Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The Untamed Bride by Stephanie Laurens

Book 90
The Untamed Bride by Stephanie Laurens
Read July19/10 - July21/10
4/5
Colonol Derek Delborough is racing back home to England after serving in the war in India. With him is an important document that cannot fall into the wrong hands. He is close to finishing his task until he meets Deliah Duncannon a woman who is as stubborn as he is and who also captures his heart.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

Book 89
Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
Read July18/10 - July19/10
2/5
Phury has sacrificed himself throughout his life for other people. Now he is Primale of the Chosen and is obligated to father sons and daughters that will ensure the race will move on.
His mate, Cormia wants not only Phurys body, but his heart as well.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly

Book 88
The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
Read July16/10 - July18/10
1/5
Fiona Finnegan has her life planned out. She and her boyfriend Joe want to open a tea shop and start a family. When a series of tragic events sends Fiona to New York her spirit and drive help her rise to the top.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

What Happens In London by Julia Quinn

Book 87
What Happens In London by Julia Quinn
Read July12/10 - July16/10
4/5
Olivia Bevelstoke is drawn to spying on her neighbor Sir Harry Valentine after hearing a rumor that he had killed his fiancee.
Sir Harry works for a boring branch of the War office, so when the young lady next door starts watching him from her window, he is intrigued.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Heart Of The Matter by Emily Giffin

Book 86
Heart Of The Matter by Emily Giffin
Read July11/10 - July12/10
3/5
Tessa Russo is a stay at home mom with two great kids and a loving husband. Valerie Anderson is a single mom and attorney. Their lives intertwine when a horrible accident happens.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

When We Meet Again by Victoria Alexander

Book 85
When We Meet Again by Victoria Alexander
Read July9/10 - July11/10
4/5
Prince Alexei of Avalonia is forever changed by a night spent with a mysterious woman in Venice who withheld her name and was hidden behind a mask. Now in exile in London, he runs across Pamela Effington, a woman who feels familiar to him.

Friday, July 9, 2010

The Face Of Deception by Iris Johansen

Book 84
The Face Of Deception by Iris Johansen
Read July7/10 - July9/10
3/5
Eve Duncan is haunted by the death of her daughter. Driven by an obsession with finding the remains of her daughter, she has become a forensic sculptor. When she is approached a billionaire magnate to identify a skull, she is drawn into his dangerous game.

The Secret Diaries Of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn

Book 83
The Secret Diaries Of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
Read July4/10 - July6/10
4/5
Miranda Cheever has been in love with Viscount Turner since she was ten years old. But as they grew older, the years have been cruel to Turner and has turned him into a bitter man, who is devastated by his loss. But Miranda knows that buried beneath, is the same man she knew when she was younger.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Love Unbound by J.R. Ward

Book 82
Lover Undbound by J.R. Ward
Read July1/10 - July4/10
4/5
Vishous is the brotherhoods most intelligent member. Born with a curse, all he has known is destruction and despair. When a mortal injury puts him in a human hospital, Dr. Jane Whitcomb turns out to be his salvation.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime by Mark Haddon

Book 81
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Read July1/10 - July1/10
5/5
Christopher finds his neighbors dog dead and decides to track down the killer while writing a murder mystery about it. But as he uncovers clues, he uncovers information that has remained secret from him by his father.

A Visit From Sir Nicholas by Victoria Alexander

Book 80
A Visit From Sir Nicholas by Victoria Alexander
Read June29/10 - June30/10
4/5
Ten years have passed since Elizabeth Effington declared her love for Nicholas Collingsworth. Now older and wiser, Elizabeth vows not to lose her heart to him again.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

Book 79
Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
Read June26/10 - June29/10
3/5
Butch O'Neal is an ex-homicide cop who has been taken in by the brotherhood. He wants to take part in the fight against the Lessers but the King has forbidden it. When Butch sacrifices himself to protect a civilian vampire, only Marissa, the vampire he is in love with, can save him.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Venetia by Georgette Heyer

Book 78
Venetia by Georgette Heyer
Read June23/10 - June26/10
1/5
Venetia has been forced her entire life to live in a secluded country estate, with only her brother for company by her stern father. Their next door neighbor, a rake named Lord Dameral moves back home Venetia finds her life to become more exciting.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward

Book 77
Lover Awakened by J. R. Ward
Read June22/10 - June23/10
5/5
Zsadist, a former blood slave, still bears the emotional scars from the past. His anger puts fear into humans and vampires. That is until he saves a beautiful vampire from the Lessening Society.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The Pursuit Of Marriage by Victoria Alexander

Book 76
The Pursuit Of Marriage by Victoria Alexander
Read June 19/10 - June22/10
2/5
Cassandra Effington does not plan to marry a man that she has to reform. Now that her twin sister has wed, her family agrees that her standards are too high.
Lord Berkley falls in love on a regular basis, but so far no reciprocation. That is, until he meets Miss Effington.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

The Texan And The Lady by Jodi Thomas

Book 75
The Texan and The Lady by Jodi Thomas
Read June17/10 - June19/10
3/5
Jennie Munday leaves her home to find adventure working as a Harvey Girl in Kansas. Along the way, she meets Marshall Austin McCormick, a gruff law man. When the train they are travelling on is held up by robbers, they are thrown together even though their personalities clash.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

The Lady In Question by Victoria Alexander

Book 74
The Lady In Question by Victoria Alexander
Read June14/10 - June17/10
4/5
Miss Delia Effington is forced to retire from society due to a marriage which was a mistake. One night, she poses as her twin sister to enjoy a night out. There, she meets Viscount St. Stephens, a man whom she feels that is familiar. What she doesn't know that he is disguising as her butler.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Book 73
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Read June13/10 - June14/10
4/5
Heathcliff, an orphan taken in by the Ernshaw family, grows up to be an angry man after falling in love and losing his foster sister Catherine. Blaming her brother and her husband for separating them, Heathcliff vows revenge.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Love With The Proper Husband by Victoria Alexander

Book 72
Love With The Proper Husband by Victoria Alexander
Read June10/10 - June13/10
3/5
Miss Gwendolyn Townsend had no means to support herself when her father passes away. She is shocked when she learns of an arranged marriage her father had set up between her and Marcus Holcroft, the Earl of Pennington.
Marcus is in danger of losing his fortune if he does not wed Miss Townsend.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Book 71
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Read June7/10 - June10/10
3/5
Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the day his father dies while doing karaoke. While going through his fathers house he learns that he has a brother Spider. Now his brother is on his doorstep about to make his life more interesting and more dangerous.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Her Highness, My Wife by Victoria Alexander

Book 70
Her Highness, My Wife by Victoria Alexander
Read June4/10 - June7/10
2/5
Lord Matthew Weston agrees to help the Princess Tatiana in finding her country's missing treasures. The same Princess who he married impetuously a year previously, not knowing her real identity.

Friday, June 4, 2010

The Prince's Bride by Victoria Alexander

Book 69
The Prince's Bride by Victoria Alexander
Read June1/10 - June3/10
3/5
Jocelyn Shelton has always dreamed of marrying a prince. But circumstances have her wed to Viscount Beaumont, Rand. Jocelyn is hardly his first choice for a bride, but soon learns that under her seeming shallow nature hides a vulnerable girl.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Marriage Lesson by Victoria Alexander

Book 68
The Marriage Lesson by Victoria Alexander
Read May31/10 - June1/10
5/5
Thomas Effington, Marquess of Helmsley and future Duke Of Roxborough has been given care of the three Shelton sisters. Burdened by this, he vows to marry them off quickly so that he can continue on with his life. That is until me meets Marianne Shelton, whom he didn't plan on falling in love with.

Monday, May 31, 2010

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Book 67
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Read May30/10 - May31/10
4/5
A series of essays about Davids move to Normandy France mixed in with anecdotes of his childhood.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Midsummer Magic by Catherine Coulter

Book 66
Midsummer Magic by Catherine Coulter
Read May28/10 - May30/10
3/5
Phillip (Hawk) Hawksbury, the Earl of Rothermere, must marry one of the daughters of the Earl of Ruthven, due to an old debt incurred by his father. He chooses Francis Kilbracken, thinking that she would be easily manageable and easily forgotten due to her dowdy appearance and dull coutenance. But Hawk soon learns her true nature.

