Double Take ~ Catherine Coulter

This is the eleventh book in the FBI series. Julia has been trying to deal with her husband's death for the last 6 months, and only complicating matters was the media and the police who were both convinced that she had murdered him. Until one day when she was out for a walk, and someone tried to murder her. Luckily for her, FBI agent Chaney Stone witnessed the attempt and managed to save her life, at the same time becoming involved in the investigation to determine who the attempted murderer is.
Meanwhile Sheriff Dixon Noble has been missing his wife for the last three years, positive she is dead, when suddenly, her godfather is certain he has seen her, and convinces Dix to go check it out.

A Fistful of Charms ~ Kim Harrison

this is the fourth book in the Rachel Morgan series. Rachel is challenged for her position as Alpha of a werewolf pack, and somehow manages to win. Rachel is still trying to figure out how to get Jenks back into the garden after she insulted him last winter, when his wife, Matalina comes to beg Rachel to help Jenks find their son, Jax, who has disappeared with Rachel's ex-boyfriend. Rachel ends up traveling north to find Jax and Nick, and keep herself out of even more trouble.

Every Which Way but Dead ~ Kim Harrison

this is the third book in the Rachel Morgan series. The time has come for Rachel to fulfill her agreement with the demon who testified against the dead vampire Piscary. Rachel must now become his familiar, but can she manage to keep her soul while doing so? At the same time, something is going on with Nick, he seems to be pulling away from Rachel. Also, Rachel is hired by Trent's head of security to keep him safe in an upcoming meeting. Can Rachel manage to do all she has agreed to do, and keep her soul as well as managing to stay on this side of the ever-after?

Lean Mean Thirteen ~ Janet Evanovich

This is the thirteenth book in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie's ex-husband, Dickie, has disappeared, and the only suspect is Stephanie. So Stephanie must now investigate why Dickie has disappeared, in addition to working her own FTA's. Totally typical for Stephanie, things keep happening to her, she manages to get hit by a squirrel bomb, destroy a car, and be in danger of kidnapping. Stephanie is still in her on again, off again relationship with Joe, and Ranger is still right there to catch her when it is off again. Really enjoyed this book!! Can't wait for another installment!!

The Good, The Bad, The Undead ~ Kim Harrison

This is the second book in the Rachel Morgan series. Rachel has been contacted by the FIB to help them solve a series of murders, where all the victims were witches. Rachel has been enrolled in a class taught by the same teacher who had taught all the victims at one point or another. Because the FIB suspects the teacher is the murderer, Rachel has her own suspecions as to who the killer is, and is determined to prove it. The question is if she will survive the discoveries she is about to make.

Dead Witch Walking ~ Kim Harrison

This is the first in the Rachel Morgan series. Rachel is a witch, in an alternate United States, where there are as many vampires, witches, fairies, pixies and Were's as humans. She was a runner for a division of the Interlander law enforcement, when she decided to quit. now there is a contract out on her life, until she can raise enough money to pay off her debt from her contract with the government. Can she survive long enough to manage that?

The Harlequin ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the fifteenth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita's life is actually working for her. She is living with 2 men, and dating several others as well. When the master who runs the Church of Eternal Life, the vampire church, sets an appointment with her, to let Jean-Claude know that he has a master hiding in his congregation. After a bit of investigation on Anita's part, it appears that the vampire Council's secret police are in town. the question is... Why???

Poppy Done to Death ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the eighth book in the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora stops to question her sister in law a about missing an important meeting, only to find her body, and her step brother missing. On top this family tragedy, when Aurora stops by work to let them know she needs some time off, she finds that her 15 year old brother has run away from home and hitchhiked across the country to see her.

Last Scene Alive ~ Charliane Harris

This is the seventh book in the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora has spent the last year grieving for her husband, who died after having a heart attack. At the same time, they have been preparing for the filming of a movie based on the book written by Robin Crusoe, about the murders that took place in the first book of this series. Suddenly several people have turned back up in Aurora's life, her step-son is in town, with a role in the movie. And Robin is back, Aurora hasn't seen him since shortly after the first book. As well as Arthur, a local cop who Aurora once dated, and who had cheated on her with another detective. When suddenly, the actress who plays Aurora's charicter turns up dead.

A Fool and his Honey ~ Charliane Harris

This is the sixth book in the Aurora Teagarden series. One day, out of the blue, a young woman turns up on Aurora's doorstep, with a baby, as it turns out, this is Aurora's niece, with a baby that no one knew she was having. Aurora and Martin have a previous engagement that evening, but set up the niece in the apartment over the garage. Only to return later that evening to find the niece gone, her husband murdered on the stairs to the apartment, and the baby sleeping contentedly under the bed. Now Aurora must care for the baby while trying to solve the disappearance of her niece, and the mystery of why no one had any clue there was a baby involved.

Dead Over Heals ~ Charlaine Harris

this is the fifth book in the Aurora Teagarden series. As Aurora and Angel are outside caring for the yard one day, the body of a local policeman falls out of the sky and lands in the yard. Suspicion falls on those present, and other events in town only make suspicions higher. Can Aurora figure out what is going on before she ends up dead?

Julius House ~ Charliane Harris

This is the fourth book in the Aurora Teagarden series. Martin bought Aurora the Julius house as a wedding present, totally surprising her. She sets out to remodel and redecorate the house before they are ready to move in. and up on move in, after their honeymoon, Aurora becomes determined to solve the disappearance of the Julius family six years earlier. Along the way she discovers that her new husband has some secrets he has not been quite so up front about. And meets a new friend, Angel Youngblood.

