Coucou les p’tits elfes !

Pour rappel, la rubrique In My Mailbox a été mise en place par Kristi du blog The Story Siren et reprise en France par Lire Ou Mourir. C’est un moyen de partager les livres reçus chaque semaine dans notre boîte aux lettres ainsi que les livres achetés ou empruntés à la bibliothèque.

La semaine dernière, trop absorbée par mon projet d’écriture (#ProjetB), j’ai complètement zappé de vous poster l’In My Mailbox de la semaine, alors qu’il contenait quelques jolies pépites! Je me rattrape donc en vous montrant les réceptions des deux dernières semaines.

En VF :

Angor, de Franck Thilliez

Camille Thibault est gendarme dans le nord de la France. Depuis sa greffe du coeur, ses collègues s’inquiètent pour elle. Chaque nuit, elle fait des cauchemars ou une femme séquestrée l’appelle au secours. Un rêve tellement vrai, comme un souvenir… celui de son donneur ? Camille n’a plus qu’une obsession : retrouver son identité et découvrir quel drame il a vécu…
Au même moment, à une centaine de kilomètres de là, deux employés de l’Office National des Forêts constatent les dégâts des orages violents survenus en ce mois d’août. Dans une cavité laissée par un arbre déraciné, ils croient apercevoir une ombre. L’un d’eux s’approche. Deux yeux presque blancs, dépourvus d’iris, c’est tout ce qu’il aura le temps de voir avant qu’une main venue des entrailles de la terre ne lui agrippe les cheveux.
Lucie et Sharko sont en train de donner le biberon à leurs jumeaux quand Franck est appelé sur une nouvelle affaire : une femme, victime d’une longue séquestration. Presque aveugle, tant elle est restée dans le noir… sous un arbre. L’enquête prend des proportions inhabituelles lorsque Sharko s’aperçoit qu’à chacune de ses découvertes, il a été devancé par une jeune femme, gendarme dans le Nord…

En VO :

Chalcedony Chronicles #1 – Carnelian, de B. Kristin McMichael – chronique à venir

Mari is a young woman headed off to college. She’s lived a typical and unremarkable life; until she becomes the object of desire of the hunky star quarterback who’s known for adding notches to his bedpost. Mari commits herself to resist him, but that’s not so easy when you’re stuck together on the campus of a tiny and remote liberal arts college. Eventually she begins to realize that maybe he isn’t who he seems, and that perhaps neither is she.

From a college campus in northern Minnesota to the sands of ancient Egypt, Carnelian begins an adventure, and a romance, that will cross the span of time and space.

Chalcedony Chronicles #2 – Chrysophrase, de B. Kristin McMichael – chronique à venir

*****Ne lisez le résumé que si les spoilers ne vous dérangent pas!! *****

Mari’s return to the present was not exactly what she expected. As the goddess predicted, there are always consequences to going into the past. Now, with the help of her friend Ty, Mari must find a way to get her loved ones back. Unfortunately, it may require the assistance of an ex-boyfriend whom she never wished to see again. He just might be the key to learn how to time travel on her own, or he might have another motive. Mari is left to decide, can he be trusted to help?

Blue Eyes #1 – The Legend of the Blue Eyes, de B. Kristin McMichael

Arianna Grace liked her boring, Midwestern, teenage life where she ignored the many unanswered questions of her childhood. Why were her parents dead? Why did she not have family? Where was she raised until she was five? When someone offers to explain it all, Arianna thinks she’s just getting answers. Instead, she is thrown into a world of night humans who drink blood.

On Arianna’s sixteenth birthday, her world is thrown upside down when she changes into a vampire. Night humans, or demons, as some call them, live in normal society. Learning all of the new rules of a world she didn’t know existed might be hard enough, but it’s further complicated by two former-friends that now want to help her take her role as the successor to her grandfather.

There is a war going on between the night humans. Sides have been taken and lines are not crossed. Four main clans of night humans are struggling for control of the night. Divided into two sides, clans Baku and Tengu have been at war for centuries with the clans Dearg-dul and Lycan. That is, until Arianna Grace finds out the truth; she’s the bridge of peace between the two sides. But not everyone wants peace. With the night humans divided, Arianna is now a pawn in the war between them. She must choose a side–her mother’s family or her father’s–and for once in her life, decide her own fate.

The Land of Stories #1 – The Wishing Spell, de Chris Colfer

Alex and Conner Bailey’s world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales.
« The Land of Stories » tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.

Rogues of Scotland #1 – The Craving, de Donna Grant
(sur les conseils d’Aurélia)

A QUEST FOR HAPPINESS

Resigned to a lonely life after a fierce betrayal of the man who broke her spirit, Meg Alpin retreats to her family’s castle. In her pursuit to move on with her life, she uncovers long buried secrets and discovers something magical amidst the furniture in the tower. In one instant, her dull world is given bright new meaning in the form of a Highlander too magnificent, too handsome to be real.

A DESIRE FOR FREEDOM

Cursed and caged in a mirror by a gypsy, Ronan Galt’s existence is complete darkness and unquenchable need. When he’s brought back into the light, his distrust of women is at odds with his instant attraction to the beautiful and strong Meg. In his quest to be free of his prison, he will learn the true meaning of love – but will it be too late to claim the woman that was destined to be his?

Voilà pour ce qui est des acquisitions de ces deux dernières semaines, en attendant de déballer le colis surprise qui m’attend au pied du sapin !
Très bon dimanche à vous les p’tits elfes !