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Stacking the Shelves #47
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Giveaway – Concours

Initiation (Chroniques de Bonfire, 1) – Imogen Rose

Bienvenue à l’Académie Bonfire!

Située au pied des montagnes alpines de St. Moritz, cette école privée et huppée est ouverte à un type particulier d’élèves. Ce lycée privé surnaturel est peuplé d’élèves du monde entier provenant de la crème de la crème de la société. Ils ont la chance…et la malchance de descendre des familles les plus puissantes de la terre.

La règle est simple: Ne Faire Confiance à Personne. 

Thank you so much Karina!

Kiss Of Steel (London Steampunk, 1) – Bec McMaster


When Nowhere Is Safe

Most people avoid the dreaded Whitechapel district. For Honoria Todd, it’s the last safe haven. But at what price?

Blade is known as the master of the rookeries—no one dares cross him. It’s been said he faced down the Echelon’s army single-handedly, that ever since being infected by the blood-craving he’s been quicker, stronger, and almost immortal.

When Honoria shows up at his door, his tenuous control comes close to snapping. She’s so…innocent. He doesn’t see her backbone of steel—or that she could be the very salvation he’s been seeking.

Tarnished Knight (London Steampunk, 1.5) – Bec McMaster

In the steam-fuelled world of Victorian London, vampires, werewolves and slasher gangs stalk the night and a man made partly of metal is about to discover just how far he’ll go to protect the woman he loves…

After a vicious vampire attack left him struggling to leash the dark urges of the craving virus, John “Rip” Doolan thinks he’s finally starting to master the darkness within. The only thing that threatens to shatter his hard-won control is Esme, his closest friend and the only woman he’s ever wanted. If the stubborn beauty ever realized precisely what was going through his mind, their friendship would be ruined.

For six months, Esme has waited for Rip to recover and take her as his thrall, not daring to hope for more. Too afraid to put her heart on the line, she is devastated when Rip reveals that he never had any intentions of making her his.

But when a savage gang of Slashers start causing havoc in Whitechapel, Rip and Esme have no choice. They must face up to the depth of the passion that burns between them and forge a new relationship…or risk losing each other forever.

 Angelopolis (Angelology, 2) – Danielle Trusson

A decade has passed since Verlaine saw Evangeline alight from the Brooklyn Bridge, the sight of her new wings a betrayal that haunts him still. Now an elite angel hunter for the Society of Angelology, he pursues his mission with single-minded devotion: to capture, imprison, and eliminate her kind.

But when Evangeline suddenly appears on a twilit Paris street, Verlaine finds her nature to be unlike any of the other creatures he so mercilessly pursues, casting him into a spiral of doubt and confusion that only grows when she is abducted before his eyes by a creature who has topped the society’s most-wanted list for more than a century. The ensuing chase drives Verlaine and his fellow angelologists from the shadows of the Eiffel Tower to the palaces of St. Petersburg and deep into the provinces of Siberia and the Black Sea coast, where the truth of Evangeline’s origins—as well as forces that could restore or annihilate them all—lie in wait.

Conceived against an astonishing fresh tableau of history and science, Angelopolis plumbs Russia’s imperial past, modern genetics, and ancient depictions of that most potent angelic appearance—the Annunciation of Gabriel—in a high-octane tale of abduction, treasure seeking, and divine warfare as the fate of humanity once again hangs in the balance.

 Bitter Disenchantment (Coveted 0.4) – Shawntelle Madison

Werewolf Natalya Stravinsky’s outspoken sidekick, Aggie McClure, is featured in this prequel novella. Before Agatha set foot in South Toms River, New Jersey, she had the fight of her life to face. Destined to be the alpha female over her Manhattan pack, Aggie was fully prepared to take on her role until her father arranges a marriage without her consent. She wants out–but the only way is with money–something her new controlling husband won’t give her to escape. But such odds never kept a wolf like Aggie down. To sever the twisted tie, she finds herself pitted against raging wood nymphs and backstabbing brownies in an underground supernatural fighting ring. With every victory, the sweet taste of freedom is closer, but her husband isn’t willing to let her go that easily. Until the very end, Aggie must fight for the one thing she’s never had: a choice.

Le Tourment des Aurores (Anges d’Apocalypse, 1) – Stephane Soutoul

Deux corps pour une seule âme. Impossible selon vous ? C’est pourtant le fardeau que j’endure suite à la malédiction lancée par un sorcier. Tout ça parce que j’ai eu le cran de refuser ses avances. Pour la peine, je l’ai tué, mais en attendant quelle plaie ! La nuit, je suis Famine, l’un des quatre cavaliers de l’apocalypse, et ex-meurtrière qui s’est reconvertie dans la profession de garde du corps. Et lorsque vient le jour, je me trouve coincée avec l’identité de Samantha, une lycéenne des plus ordinaires. Comme si je n’avais pas déjà suffisamment d’ennuis avec deux vies à mener de front, la Cour des sorciers de Toronto vient de me confier la protection de son lord. Il faut dire que certains de ses dissidents se sont mis en tête de le supprimer. Cette fois-ci, je n’ai pas le droit à l’erreur, même si mon côté humain a choisi le mauvais moment pour s’enticher d’un étrange garçon, le genre craquant, mais véritable nid à problèmes… Je vous le dis : pas facile de gérer deux existences à la fois !

Shapeshifted (Edie Spence, 3) – Cassie Alexander

Nurse Edie Spence is once again called upon to save a life…and this time, it’s personal. Can her new community of zombies, vampires, and shapeshifters come to her rescue when she needs them most?

When Edie was fired from her paranormal nursing job at County Hospital, her whole world came crashing down. Now she’s is once again shaken to her core. Her mother is deathly ill and there’s only one thing that will save her: vampire blood. But with the paranormal community shunning Edie, where can she obtain it…without losing her own life in the process?


Stacking the Shelves #29
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 Endgame (Sirantha Jax, 6) – Ann Aguirre

Regret nothing.

Sirantha Jax has the J-gene, which permits her to “jump” faster-than-light ships through grimspace. She loves nothing more than that rush, but the star roads have to wait…

Her final mission takes her to La’heng, a planet subjugated during first contact. Since then, the La’hengrin homeworld has been occupied by foreign conquerors.

All that’s about to change.

