0307593916 Bev 4 3.89 2008 Please Look After Mom
author: Kyung-Sook Shin
name: Bev
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> Catori's Worlds 18858741 Trusting strangers doesn't come easy to her, but her only hope of escaping her hunters is to follow Miren, a girl she encounters in the public restrooms. They manage to reach a secluded wood where Catori meets up with Otsoa, the only boy who has ever made her feel like she was worthy of love. She must fight another intense battle � she must choose between her loyalty to her friend Miren and her infatuation for Otsoa, the handsome, would-be rock star. The evil forces have zeroed in on them and Catori must fight for her life. What chance does a lone fifteen-year-old girl have to confront those powerful forces? Does she bow to their evil scheme of taking over planet Earth or does she fight them to her last breath?]]> 126 Murielle Cyr Bev 5 4.68 2014 Catori's Worlds
author: Murielle Cyr
name: Bev
average rating: 4.68
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Halfway There (Fool's Gold, #9.75)]]> 17778532
Fayrene Hopkins may be only twenty-four years old, but she runs her own business and has big plans--plans that don't involve falling in love yet. She's determined to make her mark on the world before settling down.

She thinks she's got life all figured out--until she meets Ryan Patterson on her latest job. Fayrene senses his interest in her, and she has to admit he gets her pulse racing. Luckily, starting a relationship with Ryan is safe--he's leaving Fool's Gold when his work contract is up.

Ryan has goals of his own and a job waiting for him in Texas. He doesn't expect to get waylaid by a sassy blonde and cozy town. But what started out as temporary is starting to look like the real thing. If only he can convince Fayrene that some plans are made to be broken.

Return to Fool's Gold in Just One Kiss, Two of a Kind and Three Little Words. Plus, look for the entire Fool's Gold series--and dozens of other memorable titles by Susan Mallery--available now from Harlequin HQN.]]> 52 Susan Mallery 146031199X Bev 4 3.66 2013 Halfway There (Fool's Gold, #9.75)
author: Susan Mallery
name: Bev
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> My Name is Nissa 22023701 250 Bev Stout Bev 0 to-read 4.75 2017 My Name is Nissa
author: Bev Stout
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average rating: 4.75
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]]> <![CDATA[The Path To Decay (The Dracula Chronicles, #2) (Vlad Dracula, #2)]]> 21524199
The great Vlad Dracul is dead, fallen in battle, and his throne gone. His son, the young Vlad Dracula, is consumed with grief and a need for revenge. All alone in the world, he keeps his promise and returns to Anatolia. There, he takes a commission in the Ottoman army. On the fields outside Kosovo Polje in Serbia, he is handed his first opportunity to strike back against the men who killed his father.

He has grown into the ultimate fighting machine, and is feared by one and all. This path to decay, as described by his father, is the one he chooses to follow. Lucifer guides and watches over Dracula, but also deepens his hold over him. As time passes, though, his enemies build in every quarter, and they strive to bring him down.

With nowhere left to turn, how will Dracula avenge his family? How can he hope to win back his throne? As he faces one tragedy after another, these events mould him into the man who will be spoken of for centuries to come. A man who lets nothing stand in his way in his pursuit for revenge, and the throne that was his father's.]]> 288 Shane K.P. O'Neill 0955670144 Bev 0 to-read 4.76 2014 The Path To Decay (The Dracula Chronicles, #2) (Vlad Dracula, #2)
author: Shane K.P. O'Neill
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]]> FLIGHT (The Owl Wood) 22016171
FLIGHT will transport you to an insane world of elderly, talking, pole-dancing dogs, intelligent pheasant, screaming sheep and cute mendicant monk rats with little rat-tonsures and sandals. A verbose world, a delicious world with absolutely no sub-plot, no meaning and dashed little in the way of d’etre raisins. This book should be eaten as one might eat a large bag of sweets, and with similar expectations of eventually needing a dentist to attend to the cavities your mind.

The Owl Wood is a real, if somewhat tiny patch of English woodland set aside specifically for the use of nesting English owls. For five years in a row now no owl has deigned to take up residence. Oh, they fly through and we hear them at night but do they settle down and breed? Not a bit of it. Consequently, there are very few owls in this book, and if you ask me - it serves them right. When they do nest, then I’ll write about them. Until then we’ll stick to the most unlikely wildlife of all.

