Résumé : Avec son mariage qui approche à grands pas, Betsy est complètement surchargée. Heureusement, Betsy n’est pas du genre à perdre son sang-froid. Mais quand Sinclair, son fiancé, disparaît en même temps que ses amis et ses proches, Betsy se met à paniquer. Seule, inquiète pour les gens qu’elle aime, elle ne peut faire confiance à personne pour les retrouver et découvrir qui est derrière tout ça. Et elle ignore encore que son enquête va changer la face du monde des vampires.
Category Archives: Mary Janice Davidson
Stacking the Shelves #7
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(pour une version française voir la bibliothèque de Lilie)
Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but what is clear is that Stephanie’s name is on the killer’s list.
Short on time to find evidence proving the killer’s identity, Stephanie faces further complications when her family and friends decide that it’s time for her to choose between her longtime off-again-on-again boyfriend, Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and the bad boy in her life, security expert Ranger. Stephanie’s mom is encouraging Stephanie to dump them both and choose a former high school football star who’s just returned to town. Stephanie’s sidekick, Lula, is encouraging Stephanie to have a red-hot boudoir “bake-off.” And Grandma Bella, Morelli’s old-world grandmother, is encouraging Stephanie to move to a new state when she puts “the eye” on Stephanie.
With a cold-blooded killer after her, a handful of hot men, and a capture list that includes a dancing bear and a senior citizen vampire, Stephanie’s life looks like it’s about to go up in smoke.
Gloriana St. Clair is an eternally “full-figured” vampire-she just happened to be bloating when a sexy Scotsman sank his teeth into her. She and said Scot- Angus Jeremiah Campbell III, aka Jeremy Blade-have been on and off again for centuries, currently off. A couple hundred years has taught them how to press each other’s buttons-in good ways and bad.
Glory’s headed for Austin and a new business venture: Vintage Vamp’s Emporium. After all, she loves clothes, and she is an antique. Only problem is, there’s a billionaire techno-freak vampire hunter on the loose. Blade’s in total he- vampire mode, and wants Glory to move in with him so he can “protect” her. But it’s time for this vamp to explore her own powers.
Then she is called into her boss’ office and told that as the city’s top forensic accountant, Celia is the best chance the prosecution has to catch notorious supervillain the Destructor for tax fraud. In the course of the trial, Celia’s troubled past comes to light and family secrets are revealed as the rift between Celia and her parents grows deeper. Cut off from friends and family, Celia must come to terms with the fact that she might just be Commerce City’s only hope.
This all-new and moving story of love, family, and sacrifice is an homage to Golden Age comics that no fan will want to miss.
The family magic seems to have skipped over Tammy Jo Trask. All she gets are a few untimely visits from long-dead, smart-mouthed family ghost Edie. But when her locket—an heirloom that happens to hold Edie’s soul—is stolen in the midst of a town-wide crime spree, it’s time for Tammy to find her inner witch.
After a few experiences with her dysfunctional magic, Tammy turns to the only person in small-town Duval, Texas, who can help: the very rich and highly magical Bryn Lyons. He might have all the answers—and a 007 savoir faire to boot—but the locket isn’t the only heirloom passed down in Tammy’s family. She also inherited a warning: stay away from Lyons.
Les dons magique de sa famille semblent ne pas avoir atteints Tammy Jo Trask. La seule chose la maintenant en contact avec tout ce qui est surnaturel sont les quelques visites intimes de l’au delà, du fantôme de famille, Edie. Mais quand le médaillon, un héritage qui contient l’âme d’Edie, est volé en plein milieu de la fête de la ville, il est temps pour Tammy de trouver sa sorcière intérieure.
Après quelques expériences désastreuse en magie, Tammy se tourne vers le seul qui peut l’aider; le très riche et fortement magique, Bryn Lyons. Il pourrait avoir toutes les réponses – et un savoir faire james-bondien pour l’aider à démarrer ses recherches – mais le médaillon n’est pas la seule chose transmise de génération en génération dans la famille de Tammy. Elle a aussi hérité d’un avertissement… de rester éloignée de quiconque se prénommant Lyon.
In the days leading up to The Big Day, Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor seems to have a full house – and the wedding guests have yet to arrive. Along with her human buddies, there’s a ghost, a werewolf, and a Fiend crashing at her place. And though her fiancé, Vampire King Eric Sinclair, conveniently disappears when the conversation turns to seating charts and flower arrangements, he does manage to make his oh-so-sexy presence known at other moments.
Betsy knows the next few weeks won’t be smooth sailing – but she never expects just what’s in store for her. Cold feet are no surprise, especially with an undead groom. But when Sinclair truly goes missing – and not just to avoid wedding preparations – along with most of her friends and loved ones, Betsy is frantic. Alone and afraid for the fate of everyone she loves, Betsy can’t trust anyone as she tries to find them and whoever is behind all the disappearances. And what happens next will shake the foundation of the vampire world forever.
Full Blooded (Jessica McLain, 1) – Amanda Carlson
Born the only female in an all male race, Jessica McClain isn’t just different—she’s feared.
After living under the radar for the last twenty-six years, Jessica is thrust unexpectedly into her first change, a full ten years late. She wakes up and finds she’s in the middle of a storm. Now that she’s become the only female full-blooded werewolf in town, the supernatural world is already clamoring to take a bite out of her and her new Pack must rise up and protect her.
Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson (VO)
Undead, Book 5
Synopsis: I tapped my pencil on the pad, trying to come up with a plan to tell my fiancé, Eric Sinclair, that I had decided to completely give up the blood-drinking thing. I figured being the vampire queen had a few advantages—as it was, every vampire I’d ever known had to drink every day, even Eric. But I could go up to a week without so much as a drop of O-neg. So, in honor of my birthday, and being in this job for a year, I figured I’d give it up completely. I would be in a blood-free zone!
Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor already has plenty on her plate. For one thing, next week is her birthday—the big 3-1 in human years, and one in undead years. (Yes, she bit the dust on her birthday last year.) On top of that, she still has wedding plans to finalize—and it’s not helping that the prospective groom is avoiding anything to do with it. And then there’s her decision to stop drinking blood—something she has yet to share with Eric Sinclair, her fiancé—who also happens to be the vampire king.The last thing she wants to deal with is uninvited guests, even if they happen to be the powerful European vampires who have finally come to pay their respects the week before her birthday. Some of them don’t want Betsy as their queen and will do anything to get ride of her. As if turning 30 last year (not to mention dying) hadn’t been traumatic enough. And trying to give up blood is making her really cranky.
Vampire et Casée de MaryJanice Davidson
Queen Betsy, Tome 5
Résumé : J’en peux plus. La semaine prochaine c’est mon anniversaire : les terribles 30 + 1 an de ma vie après la mort. En plus, l’organisation de mon mariage avec Eric bat son plein et le principal intéressé refuse toujours d’y prendre part.
Autrement dit, je n’ai pas la tête à recevoir, même si mes visiteurs sont de puissants vampires européens enfin résolus à me présenter leur respect… ou à se débarrasser de moi ! Ah ! Et j’ai finalement décidé de dire non au sang.
Sauf qu’arrêter l’hémoglobine, ça met à cran… alors faut pas me chercher !
In My Mailbox
Kat Redding is the very thing she hunts: a vampire, thirsting for blood, capable of killing any creature unlucky enough to get in her path. The difference is, Kat kills her own kind in order to protect human Purebloods. She’s good at what she does. Good enough to earn the nickname Lady Death—and the enmity of every bloodthirsty being around. But now a vampire Count is intent on merging his House with a werewolf cult to create a force of terrifying power.
Kat can’t allow that to happen. Even if it means taking on a den of weres and a vampire more ruthless than any she’s encountered before. She has the weapons, the skill, and a few allies. But that may not be enough
to eliminate the Count before her own dark nature rises to the surface—and costs her whatever is left of her humanity…With her fiancé Eric dodging all the wedding plans, Betsy’s plate is full-and not with birthday cake. But who has time to pout? Not even a reluctant vampire queen, who is taking it one high-heeled step at a time in MaryJanice Davidson’s creative, sophisticated, sexy, and wonderfully witty series.
Melliane
This week I received / Cette semaine j’ai reçu :
Jeremy, jeune homme de 23 ans, est sauvagement assassiné. En devenant un Ange, il réalise que la lutte pour survivre n’est pas terminée et qu’il peut aussi mourir dans ce nouvel univers. En effet, pour ne pas disparaître, tout Ange doit se nourrir de sentiments humains. Et Jeremy va bientôt découvrir avec effroi qu’il doit même les provoquer ! Provoquer la haine, l’amour, la joie, la tristesse, la peur, la compassion… Seules les émotions fortes peuvent rassasier les Anges, colorant leur peau en bleu pour les émotions positives, en rouge pour les négatives.
Recherchant la raison pour laquelle il a été tué, Jeremy piste alors Allison, une vivante de 20 ans, témoin involontaire de son exécution. À force de côtoyer, jour et nuit, la ravissante et naïve jeune fille, il finit par en tomber follement amoureux. Mais l’assassin de Jeremy cherche à supprimer à tout prix ce témoin indésirable…Alors que des Anges se liguent aussi contre lui, Jeremy parviendra-t-il à sauver Allison ? Sera-t-il capable de sacrifier ses sentiments et de vivre à jamais séparé d’elle ?
Inessa
Vampire et Célibataire de Mary Janice Davidson
Résumé : Mourir, ça fait réfléchir… Par exemple, cette semaine, j’ai perdu mon boulot, je suis morte dans un accident et, quand je me suis réveillée à la morgue, j’étais devenue une vampire. Bon, il y a des côtés positifs : je suis désormais super forte et les hommes semblent bien plus sensibles à mon charme de suceuse de sang. Il faut juste que je m’habitue à mon nouveau régime liquide…
Autre problème : mes amis du monde de la nuit disent que je suis une sorte de reine annoncée par une prophétie ridicule. Ils ont besoin de moi pour renverser un vampire assoiffé de pouvoir, au look trop ringard ! Le cadet de mes soucis ! Sauf qu’ils ont des moyens de pression efficaces, comme la nouvelle collection Manolo Blahnik ; une fille qui se respecte ne peut pas dire non…