ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:38:21 -0800 60 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)]]> 16054217 The #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night

Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make a dramatic return to the present—facing new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home, Sept-Tours, they reunite with the beloved cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency.]]> 561 Deborah Harkness 0670025593 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 4.15 2014 The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
author: Deborah Harkness
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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date added: 2025/01/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Race the Darkness (Fatal Dreams, #1)]]> 29527038 First in a gripping paranormal romantic suspense duo by a Golden Heart finalist debut author whose clinical work gives her chilling insights...

Cursed with a terrible gift...

Criminal investigator Xander Stone doesn't have to question you—he can hear your thoughts. Scarred by lightning, burdened with a power that gives him no peace, Xander struggles to maintain his sanity against the voice that haunts him day and night—the voice of a woman begging him to save her.

A gift that threatens to engulf them...

Isleen Walker has long since given up hope of escape from the nightmare of captivity and torture that is draining her life, her mind, and her soul. Except...there is the man in her feverish dreams, the strangely beautiful man who beckons her to freedom and wholeness. And when he comes, if he comes, it will take all their combined fury and faith to overcome a madman bent on fulfilling a deadly prophecy.]]> 345 Abbie Roads 1492639176 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.61 2016 Race the Darkness (Fatal Dreams, #1)
author: Abbie Roads
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/10
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]]> <![CDATA[Sealed in Sin (The Vessel Trilogy, #2)]]> 23148016 Sometimes sin looks an awful lot like heaven.

One demon prince may be festering in the bowels of the soul eater Cocytus, but Genevieve’s troubles are far from over. Prince Bamal, demon lord of New York City, still wants her. But this time, he wants her alive, to control her inherent power as a Vessel of Light.

With Jude Delacroix off searching for the prophecy, Thomas—a guardian angel with sea-green eyes and an aura of winter woods—steps into the gap, offering her the power to protect herself.

Yet she hesitates, for the transfer of that power comes through a kiss. While Gen’s love for Jude is true, Thomas stirs a desire where there should be none. Thomas also knows Jude’s darkest secret and plans to use it, if necessary, to win Gen for his own.

While her Vessel power grows and more demon spawn creep from every dark corner of the world, one thing is certain—the Great War between the angels and demons is quickly approaching. And Gen is in a race against time to awaken her full power before the storm breaks.

]]> 346 Juliette Cross 1619224968 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 3 pnr 4.16 2015 Sealed in Sin (The Vessel Trilogy, #2)
author: Juliette Cross
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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date added: 2024/09/29
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]]> Darkroom 30089694 A Night Owl Reviews Top "Sensational!...A haunting novel full of suspense and not a little terror."Hailed by Best Thrillers as “one of the year’s best crime thrillers.�Get your copy today and join Kelly on her dangerous quest for the truth.]]> 292 Mary Maddox 194273705X ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.75 Darkroom
author: Mary Maddox
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.75
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]]> Worlds Apart 13561711
I love you. Niall is in hiding, but not from the police. He’s trapped between the world he longs for and a place he can’t leave behind. Cursed to hold his tongue, unable to claim what he wants until it’s given, he’s allowed one year to capture his heart's desire. But speaking those three simple words, the most important words in his life, might very well kill him.

I can’t love you. As a private investigator, Taylor walks daily through the ashes of love burned out. He’s witnessed the aftermath of love—destroyed marriages and wrecked lives that leave behind nothing but bitter memories of betrayal. He’s convinced that love will never plant a seed in his heart—until Niall sparks a completely unexpected reaction in both mind and body.

I want to love you. Roo has spent her entire life bouncing from relationship to relationship, offering her heart only to get it trampled on. When she finds herself out in the cold again, she discovers love can come from the most surprising of places. Her choices are simple. Do the right thing. Do the wrong thing. Do nothing. The wrong choice could be simply devastating�


Beware faeries with killer tattoos and girls dressed as chickens—broken hearts can follow� Or lots of love. And lots of sex—three-way, two-way, every which way. But no chicken sex. Thank god.]]> 306 Barbara Elsborg 1609288300 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 erotica-and-smutty-smut, pnr 3.84 2012 Worlds Apart
author: Barbara Elsborg
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2016/01/01
date added: 2024/09/26
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]]> <![CDATA[Hunter's Heart (Alpha Pack, #4)]]> 18376225
Ryon Hunter sees dead people—spirits that beg him for help in ways he can’t understand. He’d do anything to end the torment, until a beautiful spirit appears to him with a plea he can’t ignore: Help me…I’m alive. The woman is wildlife biologist Daria Bradford, mortally wounded after encountering a white wolf, calling to Ryon through a rare Psy gift.

When Ryon locates Daria in the Shoshone National Park, it is almost too late, but nursing her back to health at the Alpha Pack compound brings a new complication—Daria is his destined mate, and Ryon is afraid of what will happen when she discovers what he is, and what he had to do to save her life. But the biggest threat of all is still loose in the forest, leaving a merciless trail of death behind it. The Alpha Pack goes on the hunt for the mysterious white wolf, determined to stop the murderous rogue� only to find that the most lethal creature of all is the one they can’t see coming…]]> 368 J.D. Tyler 1101602791 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 pnr 4.09 2013 Hunter's Heart (Alpha Pack, #4)
author: J.D. Tyler
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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date added: 2024/09/24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Witch Sisters (The Taker, #2.5)]]> 17285643 25 Alma Katsu 1301365157 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.53 2013 The Witch Sisters (The Taker, #2.5)
author: Alma Katsu
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tempting Touch Of Fire (Elemental Awakening, #1)]]> 35083782 'Oh, this was sweet torture. To be this close to nirvana and walk away because I am coy. I closed my eyes tightly and swallowed down my fears. Theo wanted me. Like this. He craved me, in any way he could get me. Even if I wasn’t his, even if this all was torn asunder tomorrow, how could I not take the chance to feel this, to share this, with him? Even if just for a moment.'

For the past year Casey Eden has nurtured a crush on handsome, confident and slightly arrogant Theo Peters. For the first time in her life she's actually been able to flirt with a man. She even believed he was about to take their delicious flirtations to the next step.

But then things changed.

A pit full of dirt.
A preternatural world she never knew existed.
And a fire of passion ignited deep inside her heart.

Now, they are sworn enemies, their attraction to each other a bitter-sweet temptation that will only lead to heartache in the end. But there is more for Casey to be worried about than forbidden love. Her world has been turned upside down and inside out, and now she has to find out who and what she has become. To do that, she must walk a dangerous tightrope between desire and reality. But reality for Casey includes a calling to the Earth and a longing for Fire, not to mention those who become aware of her will do anything to get what they want. And she soon begins to realise nothing will ever be the same again.]]> 307 Nicola Claire 0473252244 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.00 2013 The Tempting Touch Of Fire (Elemental Awakening, #1)
author: Nicola Claire
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Master for Tonight (Master for Tonight, #1)]]> 18665925
Kate Collins is an average woman in her late-30’s, plagued by panic attacks. Sent home by her boss at the shelter, she prepares to have a night of relaxation…until her doorbell rings.

Julian Montfort is the most beautiful and masculine man she has ever seen. He exudes ‘maleness� from his entire body—that certain quality some men have in their DNA that makes a woman recognize her femininity…her ‘womanness.� That part of her that is soft, malleable, and made to accept him. Drawn to him despite his unconventional arrival, Kate must answer his question: “Can you allow yourself this indulgence? It’s just one night.�

Deeply sensual and erotic, Master for Tonight is a contemporary vampire romance which goes beyond the burning physical attraction between Julian and Kate, telling a tale of two people drawn together under incomprehensible circumstances, and their fight to be together against all odds.]]> 124 Elaine Barris 1301728306 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.12 2013 Master for Tonight (Master for Tonight, #1)
author: Elaine Barris
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/22
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragon Heartstring (Vale of Stars, #0.5)]]> 41724299
Shakara Icewing has watched Demetrius Cade from afar for years. Known as the most eligible bachelor and emotionally unavailable in all of Gladium Province, she sees him as the aloof, arrogant brother of her dear friend. But when they finally meet, she isn’t sure she can handle how deep and how fast they both fall.

An old enemy resurfaces and once more threatens those Demetrius loves. When Shakara plans to speak before Parliament against business tycoon Aron Grayson, she puts her own life in the line of fire. Demetrius will stop at nothing to protect the woman he can no longer live without.]]> 184 Juliette Cross ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.94 2016 Dragon Heartstring (Vale of Stars, #0.5)
author: Juliette Cross
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/22
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]]> Frey (The Stone Society #4) 26022270
Geoffrey “Frey� Hartley- soldier, helicopter pilot, boxer, martial arts expert - is the biggest, baddest Gargoyle shapeshifter in the Stone Society. After too much death and destruction, he hung up his dog tags. Now he is the owner of Lion Hart Dojo and Gym. For almost six hundred years, Frey has spent his life protecting humans while secretly praying for a family. Some of his Clan are finding their mates, but the fates aren’t making it easy on any of them.

Abbi Quinn � teacher, wife, sister - is an abused, broken down young woman. After her parents� death when she was seventeen, Abbi hung up her dreams along with her ballet shoes. Married to an abusive, controlling man, Abbi can’t remember what love feels like. When a stranger offers her a way out of her horrid situation, Abbi is torn. She tried leaving once before and the result almost cost her life.

When Frey finds his mate in the beautiful yet subdued Abbi, the pull between them is undeniable. He vows to find the smile hidden beneath her pain, to give her back her dreams, to see her dance. He will do whatever it takes to rescue her from the hands of her husband, even if it means protecting her from the sidelines.
]]> 330 Faith Gibson 0996366415 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 pnr, shifters-ooh-là-là 4.48 2015 Frey (The Stone Society #4)
author: Faith Gibson
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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date added: 2024/09/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Supernaturally Kissed (Frostbite, #1)]]> 12992344
Kipp, a former cop with the Memphis Police Department, will stop at nothing to gain her help, including using his ghostly charms to seduce her.

Tess must help solve the five-year-old cold case of Hannah Reid's disappearance, because solving the case will save Kipp. But a bigger problem presents itself. Tess is falling in love with a ghost. Now she must decide. Keep Kipp forever, or find the killer.

Blush sensuality This is a sensual romance (may have explicit love scenes, but not erotic in frequency or type).]]> 200 Stacey Kennedy 1419936115 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 2 3.91 2011 Supernaturally Kissed (Frostbite, #1)
author: Stacey Kennedy
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2011
rating: 2
read at: 2016/01/01
date added: 2024/09/17
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]]> Riot (Scarred Souls, #4) 31625161 Mona—the most subservient of the Arziani Blood Pit slaves.

Gorgeous and kind, she has been under the imprisoning influence of the Type B drug and under the command of the Blood Pit Master’s sister, Mistress Arziani, for most of her life, until the Master calls her back home to Georgia.

He wants her under his total control, and Master always gets what he wants.

But when 152 is gifted to the Blood Pit’s fearsome champion death match fighter as a prize, 152 suddenly finds out that the men who appear most brutal, may just own the kindest hearts. And love may be found, even when living in hell.

