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Blood Kissed (Lizzy Grace #1) Keri Arthur Published: May 9, 2017 (Keri Arthur) Purchase: Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Lizzie Grace is the black sheep of a blueblood witch family. She fled her family and the witch establishment at sixteen after her younger sister’s death. Most of the time she denies having any magic abilities at all, claiming to simply... 
Winter Halo (Outcast #2) Keri Arthur Published: Dec. 6, 2016 (Signet) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: while this review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, City of... 
City of Light (Outcast #1) Keri Arthur Published: Jan. 5, 2016 (Signet) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars I’ve been a fan of Keri Arthur for several years, but lately I’ve felt like her work is getting repetitive. There’s always some sort of bio-engineering, at least one... 
Penumbra (Spook Squad #3) Keri Arthur Published: Oct. 28, 2014 (Dell) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference events from previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet check out VBC’s review of book 1, Memory Zero. Two... 
Generation 18 (Spook Squad #2) Keri Arthur Published: Sept. 30, 2014 (Dell) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review. Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference events from the first book. If you haven’t started this series yet check out VBC’s review of book 1, Memory... 
Memory Zero (Spook Squad #1) Keri Arthur Published: Aug. 26, 2014 (Dell) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Samantha Ryan has no memory prior to the age of 14. She’s spent her entire life trying to find out what happened to her and who her parents are. For the most part it’s been a... 
Circle of Fire (Damask Circle #1) Keri Arthur Published: Jan. 28, 2014 (Dell) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Circle of Fire is the first in another series being edited and re-released from Keri Arthur’s backlog, much like her Nikki and Michael series last year. The two series tie... 
Dancing with the Devil (Nikki and Michael #1) Keri Arthur Published: July 30, 2013 (Dell) originally published 2001 Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars This series is actually a re-release from 2001. Keri Arthur went back and re-edited the series and, as I understand it, the other three... 
We skipped Book Bits last week because it was Thanksgiving here in the States. I hope others had a lovely holiday. Mine involved more shopping than was probably necessary (though we skipped shopping late on Thanksgiving or early-morning Black Friday madness), seeing Daniel Craig in all his Bond-y goodness in IMAX, eating more than I should have and having a Downton Abbey binge with my mom. It was a good... 
Full Moon Rising (Riley Jenson Guardian #1) Keri Arthur Published: 2006 (Bantam) Purchase at: The Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Full Moon Rising, the first in Keri Arthur’s sexy Riley Jenson Guardian series, hits the ground running from the first page and the action keeps coming thick and fast. Set in Melbourne sometime in the near future we see Riley reluctantly get... 
