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.
Pure (Covenant #2) by Jennifer L.
Armentrout{Kindle}
There is need.
And then there is Fate...
Being destined to
become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly
awesome--especially when Alexandria's "other half" is everywhere she
goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in
her bedroom--so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like
staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has
no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he
will do--and sacrifice--for her.
When daimons
infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies--lesser gods
determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that
includes the Apollyon... and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking
monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do
anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing Alex into servitude...
or killing her.
When the gods are
involved, some decisions can never, ever be undone.
Sixteen year-old Ireland Brady is sure she’s
losing her mind.
After a horrific car accident leaves her barely
clinging to life, she wakes from a coma with a renewed sense of gratitude to a
world more surreal than she could have imagined, a world which includes Orion
Alexander.
Darkly
handsome, Orion is cool and confident and has his sights set on her—something
she’s never experienced—and she finds herself falling hopelessly in love. But
when Orion’s betrayal sends her straight into the arms of his rival, Damien,
things go from bad to worse.
Despite Orion’s warnings, Ireland is attracted to Damien. He’s strong
and protective, and harbors an intense dislike for Orion, which makes him…
perfect.
But
Damien is not one to be crossed.
When all the secrets are revealed, will Ireland
trust the boy who broke her heart? Or is she doomed to suffer a fate worse than
death?
Sometimes love doesn't have a happy ending, at
least not the first time. MY ONCE AND FUTURE LOVE explores Beth and Jacob's
relationship with all its joys, flaws, and heartache.
Beth and Jacob were best friends until one kiss
ignited chemistry and passion neither can ignore. The tender long-distance
relationship falls apart when Beth believe Jacob betrayed her the same day she
finds out her mother's cancer is back.
Years
after their attempt at dating crashed and burned, Beth works for rock-star
Jacob as his personal assistant. When a car accident sidelines her with weeks
of recovery, the truth comes out about why she pushed him out of her life and
she realizes she made a terrible mistake. Can they get past all the pain they
caused each other, or is a second chance doomed from the start?
Free From Amazon:
A
private eye. His hardnosed secretary. A dastardly cult and a werewolf curse. If
you like your mysteries noir, Shifter, P.I. is for you.
New
Orleans detective, Rick Plazier is hired by a client to look into her possibly
cheating husband. In an effort to prove her investigative skills, Rick’s
receptionist, Amy Chang agrees to follow the same woman on behalf of her
untrusting husband. Working from opposite sides, Amy and Rick uncover much more
than a case of faithless spouses. A deadly paranormal society plans to hold an
auction of human beings and one or the other of their clients may be a target.
Amy’s disappearance prompts Rick to finally comes to terms with his
shapeshifting curse and use his wolf aspect to track and rescue her. But will
the pair acknowledge their constant arguing is due to mutual attraction and
will they move from bickering into bed?
Parched (Parched #1) by Z.L. Arkadie
“Baron Ford, he says and pauses to pick apart my expression, attempting
to read how familiar I am with that name. I nod stiffly to give no indication I
know exactly, who that is. I’m shocked to hear that name in this setting, at
this stage of my life, the one far away from Cambridge, Massachusetts over five
years later.”
Advertising Exec, Clarity Parker thought she’d
never see Baron Ford again. Five years ago, they shared the date of her life
and then he literally vanished into thin air. Now he’s back and has asked that
she, exclusively, be assigned to his multi-million dollar account.
On
the day the fog rolls in, not only can she no longer avoid him but she can no
longer avoid herself. See, Clarity has an ability that she’s run away from her
entire life. She’s learning an ability like hers doesn’t come for free, and
something or someone is trying to make her pay for it with her life.
Her world is soon turned upside down after she
escapes to a place called Enu. It’s here Clarity learns who and what she truly
is. She also learns that Baron Ford is Baron Ze Feldis; he’s a vampire, and
what bonds them runs deeper than anything she can ever imagine.
Their bond is further tested when they end up not
only battling Baron’s psycho ex-vampire girlfriend, who wants Clarity dead but
also “the evil” as they journey in search of the book which holds the Prophecy
of the Seven Seeds.
One
thing’s for sure, from this point on, their lives will never be the same.
