Showing posts with label Eileen Wilks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eileen Wilks. Show all posts
Thursday, February 14, 2019
We Have the Cover of World of the Lupi #15!!!!
Yeah, we have the cover of the final book in the Word of the Lupi series by Eileen Wilks! And it's so freaking great!
Monday, January 14, 2019
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #397, January 14th
It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:
Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #396
Teaser Tuesday #404
WWW Wednesday #404
WOW #400
Will the Time Come #397
Third Sentence Thursday #387
Random Reads #373
First Lines Friday #400
The Reward Challenge Update #382
Book Blogger Hop #66
How Well I Stuck to It #234
Wrote that Review Update #231
Week 2 Reviews:
Unbinding
Mind Magic
Dragon Spawn
Dragon Blood
The New Kid
Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox
Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal
Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn On the Lights?
Moonlight and Sunscreen
Black Wings
Night Out
A Good Bargain
Black Night
OK, so I got 17 posts in 7 days, it was a pretty decent week, I'm getting back into the swing of blogging, as well as all the end of year/start of a new year things. What about you guys? Happy reading!
So this week I want to read Rosemary and Rue, A Local Habitation, An Artificial Night, Late Eclipses, One Salt Sea, Ashes of Honor, Chimes at Midnight, Full of Briars, The Winter Long, Dark Shores, The Dragon Sickness, Kill the Queen, and Protect the Prince.
A PIRATE WITH A WILL OF IRON
Teriana is the second mate of the Quincense, a ship beholden to the Goddess of the Seas. Her people are born of the waves, and they alone know how to cross the impassable oceans between East and West.
A SOLDIER WITH A SECRET
Marcus is the commander of the Thirty-Seventh, the notorious legion that has led the Celendor Empire to conquer the entire East. The legion is his only family, and even they don't know the secret he's been hiding since childhood.
A DANGEROUS QUEST
When a power-hungry ruler captures Teriana's crew and threatens to reveal Marcus's secret unless they help him conquer the unknown West, the two are forced into an unlikely–and unwilling– alliance. They unite for the sake of their families, but both must decide how far they are willing to go, and how much they are willing to sacrifice.
It's official. Kaelan Younger has finally been accepted as a dragon tamer at the Akademy. Yet even as she begins to learn the extent of her powers, a mysterious illness stalks the dragons and threatens Prince Lasaro.
More than her bond with the prince is endangered when Kaelan seeks help from a most unlikely source. As a result, the lies to cover her deception mount. But with the enemy's armies gathering at Alveria's borders, Kaelan will do whatever it takes to save those she has sworn to protect—even if it means sacrificing herself.
Now Kaelan and Lasaro must find a way to heal the dragons and harness the depth of their connection in order to stop the treachery from within.
If not, a once great nation will fall.
Everleigh Blair might be the new gladiator queen of Bellona, but her problems are far from over.
First, Evie has to deal with a court full of arrogant, demanding nobles, all of whom want to get their greedy hands on her crown. As if that wasn't bad enough, an assassin tries to kill Evie in her own throne room.
Despite the dangers, Evie goes ahead with a scheduled trip to the neighboring kingdom of Andvari in order to secure a desperately needed alliance. But complicating matters is the stubborn Andvarian king, who wants to punish Evie for the deaths of his countrymen during the Seven Spire massacre.
But dark forces are at work inside the Andvarian palace, and Evie soon realizes that no one is safe. Worse, Evie's immunity to magic starts acting in strange, unexpected ways, which makes her wonder whether she is truly strong enough to be a Winter Queen.
But Evie's magic, life, and crown aren't the only things in danger—so is her heart, thanks to Lucas Sullivan, the Andvarian king's bastard son and Evie's . . . well, Evie isn't quite sure what Sullivan is to her.
