tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21722151144556047392024-03-16T03:09:22.814-04:00Michelle's Book Blog.....the ramblins of a book nerd. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1530125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172215114455604739.post-36970988132010761522019-06-02T10:27:00.000-04:002019-06-02T10:27:03.378-04:00Summer Vacation :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Happy Reading. See ya in August. :) </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172215114455604739.post-72029644553433014332019-05-18T08:00:00.000-04:002019-05-18T08:00:09.262-04:00My Week in Review: 5/11/19-5/18/19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">Man, it is getting hot now - and summer has not really kicked in yet. :) All the more reason to stay in with the A/C and a good book. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">Here are the books I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>SSS: Year One by Yumoyori Wilson - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">When being different leads to the best years of your life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">There are three key components required to get into the most
prestigious, top spy school in the world: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Skills. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Strength. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Survival. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">My name is Silver Spell Solange. No, I didn't plan for my
initials to be the same rank needed to enter the spy school But I would do
anything to get into the one of a kind school. I have the magical capability of
an Elemental Witch, the strength to kick anyone's ass, and quick
problem-solving skills to get my teammates out of any jam. There’s only one
small problem – the other 'S' I’m missing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I'm not a part of the supernatural race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">After realizing that my only shot at my dreams is at the
brink of extinction, I'm unexpectedly teamed up with a werewolf, a dragon, a
fallen angel, and a hellhound. The four of them carry the assets and abilities
I need to gain my spot into the Supernatural Spy School (SSS).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">With the clock ticking and not much leg room for an SS
score, I accept their bet, knowing I’ll easily handle whatever they request
from me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I didn't think their bet would lead me to date all four
them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">It's time for me to buckle up. This four-year roller coaster
is about to begin, and its a bumpy one-way ticket to becoming the next
"supernatural" spy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>Trick of Shadows by Alex Owens - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">In the wrong hands, magic is dangerous. In hers, it's
deadly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">As a child, Quinn killed a friend with a wayward blast of
magic. That guilt drives drives her to redemption by tracking rogue shifters
through snowstorms, toasting demented demons, and romping through graveyards
playing zombie whack-a-mole, with a blessed sword in one hand and a fifth of
Fireball in the other. That guilt is why she'll hunt the monsters and why
they'll fear the hell out of her--Quinn has nothing to lose and everything to
atone for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">But a girl's got to start somewhere and Quinn's first job isn't
off to a blazing start. She's already lost the thing she was hired to retrieve,
there's a nerdy-hot guy all up in her business, and her fanged employer is
threatening to call her mother if Quinn doesn't get her act together and finish
the job.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Some moms nag, but Quinn's bites. Failure is not an option.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>Siren's Song by Lysa Daly - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Lacey thought she was finished with the Society of
Shadows...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">When a kindly old wizard goes missing, she's determined to
get to the truth behind his disappearance. Even if that means upsetting
werewolves, necromancers and a deadly mermaid queen.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>A Path to Utopia by Jacqueline Druga - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">In the time it takes to create a single beat of a heart, 75
percent of the population drops dead. Within hours, another 20 percent succumb
leaving only a speck of human life remaining.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Believing they are victims of a preliminary act of war and
eventual invasion, a group of survivors trek across a barren United States
following a radio signal. The simple plan was to band with others to fight and
defend their homeland. However, their journey not only brings them together
with other survivors but also brings them a chilling truth. What had happened
to their country was not a prelude to invasion, but rather the groundwork of
global extermination. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The enemy is not what they expect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>House of Darken by Jaymin Eve - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Some rules are made to be broken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">When Emma moves to Astoria, Oregon, she is given two rules:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">#1 – Don’t cross to “their” side of the street.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">#2 – Don’t mess with the elites, especially Lexen Darken,
top elite and resident bad boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">While she finds this both weird and insulting, Emma has no
actual intention of breaking these rules - until her guardians go missing. Now
all bets are off. Only a single line separates her side of the street from the
elites', and she's crossing it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Captured and held by Lexen and his brothers, she learns the
rules are in place for a very good reason. There's a secret world hidden in
this small town which goes far beyond the one she knows and understands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">A world not for humans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">I hope you see something you'd like to try. As always, thank you for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">Last week was my birthday and Hubs took me to Savannah for the weekend - of course I had to head to the huge B&N. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">Here are the books I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>Curse of a Demon King by April Rankin - 5 Stars *****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">"What do you call a demon who can't come? Dead." -
Brynna, witch extraordinaire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">"Witches are deceitful, conniving bitches and are good
for only two things: Fucking and target practice." Rhys, Overworld Demon
Prince<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Mistakenly accused of cursing Rhys with erectile dysfunction
after a single night of uninhibited pleasure, Brynna wants nothing more to do
with the demon. Granted, his grounds for believing in the curse are legitimate,
but it's not her fault he hasn't been able to come for the past three months. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Rhys truly believes she's cursed him, and in order to have
the hex removed, he kidnaps the witch from her coven and nullifies her powers.
With all intentions of sexual torture until she removes the curse, Rhys finds
himself at her mercy as the toxin in his system builds with no outlet and his
strength wanes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">They must work together to find his mate before the toxin
kills him. The only problem is that she could be any one of several women he'd
been with that same night three months ago. And Brynna can't help thinking of
that night and the passion they'd shared, a passion that still leaves her
breathless. Watching him kiss all the frogs in order to find his princess is
sure to drive her insane.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Can they find his mate before the toxin builds and leaves
the last heir to the demon throne dead? Or will the fiery hatred between them
get him first?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>Shadowspell Academy by Shannon Mayer and KF Breene</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">You Don’t Choose The Academy. The Academy Chooses You.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">I had no idea how those words would change my life. Or how
they’d changed my life already… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Until the day the most dangerous man I’ve ever met waltzed
onto my farm and left us a death sentence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">In an invitation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">My younger brother has been chosen for the prestigious,
secret magical school hidden within the folds of our mundane world. A place so
dangerous, they don’t guarantee you’ll make it out alive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">If he doesn't go our entire family will be killed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">It’s the same invitation my older brother received three
years ago—the same place he mysteriously died. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The academy has already killed one sibling. I’ll be damned
if they take another.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I do the only thing an older sister can: chop off my hair,
strap on two bras to flatten the girls, and take my brother’s place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Magic and monsters are real. Assassins are coming for me,
and the dead are prone to rise. What’s a girl faking it as a boy supposed to
do? That’s right—beat the academy at its own game. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Or die trying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>Side Effects: Vision of Despair by Dusti Dawn Rose </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>4 Stars **** </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">In the last week, the world has turned to madness. But Mitch
is a man who overcomes, and this is no different. Now that his family is back
together, all they need to do is hunker down and stay safe. At least that was
the plan until one of their own was taken by a madman whose sanity has slipped
away along with the world’s safety. Mitch quickly realizes that the zombies
outside are not the biggest threat. The true threat lies with human
fear--taking over rational thoughts which in-turn leads to devastating
decisions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Juliette knows how lucky she was to be saved by this
mysterious family and invited into the relative safety of their cabin. But she
is struggling to pull herself from the depths of despair as she tries to
process the loss of her sister and the rest of the madness that threatens to
pull her under forever. As she forms bonds with each of her new found friends,
she begins to see that there is still reason to fight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">At the heart of their mismatched group is a peculiar little
boy with seemingly endless wisdom and insight. But the truth of the future may
prove to be a burden that is too heavy to carry, and the weight of it may snuff
out the last remaining shreds of hope.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>Daughter of Shadows by Zandria West - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The tips are good in Hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The hours are brutal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">And the clientele is... interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Every night, I cross the Barrier to the demon realm to sling
drinks at Hell on Earth, a bar on the edge of Darktown.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I’ve always been fascinated by demons. It’s a fascination
I’ve never quite learned to control and it just might get me killed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">One fateful night, a darkly handsome, not-quite-human patron
grabs my arm, leaving a magical mark burnt into my skin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Determined to find out what the mark means, I do the unthinkable:
I venture alone into the demon realm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">What I discover is terrifying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Things are changing in Darktown. The ancient enchantment
that maintains the Barrier between worlds is failing. Demons are breaking into
the human realm, ready to kill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">And I just might hold the key to restoring the Barrier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Four sexy Darktown residents are magically bound to protect
me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">But can my dark protectors keep me safe for long enough that
I can uncover my true destiny?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>Secondborn by Amy A Bartol - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Firstborns rule society. Secondborns are the property of the
government. Thirdborns are not tolerated. Long live the Fates Republic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">On Transition Day, the second child in every family is taken
by the government and forced into servitude. Roselle St. Sismode’s eighteenth
birthday arrives with harsh realizations: she’s to become a soldier for the
Fate of Swords military arm of the Republic during the bloodiest rebellion in
history, and her elite firstborn mother is happy to see her go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Televised since her early childhood, Roselle’s privileged
upbringing has earned her the resentment of her secondborn peers. Now her
decision to spare an enemy on the battlefield marks her as a traitor to the
state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">But Roselle finds an ally—and more—in fellow secondborn
conscript Hawthorne Trugrave. As the consequences of her actions ripple
throughout the Fates Republic, can Roselle create a destiny of her own? Or will
her Fate override everything she fights for—even love?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">That's my week. I hope you are reading something wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">~Michelle </span></div>
<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172215114455604739.post-35647687744705623582019-05-04T08:00:00.000-04:002019-05-04T08:00:09.348-04:00My Week in Review: 4/27/19-5/4/19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I had a very good reading week - I found a couple of new to me authors and I am looking forward to more from each.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here's what I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Gathering Storm by Victoria Danann - 5 Stars *****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When elite Black Swan Knight, Sir Engel Storm, is lost in
another dimension, he learns firsthand that there's really no place like home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When Storm begins acting like somebody else, his friends,
the famous vampire hunters,reunite to try to salvage his reputation before it's
shredded beyond repair.Everyone who can help is called in as a high stakes
search is mounted. The demon Deliverance thought he'd found his son-in-law, but
instead brings home a doppelganger who causes havoc because the only thing he
shares in common with Storm is looks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Meanwhile, the real Storm has been mistaken for a gambling
addict heavily indebted to a loan monster. He'll need his quick wit, his
training as a Black Swan knight,and a lot of luck to survive until he can be
returned to the world where he belongs.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Side Effects: First Days by Dusti Dawn Rose - 5 Stars *****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Eighteen year old
college freshman, Emily Adler, has found herself in the middle of a waking
nightmare. People are randomly going crazy and feasting on the flesh of those
around them. Worse than that, once dead, the others return to join in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Her only hope of survival is to rely on the training that
her father has given her and pray that she can reach her family’s cabin nestled
in the safety of the Cascade Mountains. Her father has supplied it with
everything they could need to survive, if only she can reach it unscathed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Armed with a bugout bag and a fierce determination, she sets
out on a harrowing journey with her best friend Drew and her roommate Anna. The
question of what they will find when they reach the cabin becomes more pressing
as they get closer to their destination and further from what’s left of the
civilization they once knew.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Five Roads to Texas A Collaboration - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It spread fast- no time to understand it- let alone learn
how to fight it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Once it reached you, it was too late. All you could do is
run.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Rumored safe zones and potential for a cure drifted across
the populace, forcing tough decisions to be made. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">They say only the strong survive. Well they forgot about the
smart, the inventive and the lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Follow five different groups from across the U.S.A. as they
make their way to what could be America’s last stand in the Lone Star State.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Graveyard Druid by M D Massey - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When the local vampire coven hires him to stop an undead
outbreak at the city graveyard, it sounds like money in the bank to everyone’s
favorite down on his luck druid, Colin McCool. But when you’re cursed by an
ancient fae sorceress with a score to settle, nothing is ever as it seems…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Colin McCool here, otherwise known as the Junkyard Druid.
Not my favorite title, but since it’s my only title I guess I’m stuck with it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But hey, things are looking up. Sure, a powerful and
sentient magical artifact may have taken up residence inside my skull, and I’m
still burdened with a nasty curse cast by an ancient sorceress of the Tuatha Dé
Danann…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">...but I’m trying really hard to look on the bright side of
things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Seeing as how I’ve been dragged back into the world of the
fae, I figure I may as well be of use. And if I can make a little scratch while
using my druidic talents for good and not evil, so much the better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Which is why I took this job working for Austin’s vampire
coven, cleaning up a ghoul infestation at the city cemetery. It’s not their
work and they don’t want the heat, so they hired me to take care of it before
it gets out of hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Easiest. Job. Ever. I’ll just whack a few ghouls, hide the
bodies, and collect my fee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I mean, seriously—what could possibly go wrong?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>The Book of Flora by Meg Elison - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">In the wake of the apocalypse, Flora has come of age in a
highly gendered post-plague society where females have become a precious,
coveted, hunted, and endangered commodity. But Flora does not participate in
the economy that trades in bodies. An anathema in a world that prizes
procreation above all else, she is an outsider everywhere she goes, including
the thriving all-female city of Shy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now navigating a blighted landscape, Flora, her friends, and
a sullen young slave she adopts as her own child leave their oppressive pasts
behind to find their place in the world. They seek refuge aboard a ship where
gender is fluid, where the dynamic is uneasy, and where rumors flow of a bold
new reproductive strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When the promise of a miraculous hope for humanity’s future
tears Flora’s makeshift family asunder, she must choose: protect the safe haven
she’s built or risk everything to defy oppression, whatever its provenance.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">As always, thanks for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">We just came in from our Easter get together and it was such a beautiful day. The grandbaby is not quite ready to hunt eggs, but he ate like a big boy. :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here are the books I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Caravan Witch by Shannon Mayer - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As if surviving the end of the world, and the theft of my
powers weren’t enough on their own, a heaping pile of Ogre and a side of human
raiders has been added to my plate while trying to feed our starving caravan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The worst of what I face though is far harder to admit. My
black magic takes it’s pound of flesh every time I use it, and each time the
cost climbs. And yet, it calls to me, seducing me, all the while consuming
little pieces of my soul. It’s a right bastard like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I don’t know how much longer I can withstand its strength,
because in this world strength is safety, and safety is all I can offer those
around me. May the gods have mercy on me, because I don’t have it in me to
refuse the magic that blackens my blood any longer….</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Fire Born by Rayanne Haines - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Independent, tough as nails, and fierce to her core, Alex
Taleisin can't quite believe it when she has to fight for her life against
something not-quite-human in the YMCA parking lot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">That's when her aunt lets her in on the family secret.
They're immortal--Elementals to be precise, and Alex is the long-lost daughter
of the strongest female warrior of their time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Her guardian (a freaking Dragon!) and the sexiest man Alex
has ever seen gives her a choice. Go with him, learn how to control her fire,
and find her father's people, or try to survive on her own. It's an easy choice
considering she's only twenty-six. And the Elders may already be on her trail
thanks to the fight with the nut job in the parking lot kick-starting her
dormant DNA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Enter an insane grandfather, a shifter with a hidden agenda,
and a witch with a shoe addiction, and suddenly loner Alex is wishing for a
quiet house in the hills with the dragon she's falling for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But a fight is coming and Alex knows the only way to find
her answers is to trust her powers and become the warrior she was destined to
be.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>The Colony by Kathleen Groger - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Sixteen-year-old Val lives by these three rules etched on
her arm. Her rules and her gun are the only things standing between her and
assimilation by hordes of human-looking aliens she calls Raspers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">By day, Val gathers supplies. By night, she hides and wishes
she could go back in time...before her family died...before the
annihilation...before the Raspers began stalking her and demanding she join
their collective.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But when the Raspers attack in broad daylight, the truth
becomes startlingly clear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">They're evolving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A fellow survivor crashes into Val's life. Adam's full of
charm and promises--like rumors of a safe haven--but there's something wrong.
He's survived with no supplies, no weapons...no plans. Time is running out.
With the formula for survival shifting around her, Val must decide how many
rules she's willing to break to escape the Colony.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius
survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don’t cause trouble, and stay out of the
way of bigger dragons. But this meek behavior doesn't fly in a family of
ambitious magical predators, and his mother, Bethesda the Heartstriker, has
finally reached the end of her patience.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now, sealed in human form and banished to the DFZ--a
vertical metropolis built on the ruins of Old Detroit--Julius has one month to
prove he can be a ruthless dragon or kiss his true shape goodbye forever. But
in a city of modern mages and vengeful spirits where dragons are considered
monsters to be exterminated, he’s going to need some serious help to survive
this test.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">He only hopes humans are more trustworthy than dragons...</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Demon Slayer by Linsey Hall - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Got a demon that needs killing? I’m your girl.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So, I'm in trouble. Big trouble. I'm a demon slayer, and one
of those suckers has escaped. Even worse, it knows my secret... that I'm a
Dragon Blood, able to create new magic and kick some serious butt with it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">If anyone finds out what I am, I'll be hunted down like a
dog and used by the magical government. No way I want to become their guinea
pig. So I've got to catch that demon. Fast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Things get complicated when I start clashing with a sexy AF
bounty hunter. His name's Declan, and we're after the same demon. Bounty
hunters are my enemy, and this stupidly hot fallen angel keeps getting in my
way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The only way to save the city--and myself--is to team up
with Declan. I have two goals: don’t kill him & don’t screw him. Both
easier said than done, since self control isn’t really my thing. But it’s a
race against time to catch the demon, and there’s no way in hell I’ll fail at
that.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">That's my week. I hope you are reading something wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Last week was a nice break - we had some much needed rain that helped wash away some of the pollen. I got caught up in a Netflix series about zombies and binge watched it over the weekend. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here are the books I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Homecoming by Jeff Favreau - 3 Stars *** </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The Jordan Rose Duology concludes it’s harrowing survival
adventure in Homecoming - As Rose, Jamie, and others continue to struggle
against the infected hordes that now roam freely, a battle for humanity’s
future was all but inevitable.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Two years after the events of Break Away, Jordan Rose
wonders if her respite in the woods of Northern Quebec has been long enough to
outlast the infected. Haunted by memories of the past and forced to confront
the perils of the future, a new journey is about to be thrust upon her. The
choices she makes will either steer Rose and her companions away from danger or
put them at the mercy of a superior enemy whose threat to humanity is far
greater than anyone thought possible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Pursued by infected and uninfected alike, Rose will again
find herself a leader and must form allegiances that will have far-reaching and
dire consequences. When all seems lost, the future of the human race may rest
solely in the veins of a child, a child Rose may have to give her life to
protect...</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Glow by SM Boyce & Martha Carr - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Everything you know is about to change. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Victoria Brie is getting her life together. She may be just
a cashier, but she has big dreams and high hopes for what comes next. In the
meantime, she has everything that matters: her family and her best friend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">If only life were that simple. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When she comes home to find her parents murdered by an elf —
yeah, an elf — she’s thrust into a world of magic, mystery, and a madman who
wants her dead. The question is… why? Merged with a powerful artifact created
by an evil mastermind, Victoria is hunted, stabbed, burned, shot, and attacked
in the street… but she’s a survivor, damn it, and no one’s taking her out. She
falls in love with the magical underground city of Fairhaven, and when the elf
who assassinated her parents comes after her new home, she not taking any
prisoners.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Phantom City by Gena D Lutz - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When magically altered drugs begin to surface in Sonnet
Vale’s hometown, all signs point to one place for answers-- Phantom City.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Z-Risen Outbreak by Timothy W Long - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A Navy engineer and a tough as nails Marine must learn how
to survive the zombie apocalypse without first killing each other.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When the USS McClusky (FFG-41) was overrun by the dead,
Machinist Mate First Class Jackson Creed, and Marine Sergeant Joel
"Cruze" Kelly, were forced to abandon the ship, and take their
chances in San Diego.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now they are stuck in a city that has been completely
overrun with the dead and as the days go by they must range farther and farther
away from 'fortress' in their search for supplies. Even though both were
trained by the military neither one of them could have anticipated the horrors
from a nightmare world that is intent on killing them at every step.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Steel by Terry Bolryder - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A dragon as a handyman? Ridiculous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">At least Liam Steel thinks so. Sure, he and his crew of
newly-awakened metal dragons are experts at building things, but after being
sunk at the bottom of a frozen ocean, all they want is to find the mates they
were sailing in search of in the first place, and Liam isn't sure how that can
happen while he's playing in the dirt. Until he meets his first client, a
sweet, curvy, no-nonsense business-woman busy taking care of everyone but
herself. His heart screams 'mate', and he's ready to get his hands on more than
her yard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Kate Hinton doesn't know what to make of the beefcake
Rent-A-Dragon sent over to help with her yard. Impossibly tall with soulful
teal eyes, dark hair, and the features of a male model, she's pretty sure he
should be walking a runway rather than digging trenches in her yard. And the
way he looks at her? Like nothing else matters in the world. But the more she
gets to know her kind, friendly, amazingly efficient handyman, the more she is
realizing he's not from her world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">He lives in a remodeled castle. He doesn't know certain
modern words. And he definitely doesn't understand the rules of modern
courtship. But somehow, Kate is finding herself falling in love with this
'dragon' all the same, and finding out there is a whole other world outside her
own. One full of secrets, and danger, and maybe even the love of a lifetime.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">As always, thanks for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This week will be short and sweet. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">See ya next week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172215114455604739.post-84458261704895023542019-04-06T08:00:00.000-04:002019-04-06T08:00:17.693-04:00My Week in Review: 3/30/19-4/6/19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">So it's pollen season here in Georgia and let me tell you, folks who don't normally have issues with pollen - are having issues with pollen. Just one more reason to stay inside and read. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Knight's Redemption by Sherilee Gray - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">With one fatal mistake, immortal demon hunter Lazarus
started a chain reaction that set him and his five brothers on a collision
course straight to Hell.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">There's only one way to save them all--claim his mate, a
sweet beauty he doesn't deserve and will only end up hurting. But immortals
fall hard, and walking away from her when it's over is going to be
near-impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When bookstore owner Eve Taylor starts hearing the
thoughts of others, she is certain she's losing her mind. Until the day a
wickedly seductive and dangerous warrior appears and introduces her to a
terrifying new world--one she has been part of her whole life and never knew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now, with a traitor consumed by darkness and driven by
revenge hunting them, they have one chance at survival. But they must give into
the scorching desire that, if they let it, could destroy them both.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Knight's Salvation by Sherilee Gray - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Demon hunter Zenon lives with a dark secret. When he escaped
Hell, he didn't leave alone--and he'll do anything to keep the shameful reason
hidden. But when an intoxicating demi-demon, new to her powers, has him
breaking all his own rules just to be near her, he knows he's in serious
trouble.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Painfully aware of being different, Mia Westbrook has always
kept herself apart from others. Yet her new demon life comes with strings
attached, namely one scarred and broodingly seductive knight who storms into
her world--and her heart--and may just be her perfect match.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But a formidable evil has been watching, and is determined
to tear them apart. They want Zenon is back in Hell, with them, where he
belongs...</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Norse Code by S E Babin - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Freya is over Odin’s shenanigans. After finding yet another
blond in her bedchambers, she makes a choice that shakes the foundation of her
entire pantheon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">‘Cuz she blows up the palace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When she holds a meeting in the town square and offers safe
haven to Asgardians who wish to defect, Freya creates a retirement community in
the countryside of Virginia and becomes the owner of a brand new pub. Away from
the annoying antics of her husband, Freya is content for the first time she can
remember. Of course, this is when disaster strikes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Happy serving drinks to the townsfolk, Freya is completely
unprepared for the first true crime to hit her people in centuries. Something
magical and unwelcome has sought haven in her new town and is preying on her
people. Loki thinks it’s Ragnarok. Odin thinks it’s karma.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Freya just thinks it’s a crock.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But she’s the only one who’s up to the challenge of finding
the threat and eliminating it before her new settlement is over before it’s
truly begun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Three Miles out by Jacqueline Druga - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The ultimate biological warfare attack is achieved when a
group of American soldiers return home from deployment infected with a highly
contagious pathogen. The ground zero incubation period is lengthy, and before
it is even known that they are infected, the soldiers have already carried it
to various cities across the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The culprit of this weapon is not a country or even a
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Within time, no place in the world is safe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Typically, after work, Brady Lawrence is content sitting on