A witch on the
verge of achieving phenomenal power, Lealandra must turn to her half-breed
demon ex-lover Taig for protection from the dark force that is after her and
also from her own magic.
With her
Counter-Balance dead and her coven against her, Taig’s blood and power is the
only thing that can help her control her magic and survive the ascension and
gain the strength to defeat her enemy.
Old feelings come
flooding back as Taig allows her into his world and Lealandra finds herself
fighting not only for survival but to win his broken heart again and heal the
pain in their past. Can he forgive her for walking out on him all those years
ago and will he ever believe her when she tells him that he’s not a monster but
the man that she loves?
When routine
driven box office assistant Samantha Smith meets the stars of 'Skating on
Broadway' her life is turned upside down. Immediately attracted to the infamous
lead skater Jimmy Lloyd, Samantha does her best to deny her feelings. But when
all you can do is burst out laughing and hyperventilate every time you're under
pressure, keeping things under wraps is a hard task.
When the future
of her beloved Civic Hall is threatened Samantha must rise to the challenge to
ensure its survival. Constantly scrutinised and criticised by her zany sister
Cleo and her brogue wearing boyfriend Jeremy, can Samantha save her job, save
the Civic Hall and stop her panic attacks just long enough to give her away her
heart?
NetGalley:
Allison Sekemoto
survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and
her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.
Some days, all that
drives Allie is her hatred of them. The
vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is
attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die… or become one of the monsters.
Faced with her own
mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the
rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without
human blood, and you will go mad.
Then Allie is
forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a
ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease
that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless
creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.
But it isn't easy
to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster
inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for.
Dark Kiss (Nightwatchers #1) by Michelle Rowen
I don't do DANGEROUS.
Smart, über-careful, ordinary Samantha—that’s me.
But I just couldn’t pass up a surprise kiss from my number-one unattainable
crush. A kiss that did something to me...something strange. Now I feel hungry
all the time, but not for food. It’s like part of me is missing—and I don’t
know if I can get it back.
Then
there’s Bishop. At first I thought he was just a street kid, but the secrets
he’s keeping are as intense as his unearthly blue eyes. If he’s what I think he
is, he may be the only one who can help me. But something terrifying is closing
in, and the one chance Bishop and I have to stop it means losing everything I
ever wanted and embracing the darkness inside me....
Nightwatchers: When angels and demons must work together, something
beyond evil is rising...
The legacy he must obey The child she must save…
The man who threatens to
fulfill her every fantasy…
and break her heart.
Alpha wolf Ridge Addison left his wife in Las Vegas, vowing to put their
one reckless night of passion behind him and return to his clan. Thirteen years
later he needs a divorce so he can become pack leader. Yet he's never forgotten
the sensuous witch whose life he saved or the knee-buckling kisses he still
craves.
After
they parted, Abigail tried banishing Ridge from her memory. Now her heart
belongs only to her son. But when the boy is kidnapped, she knows she alone
can't save him. Though Abigail's body still aches for Ridge, she's willing to
give him his freedom in exchange for his help. But who will shield her heart
from the only man she's ever let claim her, body and soul?
WHAT SHE CAN'T SEE COULD KILL HER.
Natalie Jones is the lucky survivor of an
elusive killer who preys on young women and then disappears from view. And
since her harrowing ordeal, the once gutsy photojournalist has remained
isolated in her home, paralyzed by fear and her failing vision. Special
Agent Liam "Mac" McKenzie has scars of his own.
But despite his efforts to ignore the
attraction that simmers between him and Natalie, he needs her help to catch a
predator. Soon, they will forge a tentative alliance-charged with desire.
Through a soft-focus lens, Natalie dares to envision a future with Mac beyond
the investigation...never guessing that the clues hidden within her photographs
are drawing them into an explosive confrontation with a madman.
Millions
of lives are on the line. But for him, only one truly matters. It's not in
bodyguard Jake Cantrell's job description to share his suspicions with his
assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake's not on her payroll. As a former special forces marine, Jake trusts his gut,
and it's telling him there's something off about a shipment arriving at Marine
Drilling International. His instinct is aroused...in more ways than one.
