Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Shelf Cravings {22}


 
Welcome to Shelf Cravings an event now moved to Tuesdays!! This feature is about all the books Im craving to get my hands on. Just new, coming soon, on the Nook or just discovered, this week Im excited for...
 
 
~Coming Soon~
 
 
 

Halflings by Heather Burch
Jan 2012 by Zondervan

After being inexplicably targeted by an evil intent on harming her at any cost, seventeen-year-old Nikki finds herself under the watchful guardianship of three mysterious young men who call themselves halflings. Sworn to defend her, misfits Mace, Raven, and Vine battle to keep Nikki safe while hiding their deepest secret—and the wings that come with.


A growing attraction between Nikki and two of her protectors presents a whole other danger. While she risks a broken heart, Mace and Raven could lose everything, including their souls. As the mysteries behind the boys’ powers, as well as her role in a scientist’s dark plan, unfold, Nikki is faced with choices that will affect the future of an entire race of heavenly beings, as well as the precarious equilibrium of the earthly world.


Chasing the Sun by Tracie Peterson
March 2012 by Bethany House
When her father disappears in war-torn Mississippi, Hannah Dandridge finds herself responsible not only for her younger siblings but for the ranch her father recently acquired on the Texas plains. Though a marriage of convenience could ease her predicament, she determines to trust God for direction.
Wounded soldier William Barnett returns to his home only to discover that his family's ranch has been seized. Though angry and bitter at this turn of events, he's surprised to discover that it is a beautiful young woman with amazing fortitude who is struggling to keep the place running.
Hannah, desperate for help, and William, desperate to regain his family's land, form an uneasy truce. But nearby Comanche tribes, the arrival of Confederate soldiers, and a persistent suitor all threaten the growing attraction that builds between them. Will they be able to set aside their own dreams and embrace the promise of a future together?

 
 

Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon
November 2011 by Bonneville Books
After their father’s disappearance, Cinder leaves home for a servant job at the castle. But it isn’t long before her sister Ella is brought to the castle herself—the most dangerous place in all the kingdom for both her and Cinder. Cinder and Ella is a Cinderella story like no other and one you'll never forget.


 
 
 
 
 
 

Prized by Caragh O'Brien
(Birthmarked #2)
November 2011 by Roaring Brook
Striking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone survives only to be captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is a crime. In order to see her sister again, Gaia must submit to their strict social code, but how can she deny her sense of justice, her curiosity, and everything in her heart that makes her whole?


 
 
 
~Just Discovered for the Nook~
 
 

Somber Island by T. Lynn Tolles
December 2010 by Troll Pub/$2.99

Phoebe MacIntire, who is a servant to her father and sisters in her own house in Scotland in 1855, is an ordinary girl, with no big dreams for the future. She's perfectly happy in her humble life, with her cot in the basement and her little garden in the backyard. But when her father up and sends her to Newfoundland to be the lifelong servant to Lord Jacobs, she finds her life gets turned upside down.

Her journey across the Atlantic to her new home is long, scary and very unpleasant. When she arrives at the manor on a small island, she finds the beautiful place abandoned and only a note waits for her explaining her duties, the strange dietary requirements, and sleeping habits of her new master. The very first night in her new home she's haunted in her dreams by a woman who clearly does not want her there and a strange blue-eyed man-wolf creature that follows the woman. Her dreams become more and more violent and mysteries start to be uncovered about a woman who was killed in a fire on the island, a creature that preys on anyone that comes to the island and a love story gone wrong that dates back over a hundred and twenty two years.

 
 
~Cant Wait to Read~
 
 

Class Collision-Phoenix Rising
by Annette Mackey
February 18th 2011 by Mandolin Publishing


Linda marries him, but she doesn’t have a clue who he really is.

David Bastien, born into one of the wealthiest families on the eastern seaboard, loses everything when at the age of ten, he is kidnapped for ransom. Although he escapes, events conspire against him to prevent his return home. Now, years later he and Linda are on the run from his former boss, Linda’s father. After a quick elopement, they head off to Seattle. With the prospect of work, David hopes to build a life of lasting happiness together, though Linda isn’t so sure. After learning that David has been lying to her, she begins to worry that he will be just like her father, abusive and cruel. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, David is forced out to sea where his hope of survival replaces long lost dreams of returning home. Now he must either tell Linda who he really is, or risk taking his secrets to the grave. Don’t miss the exciting conclusion in the Class Collision series where love and loyalty are tested beyond measure, families threaten to rip apart, old relationships are confronted, and the strength of the human heart is pushed to the limit.



So..so excited to read Phoenix Rising and find out if David gets reunited with his long lost family or go's all crazy!! Im anxious to meet these Halflings, not to mention getting back into the Birthmarked series, one of my favorite reads last year. I cant wait to get busy with chores on the Ranch, meet this Cinder chick and travel to Somber Island where Im hoping things aren't too....somber.....
 
 

3 comments:

  1. I'm with you on Phoenix Rising Tina! Can't wait for more of David and Lind and I'm dying to know if his family will actually recognize him this time if they see him. Prized looks really good as well, I'm very curious about this female-dominated society with kissing being a crime:)

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  2. Prized looks great and I really do want to check out Cinder and Ella. Looks fascinating.

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  3. Nic @ Irresistible ReadsJune 29, 2011 at 3:19 AM

    I like the sound of Halflings. This is the first I have heard of it. Thanks Tina :)

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