Spaz ARC Reviews: Storm's Heart - Thea Harrison

My ARC review of Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison is up at WLP! join me!

Storm’s Heart is the squee-inducing second Elder Races novel by Thea Harrison. Niniane, formerly known as Tricks, is the most famous public personality of the Elder Races. With the death of Dark Fae King Urien, magical tests have proven that she is the next in line to take the thrown as the Queen of Dark Fae. With a heavy heart she has to leave her Wyr family and her career in PR for Cuelebre Enterprises to take the thrown. When a video pops up on youtube of her getting attacked and disappearing, Dragos dispatches Tiago AKA Dr. Death to find her and bring her back home for protection. After hunting Niniane down, Tiago quickly learns he cannot go neanderthal on her, dragging her kicking and screaming back to safety. Tricks believes that she must take her position as Queen for the greater good. She has no other choice if there is any chance for peace among the Dark Fae and Wyr again. Tiago finds out first-hand how deadly her accession is, and he also soon discovers his life has an new purpose. Continue Reading...

August is HUGE for the Books I'm DYING for!

Sweet cheese on crackers, I am just not sure where to find the time to devour the books coming up in August. This is the big one, folks. Would you look at all these releases I have to get my greedy little hands on?! What I'm Waiting For:

*book summaries taken from goodreads

8/2

Retribution (Dark/Were Hunter #20) - Sherrilyn Kenyon

Harm no human...
A hired gunslinger, William Jessup Brady lived his life with one foot in the grave. He believed that every life had a price. Until the day when he finally found a reason to live. In one single act of brutal betrayal, he lost everything, including his life. Brought back by a Greek goddess to be one of her Dark-Hunters, he gave his immortal soul for vengeance and swore he’d spend eternity protecting the humans he’d once considered prey.
Orphaned as a toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised on one belief- Dark-Hunters are the evil who prey on both their people and mankind, and they must all be destroyed. While protecting her adoptive race, she has spent her life eliminating the Dark-Hunters and training for the day when she meets the man who killed her family: Jess Brady.
A gun in the hand is worth two in the holster...
Jess has been charged with finding and terminating the creature who’s assassinating Dark-Hunters. The last thing he expects to find is a human face behind the killings, but when that face bears a striking resemblance to the one who murdered him centuries ago, he knows something evil is going on. He also knows he’s not the one who killed her parents. But Abigail refuses to believe the truth and is determined to see him dead once and for all.
Brought together by an angry god and chased by ancient enemies out to kill them both, they must find a way to overcome their mutual hatred or watch as one of the darkest of powers rises and kills both the races they’ve sworn to protect.

Eye of the Tempest (Jane True #4) - Nicole Peeler

Nothing says "home" like being attacked by humans with very large guns, as Jane and Anyan discover when they arrive in Rockabill. These are professionals, brought into kill, and they bring Anyan down before either Jane or the barghest can react. Seeing Anyan fall awakens a terrible power within Jane, and she nearly destroys herself taking out their attackers.
Jane wakes, weeks later, to discover that she's not the only thing that's been stirring. Something underneath Rockabill is coming to life: something ancient, something powerful, and something that just might destroy the world.
Jane and her friends must act, striking out on a quest that only Jane can finish. For whatever lurks beneath the Old Sow must be stopped...and Jane's just the halfling for the job.

8/16

Second Grave on the Left (Charley Davidson #2) - Darynda Jones

Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper Extraordinaire, is back in this sexy, suspenseful novel of supernatural shenanigansWhen Charley is rudely awakened in the middle of the night by her best friend who tells her to get dressed quickly and tosses clothes out of the closet at her, she can’t help but wonder what Cookie’s up to. Leather scrunch boots with a floral miniskirt? Together? Seriously? Cookie explains that a friend of hers named Mimi disappeared five days earlier and that she just got a text from her setting up a meet at a coffee shop downtown. They show up at the coffee shop, but no Mimi. But Charley finds a message on the bathroom wall. Mimi left a clue, a woman’s name. Mimi’s husband explains that his wife had been acting strange since she found out an old friend of hers from high school had been found murdered a couple weeks prior. The same woman Mimi had named in her message.Meanwhile, Reyes Alexander Farrow (otherwise known as the Son of Satan. Yes. Literally) has left his corporeal body and is haunting Charley. He’s left his body because he’s being tortured by demons who want to lure Charley closer. But Reyes can’t let that happen. Because if the demons get to Charley, they’ll have a portal to heaven. And if they have a portal to heaven…well, let’s just say it wouldn’t be pretty. Can Charley handle hot nights with Reyes and even hotter days tracking down a missing woman? Will Cookie ever get a true fashion sense? And is there enough coffee and chocolate in the world to fuel them as they do?

