Mel's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 09 Apr 2025 22:41:28 -0700 60 Mel's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Warriors of the Heynai (Jake West, #2)]]> 12896337 286 M.J. Webb Mel 0 to-read 4.26 Warriors of the Heynai (Jake West, #2)
author: M.J. Webb
name: Mel
average rating: 4.26
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Manual del guerrero de la luz 15740119 Los guerreros de la luz sufren por cosas inútiles, tienen actitudes mezquinas, a veces se juzgan incapaces de crecer. Frecuentemente se consideran indignos de cualquier bendición o milagro. No siempre están seguros de lo que están haciendo aquí. Muchas veces pasan noches en vela, creyendo que sus vidas no tienen sentido. Por eso son guerreros de la luz. Porque se equivocan. Porque se preguntan. Porque se buscan una razón... y con seguridad la encontrarán.]]> 149 Paulo Coelho Mel 4 3.80 Manual del guerrero de la luz
author: Paulo Coelho
name: Mel
average rating: 3.80
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rating: 4
read at: 2010/07/01
date added: 2025/03/04
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Initiate 17304342
Under Ritual Trainers bound in service to the king, Initiates are selected and brought to the palace to fulfill their duty. All Initiates greet this opportunity with happiness and reverence.

Almost all. One Initiate forsakes time-honored traditions in favor of self-preservation.

Is this forfeiture of life a worthy trade—or even necessary—for the good of the kingdom? In the battle for superiority, can love survive and overthrow generations of sacrifice and tradition?]]>
100 Nulli Para Ora 193176140X Mel 4
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What a beautiful story, short, but amazing! Review to come!]]>
4.23 2013 Initiate
author: Nulli Para Ora
name: Mel
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/02/26
date added: 2024/09/30
shelves: blame-it-on-the-kick-girls, bom, awaiting-review, adult, standalones, fiction, given-as-gift, immortals, humans, kindle-edition, romance
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What a beautiful story, short, but amazing! Review to come!

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What a beautiful story, short, but amazing! Review to come!
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Jekyll (Hyde, #2) 16107545 “When the devil tells you to stop struggling, do you?�

From the moment Eden wakes up, she knows she’s not in Kansas anymore. She isn’t even on Mitch’s doorstep, her dark-side’s favorite place to dump her. No, she’s somewhere far worse. And far more sterile. Sometimes a girl needs to adapt, be flexible, change. And that’s exactly what Eden will do, all the way back to Mitch. No matter what she has to do to get there. Because his life depends on it.

Mitch has lost something he’d never thought he’d find to begin with. And “It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all� is a lie. A lie people tell themselves to make the pain go away. But the pain doesn’t go away, not in someone like Mitch. It festers. It grows. Until it can’t be held back anymore, even by the bars of a cage.


*** Jekyll is a continuation of Mitch and Eden’s story and may prove confusing to those who haven’t read Book I. So why not go check it out? Heck, the first book is cheaper.

*** This novel is also intended for adults, as it includes lots of cursing, biting sarcasm, and some truly evil people]]>
366 Lauren Stewart 0988170140 Mel 0 wishlist 3.96 2012 Jekyll (Hyde, #2)
author: Lauren Stewart
name: Mel
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[How Beauty Met the Beast (Tales of the Underlight, #1)]]> 16078823 Book one in Tales of the Underlight

The Beast

Scarred. Damaged. Living with a terrible secret. Agent of the Underlight Wesley "Hauk" Haukon has nothing left but the fight for liberty against the oppressive Order of Ananke. He's starting to lose hope...and then he sees her.

The Beauty

Despite her night job as a burlesque dancer, grad student Jolie Benoit has always played the mostly good girl. That all changes following a scorching sexual encounter with a stranger whose face she doesn't see. After she's kidnapped by thugs and rescued by a man with a very familiar voice, Jolie becomes a pawn in a struggle she never knew existed.

Hauk knows he cannot have her, and resolves to protect his heart and his secrets. But as they work together and grow closer, he finds new reason to keep fighting. Dare he risk hope in a new life, one where Jolie can see past his ravaged face and where their friendship can grow into something more?

38,000 words

The trilogy continues in How Beauty Saved the Beast.]]>
152 Jax Garren 1356194360 Mel 0 wishlist 3.62 2012 How Beauty Met the Beast (Tales of the Underlight, #1)
author: Jax Garren
name: Mel
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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The Skull Ring 7743143
THE SKULL RING

Dr. Pamela Forrest is determined to bring Julia's memories to the surface, hoping to heal Julia's panic disorder. The therapist keeps returning Julia to a night twenty-three years ago when Julia was four. A night of hooded figures, strange chants, pain, and blood. The night her father disappeared from the face of the earth.

But the line between the past and the present begins to blur when Julia finds a silver skull ring that bears the name "Judas Stone." Someone is leaving strange messages inside her house, even though the door is locked. The handyman, who has a key, spends a lot of time in the woods behind her house. Her boyfriend Mitchell becomes distant and violent. And the cop who investigated her father's disappearance has followed her to the small Appalachian town of Elkwood.

Now she has a head full of memories, but she doesn't know which are real and which are the creations of Dr. Forrest. The shadows of Julia's panic are growing larger and darker. But succumbing to madness seems safer than heeding the whispers that claim ownership of her body and soul.

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Revised November 2010. DRM-free. A romantic psychological thriller from the bestselling Kindle author of LIQUID FEAR, DISINTEGRATION, CRIME BEAT, THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, and DRUMMER BOY. Visit Scott Nicholson's blog at Author Central on Amazon.

Excerpt bonus material
BENEATH by from Jeremy Robinson
33 A.D. by David McAfee
TORMENT by Jeremy Bishop.
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"A wonderful storyteller."-Sharyn McCrumb, author of The Ballad novels

"Always surprises and always entertains."--Jonathan Maberry, The Dragon Factory

"The Skull Ring creates unforgettable settings and characters. Nicholson weaves together fear and hope, cloaking his readers in palpable suspense."--Eric Wilson, NY Times best-selling Christian suspense novelist

"Scott Nicholson is a terrific writer. Like Stephen King, he has an eye and ear for the rhythms of rural America, and like King he knows how to summon serious scares. My advice? Buy everything he writes. This guy's the real deal.."--Bentley Little, His Father's Son

"Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."--J.A. Konrath, author of Shaken

"A chilling, suspense-filled psychological thriller." --Vicki Tyley, Thin Blood]]>
429 Scott Nicholson 1907190910 Mel 0 to-read 3.53 2010 The Skull Ring
author: Scott Nicholson
name: Mel
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2010
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<![CDATA[Waiting for Wednesday (Wild Irish #3)]]> 7879273
When Lane returned, she believed she could resist the far-too-sexy Tris. A life of disappointment had destroyed her ability to love, to trust a man.

Or so she thought.

Waiting for Wednesdsay is the third book in New York Times bestselling author Mari Carr’s Wild Irish series.]]>
144 Mari Carr 1419925830 Mel 3 awaiting-review 4.05 2010 Waiting for Wednesday (Wild Irish #3)
author: Mari Carr
name: Mel
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2013/07/15
date added: 2024/09/27
shelves: awaiting-review
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<![CDATA[The Reluctant Dom (Suncoast Society, #4)]]> 6088255
Kaden knows he's dying, but before he goes, he has one problem he needs to solve -- he must ask his oldest friend Seth to take over as his beloved wife's Dom and Master after his death. Seth has always seen himself as the perpetual screw-up and Kaden as the strong and steady one, so his friend's request rocks his world.

Now Seth finds himself immersed in a role he's far from comfortable inflicting pain to provide emotional comfort for the woman he's secretly loved for years. Can he deal with his crushing grief and learn the skills he must master in time to become THE RELUCTANT DOM?

m/f/m menage, anal sex/play/toys, BDSM, bondage, D/s relationship, and the lesser-known "normality" of the world of BDSM.]]>
285 Tymber Dalton 0982417020 Mel 0 to-read 4.14 2009 The Reluctant Dom (Suncoast Society, #4)
author: Tymber Dalton
name: Mel
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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Take Me (Naughty Nooners) 7506654 Naughty Nooners story.

"I want to taste you." His voice seduced her. His body, costumed in a linen kilt and a mask of the ancient Egyptian lion-headed god of the massacre, made her body burn. It was inappropriate, unprofessional, but when he spoke, "I'm not a gentle lover. I'll take you fast. I'll take you hard, and I won't stop until we've both come." Diana willingly took the plunge into decadence, forgetting where they were and who she was.]]>
16 Grace Samuels Mel 4
Is a short story, about 10, maybe 15 pages long (i am never sure on the kindle). I truly enjoyed this one.

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This ebook is (or was) free on Amazon; honestly i bought it out of boredom and no idea of what to read. I am beyond surprise at the story. I love it, so sweet and tender, yet incredibly hot and steamy.

Is a short story, about 10, maybe 15 pages long (i am never sure on the kindle). I truly enjoyed this one.]]>
3.18 2009 Take Me (Naughty Nooners)
author: Grace Samuels
name: Mel
average rating: 3.18
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2012/01/31
date added: 2024/09/25
shelves: erotica, fiction, romance, kindle-edition, favorites, short-stories, standalones
review:
This ebook is (or was) free on Amazon; honestly i bought it out of boredom and no idea of what to read. I am beyond surprise at the story. I love it, so sweet and tender, yet incredibly hot and steamy.

Is a short story, about 10, maybe 15 pages long (i am never sure on the kindle). I truly enjoyed this one.

Merged review:

This ebook is (or was) free on Amazon; honestly i bought it out of boredom and no idea of what to read. I am beyond surprise at the story. I love it, so sweet and tender, yet incredibly hot and steamy.

Is a short story, about 10, maybe 15 pages long (i am never sure on the kindle). I truly enjoyed this one.
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<![CDATA[The Banshee and the Linebacker]]> 13504197 From award-winning author P.R.Mason, comes the exciting newÌýparanormal romanceÌýThe Banshee and theÌýLinebacker.Praise for The Banshee and theÌý"Everything - the action,Ìýthe characters -suck youÌýin."TamaraÌýBook Reviewer"This story is sweet,Ìýfast-paced and has an endingÌýthat will blow your mind. A must read." Lois LavrisaAuthor of Liquid Lies"The characters wereÌýwell-rounded and I foundÌýmyself laughing out loud while reading it."Lisette CarrithersBook Reviewer**Two brothers, both on courseÌýfor tragedy.A girl tormented by visions ofÌýtheir deaths.Changing their fate could meanÌýsacrificing herÌýheart.Acclaim for P.R. "Ms. Mason blends theÌýparanormal...into a world IÌýwas sucked into."Jess MacallanParaYourNormalÌý**If you like the romance ofÌýStephenie Meyer'sÌýTwilight, you enjoy the paranormal high school world of P.C.ÌýCast, orÌýyou're a fan of Amanda Hocking, you'll LOVE The Banshee andÌýtheÌýLinebacker.More books by P.R. Entanglements (full-lengthÌýurban fantasy/paranormalÌýromance)-- She was driven by love. He was bound byÌýduty. Together theyÌýwere swept through a vortex to a world of danger.Fated Hearts (a paranormalÌýromance novella) -- Will hisÌýlove mean her end?Ìý]]> 51 Patricia Mason 145243672X Mel 0 to-read 3.43 2012 The Banshee and the Linebacker
author: Patricia Mason
name: Mel
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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The Fire of Dawn 13550921
While her body craves for fresh victims and her heart drowns in guilt, she meets inhumanly handsome Max Machiavelli, who claims that Leah is an immortal like him. Infatuation ignites into blistering passion when Leah joins his coven in Amsterdam. But as the mysteries shrouding her sudden change to immortality unravel, she quickly learns that her aversion to taking life isn’t the only thing that sets her apart from this group of herculean strangers.

