Basilisk (Chimera#2) by Rob Thurman Urban Fantasy Paperback August 2, 2011 Roc Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “It was five months later that I finally admitted defeat, finishing what I'd started more than half a year ago, and was at my laptop, hacking into Lolcats, crashing the site, and removing any mention of it from the Net. It was evil and had to go." Basilisk picks up 3 years after Chimera ended. Lukas-now called Michael or Misha depending on his mood- and Stefan Continue Reading
Review: To the Moon and Back by Jill Mansell
To The Moon And Back by Jill Mansell Contemporary Romance Paperback September 1, 2011 Sourcebooks Landmark Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Logically you knew it wouldn’t happen, but there is always that deep down niggling feel that you might gaze into the camera and start shouting, “Fuck, fuck, bastard-bollocks, fuck!” When Ellie Kendall lost her husband Jamie in a car accident, she thought her life was over. Her father in-law, a famous actor, moves her to a posh London Continue Reading
Review: Something to Talk About by M.J. Fredrick
Something To Talk About by M.J. Fredrick Contemporary Romance Ebook June 20, 2011 Lyrical Press, Inc. Reviewed by Tori When Ellie Morgan breaks up with the town’s football coach, all she hears is the old refrain, “She’s just like her mother-never happy.” Ellie doesn’t know exactly what she wants in a relationship but she does know she wants more than a self absorbed man who puts her second to his career. So Ellie cuts him loose after a year (a personal best for her) and attempts Continue Reading
Review: Heart Search by Robin D. Owens
Heart Search by (Celta’s Heartmates #10) Robin D. Owen Sci-Fi/Fantasy/ Romance Trade Paperback August 2, 2011 Berkley Trade Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You are a Stup. Laev a stup. Even Brazos is a stup. I am the only Smart One in the Family.” Laev T’Hawthorne hasn’t had an easy life. His family has feuded with the Hollys for centuries-causing death and animosity on both sides. Then he married at a young age to who he assumed was his HeartMate, only to find she wasn’t. She Continue Reading
Review: Deadly Sins by Kylie Brant
Deadly Sins (The Mindhunters #6) by Kylie Brant Romantic Suspense Paperback August 2, 2011 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Leave it alone. Or so help me, I’ll tell him your afraid of mimes.” “Freaks of nature,“he muttered. “But I’m not afraid of them.” Adam Raiker, ex FBI agent and founder of Raiker Forensics, is pulled into a high profile murder investigation when a highly controversial judge and old friend is brutally murdered. Joining him is FBI agent Jaid Continue Reading
Review: Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
Second Grave On The Left (Charlotte Davidson #2) By Darynda Jones Urban Fantasy Hardcover August 16, 2011 St. Martin’s Press Favorite Quote: “Never be afraid to dart around in public humming the Mission Impossible theme.” Second Grave On The Left opens up one week after First Grave On The Right when Charlotte Davidson’s (Charley) secretary/bff Cookie comes to Charley needing help finding her old friend Mimi, who has suddenly disappeared off the face of the Earth. During Charley Continue Reading
Review: The “What If” Guy by Brooke Moss
The “What If” Guy by Brooke Moss Contemporary Romance E book August 5, 2011 Entangled Publishing, LLC Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “This town isn’t perfect, but it’s home. The people here love you, and they helped raise you, no matter what you think.” Everyone has a “what if” guy in their past. The one person whose soul spoke to yours but fate plays with your destiny and you both go your separate ways. In Brooke Moss’s romantic contemporary, our heroine is given a chance to Continue Reading
Review: Retribution by Sherrylin Kenyon
Retribution (Dark Hunter #20) by Sherrilyn Kenyon Paranormal Romance Hardback August 2, 2011 St. Martins Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I won’t die to save the world.” But she would die to save him. William Jessup Brady was once considered one of the most dangerous gun slingers of the wild west. So dangerous in fact, a marshal once laid down his badge rather than take Jess’s horse into custody. Jess continued on his path of destruction until he met the one woman who made Continue Reading
Review: Wicked in your Arms by Sophie Jordan
Wicked In Your Arms (Forgotten Princesses #1) by Sophie Jordan Historical Romance Paperback July 26, 2011 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Do you mean to say you're considering me as a prospective wife? Heavens! Have the stars truly shined down on me? Could I be so blessed?” Crown Prince Sevastian Maksimi, one of Europe's most eligible bachelors, must find a rich wife of impeccable breeding and produce a heir in order to help his country heal from the devastation of Continue Reading
Review: Wild & Steamy Anthology
Wild & Steamy by Meljean Brook, Jill Myles, and Carolyn Crane Paranormal Romance Ebook August 3, 2011 Self Published Reviewed by Tori The Blushing Bounder by Meljean Brook An Iron Seas novella. The search for a killer puts Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth's life in danger and her assistant, Constable Newberry, in the line of fire. But Newberry faces a danger of another kind: to his heart, by the woman forced to marry him. What will it take for this prudish bounder to convince Continue Reading