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What the WW Ladies are Reading
April 3, 2008
Lots of blurbs to get to today. After meeting all the great authors in NY, I know more books are on the way. Also, welcome new WW ladies readers Jody, Edie and Emily...pictures coming soon (no one escapes my camera).
But first I want to give a shout out to my niece, Sarah, who just won a trip to the American Idol finale in Hollywood. She solved a code on a radio station and was the 25th caller. So Sarah, who are you taking with you? Your favorite Auntie??
The Moon In The Mango Tree by
Pamela Binnings Ewen
Read by Judy
A captivating story set in the 1920’s about a young woman as she embarks on a new phase in her life.
Ewen tells the story through the eyes of this young woman, vividly describing her feelings and perceptions of the challenges and choices she must make as a new bride. As the story unfolds one travels, at least I did, from the familiar surroundings of their home country to a land that is foreign and far away.
I became enmeshed in Barbara’s life as she described her journey to this new land she was to call home, feeling her anticipation and fear as she faces the unknown. Her challenges were many and often tested her basic moral fibers and beliefs. Feeling lost and incomplete in a strange country she searches for answers to questions she cannot form clearly. Always wondering if the choices she has made were the right ones. Self doubt and feeling a lack of purpose in life can have a devastiating effect on a human being. You will have to read this one to see just how far one sometimes has to go to discover what it really is that they want in life, what will make them feel complete. A MUST READ!
The world is full of demons. Some are legal, inhabiting a human by invitation and empowering the host with superhuman strength. Others are illegal, possessing and controlling a person without permission, causing harm and mayhem. Morgan Kingsley doesn't like either kind, but restricts her skills as an exorcist to the latter under due process of the law. When she begins to be attacked not only by unknown assailants but friends as well, she reluctantly turns to a legal demon who is powerful enough to protect her and knowledgeable enough to help her figure out why. Her recent episodes of sleepwalking cease when her dreams become occupied by an exceptionally handsome being whose power could compare only with the devil himself.
Jenna Black's first book in The Morgan Kingsley Series is an exciting and sexy page turner I couldn't put down even to go to bed last night. It was the first thing I picked up this morning after my coffee cup. I look forward to the next installment with great anticipation.
In The Highlander's Bed by
Cathy Maxwell
Read by Jody
Constance Cameron, the last of the Cameron sisters, has decided she’s had enough of Scotland and her sisters’ meddling in her life, so she plans to runaway. Unfortunately for her, Highlander Gordon Lachlan, Chief of a clan on the brink of extinction, has other plans and kidnaps her as she tries to make her escape into the night.
This final episode in the Cameron Sister trilogy is the best of the three. Maxwell has created a feisty heroine who challenges her noble but flawed hero. The addition of an unexpected villain, as well as the return of her sisters and their husbands adds to the reader’s enjoyment. But what really makes this a keeper is the ending. Maxwell leaves the reader with an HEA for the characters not necessarily the reader, plus a yummy teaser. Brava!
The Oldest Kind of Magic by
Ann Macela
Read by Joyce
Daria Morgan is a witch. She is also a management consultant, using spells to improve situations and uncover any wrongdoers abusing the company she's contracted to facilitate. When CEO "Bent" Benthausen hires her to find out why his company is failing, she comes to question the loyalty of several long time employees. While following the dangerous trail of the embezzlers, the two are drawn together in a relationship that promises powerful magic beyond the company business.
The Morgan family are all witches and wizards, but the hereditary magic manifests in different ways for each. In the following books, Do You Believe in Magic, and Your Magic or Mine, Daria's siblings, a brother and sister, are bound to find the soul mate prophesied, and in that union their magical power will maximize.
The Oldest Kind of Magic was a sweet, romantic read that warmed a cold winter day.
Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase
Read by Edie
Divorced by her cheating husband and scorned by the English nobility, Francesca Bonnard shows them if she's going to be labeled a whore, she'll be a great one. Instead of slinking away in shame, she leaves with her head up -- and with papers that could expose her ex-husband as a traitor. British spy James Cordier, a master of disguise and seduction, is assigned one last duty to get the papers anyway he can. These two passionate people play a game of seduction. It's not just their hearts in danger, but their lives, too.
Loretta Chase doesn't sugarcoat her hero and heroine. They're flawed. They're proud. They're unrepentant. Francesca doesn't just talk about being a mistress to wealthy, important men, she's been one. Cordier has done things for king and country that aren't admirable. They are two of Chase's best characters since Jessica Trent and the Marquess of Dain in the Lord of Scoundrels. That's saying a lot, because I've read and enjoyed every one of her books.
With Personal Demon, Kelley Armstrong brings back Hope Adams, a tabloid reporter and sometime operative for the supernatural interracial Council. Hope is asked to go undercover to infiltrate a gang that is successful at burglary and robbery, with the ultimate goal of undermining the Cortez Cabal, the local powers-that-be. Besides her supernatural talent of detecting chaos, she uses skills taught her by her jewel-thief ex-boyfriend Karl Marsden to make her a credible addition to the gang, and allowing her to learn their plans. She's attracted to one gang member, Jaz, but that gets confused when Karl shows up determined to pull her out, and Jaz and another go missing. That's when Hope realizes there's another plot in the mix, and things really get dangerous.
In each of Kelly Armstrong's Women of the Underworld series, a different character takes the lead and tells her story. The varying supernaturals are woven in and out of the eight books, and a reader never knows which favorite might take a role in the current story. Fast-paced and suspenseful, Personal Demon will fulfill the expectations of long time fans. Having never failed me, I always anticipate Kelley Armstrong's next book.
One Night Stand by Cindy Kirk
Read by Emily
At her best friend’s wedding, Marcee Robbens gets swept off her feet by a gorgeous hunk. When Sam McKelvey leaves before dawn, Marcee finds herself picking up the pieces of her broken heart; she vows never to get it broken again. Sam McKelvey can’t get the sexy redhead, Marcee, off his mind but he is determined to not let his feelings for her distract his attention from his seventeen year old daughter. But when Marcee returns to her hometown to take care of her younger brother, she is shocked to learn that not only does he have a “friend” that’s a girl, but the girls father is Sam. Sparks fly between the two and ignite with raw passion, but it appears to Marcee that is she little more than what she refers to as a “booty call.” So Marcee decides she’d be better off without him. Sam can’t make up his mind; does he follow his head to protect his heart and daughter, or follow his heart and turn a one night stand into a second chance at love.
One Night Stand is a great book by new author, Cindy Kirk. She gives “love at first sight” a whole new meaning. Not only are there sparks between the two main characters, but also between Marcee’s kid brother, and Sam’s daughter. Two romances for the price of one. What a deal! I hope you’ll enjoy reading it as much as I did.
Bottom Line: I don't even watch American Idol, but for a chance to go to Hollywood, I'd give in and take a walk on the dark side.
Posted by Barbara Vey on April 3, 2008 | Comments (53)
