In My Mailbox (69)
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:
Timepiece (Hourglass #2) by Myra McEntire
A threat from the past could destroy the future. And the clock is
ticking...
Kaleb Ballard's relentless flirting is interrupted when Jack Landers, the man who tried to murder his father, timeslips in and attacks before disappearing just as quickly. But Kaleb has never before been able to see time travelers, unlike many of his friends associated with the mysterious Hourglass organization. Are Kaleb's powers expanding, or is something very wrong?
Then the Hourglass is issued an ultimatum. Either they find Jack and the research he's stolen on the time gene, or time will be altered with devastating results.
Now
Kaleb, Emerson, Michael, and the other Hourglass recruits have no choice but to
use their unusual powers to find Jack. But where do they even start? And when?
And even if they succeed, it may not be enough...Kaleb Ballard's relentless flirting is interrupted when Jack Landers, the man who tried to murder his father, timeslips in and attacks before disappearing just as quickly. But Kaleb has never before been able to see time travelers, unlike many of his friends associated with the mysterious Hourglass organization. Are Kaleb's powers expanding, or is something very wrong?
Then the Hourglass is issued an ultimatum. Either they find Jack and the research he's stolen on the time gene, or time will be altered with devastating results.
The follow-up to
Hourglass, Timepiece blends the paranormal, science fiction, mystery, and
suspense genres into a nonstop thrill ride where every second counts.
While It Lasts (Sea Breeze #3) by Abbi Glines {ebook}
Maybe driving home after a few (or more) shots of tequila had been a bad
idea, but hell, he did it all the time. The cops had to have been freaking
bored to have pulled him over. He wasn’t even swerving! That’s Cage York’s
story and he’s sticking to it.
Unfortunately, his baseball coach isn’t buying it. Cage has a free ride to the local junior college for baseball -- or he did, until he’d gotten a DUI. Now, Cage has to decide: does he drop out and give up his dream of getting noticed by a college in the SEC, and possibly making it into the Major Leagues -- or does he give in to his coach’s demands and spend his summer baling hay?
Eva Brooks planned out her life step by step when she was eight years old. Not once over the years had she lost sight of her goals. Josh Beasley, her next door neighbor, had been the center of those goals. He’d been her first boyfriend at seven, her first kiss at ten, her first date at fifteen, and her first tragedy at eighteen. The moment she’d received the phone call from Josh’s mother saying he’d been killed along with four other soldiers just north of Baghdad, Eva’s carefully planned life imploded in the worst way possible.
Unfortunately, his baseball coach isn’t buying it. Cage has a free ride to the local junior college for baseball -- or he did, until he’d gotten a DUI. Now, Cage has to decide: does he drop out and give up his dream of getting noticed by a college in the SEC, and possibly making it into the Major Leagues -- or does he give in to his coach’s demands and spend his summer baling hay?
Eva Brooks planned out her life step by step when she was eight years old. Not once over the years had she lost sight of her goals. Josh Beasley, her next door neighbor, had been the center of those goals. He’d been her first boyfriend at seven, her first kiss at ten, her first date at fifteen, and her first tragedy at eighteen. The moment she’d received the phone call from Josh’s mother saying he’d been killed along with four other soldiers just north of Baghdad, Eva’s carefully planned life imploded in the worst way possible.
Cage
isn’t real happy with his closet-sized bedroom in the back of a foul smelling
barn, or his daily interactions with cows, but he knows that if he doesn’t make
his coach happy then he can kiss his scholarship goodbye. Only a sick and
twisted man would decide his punishment was to be working on a farm all summer.
No hot babes in bikinis waiting to meet a Southern boy to make her vacation
complete. Just him and the damned cows.
Oh -- and an uptight, snarky brunette with
the biggest blue eyes he’s every seen. But she doesn’t count, because as hard
as he’s tried to charm her out of her panties - he’s pretty sure she’d rather
see him hung from the rafters than let him get a taste of her pretty little
lips.
Crushed by Cheryl
Dragon {ebook}
Most women are turned off by Eve's job working with reptiles in the Everglades. Miranda is exception and Eve has fallen hard for her. Their chemistry is undeniable but Miranda has a secret that could ruin everything.
Hot sex in a swamp proves they're perfect together but sex doesn't solve everything. Can Eve charm the truth out of Miranda?
Come See About Me C.K. Kelly Martin {ebook}
Twenty-year-old Leah Fischer's been in a state of collapse since the
moment police arrived on her Toronto doorstep to inform her that boyfriend
Bastien was killed in a car accident. After flunking out of university and
cutting herself off from nearly everyone she knows, Leah's saved by Bastien's
aunt who offers her a rent-free place to stay in a nearby suburban town.