8/23

Where Demons Fear To Tread - Sephanie Chong

Fledging guardian angel and yoga teacher Serena St. Clair dares to enter Devil’s Paradise nightclub on a mission—to retrieve the wayward Hollywood “It Boy” she’s assigned to protect. But she’s ambushed by the club’s owner, arch demon Julian Ascher. The most powerful demonic entity in Los Angeles, Julian is handsome as sin, a master of temptation who loves nothing more than corrupting pleasure-seeking humans. He won’t release the lost soul Serena is supposed to guard. Unless she accepts his dangerous wager.…

After the disastrous way his human life ended, Julian vowed that no woman would get the better of him again. Yet this sexy-sweet angel, smelling of fresh ocean air and happiness, triggers centuries-old feelings. Now, their high-stakes game of seduction, where angels fall from grace and where demons fear to tread, will lead them either to an eternity in hell…or a deliciously hot heaven

Devil's Business (Black London #4) - Caitlin Kittredge

Pete Caldecott did everything she could to save Jack from Hell, even reigning in the dark machinations of the Morrigan to help bring him home. Still, Black London has not welcomed Jack back with open arms. . . So when a friend in Los Angeles asks for help tracking a sorcerous serial killer, Pete and Jack decide a change of scenery couldn’t hurt. . .

But the shadow side of the City of Angels turns out to be more treacherous than they ever imagined. Together, Pete and Jack must navigate a landscape teeming with hostile magic-users— and fight an unknown enemy. When their investigation leads to a confrontation with the demon Belial, Jack learns that he wasn't the only thing to escape from Hell. Now it’s up to him and Pete to track and eliminate an evil older than the Black itself—before it turns L.A. into Hell on Earth. And destroys life as they know it back at home.

8/30

Aftermath (Sirantha Jax #5) - Ann Aguirre

DEAD HEROES GET MONUMENTS. LIVE ONES GET TRIALS.
Sirantha Jax has the right genes—ones that enable her to “jump” faster-than-light ships through grimspace. But it’s also in her genetic makeup to go it alone. It’s a character trait that has gotten her into—and out of—hot water time and time again, but now she’s caused one of the most horrific events in military history…
During the war against murderous, flesh-eating aliens, Sirantha went AWOL and shifted grimspace beacons to keep the enemy from invading humanity’s homeworld. The cost of her actions: the destruction of modern interstellar travel—and the lives of six hundred Conglomerate soldiers.
Accused of dereliction of duty, desertion, mass murder, and high treason, Sirantha is on trial for her life. And only time will tell if she’s one of the Conglomerate’s greatest heroes—or most infamous

Succubus Revealed (FINAL Georgina Kincaid #6) - Richelle Mead

In Georgina Kincaid, succubus and she-demon, #1 New York Timesbestselling author Richelle Mead has created one of her most enticing characters. But with a shot at love, and maybe even redemption, is the ultimate seductress finally going soft? Like hell she is. . .

Georgina Kincaid has had an eternity to figure out the opposite sex, but sometimes they still surprise her. Take Seth Mortensen. The man has risked his soul to become Georgina's boyfriend. Still, with Lucifer for a boss, Georgina can't just hang up her killer heels and settle down to domestic bliss. In fact, she's being forced to transfer operations. . .to Las Vegas.

The City of Sin is a dream gig for a succubus, but Georgina's allies are suspicious. Why are the powers-that-be so eager to get her away from Seattle—and from Seth? Georgina is one of Hell's most valuable assets, but if there's any way out of the succubus business she plans to take it—no matter how much roadkill she leaves behind. She just hopes the casualties won't include the one man she's risking everything for. . .

Blood Bound (Unbound #1) - Rachel Vincent

Bound by blood, condemned by fate

As a bloodtracker, Liv is extremely powerful. And in a world where power is a commodity that can get you killed, Liv's learnt to survive by her own rules.
Rule number one? Trust no one.
But when a friend's daughter goes missing, Liv is bound by a potent magical oath. She can't rest until the child is safe.
And that means trusting her dangerous ex, Cam.
A sinister prophecy tells that she and Cam will be the death of each other, yet Liv's tired of being a slave to destiny. She's ready to play the forces controlling her world at their own game.
No matter the cost.

