Sunday, April 11, 2021

Review: Battleship by Peter David

Title: Battleship
Author: Peter David

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: April 24, 2012
Publisher: Del Rey
ASIN: B007EED1Y2

YOU SANK THE WRONG BATTLESHIP

During a routine naval drill at Pearl Harbor, American forces detect a ship of unknown origins that’s crashed in the Pacific Ocean. Lieutenant Alex Hopper, an officer aboard the USS John Paul Jones, is ordered to investigate the ominous-looking vessel—which turns out to be part of an armada of ships that are stronger and faster than any on Earth. And that’s when the Navy’s radar goes down. Ambushed by a ravenous enemy they cannot see, a small U.S. fleet makes their last stand on the open ocean, armed with little more than their instincts, to defend their lives—and the world as we know it.


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Friday, April 9, 2021

Review: Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts

Title: Valley of Silence
Series: Circle Trilogy
Author: Nora Roberts
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: October 31, 2006
Publisher: Berkley
ASIN: B000O76NDW

Her face, so pale when she’d removed her cloak, had bloomed when her hand had taken the sword. Her eyes, so heavy, so somber, had gone as brilliant as the blade. And had simply sliced through him, keen as a sword, when they’d met his...

In the kingdom of Geall, the scholarly Moira has taken up the sword of her people. Now, as queen, she must prepare her subjects for the greatest battle they will ever fight—against an enemy more vicious than any they have seen. For Lilith, the most powerful vampire in the world, has followed the circle of six through time to Geall.

Moira also has a personal score to settle. Vampires killed her mother—and now, she is ready to exact her revenge. But there is one vampire to whom she would trust her soul...

Cian was changed by Lilith centuries ago. But now, he stands with the circle. Without hesitation, he will kill others of his kind—and has earned the respect of sorcerer, witch, warrior, and shape-shifter. But he wants more than respect from Moira—even though his desire for her makes him vulnerable. For how can a man with an eternity to live love a woman whose life is sure to end—if not by Lilith’s hand, then by the curse of time?


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Thursday, April 8, 2021

Review: Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts

Title: Dance of the Gods
Series: Circle Trilogy
Author: Nora Roberts
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: October 3, 2006
Publisher: Berkley
ASIN: B000O76N9G

He saw where the earth was scorched, where it was trampled. He saw his own hoofprints left in the sodden earth when he’d galloped through the battle in the form of a horse. And he saw the woman who’d ridden him, slashing destruction with a flaming sword...

Blair Murphy has always worked alone. Destined to be a demon hunter in a world that doesn’t believe in such things, she lives for the kill. But now, she finds herself the warrior in a circle of six, chosen by the goddess Morrigan to defeat the vampire Lilith and her minions.

Learning to trust the others has been hard, for Blair has never allowed herself such a luxury. But she finds herself drawn to Larkin, a man of many shapes. As a horse, he is proud and graceful; as a dragon, beautifully fierce; and as a man...well, Blair has never seen one quite so ruggedly handsome and playfully charming as this nobleman from the past.

In two months’ time, the circle of six will face Lilith and her army in Geall. To complete preparations and round up forces to fight, the circle travels through time to Larkin’s world, where Blair must choose between battling her overwhelming attraction to him—or risking everything for a love that can never be...


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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Review: Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts

Title: Morrigan's Cross
Series: Circle Trilogy
Author: Nora Roberts
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: August 29, 2006
Publisher: Berkley
ASIN: B000OZ0O0W

In the last days of high summer, with lightning striking blue in a black sky, the sorcerer stood on a high cliff overlooking the raging sea...

Belting out his grief into the storm, Hoyt Mac Cionaoith rails against the evil that has torn his twin brother from their family’s embrace. Her name is Lilith. Existing for over a thousand years, she has lured countless men to an immortal doom with her soul-stealing kiss. But now, this woman known as vampire will stop at nothing until she rules this world—and those beyond it...

Hoyt is no match for the dark siren. But his powers come from the goddess Morrigan, and it is through her that he will get his chance at vengeance. At Morrigan’s charge, he must gather five others to form a ring of power strong enough to overcome Lilith. A circle of six: himself, the witch, the warrior, the scholar, the one of many forms, and the one he’s lost. And it is in this circle, hundreds of years in the future, where Hoyt will learn how strong his spirit—and his heart—have become...


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Monday, April 5, 2021

Review: Face of Danger by Roxanne St. Claire

Title: Face of Danger
Series: The Guardian Angelinos
Author: Roxanne St. Claire
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: May 1, 2011
Publisher: Forever
ASIN: B0047Y0EX8

Private investigator Vivi Angelino loves living life on the edge, but stepping into the shoes of a movie starlet to bait a serial killer isn't just a thrill...it's a ticket to the big time for her fledgling security firm. That is, as long as a certain risk-averse FBI agent stays out of her way—and out of her fantasies.

Assistant Special Agent in Charge Colton Lang isn't above using his well-worn rulebook to stop Vivi's latest walk on the wild side. But when they learn her client is involved in something far more insidious than bad acting, Vivi and Colt must work together despite the electrifying attraction arcing between them. For each new clue is bringing them closer to a high-profile crime with a dark and deadly truth at its core...and a cold, calculating murderer with nothing left to lose.


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Saturday, April 3, 2021

Review: Shiver of Fear by Roxanne St. Claire

Title: Shiver of Fear
Series: The Guardian Angelinos
Author: Roxanne St. Claire
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: April 1, 2011
Publisher: Forever
ASIN: B00495ZE3U

The legacy that haunts her...
The mystery she must solve...
A man who threatens to reveal her secrets...
and break her heart.


Burned by a failed marriage, former FBI agent Marc Rossi wants back in the investigation game with no emotional strings attached. Taking an assignment for his enterprising Angelino cousins, he heads to Northern Ireland to pry a key piece of evidence from a missing socialite—any way he can. But when the ice queen turns out to be warm, beautiful, and on a secret mission of her own, the job becomes a passionate reminder of what happens when duty and desire mix. The daughter of an infamous fugitive, Devyn Sterling has survived betrayal only to find that her mother has mysteriously disappeared. When her search uncovers secrets, lies, and threats, Devyn and Marc must trust each other when every instinct says they can't...and a terrorist wants to make sure they won't live to try.


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Friday, April 2, 2021

Review: Edge of Sight by Roxanne St. Claire

Title: Edge of Sight
Series: The Guardian Angelinos
Author: Roxanne St. Claire
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: July 27, 2011
Publisher: Forever
ASIN: B003YFIV86

The killer she can't escape...
The heartbreak she can't forget...
The one man who can stop them both.


When Samantha Fairchild witnesses a murder in the wine cellar of the restaurant where she works, the Harvard-bound law student becomes the next target of a professional assassin. Desperate for protection the authorities won't provide, Sam seeks help from Vivi Angelino, an investigative reporter who recruits her brother, Zach, to protect Samantha. A Special Forces vet with the scars to prove he's equally fearless and flawed, Zach takes the job, despite the fact that he and Sam once shared a lusty interlude that ended when he left for war and disappeared from her life. Now, as they crack a conspiracy that leads to Boston's darkest corners, Sam and Zach must face their fears, desires, and doubts, before a hired killer gets a second shot...


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