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Title:   SNAP: New Talent Author:   Michele Drier Genre:   Paranormal Romance Pages:   173 Published:   April 2012 Publisher:   Michele Drier via Kindle Source:   Author Synopsis: In the second book of the SNAP Kandesky vampire series, Maxie Gwenoch, media-savvy editor of the multinational celeb gossip magazine SNAP, is pummeled in Paris and kidnapped in Kiev as the Huszars ramp up the race to oust their centuries-old rivals, the Kandeskys. SNAP’s owners, the Kandesky family of vampires, built the world’s most popular celeb coverage empire but this isn’t just a business take-over. These powerful vampire families lived with an uneasy peace for four centuries until Maxie came in to boost SNAP’s coverage and started making inroads into the Huszar’s traditional hunting territories. Although Jean-Louis, Maxie’s lover, vampire and second-in-command of the Kandeskys, tries to keep her safe, Maxie is determined to do things her way, a way that may lose her...

Title:   The Hallowed Ones Author:   Laura Bickle Genre:   Horror, YA, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense Pages:   320 Published:   September 2012 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Source:   NetGalley via Publisher Buy Links:   Amazon ~ Book Depository Synopsis: If your home was the last safe place on earth, would you let a stranger in? In this captivating thriller, an Amish settlement is the last safe haven in a world plagued by an unspeakable horror… Katie is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers are free to experience non-Amish culture before officially joining the church. But before Rumspringa arrives, Katie’s safe world starts to crumble. It begins with a fiery helicopter crash in the cornfields, followed by rumours of massive unrest and the disappearance of huge numbers of people all over the world. Something is out there...and it is making a killing. Unsure why they haven’t yet been attacked, the Amish El...

Title:   The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires Author:   Molly Harper Genre:   Paranormal Romance Pages:   356 Published:   July 2012 Publisher:   Pocket Books Source:   Purchased for Book Club Read Buy Links:   Amazon, Kobo, Book Depository Synopsis: Iris Scanlon, Half-Moon Hollow’s only daytime vampire concierge, knows more about the undead than she’d like. Running all their daylight errands—from letting in the plumber to picking up some chilled O neg—gives her a look at the not-so-glamorous side of vampire life. Her rules are strict; relationships with vamps are strictly business, not friendship—and certainly not anything else. But then she finds her newest client, Cal, poisoned on his kitchen floor, and only Iris can help. Cal - who would be devastatingly sexy, if Iris allowed herself to think that way - offers Iris a hefty fee for hiding him at her place until he figures out who wants him permanently dead. Even though he’s imperious, unf...