From the picturesque canals of Amsterdam to Corsica’s limestone cliffs and the untamed Siberian wilderness; from first loves to fierce battles, The Fire of Dawn is an extraordinary tale packed with romance, betrayal, and bloodsucking suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very last page.]]>
414 V.V. Aku 9081877119 Mel 0 to-read 3.85 2012 The Fire of Dawn
author: V.V. Aku
name: Mel
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Bite Me (Demon Underground, #1)]]> 16132445 Life after high school is tough enough without having to go 15 rounds with your inner demon. Thrown out of the house by her mother, Val puts one foot in front of the other and does the only thing that seems to make any sense - she takes aim at the town vampires. A stake a day, keeps the demon at bay. (But don't call her Buffy. That makes Lola, her demon, very cranky.)

Her dark side makes everyday life a roller coaster, but means she's perfect for her night job as a bounty hunter. San Antonio's vampires are out of control, and it's up to Val, her faithful hellhound Fang, and her new partner, a handsome San Antonio police detective, to get the deadly fangbangers off the city streets.

Soon enough she finds herself deep in the underbelly of the city, discovering the secrets of the Demon Underground and fighting to save those she loves. Whether they love her back or not.

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260 Parker Blue 193566106X Mel 0 to-read 3.89 2008 Bite Me (Demon Underground, #1)
author: Parker Blue
name: Mel
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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Ruby Tuesday (Wild Irish #2) 7760632
Bad boy rocker Sky Mitchell wants to buy Teagan’s song. Only it’s not for sale.

Neither is she, but that doesn’t stop him from challenging her to a contest, a game of winner take all.

Ruby Tuesday is book two in the Wild Irish series by New York Times bestselling author Mari Carr.]]>
143 Mari Carr 1419925717 Mel 0 awaiting-review 3.98 2009 Ruby Tuesday (Wild Irish #2)
author: Mari Carr
name: Mel
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at: 2013/07/14
date added: 2024/09/18
shelves: awaiting-review
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<![CDATA[Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)]]> 10948773 336 Kevin Hearne 0345522532 Mel 5
Let’s start by clarifying, this book is not the one I originally thought, this is an Urban Fantasy novel (I was expecting a Paranormal Romance) about the last druid on earth and his battle to protect our planet from the destructive forces of evil.

When I started reading it and realized that it wasn’t the right book and I had no idea what to expect off of it, I hadn’t research it before hand and it sure wasn’t following the plot I had pictured. However, I cannot be more pleased that I made this mistake. For it allowed me to discover a fantastic action/adventure story, and an UF nonetheless; I had missed those recently.

Atticus O’Sullivan is the last druid alive, he is a 21-year-old Irish man (a 21-centuries-year-old that is) living in hiding from the rest of the magical community, calling a small town of Arizona home. His life is rather simple, he owns an occult shop near the University campus selling everything from tarot cards to medicinal teas to the town’s people, he trims the garden of an old lady near his house and has the occasional spat with a neighbor. He also had man’s best friend by his side; a beautiful Irish wolfhound named Oberon that, hands down, is my favorite character in the entire book. You see, Oberon can talk to Atticus through a mind connection; by far the funniest lines in the book are always spoken by Oberon.

I enjoyed this book a lot, is one of those reads that you can sit back and finish it in a day or two while just loosing yourself in the story and forget your problems; after all Atticus has enough to go around. The book is action packed, and beautifully written. My favorite part of the book is its intrinsic connection with nature and the role it plays in the healing of both the body and the mind.]]>
4.15 2011 Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)
author: Kevin Hearne
name: Mel
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2012/02/03
date added: 2024/09/17
shelves: action-adventure, fantasy, fiction, urban-fantasy, demons, immortals, religious, witches, druids, epub, series
review:
To be honest, I picked this book because of its cover. I thought I had found a book that I had seen in Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ some months ago but I couldn’t be more wrong.

Let’s start by clarifying, this book is not the one I originally thought, this is an Urban Fantasy novel (I was expecting a Paranormal Romance) about the last druid on earth and his battle to protect our planet from the destructive forces of evil.

When I started reading it and realized that it wasn’t the right book and I had no idea what to expect off of it, I hadn’t research it before hand and it sure wasn’t following the plot I had pictured. However, I cannot be more pleased that I made this mistake. For it allowed me to discover a fantastic action/adventure story, and an UF nonetheless; I had missed those recently.

Atticus O’Sullivan is the last druid alive, he is a 21-year-old Irish man (a 21-centuries-year-old that is) living in hiding from the rest of the magical community, calling a small town of Arizona home. His life is rather simple, he owns an occult shop near the University campus selling everything from tarot cards to medicinal teas to the town’s people, he trims the garden of an old lady near his house and has the occasional spat with a neighbor. He also had man’s best friend by his side; a beautiful Irish wolfhound named Oberon that, hands down, is my favorite character in the entire book. You see, Oberon can talk to Atticus through a mind connection; by far the funniest lines in the book are always spoken by Oberon.

I enjoyed this book a lot, is one of those reads that you can sit back and finish it in a day or two while just loosing yourself in the story and forget your problems; after all Atticus has enough to go around. The book is action packed, and beautifully written. My favorite part of the book is its intrinsic connection with nature and the role it plays in the healing of both the body and the mind.
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<![CDATA[Witchful Thinking (Jolie Wilkins, #3)]]> 11735016 From H. P. Mallory—the exciting author of Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble—comes her new paranormal romance featuring the sassy, self-deprecating witch Jolie Wilkins.ÌýJolie thinks she’s seen it all, but life continues to spring surprises. The latest shocker? She’s just been crowned Queen of the Underworld. Jolie may possess a rare gift for reanimating the dead, but she doesn’t know the first thing about governing disparate factions of supernatural creatures. She can barely maintain order in her own chaotic personal life, which is heading into a romantic tailspin.First there’s sexy warlock Rand, the love of her life, from whom Jolie is hiding a devastating secret. Then there’s Sinjin, a darkly seductive vampire and Jolie’s sworn protector—though others suspect he harbors ulterior motives. As the two polar opposite yet magnetic men vie for Jolie’s affection, she must keep her wits about her to balance affairs of state and affairs of her heart. Overwhelmed, under pressure, and longing for love, Jolie decides it’s time to take charge—and show everyone that this queen won’t take jack.]]> 338 H.P. Mallory 0345531558 Mel 0 4.00 2012 Witchful Thinking (Jolie Wilkins, #3)
author: H.P. Mallory
name: Mel
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/11
shelves: paranormal-romance, awaiting-review
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Around the World in 80 Days 6607962 154 Jules Verne Mel 0 classics-to-read 4.16 1872 Around the World in 80 Days
author: Jules Verne
name: Mel
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1872
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon]]> 11609992
This edition includes:

The Author's Account of Himself
The Voyage
Roscoe
The Wife
Rip Van Winkle
English Writers on America
Rural Life in England
The Broken Heart
The Art of Book-making
A Royal Poet
The Country Church
The Widow and her Son
A Sunday in London
The Boar's Head Tavern
The Mutability of Literature
Rural Funerals
The Inn Kitchen
The Spectre Bridegroom
Westminster Abbey
Christmas
The Stage-Coach
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
The Christmas Dinner
London Antiques
Little Britain
Statford-on-Avon
Traits of Indian Character
Philip of Pokanoket
John Bull
The Pride of the Village
The Angler
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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280 Geoffrey Crayon Mel 4 "Rip Van Winkle" and of course "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".

This particular edition was free on Amazon.com and although it is very well organized and there weren't any errors that I could find, I'm docking one star for a critical flaw on the ebook's design. The table of content is not hyperlinked, so if you just want to read a certain story instead of the whole book you need to go through the entire book "page" by "page" in order to reach your desired destination. If the table of content had been hyperlinked I would have given it the full 5 stars. ]]>
3.57 1819 The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
author: Geoffrey Crayon
name: Mel
average rating: 3.57
book published: 1819
rating: 4
read at: 2012/03/08
date added: 2024/08/29
shelves: classics, due-to-classes, tesl_tesol_tefl-classes, fiction, short-stories, anthology, kindle-edition, standalones, inter-metro
review:
Bought this ebook primarily because I was assigned a few of its short story in my North American Writters class. The stories are amazing, my favorite ones are "Rip Van Winkle" and of course "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".

This particular edition was free on Amazon.com and although it is very well organized and there weren't any errors that I could find, I'm docking one star for a critical flaw on the ebook's design. The table of content is not hyperlinked, so if you just want to read a certain story instead of the whole book you need to go through the entire book "page" by "page" in order to reach your desired destination. If the table of content had been hyperlinked I would have given it the full 5 stars.
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Fate's Edge (The Edge, #3) 11600952
Audrey Callahan has a unique talent: no door is closed to her; and � thanks to her Edge family, a motley crew of grifters and layabouts � she's a consummate conwoman. But she's severed all ties with her past, finally gotten a legitimate job in The Broken, and Audrey couldn’t be happier. But now her dad has swindled her into one last job...

What do you get when you take the best thief, grifter and gambler make him into a secret agent? You get Kaldar Mar. Judge Dobe probably put it best, “I guess you’re familiar with the law. You hit it over the head, set its house on fire, and got its sister pregnant.� Deeply scarred by his aunt’s death, Kaldar has some scores to settle � and his new assignment might let him do just that. A priceless object has been stolen and Kaldar must retrieve it at any cost. Piece of cake…until Audrey shows up after the same item.

So what happens when a former thief finds herself matching wits with a jack of all trades? One thing is certain: Neither one will ever be the same.]]>
385 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.32 2011 Fate's Edge (The Edge, #3)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2016/03/11
date added: 2024/08/09
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<![CDATA[The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft]]> 21416536 The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Color Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.]]> 1102 H.P. Lovecraft 1631060015 Mel 0 currently-reading 4.33 The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Mel
average rating: 4.33
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Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4) 16160154 The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale—and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny�

Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again.

Richard is a swordsman without peer, future head of his large and rambunctious Edger clan—and he’s on a clandestine quest to wipe out slavers trafficking humans in the Weird. So when his presence leads his very dangerous enemies to Charlotte, she vows to help Richard destroy them. The slavers� operation, however, goes deeper than Richard knows, and even working together, Charlotte and Richard may not survive...]]>
401 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 sagas 4.42 2012 Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2016/03/16
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: sagas
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Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4) 12119496 The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale—and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny�

Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again.

Richard is a swordsman without peer, future head of his large and rambunctious Edger clan—and he’s on a clandestine quest to wipe out slavers trafficking humans in the Weird. So when his presence leads his very dangerous enemies to Charlotte, she vows to help Richard destroy them. The slavers� operation, however, goes deeper than Richard knows, and even working together, Charlotte and Richard may not survive...]]>
388 Ilona Andrews 1937007820 Mel 5 4.16 2012 Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2017/03/19
date added: 2024/08/07
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<![CDATA[Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe]]> 11406578 This eBook of 'Complete Works' by Edgar Allan Poe has been tested on below parameters across ALL devices (including Kindle, Android, iBook, Cloud Readers etc.). It works 100% perfectly as required.

SUCCESSFUL TESTS RESULTS ACROSS ALL DEVICES:

1) Active Footnotes & Endnotes with One-Click navigation.

2) Active Table of Contents.

3) Word Wise � Enabled.

4) Illustrations & Tables (if any) are available with ZOOM feature on double-click.

5) Formatted for Faster Reading experience with easy Font & Page adjustments.

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About “Complete Works� by 'Edgar Allan Poe' *

The works of American author Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809Ìýâ€� October 7, 1849) include many poems, short stories, and one novel. His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing.These works are generally considered part of the Dark romanticism movement, a literary reaction to Transcendentalism.Poe's writing reflects his literary theories: he disagreed with didacticism and allegory.Meaning in literature, he said in his criticism, should be an undercurrent just beneath the surface; works whose meanings are too obvious cease to be art.Poe pursued originality in his works, and disliked proverbs.He often included elements of popular pseudosciences such as phrenology and physiognomy.His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning. Though known as a masterly practitioner of Gothic fiction, Poe did not invent the genre; he was following a long-standing popular tradition.

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5639 Edgar Allan Poe 1908909137 Mel 5 4.54 1849 Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
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book published: 1849
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #0.5)]]> 6388558
She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her to ground and stolen the jewel which commands her, giving him absolute power over her. While he possesses it, he can make her do anything, and he plans to in order for her to experience firsthand the agonizing, unending lust she'd purposely subjected him to for half a decade. Yet when Wroth realizes he wants more from her and frees her, will she come.

Note: First published in the 2006 anthology, Playing Easy to Get.]]>
163 Kresley Cole Mel 3 vampires, valkiries 4.04 2006 The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #0.5)
author: Kresley Cole
name: Mel
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection]]> 18674889
Included in Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection are:
The complete text of all four novels and forty-four short stories starring Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, each elegantly formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your Kindle reader. Links to free, full-length audio recordings of the novels and stories in this collection. An individual, active Table of Contents for each book accessible from the Kindle "go to" feature. Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Kindle's Text-to-Speech features. A low, can't-say-no price! Forty-Eight Complete Works

Four novels and forty-four short stories starring Sherlock Holmes, in order and unabridged. Books included:

Novels:
A Study in Scarlet The Sign of the Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear Short Story Collections:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes His Last Bow Additional Fan Resources

Also included are special features for any Holmes enthusiast, including:
A list of films and television series starring the character Sherlock Holmes. A Reading Guide to additional books about Sherlock Holmes by other authors. Links to free, full-length audio recordings of all the novels and short stories in this collection. ]]>
2631 Arthur Conan Doyle Mel 0 classics-to-read 4.53 1927 Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection
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name: Mel
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rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Sweet Thursday (Wild Irish #4)]]> 8279102
Soldiers Justin and Killian are blown away when quiet Lily proposes a night too tempting, too hot to resist. But just one no-holds-barred, explosive evening with the stunning woman will never be enough.

Sweet Thursday is the fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Mari Carr’s Wild Irish series.]]>
140 Mari Carr 1419928376 Mel 3 awaiting-review 3.95 2010 Sweet Thursday (Wild Irish #4)
author: Mari Carr
name: Mel
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2013/07/18
date added: 2024/07/23
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<![CDATA[El código Da Vinci (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 4250 Esta es una portada alternativa para 9788495618603

¿Qué misterio se oculta detrás de la sonrisa de Mona Lisa?
Durante siglos, la Iglesia ha conseguido mantener oculta la verdad... hasta ahora.


Antes de morir asesinado, Jacques Saunière, el último Gran Maestre de una sociedad secreta que se remonta a la fundación de los Templarios, transmite a su nieta Sophie una misteriosa clave. Saunière y sus predecesores, entre los que se encontraban hombres como Isaac Newton o Leonardo Da Vinci, han conservado durante siglos un conocimiento que puede cambiar completamente la historia de la humanidad. Ahora Sophie, con la ayuda del experto en simbología Robert Langdon, comienza la búsqueda de ese secreto, en una trepidante carrera que les lleva de una clave a otra, decifrando mensajes ocultos en los más famosos cuadros del genial pintor y en las paredes de antiguas catedrales. Un rompecabezas que deberán resolver pronto, ya que no están solos en el juego: una poderosa e influyente organización católica está dispuesta a emplear todos los medios para evitar que el secreto salga a la luz.

Un apasionante juego de claves escondidas, sorprendentes revelaciones, acertijos ingeniosos, verdades, mentiras, realidades históricas, mitos, símbolos, ritos, misterios y suposiciones en una trama llena de giros inesperados, narrada con un ritmo imparable que conduce al lector hasta el secreto más celosamente guardado del inicio de nuestra era.]]>
560 Dan Brown Mel 3 3.77 2003 El código Da Vinci (Robert Langdon, #2)
author: Dan Brown
name: Mel
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Ruby Fever (Hidden Legacy, #6)]]> 39909230
An escaped spider, the unexpected arrival of an Imperial Russian Prince, the senseless assassination of a powerful figure, a shocking attack on the supposedly invincible Warden of Texas, Catalina’s boss... And it’s only Monday.

Within hours, the fate of Houston—not to mention the House of Baylor—now rests on Catalina, who will have to harness her powers as never before. But even with her fellow Prime and fiancé Alessandro Sagredo by her side, she may not be able to expose who’s responsible before all hell really breaks loose.]]>
380 Ilona Andrews 0062878409 Mel 0 4.43 2022 Ruby Fever (Hidden Legacy, #6)
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name: Mel
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Emerald Blaze (Hidden Legacy, #5)]]> 49002221 Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author, continues her spellbinding series set in the Hidden Legacy world where magic controls everything…except the hearts of those who wield it.

As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers—powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control. Catalina can earn her family some protection working as deputy to the Warden of Texas, overseeing breaches of magic law in the state, but that has risks as well. When House Baylor is under attack and monsters haunt her every step, Catalina is forced to rely on handsome, dangerous Alessandro Sagredo, the Prime who crushed her heart.

The nightmare that Alessandro has fought since childhood has come roaring back to life, but now Catalina is under threat. Not even his lifelong quest for revenge will stop him from keeping her safe, even if every battle could be his last. Because Catalina won't rest until she stops the use of the illicit, power-granting serum that's tearing their world apart.]]>
399 Ilona Andrews 0062878379 Mel 5 4.61 2020 Emerald Blaze (Hidden Legacy, #5)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.61
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy, #4)]]> 42654250
But behind the scenes powerful forces are at work, and one of them is Alessandro Sagredo, the Italian Prime who was once Catalina’s teenage crush. Dangerous and unpredictable, Alessandro’s true motives are unclear, but he’s drawn to Catalina like a moth to a flame.

To help her friend, Catalina must test the limits of her extraordinary powers, but doing so may cost her both her House–and her heart.]]>
359 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.55 2019 Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy, #4)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2024/06/11
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Wildfire (Hidden Legacy, #3) 32875195
Rogan faces his own challenges, too, as Nevada’s magical rank has made her a desirable match for other Primes. Controlling his immense powers is child’s play next to controlling his conflicting emotions. And now he and Nevada are confronted by a new threat within her own family. Can they face this together? Or is their world about to go up in smoke?]]>
400 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.65 2017 Wildfire (Hidden Legacy, #3)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.65
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1)]]> 20799724
Then she's kidnapped by Connor "Mad" Rogan—a darkly tempting billionaire with equally devastating powers. Torn between wanting to run or surrender to their overwhelming attraction, Nevada must join forces with Rogan to stay alive.

Rogan's after the same target, so he needs Nevada. But she's getting under his skin, making him care about someone other than himself for a change. And, as Rogan has learned, love can be as perilous as death, especially in the magic world.]]>
406 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.52 2014 Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Ãngeles y demonios (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 965
La eterna pugna entre ciencia y religión se ha convertido en una guerra muy real.
En un laboratorio de máxima seguridad, aparece asesinado un científico con un extraño símbolo grabado a fuego en su pecho. Para el profesor Robert Langdon no hay los Illuminati, los hombres enfrentados a la Iglesia desde los tiempos de Galileo, han regresado. Y esta vez disponen de la más mortífera arma que ha creado la humanidad, un artefacto con el que pueden ganar la batalla final contra su eterno enemigo. Acompañado de una joven científica y un audaz capitán de la Guardia Suiza, Langdon comienza una carrera contra reloj, en una búsqueda desesperada por los rincones más secretos de El Vaticano. Necesitará todo su conocimiento para descifrar las claves ocultas que los Illuminati han dejado a través de los siglos en manuscritos y templos, y todo su coraje para vencer al despiadado asesino que siempre parece llevarle la delantera.

El autor de El Código Da Vinci nos arrastra a una espiral de acción sin pausa, un impactante thriller donde se suceden las sorpresas y se revelan algunos de los más oscuros enigmas de la historia. Fuerzas que han permanecido ocultas durante siglos y que ahora planean destruir la Iglesia... literalmente.]]>
528 Dan Brown 849561877X Mel 4 3.47 2000 Ãngeles y demonios (Robert Langdon, #1)
author: Dan Brown
name: Mel
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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Just Stab Me Now 195500935
Caroline Lindley is determined that her new romance novel will be her best one yet. Fantasy! Formal gowns! Fencing! And, of course, a twentysomething heroine to star in an enemies-to-lovers plot with all of Caroline’s favourite tropes.

But Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst is a thirty-six-year-old widow with two children, her sole focus is facilitating a peace treaty between her adopted nation and her homeland, and she flatly refuses to take the correct approach to there being Only One Bed.

What’s an author to do?

Based on her popular Fantasy Heroine YouTube Shorts series, Jill Bearup’s debut novel brings us the best of worlds both meta and medieval-inspired. Terry Pratchett aficionados will enjoy the political intrigue paired with convivial, tongue-in-cheek satire. And then there's the slow-burn, fade-to-black romance too . . .

If you loved Stranger Than Fiction and The Princess Bride, you will soon find yourself cheering on enemies-to-BFFs Rosamund and Caroline as together they learn what it means to be the hero of your own story.]]>
309 Jill Bearup Mel 0 currently-reading 4.29 2024 Just Stab Me Now
author: Jill Bearup
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average rating: 4.29
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rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series)]]> 57569 572 Tim Ormsby 158948083X Mel 3 3.90 2001 Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series)
author: Tim Ormsby
name: Mel
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at: 2009/08/21
date added: 2023/12/23
shelves: due-to-classes, non-fiction, education, paperbacks, computers, upr-rp
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<![CDATA[The Billionaire's Accidental Bride: The Complete Series Box Set (Books 1-5)]]> 49632537 The complete Billionaire’s Accidental Bride series, for the first time ever in one box set� Jaden Nash. Hot billionaire, cold businessman, and heartless womanizer. And oh, yeah, my new husband. I’m responsible. Practical. Definitely not the kind of girl who marries some guy in Vegas. An annulment and we can forget it ever happened, right? Wrong. Because my new husband? Jaden Nash, the man who touched me like I’d never been touched, the man who kissed me until I was breathless, the man who warned me to stay away from him because he has no heart? He’s a ruthless billionaire businessman, dead set on taking over the only factory in my tiny hometown of Norfolk, Ohio. Pretty much everyone I care about is about to be out of work because of Jaden. I’ve married a man who stands for everything I despise, a man whose malice knows no bounds. I hate him, even if my nerve endings thrum with electricity every time he’s near. But then Jaden makes me a deal. Stay married for forty-eight hours. Let him kiss me and touch me until I all I want is more� If I do, he’ll consider keeping the factory open. Against my better judgment, I say yes. And by the end of the two days, it’s not the factory I’m worried about. It’s my heart� This box set contains the full Billionaire’s Accidental Bride series, The Billionaire’s Accidental Bride (Part One) The Billionaire’s Accidental Bride (Part Two) The Billionaire’s Accidental Bride (Part Three) The Billionaire’s Accidental Bride (Part Four) The Billionaire’s Accidental Bride (Part Five)]]> 209 Paige North Mel 0 currently-reading 4.47 The Billionaire's Accidental Bride: The Complete Series Box Set (Books 1-5)
author: Paige North
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<![CDATA[Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2; Kate Daniels, #10.6)]]> 109554429 A new town, new friends, new challenges�. And a new heart-stopping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews. Kate, Curran, and Conlan may have left Atlanta for Wilmington, but the usual magic mayhem has also hitched a ride!

Kate and Curran have just settled into their new home and their 'low prolife,' when a local businessman approaches them with an offer they can’t refuse. A mysterious evil has spawned in the nearby forest and is holding a defenseless town hostage. The ‘due date� is rapidly approaching.

