Sunday, February 12, 2012

Review: Firelight by Kristen Callihan

Title: Firelight
Series: Darkest London
Author: Kristen Callihan
Read copy: eBook
Published: February 1, 2012
Publisher: Forever
ISBN: 1455510009
ISBN-13: 9781455510009

London, 1881

Once the flames are ignited . . .

Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilities. Yet one innocent but irreversible mistake has left her family's fortune decimated and forced her to wed London's most nefarious nobleman.

They will burn for eternity . . .

Lord Benjamin Archer is no ordinary man. Doomed to hide his disfigured face behind masks, Archer knows it's selfish to take Miranda as his bride. Yet he can't help being drawn to the flame-haired beauty whose touch sparks a passion he hasn't felt in a lifetime. When Archer is accused of a series of gruesome murders, he gives in to the beastly nature he has fought so hard to hide from the world. But the curse that haunts him cannot be denied. Now, to save his soul, Miranda will enter a world of dark magic and darker intrigue. For only she can see the man hiding behind the mask.

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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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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Review: Rescue Me by Anna Leigh Keaton

Title: Rescue Me
Series: To Serve and Protect
Author: Anna Leigh Keaton
Read copy: eBook
Published: 2007
Publisher: Cobblestone Press
ISBN-13: 9781600881510

An attempt to salvage a failing relationship leaves city girl, Carla Benevito stranded, injured, and lost in the woodlands of Wisconsin. Starving, she struggles for survival even as she gives up all hope of ever finding the man of her dreams. After years spent conducting search and rescue missions for the Cooper Valley Fire Department, Jamie Roberts is resolved to a life as a bachelor with is partner--his only female companion--a gentle wolfhound named Pixie. But that was before a missing woman stumbles across his campsite ... and straight into his heart.

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Review: One Night of Paradise by Anna Leigh Keaton

Title: One Night of Paradise
Series: To Serve and Protect
Author: Anna Leigh Keaton
Read copy: eBook
Published: 2007
Publisher: Cobblestone Press
ISBN: 1600880436
ISBN-13: 9781600880438

Normally shy, quiet, unassuming Carol sets out to nab her man. She's seen him frequent the local pub and knows that's where he goes every Friday night after work. Dolled up to the nines, her plain hair highlighted, her drab matronly garb traded in for a sexy, slinky black dress, she sits at the bar and waits. Two years after a nasty divorce, women in general aren't high on Detective Taggert's priority list. All he cares about is his work and his teenaged son--until he surprises even himself by taking the sexy seductress home for one night of passion.

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