New Releases ~ week of 01/30/2017

A Death at the Yoga Cafe by Michelle Kelly (#2 Downward Facing Death)

A Note Yet Unsung by Tamera Alexander (#3 Belmont Mansion)
Ashes to Fire by Emily B. Martin (#2 Woodwalker)
B.U.R.P. Strikes Back by Wendy Mass (#5 Space Taxi)
Between the Devil and the Duke by Kelly Bowen (#3 Season for Scandal)
Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor (#2 Binti)
Call to Honor by Tawny Weber (#1 SEAL Brotherhood)
Caraval by Stephanie Garber (#1 Caraval)
Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer (#1 Titan's Forest Trilogy)
Dark Side of the Rainbow by Danielle Paige (#0.8 Dorothy Must Die)
Dawn Study by Maria V Snyder (#6 Study)
Distraction by Nicole Edwards (#10 Club Destiny Novel)
Drowning Tides by Karen Harper (#2 South Shores)

Entertaining Death by Lesley Cookman (#2 Alexandrians)
Falling for the Highlander by Lynsay Sands (#4 English Bride in Scotland)
Fever in the Dark by Ellen Hart (#24 Jane Lawless)
Final Exit by Lena Diaz (#3 Exit Inc.)
Fury on Fire by Sophie Jordan (#3 Devil's Rock)
Hard Rhythm by Cecilia Tan (#3 Secrets of a Rock Star)
High Force by L J Ross (#5 DCI Ryan)
Into the Firestorm by Kat Martin (#3 Boss)
It Started With A Kiss by Marina Adair (#1 Sequoia Lake)
Jacked Up by Samantha Kane (#3 Birmingham Rebels)
Justice Delayed by Patricia Bradley (#1 Memphis Cold Case)

Justice Syndrome by Rebecca Zanetti (#3 Scorpius Syndrome)
Law and Murder by Mindy Klasky (#2 Fright Court)
Long Way Home by Katie McGarry (#3 Thunder Road)
Meet Me at Willoughby Close by Kate Hewitt (#2 Willoughby Close)
Mogul by Joanna Shupe (#3 The Knickerbocker Club)
Moonlight Prince by Karpov Kinrade (#4 Vampire Girl)
Moving Target by Lynette Eason (#3 Elite Guardians)
Murder Go Round by Carol J. Perry (#4 Witch City Mystery)
Murder Wears White by Stephanie Blackmoore (#2 A Wedding Planner Mystery)
Rattle the Bones by Eric R Asher (#6 Vesik)
Rescue Me by Susan May Warren (#2 Montana Rescue)
Samuel by Beth Williamson (#3 Circle Eight - Millennium)

Seven Days to Hell by William W Johnstone, J A Johnstone (#5 Savage Texas)
Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James (#10 Desperate Duchesses)
Spawn Campers by Skyler Grant (#2 The Crucible Shard)
Still Life by Dani Pettrey (#2 Chesapeake Valor)
The Dark Days Pact by Alison Goodman (#2 Lady Helen)
The Ghoul Vendetta by Lisa Shearin (#5 SPI Files)
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch (#6 PC Peter Grant)
The Knight by Skye Warren (#2 Endgame)
The Maverick Cowboy by Kate Pearce (#2 Morgan Ranch)
The Newcomer by Suzanne Woods Fisher (#2 Amish Beginnings)
The Omens and Artifacts by Elizabeth Hunter (#3 Elemental Legacy Novellas)
The Prisoner by Alex Berenson (#11 John Wells)
To Tame a Wild Lady by Ashlyn MacNamara (#1 Duke-Defying Daughters)
Uncharted by Evangeline Anderson (#18 Brides of the Kindred)
Unpunished by Lisa Black (#2 Gardiner and Renner)
Valley of Bones by Dusty Richards (#10 Byrnes Family Ranch)
White Hell by Remington Kane (#17 Tanner)
Wicked Cowboy Charm by Carolyn Brown (#4 Lucky Penny Ranch)
Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer (#1 Wires and Nerve)
Yours Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick (#2 Pumpkin Falls Mystery)

Book Spotlight: The Ghoul Vendetta

Spotlight information for THE GHOUL VENDETTA by Lisa Shearin

ISBN: 9781101989401 | Ace Mass Market | $7.99 | 304
On-sale date: January 31, 2017

The agents of Supernatural Protection & Investigations (SPI) are paid to keep the peace. But that’s not so easy when an endless evil threatens to tear that peace to pieces...

A vampire gangster’s nephew is abducted off his yacht by a bunch of low-rent Creatures from the Black Lagoon. A slew of banks are knocked over by what looks like the cast of Night of the Living Dead. All of this may seem like the movies, but, I promise you, it’s not.

I’m Makenna Fraser, seer for SPI, and I know the culprits aren’t wearing disguises or makeup. They’re real. Deadly real. Especially their leader—an ancient shapeshifter who leaves a trail of chaos and blood in his wake. Now, he’s taken my partner, Ian—and his intentions aren’t pretty.

The worst part? This is only the beginning...

The beginning of the end of the human race.

Lisa Shearin is the New York Times bestselling author of the Raine Benares novels, a comedic fantasy adventure series, as well as the SPI Files novels (The Brimstone Deception, The Dragon Conspiracy, The Grendel Affair), an urban fantasy series best described as Men in Black with supernaturals instead of aliens. Lisa is a voracious collector of fountain pens, teapots, and teacups, both vintage and modern. She lives on a small farm in North Carolina with her husband, three spoiled-rotten retired racing greyhounds, and enough deer and woodland creatures to fill a Disney movie.

