This Week's Reads

Once Upon a Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales
anthology (Goodreads)
**Yasmine Galenorn is one of my favorite authors so I had to grab this one. Only familiar with a few of the other authors but I love faerie tales so looking forward to maybe finding new authors to love.

Death in The Floating City by Tasha Alexander
Lady Emily #7 (Goodreads)
**A Crimson Warning pulled me back into this series. It was everything I had been missing in the few before it. Hoping this stays on the same track.

New Releases ~ week of 12/26/2016

A Ghostly Reunion by Tonya Kappes (#5 Ghostly Southern Mystery)

All He Feels - Dax & Ginny by Melanie Shawn (#11 Crossroad)
Bell, Book & Candlemas by Jennifer David Hesse (#2 Wiccan Wheel Mysteries)
Burned by Her Devotion by Melinda Leigh (#2 Rogue Vows)
Crash and Burn by Fern Michaels (#27 Sisterhood)
Darkling Green by Kim Thompson (#2 Eldritch Manor)
Death at St. Vedast by Mary Lawrence (#3 Bianca Goddard Mystery)
Divine Desire by Audrey Carlan (#3 Lotus House)
Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill (#1 Clash of Kingdoms)
Field of Fire by Marc Cameron (#7 Jericho Quinn)
Forever Wilde by Jenn Stark (#6 Immortal Vegas)

Hidden Rock Rescue by K.E. Rocha (#3 Bearhaven)
How Not to Let Go by Emily Foster (#2 The Belhaven Series)
Iced Under by Barbara Ross (#5 Maine Clambake Mysteries)
Journey through Ash and Smoke by Kate Messner (#5 Ranger in Time)
Kill Without Shame by Alexandra Ivy (#2 ARES Security)
Lady Claire Is All That by Maya Rodale (#3 Keeping Up With the Cavendishes)
Lord of the Privateers by Stephanie Laurens (#4 The Adventurers Quartet)
My Champion by Alanea Alder (#7 Bewitched And Bewildered)
Nine of Stars by Laura Bickle (#1 Wildlands)
Preacher's Hellstorm by William W Johnstone (#23 First Mountain Man)
Showing Off by Lauren Myracle, Sarah Mlynowski, Emily Jenkins (#3 Upside-Down Magic)

Sneeze of the Octo-Schnozz by Troy Cummings (#11 Notebook of Doom)
Spiced Apple Winter by Emma Cane (#2 Fairfield Orchard Series)
Stalked by Elizabeth Heiter (#4 Profiler)
Take the Key and Lock Her Up by Ally Carter (#3 Embassy Row)
Talons of Power by Tui T Sutherland (#9 Wings of Fire)
The Curtain of Death by W. E. B. Griffin (#3 A Clandestine Operations)
The Edge of the Blade by Jeffe Kennedy (#2 The Uncharted Realms)
The Fixer by HelenKay Dimon (#1 Games People Play)
The Midnight Bell by Jack Higgins (#22 Sean Dillon)
The Wizard's War by Eric Luper (#4 Key Hunters)
Those Texas Nights by Delores Fossen (#2 Wrangler's Creek)
Titus Returns by Amy Lillard (#5 Wells Landing)
Wild Wicked Scot by Julia London (#1 Highland Grooms)
Wind River Rancher by Lindsay McKenna (#2 in Wind River Valley)
Wyoming Brave by Diana Palmer (#6 Wyoming Men)
Wyvern's Warrior by Deborah Cooke (#3 The Dragons of Incendium)
You Can't Hide by Dan Poblocki (#2 Shadow House)

This Week's Reads

Shadowed Souls edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L Hughes
(Goodreads)
**Love anthologies and this one is full of authors I already read.
Cold Case by Jim Butcher
Sleepover by Seanan McGuire
Eye of Newt by Kevin J Anderson
Impossible Monsters by Rob Thurman
If Wishes Were by Tanya Huff
Solus by Anton Strout
Peacock in Hell by Kat Richardson
What Dwells Within by Lucy A Snyder
Hunter, Healer by Jim C Hines
Baggage by Erik Scott de Bie
Sales. Force. by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys
(Goodreads)
**Not sure why I grabbed this one. I like the simple cover and the cover line.