An Update on Meeeee

It has been 10 days since my surgery, and I had my first post-op appointment! It went so well! My busted up mess of a foot was actually referred to as a "beautiful recovery" and I got to have the stitches removed! We took xrays of how things are going inside, and I am still so amazed of what the hell is inside my foot! There are two other layers of stitches beneath the skin surface, but those dissolve. I still have to use crutches, but I can hobble myself around the house, and can finally take easy showers again! I begin Physical Therapy next Friday to start working on the motion again. If we don't start moving the toe around early enough, scar tissue will form and cause mobility problems. If we do too much too soon, the other layers underneath the skin can pull and gap, then danger of infection starts *gag* But, I am returning to work on Monday in crutches! Don't know til you try.
Thank you so much, everyone who has sent me well wishes. There was a lot of fun in being able to whine and stuff on Twitter. I hope I didn't gross anyone out too badly. Being able to share your battle scars is pretty cool :P

And without further ado... HERE IS MY HOT MESS OF A FOOT!

Spaz Reviews: Skin Dive - Ava Gray

My latest review of Skin Dive by Ava Gray is up at WLP! Join me!

“All your Taye are belong to me?” - Gillie pg. 265

Skin Dive is the fourth and final book of the Skin series by Ava Gray. I can haz tearz? I have enjoyed this series so so much. Gillie Flynn was diagnosed with Leukemia and when she was miraculously cured, she ended up with a very wonky ability in exchange: she can heal others by taking away (and taking it on to herself) their disease or wounds. The evil Foundation discovers her power, kidnaps her, then keeps her in their Exeter Facility as a lab rat. For twelve years she is kept underground as a prized possession and her abilities are sold to the highest bidder. She is so lonely, and her only real company is the delusional Director of the facility who visits her daily and makes creepy sexual suggestions to her. She lives with the daily fear of being sexually assaulted by him while she is asleep. Enter T-89 also known as "Taye", who has the ability to alter what cameras are able to record in their rooms, and also bypass locks. He is allowed to visit her one day, and they instantly form an unbreakable bond. A mutual respect, and a mutual goal: to get the hell out of there. They manage to escape and cling on to one another for survival. Gillie is head over heels for Taye, but he keeps denying her anything intimate. He cannot remember his past except for flashbacks and he is convinced he will "sully" her, as he puts her on a pedestal as a vestal virgin. When Mockingbird approaches them and offers them a chance to fight back against the Foundation, it results in them having to go their separate ways for survival. Continue Reading...

X-ray Slides & Update!

Xrays of Arthrotomy of big left toe, a set on Flickr of the 4 X-ray images the surgeon sent me home with on 7/12/11.

The first night, Tuesday, the nerve blockers the anesthesiologist had administered prior to surgery were still in my system, so I was just numb for the rest of the day and was able to fall asleep several times that night. Around 3 PM the following afternoon I had noticed a huge change in how much feeling I had to the area. This time when I sat up to make my way to the bathroom on crutches, the blood rushed to the foot at once and it felt like my foot had exploded. To me, it felt as though I had stepped on a land-mine and my foot was mangled. Not being able to see it did nothing to damper the image, if anything in contributed to the discomfort psychologically.

By 11 PM that night I had uncontrollable tears streaming down my face, I was in agony. It's like every nerve in my foot flipped "on" at once, and realized my foot had been violently altered. I'd taken all the prescribed pain medication and was high as a kite, yet it still wasn't enough to completely dull the excruciating pain I felt. M held my hand and let me squeeze it as the waves ebbed and flowed, and somehow ended up feeding me sour patch kids to try to give me something else to focus on. The yellow ones were the sharpest, and it became my favorite because it tore my brain away from the pain the most. I pushed on and made it through the night. By the following morning I believe I'd experienced the peak and was through the worst of it.

It's now Sunday, Day 6 of the procedure and recovery. The pain is still very bad, but at least it is manageable with heavy narcotics. I am having to embrace so many things not in any of my comfort zones. I hate being this dependent on someone else for everything - I cannot do anything for myself if it involves using my legs at all. I hate being this sedentary/inactive. I am bored out of my mind, and the pain pills make me really dumb so I can't even read. So please send me strong healing vibes so I can get on up and moving soon! I am ready to start feeling no pain, so I can use the foot and work with the PT on exercises to strengthen it. I can't move on to fixing my knee until that happens. Then hopefully my leg will be indestructible. Or at least hopefully I won't be hobbling by the time I reach 50. I like that hope very much!