Now, as part of a grassroots resistance, Jax means to liberate the La’hengrin. But political intrigue and guerrilla warfare are new to her, and this will be the most dangerous game she’s ever played—spies and conspiracies, a war of weapons and hearts, and not everyone is guaranteed to make it out alive…

 Trail of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, 5) – Lisa Lutz

FOR THE FIRST TIME in Spellman history, Isabel Spellman, PI, might be the most normal member of her family. Mom has taken on an outrageous assortment of extracurricular activities—with no apparent motive. Dad has a secret. Izzy’s brother and sister are at war—for no apparent reason. And her niece keeps saying “banana” even though she hates bananas. That’s not to say that Izzy isn’t without her own troubles. Her boyfriend, Henry Stone, keeps wanting “to talk,” a prospect Isabel evades by going out with her new drinking buddy, none other than Gertrude Stone, Henry’s mother.

Things aren’t any simpler on the business side of Spellman Investigations. First, Rae is hired to follow a girl, only to fake the surveillance reports. Then a math professor hires Izzy to watch his immaculate apartment while he unravels like a bad formula. And as the questions pile up, Izzy won’t stop hunting for the answers—even when they threaten to shatter both the business and the family.

 Bloodstone (Deadtown, 3) – Nancy Holzner

Boston’s diverse South End is known for its architecture and great restaurants, not its body count. So when mutilated human corpses begin turning up in the area, the entire city takes notice. The killer—dubbed the South End Reaper—uses a curved blade for his grisly work. And even though there’s no real evidence pointing to a paranormal culprit, the deaths are straining the already-tense relations between Boston’s human and inhuman residents.

As the bodies pile up, Vicky, her formidable aunt Mab, and her werewolf boyfriend Kane investigate, only to find that the creature behind the carnage is after something much more than blood…

 Kept (Coveted, 2) – Shawntelle Madison

Fresh from defending her pack in battle, Natalya Stravinsky, a whip-smart werewolf with a lovable neurotic streak, wants a little rest and relaxation. Once an outcast, she’s now eager to rejoin the ranks of her New Jersey pack, and has even gotten a handle on her obsessive urge to hoard holiday ornaments. Yet Nat barely has time to revel in her progress before the next crisis comes howling at her door.

Nat’s father has suddenly gone missing, captured by the Russian werewolf mafia. And as Nat steps up to save her dad from a mob boss’s deadly game, two men step in to play another round for her heart: her gorgeous alpha ex-boyfriend, Thorn, and her new flame, the sweetly sensitive wizard Nick. With her life growing more harried by the minute, Nat must stay cool, calm, and collected . . . or else risk losing everything.

 Moonshifted (Edie Spence, 2) – Cassie Alexander

After surviving a brutal vampire attack, Nurse Edie Spence is ready to get back to work—attending to supernatural creatures in need of medical help. But her nursing skills are put to the test when she witnesses a hit-and-run on her lunch break. The injured pedestrian is not only a werewolf, he’s the pack leader. And now Edie’s stuck in the middle of an all-out were-war…

With two rival packs fighting tooth and nail, Edie has no intention of crossing enemy lines. But when she meets her patient’s nephew—a tattooed werewolf named Lucas with a predatory gleam in his eye that’s hard to resist—Edie can’t help but choose sides. The question is: can she trust this dangerous new ally? And can she trust her own instincts when she’s near him? Either way, Edie can’t seem to pull away—even if getting involved makes her easy prey…

My first Santa gift, thanks Sullivan McPig

Archangel (Samaria, 1) – Sharon Shinn

And so it came to pass…
Through science, faith and force of will, the Harmonics carved out for themselves a society that they conceived of as perfect. Diverse peoples held together by respect for each other and the prospect of swift punishment if they disobeyed their laws. Fertile land that embraced a variety of climates and seasons. Angels to guard the mortals and mystics to guard the forbidden knowledge. Jehovah to watch over them all…
But an age of corruption has come to the land, threatening their peace and placing the Samarians in grave danger. Their only hope lies in the crowning of a new Archangel. The oracles have chosen for this honor the angel named Gabriel, and further decreed that he must first wed a mortal woman named Rachel.

It is his destiny and hers. And Gabriel is certain that she will greet the news of her betrothal with enthusiasm, and a devotion to duty equal to his own.

Rachel, however, has other ideas…

Moonshifted by Cassie Alexander
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Edie Spence, Book 2

Synopsis: After surviving a brutal vampire attack, Nurse Edie Spence is ready to get back to work—attending to supernatural creatures in need of medical help. But her nursing skills are put to the test when she witnesses a hit-and-run on her lunch break. The injured pedestrian is not only a werewolf, he’s the pack leader. And now Edie’s stuck in the middle of an all-out were-war…

With two rival packs fighting tooth and nail, Edie has no intention of crossing enemy lines. But when she meets her patient’s nephew—a tattooed werewolf named Lucas with a predatory gleam in his eye that’s hard to resist—Edie can’t help but choose sides. The question is: can she trust this dangerous new ally? And can she trust her own instincts when she’s near him? Either way, Edie can’t seem to pull away—even if getting involved makes her easy prey…

Review: After a very good first novel, it was a pleasure to immerse myself in the second volume of the adventures of Edie Spence. I enjoyed the first book with its originality and the hospital environment in which we evolve. And this new novel is no exception to the rule!

We find our young heroine in her life full of events. Well, since she knows Anna, she has many more problems than usual. Okay, it’s true, that working in Y4 does not help either. But then when she thought she could have a normal life again, everything turns upside down in a few seconds. Indeed, Anna needs her for her vampiric ceremony, a ceremony that seems very important. In addition to this, she finds herself in the middle of a werewolves power struggle when she saves their pack leader after an accident. But it is not over, her family comes to see her and her brother is here as well, being convinced that he will be able to be a better person now, although she isn’t really convinced about that. I must say that after all the troubles; it is difficult to trust him. And even if she wants to, she realizes that he always manages to find problems whatever he does.

After discovering a first volume that plunges us into the vampires world, this one allows us to discover the werewolves one. And I must say it is much more complex than we might think. We meet some new characters, we quickly enjoy. I especially liked Lucas, the nephew of the pack leader who seems quite interested in our little Edie. And I must say that I completely fell under his spell! I think it is difficult to be otherwise. We find a young man who despite what he would like, has a destiny he doesn’t want. But of course this is impossible and we see how he manages his feelings and how he can control this situation. He is brave, kind, but tough when necessary. However we see the flaws in his shell throughout the story, showing us his fragility. Asher is also there and it’s true he does everything we can to help our heroine, and although I appreciate him, I really think Lucas is as important. However, I was quite surprised to not see our zombie, I thought he would appear in the book, but with all these changes, we finally don’t care about it. There’s so much in this novel and we’re carried away by the story as soon as we read it. I admit that as soon as Lucas is featuring, we only see him!
 
