![]() Tim Campbell was excellent with the delivery of the story After a while, I found myself skipping over those parts. I personally felt as though the infodumps broke the flow of everything else that was happening in the book. Wilding went on and on about the symbols and what they might or might not mean. My eyes started to glaze over whenever Dr. ![]() The author must have spent a TON of time researching them but I just. I wish At First Light had been more about everything else that was going on in the book and less about the runes. ![]() Around the ritually posed body are sticks covered with mysterious symbols, which turn out to be Viking runes. As if that weren't enough, he's also had his head bashed in. His neck has been slashed and he has a noose around his neck, as well. ![]() The story begins with a man lying dead with three fatal wounds. And his goshawk, Ginny, made me want to have one!) There were some other great characters, too, like Addie's partner, Detective Patrick McBrady, and Dr. Wilding is a person with dwarfism, which was interesting to read about. This new series takes place in Chicago and features homicide detective Adrianne “Addie” Bisset and her friend, Dr. I was nervous about one part of the book and found myself wishing I had known that fact ahead of time! I was eager to read At First Light because I have very much enjoyed the author's Sydney Rose Parnell series. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “The Curse of the Black Swan” by Alyssa DayĮnthralled takes us a back to the familiar worlds of Lora Leigh’s sensuous Breeds, Meljean Brook’s steampunky Iron Seas, and to the medieval Highlands of Lucy Monroe’s shapeshifting Children of the Moon, plus it introduces the brand new Bordertown world of Alyssa Day’s Order of the Black Swan. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook delivers a new story in her steampunk world of the Iron Seas.as a man who's lost everything returns home to find that not only is his marriage in jeopardy, but he must now fight pirates who intend to steal his one remaining treasure - his wife.Īnd Lucy Monroe, national bestselling author of the Children of the Moon novels, unleashes the feral passions of a werewolf on the body, mind, and soul of his prey, his lover, his mate. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Day introduces the League of the Black Swan.and the dangerous game one woman plays when her family's curse dooms her to kill the man she loves. ![]() #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh returns to her sensual world of the Breeds.as a spirited female Wolf Breed finally meets her match, and can no longer deny her mate - or the fierce desires of her own heart. 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