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Sharon Loves Books and Cats has posted a Catterview, which is an author interview but their cat(s) are asked questions too, with Angie Frazier.




Everlasting
Angie Frazier

Scholastic Press
Hardcover
336 pages
June 1, 2010
Young Adult

Book Description
Sailing aboard her father's ship is all seventeen-year-old Camille Rowen has ever wanted. But as a lady in 1855 San Francisco, her future is set: marry a man she doesn't love in order to preseve her social standing. On her last voyage before the wedding, Camille learns the mother she has always believed dead is in fact alive and in Australia. When their Sydney-bound ship goes down in a gale, and her father dies, Camille sets out to find her mother and a map in her possession - a map believed to lead to a stone that once belonged to the legendary civilization of the immortals. The stone can do exactly what Camille wants most: bring someone back from the dead. Unfortunately, her father's adversary is also on the hunt for the stone, and she must race him to it. The only person Camille can depend on is Oscar - a handsome young sailor and her father's first mate - who is in love with Camille and whom she is inexplicably drawn to despite his low social standing and her pending wedding vows.

With an Australian card shark acting as their guide, Camille eludes murderous bushrangers, traverses dangerous highlands, evades a curse placed on the stone, and unravels the mystery behind her mother's disappearance sixteen years earlier. But when another death shakes her conviction to resurrect her father, Camille must choose what - and who - matters most.

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When I saw this cover at amazon, my first reaction was "how dare they" and why would a publisher okay this for a title when we've been told to "spread the spark" at sparkpeople.com for years! Well, turns out this is SparkPeople, just in book format.

SparkPeople.com is a FREE website geared to help you with diet/fitness and people have had success with it. The site has a community feel to it that book bloggers may appreciate. And it's just in time to help us make up for the holidays & start the year off right ;-)




The Spark:
The 28-day Breakthrough Plan for losing Weight, Getting Fit, and Transforming Your Life

Chris Downie
Hay House, Inc.
Hardcover
304 pages
December 29, 2009


Book Description
A revolution is taking place! Millions of people are discovering a new way of thinking about their weight, their health, and their lives. They are taking part in a visionary approach to weight loss that combines goal setting, nutrition, exercise, motivation, and community that has a proven track record of ten million pounds lost.

From the experts who created SparkPeople.com, one of the most successful online weight-loss programs to date, comes The Spark, a ground-breaking book that focuses on what you can do, instead of what you can’t do. The Spark is about transforming your life and your idea of what dieting means.

With dozens of photos—including stunning before-and-after shots and easy-to-follow exercise images—this book distills the best of SparkPeople’s medically accepted nutrition and fitness plan and infuses it with a program of personal empowerment. In this book, you’ll discover:

· Secrets of Success—the best habits of SparkPeople’s most successful members

· A 28-day program that brings together the most effective practices from SparkPeople into an innovative 4-stage plan, available only in this book

· Dozens of success stories that show the power of this transformational program

The Spark delivers inspirational health and weight-loss advice that will surely spark countless lives.

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The Untamed Bride, book one of The Black Cobra Quartet was released yesterday and I hope to purchase it this week. I've already read to prologue online (at HarperCollins.com) and it is fabulous! Even better, each delicious man will have his own book AND the other three novels will all be released in 2010!







The Elusive Bride
The Black Cobra Quartet
Stephanie Laurens

publisher: Avon
release date January 26, 2010
format: mass market paperback
Pages: 464
ages: 18+

A second battle-hardened, completely unstoppable, all male hero, an ex-officer of the Crown, confronts the deadly enemy known only as the Black Cobra.

He's focused in his mission, then sees a lady he never dreamed he'd see again - with an assassin on her heels.

She's secretly followed him, unaware her path is deadly - or that she'll join him to battle a treacherous foe.

Through ever-present peril, through passion, desire and ecstasy, they race to reach England - and their destiny.




The Brazen Bride - Jul 2010
The Reckless Bride Late 2010

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Gone
Lisa McMann

Simon Pulse
February 9, 2010
hardcover
224 Pages
ages: above 14
grades: 9+

"The third and final book in the paranormal teen series that includes The New York Times bestseller Wake and Fade."

That's it? Yes, That's all the publisher has on their site at this time.