A Bone to Pick ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the second book in the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora inherits a large sum of money, along with a house from a friend. Upon cleaning out the house and trying to determine what she wants to do with it, she discovers a mystery that must be solved. Aurora must now solve the mystery, and deal with her new maybe - neighbors, as well as dealing with her mother's new marriage, and her best friend's impending marriage, all the while wondering if she is doomed to always be a bridesmaid and never a bride.

Real Murders ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the first in the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora is a member of a group interested in studying and discussing murders, the Real Murders club. She shows up for their monthly meeting only to find that the member in charge of getting the meeting hall ready has done so, but is now missing. Aurora later discovers the body of the member, she has been killed in the manner of the murder case they were studying that evening. so now all the members of their club are suspects in this murder. How many will die before they solve the crime?

Three Bedrooms and a Corpse ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the third book in the Aurora Teagarden series. (picked up the wrong one on accident, by the time I realized it I was 50 pages into it.) Aurora is showing a house for her mother, until her mother can make it, and finds a body in the house. The body of another local Realtor. Aurora becomes involved in trying to figure out who is responsible for the death.

Light my Fire ~ Katie MacAlister

This is the third book in the Aisling Gray series. Aisling has moved to London, to live with her new mentor, Nora, while she trains to be a Guardian. Shortly after arriving, she once again runs in to Drake, whom she has left once again. As she discovers how difficult it is going to be to remain separated from Drake, she also discovers problems inside the Dragon Sept, and has a number of other issues arise that she must solve in order to proceed with her life.

Fire Me Up ~ Katie MacAlister

This is the second book in the Aisling Gray series. Aisling goes to Budapest for an Otherworld convention, in hopes of finding another Guardian, one willing to take her on as an apprentice and teach her what she needs to know to be a Guardian. She arrives in Budapest only to find that Drake is there also, the Dragon that Aisling is supposed to be the mate to. Can she manage to keep her heart intact and still fulfill her goal of becoming a trained Guardian?

You Slay Me ~ Katie MacAlister

This is the first in the Aisling Grey series. Aisling is a currier for uncle's business, and she is on her first delivery. She is in Paris, speaking no french, and shows up to deliver the item, only to find the person she was to deliver it to dead. And the police think she did it. In an attempt to clear her name so she can return home, Aisling becomes involved in a world she never knew existed. The Otherworld is full of magic and so called mythical creatures. Aisling learns things about herself that she has never known before.

Harmony's Way ~ Lora Leigh

This is the eleventh book in the Breed's series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Harmony has been on her own, and on the run for the last ten years, since she escaped from the lab where she was created, killing all the scientists on her way out. Now she has been captured by the Breeds at Sanctuary, and given a choice. Either she carries out the mission they have for her, one lasting 6 months, or she will be killed for all her past crimes, under Breed Law. Harmony agrees to take the mission, and heads to Broken Butte, New Mexico, where she meets Lance, the local sheriff, who she is supposed to work for. Only before she is supposed to meet him, she runs into him in a bar, and just can't stay away from him.

Megan's Mark ~ Lora Leigh

This is the tenth book in the Breeds series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Megan was a cop in rural New Mexico, who comes across a pair of bodies, with people hiding out and waiting for her to happen upon them so that they can kill her. In the attempt to keep the assassins from killing her, Megan meets Braden, a Lion Breed, who is there to try to keep Megan alive, and to figure out why the assassins are after her. Can they manage to figure out who is after her, and why, before the assassins succeed in their mission?

The Breed Next Door ~ Lora Leigh

This is the ninth in the Breeds series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Tarek has lived in the house for 6 months, and for 6 months his neighbor Lyra has been driving him crazy. He can smell the coffee and fresh bread she bakes weekly for her brothers and is just yearning for a taste, and of more than food.

Aiden's Charity ~ Lora Leigh

this is the eighth book in the Breed's series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Charity was mated to Aiden, six years ago, when Aiden was a captive in the labs that created him, and Charity was a lab tech. In an effort to save his life, she becomes his mate, though unknowingly, only days before the pack escapes. Over the years she has studied, and hidden the changes in her body from the counsel. Unfortunately, they discovered these changes six months ago, and since have been using her as a test subject, testing new drugs and hormones on her, with absolutely no regard to her health or sanity. Aiden has only just discovered her, but still blames her for what he sees as her betrayal 6 years earlier. Can he over come his hatred of her, to see what needs to be done to help her to heal?

Jacob's Faith ~ Lora Leigh

This is the seventh book in the Breeds series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Faith has been sent by Wolfe, the pack leader, to Jacob, to deliver a packet for a new mission. She has spent the last two months searching for him. Jacob receives the packet from Wolfe, and upon reading it, finds that his new mission is Faith. Faith is his mate, and has gone into heat, and only Jacob can do anything for her.

Wolfe's Hope ~ Lora Leigh

This is the sixth book in the Breeds series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Hope has spent the last 6 years grieving for Wolfe, who she was mated to at 17, then he was killed during an attack on the compound where he was created. Suddenly, Wolfe is there, and believes she is in league with her mother, one of the scientists who created the wolf breeds, and who mated Hope to Wolfe.

Soul Deep ~ Lora Leigh

This is the fifth book in the Breeds series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Amanda is the President's daughter, and is about to be kidnapped by people wanting to blackmail her father into not signing the laws that are about to pass making Breed's legal citizins. Kiowa is there and manages to rescue her from the would be kidnappers, and they take her to the Breed compound, Sanctuary, for safekeeping. Can they manage to keep her safe? And will Amanda and Kiowa survive the hormones now surging through their bodies?

