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Reviewed by Kati Dancy
Publisher: Penguin
5 Stars

What happens when two dominant Changelings mate?? All hell breaks loose.

Mercy Smith is a sentinel of DarkRiver. She’s among the most respected and even keeled warriors in the pack. Lucas, her alpha, relies on her to help keep the peace and act as a liaison between DarkRiver and the WindDancers, the wolf pack that lives adjacent to DarkRiver land. Her counterpart is Riley Kincaid, the second highest ranked member of the WindDancer pack, and nicknamed “the Wall” since he shows little to no emotion and as his alpha, Hawke, says, arguing with him is like arguing with a brick wall. Riley and Mercy have been dancing around each other for quite some time. But at Mercy’s closest friend, Dorian’s mating ceremony, Mercy finds the combination…

I’ve been reading almost nothing but paranormals for the past few months, so when Julia Quinn’s What Happens in London crossed my desk I was excited and began reading it almost immediately. I just finished it and let me just say – Julia is back! Miss Quinn’s newest historical features Olivia Bevelstoke; you might remember her as the sister-in-law and best friend of Miranda, the heroine from her book The Secret Diaries of Miranda Cheever. Olivia is beautiful, charming, smart (I like that in a heroine) and astute. The hero, Sir Harry Valentine, is a mixture of charm and intelligence with the ability to play off his heroine with grace and perfect timing.  Bright, clean, crisp and witty dialogue coupled with characters that are both richly drawn and charismatic make this…

Reviewed by PJ Ausdenmore
Publisher: Kensington
4.5  Stars

For the past five years, since the day Todd won the lottery and dumped her at the altar, Torie Hagan’s life has been cursed.  At least, that’s what she believes.  While she and Todd have found their way back to a platonic friendship, every other man who has had the misfortune of dating her has been the victim of some type of injury, almost as if they had been targeted.  Now, with the fifth anniversary of that aborted wedding just around the corner, Todd has come home for a visit but someone isn’t at all happy about his return.  Filled with hatred and more than a little unbalanced, the unknown villain murders Todd, leaving evidence at the scene that will implicate Torie.  The person then…

Reviewed by Kati Dancy
Publisher: Penguin
4 stars out of 5

Lillian Chance has always known what she wanted. A gifted and eminent wildlife biologist with a specialty in big cats, she has traveled the earth studying the creatures and writing books and articles about her work. She has fulfilled a lifelong dream by founding the Chance Wildlife Reserve on a small plot of land near her parents’ home in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Lil had a wonderful and charmed childhood spent growing up on her parents’ beef farm. Her dad taught her to ride and track and appreciate all things wild.

Cooper Sullivan is furious to be shipped off to spend two months with his grandparents in Deadwood, South Dakota. His parents are yet again trying to save their doomed marriage…

Books to movies – I’m forever in a quandary as to whether I want to see an ‘adaptation’ of a book.  Personally,  I enjoy the images my mind creates while reading, so I’m not usually  eager to see the film version.    I’ve been disappointed before.   For example,  Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez is a beautifully written book and love story.  The movie didn’t come close to capturing it.  The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende is fabulous, telling the story of four generations, incorporating magic with such a unique style you won’t want to put it down.  However, the movie was dreadful. In fact, if you saw the movie first you probably wouldn’t want to read the book, and that is a damn shame.  Clan…