Cover Lover – 6 New Titles

After yesterday’s seven covers, I figured that was it for a couple of days. Of course, I found 6 more today just to prove me wrong…and this batch is a bit more interesting than the last one. First up is the collection of stories from Patricia Briggs‘ Mercyverse, Shifting Shadows, which will be released on September 2nd.

This next one is for Undead and Unwary, the next book from the Queen Betsy series from MaryJanice Davidson. It is due out on October 7th.

Samantha Shannon‘s second book, The Mime Order, is up next. It is due out on October 21st.

The re-release of Sherrilyn Kenyon‘s Dark Hunter series in hardcover continues with Night Play on September 30th.

Number five is from J.D. Robb and her In Death series. Festive in Death is due out on September 9th.

And finally, this next one is from Jacqueline Carey. Poison Fruit is the third book in her Agents of Hel series, and it is due out on October 7th.

What do you think of this batch? The Mercy book is pretty as always, but the rest are pretty, too. Any favorites?

New Release Dates…

I have been adding quite a few new releases the last few days, so I thought I might list a few here.

• Charlaine Harris and Toni Kelner will be editing another anthology together called Games Creatures Play. It is due out on April 1st.
• There will be a new series coming from author Virna DePaul early next year called the Belladonna Agency. Book one is called Turned, and it is due out on April 1st. Awakened follows on April 29th.
• The third book from Jill Archer‘s Noon Onyx series, White Heart of Justice, will be released on May 27th.
• Jacqueline Carey‘s third Agent of Hel book will be called Poison Fruit, and it wil lbe released next October.
• It looks like the Finishing School series by Gail Carriger will have at least one more book. Book three will be called Waistcoats & Weaponry, and it is due out sometime next year.
• May 6th is the release date for the third book of Kiera Cass‘s The Selection series, The One. There will also be a print version of the two e-novellas called The Selection Stories: The Prince and The Guard on February 4th.
• Next July will see the release of the fifth and final book of Yasmine Galenorn‘s Indigo Court series, called Night’s End.
• It looks like there will be a 4th World of Nightwalkers book from Jacquelyn Frank. Forged is due out on April 29th.
• Another series on my want to read list is Stacia Kane‘s Downside Ghosts. There will be a novella released on October 8th called Close to You, and the as yet untitled sixth book will follow next July.
• Air Bound, the third book from Christine Feehan‘s Sisters of the Heart series, will be out on May 27th.
• There is no official title as yet, but the second book of Rick Yancey‘s 5th Wave series will be released on May 6th.
• I am pretty sure these two Cynthia Eden books are part of her new Phoenix series, but details are sketchy right now. Burn for Me is due out on January 28th, and Once Bitten, Twice Burned follows on April 29th.
• The second book from Amanda Sun‘s Paper Gods series, Rain, will be released on March 25th.
• And it looks like Sarah J. Maas will be releasing at least one more novella from her Throne of Glass series. The Assassin’s Blade is due out on March 13th.

That is a quick round-up of a few of the new release dates. Anything you are looking forward to? Cynthia Eden is a favorite of mine, and and the Belladonna Agency series looks interesting. I am so going to start picking up the Downside Ghosts books, too, right after my YA TBR pile hits a manageable size.

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.

New Release Info…

It is time again for a double-check on all of the authors listed in the Series Reading List pages. I have finished A-D, and between that and a random search there were a couple of interesting things I came across…