his couch playing video games, taking care of his mother and watching for
disturbing stories on the news. When a particularly gruesome case quarantines
the next town over, Brady convinces his best friend, Jason, to go with him and
investigate. Their curiosity leads them not only into the thick of things but
stuck at the center of ground zero.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">In the midst of trying to get out and make it home before
the outbreak reaches their families, Brady and Jason soon find themselves on a
path to being unlikely heroes in the battle against the infected.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The infection spreads like wildfire and finding a cure or
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Abandoned and Unseen by Carrie Ann Ryan and </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Alexandra Ivy - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When bear shifter, Anya Tucker fell in love with the wrong
man, the only thing she left with was a broken heart—and her two bear cubs. Now
she’s mended her wounds and learned that in order to raise her babies she can
only trust herself. When her sons meet the lazy cat next door and fall heads
over tails for him, she’ll do whatever she takes to protect them—even from a
past she’d thought she’d left behind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Cole McDermott is a jaguar on a mission. Long naps, a
willing woman, and a full stomach is usually all he needs when it comes to
relaxing after a long day of protecting his Pack. Then he meets Anya and the
burn of temptation is silky and tantalizing indeed. When a horror from Anya’s
past threatens everything she loves, Cole will put everything aside and fight for
her family—as well as his own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Unseen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Nicole Bradley had no reason to live after the humans
murdered her son. Not until she learns to hunt down those responsible for his
death. Shifting into her wolf form at night, she slips out of the compound,
determined to do as much damage as possible. The last thing she expected was to
discover secrets that could destroy the SAU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Polar shifter, Tucker Stone, lives off the grid. It’s the
only way the Unseen can avoid being rounded up by the humans and tossed into a
compound. Besides, he’s a loner by nature. But he can’t walk away when he sees
the pretty female wolf in danger. Risking exposure, he takes her to his hidden
den and tries to heal her wounds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Can a reclusive polar bear and a wolf with a death wish find
happiness together?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">That's a wrap. I hope you're reading something wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">As always, thank you for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Another month is almost at an end - Spring craft fairs are in swing and the days are getting longer. :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here are the books I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Whiskey Ginger by Shayne Silvers - 4 Stars **** </b> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Everything was going fine for Quinn MacKenna… until she
accidentally stole from Nate Temple.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">She knows how to drink, fight, and steal dangerous magical
artifacts – but not for money. For favors. Because all her life she’s wanted
only one thing – a secret so dangerous and well-guarded that no one will give
it up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A ticket to the Land of the Fae so she can find her dad and
finally get some answers about her past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So she doesn’t ask questions of her clients, only favors,
hoping that they will eventually add up to get her what she so desperately
desires. And with her unique ability to nullify magic, the world’s deadliest
artifacts – or the clients who demand them – don’t really impress her very
much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But that all changes when she accidentally robs the infamous
Nate Temple, and finds herself in a much deeper world of monsters and
conspiracies than she ever knew existed. Because Nate Temple and his friends
aren’t the only things to be afraid of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now she has to worry about his enemies, too…</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Eve of Eternal Night by Amber Lynn Natusch - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>Eve Carmichael can’t wait to graduate from college and move
on with her life. Loner, outcast, and enemy of the dean, she tried her best to
fit in, but all the money in the world can't buy genuine friends—or anonymity.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Then things take an unexpected turn when she witnesses a
murder on campus. Especially because there's no evidence a crime ever happened
the next day, and the five men responsible disappeared into thin air. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As she tries to unravel the mystery behind the phantom
homicide, she finds herself on a dark and familiar path. With no-one else to
trust, she seeks the help of an unlikely—but alluring—group of men. A group of
men with one thing in common—an undying interest in her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">For better or worse, the rocker, the wanderer, the student,
the therapist, and the adviser all have a part to play in fulfilling her
destiny. Hopefully they can awaken her to the danger closing in before Eve gets
herself killed.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Cast in Angelfire by SM Reine - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Nineteen-year-old Marion can’t remember anything before
waking up at Mercy Hospital. All she knows that a lot of people want to kill
her. And her would-be assassins are not human…</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Faeries are real. So are vampires and angels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">They all want Marion dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Surrounded by enemies, Marion turns to Lucas Flynn: a
mysterious doctor as good with a gun as he is with a scalpel. He fights like a
demon but claims that he’s human. And he’s hellbent on protecting Marion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Lucas claims that Marion is a half-witch, half-angel mage
with terrifying powers that could crack the world. But Marion can’t remember
how to cast magic any more than she can remember where she comes from.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Marion must find her identity and her power…before the
forgotten sins of her past catch up with her.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Spooky Times by Nic Saint - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Who is Alice Whitehouse? Mortician’s assistant, gun store
clerk and chairwoman of the neighborhood watch committee. Loving daughter of
the Chief of Police. Best friend to local baker Felicity Bell. And then there’s
the fact that Alice sees dead people. Unfortunately, they can also see her, and
occasionally ask her help in solving their murder. With pluck, resolve and
cheerfulness in the face of danger, she does just that, aided and abetted by
the members of her neighborhood watch committee, and local police detective
Rock Walker, on whom she may or may not have a secret—or not-so-secret—crush.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When Gemma Weston is found murdered, the crime baffles the
police. It also baffles Alice’s neighborhood watch committee, but that has
never stopped the spunky ladies of the committee before. They dive headfirst
into the murder investigation, very much to the exasperation of Alice’s dad, Chief
of Police Whitehouse, and the newest member of the Happy Bays Police
Department, Detective Rock Walker. Spurred on by an increasingly annoying
Gemma, whose ghost isn’t the nicest one Alice has ever encountered, she puts
her sleuthing powers to the test to catch a killer before he or she can strike
again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Reluctant Gods by Keri Armstrong - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Becoming a powerful witch? Awesome. Being part of ancient,
magical feud? Not so much.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">You’d think life wouldn’t deal me any more crap hands after
bringing me into this world with only one hand to begin with, and then letting
me lose an eye, and ear and half of the skin on my face to hot oil when I was
just a toddler.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But that’s Fate for you – a real “B”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Nevertheless, I’ve got my sweet cousin Sara who is beautiful
enough for both of us, a few good friends and now, it seems, I’ve also
inherited an ancient family legacy that will change my world forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Who knew turning 21 would not only mean I could imbibe
legally, but that I’d also finally get my first real kiss, and develop some
serious witchy power? Power I’m going to need to escape the shapeshifters and
giants heading our way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Happy Birthday to me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">We have had a good deal of rain in Georgia lately and though it has helped with the pollen, I feel like I'm in need of fins and flippers. But honestly, for me, nothing is better than curling up with a good book and listening to the rain. :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here are the books I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Cataclysm: V Plague, Book 18 by Dirk Patton - 5 Stars *****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A Russian agent threatens John's new family as Barinov's
plans are revealed.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that
stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been
collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors
she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then
will the beads disappear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Bad Impression by Ware Wilkins - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Paying off the tooth fairy was supposed to make Sadie's life
easier. Uh huh.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">There's Ingrid, her psychic roommate pregnant with a magic
baby. There's also Abe, the former sheriff and dude of Sadie's dreams, now a
scarred werewolf with mood swings that come with claws and teeth. And while
navigating those two, Sadie's also got Benji... bisexual, enigmatic, and
dangerously appealing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But Sadie's about to realize her relationship woes pale in
comparison to the big bad that's in town. Everyone's on the lookout for
hunters, and the tension has Sadie jonesing for a teeth fix. She's managed to
stay sober of the bone magic, but when cats turn up dead and vampire queens are
calling in favors, the appeal of using magic becomes too hard to resist. With
too much to lose, Sadie's going to have to decide whether her power can help
save her friends and Grimloch, or if using it will make her bite it in a big
way.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Greed by Katie May - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">For hundreds of years, Nightmares have ruled the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Descended from the Seven Deadly Sins, these supernatural
creatures have enslaved and tortured the human race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I have lived my entire life fighting back against the
monsters that have plagued this world. A deadly assassin and a member of the
resistance, I only have one motto: kill or be killed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When The Damning commences - a fight to the death against
the world's most brutal serial killers, assassins, and torturers - a twist of
fate finds me as one of the competitors. Despite my initial reluctance, I find
myself eagerly participating. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But what I didn't count on, however, were the seven
princes:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Lupe, a Shifter descended from Wrath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Devlin, a Genie descended from Greed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Jax, a Vampire descended from Gluttony.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Killian, an Incubus descended from Lust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Ryland, a Shadow descended from Pride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Sebastian, a Mage descended from Sloth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">And,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Dair, a Mermaid descended from Envy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Our love could never be. I'm an assassin, and they are my
targets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But who ever said I needed to follow the rules? If only I
can survive The Damning...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Carnal by Victoria Danann - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The rogue angel, Kellareal, stopped the genocide of a
hundred and forty three human/animal hybrids who'd been genetically engineered
as an experiment. Generations had spent their entire lives imprisoned and used
as research subjects. Against orders, he spirited them away to another world.
In a twist of irony, they were given the job of protecting humans from the
result of their own hybrid experiment gone very, very wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When Rosie Storm asked Kellareal for a place to hide and
teach her boyfriend a lesson, she thought she was getting a few weeks of
tantrum-fueled asylum. The last thing she was expecting was to be the
accidental architect of a war. Or to meet someone like Carnal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">That wraps my week. I hope you are reading something wonderful. As always, thanks for stopping by.</span></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I'm happy to say that I have kicked that sinus infection and I am back on track with my reading. My hubby was quite worried because I went two whole days without reading last week. He thought I was a goner for sure. LOL </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here are the books I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Uprising by Adrienne Lecter - 5 Stars *****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When the last vestiges of civilization crumble, who will
prevail?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Over two years have passed since Bree and Nate
disappeared—and much has happened in the meantime. After leading a nomadic
lifestyle for several months, they have started to rebuild a semblance of
normalcy, moving between several established camps as the seasons change. Life
is simple—hunting their own food, building weapons, even growing produce. Far
away from the security of the settlements, they take care to stay unnoticed,
and, if the need arises, cull the odd horde of shamblers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Until one night, their idyllic off-the-grid lifestyle comes
to a sudden end when they are overwhelmed and captured by forces unknown. Will
they manage to escape? And at what cost?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>The Mad Mick by Franklin Horton - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Conor Maguire nearly lost his daughter Barb when she was
three years old, injured by the drunk driver that killed his wife. When the
justice system failed him, Conor -- the son and grandson of IRA bombers --
retaliated against the driver in dramatic and gruesome fashion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">While an ironclad alibi prevented the police from pinning
the murder on Conor, it did not prevent a covert agency within the US
government from recruiting the talented young bomber and machinist. For over
twenty-five years, Conor designed and built custom weapons of death and
destruction at his compound in the mountains of Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Then a series of devastating terror attacks brought down the
United States. Conor and Barb assumed they were safe in their secure compound.
They had food and a water source. They were armed and highly-trained. Then Barb
was kidnapped. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The kidnappers, needing slave labor for their farm, didn’t
know why Conor was known as The Mad Mick. They didn’t know the fear and respect
his name invoked in the shadowy world of covert operations. They didn’t know
that when it came to protecting his family, he was without conscience, without
compassion, and without equal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But they would soon find out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Magic Bite by Leia Stone & Lucia Ashta - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Evie Black and her demon imp partner, Cass, are two of the
most fearsome supernatural bounty hunters on the West Coast. But when Evie’s
beloved grandmother dies, her world shatters.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">After finding the bottom of a bottle of tequila, Evie breaks
the one rule she knows better than to ignore: Never hook up with a werewolf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Especially when he’s the local alpha who, oh by the way,
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Yeah, complicated doesn’t even begin to cover what happens
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>A Call to Pride by Poppy Woods - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Liza Moultrie has been on the run from her past for over a
year, trying to make sense of the events surrounding the attack that brought
her life to a screeching hault. Life in Helen, Georgia has been kind to her and
the friendships she found there have made the healing process a little easier,
if painstakingly slow. Unable to distinguish nightmares from memories, she
turns to the two guys who stomped into her life without warning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Parker and Kade James have secrets of their own, and
apparently they’re bad at keeping them. Helen was supposed to be one more stop
on the road, one more paycheck. That was until they met their mate. Their mate.
