PNR Top Picks: May 2009
PNR Staff & Reviewer Top Picks
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Recommended Reads
Mippy’s
May 09 Top Read
DEAD AND GONE
(Sookie Stackhouse: Book 9)
by Charlaine Harris
Ace Books
May 5, 2009
ISBN #0441017150
EAN #9780441017157
320 pages
Hardcover
Mippy says: “I’ve followed this series for years now and continue to love the series as much as I did in the beginning. Harris’ characters continue to be realistic in showing both their strengths and faults and Sookie consistently amazes me with her ability to bounce back from one traumatic event after another.”
Read the Reviews: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/book.php?id=15213
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Kristy’s
May 09 Top Read
KISS OF DARKNESS
(Shadowmen: Book 3)
by Jennifer St. Giles
Pocket Books
March 31, 2009
ISBN #1416563393
EAN #9781416563396
352 pages
Paperback
Kristy says: “I chose this one because it was just so powerful. I laughed and cried and wanted to jump through the pages and knock some sense into some of the characters.”
Read Kristy’s Review: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/review.php?id=31277
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Amber’s
May 09 Top Read
LAST VAMPIRE STANDING
(Oldest City Vampire: Book 2)
by Nancy Haddock
Berkley Pub Group
May 5, 2009
ISBN #0425227545
EAN #9780425227541
320 pages
Trade Size
Amber says: “With a lovely leading lady, a well written plot and quirky characters, this has all the ingredients of a great paranormal urban fantasy book.”
Read Amber’s Review: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/review.php?id=31351
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Karen’s
May 09 Top Read
MADRIGAL
(A novel of Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera)
by Jennifer Linforth
Highland Press
September 21, 2008
ISBN #0981557333
EAN #9780981557335
272 pages
Paperback
Karen says: “Ms. Linforth has written a magical tale where you’ll be swept back to the Opera Garnier and its splendor. Erik is still the tortured soul remembered in Gaston Leroux’s classic, The Phantom of the Opera.”
Read Karen’s Review: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/review.php?id=31399
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Missy’s
May 09 Top Read
DRAGON’S HEIR
(Collection)
by Sierra Dafoe
Changeling Press
May 15, 2009
ISBN #1605212369
EAN #9781605212364
e-Book
Missy says: “She wove this beautiful world of colorful dragons, that captures your imagination and sets the page on fire with the steamy love scenes.”
Read Missy’s Review: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/review.php?id=31380
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Nancy’s
May 09 Top Read
ETERNAL MOON
(Moon: Book 10)
by Rebecca York
Berkley Pub Group
April 7, 2009
ISBN #0425227006
EAN #9780425227008
304 pages
Paperback
Nancy says: “A great edition to Ms. York’s Moon series.”
More Info: http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/book.php?id=14640
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Mippy’s Recommended Reads:
May 5, 2009: Wings by Aprilynne Pike (YA - debut)
April 28, 2009: Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs
April 28, 2009: Lover Avenged by JR Ward
June 2, 2009: In the Flesh by Livia Dare (erotic fantasy)
April 28, 2009: The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (YA UF)
Amber’s Recommended Reads:
May 5, 2009: Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
February 3, 2009: Would-Be Witch by Kimberly Frost
April 28, 2009: Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
April 7, 2009: Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
April 28, 2009: The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
May 14, 2009: Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
May 5, 2009: Magic in the Blood by Devon Monk
April 28, 2009: Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs
Missy’s Recommended Reads:
April 20, 2009: Pack Alpha by Crissy Smith
January 1, 2009: Moonlight Protector by Jessica Coulter Smith
June 2, 2009: Skin Trade by Laurell K Hamilton
Nancy’s Recommended Read:
2008: Wind from Danyari by Laurel Lamperd (historical)
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June 15th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Dear Nancy,
Thank you so much for choosing my book, Wind from Danyari, as your recommended read for May. I loved developing and writing about the Hennessy family and their sheep property, Walara.
All the best,
Laurel Lamperd