1. Branded By Fire by Nalini Singh.
Psy-Changeling series, Book 6
This is the love story of Mercy Smith, a sentinel DarkRiver snow leopard and Riley Kincaid, the lieutenant to the alpha of the SnowDancer wolves. I always wanted to see two different changeling species be mated, knowing it would be both emotional and passionate, and this couple didn't let me down. Both Mercy and Riley are dominant wolves, so there was plenty of tension between them as compromise was difficult, but the author did a wonderful job at making it work naturally. The overall series arc continued at a perfect pace, with a lot of loose ends from previous novels starting to piece together to show a "bigger picture" that is both complex and realistic. Secondary characters that readers of this series have come to know and love play vital roles in this installment, and there is plenty of page time with interactions of characters from the first several books. It was really rewarding to see everyone working together both for the conflict, and merely their social interactions. Branded By Fire definitely goes down as one of my most favorite Psy-Changeling books!
2. Open Season by Linda Howard.
Stand alone contemporary romantic suspense. Very cute story of a 34 year old, inexperienced librarian named Daisy Minor from a small Alabama town who gives herself a little make over and sets out to be more social and in essence, sets out to hunt for a husband. She meets the local police chief, Jack Russo who is so not her type and they kind of get on each other's nerves a bit when he comes to the library for assistance on two occasions. But there's a subtle attraction there nonetheless. She gets into a little trouble here and there when dancing out at the local bar and inadvertently just manages to sidestep a seriously disturbing crime ring that's taking place within the community. As she and Jack continue to bump heads, the sexual tension between them increases and then when Daisy witnesses something that puts her life in danger, Jack realizes his interest in her is deeper than just a fling, and in fact he's falling for her. Such a funny, sweet romance, although the suspense plot was rather disturbing for the lightness of the romance. It felt a tad unbalanced to me... but I loved the romance part.
3. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. (YA)
Paranormal romance
Grace is a 17 year old girl who was attacked and nearly killed by a pack of wolves who pulled her from her tire swing in her backyard when she was only 11 years old. One wolf with yellow eyes stopped the pack from killing her and has haunted Grace ever since. The pack of wolves are actually werewolves who are wolf when the temperatures outside are cold, and human when the temperatures are warm. Ever since her attack, Grace has been drawn to the woods and her wolf with the yellow eyes. When a teenage boy is found dead in the woods as a result of an apparent wolf attack, men from the town go into the woods to hunt and kill the wolves. Grace's wolf gets shot and she finds him bleeding to death at her back door in his human form. She knows this boy is her wolf. His name is Sam and she saves his life by bringing him to the hospital. Their relationship is now blossoming from a tentative and curious attraction between girl and wolf to that of girl and boy.....
4. Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols (YA).
Contemporary.
5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. (YA)
The Hunger Games series, Book 2
Dystopian speculative fiction
6. One For The Money by Janet Evanovich.
A Stephanie Plum novel, Book 1
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