S.J.'s bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:24:26 -0700 60 S.J.'s bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Nightwalker (Dark Days, #1) 20564828
The foe she now faces is human: the vampire hunter called Danaus, who has already destroyed so many undead. For Mira, the time has come to hunt . . . or be hunted.]]> 370 Jocelynn Drake 0061542776 S.J. 0 to-read 3.68 2008 Nightwalker (Dark Days, #1)
author: Jocelynn Drake
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2014/04/28
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Touch of Crimson (Renegade Angels, #1)]]> 10063343 New York Times bestselling author of Bared to You...

Adrian Mitchell is a powerful angel leading an elite Special Ops unit of Seraphim. His task is to punish the Fallen-angels who have become vampires-and command a restless pack of indentured lycans. But Adrian has suffered his own punishment for becoming involved with mortals- losing the woman he loves again and again. Now, after nearly two hundred years, he has found her-Shadoe-her soul once more inhabiting a new body, with no memory of him. And this time, he won't let her go.]]> 344 Sylvia Day 0451234995 S.J. 0 3.99 2011 A Touch of Crimson (Renegade Angels, #1)
author: Sylvia Day
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2011/01/07
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)]]> 8525590
When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can't bring herself to hate him as much as she'd like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband's strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape--before her time runs out?

Together with one of Linden's servants, Gabriel, Rhine attempts to escape just before her seventeenth birthday. But in a world that continues to spiral into anarchy, is there any hope for freedom?]]> 358 Lauren DeStefano 1442409053 S.J. 0 to-read 3.81 2011 Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)
author: Lauren DeStefano
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2011/01/07
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1) 6339664 A SACRED OATH
A FALLEN ANGEL
A FORBIDDEN LOVE

Romance was not part of Nora Grey's plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how hard her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch comes along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Patch draws Nora to him against her better judgment.

But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure whom to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and seems to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.

For she is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost Nora her life.]]> 391 Becca Fitzpatrick 1416989412 S.J. 0 3.93 2009 Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
author: Becca Fitzpatrick
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at: 2009/09/23
date added: 2009/09/23
shelves:
review:

]]> Evermore (The Immortals, #1) 3975774 The first book in Alyson Noël's extraordinary new Immortals series. Enter an enchanting new world, where true love never dies...

After a horrible accident claims the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever Bloom can see people's auras, hear their thoughts, and know someone's entire life story by touching them. Going out of her way to avoid human contact to suppress her abilities, she has been branded a freak at her new high school—but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.

Damen is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy. He's the only one who can silence the noise and random energy in her head—wielding a magic so intense, it's as though he can peer straight into her soul. As Ever is drawn deeper into his enticing world of secrets and mystery, she's left with more questions than answers. And she has no idea just who he really is—or what he is. The only thing she knows to be true is that she's falling deeply and helplessly in love with him.]]> 301 Alyson Noel 031253275X S.J. 0 3.60 2009 Evermore (The Immortals, #1)
author: Alyson Noel
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at: 2009/08/23
date added: 2009/08/23
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1)]]> 2199996 328 Melissa Marr 0061214671 S.J. 0 3.71 2007 Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1)
author: Melissa Marr
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/08/23
shelves:
review:

]]> Marked (House of Night, #1) 30183 Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1

After a Vampire Tracker Marks her with a crescent moon on her forehead, 16-year-old Zoey Redbird enters the House of Night and learns that she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess Nyx and has affinities for all five elements: Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers. When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school’s most elite club, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny—with a little help from her new vampyre friends (or Nerd Herd, as Aphrodite calls them).]]> 306 P.C. Cast 0312360266 S.J. 0 to-read 3.82 2007 Marked (House of Night, #1)
author: P.C. Cast
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/08/23
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Intertwined (Intertwined, #1) 6344423 440 Gena Showalter 0373210027 S.J. 0 to-read 3.88 2009 Intertwined (Intertwined, #1)
author: Gena Showalter
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/08/23
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Angels In Mourning 4450239 414 David Wind 1466134658 S.J. 0 to-read 4.22 2008 Angels In Mourning
author: David Wind
name: S.J.
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/06/29
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> ReVamped (Void City, #2) 6002364 REVIVED. REFRESHED. AND READY FOR REVENGE

Eric has lost his strip club, his Mustang, and even Marilyn, the elderly love of his (mortal) life. Even his body was obliterated. In short, they almost got him. But when you're a vampire, "almost" is a very important word. With a little magical help from his friends, Eric is restored to corporeal form, but his treasured Mustang gets caught up in the sorcery and winds up with an unlife of its own. Now, along with "Fang the 'Stang," he's out to save Marilyn from one of Void City's most powerful soul-stealing demons. But salvation comes at a high price, forcing Eric to venture into his own worst nightmare, Vampire High Society, to uncover the truth about the origin of his powers.