Spaz Reviews: Kindling the Moon - Jenn Bennett

My latest review of Kinding the Moon by Jenn Bennett is up at WLP!

"Oh, holy Whore of Babylon." - Arcadia Bell

Arcadia Bell is the bartender and co-owner of Tambuku Tiki Lounge in Morella, California that caters to Earthbound preternaturals. She has been using her "Arcadia" alias and has been in hiding for seven years, after her parents were charged with the deaths of three rival occultists, then faked their deaths. She has not seen them since, but after catching a special news alert one night while she's working, she discovers they've been spotted on camera in Dallas. The word is out... they are alive, and (as we already know) their daughter probably is too. Release the hounds! Arcadia's rival order, The Luxe, wants her parents brought in for justice against one of their own. If they cannot be delivered, then it is Arcadia they want in their stead. The time is ticking down for Arcadia to locate the demon that was present at all four murders and to bind it so that it can deliver the truth of who committed these murders.

I will start out with saying I was smitten with this book right from the beginning. Ms. Bennett does a wonderful job with creating a unique twist on demons and how they are identified by one another. Each Earthbound demon, and anything else preternatural, has a halo around their heads, which helps each other to identify the other with a diffused colorful cloud. The humans are deemed "savages", slang for humans who don't believe in anything paranormal, which I really got a kick out of. The AErthyric demons that are usually the scarier ones that are safely tucked away on another plane can be summoned by talented magicians, with the proper rituals and seals. I enjoyed this world and mythology building and was sucked right in to it. Continue Reading...

I'm Getting an Artificial Toe Joint! What? Don't Laugh!

As the first part of Operation: Fix My Wonky Leg, I am having an artificial hallux toe joint implanted tomorrow morning (Tuesday), in a process called arthroplasty. It is a cool little device with a metal ball that allows my toe to move normally, and should last about 20 years.

I will be in bed off my feet for 2 weeks, and then in the medical boot for 6 weeks. Not that bad. The severe pain I have suffered despite the chellectomy of the toe I had 5 years ago will hopefully be finally relieved. Then if all goes well with the surgery and recovery, I'm on to knee arthroplasty (total knee replacement) as the second part of this endeavor. During all of this, I am doing three different kinds of stretches as part of physical therapy to strengthen the left hip flexor to further align my wonk left leg properly. Fortunately, hip surgery is not necessary!

I am excited to get this first step over and behind me, and move on. Wish me luck!

And here is a synchronized spaz attack for your enjoyment!

What I'm Reading for the Rest of July!

I am going to be down for a while this month, and so I have quite an ambitious reading and review list for July! :P Some of these are new releases, I have an ARC in here, and some are firsts in series I've wanted to read forever. So... what are YOU reading this month??

*book summaries taken from goodreads

Storm's Heart (Elder Races #2) - Thea Harrison

Able to wield thunder and lightning, wyr sentinel Tiago Black Eagle has ruled the skies for centuries. His massive build and thunderous power make him one of the wyr's best weapons. And he's the one sent to protect Tricks, heir to the Dark Fae throne, when she's almost assassinated in Chicago. Soon Tiago and Tricks will fall prey to the stormy hunger that engulfs them-a passion that will shake the very foundation of all the worlds.

Grave Dance (Alex Craft #2) - Kalayna Price

After a month of down time, Grave Witch Alex Craft is ready to get back to solving murders by raising the dead. With her love life in turmoil, Alex is eager for the distractions of work. But when her new case forces her to overuse her magic, it might be the last mystery the Grave Witch ever gets to solve...

Body of Sin (Otherkin #4) - Eve Silver

Once the favorite son of the Lord of the Underworld, Lokan Krayl held enviable privileges and powers. Powers that led to a devastating betrayal—murder.
Resurrected by his immortal brothers, Lokan is still trapped in purgatory. He has no way to contact his family. He has no answers. In order to find the truth about his death and who killed him, he must escape his prison. And there's only one way out: through the twelve gates of his eternal enemy, Osiris. But Lokan has help. Bryn Carr, the woman who duped him once before, is his beautiful yet unwanted guide. She's been sent by his brothers to aid him. She's his last hope. Lokan must place his fate—and that of the mortal and immortal worlds—in the hands of the one woman he can never trust.

Cold Sight (Extrasensory Agents #1) - Leslie Parrish

Leslie Parrish introduces Extrasensory Agents, a band of psychic investigators interested only in the cases nobody else wants-the coldest ones...

