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Title:  Smoke on the Water (Sisters of the Craft) by Lori Handeland Publisher:  St. Martins Paperbacks Format:  advanced e-galley from the publisher through  netgalley.com  in exchange for an honest review Pages :352 pages Genre:  paranormal romance This book is due to be released August 4, 2015 Synopsis:  Reunited after four hundred years, three sisters join together to vanquish the power that tore them apart…and embrace the sorcery that is their birthright. Abandoned as an infant, Willow Black spent her childhood in foster care, the object of whispers and pity...and rumors about being certifiably crazy. Telling your young friends that you can foresee the future--and summon the rain--is a surefire way to end up in the psychiatric ward. But when Dr. Sebastian Frasier arrives at the facility, Willow's whole life takes a turn. Sebastian is the handsomest man she's ever actually laid eyes on--even though he has been in Willow's visions for ye...

Title:   Dirty Wings by Sarah McCarry (Metamorphasis Trilogy Book 2) Publisher: Audible Studios Format: Audio Book Narrator: Renata Friedman Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy Synopsis:  Maia is a teenage piano prodigy and dutiful daughter, imprisoned in the oppressive silence of her adoptive parents' house like a princess in an ivory tower. Cass is a street rat, witch, and runaway, scraping by with her wits and her knack for a five-fingered discount. When a chance encounter brings the two girls together, an unlikely friendship blossoms that will soon change the course of both their lives. Cass springs Maia from the jail of the only world she's ever known, and Maia's only too happy to make a break for it. But Cass didn't reckon on Jason, the hypnotic blue-eyed rocker who'd capture Maia's heart as soon as Cass set her free - and Cass isn't the only one who's noticed Maia's extraordinary gifts. Is Cass strong enough t...

Title:  Awake by Natasha Preston Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Format:  advanced ebook from the publisher through netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review Pages: 336 Pages Genre: YA This title is due to be released August 4, 2015 Synopsis:  Of course, the dress was white. This is what I’m supposed to die in, I thought. Not many people knew what their last outfit would be. I pulled it over my head. It fit me perfectly. It had long, loose fitting sleeves, a modest neckline, and waves of material on the skirt. I hated it. There were no shoes, and I was afraid I’d have to run through the forest barefoot but there weren’t a lot of options. Besides, I’d run barefoot over a bed of nails to get away. “Scarlett, are you ready?” he called. I looked in the mirror and took a deep breath. Time to fight for my life. Scarlett Garner doesn’t remember anything before the age of four—until a car accident changes everything. She starts to remember pieces of a past ...

Title:  All Our Pretty Songs by Sarah McCarry Publisher:  Audible Studios Format: Audio Book Narrator:  Renata Friedman Length: 7 hours and 1 minute Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy Synopsis:  This is a story about love, but not the kind of love you think. You’ll see… In the lush and magical Pacific Northwest live two best friends who grew up like sisters: charismatic, mercurial, and beautiful Aurora, and the devoted, watchful narrator. Each of them is incomplete without the other. But their unbreakable bond is challenged when a mysterious and gifted musician named Jack comes between them. His music is like nothing I have ever heard. It is like the ocean surging, the wind that blows across the open water, the far call of gulls. Suddenly, each girl must decide what matters most: friendship, or love. What both girls don’t know is that the stakes are even higher than either of them could have imagined. They’re not the only ones who have noticed Jack’s gift...

Title:   Center of Gravity by Laura McNeill Publisher: Thomas Nelson Format: advanced ebook from publisher through netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review. Pages: 320 pages Genre: Fiction This title is due to be released July 14, 2015 Synopsis:   The truth could cost her everything. Her whole life, Ava Carson has been sure of one thing: she doesn’t measure up to her mother’s expectations. So when Mitchell Carson sweeps into her life with his adorable son, the ready-made family seems like a dream come true. In the blink of an eye, she’s married, has a new baby, and life is wonderful. Or is it? When her picture-perfect marriage begins unraveling at the seams, Ava convinces herself she can fix it. It's temporary. It’s the stress. It’s Mitchell’s tragic history of loss. If only Ava could believe her own excuses. Mitchell is no longer the charming, thoughtful man she married. He grows more controlling by the day, revealing a violent jealous streak...

Title:   Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau Publisher: Recorded Books Format: Audio Book Narrator:  Elizabeth Morton Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Pages:  336 pages Genre:  dystopian YA Synopsis:  Seventeen-year-old Cia Vale survived  The Testing , as has Tomas, the boy she loves, and they have both gained admission to the University. She has a promising future as a leader of the United Commonwealth and no memory of her bloody testing experience, thanks to a government-sanctioned memory wipe. Cia should be happy but  is plagued by doubts about the past and future. Determined to find the truth, she embarks on a path of study forbidden by the government delving  into the Commonwealth's darkest secrets. What she finds is the brutal reality lurking behind the friendly faces of her classmates and the unbearable realization that leaders chosen to protect us can be our greatest enemy. (43) Review: I am still struggli...

Title:  Heat of the Moment (Sisters of the Craft) by Lori Handeland Publisher:  St. Martins Paperbacks Format:  advanced e-galley from the publisher through  netgalley.com  in exchange for an honest review Pages :368 pages Genre:  paranormal romance This book will be released June 30, 2015 Synopsis:  A spell that tore three sisters apart is broken four hundred years later, when the magic in their blood reunites them. Now, one of them will discover her gift--and reignite a love long thought lost… Flame-haired Becca Carstairs was born to be a veterinarian. Since childhood, her affinity for animals has been special, and her healing touch nothing short of magic. But only Becca knows the truth--that she alone can hear the creatures' voices. She's always trusted her sixth sense…until a string of missing pets, an attempted murder, and a face from her past converge into one explosive mystery, with her at its center. Is haunted Owen McAllister, t...

Title:   Speaking in Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan) by Kathy Reichs Publisher: Bantam Pages: 320 pages Format: advanced e-book from the publisher via netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review Genre: Mystery This book will be released July 21, 2015 Synopsis:  Temperance Brennan investigates what looks to be a typical missing person case, only to find herself digging up bones possibly left by a serial killer, a cult, or perhaps something not entirely of this world. (41)Review: I love these books, and while I have watched the TV Show Bones I tend to appreciate the books more. Tempe finds herself involved in a case involving web sleuths (regular people who try to help solve cold cases through the internet). When a woman walks into her office with a disturbing audio of a woman in distress Tempe decides to help.  Whether she is helping to take her away from her problems of finding tax receipts or dealing with her Canadian detective Ryan this case ...

Title:   As Night Falls: A Novel by Jenny Milchman Publisher:  Ballantine Books Format :advanced e-copy from the publisher through netgalley.com Pages: 385 pages Genre: Mystery/thriller Synopsis:  Sandy Tremont has always tried to give her family everything. But, as the sky darkens over the Adirondacks and a heavy snowfall looms, an escaped murderer with the power to take it all away draws close. In her isolated home in the shadowy woods, Sandy prepares dinner after a fight with her daughter, Ivy. Upstairs, the fifteen-year-old—smart, brave, and with every reason to be angry tonight—keeps her distance from her mother. Sandy’s husband, Ben, a wilderness guide, arrives late to find a home simmering with unease. Nearby, two desperate men on the run make their way through the fading light, bloodstained and determined to leave no loose ends or witnesses. After almost twenty years as prison cellmates, they have become a deadly team: Harlan the muscle, Nick the...