Thanks to the wonderful Ali from Random House, I have a brand new copy of MOON SWORN by Keri Arthur to giveaway!  This is the ninth book in her hugely popular Riley Jenson, Guardian series. I’ve been wanting to read this provocative paranormal romance series forever (resolved to start ASAP!)about “a dhampire (half werewolf, half vampire) who is more wolf than vampire, and in the first book (Full Moon Rising) works as Jack’s assistant at the Directorate of other races….Pack is all to wolves, but Riley’s pack really only consists of her twin, Rhoan–and she will go to great lengths to protect him. Riley’s one aim in life is to find her soul mate, settle down, and recreate the family life she never really had. But her body is already betraying those aims.” –Keri Arthur. Be careful about reading the description below if you’re not caught up as there is a huge spoiler.  Giveaway details below:

Moon Sworn (Riley Jenson, Guardian, Book 9) by Keri Arthur

Book Description

Warning! If you haven’t read Bound to Shadows, DO NOT read on!!! There’s major spoilers ahead

Some nights never end.
Some desires never die. . . .

Shape-shifting werewolf and vampire Riley Jenson is through with death—causing it, solving it, surviving it. Her soul mate, Kye Murphy, is dead—and at Riley’s own hands. Not even the seductive embrace of her vampire lover, Quinn, can fully ease her mind, for she has begun questioning everything that makes her Riley—including her job at the Directorate.

Now, the ritualistically slain bodies of ex-cons have started turning up. Reluctantly, Riley takes the case, but something even worse is waiting in the wings. A vicious enemy from her past is determined to strip Riley of everything that gives her life any meaning: her lover, her brother—and even her own identity. Can Riley survive this ultimate assault? All she knows is, she must fight one last time to find answers, before everything goes dark forever.

Click HERE to read the first chapter of MOON SWORN.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Dell (May 25, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440245710
• ISBN-13: 978-0440245711

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Riley Jenson Guardian Series

Half Vampire, half werewolf, all trouble….

click the cover to go to the page  on Keri’s website.

Giveaway

Giveaway courtesy of Random House

One copy of MOON SWORN by Keri Arthur

Giveaway Guidelines

1. Open to US only
2. Leave a comment answering the question, “Which Riley Jenson cover above is your favorite? & a way to contact you if you win
3. Entries must be received by Midnight MST on June 4th

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Book Description:

From New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris and Nalini Singh and national bestselling authors Ilona Andrews and Meljean Brook, tales of man's worst friend...

In these hound-eat-hound worlds, anything goes... and everything bites.
Follow paranormal bodyguards Clovache and Batanya into Lucifer's realm, where they encounter his fearsome four-legged pets, in Charlaine Harris's The Britlingens Go to Hell. Seek out a traitor in the midst of a guild of non- lethal vampire trackers, one that intends to eradicate the entire species of bloodsuckers, in Nalini Singh's Angels' Judgment. Find out why the giant three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades has left the underworld for the real world-and whose scent he's following-in Ilona Andrews's Magic Mourns. Embark on a perilous search for the kidnapped niece of a powerful vampire alongside her blind- and damn sexy-companion and a hellhound in Meljean Brook's Blind Spot.
These four novellas by today's hottest paranormal authors will have hellhound lovers everywhere howling.

*Note* I’ll be reviewing each story in this anthology in separate posts.

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"Blind Spot" by Meljean Brook

The job was simple: find her boss’s niece, bring her home safely, and hand out a whole lot of pain to whoever had abducted her. But Maggie hadn’t counted on her boss’s nephew, the hellhound who loved to make her life difficult, or her own past rearing its complicated and ugly head.-Book Description from MeljeanBrook.com

Review:
"Blind Spot” by Meljean Brook takes place in the world of her Guardian Series.  It is not necessary to have read all the previous books in this series to enjoy “Blind Spot” as each story focuses primarily on a different couple. However, if you want to read the series chronologically, the order would be:

1. HOT SPELL (anthology) – The Guardians, Prequel Novella
2. DEMON ANGEL – The Guardians, Book 1
3. WILD THING (anthology) – The Guardians, Book 1.5
4. DEMON MOON – The Guardians, Book 2
5. DEMON NIGHT – The Guardians, Book 3
6. FIRST BLOOD (anthology) – The Guardians, Book 3.5
7. DEMON BOUND – The Guardians, Book 4
8. DEMON FORGED – The Guardians, Book 5
9. MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS (anthology) – The Guardians, Book 5.5

Note to my readers: Although MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS will be published a month before DEMON FORGED, the story in the anthology takes place after the events of DEMON FORGED, and “Blind Spot” contains minor spoilers for Irena and Alejandro’s story. I have done my best to keep those spoilers to a minimum, however… –Meljean Brook

Ex CIA operative Maggie Wren (who appeared briefly in Demon Forged) has been working as a ‘butler’ for the vampire Colin Ames-Beaumont (from Demon Moon) when she is sent to rescue his kidnapped niece, Katherine, along with the aid of his nephew, Blake.  While not a vampire like his uncle, Blake, though blind,  has his own talents that include being able to see through anyone else's eyes.  Given the title of this anthology, I’ll give you one guess what kind of breed his seeing eye dog is.

Despite having roughly the same amount of pages as the other authors in this anthology, Meljean delivers the best romance of the bunch in “Blind Spot.” It drives me nuts in a story when character’s stop for ‘sex breaks’ during life or death situations (for example rescuing your sister from her demon kidnapper).  Fortunately, while there is a satisfying amount of romantic tension here, both characters have enough self control to put Katherine’s life ahead of their own attraction.

I really only had one problem with this story.  I would imagine that growing up together, Katherine and Blake would have learned the most effective ways of communicating with each other, given their unique abilities.  And I have to think that sign language would have occurred to someone by now.  I mean how hard would it be to look at your own hands and even just spell out a message alphabetically? 

This was my first time reading Meljean Brooks and I’m now going to have to add myself to her throngs of fans. Her writing, pacing, characters, and world are simply delicious.  The next Guardian book, Demon Blood is due out July 6, 2010.

Sexual Content: References to sex.

My Rating (out of 5):

Click HERE to read an excerpt of Blind Spot

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade; X edition (September 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425229599
• ISBN-13: 978-0425229590
• Cover art: Don Sipley

Disagree with my review?  Email me your review for this or any other book I reviewed and I might use it for 2nd Opinion Review

Meljean Brook, author of  The Guardian Series and contributor to the recent Must Love Hellhounds has a great offer on her site: FREE BOOKMARKS AND OTHER SWAG

“Contact me using the form below, including your name and address, and how many you’d like to receive, and I’d be happy to send them to you! Due to writing deadlines and my schedule, sometimes it takes me a couple of weeks to get them to the post office, but I promise they will come.

I also have a supply of signed bookplates, rack cards (they are like big bookmarks with more information — see the examples here) and magnets. I usually include these with the bookmarks anyway, but if you want more than one or two (for your reading groups or if you have a friend/family member who is a fan) please let me know, and I’ll send you a package of however many items you require. 

-MeljeanBrook.com

Click here to visit her site and request your free bookmarks today