Cover Lover – 5 New Titles

Cover Lover time again. I have been checking on and off for the last little while to see if there was any info on the next Fallen Angels book from J.R. Ward. Now, it looks like book five will be called Possession, and it is due out on October 1st.

This second cover is from the re-releasing Nikki and Michael series from Keri Arthur. Chasing the Shadows is book three, and it will be out on September 24th.

This next one is from Elisabeth Staab. Hunter by Night is due out on January 7th.

And this one is from Jacqueline Carey. Autumn Bones is the second book of her Agent of Hel series, and it is due out on October 1st.

And finally, Jan DeLima starts a new series this fall with the release of Celtic Moon. It is due out on September 24th.

A New Character Guide…and a Reader Question

Well, it took longer than originally planned, but the Character Guide is now finished and uploaded for Cassandra Clare‘s The Infernal Devices (yeah, The Mortal Instruments one will be finished before the City of Bones movie. Sometime). I loved re-reading these couple of books, and I think it is the first YA series where the whole love triangle thing didn’t annoy me. In fact, I can’t even say who I would choose since I adored both Will and Jem. So, if you need a refresher, the Infernal Devices Guide can be found in the drop down menu above, or by clicking the graphic below.

The second part of this post is actually a reader question that I am not able to answer. So, once again, I pass it on to the experts. Marcia H. asks…

          I want to read Keri Arthur’s Dark Angels series.  Do you suggest reading the Riley Jenson series first?

What do you think? Can you enjoy the Dark Angels without diving into the Riley Jensen books first, or are they connected at all? As always, if you have any questions that need answering, feel free to drop a line and I will post them here.

Cover Lover – 3 New Titles

Just a quick drive-by post to up a few covers I found over on Goodreads. Two have a “purple darkness” theme going on, and one is a re-vamp (uh, no pun intended). Dianne Duvall‘s next Immortal Guardians book, Darkness Rises, will be released on October 1st. I have heard such good things about this series, and yes, it is still on Mount TBR. One day…

And this next one is from Keri Arthur. The second book of her re-released Nikki and Michael series, Hearts in Darkness, will be coming out on August 27th.

And finally, this e-book from Cynthia Eden is actually a re-release of the story she contributed to the Entangled anthology. Her contribution was called A Bit of Bite, and the stand-alone re-release will be available for no charge very shortly. Amazon isn’t showing a listing for it as yet, but apparently it will be up very soon.

I am actually kind of liking the purple thing going on – a little different, anyways. Hard color to pull off with a guy on the front, though. Any of these you are waiting for?

Cover Lover – 5 New Titles

Another day, another raiding of the new covers over at Goodreads. Looks like just five caught my eye this time around, and I am seeing a blue theme. This first one is the cover for the second book in Gail Carriger‘s newly released Finishing School series, Curtsies and Conspiracies. It will be released on November 5th.

Numero deux is from the upcoming 12th book in Carrie Vaughn‘s Kitty Norville series, Kitty in the Underworld. It will be out on July 30th.

And still withe the blue. The third book in Darynda Jones‘ Darklight series is called Death and the Girl He Loves, and it will be available on October 8th.

I haven’t actually heard much about this one, but I am working under the assumption that The Coldest Girl in Cold Town from Holly Black is YA, and that is about all I know. It will be hitting the shelves on September 17th.

The final one for this post is pretty, but then so are the rest of the covers in Keri Arthur‘s Dark Angels series. Darkness Unmasked will be released on June 4th.

This and That…

As always, in the process of updating the new release pages, I found a few more books that are on the horizon.

