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The books of May are here—fresh, fierce, and full of feels.

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Wedding season includes searching for a missing bride�and a killer . . .


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Sometimes the path forward begins with a step back.


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One island. Three generations. A summer that changes everything.


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A snapshot made them legends. What it didn�t show could tear them apart.


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This life coach will give you a lift!


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A twisty, "addictive," mystery about jealousy and bad intentions


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Trapped by magic, haunted by muses�she must master the cards before they�re lost to darkness.


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Masquerades, secrets, and a forbidden romance stitched into every seam.


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A vanished manuscript. A murdered expert. A castle full of secrets�and one sharp-witted sleuth.


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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Reviews

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Secrets Of The Wolves
by Dorothy Hearst
"Endearing, enchanting, and breathtaking----this 2nd installment of The Wolf Chronicles is excellent!"
Posted July 11, 2011

The humans need to learn the gifts of the wolves, and the wolves promised long ago to help the humans not only with hunting and surviving, but also with maintaining the great Balance. However, every time the wolves and humans try to live together, they end up fighting. Kaala's Read more...


Unnatural Issue
by Mercedes Lackey
"On the edge of war, England's Elemental Masters have to try to save the country from multiple foes."
Posted July 8, 2011

Once again, Mercedes Lackey has created a rich, lush depiction of England's Elemental Masters, combining elemental magic, fantastic creatures, coming-of-age elements, and the realities of war. Renounced by her father, Susanne Whitestone has been raised by the servants around her; they've tried their hardest to teach Read more...


Sweet Danger
by Violet Blue
"Dangerous and Sizzling!"
Posted July 8, 2011

SWEET DREAMS is a collection of 20 tales developed to explore the dangerous side of erotica in ways that couples can easily emulate them. The stories are explicit and often interesting, and they deliver what they advertise: dangerously sexy situations that may titillate many fantasies and inspire some action for Read more...


The Reluctant Vampire
by Lynsay Sands
"Can a teenager girl and a rogue vampire hunter trick a tormented vampire into dating?"
Posted July 8, 2011

Drina Argenis has been sent to babysit and guard a teenage vampire, so she won't get hurt or captured, and also so she won't decide to run away to see her family, whose memories of her and her sister have been altered. However, Stephanie has amazing mental powers Read more...


The Last Twilight
by Marjorie M. Liu
"Action, Adventure, Lust, and Magic---this book has it all!"
Posted July 8, 2011

One of the early Dirk and Steele novels (published in 2008), THE LAST TWILIGHT brings together Dr. Rikki Kinn and Amiri in the Congo, where multiple factions fight for medical miracles, sometimes trampling human rights far and wide. Rikki knows what it is to be held at the mercy of Read more...


Blue Angel
by Logan Belle
"Interesting and Naughty---a real page turner!"
Posted July 8, 2011

Mallory doesn't know what to think when her boyfriend takes her to a burlesque club for her birthday; it seems more like a present for him than for her. However, as she starts getting closer to dancer Bette Noir, originally for Alec's article about burlesque, she begins to Read more...


Hot And Steamy
by Martin H. Greenberg, Jean Rabe
"Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, always steamy, Hot and Steamy is a hit!"
Posted July 8, 2011

This is a tight anthology similar to Steampunk'd. 16 tales of romance and steampunk style speculation fill the pages to entice the reader. Although the format is perfect for being able to fit the stories within one's daily life, it is hard to imagine not joyously Read more...


Primal Law
by J.D. Tyler
"Sizzling and interesting, PRIMAL LAW pays homage....while forging its own paths."
Posted July 6, 2011

When Jaxon Law of the Alpha Pack--former Navy Seal wolf shifters with other special abilities--last chose to trust a beautiful woman, a mission ended in death and heartbreak. Now that he's faced with his potential Bondmate, Jax has another difficult choice: should he make her his, an Read more...


Bloodlands
by Christine Cody
"Even the most dangerous secrets can't stay hidden forever"
Posted July 6, 2011

Not only did Gabriel want to find Abby, the woman who'd run from him, he wants to find solace from the crazy world. However, with governmentally-trained agents called Shredders seeking to kill all the preternaturals left in the country, this lone vampire knows his possibility of redemption or Read more...


Mystical Warrior
by Janet Chapman
"How does one become a free modern woman after being thrust out of her own time?"
Posted June 24, 2011

Trace Huntsman did not want to be the landlord for anyone, much less Kenzie and Matt's victimized and displaced sister, Fiona. Time travellers have to get used to being a part of society, but after her abuse and subsequent ages as a hawk, Fiona needs socialization. However, she fears Read more...