Initially Leah keeps to herself, with no energy for anyone or anything else, but it's not long before her nurturing neighbours begin to become fixtures in Leah's life and a much needed part-time job forces her to interact with other members of the community. And when Leah is faced with another earth-shattering event, her perspective on life begins to shift again. Soon Leah's falling into a casual sexual relationship with Irish actor Liam Kellehan, who has troubles of his own, even as she continues to yearn for her dead boyfriend. Clearly she's not the person she thought she was—and maybe Liam isn't either.
Initially Leah keeps to herself, with no energy for anyone or anything else, but it's not long before her nurturing neighbours begin to become fixtures in Leah's life and a much needed part-time job forces her to interact with other members of the community. And when Leah is faced with another earth-shattering event, her perspective on life begins to shift again. Soon Leah's falling into a casual sexual relationship with Irish actor Liam Kellehan, who has troubles of his own, even as she continues to yearn for her dead boyfriend. Clearly she's not the person she thought she was—and maybe Liam isn't either.
From Library:
The Cowboy's Holiday Blessing (Cooper Creek
#1) by
Brenda Minton
Reformed rebel Jackson Cooper thinks he can handle anything—until a
sullen teenage girl appears at his ranch, claiming the impossible. Even though
he's not Jade's father, he can't turn her away, knowing she's in need. But he's
going to need the helping hand of compassionate schoolteacher Madeline Patton.
An unlikely duo with their own secret fears, Jackson and Maddie certainly don't
expect the Christmas surprise of instant parenthood. Yet as they work toward
giving a foster child a home, they might just discover the most wonderful gift
of all: family.
Underworld (Abandon #1) by Meg Cabot
Escape
from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.
Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera isn’t dead.
Not this time.
But
she is being held against her will in the dim, twilit world between heaven and
hell, where the spirits of the deceased wait before embarking upon their final
journey.Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera isn’t dead.
Not this time.
Her captor, John Hayden, claims it’s for her own safety. Because not all the departed are dear. Some are so unhappy with where they ended up after leaving the Underworld, they’ve come back as Furies, intent on vengeance…on the one who sent them there and on the one whom he loves.
But
while Pierce might be safe from the Furies in the Underworld, far worse dangers
could be lurking for her there…and they might have more to do with its ruler
than with his enemies.
And unless Pierce is careful, this time there’ll be no escape.
The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee
Sixteen-year-old
Rinn Jacobs has secrets: One, she’s bipolar. Two, she killed her grandmother.
After a suicide attempt, and now her parents' separation, Rinn and her mom move from California to the rural Ohio town where her mother grew up. Back on her medications and hoping to stay well, Rinn settles into her new home, undaunted by the fact that the previous owner hanged herself in Rinn's bedroom. At school, her classmates believe the school pool is haunted by Annaliese, a girl who drowned there. But when a reckless séance goes awry, and terrible things start happening to her new friends—yet not to her—Rinn is determined to find out why she can’t be "touched" by Annaliese...or if Annaliese even exists.
With the help of Nate Brenner, the hunky “farmer boy” she’s rapidly falling for, Rinn devises a dangerous plan to uncover the truth. Soon reality and fantasy meld into one, till Rinn finds it nearly impossible to tell the difference. When a malevolent force threatens the lives of everyone she cares about--not to mention her own--she can't help wondering: who should she really be afraid of?
After a suicide attempt, and now her parents' separation, Rinn and her mom move from California to the rural Ohio town where her mother grew up. Back on her medications and hoping to stay well, Rinn settles into her new home, undaunted by the fact that the previous owner hanged herself in Rinn's bedroom. At school, her classmates believe the school pool is haunted by Annaliese, a girl who drowned there. But when a reckless séance goes awry, and terrible things start happening to her new friends—yet not to her—Rinn is determined to find out why she can’t be "touched" by Annaliese...or if Annaliese even exists.
With the help of Nate Brenner, the hunky “farmer boy” she’s rapidly falling for, Rinn devises a dangerous plan to uncover the truth. Soon reality and fantasy meld into one, till Rinn finds it nearly impossible to tell the difference. When a malevolent force threatens the lives of everyone she cares about--not to mention her own--she can't help wondering: who should she really be afraid of?
Annaliese?
Or herself?
Won:
Shadow Sight (Ivy Granger #1) by E.J. Steven
Welcome to Harborsmouth, where monsters walk
the streets unseen by humans…except
those with second sight, like Ivy Granger.
Some things are best left unseen...
Ivy Granger's second sight is finally giving her life purpose. Ivy and her best friend Jinx may not be raking in the dough, but their psychic detective agency pays the bills--most of the time. Their only worry is the boredom of a slow day and the occasional crazy client--until a demon walks through their door.