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The Girl on Legare Street
A Tradd Street book
Karen White

NAL
November 3, 2009
Trade Paperback
352 Pages


Melanie has grown accustomed to renovating old houses, but she never imagined she'd have to renovate her own life to include her estranged mother. Ginnette Prioleau Middleton left Charleston thirty-five years ago. She's returned wanting to protect the daughter she's never really known after receiving an ominous premonition.

Melanie never wanted to see her mother again, but with some prodding from her partner, Jack Trenholm, she agrees-and begins to rebuild their relationship. Together Melanie and Ginnette buy back their old home. With their combined psychic abilities they expect to unearth some ghosts. But what they find is a vengeful dark spirit whose strength has been growing for decades. It will take unearthing long buried secrets to beat this demon and save what's left of Melanie's family...

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With Extreme Pleasure
Alison Kent

Kensington Brava
November 24, 2009
Trade Paperback
320 Pages
18+


Only Something This Dangerous…

After three weeks in Manhattan, Kingdom Trahan is ready to get back to bayous, crawfish boils, and afternoons fishing on the Gulf. But before he can pull out of the parking garage, he meets a curvy detour. King noticed Cady Kowalski on the photo shoot he just endured—sexy and confident, with a waifish look that belies the way she corralled him into submission using only a can of hairspray. Yet Cady isn’t confident now. She’s bruised, edgy, and desperate to get out of town…

Could Feel This Good…

For years, Cady has been looking over her shoulder, wondering when the gang of drug-running criminals who killed her brother would make their move on her. She’s grown used to having no one to turn to, no one to trust. But King isn’t walking away—not even when their lives are threatened, again and again. Drawing Cady’s pursuers out of hiding is the only way to end this, and it’s also the most reckless thing they can do…short of diving into a red-hot affair from which there’s no turning back…

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Blackwork
A Needlecraft Mystery
Monica Ferris

Berkley
October 6, 2009
256 pages
Hardcover
18+

It’s Halloween—and Betsy Devonshire, owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, is haunted by murder…

In the town of Excelsior, Minnesota, Leona Cunningham, owner of a popular microbrewery, is a practitioner of Wicca, the nature-based religion often mistaken for black magic. But that doesn’t bother the thirsty crowds. Then, after one too many pints, a local blames Leona for the series of “accidents” that have happened throughout town. When he ends up dead without a mark on his body, Leona’s the main suspect. But Betsy’s on the case, and that spells trouble for the killer.

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Born in Night
A League Novel (volume 1)
Sherrilyn Kenyon

St. Martin's
September 29, 2009
560 pages
Mass Market paperback

In the Ichidian Universe, The League and their ruthless assassins rule all. Expertly trained and highly valued, the League Assassins are the backbone of the government. But not even the League is immune to corruption . . .

Command Assassin Nykyrian Quikiades once turned his back on the League—and has been hunted by them ever since. Though many have tried, none can kill him or stop him from completing his current mission: to protect Kiara Zamir, a woman whose father’s political alliance has made her a target.

As her world becomes even deadlier, Kiara must entrust her life to the same kind of beast who once killed her mother and left her for dead. Old enemies and new threaten them both and the only way they can survive is to overcome their suspicions and learn to trust in the very ones who threaten them the most: each other.

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The Gathering Storm
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
A Wheel of Time Novel

Tor Books
November 30, 2009
hardcover
784 pages

This is book 12 of the series and is not the end. I had told a friend I'd wait until book 13 came out but I have since found out that that won't be the end either!

Robert Jordan died in 2007 leaving fans in mourning, broken-hearted and wondering what was going to happen to Rand. Luckily for us, RJ partially wrote the final volume, A Memory of Light before his death but it is so long, it is being split into three volumes. The Gathering Storm is book one of the the ending trilogy.

This is NOT a series you can pick up in the middle. Nor can you let too much time lag between readings. I read books 1-5 in six weeks then had to wait for book 6 to be published less than a year later and found I had to skim over the previous books! The characters are vast and well developed. There are multiple storylines going. One fan said they had read through one storyline and when the book jumped to another, they couldn't remember what was happening. This is not a bad thing, it's just that the story is so involved I'm not surprised the final book must be three volumes.

