On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. It’s where I list all the books I desperately want but haven’t actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. It’s also an event that you can join in with too – Mr Linky is always at the ready for you to link your own ‘On My Wishlist’ post. If you want to know more click here.
This sounds like an interesting Thriller.
15 Miles
Rob Scott (Gollancz)
Publication Date: Aug 2010 (UK)
Paperback: 388 pages
Genre: Thriller
Waterstone’s Summary:
Samuel ‘Sailor’ Doyle has transferred from Vice to Homicide in the Virginia State Police. He has a mistress, an alcohol problem, a prescription drug dependency, and a burgeoning self-loathing that alienates his wife and family. On Friday 3 July, the rookie investigator is assigned to a double homicide on a rural farm some 15 miles outside Richmond. One of the victims has been interred in a makeshift tomb, while the other is stuck half-in, half-out of a hope chest overflowing with cat litter. And the farm is covered with dead bodies: dozens of cats, sheep, goats, cows, and one dead horse. The mentally handicapped daughter of the victims, Carl and Claire Bruckner, is missing. Doyle soon discovers that Bruckner was a Marine captain who lost his leg in Vietnam thanks to the incompetence of his commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Lake – now retired General Robert Lake, and Republican Party presidential hopeful, who will be speaking in Richmond on July fourth – the following evening. What Doyle fails to realise as he follows the various clues is that wherever he goes, he is spreading disease – and not just any disease, but Yersinia pestis. The plague. Is the dead Marine planning revenge, even from beyond the grave?
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This is a series that I have wanted to read for a while after seeing it around the blogosphere. This is the UK cover and I think it’s great. All the UK covers for this series I think are really good.
Bitten & Smitten (Immortality Bites #1)
Michelle Rowen (Gollancz)
Publication Date: July 2010 (UK)
Paperback: 224 pages
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Goodreads Summary:
Sarah Dearly has had a bad date. What else would you call being buried alive before dessert? Not to mention that bite mark on her neck, and the creepy way her date keeps saying that he’s sired her. Then those guys with the stakes show up and turn her date into so much dust! Sarah runs for her life, only to be rescued by a tall, dark, and handsome stranger. Sure, she interrupts him as he’s about to throw himself off a bridge – but as far as rescuers go, Thierry de Bennicoeur will have to do. Only problem is their age difference. He’s a six-hundred-year-old vamp with a death wish. She’s a new kid on the block with a need for someone with experience to show her the ropes. And to keep her one step ahead from the vampire hunters that are in town to rid Toronto of the `monsters’. Sarah doesn’t know what to make of all this. Sure, she’s got a healthy hankering for blood lately, but she doesn’t feel like a monster. Just an unemployed girl looking for love. Even if the object of her affection—Thierry—can’t go out in the sun for very long.
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This book was recommended to me by fellow zombie lover, Kai and it does sound quite funny.
Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament
S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)
Publication Date: March 2009
Paperback: 310 pages
Genre: Zombie Comedy
Goodreads Summary:
Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence. But all that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and finds kindred souls in Rita, an impossibly sexy recent suicide with a taste for the formaldehyde in cosmetic products, and Jerry, a twenty-one-year-old car-crash victim with an exposed brain and a penchant for Renaissance pornography. When the group meets a rogue zombie who teaches them the joys of human flesh, things start to get messy, and Andy embarks on a journey of self-discovery that will take him from his casket to the SPCA to a media-driven class-action lawsuit on behalf of the rights of zombies everywhere.
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This book caught my attention because of the gorgeous cover, but once I read the blurb I knew that I had to read it. Can’t believe I have until next year to wait though…
Nightshade
Andrea Cremer (ATOM)
Publication Date: Jan 2011 (UK)
Haperback: 304 pages
Genre: Fantasy
Goodreads Summary:
While other teenage girls daydream about boys, Calla Tor imagines ripping out her enemies’ throats. And she wouldn’t have it any other way. Calla was born a warrior and on her eighteenth-birthday she’ll become the alpha female of the next generation of Guardian wolves. But Calla’s predestined path veers off course the moment she saves the life of a wayward hiker, a boy her own age. This human boy’s secret will turn the young pack’s world upside down and forever alter the outcome of the centuries-old Witches’ War that surrounds them all.
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Romance is a genre I have just started reading, and historical romance at that! I never thought I would like it as much as I do and now I can’t get enough! I read the first book in this series, The Wicked Marquess, and it sizzled!! Review coming very soon! 
