Staff Top Picks: April 2009
Leslie’s
April 09 Top Pick
HOPE’S FOLLY
(Dock 5 Universe: Book 3)
by Linnea Sinclair
Bantam Spectra
February 24, 2009
ISBN #0553592181
EAN #9780553592184
560 pages
Paperback
Synopsis:
It’s an impossible mission on a derelict ship called HOPE’S FOLLY. A man who feels he can’t love. A woman who believes she’s unlovable. And an enemy who will stop at nothing to crush them both.
Admiral Philip Guthrie is in an unprecedented position: on the wrong end of the law, leading a rag-tag band of rebels against the oppressive Imperial forces. Or would be, if he can reach his command ship—the intriguingly named Hope’s Folly—alive. Not much can rattle Philip’s legendary cool—but the woman who helps him foil an assassination attempt on Kirro Station will. She’s the daughter of his best friend and first commander—a man who died while under Philip’s command, and whose death is on Philip’s conscience. Rya Bennton has been in love with Philip Guthrie since she was a girl. But can her childhood fantasies survive an encounter with the hardened man, and newly-minted rebel leader, who it seems has just become her new commanding officer? And will she still be willing follow him through the jaw of hell once she learns the truth about her father’s death?
Leslie says: Leslie’s review coming soon
Read More: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/book.php?id=14453
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Mippy’s
April 09 Top Pick
MORTAL SINS
(World of the Lupi: Book 5)
by Eileen Wilks
Berkley Pub Group
February 3, 2009
ISBN #0425225526
EAN #9780425225523
352 pages
Paperback
Synopsis:
Welcome to Eileen Wilks’s world of the lupi, of “strange magic [and] fantastic realms,”* where some sins are so dark and unlikely, no one thought to forbid them…
FBI agent Lily Yu is in North Carolina with her lover and mate Rule Turner, lu nuncio of the Nokolai werewolf clan, where he is to take custody of his son from the boy’s grandmother. It’s a purely personal trip until Rule, in wolf form, finds three bodies in a shallow grave. They carry the stench of death magic, which makes the murders a federal crime. Lily takes charge of the investigation, and soon realizes that nothing adds up—not the motives, not even the accused killer, who’s behind bars when death strikes again.
But murder, however bizarre, is an everyday affair for Lily, who was a homicide cop before being recruited into the FBI’s Magical Crimes Division. A more personal shock arrives in the person of Rule’s son’s mother. Why is she challenging Rule’s long standing plan to bring his son to live among the Nokolai?
But family must take a back seat when the violence escalates, and there’s no rhyme or reason for the killer’s next strike—a killer who may not even be of this world…
Mippy says: “a fantastic new world, wonderfully blending romance, mystery, and non-stop action”
Read Mippy’s Review: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/review.php?id=31235
Mippy Also Recommends:
February 3, 2009: DREAM WARRIOR by Sherrilyn Kenyon
May 5, 2009: OVER MY DEAD BODY by Michele Bardsley
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Dee’s
April 09 Top Pick
LOVER AVENGED
(Black Dagger Brotherhood: Book 7)
by J. R. Ward
NAL
April 28, 2009
ISBN #0451225856
EAN #9780451225856
544 pages
Hardcover
Synopsis:
A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
The brothers are back—the latest installment in J. R. Ward’s sizzling #1New York Times bestselling series.
J. R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood novels have introduced readers to a “different, creative, dark, violent, and flat-out amazing” (All About Romance)world. Now, as the vampire warriors defend their race against their slayers, one male’s loyalty to the Brotherhood will be tested—and his dangerous mixed blood revealed…
Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood—even though his sister is married to a member, for he harbors a deadly secret that could make him a huge liability in their war against the lessers. As plots within and outside of the Brotherhood threaten to reveal the truth about Rehvenge, he turns to the only source of light in his darkening world, Ehlena, a vampire untouched by the corruption that has its hold on him—and the only thing standing between him and eternal destruction.
Dee says: Awesome, review coming soon
Read More: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/book.php?id=15253
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Sonya’s
April 09 Top Pick
SCANDAL IN COPPER LAKE
(Romantic Suspense Series #1547)
by Marilyn Pappano
Silhouette
February 1, 2009
ISBN #0373276176
EAN #9780373276172
224 pages
Paperback
Synopsis:
No one believed Anamaria Duquesne when she had premonitions of her mother’s death. Now, years later, the town pariah has returned to Copper Lake to unearth what transpired on that fateful night. Although she has the gift of foresight, she didn’t predict falling under the tantalizing spell of a rich playboy who’s been hired to spy on her.
Robbie Calloway scoffed at Anamaria’s psychic mumbo jumbo about an unsolved murder and eerie family curses. But before long, the prominent attorney was entrenched in her crusade… With danger swirling around them, could they overcome incredible odds to be together?
Sonya says: “Pappano deserves kudos for taking a risk with SCANDAL IN COPPER LAKE and if you crave a unique contemporary romance with paranormal elements, you’ll definitely want to add this one to your reading list.”
Read Sonya’s Review: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/review.php?id=31254
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