This Week's Reads

Featherdancer
by windfalcon (DeviantArt)

All The Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
(Goodreads)
**This is a standalone from one of my favorite authors. At least based on her Raven Cycle series.
It's about wanted miracles, magic, and a family of cousins that can perform the miracles.

Jade City by Fonda Lee
The Green Bone Saga #1 (Goodreads)
**Picked Jade City from the tag line. Another magic run world that uses jade to enhance their powers. A new drug makes it so anyone can wield the power of jade. Chaos ensues.

The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
Iskari #1 (Goodreads)
**Not familiar with either this book or author but had to pick it up based on the cover alone. Plus, it has dragons/dragonslayers. Light/Dark = Namsara/Iskari

New Releases ~ week of 11/27/2017

A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase (#1 Difficult Dukes)

A Hope Divided by Alyssa Cole (#2 The Loyal League)
A Poison Manicure & Peach Liqueur by Sibel Hodge (#19 Danger Cove)
Altered To Death by Christina Freeburn (#6 Faith Hunter Scrap This Mysteries)
Book Club Babies by Ashton Lee (#6 Cherry Cola Book Club)
Celestial Fire by Emma L. Adams (#2 Celestial Marked)
Countdown by Carey Baldwin (#5 Cassidy & Spenser)
Crowned by Christina Bauer (#4 Beholder)
Dangerously Divine by Deborah Blake (#2 Broken Riders)
Darkness Falling by Ian Douglas (#2 Andromedan Dark)
Death Comes to the School by Catherine Lloyd (#5 Kurland St. Mary Mysteries)
Ditched 4 Murder by J. C. Eaton (#2 Sophie Kimball)
Etched in Tears by Cheryl Hollon (#4 A Webb's Glass Shop Mystery)

Extinction War by Nicholas Sansbury Smith (#7 Extinction Cycle)
Final Fall by Heather Petty (#3 Lock & Mori)
Flaw Abiding Citizen by Christy Barritt (#6 Worst Detective Ever)
Full Bodied Murder by Christine E. Blum (#1 Rose Avenue Wine Club Mystery)
Hark the Herald Angels Slay by Vicki Delany (#3 A Year Round Christmas Mystery)
In Cave Danger by Kate Dyer-Seeley (#5 Pacific Northwest)
Into the Fire by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon (#2 Compass Boys)
It's Hard Out Here For A Duke by Maya Rodale (#4 Keeping Up With the Cavendishes)
Mist's Edge by T.A. White (#2 The Broken Lands)
Murder in the Lincoln White House by C M Gleason (#1 Lincoln's White House Mysteries)
Of Murder and Men by Lynn Cahoon (#3 Cat Latimer Mystery)
Reborn by Delilah Marvelle (#3 The Whipping Society)
The Bachelor Contract by Rachel Van Dyken (#3 The Bachelors of Arizona)
The Brightest Embers by Jeaniene Frost (#3 Broken Destiny)
The Lady Travelers Guide to Larceny With a Dashing Stranger by Victoria Alexander (#2 The Lady Travelers Guide)
The Plot is Murder by V. M. Burns (#1 Mystery Bookshop)
Thin Ice by Maryann Jordan (#7 Sleeper Seals)
Power and Empire by Tom Clancy,  Marc Cameron (#17 Jack Ryan)
Undercover Attraction by Katee Robert (#5 The O'Malleys)
We Have Lost The Chihuahuas by Paul Mathews (#4 We Have Lost)
Wrong To Need You by Alisha Rai (#2 Forbidden Hearts)
X Marks The Scot by Kaitlyn Dunnett (#11 Liss MacCrimmon Mystery)

Happy Turkey Day!

To all celebrating this Turkey day, Have a Happy and Safe Holiday Weekend!

Thanksgiving Fun Facts

*Thanksgiving is the reason for TV dinners! In 1953, Swanson had so much extra turkey (260 tons) that a salesman told them they should package it onto aluminum trays with other sides like sweet potatoes — and the first TV dinner was born!

*The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade began in 1924 with 400 employees marching from Convent Ave to 145th street in New York City. No large balloons were at this parade, as it featured only live animals from Central Park Zoo.

*How did the tradition of watching football on Thanksgiving start? The NFL started the Thanksgiving Classic games in 1920 and since then the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys have hosted games on Turkey Day. In 2006, a third game was added with different teams hosting.

*Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's first meal in space after walking on the moon was foil packets with roasted turkey.