Two brothers, one seemingly human girl, and they’re both drawn to her. When
Liza’s past catches up to her, can the brothers keep her safe? Can she let them
in and accept her place as their mate?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">With danger stalking her, literally, throughout the town she
has come to think of as her refuge, Liza has only one choice: Trust them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Dark Urge by Gena D Lutz - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Fiona Spade was born a member of the Fury: a pack of wolves
gifted with extraordinary strength and magic. After a car crash killed her
mother, an accident she blames herself for, Fiona abandoned her pack and
planned to never return. Until she found herself up against her greatest enemy:
a dragon shifter. The chance encounter brings her head-on with the ancient
lupine power brewing deep within her, forcing her to seek help from the family
she fled. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Going home means seeing the one man she can't put out of her
mind no matter how hard she tries, a man who is strength, sexiness, and charm
personified: the wolf who thinks she’s his mate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As Beta of the Fury Pack, Farrow Flynn is fiercely
protective over his adoptive family. Born a lone-wolf, he never imagined he’d
find a pack that would take in a hard-headed mutt and treat him like their very
own. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Then he crosses paths with the Alpha’s stepdaughter, Fiona:
a she-wolf who is independent and driven, with a temper to match her flaming
rose-gold hair. Their connection is immediate and intense. And now that she’s
back, he’ll do whatever it takes to earn what’s rightfully his…the heart of his
mate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Another week of reading for me. I hope you are reading something wonderful. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">As always, thank you for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172215114455604739.post-45019891473862209722019-03-09T08:00:00.000-05:002019-03-09T08:00:06.589-05:00My Week in Review: 3/2/19-3/9/19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I have not read much this last week, sadly I have had a sinus infection. This crazy weather is to blame. Highs in the 70's one day followed by high's in the 40's the next. We are all ready for Spring. :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here are the books I want to share with you today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Wicked Abyss by Kresley Cole - 5 Stars *****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The terrifying king of hell...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As a boy, Abyssian "Sian" Infernas had his heart
shattered by a treacherous fey beauty who died before he could exact vengeance.
Millennia later, a curse has transformed him into a demonic monster--just as
she's been reincarnated. Sian captures the delicate but bold female, forcing
her back to hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Meets his match.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Princess Calliope "Lila" Barbot's people have
hated and feared Abyssian and his alliance of monsters for eons. When the
beastly demon imprisons her in his mystical castle, vowing revenge for betrayals
she can't remember, Lila makes her own vow: to bring down the wicked beast for
good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Can two adversaries share one happily-ever-after?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As Calliope turns hell inside out, the all-powerful Sian
finds himself defenseless against his feelings for her. In turn, Lila
reluctantly responds to the beast's cleverness and gruff vulnerability. But
when truths from a far distant past are revealed, can their tenuous bond
withstand ages of deceit, a curse, and a looming supernatural war?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Leverage in Death by JD Robb - 5 Stars *****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">For the airline executives finalizing a merger that would
make news in the business world, the nine a.m. meeting would be a major
milestone. But after marketing VP Paul Rogan walked into the plush conference
room, strapped with explosives, the headlines told of death and destruction
instead. The NYPSD’s Eve Dallas confirms that Rogan was cruelly coerced by two
masked men holding his family hostage. His motive was saving his wife and
daughter—but what was the motive of the masked men?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Despite the chaos and bad publicity, blowing up one meeting
isn’t going to put the brakes on the merger. All it’s accomplished is
shattering a lot of innocent lives. Now, with the help of her billionaire
husband Roarke, Eve must untangle the reason for an inexplicable act of terror,
look at suspects inside and outside both corporations, and determine whether
the root of this crime lies in simple sabotage, or something far more complex
and twisted.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Zombie Road VI by David A Simpson - 5 Stars *****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As they race across the wastelands to the last outpost with
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and Casey's ruthless cannibals are gathering their forces and preparing their
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<span style="color: #351c75;">After the debacle with Eris, Abby has settled into her new
life. She’s living in tentative peace with Artie and Keto and beginning to deal
with the new powers thrust upon her after her last battle. Everything appears
to be fine until Ares shows up unexpectedly one morning and appeals to Abby for
help. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Someone has stolen the Sword of God, a priceless relic
allowing the wielder to control the world. But that’s not all. A monstrous,
ancient being has awakened sending Olympus into panic mode and Abby scrambling
to figure out who’s behind it all. Once again she gets caught up in politics
and danger, but this time, the stakes are higher. Her friends are keeping
deadly secrets and the most obvious villain may not be so evil after all. Will
Abby figure the puzzle out in time, or will this be the time the power hungry
Olympian gods win?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Back to the Fuchsia by Melanie James - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">For some people, time travel is a fantastic daydream, but
for Gertie O'Leary it's just another magically induced accident.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Just when you thought things couldn't get weirder at the
Paranormal Plantation, Gertie decides to jazz the place up with another DIY
project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Sure, it's great. But after Gertie mixes her favorite color
with a heavy dose of untried witchcraft, creating a strange time-warping side
effect, she and her paranormal posse land in the court of King Henry VIII.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">You know what isn't great? Your friend loses her memory and
tries to steal your boyfriend, you can't figure out how to get back home, and
worse, you're accused of witchcraft!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Add in a pair of mischievous Sasquatches along with a
curious dragon and it spells certain doom for Gertie and her friends as they
take their magical buffoonery to the sixteenth century!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">That wraps my week. I hope you see something you'd like to try. As always, thanks for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I am amazed at how time if flying. Today we will be celebrating our grandson's first birthday. I am excited to say that I think he is going to be a reader - he loves it when we read to him. So far, his favorite series is Clifford the Big Red Dog. :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">These are the books I want to share with you today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Edged Blade by J C Daniels - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">In the year since her life was torn apart, Kit Colbana has
slowly rebuilt herself. There’s a promise of hope in the relationship with the
alpha of the local shapeshifters and she no longer comes screaming into
wakefulness. Life’s not perfect but then again, when was it ever?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When her best friend Justin comes to her for help, there’s
little question as to what her answer will be. Witches are disappearing and
Justin won’t rest until he has answers. Soon, they learn that it’s not just
witches who’ve gone missing, but vampires and shifters, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Unlikely alliances are forged as Kit and Justin found
themselves drawn into a twisted web of lies and betrayal. As the clock counts
down and the culprit behind recent disappearances is revealed, those Kit loves
the most become the target of somebody who will kill to protect an ugly secret.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Maggie on the Bounty by Kate Danley - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">New business partners, Maggie and Killian, are looking
forward to their latest job: finding out why all the ghosts are disappearing
from the Empress Adelaide, a turn of the century cruise ship which shuttled
Hollywood's finest across the Atlantic Ocean during the golden age of movies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But Maggie and Killian find themselves trapped in the past,
caught in a time rift with only a ghost of a chance of escaping. This ain't no
pleasure cruise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Book Three in the MAGGIE MACKAY: MAGICAL TRACKER series<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">WARNING: This book contains cussing, brawling, and
unladylike behavior. Proceed with caution.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Not Her Gargoyle by Annie Nicholas - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Ruby is done with jerks, dead-end jobs, and eviction
notices. Everyone else she knows is finding ways out of this crappy
neighborhood, so why can’t she? Since opportunities refuse to fall from the
sky, Ruby makes her own. To hell with the little voice in her heart whispering
about love. She never met a man she wanted to keep…then she met a gargoyle. Men
were boring after all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Nick was a con, a thief, and a rogue. He couldn’t keep a
dime in his pocket even if it was glued. Then he met a ruby. Not one from the
earth but one of flesh and blood. And ass. Let’s not forget the ass. Stealing
her heart was now all he wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It only involves an itsy-bitsy risk. All they must do is rob a witch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Warning: Beware of despicable gargoyles with hearts of gold.
They will sweep you off your feet when you're not looking.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Keystone by Dannika Dark - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Raven Black hunts evildoers for fun, but her vigilante
justice isn’t the only reason she’s hiding from the law. Half Vampire, half
Mage, she’s spent years living as a rogue to stay alive. When a Russian Shifter
offers her a job in his covert organization hunting outlaws, dignity and a
respectable career are finally within her grasp. The catch? Her new partner is
Christian Poe - a smug, handsome Vampire whom she’d rather stake than go on a
stakeout with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">They're hot on the trail of a human killer who will stop at
nothing to get what he wants. One misstep during her probationary period could
jeopardize Raven’s chance at redemption, and her partner would love nothing
more than to see her fail. Will Raven find the courage to succeed, or will she
give in to her dark nature?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Tornado by Jasmine Wylder - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I am the leader of Savage Brotherhood MC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">My club means everything to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It is my family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">My home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Whoever dares come between us is messing with the wrong
wolf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I do make exceptions though—beautiful, curvy, passionate
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Ava, that beautiful kitten, hit all the right spots.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Her full breasts, sweet lips, luscious hips — I don’t think
I can get over that night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now, a vampire targets her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I've had enough of those suckers lurking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Preying on shifters and humans alike.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">They’ve pushed too far.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But something feels off — I can tell that Ava is hiding
something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">We didn’t seem to get off on the right foot, butting heads
at everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now, I get it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">She's carrying a baby — my baby girl!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">For the sake of our unborn child, I must defeat those
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">That's my week. I hope you are reading something great!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172215114455604739.post-29249027442145895742019-02-23T08:00:00.000-05:002019-02-23T08:00:04.727-05:00My Week in Review: 2/16/19-2/23/19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This week I am excited to share a new to me series I found. I liked it so much, I had to read the books back to back. Don't you love it when that happens?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Sixpence and Whiskey by Heather R Blair - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It's not easy being a witch. Especially when you're the
youngest and least talented of four sisters. But Persephone Gosse manages the
same way she manages her Duluth bar, Toil & Trouble. With hard work, a
smart mouth—and a lot of whiskey. Seph likes her quiet life...as quiet as it
can be when the king of the bears wants her as his queen, a werewolf (or three)
wants her dead, and her cold-as-ice ex, Jack Frost, wants...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Well, she hasn't quite figured that out yet. But with a
bounty on her head and time running out on a half-forgotten prophecy, Seph
better get a clue before this witch's brew blows up in her face.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Blackbirds and Bourbon by Heather R Blair - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">For a charm of powerful trouble... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Persephone Gosse just can't catch a break.Life isn't
supposed to be this hard, even for a witch. Facing a trial for a crime she
didn't commit, tangling with bounty hunters looking to take her head, and
trying to ignore the growing disdain of the magical world, Seph is barely
holding it together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Her confusion about Jack Frost isn't helping. Is her ex
trying to save her, or easing her way into an early grave? With Yule
approaching and judgement looming, Seph has to decide who to trust...</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Roses and Rye by Heather R Blair - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When shall we meet again. When the hurly-burly's done,When
the battle's lost and won...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Death is no damn fun. Ask Persephone Gosse. People act like
you're invisible, they won't listen to a word you say and nobody offers to buy
you a drink. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Seph's had enough. And she's not the only one. Things are
going to hell faster than you can say vampires, werewolves and bears. Seph and
her ex-Jack Frost are the only ones who really know why.Between the two of them
they might have a chance of saving the FTC world. But that's a problem. Since
Seph is a ghost. And Jack is the reason why.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Or is he?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Threescore and Tequila by Heather R Blair - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Jett Gosse has been labeled a lot of things in her long
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Witch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Bitch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Tattoo artist. Sword swinger. Big Sister.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Sticks and stones and all that jazz. She’s never let it
bother her. Until now. Murderer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Stephen Krueger doesn’t think so. Who gives a damn if Jett
is his mate? Or that she may hold the key to a curse that’s hung over his
family for generations?The newly-crowned king of the bears has sworn off
witches and that’s that.Except...Witches are disappearing. In the aftermath of
Herne’s demise, nobody has been paying attention. Except Jett. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">What she finds at the end of this rabbit’s hole is going to
take her back to a past she’s been trying to forget for almost two hundred
years. A past that only one very stubborn bruin can save her from. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Pass the salt and lime, it’s going to be a hell of a ride.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Deja Vu & Gin by Heather R Blair - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Betrayed by her father. Abandoned by her mother. Left at the
altar by the prince of her dreams. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Anastasia Gosse's past is more tangled than most. Everything
she's been through has taught this witch one valuable lesson. Trust no one. All
that Ana's ever wanted was to have her family back together and safe. She'd do
anything to make that happen. Even blackmail an assassin of the realm who
drives her crazy in more ways than one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Tyr Kanerva thinks he's seen it all, the worst of both the
human and fairytale worlds. This assassin thinks he's too jaded for surprises.
