Julie and her boyfriend, Brian, are on a slow train to nowhere when she suddenly finds a house out in the country that calls to her. Without discussing it with Brian she purchases the house and then tells him she is moving and taking her home-based business with her. Brian is stunned and angry but it is Julie who breaks off the relationship. She loves him but she is not “in love,” and she just has this feeling that her future lies elsewhere. Her new manor home needs lots of work and during renovations she discovers several surprises in her home, some of which lead her on a voyage of self-discovery just in time for Christmas.
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I was so completely satisfied with this second installment in the Seven Deadly Sins series which picked up directly where the last one ended. The introduction of the Los Angeles police and the inauspicious sexual-driven coven allowed me to dive into a new action-driven mystery that prevented me from putting it down.
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Abigail Drake, the third Drake Sister, has returned to Sea Haven to study the wild dolphins and help plan her sisters’ weddings. She is happy swimming with the dolphins that have begun to view her as kin and reuniting with her family after her long absences spent traveling the various oceans of the world. Witnessing the murder of an Interpol agent, the near demise of a longtime Sea Haven resident, and almost dying before being threatened by the man that had once held her heart was not in the itinerary.
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Fire Kissed is the first in a new series by Erin Kellison. The world of the Shadow series extends to this one, with the addition of some new supernatural entities that make wraiths look like puppy dogs.
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A devout vampire seeking redemption, a fallen Guardian Angel, and a baby with the power to save or destroy the world come together in a fight for survival.

Alex is a powerful vampire and member of the ruling Great Council. He is also a devout Christian who for centuries has prayed for redemption for his sins against humanity. His wife and children lost in a horrific tragedy and his soul lost to vampirism, his faith and his Guardian Angel have been the only things that have stopped him from becoming the monster he fears he could be. But the long years have weighed on him and despair threatens to overwhelm him.
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Emily Edwards was bored to death. Sitting in her fiancé’s mother’s parlor listening to her future sister-in-law drone out a Wordsworth poem was not her idea of an interesting event. Noticing the morning’s copy of the New York Times laying on the nearest table, Emily was stunned to see that there was a Black Exunge epidemic and Aberrancies in San Francisco, too close to her hometown of Lone Pine. Emily’s guardian, Miss Jesczenka, daintily flicked the paper away and called Emily’s attention back to the poem, leaving Emily worried and upset. (more…)

“Stalking” is a not quite the word I’d use for what Shia Waynest, brooding protagonist turned crazed killa, does to the Others in Stalking the Others, book four in the H&W Investigations series. Imagine being the Boogeyman, some Big Bad who strikes fear into the hearts of your enemies, scared to death of a small redhead with a taste for vengeance and a power-wielding belt full of implements of your gruesome and painful death. (more…)

In preparation for the last installment in the stellar Women of the Otherworld series, readers receive a special treat in The Hunter and The Hunted – two stories and the first six chapters of the highly-anticipated last book, Thirteen. “Stalked,” originally published in the anthology My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon, finds werewolves Elena and Clay in St. Louis, on a getaway for some alone time, having left their young twins with the pack. Things seem to be going well, if somewhat dull, until Clay spots a mutt (a werewolf not affiliated with a pack) following Elena around.
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Jenn Leitner has been appointed the leader of Team Salamanca and she feels like she is in over her head. After a failed attack in New Orleans, she is struggling to deal with the guilt she feels over not being able to rescue her sister Heather before Heather was converted. Now she prays that Father Juan and Antonio will be able to save Heather and restore her humanity.
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They were coming. As the howls of the approaching demons grew louder, Nikena entrusted her infant daughter to Narri, Princess of the Arna demon waters. Narri and Sota take the baby through a portal to the safety of another realm as Mayiki stays to close the portal from the Arna side. Just as they cross, Mayiki’s demon brother, Doshar, appears in search of the baby and a fight between brothers begins. Nikena arrives in time to save Mayiki but in the struggle Doshar slips through the portal. (more…)

Raven Cursed, the fabulous fourth installment in the wonderful Jane Yellowrock series, begins with our heroine returning to her hometown of Asheville serving as security for the parley between Grigoire, representing Leo Palliser, the vampire Master of New Orleans and much of the Southeast, and local vampire leader Lincoln Shadduck, who is requesting to be Master of Asheville. The initial meeting between the two groups goes well, but early the next morning, news of an attack on a hiking couple sends Jane out to investigate. (more…)

Reina is on a mission to save the life of her sister. She has failed to save her mother and seven other sisters, so she is determined to do whatever it takes. Unfortunately, saving Natalie’s life will involve killing and reaping souls. Reina works for Death, and he has offered her a promotion (with extra powers and tools) if she will kill the world’s most talented assassin.
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Sophie Garou has the right job, the right clothes, the right shoes, and the right boyfriend. Everything would be perfect if she didn’t have to shave more than most and got fleas when she turned into a wolf. The daughter of a gypsy woman and a werewolf, Sophie’s life is as normal as it can be. She has no pack, has never met another of her kind, and she’s absolutely fine with that until she sees a tall, handsome stranger on the street who screams “Alpha Male Wolf Here for Your Pleasure”.
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Sophie Garou is about to find out how the other half lives. The Houston pack has finally gotten wind of her presence in Austin and they aren’t happy. Their request? She must grovel at their feet or be hunted. As if Sophie would grovel – that would be hell on her designer jeans!
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A long time ago, Kendrick the alpha wolf, along with Adrian the vampire, Kadar the Dragon, Abaran the Demon, and Ronan the Sidhe, died on the battlefield fighting against the demons trying to invade our world. They were betrayed by their allies the witches. The warrior goddess Inanna granted them immortal life and made them the Shadow Guardians. They are sworn to protect the world against the five shadow realms, demon, dragon, sidhe, vampire, and werewolf.
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Adia Vida is proud of her family’s distinguished heritage, realizing that she will be the one to carry on the work of defending humanity against the vampire race. Unfortunately, Adia’s worst fears have come true — her sister and dearest friend, Sarah, has been turned by two vampires, acquaintances from school that Sarah was strongly attracted to. (more…)

The ways of gods and goddesses are mysterious, and all too often humans become pawns in their plans. The modern world has little time for the gods/goddesses and great skepticism for the whole notion, and so the gods/goddesses of our forefathers fade away from memory and their powers fade with them. Not all, however, are resigned to such a fate, and one, Hecate (the triple goddess and considered mother of all witches), formulates a grab for power that will impact a family for generations (both living and dead).
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Charlotte was surprised when she received the phone call from an irate man, accusing her of coercing his younger sister into casting spells and performing offensive rituals. Her shop, Branwen’s Grove, sold pagan books and supplies, but Charlotte, a practicing witch, did not believe in “that kind of magic.” (more…)

Life is anything but normal for half witch/half vampire princess, Ana. Dating Nik, the lead singer of a popular local rock band, does not help things in the normalcy department, especially when Nik just happens to be, not only a witch, but a vampire-hunter trainee. This makes things complicated, to say the least, considering Ana is half-vamp and also accidentally betrothed to Elias, a vampire knight (it is a long story – see Almost to Die For, book one in the series). So what’s a girl to do?
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Laylah was weary of running from the vamp following her, but she needed to get him far away from Caine’s lair and what was hidden there. It was hers — hers to protect and hers to claim, and no vampire was going to take the bundle she had hidden away from her. She knew that if he caught her she would be destroyed, but she would give up everything to protect the prize only she could hold in her arms. What she was not expecting when she stopped to face the vamp chasing her was the intense attraction she had to the bloodsucker.
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