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Book Review: Kill Me Twice, Thrill Me to Death

Book Review: Kill Me Twice, Thrill Me to Death

It’s time for me to catch up on my backlog of book reviews, so I’ve grouped these romantic suspense books into this bundled review. Now, I’ve long admired the way The Book Smugglers structured their review post, and since one of the Top 10 Things I’ve resolved to do this year ...

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TBR Jan Book Review: Dear John

TBR Jan Book Review: Dear John

If I were asked to name one great male romantic fiction author 2 years ago, I would have said “None comes to my mind.” However, having read A Walk to Remember and watched the movie (on YouTube, no less!), and recently followed that up with the heart-achingly sweet war romance (well, ...

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Great Western Romances: Diablo, The Scotsman and Never Love a Lawman

Great Western Romances: Diablo, The Scotsman and Never Love a Lawman

It’s the New Year, and time for me to catch up on that backlog of book reviews, over the next couple of weeks (I hope!).  One post that has been sitting in my draft folder for the longest time, is that follow-up to the Great Western Drive spearheaded by Kristie, ...

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Book Review: Lords of the Underworld series (Books 1 to 4)

Book Review: Lords of the Underworld series (Books 1 to 4)

Well, I did promise that the next post would be about Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld series, didn’t I? And since I’ve been slacking off on posts -- the understatement of the year, if ever there was an award for it – it’s more than time I make up ...

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Review: Angel's Blood, Mine to Possess

Review: Angel's Blood, Mine to Possess

It has been a while since my last Nalini Singh novel … 14 months and 25 days if one were inclined to be precise. So, when I managed to obtain a copy of her new series debut, I decided to catch up on the Psy Changeling world. Naturally, it was a ...

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Sep 042007

Put this on your must-read list if Maria Snyder’s powerful fantasy adventure thriller Poison Study, made your pulse race as it did to me. This book is definitely one of my best buys of the year, and it’s worth every penny and more of its hardcover price!!

Magic studyYelena is off to another great journey to master her control of her magical skills in Magic Study. After all that suspense and political intrigue, you’d be a fool to expect Snyder to give Yelena a quiet year of learning the ropes of casting spells. Not only did the heroine excelled in her classes, she discovered a latent, and diabolical, magic skill that, used incorrectly or uncontrollably, could bring about chaos in the two kingdoms, but would make her the most powerful and feared sorcerer of her generation.

With such a dilemma as this, would you expect anything less than dark evil, political intrigue, betrayal and exciting confrontations and magical battles? I didn’t think so.