Mind Game by Christine Feehan (GhostWalkers, Book 2)
The heroine
Dahlia Le Blanc’s enhanced telekinetic skills are a blessing and a curse. Subjected as a child to grueling psychic exercises that stripped her mind of their natural defenses, she is unable to properly function around people and their emotions and is forced to live a lonely, isolated existence.
The hero
Nicolas Trevane is a GhostWalker, one of an elite group of military trained, psychically enhanced government operatives. A loner by choice, he volunteered to be a GhostWalker to enhance his gift for healing; instead, it’s made him a better hunter. He’s also an anchor–he can draw emotion or energy away from others to help them function better–and a kick-ass sniper.
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Lover Revealed by J. R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4)
The heroine
Marissa … uh, I don’t think she has a last name … is a 300-plus-year old, divorced, virgin vampire whose market value in the vampire aristocracy took a severe beating when her former spouse dumped her in favour of a half-breed. The only person who really talks to her anymore, aside from the servants, is her brother, Havers … and he’s pretty dodgy. He’s also a big snob, and when Butch, the hero, comes over one day (in a previous book), Havers turns him away. Marissa doesn’t know this and thinks that Butch just lost interest in her. To cut a long story short, Marissa has major self-esteem issues.
The hero
Butch O’Neal is a former cop who is feeling rather useless surrounded as he is by the Black Dagger Brotherhood, a group of super-fighting, scary vampires who pretty much have no use for Butch except as someone to play pool and trade wisecracks with.
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Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh (Psy/Changeling Series, Book 2)
When I won an ARC of Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh, I went into squee mode because Singh’s first book, Slave to Sensation, blew me away. I don’t say that lightly. I devoured the book. And then I pimped it out to Wandergurl, who loved it so much she went and bought her own copy. And then I asked for my copy back so I could reread it. So winning the ARC of the sequel? Squee!
I was supposed to post this review a few weeks ago, but for various reasons didn’t get around to it. It’s probably just as well that I didn’t review the ARC as I meant to. Because the first time I read it? I wasn’t overly impressed. Don’t get me wrong–it’s a great read. But I’d reread Slave to Sensation first and the sequel just didn’t seem as compelling. I was bummed!
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