A
savvy businesswoman, Sage knows better than to take some hired gun's
"hunch" as gospel. And yet she is learning not to underestimate the
man her grandfather hired to protect her. Determined to prove Jake wrong, Sage
does some digging of her own and turns up deadly details she was never meant to
see. Drawn into a terrifying web of lies and deceit-and into feelings they
can't afford to explore-what Jake and Sage uncover may be frighteningly worse
than they ever imagined.
I’ve done it! Thanks to my awesome powers of
persuasion, elusive-but-dreamy TV star Simon Valentine is presenting our new
romance documentary! It wasn’t easy, though – Simon thinks his status as
prime-time financial guru turned pin-up is ridiculous!
He says he now steers
well clear of affairs of the heart, but surely he must have one romantic bone
left in his price-indexed body? Much as I’d like to find out first-hand, I’ve
sworn off men after a disastrous ending with my last boyfriend. Must remain
professional – though it won’t be easy…we’re filming in the most romantic city
of all…
In
a land where humans are enslaved as sexual toys, angels and demons are in
constant conflict with their playthings. The demon Varun works with STAR, an organization
devoted to human liberty, and it’s a never-ending battle.
Two
years ago, the angel Triste broke Varun’s heart by choosing to be his butler
instead of his beloved, giving Varun no explanation and no hope. However, that
doesn’t mean that Triste will simply sit back and watch as Varun takes the
human Elden under his protection, and Triste’s secret investigation will
unearth terrible secrets, including the kernels of a pernicious plot.
Despite
appearances, Triste and Varun are still in love, and Varun may well risk
everything to protect Triste and discover why the angel left him heartbroken.
But a still worse danger hangs over them as they seek to calm the threat of a
catastrophic war.
Pledged to Magic: Book 1
As a
musician in Pella’s finest brothel, Ander thought he knew all about sex between
men. He was wrong. One night, two handsome lovers draw him irresistibly to a
revelation: intense pleasure can be a gateway to magical realms. As his mind
and body reel from passionate new experiences, Ander discovers a destiny far
greater than making music for companions and their customers.
Ander’s
mentor in this new art—the leader of a small group of insurrectionists against
the tyranny of pain—is a mage named Thane, who has paid a terrible price for
his knowledge. Ander’s strength and ingenuity are quickly tested against great
odds, and although his burgeoning abilities can help his new companions, he’s
fully aware that the greatest challenge of all may be winning his mentor’s
love.
Nestled in the heart of Seattle, A Taste for
All Pleasures is a warm hub of decadent baking delights. Sweet buttery cookies
with melted chocolate, yummy cupcakes with creamy soft icing and the owner,
Angela Loukas, is about to meet a mouthwatering morsel of a man—one she can't resist!
Unfortunately, Daniel Flynn is officially celibate. No sex. No dating. It's
criminal, really. But once he steps into Angela's shop, he remembers what
temptation—in the form of chocolate icing and a mischievous set of
chocolate-brown eyes—feels like. Now he wants to have his cupcakes and Angela,
too!
Giving away her baby for adoption was the second biggest
mistake of Sierra Powell's life. But after a miraculous turn of events, she is
reunited with her toddler son and they return to Arizona. Too bad Sierra's
first mistake is waiting for her there—Clay Duvall, a much too charming cowboy.
And onetime love of her life. Clay is not about to let go of the opportunity to
raise his flesh and blood. He proposes co-parenting—meaning Sierra and Jamie
have to move close to him.
Real close, as in onto his property. As far as Sierra's
concerned, he has no say in her son's life; Clay was the one who walked out on
their relationship. Will the sparks between Clay and Sierra set off the
formerly feuding Powell and Duvall clans or will they rekindle an old passion?
"Betray your sisters or your lover. You
choose."
After the warrior she loves saved her from a murderous gargoyle, Chalice
watched helplessly as Aydin turned into a gargoyle himself. Now, free from the
curse that enslaved her, Chalice pledges to join her sister knights in The
Order of the Hatchet—and do whatever it takes to regain Aydin's humanity and
his love. What she encounters within their hallowed sanctuary is pure intrigue.
