In My Mailbox (59)
In My Mailbox is something was
that started over at The
Story Siren and I think it’s
pretty awesome. It’s a way to showcase the books that you gotten through
different places. Books you gotten in the mail, brought from a store, borrowed
from the library, received to write a review, or they can be
in eBook form. Here's a link to see how it all started.
Brought:
Easy by Tammara
Webber
When
Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the
last thing she expects is a breakup. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to
her new reality: she’s single, attending a state university instead of a music
conservatory, ignored by her former circle of friends, stalked by her ex’s frat
brother, and failing a class for the first time in her life.
Her econ professor gives her an email address for Landon, the class tutor, who shows her that she’s still the same intelligent girl she’s always been. As Jacqueline becomes interested in more from her tutor than a better grade, his teasing responses make the feeling seem mutual. There’s just one problem—their only interactions are through email.
Meanwhile, a guy in her econ class proves his worth the first night she meets him. Nothing like her popular ex or her brainy tutor, Lucas sits on the back row, sketching in a notebook and staring at her. At a downtown club, he disappears after several dances that leave her on fire. When he asks if he can sketch her, alone in her room, she agrees—hoping for more.
Her econ professor gives her an email address for Landon, the class tutor, who shows her that she’s still the same intelligent girl she’s always been. As Jacqueline becomes interested in more from her tutor than a better grade, his teasing responses make the feeling seem mutual. There’s just one problem—their only interactions are through email.
Meanwhile, a guy in her econ class proves his worth the first night she meets him. Nothing like her popular ex or her brainy tutor, Lucas sits on the back row, sketching in a notebook and staring at her. At a downtown club, he disappears after several dances that leave her on fire. When he asks if he can sketch her, alone in her room, she agrees—hoping for more.
Then
Jacqueline discovers a withheld connection between her supportive tutor and her
seductive classmate, her ex comes back into the picture, and her stalker
escalates his attention by spreading rumors that they’ve hooked up. Suddenly
appearances are everything, and knowing who to trust is anything but easy.
Noah (5th Street #1) by Elizabeth Reyes
Veronica Cruz has been through hell and back. After disconnecting with
the world two years ago to be at the side of her dying mother, she’s left
alone, unemployed, overweight, and feeling a decade older than her twenty-eight
years. When her best friend coaxes her into joining the local gym to ditch her
depression and rejuvenate her life, she meets Noah. Assigned to help Veronica
lose weight, Noah is everything she expected a young trainer to be—perfectly
chiseled, supportive and motivating. Add to that, he’s incredibly sexy. He’s
everything she’s ever looked for in a man. What she least expected was for him
to fall for her, but he has. There's just one glaring problem: Noah is eight
years younger.
Noah Quintanilla has his eye on a boxing title—someday. Down for a few months with an injury, his maintenance-boy pay at 5th Street Gym won't cut it. He’s finally given the opportunity to train. The catch? His trainee is an out-of-shape woman with a free week pass. Taking on the challenge, Noah stumbles into one of the closest friendships he’s ever known, and before he knows it, he’s in love. But Veronica’s not having it—the age difference is too much. Their platonic relationship means having to watch her date other men—something that would make him crazy. Believing he's the man for her, Noah sets out to prove that age is but an illusion, and there's more to him than just a number.
Noah Quintanilla has his eye on a boxing title—someday. Down for a few months with an injury, his maintenance-boy pay at 5th Street Gym won't cut it. He’s finally given the opportunity to train. The catch? His trainee is an out-of-shape woman with a free week pass. Taking on the challenge, Noah stumbles into one of the closest friendships he’s ever known, and before he knows it, he’s in love. But Veronica’s not having it—the age difference is too much. Their platonic relationship means having to watch her date other men—something that would make him crazy. Believing he's the man for her, Noah sets out to prove that age is but an illusion, and there's more to him than just a number.
Gio (5th Street #2) by Elizabeth Reyes
When
tragedy strikes in the ring, Giovanni Bravo falls into a deep depression,
walking away from his dream of boxing to train instead. He agrees to a two
month get-away, helping train Felix Sanchez, his high school best friend and
now welterweight champ of the world. Once at Felix’s lavish boxing complex,
he’s reunited with Bianca Rubio, someone he remembers only as the girl with the
innocent doe eyes back in high school. Her refreshing, cheerful demeanor not
only takes Gio’s mind off his troubled conscience, he finds himself falling for
her fast and hard. The problem—Bianca is Felix’s girlfriend.
Having a sexy, famous boyfriend has its perks, but they come with a price. Bianca not only has to deal with the ongoing tabloid rumors about her boyfriend hooking with other women, but also his constant absence when he is on the road. So now that Felix will be in town for two whole months to train for his next big bout, Bianca is thrilled. He’s even asked her to move into his cabin while he's there. But when he leaves for days at a time to promote his fight, Bianca spends time getting to know Felix’s gorgeous new trainer and good friend, Gio. Increasingly drawn to his sweet smile and smoldering green eyes, she finds herself saying and doing things she normally wouldn’t.
