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His Dark and Dangerous Ways (Avon Romance)
Edith Layton
Avon, 2008
His Dark and Dangerous Ways
+ His Dark and Dangerous Way
Simon Atwood, Lord Granger, is hunting a spy when he meets the charming dance teacher Jane Chatham. Jane knows that due to his rank, Simon is beyond her reach, but that doesn't stop her from falling for him. Simon is a man haunted by his past war time imprisonment and even as Jane is drawn into his ...
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Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier
Harper Paperbacks, 1997
Great suspense novel
+ Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley again...
+ Details, details, details
+ Psychologically spooky
+ Rebecca has earned its place among the classics
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Your Heart Belongs to Me
Dean Koontz
Bantam, 2008
From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense comes a riveting thriller that probes the deepest terrors of the human psyche—and the ineffable mystery of what truly makes us who we are. Here an innocent man finds himself fighting for his very existence in a battle that starts with the most frightening words of all… At thirty-four, Internet entrepreneur Ryan Perry ...
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The Chill
Ross Macdonald
Vintage, 1996
One of MacDonald's Best
+ Archer at High Tide
+ Excellent, not Quite 5 stars..
+ Intricately plotted, steeped in emotion.
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Hot Blooded
Christine Feehan, Maggie Shayne, ...
Jove, 2004
A treat to read
+ Very good.
+ Hot Blooded
+ HOT BLOODED IS A GREAT BOOK WITH 4 GREAT STORIES BY 4 GREAT AUTHORS LIKE CHRISTINE FEEHAN
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Odd Hours
Dean Koontz
Bantam, 2008
Another Dean Koontz Oddity
+ Can not go wrong with Koontz...
+ Another Great One
As usual Dean does it again with Odd. As with all Dean Koontz stories you're captured right from the first page. Because it's an Odd series you already know you are hooked even before you opened the book. So for all of us Dean and Odd fans just sit back and read yourself into another great book. ...
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The Gingerbread Girl
Stephen King
Simon & Schuster Audio, 2008
Stephen King keeps delivering
+ An efficient little thriller
This audio book was read by Mare Winningham, and she does a fine job. The story is the main draw, and you want this one. It is not really a horror story; it is a tale of terror, with more of a 'how badly do you want to survive?' theme. Lots of action, lots of clues as to what may happen next, with ...
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Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 6)
J.R. Ward
Signet, 2008
Fabulous
+ Good but could've been Fantastic
+ a bridge book
This series just keeps getting better and better with every book. I love where the story lines are going and cannot wait to see what happens next.
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Behind the Screen: Hacking Hollywood
Mark Stone
Emerald Book Company, 2008
The Steamy Side of Your IT Department
+ Hot times at DesertFinancial
Mark Stone's new book "Behind the Screen: Hacking Hollywood" is for every one of us who has eavesdropped on the couple in line beside us at Starbucks.
The juicy tidbits of gossip main character Jonathan Davis gathers at his new job of monitoring company e-mails may make an adult business owner ...
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Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice
Ballantine Books, 1997
an instant classic
+ Love and Angst for all Eternity
+ vampire legend made real
+ this is good stuff for the imagiantion
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The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn)
Philippa Gregory
Touchstone, 2004
amazing author!!
+ The Virgin's Lover
I was given The Other Boleyn Girl as a gift and devoured it. Since then I have read every other book in the Tudor series. I am patiently awaiting her new book which is to hit the shelves in September. She is one of those authors who makes you not want the book to end. And her talent is consistent ...
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The Long Goodbye
Raymond Chandler
Vintage, 1988
Arguably Chandler's Best
+ This man knows how to write.
+ The too-long Goodbye
+ Swell
+ The Idle Valley
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Carmilla
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Wildside Press, 2005
High Praise for a Genre I'm Not Even Totally Into!
+ Neat Gothic Supernatural Thriller (Sorry - No Lesbians)
+ A great tale of another age
+ This is the best vampire story ever
+ The best vampire story
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Woman In The Dark: A Novel of Dangerous Romance
Dashiell Hammett
Knopf, 1988
Skillfully written.
+ Brief, but all the best of Hammett
+ Romance Hard-Boiled.
This pamphlet sized publication is really a short story which can easily be read in one sitting. It's about an ex-con and a mystery woman who meet one stormy night and are forced to take flight from the woman's rich boyfriend as well as the police. Hammett's craftsmanship as a writer is well ...
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory
Touchstone, 2003
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT!!!
+ WARNING: May contain spoilers - Sensational and scandalously wicked
+ Historical Fiction, Entertaining
Okay, so while you may not use this novel as a reference while writing a paper on English history, if you need a book that will keep you enthralled you have most certainly found it.
The Boelyn family wants nothing more than to elevate themselves within the English social hierarchy. As players in ...
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