There’s a wheezy badger with the transplanted lungs of a sparrow, an all-pheasant pub quiz team and a dog that, but for her flatulence problems, would be able to successfully disguise herself as a eucalyptus tree by standing on one leg and freezing. There are three rather philosophically-minded hens, one of whom is the local Police Constable and has replacement steel buttocks and a Taser. Elvis and Amelia Earhart re-appear (quite separately; there’s been nothing untoward going on) and there’s a right royal punch-up when Santa d'Claus croaks, assumes ambient temperature, puts on a wooden overcoat and Christmas is summarily cancelled. It’s all splendid blathering nonsense such as one might read as a bed-time story to one’s pet dog or read while waiting for the cistern to refill in the smallest room in the house.

FLIGHT is four separate short stories, some 55,000 words in total, and is the Season One of, naturally, four such seasons. Springtime arrives in the next volume, and everyone goes a bit Pagan and back to nature. We all go back to nature eventually, even if only via the crematorium flue. It's being so cheerful that keeps the author going.]]> 182 Ian Hutson Bev 0 to-read 4.80 2013 FLIGHT (The Owl Wood)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Natural Wonders Of The EARTH (My First Travel Books #2)]]> 22013040
Come join the adventures of Captain Frankie and the Angelic Airlines flying angel as they travel across the world to the Seven Natural Wonders of the EARTH.
Captain Frankie is waiting for you to book your ticket, safely stow your bags, and open your eyes to the beautiful places created for all of us to visit in
My First Travel Books.

This is Anna Othitis’s second trip with Captain Frankie and the crew. Originally from Zimbabwe, Africa, her home port is now Wanaque, New Jersey, and she has flown across the world in her travels.]]> 23 Anna Othitis 149919028X Bev 0 to-read 4.70 2014 The Seven Natural Wonders Of The EARTH (My First Travel Books #2)
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]]> The Bone Gatherer 22002121
Tobias� family has worked at the manor for generations, and he seems to know all the secrets� some of which he’s not keen on sharing. He knows what his father taught him, and what his grandmother taught his father before him. He knows the rhythm of the seasons and the forces of time and tide. He knows the way of signs and symbols, and he is aware that bones are representative of the eternal. He has learned how to make a way where there might appear to be none. And, Tobias is a man set on getting what he wants most out of life. Of course, his mysteries and charms are deeply alluring to Kat, and she soon finds herself swayed by them. Kat gets in deep with Sheriff Tanner, too, a real ladies� man. But, Tobias has his own special ways, and Kat isn’t his only lover, either. For loose on the grounds, and even within the grand old manor house itself, is someone who died almost a decade ago. It is someone with distinct powers of her own. Her name is Victoria. And, Victoria is not, under any circumstances, to be denied.

Get ready to enter a world where the magical and the macabre are interwoven, where life and death are bound one to another by wax seals, gathered bones, dried herbs, voodoo veves, and hidden rooms. Get ready to enter the Bixby Estate� and to meet The Bone Gatherer.]]> 324 Jennifer Adele 0692203605 Bev 5 4.49 2014 The Bone Gatherer
author: Jennifer Adele
name: Bev
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Princess Rising (The Winters Family Saga, #2)]]> 21955563
Savannah Winters went from homecoming queen to vampire princess in one terrifying night. Now she must find a way to survive the dark world she lives without letting the anger and depression overwhelm and destroy her. Maintaining a balance between her supernatural identity and human cover is more difficult then she could ever imagine. And her decision to separate herself from her family only makes matters worse. How could she forgive her sister, Rebecca for the role she played in her demise?

It’s a question Rebecca struggles with herself as she attempts to rebuild the Arizona wolf pack after the massacre that left her a lone wolf. How can she convince her dear sweet sister, Savannah to forgive her?

While Rebecca and Savannah juggle the challenges of their new identities, responsibilities, political alliances, and the men in their lives Hunter becomes obsessed with unlocking the powers they have as natural born witches and finding a cure to the viruses that changed his sisters lives indefinitely.

