[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books I Will be Scanning
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- Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 19:51:17 -0700 (PDT)
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--- On Wed, 5/6/09, Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books I Will be Scanning
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 7:18 PM
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> 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
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> 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...
>
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