My birthday falls at the end of August. When I was a kid I hated the fact that
my birthday was during summer break because I never got to celebrate with
cupcakes or cookies in class. Now that I work at a University, I find that my
birthday falls on, or shortly after, the first day of school which means
birthday celebrations come second to the start-of-semester madness. This year
my birthday falls on a Sunday so I’ll have the day off. I think I’ll make it
a “lazy day” and spend the day reading some romantic suspense. August has some
great selections, which book should I choose? Hmmm.
DESPERATE
DEEDS
Dee Davis
A-Tac #3
Grand Central Publishing; $6.99
A-Tac, an elite CIA unit masquerading as faculty at an Ivy League college, is
back. When a thieves steal a shipment of thermonuclear detonators, Commander
Solomon has reason to suspect that information from inside A-Tac facilitated
the heist. He instructs his team to set up a sting to recover the detonators
and to trap the traitor. Operative Tyler Hanson is skeptical when Solomon
appoints renowned physicist and Nobel Prize winner Owen Wakefield to head the
team. Sparks fly as they work together to find the detonators and the traitor
who endangers them all.
SWEPT
ASIDE
Sharon Sala
Storm Front #3
Mira; $7.99
Amalie Pope retreats to Bordelaise to heal after being involved in a school
shooting. When a Tornado rips through the Louisiana bayou she finds herself
taken hostage by four escaped prisoners. One of these prisoners is actually
undercover DEA operative Nick Aroyo. He has to play the convict to make his
arrest while keeping the fragile and frightened Amalie safe.
INTO THE
CROSSFIRE
Lisa Marie Rice
Protectors #1
HarperCollins; $13.99
Former Navy SEAL Sam Reston’s vow to keep to himself is challenged when the
most beautiful woman in the world moves in next door to him. When he discovers
Nicole is in danger, he will become her shield, and guard the tempting body he
longs to touch and taste. A terrorist plot hatched half a world away is heading
to their doorstep - and it can only be derailed by one man and one woman.
Deadly
Fear
Cynthia Eden
Deadly #1
Forever; $6.99
FBI Special Agent Monica Davenport’s work profiling serial killers has taken an
emotional toll and has caused her to wall herself off from the world. Yet
Monica can't ignore fellow agent Luke Dante, the only man who ever broke
through her defenses. Luke has the unique ability to put victims at ease.
Professionally, he and Monica made a perfect team. Now they're reunited to
catch a murderer who uses his victims' deepest, darkest fears for sport. Luke
and Monica will have to face the secrets from their past, the ones that terrify
them the most, if they are to have a future together.
VEIL OF
NIGHT
Linda Howard
Ballantine; $26.00
When a bridezilla is brutally murdered everyone involved with the ceremony is a
suspect including wedding planner Jaclyn Wilde. Detective Eric Wilder has too
many suspects and no chance to follow-up on the one passionate night he shared
with Jaclyn before the murder. As the heat intensifies between Eric and Jaclyn,
a cold-blooded murderer moves dangerously closer to the irresistible wedding
planner.
DON’T
CRY
Beverly Barton
Kensington, 7.99
Chattanooga grief counselor Audrey Sherrod and Special Agent J.D. Cass agree
that a series of brutal murders are the work of a deranged serial killer. At
first, the only link is the physical similarities of the victims. But then
another connection emerges tying them to a long-ago series of horrifying crimes
Audrey hoped would never resurface.
BODY
HEAT
Brenda Novak
Department 6
Mira; $7.99
Sophia St. Claire, Bordertown, Arizona’s new chief of police, is out of her
depth as she investigates the shooting deaths of 12 people left dead in the
desert sun. Help arrives in the form of Department 6 hired gun Roderick
Guerrero. As far as Sophia’s concerned, his involvement only makes things
worse. Maybe he’s managed to turn his life around. And maybe he’s a good
investigator. But as the bastard son of a wealthy local rancher, can he get
past a history that includes her?
PROOF OF
LIFE
Misty Evans
Super Agent #3
Samhain; $16.00
Blood ties run deepest—and deadliest.
CIA Deputy Director Michael Stone vows to do whatever it takes to get back his
kidnapped niece, daughter of the Republican candidate for President. Dr. Brigit
Kent, a consultant for the Department of Homeland Security, knows this
particular kidnapper well. Exposing him, however, will reveal her sister’s
secret ties to a terrorist group. The only way to keep her sister safe is to
blackmail the sexy, rock-solid deputy director. Brigit is undeniably beautiful,
brilliant, and cunning. But is she friend or foe?
SHADOWS
AT MIDNIGHT
Elizabeth Jennings
Berkley; $7.99
After a deadly explosion and three months in a coma, Claire Day is a shadow of
her former self. Though her memory of the bombing is vague, she recognizes
former Marine Dan Watson as the man who protected her. Seeking him out to find
answers to her questions, Claire joins Dan to solve a deadly conspiracy.
How do you pamper yourself?
Maria
6 comments posted.
I vote you read all of them..but which one to start? All of them sound sooo good.
(J H 9:32pm August 7, 2010)
Maybe just start in alphabetical order? They all sound too good to pass up. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Mine was the 15th, got 2 family members b day on the 14th, a friend on the 16th. Several other family members in August also.
(Vickie McCarter 7:59pm August 18, 2010)