*The heaviest turkey on record, according to the Guinness Book of Records, weighs 86 pounds.

*Campbell's soup created green bean casserole for an annual cookbook 50 years ago. It now sells $20 million worth of cream of mushroom soup.

New Releases ~ week of 11/20/2017

A Christmas Bride For The King by Abby Green (#2 Rulers of the Desert)
Demon of Destruction by M R Mathias (#3 Fantastica)

Head Coach by Lia Riley (#2 Hellions Angels)
Lure of Oblivion by Suzanne Wright (#3 Mercury Pack)
Maid of Ice by Shona Husk (#3 Blood & Silver)
Misadventures of a Virgin by Meredith Wild (#5 Misadventures)
Murder in the Manuscript Room by Con Lehane (#2 Raymond Ambler)
The Passion of Cleopatra by Anne Rice (#2 Ramses the Damned)
Secrets of Cavendon by Barbara Taylor Bradford (#4 Cavendon)
Siege of Shadows by Sarah Raughley (#2 Effigies)
Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper (#1 Southern Eclectic)
The Caldera by John Flanagan (#7 Brotherband Chronicles)
The Chase by Sara Portman (#3 Brides of Beadwell)
The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories by Charlaine Harris
The Duke Who Came To Town by Sophie Barnes (#3 Honorable Scoundrels)
The Rancher's Christmas Bride by Brenda Minton (#2 Bluebonnet Springs)

This Week's Reads

Water on Mars
by Cryptid-Creations (DeviantArt)

**Needed some cute this week and Cryptid-Creations art always does the trick!

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
Stalking Jack the Ripper #1 (Goodreads)
**Accidently grabbed the 2nd in this series a couple weeks ago. I've been wanting to read these since I first saw this cover.

Sandwiches: More than you've ever wanted to know about Making and Eating by Alison Deering
(Goodreads)
**Weird info and recipes; two things that I enjoy. My family is good at trying new recipes but we've never tried it with sandwiches. I like the layout and illustrations of this one.

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
NeverMoor #1 (Goodreads)
**This sounded really interesting and after reading a thick epic fantasy I needed something lighter.

New Releases ~ week of 11/13/2017

A Cold Dark Promise by Toni Anderson (#9 Cold Justice)

A Season to Lie by Emily Littlejohn (#2 Detective Gemma Monroe)
After the End of the World by Jonathan L Howard (#2 Carter & Lovecraft)
American Drifter by Heather Graham, Chad Michael Murray
As Red as Any Blood by Patrice Greenwood (#6 Wisteria Tearoom Mysteries)
At Your Service by Lexi Blake (#4 Topped)
Beyond the Empire by K.B. Wagers (#3 The Indranan War)
Cherish Hard by Nalini Singh (#1 Hard Play)
Chest of Stone by Vicki Stiefel (#2 The Afterworld Chronicles)
City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (#1 City of Brass Trilogy)
Crowned by Hate by Amo Jones (#1 Crowned)
Cuffed by His Charm by Stacey Kennedy (#4 Dirty Little Secrets)
Dark Deeds by Mike Brooks (#3 Keiko)
Darkness at the Edge of Town by Jennifer Harlow (#2 Iris Ballard Series)

Deadhouse Landing by Ian C. Esslemont (#2 Path to Ascendancy)
Deadly Premonitions by Kennedy Layne (#6 Safeguard)
Death in the Stacks by Jenn McKinlay (#8 Library Lover's Mystery)
Defiant Queen by Meghan March (#2 The Anti-Heroes Collection)
Enchanted by the Highlander by Lecia Cornwall (#4 Highland Fairy Tale)
End Game by David Baldacci (#5 Will Robie)
Exiled Queen by Emma L. Adams (#3 The Thief's Talisman)
How to Woo a Wallflower by Christy Carlyle (#3 Romancing the Rules)
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (#2 Rolling in the Deep)
Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair (#4 The Wild Hunt Legacy)
Misadventures of a Valedictorian by Meredith Wild (#4 Misadventures)
Montana Rescue by Elle James (#8 Brotherhood Protectors)
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (#3 Stormlight Archive)
Obsession Mine by Anna Zaires (#2 Tormentor Mine)
Once Upon a Maiden Lane by Elizabeth Hoyt (#12.5 Maiden Lane)
Out of Remote Control by Ada Hopper (#7 The DATA Set)
Romancing the Scot by May McGoldrick (#1 The Pennington Family)
Runebinder by Alex Kahler (#1 The Runebinder Chronicles)
Secret Heir by Victoria Pinder (#6 The House of Morgan)
Seducing the Defendant by Chantal Fernando (#2 Conflict of Interest)
Seeds of Revenge by Wendy Tyson (#3 A Greenhouse Mystery)
Seventh Decimate by Stephen R Donaldson (#1 The Great God's War)
The Bed Mate by Kendall Ryan (#3.5 Roomates)
The Earl Who Loved Her by Sophie Barnes (#2 Honorable Scoundrels)
The Eterna Solution by Leanna Renee Hieber (#3 The Eterna Files)