• The second book in Jean Johnson‘s Guardians of Destiny series will be called The Grove, and it will be released on December 3rd.
• The October 29th Black Wings book from Christina Henry now has a title. It looks like this one will be called Black Heart.
• Kate Locke‘s third Immortal Empire book will be called Long Live the Queen, and it will also be released on October 29th.
• Cold Blooded, the third book from Amanda Carlson‘s Jessica McClain series, will be released on October 8th.
• It looks like Caris Roane‘s Ascension series is indeed ending. Born in Chains, her October 1st release, is part of a new series called Men in Chains.
• August 27th is the release date for the next Kerrelyn Sparks book, this one called The Vampire with the Dragon Tattoo.
• If you are a fan of Cat Adams‘ Blood Singer series, the sixth book will be called To Dance With the Devil and it will be out on November 5th.
• The release date is TBA, but it looks like Midnight Breed #12 from Lara Adrian will be called Crave the Night.
• November 5th is also the release date for a G.A. Aiken Dragon Kin novella. No other info available as yet.
• The second book of Alyssa Day‘s new League of the Black Swan series will be called The Unforgiven.
• There will be another Morganville Vampires book from Rachel Caine. This next one will be called Daylighters, and it will be released on November 5th.
• This October, Jacqueline Carey will release the second book of her new Agent of Hel series, Autumn Bones.
• The second book from Gail Carriger‘s spin off from her popular Parasol Protectorate series, Curtsies and Conspiracies, will be released on November 5th.
• Dakota Cassidy‘s 8th Accidental Friends book, The Accidental Werewolf: Something About Harry, will be coming out on December 3rd.
• This December, Andrea Cremer returns to her Nightshade world with the release of book 4, Snakeroot.
• There is some Kresley Cole news that I was happy to hear. Book two of her YA Arcana Chronicles series, Endless Night, will be coming out on October 1st, and the second Dacians book (title TBA) will be released on December 3rd.

Here is the blurb for Endless Night, and by the sounds of it things are about to get very interesting…

          In the second book of the Arcana Chronicles Evie has now fully come into her powers as the tarot Empress. And Jackson was there to see it all. In the aftermath of killing Arthur, the tarot Alchemist, Evie realizes that a war is brewing between the other teens that, following the apocalypse, have been given powers and its kill or be killed. Things get even more complicated when Evie meets Death, the mysterious, sexy Endless Knight. Somehow the Empress and Death share a romantic history – one that Evie can’t remember, but Death can’t forget. She is drawn to the Endless Knight, but is in love with Jack. Determined to discover why she’s been granted these powers, Evie struggles to accept her place in a prophecy that will either save the world, or completely destroy it.

New Series Alert…

That time again.  This is a big week for some much anticipated new series…and it looks like one of those weeks where you get too many books in to know where to start reading.  Terry Spear starts a new Jaguar shifter series this week with the release of Savage Hunger.  It is nice to see her branching out from her wolf shifter series.

Synopsis…

In the heat of the jungle, jaguars are clawed, dangerous, and hungry for love. With hopes of overcoming night terrors and thanking the man who saved her life, Kathleen McKnight returns to the Amazon. A jaguar at heart, Connor Anderson doesn’t just protect her, but wants to claim her for his own.

The Jaguar Series reading list is HERE.

This second one comes from Jacqueline Carey and is called Dark Currents.  It is book one of the Agent of Hel series.

Synopsis…

Dark Currents is set in a small Midwestern resort town where paranormal tourism is a booming business. Daisy Johanssen, an incubus’ daughter raised by a loving single mom, is the liaison between the eldritch community and mundane authorities.

Most of the time that doesn’t entail anything more challenging than retrieving stolen goods from a puckish pickpocket or tracking down a tourist led astray by a will-o’-the-wisp, but when a young man drowns in an apparent accident that’s not what it seems, Daisy’s job turns deadly earnest.

Agent of Hel reading list is HERE.

This one takes the award for most disturbing cover-model outfit on a male.  Lord, I still keep staring at that shirt…thing.  Anyways, Revelation is the first book of The Seven Signs series from Erica Hayes.

Synopsis…

Blind faith is for fools. That’s what Dr. Morgan Sterling believes. And she’s going to prove it by curing the zombie plague ravaging her city’s slums. She’s certain it’s not a sign of the End of Days, but a nasty disease — until an angel appears in her morgue in a flash of glory.

Luniel is not just a fallen angel. He’s a powerful warrior sworn to fight evil in hopes of a chance at redemption. He’s after the demon princes who are stealing the seven vials of holy wrath which, when perverted, will unleash eternal hell on earth.

To stop the plague, Luniel needs Morgan’s help, and her faith. But Morgan believes science is their salvation. If the zombie plague is a demonic curse — and if Luniel is true — he’ll have to prove it. Even if he loses his heart to true love or his soul to Hell…

The Seven Signs reading list is HERE.

Oddly enough, both books one and two of the Sunwalker Saga are being released this week.  Previously released in e-format, Shia MacLeod‘s Kissed by Darkness and Kissed by Fire make their print debuts tomorrow.