I'll be purchasing book 12 but not reading it. I'll wait for the two after it then sit down with all of them for a marathon reading session.

product description:

Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward---wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders---his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself.

Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. As days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent, Egwene works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai while providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower---and possibly the world itself.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

The Gathering Storm's amazon.com's sales rank as of 8-19: #142 in Books

#1 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Authors, A-Z > ( J ) > Jordan, Robert
#1 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Series > Wheel of Time
#7 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Epic

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The Demon King
Cinda Williams Chima


Hyperion Book
October 13, 2009
hardcover
512 pages
Young Adult

This is a breathtaking cover and it would be difficult to have it stored on the shelf with just the spine showing. I own the Heir trilogy and throughly enjoyed the two books I've read. It will be a pleasure reading another trilogy. Oh, right, grrr, we have to wait for the next two books!

from the author's website:

When 16-year-old Han Alister and his Clan friend Dancer encounter three underage wizards setting fire to the sacred mountain of Hanalea, he has no idea that this event will precipitate a cascade of disasters that will threaten everything he cares about.

Han takes an amulet from one of the wizards, Micah Bayar, to prevent him from using it against them. Only later does he learn that it has an evil history—it once belonged to the Demon King, the wizard who nearly destroyed the world a millennium ago. And the Bayars will stop at nothing to get it back

Han’s life is complicated enough. He’s the former streetlord of the Raggers—a street gang in the city of Fellsmarch. His street name, Cuffs, comes from the mysterious silver bracelets he’s worn all his life—cuffs that are impossible to take off.

Now Han’s working odd jobs, helping to support his family, and doing his best to leave his old life behind. Events conspire against him, however. When members of a rival gang start dying, Han naturally gets the blame.

Meanwhile, Princess Raisa ana’Marianna has her own battles to fight. As heir to the Gray Wolf throne of the Fells, she’s just spent three years of relative freedom with her father’s family at Demonai Camp—riding, hunting, and working the famous Clan markets. Now court life in Fellsmarch pinches like a pair of too-small shoes.

Wars are raging to the south, and threaten to spread into the high country. After a long period of quiet, the power of the Wizard Council is once again growing. The people of the Fells are starving and close to rebellion. Now more than ever, there’s a need for a strong queen.

But Raisa’s mother Queen Marianna is weak and distracted by the handsome Gavan Bayar, High Wizard of the Fells. Raisa feels like a cage is closing around her—and an arranged marriage and eroded inheritance is the least of it.

Raisa wants to be more than an ornament in a glittering cage. She aspires to be like Hanalea—the legendary warrior queen who killed the Demon King and saved the world. With the help of her friend, the cadet Amon Byrne, she navigates the treacherous Gray Wolf Court, hoping she can unravel the conspiracy coalescing around her before it’s too late.

amazon.com's sales rank as of 8-20: #172,072 in Books
buy link: The Demon King (A Seven Realms Novel)

Wednesday memes

"Waiting On" Wednesday ~~ A-Z Wednesday ~~ Wishful Wednesday

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Even Money
Dick Francis, Felix Francis


Putnam Adult
August 24, 2009 (hey, that's today!)
hardcover
368 pages

I usually purchase and read any book by Dick Francis within the week of it's release. Sad it say I haven't read the last one. Will I still buy this one? Oh, Yeah. Just not in the first week :-)

from the publisher:

On the first day of Royal Ascot, the world’s most famous horse race, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favorites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker— taking over the family business from his grandfather— so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he his losses. He’s seen the ups and downs before—but, as the big gambling conglomerates muscle in on small concerns like his, Ned wonders if it’s worth it any more.

When a gray-haired man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned’s life is thrown into far deeper turmoil. He’d been told since he was a baby that his parents had died in a car crash.

Barely an hour later, his newly found father is stabbed by an unknown assailant in the Ascot parking lot. Blood oozing from his abdomen, his father warns Ned to “be very careful.” But of whom? Of what? Ned finds himself in a race to solve his father’s riddle—a race where coming in second could cost him more than even money—it could cost him his life. . . .

additional formats:
Microsoft Reader
eReader
Adobe reader
Unabridged CD

Even Money's amazon.com's sales rank as of 8-19: #559 in Books

#1 in Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Authors, A-Z > ( F ) > Francis, Dick
#40 in Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Thrillers > Suspense

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A-Z Wednesday is a Weekly Event

hosted by Vicky at Reading at the Beach.