After being made a scapegoat in a botched investigation that led to a child's death, Aidan McConnell became a recluse. Still, as a favor to an old friend, Aidan will help on the occasional ESA case.
Reporter Lexie Nolan has a nose for news-and she believes a serial killer has been targeting teen girls around Savannah, but no one believes her. So she turns to the new paranormal detective agency and the sexy, mysterious Aidan for help. But just as the two begin forging a relationship, the case turns eerily personal for Lexie-and Aidan discovers that maybe he hasn't lost the ability to feel after all.

Geist (Book of the Order #1) - Philippa Ballantine

Between the living and the dead is the Order of the Deacons, protectors of the Empire, guardians against possession, sentinels enlisted to ward off the malevolent haunting of the geists...
Among the most powerful of the Order is Sorcha, now thrust into partnership with the novice Deacon, Merrick Chambers. They have been dispatched to the isolated village of Ulrich to aide the Priory with a surge of violent geist activity. With them is Raed Rossin, Pretender to the throne that Sorcha is sworn to protect, and bearer of a terrible curse.
But what greets them in the strange settlement is something far more predatory and more horrifying than any mere haunting. And as she uncovers a tradition of twisted rituals passed down through the dark reaches of history, Sorcha will be forced to reconsider everything she thinks she knows.
And if she makes it out of Ulrich alive, what in Hell is she returning to?

Another Kind of Dead (Dreg City #3) - Kelly Meding

Evy Stone is a former Dreg Bounty Hunter who died and came back to life with some extraordinary powers. Now all but five people in the world think she is dead again, this time for good—immolated in a factory fire set specifically for her. Evy and Wyatt, her partner/lover/friend, can no longer trust their former allies, or even the highest echelons of the Triads—the army of fighters holding back from an unsuspecting public a tide of quarreling, otherworldly creatures—they can trust only each other. Because when the Triads raided a macabre, monster-filled lab of science experiments and hauled away the remnants, they failed to capture their creator: a brilliant, vampire-obsessed scientist with a wealth of powerful, anti-Dreg weaponry to trade for what he desires most of all—Evy Stone: alive and well, and the key to his ultimate experiment in mad science.

Shadowflame (Shadow World #2) - Dianne Sylvan

It’s been three months since musician Miranda Grey became a vampire and married David Solomon, Prime of the South. As Queen, Miranda must quickly come to terms with her new role and learn how to negotiate the treacherous waters of Signet politics, inevitably making dangerous enemies along the way.
As if complicated vampire politics and a rising music career weren’t enough, an enigmatic but powerful force from David’s past appears, leaving a wake of chaos and uncertainty for the Pair’s fledgling relationship. Miranda begins to realize how little she really knows about her husband. But when an assassin begins targeting her friends and allies, the Pair must track down the killer, even as their lives hang in the balance…

Spaz Reviews: Nightfall by Ellen Connor

My latest review of Nightfall by Ellen Connor is up at WLP!

Nightfall is the first book in the new Dark Edge Dawning trilogy series by Ellen Connor, a writing duo comprised of Ann Aguirre and Carrie Lofty. The Dark Age has come upon the world. In Eastern Europe, economies have crumbled, power sources have become extinct, terrorist cells and hatred crimes have quadrupled, martial law has taken over. Road gangs have moved across wide sweeps of territories... And this all precludes the frightening monsters that begin to take over. This darkness has quickly spread to the eastern United States and is rapidly moving west. In this new era, we meet our heroine Jenna Barclay living in Oregon, where that last bits of hope to the "old way of life" are found. As she is entering her home, she is kidnapped by a mysterious and rather large (*cough* hunky) man named Mason and taken to a cabin in the woods outside of civilization. Mason speaks of Mitch, her father, who has been dead since she was twelve years old. When Jenna was a little girl, Mitch had preached the coming of a bleak age of destructive magic, and she is skeptical of Mason's sanity as he claims to have known the man. She is skeptical, until he presents her with a letter, written to her, from her Dad which ends in a prophecy centering around her. What Jenna is about to realize is that what has been happening out East is moving in with a quick swiftness, despite what the news reports have told everyone, and it is far more oppressive than she could have imagined. Mason has not only just saved her life in the nick of time, but has set her on a path to become more than she ever could have imagined. As a small group of people fleeing the closest city to their cabin begs to be let in to take refuge from the predatory hell dogs chasing them, it becomes even more apparent that Mason is telling the truth... and that he needs her just as much as she needs him. And there are some seriously frightening things going on outside that cabin door. Continue Reading...

