In My Mailbox (9)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren.  I'm really excited about the books I won this week.  They look like so much fun.

Contest wins:

The Arranger: A Futuristic Thriller by L.J. Sellers

The year is 2023 and ex-detective Lara Evans is working as a freelance paramedic in a new bleak world.  She responds to an emergency call and isnearly killed when a shooter flees the home.  Inside she finds the federal employment commissioner wounded, but she's able to save his life.

The next day Laraleaves for the Gauntlet - a national competition of intense physical and mental challenges with high stakes for her home state.  She spots the assailant luring at the arena and soon after, she lands in deep trouble.  Who is the mysterious killer and what is motivating him?  Can Lara stop him, stay alive, and win the Gauntlet?

Descended by Blood: A Vampire Born Trilogy, Book One by Angeline Kace - signed along with a signed bookmark and some awesome nail polish

Brooke Keller's a high school kunior who never spent much time living in one place.  She's finally in a town long enough to almost snag the boy of her dreams, until her life is threatened by a fanged man in his attempt to kidnap her.  Brooke begins a dangerous  journey to find out who is after her and how to stop them.  Thrown into a world with powerful and prejudiced vampires, Brooke must tap into the side of herself that she never knew existed, at the risk of losing her life in order to save it.

From librarything:

B-Sides and Broken Hearts by Caryn Rose

Lisa Simon, age 37, still loves loud punk rock and hates Dave Matthews with an all-consuming passion. April 15, 2001 should have been just another Sunday night. But a news headline landing in Lisa's email inbox changes everything: "Joey Ramone is dead." The death of one of her teenage heroes serves as an long-overdue wake-up call causing Lisa to examine her life and how she's lived it, from her youth as a poet on the streets of the East Village to 10 years later, all grown up with a career and a fiance. Add to the mix Jake McDaniel, lead singer of million-selling, critically-regarded Seattle band Blue Electric, known better to Lisa as the starving renegades who lived next door to her when she first arrived in Seattle. In the midst of an unexpectedly heated argument with the fiance over the historical relevance (or not) of the Ramones - which forces Lisa to face the truth about her relationship - Jake writes and invites Lisa to LA. Throwing what seems like half her cd collection in the car, along with a wardrobe consisting of high heels, jeans and t-shirts, Lisa starts driving from Seattle to LA in the middle of the night, accompanied by music, memories, and the ghosts of the past. Arriving in LA, she finds refuge, but also collides with her past, present and future; decisions need to be made, and this time, Lisa stands her ground.