New Releases ~ week of 06/18/2018

A Merciful Silence by Kendra Elliot (#4 Mercy Kilpatrick)

A Privilege of Peace by Tanya Huff (#3 Peacekeeper)
Body of Evidence by Debra Webb (#3 Colby Agency: Sexi-ER)
Envy by Victoria Christopher Murray (#2 Seven Deadly Sins)
Equilibrium by Gene Luen Yang (#3 New Super-Man)
Falling for the Cowgirl by Tina Radcliffe (#2 Big Heart Ranch)
French Quarter Kisses by Zuri Day (#1 Love in the Big Easy)
Ice Cream and Incidents by Agatha Frost (#13 A Peridale Cafe Mystery)
Liam's Lily by Dale Mayer (#1 Heroes of Honor)
Like to Die by David Housewright (#15 Mac McKenzie)
Murder Made to Order by Lena Gregory (#2 All-Day Breakfast Café)
Murder on the Left Bank by Cara Black (#18 Aimee Leduc)
My Own True Duchess by Grace Burrowes (#6 True Gentlemen)
Out of Spite, Out of Mind by Scott Meyer (#5 Magic 2.0)
Outcasts of Order by L E Modesitt Jr (#20 Recluce)
Queen of Lies by Kel Carpenter (#3 Daizlei Academy)

Rainy Day Friends by Jill Shalvis (#2 Wildstone)
Shadow Dancing by Julie Mulhern (#7 The Country Club Murders)
Shelter for Blythe by Susan Stoker (#11 Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes)
Southern Sorcery by Amy Boyles (#4 Sweet Tea Witch Mysteries)
Storm Glass by Jeff Wheeler (#1 Harbinger)
The Cottages on Silver Beach by RaeAnne Thayne (#8 Haven Point)
The Mermaid by Christina Henry
The Raveling by Tamara Leigh (#8 Age of Faith)
True Heart's Desire by Caroline Fyffe (#2 Colorado Hearts)
Untamed Cowboy by Maisey Yates (#2 Gold Valley)
Vampire's Faith by Rebecca Zanetti (#9 Dark Protectors)
Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean (#1 The Bareknuckle Bastards)
You Can't Go Home Again by Robert J. Crane, Lauren Harper (#3 Lies and Vampires)

New Releases ~ week of 07/11/2016

Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo (#8 Kate Burkholder)

An Author's Odyssey by Chris Colfer (#5 Land of Stories)
Clash of Empires by Brian Falkner (#2 Battlesaurus)
Blow Down by JL Merrow (#4 Plumber's Mate)
Born of Magic  by Missy Jane (#2 Gargoyle Masters)
Buried and Shadowed by Alexandra Ivy, Carrie Ann Ryan (#3 Branded Packs)
Cream by Alice Clayton (#2 Hudson Valley)
Dangerous Protector by Katie Reus (#14 Red Stone Security)
Dark Road Home by Anna Carlisle (#1 Gin Sullivan Mystery)
Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery (#1 Los Lobos)
Fatal Headwind by Leena Lehtolainen (#6 Maria Kallio)
Graveyard of the Hesperides by Lindsey Davis (#4 Flavia Albia Mystery)

His to Protect by Stacey Lynn (#2 Fireside)
Hottest Mess by J. Kenner (#2 Dirtiest)
Hound's Bite by E J Stevens (#5 Ivy Granger, Psychic Detective)
Life Debt by Chuck Wendig (#2 Star Wars: Aftermath)
Masks by Robert J. Crane (#9 Out of the Box)
Most Curious Murder by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (#1 Little Library Mystery)
Murder.com by Haughton Murphy (#8 Reuben Frost)
My Name is Milena Rokva by T.A. Maclagan (#2 Alexandra Gastone)
Necessity by Jo Walton (#3 Thessaly series)
Out of Time by Noelle Stevenson (#4 Lumberjanes)
Outlaw by K. Eason (#2 On the Bones of Gods)
Rampage by John Sandford (#3 Singular Menace)