New Releases ~ week of 12/19/2016

A Date with Desire by Heather McGovern (#2 Honeywilde)

A Day Out At The Market by T E Kinsey (#2 Lady Hardcastle mysteries)
Absolute Trust by Piper J. Drake (#3 True Heroes)
An Amish Reunion by Jo Ann Brown (#4 Amish Hearts)
An Empire of Stones by Bella Forrest (#37 Shade Of Vampire)
Apple Orchard Bride by Jessica Keller (#5 Goose Harbor)
Bound by Alan Baxter (#1 Alex Caine)
Completely Yours by Erin Nichols (#1 Opposites Attract)
Her Guardian Rancher by Brenda Minton (#6 Martin's Crossing)
Look Live by Patricia McLinn (#5 Caught Dead in Wyoming)
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews (Innkeeper Chronicles #3)
Paniha's Taniwha by A. W. Exley (#3.5 Artifact Hunters)
Riding Shotgun by Joanna Wayne (#1 Kavanaugh)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Alexander Freed (#2 Star Wars: Rogue One)
San Antonio Secret by Robin Perini (#7 Carder Texas)
Say A Little Prayer by Giles O'Bryen (#2 James Palatine)
Secrets at the Little Village School by Gervase Phinn (#5 Little Village School)
The Cat Sitter and the Canary by Blaize Clement (#11 Dixie Hemingway Mysteries)
The Italian's Pregnant Virgin by Maisey Yates (#3 Heirs Before Vows)
The Lady Who Drew Me In by Thomasine Rappold (#3 Sole Survivor)
The Makeover Prescription by Christy Jeffries (#5 Sugar Falls Idaho)
The Trouble With Dukes by Grace Burrowes (#1 Windham Brides)

This Week's Reads

The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Kingkiller Chronicle #1 (Goodreads)
**I've been meaning to start this series for long time. Saw it on list recently fantasy series that everyone should try and am finally doing so.

The Starlit Wood edited by Dominik Parisien
(Goodreads)
**I love fairy tale retellings and this anthology showcases some authors I already love and some I've wanted to try out.

Doctor Who: A History of Humankind 
The Doctor's Official Guide (Goodreads)
**Another love. I've only been watching Doctor Who for a couple years but fell fully into everything the Doctor.

The Art of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Leah Gallo
**Me and hubby did not enjoy the movie as much as we were hoping for but our son loved it. He is also the only one of the three who hasn't read the books. Most of the movie reviews I've seen seem to follow that thought. If you've read the books the movie doesn't really work for you.
Still, I love art books and visually the movie was well made.

New Releases ~ week of 12/12/2016

A Harmless Little Plan by Meli Raine (#3 Harmless)

After the Crown by K.B. Wagers (#2 The Indranan War)
Band Together by Noelle Stevenson (#5 Lumberjanes)
Bearly in Control by Milly Taiden (#1 Shifter Undercover)
Becoming a Legend by Sarah Robinson (#3 Kavanagh Legends)
Bestie by Bella Jewel (#1 Joker's Wrath MC Next Generation)
Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha (#17 Beyond)
Broken Angel by Cynthia Eden (#4 Bad Things)
Buried in the Country by Carola Dunn (#4 Cornish Mystery)
Burn So Bright by Jennifer Bernard (#2 Jupiter Point)
Captivated by Love by Brenda Jackson (#4 Grangers)

Crystal Storm by Morgan Rhodes (#5 Falling Kingdoms)
Curried Away by Gail Oust (#4 Piper Prescott Mysteries)
Disaster at Roosevelt Ranch by Elise Faber (#1 Roosevelt Ranch)
Earth Force Rising by Monica Tesler (#1 Bounders)
Five Days of Famous by Alyson Noel
Fluff My Life by Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland #2)
Force of Temptation by Suzanne Wright (#2 Mercury Pack)
Forgotten City by Carrie Smith (#2 Claire Codella Mystery)
Frogs and Kisses by Shanna Swendson (#8 Enchanted, Inc.)
His By Command by Maddie Taylor (#2 Primarian Mates)
Ill Met by Murder by Elizabeth J Duncan (#2 Shakespeare in the Catskills)
Immortal and the Island of Impossible Things by Gene Doucette (#4 Immortal)
J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis by Katy Regnery (#3 The Rousseaus)

Light After Dark by Marie Force (#16 The McCarthys of Gansett Island)
Lost Girl by Chanda Hahn (#1 Neverwood Chronicles)
Max by Sawyer Bennett (#6 Cold Fury Hockey)
Moonshadow by Thea Harrison (#10 Elder Races)
Pamela by Shannon Mayer (#3 The Rylee Adamson Epilogues)
Pot Luck by Kendel Lynn (#4 Elliott Lisbon Mysteries)
River on Fire by Leanne Davis (#5 River's End)
Sweet Surrender by Liliana Hart (#15.5 The MacKenzie Brothers)
The Falcon Tattoo by Bill Rogers (#2 National Crime Agency)