Only one thing is certain—protecting a prince might be even harder than killing a queen…
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Week 2 Reviews: Unbinding, Mind Magic, Dragon Spawn, Dragon Blood, The New Kid
In the newest Novel of the Lupi, the human and elven worlds are both about to come under attack…
After questing through the sidhe realms with her ex-hellhound lover, Nathan, Kai Tallman Michalski has finally returned home. But she knows Nathan will eventually be called back to serve his queen—and Kai will have to decide whether to enter her majesty's service as well. Sure, the job comes with great bennies, but there's one big downside: she would have to swear absolute fealty to the Queen of Winter.
For now, though, Kai is glad to be home, and glad that Nathan completed his mission for his queen with surprising ease. But what seemed to be a quick conclusion turns out to be anything but. The two of them helped thwart the sidhe god of chaos—and he is not happy about that. He's got plans for them. Plans, too, for the sidhe who killed him some three millennia ago. Nor has he abandoned his plans for Earth, as they learn when chaos begins bursting out all over...
From Goodreads:
FBI agent Lily Yu's mind is a dangerous place to be in the latest Novel of the Lupi…
Thanks to the mindspeech lessons she's receiving from the black dragon, Lily is temporarily benched from Unit Twelve—until her brain acclimates and the risk of total burnout passes. At least she has her new husband, lupi Rule Turner, to keep her occupied.
But when her mentor calls in a favor and sends Lily to a murder scene, she's suddenly back on active status—despite the hallucinations she can't keep at bay. With one touch, Lily knows the man was killed by magic, but her senses don't warn her how far the conspiracy goes…
A shadowy force within the government wants to take Unit Twelve down, and they don't mind killing to achieve their goal. With none of her usual resources, Lily is up against impossible odds–because with her mind in disarray, she can't trust anything she sees.
From Goodreads:
The New York Times bestselling author of Mind Magic returns as FBI agent Lily Yu gets some very bad news…
Lily learns she was right. Tom Weng—a powerful sorcerer allied with the Old One who keeps trying to take over the world—is still alive. But that's not the worst. Weng is a dragon spawn, the product of a botched hatching given a human form in an attempt to keep him from going mad. A failed attempt.
Meanwhile, Lily's husband Rule is facing a Challenge to the death. Then there's the possible reappearance of another sorcerer. But none of that matters when their enemy strikes out of nowhere in the worst way possible. Lily must face a nightmare and return to a place she never wanted to see again. The place where she died…
From Goodreads:
The battle against a vengeful goddess reaches a climactic point as Lily Yu must now face the ultimate challenge in a dangerous new realm—without her husband, Rule...
When a mission to rescue five children stolen by an Old One falls apart under the assault of a demon prince, Lily wakes up in a strange reality—and is immediately taken captive by the dragon spawn who rule there. Jumping worlds has fractured her party, and Cynna is her only companion.
Although the clock is ticking, time works differently, and Lily has miraculously gained a week. That means seven days to free herself, find Rule and the others, rescue the children, and make it home alive. All before the dragon spawn holding her hostage trade her to the Old One. It would almost be doable if this weren't Lóng Jia—also known as Dragonhome: the birthplace of dragons.
The battle against a vengeful goddess reaches a climactic point as Lily Yu must now face the ultimate challenge in a dangerous new realm—without her husband, Rule...
When a mission to rescue five children stolen by an Old One falls apart under the assault of a demon prince, Lily wakes up in a strange reality—and is immediately taken captive by the dragon spawn who rule there. Jumping worlds has fractured her party, and Cynna is her only companion.
Although the clock is ticking, time works differently, and Lily has miraculously gained a week. That means seven days to free herself, find Rule and the others, rescue the children, and make it home alive. All before the dragon spawn holding her hostage trade her to the Old One. It would almost be doable if this weren't Lóng Jia—also known as Dragonhome: the birthplace of dragons.
From Goodreads:
This free short story takes places in Rule's past, specifically January 10, 1976 during his Sophomore year of high school in a small town near Clanhome. It's a fun look into a time when Rule wasn't Lu Nuncio yet and was just learning how to integrate with humans.
This free short story takes places in Rule's past, specifically January 10, 1976 during his Sophomore year of high school in a small town near Clanhome. It's a fun look into a time when Rule wasn't Lu Nuncio yet and was just learning how to integrate with humans.