Demons are never a good sign...
A demon attorney representing the water fae? Stranger things have happened. And things are about to get very, very strange as a bloodthirsty nightmare hunts the city of Harborsmouth.
There's blood in the water...
Kelpies have a reputation for eating humans. Unfortunately, Kelpies are the clients. When an Unseelie faerie this evil stalks the waterways of your city, you have to make hard choices.
The lesser of two evils...
Some things are best left unseen...
Ivy Granger's second sight is finally giving her life purpose. Ivy and her best friend Jinx may not be raking in the dough, but their psychic detective agency pays the bills--most of the time. Their only worry is the boredom of a slow day and the occasional crazy client--until a demon walks through their door.
Demons are never a good sign...
A demon attorney representing the water fae? Stranger things have happened. And things are about to get very, very strange as a bloodthirsty nightmare hunts the city of Harborsmouth.
There's blood in the water...
Kelpies have a reputation for eating humans. Unfortunately, Kelpies are the clients. When an Unseelie faerie this evil stalks the waterways of your city, you have to make hard choices.
The lesser of two evils...
NetGalley:
Born to Bite by Hannah Howell, Erica Ridley, Diana Cosby
Darkly handsome and dangerously sexy, these voracious
vampires are out for blood—and bound for eternal love…
Dark Secret by Hannah Howell
Alone in the world,
Murdina Dunbar sets out in search of the only family she has left—and finds an
ally in the mysterious Sir Gillanders Baldwin. Something about her sexy
protector stirs her blood. Soon, not even the whispers that he’s a dangerous
demon can keep her from his bed….
Never Been Bitten by Erica Ridley
Rumored to be a
vampire, the rakish Mr. Macane is ravishing all the ladies of the ton! Yet,
Miss Elspeth Ramsay cannot bring herself to tremble in his presence. But once
Ellie feels the touch of his teeth at her throat, she finds herself biting him
back! Surely this sudden bloodlust can only mean danger for her family—and her
heart….
Highland Vampire by Diana Cosby
As King of the
Highland Coven, vampire Aedan MacGregor knows that falling for the fey Rowan
Campbell could destroy her. But one taste of her healing blood and he craves
her like no other. Dare claim her as his own, knowing he might lose her forever?
Demon Hunting in the Deep South (Demon Hunting
#2) by Lexi
George
The warrior and the
wallflower . . .
Shy, self-conscious Evie Douglass tries to stay
under the radar, especially when her nemesis Meredith Peterson, aka The Death
Starr, is anywhere around. Meredith and her bitch posse of skinny girlfriends
have tormented Evie since the seventh grade, calling her names like The Whale
and Thunder Thighs.
Evie
tries to stay invisible, but that’s not an easy thing for a plus-sized gal to
do in a small town like Hannah, Alabama. She finds it doubly hard to avoid
Meredith’s wrath once she takes a job at the lumber mill. You see, Meredith’s
husband is Evie’s new boss. Translation: more torture time for The Death Starr.
Evie
thinks things couldn’t get much worse until the morning she finds Meredith’s
bloody body sprawled across her desk. Typical Meredith, she gets herself dead
mere days after a very public scene in which Meredith accuses Evie of having an
affair with her husband. Worse, the murder weapon is found in Evie’s car.
Suddenly, Evie is the Number One suspect in a sensational murder case. But she’s got bigger problems. Hannah is infested with demons—soul sucking, body snatching creatures of evil—and, for some reason, they want Evie. The only thing standing between Evie and death or possible possession is a hunky blond demon slayer named Ansgar.
Suddenly, Evie is the Number One suspect in a sensational murder case. But she’s got bigger problems. Hannah is infested with demons—soul sucking, body snatching creatures of evil—and, for some reason, they want Evie. The only thing standing between Evie and death or possible possession is a hunky blond demon slayer named Ansgar.
Ansgar
is a Dalvahni warrior, a supernaturally gorgeous race whose sole purpose is to
hunt down and capture rogue demons.
Evie could almost swear that Ansgar is interested in more than demons. He seems interested in her. Ridiculous, of course, because he’s sex on two legs and she’s…
Well, she’s Whaley Douglass.
Evie could almost swear that Ansgar is interested in more than demons. He seems interested in her. Ridiculous, of course, because he’s sex on two legs and she’s…
Well, she’s Whaley Douglass.
To add to Evie’s troubles,
Meredith doesn’t even have the decency to stay dead. She shows back up as a
ghost and she’s more of a beyotch than ever. Meredith has deathnesia—she can’t
remember who killed her—leaving Evie to solve the mystery herself, or go to
jail for a murder she didn’t commit.