• The second book of Coreene Callahan‘s new Knight Avenged series has been pushed way back to April 8th of next year.
• November 5th will see the next Bound by Magick book from Lauren Dane, called Burning Wild.
• November 5th is also the date for a Thea Harrison Elder Races book, a Meljean Brook Iron Seas book, and Nalini Singh‘s next Guild Hunter book (featuring Raphael and Elena).  All have titles TBA.
• Author Lauren Kate‘s Fallen series (supposedly being optioned for a movie) is finished, so it looks like she is turning her attention to a new series, called Teardrop.  The first book, also called Teardrop, will be hitting the shelves on October 22nd.
• October 1st is the release date for Caris Roane‘s next Ascension novel, Born in Chains.
• Rather than info, this is more like lack of info.  Christine Feehan was recently asked what she would be working on next, and she said that after the long delayed Leopard’s Prey she was in fact without a contract.  She was not sure what would be coming, or when we would get it.  If I remember correctly, this same situation came up last year with Ms. Feehan, which just seems so strange to me.
• The next H&W Investigations book from Jess Haines, Forsaken by the Others, will be released on July 30th.
• Hannah Jayne‘s next Underworld Detection Agency novel, Under a Spell, will be out on August 13th.
• To Kiss a Dragon is the title of the next G.A. Aiken Dragon Kin book, and it is scheduled for release on October 1st.  No clue who this one is about, and if ever there was a series that needed a character guide, this is it.
• The pre-order links are up for Keri Arthur‘s 6th Dark Angels book, Darkness Splintered.  It will be out on November 5th.
• A couple of weeks ago, word came out that Devon Monk was starting an Allie Beckstrom spin-off series called Broken Magic.  Well, the pre-order links for the first book, Hell Bent, are up now.  It is due out on November 5th.
• October 1st is the release date for the next Cassie Palmer book from author Karen Chance, called Tempt the Stars.

Anything there you are looking forward to, or are you giving most of them a pass?  It looks like there is a ton coming out on November 5th, for some odd reason, so might have to save up for that weeks’ order.

New Series Alert…

Good Lord, it is 5 days since I made a post.  Part was laziness, part was that there just hasn’t been much going on to report.  I do hope that changes soon, though.  This is the first New Series Alert post in a few weeks, and it looks like the fall reading lists are starting to pick up again.

This first one is actually a re-release from author Keri Arthur.  Beneath a Rising Moon is the first book of the Ripple Creek Werewolf series.

Synopsis…

On the werewolf reservation of Ripple Creek, a killer is on the loose. Three women are dead, their bodies mutilated and faces slashed. A fourth, Neva Grant’s twin, lies in the hospital, fighting for her life.Psychically linked, Neva shared the horror of her twin attack and makes a silent vow by her sister’s hospital bed. She’ll hunt down the killer, if Savannah finds the strength to live.The Rangers believe the killer is a member of the Sinclair pack, but Neva knows the Sinclairs will never talk to an outsider. To begin the hunt, she first has to seduce a Sinclair–and then she has to keep him interested long enough to find the killer.

The only Sinclair not under suspicion is a wolf with a hard drinking, hard loving reputation. But has she got what it takes to attract a man with such experience? Neva doesn’t know, but for her sister’s sake, she has to try.Duncan Sinclair has been called back home to find a killer, and he wants nothing more than to complete his task and get out of the town for which he has no love. Then he’s approached by a wolf who obviously has more than seduction on her mind, and he finds himself ensnared in a growing web of desire and deceit.As the murders continue and the killer’s shadow draws ever closer, Duncan and Neva find themselves having to trust each other in order to survive. But can they trust the emotions flaring between them? Or will the lies of the present, the deeds of the past, and a killer’s bloody intentions tear them apart?

The Ripple Creek Werewolf reading list can be found HERE.

I have been looking forward to the next one since I first read the blurb way back when.  Otherkin is the first book of Nina Berry‘s new series, also called Otherkin.

Synopsis…

I thought I knew myself. Then I met Caleb.

Dez is a good girl who does as she’s told and tries not to be noticed.  Then she rescues a boy from a cage, and he tells her secrets about herself.  Now inside her burns a darkness that will transform her.

Everything is about to change — and neither Caleb, nor the Otherkin, nor those who hunt them are prepared for what Dez will unleash.

The Otherkin reading list can be found HERE.

Cover Lover – 13 New Titles

Well, I was updating again, and found a lot of new or just new-to-me covers.  A lot of these came from Goodreads, so thanks again.  I was toying with the idea of starting a “cover of the month” thing, but finding a way to keep track of them might be a bit tricky.  I must think more about this one.  Anyways, here goes…

February 26th is the release date for Dualed, from Elsie Chapman.  It is the first book from the series of the same name, and it will be followed by Divided in February 2014.  This sounds interesting.