It’s exactly the kind of fight the Lennarts can’t resist, not for the prize the town offers, but for the people who will surely die if they ignore it. If they succeed, they’ll be rescuing an entire community and can build a strong new base for their family and the Wilmington Pack. If they fail...well, fail is a four-letter word.

Nothing comes without a price. Now Kate must decide if she has what it takes to pay it.]]>
240 Ilona Andrews Mel 3 4.69 2023 Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2; Kate Daniels, #10.6)
author: Ilona Andrews
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average rating: 4.69
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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Virals (Virals, #1) 7800188
As the friends discover their heightened senses and animal-quick reflexes, they must combine their scientific curiosity with their newfound physical gifts to solve a cold-case murder that has suddenly become very hot--if they can stay alive long enough to catch the killer's scent.

Fortunately, they are now more than friends--they're a pack. They are Virals.]]>
454 Kathy Reichs 1595143424 Mel 0 wishlist 3.95 2010 Virals (Virals, #1)
author: Kathy Reichs
name: Mel
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Death of the Moth and Other Essays]]> 785075 248 Virginia Woolf 0156252341 Mel 0 4.13 1931 The Death of the Moth and Other Essays
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Mel
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1931
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Both Feet in the Grave (Night Huntress, #9)]]> 63056451 If you thought you learned more about the dangerous and sexy alpha vampire, Bones, in THE OTHER HALF OF THE GRAVE, you haven't seen anything yet...

Cat disappeared from Bones� life to protect him, but this Master vampire will keep his promise to find her.

Two hundred years of bounty hunting made Bones the best at what he does, yet it's still taken him four long years to find Cat, the half vampire now known as the "Red Reaper." There's a price on Cat's head, and not even her job as a secret government agent can save her. Only Bones can. But has time hardened Bones too much to love again? Or will his passion for Cat burn through every obstacle—alive, undead, or otherwise—between them?

From the author of the Night Huntress series comes a fresh, new perspective on the origin saga of Cat and Bones, in Bones' own words…]]>
348 Jeaniene Frost 1641972432 Mel 0 4.47 2023 Both Feet in the Grave (Night Huntress, #9)
author: Jeaniene Frost
name: Mel
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Magic Tides (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #1; Kate Daniels, #10.5)]]> 65969788 Ilona Andrews invites you back to the #1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels series in this exciting new long novella featuring Kate, Curran and Conlan, some familiar faces, some new friends, and all the special brand of chaos they create!

Kate, Curran and their son, Conlan have left Atlanta, vowing to keep a low profile, and are settling into a new city and new house…but some things never change! Magical mayhem is about to erupt when Kate undertakes the rescue of a kidnapped youth, while Curran guards the homefront.

It should be a simple retrieval, but with monsters on land and sea, Kate’s got her work cut out for her. Still, she's never let her blade dull or her purpose falter. And that low profile? It’s about to wash away with the raging tides!]]>
158 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.51 2023 Magic Tides (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #1; Kate Daniels, #10.5)
author: Ilona Andrews
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average rating: 4.51
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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Kiss Hard (Hard Play, #4) 60732862
Daniel Esera is a young god on the rugby field, a sexy and charming man who's got the world at his feet. There's just one his sudden potent attraction to his number one nemesis--Catie River. No. Just no. Not happening.

Catie River is on her way to Paralympic gold, and she's not about to allow Danny "Hotshot" Esera to derail her plans. Too bad her body isn't cooperating. Even worse? Her heart might be coming along for the ride. No. Nope. Never.

The pair are united in their desire to remain enemies... until a stranger's reckless action threatens both their careers. Now, the only way out for Catie and Danny is to pretend to be in a relationship. How bad can it be? They're adults in full control of their hormones and their hearts. There will be no kissing. No PDA. And definitely no falling in love.

Let the games begin.]]>
329 Nalini Singh 1942356706 Mel 4 4.15 2022 Kiss Hard (Hard Play, #4)
author: Nalini Singh
name: Mel
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[A Grave Girls� Getaway (Night Huntress, #7.6)]]> 59339545 A thrilling novella in the Night Huntress series from USA Today bestselling author, Jeaniene Frost.

Vampire Cat Crawfield Russell is looking forward to a little down time with her best friend, Denise. But when witches crash the party, a fun getaway turns into a paranormal showdown.

Vampire Cat Crawfield is experiencing a new role as a mother. Turns out, trying to manage a perfect domestic life for her daughter is more...challenging than Cat ever imagined. Since things have finally quieted down in the undead world, her husband, Bones, suggests that Cat recharge by spending a girls-only getaway with her best friend, Denise.

Cat and Denise intend to spend the week doing nothing more than dancing, drinking, and sightseeing. Unfortunately, they stumble across a deadly summer solstice ritual performed by powerful witches who have no intention of letting their uninvited guests live to reveal what they saw. Will this girls-only getaway turn out to be the last vacation � ever! � for Cat and Denise?

*Previously published in the Hex on the Beach anthology* ]]>
100 Jeaniene Frost 1641972165 Mel 4 4.38 2021 A Grave Girls’ Getaway (Night Huntress, #7.6)
author: Jeaniene Frost
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average rating: 4.38
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[The Other Half of the Grave (Night Huntress, #8)]]> 59807080 From the New York Times bestselling author of the Night Huntress series comes a thrilling new look at the iconic origin story of Cat and Bones, as experienced by Bones…from the other half of the grave.

There are two sides to every story–and the sizzling British alpha vampire, Bones, has a lot to say�

Ever wondered what Bones was thinking and feeling when he and half-vampire Cat Crawfield first met? Or how their story might differ if he were the one telling it? Now, relive the beginning of Cat and Bones' bestselling love story through Bones' point of view, which reveals a darker, sexier take on their early days, as well as a deeper dive into Bones' past, the vampire world, and other things that Cat didn't see when their story was told only through her eyes in Halfway to the Grave.

Cat had her say. Now, it's Bones' turn.]]>
410 Jeaniene Frost Mel 0 currently-reading 4.62 2022 The Other Half of the Grave (Night Huntress, #8)
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average rating: 4.62
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Fated Blades (Kinsmen, #3) 59011438 A USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews.

At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power―and none more so than the Adlers and the Baenas. For generations, the powerful families have pushed and pulled each other in a dance for dominance.

Until a catastrophic betrayal from within changes everything.

Now, deadly, disciplined, and solitary leaders Ramona Adler and Matias Baena must put aside their enmity and work together in secret to prevent sinister forces from exploiting universe-altering technology. Expecting to suffer through their uneasy alliance, Ramona and Matias instead discover that they understand each other as no one in their families can―and that their combined skills may eclipse the risks of their forbidden alliance.

As the two warriors risk their lives to save their families, they must decide whether to resist or embrace the passion simmering between them. For now, the dance between their families continues―but just one misstep could spell the end of them both.]]>
222 Ilona Andrews 1542037042 Mel 5 4.36 2021 Fated Blades (Kinsmen, #3)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[El Lóbrego Pastor (Parte 1 y 2) (El soliloquio de una Flama Creciente, #1)]]> 13571703
Embárcate a un viaje épico en un mundo fantástico lleno de aventura. El universo de LA GUERRA DE LOS DIOSES apenas comienza�

Puedes reservar LA MALDICIÓN, la segunda entrega de la serie, a un precio de sólo $0.99.]]>
450 1301381357 Mel 0 to-read 4.30 2015 El Lóbrego Pastor (Parte 1 y 2) (El soliloquio de una Flama Creciente, #1)
author: Pablo Andrés Wunderlich Padilla
name: Mel
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Psychic Dreams (Glimmer Lake, #3)]]> 53180081 She’s feeling the heat. Or it might be a hot flash. Sometimes it’s really hard to tell.

It’s been four years since Monica lost the love of her life to a sudden and devastating heart attack. She’s held her family together and picked herself up with the love and help of her two best friends. Now Monica has a new business, a new wardrobe, and a new vision for the future.

As in actual psychic visions. Dreams that manifest in reality? Monica’s still not sure why or how it happened, but she’s been seeing everything from unexpected visitors to visions of fire and destruction.

Separating premonitions from morbid imagination is proving harder than Monica expected, and no one can tell her if these new, violent visions will become a reality.

Added to that, there’s a new fire investigator in town, and he’s more than a little suspicious about the anonymous and frighteningly accurate tips someone is calling in. Monica is feeling the heat� or is that a hot flash?

Is their town about to feel the burn of a serial arsonist, or can Monica, Robin, and Val figure out the dangerous secret smoldering at the heart of Glimmer Lake?

Psychic Dreams is a standalone paranormal women’s fiction novel in the Glimmer Lake series by USA Today best seller Elizabeth Hunter, author of the Elemental Mysteries and the Irin Chronicles.]]>
298 Elizabeth Hunter 1941674534 Mel 4 4.44 2020 Psychic Dreams (Glimmer Lake, #3)
author: Elizabeth Hunter
name: Mel
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/07
date added: 2021/06/07
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<![CDATA[Suddenly Psychic (Glimmer Lake, #1)]]> 49951858 Every woman goes through changes in their forties.
Just not� these changes.

Robin Brannon was a normal wife, mom, and antique shop owner until a brush with death turned her day-to-day life upside down. Now she and her two best friends are seeing things that belong in a fantasy novel. Ghosts. Visions. Omens of doom. Nothing that belongs in the peaceful mountain town they call home.

Added to that, Robin’s marriage is on the rocks, her grandmother’s health is failing, her mother is driving away the customers at her shop, her teenage daughter refuses to get her drivers� license, and her left knee aches every darn morning.

Robin doesn’t have the time, energy, or knees to unearth the secrets buried at the bottom of Glimmer Lake, but fate doesn’t seem to care. Some secrets are just dying to be exposed.

Suddenly Psychic is a stand-alone paranormal women’s fiction, and the first book in the Glimmer Lake series by USA Today Bestseller, Elizabeth Hunter, author of the Elemental Mysteries.]]>
324 Elizabeth Hunter 194167450X Mel 4 psychics, paranormal-romance 4.19 2020 Suddenly Psychic (Glimmer Lake, #1)
author: Elizabeth Hunter
name: Mel
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/06
date added: 2021/06/07
shelves: psychics, paranormal-romance
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<![CDATA[Semi-Psychic Life (Glimmer Lake, #2)]]> 52250039 Who says you can’t live the rock and roll life after forty?
You just need a lot more vitamins and a bigger bottle of aspirin.

Valerie Costa was pretty sure she was rocking her forties. She had an amazing coffee shop, two cool teenagers, and a new superpower that gave her insight into any random object she touched.

Okay, she wasn’t thrilled about that last one.

Ever since Val and her two best friends had driven their car off the edge and into Glimmer Lake the year before, Val has struggled with her new abilities. She’s not exactly sure she wants to be psychic, she could live without her newfound glove addiction, and honestly no one wants to know that much about their teenage sons.

But when Val’s ex-husband goes missing, and police show up at her door with questions she can’t answer, Val, Robin, and Monica are going to have to use their sudden psychic abilities to solve a mystery none of them saw coming.

Semi-Psychic Life is a standalone paranormal women’s fiction novel in the Glimmer Lake series by USA Today bestseller, Elizabeth Hunter, author of the Elemental Mysteries and the Irin Chronicles.]]>
290 Elizabeth Hunter 1941674526 Mel 4 paranormal-romance, psychics 4.41 2020 Semi-Psychic Life (Glimmer Lake, #2)
author: Elizabeth Hunter
name: Mel
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/06
date added: 2021/06/07
shelves: paranormal-romance, psychics
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The Idiot 15827124 795 Fyodor Dostoevsky Mel 0 classics-to-read 4.03 1869 The Idiot
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Mel
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1869
rating: 0
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date added: 2021/06/06
shelves: classics-to-read
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<![CDATA[Wicked All Night (Night Rebel, #3)]]> 53660041 Set inÌýthe Night Huntress World, ancient deities are poised to wreck havoc, unless vampires Veritas and Ian can stop them!

