New Releases ~ week of 11/14/2016

A Composition in Murder by Larissa Reinhart (#6 Cherry Tucker Mysteries)

Achilles by Julia Mills (#3 Kings of the Blood)
An Empire Asunder by Evan Currie (#2 Scourwind Legacy)
Chaos by Patricia Cornwell (#24 The Scarpetta Series)
City on Edge by Stefanie Pintoff (#2 Eve Rossi)
Crash and Burn by James Rollins (#12.5 SIGMA Force)
Dark Crime by Christine Feehan (#27 The Carpathians (Dark))
Demons of the Flame Sea by Jean Johnson (Flame Seas #2)
Empire by Logan Rutherford (#1 Empire)
Evan by Dale Mayer (#8 Seals of Honor)
Excalibur Reigning by Kathryn Rose (Metal & Lace #3)
Faithful Addiction by Kennedy Layne (#2 Safeguard)

For the Bear's Eyes Only by Kathy Lyons (#3 Grizzlies Gone Wild)
Into the Lion's Den by Linda Fairstein (#1 Devlin Quick Mystery)
Keeping Time by Wendy Sparrow (#3 Servants of Fate)
Love on Call by Radclyffe (#3 Rivers Community)
Mischief and the Masters by Cherise Sinclair (#12 Masters of the Shadowlands)
Mosaic by Sarah Fine (#3 Reliquary)
Nest by Terry Goodkind
Odessa Sea by Clive Cussler (#24 Dirk Pitt)
Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa (The Bargainer #1)
Rescuing Harley by Susan Stoker (#3 Delta Force Heroes)

Scorched Ice by Erica Stevens (#3 The Fire and Ice Series)
SEAL's Deliverance by Elle James (#9 Take No Prisoners)
Shadow Born by D.K. Holmberg (#3 The Shadow Accords)
Silver-Tongued Devil by Rosalind James (#1 Portland Devils)
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare
The Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans (#3 Mistletoe Collection)
The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke (#4 Under Suspicion)
The Turncoat's Gambit by Andrea Cremer (#3 The Inventor's Secret)
Tied to His Betrayal by Stacey Kennedy (#2 Dirty Little Secrets)
To the Rescue by Stephanie Faris (#3 Piper Morgan)
Treasure & Treason by Lisa Shearin (Raine Benares #8)
Turbo Twenty Three by Janet Evanovich (#23 The Stephanie Plum Series)

New Releases ~ week of 11/02/2015

A Likely Story  by Jenn McKinlay (#6 Library Lover's Mystery)

A Specter of Justice by Mark de Castrique (#5 Sam Blackman Mystery)
A Sword Named Truth by Sherwood Smith (#1 Sword Named Truth)
A Talent for Trickery by Alissa Johnson (#1 Thief-Takers)
Air and Darkness by David Drake (#4 Books of the Elements)
All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (#3 The Naturals)
All Men Fear Me by Donis Casey (#8 Alafair Tucker Mysteries)
Battle of the Bots by C J Richards (#3 Robots Rule)
Born of Betrayal by Sherrilyn Kenyon (#9 The League)
Burn It Up by Cara McKenna (#3 Desert Dogs)
Claws for Alarm by T. C. LoTempio (#2 Nick and Nora Mysteries)
Crowned and Moldering by Kate Carlisle (#3 Fixer-Upper Mystery)
Daniel's Desire by Grace Burrowes (#2 True Gentlemen)

Death Takes Priority by Jean Flowers (#1 A Postmistress Mystery)
Dreamseeker by C S Friedman (#2 Dreamwalker)
Edge of Danger by Katie Reus (#4 Deadly Ops)
Enigma by Tonya Kuper (#2 Schrodinger's Consortium)
For the Dignified Dead by Michael Genelin (#5 Jana Matinova)
Forever And Always by Leigh Greenwood (#3 Cactus Creek Cowboys)
Going Dark by Linda Nagata (#3 Red Trilogy)
Hard Beat by K. Bromberg (#7 Driven Trilogy)
Heart Legacy by Robin D. Owens (#14 Celta)
Her Christmas Protector by Geri Krotow (#1 Silver Valley P.D.)
His Kind of Trouble by Terri L Austin (#2 Beauty and the Brit)
Hollowgirl by Sean Williams (#3 Twinmaker)
How Mirka Caught a Fish by Barry Deutsch (#3 Hereville)

It's In His Touch by Shelly Alexander (#2 Red River Valley)
It's Only Love by Marie Force (#5 Green Mountain)
Jeweled Fire by Sharon Shinn (#3 Elemental Blessing)
Lowball by George R. R. Martin (#22 Wild Cards)
Lowcountry Bordello by Susan M. Boyer (#4 Liz Talbot Mysteries)
Made to Kill by Adam Christopher (#1 L.A. Trilogy)
Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger (#4 The Finishing School)
Mind Magic by Eileen Wilks (#12 World of the Lupi)
Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything by Nancy Martin (#1 Miss Ruffles Mystery)
Murder Most Unfortunate by David P Wagner (#3 Rick Montoya Italian Mystery)
Murder on St Nicholas Avenue by Victoria Thompson (#18 Gaslight

Mysteries)
Mystic Warrior by Alex Archer (#57 Rogue Angel)
Neverseen by Shannon Messenger (#4 Keeper of the Lost Cities)
No Good Deed by Allison Brennan (#10 Lucy Kincaid)
Nuts and Buried by Elizabeth Lee (#3 Nut House Mysteries)
Olive and Let Die by Susannah Hardy (#2 Greek to Me Mystery)
Once Kissed by Cecy Robson (#1 O'Brien Family)
One King’s Way by Samantha Young (#6.5 On Dublin Street)
One Man's Flag by David Downing (#2 Jack McColl)
Passion Ignites by Donna Grant (#7 Dark Kings)
Plot Boiler by Ali Brandon (#5 Black Cat Bookshop Mystery)
Reap the Wind by Karen Chance (#7 Cassandra Palmer)

Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany (#1 A Year Round Christmas Mystery)
Rock Me Two Times by Dawn Ryder (#1 Rock Band)
Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts (#1 Guardians Trilogy)
Stop at Nothing by Kate SeRine (#1 Protect & Serve)
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray (#2 Firebird Trilogy)
The Black Wolves by Kate Elliott (#1 Black Wolves Trilogy)
The Chocolate Falcon Fraud by JoAnna Carl (#15 Chocoholic Mysteries)
The Conjurer's Riddle by Andrea Cremer (#2 The Inventor's Secret)
The Crossing by Michael Connelly (#20 Harry Bosch)
The End by Charlie Higson (#7 Enemy)
The Exhibitionist by Tara Sue Me (#6 Submissive)

The Geomancer by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith (#4 Vampire Empire)
The Gilded Chain by Lauren Smith (#3 Surrender)
The Golem of Paris by Jonathan Kellerman (#2 Detective Jacob Lev)
The Irresistible Rogue by Valerie Bowman (#4 Playful Brides)
The Lost Codex by Alan Jacobson (#3 OPSIG Team Black)
The Midnight Watch by James Rollins (#10.5 SIGMA Force)
The Opposite of Right by Christi Barth (#1 Bad Decisions)
The Puffin of Death by Betty Webb (#4 Gunn Zoo Mystery)
The Revolution of Ivy by Amy Engel (#2 The Book of Ivy)
The Stitching Hour by Amanda Lee (#9 Embroidery Mystery)
Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies by Denise Grover Swank (#8 Rose Gardner Mysteries)
This Gulf of Time and Stars by Julie E Czerneda (#1 Reunification)

Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier (#2 Blackthorn & Grim)
Traffick by Ellen Hopkins (#2 Tricks)
Trimmed with Murder by Sally Goldenbaum (#10 Seaside Knitters Mystery)
Untamed by S C Stephens (#4 Thoughtless)
Viking Warrior Rising by Asa Maria Bradley (#1 Viking Warrior)
White Colander Crime by Victoria Hamilton (#5 Vintage Kitchen Mysteries)
Wild About the Wrangler by Vicki Lewis Thompson (#2 Sexy Texans)
Wrapped and Strapped by Lorelei James (#7 Blacktop Cowboys)
Writing All the Wrongs by Ellery Adams (#7 Books by the Bay Mystery)

Book Review ~ The Inventor's Secret

The Inventor's Secret

by Andrea Cremer
published by Philomel
genre: YA, Steampunk, 

Summary (Goodreads): In this world, sixteen-year-old Charlotte and her fellow refugees have scraped out an existence on the edge of Britain’s industrial empire. Though they live by the skin of their teeth, they have their health (at least when they can find enough food and avoid the Imperial Labor Gatherers) and each other. When a new exile with no memory of his escape  or even his own name seeks shelter in their camp he brings new dangers with him and secrets about the terrible future that awaits all those who have struggled has to live free of the bonds of the empire’s Machineworks.

The Inventor’s Secret is the first book of a YA steampunk series set in an alternate nineteenth-century North America where the Revolutionary War never took place and the British Empire has expanded into a global juggernaut propelled by marvelous and horrible machinery. Perfect for fans of Libba Bray's The Diviners, Cassandra Clare's Clockwork Angel, Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan and Phillip Reeve's Mortal Instruments.

My Thoughts: This was a good read but did not feel like a first book. It felt more like a prequel to a series. While there was a small story about the exile and who he really is, it wasn't enough to carry the whole book. This mainly was an introduction into this new world and the characters that live there.
I could have done without the romance drama/ love triangle that appeared even though one had only known Charlotte for minutes. Charlotte and Jack seemed too immature and then throw in Jack's brother and we have unneeded drama considering the world is in the middle of a war.
I liked the side characters we meet in the city from the clueless (or not) wife to the step sister that seems to have more sense than all the exiles put together.
Overall, there was not enough story to carry this book. The secret that is hinted at in the title had no effect on this book. If this had been a prequel I might have rated it higher but as is there wasn't enough depth and it focuses on the wrong characters.

Rating: 3.5

New Releases ~ week of 12/9/2013

*All links go to Goodreads

A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGuire (#2.5 Beautiful)

Edge of Darkness by J. T. Geissinger (#4 Night Prowler)
Elect by Rachel Van Dyken (#2 Eagle Elite)
Fae by Emily White (#2 Auri)
Heirs of the Body by Carola Dunn (#21 Daisy Dalrymple)
Interlude with Tattoos by KJ Charles (#1.5 Charm of Magpies)
Once Upon a Lie by Maggie Barbieri (#1 Maeve Conlon)
Rearranged by Sara Wolf (#3 Arranged)
Seven Sorcerers by John R. Fultz (#3 Books of the Shaper)
Snakeroot by Andrea Cremer (#1 Nightshade Legacy)
Spoonful of Christmas by Darlene Panzera (#4 The Cupcake Diaries)
Sunny and the Secret Passage by Laura Dower (#4 Palace Puppies)
Tangled Vines by Kay Bratt (#2 Scavenger's Daughter)
The Doctor and the Dinosaurs by Mike Resnick (#4 Weird West Tale)

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman (#1 Starbound)
True by Laurann Dohner (#11 New Species)
Weapons of Mass Distraction by Camilla Chafer (#5 Lexi Graves Mysteries)
Wolf Quest by Bianca D'Arc (#7 Brotherhood of Blood)