Freedom, family, love, 152 will have to fight for what she wants and ultimately make an impossible choice.]]> 350 Tillie Cole 1250086272 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.50 2017 Riot (Scarred Souls, #4)
author: Tillie Cole
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/17
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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 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.16 2012 Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/08/07
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]]> Gregor (Stone Society #2) 24895162
Gregor Stone is a full-blood Gargoyle and the Warden at the New Atlanta Penitentiary. He spends his days running the prison and his nights looking for Unholy. With the recent discovery that Gargoyles can mate with humans, there is new hope for his kind. Gregor has found his mate, but there’s one problem: she hates him. He believes his happily ever after is still just a fairy tale.

Tessa Blackmore is Trouble with a capital T and has been since she was a baby. Tessa is a half-blood. Her father is a Gargoyle and her mother is human. The half-bloods have hidden themselves from the Gargoyles for centuries. Now that Tessa has found her mate in a full-blood, will she continue to hide, or will she give in to the pull of the mate bond?

Tessa is running from her past and the madman hell bent on catching her. As he and his army close in, Tessa is forced to turn to the one man she has tried to avoid for years: her mate.

This book is about a Hot Alpha Gargoyle shapeshifter and his feisty redheaded mate.

Warning: The story is full of action, F-bombs, and HOT, descriptive sex, including anal play. It is intended for mature audiences and only those are enjoy this type of book.
]]> 305 Faith Gibson 1495140563 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 pnr, shifters-ooh-là-là 4.27 2015 Gregor (Stone Society #2)
author: Faith Gibson
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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date added: 2024/07/30
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]]> <![CDATA[Dispelled (A Null for Hire, #1)]]> 32601795
I don’t let it bother me. Much.

My name is Holly James, and what they say is true. I’m a freak of nature—a null. My mere presence zaps the magic from Others, rendering them powerless. That’s why they hate me. But here’s the kicker: I’ve found a way to profit from my lack of mojo.

Whether it’s acting as a mystical wet blanket in a dispute between pyromancers or keeping hormonal shifters from changing during a sweet sixteen party, I provide a highly specialized service. For a hefty fee.

When a young witch turns up dead, clutching an amulet cursed with black magic, my estranged grandfather asks for my help. In return for nullifying the necklace, Gramps promises to find my missing mother—a witch who vanished after my birth. Of course there’s a catch. He wants me to assist Cade McAllister, the arrogant sorcerer in charge of investigating the case.

Cade resents my existence, let alone my attempts to help. Still, I’ll do whatever it takes to find my mom. For my own peace of mind I have to know what happened to her, and I won’t allow anything to get in my way. Not even this crazy, irrational longing I feel for a hot sorcerer with the sexiest scowl I’ve ever seen.

]]> 265 Terri L. Austin 1946066001 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.74 2016 Dispelled (A Null for Hire, #1)
author: Terri L. Austin
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/07/29
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]]> <![CDATA[Lark's Quest: The Complete Story]]> 24577199
What if the missing heir to the Griffin throne is still alive?

What if the years she spent as the despised Fighter Number Six within the clan of women warriors was worth it?

What if it made her strong enough, skilled enough, ruthless enough to find the last surviving member of the royal family?

And what if the boy prince who's haunted her dreams since she was a child is now far more than she ever imagined he could be?

What then?

Available at:

***

Lark's Quest is a complete standalone novel, first in the Deeds of the Ariane series of epic romantic fantasies set in the world of the Silver Isle. It contains the complete text of the original three novellas in one volume (Lark's Quest, Lark's Secret, Lark's Choice).]]> 257 Barbara Cool Lee ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.21 2012 Lark's Quest: The Complete Story
author: Barbara Cool Lee
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/06/02
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret of Excalibur (Excalibur Saga #1)]]> 24061982
The US government wanted to control me. But how do you control someone who can teleport anywhere he wants to in a blink of an eye? Fed up with their shenanigans, I headed for the Institute of Psychic Research in London.

But something is pulling me; calling me, and I don’t know what. I ended up at Lake George, where sightings of The Lady of the Lake and Excalibur have been reported. With the help of Dr. Burns and Commander Dobie, we uncovered the secrets of the lake, but they’re more than anyone imagined.

What would I sacrifice to save the world from Excalibur?
]]> 313 Sahara Foley ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.90 2014 The Secret of Excalibur (Excalibur Saga #1)
author: Sahara Foley
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/01/15
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]]> <![CDATA[Tainted Kiss (Watcher's Kiss #1)]]> 25744133 Haunted by a centuries-old tragedy, there’s no room in Arawn’s life for softness. Every action he takes is for the betterment of his race and the good of the realm. He leads his elite band of warriors the same way he lives his life: full on, without compromise, determined. Except for one sexy female who happens to be his subordinate.

Tenacious, passionate, tough-as-steel.
Ria relishes the duties Arawn assigns her as much as she respects the deadly combatants on her team. And she has a secret: her formidable boss is also her deepest fantasy. Years of working under his authority haven’t dulled the spark she feels, yet her passion is tempered by the hints of loss she gathers about him. His dark and sexy moodiness draws her, but he’s a hard man to approach as he keeps the world at emotional arm’s length.

Secrets laced in blood burn his battle-hardened soul.
When Ria is gravely injured in the line of duty, Arawn can no longer fight his own long-simmering feelings. But a secret, more heinous and ugly than anyone could imagine, prevents him from surrendering his heart. Despite his intentions, he and Ria forge a connection both fiery and unexpectedly tender. Yet every day brings them closer to shocking facts. Evil stirs in his blood, and hiding the truth from her will be the ultimate betrayal.]]> 298 Sharon Kay ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.32 2015 Tainted Kiss (Watcher's Kiss #1)
author: Sharon Kay
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/09/09
shelves: to-read, rom-fantasy, pnr, sooner-rather-than-later
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]]> City of Light (Outcast, #1) 25170761
When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in the veil between this world and the next, they allowed entry to the Others—demons, wraiths, and death spirits who turned the shadows into their hunting grounds. Now, a hundred years later, humans and shifters alike live in artificially lit cities designed to keep the darkness at bay....

As a déchet—a breed of humanoid super-soldiers almost eradicated by the war—Tiger has spent her life in hiding. But when she risks her life to save a little girl on the outskirts of Central City, she discovers that the child is one of many abducted in broad daylight by a wraith-like being—an impossibility with dangerous implications for everyone on earth.

Because if the light is no longer enough to protect them, nowhere is safe...]]> 343 Keri Arthur 0349406987 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.81 2016 City of Light (Outcast, #1)
author: Keri Arthur
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/07/30
shelves: to-read, pnr, shifters-ooh-là-là, sooner-rather-than-later, vampires-bloodier-the-better, uf-series
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]]> Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4) 7843135
Sirantha Jax is a “Jumper,� a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster than light ships through grimspace. With no tolerance for political diplomacy, she quits her ambassador post so she can get back to saving the universe the way she does best—by mouthing off and kicking butt.

And her tactics are needed more than ever. Flesh-eating aliens are attacking stations on the outskirts of space, and for many people, the Conglomerate’s forces are arriving too late to serve and protect them.

Now, Jax must take matters into her own hands by recruiting a militia to defend the frontiers � out of the worst criminals, mercenaries, and raiders that ever traveled through grimspace…]]> 356 Ann Aguirre 0441019412 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 4.06 2010 Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)
author: Ann Aguirre
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2016/06/23
date added: 2023/07/23
shelves: the-best-of-the-best, uf-series, sci-fi-romance
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]]> <![CDATA[Deadly Curiosities (Deadly Curiosities, #1)]]> 18775220
Welcome to Trifles & Folly, a store with a secret. Proprietor Cassidy Kincaide’s psychic gift lets her know the history and magic of an object by touching it. Cassidy and her friends—including Weaver witch Teag and her vampire business partner Sorren—save the world from vengeful ghosts, dark magic, hidden monsters, and things that go bump in the night.

When a trip to a haunted hotel unearths a statue steeped in malevolent power, and a string of murders leads to the abandoned old Navy yard, Cassidy, Teag, and Sorren discover a diabolical plot to unleash a supernatural onslaught on their city.

It’s time for Cassidy and her team to handle the “deadly curiosities� before it’s too late.]]> 456 Gail Z. Martin 1781082332 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.54 2014 Deadly Curiosities (Deadly Curiosities, #1)
author: Gail Z. Martin
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/07/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Soul Redeemed (Sons of Wrath #4)]]> 35482331
Trapped by a wannabe mad scientist inside a nightmare of her own, Ava longs to be free, even if it means going back to the only male she regrets having betrayed. All she needs is a single opportunity to lead the way.

Calix should hate Ava for the way she deceived him and his brothers. Yet, when she shows up looking like she’s been through a hell of her own, the sweet relief over her return battles the bitter sting of her betrayal, and Calix can’t bring himself to turn her away. Not to mention, an incubus who’s starved himself of sex for too long is a detriment to everyone—including his brothers—and the way Ava commands his body is exactly the release he needs.

Unfortunately, thanks to the lunatic who held her captive, she’s now a walking death trap to any male that tries to bed her. But danger is closing in, placing Ava’s life in jeopardy, and if Calix doesn’t find a way to control his virile urges, he might just be her deadliest threat.

The Sons of Wrath series is a paranormal romance featuring sexually-charged, vengeance-dealing demons, the non-cuddly variety of werewolves, sweet-talking succubi, and some creepy fallen angels. You've been warned.]]> 338 Keri Lake ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.20 2017 Soul Redeemed (Sons of Wrath #4)
author: Keri Lake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> Ripple Effect: Episode One 34324429
Episode One: Dylan will do anything to escape her current nightmare, even if it means falling into the tangled web of a ruthless killer.

Series Synopsis:

Ripley

They call me RIP.
I’m a killer. A murderer. A psychopath.
In the eyes of the righteous, I’m a monster, born of sin and depravity.
I want to protect her, but I’m not a good man.
I want to love her, but I no longer feel.
She gets under my skin, though, and has awakened something inside of me.
Something I’d kill for.
I’m not her savior—not even close. In fact, I’m worse than the hell she’s already suffered.
I’m her vengeance. Tit for tat, as they say.
And if she’s not careful, I’ll be her ruin.

Dylan

For months, I’ve watched him.
I’ve fantasized him as my savior, my lover. My ticket out of the hell I’ve lived in for the last six years.
I never dreamed he’d be my nightmare.
Had I known what he really is, I’d have never gotten in the car that night, but life is full of cause and effect.
And sometimes the choice on offer isn’t a choice at all.
It’s the result of something already in motion, and we’re merely left to survive the ripple effect.

*This is an erotic suspense/erotic romance not recommended for readers under the age of 18 due to graphic violence and sex
]]> 113 Keri Lake ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.00 2017 Ripple Effect: Episode One
author: Keri Lake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/04/25
shelves: to-read, contemp-rom, luv-my-bad-boys
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fallen (Sons of Wrath #0.5)]]> 43998302 303 Keri Lake 1497571499 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.88 2014 The Fallen (Sons of Wrath #0.5)
author: Keri Lake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/04/25
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]]> <![CDATA[Insight (Insight #1; Web of Hearts and Souls #1)]]> 13053464 318 Jamie Magee ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.77 2010 Insight (Insight #1; Web of Hearts and Souls #1)
author: Jamie Magee
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/04/18
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]]> <![CDATA[ThunderClaw (Alien Warrior, #2)]]> 33874261 'My wife and husband do not get along.' ~ High Commander Éorik, Royal Defender, House of SnowBlade
'Like my ancestors before me, I fight to the death for freedom.' ~ Sìne of Clan Grae
'Want binky.' ~ Fergie of Clan Grae

A King, his commander, an Earthling and her kin.
Trekking through outer space to distant galaxies.
Feasts, a storm, annihilation and rebirth.
This tale is about the bonds between family and friends. A saga of the love between a woman and two aliens.