I really enjoyed this novel and it was difficult to put it down once started. However, I was very surprised by the end of the book. We wonder how Edie will manage to find a way out. This is terrible because once finished we only want more and have the third book in hand. This novel starts some big changes for our heroine and I can not wait to read more. I just have to wait I think.

Baiser Nocturne de Cassie Alexander
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Edie Spence, Tome 2

 
 

Résumé (traduction personnelle) : Après avoir survécu à une violente attaque de vampires, l’infirmière Edie Spence est prête à se remettre au travail, à s’occuper de créatures surnaturelles qui ont besoin d’une aide médicale. Mais ses compétences en soins infirmiers sont mises à l’épreuve quand elle est témoin d’un délit de fuite pendant sa pause déjeuner. Le piéton blessé n’est pas seulement un loup-garou, il est le chef de meute. Et maintenant, Edie est coincée au milieu d’une guerre de garous …

Avec deux meutes rivales qui se battent bec et ongles, Edie n’a pas l’intention de traverser les lignes ennemies. Mais quand elle rencontre le neveu de son patient – un loup-garou tatoué nommé Lucas avec une lueur prédatrice dans les yeux difficile à résister – Edie ne peut s’empêcher de choisir son camp. La question est : peut-elle faire confiance à ce nouvel allié dangereux? Et peut-elle faire confiance à ses propres instincts quand elle est près de lui ? De toute façon, Edie n’arrive pas à se détacher, même si s’impliquer signifie que cela fait d’elle une proie facile …
Avis : Après un très bon premier roman, c’était un plaisir de me plonger dans le deuxième tome des aventures d’Edie Spence. J’avais beaucoup apprécié le premier tome de par son originalité et l’environnement hospitalier dans lequel on évolue. Et ce nouveau roman ne déroge pas à la règle !

On retrouve notre jeune héroïne dans sa vie complètement mouvementée. Il faut dire que depuis qu’elle connait Anna, les problèmes ne se calment plus. Bon d’accord, c’est vrai, travailler au Y4 n’aide pas les choses non plus. Mais alors qu’elle reprenait une vie à peu près normale, tout lui tombe dessus en quelques secondes. En effet, Anna a besoin d’elle pour sa cérémonie vampirique, cérémonie qui semble des plus importantes. En plus de cela, elle se retrouve en plein milieu d’une guerre de pouvoir des loups garous quand elle sauve leur chef de meute après un accident. Mais ce n’est pas fini, sa famille se tourne vers elle et son frère revient vers elle, en étant persuadé qu’il va pouvoir remonter la pente, bien qu’elle n’en soit pas vraiment convaincue. Il faut dire qu’après tout ce qu’il s’est passé, il est assez difficile de lui faire confiance. Et même si elle en a envie, elle se rend compte qu’il arrive toujours à chercher les problèmes quoi qu’il fasse.

Après avoir découvert un premier tome nous plongeant dans le monde des vampires, celui-ci nous permet de découvrir celui des loups garous. Et je dois dire qu’il est bien plus complexe que ce que l’on pourrait penser. On rencontre ainsi de nouveaux personnages auxquels on s’attache assez rapidement. J’ai notamment en tête Lucas, le neveu du chef de meute qui semble assez intéressé par notre petite Edie. Et je dois dire que je suis complètement tombée sous son charme ! Je crois qu’il est difficile d’en être autrement. On découvre un jeune homme qui malgré ce qu’il aimerait faire est lancé dans une destinée qu’il ne veut pas et dont il aimerait vraiment se décharger. Mais bien sûr tout cela est impossible et on le voit apprendre à gérer ses sentiments et à comprendre comment maîtriser cette situation. Il est courageux, gentil, mais dur quand il le faut. On entrevoit cependant les failles dans sa carapace tout au long de l’histoire, nous dévoilant sa fragilité. Asher est là aussi et c’est vrai qu’il fait tout pour aider notre héroïne, et bien que je l’apprécie beaucoup je pense vraiment que Lucas le vaut tout autant. J’étais cependant assez surprise de ne pas du tout voir notre zombie, je pensais qu’il apparaîtrait à un moment dans l’histoire, mais avec tous ces bouleversements,  c’est vrai qu’on n’y fait que peu attention. Il se passe tellement de choses dans ce roman qu’on se laisse emporter par l’histoire dès qu’on y rentre dedans. Bon c’est vrai, je l’avoue, une fois que Lucas est rentré en scène je n’avais d’yeux que pour lui !

J’ai vraiment beaucoup apprécié ce roman et j’ai eu du mal à le poser une fois commencé. J’ai cependant été très surprise par la fin du livre. Cassie Alexander a tourné l’histoire de manière qu’on se demande comment Edie va s’en sortir à présent. C’est terrible parce qu’une fois finie on ne veut que plus et avoir alors le troisième tome à portée de main. Ce roman amorce de gros changements pour notre héroïne et j’ai vraiment hâte d’en lire plus. Il ne me reste plus qu’à attendre je crois.

A savoir que le premier tome sortira chez J’ai lu.

Stacking the Shelves #25
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 Mr. Real (Code Shadow, 1) – Carolyn Crane


He finds the girl of his dreams…with the secret agent of his nightmares.

Alix Gordon is a woman who doesn’t take life too seriously. What’s the fun in that? So when she stumbles across occult software that can bring any computer image to life, she conjures up lots of awesome outfits and accessories. And then, on one drunken, horny night, she conjures up Sir Kendall, the sexy TV ad spy . . . who looks exactly like Paul Reinhardt, the super-sexy martial arts teacher who kicked her out of class three years ago.

Fighter Paul Reinhardt has good reason to hate Sir Kendall, the character he brought to life to land a part in a TV ad; he’d do anything to forget him. A cross country road trip seems just the thing . . . until Paul finds himself inexplicably drawn to Minnesota and is shocked to discover Sir Kendall – in the flesh – with the girl he’d once loved from afar. He barges into Alix and Sir Kendall’s love nest, determined to stop the madness – somehow.