Welcome to A-Z Wednesday!!
To join, here's all you have to do:
Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week.
Post:
1~ a photo of the book
2~ title and synopsis
3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.)
4~ Come back here and leave your link in the comments
If you've already reviewed this book you can the review also.
Be sure to visit other participants to see what book they have posted and leave them a comment. (We all love comments, don't we?) Who knows? You may find your next "favorite" book.

This week's letter is "C"

Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi

This was sent to me, by the author, for review on my blog. Sad to say I haven't done that yet but the book was fabulous.

from the publisher:
"The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.

Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.

The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.

In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder."

Here's the book at Cedar Fort
here's the link to amazon.com: A Circle of Souls

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MizB at Should be Reading hosts this weekly event.
What books have you been wishing to buy/get lately?

I'm going to (mostly) use this to share what's on my wish list, most of which I have no idea where I found first.

I found this one on MizB's blog tour list and added it to my wish list.

The Great Christmas Bowl
Susan May Warren

Tyndale House Publishers
August 17, 2009
176 pages
Trade paperback

"Marianne Wallace is focused on two things this holiday season: planning the greatest family Christmas ever and cheering on her youngest son’s team in their bid for the state championship. Disaster strikes when the team loses their mascot—the Trout. Is it going too far to ask her to don the costume? So what if her husband has also volunteered her to organize the church Christmas tea. When football playoffs start ramping up, the Christmas tea starts falling apart. Then, one by one her children tell her they can’t come home for Christmas. As life starts to unravel, will Marianne remember the true meaning of the holidays?"

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92 Pacific Boulevard
Debbie Macomber
A Cedar Cove Novel

Mira
August 25, 2009
mass market paperback
400 pages

product description:

92 Pacific Boulevard

Cedar Cove, Washington

Dear Reader,

I'm not much of a letter writer. As the sheriff here, I'm used to writing incident reports, not chatty letters. But my daughter, Megan—who'll be making me a grandfather soon—told me I had to do this. So here goes.

I'll tell you straight out that I'd hoped to marry Faith Beckwith (my onetime high school girlfriend) but she ended the relationship last month, even though we're both widowed and available. There were a few misunderstandings between us, some of them inadvertently caused by Megan.

However, I've got plenty to keep me occupied, like the unidentified remains found in a cave outside town. And the fact that my friend Judge Olivia Griffin is fighting cancer. And the break-ins at 204 Rosewood Lane—the house Faith happens to be renting from Grace Harding…

If you want to hear more, come on over to my place or to the sheriff's office—if you can stand the stale coffee!

Troy Davis

amazon.com's sales rank as of 8-18: #198 in Books

#10 in Books > Romance > Contempary



I still haven't gotten around to reading all of these but one of these days I'm going to start at the beginning and go straight through. Maybe when review books and challenges are complete? HA

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I received Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews as a review book (Loved it, review coming soon) and was checking out her other books. Next in the series is inside an anthology....

Must Love Hellhounds
Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook

Berkley Trade
September 1, 2009
368 pages
paperback (8.3 x 5.6 inches)


Here's part of an excerpt from Ilona's website:

I sat in a small drab office, one of many in the Atlanta Chapter of the Order of Merciful Aid, and pretended to be Kate Daniels. Kate’s phone didn’t ring very often, so I didn’t have to pretend very hard.

Unfortunately when it did ring, like right now, the person on the other end was rarely interested in a facsimile. They wanted the real thing.

“Order of Merciful Aid, Andrea Nash speaking.”

A female voice on the other end murmured hesitantly. “You’re not Kate.”

“No, I’m not. She’s on medical leave. But I’m filling in for her.”

“I’ll just wait until she comes back.”

I said goodbye to the disconnect signal, hung up, and petted my P226 Sig Sauers laying on Kate’s desk. At least my guns still liked me.

The real Kate Daniels, my best friend and partner in butt-kicking, was on medical leave. And I intended to do my best to let her stay on medical leave, at least until her wounds stopped bleeding. The magic wave fell. The mysterious orange and yellow glyphs on the floor of Kate’s office faded. On the wall, the charged air inside twisted grass tubes of a feylantern turned dark, while the ugly warts of electric lights in the hallway ceiling ignited with soft light. Inside my skin, the secret me stretched, yawned, and curled up for a nap, with her claws securely tucked away.

