STS #127 – Bought Borrowed & Bagged #77
Stacking The Shelves, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews is all about the latest additions to your library – virtual or actual, with books that are bought, borrowed, won or ARCs you will be reading soon. Bought Borrowed and Bagged is a homage to to Barron’s Books and Baubles from KMM’ Fever series, and is hosted by Braine over at Talk Supe. Without further ado, here’s what I bought, borrowed or bagged this past week:
One Second (Seven #7) by Dannika Dark
EXPLOSIVE FINAL INSTALLMENT IN THE SEVEN SERIES
Love. Family. Brotherhood.
Lexi has faced personal struggles, but nothing has prepared her for the most perilous battle of her life. Shifters are on the brink of war as Northerners target Colorado in an attempt to infiltrate the borders. Texas winds up on the hit list, and the Weston pack prepares to fight for their land… and for their lives.
Austin’s courage is put to the test when rogues want to seize his land and slaughter his pack. But that’s not all he’s facing as two shocking revelations turn their lives upside down. His love for Lexi is unwavering, but their future is uncertain.
Will the local packs set aside their differences to fight together, or will this be the end of peace among Shifters? Stand witness to the epic conclusion of the Seven series.
My dear and generous friend Brandee @ Bookworm Brandee sent my a giftcard for my birthday, and I couldn’t wait to put it to use! Here’s what I got :
Stranger in the Room (Keye Street #2) by Amanda Kyle Williams
That bullet was meant for you.
Summer is smoldering through Atlanta on Fourth of July weekend, as fireworks crack through the air and steam rises from the pavement on Peachtree. Private investigator and ex–FBI profiler Keye Street wants nothing more than a couple of quiet days alone with her boyfriend, Aaron—but, as usual, murder gets in the way.
I will find her.
A.P.D. Lieutenant Aaron Rauser is called to the disturbing scene of the strangling death of a thirteen-year-old boy. Meanwhile, Keye must deal with not one but two of her own investigations: In the hills of Creeklaw County, there’s a curious case involving chicken feed and a crematorium, and in Atlanta, Keye’s emotionally fragile cousin Miki is convinced she is being stalked. Given Miki’s history of drug abuse and mental problems, Keye is reluctant to accept her cousin’s tale of a threatening man inside her house late one night. But as a recovering alcoholic herself, Keye can’t exactly begrudge a woman her addictions—especially since Miki drives Keye to near-relapses at every turn. And yet, Miki is family, and Keye must help her—even if it means tempting her own demons.
I always find her.
All hell breaks loose when another murder—the apparent hanging of an elderly man—hits disturbingly close to home for Keye. And though the two victims have almost nothing in common, there are bizarre similarities between this case and that of Aaron’s strangled teen. Is there a single faceless predator, a calculating murderer targeting his prey at random? Only a skilled profiler like Keye Street can help the A.P.D. find him. With the threat of more deaths to come, Keye works on pure instinct alone—and soon realizes that a killer is circling ever closer to the people she loves the most.
Cold Burn of Magic (Black Blade #1) by Jennifer Estep
There Be Monsters Here. . .
It’s not as great as you’d think, living in a tourist town that’s known as “the most magical place in America.” Same boring high school, just twice as many monsters under the bridges and rival Families killing each other for power.
I try to keep out of it. I’ve got my mom’s bloodiron sword and my slightly illegal home in the basement of the municipal library. And a couple of Talents I try to keep quiet, including very light fingers and a way with a lock pick.
But then some nasty characters bring their Family feud into my friend’s pawn shop, and I have to make a call–get involved, or watch a cute guy die because I didn’t. I guess I made the wrong choice, because now I’m stuck putting everything on the line for Devon Sinclair. My mom was murdered because of the Families, and it looks like I’m going to end up just like her. . .
Once Dead, Twice Shy (Madison Avery #1) by Kim Harrison
My name is Madison Avery, and I’m here to tell you that there’s more out there than you can see, hear, or touch. Because I’m there. Seeing it. Touching it. Living it.
Madison’s prom was killer—literally. For some reason she’s been targeted by a dark reaper—yeah, that kind of reaper—intent on getting rid of her, body and soul. But before the reaper could finish the job, Madison was able to snag his strange, glowing amulet and get away.
Now she’s stuck on Earth—dead but not gone. Somehow the amulet gives her the illusion of a body, allowing her to toe the line between life and death. She still doesn’t know why the dark reaper is after her, but she’s not about to just sit around and let fate take its course.
With a little ingenuity, some light-bending, and the help of a light reaper (one of the good guys! Maybe . . . ), her cute crush, and oh yeah, her guardian angel, Madison’s ready to take control of her own destiny once and for all, before it takes control of her.
Well, if she believed in that stuff.
Spider’s Bite (Elemental Assassin #1) by Jennifer Estep
My name is Gin, and I kill people.