More family secrets unravel and threaten to destroy the fragile connection the Winters siblings share while more enemies come out of the darkness to tear their new worlds apart.]]> 245 Jami Brumfield Bev 0 to-read 4.81 2014 Vampire Princess Rising (The Winters Family Saga, #2)
author: Jami Brumfield
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]]> An Unlikely Truth 20892814 200 John Rachel 0615974104 Bev 0 to-read 4.00 2014 An Unlikely Truth
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]]> <![CDATA[Arielle: Immortal Awakening (Immortal Rapture, #1)]]> 16165500 From the time college co-ed Arielle Lloyd had been young, she had been able to hear the thoughts and feel the pain of certain others, and those she comes to think of as her special group. One friend’s dabbling with spells and magic showed her the power of love that can endure beyond the grave. But another friend’s terrifying encounter with a warlock left Arielle wary of those who claim otherworldly powers. On holiday in the south of France, a chance encounter could change her mind. Or could cost her life.

An Immortal man�
Sebastian Gaulle is the wealthy, handsome owner of an international company. He is also an Immortal. For five centuries he has sought the one soul who can fulfill his dreams of everlasting love. Then he meets Arielle, whose heart calls out to him like no other.

A timeless love�
Sebastian has made his choice clear. But jealous Immortals from his past threaten retaliation. They have vowed to destroy any woman who becomes involved with him. In spite of the powerful protection amulet Sebastian gives Arielle, death stalks their newfound love. Their love may be eternal, but they may be running out of time.]]> 327 Lilian Roberts 1481006843 Bev 0 to-read 3.99 2012 Arielle: Immortal Awakening (Immortal Rapture, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Starshine (Aurora Rising #1; Aurora Rhapsody #1)]]> 21534331 Space is vast and untamed, and it holds many secrets. Now two individuals from opposite ends of settled space are on a collision course with the darkest of those secrets, even as the world threatens to explode around them.

The year is 2322. Humanity has expanded into the stars, inhabiting over 100 worlds across a third of the galaxy. Though thriving as never before, they have discovered neither alien life nor the key to utopia. Earth struggles to retain authority over far-flung planets and free-wheeling corporations while an uneasy armistice with a breakaway federation hangs by a thread as the former rebels rise in wealth and power.

Alexis Solovy is Earth Alliance royalty, her father a fallen war hero and her mother an influential military leader. But she seeks only the freedom of space and has made a fortune by reading the patterns in the chaos to discover the hidden wonders of the stars.

Nothing about her latest objective suggests the secret it conceals will turn her life� not to mention the entire galaxy—upside down. But a chance encounter with a mysterious spy leads to a discovery which will thrust Alex into the middle of a galactic power struggle and a sinister conspiracy, whether she likes it or not.

When faced with its greatest challenge, will humanity rise to triumph, or fall to ruin?

AURORA RISING is an epic tale of galaxy-spanning adventure, of the thrill of discovery and the unquenchable desire to reach ever farther into the unknown. It's a tale of humanity at its best and worst, of love and loss, of fear and heroism. It's the story of a woman who sought the stars and found more than anyone imagined possible.]]> 583 G.S. Jennsen 099601411X Bev 0 to-read 3.91 2014 Starshine (Aurora Rising #1; Aurora Rhapsody #1)
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> Galactic Energies 18224520 236 Luca Rossi Bev 0 to-read 3.97 2012 Galactic Energies
author: Luca Rossi
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average rating: 3.97
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]]> <![CDATA[Born of Oak and Silver (The Caradoc Chronicles, #1)]]> 18740023
All that you can do is make the most of what you’ve been dealt—fight a good fight, resist being beaten by circumstance, and hope that somehow, despite it all, you’re able to accomplish the impossible.

But even then you cannot change the fact that you were born cursed.

I am one of those unlucky few upon whom the Curse of the Four Fathers has fallen.

It is I who must bear the burden of having a life that is unchangeably intertwined with the Fae. A sorrow made all the more great by knowing that where they are tragedy, loss, misery, and despair most assuredly follow.

As a Druid it is my responsibility to uphold the boundaries that keep the worlds of the Tylwyth Teg, and our own, separate. As a man it is my only ambition to protect the family and woman I so desperately love.

The only problem: I'm not sure this curse will allow for me to do both.]]> 386 Marie McKean 0991013824 Bev 0 to-read 3.82 2013 Born of Oak and Silver (The Caradoc Chronicles, #1)
author: Marie McKean
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[Fruzzle's Mystery Talent: A Bed Time Fantasy Story for Children ages 3-10]]> 18930938 Meet "Brown" Fruzzle and follow along as "Wizard" Fruzzle helps him to explore the many different talents. See if you can help Brown figure out what his talent is and find out if he ever discovers it.

