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On The Edge ~ Ilona Andrews

This is the first book in the Edge Chronicles.

Rose is just scraping by, trying to raise her two brothers all by herself. Working in The Broken, she barely makes enough money to keep them going, until strange creatures start appearing, and a strange man, a blueblood, obviously from The Weird, shows up on her door, claiming to want to marry her. How can she protect her family from a danger she can’t identify?

October 6, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Ilona Andrews | , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Circle of Desire ~ Keri Arthur

This is the third book in the Damask Circle series.

Kat and her grandmother are helping the police to track down a kidnapper and murderer. Ethan is a cop, who has been ordered off the case because one of the children kidnapped is his niece, but Ethan can’t stay away.  Can he accept the life he has refused for years, can he let the magic help them find his niece, or will it be too late?

September 24, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Keri Arthur | , , , , , | 1 Comment

Circle of Fire ~ Keri Arthur

Maddie didn’t believe in ghosts and was terrified of her gifts, until her nephew is the latest in a string of teenage disappearances, and Maddie may be the only one who can save his life. With the help of a man she first believed was a ghost, Jon, Maddie does everything she can to save her nephew, despite her terror.

September 22, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Keri Arthur | , , , , | No Comments Yet

Cowboy Legacy ~ Stormy Glenn

Nyssa has spent her entire life being different. She has moved from place to place as people asked her to leave because they discovered her strange abilities. She is once again on the move, to a small town called Applegate Valley, to meet a man. Once she arrives she meets a set of triplets, and discovers that maybe she is not as strange as she has always believed. Can she face a life with 3 men in this small town?

September 7, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Stormy Glenn | , , , , | No Comments Yet

Sweet Dreams ~ Jenny Penn

The oldest of five brothers has cheated on the wrong woman. When her sister shows up to tell him off, and he all but laughs at her, she curses not only him, but all his brothers too. The first to feel the effects of the curse are the youngest, twins, Trent and Shawn wake up one morning to find themselves only 2 inches tall. After some investigation, they discover that the only way to break the curse, is to find their soul-mate, and get her to fall in love with them.    But can they manage it or will she be more of a challenge than they are up to?

August 31, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Jenny Penn | , , , , | No Comments Yet

Hidden Currents ~ Christine Feehan

This is the Seventh book in the Drake Sisters series.

Elle Drake, the youngest of the sisters, has been working undercover to unravel a human trafficking ring, when she is taken captive. After a month of captivity and torture, Jackson is finally able to reach her psychically, though not without cost to them both. Once Jackson, and all of her family, rescue her, she has to begin to heal from what was done to her, both physically, and psychically. Can she deal with all that has happened to her, and can she heal in time to save her family from the man after her?

July 3, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Christine Feehan | , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Skin Trade ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is book 17 in the Anita Blake series.

Anita goes to Las Vegas, with Edward, Bernardo and Olaf, to hunt down a vampire serial killer, one that Anita has tangled with before. Vittorio, who is well known for murdering strippers, has struck again, only this time, he is after Anita. Anita becomes entangled in Weretiger politics, but is determined to take down the threat to them all that Vittorio is, especially now that his powers are growing. Can Anita survive the battle to come?

June 4, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Laurell Hamilton | , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Curse the Dawn ~ Karen Chance

This is the fourth book in the Cassandra Palmer series.

Cassie is still trying to learn exactly what her job is. The Silver Circle is trying to put her on trial and get rid of her, and she is unsure how to deal with her vampire husband. Cassie needs to find someone who can train her, and give her at least some idea of what she is supposed to be doing with her new powers. At the same time she is trying to form an alliance with the Silver Circle and possibly between the Silver Circle and the Senate. But can she and Pritkin stay alive long enough to manage that or one of her many enemies manage to capture or kill her first?

April 27, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Karen Chance | , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Magic Strikes ~ Ilona Andrews

this is the third book in the Kate Daniels series.

Kate gets mixed up in a bunch of rogue shapeshifters, partly to protect Curren, partly because they are her friends and she has to do what she can to help them. They get involved in an illeagal gladiatoral match, where the winners are the ones who survive. Can Kate keep those she cares about from dying? and stay alive herself?

April 7, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Ilona Andrews | , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Magic Bites ~ Ilona Andrews

This is book number one in the Kate Daniels series.

Kate discovers that her gaurdian has been murdered and volenteers to help locate his murderer. Along the way she encounters necromancers, and vampires, and forms an unstable alliance with the shapesifters. She discovers that there is more to this than she had originally thought, and it may get her killed.

April 4, 2009 Posted by theboardbitch | Ilona Andrews | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet