986. Callander Square (Anne Perry)

Synopsis:
Murders just didn't take place in fashionable Callander Square, so Inspector Pitt's well-bred wife Charlotte couldn't resist finding out why one had. Suddenly there she was, rattling the closets of the very rich, listening to backstair gossip, and unearthing truths that could push even the most proper aristocrat to murder....

My rating: 3 stars

985. A Great and Terrible Beauty (Libba Bray)

Synopsis:
Gemma, 16, has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until the day she foresees her mother’s death in a black, swirling vision that turns out to be true. Sent back to England, she is enrolled at Spence, a girls’ academy with a mysterious burned-out East Wing. There Gemma is snubbed by powerful Felicity, beautiful Pippa, and even her own dumpy roommate Ann, until she blackmails herself and Ann into the treacherous clique. Gemma is distressed to find that she has been followed from India by Kartik, a beautiful young man who warns her to fight off the visions. Nevertheless, they continue, and one night she is led by a child-spirit to find a diary that reveals the secrets of a mystical Order. The clique soon finds a way to accompany Gemma to the other-world realms of her visions "for a bit of fun" and to taste the power they will never have as Victorian wives, but they discover that the delights of the realms are overwhelmed by a menace they cannot control. Gemma is left wi! th the knowledge that her role as the link between worlds leaves her with a mission to seek out the "others" and rebuild the Order.

My rating: 2 stars

984. Black Silk (Sharon Page)

Synopsis:
Maryanne Hamilton had expected to be shocked, but the wanton orgy she finds in Mrs. Master's salon makes her wonder if she has walked into hell. Desperate to escape, she comes upon the master of sin himself — Lord Swansborough. Fascinated by his nakedness, she longs to touch every inch of his long, hard body. And when he bids her come near, she quickly surrenders to his wicked promise of carnal pleasure and sensual ecstasy ....

My rating: 4 stars

983. Stripped Bare (Lena Matthews)

Synopsis:
When visiting an adult bookstore for a bachelor party, Professor Brody Kincaid is shocked to see his former student Missy Haddan working at the counter. He's wanted her for a long time, and Fate has finally brought them together. Missy knows he's out of her league, but when Brody offers to teach her to play poker, Missy can't resist. When the ante is upped and her heart is on the line, Missy is willing to risk it all on a game of chance, but anything could happen when jokers are wild.

My rating: 3 stars

982. Passion (P. F. Kozak)

Synopsis:
A highwayman comes riding… Lost in her books, shy and beautiful Pash is free to explore her fascination with sexy rogues. Her wickedest fantasies are of bold, sensual and powerful men, who release the passions she keeps locked deep inside…and the fear…

Her new riding instructor seems to have stepped out of her wildest dream. Ivan is masterful…handsome…and a very experienced lover. His invitation to a world of forbidden pleasure is irresistible…and Pash says yes ....

My rating: 4 stars

981. Nauti Boy (Lora Leigh)

Synopsis:
Having served in the Marines for eight years in order to fend off the advances of the seductive Kelly Benton, Rowdy Mackay returns to his native Kentucky, where he meets a very changed Kelly, whose ability to trust men has been shattered by a stalker's attack.

My rating: 3 stars

980. Bluegate Fields (Anne Perry)

Synopsis:
When an upper-class boy is found violated and dead in London's most dangerous slums, Inspector Pitt is shocked. But when the Waybournes, the boy's family, refuse to answer the police's questions, Inspector Pitt begins to wonder what secrets they were trying to hide. His wife and helpmeet, Charlotte, is determined to find out--even it if means tearing down the facades of an oh-so-proper family ....

My rating: 3 stars

979. The Daughters of Cain (Colin Dexter)

Oxford University

Synopsis:
After Dr. Felix McClure, an Oxford don, is found stabbed to death, all clues point to a former employee of the college, Edward Brooks, as the murderer. But when Brooks also turns up murdered--with the same knife that killed McClure--the case challenges even Morse's considerable mental prowess. He discovers that Brooks was a drug dealer who peddled his wares to Oxford students, abused his wife and daughter, and kept a secret--and substantial--bank account. The motives for murder abound, but all the prime suspects seem to have ironclad alibis. Morse ponders, aided by his favorite vices, nicotine and alcohol, and finally offers up the solution to the convoluted case.

My rating: 3 stars

978. All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)

Synopsis:
Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against each other--if only he can come out of the war alive.

My rating: 5 stars

977. Sin Club (Rachelle Chase)

Synopsis:
Night after night, his voice goes out over the radio waves, helping the lovelorn and the heartbroken. But Dr. "Love" takes his advice one step further, urging his listeners to take their lives into their own hands--and pursue what they desire...

One Sin At A Time...

Bored with a dull lover, determined to settle for casual sex, too focused on the sex lives of celebrities to worry about her own--Jessie, Sharice, and Alyssa are ripe for Dr. Love's advice. But Jessie's erotic striptease is observed by the wrong man--until she realizes that hunky new neighbor Nick is exactly the lover she needs. Making a spur-of-the-moment booty call, Sharice unknowingly dials a wrong number--but the mouthwatering man who answers touches all her hot buttons in just the right ways. And Alyssa finds that being the "perfect date" to the powerful, and powerfully sensual, Tony is easy when he reveals the raw desire simmering just beneath her little black dress...

If sinning is wrong, they don't want to be right.