A gift from the godsâ€�Ìý

Veritas and Ian have finally defeated their worst enemy, but theÌýpower it took to pierce through to theÌýnetherworld has unexpected consequences. Soon, Veritas is forced to rely on the last person she trusts—a golden deity named Phanes, who seeks far more than a temporary alliance with the beautiful vampire.

Can unleash hell�

But an escape from the netherworld soon pits Veritas and Ian against supernatural beings seeking to rule over mortals once again.Ìý Now, they must rally friends and foes alike—if the vampire council doesn’t execute Veritas first. Plus, a wedge between Veritas and Ian threatens to destroy their love. Can they stand together against the unearthly powers about to be unleashed? Or does their love—and humanity—not stand a chance?

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368 Jeaniene Frost Mel 4 4.39 2021 Wicked All Night (Night Rebel, #3)
author: Jeaniene Frost
name: Mel
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/07
date added: 2021/03/07
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<![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]> 8684868 An Alternate Cover Edition can be found here: /book/show/5...

The final book in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.]]>
339 Suzanne Collins Mel 4 4.31 2010 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Mel
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2011/04/11
date added: 2021/01/29
shelves: young-adult, dystopian-books, tesl_tesol_tefl-classes, hardcover, fiction, trilogies
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Promise (Soul Savers, #1) 12358267 Recommended for ages 16+ due to sexual situations and language

First installment of award-winning author Kristie Cook's bestselling Soul Savers Series
Alexis Ames has a life full of promise...but not all promises can be kept.

When Alexis Ames is attacked by creatures that can't be real, she decides it's time she learns who she really is, with or without the help of her mother, who guards their family's secrets closely. After meeting the inhumanly attractive, multi-talented Tristan Knight, however, Alexis retreats behind her façade of normalcy...until she discovers he's not exactly normal either. Then their secrets begin to unravel.

Their union brings hope and promise to her family's secret society, the Angels' army, and to the future of mankind. But it also incites a dangerous pursuit by the enemy - Satan's minions and Tristan's creators. After all, Alexis and Tristan are a match made in Heaven and in Hell.

1st Place - 2010 Royal Palm Literary Award - Fantasy (Published) by Florida Writers Association]]>
369 Kristie Cook Mel 0 to-read 3.85 2010 Promise (Soul Savers, #1)
author: Kristie Cook
name: Mel
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/01/18
shelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder, #1; World of Kate Daniels, #13)]]> 54561555 From award-winning author, Ilona Andrews, an all-new novel set in the New York Times #1 bestselling Kate Daniels World and featuring Julie Lennart-Olsen, Kate and Curran's ward.

Atlanta was always a dangerous city. Now, as waves of magic and technology compete for supremacy, it’s a place caught in a slow apocalypse, where monsters spawn among the crumbling skyscrapers and supernatural factions struggle for power and survival.

Eight years ago, Julie Lennart left Atlanta to find out who she was. Now she’s back with a new face, a new magic, and a new name—Aurelia Ryder—drawn by the urgent need to protect the family she left behind. An ancient power is stalking her adopted mother, Kate Daniels, an enemy unlike any other, and a string of horrifying murders is its opening gambit.

If Aurelia’s true identity is discovered, those closest to her will die. So her plan is simple: get in, solve the murders, prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled, and get out without being recognized. She expected danger, but she never anticipated that the only man she’d ever loved could threaten everything.

One small misstep could lead to disaster. But for Aurelia, facing disaster is easy; it’s relationships that are hard.]]>
364 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.65 2021 Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder, #1; World of Kate Daniels, #13)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.65
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/01/13
date added: 2021/01/13
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<![CDATA[Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within]]> 41069547 Everywhere, the witches are rising. Are you ready to answer the call and embrace your own inner witch? In this book, Indigenous Taino Bruja and Seer Juliet Diaz guides you on a journey to connect with the Magick within you. She explains how to cast off what doesn't serve you, unleash your authentic self, and become an embodiment of your truth. You'll also learn the skills and techniques you need to build your own Magickal craft and practice. This book isn't like any other witchy book out there, Juliet doesn't just hand over spells for you to dive into, she teaches you how Magick really works, how to tap into the frequencies that manifest your intentions and desires, and explains why you are the most powerful tool in your life and Magick.ÌýWithin these enchanted pages you'll discover how ÌýÌý*ÌýÌýConnect with the power of your inner witchÌýÌý*ÌýÌýCreate spells, potions, and rituals for love, protection, healing, manifestation and moreÌýÌý*ÌýÌýAmplify your energy by working with a Book of ShadowsÌýÌý*ÌýÌýCreate an altar and decorate it according to the seasons to tap into seasonal powerÌýÌý*ÌýÌýWork with the Moon and the Seasons of the WitchÌýÌý*ÌýÌýConnect with your ancestors to receive their wisdomFilled with Magick, inspiration, and love, Witchery is your guide and companion on a wickedly delicious journey to true self-empowerment. In the book, Juliet has hidden a spell that spans through every page. In the beginning she asks readers to anoint the book (instructions in the book) to activate this spell which will connect you to the book at an intimate level. The book becomes an oracle! After you read the book and find yourself needing guidance on anything in life, simple grab the book and ask what it is you need to connect with, do or learn and flip the pages until you feel called to stop. Read the lessons or words on that page to guide you. (you can substitute any ingredients & you can anoint it via kindle as well)]]> 233 Juliet Diaz Mel 0 currently-reading 4.05 2019 Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within
author: Juliet Diaz
name: Mel
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/12/21
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<![CDATA[Archangel's Sun (Guild Hunter, #13)]]> 53513395 A horrifying secret rises in the aftermath of an archangelic war in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s deadly and beautiful Guild Hunter world...

The Archangel of Death and the Archangel of Disease may be gone but their legacy of evil lives on—especially in Africa, where the shambling, rotting creatures called the reborn have gained a glimmer of vicious intelligence.

It is up to Titus, archangel of this vast continent, to stop the reborn from spreading across the world. Titus can’t do it alone, but of the surviving powerful angels and archangels, large numbers are wounded, while the rest are fighting a surge of murderous vampires.

There is no one left…but the Hummingbird. Old, powerful, her mind long a broken kaleidoscope. Now, she must stand at Titus’s side against a tide of death upon a discovery more chilling than any other. For the Archangel of Disease has left them one last terrible gift…]]>
366 Nalini Singh 0593198131 Mel 4 4.61 2020 Archangel's Sun (Guild Hunter, #13)
author: Nalini Singh
name: Mel
average rating: 4.61
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2020/11/25
date added: 2020/11/25
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<![CDATA[Mitos y leyendas de Puerto Rico (Spanish Edition)]]> 2428748 Spanish 38 Jesus Tome 0940238853 Mel 0 to-read 4.00 Mitos y leyendas de Puerto Rico (Spanish Edition)
author: Jesus Tome
name: Mel
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/11/04
shelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[The Witches of BlackBrook (Witches of BlackBrook, #1)]]> 25271311
Three sisters escape the Salem witch trials when the eldest casts a spell that hurtles their souls forward through time. After centuries separated, fate has finally reunited them in the present day.

One the healer, one the teacher, and one the deceiver.

Will their reunion return their full powers, or end their souls journey forever?]]>
270 Tish Thawer Mel 0 currently-reading 3.56 2015 The Witches of BlackBrook (Witches of BlackBrook, #1)
author: Tish Thawer
name: Mel
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/02
shelves: currently-reading
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Dune (Dune, #1) 43419431 Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice� melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for....

When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.]]>
883 Frank Herbert Mel 0 currently-reading 4.44 1965 Dune (Dune, #1)
author: Frank Herbert
name: Mel
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1965
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Claimed in Shadows (Midnight Breed, #15)]]> 36692351
As the son of a formidable Breed warrior, Aric Chase has been devoted to the Order all his life. With his training completed, all he needs is one successful mission before he can join the fight to destroy the Order’s chief nemesis, Opus Nostrum. His rare ability to daywalk lands Aric an assignment in Montreal, where he learns he’s to be teamed with another new recruit, a beautiful, but tough-as-nails Breedmate named Kaya Laurent.

Independent and driven, Kaya wants nothing more than to become a full-fledged member of the Order. Having grown up in squalor and neglect on the streets of Montreal, she longs for the close-knit family she’s found during her training to be a warrior. Eager to prove herself, she is thrilled to be given the chance at a key operation—even if she must share the mission with an arrogant, far-too-seductive Breed male who’s practically Order royalty.

Their unwanted partnership soon erupts into a desire neither of them can resist. But when Kaya’s past reaches out from the shadows to call her back, she must decide between protecting a dark alliance that could shatter her dreams of joining the team and a truth that could not only forfeit Aric’s faith in her, but bring the enemy right to the Order’s door.]]>
217 Lara Adrian Mel 0 currently-reading 4.41 2018 Claimed in Shadows (Midnight Breed, #15)
author: Lara Adrian
name: Mel
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/09/24
shelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1)]]> 6479112 New edition found here

In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha Duncan must conceal the feelings that brand her as flawed. To reveal them would be to sentence herself to the horror of "rehabilitation"--the complete psychic erasure of everything she ever was...

Both human and animal, Lucas Hunter is a Changeling hungry for the very sensations the Psy disdain. After centuries of uneasy coexistence, these two races are now on the verge of war over the brutal murders of several Changeling women. Lucas is determined to find the Psy killer who butchered his packmate, and Sascha is his ticket into their closely guarded society. But he soon discovers that this ice-cold Psy is very capable of passion--and that the animal in him is fascinated by her. Caught between their conflicting worlds, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities--or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation...]]>
356 Nalini Singh Mel 4
Slave to Sensation is the first book in Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. A Paranormal Romance novel that has both Dystopian and Sci-Fi elements. The story is set in a futuristic urban environment, making it also classifiable under the Urban Fantasy genre. The story’s present timeframe is 2079, one hundred years after the Psy race implemented Silence –an inductivism protocol design to strip away emotions from each individual. As someone who is majoring in Education, and who happens to be taking two psychology classes this term, I am very familiar with Pavlov’s system of rewards/punishment to elicit a desired reaction in another individual. The truth is that this is the first book in the PNR genre that I come across that leans so heavily in this construct in order to delineate half of its staring world building. As a result of 100 years under this indoctrination, the Psy people are the most cerebral of all the races, but they are also the most cold hearted and snobbish that you can find. After all when your entire race is known as those who rule, you are bound to believe that you are better than most. Likewise their world is all steel and glass; tall, cold, concrete buildings that can be houses, but never a home.

In contrast to the Psy we have the Changelings, which are your average shifters, people that are born with the ability to shift into a particular animal and whom are much more in tune with their natural, more primeval side. Where the Psy are cold and calculative, the Changelings are instinct and emotions, calm and detachment [the Psy] VS fire and dominance [the Changelings].

I love the way Nalini Singh explores the intertwining and the clashing of these two opposite worlds. In her story we have Sasha Duncan, a Psy Cardinal who in the outside is the poster child of the Psy forces, but who hides a terrible secret: she can feel emotions (something that is considered a defect in her world). On the other side we have Lucas Hunter, the Dark River Pack alpha who witness (and survived by cheer will power) his family’s murder when he was a child. Hunter is not only his last name, but also his title. He's not only responsible for the welfare of his pack, but also in charge of hunting and stopping those changeling who have gone rogue and have taken too much a liking to their animal half. Following these two characters as they dance around each other turned out to be extremely addictive and entertaining.

