Stacking the Shelves #168

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December 30, 2017 by ceresbooksworld

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! It was created by Tynga’s review.

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Christmas Gift
In a whisper by Diana Nixon

There are things that are so hard to say aloud. Especially when it comes to something that you never thought your heart was capable of feeling…
In Ashton Bright’s life, there is no place for feelings. A successful surgeon, he knows how to make hearts beat faster, yet his own heart is as cold as a scalpel. He doesn’t know how to do romance, and he knows even less about love.
The day Nicola Holt comes to work as Ashton’s assistant, everything he believed was right for him becomes wrong. For someone whose everyday job is saving lives, Ashton finds himself too weak to stand against Nicola’s charm.
But most of all, he hates that she makes him feel things – the things he once swore to never allow himself to be submerged in.
“I have spent my whole life searching for what I have found in you. I do not want to let it go…”

Before she ignites by Jodi Meadows

Before

Mira Minkoba is the Hopebearer. Since the day she was born, she’s been told she’s special. Important. Perfect. She’s known across the Fallen Isles not just for her beauty, but for the Mira Treaty named after her, a peace agreement which united the seven islands against their enemies on the mainland.

But Mira has never felt as perfect as everyone says. She counts compulsively. She struggles with crippling anxiety. And she’s far too interested in dragons for a girl of her station.

After

Then Mira discovers an explosive secret that challenges everything she and the Treaty stand for. Betrayed by the very people she spent her life serving, Mira is sentenced to the Pit–the deadliest prison in the Fallen Isles. There, a cruel guard would do anything to discover the secret she would die to protect.

No longer beholden to those who betrayed her, Mira must learn to survive on her own and unearth the dark truths about the Fallen Isles–and herself–before her very world begins to collapse.

Slouch Witch by Helen Harper

Let’s get one thing straight – Ivy Wilde is not a heroine. In fact, she’s probably the last witch in the world who you’d call if you needed a magical helping hand, regardless of her actual abilities. If it were down to Ivy, she’d spend all day every day on her sofa where she could watch TV, munch junk food and talk to her feline familiar to her heart’s content.

However, when a bureaucratic disaster ends up with Ivy as the victim of a case of mistaken identity, she’s yanked very unwillingly into Arcane Branch, the investigative department of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Her problems are quadrupled when a valuable object is stolen right from under the Order’s noses. It doesn’t exactly help that she’s been magically bound to Adeptus Exemptus Raphael Winter. He might have piercing sapphire eyes and a body which a cover model would be proud of but, as far as Ivy’s concerned, he’s a walking advertisement for the joyless perils of too much witch-work.

And if he makes her go to the gym again, she’s definitely going to turn him into a frog.

Runebinder by Alex R. Khaler

Magic is risen.

When magic returned to the world, it could have saved humanity, but greed and thirst for power caused mankind’s downfall instead. Now once-human monsters called Howls prowl abandoned streets, their hunger guided by corrupt necromancers and the all-powerful Kin. Only Hunters have the power to fight back in the unending war, using the same magic that ended civilization in the first place.

But they are losing.

Tenn is a Hunter, resigned to fight even though hope is nearly lost. When he is singled out by a seductive Kin named Tomás and the enigmatic Hunter Jarrett, Tenn realizes he’s become a pawn in a bigger game. One that could turn the tides of war. But if his mutinous magic and wayward heart get in the way, his power might not be used in favor of mankind.

If Tenn fails to play his part, it could cost him his friends, his life…and the entire world.

Extreme Risk de Tracy Wolff

Z Michaels, snowboarder professionnel, n’a qu’à lever le petit doigt pour que les filles se jettent à son cou. Mais derrière le séducteur se cache un jeune homme tourmenté, cherchant l’oubli dans le danger et dans le sexe. Ophelia Richardson ne ressemble à aucune des conquêtes de Z. Après avoir frôlé la mort dans un accident qui a fauché la vie de son compagnon, elle s’efforce de se reconstruire et se méfie des casse-cou tels que Z. Pourtant, elle ne tarde pas à s’apercevoir que Z est encore plus dévasté qu’elle. Trouveront-ils la force, malgré leur sombre passé, de faire confiance et d’aimer à nouveau ?

