Title: Tsunami Blue Author: Gayle Ann Williams Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company PublicationDate: 30 March 2010 Pages: 290 pages Genre: Paranormal Romance REVIEWED BY LAURA RATING: 7/10 GOODREADSSUMMARY: With her badass rain boots, her faithful dog, and the ability to predict the monster tsunamis that have reduced the US to a series of islands, Kathryn O’Malley isn’t afraid of much. Cut off from all society, she takes to the airwaves as Tsunami Blue, hoping to save something of humanity as the world around her crumbles. But Blue should be afraid—because her…

The Rising by Brian Keene Leisure Books (Jan 2003) | Paperback, 321 pages Zombie Horror Carolyn Says: Every now and then I like to read outside my comfort zone – to me it keeps reading fresh. Most recently, the genre I have tried and come to love is the ‘Romance’ genre but I wanted to delve further. There have always been a few sub-genres I wouldn’t touch at ALL, such as Erotic Romance. One such blogger reads erotic romance with relish, and her love and contagious enthusiasm for these books led me…

DYING IN THE WOOL (Kate Shackleton Mystery #1) by Frances Brody PUBLISHER: Piatkus Books RELEASE DATE: Oct 2009 FORMAT: Paperback, 356 pages GENRE: Mystery Take one quiet Yorkshire village: Bridgestead is a peaceful spot: a babbling brook, rolling hills and a working mill at its heart. Pretty and remote, nothing exceptional happens… Add a measure of mystery: Until the day that Master of the Mill, Joshua Brathwaite goes missing in dramatic circumstances, never to be heard of again. A sprinkling of scandal: Now Joshua’s daughter is getting married and wants one last…

Title: Mini Shopaholic (Shopaholic #6) Author: Sophie Kinsella Publisher: Bantam Press Publication Date: Sept 2010 ARC: 392 pages Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction/Chick-Lit Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 7/10 – very good, would definitely recommend PRESS RELEASE: Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) thought motherhood would be a breeze and that having a daughter was a dream come true – a shopping friend for life! But two-year-old Minnie has quite a different approach to shopping. Cue havoc in the toy department at Harrods and a spectacular performance at her own christening,…

Title: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Highland Pleasures, #1) Author: Jennifer Ashley Publisher: Dorchester Publishing PublicationDate: May 2009 Ebook: 320 pages Genre: Historical Romance REVIEWED BY LAURA RATING: 7/10 GOODREADS SUMMARY: The year is 1881. Meet the Mackenzie family–rich, powerful, dangerous, eccentric. A lady couldn’t be seen with them without ruin. Rumors surround them–of tragic violence, of their mistresses, of their dark appetites, of scandals that set England and Scotland abuzz. The youngest brother, Ian, known as the Mad Mackenzie, spent most of his young life in an asylum,…

Title: Shadow Bound Author: Erin Kellison Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Publication Date: 27th June 2010 ARC: 213 pages Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense RATING: 7/10 – very good SUMMARY: Death Some people will do anything to avoid it. Even trade their immortal souls for endless existence. Wraiths Secretly, inexorably, they are infiltrating our world, sucking the essence out of unsuspecting victims with their hideous parody of a kiss. Segue Adam Thorne founded the Institute to study and destroy his monster of a brother, but the key to its success is held in…

Title: The Secret Hour (Midnighters #1) Author: Scott Westerfeld Publisher: Atom (UK) / Eos (US) PublicationDate: June 2010 (UK) / 2004 (US) Paperback: 276 pages Genre: Science Fiction YoungAdult .. RATING: 7/10 – very good GOODREADS SUMMARY: For one secret hour each night, the town belongs to the dark creatures that haunt the shadows. Only a small group of people know about the secret hour — only they are free to move about the midnight time. These people call themselves Midnighters. Each one has a different power that is strongest…

Title: Willow Author: Julia Hoban Publisher: Dial Books PublicationDate: April 2009 Hardback: 336 pages Genre: Contemporary Fiction Young Adult REVIEWED BY LAURA RATING: 7/10 SYNOPSIS BACK COVER: Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen year- old Willow’s parents died in a horrible car accident. Willow was driving. Now her older brother barely speaks to her, her new classmates know her as the killer orphan girl, and Willow is blocking the pain by secretly cutting herself. But when one boy —one sensitive, soulful boy—discovers Willow’s secret, it sparks an…

Title: The Iron Hunt (Hunter Kiss #1) Author: Marjorie M. Liu Publisher: Orbit (UK) / Ace (US) Publication Date: May 2010 (UK) / June 2008 (US) Paperback: 352 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy && Rating: 7/10 – very good Summary: During the day, Maxine’s tattoos are her armour and she is invincible. At night they peel from her skin to take on forms of their own, leaving her human and vulnerable – and showing themselves to be demons sleeping beneath her skin. But these demons are the best friends and bodyguards…

Title: Before I Fall Author: Lauren Oliver Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (UK) | HarperCollins (US) PublicationDate: 4 Mar 2010 Paperback: 352 pages Genre: Contemporary fiction Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Laura RATING: 7/10 BACK COVER SUMMARY: They say that when you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that’s not how it happened for me 

Sam Kingston is dead. Except she isn’t.

On a rainy February night, eighteen-year-old Sam is killed in a horrific car crash. But then the impossible happens: she wakes up in her own…

Title: Undead and Unemployed (Undead #2) Author: MaryJanice Davidson Publisher: Piatkus (UK) / Berkley (US) Publication Date: Feb 2006 (UK) / Aug 2004 (US) Paperback: 213 pages (UK) Genre: Paranormal Romance && Rating: 7/10 Summary: Being royally undead isn’t all it’s cracked up to be–there are still bills to be paid. Luckily, new Queen of the Vampires Betsy Taylor lands her dream job selling designer shoes at Macy’s. But when a string of vampire murders hits St. Paul, Betsy must enlist the help of the one vamp who makes her…

A Licence To Steal by Samantha Graves Piatkus Books (May 2010) | Paperback, 303 pages Romantic Suspense A Licence To Steal is a romantic suspense, but it also has elements of paranormal. Raven Callahan is a world class thief, but she has a sixth sense, psychometry, and can sense emotions, thoughts and scents from all objects she handles. Raven is a complex character. She’s focused, determined and career driven and who lives only for her work. Her psychic ability has caused her to retreat from the world around her, including her family….

Title: Arson Author: Estevan Vega Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises Publication Date: May 2010 Paperback: 336 pages Genre: Horror Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Laura RATING: 7/10 – Very good. BOOK COVER SUMMARY: Arson Gable feels like a freak. He can create fire. He never asked for it. He never wanted it. But he can’t shut it off. 
Before now, three things were true: he both loved and despised his grandmother; his life was going nowhere; and he was alone. But when a strange girl-who feels more normal…

Title: Burned (House of Night #7) Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom (UK|US) Publication Date: May 2010 (UK) | April 2010 (US) Hardback: 323 pages Genre: Paranormal Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 7/10 GOODREADS SUMMARY: Zoey Redbird is the youngest High Priestess in House of Night History and is the only person – vamp or fledgling – who can stop the evil Neferet from raising all kinds of immortal trouble. and she might just have a chance if she wasn’t so busy being dead….

Title: Untamed (HoN #4)   Author: P. C. & Kristin Cast Publisher: Atom PublicationsDate: August 2009 Paperback: 411 pages Genre: Fantasy ReadingLevel: Young Adult Rating: 7/10 Goodreads Summary: Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird; she’s become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her, to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey has left are undead and unMarked….