Stacking the Shelves #111

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Giveaways/Concours

Book of your choice in the Sentinels of New Orleans – Suzanne Johnson (INT)

Ebook of your choice by Sierrra Dean (INT)

Reckoning by S.J. Harper (US&CAN)

Book of your choice in the Spellcrackers.com series by Suzanne McLeod (INT)

 

 

When – Victoria Laurie

Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior, cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters. Her earliest memories are marked by these numbers, but it takes her father’s premature death for Maddie and her family to realize that these mysterious digits are actually death dates, and just like birthdays, everyone has one.

Forced by her alcoholic mother to use her ability to make extra money, Maddie identifies the quickly approaching death date of one client’s young son, but because her ability only allows her to see the when and not the how, she’s unable to offer any more insight. When the boy goes missing on that exact date, law enforcement turns to Maddie.

Soon, Maddie is entangled in a homicide investigation, and more young people disappear and are later found murdered. A suspect for the investigation, a target for the murderer, and attracting the attentions of a mysterious young admirer who may be connected to it all, Maddie’s whole existence is about to be turned upside down. Can she right things before it’s too late?

The Bloodline Feud (The Merchant Princes 1-2) – Charles Stross

Miriam knows there’s no smoke without fire. And she’s about to get burnt…

The Family Trade and The Hidden Family – The first two installments of the Merchant Princes series combined in one volume.

Miriam Beckstein is a successful reporter for a hi-tech magazine. So when she discovers a huge money-laundering scam, she thinks she’s hit the big time. But when she takes it to her editor, she’s not only fired, but receives death threats. That’s just the beginning.

To distract her furious daughter, Miriam’s adopted mother unearths mementos from her real mother, murdered when she was an infant. But these reveal a secret that will ultimately throw governments into disarray. For what Miriam thinks is a simple locket has the power to fling her into an alternate timeline. In this less-developed world, knights on horseback wield automatic weapons, and world-skipping assassins lurk on the other side of our reality. Here, her true family runs a criminal empire – and they want her back. But Miriam has other plans.

Seventh Grave and no Body (Charley Davidson, 7) – Darynda Jones

Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out the jugular of Charley Davidson and serve her lifeless, mangled body to Satan for dinner. So there’s that. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds. For one thing, her father has disappeared, and the more she retraces his last steps, the more she learns he was conducting an investigation of his own, one that has Charley questioning everything she’s ever known about him. Add to that an ex-BFF who is haunting her night and day, a rash of suicides that has authorities baffled, and a drop-dead sexy fiancé who has attracted the attentions of a local celebrity, and Charley is not having the best week of her life.

A tad north of hell, a hop, skip, and a jump past the realm of eternity, is a little place called Earth, and Charley Davidson, grim reaper extraordinaire, is determined to do everything in her power to protect it.

We’re doomed.

Sans Issue (Texas Ranger, 1) – Mary Burton

Même derrière les barreaux, le tueur en série Harvey Lee Smith représente encore une menace. Pourtant Jolene Granger, psychologue, a accepté d’écouter ses derniers aveux avant son exécution. Car Harvey a encore des secrets à révéler : un apprenti poursuit son œuvre macabre en enterrant vivantes ses victimes. Jo, troublée par sa fascination pour Harvey, va devoir collaborer avec son ex-mari, le ranger Brody Winchester, pour retrouver le meurtrier. Une traque morbide qui lui fera déterrer une vérité terrifiante…

 

Pour l’amour d’un prisonnier (La Confrérie des Lords, 4) – Mary Jo Putney

Grâce à son charme, Lord Wyndham, parvient toujours à s’extirper des situations les plus embarrassantes. Mais après avoir séduit la femme d’un fonctionnaire du gouvernement au cours d’une brève mission d’espionnage, il est condamné à dix ans d’emprisonnement. Lorsqu’il en sort, il n’est plus que l’ombre de lui-même. Son plus grand défi sera de reconquérir le cœur de cette énigmatique jeune femme envoyée pour le libérer,la seule susceptible de guérir son âme, Cassie Fox, dont les talents d’espionne ne semblent pourtant pas compatibles avec sa condition de lord…

Furie de Flamme (Dragonfury, 1) – Coreene Callahan

Les dragons vivent cachés parmi les hommes. Mais la guerre opposant les Nightfury aux Razorback va mettre un terme à des siècles de clandestinité et pousser Bastian, leader de son clan, dans ses derniers retranchements. Entièrement dévoué aux siens, ce dernier est confronté à un terrible dilemme : prendre pour compagne l?envoûtante Myst au risque que leur nuit de passion coûte la vie à la jeune femme ou signer l’arrêt de mort définitif de toute son espèce…

 

L’ambassadeur et Moi (Les Héritiers, 3) – Ruth Cardello

L’amour est aveugle… et il ne faut pas compter sur le mariage pour lui rendre la vue !

La vie de Lil est sens dessus dessous. Sur le point d’épouser un homme richissime, sa soeur fait appel à elle pour organiser le mariage du siècle en moins d’un mois. Cette jeune femme issue d’un milieu modeste n’a pas l’habitude de gérer des milliardaires et des paparazzis. Bras droit de Dominic, Jake voit en Lil une catastrophe ambulante. Dès le premier jour, elle a été une source d’ennuis, mais comme son meilleur ami s’apprête à épouser sa soeur, il n’a d’autre choix que de l’aider. La jeune femme ne va pas tarder à le rendre complètement fou, dans la vie comme dans la chambre à coucher…