Warrior Rising (P.C. Cast)

Goddesses Hera, Athena, and Venus have had it up to here with the Trojan War. So much devastation - all because of some silly male egos. The worst of the bunch is Achilles, the Greek champion whose powers have made him practically invincible. To stop him would be to end the war. But the only way to stop a man like Achelles is to distract him - with something far more pleasurable than combat...

The three goddesses seize their chance when a twenty-first-century beauty named Kat and her best friend perish in a car crash in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In no time, they shift the friends' souls into the bodies of a Trojan princess and her handmaiden, having no doubt that Kat will catch achilles' attention. But can her independent, fiery spirit match the unquenchable fire of his epice rage? Goddess only know...

I was so excited to read this book. I love mythology! When you throw in some modern with the ancient, it just gets better.

I was disappointed. Not necessarily by the story. The author had some great bones to it but she was obsessed with sex and had way too much swearing from her characters.

Princess At Sea (Dawn Cook)

One day Tess was the crown princess of Costenopolie, and the next she discovered she was a beggar's child, reared as a decoy to keep the real princess safe from assassins. But Tess's flair for politics, self-defense and shopping - and her recently discovered magical powers - thwarted the kingdom's enemies and restored the real princess to the throne.

Now, she dons an ambassador's robe to help Costenopolie put its best foot forward - and to keep the newly crowned queen from tripping over her own...

Assigned to chaperone the Queen Contessa and her new husband on their honeymoon voyage, Tess spends more time playing referee between the temperamental pair. Before another battle royal can erupt, a storm forces the ship to drop anchor where another vessel is similarly stranded - and Tess finds her heart stranded between a roguish cardsharp and a disturbingly attactive army captain.

But Tess's potential suitors are least of her worries. The crew of the neighboring anchored ship reveal themselves to be pirates and abduct the royal couple for ransom - unaware that Tess's magic is the real treasure in their midst...

I really enjoyed this novel. It is actually the sequal to another book called The Decoy Princess but I had no problem following along without having read the first one.

The whole time that Tess is saying she is in love with Duncan, I am thinking "you're an idiot. Go for Jeck." I hope she write another book to follow this one because I want to know what happens to these characters.

Winter Fire (Rachel Ann Nunes)

Fourth-grade school teacher Amanda Huntington said good-bye to her high school sweetheart when she realized he had fallen in love with someone else. Now, a year later, she wonders if she'll spend the rest of her life alone. When she meets Blake Simmons, Amanda finds her life turned upside down. Blake doesn't seem like the knight in shinning armor she always imagined. With two adorable children in his care, he is locked in an ugly battle of wills with their troubled mother and worries that the children he has come to love will be lost for him forever. Will Amanda's relationship with Blake and the children only cause her more heartache? Or does she need him just as much as he needs her?

I love this series. I have not read them in order, but this is the 1st book of the Huntington Family Series.

Changelings (Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)

Twin brother and sister Ronan and Murel are true children of Petaybee, the sentient planet that is their home. Like their father, they are changelings, able to converse telepathically with creatures and to transform into seals. The Petaybeans wish to protect the twins from curious scientists, but no one realizes that Ronan and Murel hunger to discover the origins of their shape-shifting talent - and that their search for knowledge will place them in the path of peril.
Meanwhile, Petaybee is changing. To investigate its sudden evolution, the twins' father heads out to the open water in his seal form - and is presumed lost. Only Ronan and Murel, with their remarkable talents of transformation, can hope to find him and bring him home... if they dare to risk exposure and face the dangers of the newly usntable sea.
This books was pretty slow through out but had a good story. It almost seemed like this book was the build-up for the next one, Maelstrom.

The Arthurian Omen (G G Vandagriff)

When a Celtic scholar finds a clue to a priceless fifth-century manuscript that will prove the real identity of King Arthur, she is brutally murdered. Determined to find the manuscript and avenge her sister's death, Maren Southcott begins a quest that puts her own life in danger. Overt and covert seekers weave in and out of the tale as she travels through the castles and monasteries of ancient Wales, seeking the document that could rival the The Book of Kells. Who are all these people? Which one is her psychopathic stalker plotting death and revolution? Which one wants her dead? Did the Celtic professor with the extraordinary eyes kill her sister? Can she risk death and find the manuscript before MI5, Scotland Yard, and impassioned Celtic scholars?

I don't know if it was just because I wasn't in the mood for this book or not, but I had a really hard time staying focused on it. The characters go by multiple names, so trying to keep them all straight was really starting to bother me.

Cankered Roots (G G Vandagriff)

Because I am a genealogy enthusiast, my mysteries naturally feature genealogy sleuths—Alexandra Campbell and Brighamina Poulson. Alex reunites with her parents for the first time in eighteen years, and the result is murder! In order to solve it, she and Briggie have to uncover the secrets in her own family tree, discovering in the process why she was sent away to Paris at age eighteen. A recent convert to the LDS church, she is still grieving over the death of her husband, but is powerfully attracted to Daniel Grinnell, a psychotherapist who knows just a little too much about her for comfort.

Marked (P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast)

Enter the dark, magical world of the House of Night, a world very much like our own, except here vampyres have always existed. Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird has just been Marked as a fledgling vampyre and joins the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampyre. That is, if she makes it through the Change - and not all of those who are Marked do. It sucks to begin a new life, especially away from her friends, and on top of that, Zoey is no average fledgling. She has been chosen as special by the vampyre Goddess Nyx. Zoey discovers she has amazing powers, but along with her powers come bloodlust and an unfortunate ability to Imprint her human ex-boyfriend. To add to her stress, she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers: When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite group, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny - with a little help from her new vampyre friends.
You can tell by the writing that the authors were shooting for a young/teen audience but I wouldnt recommend that audience. The content has some definite adult/sexual nuances.
I enjoyed the story and am curious as to how the story continues in the next book of the series.