Warning: violence, profanity and sexual situations with multiple partners.]]> 596 Penelope Fletcher ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.77 2017 ThunderClaw (Alien Warrior, #2)
author: Penelope Fletcher
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/11/06
shelves: to-read, erotica-and-smutty-smut, sci-fi-romance
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Assassin (Syndicate #1)]]> 35123118
He watches me down the scope of his rifle, and it’s terrifying and exhilarating, not knowing when he’ll squeeze the trigger.

If he’ll squeeze the trigger.

Maybe I’ll die tonight�

…maybe I’ll die next week.

It’s a sick and twisted game, but it’s ours. And just when I think our story ends at a distance, he comes in close, thrusting himself into my life.

We are at war, he and I, and eventually, he’ll have to kill me.

If he doesn’t, someone else will.]]> 270 Skyla Madi ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.94 2017 Beautiful Assassin (Syndicate #1)
author: Skyla Madi
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2021/04/04
shelves: to-read, contemp-rom, luv-my-bad-boys
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]]> <![CDATA[A Vampire's Fallen Christmas Star (Vampires on Holiday #2)]]> 24344912 Eleanor Baines has been a vampire for over a hundred years but she's never been tempted to turn a human before. Now, facing the sexy rock star, she has a choice, let him die or let him live.
Now, she finds herself with a head-strong rock singer who breaks all the rules.
Jayden discovers everything he thought he knew is wrong. His best friend and lead guitarist are legendary vampire killers bent on killing him and Eleanor. He must learn to trust Eleanor, a total stranger, to survive. When his manager kidnaps Jayden's mother and threatens to kill her, Jayden is forced to kill his best friend, or hand over the woman he loves.
]]> 174 M.L. Guida 0989280330 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 1 3.25 2014 A Vampire's Fallen Christmas Star (Vampires on Holiday #2)
author: M.L. Guida
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2014
rating: 1
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date added: 2020/09/06
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]]> <![CDATA[Semi-Human (Harper Hall Investigations, #2)]]> 27269827
But Harper’s plans to grab the first ordained Elvis impersonator she can find and marry Noah Riddick on the Vegas strip—sans drama—are shot to hell when her old business partner shows up and makes her an offer she can’t refuse. And if she tries? Well, let’s just say she might not live long enough to regret it.

In the course of their elopement from hell, Harper and Riddick find themselves entangled with the paranormal mafia, dodging creepy vampire ménage action, and participating in the supernatural equivalent of Fight Club. First rule of paranormal Fight Club? There are no rules. And, oh yeah, don’t die.

Seriously, what’s a girl gotta do to get her happily ever after?

Semi-Human can be read as a standalone, but works best if read as part of the Harper Hall Investigations series (Book 1: Semi-Charmed). This book is intended for mature audiences. This book is not intended for anyone who doesn’t enjoy smart, snarky heroines and dark, brooding heroes, and who doesn’t appreciate a plethora of nerdy pop culture references. For the rest of you: happy reading!
]]> 223 Isabel Jordan ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.30 2015 Semi-Human (Harper Hall Investigations, #2)
author: Isabel Jordan
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Widow's Web (Elemental Assassin, #7)]]> 13544917 I used to murder people for money, but these days it’s more of a survival technique.

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.

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 in town, 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.]]> 408 Jennifer Estep 1451651791 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 4.17 2012 Widow's Web (Elemental Assassin, #7)
author: Jennifer Estep
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2016/01/01
date added: 2020/07/10
shelves: the-best-of-the-best, uf-series
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]]> <![CDATA[The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown (Wild Cards)]]> 33313343
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 30 Carrie Vaughn 0765392445 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.96 2016 The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown (Wild Cards)
author: Carrie Vaughn
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/10/17
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]]> Born in Death (In Death, #23) 102857
Now Mavis needs another favor. Tandy Willowby, one of the moms-to-be in Mavis's birthing class, didn't show up for the shower. A recent emigrant from London, Tandy has few friends in New York, and no family-and she was really looking forward to the party. And when Eve enters Tandy's apartment and finds a gift for Mavis's shower wrapped and ready on the table-and a packed bag for the hospital still on the floor next to it-tingling runs up and down her spine.

Normally, such a case would be turned over to Missing Persons. But Mavis wants no one else on the job but Eve-and Eve can't say no. She'll have to track Tandy down while simultaneously unearthing the deals and double-crosses hidden in the files of some of the city's richest and most secretive citizens, in a race against this particularly vicious killer. Luckily, her multimillionaire husband Roarke's expertise comes in handy with the number crunching. But as he mines the crucial data that will break the case wide open, Eve faces an all too real danger in the world of flesh and blood.]]> 338 J.D. Robb 0425215687 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 1 4.34 2006 Born in Death (In Death, #23)
author: J.D. Robb
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2006
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Playing with Monsters (Playing with Monsters, #1)]]> 35919372 We’ve avoided the ‘real world� altogether; hiding from monsters and other creatures we share this planet with. We found protection in the Colville National Forest, nestled in a town protected by magical barriers.
Our powers are locked by an ancient curse, one meant to protect us from being found.
Until now.
The past has a way of repeating itself. A new game is beginning. No one is safe.
He’s coming for me.
He’s hunting.
The monster we’ve run from for centuries has found us.
How far will this deadly game go?
How far will I be able to take it, or will he destroy me and everything I care about?
Will the one thing I can’t live without, be the key to destroying and undoing the past?
Or will the past destroy me before I can save the people I love from what I’ve done.

Warning:

About the hero: chances are you may not fall instantly in love with him, that’s because I don’t write men you instantly love; you grow to love them. I don’t believe in instant-love. I write flawed, raw, caveman-like assholes that eventually let you see their redeeming qualities. They are aggressive, assholes, one step above a caveman when we meet them. You may not even like him by the time you finish this book, but I promise you will love him by the end of this series.

About the heroine: There is a chance, that you might think she’s a bit naïve, or weak, but then again who starts out as a badass? Badasses are a product of growth and I am going to put her through hell, and you get to watch her come up swinging every time I knock her on her ass. That’s just how I do things. How she reacts to the set of circumstances she is put through, may not be how you as the reader, or I as the author would react to that same situation. Everyone reacts differently to circumstances and how Magdalena responds to her challenges, is how I see her as a character and as a person.

I don’t write love stories: I write fast paced, knock you on your ass, make you sit on the edge of your seat wondering what happens next books. If you’re looking for cookie cutter romance, this isn’t for you. If you can’t handle the ride, un-buckle your seatbelt and get out of the roller-coaster car now. If not, you’ve been warned. If nothing outlined above bothers you, carry on and enjoy the ride!]]> 514 Amelia Hutchins 099700553X ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.18 2016 Playing with Monsters (Playing with Monsters, #1)
author: Amelia Hutchins
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/06/11
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]]> <![CDATA[The Undoing (Call of Crows, #2)]]> 25896668 A risk worth taking�

No one would ever accuse Jace Berisha of having an easy life—considering her husband…you know…killed her. But that was then! Now she fights for mighty Viking gods with the spectacular and vicious Crows.

But things are turning very bad, very quickly because a vengeful, ancient goddess has come into the world with just one thing on her mind—ending it. And the only way they can hope to stop her is if the Crows join forces with their one-time enemies, the Protectors. A Viking Clan created to do nothing but kill every Crow they see.

Thankfully, Protector Ski Eriksen is a peace loving kind of guy. Because the woman he is desperately trying to get close to is the beautiful and not-very-chatty Jace. Battling Nordic clans? Unkillable goddesses? Jace’s mean-spirited dog? None of these things would ever get in the way of a true Viking!]]> 400 Shelly Laurenston ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.23 2016 The Undoing (Call of Crows, #2)
author: Shelly Laurenston
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/04/26
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]]> <![CDATA[Girl From Above: Betrayal (The 1000 Revolution, #1)]]> 25709419 "My name is #1001, and I am not ready to die." I’d only just begun to live.

When Captain Caleb Shepperd is released from prison, all he wants to do is keep his head down and earn a living smuggling illegal cargo through the nine systems. So when a synth stows away on his ship, and brings with her a crap-ton of problems, including guilt-ridden secrets he thought he’d escaped, he’d prefer to toss her out the airlock. The problem is, she’s priceless tech, and he’s fresh out of credit.

#1001 is not meant to exist. Created for a single purpose, she has one simple order: to kill. But not everything is as it seems. Buried deep inside, she remembers... Remembers when she was human. And she remembers what Shepperd did to her. She’s not ready to die, but she is ready to kill.

From the bestselling author of the Veil Series comes an action packed story of love, redemption, and revenge.

WARNING: 18+ only. Contains graphic adult content, including sex, drug use, violence, and a plethora of curse words. Not for the easily offended.]]> 175 Pippa DaCosta ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.69 2015 Girl From Above: Betrayal (The 1000 Revolution, #1)
author: Pippa DaCosta
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/12/10
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]]> <![CDATA[The Queen of Traitors (The Fallen World, #2)]]> 23867347 This is a previously-published edition - ISBN13: 9781942662136

They say I am a queen.
They say I married a monster. That I did so willingly.
They say he cannot die, that he does not age. That together, we rule a ravaged world.
They say I used to be one of them, but now I am a traitor.
They say many things, all which I cannot remember, but �

I fear what they say is true.

Then there is what they don’t say, what I see in their eyes�
The king terrifies them. He cannot be stopped. And, most worrisome of all �

He is coming for me.]]> 348 Laura Thalassa ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 pnr, sci-fi-romance 4.02 2016 The Queen of Traitors (The Fallen World, #2)
author: Laura Thalassa
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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date added: 2018/12/05
shelves: pnr, sci-fi-romance
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]]> Rhapsodic (The Bargainer, #1) 33533128
Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer to make it happen. He's a man who can get you anything you want ... at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects.

But for one of his clients, he's never asked for repayment. Not until now. When Callie finds the fae king of the night in her room, a grin on his lips and a twinkle in his eye, she knows things are about to change. At first it's just a chaste kiss-a single bead's worth-and a promise for more.

For the Bargainer, it's more than just a matter of rekindling an old romance. Something is happening in the Otherworld. Fae warriors are going missing one by one. Only the women are returned, each in a glass casket, a child clutched to their breast. And then there are the whispers among the slaves, whispers of an evil that's been awoken.

If the Bargainer has any hope to save his people, he'll need the help of the siren he spurned long ago. Only, his foe has a taste for exotic creatures, and Callie just happens to be one.]]> 417 Laura Thalassa 1541130855 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.07 2016 Rhapsodic (The Bargainer, #1)
author: Laura Thalassa
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/12/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Beast (Twisted Ever After, #1)]]> 35157251 Once upon a time, I believed in fairytales.
But then he took me.
And he taught me that life isn’t a fairytale.
He is scarred. Broken.
A dark and wild thing.
His beauty is violent and his words are cruel.
His heart is a shadowed landscape where nothing can grow.
He tells me he could never care for me, and he proves it every day.
He’s destroyed my life.
Tortured me.
And worse�
He’s trained me to beg for his affection.
This prison is a place where sunlight doesn’t reach.
He taught me that hate is born in darkness.
And then he taught me that sometimes love is too.]]> 243 A. Zavarelli ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.97 2017 Beast (Twisted Ever After, #1)
author: A. Zavarelli
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/09/21
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]]> The Watchmaker's Daughter 29741380
Matthew Glass must find a particular watchmaker, but he won't tell India why any old one won't do. Nor will he tell her what he does back home, and how he can afford to stay in a house in one of London's best streets. So when she reads about an American outlaw known as the Dark Rider arriving in England, she suspects Mr. Glass is the fugitive. When danger comes to their door, she's certain of it. But if she notifies the authorities, she'll find herself unemployed and homeless again - and she will have betrayed the man who saved her life.