The Dangerous Duke (Inferno Club #2)
Gaelen Foley (Piatkus)
Publication Date: July 2010 (UK)
Paperback: 400 pages
Genre: Historical Romance
Amazon Summary:
The formidable, rugged, Rohan Kilburn, Duke of Warrington is a top assassin for the Order. Known for his superstitious streak, he has made a point of keeping his heart immune to love, despite his many conquests. But on one cold winter’s night when he returns to his broody seaside castle, he finds that his errant tenants have provided him with a beautiful young woman as a bed-warmer. But Kate Madsen is no harlot. She is the innocent victim of a kidnapping plot, shy but independent, with intelligent, beguiling eyes. As Rohan and Kate work together to unravel the truth surrounding an ancient curse that could destroy them both, their budding attraction begins to ignite. But when the unthinkable happens, it’s up to Kate to shatter the curse that could prevent her Dangerous Duke from becoming her ideal husband.
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This is another historical romance series I have just started and I’m really enjoying it. The first book, Secrets of a Summer Night, was so good – will be reviewing that one soon too!
It Happened in Autumn (Wallflowers #2)
Lisa Kleypas (Piatkus)
Publication Date: Sept 2010 (UK)
Paperback: 320 pages
Genre: Historical Romance
Goodreads Summary:
It Happened at the Ball…
Where beautiful but bold Lillian Bowman quickly learned that her independent American ways weren’t entirely “the thing.” And the most disapproving of all was insufferable, snobbish, and impossible Marcus, Lord Westcliff, London’s most eligible aristocrat.
It Happened in the Garden…
When Marcus shockingly — and dangerously-swept her into his arms. Lillian was overcome with a consuming passion for a man she didn’t even like. Time stood still; it was as if no one else existed – thank goodness they weren’t caught very nearly in the act!
It Happened One Autumn…
Marcus was a man in charge of his own emotions, a bedrock of stability. But with Lillian, every touch was exquisite torture, every kiss an enticement for more. Yet how could he consider taking a woman so blatantly unsuitable – as his bride?
So that’s what’s on my wishlist this week, what’s on yours?
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The new Lisa Kleypas sounds great.
I have Bitten & Smitten in my TBR pile and will read it soon.
Have a great weekend.
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I'm with you on Nightshade! CAN'T WAIT for that book!
I also really like the Bitten & Smitten UK cover. Very nice.
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I love good historical romance but have not read anything by Gaelen Foley – I will give it a try (always on the lookout for some new romance).
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I want Nightshade too!!
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I love the cover of the Lisa Kleypas novel!
Happy Reading!
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Great picks! I can't wait for Nightshade (isn't that cover to die for?) and Bitten & Smitten, 15 Miles, and Breathers all look like my kind of books.
I realized this week that my wishlist has almost 2,000 books on it. LOL! Here a few books I added On My Wishlist this week.
xx,
E.J.
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Wow E.J. I don't think (and hope) my wishlist will ever get that high!
The cover for Nightshade is awesome, it's been on my Wishlist for too long!
The cover for Bitten and Smitten is fantastic. Plus Breathers, the cover is like a classic zombie romance!
Those historical romances sound great I really like the sound of It Happened One Autumn. I've also just recently gotten into romance and I've been firmly sticking to paranormal. Maybe I should try some historical?
Have an awesome weekend!
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First of all, thank you for hosting On my Wishlist. It's the first time I'm doing it.
I hope you enjoy It Happened One Autumn and the rest of The Wallflower series. My favorite was Devil in Winter, the next book after IHOA. Hope you enjoy it.
PS: I love the cover of It Happened One Autumn that you posted. It's the first time I've seen it.
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I agree with everyone else! Bitten and Smitten looks good! It will go on my tbr pile.
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15 Miles sounds great. I'll have to look for it, I love a good thriller. He sounds very similar to Archie Sheridan from Chelsea Cain's series.
WOW!! The cover for Nightshade is just gorgoeous, and it sounds like a real good read too. Why are so many of the goodies so very far away till release
Paula
Tomes Devotee
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You have some good ones on here. I definitely want to check out Nightshade.
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I am waiting and waiting for Linger and Sisters Red and Finny…all are pre ordered…but just not here yet!!!
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I am going to have to look into 15 Miles now, it sounds like something I would love to read. I already have Michelle Rowen and Andrea Cremer's book on my wish list as well!!! So many books out there just sound so good!!
Jackie B Central Texas
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Nice picks! I have Nightshade and I'm so tempted to read it now but I'm trying to be a good blogger and wait until closer to the release date. I absolutely LOVED Lisa Kleypas's Wallflower series! I've heard good things about Gaelen Foley – I'm adding My Wicked Marquess to my wishlist.
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I heartily recommend "Breathers" because it was a completely different take on zombies.
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