Kiss of Heat ~ Lora Leigh

This is the fourth book in the Breeds series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Sherra is a member of the Feline Breeds' pride, she was tortured in the laboratory where she was created and raised, and spent one night with her mate before he disappeared. Kane is Merinus' brother, and has been searching for Sherra for 10 years, ever since he was attacked trying to leave the laboratory where she was being held. Sherra believes that he abandoned her, while he spent almost a year unaware of who he even was. and by the time he was able to come looking for her, he was told she was killed. But that hadn't stopped him from searching. Will they manage to work things out and over come their history?

Elizabeth's Wolf ~ Lora Leigh

This is the third book in the Breeds series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Dash was a soldier, injured in the line of duty, and on the verge of death, when he received a letter from a little girl in the states who had written to him as part of a class project. The letters from Cassie gave Dash a reason to live. Dash becomes determined to meet Cassie and her mother, Elizabeth. And suddenly the letters stop. Dash is told that they were killed in an explosion at their apartment. As Dash is getting ready to head home, he receives one last letter from Cassie, telling him how they had to move, and how people are after them. So Dash decides he must find them and protect them from what ever is after them. Will he manage to find them and if he does, will he be able to protect them?

The Man Within ~ Lora Leigh

This is the second book in the Breeds series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Roni has known Taber since she was a child, and has always felt drawn to him. Now that the Breeds' have gone public, someone has recognized the mark that Taber left on Roni over a year earlier. And now the Counsel is after her. Taber rescues her and stirs the desire that has been barely banked for the last year. Can Roni face the truth of what is going on between them.

Tempting the Beast ~ Lora Leigh

This is the first in the Breeds series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Merinus is a reporter for her family's newspaper, and she insists on taking the story and seeking out the subject of experimental breeding. Callan Lyons was genetically engineered from the beginning, he was created from a hybrid of Human and lion DNA. Something tells me that it isn't as simple as an interview to break this story.

When Wizards Rule ~ Lora Leigh

This is the second book in the Wizard Twins series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Merina, one of the daughters of the Queen of Sellane, is being pursued by Chaise and Kai'el, the wizard twins who have determined that her magic is the perfect compliment to theirs. They are doing there best to be patient in their wooing of her. Merina is being more resistant than they had hoped for, as Merina has a secret that she is unwilling to share, for fear of what it will do to her if revealed, while at the same time trying to protect her land from those who would invade and steal it from her family. Who will succeed in their quest?

Menage a Magick ~ Lora Leigh

This is the first in the Magic Twins series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** This is a fantasy story taking place on a magical planet, where there are sorceresses and Wizard Twins. Each set of Wizard twins has a sorceress who was created just for them, the problem is convincing her that they are meant to be together.

Shameless ~ Lora Leigh

This is the seventh book in the Bound Hearts series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Courtney knows exactly what she is getting herself into, and exactly who she is looking to get into it with. The hard part will be convincing him. Courtney has been trying to figure out how to get Ian's attention since she was small, not that she was chasing him, yet, but studying, watching, and learning what she felt she would need to know, to attain her goal. Ian in her bed, and her in his heart, since he was already in hers. The real question is will she manage it, and will it be all she has dreamed of?

Embraced ~ Lora Leigh

This is the sixth story in the Bound Hearts series. **Warning, this book is Erotica and is very explicit in details and story line** Marey is a divorcee, who's ex-husband just won't let go. He is determined that they will only part with death, Marey's death. Sax is the man who Marey has been avoiding for the last three years, because she is afraid of what she feels for him, and what her ex-husband may do to him. After her ex puts her in the hospital, Sax won't let her run any more. Who will win this battle of wills?

Sacrafice ~ Lora Leigh

This is the fifth story in the Bound Hearts series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Kimberly is bound by a trust that says she must be a virgin on her wedding night, and marry a man that her father approves of, or she will lose her inheritance. Jared has loved Kimberly since he first met her, but knows that her father will never approve of him. Can they wait the five years until Kimberly inherits, even unmarried? Do they even want to?

Wicked Intent ~ Lora Leigh

This is the fourth story in the Bound Hearts series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Tally, Terrie's best friend, has been transferred, she now works as Lucian's secretary, and is unsure she can stand being near the man that she wants the most day in and day out. Until she discovers that what Lucian has, he shares with his brother Devril, everything. Can she handle it? Is she willing to try?

Seduction ~ Lora Leigh

This is the third book in the Bound Hearts series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Terrie is a young widow, who can't believe that her best friend just married James Wyman, even though Terrie herself has been in love with James's twin brother Jesse for years, just to scared to admit it, even to herself. Jesse has been taking things slowly, trying not to scare Terrie off before he can convince her that he loves her too.

Submission ~ Lora Leigh

This is the second story in the Bound Hearts series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Ella, Tess's mother, has been divorced for the last 10 years, and fighting her attraction to James. Partly because he is 10 years younger than she is. But Ella, as a favor to Tess, has agreed to let James stay with her until his house is ready for him to move into. How will Ella manage to keep her sanity and live in the same house with him?

Surrender ~ Lora Leigh

This is the first in the Bound Hearts series. ** Warning, this book is Erotica, and is very explicit in language and content. ** Tess goes on a promised visit to her father for a week, but on arrival she finds that her father is not home, and she is to be there with the one man she wants the most in life, but is too afraid of to admit it.

Haunted ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the fifth book in the Women of the Otherworld series. This story is told by Eve, Savannah's mother, who is now a ghost, having been killed in Stolen. There is an evil Demi-demon who in habits women and encourages them to kill for her own joy, and Eve has been assigned hunt her down and try to recapture her. Can she manage to survive this assignment?