The bottom line is that Slave to Sensation opens the door to a world with major power struggles that threaten to alter the very nature of the character’s existence. It has a great love story that leaves you wanting more. Oh and did I mention that it has scorching hot sex scenes. Sasha has never experience actual physical contact, until she meets Lucas and OMG does those two know how turn things on fire. If you are not afraid of great story aided by some steamy, almost poetic, but highly graphic scenes, then I suggest you pick up this book and give Psy-Changeling a try; I know I didn’t regret it.]]>
4.03 2006 Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1)
author: Nalini Singh
name: Mel
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2019/08/29
date added: 2020/09/09
shelves: series, blame-it-on-the-kick-girls, psychics, favorites, kindle-edition, paranormal-romance, shifters, sci-fi, dystopian-books, challenge-read, fiction, urban-fantasy, adult
review:
Sometimes I put off books based on the most idiotic of arguments. In this case it was the cover and the length of the series. Although the cover has an incredibly hot guy, something about it (can’t quite say what) wasn’t calling me. But thanks to Kick’n Ladies I gave this series a go and boy I wish I had done so a while ago.

Slave to Sensation is the first book in Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. A Paranormal Romance novel that has both Dystopian and Sci-Fi elements. The story is set in a futuristic urban environment, making it also classifiable under the Urban Fantasy genre. The story’s present timeframe is 2079, one hundred years after the Psy race implemented Silence –an inductivism protocol design to strip away emotions from each individual. As someone who is majoring in Education, and who happens to be taking two psychology classes this term, I am very familiar with Pavlov’s system of rewards/punishment to elicit a desired reaction in another individual. The truth is that this is the first book in the PNR genre that I come across that leans so heavily in this construct in order to delineate half of its staring world building. As a result of 100 years under this indoctrination, the Psy people are the most cerebral of all the races, but they are also the most cold hearted and snobbish that you can find. After all when your entire race is known as those who rule, you are bound to believe that you are better than most. Likewise their world is all steel and glass; tall, cold, concrete buildings that can be houses, but never a home.

In contrast to the Psy we have the Changelings, which are your average shifters, people that are born with the ability to shift into a particular animal and whom are much more in tune with their natural, more primeval side. Where the Psy are cold and calculative, the Changelings are instinct and emotions, calm and detachment [the Psy] VS fire and dominance [the Changelings].

I love the way Nalini Singh explores the intertwining and the clashing of these two opposite worlds. In her story we have Sasha Duncan, a Psy Cardinal who in the outside is the poster child of the Psy forces, but who hides a terrible secret: she can feel emotions (something that is considered a defect in her world). On the other side we have Lucas Hunter, the Dark River Pack alpha who witness (and survived by cheer will power) his family’s murder when he was a child. Hunter is not only his last name, but also his title. He's not only responsible for the welfare of his pack, but also in charge of hunting and stopping those changeling who have gone rogue and have taken too much a liking to their animal half. Following these two characters as they dance around each other turned out to be extremely addictive and entertaining.

The bottom line is that Slave to Sensation opens the door to a world with major power struggles that threaten to alter the very nature of the character’s existence. It has a great love story that leaves you wanting more. Oh and did I mention that it has scorching hot sex scenes. Sasha has never experience actual physical contact, until she meets Lucas and OMG does those two know how turn things on fire. If you are not afraid of great story aided by some steamy, almost poetic, but highly graphic scenes, then I suggest you pick up this book and give Psy-Changeling a try; I know I didn’t regret it.
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<![CDATA[Twice Tempted (Night Prince, #2)]]> 16133809 Dating the Prince of Darkness has its challenges...

Leila's psychic abilities have been failing her, and now she isn't sure what the future holds. If that weren't enough, her lover, Vlad, has been acting distant. Though Leila is a mere mortal, she's also a modern woman who refuses to accept the cold shoulder treatment forever–especially from the darkly handsome vampire who still won't admit that he loves her.

Like choosing between eternal love and a loveless eternity...

Soon circumstances send Leila back to the carnival circuit, where tragedy strikes. And when she finds herself in the crosshairs of a killer who may be closer than she realizes, Leila must decide who to trust� the fiery vampire who arouses her passions like no other or the tortured knight who longs to be more than a friend? With danger stalking her every step of the way, all it takes is one wrong move to damn her for eternity.]]>
389 Jeaniene Frost Mel 5 Up From the Grave. Review to come.]]> 4.32 2013 Twice Tempted (Night Prince, #2)
author: Jeaniene Frost
name: Mel
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2019/11/28
date added: 2020/09/09
shelves: trilogies, adult, vampires, sagas, fiction, kindle-edition, paranormal-romance, paranormal, supernatural
review:
With that ending a third book has to be on the works. Also, it contains a very small sneak peak at Up From the Grave. Review to come.
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<![CDATA[Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1)]]> 6981329 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 unholy partnership.

In exchange for 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 new found 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.]]>
384 Jeaniene Frost 0061545821 Mel 5 4.26 2007 Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1)
author: Jeaniene Frost
name: Mel
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 2019/12/15
date added: 2020/09/09
shelves: paranormal-romance, vampires, kindle-edition, fiction, adult, series
review:

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<![CDATA[White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism]]> 36458393 Groundbreaking book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when discussing racism that serve to protect their positions and maintain racial inequality

Antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo first coined the term "white fragility" in 2011, and since then it's been invoked by critics from Samantha Bee to Charles Blow. "White fragility" refers to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially. These include emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors including argumentation and silence. In this book, DiAngelo unpacks white fragility, explaining the underlying sociological phenomena. She'll draw on examples from her work and scholarship, as well as from the culture at large, to address these fundamental questions: How does white fragility develop? What does it look like? How is it triggered? What can we do to move beyond white fragility and engage more constructively?]]>
186 Robin DiAngelo 0807047422 Mel 0 currently-reading 4.24 2018 White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
author: Robin DiAngelo
name: Mel
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/07/20
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<![CDATA[Widow’s Web (Elemental Assassin, #7)]]> 13048483
Once an assassin, always an assassin. So much for being plain old Gin Blanco. With every lowlife in Ashland gunning for me, I don’t need another problem, but a new one has come to town anyway. Salina might seem like a sweet Southern belle, but she’s really a dangerous enemy whose water elemental magic can go head-to-head with my own Ice and Stone power. Salina also has an intimate history with my lover, Owen Grayson, and now that she’s back, she thinks he’s hers for the taking. Salina’s playing a mysterious game that involves a shady local casino owner with a surprising connection to Owen. But they call me the Spider for a reason. I’m going to untangle her deadly scheme, even if it leaves my love affair hanging by a thread.]]>
405 Jennifer Estep Mel 4 4.26 2012 Widow’s Web (Elemental Assassin, #7)
author: Jennifer Estep
name: Mel
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2017/10/02
date added: 2020/07/10
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<![CDATA[Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels, #10)]]> 36030579 Mercenary Kate Daniels must risk all to protect everything she holds dear in this epic, can't-miss entry in the thrilling #1 New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series.

Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be.

Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later, a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones. And when a mysterious box is delivered to Kate's doorstep, a threat of war from the ancient enemy who nearly destroyed her family, she knows their time is up.

Kate Daniels sees no other choice but to combine forces with the unlikeliest of allies. She knows betrayal is inevitable. She knows she may not survive the coming battle. But she has to try.

For her child.

For Atlanta.

For the world.]]>
352 Ilona Andrews 0698136829 Mel 5 4.67 2018 Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels, #10)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.67
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2019/10/12
date added: 2020/04/13
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<![CDATA[Harvard Classics: The Complete Fiction]]> 11147929
- The Complete Sonnets and Major Poems By William Shakespeare
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling By Henry Fielding
- A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy By Laurence Sterne
- Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
- Guy Mannering By Sir Walter Scott
- Vanity Fair By William Makepeace Thackeray
- David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
- The Mill on the Floss By George Eliot
- The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Rip Van Winkle By Washington Irving
- Eleonora, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Purloined Letter By Edgar Allan Poe
- The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, The Idyl of Red Gulch By Francis Bret Harte
- Jim Smily and His Jumping Frog By Mark Twain
- The Man without a Country By Edward Everett Hale
- Portrait of a Lady By Henry James
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame By Victor Marie Hugo
- Old Goriot By Honore de Balzac
- The Devil's Pool By George Sand
- The Story of a White Blackbird By Alfred de Musset
- Two Friends By Guy de Maupassant
- Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship By J. W. von Goethe
- The Banner of the Upright Seven By Gottfried Keller
- The Rider on the White Horse By Theodor Storm
- Trials and Tribulations By Theodor Fontane
- Anna Karenina By Leo Tolstoy
- Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Fathers and Sons By Ivan Turgenev
- Pepita Jimenez By Juan Valera
- A Happy Boy By Bjornstjerne Bjornson
- Skipper Worse By Alexander L. Kielland

and hundreds of pages of more works of outstanding literature!]]>
10979 Charles William Eliot Mel 0 to-read 3.96 2011 Harvard Classics: The Complete Fiction
author: Charles William Eliot
name: Mel
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Love Hard (Hard Play, #3) 50439038 New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh brings you the next sizzling story in her Hard Play contemporary romance series�

Jacob Esera, star rugby player and young single father, has worked hard to create a joyous life for his six-year-old daughter. After the death of his childhood sweetheart soon after their daughter’s birth, all Jake wants is safety and stability. No risks. No wild chances. And especially no Juliet Nelisi, former classmate, scandal magnet, and a woman who is a thorn in his side.

As a lonely teenager, Juliet embraced her bad-girl reputation as a shield against loneliness and rejection. Years later, having kicked a cheating sports-star ex to the curb, she has a prestigious job and loyal friends—and wants nothing to do with sportsmen. The last thing she expects is the fire that ignites between her and the stuffed-shirt golden boy who once loved her best friend.

Straitlaced Jacob Esera versus wild-at-heart Juliet Nelisi? Place your bets.]]>
320 Nalini Singh 1942356684 Mel 4 4.14 2020 Love Hard (Hard Play, #3)
author: Nalini Singh
name: Mel
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Andersen's Fairy Tales (Illustrated Junior Library)]]> 700620 343 Hans Christian Andersen 0448060051 Mel 0 to-read, pcmas, folklore 4.07 1835 Andersen's Fairy Tales (Illustrated Junior Library)
author: Hans Christian Andersen
name: Mel
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1835
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4)]]> 50757710
Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari. Karhari killed her husband, and Maud—completely abandoned by his family—has spent over a year avenging his debts. Rescued by her sister Dina, she's sworn off all things vampire.

Except... In helping Dina save the world, she met Arland, the Marshal of House Krahr, one of the most powerful vampire houses. One thing led to another and he asked for her hand in marriage. She declined. Arland is not used to hearing the word ‘no;� and try as she might, Maud can't just walk away from Arland. It doesn't help that being human is a lot harder for Maud than being a vampire.

To sort it all out, she accepts his invitation to visit his home planet. House Krahr is extremely influential and Maud knows that a woman—a human, with a very questionable past—who's turned down a proposal from its most beloved son won't get a warm reception. Maybe she’s not sure about marrying Arland, but House Krahr isn’t going to decide for her. Maud Demille has never run from a fight, and House Krahr will soon discover that there's a lot more to Maud than they’re expecting.]]>
311 Ilona Andrews 1641971045 Mel 0 4.66 2019 Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.66
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/01/31
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Wicked Bite (Night Rebel, #2) 42664381 In the newest Night Rebel novel, set in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress world, beautiful, daring vampire Veritas risks all to protect Ian�

Some promises are meant to be broken�

Veritas spent most of her life as a vampire Law Guardian. Now, she’s about to break every rule by secretly hunting down the dark souls that were freed in order to save Ian. But the risks are high. For if she gets caught, she could lose her job. And catching the sinister creatures might cost Veritas her own life.