They call me the Spider. I’m the most feared assassin in the South — when I’m not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soaring Appalachian Mountains above me. My Ice magic also comes in handy for making the occasional knife. But I don’t use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride.
Now that a ruthless Air elemental has double-crossed me and killed my handler, I’m out for revenge. And I’ll exterminate anyone who gets in my way — good or bad. I may look hot, but I’m still one of the bad guys. Which is why I’m in trouble, since irresistibly rugged Detective Donovan Caine has agreed to help me. The last thing this coldhearted killer needs when I’m battling a magic more powerful than my own is a sexy distraction… especially when Donovan wants me dead just as much as the enemy.
Personal Demons (Megan Chase #1) by Stacia Kane
Megan promises listeners to her new radio call-in show that she’ll “slay their personal demons,” and they believe her. So do the personal demons… although she doesn’t know it, Megan is the only human without a demon on her shoulder! Megan and her allies — a demon lover who both protects and seduces her with devilish intensity, a witch with poor social skills, and three cockney guard demons — have to deal not only with the personal demons, but a soul-sucker, ghosts of Megan’s past, and a reporter who threatens to destroy Megan’s career!
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee — whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not — stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden — a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives.
But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought?
Thank you so much, Brandee! My one-click finger got to party, too 😉
A SEAL’s Touch by Tawny Weber
Subject: Navy SEAL Taylor Powell
Mission: Find a sexy fake girlfriend…with even sexier benefits!
Lieutenant Taylor “The Wizard” Powell has a reputation for getting out of tricky situations. Bad guys, bombs, weapons—no problem. Finding a girlfriend in order to evade matchmaking friends? Not so easy. He’s banking on contractor Cat Peres to help him out…not realizing his tomboy friend has a whole lot of sexy surprises hidden in her tool belt.
Cat can’t remember a time when Taylor wasn’t the object of her hottest dreams—so she can’t help but agree to his plan. Their only rule? Friends, no matter what. Except the deliciously hot chemistry that ignites between them takes them both by surprise…and having nothing between them might just ruin everything.
Did you get some exciting-looking books this week? Remember to leave me your link so I can check out your Stacking the Shelves and or Bought, Borrowed and Bagged post, too 🙂 Thanks for stopping by! Have a spectacular Saturday.
About Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms
Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
OOooh nice!!! I LOVED Cold Burn of Magic! I still need to read further in that series!! And ooh the Madison Avery trilogy was a lot of fun as well! And oooh, Stacia Kane’s Personal Demons trilogy was also a lot of fun!! The rest are new to me! But at least I know these three! LOL! Hope you enjoy them all!
My STS will be up on Sunday, so stop by then if you can!
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See, I had all these books on my wish-list, and always ended up not buying them. Now, I had a great excuse to get them 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Jessica.
I really enjoyed Spider’s Bite. I really need to get some time and read the rest of the series! I’m just so far behind on everything!
I have heard so many good things about that series, Chuckles 🙂 And I’m not going to stress catching up, unless I love it so much I just ‘have to’ get my hands on the rest of the series.
OOOH! I’ve had the Knife of Never Letting Go on my shelves for a long while now, but I’ve never gotten around to reading it:/
What a lovely haul you’ve had this week, and I hope you love all of your new books!
I recently read “The Rest of Us Just Live Here” by Ness, and I loved it! So I’m really looking forward to reading another book by him.
What a great stack of books. I hope you get to read lots of them during the easter vacation. Her i nord har vi ikke så mye påskevær å skryte av, men til gjengjeld er det jo perfekt lesevær. I dag skal jeg jobbe litt, i bursdag til nevøen min som fyller åtte år, og så håper vi på finvær til kvelden sånn at vi kanskje kan dra på tur. Det er jo så deilig når kveldene blir lysere. Håper du har en fin påskefeiring med dine kjære og at alt er bra med dere etter tirsdagens forferdelige hendelser. Stooor påskeklem fra meg til deg <3
Fint med bra lesevær, da, Anette 🙂 Jeg var i Stavanger i et par dager for å hente valpen vår, og det ble sol der. Nå er vi på ferie i Spania og slapper av. Håper det ble bra nok vær til at dere fikk dere en fin tur 🙂
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I hope you enjoy reading all of your new books this week 🙂
Here’s my Stacking the Shelves post:
https://rathertoofondofbooks.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/stacking-the-shelves-26-march-2016/
Thanks, Hayley 🙂
I’ve had the Seven series on my TBR forever!!! Hopefully I’ll get around to reading it one day 😉 Great haul BTW! Happy reading!!
I absolutely love the Seven series, Danielle! I hope you’ll get around to it soon 🙂
Yay for gift cards!! Great haul with it. Enjoy them all!
Gift cards for books are the best gifts ever, Grace 🙂
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I’ve heard Cold Burn of Magic is very good. I haven’t read it though. And woo! Gift cards are a great gift 🙂 Have a good weekend and week!