As it becomes more and more difficult for each to resist the other, Gio crosses the line between them. He hopes that one kiss will alleviate the overwhelming temptation and clear both their systems, but it does just the opposite. Their temptation suddenly becomes an obsession—a dangerous obsession that can only lead to heartache—for everyone.
Having a sexy, famous boyfriend has its perks, but they come with a price. Bianca not only has to deal with the ongoing tabloid rumors about her boyfriend hooking with other women, but also his constant absence when he is on the road. So now that Felix will be in town for two whole months to train for his next big bout, Bianca is thrilled. He’s even asked her to move into his cabin while he's there. But when he leaves for days at a time to promote his fight, Bianca spends time getting to know Felix’s gorgeous new trainer and good friend, Gio. Increasingly drawn to his sweet smile and smoldering green eyes, she finds herself saying and doing things she normally wouldn’t.
As it becomes more and more difficult for each to resist the other, Gio crosses the line between them. He hopes that one kiss will alleviate the overwhelming temptation and clear both their systems, but it does just the opposite. Their temptation suddenly becomes an obsession—a dangerous obsession that can only lead to heartache—for everyone.
Hide & Seek (Games of Zeus #1) by Aimee Laine
Lie, cheat or steal, no one can catch Tripp
Fox. Except one woman.
Lexi Shepherd’s knack for finding whatever is asked of her isn’t sheer luck. It’s a gift from the Greek god Zeus.
That Lexi doesn’t use her ability to search for “Mr. Right” comes from one of many personal rules she has set for herself. Number one is not to let fate dictate her future.
Falling in love with Tripp breaks all the others.
Lexi Shepherd’s knack for finding whatever is asked of her isn’t sheer luck. It’s a gift from the Greek god Zeus.
That Lexi doesn’t use her ability to search for “Mr. Right” comes from one of many personal rules she has set for herself. Number one is not to let fate dictate her future.
Falling in love with Tripp breaks all the others.
Despite her principles, Lexi’s unable to stay away from the bad boy, and she finds herself toeing the grey line of the law for him.
Zeus, though, didn’t give Lexi and Tripp their talents to make their relationship a simple, easy alliance. He designed it to be exactly the opposite. Impossible. Always.
With their separation, Lexi expects Tripp to forfeit love in favor of destiny. He, on the other hand, intends to beat Zeus at his own game. With a plan in place, Tripp challenges Lexi to take the one action no one else can.
Find him.
The question isn’t can she
... but will she?
From Library:
Until I Die (Revenants #2) by Amy Plum
Kate and Vincent have overcome the odds and at
last they are together in Paris, the city of lights and love.
As their romance deepens there’s one question they can’t ignore: How are they supposed to be together if Vincent can’t resist sacrificing himself to save others? Although Vincent promises that he’ll do whatever it takes to lead a normal life with Kate, will that mean letting innocent people die? When a new and surprising enemy reveals itself, Kate realizes that even more may be at stake—and that Vincent’s immortality is in jeopardy.
As their romance deepens there’s one question they can’t ignore: How are they supposed to be together if Vincent can’t resist sacrificing himself to save others? Although Vincent promises that he’ll do whatever it takes to lead a normal life with Kate, will that mean letting innocent people die? When a new and surprising enemy reveals itself, Kate realizes that even more may be at stake—and that Vincent’s immortality is in jeopardy.
Struck (Struck #1) by Jennifer
Bosworth
Mia
Price is a lightning addict. She's survived countless strikes, but her craving
to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those
around her.
Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come.
Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn't who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything.
Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come.
Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn't who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything.
Lover Reborn (Black
Dagger Brotherhood #10) by J.R. Ward
Ever since the death of his shellan, Tohrment
is a heartbroken shadow of the vampire leader he once was. Brought back to the
Brotherhood by a self-serving fallen angel, he fights again with ruthless vengeance-
and is unprepared for a new tragedy. Seeing his beloved in dreams—trapped in a
cold, desolate netherworld—he turns to the angel to save his former mate, only
to despair at the path he himself must take to set her free. As war with the
lessers rages, and a new clan of vampires vies for the Blind King’s throne,
Tohr struggles between an unforgettable past, and a future that he doesn’t know
he can live with… but can’t seem to turn away from.
NetGalley:
Pushing the Limits by Katie
McGarry
"I won't tell anyone, Echo. I
promise." Noah tucked a curl behind my ear. It had been so long since
someone touched me like he did. Why did it have to be Noah Hutchins? His
dark brown eyes shifted to my covered arms. "You didn't do that-did you?
It was done to you?" No one ever asked that question. They stared.