After you read the story, go back and see if you can find all the swirls, beginning with the town. The answer is on the copyright page.

"Fruzzle's Mystery Talent" is an adorable fantasy children's book, written especially for children 3-10 year old kids. This Fruzzle book is great as a bedtime story or any other time. In addition, this book has life lessons like teaching the child to not give up and dealing with self esteem issues (explaining that we are all special in our own way). You will find it is also filled with bright and cheerful illustrations.
Happy reading and we hope you enjoy. We also welcome reviews. Thank you.
This book is suitable as a read aloud book for preschooler at bedtime or as a self-read children's book for older children.]]> 48 Karen (Kara) Brueggeman 0989256510 Bev 0 to-read 4.38 2013 Fruzzle's Mystery Talent: A Bed Time Fantasy Story for Children ages 3-10
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins Bev 5 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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average rating: 4.34
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> The Host (The Host, #1) 1656001
As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she's never met. Reluctant allies, Wanderer and Melanie set off to search for the man they both love.

Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1 - ACE #2 ]]> 619 Stephenie Meyer 0316068047 Bev 4 science-fiction 3.85 2008 The Host (The Host, #1)
author: Stephenie Meyer
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average rating: 3.85
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rating: 4
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]]> Mai Tai Man 21817136 106 Sabrina Devonshire 177111908X Bev 0 to-read 4.31 2014 Mai Tai Man
author: Sabrina Devonshire
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ruby Brooch (Celtic Brooch #1)]]> 13579358
Scottish lawyer Cullen Montgomery has a well-planned future that doesn't include an eccentric, risk-taking woman, but that doesn't stop his defenses from slipping when he sees Kit risk her life to save her traveling companions. Will Cullen stay his course and fulfill his commitments in California, or will he surrender to the only woman whose heart beats to the same rhythm as his own?]]> 421 Katherine Lowry Logan Bev 5 4.03 2012 The Ruby Brooch (Celtic Brooch #1)
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> Secrets of the Realm 19183499 Not only must Annie work alongside the Realm’s motley crew of outcasts and gentlemen, she must also keep her superstitious shipmates from discovering she is a girl.
Annie vows she will never leave the Realm, where dreams are chased, shattered lives can mend, and secrets are stowed like keepsakes in an old desk drawer. But when her past catches up with her, can she return to the Realm? More importantly, will she have a choice?]]> 338 Bev Stout Bev 5 4.01 2013 Secrets of the Realm
author: Bev Stout
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[Jack Who?: Perfect Storms (Silver Strings G, #1)]]> 18402055 185 Lisa Gillis 0989989003 Bev 0 3.65 2013 Jack Who?: Perfect Storms (Silver Strings G, #1)
author: Lisa Gillis
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average rating: 3.65
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Cutting Right to the Chase Vol.2, (Chase Williams detective short stories 2)]]> 20922210 A woman can sell her body also for a noble cause.
Giancarlo Vestali chose his tie colour carefully as he knew what shade he would end up.
A flower in a pool can make the difference between freedom and jail.

Chase Williams wants to live a normal life in Tursenia, Italy. But it's not as easy as it appears.

The saga of unusual crimes on which ex Scotland Yard detective Chase Williams stumbles every day continues. It's all about Chase's snooping abilities and his exceptional perceptiveness from which nothing escapes.

10 detective short stories of 1000 words each, where proud prostitutes alternate with young lovers, sloppy drug dealers, hunting dogs, elderly people tired of living, amazing chefs and, as usual, Chase's neighbors who are always gossipy, fanatically religious and very nosey.

10 open, shiny windows overlooking the less dramatic crime stories of Tursenia, a Medieval town in the heart of Italy, where a former detective like Chase Williams - now dedicated to living his placid office lifestyle - can get a run for his money. Anyone and everyone could be a criminal. And Chase well knows it.

DISCLAIMER: Although the first volume of the Cutting Right to the Chase series is suitable to children and young adults, Cutting Right to the Chase Vol.2 is suitable for an older audience due to the graphic nature of some stories.]]> 37 Stefania Mattana Bev 0 4.75 2014 Cutting Right to the Chase Vol.2, (Chase Williams detective short stories 2)
author: Stefania Mattana
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average rating: 4.75
book published: 2014
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]]> Atlas 13421993
Public Prosecutor Katherine Radcliffe was the face of local politics, fighting to resurrect the fallen city of San Francisco by bridging the gap between the private wealth of Atlantis and the forgotten populace of the public sector. Found in the arms of her ex-sensual companion turned corporate psychologist lover, her death resonates with Rhodes and the people of San Francisco on a personal level.

