Christina, If you would be willing, I would love to validate both Captain's Surrender and Nightwalker. I'm about to finish with the books I have, so it'll be nice to sink my teeth in to something again *g* Courtney On 5/6/09, Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, all. > I just ordered a bunch of books from Amazon. They are > Captain's Surrender by Alex Beecroft, The Raven Ring by Patricia C. Wrede, > Eve of Darkness by S. J. Day, Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden, The Sweetest > Thing by Barbara Freethy, Riding on Instinct by Jaci Burton, Any Given > Doomsday by Lori Handeland, Nightwalker by Jocelyn Drake, Touch of Fire by > Maria Zannini, Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh, and Succubus Heat by Richelle > Mead. > > If anyone wants to validate any of these, please let me know. I've included > synopses for most of them at the end of this e-mail. > > Christina > > > > > > Captain's Surrender by Alex Beecroft > > Ambitious and handsome, Joshua Andrews had always valued his life too much > to take unnecessary risks. Then he laid eyes on the elegant picture of > perfection > > that is Peter Kenyon. Soon to be promoted to captain, Peter Kenyon is the > darling of the Bermuda garrison. With a string of successes behind him and a > > suitable bride lined up to share his future, Peter seems completely out of > reach to Joshua. But when the two men are thrown together to serve during a > > long voyage under a sadistic commander with a mutinous crew, they discover > unexpected friendship. As the tension on board their vessel heats up, the > closeness > > they feel for one another intensifies and both officers find themselves > unable to rein in their passion. Let yourself be transported back to a time > when > > love between two men in the British Navy was punishable by death, and to a > story about love, about honor, but most of all, about a Captain-s Surrender. > > > > Eve of Darkness by S. J. Day > > Exhilarating adventure in an edgy world of angels and demons highlights the > opener of Day's Marked trilogy. After a steamy encounter in a stairwell, > Evangeline > > Hollis discovers that she has been branded with the Mark of Cain, unfairly > punished because of a man's attraction to her. She is now a Mark: a > celestial > > bounty hunter charged with sending rogue demons and other Infernals back to > hell. Agnostic Eve feels trapped and wants to leave the firm, but that > requires > > the aid of the most famous brothers in history: Alec Cain, God's top Mark > and Eve's former lover, and Reed Abel, who assigns her bounties. Dynamic and > > vibrant, Eve is an impressive protagonist, and her fierce spirit and > determination to make the best of her circumstances will keep readers > enthralled. > > > > Succubus Heat (Georgina Kincaid, #4) No synopsis available. > > > > Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden > > Once, Maya Black was a kick-ass cop patrolling the streets of L.A. She still > keeps the city safe, but nowadays her bad guys of choice include demons, > werewolves, > > and assorted nocturnal scum. Something Maya knows a thing or two about. > She's a vampire - and not thrilled about it. Payback meet bitch. Adam Brody > hopes > > Maya is as dangerous as they say she is. He needs her to help rescue his > niece Cammie from a ruthless band of vamps, and he's willing to pay - in > blood. > > > > Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh > > Nalini Singh introduces readers to a world of beauty and bloodlust, where > angels hold sway over vampires. > > > > Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux is hired by the dangerously beautiful > Archangel Raphael. But this time, it's not a wayward vamp she has to track. > It's an > > archangel gone bad. > > > > The job will put Elena in the midst of a killing spree like no other-and > pull her to the razor's edge of passion. Even if the hunt doesn't destroy > her, > > succumbing to Raphael's seductive touch just may. For when archangels play, > mortals break. > > > > The Sweetest Thing by Barbara Freethy > > Successful entrepreneur Alex Carrigan's life is neatly organized and focused > on building his company. But fate drops a series of bombshells when his > eccentric > > grandfather appears on his doorstep to move in with him, the sudden death of > his ex-wife leaves him with a precocious 12-year-old daughter he's convinced > > he didn't sire, and beautiful redhead Faith Christopher walks into his life. > > > > Faith has her own set of problems. She's been in emotional limbo since the > death of her fiancé several years before, and the ties to his family are > growing > > increasingly troublesome. She's wondering if she should give in to