Colters Lady by Maya Banks

Adam Colter finds an unconscious women in the snow outside his ranch gates. He carries her inside. When she wakes up he instantly falls in lust....umm...love with her, as do his 2 brothers.  They all decide they want to marry her, and rather than have 1 of them get her and the others miss out, they decide to share her.  She of course agrees with this plan.  They have lots of sex, all 3 at once and individually.  They have 4 children and live happily ever after.  The end.

Breaking The Chain by Golden Angel

The latest in the Stronghold series. There was a bit of spanking, a couple of sex scenes but no other real BDSM scenes. I like this series because it is similar to the Cherise Sinclair series. Doms who care about their subs, Doms and subs who are in relationships not just play together and that things don't always go smoothly but are generally not over the top ridiculous issues, and they are well written.

The Wrong Door by Bunty Avieson

Pete's dead and Gwennie's life will never be the same. How could Pete, a young, fit man, leave her now? Their lives together were only just beginning. And pneumonia? It was insane, unthinkable, unbearable. Somehow she struggles through the funeral in a daze, and the mysterious mourner in the tight-fitting red dress barely registers in her consciousness. It's only later, when spotting a discrepancy in Pete's tax records, that she begins to wonder. Who was that woman?
The woman in red is Clare Dalton, and she has stumbled into the wrong funeral service. Her brief appearance and signature in the condolence book are all it takes to set in motion a trail of deception, mystery, and buried secrets that connects these two strangers in ways they never thought imaginable. 

 I enjoyed this story. The two storylines eventually came together well. I liked Clare's story more than Gwennie's (annoying name didn't help). It was also a pleasant surprise to find Hat Hill Road, Blackheath mentioned.

Critical Judgment by Michael Palmer

Abby Dolan, a young, hot-shot emergency room physician, has left the big city environs of San Francisco to follow her fiance to a small town where he has taken a job with Colstar, the main source of the town's economy. In her work, Abby quickly comes across several patients with vague but troubling symptoms that she believes are caused by environmental poisoning and may be linked to Colstar. 

An ok read with a bit of a twist at the end. By the time I got to the twist I didn't really care any more.

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey what words could not, from declarations of admiration to confessions of betrayal.

For Victoria Jones, alone after a childhood in foster care, it is her way of expressing a legacy of grief and guilt. Believing she is damaged beyond hope, she trusts nobody, connecting with the world only through message-laden bouquets. 

Really good. Loved the ending, everything not tied up neatly in bow but a real sense of hope. 

Dead But Not Forgotten

Variety of other authors wrote stories about Bon Temps and their favourite characters from the Sooky-verse.

A nice mix of stories.

My Favourite were The Bat Signal and Widower's Walk, though all were good. 

Wool by Hugh Howey

The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the people who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside.


This is great story-telling, with well-developed, complex, characters, believable world-building and a plot with lots of action.