My first review of Unbinding, Mind Magic, Dragon Spawn, Dragon Blood, The New Kid
My Review:
Wow, it was so great to read these books again, and back to back, at that! Because Dragon Spawn and Dragon Blood are very connected, and the weird timeline made it so great to read them together! Yeah, I made a great decision there!
Unbinding is the 2nd full length book in the series that isn't starring Lily and Rule. The first was Night Season with Cynthia and Cullen, and this time it was Kai and Nathan. It's kind of a part two to Ritual Magic, so it combined two different things that were kinda different in one book, and it was an awesome mix!
Mind Magic to Dragon Blood, we learn so, so, so much about dragons! Like why they're all male, and how they procreate. Their history. So many reveals that have a big part to play, because for one reason or another, that's why things are happening now! So intriguing!
That ending of Dragon Blood was so satisfying! It's the ending of a battle from the end of Dragon Spawn, and finish it out was fantastic! And then to have so many changes and that shocking end...I just really need more!
Loved reading these books, and I'm really excited for what's currently, as far as I know, called The Codex!!!!!
Author: Eileen Wilks
Series: World of the Lupi #11, 12, 13, 14, 0.1
First Read: February 6th, 7th, 2016, October 7th, 2016, October 12th, 2017, July 28th, 2014
Read: January 5th, 6th, 6th, 8th, 8th, 2019
Source: Own, Free
Reason Why: Rereading! And they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2019 Books!
Publisher: Berkley Sensation, Berkley, Berkley Jove
Published: October 7th 2014, November 3rd 2015, December 6th 2016, January 2nd 2018, September 1st 2013
Unbinding:
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Mind Magic:
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Dragon Blood:
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The New Kid:
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Friday, January 11, 2019
Book Blogger Hop #66, January 11th
Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop's purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
The Question of the week is: What is your first book of the year? - (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews)
The first book that I read in 2019 was Blood Challenge by Eileen Wilks. What about you guys? Happy reading!
The first book that I read in 2019 was Blood Challenge by Eileen Wilks. What about you guys? Happy reading!
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
WWW Wednesday #404, January 9th
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?
Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme!
I'm currently reading Black Wings, and yeah, really enjoying reading it again!
I read Dragon Blood, and yeah, it's a fantastic book and I really hope that we'll get more in this series!
I'm going to be reading Black Night, and I can't wait, I really enjoyed this series!
What about you guys? Happy reading!
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?
Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme!
What about you guys? Happy reading!
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Teaser Tuesday #404, January 8th
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
"It seems we have two points to examine-the status of Cynna Weaver and the terminology used for the claimed. We may have been sloppy in using the same term for both the children and those who are claimed as prisoners."
This is very interesting, because it's very language specific and reminds me of lawyer stuff. It's an interesting look into how the dragon spawns minds work! What about you guys? Happy reading!
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
"It seems we have two points to examine-the status of Cynna Weaver and the terminology used for the claimed. We may have been sloppy in using the same term for both the children and those who are claimed as prisoners."
This is very interesting, because it's very language specific and reminds me of lawyer stuff. It's an interesting look into how the dragon spawns minds work! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Monday, January 7, 2019
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #396, January 7th
It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:
Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #395
Teaser Tuesday #403
WWW Wednesday #403
WOW #399
Will the Time Come #396
Third Sentence Thursday #386
Random Reads #372
First Lines Friday #399
The Reward Challenge Update #381
Book Blogger Hop #65
How Well I Stuck to It #233
Wrote that Review Update #230
Week 1 Reviews:
Tempting Danger
Mortal Danger
Blood Lines
Night Season
Good Counsel
Cyncerely Yours
Mortal Sins
Human Nature
Blood Magic
Blood Challenge
Death Magic
Human Error
Mortal Ties
Ritual Magic
Originally Human
Inhuman
Slaying It
Alpha and Omega
Burning Bright
Random:
What I Wanted to Read in 2018
2018 Reviews
Happy New Years!!! 2019 Version
Best Books Read in 2018
Last Letter, First Letter Reading Challenge 2019
R.I.P. Winky Paarsmarkt
So this week I want to read Unbinding, Mind Magic, Dragon Spawn, Dragon Blood, The New Kid, The Gilded Wolves, Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox, and Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal.
