Saturday, March 29, 2008

Magyk ~ Angie Sage

This is the first book in the Septimus Heap series. Septimus is the seventh son of a seventh son, who dies shortly after birth, at the same time, his father finds a tiny baby in the forest, and brings her home to his wife and they raise her as their own. Ten years later many changes happen and the Heap family discovers that they have been raising the princess, and that Septimus may yet be alive!

Monday, March 10, 2008

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ J. K. Rowling

This is the first book in the Harry Potter Series. Harry has been raised by his Aunt and Uncle, believing that his parents were killed in a car accident when he was a baby. On the day of his eleventh birthday he discovers that his parents were wizards, and he is slated to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Through the book you follow the adventures and misadventures of Harry and his new friends through their first year at Hogwarts, and his first encounter with Voldemort, the evil wizard who killed his parents.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Dream Chaser ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

This is the third in the Dream- Hunter novels and one of the Dark Hunter series. Xypher has spent the last several hundred years being tortured in Tartarus, and has been granted one month as a human, to exact his vengeance. Simone is a Medical Examiner for a collage in New Orleans. They are tied together by a set of bracelets designed to help kill gods, you kill on wearing the bracelet and the other will die, so attaching them to a human, makes it easy to kill a god. In the path to get the bracelets off, and move on with their lives, they learn more about each other and start to find similarities in their lives.

Saturday, March 08, 2008

The Outlaw Demon Wails ~ Kim Harrison

This is the sixth book in the Hallows series. Rachel Morgan is coming
to terms with the death of her boyfriend, Kisten, three months earlier,
though still feeling guilty, because he died saving her. When, out of the blue, an old acquaintance shows up in her life. Also, at the same time, the Demon who is determined to kill her, manages to get out of his imprisonment, and come after her. Rachel is trying to determine what she needs to do in life, while still staying alive, and figuring out who is summoning the Demon Al, and letting him loose to kill her.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Vampire, Interrupted ~ Lynsay Sands

This is book nine in the Argeneau series. Marguerite Argeaneau, the mother of several of Argaeneau family, has decided she wants to be a private investigator, she is working on her first case. She is to locate the mother of another Immortal, Christian Notte. Christian's father has refused to tell him who his mother was. Julius Notte, is determined to keep them from hurting his son with the revelation of who is mother is and why she is not in his life.. only some thing seems to be after them, and there is more than one attempt on Marguerite's life.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Damia's Children ~ Anne McCaffrey

This is the third book in the Tower and Hive series. this books starts about 17 years after the last, and tells the tales of the oldest children in the Ravon-Lyon clan. How they start their lives with their first stations, and being Prime Talents.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Damia ~ Anne McCaffrey

This is the second book in the Tower and Hive series. The Rowan's third, and middle child, is ia bit of a handful. From being a very curious and busy child, to an exuberant child, and even into adulthood, she is always looking for something. She wonders if she will ever find the right person for herself, and is determined to do what is right by her family.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The Rowan ~ Anne McCaffrey

This is the first book in the Tower and Hive series. This book tells the story of Raven, orphaned as a young child and only discovered because of her talent. She is raised to be a tower prime, Rowan leads a lonely life, until an invasion of a colony planet, brings her to meet Jeff Raven, and drives her to over come some of the beliefs and phobias she has dealt with all her life.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Pegasus in Space ~ Anne McCaffrey

This is the third, and final, book in the Pegasus series. And it has set the final stage for the beginning of the Tower and Hive series. This book takes place immediately after the last. With Peter Ridinger, a very strong telepath and telekinetic talent, as he grows and learns what he needs to learn to start his adult life. He is determined to make it into space, and works hard to get there and make the things in his life happen.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Pegasus in Flight ~ Anne McCaffrey

This the second in the Pegasus series. It takes place two generations after the first book, with descendants of those characters. Rhyssa is now the Director of the Center, and always on the look out for new talents, as well as trying to manage the talents she has in the jobs that need them. Suddenly, something is invading Rhyssa's sleep after some investigation they find that it is Peter, a young man who has recently been injured and has discovered that through Talent he can escape his injured body, and now they just need to figure out how to train him, and how much he can do.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