The False Fairy by Jordan Quinn (#11 Kingdom of Wrenly)
The Longest Night by Jennifer Ashley (#4 Nvengaria)
The Seventh Plague by James Rollins (#12 SIGMA Force)
The Spire by Kate Canterbary (#6 The Walshes)
The Tundra Trials by Monica Tesler (#2 Bounders)
Time of Death by Lucy Kerr (#1 Stillwater General Mystery)
Wicked Impulse by Chelle Bliss (#3 Alpha PI)

This Week's Reads

Awakening by  Marjorie M. Liu , artist: Sana Takeda
Monstress #1 (Goodreads)
**I've seen this one around and so when I was in the mood for a graphic novel I went with this one.

Gilded Cage by Vic James
Dark Gifts #1 (Goodreads)
**I might have mentioned this one before when I got it from netgalley but I'm finally reading since the release date is getting closer.
I was completely pulled in just from the prologue. Hope the rest is just as good.

New Releases ~ week of 12/05/2016

A Stone-Kissed Sea by Elizabeth Hunter (#4 Elemental World)

A Wolf Unleashed by Paige Tyler (#5 SWAT)
Affliction by Amy Miles (#3 Withered)
Alien Nation by Gini Koch (#14 Katherine "Kitty" Katt)
All He Wants for Christmas by Elle Wright (#4 Edge of Scandal)
Babylon's Ashes by James S A Corey (#6 Expanse)
Bad Road To Nowhere by Linda Ladd (#1 Will Novak)
Bella Luna by Sharon Struth (#3 Blue Moon Lake)
Better Off Thread by Amanda Lee (#10 Embroidery Mystery)
Blood Vow by J. R. Ward (#2 Black Dagger Legacy)
Brazen by Loren D Estleman (#5 Valentino Mystery)
Christmas Conspiracy by Susan Sleeman (#6 First Responders)

Classified Christmas Mission by Lynette Eason (#4 Wrangler's Corner)
Conspiracy of Silence by Ronie Kendig (#1 Tox Files)
Crime and Catnip by T. C. LoTempio (#3 Nick and Nora Mysteries)
Dead Bath and Beyond by Lorraine Bartlett (#4 Victoria Square Mystery)
Did I Mention I Miss You by Estelle Maskame (#3 Dimily)
Don't Turn Out the Lights by Bernard Minier (#4 Commandant Servaz)
Dreamweaver by C S Friedman (#3 Dreamwalker)
Egg Drop Dead by Laura Childs (#7 Cackleberry Club Mystery)
Enshroud by Andrea Pearson (#8 Mosaic Chronicles)

Everwar by Rob Thurman (#11 Cal and Niko Leandros)
Frosty the Dead Man by Christine Husom (#3 Snow Globe Shop Mystery)
Ghosts of Misty Hollow by Sue Ann Jaffarian (#8 Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery)
Hero by Anna Hackett (#3 Galactic Gladiators)
High Alert by Valerie Hansen, Lenora Worth (#8 Rookie K-9 Unit)
Hit the Spot by J Daniels (#2 Dirty Deeds)
Hot Winter Nights by Codi Gary (#1 Bear Mountain Rescue)
How to Train Your Highlander by Christy English (#3 Broadswords and Ballrooms)
Hunt the Dawn by Abbie Roads (#2 Fatal Dreams)
Island of Glass by Nora Roberts (#3 Guardians Trilogy)
Jed and the Junkyard War by Steven Bohls (#1 Junkyard Wars)

Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden (#2 Texas Bounty)
Marry Me on Main Street by LuAnn McLane (#11 Cricket Creek)
Merry Witchmas by Amanda M. Lee (#11 in Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short)
Mind Games by Heather Petty (#2 Lock & Mori)
Mistletoe Reunion Threat by Virginia Vaughan (#4 Rangers Under Fire)
More Than Anything by Kimberly Lang (#3 Magnolia Beach)
Nico by Sarah Castille (#1 Ruin & Revenge)
Oblivion by Lene Kaaberbol (#2 Wildwitch)
On the Line by Victoria Denault (#5 Hometown Players)
One for the Rogue by Charis Michaels (#3 The Bachelor Lords of London)
Out of Bounds by Val McDermid (#4 Karen Pirie)
Plaid and Plagiarism by Molly MacRae (#1 Highland Bookshop Mystery)
Prose and Cons by Amanda Flower (#2 A Magical Bookshop Mystery)
Riding High by Stacy Finz (#8 Nugget)
Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton (#12 Play By Play)
Runaway Bride by Megan Kelly (#2 Love in Little Tree)
Scared to Death by Rachel Amphlett (#1 Detective Kay Hunter)
Silent Night by Lexi Buchanan (#6 Bad Boy Rockers)
Sinners by John Ringo, Larry Correia (#2 Monster Hunter Memoirs)
Skin Game by Tonia Brown (#3 Skin Trade)
Spindle by E. K. Johnston (#2 Thousand Nights)
Split the Sun by Tessa Elwood (#2 Inherit the Stars)
Spouse on Haunted Hill by E J Copperman (#8 Haunted Guest House Mystery)
Stalking Season by Sandra Robbins (#2 Smoky Mountain Secrets)

