2009: #20 – The Prey (Allison Brennan)

Rowan Smith is living in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her bestselling novel is made into a Hollywood movie. A former FBI agent with a haunted past, Rowan thinks she has outrun her demons. But fiction and reality collide when a dismembered body is found in Colorado: the real-life victim had the same name, occupation, and looks as a character in Rowan’s novel. By the time the FBI, the LAPD, and her own private bodyguard gather around her, another person is killed–again, the murder ripped from the pages of Rowan’s book.

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2009: #19 – Undead and Unemployed (MaryJanice Davidson)

Being royally undead isn’t all it’s cracked up to be–there are still bills to be paid. Luckily, new Queen of the Vampires Betsy Taylor lands her dream job selling designer shoes at Macy’s.

But when a string of vampire murders hits St. Paul, Betsy must enlist the help of the one vamp who makes her blood boil: the oh-so-sexy Sinclair. Now, she’s really treading on dangerous ground–high heels and all.

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2009: Mailbox Monday – Monday #5

It was a deluge last week! Nine books through PaperBackSwap, and two review books. Truthfully, my rate of exchange through PBS the last couple of months has been unusual. Usually I get requests for a couple of books a month, but for the last several weeks I’ve been mailing out 2 or 3 books or boxes of books each week!  I mailed another two today.

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