The Bishop In The West Wing by Andrew M Greeley

A poltergeist in the house?
Strange as it sounds, that seems to be the case. A playful spirit is at work in the First Residence: slamming doors, dislodging paintings, disrupting press conferences and state dinners.....
Enter Bishop Blackwood Ryan to get to the bottom of this high - level haunting. After all, the newly elected President, "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn, is an Irish Catholic from the South Side of Chicago, and the Irish take care of their own.... 


 This fun, humorous, jaunt through the White House, is pure entertainment. However, Greeley's political views come out a bit strong but the history is entertaining as is the story, especially for someone like me who didn't know much about the White House. 

Parallel Attraction by Deirdre Knight

Exiled alien king Jared Bennett is fighting for his people's freedom. Now his rebel force has the one weapon that can turn the tide against their enemy: the key to the secrets of time. With victory at hand, only one human, Kelsey Wells, has the power to change everything. Kelsey is unable to deny the fierce attraction to Jared Bennett, but is unaware of the truth: although Jared is exactly what he says, he hasn't told her everything. And when the future crashes into the present, Kelsey must decide if his deception will cost them the love that should have been their destiny.


An entertaining alien romance, with alien sex.  He has another form, like a golden flame that made things interesting, lol.

Point In Time by Linda O. Johnston

As a successful Hollywood executive, Mariah is on the lookout for the perfect screenplay, and while scouting locations in Pittsburgh, she thinks she has it. With an old-fashioned setting and Thorn, a hero to die for, she knows it will make a great movie. But something will have to be done about the ending--Thorn is too great a character to die. Then a visit to a historic park sent Mariah back in time--to frontier Fort Pitt, where she is rescued by a very real Thorn. 


 A nice, light time-travel romance. 

The Cursed One by Ronda Thompson

 Wed and widowed in one day, stunning socialite Amelia Sinclair's honeymoon is anything but typical. Then again, neither is Amelia—rebellious and impulsive, marrying Robert Collingsworth was the one sensible thing she ever did. Now he's dead and she must escape the vicious creatures stalking her—even if it means relying on a stranger. Well, maybe not a complete stranger. Amelia first glimpsed Gabriel Wulf years ago on the busy streets of London; since then he has haunted her dreams. But in the flesh, Gabriel is much more tantalizing than she ever dreamt, and much more complicated…

Gabriel Wulf, the strong one, the sensible one—the, and the curse that plagued them, were his only priorities; there was little time for women and none for love. Now, he must protect an enticing beauty—and not just from the dangers that prowl the woods around them. Gabriel has secrets, dark ones he's sure Amelia must never know and could never understand. But she has already awakened his heart...and the beast within. Will Amelia be the key to his salvation, or the architect of her own demise?


 The 'being cursed by being a werewolf' thing gets old, but overall a nice, light paranormal. 

About A Dragon by G A Aiken

About a Dragon follows human-shifting dragon `Briec the Mighty', as he becomes intrigued by the beautiful peasant Talaith. Talaith rejects the initial advance of the oddly beautiful `Knight' but is kidnapped by Briec in dragon form just as she is about to be both hanged and burned as a witch by her fellow villagers - with her husband fanning the flames. Talaith is pretty freaked by the dragon, but doesn't remained cowed for long. Talaith has a wickedly acidic tongue and employs it almost continuously, but of course being a dragon, Talaith's sarcasm and need to constantly be picking a fight only makes Briec want her more. And though Briec initially just wanted to bed the witch, he finds himself wanting to keep her for a few hundred years. But Talaith can't allow herself to get close to anyone - she has some deep dark secrets and her life is not her own - but as hard as she tries to resist the arrogant Briec, she can't help but fall and fall hard for the sexy beast. 


I don't get relationships based on arguing all the time.  The way they sniped at each other and put thought into what to fight about became annoying.

The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks

Gabriel and Michael Corrigan are two young men living just beneath the glittering surface of life in Los Angeles. Since childhood, the brothers have been shaped by stories that their father was a Traveler–one of an elite group of prophets able to attain pure enlightenment. The Corrigans, who may have inherited their father’s gifts, have always lived "off the grid"—that is, invisible to the intricate surveillance networks that monitor people in our modern world.

Thousands of miles away, Maya is attempting to lead a normal life in London. The attractive twenty-six-year-old designer wants to ignore the fact that she comes from a long lineage of Harlequins–a band of warriors pledged to protect the Travelers at all costs. When Maya is summoned to Prague by her ailing father, she learns that Gabriel and Michael have just been located in California. The brothers may represent the last surviving Travelers, and are in desperate need of protection. Maya is reluctant to be drawn into the solitary, destructive life of her ancestors, but she has been trained to fight since she was a young girl.

Also searching for the brothers is Nathan Boone, a disciplined mercenary working for the Tabulas–ruthless men who are determined to inflict order on the world by invisibly controlling its population. Boone and the Tabulas fear the power of the Travelers, and for generations Tabulas have hunted them down. When Maya flies to California in search of Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, a colossal battle looms that will reveal a secret history of our time.


A mystery/thriller with a mystical dimension. 


I enjoyed the story and towards the end it hold me and I didn't want to put it down.

Death of a Celebrity by M.C.Beaton

 This story features the quirky Scottish highland police officer, Hamish Macbeth. A very nasty female TV reporter is starting a new show featuring Macbeth’s little corner of the Highlands. The aggressive reporter has few morals, and an eye for married men, especially if it helps advanced her career. The point of her TV show is to dig up dirty little stories of locals, make it up or embelish it a little if necessery, do a feature on them, and then release it to National TV. Not surprisingly she quickly turns up dead, it’s up to Hamish Macbeth to find who the murderer is.


Quirky characters abound and a sharp, witty but hopeless with women Hamish McBeth solves another clever mystery.