Enter one clever, calculating witch who tricks Tyr into a contract that just
might be the death of him. He should hate her, but instead he finds himself
wondering what the witch is hiding under all that ice? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When Ana comes up with a sinful solution to satisfy their
mutual curiosity, neither of them are prepared for where their liaison will
led. Because the FTC world is not a kind one, and between gods, goddesses and a
Fire Prince who will stop at nothing to have Ana back at his side, a happily
ever after for these two may be just another impossible fairytale....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Magpies and Moonshine by Heather R Blair - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When shall we meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Carly Gosse is a witch with a problem. Several of them. Her
sisters treat her like a porcelain doll, her mother is keeping all kinds of
secrets, and oh yeah, her boyfriend is a monster. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Styx also has a problem, a red-headed one that comes with
freckles. He knows he should leave, but he can't abandon the little witch that
has stolen his heart. Especially when Carly announces her intention to head to
Asgaard to drop off something for her crazy mother. He has to follow her to the
Old World, if only to watch her cute little backside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But in this world of fairy-tale creatures, nothing is as it
seems. The Gosse sisters know their mother likes her secrets, but they've never
found out exactly why. When it all comes out at last, will any of them survive
the fallout?Especially when Carly realizes that Styx has his own secret. One
that could rip them apart for all eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Three out of four happily-ever-afters isn't bad...Unless
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">A Curious Twist of Lime by Heather R Blair - 4 Stars ****</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">You're not the same as you were before…</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">That’s what happens when a man has been to hell and
back--literally--as Georg Kivistö, former bruin king, knows all too well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Restless. Aimless. Georg is at loose ends until he
encounters a strange woman in a strange land. Sweet, alluring and innocent, Alice
soon wraps him around her little finger, one maddening knot at a time. Georg
knows better than anyone he can't afford another romantic entanglement, but
what a bruin wants a bruin gets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Or dies trying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As shadows close in, the path to a new throne seems
inevitable, but is it a crown Georg really needs--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Or a queen?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I hope you give this series a try, I enjoyed it quite a bit. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">We have decided to go on our first Disney trip with our grandson. :) I don't know if you've ever been to Disney - but it is expensive. And that is why we are booking now for a trip that we will not take until this time next year. My husband is the Disney nerd, so I am leaving the planning in his capable hands. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This are the books I want to share with you today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Clayton by Rachelle Mills - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The alpha was supposed to be mine. Our fates were decided by
the Moon herself, but he chose to follow his own path to a future that didn’t
include me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Accepting my destined mate’s rejection was the hardest thing
I ever had to do, and it cost me my pack, my friends, and in the end…my home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now, four years later I have to rejoin my old pack, forced
to see him love another female. Her scent is mixed into the crevices of his
skin, and every breath I take is slowly killing me little by little. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">How do you tell yourself not to breathe?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I’m drawn to him in a way I can’t explain. There’s something
about him, about the scent of his secrets that lures me in, tempting my most
primal instincts. But he’s not destined for me, and what chance do I stand
against fate?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>The Passionate Queen by Jovee Winters - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The Passionate Queen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Once upon a time a dragon dared to fall in love with the
Queen of Hearts…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Zelena Hermosa wants only one thing, to be free. But for a
morphling like her freedom will never be possible. Bought by a witch as a baby,
she’s been raised in a household that knows no kindness or love. She’s a
broken, dirty child the day she meets her prickly little dragon boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Ragoth Nur, heir to the throne of Drakon has just stolen a
golden apple from Zeus’s favored orchard. In order to make sure he doesn’t have
to face the wrath of the gods (but especially his mom) he runs off to
wonderland to enjoy his treat and there bumps into the human girl who will
change the course of his life forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">There’s so much more to the Queen of Heart’s than the
stories. So much more than the vindictive woman who shouts, “Off with her
heads.” This is the true story of the woman, the legend, and the myth…</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>What's New, Pussycat? by Dakota Cassidy - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Martine Brooks is in a pickle. Derrick Adams is in a jam.
Pickles and jam. Not exactly a hot combo. Unless the "pickle" is a
sultry, sassy cat shifter and the "jam" is a gorgeous hunk of wolf.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Derrick is cursed to die if he doesn't make the woot-woot
with his life mate on the night of the next full moon. Martine's been held
captive by a power-hungry warlock for six long months, forced to do his bidding
before finding herself stuffed in a cat carrier and ditched at a 7-Eleven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">After rescuing her from a dumpster, Derrick and Martine
strike a mutually beneficial deal: mate, save a life, walk away—both alive and
kicking. Win! Yet, there are kinks in the plan. Like the fact that Martine's
one-time captor is on the hunt, planning to extinguish all of her nine lives at
once. Or the fact the curse threatening Derrick's life is about to throw him a
monster curve ball.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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themselves, two avowed commitment-phobes…who are beginning to wonder what
forever looks like.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Murder of Crows by Annie Bellet - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">They say you can never go home again. If only that were
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Game store owner and nerd sorceress extraordinaire Jade Crow
knows death stalks her in the form of her murderous ex-lover, Samir, a sorcerer
who wants to eat her heart and take her power. With the help of her friends,
and sexy tiger-shifter Alek, Jade trains for the inevitable confrontation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Until her estranged father shows up begging for help.
Someone or something is murdering the crow shifters of Three Feathers ranch and
her father believes sorcery is the only way to stop the killings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Faced with an unknown foe, a family that exiled her decades
before, a deepening relationship with Alek, and Samir's ever-present threat,
Jade will need all the power she's gained and then some to stop the Murder of
Crows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>No Kitten Around by R J Blain - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Warning: This novel contains excessive humor, action,
excitement, adventure, magic, romance, and bodies. Proceed with caution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The last thing Reed Matthews needs in his life is a kitten,
but when an orphaned tabby suckers him into becoming her caretaker, he’s in for
the ride of his life. Add in an angel determined to meddle in his affairs, a
devil with an agenda, and a bucketful of bad omens, and he’ll count himself
fortunate if he survives the clash between heaven, hell, and his ex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">In this anything goes romp, there’s no kitten around: if
Reed wants to survive and regain control of his life, his only hope lies in the
hands of an elf and his ex, a woman he’s sworn to never see again.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I quite enjoyed these reads. I hope you see something you'd like to try.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">As always, thanks for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This week I read a couple of new to me authors and I was quite pleased with the results. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here are the books I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Blood Kissed by Vivienne Savage - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Running from danger is what Emmaleigh does best, but the
monsters of her past are inescapable.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Years after ditching a corrupt coven in San Antonio, Emma is
making a fresh start in Massachusetts as the owner of a new luxury spa. Her
life couldn’t be more peaceful - until a near-death encounter with ruthless
vampire hunters draws attention to her questionable history. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">According to the vampire elders, Emma’s old ties make her a
liability. Given one chance to prove herself, she’s plunged headfirst into a
journey to recover a stolen artifact from the hunters—and assigned her own
champion. Unfortunately, he’s also her former lover, a master vampire with his
own motivation for accompanying her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Despite their differences, Emma and Adrian must work
together to solve the mystery. Her past is coming back to bite her, and the
only way off the council’s hit list is to discover why the hunters want the
relic at all.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Alice in Demonland by RaShelle Workman - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">In the last millennia a deadly game has raged between demons
and their half-human creations, called Moths. A century ago select Moths were
born with distinctive marks on the backs of their hands. It was soon discovered
that those with the marks possessed the same powers as their demon parent. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Over
the years an elite group of warriors formed The Dark Moth Society. Alice Blackburn is a Dark
Moth trainee. Some of her classmates call her the Queen of Hearts, but only
because she doesn’t share hers. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">There isn’t time. Not for fun and especially
not for Kade Everett, the injured warrior she is required to help. In just a
few days, her creator, the foul demon that killed her mom will come to kill
her. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">That’s part of the game after all. And when he does, she will end him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Wolf and Prejudice by Theodora Taylor - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Nothing will stop him from claiming his mate…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When her friend, Chloe disappears under very mysterious
circumstances, professor Alisha Ataneq refuses to let sleeping wolves lie. And
she’s definitely not going to let Chloe’s ex-fiance, Rafe Nightwolf, the
powerful Alpha King of Colorado, stop her from finding out what happened to her
sweet friend.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But here’s what Alisha doesn’t know… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Rafe Nightwolf wants her—has wanted her badly for a very
long time. And now that his engagement is off and Alisha is finally within
reach, he won’t let anything or anyone get in his way. Including Alisha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Which is why in a shocking twist, she goes to extreme
lengths to escape his clutches. But here’s what Alisha doesn’t know… Rafe will
do something even more extreme to get her back.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Crooked Crossroads by Trinity Crow - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">What if your town had a secret everyone knew except you?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">What if you were the secret?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Child Female Lost. Whenever I hear that it feels like I'm
shrinking. It's not a name. It's the description scribbled on the hospital
intake form where the cops dropped me off. Two years old. No one ever claimed
me. And no one ever cared enough to change that first hasty scrawl. It should
have said Child Unwanted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now a foster care veteran of seventeen, Child's free ride
with the state ends on her next birthday...in just four days. Finding a place
to live on her budget will take a little fast thinking and a lot of
desperation. Luckily for her, there is a haunted, carriage house apartment with
a price tag she can't refuse and a reputation that makes her the only
applicant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Evil spirits, protection circles, witchcraft and hoodoo,
Child is convinced all that woo woo stuff is for flakes and weirdos, but one
night in her new apartment sends her running for answers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Drawn to the curious shop of Crooked Crossroads, owned by
two, eccentric, witch sisters, she finds a gathering place for people of all
magical paths. Inside it's walls, there is something even more terrifying than
black magic and dead people, a community that accepts her as she is. And all
she has to do is trust...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Hidden deep in the bayou, the small moss-draped town of
LaPierre is full of secrets and deception. Here, enemies lurk beneath the faces
of new friends and the home Child has always wanted may turn out to be a trap
she never leaves.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Gravestones and Wicked Bones by Miers & Knox - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">My sisters and I weren’t born with magic. No, we were forced
into it. Betrayed into it by the one person who was supposed to protect us. Now
we’re living in a shithole desert town at the mercy of a sexy-as-hell Fae named
Bastian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So far, I’ve been able to buy Violet and Jade time to live
freely, without being held to Bastian’s constant call. I’ve been doing his
dirty work for five long years, but my sisters’ freedom is wearing thin. Soon,
he’ll summon them, just as he did me—and I can’t let that happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Bastian’s latest assignment offers an escape for my sisters,
and I’d be a fool not to take it. But my target is more powerful than any man
I’ve faced before and doubly seductive. He draws out my inner