Some vows are forever�

Ian’s memories might be fragmented, but this master vampire isn’t about to be left behind by the woman who entranced him, bound herself to him, and then disappeared. So what if demons, other Law Guardians, and dangerous, otherworldly forces stand against them? Come hell or high water, Ian intends to remind Veritas of the burning passion between them, because she is the only person seared on his mind—and his soul�
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387 Jeaniene Frost 0062695649 Mel 0 4.48 2020 Wicked Bite (Night Rebel, #2)
author: Jeaniene Frost
name: Mel
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Sweep with Me (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4.5)]]> 49353950 A charming, short novella in the Innkeeper Chronicles, from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews.

Thank you for joining us at Gertrude Hunt, the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, during the Treaty Stay. As you know, we are honor-bound to accept all guests during this oldest of innkeeper holidays and we are expecting a dangerous guest. Or several. But have no fear. Your safety and comfort is our first priority. The inn and your hosts, Dina Demille and Sean Evans, will defend you at all costs. [But we hope we don’t have to.]

Every winter, Innkeepers look forward to celebrating their own special holiday, which commemorates the ancient treaty that united the very first Inns and established the rules that protect them, their intergalactic guests, and the very unaware/oblivious people of [planet] Earth. By tradition, the Innkeepers welcomed three guests: a warrior, a sage, and a pilgrim, but during the holiday, Innkeepers must open their doors to anyone who seeks lodging. Anyone.

All Dina hopes is that the guests and conduct themselves in a polite manner. But what’s a holiday without at least one disaster?]]>
146 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.38 2020 Sweep with Me (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4.5)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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Burned (Fever, #7) 12444297
MacKayla Lane would do anything to save the home she loves. A gifted sidhe-seer, she’s already fought and defeated the deadly Sinsar Dubh—an ancient book of terrible evil—yet its hold on her has never been stronger.

When the wall that protected humans from the seductive, insatiable Fae was destroyed on Halloween, long-imprisoned immortals ravaged the planet. Now Dublin is a war zone with factions battling for control. As the city heats up and the ice left by the Hoar Frost King melts, tempers flare, passions run red-hot, and dangerous lines get crossed.

Seelie and Unseelie vie for power against nine ancient immortals who have governed Dublin for millennia; a rival band of sidhe-seers invades the city, determined to claim it for their own; Mac’s former protégé and best friend, Dani “Mega� O’Malley, is now her fierce enemy; and even more urgent, Highland druid Christian MacKeltar has been captured by the Crimson Hag and is being driven deeper into Unseelie madness with each passing day. The only one Mac can depend on is the powerful, dangerous immortal Jericho Barrons, but even their fiery bond is tested by betrayal.

It’s a world where staying alive is a constant struggle, the line between good and evil gets blurred, and every alliance comes at a price. In an epic battle against dark forces, Mac must decide who she can trust, and what her survival is ultimately worth.]]>
475 Karen Marie Moning 0385344414 Mel 5 to-read 4.15 2015 Burned (Fever, #7)
author: Karen Marie Moning
name: Mel
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2015/02/10
date added: 2019/12/29
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<![CDATA[Iron and Magic (The Iron Covenant, #1)]]> 40091737 No day is ordinary in a world where Technology and Magic compete for supremacy…But no matter which force is winning, in the apocalypse, a sword will always work.

Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, served only one man. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master has cast him aside. Hugh is a shadow of the warrior he was, but when he learns that the Iron Dogs, soldiers who would follow him anywhere, are being hunted down and murdered, he must make a choice: to fade away or to be the leader he was born to be. Hugh knows he must carve a new place for himself and his people, but they have no money, no shelter, and no food, and the necromancers are coming. Fast.

Elara Harper is a creature who should not exist. Her enemies call her Abomination; her people call her White Lady. Tasked with their protection, she's trapped between the magical heavyweights about to collide and plunge the state of Kentucky into a war that humans have no power to stop. Desperate to shield her people and their simple way of life, she would accept help from the devil himself—and Hugh d’Ambray might qualify.

Hugh needs a base, Elara needs soldiers. Both are infamous for betraying their allies, so how can they create a believable alliance to meet the challenge of their enemies?

As the prophet says: “It is better to marry than to burn.�

Hugh and Elara may do both.
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394 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.60 2018 Iron and Magic (The Iron Covenant, #1)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2019/10/10
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<![CDATA[Magic Binds (Kate Daniels, #9)]]> 28550026
Mercenary Kate Daniels knows all too well that magic in post-Shift Atlanta is a dangerous business. But nothing she’s faced could have prepared her for this�

Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official. But there are some steep obstacles standing in the way of their walk to the altar�

Kate’s father, Roland, has kidnapped the demigod Saiman and is slowly bleeding him dry in his never-ending bid for power. A Witch Oracle has predicted that if Kate marries the man she loves, Atlanta will burn and she will lose him forever. And the only person Kate can ask for help is long dead.

The odds are impossible. The future is grim. But Kate Daniels has never been one to play by the rules�

--penguinrandomhouse.com]]>
333 Ilona Andrews 0698136780 Mel 5 4.64 2016 Magic Binds (Kate Daniels, #9)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.64
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels, #8)]]> 23435302 This is a previously published edition of ASIN B00OQSF7GY. An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.

In the latest Kate Daniels novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews, magic is coming and going in waves in post-Shift Atlanta—and each crest leaves danger in its wake�

After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate—former Beast Lord Curran Lennart—are adjusting to a very different pace. While they’re thrilled to escape all the infighting, Curran misses the constant challenges of leading the shapeshifters.

So when the Pack offers him its stake in the Mercenary Guild, Curran seizes the opportunity—too bad the Guild wants nothing to do with him and Kate. Luckily, as a veteran merc, Kate can take over any of the Guild’s unfinished jobs in order to bring in money and build their reputation. But what Kate and Curran don’t realize is that the odd jobs they’ve been working are all connected.

An ancient enemy has arisen, and Kate and Curran are the only ones who can stop it—before it takes their city apart piece by piece…]]>
343 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.54 2015 Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels, #8)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7)]]> 18719177 This is a previously published edition of ASIN B00G3L6JV4. An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.

No matter how much the paranormal politics of Atlanta change, one thing always remains the same: if there’s trouble, Kate Daniels will be in the middle of it�

As the mate of the Beast Lord, Curran, former mercenary Kate Daniels has more responsibilities than it seems possible to juggle. Not only is she still struggling to keep her investigative business afloat, she must now deal with the affairs of the pack, including preparing her people for attack from Roland, a cruel ancient being with god-like powers. Since Kate’s connection to Roland has come out into the open, no one is safe—especially those closest to Kate.

As Roland’s long shadow looms ever nearer, Kate is called to attend the Conclave, a gathering of the leaders from the various supernatural factions in Atlanta. When one of the Masters of the Dead is found murdered there, apparently at the hands of a shapeshifter, Kate is given only twenty-four hours to hunt down the killer. And this time, if she fails, she’ll find herself embroiled in a war which could destroy everything she holds dear…]]>
402 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.56 2014 Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2019/10/06
date added: 2019/10/06
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Oh my GOD! I loved it, I loved the struggles and story line. Review to come!
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<![CDATA[Magic Rises (Kate Daniels, #6)]]> 17310593
Mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many of the Pack’s shapeshifting children fail to survive to adulthood. While there is a medicine that can help, the secret to its making is closely guarded by the European packs, and there’s little available in Atlanta.

Kate can’t bear to watch innocents suffer, but the solution she and Curran have found threatens to be even more painful. The European shapeshifters who once outmaneuvered the Beast Lord have asked him to arbitrate a dispute—and they’ll pay him in medicine. With the young people’s survival and the Pack’s future at stake, Kate and Curran know they must accept the offer—but they have little doubt that they’re heading straight into a trap…]]>
368 Ilona Andrews 1101624876 Mel 4 4.51 2013 Magic Rises (Kate Daniels, #6)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2019/10/05
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<![CDATA[Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels, #4)]]> 6479550
When she’s called in to investigate a fight at the Steel Horse, a bar midway between the territories of the shapeshifters and the necromancers, Kate quickly discovers there’s a new player in town. One who’s been around for thousands of years—and rode to war at the side of Kate’s father.

This foe may be too much even for Kate and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, to handle. Because this time, Kate will be taking on family…]]>
349 Ilona Andrews 0441018521 Mel 5 4.43 2010 Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels, #4)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, #2)]]> 1811543
As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across Atlanta like a tide. But once every seven years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant. Now Kate’s going to have to deal with problems on a much bigger scale: a divine one.

When Kate sets out to retrieve a set of stolen maps for the Pack, Atlanta’s paramilitary clan of shapeshifters, she quickly realizes much more at stake. During a flare, gods and goddesses can manifest � and battle for power. The stolen maps are only the opening gambit in an epic tug-of-war between two gods hoping for rebirth. And if Kate can’t stop the cataclysmic showdown, the city may not survive…]]>
261 Ilona Andrews 0441015832 Mel 4 4.30 2008 Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, #2)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1)]]> 38619 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780441014897.

Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring the intriguing fantasy world of mercenary Kate Daniels�

When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all kinds of paranormal problems in its wake.

Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up these magical problems. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta’s magic circles.

The Masters of the Dead, necromancers who can control vampires, and the Pack, a paramilitary clan of shapechangers, blame each other for a series of bizarre killings—and the death of Kate’s guardian may be part of the same mystery. Pressured by both sides to find the killer, Kate realizes she’s way out of her league—but she wouldn’t have it any other way…]]>
260 Ilona Andrews Mel 0 4.06 2007 Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at: 2019/09/29
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<![CDATA[Archangel's War (Guild Hunter, #12)]]> 43565782 Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s darkly passionate Guild Hunter world, where human-turned-angel Elena Deveraux, consort to Archangel Raphael, faces a new challenge that threatens the balance of the world.

Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . . .

The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael’s power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. . .far beyond the prophecy of a cursed Ancient.

At the same time, violent and eerie events around the world threaten to wipe out entire populations. And in the Archangel Lijuan’s former territory, an unnatural fog weaves through the land, leaving only a bone-chilling silence in its wake. Soon it becomes clear that even the archangels are not immune to this deadly evil. This time, even the combined power of the Cadre may not be enough. . . .

This war could end them all.
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478 Nalini Singh 045149167X Mel 4 4.62 2019 Archangel's War (Guild Hunter, #12)
author: Nalini Singh
name: Mel
average rating: 4.62
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2019/09/25
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<![CDATA[Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish]]> 39343845 One boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle-grade novel, for fans of Ghost and See You in the Cosmos.Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you're only in the eighth grade, you're both a threat and a target. After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mom decides it's time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don't remember or have never met. But Marcus can't focus knowing that his father--who walked out of their lives ten years ago--is somewhere on the island. So begins Marcus's incredible journey, a series of misadventures that take him all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus doesn't know if he'll ever find his father, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish along the way.]]> 266 Pablo Cartaya 1101997273 Mel 0 currently-reading 4.18 2018 Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
author: Pablo Cartaya
name: Mel
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Fathers and Sons (Curran POV #2-2)]]> 11419464
Infuriated by Kate's treatment at the hands of the Pack, the Beast Lord demands an explanation. When words fail, claws and fangs must do the talking.]]>
21 Gordon Andrews Mel 0 4.31 2011 Fathers and Sons (Curran POV #2-2)
author: Gordon Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2019/09/15
date added: 2019/09/14
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<![CDATA[Magic Strikes - Midnight Games (Curran POV #4)]]> 33808252 10 Gordon Andrews Mel 0 4.14 Magic Strikes - Midnight Games (Curran POV #4)
author: Gordon Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.14
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<![CDATA[Magic Burns - Soup (Curran POV #3)]]> 33808174 6 Ilona Andrews Mel 0 4.31 Magic Burns - Soup (Curran POV #3)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.31
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<![CDATA[Magic Bleeds - Awake (Curran POV #9)]]> 11459863
Infuriated by Kate’s treatment at the hands of the Pack, the Beast Lord demands an explanation. When words fail, claws and fangs must do the talking.]]>
21 Ilona Andrews Mel 5 4.31 2011 Magic Bleeds - Awake (Curran POV #9)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2019/09/14
date added: 2019/09/14
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Loved this short insight into Curran's relationship with Mahon.
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Curran (Curran POV #1-2) 9394156
UNICORN LANE (Magic Bites)
SOUP (Magic Burns)
MIDNIGHT GAMES (Magic Strikes)
CONCLAVE (Magic Bleeds)]]>
28 Gordon Andrews Mel 5 short-stories
I love the glimpses Curran gives us. It really does makes the fans feel love the series even more. ]]>
4.14 2010 Curran (Curran POV #1-2)
author: Gordon Andrews
name: Mel
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2019/09/14
date added: 2019/09/14
shelves: short-stories
review:
Downloaded this for free some months ago and now that I finally got around reading the series (and loving it) decided to get the whole experience.

