The Sleeping Beauty – Mercedes Lackey

from Amazon: Heavy is the head—and the eyelids—of the princess who wears the crown… In Rosamund’s realm, happiness hinges on a few simple beliefs: For every princess there’s a prince. The king has ultimate power. Stepmothers should never be trusted. And bad things come to those who break with Tradition…. But when Rosa is pursued […]

Would Be Witch – Kimberly Frost

from Amazon: 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 […]

My Way to Hell – Dakota Cassidy

I am enthused to find that my library allows borrowing of e-books! So I just read a book, in 2 closely paired sittings, on my computer! Gah!  Who knew? And back to your normally scheduled book posting… From Amazon: After defying Lucifer to save her best friend Delaney, ex-demon Marcella Acosta has been banished to […]

The story of Joey

I came across a blog posting of a poster I have followed for years.  As it is quite commonly, she grabs my attention.  Even though I do not usually comment, she grabs my attention with almost every post. Today was no different,  as she posted of a cat she found wounded and the journey, brief […]

Bled Dry – Erin McCarthy

From amazon review: Brittany Baldizzi had a crazy childhood. She never knew her father; her mother was a stripper who died of a drug overdose, leaving Brittany’s older half sister, Alexis (High Stakes), to raise her. Brittany strives for as much normalcy in her life as possible. Complicating that goal is the fact that she […]

A Family Affair – Debbie Macomber

from Amazon: Lacey Lancaster has always longed to be a wife and mother. However, after a painful divorce, she decides it’s time to lay low for a while in her charming San Francisco apartment with her beautiful Abyssinian cat, Cleo. Everything would be wonderful, except for her utterly impossible neighbor Jack Walker. When he’s not […]

Heading West

Not quite yet though. Hubby accepted a job (with good $$) in Tampa. So I will be moving in the foreseeable future.  Not sure quite where yet, but moving is in the cards. I will be closer to my family as both sisters and grandparents are in/around Tampa, but I will have to make new […]

13, rue Therese

From book jacket: Trevor Stratton is an American professor and translator, newly arrived at a Paris university.   There, in his office, he discovers a box filled with letters, photographs, and antique objects — a beautiful pair of gloves, a rosary, a silk scarf.  Whose life is preserved here?  And who has left this mystery for […]

Life interupts…

Bad things happen in threes, right. So here I am waiting for the last shoe to drop. Nothing big, really.  First my shower corner shelf thing broke.  While I was showering.  Somehow, when I was ducking to avoid getting hurt, several of the bottles sat, balanced on my back.  Sigh. Then, tonight, while my darling […]