They whispered. They laughed. But they never asked.
"An edgy romance that pulls you in and never lets go. I was hooked!"-Gena Showalter, New York Times bestselling author of the Intertwined series.
So wrong for each other...and yet so right.
No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined.
"An edgy romance that pulls you in and never lets go. I was hooked!"-Gena Showalter, New York Times bestselling author of the Intertwined series.
So wrong for each other...and yet so right.
No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined.
They
should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being
together is pretty much impossible. Yet the crazy attraction between them
refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the
limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love
again.
That Thing
Called Love by Susan Anderson
He’s the last man on earth
she should want…
For a guy she’s fantasized about throttling, Jake
Bradshaw sure is easy on the eyes. In fact, he seriously tempts inn manager
Jenny Salazar to put her hands to better use. Except this is the guy who left
Razor Bay—and his young son, Austin, who Jenny adores like her own—to become a
globetrotting photojournalist. He can’t just waltz back and claim Austin now.
Jake
was little more than a kid himself when he became a dad. Sure, he'd dreamed of
escaping the resort town, but he’d also truly believed that Austin was better
off with his grandparents. Now he wants—no, needs—to make up for his mistake.
He intends to stay in Razor Bay only until he can convince Austin to return
with him to New York. Trouble is, with sexy, protective, utterly irresistible
Jenny in his life, and his bed, he may never want to leave…
All Summer Long (Fool’s Gold #9)
by Susan Mallery
Can
a summer fling turn into love that lasts a lifetime? Former underwear
model turned entrepreneur Clay Stryker has loved, tragically lost and vowed
that he'll never risk his heart again. After making his fortune, the youngest
of the rugged Stryker brothers returns to Fool's Gold, California, to put down
roots on a ranch of his own. But he's frustrated to discover that even in his
hometown, people see him only for his world-famous...assets. Firefighter
Chantal (Charlie) Dixon grew up an ugly duckling beside her delicately
beautiful mother, a feeling reinforced long ago by a man who left soul-deep
scars.
Now
she has good friends, a solid job and the itch to start a family-yet she can't
move toward the future while she's haunted by painful memories. Clay finds
an unexpected ally, and unexpected temptation, in tomboyish Charlie, the only
person who sees beyond his dazzling good looks to the real man beneath. But
when Charlie comes to him with an indecent proposal, will they be able to
overcome their pasts and find a love that lasts beyond one incredible summer?
Dragon Justice (Paranormal
Scene Investigations #4)
by Laura Anne Gilman
In my time with PUPI, formally known as
Private, Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations, I've seen a lot. Learned a
lot. And not all of it's been good. But what we do-make people accountable for
crimes committed with magic-is important work. Still. Even I need to
take a break every now and again. Or so I've just been told
(ordered). So hey, vacation. Maybe I'll finally figure out what's going on
with the "special bond" between me and the bossman, Benjamin Venec.
Venec seems to like that idea-he's invited me down to join him on a jaunt to
Philly. But no sooner do I arrive in the City of Brotherly Love than
we're called in to look at a dead body. And that's when life gets
really complicated....
Always in My Heart (Harts in Love #1) by Kayla
Perrin
The
oldest of three adopted daughters, Callie Hart has always loved being the
protector of the family. But now she is all grown up—with a young son of her
own to protect. Callie can't wait to show him off when she reunites with her
two sisters in Ohio. But that also means coming face-to-face with the lover she
left behind. Nigel Williams is even more irresistibly attractive than ever. But
what will he do when he learns about the secret she kept hidden from him for
ten years?
Nigel has never forgiven Callie for fleeing Ohio—and the passion they shared. And when she shows up on his doorstep asking for forgiveness, the Cleveland cop is furious at her deception. But how can he deny the feelings Callie reawakens in him? Blindsided once again by the heat of desire, Nigel vows to fight for his future with the woman he has always loved.
Nigel has never forgiven Callie for fleeing Ohio—and the passion they shared. And when she shows up on his doorstep asking for forgiveness, the Cleveland cop is furious at her deception. But how can he deny the feelings Callie reawakens in him? Blindsided once again by the heat of desire, Nigel vows to fight for his future with the woman he has always loved.
The Goddess Legacy (Goddess Test #2.5) by Aimee Carter
For millennia we've caught only glimpses of the
lives and loves of the gods and goddesses on Olympus. Now Aimé e Carter pulls
back the curtain on how they became the powerful, petty, loving and dangerous
immortals that Kate Winters knows.
Calliope/Hera represented constancy and yet had a husband who never matched her faithfulness...
Ava/Aphrodite was the goddess of love and yet commitment was a totally different deal...
Persephone was urged to marry one man, yet longed for another...
James/Hermes loved to make trouble for others-but never knew true loss before...
