Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin and her husband David (a
Djinn) are slowly dying, as they have lost their
supernatural abilities. In addition, Mother Earth is waking
up, and she is not sentimental about the humans who have so
callously trashed the planet. In fact, the Djinns are being
pulled back Read more...
Merry Gentry has returned to the human world, turning her
back on two crowns in order to save herself, her men and
her unborn twins. However, Faerie may not be ready to let
her go just yet.
Like in the other books in the series, Merry's sensual
magic produces Read more...
After being poisoned by a nefarious villain still at large
(in book number one, HOW TO WASH A CAT), Rebecca has
developed a fear of orange mustaches like the one he wore
as a disguise. She sees them floating in the air and on
frogs. Frogs figure prominently in NINE Read more...
Kendra Ballantyne is getting tired of being a "murder
magnet." She just wants to go along in life pet-sitting for
great animals, spending time with her friends, hanging out
with her dog, working as a lawyer in a great little firm,
and enjoying quality time with her special male Read more...
Serena Oakley is hiding. However, she's not hiding for the
reasons undercover investigator Nick Whalen thinks she is.
After being in Australia for two years, Nick doesn't
recognize the chocolate-dipped body with which most of
America's red-blooded males dream of becoming more
familiar.
After her Read more...
The second in a new series, EARLY TO DEATH, EARLY TO RISE
documents what happens when a dark timekeeper -- controller
of the dark reapers, those whose job it is to cull human
lives in order to save their souls -- decides that the power
of choice overrules the power of fate Read more...
Tessa Lonike is lonely. A mermaid who fears that she and
her sisters may be the last of their kind, Tessa refuses to
give up or give up on the last vestige of land her family
calls home. After rescuing a desperate man from his doomed
plunge into the water Read more...
In the first work of her newest series, WATER BOUND,
Christine Feehan provides readers with the promise
that she has created a new cast of characters as
heartwarmingly interesting as those in her Drake Sisters
novels and as steamy as those in her Dark novels. In fact,
readers Read more...
As a man who left the fast track to help the city's
homeless, Richard "Bullet" Bullock is used to dealing with
difficult situations: few resources, people who feel
abandoned by life and circumstances beyond his control.
However, when he goes to bat for a man everyone assumes
killed a Read more...
In a hysterically touching sequel to KISS AND HELL,
Dakota Cassidy pens a tale of sacrifice and
friendship, as well as the importance of letting down one's
guard and not always relying on first, second or 10-years'
worth of impressions.
Marcella may have always appeared to Read more...
DEMON BLOOD is an excellent installment to Brook's Guardian
series. However, despite her thorough introduction to
demons, Guardians, vampires, and the characters in her
fascinating interpretation of the world, the novel
encourages one too much for the previous five books.
Instead of allowing questions about character development
to detract Read more...
Sometimes anthologies showcasing authors' works can seem
hastily compiled or as though forced together through some
tenuous connection, or worse, through some obvious
connection that encourages readers to ponder whether the
works were created intentionally for the collection.
However, THE BODYGUARD, featuring works by Cherry
Adair, Gena Read more...
Being a Fury has its ups and downs. A positive is using
magical gifts to help and defend humanity. One of the downs
is that by letting her rage fully vent, a Fury loses her
Amphisbaena -- two snake tattoos, magical connectors and
companions -- and becomes a Harpy.
Marissa Holloway has Read more...
Jessica Gillmansen has had an extremely rough year, so
being called to the Guidance Office just makes her think
someone wants her to talk about her feelings...some more.
After being told to escort a new student with truancy
problems around school, she doesn't exactly jump for joy.
Sure Read more...
As a young child, Meridia had a realization: she and her
parents were never, all three, in a room together at the
same time. Her vague and opaquely verbose mother and
brusque father did not speak directly to each other and did
not comment on Meridia's remembered dream of Read more...
This is a cool book. Lori Devoti does a nice job
playing with various theories of Amazons and Amazon-style
cultures, as well as adding unique interpretations. Zery is
a leader in a difficult time, a time in which some demand
change while others push for stalwart acceptance Read more...
Anita Blake has been cursed with an interesting life; she
and her coterie have been trying so hard to make St. Louis
safe from outside influences that they did not think what
might happen were the threat to come from within; even
worse, they could not predict how to respond Read more...
Being a Gale girl (no relation to Dorothy) isn't always
easy. Sure, being a Gale girl means immediate cabs,
airplane seat upgrades and most of the world getting out of
your way, but it also means tricky and powerful situations,
dealing with an attraction to and the choices of Read more...
Being a Gale girl (no relation to Dorothy) isn't always
easy. Sure, being a Gale girl means immediate cabs,
airplane seat upgrades and most of the world getting out of
your way, but it also means tricky and powerful situations,
dealing with an attraction to and the choices of Read more...
Often, when one reads an explicit anthology, the works
within have one of two options: steamy sex scenes or good
writing with interesting characters and a plot. Upon the
first explosive scene of Chanku Spirit by
Kate Douglas, I feared that plot and characters 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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