(This is how I actually picture Jax - which doesn't always happen with covers)Wanderlust - Ann AguirreAugust 26, 2008Urban FantasyPaperback, 320 pagesAceI recently read Grimspace and was wowed big time. I immediately picked up Wanderlust and I have to say that I am continued to be impressed.Wanderlust starts right where Grimspace left off. Sirantha Jax and crew - including love interest March and once enemy Dina, have been quarantined from each other until their stories of what happened to the Continue Reading
Blood Vice – Keith Melton
(*Hot Cover Alert* *Hot Cover Alert*)Blood Vice - Keith MeltonFebruary 17, 2009Urban FantasyNovel, e-bookSamhain PublishingMaria is the only full blooded child of Don Alberto Ricardi, a top mafia family in the Boston area. She is an accountant, but she is a dirty one (isn't that the best kind?) Her job is to keep her family's books clean and make them money, and she does an excellent job of it. After her brother had died, she wanted more responsibility but because she is female, her father will Continue Reading
Some Girls Bite – Chloe Neill
(This cover is just ok for me)Some Girls Bite: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel - Chloe NeillUrban FantasyApril 7, 2009Paperback, 352 pagesPenguinI started this book when I was with a friend of mine and at one point I turned to her and said, "crap this book is good!" - yes, I'm very poetic with words. She asked me what the book was about, and I said, I have no idea, I'm only on page fifteen. With the style of writing and quick wit, I already knew this would be a keeper.Merit, and she only goes by Continue Reading
Hunting Ground – Patricia Briggs
(Her covers are beautifully done)Hunting Ground - Patricia BriggsAugust 25, 2009Alpha & Omega Book 2 Urban FantasyPaperback, 304 pagesAceHunting Ground starts a few weeks after Cry Wolf ends and this is one series that I would definitely recommend you read in order.Charles and Anna are still in an early point in there relationship. Anna was changed against her will into a werewolf in an act of physical abuse and she is still suffering the consequences. Her ex-Alpha was brutal and when she Continue Reading
Dreamfever – Karen Marie Moning (Spoilers!)
**SPOILERS** **SPOILERS** **SPOILERS**I'm talking about it all - here and in comments..so please don't read if you have not read this book!I couldn't decide if I should talk spoilers or not, but Karen Moning has a big spoiler thread going on her message boards, so I decided to let it spill. But this is your final warning!!First of all - I loved the book. We got some answers, and of course lots of questions remain!! Let me just say that my favorite line from the entire series, which is in this Continue Reading
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker – Leanna Renee Hieber Review
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker - Leanna Renee Hieber August 25, 2009 Paperback, 320 pages Leisure Books Leanna Renee Hieber and I have something in common - a love for the smexy Alan Rickman. I have a picture of him here on my blog, as one of my smexy men, and when she saw it, she knew this book was for me. She emailed me and said the hero of her book, Alexi Rychman, is intentionally Rickman-esque, she even dedicated the book to him. Of course, this excited me greatly - Continue Reading
Passionate – Anthea Lawson
(Don't even get me started - this book deserves a cover rich and exotic, not standard naked man. Trust me, just turn the page and start reading:)Passionate - Anthea LawsonOctober 1, 2008Historical Romance320 pages, paperbackZebraJames Huntingdon does not have a great fortune, being left little when his father died and was taken in by his uncle. His grandfather had made an important botanical discovery in Tunisia but was unable to bring back a specimen. In his will he states that whichever Continue Reading
The Sweet Scent of Blood – Suzanne McLeod
(Nice sophisticated cover!)Genny works for Spellcrackers.com, an agency owned by witches that literally cracks the unwanted spells for their clients. Genny is Fae, she is able to absorb any spell, but she is unable to cast even the easiest of spells. She is also part vampire and she struggles with her bloodlust. Witches and vampires are mortal enemies so she must keep her vampire side a secret.She works with Finn, another fae, a satyr to be more precise (he even comes with smexy horns) and he Continue Reading
Branded by Fire – Nalini Singh
(I think this is one of the better covers in this series.) Branded by Fire - Nalini SinghJuly 7, 2009Paperback, 368 pagesBerkleyParanormal RomanceRiley Kincaid is the Snowdancer's most senior lieutenant. He is calm, practical, but very dominant. He has spent most of his life raising his younger brother and sister after his parents died. His younger sister Brenna, who was the heroine in Caressed by Ice, was kidnapped by a Psy and almost killed before being rescued by himself and fellow shifters. Continue Reading
Eve of Destruction – S.J. Day
Eve of Destruction - S.J. DayJune 2, 2009Paperback, 432 pagesTor BooksUrban FantasyWhile I enjoyed the first book in the series, Eve of Darkness, this second book in the series is where S.J. Day hits her stride.The book starts with Eve waking up after her terrifying ordeal at the end of book one. In summary, she fought an infernal dragon and lost. Thankfully, when you have Cain and Abel on your side, you get a second chance.Eve gets sent to a Mark boot camp so she can have official training with Continue Reading