With tensions building between the classes and evidence mounting, Rhodes finds herself delving into the past of the man at the top of the ASM corporate ladder, an inexplicable mercenary turned upper-class messiah , known as Atlas.

When she discovers that his past remarkably resembles her own , she can’t help but force a confrontation that brings her face to face with a man she cannot understand, a suspect she knows she has to pursue, and a truth she knows she may not want to uncover.]]> 378 Benjamin R. Smith Bev 0 3.98 2012 Atlas
author: Benjamin R. Smith
name: Bev
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/04/02
shelves: to-read, mystery, crime-fiction, detective-fiction, speculative-fiction, science-fiction, police-procedural, dystopian-literature, suspense, summer-reads, romantic-suspense
review:

]]> The Branches of Time 21538656
In the realm of Isk, wizards and advisors must submit to the insatiable greed of sex and war as well as the power of King Beanor. The last of his young wives, however, does not want to surrender to the loss of love and freedom. Will games and tricks under the sheets be the key turning point of a millenarian war?]]> 148 Luca Rossi 1497438683 Bev 0 to-read 4.05 2014 The Branches of Time
author: Luca Rossi
name: Bev
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/03/30
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Better Off Friends 17228280
Eventually they realize they’re best friends—which wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t keep getting in each other’s way. Guys won’t ask Macallan out because they think she’s with Levi, and Levi spends too much time joking around with Macallan, and maybe not enough time with his date. They can’t help but wonder . . . are they more than friends or are they better off without making it even more complicated?]]> 288 Elizabeth Eulberg 0545551463 Bev 0 to-read 3.92 2014 Better Off Friends
author: Elizabeth Eulberg
name: Bev
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/03/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Love's Miracles 18149639 348 Sandra Leesmith 0989570606 Bev 5 romance 4.19 1989 Love's Miracles
author: Sandra Leesmith
name: Bev
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1989
rating: 5
read at: 2014/02/24
date added: 2014/02/27
shelves: romance
review:
Love's Miracles was a beautiful love story, full of emotion and well-developed characters. Zane's flashbacks were a great way of telling the reader his story. There are many layers to Dr. Margo Devaull. While she helped Zane face his demons, she needed to face her own. I highly recommend this book.
]]> Where Things Come Back 8563789
In the summer before Cullen's senior year, a nominally-depressed birdwatcher named John Barling thinks he spots a species of woodpecker thought to be extinct since the 1940s in Lily, Arkansas. His rediscovery of the so-called Lazarus Woodpecker sparks a flurry of press and woodpecker-mania. Soon all the kids are getting woodpecker haircuts and everyone's eating "Lazarus burgers." But as absurd as the town's carnival atmosphere has become, nothing is more startling than the realization that Cullen’s sensitive, gifted fifteen-year-old brother Gabriel has suddenly and inexplicably disappeared.

While Cullen navigates his way through a summer of finding and losing love, holding his fragile family together, and muddling his way into adulthood, a young missionary in Africa, who has lost his faith, is searching for any semblance of meaning wherever he can find it. As distant as the two stories seem at the start, they are thoughtfully woven ever closer together and through masterful plotting, brought face to face in a surprising and harrowing climax.

Complex but truly extraordinary, tinged with melancholy and regret, comedy and absurdity, this novel finds wonder in the ordinary and emerges as ultimately hopeful. It's about a lot more than what Cullen calls, “that damn bird.� It’s about the dream of second chances.]]> 228 John Corey Whaley 1442413336 Bev 0 to-read 3.80 2011 Where Things Come Back
author: John Corey Whaley
name: Bev
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/02/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> I Am Rembrandt's Daughter 1051588 320 Lynn Cullen 1599900467 Bev 0 to-read, ya-historical 3.65 2007 I Am Rembrandt's Daughter
author: Lynn Cullen
name: Bev
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/02/03
shelves: to-read, ya-historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Pawn (The Blackcoat Rebellion, #1)]]> 10838787 YOU CAN BE A VII. IF YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING.

For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country.