We lived in an uncertain world: magic flooded us in waves, screwed things up, and vanished. Nobody could predict when it came and went. One always had to be prepared. Sometimes though, no matter how prepared you were, the magic left something behind that you simply couldn’t handle, and then you called the police, and if they couldn't help, you called the Order. The Order would send a knight, someone like me, who would help you with your magic problems. At least, that’s how it was supposed to work....

amazon.com sales rank as of 8-11: #9,186 in Books
#12 in books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > anthologies
#36 in books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > anthologies
#28 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > Vampires

Kate Daniels' fourth book info from author's website:


and one more....

Grave Secret
Charlaine Harris
Harper Connelly Mysteries, book 4

Berkley
October 27, 2009
Hardcover
320 pages

That's it, all the info I could find!

amazon.com sales rank as of 8-11: #3,732 in Books
#30 in books > Mystery & Thrillers > Authors, A-Z > (H) > Harris, Charlaine
#71 in books > Mystery & Thrillers > Mystery > Women Sleuths

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Mastered by Love
Stephanie Laurens
A Bastion Club Novel

Avon Megaleader
July 28, 2009 (found out too late to tell you the 22nd)
mass market paperback
480 pages


From the publisher - Note: Most stores will have the book on sale 28th July, but some Barnes & Noble may not put it out until August 15th.


from Stephanie Lauren's website:

"The men of the Bastion Club proved their bravery secretly fighting for their country. Now their leader faces that most dangerous mission of all: finding a bride.

As the mysterious leader of the Bastion Club known as "Dalziel," Royce Varisey, 10th Duke of Wolverstone, served his country for decades, facing dangers untold. But as the holder of one of England's most august noble titles, he must now take on that gravest duty of all: marriage.

Yet the young ladies the grandes dames would have him consider are predictably boring. Far more tempting is his castle's willful and determindedly aloof chatelaine, Minerva Chesterton. Beneath her serene facade lies a woman of smoldering sensuality, one who will fill his days with comfort and his nights with sheer pleasure. Determined to claim her, he embarks on a seduction to prove his mastery over every inch of her body...and every piece of her heart."

Need to read more? Browse Inside at HarperCollins Publishers allowed me to read three chapters online of Mastered by Love! There are sneak peeks of other titles as well as full books available.


The Untamed Bride
Stephanie Laurens
Black Cobra Quartet, book 1

Avon
Oct 27
mass market
448 pages
no cover available at HarperCollins

from the inside of Mastered by Love:

"Four ex-Guardsmen on a deadly mission from India to England, carrying vital evidence to convict a powerful fiend to the Duke of Wolverstone, aka Dalziel.

Four ladies unwittingly caught up in their dangerous journeys.

The members of the Bastion Club waiting of four English posts to assist in repelling the enemy.

The Cynsters, all six cousins and their wives, gathered for Christmas at Somersham Place, as the first ex-Guardsman and Devil Cynster's close friend draws near....

This Cynster Christmas is sure to be filled with excitement, adventure-and passion."

and just enough information to whet your appetite:

The Elusive Bride
Stephanie Laurens
Avon
mass market paperback
January 26, 2010
400 pages

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Bad Moon Rising
Sherrilyn Kenyon
A Dark-Hunter Novel

St. Martin's Press
August 4
352 pages
hardcover

This is #14 in the Dark-Hunter series

amazon.com's product description:

A stunning and suspenseful new landscape emerges in the thrilling Dark-Hunter world—a world where nothing will ever be the same again. . .

Fang Kattalakis isn't just a wolf. He is the brother of two of the most powerful members of the Omegrion: the ruling council that enforces the laws of the Were-Hunters. And when war erupts among the lycanthropes, sides must be chosen. Enemies are forced into shaky alliances. And when the woman Fang loves is accused of betraying her people, her only hope is that Fang believes in her. Yet in order to save her, Fang must break the law of his people and the faith of his brothers. That breech could very well spell the end of both their races and change their world forever.

The war is on and time is running out...

