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In My Letterbox!!
Once again, I have been very restrained this week and have not been out and bought any more books. I really must pass on some of my large collection before I bring too many more into my crowded house – or else maybe I should move into a library! If I get a choice, then I’d want to live in the one at Killerton House in Devon, it really is beautiful and peaceful.
On that dream, here are the books that dropped through my letterbox this past week….
Books I have won on Goodreads First Reads:
1. A Vampire Dominion by V M K Fewings
A Vampire’s Dominion by V.M.K. Fewings
Vampires Jadeon and Orpheus have a few things in common. They both hate each other. They’ve both killed each other.
And they both just woke up in the same body.
When a vampiric reincarnation goes tragically wrong, two immortals find themselves ever-meshing into the newly-formed William. To make matters worse, someone is poisoning London’s vampires and no immortal is safe.
William’s struggle to come to terms with his identity and maintain his survival leads him to the beautiful and intelligent Inspector Ingrid Jansen, a woman who not only awakens his heart but may also help him save the city.
Embarking on a perilous adventure, William and Ingrid struggle to decipher ancient clues while staying one step ahead of the pursuing Stone Masters. Scouring the city from the aristocratic heights of its regal facade to the darkest deviancy of its corrupted core, they search for a way to reverse his catastrophe—and save all vampires from a growing threat far worse than the Stone Lords ever were.
Rising straight from the ashes of the shocking ending of A Vampire’s Reckoning, V.M.K. Fewings brings faithful fans back to The Stone Masters Vampire Series right where they left off, while guiding new readers into the embrace of London’s nightwalkers.
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I am developing a taste for vampire books and so was delighted to win A Vampire Dominion in Goodreads First Reads competition. I’m looking forward to reading this. VMK included a lovely note with the book – with the envelope complete with a monogrammed seal.
2. Doll Parts by Wayne Simmons
Roughly 99% of Belfast’s population suddenly dropped dead.
Some have risen again, and a horde of the beautiful undead is descending upon the city, wreaking bloody vengeance on the few left alive.
An unlikely group of survivors flee the carnage, heading for the city’s main airport. But their refuge there may quickly come to an end as the living dead close in to besiege the living.
Doll Parts is the sequel to cult zombie-horror novel, Drop Dead Gorgeous.
PREVIEWS:
‘Doll Parts is a verbal gut-punch, viciously beautiful in its delivery. Simmons takes the femme fatale to a whole new level in this remorseless look at a world gone to hell’ (Sarah Elliot, Pop Culture Monster)
‘Brilliant, bloody and beautiful’ (Garry Charles, Shock Horror Magazine)
‘One of the best new horror writers of the decade. Wayne Simmons takes everything you fear and exploits it with no apologies’ (James Melzer, author of Escape)
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I have been a very lucky girl – this is another of my Goodreads First Reads wins. It will be interesting to see what I think of this book – I prefer my zombies more in the Shaun of the Dead style…
3. Snakes by Travis Heermann
The easiest path usually leads straight into a minefield.
Eddie, a young, pretty single mom, is trying to do the right thing by her three-year-old daughter. She really is. With no education, no job, and a string of loser boyfriends behind her, she faces hard decisions every day. Gas for the car, or food for Joy? She’s already been forced to move back into her mother’s decrepit old trailer in Shady Acres Trailer Court in rural Arkansas. Should she get a normal job working long hours for minimum wage, or should she put on her stiletto heels, bikini bra and micro-skirt and go back to exotic dancing so she can bring home fistfuls of cash for a few hours’ work? When she catches her daughter playing with handfuls of baby copperhead snakes behind the trailer, the choice gets a lot easier: get out of there by the quickest means possible. But at what cost? And is that strange man the devil or her knight in shining armor?
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I read this book on the day it arrived – you can read my review here
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There we go, three more widely varying books for me to get my teeth into…and I’m looking forward to it!
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