Can you believe it's December? This year has flown and I am so excited for Christmas. I am easy to buy for because all I want is books or gift cards to buy books. :)
This weeks theme: Slayers/Assassins
Night Blade by J. C. Daniels - 5 Stars *****
Kit Colbana is always biting off more than she can chew. She has a knack for finding trouble. This time, though, trouble finds her. Someone from her past drops a case into her lap that she just can’t refuse…literally.
People on the Council are dying left and right and she’s
been requested to investigate the deaths. The number one suspect? Her lover,
Damon. If she doesn’t clear his name, he gets a death sentence. Even if she
succeeds? They still might try to execute him. Oh, and she’s not allowed to
tell him about the case, either.
The stakes are high this time around, higher than they’ve
ever been. Kit may be forced to pay the ultimate price to save her lover’s
life…a price that could destroy her and everything she loves.
Academy of Assassins by Stacey Brutger - 4 Stars ****
ONLY ONE THING STANDS BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE DEADLY
SUPERNATURAL WORLD…THE ACADEMY OF ASSASSINS.
Abandoned as a child and unable to remember her past, Morgan
was raised as a hunter, one of an elite group of fighters sworn to protect
humans from the dangerous paranormal creatures who invade our world…creatures
such as herself. Her life changes the day she’s summoned to the Academy of
Assassins, a school that trains witches and hunters to eradicate paranormals
who prey on humans. Her first assignment—find and eliminate the killer who is
using the Academy as their own personal hunting ground.
As Morgan delves deeper into the investigation, she will
need to dodge assassination attempts, avoid the distraction of romantic
entanglements with the devilishly handsome security expert, Kincade, and his
maddeningly overprotective teammates, while keeping the volatile magic in her
blood concealed from those who would use it for their own purposes. When the
danger increases and the school is threatened, Morgan must unearth her missing
memories before someone finishes the job they started so long ago—killing her
and unleashing a plague that will consume the world.
An Assassin's Death by A.K. Koonce - 4 Stars ****
As an assassin of the Lifeless League, there are two rules I
live by:
1. Never kill another hunter.
2. Obey orders.
When I find that my newest set of targets are branded with
the Mark of the Hunter, I don’t know who I can trust anymore. I can’t take
their lives without knowing why these mysterious men turned their backs on the
League.
A choice will have to be made eventually. Even if they
refuse to make anything easy for me. The four brooding ex-assassins give me
trials, training, and tests to study my unusual powers and prove myself as one
of them. A deadly plan is now in place but they’ve all made one grave mistake:
Underestimating me. Because I’m adding a third and final rule to my list:
3. Survive.
Amber Fang by Arthur Slade - 3 Stars ***
Librarian. Assassin. Vampire.
Amber Fang enjoys life's simple pleasures - a good book, a
glass of wine and, of course, a great meal.
Raised to eat ethically, Amber dines only on delicious,
cold-blooded killers. But being sure they’re actually killers takes time…
research… patience.
It’s a good thing Amber’s a librarian. Her extraordinary
skills help her hunt down her prey, seek out other vampires, and stay on the
trail of her mother, missing now for two years. One day she stalks a rather
tasty-looking murderer and things get messy. Very messy. Amber, the hunter,
becomes the hunted.
And then, from out of nowhere, the perfect job offer:
Assassin. She’d be paid to eat the world’s worst butchers. How ideal.
Until it isn’t.
Supernatural Slayer by Devyn Jayse - 3 Stars ***
Some people call me an assassin, I prefer the term bounty
hunter.
In a world where magic is hidden from the general
population, I'm hired to keep our secrets safe and take care of rogues by
whatever means necessary.
When I accidentally targeted the wrong person, the
Supernatural Bureau of Investigation offered me a deal -- go to jail or work
for them. Their first official request was to locate a vampire I thought I had
killed over a year ago: my ex-boyfriend. Now I'm ordered to deliver him to them
without harming a hair on his gorgeous head.
That was going to be a problem. By the time I find him, he's
going to wish he had stayed dead.
That's my week. I hope you are reading something wonderful.
As always, thanks for stopping by.
~Michelle
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