True Blue: Task Force Zeta 3

True Blue
Cat Johnson
Task Force Zeta, book three
Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Published March 28th 2007 by Linden Bay Romance
ISBN 9781602020214

Trilogy No. 107

In the long anticipated sequel to Red Hot & Blue, the true blue men of Task Force Zeta are back...and they're hotter than ever!

Bull: Bull didn't earn his nickname because he has a reputation for being stubborn; he's just a very big boy. But beneath that hard as granite and big as a mountain exterior beats the heart of a caring man. Can a pretty little thing barely five feet tall capture it?

Matt: Technical genius and communications specialist Matt Coleman is sick and tired of watching his friends 'get the girl' while the only thing he's had his hands on lately is a computer console. But perhaps Matt has been looking for love in all the wrong places. Could it be that what he's looking for has been right in front of him the entire time?

The Commander: The men in his unit refer to him as simply 'the commander'. Hank Miller may have fears, feelings, and desires, but as a leader he refuses to let them show. On more than one occasion Hank has been accused of possessing a heart of stone. When he meets the sexy and smart Lois Gordon, will the normally stoic Hank find himself tempted to break his one rule?

In October of 2010, I wrote a review for Jimmy by Cat Johnson. In it, I concluded by pleading for Matt's story. It wasn't until today that I took notice of a comment left by Terri in March that that very story has already been released as part of Task Force Zeta. In 2007! Currently scheduled to be re-released... whenever.

Thank you, Terri!

What I'll Be Reading: September

Mesmerizing Stranger
September 1, 2010

Mob Rules
September 1, 2010

Darkest Hour
September 7, 2010

Veil of Shadows
September 7, 2010

Venom
September 28, 2010

Cold Sight - July 6

Saw this on the sidebar of Goodreads. First time *ever* clicking over there. I'm pleasantly surprised. It looks freakishly entertaining.

A madman who likes to read twisted fairy tales.

Keep an eye out for The King! LoL

- 12,11,13

PD just e-mailed me the jpg of the *just approved* cover of his next book, 'Twelve Eleven Thirteen'. I love it! Earth tones and blood red? Oo-la-la!

LOOK AT IT! LOOK AT IT!

The fair tone, a bit of blur, a texture for charm, and just the right font to set it off. Not to forget a few coordinating lines. Simplicity at it's finest, people!

- Surrender The One Wolf

“He's the One” by Jane Beckenham


Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: May 25, 2010


Virginity is overrated.

Taylor Sullivan doesn’t trust Cupid, but she plays one for a living. As a successful wedding consultant, she creates a couple’s ultimate fantasy—even though she’s never managed to create her own. And when her clients start asking her for wedding night advice, she’s sensible enough to know when to enlist help.

Cade Harper knows two things about women. They either abandon him, or use him as a walking bank. He doesn’t do commitment, and marriage is a dirty word—witness the string of broken hearts he’s left in his wake. Yet Taylor’s business proposition intrigues him. In exchange for one night of no-strings passion, she’ll develop a promotional plan for his business. Who could say no?

Never one to buy anything sight unseen, Taylor tests the waters with a kiss. In an instant she has the only answer she’s ever wanted—that Cade is the one she wants.

As business starts tumbling into pleasure, Cade finds himself falling hard and fast.

It’s a fantasy come true—if they can turn heartache into forever…

“Surrender” by Rachel Carrington

Genre: Fantasy Romance
Publication Date: June 1, 2010


In this fight, there’s no white flag.

Kira, Goddess of Darkness, has no problem with sin. Especially if it helps her reclaim the city stolen from her by the Timaran gods. With strength flowing through her veins, she takes aim at the throne of Timara, ready to commit whatever sin necessary to reclaim her birthright. Even kill the current ruler.

Jarek knows Kira by name only, but he knows one thing. Her attack is based on a terrible lie—that her parents once owned Timara. He understands the bloodthirsty anger that fuels her quest to right a wrong, but he won’t give up his city without a fight. He is a king and a god in his own right—and a most formidable enemy.

Kira never expected the ancient warrior to accept her challenge to fight to the death. Then she discovers he has a very different kind of battle in mind—one that starts with a fiery kiss. With all the audacity of the Egyptian gods combined, Jarek throws down his own gauntlet. If she loses, she will join him in his bed for as long as he wishes.

Warning: This book contains sex scenes that would make Caligula blush, some bitchiness, and a hero with a god complex.

“Cry Wolf” by Donica Covey

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publication Date: June 8, 2010


This second chance at love could get them both killed.

