A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K Hamilton (2002) Ballentine Books

Meredith Gentry is an L.A. private eye.  She’s also a fae princess.  To become queen, she must bear a child before her cousin can father one of his own.  So she proceeds to attempt the feat with the warriors of her royal guard.  And she has to stop an ancient evil that is trying to destroy the fabric of reality.

Goldfinger by Ian Fleming (1959) Penguin Books

Bond investigates the gold smuggling operation of Auric Goldfinger, a financier of SMERSH.  Goldfinger has a plan to steal the gold from Fort Knox.

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2012) Ballentine Books

The book was so good, I hated it.  Ms. Flynn can pull your emotions every which way.  

On Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary, with the celebration planned and ready to get underway, Amy disappears.  The police jump to the regular conclusion that the husband killed the wife.  And Nick does himself no favors, caught in lie after lie.  The ending will make you jump.

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (2014) Viking 

Sarah Grimke, living in pre-Civil War Charleston, is given Handful, a slave, to be her handmaiden.  Sarah doesn’t want a slave, but she is given no choice.  Over the next thirty-five years as the girls get closer and Handful looks for a way to freedom, Sarah and her younger sister, Angelina, go north to help with abolition and women’s rights.

Deadwood by Peter Dexter (1986) Random House

Deadwood, Dakota territories, 1876.  Wild Bill Hickock, his friend, Charlie Utter, and Calamity Jane come together in a real wild-west story.  There are Chinese immigrants, gamblers, whore masters, miscreants, and a man who is convinced that Hickock has bested him and ruined his reputation.  He also knows he could not beat the legendary gunman in a fair fight.  But what’s fair in real life?

Allegiant by Veronica Roth (2013) Katherine Tegen Books 

Told in a completely different way from the first two volumes, as a he-said, she-said approach to the tale.  It was difficult for me to stay in the story.  The movie did not attempt this viewpoint and as better for it. 

This time, the two main characters choose to trust each other and follow their choice of allegiance and love.