Amazon.com's Sales Rank on June 24: #895 in books
#7 in books > Romance > Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost
#11 in books > Romance > Gothic
#27 in books > Romance > Contemporary



Dark Slayer
Christine Feehan
A Carpathian Novel

Berkley
September 1
416 pages
hardcover

This is #17 in the Dark series (per amazon)


amazon.com's product description:

A rumor has persisted in the vampire world of a dark slayer — a woman — who travels with a wolf pack and who destroys any vampire who crosses her path. Mysterious, elusive and seemingly impossible to kill, she is the one hunter who strikes terror into the hearts of the undead.

She is Ivory Malinov. Her only brethren, the wolves. Long ago betrayed by her people, abandoned by her family, and cast out by everyone she held dear, Ivory has lived centuries without companionship or love. She has sustained her sanity by preparing for one purpose — to destroy her greatest enemy. Until the night she picks up the scent of a man, her unexpected salvation. Her lifemate. The curse of all Carpathian women.

He is Razvan. Branded a criminal, detested and feared, he is a dragonseeker borne of one of the greatest Carpathian lineages, only to be raised as its most despised — and captive — enemy. Fleeing from his lifetime of imprisonment, Razvan now seeks the dawn to end his terrible existence. Instead he has found his deliverance in the Dark Slayer.

In spirit, in flesh and blood, in love, and in war, Ivory and Razvan are made for each other.

For as long as they dare to live.

Amazon.com's Sales Rank on June 24: #767 in books
#20 in books > Romance > Vampires
#52 in books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy

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Swan for the Money
Donna Andrews
A Meg Langlow Mystery

Minotaur Books
July 21
320 pages


This series has been a riot and I look forward to each one although I do purchase them in paperback. The latest I read was The Penguin Who Knew Too Much so I've got some catching up to do!

amazon.com's product description:

The brilliantly funny and talented Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed mystery series readers have come to love.

Meg Langslow’s eccentric parents have a new hobby: growing roses and entering them in highly competitive shows. Dad’s gardening skill and Mother’s gift for selecting and arranging the blossoms should make them an unbeatable team---and Meg is relieved they’ve taken up such a safe, gentle hobby. She even volunteers to help when the Caerphilly Garden Club sponsors its first annual rose show. But after a few hours of dealing with her parents’ competitors, Meg is worried. Rose growers are so eccentric that they make Meg’s family seem almost normal, and so competitive that they will do nearly anything to take home the show’s grand prize---making them prime suspects when Meg discovers that someone is attempting to kill the wealthy woman on whose estate the competition is being held. Of course, the intended victim had other enemies---her treatment of her farm animals had aroused the interest of several animal welfare activists, including Meg’s zoologist grandfather. Meg tries to leave the detecting to the local police and focus on protecting her parents’ chances to win the coveted Black Swan trophy, but she soon finds herself compelled to solve the crime before any more rose growers die.

It’s Swan for the Money, two for the show, three to get ready... now go, Meg, go!

and one more, mainly for my husband but I do want to read it. Some day I'm going to start at the beginning and read them all again!

The Winds of Dune
by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Tor Books
August 4
448 pages
hardcover

amazon.com's product description:

With their usual skill, Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson have taken ideas left behind by Frank Herbert and filled them with living characters and a true sense of wonder. Where Paul of Dune picked up the saga directly after the events of Dune, The Winds of Dune begins after the events of Dune Messiah.

Paul has walked off into the sand, blind, and is presumed dead. Jessica and Gurney are on Caladan; Alia is trying to hold the Imperial government together with Duncan; Mohiam dead at the hands of Stilgar; Irulan imprisoned. Paul’s former friend, Bronso of Ix, now seems to be leading opposition to the House of Atreides. Herbert and Anderson’s newest book in this landmark series will concentrate on these characters as well the growing battle between Jessica, and her daughter, Alia.

Amazon.com's Sales Rank on June 24: #8416 in books
#1 in books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Authors, A-Z > (H) > Herbert, Brian
#22 in books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Space Opera

Space Opera????



and just enough information to drive you mad.....