Spaz's Closing Argument on the Casey Anthony Trial Courtesy of Dexter

The Great Judge Belvin Perry, Jr

Many of you who follow me on Twitter might know that I've taken a particular interest in the Casey Anthony trial. My fascination was truly based in the court proceedings, and everything that makes up a case from start to finish. I have a double major B.A. from University of Colorado at Boulder in Anthropology (Forensics track) & Sociolology (Criminology track). It was my intention and dream to go on to John Jay College of Criminal Justice for my M.A. in Forensic Psychology. In college I interned then worked at the Boulder County Juvenile Center as the intake therapist who would interview the kids and determine if they were a flight risk. I was on my way to what I thought would be a career in Forensic Psychology. That didn't happen due to various detours in my life at 22 years old, but I am still so truly passionate about all the different aspects of crimes, victims, defendants, and court proceedings. I read and watch anything I can on the subject. Anything!

With regards to the Casey Anthony trial, I didn't much care about the State's witnesses because I don't care to hear about Casey and her permiscuous partying ways. *yawn* I'm also not interested in a witch hunt, either. But when I learned that the scientific evidence testimonies were starting, and that one of my Heros, Dr. Jan Garvaglia, was one of the Chief Medical Examiners who would be testifying... Along with her husband Dr. Mike Wallace... I was DIALED IN to hear then testify. Fortunately, I have a job where I could stream the trial live from a local Orlando newssite, shrink the browser when necessary, and just listen in. I was so in awe over how well Judge Belvin Perry Jr. commanded his courtroom. His patience, his fairness, and his clear and precise instructions and rulings were so impressive. I wanted to hate the defense lawyer Jose Baez for being so sleezy, and for constantly asking for mistrials, and for defending who I perceive as a monster. However, he did his job well as a defense lawyer, never letting up his relentless ambition to get Casey off free. And the State's Jeff Ashton gave the most powerful and strong circumstantial evidence cases probably in the history of law. It was so powerful and compelling, that the country was convinced that a ruling of "Guilty" would happen on at least one of the major charges:

First degree murder, Aggravated Manslaughter, and Aggravated Child abuse. What did the jury find? "Not Guilty" rulings in all 3 major crimes.

She ended up with 4 "Guilty" charges of the misdemeanor "Lying to a Law Enforcement Agent", each carrying a 1-year sentence.

WHAT THE WHAAAT?!!?!!

I was there (listening in) for all the scientific evidence that was shown, and beyond, all the way to the closing arguments this past weekend. I know that the jury wasn't privy to ALL of what we as viewers saw, but, it took them 10 hours to determine that there was a reasonable doubt on all 3 major charges and she is free.

WHAT THE WHAAAT?!!?!!

Yes, it is true. I would rather live in a country that acquits guilty people if there is a reasonable doubt, than one that jails and possibly executes innocent people if a reasonable doubt is present. And in the end, Casey still has to sleep at night and meet whatever karmic god or goddess is on her case.

With all this being said, and after digesting this for half a day, this is MY final statement: "Casey, you better run girl!"

Spaz Reviews: Black Heart Loa - Adrian Phoenix

My latest review of Black Heart Loa by Adrian Phoenix is up at Wicked Lil Pixie reviews!

Black Heart Loa is the much-anticipated second book in Adrian Phoenix's Hoodoo series, and picks up immediately where Black Dust Mambo ends, with the characters sitting in Divinity's living room. Kallie Riveiére is a Hoodoo, meaning she handles juju and potions and medicines. Her best friend Belladonna is a mambo-in-training. Kallie's aunt Divinity is also her hoodoo teacher and sits near the real Gabrielle LaRue who is a mambo, or voodoo priestess, and deals with the loas. Kallie is doing a reading of her cards trying to locate her cousin Jackson, because it is clear he and his dog have been kidnapped. Abruptly, two men in ski masks break in to her aunt's home with a shotgun, demanding to know where Jackson has hidden their money. Continue reading...

New Cover Alert: Alpha & Omega #3 by the GREAT Dan Dos Santos!

Fair Game (Alpha and Omega #3)

January 2013

Is this the most gorgeous cover in the series so far, or what?! Dan Dos Santos has done it again! No further information is available on Fair Game yet, other than it's expected release date is January of 2013 and I believe this will be Hardcover.