Charlaine Harris, Kelly Armstrong

Definately Dead
Charlaine Harris

Sookie Stackhouse, mind-reading cocktail waitress and ex-girlfriend of vampire Bill Compton has been called to New Orleans. The Vampire Queen of Louisiana wants her to settle the estate of her cousin Daisy, a vampire who had been the Queen's favorite before her marriage. While Sookie is dealing with the dead guy in Daisy's closet, she encounters the intriguing were-tiger Quinn again. She is pleased to realize he wants to date her - and not just because of her psychic ablilities.
The Southern Vampire mysteries are always a kick to read; Sookie is a likeable barmaid next-door who just happens to read minds, and her sense of humor and spirit keep me coming back to read more.

UUUUU = Five Tubs

BubbleBath tip #6
Always make sure you have everything you'll want
on hand before you step into the tub

Broken
Kelley Armstrong

Elena is bored. She is waiting for the birth of her child, and has been anxoius about them for her entire pregnancy. No female werewolf has ever been known to bear children. Clay, the father of her baby, and the rest of the pack are very concerned, both for the health of the babies, and for Elena's mental well-being.
When the Pack is asked to help retrieve a stolen letter, an apparently simple project for werewolves, the Pack agrees to help, not just to return a favor, but also to distract Elena from her concerns.

However, what seems to be an innocent letter turns out to be something quite different - the letter opens a portal that Elena and her Pack must close, as it is unleashing the horrors of the 19th century on a modern world. Not to mention the killer zombies....

I anticipate the Women of the Underworld books a great deal - and Broken does not disappoint.

UUUUU = Five Tubs