demons—literally—and evading this attraction might prove more difficult than
finishing what I started.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Can you believe a whole month has passed in this new year? It amazes me how time flies now that I am older. I am enjoying all the new books that have been published, as well as the new to me books that I've found.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here is what I want to share with you today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Nemesis by Elle Cross - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I have been called many names in my long life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Kali. Hel. Santa Muerta.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">To the Cabal, I am simply Immortelle.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As the daughter of Nyx and sister to the Furies, I was used
to being an ever-living weapon to the Powers That Be that run the Cabal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As the mistress to War, Death gloried in the carnage I
wrought as I danced with Mischief and Strife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Until one day, I fell in love with a mortal human who called
me by other names.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Lover. Partner. Wife.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">He gifted me with love and peace, and I thought I could be
happy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">And then too soon, he died.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I mourned his death for one year and one day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">On the next day, they came for me. Like I knew they would.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">War. Death. Mischief. Strife.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Except they didn’t come to recruit me back. They came to
tell me how my husband truly died.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now, I have taken on another name… an older name… one that I
hadn’t worn in a long, long time…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Nemesis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Live by Gillian Zane - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Alexis, Blake and Zach survived the zombie apocalypse but
found a new enemy to fight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Alexis has been taken. Zach and Blake are desperate to find
her. The men are pretty sure they know who took Alexis, but they have to find
those people and that task is a daunting one. There are millions of places to
hide in the swamps of Southern Louisiana and Zach and Blake will not stop until
they've searched every one of them. Alexis will be returned to them if it's the
last thing they do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Falling back on their military training the men are
confident in their success. The problem is, the group that took Alexis, didn't
keep Alexis. They sold her. She's now the property of the Southern Clan and
there is nothing she can do about it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The undead still roam the streets of New Orleans. S-Island
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Here Kitty, Kitty by Shelly Laurenston - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Angelina Santiago didn't think her life could get any
stranger. Her best friend is a shapeshifter. Her other best friend is in love
with one. And people are actively trying to kill her. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But she never thought
helpful hillbillies would kidnap her, drag her cross country, and dump her at
the home of their eldest brother and gorgeous shapeshifter, Nikolai Vorislav,
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Nik the Hillbilly Tiger never wanted a woman in his life for
more than a night, but he never met anyone like the psychotic hellcat his
brothers drop on his doorstep. Now he has every intention of showing his little
house pet exactly how strange and sexy life can get.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Welcome back to Rock Cover, Maine where biker gangs rule
with an iron fist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Vampires and werewolves vying for control, and the hatred
between warring clans is stronger than ever. Banned from his gang and
ostracized by his family, a lone vampire will risk it all for one woman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Forced into a paranormal settlement and dealing with arcane,
sexist mate calls, werewolf Freya Ashe--ex-attorney, current quilter--thought
life couldn't suck more. Unless she factored in her hunger for the sinfully
luscious Liam McConnell--which she didn't. Nope. Uh-uh. Not at all. When you
want someone you can't have, denial is the best policy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">And on top of all that suck, the inconceivable has
happened--Freya was chosen at the latest mate call. By the greasiest,
smelliest, dumbest werewolf ever to rub two brain cells together--Courtland
Dodd. She'd rather chug battery acid than mate with the vile pack alpha, but in
Freya's world, it's either surrender or suffer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Surly vampire Liam McConnell thought he'd lost everything
when the government segregated paranormals. He was wrong. In recent months,
he's been kicked out of his biker club, Fangs of Anarchy, and shunned by his
very family. He'll be damned if he's going to lose the one woman he lusts for
above all others--even if she is forbidden.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Some Lycan Hot by Michele Bardsley - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Seventy years ago, I made a deal with an evil goddess. Save
my true love’s life—and I would walk away from him forever. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Werewolves are stubborn. And he wants answers. Answers I
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Another week in the bag, I hope you are reading something great.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">As always, thank's for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I've got a couple of pretty good reads to share with you this week. I was super excited to find them and look forward to more from each series. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Here's what I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Maggie Get Your Gun by Kate Danley - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now that Maggie saved the world, life is returning to normal
at MacKay & MacKay Magical Tracking. That is until a stranger shows up
looking for some ancient jewelry to die for. In fact, lots of folks are dying
for it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Maggie, Killian, and your favorite cast of characters are
back for a rootin’ tootin’ urban fantasy adventure through the wilds of the Old
West. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The bad guys don’t stand a ghost of a chance.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Black Spark by Al K Line - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I watched in horror as dark magic sprang from my hand faster
than an imp after your socks. I didn’t know my name, let alone that I had such
power. The man was dead. I panicked. I ran.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">How was I to know I was a dark magic enforcer, tasked with
keeping magic hidden from the world? Yeah, total noob move, I know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But my memory is returning, and the Hidden have given me
twenty-four hours to make amends. Cover it up. Finish the job I was given, or
else. Failure isn’t an option. Well, it is, but I like me, and I like being
alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The clock is ticking as I battle to make things right and
exact revenge on those that took so much from me. Easier said than done as I
deal with angry mages, bitey zombies, oversexed imps, creepy necromancers, and
grumpy trolls—and those are just my friends!—all while trying to stop myself falling
in love with my best friend, Kate, who just so happens to be a hot vampire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I’m Faz Pound, a.k.a. Black Spark, Dark Magic Enforcer, and
time is running out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">At least I have my looks. For now.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Vampz Macabre by N R Larry - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">No vamp is crazy enough to hunt in The Heights. After all,
it’s under the protection of Malcolm Hex, known for taking down not only
vampires, but every other supernatural creature that threatens the
neighborhood. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So, when a blood-drinker goes after one of her foster kids
in their own home, Mal knows there must be something new about these vamps.
Something dangerous. She’s right. They are jiangshi, Chinese vampires, and they
just might be powerful enough to take Mal out for good. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Not only that, Bao, the vampire child in her care, starts
changing with these new attacks, and it’s no coincidence—Mal learns that these
new vamps will stop at nothing until Bao goes with them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">And no one messes with Malcolm Hex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>The Harbinger by Candace Wondrak - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The rules of the Second, a list by Faith Blackwell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">One: technology doesn’t work. The Second doesn’t need
electricity when it has magic. Two: don’t trust anyone. The Second’s races—the
Elven, the Malus, the Ulen and the Dracon—are way too pretty to trust. Three:
when someone tells you you’re the new Harbinger, believe them. Bad things
happen if you don’t. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Back in the sixties, the last Harbinger permanently opened
the gateways between Earth and the Second. Humanity grew accordingly. Faith is
in her fifth year at the Academy, with her sight set on joining the Division,
the branch of government that enforces what most law enforcement can’t, like
smuggling goods between worlds. Following her mother’s footsteps has always
been the plan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Of course, she doesn’t want to follow them to a T. Her
mother had awful luck with men, as did her grandma. Faith wouldn’t mind finding
out what’s so special about a man that it has her quirky grandma swearing at
them constantly. A field trip to the Second is just what she needs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Being the first female Harbinger in the Second’s history and
having to face down the realm’s most dangerous Dracon, also known as the
ridiculously-named Dread King? Not what she needs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Faith isn’t a hero. That sort of responsibility is not what
she wants. The perks that come with it—like a sexy but infuriating Elf, a
flirty Malus, and a quiet and pensive Ulen—well, maybe for them she’ll make an
exception to her grandma’s no-man rule. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Spell on Earth by Leighann Dobbs - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Finding a body facedown in a chocolate fountain isn’t
exactly the way earth witch Zola Meadows wanted to start her day. Even worse,
her sweet old lady neighbor, Lilly Martinelli, is arrested for the crime. The
evidence against Lilly is flimsy at best, and Zola vows to clear her name. Not
only to make sure justice is served, but also to get rid of the trouble making
cat that Lilly has entrusted to her care while she’s in jail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Luck is on her side. Lilly’s hotter-than-heck pie-making
nephew wants to help. Then again, maybe that’s not such a good idea. Not just
because Zola has a romantic past with him, but also because he soon bubbles up
to the top of her suspect list. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Zola finds herself wading through a maze of clues and
suspects: cheating husbands, purse-grabbing friends, shopping-obsessed
daughters, not to mention a little creature running around town tormenting
tourists with bad breath and sticky brown goo. With pressure from the coven
elders and a sheriff itching to close the case, Zola must put her magical
skills to the test in order to discover the true identity of the killer before
Lilly’s time runs out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">That's it. :) I hope you see something you'd like to try.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">As I'm sitting here typing this blog it is pouring rain - we are about to need a boat. Last year (2018) was the second wettest year on record here and 2019 is starting out just as soggy. Oh well, rainy days are great days to curl up with a book. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">These are the books I want to share with you today:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Broke, almost homeless, and recently fired. Those are my
official reasons for answering a wanted ad for a skeevy-looking bartender gig.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It went downhill the moment they asked for a trial shift
instead of an interview--to see if I'd mesh with their "special"
clientele. I think that part went great. Their customers were complete jerks,
and I was an asshole right back. That's the definition of fitting in, right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I expected to get thrown out on my ass. Instead, they ...
offered me the job?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It turns out this place isn't a bar. It's a guild. And the
three cocky guys I drenched with a margarita during my trial? Yeah, they were
mages. Either I'm exactly the kind of takes-no-shit bartender this guild needs,
or there's a good reason no one else wants to work here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So what's a broke girl to do? Take the job, of course--with
a pay raise.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>The family Spells by C M Stunich - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">My new motorcycle riding soulmate is half-demon, half-witch
and all douche.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A douche who hates my other three soulmates. He’s a tattooed
bad boy with a bad attitude, and he’s definitely not into thrice-married me
with four kids under four. He’s also in desperate need of an erectile
dysfunction spell. Seems the dickhead can only get hard when I’m around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Owning a potion shop, running a coven of witches, and
spending time with my four kids and their half-vampire, half-werewolf, and
half-fae fathers is a lot--even for a superwoman like me. But if I have to give
the demon asshole what he wants to get him to help with a spell for my cursed
mother, I’ll do it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Even if it means my family will never be complete, that the
Oracle’s prediction of me having four soulmates, four husbands to share a life
with, is all a lie … I’ll do it. And I’ll do it with my witch’s hat tipped, my
little black dress pressed, and my broom in hand.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Beneath the Fallen City by Jamie A Waters - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Kayla is a scavenger, driven to search the ruins of
abandoned cities for artifacts in exchange for critical life-saving supplies.
