This Week's Upcoming Releases - May 31 - June 6

There are so many amazing books being released in June it almost makes me look at my ever-growing TBR pile with complete despair as I wonder how am I ever going to get through it with all of these wonderful books that now need to be read.  But that's what summer holidays are all about and I will soon be on mine and then it's time to read, read, and read some more.  I can't wait!!!!  But until that time, here are a few of the books I am anxiously awaiting, being released this week.

Street Game (Ghostwalker Series, Book 8)

by Christine Feehan

Release Date: May 31, 2010

For Mac McKinley and his team of Ghost Walking killing machines, urban warfare is an art.  But despite a hard-won knowledge of the San Francisco streets, Mack knows from experience that too many things can still go wrong.  Danger was just part of the game - and now he's come face-t0-face with a woman who can play just as tough.  Will coming together again get them both killed, or bring them back together?

The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare
by Arliss Ryan
Release Date: June 1st, 2010

An inventive and vibrant historical novel about a woman who dared to be the equal of the Bard of Avon.

Dreamveil (Kyndred Series, Book 2)

by Lynn Viehl

Release Date: June 1st, 2010

Rowan Dietrich grew up on the streets.  Now she's out to start anew, find a job - and keep her identity as a Kyndred secret, as well as her ability to 'dreamveil' herself into the object of others' desires.

But Rowan isn't using her gift when world-class chef Jean-Marc Dasant is stricken by her beauty and strength.  And when dark secrets from her past threaten her new life and love, Rowan realizes she can't run forever...

Lightborn (Darkborn Trilogy, Book 2)

by Alison Sinclair

Release Date: June 1st, 2010

The Darkborn aristocracy has rejected magic, viewing the pursuit of science as the only goal.  But Lady Telmaine Hearne does not have that luxury.  She has kept her own powers secret, fearful of being ruined in society...until her husband Balthasar draws her into a conspiracy to protect the archduke and his brother against a magical enemy.  But who will protect them from her?

Hostage Queen

by Freda Lightfoot

Release Date: June 1st, 2010

Marguerite de Valois, the most beautiful woman in the French court, is the subject of great intrigue.  She loves Henri of Guise, but is married off to Henry of Navarre, which - her mother hopes - will bring peace to the realm.  But, within days, the streets of Paris are awash with blood, and Marguerite and her new husband are held hostage by her own family.  Can they ever hope to escape alive?

From Hell With Love (Secret Histories, Book 4)

by Simon R. Green

Release Date: June 1st, 2010

It's no walk in the park for a Drood, a member of the family that has protected humanity from the things that go bump in the night for centuries.  

Now their matriarch is dead, and it's up to Eddie Drood, acting head of the family, to find out whodunit. 

Bones of Contention (Dinah Pelerin Mystery, Book 1)

by Jeanne Matthew

Release Date: June 1st, 2010

A wannabe anthropologist with a passion for mythology, Dinah tries to sort out the complicated song lines of her own ancestors while struggling to understand Dreamtime and solve not one, but two bizarre murders. The Aboriginal concept of payback law takes on a terrible new meaning.

The Faculty Club

by Danny Tobey

Release Date: June 1st, 2010

At the world's most exclusive law school, there's a secret society rumoured to catapult its members to fame and fortune.  Everybody is dying to get in...

The Ghosts of Ashbury High

by Jaclyn Moriarity

Release Date: June 1st, 2010

In the tradition of the gothic novel, this is a story about ghosts, secrets, madness, passion, locked doors, femme fatales, and that terrifying moment in the final year of high school when you realize the future's come to get you.

These are the books I am looking forward to this week.  What do you think?