New Releases for December 2012
Here are just a few of the books to look forward to in December. Click the series titles for more information via Goodreads.
Saturday, December 01, 2012
When Camille was six
years old, she was discovered alone in the snow by Enrico Vultusino,
godfather of the Seven—the powerful Families that rule magic-ridden New
Haven. Papa Vultusino adopted the mute, scarred child, naming her after
his dead wife and raising her in luxury on Haven Hill alongside his own
son, Nico.
Now Cami is turning sixteen. She’s no longer mute,
though she keeps her faded scars hidden under her school uniform, and
though she opens up only to her two best friends, Ruby and Ellie, and to
Nico, who has become more than a brother to her. But even though Cami
is a pampered Vultusino heiress, she knows that she is not really
Family. Unlike them, she is a mortal with a past that lies buried in
trauma. And it’s not until she meets the mysterious Tor, who reveals
scars of his own, that Cami begins to uncover the secrets of her
birth…to find out where she comes from and why her past is threatening
her now.
New York Times bestselling author Lili St. Crow thrilled legions of fans with her dark paranormal series Strange Angels. Now
she has crafted an evocative update of Snow White, set in a vividly
imagined world and populated by unforgettable new characters.
The fourth and final
book in the Warrior King series, set in the thrilling Scottish
Highlands, continues the story of four brave men destined to return the
legendary king of Scotland to his throne
Trey MacAlpin knows
they're close to the moment when the true king will finally be able to
reveal himself. Until them, it is imperative that he and his brothers
stick to their mission--a task that would be much easier if his three
brothers hadn't lost their heads and fallen in love! Trey thought he was
safe from that trap--until he finds himself accidentally married to
Bliss, a woman whose power isn't only over his heart.
Bliss knows
she has a duty to her people to use her power to warn them of danger.
But if this power keeps bringing her into contact with handsome Highland
warriors, it must mean something. Her visions didn't show her that she
would end up married to one of them! Trey MacAlpin is everything she
would want in a mate, but his duty to his clan clashes with hers. Can
they find a way to bring their two lives together--or will forces from
beyond this world finally manage to break them apart?
The West is a wild
place, where the poison wind blows and the dead walk. But there is gold,
and whiskey, and enough room for a man to forget what he once
was--until he can no longer can.
Jack Gabriel's been the
sheriff in Damnation almost since the town grew out of the dust and the
mud. He keeps the peace--sort of--and rides the circuit every dawn and
dusk with the chartermage, making sure the wilderness doesn't seep into
their fragile attempt at civilization. Away from the cities clinging to
the New World's eastern rim, he doesn't remember what he was. At least,
he tries not to. Good enough.
But Damnation is growing, and along
comes a schoolmarm. Catherine Barrowe is a right proper Boston miss,
and it's a mystery why she would choose this town where everything
scandalous and dangerous is probably too much for a quality lady like
her. Sometimes the sheriff wonders why she came out West--because
everyone who does is running from something. He doesn't realize Cat may
be prickly, delicate, and proper, but she is also determined. She's in
Damnation to find her wayward older brother Robbie, whose letters were
full of dark hints about gold, trouble...and something about a claim.
In
a West where charm and charter live alongside clockwork and cold steel,
where hot lead kills your enemy but it takes a blessing to make his
corpse stay down, Cat will keep digging until she finds her brother. If
Jack knew what she was after, he could solve the mystery--because he was
the one who killed Robbie.
The thing is, Cat's brother just won't stay dead, and the undead are rising with him...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Jeff and Kitty
Katt-Martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps
are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C.
politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures
arrive, no one’s too surprised. They’re also the least of anyone’s
worries.
Evil androids running amok, birds of all kinds and
from all places creating havoc, a Senator trapped in an ever-tightening
web of intrigue, and escalating international tensions all seem tough
but manageable. But the disappearance of Jeff Martini and Charles
Reynolds during the International One World Festival signals more than
the usual nastiness — and it looks like even ACE can’t help them.
Then new trouble arrives in old packages and even with the best
hackers in the world, beings from near and far, the full might of
Earth’s military, and the Wonder Twins on their side, Centaurion
Division’s outmanned and outgunned.
Now Kitty’s racing
against the clock to find not only Jeff and Chuckie, but to keep the
peace between Middle Eastern countries, all while searching for the
bases of super-soldier operations — to stop them or die trying.
Brace yourself for cutting-edge suspense in the scorching third novel of Shannon K. Butcher’s new action-romance series...