With a cast of quirky characters, an intriguing mystery, and a dash of romance, THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER is the start of a thrilling new historical fantasy series from the author of the bestselling Ministry of Curiosities, Freak House, and Emily Chambers Spirit Medium books.]]> C.J. Archer 1310102953 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.81 2016 The Watchmaker's Daughter
author: C.J. Archer
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Vampire CEO (Vampire CEO, #2) 33897874 This is part two of a three part series.

The cat's out of the bag now...

With a vampire boss and an overwhelming attraction to him, Abigail's new job has become more than she can handle. The parts of herself that she thought were gone have resurfaced and now not even she knows what will happen next.

Sebastian is becoming more to her than just a boss and she has to decide will she stay with him or go? The smarter option would be to leave but when has she ever been smart?

Part three coming February 13th!]]> 51 Erin Bedford ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.00 2017 Vampire CEO (Vampire CEO, #2)
author: Erin Bedford
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/17
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]]> Vampire CEO (Vampire CEO, #3) 33897875 This is part three in a three part series.

Even witch's can bite...

With her mother sick Abigail finds herself back where she started, at the head of the New Orleans Coven. The new position and the pressure put on her by her fellow sisters is making Abigail wish for her human life and a certain vampire.

Sebastian has been quiet since she quit. No word, no note. It makes her wonder if he ever cared about her at all or if it was just her blood to begin with.

Things get heated when her coven pushes her to do more magic than she is comfortable with until she gets a distressing call from Midnight that forces her to confront Sebastian. Will she figure out her place in New Orleans or will it all end in pain?]]> 57 Erin Bedford ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.95 2017 Vampire CEO (Vampire CEO, #3)
author: Erin Bedford
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/17
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]]> Vampire CEO (Vampire CEO, #1) 33914076 This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B01MG287DQ.

Wait until he gets a taste of her.

Tossed out by her coven, Abigail has to brave the human world and get a real job. With no skills outside of potions and spells, she magics her way out of unemployment and into the executive suite of Midnight Pharmaceutical.

But something strange is going on at Midnight. While her boss is the very definition of dark and mysterious, he makes her witchy sense tingle with his odd hours and the string of women leaving his office every day...

She'll find out what's happening at Midnight; if her boss doesn't take a bite out of her first.

A standalone, with a HEA, and no cheating!]]> 179 Erin Bedford ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 3 3.68 2017 Vampire CEO (Vampire CEO, #1)
author: Erin Bedford
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2017/01/22
date added: 2018/08/13
shelves: pnr, vampires-bloodier-the-better, read-in-2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Witches Be Burned (Otherworld #2; Magic & Mayhem #2)]]> 17927298
Although Kyden knows that Nexi must fight her own battles, his guardian instincts are raging as he struggles to keep her close. The ruthlessness of these vampires is like nothing he’s ever seen. And at their helm is the black witch Astoria, a demon with one burning to shed blood in the name of vengeance. What troubles Kyden even more, though, is the warlock lurking in the shadows. Let the devil do his worst . . . all Kyden can do is love and protect Nexi until his last breath.
]]> 225 Stacey Kennedy 0553395130 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 2 pnr 3.80 2010 Witches Be Burned (Otherworld #2; Magic & Mayhem #2)
author: Stacey Kennedy
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2010
rating: 2
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date added: 2018/08/06
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]]> Cassie Scot (Cassie Scot #1) 15813209
Cassie Scot is the normal daughter of powerful sorcerers, born between worlds but belonging to neither. She strives to find a place for herself, but living in the shadow of her family’s reputation isn’t easy. All she wants is a nice, normal job, but her dreams of independence from magic are threatened when she stumbles upon the gruesome body of sixteen-year-old Nancy Hastings.

Cassie is plunged into a paranormal investigation which gets her tangled up with the victim’s powerful family, the Blackwoods. Dark, dangerous, and handsome Evan Blackwood tempts Cassie deeper into a world she seeks to escape. Yet Evan � and magic itself � may not be ready to let her go.]]> 250 Christine Amsden 1606192752 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 3.91 2013 Cassie Scot (Cassie Scot #1)
author: Christine Amsden
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Madison's Song (Cassie Scot #5)]]> 25678343
Madison Carter has been terrified of Scott Lee since the night he saved her from an evil sorcerer � then melted into a man-eating monster before her eyes. The werewolf is a slave to the moon, but Madison’s nightmares are not.

Despite her fears, when Madison’s brother, Clinton, is bitten by a werewolf, she knows there is only one man who can help. A man who frightens her all the more because even in her nightmares, he also thrills her.

Together for the first time since that terrible night, Scott and Madison drive to Clinton’s home only to discover that he’s vanished. Frantic now, Madison must overcome her fears and uncover hidden strengths if she hopes to save him. And she’s not the only one fighting inner demons. Scott’s are literal, and they have him convinced that he will never deserve the woman he loves.]]> 272 Christine Amsden 1606192833 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.24 2015 Madison's Song (Cassie Scot #5)
author: Christine Amsden
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2018/04/30
shelves: to-read
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]]> Evil 30178791 That was my family. Kind of.
We were above that group. We held court over everyone else. We were the best looking. We were the mysterious and elusive ones. Most of the girls wanted to (and did) date the guys, but they didn't want to be one of us. They couldn't be. They were our prey.
We were the feared.
But like every family, nothing is as it seems. That was my truth.
Kellan was in his own league. He was our leader and he was the one no one messed with. No one dared. He was ruthless, powerful, and no one could match him...
Except for me.
I was about to find out just how different I was from my family.

**Evil is a full-length paranormal romance stand-alone.
**This book contains adult/mature young adult situations.]]> 294 Tijan ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 3.72 2016 Evil
author: Tijan
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2017/02/26
date added: 2018/03/22
shelves: pnr, read-in-2017, luv-my-bad-boys, gah-no-sex
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]]> <![CDATA[Instinct (Holloway Pack, #0.25)]]> 24551366
When Jem is nothing but flippant toward his advances, he pursues her with vigour, stealing moments alone with her without a libido-driven agenda.

The new and heady experience for him drives their relationship beyond romantic interest, and straight toward love.

That is, until Jem learns the truth about Sean’s heritage. Knowledge of the existence of werewolves leads to only one outcome: death.

In this prequel to Darkness & Light*, we are taken back in time, to the very beginning of Jem and Sean’s love-across-the-centuries relationship.

Did it end there? Or did Sean defy his own pack to save the woman he loves?

*Can be read as a standalone.]]> 82 J.A. Belfield ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 3 3.67 2011 Instinct (Holloway Pack, #0.25)
author: J.A. Belfield
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2016/07/06
date added: 2017/10/21
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]]> <![CDATA[His Princess (The Princess, #1)]]> 34370044
Roman took one look and made up his mind. Princess Alena will be his and no one will stop him from taking her. Everything about her belongs to him now, and waiting one week for a wedding isn’t going to happen.

This beast of a man might just claim his princess before she has a chance to say “I do.�

Oh, this is good. It’s so, so good. Trust us.

Each book in The Princess series is standalone & about a different couple.]]> 80 Alexa Riley ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 **3.5 smutty stars** 3.65 2017 His Princess (The Princess, #1)
author: Alexa Riley
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/09/14
shelves: contemp-rom, erotica-and-smutty-smut, read-in-2017
review:
**3.5 smutty stars**
]]> <![CDATA[The Shadows of Stormclyffe Hall (Dark Seductions, #1)]]> 23165581
To defeat a dark evil, they must face his family’s past�

Bastian Carlisle, the Earl of Weymouth, doesn’t believe in ghosts. Even though tragedy and mysterious hauntings have driven his family away from his ancestral home, Stormclyffe Hall, he is determined to restore the castle to its former glory. His plans are disrupted when a stubborn American shows up on his doorstep hoping to pry into his family’s tragic history.

Jane Seyton, an American graduate student, is convinced there’s more to the tragedy of Stormclyffe Hall than history claims. Ever the scholar, she is determined to discover the truth, even if it means putting up with the arrogant, yet sexy, Bastian.

Although Bastian wants nothing to do with the pushy American, it soon becomes clear that something evil is in the house—and that something is targeting both Jane and Bastian. The two must join forces to purge the ghosts of Stormclyffe Hall once and for all—even as they try to fight a physical attraction between them that grows more and more impossible to deny.]]> 196 Lauren Smith ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.18 2014 The Shadows of Stormclyffe Hall (Dark Seductions, #1)
author: Lauren Smith
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/07/31
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]]> <![CDATA[Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega, #5)]]> 35294265
With their Alpha out of the country, Charles and Anna are on call when an SOS comes in from the fae mate of one such wildling. Heading into the mountainous wilderness, they interrupt the abduction of the wolf–but can’t stop blood from being shed. Now Charles and Anna must use their skills–his as enforcer, hers as peacemaker–to track down the attackers, reopening a painful chapter in the past that springs from the darkest magic of the witchborn…]]> 308 Patricia Briggs 0356506002 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.19 2018 Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega, #5)
author: Patricia Briggs
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/07/20
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Sundered (The Nevermore Trilogy, #1)]]> 32274548
Author Warning: This book has a cliffhanger. Proceed with caution as you may fall off the edge screaming for more.

"My name is Mara, and I want desperately to become a mother."
All of my dreams were dashed when the world was promised hope but instead became a place of danger, death . . . and monsters.

Living in a rural part of Canada, I thought life with my adoring husband was finally moving in the right direction. We had an idyllic home, friends, and plans for a future together.

The only thing missing, was the child we both so desperately wanted.

Hope came in the form of a single medical miracle. Yet the drug was not as it seemed and instead of healing, it beget a world of monsters.

Now we must find the will and strength to survive with only each other to hold onto.

But a deadly secret threatens our love and very survival ...]]> Shannon Mayer ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read 4.24 2011 Sundered (The Nevermore Trilogy, #1)
author: Shannon Mayer
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/07/14
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]]> <![CDATA[Whisper of Shadows (Diamond City Magic, #3)]]> 29766607
When the FBI uses an anti-magic law to arrest and torture Riley's boyfriend, they have no idea what hell they are about to unleash. If Riley can't rescue Clay before he breaks, the result will be a disaster of epic proportions.

With time running out, Riley and her family must rely on two people more likely to stab them in the back than actually help. And, even if Riley manages the rescue, she's still got to deal with two kidnappings and the return of her dad from the dead--the same dad who'd been willing to see her dead to protect his secrets.