Book Review ~ The Ghoul Vendetta

The Ghoul Vendetta

by Lisa Shearin
published by Berkley Publishing Group/Ace Books
expected release date: January 31, 2017
genre: Adult, Urban Fantasy, Supernatural

**Received e-arc from netGalley and publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Summary (Goodreads): Men in Black meets Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum in the fourth urban fantasy novel in the series starring seer Makenna Fraser and her fellow agents at Supernatural Protection & Investigation.
The agents of Supernatural Protection & Investigations (SPI) are paid to keep the peace. But that’s not so easy when an endless evil threatens to tear that peace to pieces...
A vampire gangster’s nephew is abducted off his yacht by a bunch of low-rent Creatures from the Black Lagoon. A slew of banks are knocked over by what looks like the cast of Night of the Living Dead. All of this may seem like the movies, but, I promise you, it’s not.
I’m Makenna Fraser, seer for SPI, and I know the culprits aren’t wearing disguises or makeup. They’re real. Deadly real. Especially their leader—an ancient shapeshifter who leaves a trail of chaos and blood in his wake. Now, he’s taken my partner, Ian—and his intentions aren’t pretty.
The worst part? This is only the beginning...
The beginning of the end of the human race.

My Thoughts: This was my favorite book, so far, in this series. We see both professional and personal growth in Mac.
We start with another date for Mac and Rake and of course it is interrupted by another weird attack. This time by a kraken and creatures from the black lagoon kidnapping a prominent member of vampire society. These two just need to be allowed to have a real date with nothing happening. We do see their relationship go a few steps forward by the end of this book but it is seeming like a very slow process.
This book sees the return of Ian's stalking, many faced ghoul. He's gone back to robbing places like when he and Ian first came in contact with each other (sort of). Only this time he is leaving presents that awaken something in Ian. I liked the progress of Ian's character and the reasoning behind the ghoul's obsession with him.
This obsession leads to Mac doing everything she can to save her partner. While finding out just what she is capable of on her own. We also find out just how many people outside of SPI care about these two characters. I liked how everyone came together to help out even if it wasn't to take part in the battle.
I'm hoping that we get to see more of Rake's friends. I'm definitely interested in the dragons and their riders. They seemed to be an fun group and I want more.
Overall, this was a fun book.  I wish there had been more resolution to the conflict at the end but it did help move the series forward while giving new characters and reuniting old friends. Cannot wait to read more from this world.

Rating: 4

This Week's Reads

Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath
Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, & Heretics (Goodreads)
**Love the old fairytale look on the outside and what illustrations I've looked at are really good. Plus, an interesting subject on top of it all.

Super Pop! by Daniel Harmon
Pop Culture Top Ten Lists (Goodreads)
**Our house is big on trivia and lists as well as pop culture so I had to grab this one.

New Releases ~ week of 01/23/2017

15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart (#1 Maizie Albright Star Detective)

A Conversation in Blood by Paul S Kemp (#3 Egil and Nix)
A Night In With Grace Kelly by Lucy Holliday (#3 Libby Lomax)
A Sterkarm Tryst by Susan Price (#3 Sterkarm)
Accidentally on Purpose by Jill Shalvis (#3 Heartbreaker Bay)
Black Hills Stranger by Debra Salonen (#9 Black Hills Rendezvous)
Chase Me by Farrah Rochon (#4 Holmes Brothers)
Clownfish Blues by Tim Dorsey (#20 Serge Storms)
Dreadnought by April Daniels (#1 Nemesis)
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones (#11 Charley Davidson)
Fading Frost by Alicia Rades (#4 Crystal Frost)
Fighting Love by Melissa West (#1 Littleton Brothers)
Forever Secret by Kathleen Brooks (#5 Forever Bluegrass)

Long Live the Queen by Gerry Swallow (#2 Blue in the Face)
Masked to Death by Christina Freeburn (#5 Faith Hunter Scrap This Mysteries)
Night Beckons by Colleen Gleason (#4 The Heroes of New Vegas)
Of Fate and Phantoms by C. J. Archer (#7 The Ministry of Curiosities)
Power Game by Christine Feehan (#13 Ghostwalkers)
Ready to Fumble by Christy Barritt (#1 Worst Detective Ever)
Royal Scandal by Marquita Valentine (#1 Royals in Exile)
Soul of a Vikingby Sky Purington (#3 The MacLomain Series: Viking Ancestors’ Kin)
Staying For Good by Catherine Bybee (#2 Most Likely To)
Stealing the Rogue's Heart by Erica Monroe (#4 The Rookery Rogues)

The Evil Bunny Gang by Victoria J Coe (#2 Fenway and Hattie)
The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry (#2 Lace Reader)
The Forests Of Dru by Jeffe Kennedy (#4 Sorcerous Moons)
The Last True Hero by Bec McMaster (#2 Burned Lands)
The Ottoman Conspiracy by Thomas Ryan (#3 Jeff Bradley)
The Room Mate by Kendall Ryan (#1 Roommates)
The Skill of Our Hands by Steven Brust, Skyler White (#2 The Incrementalists)
The Weight of the World by Tom Toner (#2 Amaranthine Spectrum)
Those Left Behind by Mark Tufo (#10 Zombie Fallout)