Twenty years ago shape shifters and announced themselves to the world only to be shunted into “Shiftertowns” and forced to wear collars that control their hunting and fighting instincts (referred to as “Taking the Collar”). Liam Morrissey, big cat-Shifter, is currently liaison between the Shifters of Austin, TX, and the humans of the city. Kim Fraser, attorney, finds herself in the unique position of having to defend a Shifter on a murder charge. Kim ventures to Shiftertown to seek Liam’s Continue Reading
Review: A Black Tie Affair – Sherrill Bodine
As the curator of the costume collection at the Fashion Institute of Chicago, Athena Smith lives and breathes couture dresses. They're her entire life. And while she's in a vast underground bunker where the Insitute houses their private collection of vintage couture clothing, examining the dresses, she falls desperately ill and is rushed to the hospital. Word around town is that Athena has been poisoned. Dr. Drew Montgomery, a physician at Northwestern Hospital, knows all about Athena's Continue Reading
Review: Betting With Lucifer by Tracy Cooper-Posey
Lyndsay is determined to outshine the memory of her mother’s illustrious career. As head of the marketing department of the exclusive Freeman Hotel, high up in the rarified mountain air of northern Washington, she grapples with her rival, the charming newcomer, Lucifer Furey Pierse. No one knows much about Luke except that he could turn a murder into a side-splitting comedy routine and he has an eye for women, including an inexplicable attraction for the prickly, definitely not-interested Continue Reading
Review: Flames On The Sky – Linda LaRoque
Madison Evans inherits a turquoise locket, travels to New Mexico, and discovers the stone dates back to the Chacoan Anasazi. When she's attacked, parks ranger Lonan Stone, of Chacoan ancestry, fears Madison's turquoise is a missing twin of the revered Fallen Skystone, an egg size piece of turquoise on display in Albuquerque. The mystical stone is missing two slivers – one’s in Madison’s necklace, the others whereabouts unknown, but if united by evil they can destroy.Madison and Lonan are part of Continue Reading
Crimson Dawn Volume One – Hallowed Echoes
Crimson Dawn Volume 1 - Hallowed Echoes - MrysticaMay 5, 2009M/M Paranormal Romancee-book, novel lengthDarkroast PressThe prologue starts great with Thomas Hampton, a very old vampire who is seeking Arina, an evil vampire who has escaped and is causing havoc in the world. The Dimensional Guild does not get along with Thomas - they fear he will become too powerful and refuse him membership. More out of spite they leave it up to him to bring Arina back to justice.From here though the book goes a Continue Reading
Mr. Darcy, Vampyre – Amanda Grange
Mr. Darcy, VampyreAugust 1, 2009Paranormal/Historical Romance320 pages, paperbackSourcebooks LandmarkI knew nothing about Mr. Darcy, Vampyre when I received the book besides the fact that it has a really cool cover and title, which suggests Mr. Darcy is in for some fun things. I could hardly wait to see what type of vampire Mr. Darcy would be.As I eagerly started the book, we find Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth on their wedding day - happy and a whole lifetime together to look forward to. During the Continue Reading
Marked – P.C.Cast and Kristin Cast
Marked - P.C. Cast and Kristin CastYoung Adult320 pages, PaperbackSt. Martin's PressI've been reading more Young Adult lately and really enjoying it. Marked is the first in The House of Night series and has been out for awhile. It is quite a popular series, my local bookstore tells me it is the second best selling series after Twilight in their store. However, of the YA that I have read, Marked seems to be written to a more juvenile audience.Zoey Redbird gets marked to become a vampyre (that is Continue Reading