The Husband List by Victoria Alexander

Book 65
The Husband List by Victoria Alexander
Read May26/10 - May28/10
4/5
Lady Gillian has only two months until her birthday to marry and claim her inheritance. The problem is that she has to convince Lord Shelbrooke that the marriage would be beneficial to both of them. Richard Shelton, aforementioned Lord, agrees but on his own terms.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

Book 64
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Read May22/10 - May26/10
4/5
Elizabeth Woodville is an extraordianry beauty who captures the attention of the usurper to the throne, Edward. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her newly appointed position her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians. The two missing princes in the tower of London.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

Book 63
Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
Read May22/10 - May22/10
1/5
Elena Michaels, the only female werewolf known, is a target for a obsessed billionaire who is collecting supernatural beings for his experiments. Her and the pack team up with the Vampires, Shamans and Witches to help bring down the billionaire.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Book 62
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Read May20/10 - May22/10
5/5
Bod Owens lives in a graveyard with his ghostly parents and a mysterious figure who lives inbetween the living and dead. There he is safe from the dark figure known as Jack, who has killed his living family and is searching for him.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Book 61
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Read May16/10 - May20/10
5/5
Jeannette Walls tells the story of her life growing up on the road with her family. Living in one poor mining town to the next, she finds adventure and hardships. With a non comformist mother and an alcoholic father, Jeannette learns to fend for herself at an early age.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

The Wedding Bargain by Victoria Alexander

Book 60
The Wedding Bargain by Victoria Alexander
Read May14/10 - May16/10
4/5
Pandora Effington has vowed never to marry unless it is for love. Coming into her seventh season on the marriage mart, she is known as the Hellion of Grosvenor Square, a title she relishes.
The Earl Of Trent has his eyes and heart set on wedding the infamous Hellion and will do anything to get her hand.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Book 59
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Read May12/10 - May14/10
3/5
Leisel Meminger's life has been turned upside down. Her mother leaves her with foster parents and her younger brother has died. While at the funeral, she finds the grave digger's handbook, her first act of book theivary. From then on, Leisal starts stealing books from Nazi book burnings, the mayors wife's library, wherever books are to be found.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

My Wicked Marquess by Gaelen Foley

Book 58
My Wicked Marquess by Gaelen Foley
Read May9/10 - May11/10
3/5
The Marquess of Rotherstone has decided it's time to get married. His connections to the Inferno Club has sullied his bad name. He vows to marry an upstanding girl to get back his good name.
Daphne Starling is not that upstanding girl. A jilted suiter has been ruining her reputation.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Book 57
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Read May8/10 - May9/10
2/5
Tally Youngblood can't wait for her 16th birthday. That's when she turns pretty...an operation that everyone receives on their 16th birthday. But Tally's new friend Shay doesn't want the operation and runs away. The authorities offer Tally a choice, turn her friend in or never turn pretty.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Strawberry Fields by Marina Lewycka

Book 56
Strawberry Fields by Marina Lewycka
Read May4/10 - May8/10
1/5
Migrant workers from eastern europe and China, are hired over a summer to pick strawberries in England. Their living conditions consist of two trailer homes, one for men and the other for women. They are supervised, and exploited by Farmer Leaping.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The Birth Of Venus by Sarah Dunant

Book 55
The Birth Of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Read May1/10 - May3/10
4/5
A young painter is commissioned to paint the chapel of Alessandra Cecchi's family palazzo. His talent intoxicates her, for she has a hand for drawing as well. Amid this, Florence is threatened by hellfire brought by the monk Savonarola.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Into The Wilderness by Sara Donati

Book 54
Into The Wilderness by Sara Donati
Read Apr28/10 - May1/10
2/5
Elizabeth Middleton leaves England to find her freedom in a remote New York settlement. She soon finds that her father has different plans for her involving a man and her fathers vast land ownership. But Elizabeth has her heart set on the man who has been raised by the Native Americans and who her family doesn't approves of.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Man Of My Dreams by Johanna Lindsey

Book 53
Man Of My Dreams by Johanna Lindsey
Read Apr27/10 - Apr28/10
5/5
Ambrose St. James, the Duke of Wrothston, poses as lowborn Devlin Jeffrys to escape a potentially fatal confrontation. He hides in a far off parish, acting as a horsebreeder on Megan Penworthys estate.
Megan has her heart set on marrying the duke, without ever setting eyes on him. Jeffreys vows to foil Megans plans, but ends up falling in love with her.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Alibi by Sandra Brown

Book 52
The Alibi by Sandra Brown
Read Apr 24/10 - Apr26/10
3/5
Hammond Cross is determined to be Charleston's next district attorney. When the murder of real estate magnate Lute Pettijohn falls into into his lap, he sees this as his ticket into the office. What he doesn't count on is someone plotting his downfall...