Industrial Magic ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is book four in the Women of the Otherworld series. Again we are back with Paige and Lucas, who are now living in Portland. There is a problem within Lucas's father's Cabal, and his father has attempted to enlist Lucas's help to investigate. As they investigate the issue, in Miami, they discover it is not just the Cortez Cabal, but all four of them in the U.S. Now they have to find who is killing Cabal teenagers, and why. Without getting themselves killed, or worse.

Dime Store Magic ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the third book in the Women of the Otherworld series. This story is mainly about Paige and Savannah, witches that we met in Stolen. Paige has had custody of Savannah, who is only 13, for the last 9 months, since Savannah's mother, Eve, was killed (in Stolen). Now it appears that Savannah's father wants custody, only problem is that he is a sorcerer, and sorcerer's and witches do not get along. Paige is determined not to let Savannah go, and we follow the ensuing battle between the two factions.

Stolen ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the second in the Women of the Otherworld series. Elena is in Pittsburgh researching someone selling info on werewolves when she encounters a pair of witches. They tell her that someone is kidnapping and holding captive supernatural beings. Shortly there after, Elena is kidnapped and taken to the compound where the others are being held. While Elena tries figure out how to escape, Clay and Jeremy try to figure out how to rescue her. Will they succeed, will they not? and how many others might they save with them?

Bitten ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the first in the Women of the Otherworld series (after the prequels). It starts out 10 years after Beginnings, Elena has been a werewolf for 10 years, and still cannot come to terms with the man who bit her. She still resents the loss of her humanity, and is struggling to regain some of it. But now something is happening with the pack, and Elena must return to them, can she manage to remain distant. And will they survive the battle coming their way?

Beginnings ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the third book a series of 3 prequals to the Women of the Otherworld series. This tells the story of the courtship of Clay and Elaina, how they met, and began dating. And Clay's struggle with how to deal with telling Elaina what he is, and how to get the Pack to accept her.

Ascension ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the second book a series of 3 prequals to the Women of the Otherworld series. This story starts just a few months after the previous one ended, when Clay was 10, and follows his life through high school, and college, and into his graduate school. During this time, Clay and Jeremy deal with Malcolm, and other pack matters. As well as dealing with the different issues facing a maturing werewolf.

Savage ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the first in a series of 3 prequals to the Women of the Otherworld series. Savage is written as a memoir, of a young werewolf named Clayton, it tells the story of just a few years when he was 6-8 years old. How he became a werewolf, and how he learned to be human again thanks to a young man named Jeremy who took him in and had the patience to teach him all he needed to know.

Innocent in Death ~ J. D. Robb

This is the twenty-eighth story in the Eve Dallas series. Murder is committed at a elite private school and Eve catches the case. at the same time, one of Rourke's old flame's makes a reappearance in his life, and it is really bothering Eve, even though she KNOWS that Rourke would not cheat on her. What is it gonna take for Eve to solve this murder, and how many will die first? And is Eve's discomfort about Rourke's old flame going to drive a wedge between her and Rourke?

Danse Macabre ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the fourteenth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita is still trying to come to terms with her second triumvirate, and the level of power it has brought her to, as well as with the fact that she is a succubus. Jean-Claude has set up a vampire troupe of performers, ballet, who has been touring the country performing their show, and they are ending the tour in St. Louis. To celebrate the tour, several Masters of the City are visiting St. Louis and with the new powers of the triumvirates yet untried, they are not sure what will happen. Also, it appears that Anita may be pregnant, she is unsure how this will effect her life, but she also knows that she just can't stop being who she is.

Micah ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the thirteenth story in th Anita Blake series, it is a short story. Anita is called to Philadelphia to do a Animating job for the FBI, because Larry has to stay behind with his wife. Because of the Ardour, Anita must take someone with her, process of elimination makes that someone Micah. While in Philly, Anita learns the story behind Micah's infection with lycanthropy.

Incubus Dreams ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the twelfth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita is finally getting a handle on the Ardour, when she accidentally manages to form a second triumvirate with Nathanial and Damian. The new triumvirate seems to have sent all triumvirate members, from both triumvirates, to a new level of power, and no one is quite sure what all the new powers are. Also, Nathanial is not happy with things the way they have been, and now Anita has to figure out what to do.
Also there is a serial killer loose in town, a vampire one, that seems to be a Master not tied to Jean Claude or Malcolm, the leader of the vampire church. Anita needs to find the killer, and figure out what to do with her personal life.

Cerulean Sins ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the eleventh book in the Anita Blake series. Belle Morte, the head of Jean-Claude's line of vampires has learned that Anita has inherited the Ardour, and wants to send her representative, Musette to visit. When Musette arrives 3 months earlier than expected, things start to fall apart, they have to make sure everyone is safe from the machinations of the visiting vampires. And Anita has been called in to consult on a serial murder case, that appears to have been committed by a werewolf. But it appears that Dolph is losing control of his emotions and may not let Anita help.

Narcissus in Chains ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the tenth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita has decided that she is through running from her relationship, and the marks, between her, Richard and Jean-Claude. But before she actually contacts them she is called to help Nathaniel, one of her wereleopards, who is in trouble, and may not survive, but the saving of him is gonna take more than she has, so she must contact Jean Claude for help. In the saving of Nathaniel, Anita almost dies, and it appears that she may be Namir-Ra for the Wereleopards for real, only the next full moon will tell for sure. Anita also meets Micah, who appears to be her Namir-Raj, but will the other men in her life accept him, and what else is gonna come up as they fight this battle?