At the same time, Eric's ex-girlfriend, Tabitha, has begun to wonder exactly what it was that she admired about those High Society Vampires in the first place. Her quest to find her own place in this deceptively vicious circle may lead her right back to Eric's side—if her little sister, Rachel, doesn't kill her first. And Eric will need all the help he can get, because it looks like someone is after his soul, too. Blood will flow, fangs will be bared, and the claws will come out, because revenge is never pretty...and Eric has plenty to pass around.]]> 388 J.F. Lewis 1439102287 S.J. 0 to-read 4.04 2009 ReVamped (Void City, #2)
author: J.F. Lewis
name: S.J.
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/01/14
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Night Shift 10628
This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems, where the familiar and the friendly lure and deceive. A world where madness and blind panic become the only reality.

Listening Length: 10 hours and 33 minutes]]> 409 Stephen King S.J. 5 4.04 1978 Night Shift
author: Stephen King
name: S.J.
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1978
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2009/01/04
shelves:
review:

]]> Rose Madder 10619
Rosie Daniels leaves her husband, Norman, after fourteen years in an abusive marriage. She is determined to lose herself in a place where he won’t find her. She’ll worry about all the rest later.

Alone in a strange city, she begins to make a new life, and good things finally start to happen. Meeting Bill is one; and getting an apartment is another. Still, it’s hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder, and with good reason. Norman is a cop, with the instincts of a predator. He’s very good at finding people, even if he is losing his mind.

Fixed on revenge, Norman Daniels becomes a force of relentless terror and savageness, a man almost mythic in his monstrosity. For Rosie to survive, she must enter her own myth and become a woman she never knew she could be: Rose Madder.

“Riveting, engrossing...packed with suspense� (People), Stephen King infuses this novel with an edge-of-your-seat, chilling atmosphere. Rose Madder is “an eerie, remarkably mature and moving novel� (The Washington Post).]]> 595 Stephen King S.J. 5 3.75 1995 Rose Madder
author: Stephen King
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2009/01/04
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Fallen (Eyes of the Republic, #1)]]> 3363719 372 Claire Delacroix 0765359499 S.J. 0 to-read 3.25 2008 Fallen (Eyes of the Republic, #1)
author: Claire Delacroix
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/01/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Night's Rose (Night's Rose #1)]]> 5432871 368 Annaliese Evans 0765361663 S.J. 0 to-read 3.44 2009 Night's Rose (Night's Rose #1)
author: Annaliese Evans
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.44
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/01/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> New Blood (Blood Magic, #1) 5151422
When Amanusa looses magic on those who’ve harmed her, she must flee for her life across a devastated Europe with Jax, who is inescapably bound to her by blood and magic. Their journey takes them through zones where everything—including magic—has died, zones populated with strange creatures cobbled together of things left behind by the dead.

Needing each other for their very survival, Amanusa and Jax grow ever closer on their journey to discover answers � about magic, blood sorcery, the dead zones, and even love.]]> 500 Gail Dayton 0765362503 S.J. 0 to-read 3.67 2009 New Blood (Blood Magic, #1)
author: Gail Dayton
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/01/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Staked (Void City, #1) 2744959 UNREPENTANT. UNIMPRESSED. AND TOTALLY UNDEAD.

Eric's got issues. He has short-term and long-term memory problems; he can't remember who he ate for dinner yesterday, much less how he became a vampire in the first place. His best friend, Roger, is souring on the strip club he and Eric own together, and his girlfriend, Tabitha, keeps pressuring him to turn her so she can join him in undeath. It's almost enough to put a Vlad off his appetite. Almost.