What's a girl to do? Kick ass, take names, and protect those she cares about at all costs.
]]> 218 Diana Pharaoh Francis 1611947200 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 3 uf-series 4.10 2016 Whisper of Shadows (Diamond City Magic, #3)
author: Diana Pharaoh Francis
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2016/06/08
date added: 2017/04/28
shelves: uf-series
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Ghost of a Chance (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #2.5)]]> 28320545


'Tis the season...for ghosts. Verity Long has come to terms with the fact that she can see spirits, and talk to them, and...she's actually making cookies for one of them. But she's drawing the line at any more ghost hunting or mystery solving. Until a dear friend needs help locating a missing antique at the party of the year.



Not one to leave a friend in need, Verity straps on her sparkly heels and sneaks in to see what she can find—only to uncover a startling secret that will change everything.



*A fabulously fun short story in the bestselling Southern Ghost Hunter series!



What Reviewers are saying�

5 Stars! �This tale was so sweet!�

5 Stars! “The great thing about these very short stories is how rich the plot is.�

5 Stars! “A wonderful Christmas story of love that spans over a century.�

5 Stars! �Read it in one day with a smile, a tear, and an ahhhhh.�





Clean and Wholesome

Paranormal Cozy Mystery Romance (with a cute pet skunk!)]]> 40 Angie Fox 1939661331 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 3 4.23 2016 Ghost of a Chance (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #2.5)
author: Angie Fox
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2017/04/09
shelves: gah-no-sex, ghosts-go-boo, pnr, read-in-2017, para-chick-lit
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]]> <![CDATA[The Haunted Heist (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #3)]]> 28808222
Relieved to let the police take charge, Verity steps aside, bound and determined to keep her ghost sightings to herself. But when she learns the main suspect in the murder is a very crooked, very dead mobster, Verity knows it's up to her to solve the case.

She teams up with her ghostly gangster buddy Frankie, as well as the irresistible and charming Ellis, as the three of them search haunted mob hideouts, hidden passageways, and historic cemeteries for the facts behind the heist of the century � and a modern-day motive for murder.

Too bad uncovering the truth could very well make Verity the next victim...]]> 320 Angie Fox 1939661358 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.17 2016 The Haunted Heist (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #3)
author: Angie Fox
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/04/09
shelves: gah-no-sex, ghosts-go-boo, pnr, read-in-2017, para-chick-lit
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]]> <![CDATA[Deader Homes and Gardens (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #4)]]> 32149236
With the entire town skeptical and scrutinizing her every move, Verity struggles to uncover the century-old mystery behind the house. And when she stumbles upon a very fresh, very dead body, she realizes there’s more to it than she ever imagined. With the help of her sexy cop boyfriend, Ellis, and her ghostly gangster sidekick, Frankie, she braves the overgrown gardens, the desolate family cemetery, and the haunted mansion that have been locked away for generations.

Can Verity unearth the truth before she's the next one buried on the deadly grounds?]]> 210 Angie Fox 1939661374 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.15 2016 Deader Homes and Gardens (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #4)
author: Angie Fox
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/04/09
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review:

]]> <![CDATA[Sweet Tea and Spirits (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #5)]]> 34624615
But while spirits are whispering hints of murder, the socialites are more focused on Verity’s 1978, avocado-green Cadillac. And when Verity stumbles upon a fresh body, she's going to need the long-dead citizens of Sugarland to help her solve the crime. Good thing she has the handsome deputy sheriff Ellis Wydell on hand, as well as her ghostly sidekick Frankie. The bad thing is, the ghosts are now whispering about the end of a certain ghost hunter.]]> 248 Angie Fox 1939661390 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.29 2017 Sweet Tea and Spirits (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #5)
author: Angie Fox
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/04/09
shelves: to-read, gah-no-sex, ghosts-go-boo, sooner-rather-than-later, pnr
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]]> <![CDATA[The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)]]> 110391 Librarian note: See alternate cover editions here and here.

The Duke and I is a romance set in the Regency era.

In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince—while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable� but not too amiable.

Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen.

Amiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society—just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend’s sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar.

The plan works like a charm—at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London’s elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule...]]> 384 Julia Quinn 0380800829 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read, hist-romance 3.80 2000 The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
author: Julia Quinn
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2000
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/04/06
shelves: to-read, hist-romance
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Dangerous Highlander (Dark Sword, #1)]]> 6498925 The bold and passionate Lucan MacLeod--one of three brothers cursed by dark magic for eternity—is driven by desire for the one woman he dare not let himself possess...

He is magnificently strong—and dangerously seductive. One of the fiercest of his clan, Lucan MacLeod is a legend among warriors, inspiring fear in man and woman alike. For three hundred years, he has locked himself away from the world, hiding the vengeful god imprisoned in his soul. But then, a young lass caught in a raging storm awakens his deepest impulses...and darkest desires.

Cara doesn't believe the rumors about the MacLeod castle—until the majestic Highland warrior appears like a fiery vision in the storm, pulling her into his powerful arms, and into his world of magic and Druids. An epic war between good and evil is brewing. And Lucan must battle his all-consuming attraction for Cara--or surrender to the flames of a reckless, impossible love that threatens to destroy them both...]]> 335 Donna Grant 0312381220 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.94 2009 Dangerous Highlander (Dark Sword, #1)
author: Donna Grant
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/04/05
shelves: to-read, hist-romance, pnr, luv-my-bad-boys, machalo-br
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]]> <![CDATA[The Skeleton in the Closet (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #2)]]> 26169429 From New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the new Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries.

A haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone� even a dead someone� must have witnessed the crime.

Her ghostly sidekick Frankie warns her to stay out of it. The very alive, very handsome deputy sheriff, Ellis Wydell, inadvertently places her directly in the middle of it. And her ex-fiancé, Ellis’s brother, is back with an agenda of his own.

Undaunted, Verity presses forward, uncovering scandalous secrets, long-forgotten ghosts, and a shocking trail of clues that places her directly in the path of a killer.]]> 250 Angie Fox 1939661293 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.18 2015 The Skeleton in the Closet (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #2)
author: Angie Fox
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/04/05
shelves: gah-no-sex, ghosts-go-boo, para-chick-lit, pnr, read-in-2017
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Southern Spirits (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #1)]]> 24326747


Ellis Wydell is in het bezit van een prachtig historisch landgoed waar de geesten van de meest illustere voormalige inwoners van Sugarland Tennessee rondspoken. Alleen worden sommige geesten wat onrustig en destructief. Hij huurt Verity in om een einde te maken aan de chaos, maar al snel komt Verity erachter dat het mysterieuze landgoed meer verbergt dan spoken, geheime gangen en verborgen kamers.



Er is een mysterie dat draait om een tientallen jaren oude moord en in het heden ook nog een rol speelt. Verity is niet vies van vragen stellen aan de levenden én de doden, maar kan ze de waarheid ontdekken voordat de moordenaar háár vindt?]]> 320 Angie Fox 1939661218 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 3 3.99 2015 Southern Spirits (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries, #1)
author: Angie Fox
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2017/04/05
shelves: gah-no-sex, ghosts-go-boo, para-chick-lit, read-in-2017, pnr
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Dead and Kicking (The Harry Russo Diaries, #1)]]> 26125138
What’s a girl to do when her date is D.O.A?

Angharad ‘Harry� Russo is just your ordinary twenty-something, with one exception - she’s a witch with an out of the ordinary gift. When her blind date goes sideways and she ends up face to face with a dead body, her life starts to go sideways too.

Harry soon finds herself right in the middle of the mayhem, dealing with Cian Nash, a homicide detective that is as aggravating as he is sexy; the biggest, baddest vampire in town; and a parcel of pesky zombies that keep popping up everywhere. It’s all connected to her date’s unfortunate demise, or is there more to it than meets the eye?]]> 202 Lisa Emme 0994828802 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.65 2015 Dead and Kicking (The Harry Russo Diaries, #1)
author: Lisa Emme
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/03
shelves: to-read, pnr, uf-series, vampires-bloodier-the-better, ghosts-go-boo
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]]> Buy Me, Sir 34620648 They call him the puppet master.
They say he’s dirty, dark and dangerous.
And they’re right.
He’s everything they say he is, and more.
So much more.

Alexander Henley has no idea I exist. No idea whatsoever how much I want him.
But that’s all about to change.
Because if there’s one thing I know about the puppet master, it’s that he pays well to pull women’s strings.
And I’m going to be his next purchase.]]> 437 Jade West ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.88 2017 Buy Me, Sir
author: Jade West
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/03
shelves: to-read, contemp-rom, erotica-and-smutty-smut, luv-my-bad-boys
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]]> <![CDATA[Drakon's Promise (Blood of the Drakon, #1)]]> 32867444
He's both.

He's also the target of an ancient order who want to capture all drakons for their blood. When fresh, a drakon's blood can cure any illness and prolong a human's life, and the Knights will stop at nothing to get it.

When librarian Sarah Anderson stumbles across a rare book belonging to the Knights of the Dragon, she's quickly thrust into a dangerous world of secrets and shifters and things she never would have believed possible. When the Knights realize Sarah has a secret of her own, she becomes just as much a target as Darius. Her scary dragon shifter just might be her best chance at survival.]]> 293 N.J. Walters 1633758001 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.82 2016 Drakon's Promise (Blood of the Drakon, #1)
author: N.J. Walters
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Borrowed Souls (Soul Charmer, #1)]]> 31213086
Renting souls is big business for the religious population of Gem City. Those looking to take part in immoral—or even illegal—activity can borrow someone else’s soul, for a price, and sin without consequence.

To save her brother, Callie needs a borrowed soul, but she doesn’t have anywhere near the money to pay for it. The slimy Soul Charmer is willing to barter, but accepting his offer will force Callie into a dangerous world of magic she isn’t ready for.

With the help of the guarded but undeniably attractive Derek—whose allegiance to the Charmer wavers as his connection to Callie grows—she’ll have to walk a tight line, avoid pissing off the bad guys, all while struggling to determine what her loyalty to her family’s really worth.

Losing her brother isn’t an option. Losing her soul? Maybe.
]]> 320 Chelsea Mueller 1940456827 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read, uf-series 3.39 2017 Borrowed Souls (Soul Charmer, #1)
author: Chelsea Mueller
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/03
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]]> <![CDATA[The Black Lily (Vampire Blood, #1)]]> 32172479
Now is the perfect time to ignite the rebellion. The plan? Attend the vampire prince’s blood ball. And kill him.

Dagger in hand, Arabelle is caught off guard by the immediate spark she shares with Prince Marius. It doesn’t help that he’s listening to her and seems so kind and understanding.

Arabelle is sworn to kill Marius at all costs, but what if Prince Charming is more than he appears to be? But the big question? Now that he knows the truth, can she do what she must to save her people?]]> 300 Juliette Cross 1633758753 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.55 2017 The Black Lily (Vampire Blood, #1)
author: Juliette Cross
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/03
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review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Dead Seekers (Dead Seekers, #1)]]> 29953886
In the dark reaches of the eastern continent, Tris Vishal travels from village to village, using his power to put unsettled spirits to rest. He works alone, having learned that letting people close only leads to more death. Still, he finds himself accepting the help of the Móndyalítko woman who saves his life—a woman whose gifts are as much a burden as his own.

Mari Kaleja thirsted for vengeance since the night her family was taken from her. She has searched far and wide for the one she thinks responsible, known only as “The Dead’s Man.� But before she can kill him, she has to be sure. Mari hopes traveling with Tris will confirm her suspicions. But as they embark on a hunt where the living are just as dangerous as the dead, she learns the risks of keeping your enemy close...

