challenge 2015

I was here de Gayle Forman           Publié par Simone & Schuster  270 pages 7,99 £ première publication: 2015     Résumé:   Cody and Meg were inseparable. Two peas in a pod. Until . . . they weren’t anymore.   When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything—so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels to Meg’s college town to pack up... [Lire la suite]

In her wake de K.A. Tucker       Le tome 0.5 de la saga “Ten Tiny Breaths”...     Publié par S&S International  176 pages 9,68 euros première publication: 2014     Résumé:     When a drunken night out at a Michigan State college party results in the death of six people, Cole must come to terms with his part in the tragedy. Normally, he’d be able to lean on his best friends—the ones who have been in his life since he could barely walk. Only, they’re gone. Worse,... [Lire la suite]

Glimpses de Lynn Flewelling       A collection of Nightrunner Short Stories     Publié par Three Crow Press  131 pages 5,17 euros première publication: 2010       Résumé:   Lynn Flewelling's Glimpses explores "lost" moments from her popular Nightrunner Series, events alluded to or passed over - Alec's parents and childhood, Seregil's early liaisons in Skala, Seregil and Alec's first night as lovers, how Seregil and Micum Cavish met. Each story offers a new perspective... [Lire la suite]

By the river de Lynn Flewelling       Le tome 0.5 de la saga “Nightrunner”...     Publié par l’auteur ici  première publication: 2001  Les dessins ne sont pas de moi     Résumé: Seregil has been exile by his family, failed as an apprentice to Nysander and has now almost been caught picking a man's pocket. Narrowly escaping by jumping into a river, he wonders what to do with his life.     Commentaire:   Alors que je poursuis ma lecture de la saga avec le... [Lire la suite]

Softly at sunrise de Maya Banks       Le tome 5.5 de la saga “KGI”...     Publié par Maya Banks  132 pages (ebook) 2,32 euros première publication: 2012     Résumé:   Rachel Kelly has traveled a long, hard road in her journey back to her husband, Ethan, and the Kelly family. Now, as she and Ethan are poised to move into their new home, safe behind the walls of the Kelly compound, Rachel wonders if she’ll finally be free of the ghosts that have haunted her for so long and if... [Lire la suite]

Play my game de J. Kenner       Le tome 3.7 de la saga “Stark Trilogy”...     Publié par Headline Eternal  113 pages (ebook) 2,49 euros première publication: 2015     Résumé:   Happy Ever After is just the beginning... I never imagined that anything could top our honeymoon, but life as Mrs Damien Stark is sweeter than any fantasy. We are forever bound by our love and our desire. His touch is my greatest treasure - and is purely mine alone. Yet no matter where we go, the... [Lire la suite]

Curtsies & Conspiracies de Gail Cariger       Le tome 2 de la saga “The Finishing School”...     Publié par Atom  310 pages 6,99 £ première publication: 2013       Résumé:   Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests?   Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing,... [Lire la suite]

Against the odds de Lisa Kleypas       Le tome 3 de la saga “Gamblers”      Publié par Avon (disponible dans le recueil Where’s my hero?” en ebook) 375 pages pour le recueil  4,19 euros première publication: 2003     Résumé:   When eminently sensible Lydia Craven decides to marry for security rather than love, she doesn't calculate on the determination of devil-may-care doctor Jake Linley to rewrite the romantic formula, in Lisa Kleypas' charming romp...    ... [Lire la suite]

Saving the Sheriff de Roxanne Snopek       Le tome 3.5 de la saga “Three River Ranch”     Publié par Entangled: Bliss  126 pages 1,86 euros première publication: 2013       Résumé:   The power might be out…but the heat is on.   Every year, free-spirited Frankie Sylva banishes her holiday loneliness with good deeds. This time, she’s rescuing a truckload of neglected reindeer—until a blizzard sidetracks her scheme, and now she’s stuck…literally.   Local... [Lire la suite]

A Cinderella Christmas Carol de Hope Tarr       Le tome 1.5 de la saga “Contes de filles”...     Publié par Entangled  58 pages (disponible uniquement en ebook) 1,99 euros première publication: 2011       Résumé:   There's nothing On Top managing editor Cynthia "Starr" Starling hates more than Christmas. With an important deadline looming, plus her dreaded Christmas Day birthday, Starr just wants the holiday to end. But when she wakes up Christmas Eve night to the... [Lire la suite]