2009: Mailbox Monday – Monday #22

Six books in my mailbox this week! All of them ARCs.  See, I told you I’d lost my mind…     Circle of Souls and The Widow’s Season came to me from their respective authors.  Love is a Four-Letter Word was sent to me by the publisher, Penguin/Plume, though I don’t remember requesting it. (Doesn’t mean I didn’t!) I am a fan of Wendy McClure,

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2009: #78 – A Man for Amanda (Nora Roberts)

Efficient Amanda Calhoun finds easygoing Sloan O’Riley insufferable — and irresistible. As she finalizes all the arrangements for her sister C.C.’s storybook wedding to hotel magnate Trenton St. James, and plans for the day she assumes command of The Towers Retreat, her family is racing to solve the generations-old mystery surrounding a priceless hidden emerald necklace.

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2009: Challenges – 1st in a Series Challenge Completed

Another challenge completed! This one is the 1st in a Series Challenge hosted by J.Kaye. Here are the books I read: Five on a Treasure Island – Enid Blyton (Famous Five series) Claus, A Christmas Incarnation – C. John Coombes (Volume I of III) The Prey – Allison Brennan (Predator series) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson (Millennium trilogy) Vampire Academy –

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2009: #77 – Killer Takes All (Erica Spindler)

The White Rabbit beckons you to follow him, down the rabbit hole, into his world. He’s a deceiver, a trickster. You won’t know what is truth and what is a lie. He aims to best you. Beat you. And when he does, you die.

A friend’s brutal murder turns former homicide detective Stacy Killian’s life upside down. Unwilling to trust Spencer Malone, the overconfident New Orleans detective assigned to the case, Stacy is compelled to return to the investigative role she had fled.

The investigation leads Stacy and Spencer to White Rabbit, a cultish fantasy role-playing game. White Rabbit is dark, violent — and addictive. As the body count mounts, they find themselves trapped in a terrifying game that’s more real than life and death. Because anyone can die before the final moment when White Rabbit is over . . . and the killer takes all.

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