My rating: 3 stars

976. Wildcard (Cheyenne McCray)

Synopsis:
After four years abroad, Trace MacLeod has returned home to her family's ranch in southeastern Arizona. Everything in her life is going just the way she planned it—a home in London, a brilliant career, and she's practically engaged to a gorgeous English gentleman. But when Trace meets Jess Lawless, the cowboy turns her perfect world upside down. He's a wildcard…an unexpected, unpredictable wildcard who could win the game's hand instantly—or wreck it forever. Everything about him is virile and sexy, dark and dangerous. Definitely dangerous, and definitely not part of Trace's carefully arranged hand. From the moment Jess Lawless sees the sensual strawberry blonde, he knows he's got to have her. He manages to corner the green-eyed woman, and is intrigued by her combination of sophistication and innocence, boldness and shyness. Even when Trace tells him she's taken, Jess doesn't let that stop him. He's determined to make her his.

My rating: 3 stars

975. My Pet (J. W. McKenna)

Synopsis:
Annette couldn't explain why the idea of a strong man taking her and bending her to his will aroused her so. Perhaps she was just "wired" differently than other women. When she began exploring her submissive feelings online, she came across "Mr. Paul", an alleged Dominant and trainer who lived in another state. As they began chatting, Annette found in his responses the answers to her own long-unanswered questions. He seemed the perfect Dom—not cruel or abusive, just firm and strong and masculine. She went to visit him—and met another strong man. Master James evoked similar responses in her. Now deep in her training, she finds herself torn between two men, the aloof and enigmatic Mr. Paul and the sexy and strong Master James. One of these men may steal her heart - or she may be destined to be sold to the highest bidder at auction! Annette opens her soul to the experience of total submission and finds her heart's desire.

My rating: 3 stars

974. The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)

Synopsis:
Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot which could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.

My rating: 4 stars

973. A Dangerous Beauty (Sophia Nash)

Synopsis:
Eight years ago one kiss from Lord Sumner, the Duke of Helston's heir, ruined Rosamunde Baird's life. She refused to marry him and was cut socially by her family and polite society. Now a widow in dire financial straits, Rosamunde once again finds herself flirting with scandal when she accepts an invitation to stay with Merceditas St. Aubyn, the dowager duchess of Helston. As the patron of the "Widows Club," the duchess's one goal is to help her ladies find the happy-ever-after endings they deserve, and she believes Rosamunde's future holds a romance with the current Duke of Helston, Lucifer St. Aubyn. But Rosamunde is determined not to destroy her carefully cultivated, quiet new life by even considering an affair with the devilishly tempting "Lord Fire and Ice."

My rating: 2 stars

972. Hidden Agendas (Lora Leigh)

Synopsis:
Tough-as-nails Navy SEAL Kell Kreiger is the best there is at searching, rescuing, and taking no prisoners ... yet even the rush of ever-more dangerous missions isn't enough to satisfy him. Haunted by a tortured past, Kell seeks distraction in a secret world of dark intimacies. But when Emily Stanton, the one ray of light in Kell's shadowy existence, is pursued by a ruthless drug lord, the rules of the game suddenly change -- and Kell will have to go deeper undercover than he ever imagined ....

My rating: 3 stars

971. The Rules of Seduction (Madeline Hunter)

Synopsis:
Alexia Welbourne, although virtually penniless and living with relatives, is, as her name suggests, wellborn. But hard times have made her pragmatic, so when Lord Hayden Rothwell arrives unexpectedly, she expects bad tidings, and, indeed, he claims that her cousin, Timothy, has been stealing money from investors at his bank. But Alexia believes Timothy when he says that Hayden has brought the family to ruin. Frustrated and feeling guilty, Hayden offers a job, then a relationship, then marriage to Alexia. She feels she has no choice, but she is honest enough to admit that the physical aspect of their relationship is enjoyable and finds it difficult to reconcile what she has been told about Hayden with what she sees.

My rating: 2 stars

970. The Riddle of the Third Mile (Colin Dexter)

Synopsis from Amazon:
Inspector Morse isn't sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal, but he suspects it may be all that's left of an elderly Oxford don last seen boarding the London train several days before. Whatever the truth, the inspector knows it won't be simple--it never is. As he retraces Professor Browne-Smith's route through a London netherworld of topless bars and fancy bordellos, his forebodings are fulfilled. The evidence mounts; so do the bodies. So Morse downs another pint, unleashes his pit bull instincts, and solves a mystery that defies all logic.

My rating: 3 stars

969. Soul Deep (Lora Leigh)

Synopsis from Amazon:
Mother Nature has a way of making the most unlikely couples 'fit'. And what could be more unlikely than a sassy, independent President's daughter who doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut and a loner Coyote Breed with a hunger for a cute rosebud mouth that he's determined to still. The vote for Breed Law is coming down the pike. Kiowa's job is to watch Amanda, the President's daughter look, but not touch. Just make sure the Goof Troop, the Secret Service detail assigned to protect her, do their job until the law is passed. But when they don't and the bad guys move in to take her out, Kiowa reluctantly slips in to the rescue, snatching her away to safety. But she isn't going to come easy and it takes more than smooth talking to make her see his point of view. For a man who's had nothing, Amanda Marion is food for the hunger that has tortured him, the reality to every dream Kiowa never dared believe in. What he feels for her is more than heat, more than love. She breathes life into his hardened heart, melting the icy chill that has protected him all his life, and touches a part of him that he thought had died his soul. And now he'll kill anyone who tries to take her away from him. But the one person he can't fight is Amanda, and when she wants to leave...

My rating: 4 stars