But, the rarest artifacts are found in the most dangerous ruins—those under
control by the OmniLab traders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Carl is one of those traders—and Kayla’s invaded his
district. He’s determined to stop her and the best way to do that is to recruit
her. The only problem?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Kayla hates traders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When a powerful man intent on revenge starts hunting her,
Kayla realizes the only way to save herself may be to accept Carl’s offer. But
that would mean surrendering to OmniLab and giving up everything she knows. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Only everything isn’t quite what it seems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>The Last Vampire by R A Steffan - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">There’s a smokin’ hot dead guy locked in my garden shed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">That part’s bad enough. But now, he’s trying to get out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Growing up, my father always told me that I’d come to a bad
end, just like my mom did when I was a kid. Hearing that kind of stuff when
you’re little eventually gets to a girl, but I can’t say I ever expected my
‘bad end’ to involve an angry vampire with a severe case of iron deficiency and
a panty-melting English accent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. Ever since my mother was
assassinated, I’ve felt like there was something vast and frightening hidden
beneath the fabric of the world. Something none of us are supposed to know
about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So far, finding out I was right hasn’t been nearly as
satisfying as I’d hoped. I guess the trick will be staying alive long enough to
shout ‘I told you so’ from the rooftops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But before I can do that, I really need to figure out if the
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The first rule of being a ghost whisperer: Don’t tell
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Sure, it might sound harmless. A fun party trick, even. I
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<span style="color: #351c75;">How do I know? Well, let’s just say that I’ve had a lot of
experience with this sort of thing, and nine times out of ten, it turns into an
all-consuming disaster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Being plagued by needy ghosts twenty-four/seven is one
thing; being harassed by a horde of curious—or worse, grieving—flesh-and-blood
people is an entirely different circus. I mean really, who wants to hold an
impromptu séance in the middle of the cereal aisle? Not me, and the manager of
the grocery store probably isn’t too crazy about the idea, either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So, that’s it. If you’re a ghost whisperer, just keep your
mouth shut and act normal. Ghosts? What </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now, if only I would start listening to my own advice …</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">That's another week for me. I hope you are reading something wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">As always, thank you for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">We are moving right along , getting back in the groove now that the holidays have come and gone. I've been reading like a mad woman, like books are just gonna poof and be gone. :) I may need to take a break and binge watch Harlots on Hulu. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Nocturnal Magic by C N Crawford - 3 Stars ***</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">“Remember the darkness. Only the darkness will save you.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As part of a deal with the god of night, Ursula is sent to
the Shadow Realm. There, she must live in the forbidding palace of an ancient
night demon. Granted--he seems to hate her. But he's easy on the eyes, powerful
as hell, and he's supposed to keep her safe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But all that changes when the god of night chooses Ursula to
fight for him in series of trials. Now, she must vanquish a horde of lethal
demons, one at a time. Worse--she may have to battle her own guardian, who has
centuries of slaughter on his side. And only one can survive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">In order to live, Ursula must learn to fight like a brutal
shadow demon, and resist the dark temptations of the realm. If she fails, the
god of night will drag her down into hell with him.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Risky Magic by Tori Centanni - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I’m Avery Burke. They call me the Trash Witch because I play
fast and loose with spell ingredients. Personally, I think of myself as an
innovator, pushing the boundaries of what magic can do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So imagine my surprise when the handsome young Witch Council
member Jaden Blackmore asks for my help finding a missing witch behind the council’s
back. No matter how dangerous and reckless it is to defy the council, I just
can't say no to Jaden's beautiful green eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But then parallels to my own mother's disappearance come to
light and enemies crawl out of the woodwork. With the help of Jaden and my
uptight, rule-abiding roommate, Valerie, we must test the limits of my magic
and find the missing witch before whatever happened to him happens to me. And
it turns out my magic may not be what it seems…</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>The Infected Book 4 by Joseph Zuko - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Jim and Karen are finally reunited, but a new horror is on
the horizon. Zombie hoards are around every corner. Every moment is a fight for
their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Or is this apocalypse a death sentence they won't survive?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Shadow's Edge by Jami Gray - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Everyone fears what hunts in the shadows--especially the
monsters...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It takes a monster to hunt one, and Raine McCord, forged in
the maelstrom of magic and science, is the one for the job. In a world where
the supernatural shares a shadowy existence with the mundane, a series of
disappearances and deaths threatens the secrecy of her kind and suggests
someone knows the monsters are alive and kicking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Partnering with the sexy and tantalizing Gavin Durand proves
to be as challenging and dangerous as the prey she hunts. When the trail leads
back to the foundation, which warped Raine's magic as a child, her torturous
past raises its ugly head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Gavin and Raine sift through a maze of lies, murder, and
betrayal to discover not only each other, but the emerging threat to them and
the entire magical community.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Vampires who knit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A troublemaking witch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Who killed Granny — and is she really dead?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">At a crossroads between a cringe-worthy past (Todd the Toad)
and an uncertain future (she's not exactly homeless, but it's close), Lucy
Swift travels to Oxford to visit her grandmother. With Gran's undying love to
count on and Cardinal Woolsey's, Gran's knitting shop, to keep her busy, Lucy
can catch her breath and figure out what she's going to do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Except it turns out that Gran is the undying. Or at least,
the undead. But there's a death certificate. And a will, leaving the knitting
shop to Lucy. And a lot of people going in and out who never use the
door—including Gran, who is just as loving as ever, and prone to knitting
sweaters at warp speed, late at night. What exactly is going on?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When Lucy discovers that Gran did not die peacefully in her
sleep, but was murdered, she has to bring the killer to justice without tipping
off the law that there's no body in the grave. Between a hot 600-year-old
vampire and a dishy detective inspector, both of whom always seem to be there
for her, Lucy finds her life getting more complicated than a triple cable
cardigan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The only one who seems to know what's going on is her cat
... or is it ... her familiar?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I hope you see something you'd like to try. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">As always, thank you for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. :) I am excited to think of all the books I have lined up for 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;"><b>Broken Blade by J C Daniels - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Kit Colbana: assassin, thief, investigator extraordinaire.
Now broken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">She always expected her past to catch up with her but never
like this. Haunted by nightmares and stripped of her identity, she’s retreated
to Wolf Haven, the no-man’s land where she found refuge years before. But while
she might want to hide away from the rest of the world, the rest of the world
isn’t taking the hint.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Dragged kicking and screaming back into life, Kit is thrust
head-first into an investigation surrounding the theft of an ancient relic…one
that she wants nothing to do with. Her instincts tell her it’s a bad idea to
just leave the relic lying about, but finding it might be just as bad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Forced to face her nightmares, she uncovers hidden strength
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<span style="color: #20124d;">If she survives the job, she won’t be the same…and neither
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;"><b>Abbadon by Dirk Patton - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">All magic has a price, and I'm paying it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">My actions have attracted the kind of attention I've tried
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Now a dangerous vampire shows up at my house, uninvited,
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I find myself getting drawn further and further into his
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<span style="color: #20124d;">When my future goes up in flames, literally, that's only the
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<span style="color: #20124d;">All the ghosts from my past (some I didn't even know about)
are here to haunt me, and I'm quickly learning that I can't run from
everything, no matter how hard I try.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;"><b>Blood and Magic by Melissa Sercia - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Meet Gray. Dhampir. Undead. Cursed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">With supernatural powers and an insatiable need for blood,
her existence is cursed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">When Gray awakens from a three-year spell induced coma, she
not only discovers her lover as the one responsible, but that he has joined
with a dangerous organization known as the Consilium to help them create a new
breed of hybrid demons. Humans and Witches are being taken against their will,
and fear is growing throughout the covens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Gray never had a choice—forced to become a monster, the
Dhampir. Yet after four hundred years, she still yearns for her humanity, like
a long-lost echo from another life. She cannot allow the Consilium to do this
to anyone else. With a renewed lust for vengeance, and a target on her back,
Gray must use the one thing she swore never to in order to stop them—blood
magic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Armed with a magical pirate ship, an immortal monk, and a
flower plucked from the Underworld, Gray will stop at nothing to start a war.
Yet in her quest to track down her enemies, she uncovers a dark family secret
that threatens to destroy the last shred of humanity she has left.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;"><b>Ancient Magic by Linsey Hall - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">In a world full of magic, hiding is the only way to survive.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I’m good at two things: finding treasure and killing demons.
I’m a FireSoul, one of the unlucky few to inherit a piece of the dragon’s soul.
On the surface, the perks are sweet—I can find and steal any type of magical
treasure, including the powers of other supernaturals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">But it doesn’t come without a price—stealing powers requires
that I kill, and others would destroy me if they discover what I am. So I lay
low. Finding magical artifacts is the only ways to pay the bills, but it’s a
dangerous job when I can’t use my magic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">When Aidan Merrick, the most powerful shifter in the city,
hires me to find an ancient scroll, I don’t want to take the job. His immense
power reminds me of a past I can’t remember, and he’s way too hot for my
sanity. One thing is clear—the shifter is dangerous. I should avoid him, but I
can’t. The scroll will reveal what I am. And if anyone finds out, I’m dead.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">There ya have it, my first week of the new year. :) I hope 2019 has wonderful things in store for you and yours. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">As always, thanks for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">~Michelle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This post will be for two (2) weeks worth of reading. I want to end my posts with all the books I've read for this year. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">The First Weeks Theme: Daughters</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Hell Can Wait by Celia Kyle - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I’m Caith Morningstar: bar owner, leather wearer, shoe worshipper,
werewolf, Orlando’s resident ass kicker and… Satan’s niece.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The dead are rising in the land of that famous mouse and
apparently, I’m the one who has to deal with the mess. Forget movie night with
my kid. I have to kill ghouls who have decided to make some new undead friends
in the morgue. Eh, killing things is easy. Generally. Oddly, these guys have
glowing blue eyes and are way too good at butt kicking. Thankfully, I’m better.
I manage to get rid of them, but one gets in a shot or two of his own, and now
I’ve got a foot-long wound in my side that glows blue. Kinda like the ghoul. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now the dick who made those ghouls is trying to turn me into
his puppet, which so isn’t going to happen. My loved ones are trying to cure
me, my angel mate is off on some super-secret mission for On High, and I’m
stuck in bed “resting.” Not that I’m staying there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I’d rather die than become anyone’s puppet, which might be
my only option left. I just hope I can come back from the dead later.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Lucifer's Daughter by Kel Carpenter - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">We’ve all heard the story of the Four Horsemen. Harbingers
of the apocalypse. Destruction given form. Four of the sexiest—wait no—forget
that. You get my point. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So imagine my surprise when I find out everything I’ve ever
been told, is a lie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But we’re getting ahead of ourselves here. Let’s start from
the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">My name is Ruby Morningstar. I run a tattoo parlor in
Portland with my bestfriend, have a pet raccoon, a crazy ex that stalks me, not
to mention this one little thing… I’m a demon. Half-succubus, to be exact. For
the last twenty-three years of my life, that’s the story I believed, but on the
day a handsome stranger bails me out of jail my world is turned upside down,
and suddenly I don’t know who I am anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Because the Four Horsemen aren’t the bringers of the
apocalypse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Talk about never catching a break.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Daughter of Hades by Helen Scott - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Poppy never thought her life would get this crazy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Sexy hellhound guards and being the future queen of the
Underworld? She had been happy being a waitress and a freelance graphic
designer in Chicago, hadn't she? What she was doesn't matter, that life is long
gone now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Before she can travel to the Underworld, she needs to find
three judges that will preside over the souls of the dead. But who are they?
Where are they? And how the hell is she supposed to find them?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As she battles agents of Hel at every turn and is confronted
with mysterious new enemy Poppy is decidedly on edge. Will she find her judges
in time or will her enemies get to them first?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Their Mate by Charlie Hart & Anastasia James - 3 Stars ***</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">After screwing up my life in the lower forty-eight, I take a
chance on an old friend’s offer and head to Alaska for a fresh start.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A day in, I’m pitching a tent in the middle of nowhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I’ve been through plenty— being alone in the wilderness
isn’t the scariest thing I’ve faced.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But um. These wolves who’ve hunted me down?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">They’re kinda freaking me out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">They say I’m their remedy— their mate. That I can’t leave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I thought what we shared was nothing but a romp in the
woods. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Turns out I’m coming face-to-face
with my destiny. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Freyja's Daughter by Rachel Pudelek - 3 Stars ***</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Meet Faline. Bounty-Hunter. Huldra. Wild Woman.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Well behaved women seldom make history, but they still end
up as the monsters of folklore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Faline Frey is a bounty-hunter, more comfortable relying on
perp files and handcuffs than using her huldra powers to take down a suspect.