Someone—or something—is murdering her sisters in their sleep, provoking
fear and suspicion among the order. Meanwhile, Aydin, unable to stay away,
starts haunting Chalice's dreams, urging her onward. Ultimately, Chalice will
be faced with an agonizing choice—one that will tear away at her newfound
identity and force her to choose between duty and desire.
Luke
Bailey has dreams of building homes and putting down roots. But for a man with
a rough past, finding any job isn't easy. When Mary Scott offers him a job-and
a place to stay-mixing drinks and tapping beer at her theme bar, My Parents'
Basement, Luke accepts. Customers flock to the cozy pub, designed to evoke
memories of lost childhood, to meet and mingle and play games.
For
Mary, her gorgeous new employee should be off-limits. She's his boss. And
they're very different-something her interfering family constantly points out.
But Mary's done playing the good girl. And Luke isn't the bad boy everyone
thinks he is. Their attraction simmers until Mary seduces Luke into playing
some deliciously adult games. Then a shocking betrayal threatens everything...
In
the post-apocalyptic Midwest, now a ravaged dust bowl, former guardsman Derek
Covington must find help for a sick boy. With nothing but memories of all he
lost, Derek crosses the desert alone in search of the doctor who saved his own
life ten years ago. Drifter gangs who loot and pillage don't dare come near,
for Derek has a formidable weapon: a prosthetic arm with a deadly blade.
For
a decade, Dr. Lidia Sullivan has fantasized about the handsome guardsman who'd
been in her care. And now she can't deny his dangerous request. But as they
make the treacherous journey back to Old St. Louis, they must contend with much
more than fierce desert winds and their unthinkable attraction. A fearless gang
has spotted Lidia—a rare woman—and will fight Derek to the death to get her.
And though he risks his life to save her for the sake of the child who needs
her, she fears there's one thing Derek will never risk: his heart.
Two-hundred-year-old
Daegan Blackwell is one of the last remaining Empowered, an ancient magical
race. Daegan's duty is to lead and protect his remaining Brethren in the coming
war foretold by prophecy. The last thing he expects is to meet the one woman
who will either save or destroy him-his destined mate.
Fiercely
independent Realtor Olivia Farrell believes darkly handsome Daegan is simply a
prospective client. Until she's attacked by a man with a strange aura-and
Daegan fights him off, taking away her pain with just his touch. At first,
Olivia refuses to believe she's part of a magical race, yet mounting evidence
and her powerful chemistry with Daegan are too strong to deny.
But as Daegan's partner, Olivia becomes a target in the battle between good
and evil that threatens her life, as well as the very existence of the
Empowered. And the only one who can save her is the man claiming to be her
destiny...
Dorset, 1858
When Hannah's caught watching her late husband's
cousin debauch the maid in the library, she's mortified -- but also intrigued.
An unpaid companion to his aunt, she's used to being ignored.
The
black sheep of the family, Leo has nothing but his good looks and noble birth
to recommend him. Hannah ought to be appalled at what she's witnessed, but
there's something about Leo that draws her to him.
When Leo claims he can prove that women can feel desire as passionately
as men, Hannah is incredulous. Her own experiences have been uninspiring. Yet
she can't bring herself to refuse his audacious proposal when he offers to
tutor her in the art of lovemaking. As the tantalizing, wicked lessons
continue, she begins to fear she's losing not just her inhibitions, but her
heart as well. The poorest of relations, she has nothing to offer Leo but
herself. Will it be enough when their erotic education ends?
When
security expert Jason Templeton's team is ambushed while protecting a weapons
manufacturer vital to U.S. interests, he risks his life to save the man's
daughter...and loses. Unbeknownst to Jason, his mentor had been funding
experimental medical procedures after losing his young wife. Using the untested
drugs, Jason is brought back to life, stronger and faster than before, but also
vulnerable in new ways. He's determined to find the traitor in their midst, who
is after the miracle drug.
That
means protecting the brilliant scientist Lark Madrassa. Their attraction and
compatibility are undeniable, but Jason tries to deny his growing feelings for
her, thinking he is too damaged. When Lark's father is kidnapped they have to
rely on each other in a dangerous plot to uncover the double agent. Before,
Jason always accepted the risks—but what about when the life of the woman he
loves is on the line?