Eric tries to solve one problem, only to create another: he turns Tabitha into a vampire, but finds that once he does, his desire for her fades—and her younger sister, Rachel, sure is cute. When he kills a werewolf in self-defense, things really get out of hand. Now a pack of born-again lycanthropes is out for holy retribution, while Tabitha and Rachel have their own agendas—which may or may not include helping Eric stay in one piece.

All Eric wants to do is run his strip club, drink a little blood, and be left alone. Instead, he must survive car crashes, enchanted bullets, sunlight, sex magic, and werewolves on ice—not to mention his own nasty temper and forgetfulness.

Because being undead isn't easy, but it sure beats the alternative.]]> 370 J.F. Lewis 1416547800 S.J. 0 to-read 3.69 2008 Staked (Void City, #1)
author: J.F. Lewis
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/01/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Devil Inside (Morgan Kingsley #1)]]> 729876 Possession. Murder. Mayhem.
Let the games begin...

Exorcism isn’t a job, it’s a calling—and a curse. Just ask Morgan Kingsley, a woman who has a stronger aura than any Demon. Or so she thought. Now, in a pair of black leather pants and a kick-ass tattoo, Morgan is heading back to Philadelphia after a nasty little exorcism—and her life is about to be turned upside down� by the Demon that’s gotten inside her.

Not just any Demon. Six foot five inches of dark, delicious temptation, this one is to die for—that is, if he doesn’t get Morgan killed first. Because while some humans vilify Demons and others idolize them, Morgan’s Demon is leading a war of succession no human has ever imagined. For a woman trying to live a life, and hold on to the almost-perfect man, being possessed by a gorgeous rebel Demon will mean a wild ride of uninhibited thrills, shocking surprises, and pure, unadulterated terror.…]]> 307 Jenna Black 0553590448 S.J. 0 to-read 3.64 2007 The Devil Inside (Morgan Kingsley #1)
author: Jenna Black
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/01/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Preying For Mercy (Mercy Thompson, #1-3)]]> 3781901 Moon Called, Blood Bound ANDIron Kissed.]]> 710 Patricia Briggs 0739497812 S.J. 0 to-read 4.59 2008 Preying For Mercy (Mercy Thompson, #1-3)
author: Patricia Briggs
name: S.J.
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/01/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1)]]> 1421990 Flirting With The Grave�

Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father � the one responsible for ruining her mother’s life. Then she’s captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unlikely partnership.

In exchange for help finding her father, Cat agrees to train with the sexy night stalker until her battle reflexes are as sharp as his fangs. She’s amazed she doesn’t end up as his dinner � are there actually good vampires? Pretty soon Bones will have her convinced that being half-dead doesn’t have to be all bad. But before she can enjoy her status as kick-ass demon hunter, Cat and Bones are pursued by a group of killers. Now Cat will have to choose a side � and Bones is turning out to be as tempting as any man with a heartbeat.]]> 374 Jeaniene Frost 0061245089 S.J. 0 to-read 4.13 2007 Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1)
author: Jeaniene Frost
name: S.J.
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2009/01/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Any Given Doomsday (Phoenix Chronicles, #1)]]> 3124975
While the police question Jimmy in the murder, Jimmy opens Liz’s eyes to a supernatural war that has raged since the dawn of time in which innocent people are hunted by malevolent beings disguised as humans. Only a chosen few have the ability to fight their evil, and Jimmy believes Liz is among them. Now, with her senses heightened, new feelings are rising within Liz—ones that re-ignite her dangerous attraction to Jimmy. But Jimmy has a secret that will rock Liz to her core…and put the survival of the human race in peril.]]> 352 Lori Handeland 0312949197 S.J. 0 3.56 2008 Any Given Doomsday (Phoenix Chronicles, #1)
author: Lori Handeland
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at: 2008/11/23
date added: 2008/11/23
shelves:
review:

]]> In the Flesh 5585181 An Infamous Beauty. A Daring Warrior. . .

For five years, Sapphire has been the king of Sari's most treasured concubine. Independent at last, she refuses to put herself in anyone's control again. But now another's meddling has led her into the path of proud, arrogant Wulfric, Crown Prince of the rival kingdom of D'Ashier. . .a man who is dangerous to her in every way.

