Monday, December 21, 2009

Mailbox Monday -- December 21st

Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page I'm participating in the Mailbox Monday round up. This week I received the following advance review copies:

1) Rion by Susan Kearney. Publisher's Summary. Marisa Rourke is a beautiful, fearless telepath who tames dragonshapers on Earth. Rion is a tall, dark, and sexy space explorer whose home planet is a galaxy away. The attraction between them is undeniable, but Rion is hiding a desperate secret that will change Marisa's life forever.

Marisa's gift is the only way Rion can communicate with his people, enslaved by a powerful enemy. He knows that kidnapping her is wrong, but saving his planet is worth sparking the fiery clairvoyant's fury. Yet hotter-and more explosive-is the psychic bond growing between Marisa and Rion. Could their passion be the key to freeing Rion's people? Only if he and Marisa can discover how to channel their desire . . . before a vicious enemy destroys them all.

2) A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer. Publisher's Summary. Grace Hawkes has not spoken to her previously tight-knit family since her mother's sudden death five years ago. Well, most of the family was tight-knit-- her father walked out on them when she was 13 and she and her two brothers and sister bonded together even closer with their mother as a result.

She's been doing her best to live her new life apart from them, but when their estranged father has a stroke and summons them, Grace suddenly realizes she's done the same thing he had done...abandoned those who need her most.

And need her they do, for inside the hospital walls, a strange war is unfolding between the pseudo-kindly woman who is their father's second wife and the rest of the original Hawkes clan. Upon reconnecting with her brother and sisters, Grace will find a part of herself she thought was lost forever. As they unravel the manipulative deception of the second Mrs. Hawkes, Grace will finally be able to stand up for her family-- and to remember what a family is, even after all these years.

Thanks to Hachette Book Group.

13 comments:

  1. I'm sure A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents is good, but the title really bothers me at this point in my life. I hope you enjoy it.

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  2. A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents sounds good, but like bermudaonion, I hate that title!!!

    Thanks for visiting my blog today!! Happy Reading! :)

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  3. Nice books, Rion sounds very intriguing. Enjoy! My mailbox is at The Crowded Leaf.

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  4. Interesting titles! I agree with Crazy-for-Books, not bowled over with the "Field Guide" title. But if the story makes up for it, who cares?

    Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

    Laura Hartness
    The Calico Critic

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  5. These sound great, but I agree with the other's thoughts on Field Guide...Yikes!

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  6. Happy reading! And Happy Holidays! :)

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  7. The story of the second book sounds great unlike the title. Initially I skipped reading the synopsis because of it. It's true that we judge books by their covers and titles. Enjoy!

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  8. I do like the sound of the first one, I hope it is excellent!

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  9. Never heard of those but hope you enjoy them!

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  10. I have Rion in my TBR and it really looks good. Enjoy!

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  11. I haven't heard of these, so I'm looking forward to your reviews. Hope you enjoy them.

    --Anna
    Diary of an Eccentric

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