Rebel Magisters by Shanna Swendson (#2 Rebel Mechanics)
Red Queen by Christina Henry (#2 The Chronicles of Alice)
Rookie of the Year by Phil Bildner (#2 Rip and Red)
Salvation Lake by G M Ford (#9 Leo Waterman)
Savage Seduction by Ellis Leigh (#3 Dire Wolves Series)
Shiny Broken Pieces by Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton (#2 Tiny Pretty Things)
Steadfast by Sarina Bowen (#2 True North)
Super Famous by G. Willow Wilson (#5 Ms Marvel)
The Black Widow by Daniel Silva (#16 The Gabriel Allon Series)
The Crimson Skew by S. E. Grove (#3 Mapmakers Trilogy)
The Innocents by Ace Atkins (#6 Quinn Colson)

The Loyal Heart by Shelley Shepard Gray (#1 Lone Star Hero's)
The Scars of Her Dragon by Julia Mills (#14 Dragon Guards)
The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey (#2 The Girl at Midnight)
The Shortcoming by Shay Savage (#4 Unexpected Circumstances)
The Staff and the Blade by Elizabeth Hunter (#4 Irin Chronicles)
Time Siege by Wesley Chu (#2 Time Salvager)
Vita Brevis by Ruth Downie (#7 Medicus Investigation)
Witchdependence Day by Amanda M. Lee (#8.5 Wicked Witches of the Midwest Mysteries)
Wolf Lake by John Verdon (#5 Dave Gurney)

New Releases ~ week of 2/25/2013

Gods and Beasts by Denise Mina (#3 in Alex Morrow)
Winterblaze by Kristen Callihan (#3 in Darkest London )
Molly Moon and the Monster Music by Georgia Byng (#6 in Molly Moon)
The Chieftain by Margaret Mallory (#4 in Return of the Highlanders)
Fragments by Dan Wells (#2 in Partials )
Edge of Dawn by Lara Adrian (#11 in Midnight Breed)
Heart of the Demon by Cynthia Garner (#3 in Warriors of the Rift)
Eternal Vows by Rochelle Alers (#2 in Hideaway Wedding)
Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt (#5 in Maiden Lane)
Precocia: The Sixth Circle of Heck by Dale E Basye (#6 in Heck)
The Goddess Inheritance by Aimée Carter (#3 in Goddess Test)
Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands (#18 in Argeneau Vampires)

Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke (#18 in Hannah Swensen Mysteries)
Forbidden Sister by V. C. Andrews (#1 in Forbidden Sister)
Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow (#20 in Kate Shugak)
Black City by Christina Henry (#5 in Black Wings)
Perfect Timing by Catherine Anderson (#12 in Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan)
Night Resurrected by Joss Ware (#6 in Envy Chronicles )
The Golden Age of Death by Amber Benson (#5 in Calliope Reaper-Jones)
The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (#2 in Shades of London)
The Dance of the Seagull by Andrea Camilleri (#15 in Inspector Montalbano)
The Earl is Mine by Kieran Kramer (#2 in House of Brady)
Immortally Embraced by Angie Fox (#2 in Monster Mash)

How to Seduce an Angel in 10 Days by Saranna DeWylde (#3 in 10 Days )
Dusk with a Dangerous Duke by Alexandra Hawkins (#6 in Lords of Vice)
The Last Debutante by Julia London (#5 in Secrets of Hadley Green)
Dead Letter Day by Eileen Rendahl (#3 in Messenger)
Dualed by Elsie Chapman (#1 in Dualed)
Calculated in Death by J. D. Robb (#45 in In Death)
Beauty Awakened by Gena Showalter (#2 in Angels of the Dark )
The Best Man by Kristan Higgins (#1 in Blue Heron)
Scent to Kill by Chrystle Fiedler (#2 in Natural Remedies Mystery)
Three Sisters by Susan Mallery (#2 in Blackberry Island)
Never Too Far by Abbi Glines (#2 in Too Far)
Heart of Ice by P J Parrish (#11 in Louis Kincaid Mysteries)
Rules of Crime by L J Sellers (#7 in Detective Wade Jackson Mystery)

The Conquest of Lady Cassandra by Madeline Hunter (#2  Fairbourne Quartet )
The Dog King by John Scalzi (#7 in The Human Division)
All I Ever Wanted by Francis Ray (#8 in Grayson Friends)
Wicked Kiss by Michelle Rowen (#2 in Nightwatchers)
A Bride by Moonlight by Liz Carlyle (#4 in Fraternitas Aureae Crucis)
Keeper of the Flame by Bianca D'Arc (#4 Sons of Draconia (Dragon Knights II))
One Night with a Cowboy by Cat Johnson (#1 in Oklahoma Nights)
Lady of Ashes by Christine Trent (#1 in Lady of Ashes Historical Mysteries)
Fade to Black by Francis Knight (#1 in Rojan Dizon)
Crossbones Yard by Kate Rhodes (#1 in Alice Quentin)
Star Crossed by Jennifer Echols (#1 in Stargazer)

The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (#4 in Thora Gudmundsdottir)
The Mysterious Talent Show Mystery by Tony Abbott (#4 in Goofballs)
A White Wind Blew by James Markert (#2 in Waverly Hills)
The Magician's Tower by Shawn Thomas Odyssey (#2 in Wizard of Dark Street)
Hostile Shores by Dewey Lambdin (#19 in Alan Lewrie)
Pulse by Patrick Carman (#1 in Pulse)
Reality Check by Kelli London (#2 in Charly's Epic Fiascos)
The Wrigley Riddle by David A Kelly (#6 in Ballpark Mysteries)
Traitor in the Shipyard by Kathleen Ernst (#7 in American Girls: Caroline)
Killing Rachel by Anne Cassidy (#2 in Murder Notebooks)

Book Review ~ Black Wings

Black Wings (Madeline Black #1)
By Christina Henry
Published By ACE

Summary (Goodreads): As an Agent of Death, Madeline Black is responsible for escorting the souls of the dearly departed to the afterlife. It's a 24/7 job with a lousy benefits package.

Maddy's position may come with magical powers and an impressive wingspan, but it doesn't pay the bills. And then there are her infuriating boss, tenant woes, and a cranky, popcorn-loving gargoyle to contend with.

Things start looking up, though, when tall, dark, and handsome Gabriel Angeloscuro agrees to rent the empty apartment in Maddy's building. It's probably just a coincidence that as soon as he moves in demons appear on the front lawn. But when an unholy monster is unleashed upon the streets of Chicago, Maddy discovers powers she never knew she possessed. Powers linked to a family legacy of tarnished halos.

Powers that place her directly between the light of Heaven and the fires of Hell...

My Thoughts: This was a good start to this series. Maddie is an Agent of Death that takes souls to the Door when they pass. Maddie comes across as an everyday female, besides being an Agent of Death. She has concerns about bills, friends, a boss she can't stand, all this makes her someone you can relate to. 

There's a little of everything in this book. You get  Fallen Angels, Demons, Witches , Nephilim and a Gargoyle that provides great comic relief throughout the book. My favorite parts of the book were the flashbacks to Maddies ancestor and the story of how she came to gain her other powers. On the other hand I also didn't like how they changed Evangeline  for a few pages just so Maddie would have a chance to stand up on her own and show growth. I think this could have been done in a different way that didn't go against the rest of the book. 

I am looking forward to this series. Intrigue about the future was set up in a way that makes you want to find out what happens next. For romance junkies it seems to have it all, forbidden love, an arranged marriage from a father I would not want to say no to, and a possible office romance. 

Rating: 4