“I NEED TO KNOW IF ANYONE WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT.”
In his years working for the private security firm The Edge, Clay
Marshall has seen it all. But the recent blackouts he's been having are
new. So is waking up with blood on his hands and clothes, with no memory
of where the blood came from—or who he might have killed. He hates to
admit it, but he needs help.
Dr. Leigh Vaughn has treated
other Edge employees before, but from the moment she sees him for the
first time, Clay strikes her as a special breed of man. She knows he’s
dangerous, and distrustful of doctors, but she finds herself drawn to
him even as his own steely exterior gives way to his growing desire for
her.
Neither knows, however, that Clay is being used as a pawn
in a larger experiment, and that his blackouts are only the first step
toward a terrifying goal. And both Leigh and Clay will put themselves in
harm’s way to stop an unseen enemy—and to save one another.
In AD 1331, warlord
Vladimir Barbu seizes control of Transylvania. But in spite of his
bloody triumph, his claim to the throne remains out of reach. The king
of Hungary opposes his rule, the Transylvanian people despise his brutal
ways, and the high priestess needed to crown him has vanished without a
trace. But Barbu hasn’t come this far only to be thwarted by a woman.
He unleashes his best hunters to track her down and bring her to
him—dead or alive.
For Xavian Ramir, killing is the only life he
has ever known. Torn from his family when he was a child, he was trained
from an early age to be an elite assassin. But now he longs for
something more, vowing to start anew after one last job. The bounty on
his target’s head is enough to set him up for good—if he can resist the
long-dead conscience that stirs to life when he meets his beautiful
mark.
Afina Lazar never wanted to become high priestess, but the
brutal murders of her beloved mother and sister leave her no choice. Now
she is running for her life, desperate to protect the magical amulet
entrusted to her care. But when Barbu’s assassin comes for her, she
realizes her only chance of stopping the warlord’s rise to power is to
convince this enigmatic—and handsome—hunter that she is more valuable
alive than dead.
Dramatic and fast-paced, Knight Awakened is a
stirring love story between two people searching for a second chance in a
magical world of assassins, warlords, unearthly beasts, and nonstop
adventure.
Kendall Morgan is a
human bloodhound. Spending her childhood hunting relics with her
ambitious archeologist father, she knew the two of them shared a sixth
sense for the history and location of objects—sometimes even people.
What she didn’t know was that their paranormal gift could ultimately be
their undoing.
After the tragic plane crash that killed her
father as well as her childhood best friend, Kendall dedicated her life
to finding and protecting relics. When mysterious, sexy billionaire
Nathan Larraby hires her for his latest expedition—the search for four
powerful relics —she’s thrown into a world of high-octane danger. He
sends brooding mercenary Jake Stone to watch Kendall’s back, but he may
have created danger of a different kind.
As the team chases down
clues, a man called the Reaper makes a play for the artifacts and will
stop at nothing to put them to his own sinister use. What’s worse is
that Nathan hasn’t told the whole story, and the dark secrets he’s
keeping could cost them the mission…and their lives.
Logan Calhoun is the
last full-blooded Paladin, the future leader of a race of immortal
warrior angels. The heavy responsibility of continuing the Paladin line
falls to him, and the last thing he should do is get involved with a
human. Then fate throws Jessica Waters, a homicide detective who doesn't
believe in fate or divine intervention, into his path. Her devotion
lies in her Glock and a good set of handcuffs. Like Logan, she's a
warrior for her people, and she awakens within him something he'd never
thought he'd feel. But she's also as human as they come...
From New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand comes a riveting original novella (available only as an ebook) set in the world of the Unearthly series.
Clara
is desperate to get away—from the memories that haunt her in Wyoming
and the visions of a future she isn't ready to face—and spending the
summer in Italy with her best friend, Angela, should be the perfect
escape. . . .
For as long as she can remember, Angela has been
told that love is dangerous, that she must always guard her heart. But
when she met a mysterious guy in Italy two years ago she was determined
to be with him, no matter the costs. Now she must decide whether she can
trust Clara with her secret, or if telling her the truth will risk
everything she cares about.
Alternating between Angela and Clara's perspectives, Radiant chronicles the unforgettable summer that will test the bounds of their friendship and change their lives forever.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
In a land where magic
has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest
is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power—brutally transforming
their subjects’ lives in the process. Amidst betrayals, bargains, and
battles, four young people find their fates forever intertwined:
Cleo:
A princess raised in luxury must embark on a rough and treacherous
journey into enemy territory in search of a magic long thought extinct.