Next up is also young adult.  I must say, this one doesn’t quite do it for me, but then neither did the first cover for the first book in the series.  Shannon Dittemore‘s second Angel Eyes book, Broken Wings, is also due out next February.

Still on the YA, this one is from author Cynthia Hand.  Boundless is the third book from her Unearthly series, due out on January 22nd.

Coming this November is the second book from Alyson Noel‘s Soul Seekers series, Echo.

This one for me is a no.  NO.  Not a bit of cover love at all.  Hidden, from P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, is due out on October 16th, 2012.

Not sure what is going on with all of the Young Adult covers this go round, but they continue.  Rise, the third book from Anna Carey‘s Eve series, is due out on April 2nd.

I actually thought this one was for one of the previous books in the series, they look so much alike.  The Rising is the third book from Kelley Armstrong‘s Darkness Rising series (or the sixth book of The Darkest Powers series).  Look for it on April 9th.

Last young adult cover.  This one is Everbound, the second book of Brodi Ashton‘s Everneath series, which is due out on January 22nd.

Over on her blog, Keri Arthur upped the first and fourth covers from her Nikki and Michael series, in the process of being re-released.  Book one is Dancing with the Devil…

…and book four is Kiss the Night Goodbye.  No idea where two and three are, but I will keep an eye out for them.  I had a release date for the first book, but looks like it might have been pushed back.

MaryJanice Davidson‘s Queen Betsy series continues with the release of Undead and Underwater, due out on March 5th.

The third Kat Redding book from E.S. Moore will be called Blessed by a Demon’s Mark.  It will be released on December 31st.

And this final one is more of an upgrade than a debut.  A while back, I got my hands on a small version of the cover for Leopard’s Prey, the December Leopard series book from Christine Feehan.  This is the first full sized one I could get my hands on, so it will make a re-debut.

 

2013 Release Dates

Now, it seems so very very odd to be finding new release dates for mid and late 2013 – but then I realize that 2012 is already half way gone.  I really didn’t see that sucker fly by, and time really does move faster the older you get.  Who knew?  Anyways, I thought I would post some of the long term release dates I have been finding…

• Shannon K. Butcher will be releasing a new Sentinel Wars book, Falling Blind, on April 2nd.  No clue who this one is about, but I do hope for Grace and Tor.
• Right now, Thea Harrison is finishing up her fourth (and supposedly final – for a while) Elder Races novella, Hunting Season.  2013 will see at least two full length books – Shadow Game on April 2nd, and a title TBA on November 5th.
• The fourth Iron Seas book from Meljean Brook will be released on September 3rd, and Guardian Demon will be released on May 7th.
• Looks like a long wait after Archangel’s Storm for the next Guild Hunter book.  Nalini Singh‘s next installment will be released on September 3rd. 2013.
• This November, there will be an Erin McCarthy and Kathy Love anthology called The Fangover.  Well, looks like the sequel, Fangover II, will be hitting the shelves next July.
• Night Vision, from Yasmine Galenorn, will be released on July 2nd.  It is the 4th book in her Indigo Court series.
• And the fourth book from Keri Arthur‘s Dark Angels series, Darkness Unmasked, will be released on June 4th.
• The as-yet untitled 5th book from Jennifer Ashley‘s Shifters Unbound series will be released on June 4th, as well.
• Lora Leigh, Alyssa Day and Meljean Brook will be teaming up for an untitled anthology on May 7th.
• Eternal Demon is the title of the 5th Mark of the Vampire book from Laura Wright, and it should be released on May 7th.
• Alyssa Day will be starting a new series, The League of the Black Swan.  The first book, as yet untitled, is due out on May 7th.
• If you are a Deadtown fan, the 5th book of the Nancy Holzner series is listed as a July 30th release.
• The second book from Jill Archer‘s new Noon Onyx series will be released on May 28th.
• The Sookie Stackhouse series is winding down, and it looks like Charlaine Harris‘ lucky number 13 will be called Dead Ever After.  This one should be out next May.
• Born of Fury, part of Sherrilyn Kenyon‘s League series, will be out on April 14th.
• And next April 14th is also the release date for a new Jane True book.  The Nicole Peeler book will be called Tempest Reborn.