The Forsaken Throne by Jeff Wheeler (#6 The Kingfountain Series)
The Ghost of Christmas Past by Rhys Bowen (#17 Molly Murphy)
The Infiltrator by Brad Taylor (#1 Taskforce)
The Lullaby Girl by Loreth Anne White (#2 Angie Pallorino)
The Negotiator by HelenKay Dimon (#2.5 Games People Play)
The Silent Duke by Jess Michaels (#4 The 1797 Club)
Twelfth Night With the Earl by Anna Bradley (#3 The Sutherland Sisters)
Twisted Truths by Rebecca Zanetti (#3 Blood Brothers)
Up for Heir by Ruth Cardello (#2 Westerly Billionaire)
Whichwood by Tahereh Mafi (#2 Furthermore)
Wicked Torture by J. Kenner (#3 Stark World)

This Week's Reads

Fantasy Landscape
by WiredHuman (DeviantArt)

Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman
The Split Worlds #1 (Goodreads)
**This showed up on some fantasy list (cannot remember where  I saw it) and looked like an interesting series.

Virtue Falls by Christina Dodd
Virtue Falls #1 (Goodreads)
**Decided to switch it up a bit and go for a romantic suspense. I've liked other books by this author and have heard good things about this series.

New Releases ~ week of 11/06/2017

**This has to be one of the largest release lists from this year

A Bella Flora Christmas by Wendy Wax (#5.5 Beach)

A Christmas Return by Anne Perry (#15 Christmas novellas)
A Deadly ÉClair by Daryl Wood Gerber (#1 A French Bistro Mystery)
A Family for Christmas by Tara Taylor Quinn (#13 Where Secrets are Safe)
A Late Frost by Sheila Connolly (#11 Orchard Mystery)
A Snowbound Cowboy Christmas by Amanda Renee (#1 Home on the Ranch: Montana)
A Texas Soldier's Christmas by Cathy Gillen Thacker (#5 Texas Legacies: The Lockharts)
An Ex For Christmas by Lauren Layne (#5 Love Unexpectedly)
Assault and Buttery by Kristi Abbott (#3 Popcorn Shop Mystery)
Blue Ridge Sunrise by Denise Hunter (#1 Blue Ridge)
Christmas on the Run by Shirlee McCoy (#8 Mission: Rescue)

City of Lies by Victoria Thompson (#1 Counterfeit Lady Novel)
Cowboy Christmas Guardian by Dana Mentink (#1 Gold Country Cowboys)
Dead of Winter by Wendy Corsi Staub (#3 Lily Dale Mystery)
Deadly Dirty Martinis by Elizabeth Ashby, Nicole Leiren (#18 Danger Cove)
Death at the Emerald by R J Koreto (#3 Lady Frances Ffolkes Mystery)
Deja New by MaryJanice Davidson (#2 Insighter)
Digging for Trouble by Linda Fairstein (#2 Devlin Quick Mystery)
Dirty Filthy Fix by Laurelin Paige (#5.5 Fixed)
Easy Errors by Steven F Havill (#22 Undersheriff Bill Gastner)
Eaves of Destruction by Kate Carlisle (#5 Fixer-Upper Mystery)
Expecting a Lone Star Heir by  Sara Orwig (#1 Texas Promises)
Follow Me by Sara Shepard (#2 The Amateurs)

