What are you reading June 4?

[Okie]

I'm starting this week with Midnight Eyes by Sarah Brophy. I like the Hero and I really want to like the Heroine but she's starting to get on my nerves. I don't like that she's scared and meek one minute then flirty and adventurous the next. I don't know, maybe I'm being to picky..

[Janga]

I finished three strong Superromances--Unraveling the Past by Beth Andrews, which sets up what promises to be a strong mystery thread; Bring Him Home by Karina Bliss, a friends-to-lovers story that is very loosely connected to What the Librarian Did; Unexpected Family by Molly O'Keefe with a cowboy hero who inherits the guardianship of his three young nephews and is forced to change nearly everything about his life. I enjoyed them all. If I can finish my research and writing goals, I'll start Elizabeth Hoyt's Thief of Shadows tomorrow.

[Manda]

I didn't realize Bring Him Home was connected to What the Librarian did, Janga. I'm all over that!

I finished Thief of Shadows over the weekend and it was lovely. Winter is my favorite Hoyt hero in a while. Now I'm reading a friend's MS.

[Irisheyes]

Just finished The Proposal by Mary Balogh. I wasn't ready to give up her voice so I pulled out A Promise of Spring, also by MB, and started that one as soon as I finished TP. Neither one have knocked my socks off but I love them just he same. MB is one of those authors that I can read any time any place and I am guaranteed a well written, thoughtful story with interesting characters. And I sooo love her voice that I find comfort in just reading a story she's written.

After I'm done with APOS, I have lots of options. I'm not sure which direction I'll head. I have the latest from JQ, Sherry Thomas, Carla Kelly and Nora Roberts, along with several highly recommended re-releases to consider.

[Janga]

Manda,Bring Him Home is not a sequel. The connection is to WTLD is through Zander, and it's a loose one. I just loved WTLD so much that I was excited by any reference to that world. Bring Him Home is a great read on its own merits though.

Irish, The Promise of Spring is the only book in that series that I like. The Web books are among the very few Baloghs that I don't reread. I loved The Proposal. I'll definitely reread it.

[Kasey]

I am working on The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima. I am only about 100 pages in, but it is a fun Teen novel so far. After that, I think I am going to sneak in JQ's A Night Like This.

[Okie]

Kasey, I LOVE Cinda Williams Chima's The Heir Chronicles! Happy Reading:D

I'm starting on INSURGENT by Veronica Roth.

[Pj]

I finished THIEF OF SHADOWS this afternoon. I think it's one of Hoyt's best stories. Really enjoyed this one.

[Theresa]

Ooh, I loved WTLD also. I'll have to grab the new Bliss.

I've been reading Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal (The Duke's Daughters, #2) and Soulless this week, and I really like them both. Such distinct (and very different!) voices. Have any of you read the Parasol Protectorate books? Is each title a stand-alone?

[Kasey]

Okie,, I am really enjoying it so far. Don't know what took me so long to pick it up and start it.

[Susan]

While our house is being painted the color of a giant shrimp, I'm reading 2 free books I got for my Nook: Julie Ortolon's Almost Perfect and Rita Hayworth's Shoes. Fun things.

[Dls]

After reading Shannon Staceys new book, which I didn't like nearly as much as her kowalski series, I am now finishing up Nita Abrams series of napoleonic spies, which I do like and hope will come back in print. Does any one know if ahe has written anything else?

[Dls]

Parasol protectorate is basically a series all about the same couple. I recommend giving yourself time between the books--I read them one right after another and the snark got old....

[Theresa]

Dls, good to know. I really enjoyed the first PP novel. I'm planning to read JQ's book and some other historicals next, so I'll get some different voices in my head (er, so to speak).

[Manda]

Dls wrote: "I am now finishing up Nita Abrams series of napoleonic spies, which I do like and hope will come back in print. Does any one know if ahe has written anything else?"

Not that I know of, D. I really enjoyed those books too and would love to see her write something else.