Synopsis…

Danger is always on the menu for Morgan Bailey, a sexy and street-smart bounty hunter, who prowls the dark underworld of Portland, Oregon hunting creatures of the night. Morgan’s never met a vampire she couldn’t dust or a demon she couldn’t kill until she’s hired to destroy a new kind of mystical threat: the Sunwalker.

A powerful immortal once believed myth, the Sunwalker carries with him an ancient secret which, if left unchecked, will destroy Morgan’s world. Pursued by a passionate Templar Knight and the target of the local vampire clans, an ancient power is awakened within her, unlike anything she’s ever known. Morgan must uncover the truth behind her mission and about herself, before the Darkness lurking inside swallows her whole.

The Sunwalker Saga reading list is HERE.

There are a couple of new Young Adults hitting the shelves, as well.  First off is the much anticipated (by me, anyways) Poison Princess, the first book of the Arcana Chronicles series by Kresley Cole.

Synopsis…

Poison Princess centers on 16-year-old Evangeline “Evie” Greene, a privileged teenager from Louisiana. When an apocalyptic event decimates her hometown, killing everyone she loves, Evie realizes the hallucinations she’d been having for the past year were actually visions of the future — and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux. As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophecy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of teens have been chosen to re-enact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side.

The Arcana Chronicles page is HERE.

I loved the cover for this one right from the start.  Sarah Crossan‘s Breathe, the first book of the Breathe series, will be released tomorrow.

Synopsis…

Inhale. Exhale. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe . . .

The world is dead.
The survivors live under the protection of Breathe, the corporation that found a way to manufacture oxygen-rich air.

ALINA
has been stealing for a long time. She’s a little jittery, but not terrified. All she knows is that she’s never been caught before. If she’s careful, it’ll be easy. If she’s careful.

QUINN
should be worried about Alina and a bit afraid for himself, too, but even though this is dangerous, it’s also the most interesting thing to happen to him in ages. It isn’t every day that the girl of your dreams asks you to rescue her.

BEA
wants to tell him that none of this is fair; they’d planned a trip together, the two of them, and she’d hoped he’d discover her out here, not another girl.

And as they walk into the Outlands with two days’ worth of oxygen in their tanks, everything they believe will be shattered. Will they be able to make it back? Will they want to?

The Breathe reading list is HERE.

And finally, this last one comes from Darynda Jones.  The popular author of the Charley Davidson series is branching out to young adult with the release of Death and the Girl Next Door.  It is the first book of the Darklight series.

Synopsis…

Things get turned upside down for sophomore Lorelei MacAlister when the Angel of Death starts high school in her small town. What she doesn’t know is that she has been slated to die. It’s simply her time. And Death has been sent to do the deed. But when he touches her, when he peers into her eyes and reaches into her heart, he realizes she is more than what he was led to believe, and he disobeys his orders. He brings her back from the brink of death when he was supposed to push her into it. Because of this, he gets trapped on this plane. And that’s when all hell breaks loose. Literally.

The Darklight reading list can be found HERE.

Ok.  Is everyone going to be as busy as me trying to cram in all of the new books this week?  I just got last week’s load, so I am in book horder heaven.  Or hell, depending on how you look at it.

Cover Lover – 5 New Titles

The new covers seem to be trickling out at a pretty steady pace recently, which is nice (I am still looking for the next Kresley Cole, and I found Ilona Andrew’s Gunmetal Magic, but only in black and white).  This time around we are looking at five newbies, the first of which is from Rachel Caine and her Morganville Vampires series.  Bitter Blood will be released in hardcover on November 6th.

Another one from the Young Adult is Rift, the first book in the Nightshade prequel series from Andrea Cremer.  This one is due out on August 7th.

Jacqueline Carey will be starting up a new series called Agent of Hel, and the first book will be called Dark Currents.  It is due out on October 2nd.

Well, last year J.R. Ward‘s first Black Dagger Brotherhood book, Dark Lover, was re-released in hardcover.  Now it looks like it is Lover Eternal‘s turn.  Not much change from the original mass market coverart, but I am still enjoying them.  This one will be out on November 6th.

And finally, another one from J.R. Ward.  This September will bring the release of the fourth Fallen Angel book, Rapture.  It will mark the first book in the series to be released in hardcover, as well.  There has been a bit of a look change for this one, but I guess that was to be expected.