I love the glimpses Curran gives us. It really does makes the fans feel love the series even more.
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The Classic Fairy Tales 62831 The Classic Fairy Tales focuses on six tale types: "Little Red Riding Hood," "Beauty and the Beast," "Snow White," "Cinderella," "Bluebeard," and "Hansel and Gretel," and presents multicultural variants and sophisticated literary rescriptings. Also reprinted are tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde.


"Criticism" gathers twelve essays that interpret aspects of fairy tales, including their social origins, historical evolution, psychological drama, gender issues, and national identities.


A Selected Bibliography is included.]]>
394 Maria Tatar 0393972771 Mel 5 4.28 1998 The Classic Fairy Tales
author: Maria Tatar
name: Mel
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1998
rating: 5
read at: 2009/10/01
date added: 2019/09/07
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<![CDATA[The Women's Health Big Book of Pilates: The Essential Guide to Total Body Fitness]]> 18897004 Celebrity trainer and Pilates guru Brooke Siler teams up with the editors of Women's Health to offer a comprehensive, authoritative manual on this proven fitness philosophy.

Trained by Joseph Pilates's protégé, Romana Kryzanowska, Brooke is an unparalleled expert and one of the most sought after teachers for her signature body re-shaping techniques. Combining the best of flexibility and strength training, Pilates is the path to the lean fit body every woman craves—and The Women's Health Big Book of Pilates guides readers in every step (and leg lift . . .) of the way. Using the body as the ultimate fitness vehicle and taking inspiration from yoga, dance, and strength training, Pilates transforms bodies in record time. From moves targeting trouble zones to cardio circuits that blast fat all over, this go-to manual covers everything including: Tricks to incorporate Pilates at work, in travel, and daily routine What props best boost your workout and what to skip Pilates principles to help combat lower back pain, stress, low energy, and more! From basic mat moves to the right foods that fuel a lean, toned figure, The Women's Health Big Book of Pilates is the go-to guide for beginners and experts alike.]]>
1405 Brooke Siler 1623360935 Mel 0 currently-reading 4.24 2013 The Women's Health Big Book of Pilates: The Essential Guide to Total Body Fitness
author: Brooke Siler
name: Mel
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Play of Passion (Psy-Changeling, #9)]]> 7831145 Passion and reason collide with explosive force in the newest instalment of Nalini Singh’s “mesmerizing� Psy/Changeling series. As a conflict with Pure Psy looms on the horizon, two powerful wolves fight a far more intimate war of their own.

In his position as tracker for the SnowDancer pack, it's up to Drew Kincaid to rein in rogue changelings who have lost control of their animal halves—even if it means killing those who have gone too far. But nothing in his life has prepared him for the battle he must now wage to win the heart of a woman who makes his body ignite . . . and who threatens to enslave his wolf.

Lieutenant Indigo Riviere doesn't easily allow skin privileges, especially of the sensual kind—and the last person she expects to find herself craving is the most wickedly playful male in the den. Everything she knows tells her to pull back before the flames burn them both to ash . . . but she hasn't counted on Drew's will.

Now, two of SnowDancer's most stubborn wolves find themselves playing a hot, sexy game even as lethal danger stalks the very place they call home.]]>
321 Nalini Singh 0425237796 Mel 4 awaiting-review 4.23 2010 Play of Passion (Psy-Changeling, #9)
author: Nalini Singh
name: Mel
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2013/01/19
date added: 2019/07/02
shelves: awaiting-review
review:
That was nice and cute, very short too.
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<![CDATA[TIME The Science of Weight Loss]]> 43687988 96 Time Inc. 1547848561 Mel 4 3.95 TIME The Science of Weight Loss
author: Time Inc.
name: Mel
average rating: 3.95
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Bridge to Terabithia 386362
That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. It doesn't matter to Jess that Leslie dresses funny, or that her family has a lot of money -- but no TV. Leslie has imagination. Together, she and Jess create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where the two of them reign as king and queen, and their imaginations set the only limits. Then one morning a terrible tragedy occurs. Only when Jess is able to come to grips with this tragedy does he finally understand the strength and courage Leslie has given him.]]>
128 Katherine Paterson Mel 0 dnf-but-will-retry-later 4.07 1977 Bridge to Terabithia
author: Katherine Paterson
name: Mel
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1977
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)]]> 18131
It was a dark and stormy night.

Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe on a most dangerous and extraordinary adventure—one that will threaten their lives and our universe.

A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L'Engle's classic Time Quintet.]]>
211 Madeleine L'Engle 0440498058 Mel 0 4.04 1962 A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
author: Madeleine L'Engle
name: Mel
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1962
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Atlantis Gene (The Origin Mystery, #1)]]> 30517378
In a lab in Jakarta, au austism researcher identifies a revolutionary treatment that could chamge everything]]>
642 A.G. Riddle Mel 0 dnf-but-will-retry-later 3.91 2013 The Atlantis Gene (The Origin Mystery, #1)
author: A.G. Riddle
name: Mel
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Aimless Witch (Questing Witch, #1)]]> 40032834 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07CT38KNZ


From the world of Rylee Adamson and the Elemental Series comes a heroine with nothing to lose and everything to prove�.

My name is Pamela, and I am a witch who has no equal.


Or so I thought.

It has been three years since the Destroyer sundered our world. The land is no longer whole, but broken into pieces, most technology gone, and the continents shattered into an unrecognizable place.

New monsters have risen from the depths, adding danger on top of danger. Through it all the humans fight to survive as they compete not only with the supernaturals for food and resources, but their own kind as well.

And me? The caravans of humans I pass, they look to me to save them.

Only I am not the witch I once was. Bound by those who fear my power and my bloodline, I’m lucky if I can light a match with my magic, never mind protect anyone but myself.

Now, the darkness in me rises, offering me all that I want. Freedom from the chains I wear, and the power to make everything right. But if I embrace the darkness I will face a cost I could never have imagined…]]>
296 Shannon Mayer Mel 0 dnf-but-will-retry-later 4.22 2018 Aimless Witch (Questing Witch, #1)
author: Shannon Mayer
name: Mel
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/05/27
shelves: dnf-but-will-retry-later
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<![CDATA[Beginnings (The Guardians of Vesturon, #0.5)]]> 15701499 52 A.M. Hargrove Mel 0 paranormal-romance, to-read 4.17 2012 Beginnings (The Guardians of Vesturon, #0.5)
author: A.M. Hargrove
name: Mel
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/01/28
shelves: paranormal-romance, to-read
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<![CDATA[American Assassin (Mitch Rapp, #1)]]> 19546523 #1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with yet another explosive thriller, introducing the young Mitch Rapp, as he takes on his first assignment.

Before he was considered a CIA superagent, before he was thought of as a terrorist’s worst nightmare, and before he was both loathed and admired by the politicians on Capitol Hill, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world . . . and then tragedy struck.

Two decades of cutthroat, partisan politics has left the CIA and the country in an increasingly vulnerable position. Cold War veteran and CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield knows he must prepare his people for the next war. The rise of Islamic terrorism is coming, and it needs to be met abroad before it reaches America’s shores. Stansfield directs his protégée, Irene Kennedy, and his old Cold War colleague, Stan Hurley, to form a new group of clandestine operatives who will work outside the normal chain of command—men who do not exist.

What type of man is willing to kill for his country without putting on a uniform? Kennedy finds him in the wake of the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack. Two-hundred and seventy souls perished that cold December night, and thousands of family and friends were left searching for comfort. Mitch Rapp was one of them, but he was not interested in comfort. He wanted retribution.

Six months of intense training has prepared him to bring the war to the enemy’s doorstep, and he does so with brutal efficiency. Rapp starts in Istanbul, where he assassinates the Turkish arms dealer who sold the explosives used in the Pan Am attack. Rapp then moves onto Hamburg with his team and across Europe, leaving a trail of bodies. All roads lead to Beirut, though, and what Rapp doesn’t know is that the enemy is aware of his existence and has prepared a trap. The hunter is about to become the hunted, and Rapp will need every ounce of skill and cunning if he is to survive the war-ravaged city and its various terrorist factions.

As action-packed, fast-paced, and brutally realistic as it gets, Flynn’s latest page-turner shows readers how it all began. Behind theÌýsteely gazeÌýofÌýthe nation’sÌýultimate hero is a young man primed to become an American Assassin.]]>
544 Vince Flynn Mel 5 4.38 2010 American Assassin (Mitch Rapp, #1)
author: Vince Flynn
name: Mel
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2017/07/22
date added: 2019/01/17
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<![CDATA[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]> 11697008
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225 Mark Twain Mel 3 4.19 1884 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
author: Mark Twain
name: Mel
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1884
rating: 3
read at: 2013/01/29
date added: 2018/12/19
shelves: kindle-edition, due-to-classes, fiction, free-download, classics, teachers-materials, inter-metro
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<![CDATA[Slaying It (Chicagoland Vampires, #13.5)]]> 39807182 A brand new novella in the New York Times bestselling series featuring vampires in the Windy City.

Merit, Sentinel of Chicago's Cadogan House, is pregnant. She's ready to meet her daughter, but also very excited about the possibility of seeing her feet again. But trouble always seems to find her...

Ethan and Merit have been married for eight months, and they're preparing for life-with-baby. Ethan's battling his overprotectiveness, while Merit's hoping she can figure out how to be a loving parent given her family's chilliness.

While out on an evening walk, Merit stops to help a human in need, only to find herself under attack. A sociopath with a debt figures pregnant Merit is an easy target--and Cadogan House would pay handsomely for her return...]]>
77 Chloe Neill 0440001242 Mel 3 4.18 2018 Slaying It (Chicagoland Vampires, #13.5)
author: Chloe Neill
name: Mel
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2018/11/26
date added: 2018/11/26
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<![CDATA[Archangel's Prophecy (Guild Hunter, #11)]]> 38350837 Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s darkly passionate Guild Hunter world, where human-turned-angel Elena Deveraux, consort to Archangel Raphael, is thrust center stage into an eons-old prophecy�.

Midnight and dawn, Elena’s wings are unique among angelkind…and now they’re failing. The first mortal to be turned into an immortal in angelic memory, she’s regressing. Becoming more and more human. Easier to hurt. Easier to kill.

Elena and Raphael must unearth the reason for the regression before it’s too late and Elena falls out of the sky. Yet even as they fight a furious battle for Elena’s very survival, violent forces are gathering in New York and across the world.

In China, the Archangel Favashi is showing the first signs of madness. In New York, a mysterious sinkhole filled with lava swallows a man whole. In Africa, torrential monsoon rains flood rolling deserts. And in Elena’s mind whispers a haunting voice that isn’t her own.

This time, survival may not be possible…not even for the consort of an archangel.]]>
368 Nalini Singh 0451491653 Mel 4 4.42 2018 Archangel's Prophecy (Guild Hunter, #11)
author: Nalini Singh
name: Mel
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/11/18
date added: 2018/11/18
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