Catalyst
A Tale of the Barque Cats
Written by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Fiction - Science Fiction | Hardcover, 240 pages | January 2010 | $26.00 | 978-0-345-51376-2 (0-345-51376-2)

As of June 22, this is ALL the information I was able to find on this book. I'm crossing my fingers that these are the same cats from her Talent series.

Waiting on Wednesday

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Straight from the Hip
book 3 in the Lonestar Sisters Trilogy

384 pages
HQN
mass market paperback
June 30 (yes, yesterday)



I need to be hit upside the head on this one! I can hardly believe I didn't tell you about this one since I'll be ordering it on my kindle ASAP. I read books 1 & 2 about a week apart and I've had to WAIT for this one. I may even have it read by the time you read this ;-)


from amazon:

Izzy has always been the fearless Titan sister. But when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned by her emotional withdrawal as by the possibility that the explosion was no accident. Are the mind games their long-lost brother Garth has been playing turning physical? Or is someone else out to get them?When her sisters enroll her in a survivor training camp, Izzy is not happy. Nick, her instructor, is determined that she won't be left in the dark. In more ways than one. But if he tells her the terrible truth behind why he's helping her, he'll never see her again. Unless they're both willing to take the biggest risk of all.

Amazon.com's sales rank as of 6-24: #747 in books
#2 in books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > (M) > Mallery, Susan
#25 in Books > Romance > Contemporary




Burn
Linda Howard

Ballantine
384 pages
release date: July 7





Product Description from amazon:

It’s true what they say: Money changes everything. And in Linda Howard’s red-hot novel Burn, the changes come fast, furious, and filled with the kind of sexy suspense, heart-stopping romance, beautiful people, and risky business guaranteed to give you the most bang for your buck.

Money certainly changes Jenner Redwine’s life when she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty: Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, and friends-turned-freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops paying for everything.

Flush with new money, Jenner can’t imagine ever finding a place in the world of the wealthy. Seven years later, though, she’s rubbing elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an ally–and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege–in shy, kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes Jenner’s confidante and surrogate sister.

When Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while she’s expecting–and dreading–two weeks of masquerade balls, art auctions, and preening glitterati, what she gets is more like a Hitchcock movie than a Love Boat episode. Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme–or else. With nowhere to run, and with Sydney’s life as well as her own at risk, Jenner is drawn into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination, Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasn’t had in years–and realizes she’s found a life worth living. If she survives.

Amazon.com's Sales Rank on June 24: #357 in books
#1 in books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > (H) > Howard, Linda
#3 in books > Romance > Romantic Suspense
#79 in books > Mystery & Thrillers


Ice
Linda Howard

Ballantine
224 pages
release date: November 10

as of June 24, Random House has no product description but I can't help but think that since Ice follows Burn there are repeating characters....

Amazon.com's Sales Rank on June 24: #3,146 in Books

Waiting on Wednesday: Fired Up

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For those of us who like the Arcane Society novels, JAK brings us the first book in a related trilogy.

Fired Up
book 1 in the Dreamlight Trilogy

352 pages
Putnam Adult
hardcover
December 29, 2009

Why don't these people realize that December 29th is too late for Christmas gifts?? LOL I'm crossing my fingers that somebody gives me a giftcard!

Too late to use for my 2009 Pub challenge, too early to use for the 2010 Pub challenge!


from amazon:

More than three centuries ago, Nicholas Winters irrevocably altered his genetic makeup in an obsessionfueled competition with alchemist and Arcane Society founder Sylvester Jones. Driven to control their psychic abilities, each man’s decision has reverberated throughout the family line, rewarding some with powers beyond their wildest dreams, and cursing others to a life filled with madness and hallucinations.

Jack Winters, descendant of Nicholas, has been experiencing nightmares and blackouts—just the beginning, he believes—of the manifestation of the Winters family curse. The legend says that he must find the Burning Lamp or risk turning into a monster. But he can’t do it alone; he needs the help of a woman with the gift to read the lamp’s dreamlight.

Jack is convinced that private investigator Chloe Harper is that woman. Her talents for finding objects and accessing dream energy are what will save him, but their sudden and powerful sexual pull threatens to overwhelm them both. Danger surrounds them, and it doesn’t take long for Chloe to pick up the trail of the missing lamp. And as they draw closer to the lamp, the raw power that dwells within it threatens to sweep them into a hurricane of psychic force.