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Monday, January 28, 2013

Review: Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick

Title: Crystal Gardens
Series: Ladies of Lantern Street
Author: Amanda Quick
Read copy: eBook
Published: April 24, 2012
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
ISBN: 1101580429
ISBN-13: 9781101580424

Evangeline Ames has rented a country cottage far from the London streets where she was recently attacked. Fascinated by the paranormal energy of nearby Crystal Gardens, she finds pleasure in sneaking past the wall to explore the grounds. And when her life is threatened again, she instinctively goes to the gardens for safety.

Lucas Sebastian has never been one to ignore a lady in danger, even if she is trespassing on his property. Quickly disposing of her would-be assassin, he insists they keep the matter private. There are rumors enough already, about treasure buried under his garden, and occult botanical experiments performed by his uncle--who died of mysterious causes. With Evangeline's skill for detection, and Lucas's sense of the criminal mind, they soon discover that they have a common enemy. And as the energy emanating from Crystal Gardens intensifies, they realize that to survive they must unearth what has been buried for too long.


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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Review: Canyons of Night by Jayne Castle

Title: Canyons of Night
Series: Arcane Society, Harmony, Looking Glass Trilogy, Rainshadow
Author: Jayne Castle
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: August 30, 2011
Publisher: Jove
ISBN: 0515149888
ISBN-13: 9780515149883

The island of Rainshadow is home to the mysterious, privately-owned woods known only as the Preserve. Now, after fifteen years away, both Charlotte Enright and her teen crush, Slade Attridge, have returned. But will their psi talents and Slade's dust bunny companion be enough to keep them from getting drawn into the darkness at the heart of the Preserve?

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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Review: Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle

Title: Obsidian Prey
Series: Harmony
Author: Jayne Castle
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: August 26, 2009
Publisher: Jove
ISBN: 0515146897
ISBN-13: 9780515146899

Amber tuner and independent prospector Lyra Dore lost her heart-and her discovery of a rare amethyst ruin-to cutthroat businessman Cruz Sweetwater. At least she had her artistically talented dust-bunny to comfort her...

But the ruin's mysterious power has put everyone involved with the project in danger. And only by trusting their psychic instincts will Cruz and Lyra survive- and surrender to the desire that binds them.

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Review: Dark Light by Jayne Castle

Title: Dark Light
Series: Harmony
Author: Jayne Castle
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: August 26, 2008
Publisher: Jove
ISBN: 051514519X
ISBN-13: 9780515145199

Tabloid reporter Sierra McIntyre wants a scoop when she interviews Ghost Hunter Guild boss John Fontana about the disappearances of retired, homeless hunters. She doesn’'t want to trust the physically and psychically powerful man, but her intuition——and her dust bunny companion——give her the green light. To uncover the conspiracy within his own organization, Fontana proposes…marriage. And though it'’s purely a business arrangement, there'’s nothing pure about the attraction that sizzles between them.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Review: Silver Master by Jayne Castle

Title: Silver Master
Series: Harmony
Author: Jayne Castle
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: August 28, 2007
Publisher: Jove
ISBN: 0515143553
ISBN-13: 9780515143553

Cadence City matchmaker and para-resonator Celinda Ingram meets her match in security specialist Davis Oakes. On the hunt for the powerful relic that Celinda supposedly bought as a toy for her pet dust bunny, Davis must use all of his unique psychic abilities to try and wrest the ruby red object from the suspicious duo, keep his desire for Celinda in check-and keep them all safe from those who will do anything to possess the relic.

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Review: Ghost Hunter by Jayne Castle

Title: Ghost Hunter
Series: Harmony
Author: Jayne Castle
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: May 30, 2006
Publisher: Jove
ISBN: 0515141402
ISBN-13: 9780515141405

Local Guild boss and powerful ghost-hunter Cooper Boone is everything botanist Elly St. Claire could ask for-the handsome, strong, and silent type. Maybe too silent. For when Guild secrets threaten her career at the college, Ely has to call off their marriage-and leave small-town life behind...

But starting over in the thriving metropolis of Cadence City isn't easy, especially when one of Elly's new friends disappears in the eerie catacombs beneath the streets. Cooper turns up just in time to help Elly investigate. And as the mystery deepens and dangerous ghost myths and legends come to light, Cooper makes it clear he intends to stick around-and this time he's holding nothing back...

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Review: After Glow by Jayne Castle

Title: After Glow
Series: Harmony
Author: Jayne Castle
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: February 24, 2004
Publisher: Jove
ISBN: 0515136948
ISBN-13: 9780515136944

Life is complicated for Lydia Smith. She's working at that tacky, third-rate museum, Shrimpton's House of Ancient Horrors, trying to salvage her career in para-archaeology - and dating the most dangerous man in town. Just when she thinks she might be getting things under control, she stumbles over a dead body and discovers that her lover has a secret past that could get him killed. Just to top it off, there's trouble brewing underground in the eerie, glowing green passageways of the Dead City.

Of course, all of these problems pale in comparison to the most pressing issue: Lydia has been invited to the Restoration Ball and she hasn't got a thing to wear

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Review: After Dark by Jayne Castle

Title: After Dark
Series: Harmony
Author: Jayne Castle
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: September 5, 2000
Publisher: Jove
ISBN: 051512902X
ISBN-13: 9780515129021

Life is tough these days for Lydia Smith, licensed para-archaeologist. Seriously stressed-out from a nasty incident in an alien tomb, she is obliged to work in Shrimpton’s House of Ancient Horrors, a very low-budget museum. She has a plan to get her career back on track, but it isn’t going well. Stuff keeps happening.

Take the dead body that she discovered in the sarcophagus exhibit. Who needed that? Finding out that her new client, Emmett London, is one of the most dangerous men in the city isn’t helping matters either. And that’s just today’s list of setbacks. Here in the shadows of the Dead City of Old Cadence, things don’t really heat up until After Dark.

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Review: Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz

Title: Copper Beach
Series: Dark Legacy
Author: Jayne Ann Krentz
Read copy: eBook
Published: January 10, 2012
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
ISBN: 1101554282
ISBN-13: 9781101554289

Within the pages of very rare books, some centuries old, lie the secrets of the paranormal. Abby Radwell's unusual psychic talent has made her an expert in such volumes—and sometimes, taken her into dangerous territory. After a deadly incident in the private library of an obsessive collector, Abby receives a blackmail threat, and rumors swirl that an old alchemical text known as The Key has reappeared on the black market.

Convinced she needs an investigator who can also play bodyguard, she hires Sam Coppersmith, a specialist in paranormal crystals and amber—“hot rocks.” Passion flares immediately between them, but neither entirely trusts the other. When it comes to dealing with a killer with paranormal abilities, and a blackmailer who will stop at nothing to obtain an ancient alchemical code...no one is safe.

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