But is superspy Sir Kendall transforming into something more dangerous anyone can imagine? And what will Sir Kendall do when Paul and Alix finally give into their mad lust for each other?

 The Wish List (Time of Transition, 1) – Gabi Stevens

Kristin Montgomery is more than a little shocked when her aunts inform her they’re fairy godmothers. Worse, after dropping that bombshell they hand her a wand and head off on a world cruise. Now Kristin’s uncomplicated life as a CPA in San Diego has disappeared like magic and she not only has to deal with her burgeoning magical powers, but also a reluctant and distractingly sexy magical arbiter.

Tennyson Ritter is a historian. A scholar by choice, he is yanked from his studies to act as arbiter for the newly chosen fairy godmother. He doesn’t want to waste his time with a woman who doesn’t know anything about magic or the magical world, but soon the beguiling Kristin draws him away from his books and into her life.
But before Kristin can hone her skills and pass the tests necessary to fully claim her powers, she and Tennyson must work together to defend the world – both magical and human – against those that would claim her powers for their own.

 Les péchés du Démon (Kara Gillian, 4) – Diana Rowland

The homicide beat in Louisiana isn’t just terrifying, it’s demonic. Detective Kara Gilligan of the supernatural task force has the ability to summon demons to her aid, but she herself is pledged to serve a demonic lord. And now, people who’ve hurt Kara in the past are dropping dead for no apparent reason. To clear her name and save both the demon and human worlds, she’s in a race against the clock and in a battle for her life that just may take her to hell and back.

Les gens tombent comme des mouches autour de Kara. Les victimes ont un point commun : elles lui ont toutes fait du mal par le passé. La jeune femme cherche désespérément à comprendre le mobile des crimes pour éviter d’en être accusée. Lorsqu’elle découvre que la magie des arcanes et le royaume des démons sont impliqués dans ces décès, c’est la sécurité des deux mondes qui est mise à mal. L’enquête prend alors une toute nouvelle dimension.
Une course contre la montre qui pourrait bien mener Kara droit en enfer.

 Belladone (Nightshade, 1) – Michelle Rowen

Jillian Conrad never believed in vampires-until she was unwillingly injected with a serum that was supposed to act as a deadly poison to them. Now, tormented half-vampire Declan Reese wants her blood to destroy the undead kingdom. Unfortunately, the serum has also made her blood irresistible to all vampires-including Declan, whose desire for Jillian is more than mere hunger.

Pour Jillian Conrad, l’expression « être au mauvais endroit au mauvais moment » prend tout son sens. En effet, kidnappée par un assassin, elle se retrouve au beau milieu d’une guerre sans merci qui oppose les vampires à une organisation gouvernementale tentant de protéger l’humanité de ces monstres sanguinaires. Mais les apparences peuvent être trompeuses et son ravisseur, Declan, pourrait bien être son seul espoir.

 Larguée et Recyclée (Ex Trophy Wives, 1) – Dakota Cassidy

She was the perfect party-planning, haute-to-the max trophy wife. Now Maxine Cambridge is broke, unemployable and living with her mother and teenage son in a retirement village, with her self-esteem kicked to the curb.

Until her geeky former classmate Campbell Barker returns, all grown-up- and off-the-scale smokin’ hot. Campbell refuses to believe Max isn’t that smart, funny girl he’s crushed on since high school. The more Max tries to show him he’s wrong, the more she rediscovers her long-retired mojo. Now, she’s ready to throw down some payback on her ex-life and fight for what she deserves…

C’est la débâcle pour Maxine Cambridge : cette future-ex-femme au foyer richissime, toujours tirée à quatre épingles, doit retourner vivre chez sa mère avec son adolescent de fils. Impossible de dégoter un emploi : même le fast-food du coin ne veut pas d’elle. Réduite à ramasser des déjections canines pour se faire un peu d’argent, elle est au fond du gouffre…
Et si un petit coup de pouce du destin, en la personne de son ancien copain de classe, le magnifique Campbell Barker, était justement ce qu’il lui fallait pour remonter la pente ?

Blood Bath & Beyond (Immortality Bites Mysteries, 1) – Michelle Rowen

Sarah Dearly is adjusting to life as a fledgling vampire, satisfying her cravings at vampire-friendly blood banks. But when her fiancé Thierry takes a job with the Ring—the secret council in charge of keeping vampires in line—Sarah’s about to get more than a taste of danger…

Being engaged to a centuries-old master vampire can be challenging—especially when he takes a job with the Ring. Thierry’s in for fifty years of nonstop travel and deadly risk. It’s enough to make any woman reconsider the wedding…any woman except Sarah, that is.

Traveling to Las Vegas for his first assignment, they encounter a child beauty pageant contestant from hell, as well as a vampire serial killer leaving victims drained of blood, potentially exposing the existence of vampires to the whole world. But when Thierry’s truly ancient history comes back to haunt him, and he’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit, it’s up to Sarah to clear his name before their immortal lives come to an end. 

 Darklands (Deadtown, 4) – Nancy Holzner

They call it Deadtown: the city’s quarantined section for its inhuman and undead residents. Most humans stay far from its border—but Victory Vaughn, Boston’s only professional demon slayer, isn’t exactly human…

Boston’s demons have been disappearing, and Vicky’s clients are canceling left and right. While fewer demons might seem like a good thing, Vicky suspects foul play. A missing Celtic cauldron from Harvard’s Peabody museum leads her to an unwelcome conclusion: Pryce, her demi-demon cousin and bitter enemy, is trying to regain his full powers.

But Pryce isn’t alone. He’s conjured another, darker villain from Vicky’s past. To stop them from destroying everything she loves, she’ll have to face her own worst fear—in the realm of the dead itself.

Divergent (Divergent, 1) – Veronica Roth
  
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is–she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are–and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she’s kept hidden from everyone because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent series–dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.

Cinq destins. Un seul choix.

Tris vit dans un monde post-apocalyptique où la société est divisée en cinq factions. À 16 ans, elle doit choisir sa nouvelle appartenance pour le reste de sa vie. Cas rarissime, son test d’aptitudes n’est pas concluant. Elle est divergente, elle est en danger de mort ! 

 Iron Duke (Iron Seas, 1) – Meljean Brooks

After the Iron Duke freed England from Horde control, he instantly became a national hero. Now Rhys Trahaearn has built a merchant empire on the power-and fear-of his name. And when a dead body is dropped from an airship onto his doorstep, bringing Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth into his dangerous world, he intends to make her his next possession.

But when Mina uncovers the victim’s identity, she stumbles upon a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone in England. To save them, Mina and Rhys must race across zombie-infested wastelands and treacherous oceans-and Mina discovers the danger is not only to her countrymen, as she finds herself tempted to give up everything to the Iron Duke.

Angleterre, 1901. Les invasions de la Horde ont ruiné le pays. Nombreux sont ceux qui ont fui devant ce peuple barbare. D’autres restent et se battent. Comme Rhys Trahaearn, surnommé le duc de Fer, devenu un héros depuis qu’il a vaincu les forces ennemies. Alors que le pays se relève lentement, les ténèbres demeurent. Au côté de la sublime détective Mina Wentworth, le hors-la-loi enquête sur un meurtre des plus obscurs.

From Notting Hill with Love… Actually (Actually, 1) – Ali McNamara

Scarlett O’Brien is in love . . . with the movies. Utterly hooked on Hugh Grant, crazy about Richard Curtis, dying with lust for Johnny Depp, Scarlett spends her days with her head in the clouds and her nights with her hand in a huge tub of popcorn. Which is not exactly what her sensible, DIY-obsessed fiancé David has in mind for their future. So when Scarlett has the chance to house-sit an impossibly grand mansion in Notting Hill ? the setting of one of her all-time favourite movies ? she jumps at the chance to live out her film fantasies one last time. It’s just a shame that her new neighbour Sean is so irritating ? and so irritatingly handsome, too. As a chaotic comedy of her very own erupts around Scarlett, she begins to realise there’s more to life than seating plans and putting up shelves. What sort of happy ending does she really want? Will it be a case of Runaway Bride or Happily Ever After? The big white wedding looms, and Scarlett is running out of time to decide. 

 Moonshifted (Edie Spence, 2) – Cassie Alexander

After surviving a brutal vampire attack, Nurse Edie Spence is ready to get back to work—attending to supernatural creatures in need of medical help. But her nursing skills are put to the test when she witnesses a hit-and-run on her lunch break. The injured pedestrian is not only a werewolf, he’s the pack leader. And now Edie’s stuck in the middle of an all-out were-war…

With two rival packs fighting tooth and nail, Edie has no intention of crossing enemy lines. But when she meets her patient’s nephew—a tattooed werewolf named Lucas with a predatory gleam in his eye that’s hard to resist—Edie can’t help but choose sides. The question is: can she trust this dangerous new ally? And can she trust her own instincts when she’s near him? Either way, Edie can’t seem to pull away—even if getting involved makes her easy prey… 

 Sealed with the Curse (Weird Girls, 1) – Cecy Robson

Celia Wird and her three sisters are just like other 20-something girls—with one tiny exception: they’re products of a backfired curse that has given each of them unique powers that make them, well, weird…

The Wird sisters are content to avoid the local vampires, werebeasts, and witches of the Lake Tahoe region—until one of them blows up a vampire in self-defense. Everyone knows vampires aren’t aggressive, and killing one is punishable by death. But soon more bloodlust-fueled attacks occur, and the community wonders: are the vampires of Tahoe cursed with a plague?

Celia reluctantly agrees to help Misha, the handsome leader of an infected vampire family. But Aric, the head of the werewolf pack determined to destroy Misha’s family to keep the region safe, warns Celia to stay out of the fight. Caught between two hot alphas, Celia must find a way to please everyone, save everyone, and oh yeah, not lose her heart to the wrong guy—or die a miserable death. Because now that the evil behind the plague knows who Celia is, it’s coming for her and her sisters. This Wird girl has never had it so tough. 

 Tempting is Hell – Cathy Yardley

When the temp agency sent free spirit Kate O’Hara to Fiendish Enterprises, a ginormous, soul-sucking conglomerate, she didn’t realize just how appropriate the term soul-sucking would be. On the plus side, she does get to meet the sexy, devil-may-care playboy CEO, Thomas Kestrel. She’s just not sure if he’s a good guy or a bad guy or just a hot guy.
Thomas Kestrel has a problem. Nine years ago, he signed over his soul to save the woman he loved…only to realize he’d been set up. Now, to save himself from damnation, he must find and kill the thirteen key signatories who signed their souls over to the same man he did. Which would be a lot easier if the cute redhead he has nothing in common with wasn’t distributing Ho-Ho’s to the demons wading through soul contracts, creating a riot with talk of labor codes and unionization. He’d fire her if not for the fact that Kate’s irresistibly attractive—or that she’s created a program that makes finding signatories easier.
In fact, it’s so successful, she’s already found one.
 
 


Guest Post: Cassie Alexander and Giveaway
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Cassie Alexander is the author of the Urban Fantasy series: Edie Spence. The three first books of the series are Nightshifted (May 22th,2012), Moonshifted (November 27th, 2011), Shapeshifted (June, 2013)
Cassie Alexander est l’auteure de la série Urban Fantasy Edie Spence. Les trois premiers lives de la série sont Nightshifted (22 Mai 2012), Moonshifted (27 Novembre 2011), Shapeshifted (Juin 2013)

The five songs that make me want to write the most: 


I have almost no idea how people managed to write books in olden days, when they didn’t have iTunes. (Did Dickens hum hymns to himself, or opera music, or what?) Listening to music is such an essential part of my writing now I almost can’t imagine writing without it. I’m in love with my Pandora stations, and my phone for being always being able to play them.

When I’m actually doing the writing itself I like to listen to a lot wordless techno and trance — I swear it helps my plotting, because it keeps my heart running and my mind fast. Simian Mobile Disco, Infected Mushroom, Phutureprimitive, Eskmo, that sort of thing.

But when I’m thinking about writing, there’s five songs that I love that always make me want to write:

1) Glorious, by Muse 

This is an old Muse song that was the extra track on their Japanese album, as an incentive for the more expensive local price. I adore it. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve listened to it. I love how it comes on slow and then Matt Bellamy sings so poignantly. The lyrics are vague, but you can feel him longing for more, for the entire length of the song. Is it a woman, a relationship, or belief in belief itself? I have a secret theory that this song is a response to the book The Stars My Destination. With it’s refrain about faith, and how it “rockets through the universe, it fuels the lies, it feeds the curse” — it sounds to me like it echos the end of that book where the protagonist is ultimately forced to have faith in the world and that we won’t self destruct. And the lovely part about having a secret theory about a Muse song is that Matt would probably approve, conspiracy theorist that he himself is.


Whatever it is — there’s something that’s just out of reach that he’s building towards, and it is, literally, Glorious.

2) Howl, by Florence and the Machine

 
So fitting for Moonshifted — it’s about werewolves…and also obsessive love. (Your cool factoid here is that a portion of the lyrics actually come from the movie The Wolf Man: Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night, may still become a wolf, when the autumn moon is bright.) The protagonist of this song is willing to do anything to be with her lover — anything. She’s willing to hunt for them with bloodied feet, tear their chest open and crawl on into their heart, if she has to. I love the blending of metaphorical love and the breaking down of rationalism. If you haven’t been in love like that before, you’ve wanted to be. Even if you won’t admit it out loud. It’s the stuff of teenaged dreams, and plotting gold. Your characters have to care about each other, desperately, for your book to work. Otherwise, why write it at all?


3) This River is Wild, by The Killers

Another song about longing — and about a kid who needs to get out of his home town where he doesn’t fit in. Essentially, the plot of every fantasy novel, ever. This song encapsulates that moment when you’re fourteen or so and you know you don’t fit in, but you don’t know where else there is for you to go yet. The restless agitation, the need for escape, the unhappiness, even anger, and an aching uncertainty — this song has it all, all the reasons your character needs to go out on a quest and make bad decisions.


4) Blue Jeans, by Lana Del Rey 

There’s nothing like watching your lover walk through the door and out of your life forever for character trauma. The rejection of the man (or woman!) that you loved that you weren’t good enough to keep around — is there any worse pain for your character to feel? Any knife quite so sharp? 


5) Infra-red, by Placebo 

And the last good thing any plot needs — vengeance. Someone call the ambulance there’s gonna be an accident.When your characters are willing to do whatever they need to exact revenge, when you’ve backed them so far into a corner due to circumstances that the only way they can survive is to come out swinging — you’ve usually got a good book.


I don’t think any of these songs have ever been off my playlist since the times I first heard them. I sing along with them at full volume — and they always make me feel like I have a story in me that I’d better hurry up and tell.
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Les cinq chansons qui me donnent le plus envie d’écrire :
Je ne sais pas comment les gens faisaient pour écrire des livres auparavant, alors qu’ils n’avaient pas iTunes. (Dickens se fredonnait-il des hymnes à lui-même, de la musique d’opéra, ou autre ?) Ecouter de la musique est devenu pour moi une part essentielle de mon travail d’écriture et  je ne peux pas imaginer le faire autrement. Je suis amoureuse des stations Pandora, et mon téléphone est toujours capable de les jouer.
Quand je suis vraiment en train d’écrire j’aime beaucoup écouter de la techno et de la trance – je vous jure que ça aide dans les intrigues étant donné que ça fait battre le cœur et garde l’esprit alerte. Simian Mobile Disco, Infected Mushroom, Phutureprimitive, Eskmo, entre autres choses.
Mais quand je pense à l’écriture, il y a cinq chansons que j’adore et qui me donnent toujours envie d’écrire :
1– Glorious, de Muse 
 
C’est une vieille chanson de Muse qui était un extra dans la version japonaise de leur album, comme une récompense pour avoir dépensé plus d’argent. Je l’adore. Je ne sais même plus combien de fois je l’ai écouté. J’aime la façon dont ça commence, assez doucement pour qu’en suite Matt Bellamy chante de façon si poignante. Les paroles sont vagues, mais vous pouvez sentir la nostalgie tout au long de la chanson. Est-ce une femme, une relation, ou une croyance ? J’ai une théorie secrète qui dit que cette chanson est une réponse au livre The Stars My Destination. Avec ce refrain au sujet de la foi, et ses “rockets through the universe, it fuels the lies, it feeds the curse” – cela semble comme un écho de la fin du livre où le personnage est obligé d’avoir foi dans le monde pour que nous ne nous détruisions pas nous même. Et la meilleure partie de ma théorie secrète au sujet de la chanson de Muse est que Matt approuverait sûrement, étant donné qu’il est un théoricien de la conspiration lui-même.
Quoi qu’il en soit – il y a quelque chose qui est juste hors de portée et c’est vraiment sublime.
2 –- Howl de Florence et the Machine  
 
Parfait pour Moonshifted – c’est au sujet de loups garous… et d’amour obsessif. (Le fait le plus drôle est qu’il y a une partie des paroles qui viennent du film The Wolf Man : Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night, may still become a wolf, when the autumn moon is bright.) La protagoniste de la chanson est prête à tout pour être avec son amant – tout. Elle est prête à chasser pour eux avec des pieds ensanglantés, à ouvrir leur poitrine et arracher leur cœur si elle le doit. J’adore le mélange métaphorique d’amour et le retour à la réalité. Si vous n’avez jamais été amoureux avant, vous le voulez. Même si vous ne voulez pas l’avouer à voix haute. C’est l’étoffe des rêves adolescents, et de la recherche de l’or. Vos personnages ont besoin de faire attention l’un à l’autre, désespérément, pour que le livre marche. Autrement, pourquoi écrire ?
3 — This River is Wild, de The Killers  
 
Une autre chanson sur la nostalgie – au sujet d’un enfant qui a besoin de quitter sa ville qui ne lui convient pas. C’est l’intrigue que l’on trouve essentiellement dans chaque roman fantasy. Cette chanson englobe le moment où vous avez quatorze ans et vous savez que rien ne va, mais vous ne savez pas quoi faire. L’agitation continuelle, l’envie de s’échapper, la tristesse, même la colère et les difficiles incertitudes – cette chanson a tout, toutes les raisons qu’un personnage a besoin pour se lancer dans une quête et prendre les mauvaises décisions.
4– Blue Jeans, de Lana Del Rey 
 
Il n’y a rien de comparable que de regarder votre amant sortir de la maison et de votre vie pour toujours pour le traumatisme d’un personnage. Le rejet d’un homme (ou d’une femme !) que vous aimez, que vous pensez que vous n’avez pas été assez bien pour le garder – y-a-t-il une peine plus terrible pour un personnage ? Aucun couteau assez aiguisé ?
5 — Infra-red, de Placebo 
 
Et la dernière chose qu’une intrigue a besoin – la vengeance. Someone call the ambulance there’s gonna be an accident.Quand vos personnages sont prêts à tout pour se venger, quand vous les coincez dans un recoin à cause de circonstances telles que  la seule façon qu’ils puissent survivre est de sortir de leur équilibre – vous avez généralement eu un bon livre.
Je ne pense pas que ces chansons ont été une fois hors de ma playlist depuis la première fois que je les ai écoutées. Je les chante tout le temps avec le volume à fond – et elles me font toujours penser que j’ai une histoire en moi et que je devrais me dépêcher de la raconter.

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Cassie Alexander is an author and a registered nurse. Her debut trilogy, Nightshifted, will be published by St. Martin’s Press on May 22, 2012, and is already out in Germany.
She likes alchemy, blood, and science, in that order.
You can find her on Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and Goodreads.

Author’s website: http://cassiealexander.com


Synopsis: Nursing school prepared Edie Spence for a lot of things. Burn victims? No problem. Severed limbs? Piece of cake. Vampires? No way in hell. But as the newest nurse on Y4, the secret ward hidden in the bowels of County Hospital, Edie has her hands full with every paranormal patient you can imagine—from vamps and were-things to zombies and beyond…


Edie’s just trying to learn the ropes so she can get through her latest shift unscathed.  But when a vampire servant turns to dust under her watch, all hell breaks loose. Now she’s haunted by the man’s dying words—Save Anna—and before she knows it, she’s on a mission to rescue some poor girl from the undead. Which involves crashing a vampire den, falling for a zombie, and fighting for her soul. Grey’s Anatomy was never like this…
Thanks to Cassie Alexander for this wonderful post. You can win a signed paperback copy of Nightshifted (Edie Spence, 1). International giveaway, it ends on October 1st.

Merci à Cassie Alexander pour ce merveilleux post. Vous pouvez gagner un exemplaire signé de Nightshifted (Edie Spence, 1). Le concours est international et se termine le 1er Octobre.

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Stacking the Shelves #17
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Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews

Les traductions sont personnelles

Dont forget to check out our two international giveaways

With my birthday I had many books, so a big thanks to my non-blogger friends and to Zendastark
 

Avec mon anniversaire j’ai eu de nombreux livres alors un grand merci à mes amis et à Zendastark
  
Nightshifted (Edie Spence, 1) – Cassie Alexander
Nursing school prepared Edie Spence for a lot of things. Burn victims? No problem. Severed limbs? Piece of cake. Vampires? No way in hell. But as the newest nurse on Y4, the secret ward hidden in the bowels of County Hospital, Edie has her hands full with every paranormal patient you can imagine—from vamps and were-things to zombies and beyond…

Edie’s just trying to learn the ropes so she can get through her latest shift unscathed.  But when a vampire servant turns to dust under her watch, all hell breaks loose. Now she’s haunted by the man’s dying words—Save Anna—and before she knows it, she’s on a mission to rescue some poor girl from the undead. Which involves crashing a vampire den, falling for a zombie, and fighting for her soul. Grey’s Anatomy was never like this…

Future infirmière, Edie Spence est préparée à faire face à de nombreuses choses. Des victimes brulées? Aucun problème. Des membres sectionnés? Du gâteau. Des vampires? Jamais de la vie. Mais en tant que nouvelle infirmière au Y4, le service secret caché dans les entrailles de l’Hôpital du comté, Edie doit s’occuper de plus de patients surnaturels que vous ne pourriez l’imaginer – des vampires et garous aux zombies et autres…

Edie essaie seulement d’apprendre les ficelles du métier afin de passer son dernier test indemne. Mais quand un vampire se transforme en poussière devant elle, l’enfer se déchaîne. Maintenant elle est hantée par les derniers mots de cet homme – Sauve Anna – et avant qu’elle le sache, elle se retrouve en mission pour sauver une pauvre fille des non morts. Ce qui veut dire détruire un repaire de vampires, tomber amoureuse d’un zombie et se battre pour son âme. Grey’s Anatomy n’a jamais été comme ça…

L’étrange Odd Thomas/Odd Thomas (Odd thomas, 1) – Dean Koontz
“The dead don’t talk. I don’t know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn. Maybe he has a gift, maybe it’s a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out. Sometimes they want justice, and Odd’s otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo’s sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime. Occasionally they can prevent one. But this time it’s different.

A mysterious man comes to town with a voracious appetite, a filing cabinet stuffed with information on the world’s worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like shades following him wherever he goes. Who the man is and what he wants, not even Odd’s deceased informants can tell him. His most ominous clue is a page ripped from a day-by-day calendar for August 15.

Today is August 14.

In less than twenty-four hours, Pico Mundo will awaken to a day of catastrophe. As evil coils under the searing desert sun, Odd travels through the shifting prisms of his world, struggling to avert a looming cataclysm with the aid of his soul mate and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. His account of two shattering days when past and present, fate and destiny converge is the stuff of our worst nightmares—and a testament by which to live: sanely if not safely, with courage, humor, and a full heart that even in the darkness must persevere.

Jeune cuisinier dans un grill d’une petite ville de l’Amérique profonde, Odd Thomas rêve d’être un garçon ordinaire. Mais il est pourvu d’un don encombrant : les morts communiquent avec lui.
Parfois les âmes en peine veulent que Odd leur fasse justice. Parfois, elles lui donnent un tuyau afin qu’il puisse déjouer un meurtre avant qu’il ne se produise. Mais cette fois, c’est différent : un étranger débarque à Pico Mundo, accompagné d’une horde de créatures d’ombres, avides comme des hyènes – signe d’une catastrophe imminente. Avec l’aide de sa compagne, Stormy Llewellyn, et de ses amis d’outre-tombe (dont Elvis Presley en personne), Odd va se lancer dans une course contre la montre pour empêcher le drame. Le combat qu’il mène durant les dernières heures, où se télescopent le passé, le présent, l’avenir et le destin, est une ode à la vie, une fable poignante sur notre époque, qui fait de ce roman l’un des plus beaux qu’ait écrits Dean Koontz. 


