Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 In : Weekly Top 10 Lists
Rounding up of this week's Top 10 historical romance books:  1) Rainwater, Sandra BrownThe year is 1934. With the country in the stranglehold of drought and economic depression, Ella Barron runs her Texas boardinghouse with an efficiency that ensures her life will be kept in balance. Between chores of cooking and cleaning for her residents, she cares for her ten-year-old son, Solly, a sweet but challenging child whose misunderstood behavior finds Ella on the receiving end of pity, derision, an... Continue reading...
Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Saturday, November 14, 2009 In : Weekly Top 10 Lists
It has been a while since I've done a review of our latest arrivals, so here's a quick round up of this week's Top 10 all-time favourite books:  1) The Lacuna, Barbara KingsolverIn her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. The Lacuna is a poignant story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their modern identities. Born in the Uni... Continue reading...
Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Thursday, October 8, 2009 In : Weekly Top 10 Lists
Here are this week's Top 10 favourite fantasy books:  1) A Touch of Dead, Charlaine Harris (Book 19, Southern Vampire)New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her 'spunky' (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written - together in one volume. Stories include 'Fairy Dust,' 'One Word Answer,' 'Dracula Night,' 'Lucky,' an... Continue reading...
Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 In : Weekly Top 10 Lists
Here are this week's Top 10 favourite romance books:  1) An Echo in the Bone, Diana Gabaldon (Book 7, The Outlander)Diana Gabaldon’s brilliant storytelling has captivated millions of
readers in her bestselling and award-winning Outlander saga. Now, in An Echo in the Bone,
the enormously anticipated seventh volume, Gabaldon continues the
extraordinary story of the eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and
his twentieth-century time-traveling wife, Claire Randall. Jamie
Fraser, former Jacobi... Continue reading...
Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Monday, October 5, 2009 In : Book Reviews
 Synopsis:
It begins one day in sophomore English class, just as Ellie Barnett's teacher is assigning Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". From nowhere comes a quiet 'tsk' of displeasure. The target: Sam Blaine, the cute bad boy who's teasing Ellie mercilessly, just as he has since kindergarten. Entirely unbidden, as Jane might say, the author's ghost has taken up residence in Ellie's mind, and seems determined to stay there. Jane's wise and witty advice guides Ellie through the hell of adolesc...
Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Sunday, October 4, 2009 In : Book Reviews
 Synopsis:
He was everything she'd sworn to avoid ...
Poppy Hathaway loves her unconventional family, though she longs for normalcy. Then fate leads to a meeting with Harry Rutledge, an enigmatic hotel owner and inventor with wealth, power, and a dangerous hidden life. When their flirtation compromises her own reputation, Poppy shocks everyone by accepting his proposal - only to find that her new husband offers his passion, but not his trust.
And she was everything he needed ...
Harry was willing ...
Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Thursday, September 24, 2009 In : Book Reviews
Synopsis:In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world’s most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling - a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths..all under the watchful eye of Brown’s most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling... Continue reading...
Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Monday, September 14, 2009 In : Book Reviews
 Synopsis:
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.
But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints foun...
Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Thursday, September 10, 2009 In : New Arrivals
Here are the latest arrivals in our catalog for Aug 25 - Sept 4:  Dark Slayer, Christine Feehan (Book 20, Carpathians)
Ivory - a rare Carpathian female - has been protected by her brothers for most of her life. But once she frees the mage Razvan from his prison cave, they must flee together, enemies of Carpathian hunters as well as vampires. Ivory senses that Razvan is more than he appears to be, and she vows to go against the entire Carpathian race to help him, risking both their lives in orde... Continue reading...
Posted by Ocean Book Haven on Monday, September 7, 2009 In : Book Reviews
 Synopsis:
A former Elite Ops captain with a dark past meets his match in a female ex-CIA agent who’s dead-set on revenge. And this time, the action — and the attraction — is more adrenaline-pumping than ever...
DARE TO DESIRE
John Vincent has always led a life of danger, and now he has every reason to want to remain as dead as the obituary in the Australian papers had proclaimed him to be. He’d left nothing behind in the life he had once led — except for one woman, and one night of unf...
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