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In the Blood by Adrian Phoenix

Posted under Angels, Book Reviews, Psychics, Vampires by Carol on Monday 31 August 2009 at 9:21 pm
*****

The stunning second installment in the Maker’s Song series begins a few weeks after the point at which its predecessor, A Rush of Wings, leaves off. Dante sends Heather home to Seattle, fearing for her safety if she remains around him. The secret branch of the FBI, aptly named the SB (for Shadow Branch) is very interested in how Heather survived the bullet which should have killed her and becomes intent on keeping her around in a position where she can be studied. (more…)

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Evil Ways by Justin Gustainis

Posted under Adult Content, Book Reviews, Demons, Magic, Urban Fantasy, Witches, Wizard by Virginia on Monday 31 August 2009 at 8:57 pm
****½

Quincey Morris and Libby Chastain are back in the second installment of Justin Gustainis’ paranormal investigator series. White witches from Libby’s sisterhood are turning up missing or dead, and Quincey is investigating a series of child murders. When an attempt is made on Libby’s life, the pair discovers that the two situations are related. Couple that with the infamous Book of Shadows turning up missing in Bahgdad and it looks like someone is planning to practice some serious dark magic. (more…)

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Find Me by Debra Webb

Posted under Book Reviews, Psychics, Witches by Jackie on Monday 31 August 2009 at 8:33 pm
***½

Sarah Newton travels to Youngstown, Maine to find the truth behind the brutal murder of a young girl and the kidnapping of another. As an investigative reporter, her job is to peel away the layers of a situation to solve the mystery. If people get hurt in the process, so be it.

Because of this attitude, people don’t normally welcome Sarah with open arms or open minds. She expects nothing more from the people of Youngstown, and for the most part, she isn’t disappointed. (more…)

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Warrior of the Highlands by Veronica Wolff

Posted under Book Reviews, Time Travel by Mary on Monday 31 August 2009 at 8:18 pm
*****

Haley Fitzpatrick is trying to decide on a dissertation topic when she discovers an interesting weapon in the university archives. As Haley examines the weapon further, she notices an engraving on the blade that marks it as belonging to “JG, from Magda”. Could it be? James Graham was a celebrated military hero in seventeenth-century Scottish history, but he had died before a weapon like this could have been made…or did he? (more…)

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Bedeviled by Maureen Child

Posted under Book Reviews, Demons, Fae, Fantasy, Magic, Witches, Wizard, e-books by Megan on Monday 31 August 2009 at 7:50 pm
*****

Maggie Donovan is a descendant of the fae, or at least that is what she has been told by her Gran so long ago. She has a bad track record on men and dating. It must be worse than she thought because her latest boy friend has just become demon food.

Culhane, a Fenian Warrior for the Fae of the Otherworld, has been given the duty of training Maggie to become a warrior and save his people in Otherworld. The only problem is she thinks he is nuts even though he is really, really cute.
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Corambis by Sarah Monette

Posted under Adult Content, Book Reviews, Fantasy, GLBT, e-books by Kersyn on Monday 31 August 2009 at 7:37 pm
***

Corambis is the final book set in this world that Sarah has created. It involves the brothers Felix and Mildmay as they make their way to Esmer. Felix is to be judged for his actions before the Circle of Wizards, the ruling body for magicians and wizards in the world. Along the way, their lives become entangled with Kay Brightmore, a fallen Caloxan noble. It will take the courage and skills of all three to save the world of Corambin from the mindless engine of Summerdown.
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Wicked Game by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush

Posted under Book Reviews, Psychics by Nicole on Monday 31 August 2009 at 6:56 pm
****

Becca Sutcliff tried all through high school to fit into the “in” crowd and she managed to a point to do just that. But when a body comes up 20 years after one of the crowd went missing, could it really be the missing girl? Is that why she has started having visions again?

Sam “Mac” McNally came close to being dropped back down from his promising career as a detective to a beat cop when he wouldn’t believe that a young girl gone missing was just a run away as everyone said. (more…)

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Witch Craft by Caitlin Kittredge

Posted under Book Reviews, Demons, Monsters, Shapeshifters, Urban Fantasy by Virginia on Monday 31 August 2009 at 6:45 pm
****½

Witch Craft is the fourth installment in the Nocturne City series, and I’m sad to say, the second to last. Luna has assumed control of the SCS, which is the Supernatural Crimes Squad. When SCS finally gets a real case that is in their jurisdiction, they are just days from being shut down. Luna and her squad must stop a bunch of pyromaniac witches from setting the whole city ablaze. (more…)

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)
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The Sword of the Lady by S. M. Stirling

Posted under Book Reviews, Sci-Fi by Rocky on Monday 31 August 2009 at 5:52 pm
*****

Rudi Mackenzie has fought all across the desolate land of what use to be the United States of America. He is still on mission to reach the island of Nantucket and find the source of the change that happened nearly a quarter of a century ago. The sixth book in S. M. Stirling’s Emberverse series, also referred to as the Novels of the Change, finds Rudi and Edain stuck in the wastelands of Illinois with his friends still being held by the bossman Anthony Heasleroad of the Republic of Iowa. (more…)

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To Tempt the Wolf by Terry Spear

Posted under Adult Content, Book Reviews, Shapeshifters by Shirley on Friday 28 August 2009 at 2:19 pm
****½

Although there are some references to past characters and one makes a cameo appearance, To Tempt the Wolf the third in Ms. Spear’s Wolf series, can be read as a stand-alone. The grey wolf pack led by Hunter Greymere is fleeing the forest fires in California and heading north when Hunter’s sister Meara disappears. In Oregon, wolves star in Tessa Anderson’s photos and in her brother Michael’s paintings. (more…)

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