Gabe by Katie Ashley (#1 Jacob's Ladder)
Gluttony Bay by Matt Wallace (#6 Sin Du Jour)
Hellwalkers by Alexander Gordon Smith (#3 The Devil's Engine)
Heroes of Tomorrow by Heather Long (#4 Boomers)
Highland Dragon Rebel by Isabel Cooper (#2 Dawn of the Highland Dragon)
Holiday Wishes by Jill Shalvis (#4.5 Heartbreaker Bay)
Jade City by Fonda Lee (#1 The Green Bone Saga)
Let Darkness Bury the Dead by Maureen Jennings (#9 Detective Murdoch)
Lone Star Christmas Rescue by Margaret Daley (#2 Lone Star Justice)
Manhunt by James Patterson (#10.5 Michael Bennett)
Midnight Labyrinth by Elizabeth Hunter (#4 Elemental Legacy)
Mocha and Murder by Christy Murphy (#4 Mom and Christy's Cozies)

Much Ado About Murder by Elizabeth J Duncan (#3 Shakespeare in the Catskills)
Nightfall by Shannon Messenger (#6 Keeper of the Lost Cities)
No Other Duke Will Do by Grace Burrowes (#3 Windham Brides)
Not a Creature Was Purring by Krista Davis (#5 Paws and Claws Mysteries)
Of Spice and Men by Sarah Fox (#3 Pancake House Mystery)
On the Line by Stina Lindenblatt (#2 Off the Ice)
Out of the Ashes by Pittacus Lore (#1 The Legacy Chronicles)
Out of the Ordinary by Jen Turano (#2 Apart From the Crowd)
Perfect Gravity by Vivien Jackson (#2 Tether)
Potions and Pastries by Bailey Cates (#7 A Magical Bakery Mystery)
Renegades by Thomas Locke (#2 Recruits)
Renegades by Marissa Meyer (#1 Renegades)

Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman (#2 Vengeance Road)
Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne (Rosemarked #1)
Shadowborn by David Dalglish (#3 Seraphim)
Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh (#3 Westcott)
Terminal Alliance by Jim C Hines (#1 Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse)
That Olde White Magick by Sharon Pape (#2 An Abracadabra Mystery)
The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin (#1 The Shaw Confessions)
The Billionaire's Secrets by J. S. Scott (#6 Sinclairs)
The Bull Rider's Plan by Jeannie Watt (#4 Montana Bull Riders)
The Callback by Brandy L Rivers (#1 Love Behind the Scenes)
The Cowboy SEAL's Christmas Baby by Laura Marie Altom (#5 Cowboy SEALs)
The Getaway by Jeff Kinney (#12 Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
The Ghosts of Galway by Ken Bruen (#13 Jack Taylor)
The Gift by Shelley Shepard Gray (#3 Amish of Hart County)
The Governess Who Captured His Heart by Sophie Barnes (#1 Honorable Scoundrels)
The House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith (#18 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
The Midnight Line by Lee Child (#22 Jack Reacher)
The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans (#4 Christmas Box)
The Outpost by Devney Perry (#4 Jamison Valley)
The Realms of God by Michael Livingston (#3 Shards of Heaven)
The Rule of Luck by Catherine Cerveny (#1 Felicia Sevigny)
The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason (#1 Konrad)
The Sisters of the Crescent Empress by Leena Likitalo (#2 The Waning Moon)
The Speaker by Traci Chee (#2 Sea of Ink and Gold)
The Tree by Na'amen Gobert Tilahun (#2 Wrath & Athenaeum)
The Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby (#8 Wine Country Mystery)
Third Son's a Charm by Shana Galen (#1 Survivors)
Three Strikes by Kate Kessler (#3 Audrey Harte)
To Marry a Texas Outlaw by Linda Broday (#3 Men of Legend)
Truth Be Told by Kendra Elliot (#2 Rogue Justice)
Twelve by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (#4.5 The Naturals)
Twelve Nights of Temptation by Barbara Dunlop (#2 Whiskey Bay Brides)
Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison (#12 The Oregon Files)
Unholy City by Carrie Smith (#3 Claire Codella Mystery)
War of the Cards by Colleen Oakes (Queen of Hearts Saga #3)
Wheels Up by Annabeth Albert (#4 Out of Uniform)
Wolf Hunter by Jane Godman (#5 Arctic Brotherhood)

This Week's Reads

Autumn
by Jasmine Becket-Griffith (DeviantArt)

Secondborn by Amy A Bartol
(Goodreads)
**I was not familiar with this book when I was it on our libraries shelf. This was another cover grab. I really like the colors and the simpleness of the pic. Add in Dystopia, which I haven't read much of this year, and I'm looking forward to this one.

Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh
(Goodreads)
**Another dystopia here. I'm not sure about this one but I grabbed it as a just in case. It's a kind of military dystopia, which anything military is hit or miss for me.