Because it’s no longer clear who is predator and who is prey.]]> 328 Barb Hendee 0451469348 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.64 2017 The Dead Seekers (Dead Seekers, #1)
author: Barb Hendee
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/03
shelves: to-read, fantasy, ghosts-go-boo
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]]> Ride Hard (Raven Riders, #1) 23288101
They live and ride by their own rules.

These are the Raven Riders . . .

Raven Riders Motorcycle Club President Dare Kenyon rides hard and values loyalty above all else. He’ll do anything to protect the brotherhood of bikers—the only family he’s got—as well as those who can’t defend themselves. So when mistrustful Haven Randall lands on the club’s doorstep scared that she’s being hunted, Dare takes her in, swears to keep her safe, and pushes to learn the secrets overshadowing her pretty smile.

Haven fled from years of abuse at the hands of her criminal father and is suspicious of any man’s promises, including those of the darkly sexy and overwhelmingly intense Ravens� leader. But as the powerful attraction between them flares to life, Dare pushes her boundaries and tempts her to want things she never thought she could.

The past never dies without a fight, but Dare Kenyon’s never backed down before . . .]]> 320 Laura Kaye 0062403338 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.90 2016 Ride Hard (Raven Riders, #1)
author: Laura Kaye
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/03
shelves: to-read, contemp-rom, luv-my-bad-boys
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]]> Kill Me (Kiss of Death, #1) 32353647
To many, I am little more than a myth. The Kiss of Death, a hired killer, revered by some of the greatest criminal organisations in the world. Trained by the bratva themselves, without conscience, without mercy, the perfect soldier. I’ll kill anyone� for a price. Death doesn’t discriminate, she sells to the highest bidder, but even I have a weakness.

Nero

I want one thing—power. But power is merely a game of strategy. The pieces are on the chess board. Death is my queen, and also my pawn. She’ll paint this city red in exchange for the one thing she wants. Now all I have to do is watch it all play out. She’s nothing more than a weapon, and yet, I find myself wanting to dance with death, to possess her. And I always get what I want.

A game of power. A risk that could cost her everything. An obsession that would see the world burn at their feet. A bloodied king. A broken queen.

Kill me or kiss me?]]> 241 L.P. Lovell ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.29 2016 Kill Me (Kiss of Death, #1)
author: L.P. Lovell
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/03
shelves: to-read, contemp-rom, luv-my-bad-boys
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]]> <![CDATA[Brownies and Broomsticks (A Magical Bakery Mystery, #1)]]> 12035966
While working at the Honeybee Bakery—named after Lucy's cat—Katie notices that her aunt is adding mysterious herbs to her recipes. Turns out these herbal enhancements aren't just tasty—Aunt Lucy is a witch and her recipes are actually spells!

When a curmudgeonly customer is murdered outside the Honeybee Bakery, Uncle Ben becomes the prime suspect. With the help of handsome journalist Steve Dawes, charming firefighter Declan McCarthy, and a few spells, Katie and Aunt Lucy stir up some toil and trouble to clear Ben's name and find the real killer.]]> 323 Bailey Cates 0451236637 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 3 3.79 2012 Brownies and Broomsticks (A Magical Bakery Mystery, #1)
author: Bailey Cates
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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date added: 2017/04/02
shelves: gah-no-sex, para-chick-lit, read-in-2017
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]]> <![CDATA[The Highlander (Victorian Rebels, #3)]]> 26114184 Can the fiercest master of battle conquer a woman’s heart?

They call him the Demon Highlander. The fearsome Lieutenant Colonel Liam MacKenzie is known for his superhuman strength, towering presence, and fiery passion in the heat of battle. As Laird to the MacKenzie clan, the undefeated Marquess has vanquished his foes with all rage and wrath of his barbaric Highland ancestors. But when an English governess arrives to care for his children, the master of war finds himself up against his greatest opponent... in the game of love.

Defying all expectations, Miss Philomena is no plain-faced spinster but a ravishing beauty with voluptuous curves and haughty full lips that rattle the Laird to his core. Unintimidated by her master’s raw masculinity and savage ways, the headstrong lass manages to tame not only his wild children but the beast in his soul. With each passing day, Liam grows fonder of Miss Mena—and more suspicious. What secret is she hiding behind those emerald eyes? What darkness brought her to his keep? And how can he conquer this magnificent woman’s heart... without surrendering his own?]]> 364 Kerrigan Byrne 1250076072 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.03 2016 The Highlander (Victorian Rebels, #3)
author: Kerrigan Byrne
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2017/04/02
date added: 2017/04/02
shelves: hist-romance, luv-my-bad-boys, machalo-br, read-in-2017
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Insolent (The Moray Druids, #1)]]> 22080076
Bael Bloodborn will go down in history as the lone Viking berserker who held Stamford Bridge against the Saxons, killing hundreds with his own ax. Mortally wounded, he’s carried downriver to a witch who has the power to heal not just his body, but awaken wicked desires he’d thought long dead. First, he’ll have to forgive her for binding her to him against his will with a kiss that would not only change the course of their destiny, but that of the entire world.

She needs his protection�

All Druid Princess, Morgana de Moray, knows is the angry Nordic berserker she pulled from the river is the only man who can free her from Saxon captivity and get her back to the Highlands. A dark evil threatens her home, and she must gain back Bael’s broken trust if she is to make it in time. Morgana is left with no choice but to strike a deadly bargain with the dangerous warrior, and risk all to unleash the beast from within the man without losing her heart, or her life.

Join the de Moray Druids as they each find a love that will be worth defying the forces of evil and risking their souls to save our world.]]> 100 Kerrigan Byrne ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.84 2014 Insolent (The Moray Druids, #1)
author: Kerrigan Byrne
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/02
shelves: to-read, hist-romance, pnr, luv-my-bad-boys
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]]> <![CDATA[The Duke (Victorian Rebels, #4)]]> 29875921 He is noble, notorious, and takes no prisoners...

Strong as a Viking. Handsome as Adonis. Rich as Midas. Collin "Cole" Talmage, Duke of Trewyth, is the stuff that legends are made of. He's the English Empire's golden son--until fate has its way with him. Cole's family is killed and his closest comrade betrays him on the battlefield, leaving him gravely injured. But Cole is not one to dwell on misfortune. He is a man of duty, honor--and desire. And now he's ready for the fight of his lifetime...

Imogen Pritchard is a beautiful lass who works in a hospital by day and as a serving maid at night. Years ago, when she was young and penniless, she ended up spending a scandalous night with Cole, whose tormented soul was matched only by his earth-shattering passion. Imogen entered a marriage of convenience―one that left her a wealthy widow―but she never forgot Cole. Now that her long-lost lover has turned up in her hospital, injured and with no memory of her, Imogen is torn: Is it a blessing or a curse that their past remains a secret to Cole, even as his new passion for her leaves him wanting to protect and possess her...at all costs, in The Duke, the next Victorian Rebels novel by Kerrigan Byrne.]]> 377 Kerrigan Byrne 1250118247 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.92 2017 The Duke (Victorian Rebels, #4)
author: Kerrigan Byrne
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/02
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]]> <![CDATA[The Scot Beds His Wife (Victorian Rebels, #5)]]> 33574182 The Scot Beds His Wife is the next lush, captivating Victorian romance in the Victorian Rebels series by Kerrigan Byrne.

They’re rebels, scoundrels, and blackguards—dark, dashing men on the wrong side of the law. But for the women who love them, a hint of danger only makes the heart beat faster.

Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne, is a notorious Highlander and an unrelenting Lothario who uses his slightly menacing charm to get what he wants—including too many women married to other men. But now, Gavin wants to put his shady past behind him...more or less. When a fiery lass who is the heiress to the land he wishes to possess drops into his lap, he sees a perfectly delicious opportunity...

A marriage most convenient

Samantha Masters has come back to Scotland, in a pair of trousers, and with a whole world of dangerous secrets from her time spent in the Wild West trailing behind her. Her only hope of protection is to marry—and to do so quickly. Gavin is only too willing to provide that service for someone he finds so disturbingly irresistible. But even as danger approaches, what begins as a scandalous proposition slowly turns into an all-consuming passion. And Gavin discovers that he will do whatever is necessary to keep the woman he has claimed as his own...]]> 394 Kerrigan Byrne 1250122546 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.77 2017 The Scot Beds His Wife (Victorian Rebels, #5)
author: Kerrigan Byrne
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/04/02
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]]> <![CDATA[The Highwayman (Victorian Rebels, #1)]]> 23723798 They’re rebels, scoundrels, and blackguards—dark, dashing men on the wrong side of the law. But for the women who love them, a hint of danger only makes the heart beat faster�

STEALING BEAUTY
Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of London’s wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who’ve wronged him…and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception—and soon Dorian whisks the beautiful lass away to his sanctuary in the wild Highlands�

COURTING DESIRE
But Farah is no one’s puppet. She possesses a powerful secret—one that threatens her very life. When being held captive by Dorian proves to be the only way to keep Farah safe from those who would see her dead, Dorian makes Farah a scandalous proposition: marry him for protection in exchange for using her secret to help him exact revenge on his enemies. But what the Blackheart of Ben More never could have imagined is that Farah has terms of her own, igniting a tempestuous desire that consumes them both. Could it be that the woman he captured is the only one who can touch the black heart he’d long thought dead?]]> 356 Kerrigan Byrne 1250076056 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.03 2015 The Highwayman (Victorian Rebels, #1)
author: Kerrigan Byrne
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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date added: 2017/04/01
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]]> <![CDATA[The Witch and the Dead (A Wishcraft Mystery #7)]]> 28504579
Darcy’s belongings are stashed in Aunt Ve’s garage, alongside a mess of memories, forgotten possessions, and, to both Ve and Darcy’s horror, a pile of old bones. It turns out they belong to Ve’s long missing second husband. Now Darcy must unpack old secrets to solve a cold case—and make sure her aunt isn’t looking at a spell behind bars.]]> 320 Heather Blake 1101990139 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 4.21 2016 The Witch and the Dead (A Wishcraft Mystery #7)
author: Heather Blake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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date added: 2017/03/31
shelves: gah-no-sex, para-chick-lit, read-in-2017, pnr
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]]> <![CDATA[Prudence (The Custard Protocol, #1)]]> 12799420 From New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger comes a new novel in the world of the Parasol Protectorate starring Prudence, the daughter of Alexia Tarabotti.

When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama (Rue to her friends) is given an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female would under similar circumstances - names it the Spotted Custard and floats to India in pursuit of the perfect cup of tea. But India has more than just tea on offer. Rue stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves. Faced with a dire crisis and an embarrassing lack of bloomers, what else is a young lady of good breeding to do but turn metanatural and find out everyone's secrets, even thousand-year-old fuzzy ones?]]> 357 Gail Carriger 0316212245 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 3.79 2015 Prudence (The Custard Protocol, #1)
author: Gail Carriger
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2017/03/30
date added: 2017/03/30
shelves: machalo-br, gah-no-sex, steamypunk, shifters-ooh-là-là, read-in-2017, hist-romance
review:
***4.5 flatulating airship stars***
]]> <![CDATA[The Hunter (Victorian Rebels, #2)]]> 25398324 They're rebels, scoundrels, and blackguards—dark, dashing men on the wrong side of the law. But for the proper Victorian-era ladies who love them, a hint of danger only makes their hearts beat faster...

A scandalous proposal.