If she says yes, Kitty will be Masked—surgically transformed into Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, who died under mysterious circumstances. As a member of the Hart family, she will be famous. She will be adored. And for the first time, she will matter.

There's only one catch. She must also stop the rebellion that Lila secretly fostered, the same one that got her killed and one Kitty believes in. Faced with threats, conspiracies and a life that's not her own, she must decide which path to choose—and learn how to become more than a pawn in a twisted game she's only beginning to understand.

Previously titled Masked.]]> 347 Aimee Carter Bev 0 to-read 3.79 2013 Pawn (The Blackcoat Rebellion, #1)
author: Aimee Carter
name: Bev
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/01/26
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Secrets of the Realm 19189156 Not only must Annie work alongside the Realm’s motley crew of outcasts and gentlemen, she must also keep her superstitious shipmates from discovering she is a girl.
Annie vows she will never leave the Realm, where dreams are chased, shattered lives can mend, and secrets are stowed like keepsakes in an old desk drawer. But when her past catches up with her, can she return to the Realm? More importantly, will she have a choice?]]> Bev Stout Bev 5 3.70 2013 Secrets of the Realm
author: Bev Stout
name: Bev
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2013/08/27
date added: 2013/12/05
shelves: historical-fiction, young-adult-historical-fiction, young-adult, ya-historical
review:
As the author I can't really comment except to say the narrator is WONDERFUL.
]]> <![CDATA[The House That Smelled Like Urine and Other Short Stories]]> 18103442 142 Giovanni Russano 1482348942 Bev 4 horror, thriller, mystery The House That Smelled Like Urine and Other Short Stories is disturbing and brilliant, all at the same time. It is a collection of very dark horror stories interspersed between a story about a detective named Leonard, making for a rather disjointed tale.

The writing is fast paced, somewhat manic at times, but overall entertaining. However, I would have liked the foul language toned down a bit, which would not take away from the gritty realism of these stories.

I read an e-book version of the story and found the formatting to be in need of some work. The multiple blank pages between stories didn't add anything to the read, and the book as a whole could have stood a better editing job.

Overall, Geovanni is an excellent writer. I believe he is more than capable of writing a straight detective story, garnering himself a large audience. This book, however, isn't it.
]]> 4.25 2013 The House That Smelled Like Urine and Other Short Stories
author: Giovanni Russano
name: Bev
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/28
date added: 2013/09/28
shelves: horror, thriller, mystery
review:
The House That Smelled Like Urine and Other Short Stories is disturbing and brilliant, all at the same time. It is a collection of very dark horror stories interspersed between a story about a detective named Leonard, making for a rather disjointed tale.

The writing is fast paced, somewhat manic at times, but overall entertaining. However, I would have liked the foul language toned down a bit, which would not take away from the gritty realism of these stories.

I read an e-book version of the story and found the formatting to be in need of some work. The multiple blank pages between stories didn't add anything to the read, and the book as a whole could have stood a better editing job.

Overall, Geovanni is an excellent writer. I believe he is more than capable of writing a straight detective story, garnering himself a large audience. This book, however, isn't it.

]]> <![CDATA[The Final Cut (A Brit in the FBI, #1)]]> 17707480 Special Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich from Coulter’s bestselling FBI series don’t hesitate to help Drummond find the cunning international thief known as the Fox. Nonstop action and high stakes intensify as the chase gets deadly. The Fox will stop at nothing to deliver the Koh-i-Noor to the man who believes in its deadly prophecy.Ěý Nicholas Drummond, along with his partner, FBI Special Agent Mike Caine, lay it on the line to retrieve the diamond for Queen and country.

]]> 464 Catherine Coulter 0399164731 Bev 0 to-read, thriller 4.07 2013 The Final Cut (A Brit in the FBI, #1)
author: Catherine Coulter
name: Bev
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2013/09/25
shelves: to-read, thriller
review:

]]> The Wake of the Dragon 13635472
The elements are the least of their problems when they find themselves saddled with an airsick clerk, a crewmember suspected of working for the East India Company and a love sick farm girl whose headstrong misconceptions compel her to seek adventure where no decent woman would wander unescorted.

Battling businessmen, mechanoids and villagers armed with torches and pitchforks, Captain Bonny must decide who to trust, and if the only rational course of action is one of apparent madness.]]> 125 Jaq D. Hawkins 1476396353 Bev 4 steampunk, science-fiction The Wake of the Dragon is the first "Steampunk Adventure" I have read. I enjoy historical fiction as well as some science fiction novels, so this seemed like it would be a nice combination of the two genres.