 

Random Updates…

I have something like 70 books to add to the New Release pages, so I thought I would list a few of them here.  Or, you know, a ton of them.

• December 18th will be the release date for the 7th Moonlight book from Nancy Gideon, called Betrayed By Shadows.
• The third Light Blade book from Kylie Griffin will be called Allegiance Sworn.  It will be released sometime next year.
• Sophie Jordan will start a new series next year called Uninvited.  The first book will also be called Uninvited.
• A Taste of Ice is the title of the second Elementals book from Hanna Martine, and it will be released on December 31st.
• The next Warriors of the Mist book from Alexis Morgan will be called Her Knight’s Quest.  It is scheduled for release on March 5th.
• There will be a Downside Ghosts prequel e-novella from Stacia Kane releasing soon, called Finding Magic.
• Next March, Shannon Messenger will start up a new series with the release of Let the Sky Fall.  No word yet on the series title.
• Also coming next March will be The Collector, the first book in the Dante Valentine series from Victoria Scott.
• The third Angelfire book from Courtney Allison Moulton will be called Shadows in the Silence, and it should be out next January 29th.
• Nina Berry‘s second Otherkin book will be called Othermoon, and it is scheduled for release next February.
• Looks like the Lynsay Sands Argeneau Vampire series will see another book coming out next March 26th, this one called Immortal Ever After.
• Mating Instinct, from Katie Reus‘ Moon Shifters series, will be released on March 5th.
• Looks like March 5th is also the release date for the next Queen Betsy book from MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Underwater.
• The re-release of Keri Arthur‘s backlist continues with Dancing With the Devil, the first book of the Nikki and Michael series.  It will be out on February 26th.
• Night Resurrected, the next book from Joss Ware‘s Envy Chronicles series, will be released on February 26th.
• The pre-order link is up for the next Night Huntress book from Jeaniene Frost.  No official title has been released, as yet, but it will be hitting the shelves on February 26th.
• Coming on February 5th is the third book from Lauren Dane‘s Bound by Magick series, Going Under.
• The hardcover re-releases of the Black Dagger Brotherhood from J.R. Ward continues with Lover Awakened up next.  Look for it on February 5th.
• Also coming on February 5th is A Taste of Seduction from Sylvia Day, part of her Renegade Angels series.
• The third book of Kathy Love‘s Devilish series, Devilishly Wicked, will be released on January 29th.
• Haunted Moon, part of Yasmine Galenorn‘s Otherworld series, will be coming out on January 29th.
• Looks like there is some sign of things getting back on track for C.L. Wilson.  The long delayed The Winter King is now showing a release date of January 29th, 2013.
• The third book from Heather Killough-Walden‘s new lost Angels series, Death’s Angel, will be released on December 31st.
• Christine Feehan‘s December release will be from her Leopard series.  Leopard’s Prey will be hitting the shelves on December 24th.
• Of Shadow Born, from Dianne Sylvan‘s Shadow World series, will be released on March 26th.
• Next up for Vicki Pettersson‘s Celestial Blues series is The Lost, due to be released on March 19th.
• The tentative title for the next Amanda Bonilla Shaede Assassin series book is Crave the Darkness.  Look for it on March 5th.
• And finally, it looks like there is also going to be a re-release of Patricia Brigg‘s Alpha and Omega books in hardcover.  Cry Wolf is coming out on February 5th.

Cover Lover – 3 New Titles

The first cover this week  is from Jillian Stone.  The Moonstone and Miss Jones is the second book in the Paranormal Investigator series, due out on September 25th.

Keri Arthur is in the process of re-releasing some of her older titles, and Beneath a Darkening Moon is one of them.  Part of the Ripple Creek Werewolf series, it should be available on October 30th.

And this final one, Sacrifice the Wicked, is the 4th book from Karina Cooper‘s City of Glass series.  Look for it on September 25th.