I’ve heard that, too, Gen 🙂 And I agree about GCs, so awesome 🙂
Birthday gift cards are the best! I can’t stop myself from spending them right away. I am going to have to take a look at the Stacia Kane book. Enjoy all of your new books!
That’s how I was on Monday last week, Carole… happily clicking away through my wish-list 😀
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You got some great books! 🙂
I agree 🙂 Very happy with my haul this week!!
Oh, you have some great books! I actually recognize most of them. I really need to read the Dannika Dark series! I loved Cold Burn of Magic and Spider’s Bite. I have Stacia Kane, but didn’t get a chance to read it yet.
Great haul! Happy Reading!
Yeah, I have wanted these books for a long time, but lately, I’ve been stuck in ‘new release’ mode, so it’s nice to get some that I can’t wait to read, Stacey.
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Great books this week! Happy belated Birthday! Can’t wait to see what you think of Cold Burn of Magic. I’m trying to collect the first few books in the Elemental Assassin series before I start.
Thanks, Lekeisha 🙂 I’m really looking forward to all fo these!
Happy belated Birthday my friend!! I hope you had a wonderful day and YAY for all the wonderful bookish goodness! I was actually gifted The Knife of Never Letting Go too by a friend over the Holidays but I’ve yet to pick it up! I will though because after loving A Monster Calls by Ness, I’m eager to read more of his works! Oh and yes I still need to read some Estep LOL! I WILL though. Hopefully soon XD
Thank you, Micheline 🙂 I did have a great day, and being able to go click-crazy on amazon is a great way to celebrate!
I’ve heard about Estep for such a long time, many of my favorite blogger-friends love her books to pieces, and I can’t wait.
A lot of your books are new to me save the Estep one. I always love seeing what people get because it gives me ideas on what I would like to read.
I’m the same way, Grace 🙂 And it’s actually very nice to get some back-list books for once!
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Weee! You got Estep, and is that a new SKane book?
Happy Easter!
I know, I finally got Estep! And no, it’s not a new SKane book… I just need an SKane fix 🙂
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You’ve got some great books. I really want to try Dannika Dark’s series. I love Mageri series. I also see several series that I also love you had listed. The two from Jennifer Estep are wonderful. I also loved the Demons series by Stacia Kane. I read it before Downside. Wait until you meet the three brothers. They are so much fun. 🙂 I hope you enjoy.
The Seven series is just as good as the Mageri series, Melanie! And I’ve heard so many good things about Estep – from you among others 😉 I’m glad the Personal Demons series is fun – I need some Kane humour 😀
Great book haul! I have some of those on my wishlist too, they look like fab reads 🙂
They have been on my wish-list for quite a while, Natalie, so I’m really excited to finally own them!
It’s always nice when you get gift cards so you can get your own birthday gifts. Great haul! 🙂
I agree, Sya, it’s a great gift for sure 🙂
Cold Burn of Magic is soooooo good!!! And always Estep’s books.
I can’t wait to get started on all of these, Jennifer!
Looking forward to the reviews of Spider’s Bite and personal demons. Though I wonder how much reading you’ll get done now with Freddy at home 🙂 I know I wouldn’t read much with such a cute distraction 🙂
LOL, he’s so cute I just want to play with him and cuddle, Daniela 🙂 So you’re right, not all that reading these days 😀
Cold Burn of Magic looks really good. I will have to check it out. Great haul this week. 🙂
I’m very excited about my haul. Now I just need to stop requesting ARCs so I can read all the books I buy 😉
The Elemental Assassin series is so good… I love the dark gritty feel, but it also makes me hungry with all the talk of comfort food. Hope you enjoy.
Oh food quotes! That’s good, as I always need more for my Thirsty Thursday and Hungry Hearts feature 🙂
You got some great books! I’ll have to go check some of them out. Great haul! You can check out my haul in the link below!
Most of my books this week are back-lists, which actually makes me almost more excited about them, Lisa 🙂
ooh! what a great list of books you have here. I really need to try out Jennifer Estep soon.
That’s what I was thinking, too, Renee 🙂
yay many great books there! I loved Cold Burn of Magic and I hope it will be the same for you. I’m reading Illuminae, thanks again for it my friend!
I hope I’ll love it, too, Melliane 🙂
And I just started reading Illuminae myself, it’s good, don’t you think?
Yay for One Second! I requested it in audio – can’t wait!! And I’m so happy your one-click finger got in on the party! 😉 I’d love to read Cold Burn of Magic, Once Dead, Twice Shy, and Spider’s Bite. I’m glad to see Personal Demons on the list as well. I loved it – that was my intro to Stacia Kane. 😀 I hope you enjoy ALL your new goodies, my dear! **BIG HUGS**
I’m going to request it in audio, too, Brandee, I love the narrator for the Seven series! My one-click finger (and I!!) was very happy about being able to party on Monday last week.
I’ve only read Kane’s Downside Ghosts series, and it’s a favorite, so I look forward to reading the Personal Demons series now. *BIG HUGS*