Fifteen years ago, denied the only woman he ever wanted as a mate, Remington Aldrich packed his few belongings and left home without a backward glance. Now the pack leader who ripped his world apart is on the other end of the phone, asking for his help.

Angela Martin, Remy’s first love, is missing and the trail has gone cold. She may have refused to defy the alpha and run away with him all those years ago, but Remy can’t stop himself from coming to her rescue.

Abducted by two men—one for his ghastly scientific experiments, and the other for his driving need for revenge against all Lycans—Angela despairs that no one will find her. Then she senses Remy nearby.

Together again and on the run from a killer bent on hunting them down, Remy vows to never again let Angela out of his arms. But first they have to survive—and fight against history’s tendency to repeat itself…

Warning: Hot shape shifters, mad scientists and vengeful hunters, and steamy alpha marking his mate may induce a massive adrenaline rush.

All this in one day?

Enemy Lover
by Karin Harlow

* Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
* Publisher: Pocket Star (May 25, 2010)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1439109826
* ISBN-13: 978-1439109823



Book Description

When you have no alternative, then you call in L.O.S.T. Because with the Last Option Special Team, it’s do or die. . . .

It’s Jax Cassidy’s first mission for L.O.S.T.—one that will give the former cop who went rogue a chance to prove herself. Her assignment: gain the trust of assassin Marcus Cross . . . eliminate him . . . then take down Marcus’s mentor, Joseph Lazarus, a man with a bold eye on the White House. But the woman who’s known by her team for being a femme fatale succumbs to passion, only to discover Cross’s deadly secret. He’s a vampire, and Joseph Lazarus is his creator.

Left for dead by his platoon in the violent hills of Afghanistan, Special Ops sniper Marcus Cross was given a second chance at life. His newly heightened skills make him the perfect killing machine, and as Lazarus’s right-hand man, he’s quickly rising to the top of his dark empire, purging enemies with speed and precision. Only when dangerous beauty Jax Cassidy is sent to bring him in does he begin to question Lazarus’s motives and his own actions. But when Jax’s life is threatened by the one thing that can destroy them both, Marcus must make a bitter choice—her death or his.

Masked by Moonlight
by Nancy Gideon


* Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
* Publisher: Pocket (May 25, 2010)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1439149631
* ISBN-13: 978-1439149638




Book Description

IN THIS STUNNING FIRST BOOK FROM NANCY GIDEON’S SIZZLING NEW SERIES, A TENACIOUS COP AND HER SHAPE-SHIFTING ENEMY SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR FORBIDDEN DESIRE.

ALL SHE WANTS IS REVENGE.

New Orleans homicide detective Charlotte Caissie is dedicated to bringing down the crime boss responsible for her father’s murder. Using Jimmy Legere’s mysterious and irresistible right-hand man is a dangerous gamble, and not only due to his reputation as more monster than man. Because her feelings for Max Savoie are . . . complicated.

THEN HE RISKS HIS LIFE TO SAVE HERS.

Rescued from the swamps as a child, Max exists silently in Legere’s shadow, heeding only his voice—until Charlotte Caissie awakens his emotions and tests his loyalties. Stepping outside his cautious rules threatens more than just his heart. He could expose his darkest secret.

NOW THEY’RE BOTH IN OVER THEIR HEADS.

Testing boundaries they weren’t meant to cross means facing the truth about who and what they are—and what they need from each other. If Max is the murderer she seeks, Charlotte could be his next victim. She can’t afford to trust any man. Good thing Max isn’t one.







Web of Lies
(Elemental Assassin, book 2)
by Jennifer Estep

* Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
* Publisher: Pocket (May 25, 2010)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 143914799X
* ISBN-13: 978-1439147993



Book Description

Curiosity is definitely going to get me dead one of these days. Probably real soon.

I'm Gin Blanco.

You might know me as the Spider, the most feared assassin in the South. I’m retired now, but trouble still has a way of finding me. Like the other day when two punks tried to rob my popular barbecue joint, the Pork Pit. Then there was the barrage of gunfire on the restaurant. Only, for once, those kill shots weren’t aimed at me. They were meant for Violet Fox. Ever since I agreed to help Violet and her grandfather protect their property from an evil coalmining tycoon, I’m beginning to wonder if I’m really retired. So is Detective Donovan Caine. The only honest cop in Ashland is having a real hard time reconciling his attraction to me with his Boy Scout mentality. And I can barely keep my hands off his sexy body. What can I say? I’m a Stone elemental with a little Ice magic thrown in, but my heart isn’t made of solid rock. Luckily, Gin Blanco always gets her man . . . dead or alive.