And A Seduction That Could Destroy Them Both

The daughter of Wulfric's fiercest opponent, Sapphire is a prized warrior in her own right and highly skilled in the sensual arts--in short, Wulfric's perfect match. A lasting union is unthinkable, but the bargain they strike--to spend one night together, and then part--proves impossible in the face of a desire powerful enough to bring two countries to the brink of war, and two hearts to the point of surrender. . .

]]> 308 Sylvia Day 1420100904 S.J. 0 3.88 2009 In the Flesh
author: Sylvia Day
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2008/11/23
shelves:
review:

]]> Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1) 2355575
Charles insists that not only is Anna his mate, but she is also a rare and valued Omega wolf. And it is Anna's inner strength and calming presence that will prove invaluable as she and Charles go on the hunt in search of a rogue werewolf—a creature bound in magic so dark that it could threaten all of the pack.

It is recommended you read the prequel "Alpha & Omega" before reading Cry Wolf.]]> 320 Patricia Briggs 0441016154 S.J. 0 4.11 2008 Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1)
author: Patricia Briggs
name: S.J.
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2008/08/20
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[On the Prowl (Alpha & Omega, #0.5)]]> 285212 Alpha and Omega 0.5 by Patricia Briggs
The werewolf Anna finds a new sense of self when the son of the werewolf king comes to town to quell unrest in the Chicago pack- and inspires a power in Anna that she's never felt before.

Inhuman by Eileen Wilks
Kai has a secret gift of sensing thoughts and desires. What she senses in her neighbor Nathan could be dangerous. Because he has a secret gift, too, and it's about to be let loose.

Buying Trouble by Karen Chance
In a New York auction house, a Lord of the Fey crosses paths with a fiery redheaded mage named Claire. But in this strange underground society, the rarity up for sale is Claire herself.

Mona Lisa Betwining by Sunny
Among the children of the moon, Mona Lisa is of Mixed Blood- part Monere, part human, and destined to be alone. Then she meets a man who could be her salvation- or her downfall.]]> 341 Patricia Briggs 0425216594 S.J. 0 4.07 2007 On the Prowl (Alpha & Omega, #0.5)
author: Patricia Briggs
name: S.J.
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2008/08/20
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)]]> 71811 289 Patricia Briggs 0441013813 S.J. 0 4.14 2006 Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)
author: Patricia Briggs
name: S.J.
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2008/08/20
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Devouring (The Devouring, #1)]]> 3374819 The Vours: Evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the winter solstice.

When Reggie reads about the Vours in a mysterious old journal, she assumes they are just the musings of an anonymous lunatic. But when her little brother, Henry, begins to act strangely, it's clear that these creatures exist beyond a madwoman's imagination, and Reggie finds out what happens when fears come to life.

To save the people she loves, Reggie must learn to survive in a world of nightmares. Can she devour her own fears before they devour her?

The Devouring is an engrossing tale of terror that will have you wondering: what if your worst fears became your living nightmare?]]> 231 Simon Holt 0316035734 S.J. 0 to-read 3.94 2008 The Devouring (The Devouring, #1)
author: Simon Holt
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2008/08/20
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Tick Tock 281433 352 Dean Koontz 0345405137 S.J. 0 to-read 3.76 1996 Tick Tock
author: Dean Koontz
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1996
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2008/08/20
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Red (Dead World, #1) 3400577

Gina Santiago is a member of an elite tactical team in charge of protecting the world. She’s devoted her life to apprehending the most heinous criminals that prey on society—and now she’s after the worst one yet.

On her own, with no backup, the trail takes her to a dusty, tight-knit town on the fringes of society, where everyone’s a suspect. Even the sexy sheriff, Morgan Hunter, isn’t telling her everything. Gina knows he’s trouble, but she’s inexorably drawn to him.

The closer Gina comes to finding out the secret of this sleepy little town and its big bad sheriff; the closer she comes to catching the predator, the more scared she gets—because she’s beginning to realize that she has a secret too. A secret that will change Gina’s life� and make her the killer’s prey.

]]> 368 Jordan Summers 0765359146 S.J. 0 3.39 2008 Red (Dead World, #1)
author: Jordan Summers
name: S.J.
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2008/08/20
shelves:
review:

]]>