Finished Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow. This one’s about Dante Valentine, a necromancer who gets drafted by Lucifer to recover an artifact and kill a rogue demon. Dante would love to get her hands on the demon, since he murdered one of her best friends. But she’s not too hip on working for the devil — especially when he →

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Finished McKettrick’s Luck by Linda Lael Miller. Real estate developer Cheyenne Bridges has a problem. She has to get rich playboy Jessee McKettrick to sell some of his land to her for a condominium development or lose her job — and her way of supporting her mother and younger brother. Too bad Jesse’s more interested in Cheyenne than the lucrative →

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Finished Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs. It’s the second in her Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series about a car mechanic who can shapeshift and become a coyote. In this book, Mercy’s friend, the vampire Stefan, asks her to help him deal with a demon who has possessed another vampire/sorcerer. The demon is killing people, and Stefan needs it to stop, so →

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Finished Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. This is the first in the Mercy Thompson series, about a car mechanic who’s a “walker” and can take the shape of a coyote at will. I’d heard a lot about this urban fantasy series and decided to try it. Mercy Thompson doesn’t live an ordinary life. In addition to being a walker herself, Mercy also →

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Finished Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward. This is the fifth and latest book in her Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Warning: This posts contains some spoilers, so if you haven’t read the book, you might want to skip this post. This book is about Vishous, a vampire haunted by his past and unwanted destiny to become the Primale — the warrior →

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