To Ride Pegasus ~ Anne McCaffrey

This the first book in the Pegasus series, which leads into the Tower and Hive series. This is a series of short stories that are key parts in the formation of the Center for Talent, which detects and develops those talents which have previously not been recognized, such as telepathy, teleportation, empathy. etc.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Undead Next Door ~ Kerrelyn Sparks

This is the fourth book in the Vampire series. Jean Luc is a Parisian fashion designer, and the press is starting to wonder why he never ages. So he needs to go into hiding for a while, several years, so that he can come back later as his own son. So he decides he will hide in Texas, and during the opening of his new store, he meets Heather, a local school teacher, and begins to fall for her. A man shows up from his past, an enemy bent on revenge. Who's favorite method of tormenting Jean Luc is to kill his women. Jean Luc is determined to protect Heather. Can they manage?

Be still my Vampire Heart ~ Kerrelyn Sparks

This is the third in the vampire series. Angus is the head of a security company that provides security for many of the big vampires, the heads of different covens. And a friend of Roman's. When the head of the Russian Coven threatens Roman with a vampire war if another of her vampires is killed, Angus comes to investigate what is happening. Emma is a member of the CIA Stake-Out unit, and actively hunting all vampires, to the point of stalking Central Park at night to stake vampires. Angus discovers who is responsible for the vampire slayings and does his best to protect her.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Vamps and the City ~ Kerrilyn Sparks

this is the second in the vampire series. Darcy was a news reporter before she was transformed into a vampire, she severely misses the work so she applies at the vampire television network, and comes up with the idea of a vampire reality show, The Sexiest Man on Earth. As a twist she plans to have some humans hidden among the vampire men for a twist. One of the men selected to be on the show is Austin, he is a member of a CIA unit called Stake-Out, who's goal is to kill all vampires. Austin knows about the vampires, but is trying to convince himself that Darcy can't possibly be a vampire, for reasons of his own!

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire ~ Kerrelyn Sparks

This is the first in the Vampire series. Roman is a vampire, he has developed a line of synthetic blood so that his species no longer have to life off moral humans. Shanna has witnessed a murder, and testified against the mob, and is now on the run, they have found her again when Roman happens into her life, and does his best to protect her. She is shocked when she discovers what he really is, but finds herself caring for him any way.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Wildfire ~ Cheyenne McCray

This is book one in the wild series. Dean MacLoed has never forgotten the man she loves, who walked away from her 10 years ago, saying he just wasn't ready for commitment. Jake Reynolds has regretted walking away for the last 10 years, but he is back now and determined to make Dean love him again.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Bloodfever ~ Karen Marie Moning

this is the second book in the Fever series. Mac is in Ireland looking for her sister's murderer, she had been drawn in to a world that she had no clue existed. A world inhabited by Vampires, Selie and UnSelie, and many other preternatural beings, all hunting for items that Mac seems to be able to sense. Now she is trying to survive, and keep anyone else from being killed.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Vampires are Forever ~ Lynsay Sands

This is book eight in the Argeneau series. Thomas is seen as the slacker in the family, he is sent on errands, and in general, treated as the errand boy, who can't be trusted on his own. Margarite has disappeared, the only one available to look for her at the moment is Thomas. So Thomas heads to London, Margaruite's last known location, to begin the hunt. While there Inez is supposed to help him in his hunt. As they follow the clue's to locate his Aunt, Thomas and Inez encounter many trials and oddities.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Lean Mean Thirteen ~ Janet Evanovich

This is the thirteenth book in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie pays a visit to her ex-husband, Dickie Orr, in order to plant a bug on him for Ranger, tempers flair and when Dickie disappears, Stephanie is a suspect. Morelli and Ranger take turns keeping Stephanie safe, while at the same time working on the things they have to get done. Is Stephanie going to go to jail for Dickie's murder? Or will she figure out who is responsible for his disappearance...

Monday, February 11, 2008

Twelve Sharp ~ Janet Evanovich

This is the twelfth book in the Stephanie Plum series. Ranger has informed Stephanie that he is going away on business, when suddenly a woman claiming to be Ranger's wife is harassing Stephanie, and then it is all over the news that Ranger's daughter, has been kidnapped, supposedly by Ranger. Stephanie can't get a hold of Ranger to check in with him, but something is telling her that he is not responsible for these events. Can Stephanie figure out what is going on, and help rescue the child?