Better Than Catnip by Ruth J. Hartman

 Today we have a guest blogger.  My daughter won this book from Goodreads and loved it.

Better Than Catnip by Ruth J. Hartman 

Roxy Williams adores cats. Always has. That’s why she devotes her life to running her stray cat shelter. But is that enough? Isn’t there a man out there who will love her for who she is? A special man who won’t try to change her or ask her to choose between him and her cats? Max Weller has a problem. His son, Derek, must complete community service for fighting at school. The only available place is the stray cat shelter. But Derek is terrified of cats from a frightening childhood experience. How will they get through this traumatic experience? Roxy and Max feel the strong attraction pulling them together as Max volunteers at the shelter, too. Will they be able to keep the spark alive? Or will Derek’s fears come between them?

This is a great book for animal lovers. Good story line, a little bit of romance, a lot of humor, some drama... an all-round feel good story.  I’d definitely recommend it.

Tricked (Iron Druid Chronicles #4) by Kevin Hearne

I was supposed to go to the Atticus & Oberon Sausage Fest for the signing of this book.  I was unable to attend (pout) and so sent my son and his new bride (whom I’d addicted to this series) in my place.  When they sent me my book my husband grabbed it first (I’ve addicted him too)(okay the series is addicting I just introduced them and some others and now I’m evil) and then somehow it ended on my overflowing TBR shelf and I’ve just now found it.

When we left Atticus & co. in Hammered he was on the shit list of pretty much the entire Norse pantheon and just about every thunder god out there for his part in the attack on Asgard.  So whats a Druid to do?  He needs to disappear.  With Coyote’s assistance Atticus fakes his death but now he owes the Trickster.   Tricked is more of Kevin Hearne’s typical humor and snarkery.  Another romp through a myriad of pantheons and creating havoc among them all.  This is a fantastic series and I can’t wait till the next installment.

The Lady is a Vamp (Argeneau #17) by Lynsay Sands

Seventeen stories in and I still want more!  Ms. Sands has a way with a story that just keeps me wanting more.  

The Lady is a Vamp is Jeanne Louise’s story.  It is a little darker than some of the others have been with not as many laugh out loud moments.  In fact she had me in tears (not the happy kind) at one or two points in the book.  But oh my goodness what a read.

Immortals are rarely kidnapped what with their ability to take control of human minds but what happens if you are kidnapped by your life-mate?  The one person on the planet that you can’t read or control.  Ooops.  This is what happens to Jeanne Louise.  She is so flustered by the fact that her kidnapper is her life mate she decides to stick around to see what comes of it.  Paul is pushed to desperation.  He works at Argeneau Enterprises and knows about Immortals.  He needs one and only Jeanne Louise will do. Can they come together and what will Lucian do to Paul for kidnapping Jeanne Louise?

The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper

The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires is another fun romp in the world of Jane Jameson.  It should have come before Driving Mr. Dead. 

Iris Scanlon owns and runs a concierge service for vampires.  She takes care of the errands that need to be during daylight hours.  She also is raising her younger sister a high school senior.  Her number one rule is to never get involved with her vampire clients.  But rules are made to be broken. 

Molly Harper manages to mix a good mystery with a lot of fun.  I heartily recommend all of Ms. Harpers books.  I’ve yet to find one that I haven’t laughed my way through.

Kitty Steals the Show (Kitty Norville #10) by Carrie Vaughn

The more I read the Kitty Norville books the more I look forward to the next one.  I’ll admit I did have issues with what happened to Cormac but other than that I do love this series.

In Kitty Steals the Show Kitty, Ben & Cormac head to London where Kitty is to be the keynote speaker at the First International Conference on Paranatural Studies.  While there Kitty makes new friends (and enemies) and runs into a few old ones.  But through it all she does what she does best which is talk with a good heart and a sense of humor. 

Kitty fans are going to love this.

Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews

This takes place in the world of Kate & Curran and they make several appearances but it is basically Andrea’s book.  We find out what she was doing when she disappeared after being outed as a shifter to the Order.  Andrea is back and working for Kate at Cutting Edge when a call from Jim sends her on a case.   Four shifters have been killed while working on a reclamation site owned by none other than Raphael.  She is going to have to face him and the heartbreak she has dealt with since their blow up in Magic Slays. This book has the hyper bouncing feel to it that is totally bouda.  We see Andrea come into her own and may I say it is about freekin time.  This book refers to some events that happened in the past and the authors have included the novella Magic Gifts that contains the earlier story.

Another Rockin’ Read from team Ilona Andrews

Home From the Sea (Elemental Masters #8) by Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey is one of my all-time favorite authors.  She creates a world that is rich and believable.   Home From the Sea introduces us to a new Water Master in the form of Mari a welsh girl living on the coast with her da.  She is untrained and the Elemental Masters of the White Lodge want to make sure she gets trained and isn’t going to be a problem.  There are other problems though.  They need to find her first and when they do they need to help her deal with her families bargain with the masters of the sea. 

This isn’t the best of the series and if you haven’t read The Wizard of London (Elemental Masters #5) you probably won’t understand a lot of what goes on as several of the characters from that book re-appear in this one.  That being said it is still a Mercedes Lackey book and worth the read.