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Nine Lives - Sharon Sala

Book 51
Nine Lives by Sharon Sala
Read Apr21/10 - Apr23/10
1/5
Cat Dupree is a bounty hunter on the trail of the man who murdered her best friend. She chases him to Mexico along with Wilson McKay, a bondsman who is attracted to her.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Dark Prince by Christine Feehan

Book 50
Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
Read Apr20/10 - Apr21/10
1/5
Mikhail is the prince of Vampires. He is a recluse, taking no joy from his immortal life. That is, until he meets Raven. Like Mikhail, Raven takes no joy from life. Her supernatural gifts make it impossible to take comfort from other humans. Together, they find solace in one another that they can find no where else.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Die For Me by Karen Rose

Book 49
Die For Me by Karen Rose
Read Apr16/10 - Apr19/10
5/5
When a mass grave is found in a remote field, detective Vito Ciccotelli asks archaeologist Sophie Johannsen to help determine what lays under the frozen ground. What they uncover is a grave dug by someone who is cold and calculating...and also someone who is not done.

Friday, April 16, 2010

To Bed A Beauty by Nicole Jordan

Book 48
To Bed A Beauty by Nicole Jordan
Read Apr13/10 - Apr16/10
4/5
Roslyn Loring is planning to make a love match with the Earl Of Haviland, who happens to be her neighbor. She sets out to learn how to seduce and capture a man's attention from her good friend Fanny Irwin, who is a renowned courtesan. What Roslyn does not plan on is that she would catch the attention of the Duke of Arden.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Glass Houses by Rachel Caine

Book 47
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Read Apr12/10 - Apr13/10
2/5
Claire Danvers is stuck in a podunk university in a podunk town. That is, until the sun sets and the towns more "interesting" denizens come out. When she finds housing off campus, she is pleased to learn that her new housemates have her back when the towns owners get hungry for fresh blood.

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

Book 46
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Read Apr9/10 - Apr12/10
4/5
Elena Michaels is the world's only female werewolf. She's sick and tired of the pack and the life she has with them. Especially the violent nature. She flees to Toronto to try and have a normal life. But when an outsider to the pack threatens their saftey, Elena is drawn back into the fighting.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Splendor by Anna Godbersen

Book 45
Splendor by Anna Godbersen
Read Apr8/10 - Apr9/10
3/5
During a hot summer in New York, newly married Elizabeth relishes her new role as a young wife. Her sister Diana is finding adventure abroad and searching for her happiness. Penelope Schoonmaker is finally New Yorks royalty, but not everything is as it seems.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

The Hunt Club by John Lescroart

Book 44
The Hunt Club by John Lescroart
Read Apr5/10 - Apr7/10
1/5
Wyatt Hunt is a private investigator. Together, with his friends they obtain justice one way or another. When his friend, homicide detective, Devin Juhles, has to solve the shooting murder of a federal judge and his mistress, Hunt gets caught up in the investigation when the woman he is seeing disappears and her business card is found in the judge's wallet.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready

Book 43
Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready
Read Apr3/10 - Apr5/10
4/5
Ciara Griffin, who is a recovering con artist, takes a job at the local radio station WVMP, which plays 40's, 60's and 80's music. She soon discovers that the eclectic taste of music is due to the fact that they djs are vampires. Vampires who are stuck in the period that they were turned.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Pleasure Of A Dark Prince by Kresley Cole

Book 42
Pleasure Of A Dark Prince by Kresley Cole
Read Apr1/10 - Apr3/10
5/5
Lucia the Archer has a secret that she has hidden for millenia. Garreth MacRieve, the Lykae prince, is pleased to find out that Lucia is his mate. But she eludes him at every turn. Now her life is in danger and Garreth must find a way to protect her and make her see that they belong together.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

The Lost Duke Of Wyndham by Julia Quinn

Book 41
The Lost Duke Of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
Read Mar29/10 - Apr1/10
4/5
When highwayman Jack Audley pulls over a coach one evening, all he expects is a nice bag of loot. Instead, he finds himself in the position of a possible dukedom.
Grace Eversleigh is toiling away as the dowagers Duchess companion. It's a thankless job and very monotonous. That is, until she meets Mr. Audley.