Maryse's Blog A Tribute to Vampires, Werewolves, & All Things Paranormal (and other stuff)...

Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
Oh. My. Goodness. This book was something else. Whoa…. Wow! I feel like I’ve literally been dragged through... Wait. Haven't I said this before? Yes. Yes I have. And I'm right back where I started, but so much further ahead.

The series, so far, in a word? Relentless. Terrifying. Agonizing. Both heartening and disheartening. Okay, it's impossible to keep it to one word, but you get the picture. Your reading experience will

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Oh. My. Goodness. This book was something else. Whoa.... Wow! I've literally been dragged through a vast array of emotionally charged and mostly dangerous moments. Now, I am sitting here stunned, somewhat happy, but not relieved. Happy that I've been recommended such an arresting, and completely absorbing series. But relief. None. My heart is still pumping from what just happened, and the apprehension (and anxiousness) of a few more things to come. You see, as warned by my reader

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I had all intentions last night to write Cezar's review (Alexandra Ivy's Darkness Revealed), and of course, I still fully intend to (btw - quick review - it's "good-ish", but far from a favorite).

But you see...I was sidetracked. Actually, more like derailed. While I usually like to write my reviews before starting a new book, on occasion, something tempts me away from acting responsibly. And considering Cezar didn't floor me, I was an easy "sway" ;) Tee hee!!

What swayed me, you ask?

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I was lucky enough to go directly from my steamy paperback (book #1) into a digital review copy of book #2 (as provided by Harlequin). The book isn't officially out just yet (coming out on June 21st 2011), but once it is released, I'll be getting a nice paperback copy to add to my collection ;) I love the obvious vampirey-ness of these covers.

This was Alfonso Serrano's book. Remember him? He was Dominic's evil brother that joined the Dark Bloods in their quest to take over the vampire

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About the series:
Death is inevitable. But there are some souls, more wicked and disobedient than most, who defy Death’s claim. Rebellious souls who must be called to heel.
As per the author:
The Shadow Guards are a mysterious order of immortals tasked with intervening, as necessary, in the lives and deaths of mortals. Archer, Lord Black, the hero of NIGHT FALLS DARKLY, is a Reclaimer, and is charged with hunting down and eliminating the most morally deteriorated, wicked souls of the

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Isn't it the cutest? Lily's friend Ray (who made her the new "cartoon baby Lily" banner on her blog), just sent me a cartoon baby Maryse! OMG I just love it so much. I still have that actual "baby" dress that she's wearing. And look at her vampire dolly (you might not be able to see in this small version, but he's got a "Z" on his jacket) - tee hee!! A Baby "Z" doll, and a book. My two favorite things. Thank you guys so

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I found some more freebies!!! Most of these are full length, and most of the bargain one below are 0.99 (and loaded in great reviews). Enough said - onto the downloads :)

FREEBIES:

Samson's Lovely Mortal (Scanguards Vampires #1)
Reunion (Vampires Realm)
The Charmer (Dark Lands)
Starfire Angels (Starfire Angels: Dark Angel Chronicles Book 1)
The Amulet: A Faedra Bennett Custodian Novel
The Thirteenth Unicorn
Dawn of Avalon
Snaring The

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Lots of fun updates today! I'm updating this live, right now, so stick around :)

Gena Showalter will be at the Apple Store in Soho NY doing an interview and an question & answer session. Drop by if you're in the area!! Monday, 23 May at 6:30pm. (Stupid NY get's all the fun stuff! *pout* ;) )
Laurell K Hamilton updates us on the Merry Gentry series. More to come she promises!! Check out her blogpost here.

"I was burning myself out doing two books a year, will my publisher want me

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About the series:
RULES FOR THE (VERY) RELUCTANT GUARDIAN OF THE SCROLL
1. Don't lose the above artifact you've inherited from your ancestors-no matter how much it starts messing up your life.

2. Do learn how to control its powers. (And, yes, that means putting up with über-complicated guardian lessons from your father's meddling ghost.)

3. Don't trust anyone. Especially Rhys, the mysterious bad boy who's always one step ahead of you . . . and as irresistible as sin.

4. Do anything

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This one came to me by way of a friend who purchased the book for it's very steamy vampire-y cover. She thought it would look nice displayed in my upcoming "vampire/reading" room, and I have to agree. It's gorgeous! But the best thing about the book is actually the story told inside. I just read this on a recent business trip, and it wholeheartedly captured my attention and kept me entertained throughout.

It's about Dominic, the PERFECT vampire (well, in my opinion anyway). He heads a

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Thanks to Vicki for this suggestion! (she says: "very good story line, keeps you going...")

About the series:
Tess Corday, Occult Special Investigator for Vancouver’s Mystical Crime Lab, is used to seeing dead vampires. But there’s nothing ordinary about this case. Not the lab results on the cause of death. Not the teenage girl living at the address found in the vamp’s pocket, who may well be in thrall to a demon. And certainly not Lucian Agrado, the necromancer who is liaison to the

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Not exactly "paranormal" but sort of. These men were "genetically created" (a futuristic sci/fi type series).

About the series:
"The Shareem. Males created to be tall, muscled, sexy, and…enhanced. They come in one of three levels—pure sensual pleasure, games and wicked fun, or the ultimate barbarian—complete with whip."
Note: The author indicates that the e-book versions have been temporarily lowered in price!

Rees: Tales of the Shareem
Maia & Rylan
Rio
Aiden And Ky:

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Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 11)
Wow. This one worked for me, and I'm pleasantly surprised. I went into it thinking I was going to be sorely disappointed (as I was with the last two books), but that wasn't the case at all.

You know when you get invited to go somewhere, and you're getting ready to go, but you're all bummed 'cause you're so sure it won't be your thing, and you're going to have a miserable time? And then you go, and it ends up being so fun, and one of the most

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About the series:
Enter a dark and erotic world where immortals from the Celtic Otherworld—Annwyn—mingle with mortals at the Velvet Haven Goth club. In this world of sex and lust, a tenuous alliance is formed between feuding immortals and unsuspecting mortals.

Some enter this union willingly, some have their own reasons, and some are only in it for monetary gain. But what all search for is a flame and amulet, the keys to forge a powerful weapon to use to destroy either the mortal world

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About book# 1:
A DANGEROUS MISSION
Vivianne Blackstone devotes herself to her career, putting her love life on hold. Her latest project is a spaceship designed to protect Earth from the deadly Tribes. But its engineer, the alluring Jordan McArthur, now threatens both her job and her wary heart . . .

AN UNDENIABLE DESIRE
Jordan's past goes back to King Arthur, and he must find the ancient artifact that can save the galaxy. Vivianne's ship is his best hope, but convincing the fiercely

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About the series:
In the days when powerful witches used their magic to shield humanity from demons, their allies and guardians were a group of men gifted with preternatural abilities of their own–the witch guardians. But when a band of witches traded their humanity for demonic power, the ancient bond was broken, and the guardians became the hunters.

Blood Magic: A Novel
Soul Magic: A Novel
Night Magic: A Wing Slayer Novel
Sinful Magic: A Wing Slayer Novel (expected release date -

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Welcome back everyone. Please clean your feet off. I had to break into Maryse's last night. It rained, like flooded and I was about to lose my books. I will replace the window, don't worry. There was some scary crap out there last night and the book I was reading? Not helping. AT ALL!

I read Darkness at Dawn by Devin Harnois, and man it was a really short read, but it was GOOD. Everson is a solider, a modern warrior. Fighting a variety of "nasties" every night is the only thing that keeps

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About the series:
In the dark, fear and desire are one...

Alexander Roman wants nothing to do with those of his vampire breed. Fate places him at the door of Dr. Sara Donohue, who is dedicated to removing patients' traumatic memories. But as their world's collide, Sara and Alexander are bound by something even stronger as one becomes hunter and the other, prey. And Sara's only chance of survival is to surrender to the final-and most unimaginable-desire of her life.

Eternal Hunger: Mark

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Hey guys. Get in here quick *darts look around*, there is something out there. I may or may not have forgotten to rinse out my blood bottles. There are herds of mosquitoes and I keep hearing noises! I'm not scared or anything, you know, cause I'm a vamp and everything, but I don't like thinking about what it might be out there.... what if it's Blade? Ok, ok, can we change the subject?

