Review: Sounds to Die By by Nikki Duncan

Title: Sounds to Die By
Series: Sensory Ops
Author: Nikki Duncan
Read copy: eBook
Published: October 13, 2009
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
ISBN: 1605046779
ISBN-13: 9781605046778

Between her eyes and his ears, there’s a world of sensory overload…

Rookie FBI Agent Kieralyn Beckett is in a delicate position. Her team refuses to buy into her theory that a string of kidnappings is connected. If she pushes too hard, they’ll discover the latest victim was her college roommate and boot her off the case. A garbled recording is the only evidence, and there’s only one man who can decipher it. The hard part will be convincing him to take the case.

Blinded as a child, NSA “listener” Ian Cabrera spends the majority of his time analyzing data while secretly searching for his father, a missing CIA operative. His plate is full, but Kieralyn’s passion and determination, as well as the erotic beat of her heart, spark his interest. So does the mention of his father’s code name on her recording.

There’s only one way to follow this new crumb-trail of clues without tipping her off about what he’s really after. Convince her she needs him to be her undercover partner, despite his handicap. Between her eyes and his ears, they make one beautifully orchestrated team. Every time they touch, though, the arousal they generate creates one red-hot element of distraction…

My rating:

Read review »

Review: Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

Title: Red Riding Hood
Author: Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

Read copy: eBook
Published: January 25, 2011
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316176249
ISBN-13: 9780316176248

The body of a young girl is discovered in a field of wheat. Her flesh mutilated by telltale claw marks. The Wolf has broken the peace.

When Valerie learns that her sister has been killed by the legendary creature, she finds herself at the center of a dark mystery, one that has plagued her village for generations. It is revealed that the werewolf lives among them, and everyone in the village immediately becomes a suspect. Could her secret love Peter be behind the attacks on her town? Is it her betrothed, Henry? Or someone even closer to her?

As the men in the village hunt for the beast, Valerie turns to her grandmother for help. She gives Valerie a handmade red riding cloak, and guides her through the web of lies and deception that has held her town together for so long. Will Valerie discover the werewolf's identity before the town is ripped apart?

This is a dangerous new vision of a classic fairy tale, the happy ending could be hard to find.

My rating:

Read review »

Review: Dangerous Games by Jayne Ann Krentz

Title: Dangerous Games: The Devil to Pay / Wizard
Author: Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Stephanie James)

Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: November 1, 2008
Publisher: HQN
ISBN: 037377320X
ISBN-13: 9780373773206

Emelina Stratton was desperate to save her brother's life. Desperate enough to ask mafia-chieftain-in-hiding Julian Colter for help. The man, shrouded in mystery and with lethal good looks, said yes. For a price, of course. Emmy would have The Devil To Pay. Especially since she was what Julian demanded in return.

Intellectual Sophia Bennett knew what kind of man she wanted: a rugged cowboy. And in Texas they were everywhere! So why couldn't she take her eyes off brilliant professor Max Travers? He was a Wizard in mathematics who surely made love by the numbers. Yet every inch of him—no Stetson, no dusty boots—added up to dangerously sexy.

My rating:

Read review »

Review: Seduced by Virginia Henley

Title: Seduced
Author: Virginia Henley

Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: January 1, 1994
Publisher: Island Books
ISBN: 0440211352
ISBN-13: 9780440211358

Shorn of her glorious raven tresses and dressed as a man, Lady Antonia Lamb became Lord Anthony Lamb, desperate to keep the property entailed to her twin brother, who is missing at sea. Trapped—and liberated—by her masquerade, Tony meets her new guardian, the devastatingly dangerous Adam Savage, who has returned from his plantation in Ceylon, determined to turn the innocent "boy" into a worldly man.

My rating:

Read review »

Review: Silver Falls by Anne Stuart

Title: Silver Falls
Author: Anne Stuart

Read copy: eBook
Published: May 1, 2009
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426832117
ISBN-13: 9781426832116

Rachel is finally getting it right. After years of wandering, she's married the perfect man and settled into the ideal life. But as her sleepy little town turns into a killing ground, she realizes that this new life might come at too high a price.

Caleb Middleton says he's returned home to set things right. But as her husband's dangerous brother circles like a hungry wolf, poking holes in her perfect world, Rachel draws her young daughter in close. The rain and violence keep coming, and Rachel must decide whether to trust her dream life or her instincts…before the town of Silver Falls becomes her grave.

My rating:

Read review »

Review: Cavanaugh Reunion by Marie Ferrarella

Title: Cavanaugh Reunion
Series: Cavanaugh Justice
Author: Marie Ferrarella
Read copy: eBook
Published: September 1, 2010
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426866143
ISBN-13: 9781426866142

Ethan O'Brien is run over by a beautiful woman as she emerges from a burning building, children in tow. An arsonist is loose in Aurora, and Ethan plans on stopping him. But the beauty is no victim, oh no. She's the very investigator assigned to work with Ethan on his arson case. And just his luck, standing near her makes him hot all over.

Kansas Beckett is determined to find the arsonist who's been torching the city. And she sure doesn't need the likes of Ethan O'Brien getting in the way. Something about the man spells "trouble." But when he kisses her, her defenses melt, putting her in distinct danger of losing her heart....

My rating:

Read review »

Review: The Golden Barbarian by Iris Johansen

Title: The Golden Barbarian
Author: Iris Johansen

Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: March 1, 1992
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553296043
ISBN-13: 9780553296044

A timeless novel of love and adventure set among the hot sands of an endless desert, here is the scintillating story of a fearless princess and a barbarian sheikh.

Flaunting the oppressive destiny decreed for her by the kingdom of Tamrovia, Princess Theresa Christina Rubinoff struck a sensual bargain with a handsome barbarian chieftain. She vowed to play his seductive game, surrendering herself to his will, all the while determined to fight for her independence in a land that considered women only as playthings.

Mysterious as the desert night, rich as Midas, Galen Ben Raschid swept Tess away to his palace in exotic Sedikhan, offering her freedom in exchange for the marriage that would join their kingdoms. A man surrounded by enemies, he would make her a slave to his passion in order to bind her to his side, little knowing that when he took the captivating pricess as his bride, he would lose his heart....

My rating:

Read review »