No one believes in them. But soon no one will forget them.
It's 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance.
To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a band of unlikely experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian banished from his home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in arms if not blood.
Together, they will join Séverin as he explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the course of history--but only if they can stay alive.
Kimiko enrolls at the In-between's prestigious new high school, which is designed to promote the integration of the human and inhuman races. As a reaver, she's supposed to act as peacemaker, bridging a formidable cultural gap, but the other two members of her triad don't need any help in that department. Akira and Suuzu have been friends since middle school. Instead, the boys must rally behind Kimiko when she inadvertently initiates a courtship with Eloquence Starmark.
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Week 1 Reviews: Tempting Danger, Mortal Danger, Blood Lines, Night Season, Good Counsel, Cyncerely Yours, Mortal Sins, Human Nature, Blood Magic, Blood Challenge, Death Magic, Human Error, Mortal Ties, Ritual Magic, Originally Human, Inhuman
National bestselling author Eileen Wilks draws readers into a bold new world where the magical and mundane co-exist in an uneasy alliance--and a cop balanced on her own knife-edged struggle is their only hope against a cold-blooded killer.
Lily Yu is a San Diego police detective investigating a series of grisly murders that appear to be the work of a werewolf. To hunt down the killer, she must infiltrate the clans. Only one man can help her--a were named Rule Turner, a prince of the lupi, whose charismatic presence disturbs Lily. Rule has his own reasons for helping the investigation--reasons he doesn't want to share with Lily. Logic and honor demand she keep her distance, but the attraction between them is immediate and devastating-and beyond human reason. Now, in a race to fend off evil, Lily finds herself in uncharted territory, tested as never before, and at her back a man who she's not sure she can trust.
From Goodreads:
Former cop Lily Yu has her sister's wedding to attend, a missing magical staff to find, and now must deal with her grandmother's decision to return to the old country. Lily could turn to the man she's involved with for advice, but for all the passion that flares between them, she doesn't really know Rule Turner--she's just bound to him for life. Rule happens to be a werewolf, and Lily wonders just how far she can trust him.
From Goodreads:
Touch-sensitive FBI agent Lily Yu and her werewolf bond-mate are recruited by the Secret Service to help identify elected officials who have accepted demonic pacts. But Lily must turn to fellow agent Cynna Weaver for help when Cynna's former teacher, a demon master, emerges as the main suspect behind the pacts.
After a demon commits a gruesome murder, sorcerer Cullen Seabourne joins the team racing the clock to find the apprentice of evil who uses demons to kill. Cynna and Cullen must work together- a challenge indeed when each has good reason to ignore the desire simmering between them. But passion and events both spiral out of control as an ancient prophecy is fulfilled- and the lupi's greatest enemy sets her sights on total devastation.
Touch-sensitive FBI agent Lily Yu and her werewolf bond-mate are recruited by the Secret Service to help identify elected officials who have accepted demonic pacts. But Lily must turn to fellow agent Cynna Weaver for help when Cynna's former teacher, a demon master, emerges as the main suspect behind the pacts.
After a demon commits a gruesome murder, sorcerer Cullen Seabourne joins the team racing the clock to find the apprentice of evil who uses demons to kill. Cynna and Cullen must work together- a challenge indeed when each has good reason to ignore the desire simmering between them. But passion and events both spiral out of control as an ancient prophecy is fulfilled- and the lupi's greatest enemy sets her sights on total devastation.
From Goodreads:
Pregnancy has turned FBI Agent Cynna Weaver's whole life upside down. Lupus sorcerer Cullen Seabourne is thrilled to be a father, but what does Cynna know about kids? Her mother was a drunk and her father abandoned his family. Or so she's always believed...
