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A half hour later, I pulled into my driveway. I live with my mom in a quintessential Maine farmhouse, complete with white paint, blue shutters, and a shroud of ever-present fog. This time of year, the trees blazed fiery shades of red and gold, and the air held the crisp smells of pine sap, burning wood, and damp leaves. I jogged up the porch steps, where five portly pumpkins watched me like sentinels, and let myself in.

“I’m home!” I called to my mom, the light in the living room giving away her location. I dropped my keys on the sideboard and went back to find her.

She dog-eared her page, rose from the sofa, and squeezed me in a hug. “How did your night go?”

“I am officially drained of every last ounce of energy.” I pointed upstairs. “If I make it up to bed, it will be by sheer mental power alone.”

“While you were out, a man stopped by looking for you.”

I frowned. What man?

“He wouldn’t leave his name, and he wouldn’t tell me how he knew you,” my mom continued. “Should I be worried?”

“What did he look like?”

“Round face, ruddy complexion, blond hair.”

Him, then. The man who had a bone to pick with Patch. I fabricated a smile. “Oh, right. He’s a salesman. Keeps trying to get me to commit to senior pictures with his studio. Next thing you know, he’ll want to sell me graduation announcements too. Would it be completely disgusting if I skipped washing my face tonight? Staying awake an extra two minutes at this point is pushing it.”

Mom kissed my forehead. “Sweet dreams.”

I climbed to my bedroom, shut the door, and flopped spread-eagled on my bed. The music from the Devil’s Handbag still pulsed at the back of my head, but I was too tired to care. My eyes were halfway shut when I remembered the window. On a groan, I staggered over and unlatched the lock. Patch could get inside, but I wished him luck trying to keep me awake long enough to elicit a response.

I pulled my blankets up to my chin, felt the soft, blissful tug of a dream beckoning me closer, let it drag me under—

And then the mattress sank with the weight of another body.

“Not sure why you’re so enamored with this bed,” Patch said. “It’s twelve inches too short, four feet too narrow, and the purple sheets aren’t doing it for me. My bed, on the other hand . . .”

I opened one eye and found him stretched out beside me, hands clasped loosely behind his neck. His dark eyes watched mine, and he smelled clean and sexy. Most of all, he felt warm pressed up against me. Despite my best intentions, the close proximity was making it increasingly difficult to concentrate on sleep.

“Ha,” I said. “I know you don’t care how comfortable my bed is. You’d be fine on a pallet of bricks.” One of the downsides of Patch being a fallen angel was that he couldn’t feel physical sensation. No pain, but no pleasure either. I had to be content knowing that when I kissed him, he felt it on an emotional level only. I tried to pretend it didn’t matter, but I wanted him to feel electrified by my touch.

He kissed me lightly on the mouth. “What did you want to talk about?”

I couldn’t remember. Something about Dante. Whatever it was, it seemed unimportant. Talking in general seemed unimportant. I snuggled in closer, and Patch stroked his hand down my bare arm, making a warm tingly sensation shoot all the way to my toes.

Looking Ahead 2012

OCTOBER 2 :

Phantom Shadows by Dianne Duvall (Immortal Guardians #3)

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Mortal Ties by Eileen Wilks (World of the Lupi #9)

Reflected in You by Sylvia Day (Crossfire #2)  

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole (The Arcana Chronicles #1)

OCTOBER 9:

Velveteen by Daniel Marks (Velveteen #1)

OCTOBER 23:

Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Caster Chronicles #4)

The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #1)

Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick (Hush, Hush #4)

NOVEMBER 6 :

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2)

Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis (Animal Magnetism #3)

Dire Wants by Stephanie Tyler (Eternal Wolf Clan #2)

NOVEMBER 13 :

Black City by Elizabeth Richards (Black City #1)

NOVEMBER 20 :

Undeadly by Michele Vail (The Reaper Diaries #1)

NOVEMBER 27 :

Wild About You by Kerrelyn Sparks (Love at Stake #13)

Shadow's Claim by Kresley Cole (The Dacians #1)

DECEMBER 1 :

The Boys of Summer by C.J. Duggan 

DECEMBER 4 :

Archangel of Mercy by Christina Ashcroft

DECEMBER 6 : 

Rogue Rider by Larissa Ione (Lords of Deliverance #4)

DECEMBER 11 :

Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #3)

36 Great YA Novels!

1. Immortal City by Scott Speer (Reviewed) [Immortal City series #1]

2. Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick [Hush, Hush series #3]

3. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry 

4. Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

5. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

6. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson 

7. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Reviewed) [Lux series #1]

8. What I Didn't Say by Keary Taylor (Reviewed)

9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [Harry Potter #7]

10. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

11. Thrill Ride by Rachel Hawthorne, Jan Nowasky

12. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

13. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins [The Hunger Games series #1]

14. High Heat by Carl Deuker

15. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

16. Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey [Jessica series #1]

17. If I Stay by Gayle Forman [If I Stay series #1]

18. Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols

19. The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima [The Heir Chronicles series #2]

20. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

21. Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen

22. Struts & Frets by Jon Skovron

23. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Reviewed) [Caster Chronicles    series #1]

24. Intertwined by Gena Showalter (Reviewed) [Intertwined series #1]

25. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

26. The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg

27. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare (Reviewed) [The Mortal Instruments series #4]

28. Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles [Leaving Paradise #2]

29. Red Glove by Holly Black [Curse Workers #2]

30. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

31. Shift by Jeri Smith-Redy [Shade series #2]

32. The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa [Iron Fey series #3]

33. Something Like Normal by Trish Doller (Reviewed)

34. Looking For Alaska by John Green

35. When it Happens by Susane Colasanti 

36. Paper Towns by John Green