Sunday, June 12, 2011

In My Mailbox - 6/12/11

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Here are the new books I got this week:

For review:

Breath of Angel by Karyn Henley

When Melaia, a young priestess, witnesses the gruesome murder of a stranger in the temple courtyard, age-old legends recited in song suddenly come to life. She discovers wings on the stranger, and the murderer takes the shape of both a hawk and a man.
Angels. Shape-shifters. Myths and stories—until now.
Melaia finds herself in the middle of a blood feud between two immortal brothers who destroyed the stairway to heaven, stranding angels in the earthly realm. When the feud turns violent and Melaia becomes a target, she finds refuge with a band of angels attempting to restore the stairway. But the restoration is impossible without the repayment of an ancient debt—the “breath of angel, blood of man,” a payment that involves Melaia’s heart, soul, and destiny. (Finished copy, I already read the ARC and reviewed it here.)

Bought:

The Western Mysteries: The Case of the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence

When desperados kill a preacher and his wife in a small frontier town, their foster child P.K. is forced to go on the run. P.K. must get a valuable letter to the Recorder’s Office before anyone else can get their hands on it. It’s not easy: Virginia City in 1862 is a glorified mining camp on a barren mountain above a great vein of silver. Seething with miners below ground and hustlers above, it’s a dangerous place, full of gamblers, hurdy girls, saloon-keepers and gunmen, all of them on the make. When twelve year-old P.K. Pinkerton arrives there, homeless, penniless and hunted, things don’t look good. But armed with a Smith & Wesson seven-shooter and a knack for disguises, P.K. takes on the tricksters and desperados who are out to get him and he finds possible allies: Sam Clemens, the new reporter for the paper, a gambler called ‘Poker Face Jace’ who knows how to tell if someone is bluffing, a derringer-packing Soiled Dove, and a Chinese photographer’s apprentice called Ping. (I love Caroline Lawrence's Roman Mysteries series, so I am looking forward to reading her new series! I also got a signed bookplate and poster from the author in the mail)

3 comments:

Christina T said...

I hadn't heard of either of these but they both look good, especially the first one. It is interesting to see Christian publishers publishing YA paranormal titles though high fantasy has been part of Christian fiction from the beginning.

Kristina said...

Breath of Angel sounds fantastic! I will have to look more into this book

Lisa said...

oh wow.. first time I heard of them but they look awesome.

here's mine

 
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