The book was very well written. The historical time frame seemed reasonable, given the steampunk element added to Victorian England. The characters were well-developed, yet I did not connect with them, and the ending left me depressed. I'm sure, given the quality of the writing, another reader might find it a more enjoyable read.]]> 4.06 2012 The Wake of the Dragon
author: Jaq D. Hawkins
name: Bev
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/21
date added: 2013/09/21
shelves: steampunk, science-fiction
review:
The Wake of the Dragon is the first "Steampunk Adventure" I have read. I enjoy historical fiction as well as some science fiction novels, so this seemed like it would be a nice combination of the two genres.

The book was very well written. The historical time frame seemed reasonable, given the steampunk element added to Victorian England. The characters were well-developed, yet I did not connect with them, and the ending left me depressed. I'm sure, given the quality of the writing, another reader might find it a more enjoyable read.
]]> <![CDATA[Deep Trouble: Finding the power of his resurrection (The Baker Family Saga #4)]]> 16291174 324 Allison Kohn 1480251879 Bev 3 historical-fiction Deep Trouble by Allison Kohn is the fourth book of a series about the Baker family in the 1800's. I believe the book is based on real people, but this is not totally made clear. I enjoyed Alice, an engaging character. Her relationship with Ray and her cousins is sometimes amusing, other times heartfelt.

It is a story filled with people and events that I can tell Kohn cares deeply about. The pace, however, was slowed down by too many characters being introduced, whose relationship and importance to the main characters was not always explained. And while the bibical references were important, I felt fewer of them would have made the story a little less preachy.

The version I read was in PDF format, which should is the best available for getting a good layout. However, there were too many different fonts used throughout the the book, making reading difficult in some instances. Also, the superscripts used to reference certain words were too small and in roman numerals which were barely visable. In a PDF file, these references should have been hyper-linked to the references in the back of the book, so if you click on the word it would take you to the reference. A good editing would have helped. ]]> 4.00 2012 Deep Trouble: Finding the power of his resurrection (The Baker Family Saga #4)
author: Allison Kohn
name: Bev
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2013/09/12
date added: 2013/09/12
shelves: historical-fiction
review:
Deep Trouble by Allison Kohn is the fourth book of a series about the Baker family in the 1800's. I believe the book is based on real people, but this is not totally made clear. I enjoyed Alice, an engaging character. Her relationship with Ray and her cousins is sometimes amusing, other times heartfelt.

It is a story filled with people and events that I can tell Kohn cares deeply about. The pace, however, was slowed down by too many characters being introduced, whose relationship and importance to the main characters was not always explained. And while the bibical references were important, I felt fewer of them would have made the story a little less preachy.

The version I read was in PDF format, which should is the best available for getting a good layout. However, there were too many different fonts used throughout the the book, making reading difficult in some instances. Also, the superscripts used to reference certain words were too small and in roman numerals which were barely visable. In a PDF file, these references should have been hyper-linked to the references in the back of the book, so if you click on the word it would take you to the reference. A good editing would have helped.
]]> <![CDATA[Division of the Marked (The Marked #1)]]> 18221193 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00E2QYVLM


For all of written history, on the day of Da Un Marcu, fifty boys and girls across the three kingdoms are marked. They become a class apart from society. Taken to join their brothers and sisters, the Chisanta, they enter a culture of knowledge-keepers, martial artists, and possessors of strange and wonderful abilities.

When Yarrow discovers himself marked, he feels lost and lonely; until he meets Bray, a spirited and curious girl with whom he feels uncommonly connected. As the two of them become familiar with their new lives, unaccountable events unsettle the peace. A mysterious murder leaves the Chisanta in confusion. Odder still, one of the fifty children never arrives. In the years that follow, more and more children of the Chisanta go missing.

