Posted on May 31st, 2009 by Maria
In Kelley Armstrong’s second Nadia Stafford novel, Made to be Broken,hit woman Nadia is forced to deal with her own troubled past when the unwed teenage mother she employs at her wilderness lodge disappears with her baby in the Canadian wilderness. While neither Sammi’s mother or the police seem to be too concerned, thinking she’s [...]
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Filed under: Fiction, Thriller
Posted on May 25th, 2009 by Maria
Beneath a Marble Skyis many things, but firstly it’s the story of love. Told from the view point of Jahanara, eldest daughter of Shah Jahan and his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, it is a fictional account of the events that may have led to the building of the Taj Mahal, one of India’s greatest monuments.
Jahanara, [...]
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Filed under: Fiction, Historical, Romance
Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by Maria
I was glad to see that in Poltergeist,book two of the Greywalker series, Kat Richardson brought Harper Blaine into the 21st Century and got her a cell phone. The beeper was just too 90s and gave Greywalkeran outdated feel.
In Poltergeist, Harper has been asked to find the saboteur of a college poltergeist research group. The [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Maria
Now that Charlaine Harris has become a household name with the HBO series, True Blood, I’m happy to say “I read her when”. While I don’t agree with all the changes to the Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse world, I am an avid fan of the series. We actually signed up for HBO just to watch it. [...]
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Filed under: Fairy, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Supernatural, Thriller, Vampires, Werewolves
Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Maria
I’ve been reading the Foreigner Series since the first book, Foreigner,came out in 1994. You’d think after 15 years, the series would be getting old and tired, but it’s really just the opposite. I can honestly say that I look forward to reading each new book and usually do as soon as I get them. [...]
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Filed under: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction