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Tommy wakes up to find his gorgeous new vampiric girlfriend Jody has turned him into a vampire so he could be with her all of the time. Tommy is easy-going enough and goes with the flow but he's only 19 and has a lot to learn. Now he has to adjust to a new life, hide his vampirism from his buds (a group called "The Animals") and give up his job at the supermarket. To please Jody, he decides to help her find a minion to do their bidding. This brings Abby Normal, a goth-wanna-be girl, into their lives. With her humorous typical teen journal entries (OMFG, LOL!) and her silly thoughts about goth-ness and vampires, she adds a bit of humor to the book just when I was beginning to get a wee bit bored with a plot that doesn't seem to be going anywhere at all. Moore has a talent for poking fun at stereotypes without ever being cruel. Not my favorite by this author but fun enough.

The final installment in the "Fake" series. The series started out a little rough but it didn't take long at all until the two main characters really grew on me. This book wraps everything up and ends with the long awaited next step in Dee & Ryo's relationship. Sexy, humorous and sweet all at the same time with a lot of interesting action to keep things moving, I'm sad to see this series come to an end.

Another fun entry in this series. I am going to be so sad when I finish up #7, the last book in the series. I didn't enjoy this one as much as #4 but it was still a solid entry in the series. This time the boys are investigating a murder case that has ties back to Ryo and tests his kinder, gentler nature (at least in comparison to Dee). Bikky and Carol (who start the book at 10 & 13 and age to 15 & 18 in the last chapter)interrupt Dee's latest attempt to deflower Ryo. JJ appears for some comic relief.

Another great entry in the "Fake" series. Again, Dee's plans to seduce his partner Ryo are interrupted by sleep, kids or police work. This entry takes a look at Ryo's past and explains why he is so alone.

This book has received many rave reviews but I found it difficult to get into. It featured so many characters and swings back in forth in time that I couldn't keep them all straight.

Told from the viewpoint of Ruby who lets the reader in on her relatives (and boy, does she have a ton) most intimate secrets. It's interesting but the continued time flips and the huge cast of characters keeps jolting me out of the story.

I finished but but it remained too confusing and uninvolving a read for me to rate any higher than a 3. It just seemed to go on and on with minor peaks and valleys and lots of death and tragedy but no huge climax or surprises. None that were very surprising or shocking to me at least. Only sad and dreary.

Fake #2 picks up where #1 left off. Police Officer Dee has pleaded his way into taking off some vacation time along with his partner Ryo. Ryo went along with the plans because he was under the impression that their young friend Bikky would be joining them. Sounds weird, but this book is so far from reality that you just have to go with it. Anyway, Dee has plans to seduce naive Ryo but of course that doesn't work out when Bikky and Carol show up and then Dee & Ryo find themselves smack in the middle of a murder mystery, complete with ghost.

This was better than the first book because it filled in some gaps, delved into Dee's past, and had some sweetly tender moments. I'm really looking forward to completing the series.

I read the previous book in this series called Wolf Tales and for some reason decided to read this one anyway. It is so unbelievably repetitive and boring and contains a "big secret". I have little patience for the old tired "big secret" plot line or for dull books anymore.

The plot is about a secret clan of highly sexual werewolves who work to combat terrorism (or something). The alpha wolf of the clan has raised his daughter Tia without telling her the secret of their race. He sends her off to school so she won't be anywhere near him & his pack. When she's well past the age of changing he allows his top man Luc to initiate her into the pack which will include five other horny guys. Tia is a beauty and a full blooded werewolf and once given the correct supplements to "change" will become the alpha bitch for all of the men who drool over her the moment they set eyes on her. She will only be "mated" (the soul mate) to one however. In real words: she'll sleep with them all but her heart will belong to only one. Poor thing. Luc accidentally killed her mother when she was a wee child but he withholds this from her until the last infuriating minute because he's afraid to face up it.

I finished this book but I'm not sure why. It was more like a mostly vanilla, slightly steamy romance with some bad words thrown in and only a little bit of kink. All of the weirdness that strangely kept me reading the first book was written out of this one and it read more like a post 9/11 espionage romance novel with some werewolves thrown in. Borrrring and pretty pointless.

Wow, did this book ever make me cry. I have to pass it along because every time I look at the back page containing a picture of Gus and Stephanie I go all teary again.

This book chronicles the story of Stephanie, a young woman battling cancer, who decides to save the life of a homeless young dog named Gus. The book tells their story in both prose and photography and is both beautiful and heartbreaking. I can't bear to read it again so will be setting it free sometime soon.

I'm not sure how I ended up with this book because it's unlike most of the books I tend to read. Danny is a young man who in his younger days sang with his family and they became pretty well known. Sadly, Danny's teen years met with tragedy and now he's an unsatisfied and unhappy mailman who longs for a happy life on a farm and a loving wife. Despite the pain in his past he has strong faith in God, is an optimist, rather naively innocent sort of guy who believes the majority of the world is good. His surviving brother, however, holds the opposite view and the two are somewhat estranged.

One day Danny is kissed by a beautiful woman in an almost dream-like sequence and is convinced she is the woman his heart longs to meet. Danny is a bit of a dreamer and it isn't made clear if this is all real or made up in his mind. After a misadventure he sets out on a road trip and meets some oddball characters. But no matter where he ends up he always makes friends and manages to fit in. With no money and little in the way of luck he finds his way and his faith never wavers. This was a very quirky, character based read and was very enjoyable. It is not overly preachy and the character reminded me a lot of Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas. The ending was unexpected but fit well with the rest of the story. This was a very emotional book filled with lots of pain but also inspiring in that a good attitude and faith can get you through the toughest of times.

This is an illustrated story that reads back to front about two young male officers recently partnered up who are painfully attracted to each other. Dee is out and doesn't care who knows it (though he claims he's "bi") while Ryo is much more innocent and confused by his feelings. With Dee in the lead, he creates some cute, sexy, comical situations and steals a kiss from Ryo whenever and wherever he can. The two must fight drug lords and deal with young delinquents. The dialogue between Dee & Ryo is fun which more than makes up for the often silly and inept police work and all of the sleep-overs for whatever reason. The only thing annoying me quite a bit is the silly fighting between Dee and a young street kid named Bikky. It seems too juvenile for a grown man who is supposed to be an officer of the law and reads more like a parody . . . I'll definitely track down more of these. So fun.