Ten years later, the devastating truth comes to light. The death of a young marked girl is uncovered. Yarrow and Bray—separated for a decade and grown apart—are thrust back together to investigate the crime. Can they overcome their differences to save the fate of their kind and the peace of the nation?]]> 373 March McCarron Bev 5 young-adult, fantasy Division of the Marked is one of the best books I have read this year. The world that March McCarron has created seems very real for a fantasy world. The characters are fully formed and are people you can really care about. The pacing is perfect and you want to just keep reading without stopping to eat or sleep. This series is wonderful and I can hardly wait for the sequel(s).]]> 4.07 2013 Division of the Marked (The Marked #1)
author: March McCarron
name: Bev
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2013/09/03
date added: 2013/09/03
shelves: young-adult, fantasy
review:
Division of the Marked is one of the best books I have read this year. The world that March McCarron has created seems very real for a fantasy world. The characters are fully formed and are people you can really care about. The pacing is perfect and you want to just keep reading without stopping to eat or sleep. This series is wonderful and I can hardly wait for the sequel(s).
]]> <![CDATA[Friends and Traitors (Slayers, #2)]]> 17261185
Tori is at a White House dinner party when she hears a horrifying sound: dragon eggs hatching. It means in less than a year, the dragons will be mature and dangerous. The Slayers are well-trained, but their group is not yet complete, and Tori is determined to track down Ryker Davis, the mysterious Slayer who has yet to surface.

What Tori doesn’t bargain for, however, is the surprising truth about her powers: she isn’t a Slayer after all, but a Dragon Lord, with a built-in predisposition to protect dragons, not kill them.
How will she overcome this to save the lives of her friends?]]> 400 C.J. Hill 1250024617 Bev 0 to-read 4.18 2013 Friends and Traitors (Slayers, #2)
author: C.J. Hill
name: Bev
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2013/08/07
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Price of Victory 11018835 Sterling Wade, a successful professional cyclist, finds the one thing he's missing in life—a woman to love. But Debra Valenzuela refuses to allow a relationship with any man to interfere with her determination to become a professional cyclist.

When Debra is seriously injured during a race, her ambition and wish to succeed and win her father's love are put to the test. With Sterling at her side during her rehabilitation, Debra learns that love is not a race to be won, but something to be earned. Can Sterling help Debra follow her dream and in the process discover new purpose for his own life? Will they accept the price of victory?

]]> 185 Sandra Leesmith 0803476604 Bev 5 3.92 2011 The Price of Victory
author: Sandra Leesmith
name: Bev
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2013/07/06
shelves:
review:

]]> Sick (Project Eden, #1) 11183662
But the nightmare is his. It's real. And it's just beginning...

Something is burning Ash's daughter alive. Something horrible that is spreading beyond the walls of their home, and taking no prisoners.

Thirty seconds later, Ash will discover his daughter isn't the only one in his family infected, and as his world spins, coming apart at the seams, a team of armed men in biohazard suits bursts into his house.

But these aren't the good guys.

They haven't come to save Ash's family. They've come to separate them, to finish what they started.

The problem is Ash refuses to disappear. He wants only one thing: to find those responsible.

Because humanity is on the brink of execution.

And man is pulling the trigger.]]> 296 Brett Battles Bev 5 thriller 3.93 2011 Sick (Project Eden, #1)
author: Brett Battles
name: Bev
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2013/07/06
shelves: thriller
review:

]]> OyMG 8419552
Ellie Taylor loves nothing better than a good argument. So when she gets accepted to the Christian Society Speech and Performing Arts summer camp, she's sure that if she wins the final tournament, it'll be her ticket to a scholarship to the best speech school in the country. Unfortunately, the competition at CSSPA is hot-literally. His name is Devon and, whether she likes it or not, being near him makes her sizzle. Luckily she's confident enough to take on the challenge-until she begins to suspect that the private scholarship's benefactor has negative feelings toward Jews. Will hiding her true identity and heritage be worth a shot at her dream?

Debut author Amy Fellner Dominy mixes sweet romance, surprising secrets, and even some matzo ball soup to cook up a funny yet heartfelt story about an outspoken girl who must learn to speak out for herself.]]> 256 Amy Fellner Dominy Bev 5 young-adult, humor 3.87 2011 OyMG
author: Amy Fellner Dominy
name: Bev
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2012/01/01
date added: 2013/05/29
shelves: young-adult, humor
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Erasing Time (Erasing Time, #1)]]> 13015019 368 C.J. Hill 0062123920 Bev 5 3.79 2012 Erasing Time (Erasing Time, #1)
author: C.J. Hill
name: Bev
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2012/01/01
date added: 2013/05/29
shelves: young-adult, time-travel, science-fiction
review:

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