family > pressure and marry the second son when Alex wanders into her bakery looking > for > > his grandfather. The physical connection she feels with Alex is > instantaneous and mutual, making her question whether a marriage based on > companionship > > is wise or even possible. > > > > Meanwhile, Alex's grandfather has an agenda of his own. Fifty-six years > earlier, he'd fallen in love, broken a piece of ancient Indian pottery, and > brought > > a curse on himself and his heirs. He's convinced he must locate his lost > love, return the pottery to its hiding place, and lift the curse, a plan > Alex > > has heard many times before and doesn't want to get involved in. But Faith > is intrigued by the elderly gentleman's tale and agrees to help him. Little > > does she know what life-changing forces have been set in motion by her > decision. > > > > The Raven Ring by Patricia C. Wrede > > The world of Lyra is the world of two moons which humans share with the folk > of magic; the silvery people of the ancient Shee, the elusive > forest-dwelling > > Wyrd, and the dreaded Shadow Born, whose evil seeps into men's hearts and > the shadows of the world. > > > > In this brand-new Lyra adventure, a proud young woman of the Cilhar, the > legendary warrior tribe, must leave her mountain stronghold to travel to the > city > > and accomplish a bitter task. Her mother, a soldier, died in the line of > duty there: suddenly, and mysteriously. Among the few possessions she has > left > > behind is the beautiful Raven Ring--an ancient family heirloom that is much, > much more than it seems. > > > > Retrieving her mother's ring is a simple matter--but getting it home again > will prove no easy task. There are dark forces at work in the Lyra, > determined > > to claim the ring for their own. She will need to discover the secret of the > ring before she returns to the mountains she loves. Otherwise, she shall not > > leave the city streets with body, soul and heart intact. > > > > Touch of Fire by Maria Zannini > > Leda, a fire Elemental, has been charged with finding a dangerous > alchemist's bible. The trail is cold and her only lead is a plainfolk savage > who hates > > all magical beings.Greyhawke Tams would sooner stay in jail than help a fire > mage. But when he discovers the thief who stole the grimoire might also > control > > his future, he joins Leda in a prickly alliance that leads them to the truth > about the Earth that was, and a thousand year old secret on how the > Elemental > > mages were born. > > > > Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland > > Psychic ex-cop Elizabeth Phoenix reluctantly takes the case after her foster > mother, Ruthie, > > is murdered by monsters. Soon she's pointing out demons to her ex-boyfriend > Jimmy, a half-vampire battling an army of Nephilim who plan to enslave and > > destroy humanity. They fight their way from Wisconsin to the southwest, > where Jimmy leaves Elizabeth with Sawyer, a powerful Navajo shape-changer > who awakens > > her libido as well as her psychic powers. Elizabeth's wry demeanor and > complex relationships with Sawyer and Jimmy share center stage with the > dramatic > > story line. The biblical component, while often confusing, adds dramatic > dimension, and the demons' evil plans and vividly described handiwork create > immense > > suspense for the final battle. > > > > Nightwalker by Jocelyn Drake > > For centuries Mira has been a nightwalker-an unstoppable enforcer for a > mysterious organization that manipulates earth-shaking events from the > darkest shadows. > > But elemental mastery over fire sets her apart from others of her > night-prowling breed . . . and may be all that prevents her doom. > > > > The foe she now faces is human: the vampire hunter called Danaus, who has > already destroyed so many undead. For Mira, the time has come to hunt . . . > or > > be hunted. > > > > Riding on Instinct by Jaci Burton > > Department of Justice agent Shadoe Grayson is out to prove she's no rookie, > and eagerly accepts her first undercover assignment at a strip club in New > > Orleans. Working with the Wild Riders, a government agency of bad boy > bikers, her goal is to expose a corrupt DEA agent. All she has to do is > learn to > > strip like a pro. > > > > Standing in Shadoe's way is arrogant and smokin' hot Spencer King, her new > partner and one of the Wild Riders. Spence thinks she looks more like a > schoolteacher > > than a stripper, and doubts her ability to do the job. But when he mockingly > challenges Shadoe to strip just for him, he finds out there's more to the > > surprisingly sexy agent than by-the book rules and Government Issue > pantsuits... > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.