So, because of all the Paul Marron madness, and because it was FREE, I picked up Dangerous Highlander: A

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About the series:
For thousands of years, soulless bloodthirsty lycans have roamed the earth, at their most dangerous every full moon when their insatiable need to feed must be satisfied … and human blood runs.

The only thing standing between these monsters and mankind is a secret society of lycan hunters that will stop at nothing to see the lycan race destroyed. These hunters are hardened men, without hearts, driven by duty and an inflexible code: destroy them at all cost.

Only forces

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Afterlight: The Dark Ink Chronicles
Hey Guys! Good to see you back! I'm still embarrassed that I lost the keys to Maryse's place and locked my keys in my truck. *sigh* I would lose my head if was not attached. I am so excited about camping out here this week! I forgot to get an air mattress, but I'm sure that won't matter right? I did remember to get blood though. Small problem. Do you know about mosquitoes? I really hate those little effers. As soon as I open a bottle they act like it's open

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Hey everyone I am on my way now to Maryse's! Guess what I am doing this week?! Not that! Get your brains out of the gutters ladies (that means you Sherry)...

Maryse has trusted me, again, to blog-sit for a few days. I am going to make her proud this time. No parties. No weres that pee on the rug. No purple swimming pools. I am going to be the BEST progeny EVER. Well, I'm going to try anyways.

I found out last week that Sandra Hill put out a new Viking book called The Reluctant Viking.

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Something Wicked (A Living in Eden Novel)
It's safe to say that I was destined to love this series, considering the book cover. Yes. I am that shallow. :oops: It was great to not have to fight for the image of the hero to create itself in my head, for once. In this series, the image was so thoughtfully provided, and what an image it is!

Darrak, an unlucky demon forged from hellfire itself, is now stuck in the human world, when, once upon a time, the wicked witch from the west (well, I

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Thanks to Melissa for pointing out a very important (yet missing) series from my list. What was I thinking!? Especially considering I've already collected a bunch of these for my own reading pleasure ;)

About the series:
Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force--a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the

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About the series:
Anne Rice makes real a family of witches--a family given to poetry and incest, to murder and philsophy, a family that is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous and seductive being.

The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches)
Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches)
Taltos (Lives of the Mayfair Witches)

The series goes on to progress (and become a part of) Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles (later towards the end of that series)

Merrick (Vampire/Witches

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Saturday April 30th 2011... our virtual pajama party was finally ready...
Location: Sherry's Vampire Room virtually through Maryse's Book Blog (Paranormal & Urban Fantasy) Facebook page.


Sherry: you need to show up Jackie

Maryse: yah girls...come on!! Get into your pj's surround yourself with your favorite-est books and upload!! I'm thousands of miles away from her in reality, but this is a virtual party. We can do what we want!! Sherry... I'm thinking I'm gonna have to invite a

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Big Release day!! And when I say BIG I mean Eric and Sookie BIG!!

The day we've all been waiting for! Yes yesssss, I know. With the last two books in the series, I've complained that they were been big let-downs for me, and that I won't be as excited when the next one comes out. But come on people!!! A year is a LONG time to wait, and I think I've officially forgotten what I was all mad about last year, anyway. Time heals all things, including book disappointments ;)

And anyway, I just

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Saturday April 30th 2011... our virtual pajama party was finally ready...
Location: Sherry's Vampire Room virtually through Maryse's Book Blog (Paranormal & Urban Fantasy) Facebook page.


Sherry: you need to show up Jackie

Maryse: yah girls...come on!! Get into your pj's surround yourself with your favorite-est books and upload!! I'm thousands of miles away from her in reality, but this is a virtual party. We can do what we want!! Sherry... I'm thinking I'm gonna have to invite a

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Some of this is *slightly* old news, but still good stuff!

Richelle Mead has an offer for us! She will write a short story about Dimitri and Rose going back to Russia to visit his family IF "Spirit Bound wins in the CBC awards". So VOTE! She also states on her Facebook page:

Working on Bloodlines revisions is stressful, but Sydney is such a fun character. She speaks 5 languages and knows the periodic table backwards and forward--but is so oblivious to social and romantic stuff sometimes.

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