All I Need Is You by Johanna Lindsey

A wonderfully, romantic novel about a headstrong girl going out of her way to prove herself in the most dangerous way. Then she meets an equally headstrong man and they but heads and hearts...

Headstrong Casey Straton inherited her mother's beautiful eyes and her father's stubborn temperament. So when she is denied the responsibility of running her grandfather's ranch despite her unladylike prowess at roping, riding and shooting the high-spirited hellion storms away from her Texas home, determined to prove she can do much more than "woman's work."

Successful businessman Damian Rutledge III came West for vengeance. But though he possesses a powerful physique and unwavering courage, the handsome Eastern "dude" would have surely been lost in the wild west without the timely intervention of a half-pint bounty hunter called "Ed." There is more to this fearless gunslinger than first meets the eye, however. And when Damian discovers his rescuer is, in fact, a stunningly sensuous young lady named "Casey' in disguise, he realises dial there are going to be very serious complications on the rocky trail that is leading them both toward a dangerous, irrepressible love.

Johanna Lindsey's enchanting romantic adventure All I Need Is You is the sequel to her immensely popular A Heart So Wild. Lovely and tempestuous Casey Straton the headstrong child of Chandros Straton and Courtney Harte leaves her Texas home determined to prove to her parents that she can do more than "woman's work." Successful businessman Damien Rutledge III came west looking for vengeance. But though he is strong and fearless, the handsome Eastern "dude" would have surely been lost in the wild West were it not for the timely intervention of a half-pint bounty hunter called "Kid." but when Damien discovers his rescuer is, in fact, a stunningly sensuous young lady named Casey in disguise, he realises that there are going to be very serious complications on the rocky trail that is leading them both toward a dangerous, irrepressible love.

Under the Lake by Stuart Woods

Under the Lake

In the beautiful mountains of North Georgia lies a lake built by an obsessed man at a terrible price. This placid body of water has brought prosperity to an isolated community, and with it, two strangers who intermingle with the insular local folk, strangers probing into crimes against nature from generations past that cannot remain submerged beneath the waters' surface.

Under the Lake marks the eagerly awaited return to the South of his Edgar Award winning novel Chiefs. John Howell, once a top investigative journalist, comes to this backcountry town on the run from a once promising personal and professional life that has somehow gone sour. What he finds is a mystery so deep, so complex, so bizarre, that he cannot concentrate on the book he has come here to write.

The story begins with his entanglement in a subtle, but relentless battle waged by the autocratic town father and the local sheriff against an outcast family, ravaged by its origins. Howell is further drawn in by his involvement with two women - an ambitious young reporter on the prowl for corruption, and a shy backwoods beauty, forsaken by the world because of her family's ill kept secret. Then, without warning, visits from an otherworldly young girl haunt Howell as his rustic cabin becomes a spectral theater offering strange and frightening images of a hideous event of long ago.

Here is a truly mesmerizing psychological thriller, a story of the dark underside of a Southern town and its inhabitants. It is a story only Stuart Woods could write. Under the Lake is his most compelling work yet.

What people are saying:

"Under the Lake is overwhelming. Part detective story, part Southern gothic - I've never read a novel like it in my life. Oh, Jesus, that lake, that lake and all that lies beneath it! Everything is swept away by the simple raw power of the concept and Stuart Woods' ability to actually carry it off. Under the Lake scared the living shit out of me, at the same time it was satisfying me with its flow, characters and humor. Christ, I'll have nightmares about that lake! "

- Stephen King


"Mezmerizing, could not put this book down to save my life... spent every spare moment reading this just to see what will happen, I definitely recomend this story to anyone captivated by a good ghost tail"

- my review

Club Dead by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #3)

Sookie's boyfriend has been very distant-in another state, distant. Now she's off to Mississippi to mingle with the underworld at Club Dead-a little haunt where the vampire elite go to chill out. But when she finally finds Bill-caught in an act of betrayal-she's not sure whether to save him...or sharpen some stakes.

now I've read the others before starting this and will make sure I post a review for all of them when I can... not much to write just that I enjoy all of the Sookie Stackhouse series so far and the comedy factor is great

Later Callie

Books

After 2 years of seeing the freedom to read week going on I've decided to start a blog on the books I have read which will include books previously on the banned list or ones that have been challenged... I don't not believe in censorship and this is my way of supporting those who fight it!