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Midnight Alley
Claire Danvers has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. The protection her contract secures does little to reassure her friends. All of a sudden, people are turning up dead, a stalker resurfaces from Claire’s past, and an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for [...]

The woods came to the edge of the property: to the gravel of the drive, the electronic gate, and the green twisted-wire fence that kept out the boars.
I’ve heard many good good things about Guy Gavriel Kay’s writing, his ability to create wonderful characters, and a sense of place that puts you right in the [...]

Welcome to another author interview here at Bart’s Bookshelf, and this time our guest brings pirates!
Danielle Thorne, freelanced for online and print magazines from 1998 through 2001, adding reviewing and editing to her resume. 2009 will see the release of two novels: THE PRIVATEER, a 1729 historical about British privateering in the Caribbean, and TURTLE [...]

Little Peggy was very careful with the eggs.
Set in an alternate version of 19th Century America, Seventh Son, follows the story of Alvin Miller Jr, a ten year old boy (and the titular Seventh Son (of a Seventh Son)). The America in which Alvin lives is one coloured by the folk magic and lore of [...]

If I close my eyes, and breath to the rolling rhythm of the sea, I can still remember that long ago day.
Washed up on the shores of ancient Wales, the boy had no home, no memory and no name…
He was determined to find all three.
Years after he washed up on the Welsh coastline, Emrys and [...]

Welcome to my first author interview! The lucky victim volunteer is Kristen Callender, and she is here to talk about her new book, The Truth Lies in the Dark. And I’d like to thank her, and welcome her to the site.
Hi there, Kristin would you please briefly introduce yourself [...]

One book, this week, just one! Aren’t I good?
And this one is for the World Citizen Challenge and it’s not really anybodies fault, so no bad bloggers points to hand out this week
Although it is Eva’s challenge, and I did choose it specifically for that one…
Hmmm…

‘His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.’ With these words “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” draws to a close. And here, in this seventh and final book, Harry discovers what fate truly has in store for him as he inexorably makes his way to that final meeting with Voldemort. In this thrilling climax to the phenomenally bestselling series, J.K. Rowling will reveal all to her eagerly waiting readers.

It’s a strange kind of robbery: nothing is missing and the only damage done is to the criminals. David Braun, star investigator for an exclusive insurance firm, discovers the truth that the crime was intended to conceal. Behind it all, is a ruthless thief, who is intent on acquiring a priceless antique – an antique with a bloody history its owners would prefer to keep hidden.

Jonah and the rest of the elite team of teenage thieves have been sent on a mission by Coldhardt to retrieve an ancient grimoire. He believes it to be a magical book of the law of the dead. Something like that could fetch a very good price in the right market. But when they go in to get it, they discover another team of thieves has beaten them to it.