Sunday Suggestion

It's been a while since I have a made a Sunday Suggestion, but I just have to rave about a new book I read.

I have been reading Katie MacAlister's Green Dragons/Aisling Grey series since the beginning, but her latest one - the first in a spin off series about the Silver Dragons - is GREAT! I am a fast reader, and have been known to finish off a book in about a day or two, but this one I devoured and finished in an evening.

It's called PLAYING WITH FIRE and is delicious. I can't wait until October when the next book UP IN SMOKE comes out.

Only thing about PLAYING WITH FIRE is, if you really want to understand all of the backstory, you have to read the four books in the Aisling Grey/Green Dragons series that preceeds it. Not that that is a bad thing - they are hilarious and Drake (head fo the Green Dragons) is HOT! I am partial to Gabriel though (head of the Silver Dragons). Oh la la!

Details about the two Dragons septs, and all the books, can be found at:
http://www.katiemacalister.com/

The Aisling Grey/Green Dragon sept at: http://www.katiemacalister.com/booksAG.php

And the Silver Dragon sept at: http://www.katiemacalister.com/booksSilver.php

In an additional note, there is a website devoted to the Dragons septs at: http://www.dragonsepts.com/ You can find out more about them (including more about the books), even become an honorary member of one of the septs. LOL I am a member of the Silver Dragons. I just couldn't resist.

Sunday Suggestion: Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper

It's been a while since I have made a Sunday Suggestion, but I LOVE the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series by Kay Hooper. I just recieved the lastest novel form the library the other day, and read it all that day. I couldn't put it down for long.

I started reading the series actually on the fourth book, which started the second trilogy set. Then I went back and read the first trilogy while waiting on the fifth book to the series. Luckily, all the books are written to be stand alones (more so than others), although reading them in order is advised.

The books are:

Shadows Trilogy
Stealing Shadows
Hiding In Shadows
Out of the Shadows

Evil trilogy
Touching Evil
Whisper of Evil
Sense of Evil

Fear trilogy
Hunting Fear
Chill of Fear
Sleeping With Fear

Blood trilogy
Blood Dreams - JUST published, available only in hardbound
Blood Sins - not yet published/written
Blood Ties - not yet published/written

Sunday Suggestions - for changeling fans

I have a lot of favorite authors, as this week's (and coming weeks') Thursday Thirteen shows/will show. I also read a lot in various genres.

But on Sunday's I want to do more than possibly turn you on to a new author. I want to share a favorite book with you. I might also occasionally share a CD or somg as well. Who knows. ; )

For my first Sunday Suggestion, I want to tell you about Nalini Singh's (http://www.nalinisingh.com/) first book in her Psy/Changeling series called Slave To Sensation.

I saw this book for months before I actually bought it and gave the author a try. I was hesitant about spending precious money on a new author, when I already had so many others on my auto-buy list. I am sure many of you will understand that sentiment.

But something about the book kept calling to me. And finally I picked it up and checked out. Boy was I sure glad that I did to. This book ROCKED. The characters were unique, and complex, and totally fabulous. The universe Ms Singh created was spellbinding.

The changelings live my feeling - passion, love, devotion, empathy, and so much more. The Psy live by silence. They have shut out emotion, and instead live by cold logic and the desire for power. Their minds are linked, and what one knows, the others soon do.

But there are some Psy who crack. Their minds buckle under the strain of silence, and they are removed. Sascha Duncan believes she is one of those. And she is doing her very best to hide what she believes is a flaw - until she meeting a sexy shapeshifter who makes her feel.

One of my friends at work asked if I knew any good authors for her to give a try, and I loaned her my copy of Slave To Sensation. Now she's hooked too. LOL

The best part is, the second book to the series is also out. And the third book is coming out next month on the 4th. The following month, Nalini Singh will have a novella set in the same universe out in an anthology. So if you try the book and like it, you won't have long to wait for more.

There is an excerpt for Slave To Sensation on Nalini Singh's website at:
http://www.nalinisingh.com/slave.html

If you try this wonderful author and like her book, let me know. I'd love to read what others think of the world she has created.