Hopelessly crossed in love, a boy of half-fairy parentage leaves his mundane Victorian-English village on a quest for a fallen star in the magical realm. The star proves to be an attractive woman with a hot temper, who plunges with our hero into adventures featuring witches, the lion and the unicorn, plotting elf-lords, ships… Continue reading Book Two of 2013: STARDUST by Neil Gaiman
Kate Winters has won immortality. But if she wants a life with Henry in the Underworld, she'll have to fight for it.Becoming immortal wasn't supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she's as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of… Continue reading Book One of 2013: GODDESS INTERRUPTED by Aimee Carter
War with their archrival, the evil Ansara clan, is unavoidable. For Mercy Raintree, a war means she must assume her position as guardian of the Sanctuary--the sacred Raintree home place deep in the Smoky Mountains. But doing so threatens to disclose her most prized secret--one Mercy has kept to herself for six years. As… Continue reading Book Twenty-five of 2012: SANCTUARY by Beverly Barton
Two hundred years after the Raintree clan defeated and abandoned them on a small Caribbean Island, the Ansara wizards are rising again to take on their bitterest foes. Despite their extraordinary powers and supernatural origin, the Raintree have largely blended into the modern world. They are bankers, cops, husbands, wives and lovers in the society… Continue reading Book Twenty-three of 2012: INFERNO by Linda Howard
Lord Adam Calthorpe had been rash in his promise to look out for a fellow soldier's sister who was killed at waterloo. Miss Katherine Payne was a golden eyed shrew who took genuine delight in flouting Adam's authority at every turn. One of my favorite books of all time is PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by… Continue reading Book Twenty-One of 2012: LORD CALTHORPE’S PROMISE by Sylvia Andrew
"Deception, illusion, and wits. Who can out-maneuver the other?" When a false murder charge sends Jim Taylor and his family fleeing from an enraged mob, they find themselves entrenched in a new world. Areane is a land of myth, infused with magic and creatures of legend, but it quickly proves to be as dangerous as… Continue reading Book Eighteen of 2012: THE KING’S FIRST JOURNEY by Launa Sorensen
To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to a werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss,… Continue reading Book Seventeen of 2012: BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer
I've been thinking... My book "reviews" are terrible. They don't really give a lot of information. Most of it is my opinion and thoughts on the books I've read. Which is PART of a review, but really, no one really knows what I'm talking about when I type what I feel about a book. I… Continue reading Random Thoughts
I never really saw myself as a mommy until Joseph was born. It's weird how a little person can change your life around. In my case, it's better than before I was a mom. I am less stressful, less lazy, and less depressed. I can't afford to go in a rut. It's a great feeling… Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Mom
Sophie never believed she was special. Avoiding a violent ex, she can't remember the last time she truly felt safe. Then vampires murder her best friend and Sophie is kidnapped by a dangerously sexy shape-shifter. Zach insists that Sophie is a Shaman--someone with a rare gift for taming his savage side--and he needs her to… Continue reading Book Five of 2012: TAKEN
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