Obsidian Butterfly ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the ninth book in the Anita Blake Series. I always have the hardest time getting through this one. Edwards calls in the favor that Anita owed him for killing his backup, Harley, in The Killing Dance, and Anita must go to New Mexico to help him figure out who is committing the serial killings. While in New Mexico, Anita meets two others that Edward has called in on the case, as well as several local law enforcement, and the FBI Agent she dealt with in Bloody Bones. Anita has cut off her relationship with Richard and Jean Claude, and each only has a brief appearance in the book. After Anita nearly dies Jean Claude comes to her in a dream, and warns her away from the local Master of the City, cause she has killed all vampires that have entered her territory in the last 50 years, and the counsel has declared the area off limits. Except that Anita has already met her, and must go back. Will Anita figure out what kind of creature is behind the gruesome killings in time? And will she survive the quest?

Blue Moon ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the eighth book in the Anita Blake series. Richard has been arrested in Tennessee on attempted rape charges, and the full moon is swiftly approaching. Anita must go and make him see reason about a lawyer, as well as help him get out of this, but the local Master of the City refuses to allow them in the area. Anita will not be deterred, and ends up going in with some of her leopards, Jason, Asher and Damien. They get Richard out of jail, but run into more problems with the local Master of the City, as well as with the local police. Will they manage to get out of this one alive?

Burnt Offerings ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the seventh book in the Anita Blake series. Anita is called to the hospital, where she learns that in killing Gabriel, the leader of the wereleopards, she has left them leaderless, and any one's meat, now they are suffering for her ignorance. Anita feels she has to do something, so she sets herself up as the temporary leader of the pard.

The Vampire council has come to town, seeking to determine if there needs to be punishment made for the death of another council member, Mr Oliver, from the third book, The Circus of the Damned. Also there is rumor that Jean Claude, Anita and Richard are starting up a new council and if this is true, it needs to be stopped before it undermines the existing counsel. With the council, a ghost from Jean Claude's past appears, Asher, who blames Jean Claude for the death of his love, and human servant, Julianna, as well as the horrible scarring he has lived with for the last 200 years.

The local Fire Marshal also consults with Anita over what appears to be a series of fires that appear to be started by a pyrokenetic. Can Anita, Jean Claude and Richard survive the encounter with the counsel?

The Killing Dance ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the sixth book in the Anita Blake series. In this book a visiting vampire has come to ask Anita for help, he has been on a diet of cold blood, and it has made his body rot, alive, they believe that Anita can help heal him. Problems keep adding up, Edward contacts Anita, it seems that someone tried to hire a hit man to kill her. And Richard is in a battle for command of the local werewolf pack, but there is more behind all this than meets the eye. Anita, Richard and Jean Claude form a triumvirate of power, and manage to do what needs to be done, but will the doing kill them?

Bloody Bones ~ Laurell Hamilton

this is the fifth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita is hired for a job raising dead from a disturbed graveyard outside Branson, the bodies are anywhere from 200-300 years old. Can Anita do it? Along the way, Anita is called to a murder scene, it appears to be a vampire murder. Shortly afterwards, she is called to another murder scene, this one definitely a vampire. Anita needs to meet with the local Master of the City, and brings Jean-Claude into the situation. Jean Claude and Jason, a werewolf, show up in Branson, and they meet with the local Master of the City, and discover they have more trouble than they imagined!

the Lunatic Cafe ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the fourth book in the Anita Blake series. In this book we see very little of the vampires, and learn a great deal more about the Lycanthrope community. We know that Richard is a werewolf, but we meet several more here, as Anita is asked to help investigate the disappearance of several lycanthropes. We get to see Edward again, always a treat! As well as discover some of the hierarchy involved in werepacks.

The Circus of the Damned ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the third book in the Anita Blake series. In this book there is a series of murders committed by what appears to be a rouge master vampire and his troupe. While investigating these murders, Anita encounters Alejandro, one of the oldest vampires that Anita has ever encountered. We see a great deal more Were animals in this book, especially werewolves. This book is also the first appearance of Larry, Anita's new apprentice Vampire Hunter, and Animator. We also meet Richard for the first time in Circus of the Damned, a Junior High School science teacher that for some reason, spends his time with the monsters.

The Laughing Corpse ~ Laurall Hamilton

This is the second book in the Anita Blake series. In this book, Anita is avoiding Jean-Claude, the Master Vampire of the City (St. Louis) who really wants to see Anita. Anita has been marked with two of the marks of a human servant, servant to a master vampire that is, and she is not happy about it, and is not submitting to it. And now there are murders being committed, by something preternatural, and Anita has to figure out what it is, and how to kill it, without getting herself killed in the process.

Guilty Pleasures ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the first book in the Anita Blake series. I just reread this for about the third time, I love this series, it is definitely a sci/fi or fantasy because in these novels Vampires exist, as well as shape shifters or Were's (several species) and vampires are legal citizens in the US. In order to legally deal with criminal vampires the government issues death warrants and vampire hunters then hunt down and kill them, it is illegal to kill a vampire without a warrant. In this novel, we are just being introduced to the world of Anita Blake, we meet a few vampires, as well as Edward, a bounty hunter, and Rafael, the Rat King, he is the leader of the local group of wererats. I love these and reread them fairly often.

Sleeping with the Fishes ~ MaryJanice Davidson

This is a cute novel about a girl who is half mermaid, and only her parents and her best friend know about it. Soon she meets a new marine biologist at work, and the prince of the Undersea people shows up to demand her help with a problem.

This could be a stand alone novel, but would easily worked into an ongoing series, I look forward to how it develops.

Hot Stuff ~ Janet Evanovich and Leanne Banks

Cate Madigan, a bartender and student, is just trying to get through school, and survive the fix ups that her family throws her way. When suddenly, her roommate vanishes. Then Cate meets ex-cop Kellen McBride, he has decided that he needs to get to know Cate better. Soon Cate finds herself in deep trouble, and is not sure how to find her way out of it!