The Pet
by Kris Fox
"This work is an intricate and twisty path, no 'beach read,' but worth the journey"
Posted June 21, 2011

Confronting one's own mortality comes in many forms. For some, it is seeing the first wrinkle. For others, it is when friends and loved ones face illness and death. For Sunshine, a symbol of her mortality is a single white hair. Some women would shoo dark thoughts aside or Read more...


Cake
by Derekica Snake
"Dark, explicit, lush, haunting, violent---these vampires don't sparkle; they sizzle!"
Posted June 15, 2011

For readers who want their vampires domesticated, redeemed by the love of a good woman, or engaging in playful-but- clean romps under pressed sheets---please turn around and return to the YA section, for here there be monsters. Although Xavier, a former fat and blind slob who failed miserably Read more...


Bloodlust
by Michelle Rowen
"Which will kill Jillian first: tainted blood or a broken heart?"
Posted June 4, 2011

Although Jillian has stopgap measures to try to control the poison that makes her blood smell delicious -and fatal- to vampires, she is still dying; although her companion, the dhampyr Declan, takes a serum to control the darker side of his vampiric urges, the rage within threatens to spill out Read more...


Hit List
by Laurell K. Hamilton
"Executioner, Killer, Psychopath----sometimes one's worldview is all about the terminology."
Posted June 3, 2011

Laurell K. Hamilton almost originated the noir female protagonist in urban fantasy. Over the years, the works have sometimes strayed from "the mystery" into "the sex." Although still steamy and ripe with layers of relationship elements, HIT LIST seems aimed at readers who love Anita Blake when she's hip Read more...


As You Wish
by Gabi Stevens
"Humor, longing, baked goods, magical powers---what more can any reader require?"
Posted June 3, 2011

Gabi Stevens's novel, AS YOU WISH, pulls the reader in quickly---I'll admit to doing a brief scan of the first few pages to decide when to read the work and finding myself with chilled coffee and tired knees since I forgot to sit down! The characterization is Read more...


Soul Song
by Marjorie M. Liu
"Beatiful, steamy, musical, magical---Soul Song doesn't disappoint!"
Posted June 3, 2011

Kitala Bell learned long ago not to engage the people whose deaths she foresaw. She knew they wouldn't believe her or would think she was crazy. Kit just has to go through life with as little human contact as possible, just her and her music. However, one night after Read more...


One Magic Moment
by Lynn Kurland
"Woven like the best antique tapestry"
Posted May 20, 2011

Lynn Kurland's novels are just ridiculously good. They're like popcorn, but more substantial. Lynn Kurland's novels are like a pan of warm, gooey, chocolate brownies. ONE MAGIC MOMENT is no different. For readers who are already fans of her excellent romances depicting various time- traveling characters and Read more...


Fang Me
by Parker Blue
"All the chaos in the world----over a book!"
Posted May 20, 2011

Val used to have possession of the Encyclopedia Magicka. Now, everyone in the paranormal world wants it. She didn't feel any ill effects from her long exposure to the book, but the annoyingly-likeable Trevor says that only a trained Keeper, like himself, may find and maintain it. Meanwhile Read more...


Bad Girl By Night
by Lacey Alexander
"What happens when secrets follow you home?"
Posted May 20, 2011

Carly's always been the good girl, the sweet one, the straight-laced one. That's why she sometimes takes trips to a city far away from her close-knit small community: sometimes, a girl's gotta let loose! However, after a sinfully hot night with two men, Carly's Read more...


Kiss Of Snow
by Nalini Singh
"Unique plot points, great characterization; this book is something special."
Posted April 29, 2011

Sienna Lauren is a cardinal X, the highest level psychic assassin bred to belong to PsyNet by a psychotic killer. However, Sienna and her family have dropped out of PsyNet, continue to try to learn how to manage the new emotions they are finally allowed to feel, and live in Read more...


Vicky Gilpin


Dr. Vicky Gilpin teaches Composition, Literature, and other courses at Cerro Gordo High School, Millikin University, and Richland Community College. She recently took the course Vampires in Literature and Film through Harvard University Extension School and teaches an English 101 course with the theme of vampires. When she's not teaching, reading, writing, and taking courses, she spends time with her husband and their six animals.

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