 

 

Jack Reacher by Lee Child

Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. And sure enough, from the world he lives in—no phone, no address, no commitments–ex–military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. In Lee Child’s astonishing new thriller, Reacher’s arrival will change everything—about a case that isn’t what it seems, about lives tangled in baffling ways, about a killer who missed one shot–and by doing so give Jack Reacher one shot at the truth.…

The gunman worked from a parking structure just thirty yards away–point-blank range for a trained military sniper like James Barr. His victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But why does Barr want Reacher at his side? There are good reasons why Reacher is the last person Barr would want to see. But when Reacher hears Barr’s own words, he understands. And a slam-dunk case explodes. Soon Reacher is teamed with a young defense lawyer who is working against her D.A. father and dueling with a prosecution team that has an explosive secret of its own. Like most things Reacher has known in life, this case is a complex battlefield. But, as always, in battle, Reacher is at his best.

Moving in the shadows, picking his spots, Reacher gets closer and closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. And for Reacher, the only way to take him down is to know his ruthlessness and respect his cunning–and then match him shot for shot….

L’étincelle sous la glace d’Ilona Andrews

Après une longue cavale, le tueur Jeff Caldwell a enfin été arrêté. Or les policiers l’interrogent en vain car l’une de ses victimes manque toujours à l’appel : Amy Madrid, une fillette de sept ans. Déterminée à lever le voile sur ce mystère, Nevada, détective professionnelle, décide de mener sa propre enquête. Car elle a le pouvoir de détecter les mensonges et d’obtenir la vérité, y compris quand on cherche à la lui cacher… Cependant, lorsqu’un client la sollicite, espérant lui confier une nouvelle mission, elle reconnaît qu’un peu d’aide serait bienvenue. Le puissant et séduisant Mad Rogan accepterait-il d’unir ses forces aux siennes ?

 

 

De feu et de braises d’Ilona Andrews

Nevada devrait se méfier de Rynda Charles. Cette irrésistible beauté, fille d’une puissante meurtrière, devine les émotions d’autrui et peut les influencer. Et surtout, elle a autrefois été fiancée à Rogan, le petit-ami de Nevada ! Pourtant, quand Rynda la supplie de retrouver son mari, Nevada n’a pas le cœur à refuser. Son don pour déceler la vérité en toutes circonstances devrait lui garantir un succès. Ni une ni deux, elle se lance dans cette nouvelle enquête, aidée de Rogan. Lorsqu’il est à son côté, Nevada est prête braver tous les dangers… y compris ceux qui menacent leur amour.

 

 

Fairy Loot
Everless by Sara Holland

Time is a prison. She is the key. Packed with danger, temptation and desire – a perfect read for fans of The Red Queen. 

In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything – even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. The rich live for centuries; the poor bleed themselves dry.

Jules and her father are behind on their rent and low on hours. To stop him from draining himself to clear their debts, Jules takes a job at Everless, the grand estate of the cruel Gerling family.

There, Jules encounters danger and temptation in the guise of the Gerling heir, Roan, who is soon to be married. But the web of secrets at Everless stretches beyond her desire, and the truths Jules must uncover will change her life for ever … and possibly the future of time itself.

For review
Go To Hell 4 de Oxanna Hope

 

3 thoughts on “Stacking the Shelves #168

  1. Wow, lot of good books 🙂 I hope you enjoy your new reads. Happy New Year!
    My STS: http://flippingthruthepages.com/2017/12/stacking-shelves-13-last-one-year-2017/

  2. Lynn says:

    Great haul! I love Ilona Andrews! I hope you’ll enjoy all the books you got! Have a wonderful New Year, Carine!

  3. Andreea P. says:

    This is sucha great haul! The Everless cover is really pretty! Before She Ignites might make it on my TBR too, looking forward to hear your thoughts on it!

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