L’heure de l’Ange/Angel Time – Anne Rice

It’s the present day.  Toby O’Dare—aka Lucky the Fox—is a contract killer of underground fame on assignment to kill once again.  He’s a soulless soul, a dead man walking.  His nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions is disrupted when a mysterious stranger, a seraph, offers him a chance to save rather than destroy lives. O’Dare, who long ago dreamt of being a priest, seizes his chance. Now he is carried back through the ages to thirteenth-century England, to dark realms where accusations of ritual murder have been made against Jews, where children suddenly die or disappear.  In this primitive setting, O’Dare begins his perilous quest for salvation, a journey of danger and flight, loyalty and betrayal, selflessness and love.

Lucky, Toby ou encore Tommy… son nom importe peu. L’important, c’est sa discrétion, son professionnalisme, sa compétence à exécuter froidement les cibles qu’on lui désigne. Après un contrat particulièrement éprouvant, Lucky est abordé par un mystérieux inconnu, un certain Malchiah. Ce Malchiah sait tout de lui, dispose de pouvoirs stupéfiants, et prétend être son ange gardien. Il lui offre de racheter ses crimes, en sauvant des vies plutôt que de les prendre, et lui propose un bien étrange marché : Lucky se retrouve au Moyen Age, où il doit aider une famille juive accusée de meurtres rituels. Est-ce une chance, un rêve ou un cauchemar ?

Avance Rapide/Only Forward – Michael Marshall
It’s the present day.  Toby O’Dare—aka Lucky the Fox—is a contract killer of underground fame on assignment to kill once again.  He’s a soulless soul, a dead man walking.  His nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions is disrupted when a mysterious stranger, a seraph, offers him a chance to save rather than destroy lives. O’Dare, who long ago dreamt of being a priest, seizes his chance. Now he is carried back through the ages to thirteenth-century England, to dark realms where accusations of ritual murder have been made against Jews, where children suddenly die or disappear.  In this primitive setting, O’Dare begins his perilous quest for salvation, a journey of danger and flight, loyalty and betrayal, selflessness and love.
Stark n’est pas un privé comme les autres. il aime les chats et possède un goût inné pour choisir ses chemises. Plus encore, il a un don qu’il utilise dans les cas d’urgence. Un don tellement incroyable qu’il vaut mieux ne pas en parler. On le prendrait pour un fou. C’est pourquoi, lorsqu’on lui demande de retrouver un haut-fonctionnaire qui a disparu, il ne s’attend qu’à une enquête banale… Mais voilà, l’affaire est plus compliquée qu’il n’y paraît et la solution tend dangereusement vers le passé de Stark. Un passé qu’il avait oublié, mais qui, en revanche, se souvient bien de lui. Dans un univers à venir complètement déjanté où les objets parlent, où rêve et réalité règlent leurs comptes à grands coups de poing, Stark est le seul qui peut faire la différence, car il n’y a pas de retour en arrière possible et le temps presse. Avance rapide…
The Summoning/L’invocation (The Darkest Power, 1) – Kelley Armstrong
All Chloe Saunders wants is a life like any normal teenager – the chance to get through school, make friends, and maybe meet a boy. But when she starts seeing ghosts, she knows that life will never be normal again. Soon ghosts are everywhere, demanding her attention. When Chloe finally breaks down, she’s admitted to a group home for disturbed kids. At first Lyle House seems okay, but as she gets to know the other patients – charming Simon and his ominous, unsmiling brother Derek; obnoxious Tori; and Rae, who has a ‘thing’ for fire – Chloe begins to realise that something strange and sinister binds them all together, and it isn’t your usual ‘problem kid’ behaviour. And they’re about to discover that Lyle House is not your usual group home, either …
Chloé Saunders n’est pas comme les autres. Elle voit des fantômes… et ils ont des choses à lui dire.
Chloé rêve d’avoir une vie normale. Mais avec les fantômes qui la traquent sans cesse, c’est impossible. Si elle était un personnage de film, on la croirait quand elle avoue qu’elle voit des fantômes.
Dans la vraie vie, elle est envoyée à Lyle House, un institut psychiatrique spécialisé pour ados.
Les pensionnaires ont l’air de cacher eux aussi quelques secrets et Chloé ne serait pas étonnée de trouver des squelettes cachés dans les placards.
Bergdorf Blondes – Plum Sykes
 If you think Brazilian is a nationality, that PJ’s are pyjamas and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Syke’s heroine is British but has moved to America, working for a glossy magazine. She takes us with her into the glamorous world of Park Avenue Princesses who careen through New York in search of the ever elusive ‘Fiance,’ the perfect fake tan and that Chanel from the sample sale. In a fabulously witty style, Plum Sykes makes us root for her glorious heroine all the way from New York to the South of France and back by PJ (private jet.) She will get her Harry Winston and her Vera Wang wedding dress yet!
Si vous pensez brésilien est une nationalité, que PJsont des pyjamas etl’Au-delà est quelque part au loin, alors vous n’avez jamais rencontréune blonde Bergdorf. L’héroïne de Plum Sykeest britannique, mais a émigré en Amérique, travaillant pour un magazine sur papier glacé. Elle nous emmène avec elle dans le monde glamour des princesses de Park Avenue qui se pavanent à travers New York à la recherche de l’insaisissable «fiancé», portant le faux bronzage parfait et l’échantillon de vente Chanel. Dans un style fabuleusement drôle, Plum Sykes nous fait découvrir son héroïne glorieuse du  chemin de New York au Sud de la France et à l’arrière par PJ (jet privé.) Elle obtiendra son Harry Winston et sa robe de mariage Vera Wang!

 Les meilleures recettes Nestlé dessert
Les quarante meilleures recettes de la marque iconique de la pâtisserie au chocolat : mousses, crèmes, gâteaux. elles sont toutes là.Un livre à croquer, qui simule les tablettes de chocolat de la marque.
Les Cupcakes de Clhoé.S
A 29 ans cette ancienne graphiste a ouvert à Paris rue Pigalle une boutique de cupcakes qui cartonne ! Rencontre avec la crème de la crème de la nouvelle pâtisserie. Yummy ! Découvrez ses 30 recettes fétiches au travers de son livre à la maquette et aux photos emprunts de son style inimitable : ultra girly, glam, fifties…. 

 Les bons desserts de notre enfance
Plongez avec émotion et délice dans l’univers de ces desserts qui ont bercé votre enfance : pain perdu, œufs à la neige, beignets aux pommes, clafoutis aux cerises, mousse au chocolat, toutes les recettes, 80 en tout, sont au rendez-vous, illustrées par des photos gourmandes. Un parfum de goûter rétro et nostalgique flotte dans la cuisine…