Review: Shades of Gray by Caitlin Kittredge & Jackie Kessler

Format Read: ARC Trade PaperbackNumber of Pages: 432Release Date:  June 22nd, 2010Publisher: SpectraFormats Available: Trade Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: GoodReads, Series Website, Bookdepository

Book Blurb:

AFTER THE FALL OF NIGHT

Jet and Iridium—best friends turned bitter enemies—teamed up to foil the evil plans of the rogue superhero known as Night, but in defeating him they inadvertently destroyed the secret Corp-Co transmitter whose frequency kept the metapowered heroes of the Squadron in line. Now these heroes have turned against New Chicago, ransacking the city they once protected. Even worse, the powerful antisuperhero group known as Everyman has taken advantage of the chaos to fan the flames of prejudice against all superpowered men and women. Just when New Chicago needs them most, Jet and the small band of heroes who have remained on the right side of the law find themselves …

Review: Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas

Format Read: Print Number of Pages: 352 pages Release Date: May 25th 2010 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Formats Available: Ebooks, Paperback Purchasing Info: Good Reads, Author Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Book Blurb:

For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters–a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges’ older brother, Leo Hathaway, is thoroughly exasperating. Cat can hardly believe that their constant arguing could mask a mutual attraction. But when one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response–and even more so when Leo proposes a dangerous liaison.
Leo must marry and produce an heir within a year to save his family home. Catherine’s respectable demeanor hides a secret that would utterly destroy her. But to Leo, Cat is intriguing and infernally tempting, even to a man resolved never to …

Review: Beauvallet by Georgette Heyer

Format: Trade PaperbackNumber of pages: 304Release Date: Jan. 1, 2010Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Formats available: Paperback, Audio, eBookPurchasing info: Goodreads, Amazon

Synopsis:What happens when a pirate falls in love with his captive?

During her return to Spain with her father, the lovely Dona Dominica de Rada y Sylva is horrified when their ship is set upon by pirates. Far worse is her discovery that their captor isn’t just any pirate — he is the notorious Sir Nicholas Beauvallet, an Englishman with a scandalous reputation for plundering Spanish ships. But Dominica’s pride braces her determination to be no one’s hostage . . .

It should have been easy for Sir Nicholas. It was, after all, just another ship. But instead, Sir Nicholas finds himself captivated by Dominica’s dark beauty and indomitable courage. After returning his captives …

Review: The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

Format Read: HardcoverNumber of Pages: 384Publisher: EgmontUSARelease Date: December 22, 2009Formats Available: Trade PaperbackPurchasing Info: Amazon.com, Goodreads, Author’s Website

Book Blurb:

A prodigal son

A dangerous love

A deadly secret . . .

I stood back and watched his movements. Daniel had that way about him that could shut me down in an instant. . . . I kicked the gravel a couple of times and worked up my courage again. “Tell me . . . I mean . . . why did you come back? Why now, after all this time?”

Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared—the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in blood. But she has no idea what a truly monstrous secret that night really held. And when …

Review: Enslave: The Taming of the Beast by Cathy Yardley

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 236Release Date: October 6, 2009Publisher: Avon RedFormats Available: Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s website, Bookdepository

Book received by publisher for this review.

Book Blurb:

Nadia Bessonova’s career-criminal father has deadly enemies – and to save him, his devoted daughter is willing to strike a deal with the devil. She will surrender completely, body and spirit, to the dangerous Dominic Luder, and submit to his every whim.

Dominic, haunted by inner demons and hiding away in his dark, secluded manor, is mesmerized by his sensuous prisoner who inflames his bestial lust. But Nadia is no mere plaything. At once fearful, willing, and wildly passionate, she brings his most breathtaking erotic fantasies to life – and thaws his cold, wounded heart.

Nadia never dreamed she’d become a slave to her own desires in a savage game of seduction and revenge. And now that …

Review: When Marrying A Scoundrel by Kathryn Smith

Format Read: eARC

Number of Pages: 384
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Genre: Historical RomancePublisher: Avon Books
Formats Available: MMPB, ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Author’s website

Book Blurb:

A lady must be prepared for anything . . . when marrying a scoundrel.

Sadie Moon once thought she was in love. Then her dashing husband left her to seek his fortune, and she had no choice but to transform herself from a heartbroken waif into London Society’s favorite fortune-teller. But even she could not have foreseen Jack’s return—until their paths cross in the last place either would have expected: London’s most exclusive house of pleasure.

Now wealthy and successful, Jack Friday has everything he’d ever dreamed of . . . except Sadie. He swears he will never trust the woman who broke her promise to wait for him, though his passion for her burns as …

Review: Cheat the Grave by Vicki Pettersson

Format Read: digital ARCNumber of Pages: 464 pagesRelease Date: June 1st, 2010Publisher: EosFormats Available: Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: GoodReads, Author’s Website, Book Depository

Book Blurb:Las Vegas socialite and otherworldly avenger Joanna Archer gave up everything when she embraced mortality—abandoning her powers and altering her destiny to save a child . . . and a city. Now her former allies are her enemies—and her enemies have nothing to fear.

Yet still she is bound to a prophecy that condemns her to roam a nightmare landscape that ordinary humans cannot see and dare not enter. And a beast is on her trail—an insane killer blinded by bloodlust, who’s determined to rip much more from Joanna than merely her now-fragile life. Survival is no longer an option in this dark realm where good and evil have blurred into confusing shades of gray—unless she can …

Review: Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane +Giveaway

Format Read: MMPB

Number of Pages: 352 pages
Release Date: May 25th 2010 
Publisher: Del Rey 
Formats Available: Paperback, eBook
Purchasing Info: GoodReads; Author’s Website, BookDepository

I received this book from the publisher for review.Book Blurb:THE DEPARTED HAVE ARRIVED.

The world is not the way it was. The dead have risen, and the living are under attack. The powerful Church of Real Truth, in charge since the government fell, has sworn to reimburse citizens being harassed by the deceased.

Consequently, there are many false claims of hauntings from those hoping to profit. Enter Chess Putnam, a fully-tattooed witch, freewheeling Debunker, and ghost hunter. She’s got a real talent for nailing human liars and banishing the wicked dead. But she’s keeping a dark secret from the Church: a little drug problem that’s landed her in hot and dangerous water.

Chess owes a lot of money to a …

Review: Something Wicked by Lesley Anne Cowan

Format Read: ARCNumber of Pages: 224 pagesRelease Date: June 1, 2010Publisher: Puffin CanadaFormats Available: Trade PaperbackPurchasing Info: Chapters.ca, Goodreads

Book Blurb:Melissa’s most recent troubles stem from a secret: her 28-year-old boyfriend Michael has just broken up with her. Though the relationship is clearly over, Melissa clings to the memories, riding a relentless wave of hope and disappointment. Meaningless sexual escapades, drunken nights, and drug-induced blackouts help her cope with heartbreak, but her pain goes much deeper than unrequited teenage love. Her insight, sense of humour, optimism, and sheer determination prove to be saving graces, as is her ability to find solace in the Greek myths she’s learned about in grade ten English class. And in the end, it is Melissa’s mother who proves to be the real victim of tragedy, and Melissa who must save her.

My Thoughts:

****disclaimer : Something Wicked takes a realistic look at a troubled teen …