Dracula's Desires by Linda
Mercury
Revealing herself as the Dracula of legend,
much less a woman, should have been Valerie Tate’s greatest challenge. But with
her longing for blood quenched by the one man she couldn’t resist, Valerie now
finds herself in an impossible circumstance…
OUT OF THE SHADOWS…
It’s a fact that vampires do not get pregnant.
But Valerie is definitely pregnant. Worse, six months ago her lover, Lance
Soleil, abandoned her. Determined to find answers, Valerie goes on a quest—one
that leads her to Lance’s childhood friend, John Janté, a man with whom she
shares a strong bond—and an intense lust. But when John is kidnapped, Valerie’s
attempt to rescue him uncovers more than she bargained for…
INTO THE FIRE…
Scouring parallel realms and pocket
dimensions, Valerie soon finds that Lance has regained Paradise as Angel of the
Lost…John is hostage in a bizarre world that resembles Victorian London…and
most shocking of all, Valerie’s greatest love may be within her reach once
more. For the soul of Dracula’s dead wife, Ilona, is trapped within John’s
captor, a mad woman robbed of her humanity and manipulated by a conspiracy of
Fallen Angels. Now, torn between past and present loves, Valerie must
contend with emotions that threaten to break her. And in a desperate show-down,
the reunited triad of a vampire, an angel, and a human, must face their deepest
fears—with the future of an unborn angel-to-be in the
balance…
Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day
The longer
the resistance...
Seven years
ago, on the eve of her wedding, proper Lady Jessica Sheffield witnessed a
licentious scene no innocent young miss could imagine. Shocked, yet strangely
titillated, she'd held her silence regarding scandalous Alistair Caulfield, and
walked down the aisle as expected. But through years of serene, unremarkable
marriage, Caulfield's image remained burned into her imagination, fueling very
illicit dreams. . .
...the sweeter the reward
Alistair ran
far from the temptation of the prim debutante with the fire of passion in her
eyes—all the way to the West
Indies. As a successful merchant, he has little in common with the rakehell
youth she knew. But when newly widowed Jessica steps aboard his ship for a
transatlantic passage, seven years' worth of denied pleasures are held in check
by nothing more than a few layers of silk—and the
certainty that surrender will consume them both. . .
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Become (Desolation #1) by Ali Cross
Sixteen-year old Desolation Black wants nothing more than to stay in
Hell where it’s cold and lonely and totally predictable. Instead, she’s sent
back to Earth where she must face the evil she despises and the good she always
feared.
When Desi is forced to embrace her inner demon, she assumes her choice has been made—that she has no hope of being anything other than what her father, Lucifer, has created her to be. What she doesn’t count on, is finding a reason to change—something she’s never had before—a friend.
When Desi is forced to embrace her inner demon, she assumes her choice has been made—that she has no hope of being anything other than what her father, Lucifer, has created her to be. What she doesn’t count on, is finding a reason to change—something she’s never had before—a friend.
Filthy Shades of Gray by Steve
Roach
FILTHY SHADES OF GRAY
a.k.a.
The Pervert and the Slag
When Anna helps her best friend Kit by interviewing local high-flying fruit stall owner Chris Gray, the last thing she expects is to become embroiled in a filthy new relationship based almost entirely on perverted sex.
But this is exactly what happens. As Anna copes with the rather mundane life-tasks of finishing college, moving to a new flat and attempting to find a job, she embarks upon a series of escalating sexual encounters involving her disgusting new boyfriend and his outrageous sexual appetites.
‘Filthy Shades of Gray’ is a ripping piss-take of the wildly popular ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, and will appeal to fans of the original (and also to those that couldn’t bring themselves to read it).
a.k.a.
The Pervert and the Slag
When Anna helps her best friend Kit by interviewing local high-flying fruit stall owner Chris Gray, the last thing she expects is to become embroiled in a filthy new relationship based almost entirely on perverted sex.
But this is exactly what happens. As Anna copes with the rather mundane life-tasks of finishing college, moving to a new flat and attempting to find a job, she embarks upon a series of escalating sexual encounters involving her disgusting new boyfriend and his outrageous sexual appetites.
‘Filthy Shades of Gray’ is a ripping piss-take of the wildly popular ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, and will appeal to fans of the original (and also to those that couldn’t bring themselves to read it).
2 comments
I've heard good and bad things about Underworld. I'll be interested to know what you think. :)
ReplyDeleteHere's my IMM post.
Great haul! I can't wait to read Timepiece. I absolutely loved Hourglass. I love how it's told in a different Point of View. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!