As Cynna is trying to wrap her head around this problem, a new one pops up in the form of a delegation from another realm. They want to take Cynna and Cullen back with them- to meet her long-lost father and find a mysterious medallion. But when these two born cynics land in a world where magic is common-place and night never ends, their only way home lies in tracking down the missing medallion- one also sought by powerful beings who will do anything to claim it.
From Goodreads:
This snippet takes place after Night Season (World of the Lupi, #4) and just before the free short story, Cyncerely Yours (World of the Lupi, #4.5). It’s more of a scene than a complete story, but I thought readers who've enjoyed the series might enjoy listening in on Cullen's counselling session with Father Michaels.
From Goodreads:
This is a short story to enhance the ending of NIGHT SEASON and it centers around Cynna and Cullen. Unless you're one of those people who doesn't mind spoilers, be sure to read NIGHT SEASON before you read this free short story!
From Goodreads:
FBI agent Lily Yu is in North Carolina with her lover and mate, Rule Turner, Lu Nuncio of the Nokolai werewolf clan. He is there to take custody of his son from the boy's grandmother. It's a purely personal trip until Rule, in wolf form, finds three bodies in a shallow grave. They carry the stench of death magic, which makes the murders a federal crime. Lily takes charge of the investigation and soon realizes that nothing adds up- not the motives or the main suspect, who is behind bars when death strikes again.
But murder, however bizarre, is an everyday affair for Lily, who was a homicide cop before being recruited into the FBI's Magical Crimes Division. A more personal shock arrives in the form of Rule's son's mother. Why would she now challenge Rule's plan to bring his son to live among the Nokolai? But family matters must take a backseat when the violence escalates, and there's no rhyme or reason for the next strike- by a killer who may not even be of this world.
This snippet takes place after Night Season (World of the Lupi, #4) and just before the free short story, Cyncerely Yours (World of the Lupi, #4.5). It’s more of a scene than a complete story, but I thought readers who've enjoyed the series might enjoy listening in on Cullen's counselling session with Father Michaels.
From Goodreads:
This is a short story to enhance the ending of NIGHT SEASON and it centers around Cynna and Cullen. Unless you're one of those people who doesn't mind spoilers, be sure to read NIGHT SEASON before you read this free short story!
From Goodreads:
FBI agent Lily Yu is in North Carolina with her lover and mate, Rule Turner, Lu Nuncio of the Nokolai werewolf clan. He is there to take custody of his son from the boy's grandmother. It's a purely personal trip until Rule, in wolf form, finds three bodies in a shallow grave. They carry the stench of death magic, which makes the murders a federal crime. Lily takes charge of the investigation and soon realizes that nothing adds up- not the motives or the main suspect, who is behind bars when death strikes again.
But murder, however bizarre, is an everyday affair for Lily, who was a homicide cop before being recruited into the FBI's Magical Crimes Division. A more personal shock arrives in the form of Rule's son's mother. Why would she now challenge Rule's plan to bring his son to live among the Nokolai? But family matters must take a backseat when the violence escalates, and there's no rhyme or reason for the next strike- by a killer who may not even be of this world.
From Goodreads:
An urban fantasy novella from USA Today bestselling author Eileen Wilks's world of the lupi, where the darkest magic will leave its mark…
FBI Agent Lily Yu is turning twenty-nine—a milestone she's decidedly ambivalent about. But her birthday celebration is cut short when the naked, heavily tattooed body of a man is found in a Northern California town. The victim was David Pruitt, and years ago, he was close friends with Rule Turner, prince of the lupi.
At first it seems like a bizarre ritual killing, but there's more than magic afoot: David wasn't human. And the killer isn't finished…
From Goodreads:
Lily Yu and Lupi prince Rule Turner have a bigger problem than their families not accepting their impending human/werewolf mixed marriage. A powerful ancient nemesis of Lily's grandmother has come to San Diego to turn the city into a feeding ground.
From Goodreads:
Lily Yu and Rule Turner's engagement announcement is stirring up ugly passions in the Humans First camp. There's hate mail. Death threats. Lily's car is vandalized. But professionally, things are going smoothly...until a lupus in Tennessee goes on a killing spree.
Then Rule's brother, Benedict, catches a lovely intruder--twice. The first time she's sneaking around the home of the leader of Humans First. The second time, she sneaks into Nokolai Clanhome with a mysterious potion.
It may not be possible to deal with the rapidly escalating situation the way Lily always has: through the law. Especially when she's pulled off the case due to an alleged conflict of interest. Lily's loyalties will be stretched to the breaking point when she discovers that the deaths in Tennessee were only the opening skirmish in an all-out war.
From Goodreads:
DEATH MAGIC opens with Special Agent Lily Yu in Washington, D.C. with her fiancé--lupi prince Rule Turner—to testify before a Senate subcommittee about her role in the magical collapse of a mountain last month. She is not there to tell them about the strange legacy she carries from that event—or about the arcane bond between her and Rule--or what her boss in Unit Twleve of the FBI's Magical Crimes Division is really up to. She sure won't tell them that the lupi are at war with an Old One who wants to remake humanity in her own image.
Lily is managing the conflict between her duty as an officer of the law and the need for secrecy pretty well . . . until the rabidly anti-magic senator who chairs that committee is murdered. The line between right and wrong, always so clear to her, becomes hopelessly blurred as events catapult them all towards disaster, and prophecies of a cataclysmic end to the country she loves and serves--and to the entire race of lupi--seem well on their way to being fulfilled.
From Goodreads:
In this urban fantasy novella set in New York Times bestselling author Eileen Wilks's world of the lupi, a family holiday provides respite from an ongoing war—but not without a few skirmishes of its own...
Benedict would do anything to make Arjenie happy, even spend Christmas meeting her large, Wiccan, entirely human family. As a lupi warrior who's lived most of his life at Clanhome, Benedict is more than a little nervous. He isn't used to fitting in with humans, let alone a family who celebrates the Wiccan holiday of Yule.
Benedict even asked his brother for advice about clothes, hoping to create the right impression. So it's a shame that things go wrong from the moment he steps out of the car . . .
From Goodreads:
"Eileen Wilks is a truly gifted writer," (Romance Junkies) and her Novels of the Lupi have drawn readers into a seductive world of action, suspense, and passion. Now, FBI agent Lily Yu tracks a traitor into the darkest shadows yet…
FBI agent Lily Yu is living at Nokolai Clanhome with her fiancé, lupi Rule Turner, when an intruder penetrates their territory, stealing the prototpye of a magical device the clan hopes will be worth a fortune--if a few bugs can be worked out . . .
But the protoytpe can be dangerously erratic, discharging a bizarre form of mind magic—and it looks like the thief wants it for that very side effect. Worse, whoever stole the device didn't learn about it by accident. There's a Nokolai traitor in their midst. Lily and Rule have to find the traitor, the thief, and the prototype. One job proves easy when the thief calls them--and his identity rocks Rule's world.
As they race to recover their missing property, they find Robert Friar's sticky footprints all over the place. Robert Friar--killer, madman, and acolyte of the Old One the lupi are at war with--an Old One whose power is almost as vast as her ambition to rock the entire world . . .
From Goodreads:
In Eileen Wilks's new Novel of the Lupi, FBI agent Lily Yu is about to confront a power even darker than magic…
On her 57th birthday, Lily's mother suddenly loses all memory beyond the age of twelve. Lily knows her mother was attacked by something more than magic. More . . . and darker.
When Lily and Rule discover that others suffered the same, mysterious loss—at the same time on the same night—their investigation into the darkness begins. Joining them is someone Lily never thought she'd see again: Al Drummond, who once tried to destroy her. He also happens to be dead. But the mysterious attacks were caused by a power strong enough to affect matters beyond the world of the living.
With some victims losing years of memory and others their lives, Lily must discover what on earth—or beyond—connects them.
An urban fantasy novella from USA Today bestselling author Eileen Wilks's world of the lupi, where the darkest magic will leave its mark…
FBI Agent Lily Yu is turning twenty-nine—a milestone she's decidedly ambivalent about. But her birthday celebration is cut short when the naked, heavily tattooed body of a man is found in a Northern California town. The victim was David Pruitt, and years ago, he was close friends with Rule Turner, prince of the lupi.
At first it seems like a bizarre ritual killing, but there's more than magic afoot: David wasn't human. And the killer isn't finished…
From Goodreads:
Lily Yu and Lupi prince Rule Turner have a bigger problem than their families not accepting their impending human/werewolf mixed marriage. A powerful ancient nemesis of Lily's grandmother has come to San Diego to turn the city into a feeding ground.
From Goodreads:
Lily Yu and Rule Turner's engagement announcement is stirring up ugly passions in the Humans First camp. There's hate mail. Death threats. Lily's car is vandalized. But professionally, things are going smoothly...until a lupus in Tennessee goes on a killing spree.
Then Rule's brother, Benedict, catches a lovely intruder--twice. The first time she's sneaking around the home of the leader of Humans First. The second time, she sneaks into Nokolai Clanhome with a mysterious potion.
It may not be possible to deal with the rapidly escalating situation the way Lily always has: through the law. Especially when she's pulled off the case due to an alleged conflict of interest. Lily's loyalties will be stretched to the breaking point when she discovers that the deaths in Tennessee were only the opening skirmish in an all-out war.
From Goodreads:
DEATH MAGIC opens with Special Agent Lily Yu in Washington, D.C. with her fiancé--lupi prince Rule Turner—to testify before a Senate subcommittee about her role in the magical collapse of a mountain last month. She is not there to tell them about the strange legacy she carries from that event—or about the arcane bond between her and Rule--or what her boss in Unit Twleve of the FBI's Magical Crimes Division is really up to. She sure won't tell them that the lupi are at war with an Old One who wants to remake humanity in her own image.
Lily is managing the conflict between her duty as an officer of the law and the need for secrecy pretty well . . . until the rabidly anti-magic senator who chairs that committee is murdered. The line between right and wrong, always so clear to her, becomes hopelessly blurred as events catapult them all towards disaster, and prophecies of a cataclysmic end to the country she loves and serves--and to the entire race of lupi--seem well on their way to being fulfilled.
From Goodreads:
In this urban fantasy novella set in New York Times bestselling author Eileen Wilks's world of the lupi, a family holiday provides respite from an ongoing war—but not without a few skirmishes of its own...
Benedict would do anything to make Arjenie happy, even spend Christmas meeting her large, Wiccan, entirely human family. As a lupi warrior who's lived most of his life at Clanhome, Benedict is more than a little nervous. He isn't used to fitting in with humans, let alone a family who celebrates the Wiccan holiday of Yule.
Benedict even asked his brother for advice about clothes, hoping to create the right impression. So it's a shame that things go wrong from the moment he steps out of the car . . .
From Goodreads:
"Eileen Wilks is a truly gifted writer," (Romance Junkies) and her Novels of the Lupi have drawn readers into a seductive world of action, suspense, and passion. Now, FBI agent Lily Yu tracks a traitor into the darkest shadows yet…
FBI agent Lily Yu is living at Nokolai Clanhome with her fiancé, lupi Rule Turner, when an intruder penetrates their territory, stealing the prototpye of a magical device the clan hopes will be worth a fortune--if a few bugs can be worked out . . .
But the protoytpe can be dangerously erratic, discharging a bizarre form of mind magic—and it looks like the thief wants it for that very side effect. Worse, whoever stole the device didn't learn about it by accident. There's a Nokolai traitor in their midst. Lily and Rule have to find the traitor, the thief, and the prototype. One job proves easy when the thief calls them--and his identity rocks Rule's world.
As they race to recover their missing property, they find Robert Friar's sticky footprints all over the place. Robert Friar--killer, madman, and acolyte of the Old One the lupi are at war with--an Old One whose power is almost as vast as her ambition to rock the entire world . . .