As one of London't most elite hunters, Christopher Argent never misses his mark and always gets his man. But when his latest target turns out to be a woman—the popular, and stunningly beautiful, actress Millie LeCour—it turns his whole world upside-down. Overwhelmed by the heat that simmers between them, Christopher can't complete his mission. On the contrary, he'll do anything to save Millie's life—even if it means risking his own...

A dangerous passion...

When she learns what Christopher was hired to do, Millie is torn between the fear in her heart and the fire in her soul. Putting herself in this dangerous man's arms may be her only path to safety—but giving in to her desire may be the deadliest mistake she's ever made. With both of their lives in jeopardy, Millie and Christopher must learn to trust the real feelings they're hiding—to find the true love they're looking for...]]> 412 Kerrigan Byrne 1250076064 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.02 2016 The Hunter (Victorian Rebels, #2)
author: Kerrigan Byrne
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2017/03/29
date added: 2017/03/29
shelves: hist-romance, machalo-br, luv-my-bad-boys
review:
***3.5 days improvement from the first one stars***
]]> <![CDATA[In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)]]> 237209
Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.]]> 429 Tana French 0670038601 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read, machalo-br 3.75 2007 In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
author: Tana French
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/27
shelves: to-read, machalo-br
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]]> <![CDATA[Untouchable Darkness (The Dark Ones Saga, #2)]]> 27516962
To love a Dark One is to invite death...

It is wrong to love her.
It is worse to want her.
It is sin to consume her.
I desire all three.

I've been given thirty days to prove my love to another immortal--as a human. Cursed to use nothing but the side of myself I've always despised to win her affection. I am Cassius, the King of the immortals, A Dark One.
And today I tasted fear for the first time.
How can I win her when my human emotions over take every ounce of logic I possess?
A darkness is brewing.
One I cannot stop as a human.
One that Stephanie, my loves visions, have shown, will be my end.
Thirty days ago I was King of the immortals.
Today I know fear.
Today I know how I will die.
By her hand.
The woman I love.

Complete Stand alone, interconnected within The Dark Ones Saga, each book is about a different couple.]]> 311 Rachel Van Dyken 1942246692 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.07 2015 Untouchable Darkness (The Dark Ones Saga, #2)
author: Rachel Van Dyken
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/25
shelves: to-read, vampires-bloodier-the-better
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]]> <![CDATA[Destruction (The December People, #1)]]> 20996178
Eleven years ago, David's secret second family went missing. When his two lost children are finally found, he learns they suffered years of unthinkable abuse. Ready to make things right, David brings the kids home even though it could mean losing the wife he can’t imagine living without.

Keeping his life together becomes harder when the new children claim to be dark wizards. David believes they use this fantasy to cope with their trauma. Until, David's wife admits a secret of her own—she is a dark wizard too, as is David, and all of their children.

Now, David must parent two hurting children from a dark world he doesn’t understand and keep his family from falling apart. All while dealing with the realization that everyone he loves, including himself, may be evil.]]> 248 Sharon Bayliss 1620075156 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read, uf-series 3.93 2014 Destruction (The December People, #1)
author: Sharon Bayliss
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/21
shelves: to-read, uf-series
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]]> <![CDATA[Romancing the Inventor (Supernatural Society, #1)]]> 30731095 Vampires are keeping an inventor in their potting shed. Imogene wants to seduce her.

Imogene Hale is a lowly parlourmaid with a soul-crushing secret. Seeking solace, she takes work at a local vampire hive, only to fall desperately in love with the amazing lady inventor imprisoned there.

Genevieve Lefoux is heartsick, lonely, and French.

With culture, class, and the lady herself set against the match, can Imogene and her duster overcome all odds and win Genevieve’s heart, or will the vampires suck both of them dry?

New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger presents this stand-alone lesbian romance is set in her popular steampunk Parasolverse, full of class prejudice, elusive equations, and paranormal creatures taking tea.

Supernatural Society stories can be read in any order. Look for surprise appearances from popular Parasol Protectorate characters and the occasional strategic application of cognac.

Delicate Sensibilities?

This story contains women pleasing women and ladies who know what they want and pursue it, sometimes in exquisite detail.]]> 149 Gail Carriger ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.01 2016 Romancing the Inventor (Supernatural Society, #1)
author: Gail Carriger
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/03/20
shelves: to-read, hist-romance, machalo-br, shifters-ooh-là-là, sooner-rather-than-later, steamypunk
review:

]]> Blackbird (Redemption, #1) 34399513
I live in a world few know exist. I’ve trained for this. I know what to say, what to do, and how to act. I’ve perfected the lethal calm required for this life.
Now it’s time to buy my first girl. But all it takes is one look at the brave girl who starts singing mid-auction for that calm to slip.
Briar Chapman is going to be the death of me, and I don’t care. I’ll take every day with her until that death comes, and I’ll welcome it when it does.

On the outside, Lucas Holt is what nightmares are made of. A man cloaked in darkness, with sin-filled eyes and an enticing grin. A devil so devastatingly beautiful and cruel that his very presence instills fear.
But beneath his terrifying, ever-calm exterior is an affectionate man haunted by a past that refuses to stay buried. And Lucas looks at me as though he’s finally found the only person who can make it all go away.
We’re a battle of the brightest day and the darkest night—and I want to lie in the wake of our war.]]> 396 Molly McAdams 099842000X ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 4.23 2017 Blackbird (Redemption, #1)
author: Molly McAdams
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/20
shelves: to-read, contemp-rom, erotica-and-smutty-smut, luv-my-bad-boys
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]]> Twice as Hard 33976005 Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you're looking for with an HEA/HFN. It's a promise!]]> 110 Amber A. Bardan 148802815X ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.63 Twice as Hard
author: Amber A. Bardan
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.63
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/20
shelves: to-read, contemp-rom, erotica-and-smutty-smut
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]]> Blackbirds (Miriam Black, #1) 12944651 Miriam Black knows when you will die.

She’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides.

But when Miriam hitches a ride with Louis Darling and shakes his hand, she sees that in thirty days Louis will be murdered while he calls her name. Louis will die because he met her, and she will be the next victim.

No matter what she does she can’t save Louis. But if she wants to stay alive, she’ll have to try.]]> 381 Chuck Wendig 0857662309 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 3 3.74 2012 Blackbirds (Miriam Black, #1)
author: Chuck Wendig
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2017/03/19
date added: 2017/03/19
shelves: fantasy, machalo-br, uf-series, sooner-rather-than-later
review:
**3.5 crazy ass bloody stars**
]]> <![CDATA[A Cast-Off Coven (A Witchcraft Mystery, #2)]]> 7114817
But Lily finds something else: the body of a wealthy patron of the school. In between running the store and seeing her new boyfriend, Max—a "mythbuster" who is uncomfortable with her witchcraft—she uses her sleuthing skills to try to solve the murder. Soon Lily senses something from the school's vintage clothes, but it's not the smell of mothballs—it's the unmistakable aura of evil intent.]]> 336 Juliet Blackwell 0451230493 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 3.99 2010 A Cast-Off Coven (A Witchcraft Mystery, #2)
author: Juliet Blackwell
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/03/17
shelves: gah-no-sex, ghosts-go-boo, pnr, read-in-2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Secondhand Spirits (Witchcraft Mystery, #1)]]> 6456016 Lily Ivory is not your average witch. Her spell-casting powers tend to draw mischievous spirits while keeping normal humans at a distance. But now her vintage clothing store could give her a chance to make friends in San Francisco....

Lily hopes for a normal life when she opens Aunt Cora's Closet. With her magical knack for vintage fashion -she can sense vibrations of the past from clothing and jewelry—her store becomes a big hit.

But when a client is murdered and children start disappearing from the Bay Area, Lily may be the only one who can unravel the crime. She tries to keep her identity a secret while investigating, but it's not easy—especially under the spells of sexy "mythbuster" Max Carmichael and powerful witch Aidan Rhodes. Will Lily's witchy ways be forced out of the closet?]]> 314 Juliet Blackwell 045122745X ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 3.89 2009 Secondhand Spirits (Witchcraft Mystery, #1)
author: Juliet Blackwell
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/03/14
shelves: ghosts-go-boo, para-chick-lit, gah-no-sex, machalo-2017-reading-challenge, pnr, read-in-2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Gone With the Witch (A Wishcraft Mystery, #6)]]> 26068064 Darcy Merriweather is put to the test after a murder takes first prize at a pet show....

Darcy and her dog Missy are determined to put their best foot forward at the Enchanted Village’s annual Pawsitively Enchanted pet contest. She’s happy to lend a hand when the show’s organizer hires Darcy to keep an eye on things among growing suspicions that someone is sabotaging the event. But Darcy’s quest for justice is thrown off the scent when her lead suspect is found dead at the competition.

As if a murder weren’t bad enough, someone begins snatching up prize-winning pets right from under their owners� noses. Darcy is determined to protect the pampered participants at whatever cost. But she’ll have to work fast to sniff out the thief before she becomes the next victim of a killer determined to stop her dead in her tracks...

]]> 336 Heather Blake 1101990112 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.17 2016 Gone With the Witch (A Wishcraft Mystery, #6)
author: Heather Blake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/03/12
shelves: gah-no-sex, para-chick-lit, pnr, read-in-2017
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]]> Reaper (Secret of Alba #1) 26005444 287 Lindsey Winsemius ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read, sci-fi-romance 4.46 2015 Reaper (Secret of Alba #1)
author: Lindsey Winsemius
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/11
shelves: to-read, sci-fi-romance
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]]> <![CDATA[Some Like It Witchy (A Wishcraft Mystery, #5)]]> 23281917 Wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather can charm desires into reality, but as the national bestselling Wishcraft mysteries continue, she won’t be able to magically avoid trouble when death holds an open house�.

The Enchanted Village is abuzz when the old Tavistock house finally goes up for sale. Darcy’s friend Curecrafter Cherise Goodwin is hoping she will have the winning bid on the home, but Darcy can’t shake the feeling that something bad is about to happen—and her magical instincts are usually right.

Sure enough, while Darcy and Cherise are looking at the property, they discover real estate agent Raina Gallagher stone-cold dead on the floor. Clutched in her hand is a gemstone amulet and, on the wall above her, a large red A. While Raina had no shortage of enemies, there’s also a dark legend about the house itself. To track down the killer, Darcy must unlock the secrets of both the deceased and the estate—and she’ll need to act fast, because revenge is a deal that never closes.�
]]> 302 Heather Blake 0451465881 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 4.16 2015 Some Like It Witchy (A Wishcraft Mystery, #5)
author: Heather Blake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2017/03/10
shelves: gah-no-sex, para-chick-lit, read-in-2017, pnr, the-best-of-the-best
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Goodbye Witch (A Wishcraft Mystery, #4)]]> 18107798 As Enchanted Village’s resident Wishcrafter, Darcy Merriweather has the power to make other people’s wishes come true, but what she really wishes is that she had the power to uncloak the invisible man who’s stalking her best friend....

Darcy’s closest friend and fellow witch, Starla Sullivan, hoped she’d never see her ex-husband, Kyle, again. Two years ago he tried to kill her, and he has been a fugitive ever since. Now Starla claims to have seen him back in Enchanted Village, but it seems she’s the only one who can see him. To everyone else, her ex is invisible.