Sweet Escape by Nina Lane (#2 Sugar Rush)
Tempest: All New Tales of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey (#11 Valdemar)
Texas Heat by Gerry Bartlett (#1 Texas Heat)
The Altreian Enigma by Richard Phillips (#2 The Rho Agenda Assimilation)
The Baby Proposal by Andrea Laurence (#77 Billionaires and Babies)
The Cowboy SEAL's Jingle Bell Baby by Laura Marie Altom (#4 Cowboy SEALs)
The Divided City by Luke McCallin (#3 Gregor Reinhardt series)
The End of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn (#6 Pegasus)
The Forgotten Tale by J. M. Frey (#2 The Accidental Turn)
The Gentleman From Japan by James Church (#6 Inspector O)

The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen (#1 Tales From Ivy Hill)
The Legacy by Gary Gusick (#3 Darla Cavannah)
The Liberation by Ian Tregillis (#3 Alchemy War)
The Rebel of Clan Kincaid by Lily Blackwood (#2 Clan Kincaid)
The Red Queen Rules by Bourne Morris (#3 Red Solaris Mystery)
The Roman by Sylvain Reynard (#3 The Florentine)
The Soul of a SEAL by Anne Elizabeth (#4 Seal)
The Virgin's Infiltrator by Dominique Eastwick (#56 Black Hills Wolves)
This Is Our Song by Samantha Chase (#4 Shaughnessy Brothers)
Trigger Yappy by Diana Orgain (#2 Yappy Hour)
True Faith and Allegiance by Tom Clancy (#16 Jack Ryan)
Twins for Christmas by Amanda Renee (#9 Welcome to Ramblewood)
Who Watcheth by Helene Tursten (#9 Inspector Huss)
Winter Halo by Keri Arthur (#2 Outcast)
Wounded by Laurell K. Hamilton (#24.5 Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter)

This Week's Reads

**I'm a little behind this week. With the holiday weekend and then getting really sick I've lost track of the days. Last month of 2016, hope it's a good one! 😸

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Reckoners #1 (Goodreads)
**Picked this up based on the cover and author. The concept also sounded interesting. Plus, reviews from my Goodreads friend list all seem positive, so giving a try.

Blood Red Kiss by Kresley Cole, Larissa Ione, Gena Showalter
(Goodreads)
The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole
Forsaken by Night by Larissa Ione
Dark Swan by Gena Showalter
**I was in the mood for short stories. I've read and liked all three authors but have not read any of the series that these shorts come from so will also be a good introduction to them.

New Releases ~ week of 11/28/2016

Blood Eclipse by Gabrielle Bisset, K. M. Scott (#6 Sons of Navarus)

Caught Up in You by Jules Bennett (#2 Monroes)
Chase by Sidney Bristol (#3 Hot Rides)
Chasing Shadows by Karen Harper (#1 South Shores)
Closer to You by Barbara Freethy (#11 Callaways)
Confluence by S. K. Dunstall (#3 Linesman)
Death Comes to the Fair by Catherine Lloyd (#4 Kurland St. Mary Mysteries)
Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt (#11 Maiden Lane)
Family Jewels by Denise Grover Swank (#1 Rose Gardner Investigations)
First Degree Mudder by Kate Dyer-Seeley (#4 Pacific Northwest)
Haunted Is Always in Fashion by Rose Pressey (#4 Haunted Vintage Mystery)
Hope Everlasting by JN Chaney (#3 The Variant Sage)
Ink Exposed by Carrie Ann Ryan (#6 Montgomery Ink)

