Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!

Which books did you purchase today?

Go to the link above and add to the list - it looks like a really fun concept!

Free Novel

http://katerothwell.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanks-meljean.html

Kate Rothwell (aka Summer Devon) is making her historical romance novel, THE RATCATCHER, available for free download (it’s a PDF)*. She only asks that if you download it, please e-mail her and let her know.

Buy a Book - Save the World

I picked this up from Alison Kent, who got it from moonrat an editor in the publishing world:





For anyone who cares about the book publishing industry and wants to do their part, there’s one simple action step:

Buy a book this weekend.

Just buy one.

Buy your sister a book instead of a sweater for her birthday; buy your friend who can’t even make toast or boil water a beginner’s cookbook; buy your company’s receptionist a novel you liked because most people probably ignore him/her (it’s always a her, though, isn’t it?) and you’ll make his/her day.

Buy your holiday gifts now. Instead of a CD for your brother, buy him a book on his favorite recording artist.

Instead of going to the library this one week buy the book you were going to read–it might only be a difference of a couple of bucks in the end. One day this week, make a peanut butter sandwich, skip going out for lunch, and buy a paperback.

(…)

It doesn’t matter what. It doesn’t have to be a literary fiction hardcover. If could be a $5.99 mass market nutrition guide, a $4.99 young reader chapter book, a Harlequin romance. Your money will still prevent returns of other books (…) Even if it’s not by your favorite author or your favorite publishing house, your favorites will be indirectly affected.

It doesn’t matter where. Sure, buying at the chains will help against the returns, but you can help out the publisher with your purchase no matter how you get it, even on the internet.

Review Call of the Wild by Sierra Dafoe

Welcome to Wolf Creek Cove... In an isolated area of northern Manitoba lives an unusual breed of wolf. They are the Shumani, the wolves who walk as men. But the longer they go without contact with humans, the more they regress into wild wolves. Larak and his den-brother Kam watched helplessly as the Shumani dwelling in the hills above Wolf Creek were taken over by Hunt, a vicious black wolf who will do anything to retain control of the pack. Now, with the arrival of the only human they've seen since cubhood, Larak and Kam vow to end Hunt's domination. Sarah Hartwell, domestic disaster and wolf aficonado, has left her fiance to spend eight months studying the wolves. Little does she know she will become a pawn in the battle for control of the Shumani -- a pawn Hunt is determined to remove from the game. Can Larak and Kam convince her to give up a safe, secure life among her own kind for one of danger, passion, and the call of the wild?
Available at Changeling Press


A nice, if short, menage story with shapeshifting, danger, and love all mixed together. Sierra has written an entertaining short that I recommend for all lovers of shapeshifters.

Sarah gets quite the surprise when her friend calls to tell her the wolves they had watched a few years ago were back. With things not going so well with her boyfriend, Sarah decides to go back to the isolated area and study the pack.

She did not expect to rescue a wolf and find a naked man on her doorstep. But the secret that man holds is nothing she could possibly imagine. And yet, when danger threatens, Sarah can't turn her back on the man who doesn't care that she can't boil water.

Have the two brothers, last of their family, finally found the woman who will complete their lives? Or will she turn away in disgust at their dual nature, and their dual desires?