Jonas:
Enraged at injustice, a rebel lashes out against the forces of
oppression that have kept his country impoverished—and finds himself the
leader of a people’s revolution centuries in the making.
Lucia: A
girl adopted at birth into a royal family discovers the truth about her
past—and the supernatural legacy she is destined to wield.
Magnus:
Bred for aggression and trained to conquer, a firstborn son begins to
realize that the heart can be more lethal than the sword...
The only outcome that’s certain is that kingdoms will fall. Who will emerge triumphant when all they know has collapsed?
In the fourth Demon
Trappers novel, Riley faces the final battle for humanity and Beck's
heart—and Hell is the least of her problems
Now that Riley’s managed
to (just barely) fend off Armageddon, everything’s changed. Well . . .
most things. After their passionate kiss before the big battle in the
cemetery, Beck is back to treating her like a little girl, as if nothing
ever happened. While she’d love to just tell him off and move on, Riley
vowed to take care of Beck the way he’s taken care of her since her
father’s death—but she’s about to get a whole lot more than she
bargained for. When she’s commissioned to go with Beck to his hometown
and help him care for his dying mother, they stumble too close to a dark
and murderous secret, one that Beck fears will drive Riley away from
him forever. As chaos breaks loose, Riley may be Beck's only hope for
redemption . . . and survival.
Meanwhile, up in Atlanta, it’s
quickly becoming clear that Heaven may have won a battle, but the war is
far from over. Riley and Beck face a stormy future, as Lucifer's
ex-right-hand-man, Sartael, proves himself to be more resilient than
anyone thought. He has Atlanta in his grip and is about to begin a
brutal war with the prince of Hell. As the seconds tick down toward a
final confrontation, it's up to Riley and the man she loves to finally
defeat their old enemy, or lose everything they've fought for.
No one is like Daemon Black.
When
he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around.
Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it
through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous
combustion going on.
But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.
After
everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not
sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in
discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization
responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there
is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still
lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will
become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the
outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
Together we’re stronger... and they know it.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Hunted, Killed—Survived?
As
the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique
position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, she no longer
exists. Despite her need to prevent the megalomanical King Tohon from
winning control of the Realms, Avry is also determined to find her
sister and repair their estrangement. And she must do it alone, as
Kerrick, her partner and sole confident, returns to Alga to summon his
country into battle.
Though she should be in hiding, Avry will do
whatever she can to support Tohon’s opponents. Including infiltrating a
holy army, evading magic sniffers, teaching forest skills to soldiers
and figuring out how to stop Tohon’s most horrible creations yet; an
army of the walking dead—human and animal alike and nearly impossible to
defeat.
War is coming and Avry is alone. Unless she figures out how to do the impossible ... again.
Dating a demon,
defeating evil, running a tiki bar: Arcadia Bell is a great occult mage
in many respects. But then there’s the challenge of her boyfriend’s
precocious teenage son…
Arcadia "Cady" Bell may have
saved the Hellfire Club’s children from a local bogeyman, but she and
her Earthbound demon boyfriend, Lon Butler, now face a more disturbing
problem: his teenage son’s new demonic abilities. Jupe Butler can
persuade you to do anything—or so he thinks. To test the limits of his
newfound power, Cady invites the co-owner of Tambuku Tiki Lounge to be
the teen’s guinea pig during an afternoon boat cruise. But when an angry
storm whips the Pacific into a frenzy and Jupe puts them all in serious
danger, will Cady's magick trump a teenager’s excess confidence?
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The newest member of the
elite Feral Warriors brotherhood, Fox is eager to prove himself on the
frontlines of battle against the Daemons. When paired with the legendary
Ilina warrior, Melisande, he expects the fierce beauty to quickly fall
under the spell of his quite considerable charm. Instead, he finds
himself spellbound by a woman who's his match in every way.
Beneath
Melisande's brittle exterior lies centuries of pain and a violent
hatred of all shape-shifters—a hatred that slowly crumbles after they're
caught in a deadly and cunning Mage trap and she glimpses a surprising
depth in her far-too-seductive partner. Their survival demands
unconditional trust—and their salvation surrender to a wild, untamed
love.
The second book
in Karina Cooper's stunning steampunk series featuring fearless heroine
Cherry St. Croix, in which she is faced with two men after her heart—and
one killer out for her blood.