Just Try To Stop Me by Gregg Olsen (#3 Birdy Waterman)
Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan (#3 Made in New York)
More Than A Promise by Amy Lillard (#2 Quilting Circle)
Perfectly Paired by Lexi Blake (#3 Topped)
Queen of the Cookbooks by Ashton Lee (#5 Cherry Cola Book Club)
Scoring Her by Max Monroe (#3.5 Billionaire Bad Boys)
Shades of Wrath by Karen Rose Smith (#6 Caprice De Luca Mystery)
Taken by Cynthia Eden (#5 Last Option Search Team)
The Battle of Hackham Heath by John Flanagan (#2 Ranger's Apprentice Early Year)
The Blockade by Jean Johnson (#3 First Salik War)
The Cherished Quilt by Amy Clipston (#3 Amish Heirloom)
The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (#3 The Queen of the Tearling)
The Glow of Death by Jane K Cleland (#11 Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries)
The Turtle Invasion by Jack Patton (#10 Battle Bugs)
The Varangian by Bruce MacBain (#3 Odd Tangle-Hair's Saga)
The Viscount and the Vixen by Lorraine Heath (#3 Hellions of Havisham)
Wild at Whiskey Creek by Julie Anne Long (#2 Hellcat Canyon)
Winter Moon by Dannika Dark (#7.5 Seven)
Wrong For Me by Jackie Ashenden (#2 Motor City Royals)
You Make Me Weak by Juliana Stone (#1 The Blackwells of Crystal Lake)

This Week's Reads

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
Charlotte Holmes #1 (Goodreads)
**The cover grabbed my attention, something about the colors works for me even better than the actual picture.
I've been enjoying mysteries of late and this is set in the Holmes world without actually being a Sherlock book.

Breath of Earth by Beth Cato
Breath of Earth #1 (Goodreads)
**Alt History, magic, and steampunk sounds like something that I should like. Steampunk has always been a hit or miss genre for me but I'm hoping with everything else that is part of this book I will still enjoy it.

New Releases ~ week of 11/21/2016

Stone Coffin by Kjell Eriksson (#7 Ann Lindell)

All the Dead Girls by Rita Herron (#3 Graveyard Falls)
An Aspen Creek Christmas by Roxanne Rustand (#4 Aspen Creek Crossroads)
Apes and Angels by Ben Bova (#3 Star Quest)
Arcanum Unbounded by Brandon Sanderson (#3 Cosmere)
Bound By A Scandalous Secret by Diane Gaston (#3 Scandalous Summerfields)
Bound By Betrayal by Trish McCallan (#5 Red-Hot SEALs)
Campbell's Redemption by Sharon Cullen (#3 Highland Pride)
Christmas on Crimson Mountain by Michelle Major (#8 Crimson Colorado)
Fireborn by David Dalglish (#2 Seraphim)

Flawless by Heather Graham (#1 New York Confidential)
For Duty and Honor by Leo J. Maloney (#6 Dan Morgan)
One Enchanted Eve by Melissa Tagg (#2 Enchanted Christmas)
One Hot December by Tiffany Reisz (#3 Men at Work)
One Mistletoe Wish by A C Arthur (#1 Taylors of Temptation)
Over the Edge by Meredith Wild (#3 Bridge )
Scythe by Neal Shusterman (#1 Scythe)
Spaceman by Tom Abrahams (#1 Spaceman Chronicles)
Storm Cell by Brendan DuBois (#10 Lewis Cole)
The Christmas Tree by Allyson Charles (#2 Pineville)
The Danger of Desire by Sabrina Jeffries (#3 Sinful Suitors)
The Operator by Kim Harrison (#2 The Peri Reed Chronicles)
The Prince's Pregnant Mistress by Maisey Yates (#2 Heirs Before Vows)
The Vindication of Man by John C. Wright (#5 The Eschaton Sequence)
Trouble Makes a Comeback by Stephanie Tromly (#2 Trouble)
Unraveling the Pieces by Terri Dulong (#3 Ormond Beach)
Unyielding by Robert J. Crane (#11 Out of the Box)

This Week's Reads

Burning Water by Mercedes Lackey
Diana Tregarde #1 (Goodreads)
**I came across a list of UF series and liked the sound of it. A psychic police detective and a romance writing witch, sounds like a good pairing to me.

Blood Engines by T.A. Pratt
Marla Mason #1 (Goodreads)
**I was in the mood for witches and supernatural when I selected books this week. Another witch (sorcerer) trying to save her city and racing against the clock.

The Dragon Conspiracy and The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin
SPI Files #2 &3 (Goodreads)
**Really enjoyed the first book and finally getting back to the rest of the series.