Henry/Hades's solitary existence had grown too wearisome to continue. But meeting Kate Winters gave him a new hope...
Five original novellas of love, loss and longing and the will to survive throughout the ages.
Calliope/Hera represented constancy and yet had a husband who never matched her faithfulness...
Ava/Aphrodite was the goddess of love and yet commitment was a totally different deal...
Persephone was urged to marry one man, yet longed for another...
James/Hermes loved to make trouble for others-but never knew true loss before...
Henry/Hades's solitary existence had grown too wearisome to continue. But meeting Kate Winters gave him a new hope...
Five original novellas of love, loss and longing and the will to survive throughout the ages.
Circle of Silence (WiHi
#2) by Carol M. Tanzman
THE BIGGEST STORY
OF MY LIFE
COULD BE HOW IT ENDS
It’s my turn to run a Campus News crew, and I’ve put together a team that can break stories wide open. And Washington Irving High has a truly great one to cover, if only we can find a lead.
A secret society has formed in our school. It announced its presence with pranks: underwear on the flag pole, a toilet in the hallway, cryptic notes. A circle of silence keeps the society a mystery. No one knows its members, agenda, or initiation secrets—until a student lands in the hospital under strange circumstances.
I will blow this story wide open and stop others from being hurt…or worse. And while my ex, Jagger, might want to help, I don’t trust him yet. (And, no, not because of our past together. That is not important to this story.)
But whether you find me, Valerie Gaines, reporting in front of the camera, or a victim in the top story of the newscast…be sure to watch Campus News at 9:00 a.m. this Friday morning.
OF MY LIFE
COULD BE HOW IT ENDS
It’s my turn to run a Campus News crew, and I’ve put together a team that can break stories wide open. And Washington Irving High has a truly great one to cover, if only we can find a lead.
A secret society has formed in our school. It announced its presence with pranks: underwear on the flag pole, a toilet in the hallway, cryptic notes. A circle of silence keeps the society a mystery. No one knows its members, agenda, or initiation secrets—until a student lands in the hospital under strange circumstances.
I will blow this story wide open and stop others from being hurt…or worse. And while my ex, Jagger, might want to help, I don’t trust him yet. (And, no, not because of our past together. That is not important to this story.)
But whether you find me, Valerie Gaines, reporting in front of the camera, or a victim in the top story of the newscast…be sure to watch Campus News at 9:00 a.m. this Friday morning.
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This Blood (Grace Allen #1) by Alisha Basso
When Grace Allen discovers a valuable ring in a gutter, she thinks it’s
her lucky day. But fate has other ideas. Now, Grace finds herself not only the
keeper of tremendous power, but the only person in the world able to control it.
Change
isn’t the only battle Grace must face in this new and frightening world. Seth
McPhee, vampire and master in the art of seduction is hot on her heels. While
Graces' power will ensure his leadership in the underworld, her beauty will
make her captivity a pleasure. Rushing to her rescue is Lucian, a man who is
more than he seems. Will he prove to be the white knight who he claims? Or is
he just another beautiful monster?
Reswyt (Dreamline#1) by David Mayer
In this
spellbinding new paranormal fantasy novel, Sabine Jahn has more than an average
teen's share of problems. She’s been forced to leave behind everything she knew
growing up in Oregon to start high school as a transfer student in California.
She’s lost her father to an automobile accident, and her grandfather,
preeminent Egyptologist Daniel Jahn, has mysteriously disappeared. She hasn’t
slept in months, and no one can tell her why. And now, as she sits in detention
for dozing off in class again, she finds herself drifting from her Cameron High
detention hall to a vast, eerie forest where immense astral wolves roam past
her.
Sabine has discovered a way to enter a realm where dreaming minds appear nightly as noble hawks, fierce wolves, and stalwart bears. She learns that the wild, beautiful world she has found is slowly becoming corrupted by the acts of a dead mind trapped within it. Now, the fate of that realm – and our own world – rests in the hands of Sabine, a long-dead French soldier, an Egyptian god, and a mysterious, profoundly gifted boy trapped between worlds.
Sabine has discovered a way to enter a realm where dreaming minds appear nightly as noble hawks, fierce wolves, and stalwart bears. She learns that the wild, beautiful world she has found is slowly becoming corrupted by the acts of a dead mind trapped within it. Now, the fate of that realm – and our own world – rests in the hands of Sabine, a long-dead French soldier, an Egyptian god, and a mysterious, profoundly gifted boy trapped between worlds.
4 comments
I just started reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood books, so I look forward to see if you like the later books as much as I'm loving the first! I've never heard of most of these, but Easy looks pretty interesting, I might check it out!
ReplyDeleteAhh, I want Until I Die so bad! Definitely an awesome series. :) Happy reading!
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ReplyDeleteNice list of books! Hide & Seek sounds good. I will have to add that to my list.
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