In the gleaming
heights of Victorian London, a world of deception awaits an
unconventional Society lady whose taste for adventure makes her a most
formidable adversary . . .
Though Society demands that I
make a good marriage, I, Cherry St. Croix, have neither the time nor the
interest. I am on the trail of a murder with no victim, a mystery with
no motive, and the key to an alchemical formula that could be my
family's legacy.
Yet the world is not so kind as to let me pursue
simple murder and uncomplicated bounties. Above the foggy drift, an
earl insists on my attention, while my friends watch my increasingly
desperate attempts to remain my own woman. From the silken demands of
the Midnight Menagerie—to whose dangerously seductive ringmaster I owe a
debt—to the rigorous pressures of the peerage, all are conspiring to
place before me a choice that will forever change my life.
Set in apocalyptic
America and featuring a magically enslaved heroine who is “a riveting
mixture of guts, compassion, and furious anger as she struggles with a
world coming apart at the seams” (Romantic Times), the fourth in a
dynamic dark urban fantasy series unlike anything you’ve ever read
before.
Winter is coming to Montana and Shadowblade warrior Max is
expecting trouble. People are hoarding everything. They are banding
together, many flocking to the congregation of Sterling Savage, a
fire-and-brimstone preacher. A charismatic cult leader who claims to be
the Hand of God, he’s determined to create a human utopia and destroy
all magic, starting with witches.
Unbeknownst to him, the
“divine” voice he’s been hearing isn’t God but a demon that feeds on
hate, death, and destruction. Savage is the perfect puppet for the
demon’s ambitions. Max and her people at Horngate are all that stand in
its way, and they are woefully unprepared.
Conducting
terrible, bloody ceremonies to boost his own power and that of the demon
riding him, Savage starts a war between his congregants and two other
powerful gangs in the city, fighting for food, fuel, clothing and
territory. When he manages to capture Max’s niece, brother, and several
teenagers from Horngate, Max tries to free them but finds that Savage
has twisted their minds. They worship him—even her brother, who is a
witch and whom Savage intends to burn at the stake. Going undercover in
the cult compound, Max swiftly realizes just how seductive Savage is.
His charisma is reinforced with magic. His followers adore him and will
do anything for him. Anything.
But courage, loyalty, and friendship are powerful forces—and Max doesn’t like to lose.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Kara Gillian is in Seriously Deep Trouble.
She's
used to summoning supernatural creatures from the demon realm to our
world, but now she's the one who's been summoned. Kara is the prisoner
of the demonic Lord Mzatal, but quickly discovers that she's far more
than a mere hostage. He has his own plans to use Kara and keep her from
Rhyzkahl-the demonic lord she is sworn to serve. However, waiting for
rescue has never been Kara's style, and she has no intention of being a
pawn in someone else's game.
Yet intrigue and treachery run
rampant amongst all lords, and Kara is hard pressed to keep her wits
about her. Her abilities as a homicide detective are put the the test as
she seeks the truth about FBI Agent Ryan Kristoff, Rhyzkahl, and
herself. But, the answers she finds only raise more questions. She soon
discovers that she has her own history in the demon realm-one that goes
back farther than she could have ever imagined. But that history may yet
spell her doom as she’s faced with a peril beyond mortal comprehension.
She’s
going to need all the strength and tenacity she’s developed as a cop
and a summoner, or the hell she endures may well last forever.
Celia Wird and her three
sisters are just like other 20-something girls—with one tiny exception:
they're products of a backfired curse that has given each of them
unique powers that make them, well, weird…
The Wird sisters are
content to avoid the local vampires, werebeasts, and witches of the Lake
Tahoe region—until one of them blows up a vampire in self-defense.
Everyone knows vampires aren't aggressive, and killing one is punishable
by death. But soon more bloodlust-fueled attacks occur, and the
community wonders: are the vampires of Tahoe cursed with a plague?
Celia
reluctantly agrees to help Misha, the handsome leader of an infected
vampire family. But Aric, the head of the werewolf pack determined to
destroy Misha's family to keep the region safe, warns Celia to stay out
of the fight. Caught between two hot alphas, Celia must find a way to
please everyone, save everyone, and oh yeah, not lose her heart to the
wrong guy—or die a miserable death. Because now that the evil behind the
plague knows who Celia is, it’s coming for her and her sisters. This
Wird girl has never had it so tough.
So what will you be reading?
Friday, November 30, 2012
Lynsey Taylor
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