Lawyer Arthur Kipps struggles to come to terms with the death of his wife four years earlier in childbirth, and despite his devotion to his young son, finds it difficult to focus on his job. Arthur’s boss gives him the chance to redeem himself by sending Arthur to an isolated village to go through the papers of the recently-deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. The local man that the firm has been corresponding with has not been particularly helpful, so Arthur sets off on his business trip with plans for his son and the nanny to visit at the end of the week after the he completes his task.
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Dead Iron, the mesmerizing first installment in the Age of Steam series, grabs the reader with its opening sentence and holds them captive until the very last word. Cedar Hunt feels like an outcast in the small town of Hallelujah, Oregon, but prefers to keep to himself so the situation suits him just fine. On a visit to town to get supplies, Cedar learns that the four-year-old son of the blacksmith disappeared from his house during the night. On his way home, Cedar discovers the three Madder brothers following him. (more…)

The forgotten goddess of the moon is in fear for her life. She has a demon on her tail and has no idea how to shake him. One stumble and he will have her—and her powers—for his own. With the help of a town of werewolf-worshipers and the unlikely ally of a minor league hockey player, she will fight to the end if she has to—anything to keep from being banished to the land of the dead for all eternity…
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Evan Williams is a small town teenage girl who dreams of escaping from her miserable life in Rainwater, Mississippi. Her mother is an alcoholic, with a revolving door of men, and her father is an absentee dad. Her only hope for escape is getting a scholarship to attend college far away.

Accepted to Yale with her tuition paid for by a mysterious benefactor, (more…)

The long winter is nearly over and Marin, Guardian of his Bearwalker Clan, awakes from his hibernation to the arms of his human lover, Lindy, and the almost insurmountable problem of rebuilding his clan. After the disastrous revolt of his clan against Marin’s guardianship led by the cruel Lucien (later thought to be a Devil Bear), the clan numbers are so small that the only hope of survival is to join with another clan. (more…)

[/amazon_link]Christine is only a few months from turning sixteen and she has been saving up for a car. Finally, she will not have to rely on her mother for rides anymore. Her biggest problem is getting up the nerve to talk to her crush, football hero Ethan Everett. Until one morning, she wakes up and hears what her mother is thinking. When she gets to school, she hears what her classmates and teachers are thinking. (more…)

Lily is not your typical girl next door. Sure she has an unrequited crush on the captain of the swim team and she worries about her grades and her looks just like any other high school girl. But Lily is also a mermaid and not just any mermaid; Lily is a princess and heir to the throne of Thalassinia. Lily only has until her 18th birthday to find her bond-mate and she is sure she has already found him. (more…)

 Bloody Valentine is a collection of three short stories focusing on some of the main characters in Melissa de la Cruz’s critically acclaimed Blue Bloods series. The first story focuses on Oliver Hazard-Perry. Still reeling from letting Schulyler Van Alen go, Oliver is lost. As a human familiar, he is doomed to never love another but Schuyler for his entire life. (more…)

Sir Alessandro Pantera is a Black Night for King George III. He still questions why he was granted such an honor. The King was disappointed that he turned down an opportunity to be the next Duke of Dartmouth. Alessandro felt he would please the king by becoming a Black Night. Though he did it to please his King, he also wanted to give back to his loyal men. (more…)

In the latest installment of Barb Hendee’s Vampire Memories series, we catch up with the group as they are between missions. Their last one did not go so well, and Wade is determined to find another vamp for them to try and rescue, hopefully successfully, and draw the group out of the funk they have fallen into. When he finds a rogue vamp in England, (more…)

Working her way towards the city of Arlh, Kaydana noted the lack of wildlife and the eerie presence she felt along the way, a presence that even her Staff of Ishlun reacted to. Losing the map to the young strapping man she had spent the night with was a problem, one that she needed to overcome to reach her target. Hearing voices in the ancient language of the Arlh, she thought that Makreth must have gotten her before she did—he, or some unknown competitor in the search for Arlh. (more…)

 Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits is a collection of five stories, two by Robin McKinley – “Hellhound” and “First Flight,” and three by Peter Dickinson – “Phoenix,” “Fireworm,” and “Salamander Man.” As a topic, these “fire elementals” make for a great story collection. As for the stories themselves, there is a major difference in the two authors’ styles, and this makes for an uneven collection.
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Time-travel used to only be a thing of hardcore sci-fi. It has only been within the last few years that it has become a more mainstream trope as authors started making time-travel less a thing of machines and more a thing of extraordinary genetic make-up. Myra McEntire’s Hourglass is one such novel.
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No one ever likes to have their job phased out from under them, but when you’re the Etruscan Goddess of the Dawn, it’s just plain unfair. To make matters worse, Charon, the God of the Underworld is trying to steal her powers for his own. What’s a goddess to do in these dire circumstances? Enter Caligo, Cimmerian warrior to the extreme. Will they be able to defeat the forces of evil on their own or is all lost?
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Kris Longknife has decided that it is time she go looking for more than the little trouble makers of the universe. After convincing her Grandpa, the King, to let her take her small cadre of ships out to take a look and report back what she finds, she discovers she has company — battleships from three of the surrounding ruling worlds who have been leaked the information that they, humanity, are not alone in the universe.
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Aedan Brady, recently escaped from the Book of Fennore, was frantically trying to figure out his new role in the world and how he related to the people around him. He had found a job as a fisherman’s helper, but within the week, he had already become aware of his new boss’ tendency towards cruelty. Discovering a small cavern under the cliffs, Aedan is gripped with a sense of familiarity, recognizing the aura of the dreaded Book of Fennore, when suddenly a young woman appeared next to him, a woman who also possessed a familiar aura. (more…)

 Bayou’s End deals with the charming twenty-five-year-old cop, Billy. In the first book, Billy was the one Scott put in charge when he went to go “collect” his mate, Ted. Ironically, Billy’s mate is also Peter, whom we met in Bayou Dreams, and he had hit on Ted during the art conference. (more…)

Wolf Dance is what you read when you want a steamy, romance novel about shifters. On the opening page, our heroine, Laura, is having erotic dreams interrupted by a woman (still in her dreams) shouting puta (whore) at her. The dreams keep coming and lead her down a more erotic twisted path as she learns that they are not just dreams.

Laura works for a company that is currently cutting down the trees belonging to the Sungmanitu tribe. A fellow employee has disappeared or run off, and Laura has to do some public relations work. (more…)

 Hearts and Swords is comprised of four stories of the fascinating people and world of Celta. The world was colonized by refugees of Earth. But the colonists were more than refugees, they were survivors of a society that feared and hated them because of their Psi powers. Celta was not the world they had planned to reach, but it was the planet that welcomed them and enhanced their powers. (more…)

This terrific short story set in the world of the author’s Hoodoo series packs a solid punch into its thirty pages. Cass Danzinger wants revenge—her lover and mentor in the tattoo business, Alex, was shot in the head in their shop. The police seem to be dragging their feet about finding the culprit while Alex lies in a coma. (more…)