This has a typical Janet Evanovich feel to it, and has most of the usual elements of an Evanovich book. Boy, girl, dog, trouble. The only thing missing is the comedy, still a great book.

Darkfever ~ Karen Marie Moning

This is the first book in a new series, the Dark Series. Mackayla Lane, Mac, grew up in small town Georgia, with her sister, Alina. Now Alina, who was at school in Dublin, is dead, and no one knows why or who did it. Mac is determined to find some answers. Along the way she encounters Jericho Barrons, who knows something about the community that Alaina had become involved in, and may end up keeping Mac alive.

Into the Storm ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the Tenth book in the Troubleshooter series. Mark Jenkins, Jenk, with SEAL Team Sixteen, has had an experience in which he thought he was not going to survive, it made him reconsider his life, and his goals in it, and now he has decided that he wants to settle down and have a family. He has set his sights on his teenage crush, Tracy, and even gone as far as to get her a job as receptionist at Troubleshooters Inc. so that he can see her more often. Lindsey Fontaine works for Troubleshooters Inc. as an agent, and is assigned to work on a project with SEAL Teem Sixteen. She feels a strong attraction to Jenk, but is completely not ready for a relationship of any kind. How will they manage to work together and keep their personal lives out of it?

Deadly Game ~ Christine Feehan

This is the fifth book in the Ghostwalkers series. Ken Norton is assigned to protect a senator from an assassination attempt, he soon learns that another team has also been assigned to protect the senator, only neither team knows of the other, and believes the opposing team is the assassins. Along the way Ken meets Marigold, another Ghostwalker, who also happens to be his twin brother, Jack's, wife's twin sister, that they have been looking for.

The Friday Night Knitting Club ~ Kate Jacobs

This is the story of Georgia Walker, who when she was young, alone and pregnant, started her own business, a knitting shop. Now that her daughter is 12, things are going well, and a knitting club has recently started in her shop on Friday nights. And her daughter's father is back in the picture. Georgia helps each woman in the knitting club grow, in their own way, through the course of the book, and when the time comes that Georgia needs help, they are all there for her.

I was a little slow to get interested in this, not sure if it was cause I was so busy, or the beginning was just a little slow, but it was really good. And I really enjoyed it.

Shakespeare’s Counselor~/ Charlaine Harris

This is the fifth book in the Lily Bard series. Lily wakes one night in the middle of a nightmare, only to find she is not strangling the men who attacked her, but Jack, in bed next to her. Lily decides it is time for counseling, and starts to attend a rape survivor group that is held locally. On the evening of the third meeting, Lily and the others show up, and find a body in the counselor's office, so now Lily is trying to figure out for Shakespeare's latest crimes.

Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood ~ Ann Brashares

This is the fourth book in the Traveling Pants series, and the conclusion to the same. This one starts out a little slow, had a weird feel to tit for a while, maybe it was just me, and I wasn't in the right frame of mind. All the girls have their own plans for the summer, and none of them involve being home or with each other, Tibby, Lena, and Carmen are all staying at school for different reasons, and Bee is going to Turkey for an Archeology dig. They continue to trade the pants, but it just doesn't have the same feel as the previous summers, they all pull away from the others for one reason or another.

Shakespeare's Trollop ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the fourth book in the Lily Bard series. On her way back into town after one of her weekly cleaning jobs, Lily sees something that catches her eye, it strikes her as strange so she investigates. And Lily finds a body, the body of a local girl, who Lily also happens to clean for. So she calls it in and the investigation begins. Also Jack tells Lily that they need to talk about their relationship, and they determine that they need to spend more time together, and the will be moving in together. Jack will still have to be in Little Rock, at least part time, but he can spend a great deal more time in Shakespeare with Lily.

Shakespeare's Christmas ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the third book in the Lily Bard series. Lily has to go back to her home town for her sister's wedding, while there, she learns that one of three little girls, including her sisters step-daughter to-be, is not who she seems to be. Jack has come to town, not only to be with Lily, but to find the girl, and return her to her family. Now Lily feels like she has to help Jack discover the truth.

Born in Death ~ J. D. Robb

This is the twenty-seventh in the Eve Dallas series. Eve and Rourke have been convinced to be Mavis's birthing coaches, and now have to attend the classes, and she is throwing Mavis's shower too. Eve gets called out to investigate a double murder, and Peabody insists on helping Eve with the shower prep. One of Mavis' best friends doesn't make it to the shower, and with some investigation, they discover that she has gone missing, now Eve has to find her on top of solving her double homicide.

Shakespeare's Champion ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the second book in the Lily Bard Series. Lily lives in rural Shakespeare, Arkansas, where she cleans for a living, suddenly people are turning up dead, and Lily finds herself in the middle, with no clue how she got there.

Shakespeare's Landlord ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the first book in the Lily Bard series. Lily Bard is a woman with a past, she lives in a small town in Arkansas, and cleans houses. She lives a very quiet life... until she sees someone dumping a body in the local park late one night. Then things start to speed up.

Definately Dead ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the sixth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie starts to date Quinn, and while they are out together, they are attacked by Werewolves. Quinn makes sure that all of the supernatural community is aware that Sookie is now under his protection. But Sookie is summoned to New Orleans by the Vampire Queen of Louisiana to settle Sookie's cousin's affairs, as her cousin had been a consort of the queen's when she was killed. While in New Orleans, more attacks occur, and Sookie must discover who is behind them.