No sense in catching the unwanted attention of her local Hunter authority, a
group of holy soldiers born to police the supernatural and keep Wild
Women—huldras, mermaids, succubi, rusalki and harpies—in check.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">All that changes the night she heads out for a date, hoping
to get lucky. Instead, she gets screwed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Now her sister is missing, along with Wild Women from all
over the country. The Hunters are on her tail and the one person offering to
help is her ex-lover, Officer Marcus Garcia, who has just enough ties to the
supernatural world. To unite her enemies against their common foe, Faline will
need to convince the Wild Women to do the one thing she fears most—exhume their
power buried deep beneath centuries of oppression. That is, if she can keep
them from killing each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Conall Víga-Feilan, direct descendent of Viking shifters,
never thought that he'd meet a female strong enough to be his mate. He
especially didn't think that a short, viper-tongued human would ever fit the
bill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But Miki Kendrick isn't some average human. With an IQ off
the charts and a special skill with weapons of all kinds, Miki brings the big
blond pooch to his knees—and keeps him there. Miki's way too smart to ever
believe in love, and she knows that a guy like Conall could only want one thing
from her. But with the Pack's enemies on her tail and a few days stuck alone
with the one man who makes her absolutely wild, Miki is about to discover how
persistent one Viking wolf can be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Wolf and Punishment by Theodora Taylor - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Two shifters from opposite sides of the tracks. Two hot
nights neither of them can forget....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The truth is, Mag Lonewolf had no business going after a
girl like Janelle. She was too classy, too gentle, too beautiful for a bad wolf
like him. But their attraction was explosive, and now he can't stay away...even
though they went down in a blaze of lies and regrets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Three years later he storms back into her life, determined
to punish the she-wolf who got away for her crimes against his heart. But can
he put out their flame without getting burnt again?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When female wolf shifter Taryn Warner first encounters Trey
Coleman, an alpha male wolf shifter with a dangerous reputation, she’s
determined to resist his charms. After all, Trey—who was only fourteen when he
defeated his own father in a duel, winning the right to be alpha of his
pack—can’t have anything to offer the talented healer besides trouble, or so
she thinks. Taryn finds herself drawn in by Trey’s forceful demeanor and
arctic-blue eyes, and she eventually agrees to enter an uneasy alliance with
him. If the two succeed in convincing their respective packs that they’ve
chosen each other as mates, Trey will win valuable political allies, while
Taryn will escape an odious arranged mating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But there are a lot of potential pitfalls to this
plan—including the very real possibility that the wolf shifters, overwhelmed by
their growing attraction to each other, will be unable to maintain the clear
heads needed to pull off the deception.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Mason’s inner wolf will go crazy without her. Lucy thinks
he’s already crazy. Werewolves aren’t real. Right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Lucy Morgan left Ashtown, Georgia, ten years ago and planned
to never return. Unfortunately, life didn’t get that memo. She’s back and now
painful memories follow her everywhere. Until she meets him. Mason Blackwood is
over six feet of sinfully gorgeous man who—for some reason—wants her. He also
thinks he’s a werewolf so… yeah. He’s crazypants. But when he wants to have his
wicked way with her, his sanity doesn’t seem all that important anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Mason isn’t sure how much longer he can remain Alpha over
the Blackwood pack. Without a mate to balance him, his wolf snatches more
control every day. It won’t be long before he loses himself to the animal
entirely. Then he meets Lucy—a sassy, curvaceous beauty who calms his beast
with a smile. One sniff is enough to tell him she’s his mate, and nothing will
keep them apart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Not even the pack’s deadliest enemy who’s determined to kill
Lucy before Mason can claim her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">WHEN HE COULDN'T FIND HIS MATE IN THIS WORLD, THE WENT
ELSEWHERE.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">For hundreds of years the Scotia werewolves have lived in
the highlands and enjoyed the protection of the Fae Monarchy, but the world is
changing and the straining population compels the highlander werewolves to
adapt. Or die. Or MOVE. When Liulf unexpectedly becomes a reluctant pack alpha,
he begins an epic exodus.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;">There you have it. :) I hope you are reading something wonderful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;">As always, thank you for stopping by.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">We are getting down to the wire when it comes to Christmas. I have long been finished with my shopping - but I know a few people who wait until Christmas Eve to shop. That would make me a nervous wreck. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Not His Vampire by Annie Nicholas - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Magic is real. Shifters exist. Trixie Russell knows this.
Everyone does. But no one told her about the monster lurking in the basement of
the dragon’s castle. Not until it was too late.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Victor Petrov is ancient, and vampires his age should not
lose control of their hunger. And yet that’s exactly the problem which landed
him chained in a dragon’s dungeon. Then in walks a human female with cotton
candy hair who smells like sunshine, her pulse a sweet melody in his parched
ears, and the fragile thread of his control snaps. Again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Like it or not, Trixie is now tied to Viktor's, and he seems
short a few marbles. She plans on making his eternity a misery until he reveals
they have an enemy in common. Trixie is totally on board with helping him
escape so she could get her revenge. After that, she’s done. They’re over. She
wouldn’t be his vampire.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Except now, the world is ending. FML. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Anthony, the vampire that killed my sister and my
brother-in-law, has won. I've lost everything. I no longer have my powers. I
have no idea where Amelia is. And the vampire I love has surrendered to the
hunger that is throwing the world into chaos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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longer the Harker. Sure, I'm not dying anymore, but I'm barely living at this
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But there may be one last chance to save us all. If only I
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Girl Bitten by Knox & Miers - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As a genetics graduate student, Sasha Keleterina knows a
thing or two about blood. She’s courageous, capable, and not the kind of woman
in need of saving. But when she’s attacked in her lab, she barely escapes with
her life—only to find out she’s becoming one of the undead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A deadly virus is poisoning vampires in the Portland area,
endangering them all. Master vampire Arsen Eskandar is desperate to prove
himself and save his people. Following the trail of a recent attacker, Arsen
encounters Sasha. She’s beautiful, intelligent, and a fighter, and the
attraction between them burns like wildfire. But when the master of a rival
clan declares Sasha is not only his—but the cure —a centuries-old war between
two ancient vampire clans rises to the forefront and a battle to claim Sasha
ensues. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Silverthorne, like any other vampire, loved a good pandemic.
And why not? She’d lived through several of them in the past century. But now
she’s playing for the good guys as a medical examiner. A paranormal street drug
doing terrible things to her kind creates a different kind of
challenge—returning to Nowhere, Nevada where the murderer leaves her a trail of
grisly shifter corpses in this hick mountain community where she vowed to never
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Her suspects? A sumo wrestling sibling, the ex wife of the
sheriff (and her former lover) plus her estranged and oh so very psycho vampire
maker. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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less than everything she holds dear in her undead life. Good thing paranormal
murder most foul is Silverthorne’s specialty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Shelley Linley is sick of sickos. Yet another prankster has
applied to her dating agency. This one says he’s a vampire and he wants Shelley
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judgement, Shelley discovers that he has no clue about women. A shame because
he’s super-hot, amusing, and has a lot of single friends he could recommend her
struggling business to, even if he does say they’re werewolves and demons. She
has to help him, even if he’s crazy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">If she can ignore his delusions, she’s sure she can help him
meet someone. But when death threats start arriving on her doorstep, Shelley’s
not sure she’s cut out for the job…then her dating algorithm states she’s his
ideal partner. Now she’s not sure if she should take the risk for love, or run
like hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">These last few weeks have been hit or miss with me as far as reading goes - either I really like something or I get bored after the first few chapters. I guess that happens to us all from time to time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This weeks theme: Fae</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Deception by Zoe Parker - 4 Stars ****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Jameson, the dummy, went off chasing boobs so now I’m
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Every road, so far, ends at a dead end or with someone dead
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<span style="color: #351c75;">As Phobe blithely reminds me with his sharp smile, there’s a
reason the Sidhe chose me and that reason leaves me covered in blood. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When I finally find the people who took my nerd—I realize
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Betrayed unexpectedly, the hurt calls forth the angry
darkness sleeping inside of me. I’m not sure how much longer I can hold it
back, or if I even want to anymore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Not when the father of Darkness smiles the way he does at
me, wanting me to give in. And the people responsible for ALL the pain and hurt
in my life are only a few dead bodies away.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>Fae Like Me by Lucy Auburn - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I just learned I’m a part fae succubus. And I need to find
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Here I thought I was a normal college girl with a high
libido. Turns out that’s wrong—I’m so much more. I have powers, and if I don’t
learn how to control them, I’ll wind up killing someone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Baton Rouge has never been so hot as it is when I meet Leon
and Naomi. And Tae Min, Petyr, Elah, Vincent: all fae. Here to guide me into my
new life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A life that includes hunting down the demon summoner who
framed my best friend for murder. Catching bad guys, meeting dark fae, making a
harem—my new life is different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Worst of all, now I know my parents lied to me. I was never
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Life isn’t easy for a fae like me.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I’m Morgana Silk and I'm a hybrid. Daughter of the Fae Storm
King, my mother's witch family has wanted me dead since I killed her in
childbirth. Fun. Right? Yeah. Until one day, I wake up with a dead body in my
bed, and find myself framed for the murder of a highly respected alpha. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Grayson Xenos is tailing me. He's as handsome as his jaguar
is deadly, and I certainly didn't expect him to have my back. The enemy has an
evil magic I can't face on my own, and Grayson needs me to help him just as
much as I need him. He's a temptation I can't ignore nor deny. I have the power
to unmask the hidden enemy and he has the power to take them down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">But only if I can embrace the heritage I’ve avoided for so
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A war over the future of magic holds two worlds in the
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Ara finds herself in the middle of a world she never knew
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<span style="color: #351c75;">She quickly discovers that when it comes to the Rose Circus,
nothing is as it seems. The group she’s traveling with are cursed members of
the Fae who have had their magic stolen, which protects them from their
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Powerful Fae, Sayge, and Dark Fae are in a war that spans
two realms. The members of the Circus are cursed, and Ara, as a human, could
break the curse. But that puts a deadly target on her back. Because some curses
aren’t meant to be broken, and some happily ever afters are hard to come by.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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she’ll have to choose a side. In a world where nothing is as it seems, and
magic hides in plain sight, will Ara discover her own legacy of magic?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Savannah Sage always wanted to be a cop in the Paranormal
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charge of the department’s rejects wasn’t exactly what she had in mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">When Sage discovers the fae are stealing magic gems to build
a super weapon, her chief doesn’t believe her. To stop the fae, Sage has to
turn her team of misfits into the department’s best. If she fails, it’s the end
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">That's it for me. I hope you see something you like. As always, thank you for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I am super excited about this weeks books because it is one of my all time favorite genre's and I was so lucky to have new releases in a couple of my favorite series. :) Can you guess this weeks theme? :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">This weeks theme: Zombies</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Zombie Road V by David A. Simpson - 5 Stars *****</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Book 5 in the Zombie Road Series.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The beautiful saga about surviving the zombie apocalypse
that David Simpson created continues. This book focuses on the relationship
between Jessie, The Disfigured Road Angel, and Scarlet, the daughter of the
high priest of the Anubis cult. They are both damaged, young and have to bear a
heavy burden for their age. Both have powers beyond human capacity. Both are
the children and heirs to their fathers legacy and empires and they should be
mortal enemies, not kinda sorta like each other...</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Exodus by Adrienne Lecter - 5 Stars *****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">They are here to find the cure—in a secret laboratory hidden
underneath a metropolis overrun by zombies. What could possibly go wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Finding the French Resistance was only the first step in
achieving their mission. With impossible odds looming ahead, Bree is forced to
bury the hatchet and work with Bucky Hamilton and his men to get to their
destination—a secret underground lab previously part of the serum project that
might just hold the most valuable thing on earth: a cure for the zombie virus. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Too bad that it’s located in Paris, a city that had a population ranging in the
millions before the apocalypse happened—and as they are to find out soon,
things went down very different in Europe from what they have gotten used to in
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<span style="color: blue;">Can they find the cure—and can they even get to where it might be
stored? And, more importantly—is the cure the actual reason Hamilton was sent to
breach that lab? Time will tell—if they don’t run out of people first.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Jim and Karen Blackmore have discovered that when it comes
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their separate groups of survivors is a city of the living dead, hungry for
flesh and growing in numbers by the minute. As Jim and his newly minted gang of
zombie killers fight their way to his family, Karen fortifies her hideout and
prepares for an emergency escape she knows is inevitable. </span></div>
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their chances of seeing the dawn seem impossible, Jim and Karen's only wish is
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Fight by Gillian Zane - 4 Stars ****</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The zombie apocalypse was Alexis Winter's first challenge.
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<span style="color: blue;">Life on S-Island hasn’t been easy, but Alexis and her fellow
survivors are making the best of their new lives in a post-Z world. Every day
is a struggle, a struggle to find food, to keep the zombies from their door and
to prepare for anything this new world might throw at them. There is no room for
heartache, there is no room for mourning the lost, there is only one focus: the
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<span style="color: blue;">And there is definitely no room for love. At least that is
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escaping Salt Lake City, this daring band of misfits are forever changed. But
the nightmare of this apocalypse is not over. Torn apart as a group, but having
gained new allies, they must now battle for survival as they head to NORAD. </span></div>
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