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The Wolf Within (Purgatory #1) Cynthia Eden Published: Dec. 17, 2013 (Curtis Brown Unlimited) Purchase at: Amazon Review Source: Purchased by Reviewer Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Cops, agents, and general paranormal law keepers are pretty much guaranteed to keep fans enthralled. So when I started reading The Wolf Within and the first sentence was “Special Agent Duncan McGuire raced... 
Dark Blood (Carpathians #26) Christine Feehan Published: Sept. 2, 2014 (Berkley Books) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Branislava is Dragonseeker. She spent hundreds of years encased in an ice prison alongside her sister Tatijana while dark mages did completely despicable things... 
Vampires of Manhattan (New Blue Bloods Coven #1) Melissa de la Cruz Published: September 9, 2014 (Hyperion) Purchase at: Book Depository Review source: copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 3 stars This is my first time reading a novel by Melissa de la Cruz, and that put me at a definite disadvantage. The gothic cover piqued my interest and we’re... 
Dark Skye (Immortals After Dark #15) Kresley Cole Published: August 5, 2014 (Gallery Books) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Okay Immortals After Dark fans, this is a full-on, grab-the-tissues alert. Pre-Dark Skye, I had no idea what in the hell to expect out of a Vrekener. I mean,... 
Azagoth (1001 Dark Nights novella) (Demonica/Lords of Deliverance #10.5) Larissa Ione Published: June 10, 2014 (Evil Eye Concepts, Inc.) Purchase at: Amazon Review Source: Purchased Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 5 stars One of these days, Larissa Ione may (if we’re in an alternate universe) publish something that really sucks. But today isn’t that day, and judging by how I have devoured every... 
Burning Dawn (Angels of the Dark #3) Gena Showalter Published: April 29, 2014 (Harlequin) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Copy purchased by reviewer Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 5 stars He LIVED sex. Breathed sex. Ate sex. He was sex. Those are the first two sentences of Burning Dawn, thus giving me the feeling of dizzying giddiness that I felt when I found out Han,... 
How to Seduce a Vampire (Without Really Trying) (Love At Stake #15) Kerrelyn Sparks Published: April 29, 2014 (Avon) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Copy purchased by reviewer Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Long-standing fans of Kerrelyn Sparks’ Love At Stake series have had a curiosity about Zoltan. He’s been present, but mysterious. And if there is anything... 
The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood #12) J.R. Ward Published: April 1, 2014 (Penguin) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Purchased Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 4 stars When I first started reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, the dark, brooding, pressure-keg-about-to-blow, Blind King Wrath, hooked me. There was something there waiting to be discovered. Beth Randall,... 
Vampire Most Wanted (Argeneau #20) Lynsay Sands Published: Feb. 18, 2014 (Avon) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Purchased by Reviewer Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Lynsay Sands built a world full of vampires that is different from many that paranormal romance fans are used to with her Argeneau series. These guys function completely normally in the human world, and... 
Disenchanted & Co. (Disenchanted & Co. #1) Lynn Viehl Published: Jan. 28, 2014 (Pocket Books) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Copy provided by publisher in exchange for honest review Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 4 stars If a reader has not been exposed to fantasy yet, then I suggest you start the experience with Lynn Viehl. Much like any beginning book in an urban fantasy... 