Dead as a Doornail ~ Charliane Harris

This is the fifth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie's brother Jason has become a shape shifter, due to multiple Wereleopard bites he sustained in the last book. And now someone is shooting shape shifters. Sookie enlists some help from Eric for the bar. and suddenly Sookie's house is set on fire. Sookie has no clue why all these things are happening, but she must get to the bottom of it!

Dead to the World ~ Charliane Harris

This is the fourth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie is no longer dating Bill, she is headed home from work one evening, and comes across Eric, the vampire sheriff over the area, on the road, he has no memory, no idea why he is there, and no clue what is going on. Shortly after Sookie takes Eric in and does what she can to help him, her brother Jason disappears, now she needs to find out what has happened to Eric, and who has kidnapped her brother!

Club Dead ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the third book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. In the very beginning of the book Bill tells Sookie he has to leave town for a while, that he is going to Seattle, and is unsure when he will return. A few days later, a vampire friend of Bill's comes to Sookie and tells her that Bill was not in Seattle, but has now gone missing, and they need Sookie's help to find him. Sookie ends up traveling to Jackson, Mississippi in search of what has happened to Bill.

Living Dead In Dallas ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the second book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. In this book, Sookie has to go to Dallas to help the leader of the vampires there solve a mystery, as part of her agreement with Eric, the local leader of the vampires. While in Dallas, Sookie runs up against a group that is against legalized vampires, and also meets some local shape shifters. Once Sookie returns home she still has a murder that is not yet solved and other strange occurrences that she must figure out.

Dead Until Dark ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the beginning of a vampire series. Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress with a disability, at least that is how she sees it. Her disability is that she reads minds, unless she is consciously blocking, she hears what everyone around her is thinking. Then into the bar walks Bill Compton, vampire, and for some reason, she can't read his mind, even if she tries. Sookie is intrigued and interested in Bill, and suddenly, there are a series of murders occurring, that appear to have been committed by vampires. Sookie must solve the crime in order to ensure her security as well as Bill's.

This series reminds me very much of Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake series, I am enjoying it so far.

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony ~ Eoin Colfer

This is the fifth book in the Artemis Fowl series. In this book Artemis has discovered that something massive is happening, and unless he does something to stop it, all of the underworld will be exposed, and possibly destroyed. This is the tale of what Artemis has to go through to keep the fairy kind a secret.

Bite Me if You Can ~ Lynsay Sands

This is the fifth book in the Argeneau series. Lucian, the oldest member, and the backbone of the Argeneau family, is in Kansas City hunting down Morgan, an Immortal who has gone rogue. As He gets closer to destroying Morgan, he finds Leigh, a local restaurant owner, who Morgan has initiated the change on, but has not yet completed the change. Lucian ends up taking Leigh back to Toronto to complete the change, and discovers along the way that she is his lifemate, something he had given up on centuries earlier.

The Dream-Hunter ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

This novel is part of the Dark Hunter series. Arikos was doomed by the gods, he had lived for eternity and had no emotions of his own. The only time he could experience an emotion was when he was sharing a dream with a human. And he has finally found a dreamer who's vivid mind he can't live without.
Dr Megeara Kafieri was in search of Atlantis. She has spent most of her life in search of a place that most people believe is a myth. But Megeara knows better, she knows it exists, and better yet, she believes she knows where it is.
Together maybe they can uncover secrets that have been hidden for thousands and thousands of years.
I really enjoyed this book, though was slightly disappointed that it wasn't 'next' in the series. It does explain a lot of mysteries that we have been wanting solved. it is just not the next story chronologically.

Afterglow ~ Catherine Coulter

Chelsea is a flamboyant, Californian romance writer, David is a stuffed shirt, Bostonian doctor, what on earth could they possibly have in common? When a mutual friend decides to fix them up they will find out. More than once the fur will fly! This is a pretty good romance, it predates Catherine Coulter's FBI series, but there is the same basic style, if none of the mystery elements. I enjoyed it.

Naked in Death ~ J. D. Robb

This is the first book in in Death series. I have read this before, and reread it for a book club at Batgirls. I really enjoy it, Eve Dallas, a New York cop, is investigating a murder, that becomes a serial killer. She approaches the case with a singular determination and dedication.

The Shape Shifter ~ Tony Hillerman

This is the latest in the Leaphorn/Chee mystery series. Chee has a very small part in this story, mostly he is hearing the story as Leaphorn tells it.

Retired Leutenant Leaphorn has been contacted about a murder he helped to investigate when he was just a rookie, something that was supposedly destroyed has turned up. And out of curiosity, Leaphorn decides to look into it, and finds a really intriguing mystery along the way.

On a side note, the man who owns the rug, his name is Jason Delos, which really struck my interest, cause my best friend growing up was named Jayson Delos for his first and middle name. and his middle name is a family name. Just made me wonder...

Texas! Sage ~ Sandra Brown

This is the third in Texas! trilogy by Sandra Brown. Sage Tyler is the youngest, and only girl in her family, she feels that her older brothers only see her as the baby sister and a brat, she sets out to prove them wrong. At the same time, she just can't resist her attraction to the troubleshooter her brothers have brought in to help the business, Harlan Boyd. Sage sets out to create a place in the family business for herself, and prove once and for all she is not the air head her brothers believe!

Texas! Lucky ~ Sandra Brown

This is the first book in the Texas! trilogy by Sandra Brown. Lucky Tyler is a suspect in an arson case, only he didn't do it, and he can't find the woman he was with to prove it! When he finally finds her, she refuses to admit that she was with him for reasons of her own.
I enjoy this trilogy, but hadn't read it in about 15 years.

Princess Diaries 4: Mia Goes Forth ~ Meg Cabot

This is the fourth in the Princess Diaries series. Mia has returned from Genovia from the Christmas holidays and school is starting up again. and Mia has issues.. this is not a bad book, but I am going to have to take a break from the series. I can only take so much Teenage Angst without going nuts.