From Goodreads:
In Eileen Wilks's new Novel of the Lupi, FBI agent Lily Yu is about to confront a power even darker than magic…
On her 57th birthday, Lily's mother suddenly loses all memory beyond the age of twelve. Lily knows her mother was attacked by something more than magic. More . . . and darker.
When Lily and Rule discover that others suffered the same, mysterious loss—at the same time on the same night—their investigation into the darkness begins. Joining them is someone Lily never thought she'd see again: Al Drummond, who once tried to destroy her. He also happens to be dead. But the mysterious attacks were caused by a power strong enough to affect matters beyond the world of the living.
With some victims losing years of memory and others their lives, Lily must discover what on earth—or beyond—connects them.
From Goodreads:
Molly doesn't look her age. In fact, Molly never will, having already been around for centuries with no signs of wear. That's because Molly is a succubus—not demonic, but cursed. A victim rather than victimizer—and more than sympathetic to the gorgeous and naked man she finds hiding in the woods. Unlike Molly though, he has no memory of his past—only that he’s being hunted for reasons he can't explain. Now they must both try and solve the riddle of his origin before his past—or even hers—reaches out of the darkness to destroy them.
Certain people in Midland, Texas, are dying. All of them were Gifted, and all of them have been drained of their blood. Kai is a reluctant telepath with a skewed Gift—she sees thoughts instead of experiencing them. So, unlike other Midlanders, she can intuit that they have a "Guardian." She also knows that the Guardian Nathan isn't human. His true nature hasn’t been divined. Neither has hers. But when another one of the Gifted is found dead, Kai herself becomes a suspect. And only Nathan can save her.
My first review of Tempting Danger, Mortal Danger, Blood Lines, Night Season, Good Counsel, Cyncerely Yours, Mortal Sins, Human Nature, Blood Magic, Blood Challenge, Death Magic, Human Error, Mortal Ties, Ritual Magic, Originally Human, Inhuman
My Review:
I just really enjoyed reading this series again! And this time, all together, not spread over the course of 2 years! It's so good and different and interesting, and I love the set up of the world! I love watching Lily and Rule navigate this intriguing world together!
These books are one part detective mystery, one part paranormal, one part romance. It all comes together in a blend that it so easy to read! And with Lily and Rule staring in almost all of these books, we also got to see their relationship start and grow! So fantastic!
I just love this world of the Lupi, of the Lady who created them to fight one of the crazy Old Ones. Of the Chosen, and why and how that works. So many possibilities, and we explore different things in each book. Like, I'd forgotten the whole thing with the dragons in Blood Magic!
At first the war was simmering as it had been for the past 3000 or so years since the good guys one. But for the Lupi, it wasn't over. And as events in this series rev up, well, so has the war. There've been a few losses, and there more to come. But they're fighting an insane and powerful being who is evil, so they're on the right side!
Such a great series, and I need to finish the rest of what's been published, ASAP!
Author: Eileen Wilks
Series: World of the Lupi #1, 2, 3, 4, 4.2, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 10, 1.5, 3.5
First Read: July 28th, 2014, November 28th, 2014, December 31st, 2014, November 17th, 2015, December 29th, 29th, 29th, 2015, January 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 2016, February 6th, 6th, 2016, November 28th, 2014, November 8th, 2015
Read: December 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 31st, 31st, 31st, 2018, January 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 2019
Source: Own, Free Online, Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Rereading! And they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2019 Books!
Publisher: Berkley, Eileen Wilks, Penguin Group (USA)
Published: October 5th 2004, November 1st 2005, January 2nd 2007, June 2nd 2008, January 7th 2008, January 5th 2008, February 3rd 2009, January 5th 2010, February 2nd 2010, January 4th 2011, November 1st 2011, October 2nd 2012, September 3rd 2013, August 7th 2012, September 4th 2012
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Mortal Danger:
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Blood Lines:
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Night Season:
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Good Counsel:
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Human Nature:
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Blood Magic:
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Blood Challenge:
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Death Magic:
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Human Error:
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