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Review: Day Shift (Midnight, Texas #2) by Charlaine Harris

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Midnight, Texas is full of all kinds of weird residents.

It’s a one light town in the middle of nowhere Texas and its residents are witches, vampires, and all sorts of supernatural beings.

Manfred is a psychic and has been enjoying his time in Midnight.

It’s quiet and everyone stays out of everyone else’s business…..everyone in Midnight is secretive about their lives which is fine by Manfred.

Well the most mysterious of the Midnight bunch is Olivia, no one seems to know anything about her other than that she lives with a vampire and she’s smoking hot.

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Review: The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl

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Matthew Pearl has been on my radar for a while now. His books always look so intriguing since they are historic thrillers books…..about books…..but for some reason I just haven’t made it around to reading any of his books.

When this one came around to review I jumped at it since this was an author I have wanted to read.

The Last Bookaneer explores the dark side of publishing and the literary pirates who commandeered unpublished works by famous authors. Before 1890, loose copyright laws allowed for author’s works to be publish on the blackmarket so to speak, which ultimately gave rise to the bookaneers whose job it was to track down these unpublished gems at any cost.

With the new international copyright laws going into effect, the great bookaneer, Pen Davenport, embarks on one last adventure to recover an unpublished work by Robert Louis Stevenson on the exotic island of Samoa. But he needs help, Pen knows he can’t obtain the book alone so he enlists the help of his long time associate, Fergins.

Fergins is the narrator of the story and has enjoyed a nice, quiet life selling books…..and occasionally assisting Pen but he has never experienced anything like this. Before he knows it, he is whisked off onto a boat bound for the South Pacific with Pen to steal a manuscript worth thousands.

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Review: Ice Kissed (Kanin Chronicles #2) by Amanda Hocking

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Bryn Aven is stuck in social limbo, she has no social status in the Kanin kingdom she servers because she’s a half breed (part Skojare herself) but she longs to serve the kingdom in any way she can.

Her determination to be part of the Kanin kingdom takes her to the palace of the Skojare.

These Skojare people need protection from the same rival that has been tormenting the Kanin people.

For Bryn, this is also a chance to learn more about where she comes from as much as a mission. She is accompanied by boss, Ridley Dresden, but soon their growing attraction for one another becomes a distraction.

This books takes us to the Skojare and the Storvatten tribes which was really exciting because we got to learn a lot more about them and their secrets.

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Review: Aunt Dimity and the Summer King (Aunt Dimity Mystery #20) by Nancy Atherton

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Lori Shepherd loves everything about her quaint town of Finch in the Cotswold country of England.

It’s here that she is raising her twin boys and new baby daughter Bess along side her husband, Bill.

Finch is you typical country town full of country events like the church bake sale and the dog trials. Everyone knows everyone and that also means that everyone knows your business.

Since Lori had her baby, she has been out of the loop on all the town gossip but she has noticed that two Finch cottages are still for sale after months on the market and she just can’t understand why.

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Review: Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas #1) by Charlaine Harris

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In the sleepy town of Midnight, TX there is not a whole lot to draw new residents.

It’s literally a one stop light town…..a modern day ghost town. There are few residents, but the residents there are there are an eclectic mix to say the least.

The town and it’s residents are full of suspicious and strange activities….not to mention, secrets.

Manfred Bernardo, psychic extraordinaire, arrives in Midnight hoping to working in private. For him Midnight is the perfect place to come and be ‘anonymous’.

There is an unspoken rule in Midnight……’don’t ask questions’……and Manfred likes this.

But there is a reason that no one asks questions in Midnight…..each town member prefers to keep their skeletons very permanently in the closet.

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