Texas! Chase ~ Sandra Brown

This is the second book in Sandra Brown's Texas! trilogy, I picked them up in the wrong order. Chase Tyler, is a haunted man, he is haunted by the death of his young wife in a car accident. Marcie is an old friend of Chase's from school, and unfortunately, the person who was driving the car Chase's wife was killed in, though, she was not at fault. Two years after his wife's death, Chase is living a reckless life of rodeo and alcohol, when he gets stepped on my ab bull, and just by chance, Marcie is there to witness it. Marcie sees him home safely, and says a few things to him to make him see how much his hurting has hurt those most dear to him, his family.

Princess in Love ~ Meg Cabot

This is the third book in the Princess Diaries series. These are definitely teen girl books, and not the truly any age books that some are, like the Harry Potter Series, or the Anne of Green Gables series, or the Little House series.
She spent the entire book agonizing about whether a certain boy liked her. While at the same time getting ready for finals and dealing with princess training and all the other events in her life. Not that they are bad, by any means, they are pretty good, you just have to consider the target age when reading them.

Brother Odd ~ Dean Koontz

This is the third book in the Odd Thomas series. Odd Thomas is a young man (only 21) who can see spirits. He says the dead never talk, but he usually figures out how to help them on to the other side even without them speaking. One of the spirits that Odd encounters most often is Elvis. Elvis does not haunt a particular place, but seems attached to Odd, and is one of the few ghosts who freely interacts with Odd. Odd has has some troubling and disturbing events occur in his life in the last 18 months, and has recently retreated to a monastery in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to try to find some peace. Unfortunately, the monastery is not as peaceful as Odd would have hoped, but Odd manages to make it through and move on to the next challenge.

Princess in the Spotlight ~ Meg Cabot

This is the second book in the Princess Diaries series. This novel takes place in October of Mia's Freshman year of high school. She is still attending school and living in New York, and taking princess lessons from her grandmother. In the very beginning of the book we learn that Mia's mother is pregnant, by Mia's algebra teacher. Most of the book is Mia and her family dealing with this. And how Mia handles the pressures of learning to be a princess and attending high school.

The Princess Diaries I ~ Meg Cabot

OK, I picked this book up after having seen the movie and thinking it would be a pretty good book. I was right, it is a pretty good book, BUT, try to forget you have seen the movie, or if possible, don't see the movie first. Don't think of this as the same story, the way a lot of movies made from books are. If you can think of them as two totally separate stories, then you will be OK, I had a hard time with thinking... That isn't how it was in the movie!! But it really is a good story, and really well told, I like the diary perspective too, it is different from a lot of things you read these days, it is definitely interesting enough for me to pick up the next one soon.

Shadow Dance ~ Julie Garwood

This is the sixth book in the Buchanan series. In this novel we also learn that the Buchanan series is loosely tied to her Rose series (For the Roses, One Pink Rose, One White Rose, One Red Rose, Come the Spring). Jordan Buchanan is goaded out of her safe established life by her brother's partner, Noah Clayborne, and she goes to Texas, in a treasure hunt for a friend. What she finds in Texas is a lot more trouble than treasure, and in some ways, more treasure than trouble.

Dark Celebration ~ Christine Feehan

This is the seventeenth novel in the Dark series. In this novel the goal is for all the Carpathians to get together and celebrate the Christmas season, but there are problems from the start. The women are determined to prepare the entire feast in 'the human manner' and there are several problems that arise from being unfamiliar with the methods, or simply that it has been so long since they actually did anything like we do. Added to this problem is that there seems to be attacks being made on the Carpathians. More than one of them encounters a vampire, and the vampires have new tricks up their sleeves too!

Circle of Quilters ~ Jennifer Chiaverini

This is an Elm Creek Quilts novel. It is very different from most things I read, Elm Creek Quilting Camp is hiring for 2 new positions, and have had many people apply. This books follows the quilting stories of the 5 applicants they choose to interview. Each has a different story and life, and quilting means a very different thing to each person, in the end they offer the two positions, but the positions are secondary to the story, the greatest part of the story is the people who apply.

The story was quite engrossing, and I may pick up some more of Jennifer Chiaverini's work.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ J. K Rowling

This is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series. In this book, they have decided to revive the Tri-Wizard's competition. There are supposed to be Three competitors, one from each of the three schools involved, Hogwarts, Beaubatons, and Durmstrang. However, when the time comes for the names to be chosen, a fourth name was chosen by the magical object set to do the choosing, the fourth was Harry Potter, several years younger than the other competitors, Harry has no clue who put his name in for consideration. As his name has been drawn, he is required to compete, and goes on to try his best at the three tasks set for the competitors.

This was a good novel, it explained a lot of things from earlier novels but still left lots of questions to be answered in the future.

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood ~ Ann Brashares

This is the Third book in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. This year the girls are 17, and moving on in life and preparing to go away to collage. The four girls, Tibby, Bridget, Lena and Carmen take turns with a seemingly magical pair of pants (fits and flatters 4 very different girls wonderfully), and in the wearing, something magical seems to occur with each girl. The wearer will make a realization or have something wonderful happen to them .
A great story, very entertaining and uplifting. A great young adult novel

Plum Lovin' ~ Janet Evanovich

This is part of the Stephanie Plum series, a between the numbers novel, it takes place between Twelve Sharp and Lean Mean Thirteen. Stephanie is given the strange task of solving the problems of five people in order to get the skip she is hunting. She starts looking into things, and all five problems have to do with love, and she has to solve the problems by Valentine's Day!!