Synopsis: Part fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke of Baseers trackers. Wanted for a crime she didnt mean to commit, she risks capture to protect every Taker she can find, determined to prevent the Duke from using them in his fiendish experiments. But resolve isnt enough to protect any […]
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The Fairy Godmother- Mercedes Lackey
Synopsis: In the land of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, if you can’t carry out your legendary role, life is no fairy tale…. Elena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom’s Cinderella — until fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! Determined not to remain with her stepfamily, Elena set out to get a new […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Shifter- Janice Hardy
Synopsis: Nya is an orphan struggling for survival in a city crippled by war. She is also a Taker—with her touch, she can heal injuries, pulling pain from another person into her own body. But unlike her sister, Tali, and the other Takers who become Healers’ League apprentices, Nya’s skill is flawed: She can’t push […]
Read the rest of this entry »Inhale by Kendall Grey
ARC provided by the author in exchange for a fair and honest review. Synopsis: After years of suffocating under her boss’s scrutiny, whale biologist Zoe Morgan finally lands a job as director of a tagging project in Hervey Bay, Australia. Success Down Under all but guarantees her the promotion of a lifetime, and Zoe won’t […]
Read the rest of this entry »Review: Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
Series: Healer #1 Publisher: Harlequin MIRA Publish Date: December 18th, 2012 Source: ARC via NetGalley Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Peace Lilys Synopsis: Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan absorbs their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honored for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Shadow Heir- Richelle Mead
Synopsis: Shaman-for-hire Eugenie Markham strives to keep the mortal realm safe from trespassing entities. But as the Thorn Land’s prophecy-haunted queen, there’s no refuge for her and her soon-to-be-born-children when a mysterious blight begins to devastate the Otherworld… The spell-driven source of the blight isn’t the only challenge to Eugenie’s instincts. Fairy king Dorian is […]
Read the rest of this entry »Hounded- Kevin Hearne
Synopsis: Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his […]
Read the rest of this entry »Flame of Surrender- Rhiannon Paille
Synopsis: Krishani thinks he’s doomed until he meets Kaliel, the one girl on the island of Avristar who isn’t afraid of him. She’s unlike the other girls, she swims with merfolk, talks to trees and blooms flowers with her touch. What he doesn’t know is that she’s a flame, one of nine individually hand crafted […]
Read the rest of this entry »Blood Bound- Rachel Vincent
Synopsis: Most can’t touch the power. But Liv Warren is special – a paranormal tracker who follows the scent of blood. Liv makes her own rules, and the most important one is trust no one. But when her friend’s daughter goes missing, Liv has no choice but to find the girl. Thanks to a childhood […]
Read the rest of this entry »Iron Crowned- Richelle Mead
Synopsis: Shaman-for-hire Eugenie Markham is the best at banishing entities trespassing in the mortal realm. But as the Thorn Land’s queen, she’s fast running out of ways to end the brutal war devastating her kingdom. Her only hope: the Iron Crown, a legendary object even the most powerful gentry fear. . . Who Eugenie can […]
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