Darcy only wishes his motives were as transparent as the rest of him. Since the police can’t arrest someone they can’t see, it’s up to Darcy to find the secret behind Kyle’s latest disappearing act—before he does something they can’t see coming�.
]]> 290 Heather Blake ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 4.18 2014 The Goodbye Witch (A Wishcraft Mystery, #4)
author: Heather Blake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2017/03/10
shelves: gah-no-sex, para-chick-lit, pnr, read-in-2017, the-best-of-the-best
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Truly, Madly (Lucy Valentine, #1)]]> 6681523

Lucy Valentine is as smart as can be, as single as you can get, and so not qualified to run a matchmaking service. But when her parents temporarily step down from the family business, Valentine, Inc., it’s Lucy’s turn to step up and help out—in the name of love.

Plus, her rent is due.

Here’s the problem: Lucy doesn’t have the knack for matchmaking. According to family legend, every Valentine has been blessed by Cupid with the ability to read “auras� and pair up perfect couples. But not Lucy. Her skills were zapped away years ago in an electrical surge, and now all she can do is find lost objects. What good is that in the matchmaking world? You’d be surprised. In a city like Boston, everyone’s looking for something. So when Lucy locates a missing wedding ring—on a dead body—she asks the sexy private eye who lives upstairs to help her solve the perfect crime. And who knows? Maybe she’ll find the perfect love while she’s at it�

]]> 305 Heather Webber 0312946139 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.91 2010 Truly, Madly (Lucy Valentine, #1)
author: Heather Webber
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/10
shelves: to-read, para-chick-lit, sooner-rather-than-later, pnr
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]]> <![CDATA[Duke of Pleasure (Maiden Lane, #11)]]> 27240743 IN THE ARMS OF DANGER

Bold. Brave. Brutally handsome. Hugh Fitzroy, the Duke of Kyle, is the king's secret weapon. Sent to defeat the notorious Lords of Chaos, he is ambushed in a London alley-and rescued by an unlikely a masked stranger with the unmistakable curves of a woman.

IN THE HEAT OF DESIRE

Cocky. Clever. Courageously independent. Alf has survived on the perilous streets of St. Giles by disguising her sex. By day she is a boy, dealing in information and secrets. By night she's the notorious Ghost of St. Giles, a masked vigilante. But as she saves Hugh from assassins, she finds herself succumbing to temptation . . .

ONE KISS WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOREVER

When Hugh hires Alf to investigate the Lords of Chaos, her worlds collide. Once Hugh realizes that the boy and the Ghost are the same, will Alf find the courage to become the woman she needs to be-before the Lords of Chaos destroy them both?]]> 364 Elizabeth Hoyt 1455539112 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 4.05 2016 Duke of Pleasure (Maiden Lane, #11)
author: Elizabeth Hoyt
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2017/03/09
date added: 2017/03/09
shelves: hist-romance, machalo-br, read-in-2017
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Duke of Desire (Maiden Lane, #12)]]> 27240748
Refined, kind, and intelligent, Lady Iris Jordan finds herself the unlikely target of a diabolical kidnapping. Her captors are the notoriously evil Lords of Chaos. When one of the masked-and nude!-Lords spirits her away to his carriage, she shoots him . . . only to find she may have been a trifle hasty.

A DUKE IN DEEPEST DARKNESS

Cynical, scarred, and brooding, Raphael de Chartres, the Duke of Dyemore, has made it his personal mission to infiltrate the Lords of Chaos and destroy them. Rescuing Lady Jordan was never in his plans. But now with the Lords out to kill them both, he has but one choice: marry the lady in order to keep her safe.

CAUGHT IN A WEB OF DANGER . . . AND DESIRE

Much to Raphael's irritation, Iris insists on being the sort of duchess who involves herself in his life-and bed. Soon he's drawn both to her quick wit and her fiery passion. But when Iris discovers that Raphael's past may be even more dangerous than the present, she falters. Is their love strong enough to withstand not only the Lords of Chaos but also Raphael's own demons?]]> 308 Elizabeth Hoyt 1455539147 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 3.73 2017 Duke of Desire (Maiden Lane, #12)
author: Elizabeth Hoyt
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/09
shelves: to-read, hist-romance, machalo-br, sooner-rather-than-later
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]]> <![CDATA[The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy (A Wishcraft Mystery, #3)]]> 15746786 Darcy Merriweather is Enchanted Village’s newest resident Wishcrafter—a witch who can grant wishes for others. But as Darcy prepares a celebration for a magical florist, she discovers that every rose has its thorns�

When magical florist Harriette Harkette decides to throw a lavish eightieth birthday party for herself, she hires Darcy’s Aunt Ve’s personal concierge service, As You Wish, to plan the soiree. But turning eighty isn’t all Harriette is celebrating—the Floracrafter has recently created the midnight black Witching Hour rose, the first all-natural rose of that color.

Darcy works hard on planning an extravagant celebration that will make Harriette feel like the belle of the ball. But when cake delivery boy Michael Healey—a former employee at Harriette’s greenhouse—is found dead, the celebration takes a turn. Now Michael’s ghost has imprinted on Darcy, meaning that they’re bonded until she can untangle the thicket surrounding his murder—and what exactly it has to do with the Witching Hour rose�. ]]> 300 Heather Blake 0451239695 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.13 2013 The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy (A Wishcraft Mystery, #3)
author: Heather Blake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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date added: 2017/03/07
shelves: gah-no-sex, ghosts-go-boo, para-chick-lit, pnr, rom-fantasy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Trickery (Curse of the Gods, #1)]]> 33898320 Willa Knight: Dweller. Slave. Non-magical being.

In Minatsol, being a dweller means that you are literally no better than dirt. In fact, dirt might actually be more useful than Willa. Her life will be one of servitude to the sols, the magic-blessed beings who could one day be chosen to become gods.

At least her outer village is far removed from the cities of the sols, and she won’t ever be forced to present herself to them... Until one small mistake changes everything, and Willa is awarded a position to serve at Blesswood, the top sol academy in the world—a position that she definitely did not earn.

Under the sudden, watchful eye of the gods, she will be tasked to serve the Abcurse brothers, five sols built of arrogance, perfection and power. They are almost gods themselves, and under their service she is either going to end up sentenced to death, or else they are going to ruin her so badly that she will wish for it.

Either way, she is in trouble.

This is a full novel, 90,000 words. Book 1 of 5 in the Curse of the Gods Series]]> 388 Jaymin Eve 0994279574 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 0 to-read, rom-fantasy 4.15 2017 Trickery (Curse of the Gods, #1)
author: Jaymin Eve
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/07
shelves: to-read, rom-fantasy
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]]> <![CDATA[A Witch Before Dying (A Wishcraft Mystery, #2)]]> 12519614
When Darcy is hired by Elodie Keaton to clean up her missing mother’s disorderly home, the Wishcrafter is certainly up for the task. After all, the motto of her Aunt Ve’s personal concierge service As You Wish is “No Job Impossible.� But beneath the piles of old newspapers and knickknacks Darcy discovers something much more disturbing—Patrice Keaton’s body.

Darcy’s determined to give Elodie peace of mind by investigating her mother’s disappearance and death. Patrice was last seen over a year ago after a fight with her Charmcrafter boyfriend. Was her murder a crime of passion? Or were Patrice’s troubles caused by the Anicula, a wish-granting amulet? Now Darcy has to not only find a killer, she has to find the Anicula—before the power of ultimate wish fulfillment falls into the wrong hands...]]> 298 Heather Blake 0451237633 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.08 2012 A Witch Before Dying (A Wishcraft Mystery, #2)
author: Heather Blake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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date added: 2017/03/06
shelves: gah-no-sex, para-chick-lit, pnr, read-in-2017
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]]> <![CDATA[It Takes a Witch (A Wishcraft Mystery, #1)]]> 11018878
Until three weeks ago, Darcy and Harper were working dead-end jobs and trying to put their troubles behind them. Then their aunt Velma delivered a bombshell: They're actually Wishcrafters - witches with the power to grant wishes with a mere spell. Wanting a fresh start, they head to their aunt's magic-themed tourist town to master their newfound skills.

But their magic fails them when a wannabe witch turns up dead - strangled with Aunt Ve's scarf - and Ve's sweetheart, Sylar, is found looming over the body. Ve is standing by her man, but Darcy overheard Skylar wish that the victim would disappear - forever. With Harper distracted by her handsome new crush, Darcy is determined to sleuth her way to the truth. But it'll take more than a wish to unravel this mystery....]]> 299 Heather Blake 0451235525 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 3.90 2012 It Takes a Witch (A Wishcraft Mystery, #1)
author: Heather Blake
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2017/01/21
date added: 2017/03/05
shelves: machalo-2017-reading-challenge, para-chick-lit, pnr, read-in-2017, gah-no-sex
review:
This was a fun whodunnit with a delightful cast of quirky characters( Pepe the talking french mouse, a Phyllis Diller look alike!Haha!) Most of the time there is no fooling me as to who the murderer is, whether it's tv or books. The author was very smart about making many of the characters suspects which had me guessing who and why until the end. The romance is pretty much nonexistent but it's been set up for the next book, which I'm totally going to read!!
]]> Reap (Scarred Souls, #2) 25732126
Talia Tolstaia dreams to break from the heavy clutches of Bratva life. She dreams of another life--away from the stifling leash of her Russian Bratva Boss father and from the brutality of her work at The Dungeon, her criminal family's underground death-match enterprise. But when she stumbles upon her family's captive who is more monster than man, she starts to see the man underneath. A powerful, beautiful, damaged man whose heart calls to hers. But sacrifices must be made--blood for blood... life for life... souls for scarred souls...]]> 231 Tillie Cole 1250086248 ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 4 4.27 2015 Reap (Scarred Souls, #2)
author: Tillie Cole
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/03/04
shelves: contemp-rom, erotica-and-smutty-smut, luv-my-bad-boys, read-in-2017
review:

]]> Crow (Boston Underworld, #1) 31309440
I had a plan.

Get in, get my information, and get out. Easy, right?

Turns out, infiltrating the Irish mafia isn’t exactly what I thought it would be. I just wanted a soldier. Someone I could flirt with to get me in the door.

That’s when Lachlan Crow noticed me. Problem was, he wasn’t a soldier. No, he was next in line for the throne of the Irish underworld. And he was determined to hate me from the outset. My sob story about needing a job? Yeah, he wasn’t buying that either.

Too bad for him, I won’t let anyone get in the way of my mission.

Who cares if we have some kind of crazy chemistry? He’s the worst kind of wrong- and I would never in a million years be with a guy like him.

Because they took her from me, and I’m going to make them pay.]]> 312 A. Zavarelli ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ 5 4.02 2016 Crow (Boston Underworld, #1)
author: A. Zavarelli
name: ᑭIᑭEᖇ⒤ᗩᗰ
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2016/12/26
date added: 2017/03/03
shelves: machalo-br, contemp-rom, the-best-of-the-best, luv-my-bad-boys, read-in-2017
review:
This was the first non-paranormal romance I've read in like 10 years, no joke!! I was enthralled in its dirty, gritty, mafia-styled web since the first damn page! There were no he said she said. There was no blame game. There were no stupid ass misunderstandings. They both knew they were fucked up, they both knew they were wrong to do what they were doing and because of that, they both were utterly perfect for one another. My only issue was with who the author wrote as the "bad guy" at the end and why they did what they did. It just didn't fit in with the vibe of the book. Other than that, I straight up loved it.
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