Who's
the sexy blonde stranger sleeping in Simon Holcroft's bed? The workaholic
returns from a business trip to find someone stretched out on his sheets.
Between the laundry basket at her side and the smell of orange cleaner, he
deduces that the young woman is his maid-and resists the urge to kiss her
awake.
But
when his brother's fiancé-his own ex-bursts in and strips down to her panties,
Simon has to get her dressed and back where she belongs. So he introduces the
maid as his fiancée. But his little white lie gets bigger, because now he has
to bring his supposed bride-to-be to meet the whole family. One offer-she-can't-refuse
later, Simon has bought himself a temporary fiancée.
In debt up to her eyeballs and all alone for the holidays, how could
struggling grad student Caroline Sampson not accept her gorgeous client's
fantasy proposal? But acting like she's in love comes more easily than she ever
expected.
Kathryn
West has it all – she’s a confident, bestselling author living it up in New
York City. Too bad she doesn’t actually exist, and is only timid Maddie
Sawyer’s pseudonym. Determined to attend her high school reunion with a man
right out of one of her racy romance novels, she plots to find a sexy bad boy
who’s up to Kathryn’s standards.
She
finds Mr. Perfect shooting pool in a biker bar. He’s a blue-collar hunk who
just happens to look great in leather. But the mysterious Scott Brady has some
rules of his own: he won’t agree to her deal unless she poses as his girlfriend
in front of his family and friends first.
As the reunion nears, Maddie tries to maintain
her carefree façade, knowing she’ll soon face some old ghosts. She’s torn
between her growing attraction to Scott and the nagging feeling that he’s
hiding something important. Will she still want him when she finds out his
secret? What about when he discovers hers?
London, 1822
Impoverished Julian Parker returns to London with
one goal: marry an heiress. He'll do whatever it takes, even if it means
denying his desire for men. After all, with a fortune comes happiness and
social acceptance—which have eluded Julian his entire life.
The
only things a vast fortune has brought Oscar Woodhaven are greedy relatives and
loneliness. At twenty-one years of age, he has everything a man could possibly
want—except someone to love him. When he meets devastatingly handsome Julian
Parker, he believes his luck has turned.
Between Oscar's lavish gifts and their searing
hot nights, Julian is caught between what he thinks he needs and what his heart
truly desires. But when a betrayal threatens to tear them apart, Julian
discovers he'll do whatever it takes to convince Oscar the greatest fortune of
all is love.
After
fifteen years of marriage, Jessica Meyers's sex life is, well, a little
predictable. Her handsome husband turns her on, but missionary style once or
twice a week? It just can't compare to the hot new world she discovers in the
pages of erotic romances. Her fantasies fuel the fire of her desire, adding a
new spark to her and Alex's lovemaking. But Jess is afraid to tell her husband
what she really wants in bed—and her secrets start coming between them.
State
trooper Alex Meyers is a master at uncovering the truth—except when it comes to
his sweet, shy wife. She's clearly keeping something from him. An affair? She
wants out? When he finally confronts Jess, he's shocked to learn she wants to
turn her forbidden fantasies into nightly realities. But when he takes her to a
unique B and B—Bondage and Breakfast—catering to couples and multiples, Alex is
about to find out just how far he'll go.
Zero Gravity Outcasts by Kay
Keppler
Minka Shokat only needs two things
in life: her fourth-generation Wayfarer spaceship, and two best friends and
crewmates by her side. Anjali and Tex were the only people to stand by her
after she was falsely branded a traitor and kicked out of Central Command five
years ago.
Since then,
Minka has kept as far from Command as the galaxy will allow. Working with her
friends on their own terms beats flying warships any day. But keeping her
junker of a ship flying takes money-money that Minka and her crew don't have.
As a last resort, she reluctantly accepts a job transporting cargo for Central
Command.
Then she finds
out what her "cargo" is: the very general who ruined her reputation
and currently needs Minka to deliver him safely to a peace conference. Now
Minka and her biggest rival must work together to fight off space pirates,
commandos and rebels who are determined to stop their mission-or be blown out
of the skies for good.
