Fantasy Dreamer's Ramblings

The past weeks for this October have been terrific for new releases and it's going out with a big bang of new releases on it's last week. I bet you can find at least one book this week you'd like to read. ;)

Demon's Fall by Karalynn Lee
Release Date: 10/25/2010

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Genre: Fantasy Romance 
Series: Stand Alone Novella 
Author's Website: KaralynnLee.com 
Publisher: Carina Press 
ISBN: 9781426890680 
Media: eBook 
 
Summary:  
She was an angel at the gates of Hell. 

When Kenan, an incubus, finds a caged angel for sale in the Hellsgate marketplace, he sees her as a challenge. Certain that his skills in seduction will work as well on a heavenly creature as they do on mortal women, he buys Jahel, intent on having her soul as a novelty in his collection. 

Knowing he must gain Jahel's trust if she is to come to his bed willingly, Kenan treats her more as his guest than as his slave. When she reveals what brought her to the mouth of Hell in the first place—retrieving the soul of a young girl she was guarding—he even offers to help her complete her mission. 

Though he has promised Jahel freedom, Kenan soon realizes she has captured his heart instead. And as their passion for one another grows, they find themselves caught in a struggle between Heaven and Hell, one that will lead them to the very edge of the apocalypse...

A Darker Shade of Dead by Bianca D'Arc
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series: Guardians of the Dark #3
Author's Website: BiancaDArc.com 
Publisher: Brava 
ISBN: 0758247311 (ISBN13: 9780758247315) 
Media: Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Intrigue, terrifying betrayals, and a dangerously commanding hero make Bianca D’Arc’s newest paranormal romance an irresistible temptation…

Tapped for a classified military program, Dr. Eileen McCormick has nothing left to lose. Bad enough her genetic experiments were used to turn innocent victims into zombies; worse still, a ruthless ex-colleague is threatening to expose her unless she joins his sinister research project. Now the only way she can set things right is to develop an antidote under the watchful blue eyes of Commander Matt Sykes. And the last thing Eileen needs is Matt’s penetrating gaze, easy understanding, and compelling kiss uncovering all her deepest secrets…

Matt has a sixth-sense for lies as well as danger, and Eileen promises plenty of both. She’s the only person who can eradicate the zombie virus before it reaches epidemic proportions, but he still can’t let her passionate determination affect his steely cool…or keep him from discovering where her true loyalties lie. But as the clock ticks down, Matt and Eileen’s uneasy trust may be their only way to avert catastrophe—if it doesn’t get them killed first… 

Another Pan by Daniel Nayeri, Dina Nayeri
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: YA Paranormal 
Series: Another #2 
Author's Website: DanielandDina.com 
Publisher: Candlewick Press 
ISBN: 0763637122 (ISBN13: 9780763637125) 
Media: Hardcover 
 
Summary:  
Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling and her insecure freshman brother, John, are hitting the books at the Marlowe School. But one tome consumes their attention: THE BOOK OF GATES, a coveted Egyptian artifact that their professor father believes has magical powers. Soon Wendy and John discover that the legend is real—when they recite from its pages and descend into a snaking realm beneath the Manhattan school. As the hallways darken, and dead moths cake the floor, a charismatic new R.A. named Peter reveals that their actions have unleashed a terrible consequence: the underworld and all its evil is now seeping into Marlowe. Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri return to reimagine Peter Pan as a twisty, atmospheric, and fast-paced fantasy about the perils of immortality.

Blood Heat by Maria Lima
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy 
Series: Blood Lines #4 
Author's Website: MariaLima.com 
Publisher: Pocket 
ISBN: 143916777X (ISBN13: 9781439167779) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Texas is heating up. . .

The summer heat wave that’s hit Rio Seco, Texas, has even the vampires complaining, but with Keira—the Kelly heir—home from Vancouver, the weather isn’t the only thing too hot to handle. Keira should be setting up her court and planning the big reception where she and her consort, vampire ruler Adam Nightwalker, will receive the magical leaders from the local area, but pomp and circumstance just aren’t Keira’s thing, especially not with trouble smoldering in her domain. A werewolf couple has mysteriously gone missing from a local pack, and when Keira is asked by their leader to investigate, she finds that some dissatisfied neighbors may have been taking—well—strong action against the wer community … action that could be repeated, and could involve Keira and those she loves. So, with the reception looming and danger fast blazing out of control, the pressure is on Keira to keep Texas safe for supernaturals. Sometimes, it’s just not that great to be Heir…. 

Blood Prophecy by Stefan Petrucha
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Fantasy 
Series: NA 
Author's Website: Petrucha.com 
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing 
ISBN: 0446555991 (ISBN13: 9780446555999) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Man and monster are in his blood. . . 

His name is Jeremiah Fall. A soldier of fortune, he has been fighting his own war for 150 years--ever since the beast in him was born.

Desperate to restore his lost humanity, Fall crosses the sands of Egypt, discovers a lost city off the coast of France, and finally arrives at the birthplace of all mankind. Shunning daylight and feeding only when he must, he battles the monster who transformed him forever. He can share his deepest secret with no one . . . not even the beautiful woman he starts to love, the only human who grasps the mysteries of an ebony stone as old as creation itself. 

Across the world, across time, Fall seeks the stone's secret. But has he found a cure for himself or unleashed a final curse on all mankind?

Crown of Crystal Flame by C.L. Wilson
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Fantasy Romance 
Series: Tairen Soul #5 - Final book in this series 
Author's Website: CLWilson.com 
Publisher: Avon 
ISBN: 0062018965 (ISBN13: 9780062018960) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Elvish Seers had long foreseen an extraordinary destiny for Ellysetta Baristani. Already, she had won the heart of the Fey King, saved the offspring of the magical tairen, and fought beside her mate against the threatening evil of Eld.... But the most powerful -- and dangerous -- Verse of her Song had yet to be sung. As a cataclysmic battle draws nigh and evil tightens its grip upon her soul, will Ellysetta secure the world for Light or plunge it into Darkness for all eternity?

Daughter of Darkness by V. C. Andrews
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series: Darkness #1 
Author's Website: CompleteVCA.com 
Publisher: Pocket Star 
ISBN: 1439155011 (ISBN13: 9781439155011) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
When I was a little girl, Daddy told me never to fear the dark. “We exist because of the darkness,” he told me. “All of you are daughters of darkness.”

Beloved bestselling author V.C. Andrews’s passion for vampires comes to spellbinding life in a long-awaited novel of dark desires as all-consuming—and forbidden—as in Flowers in the Attic. One night, with the sound of a young man’s scream, high school senior Lorelei discovers that her stern but loving father, who adopted Lorelei and her sisters as infants, is no ordinary man. He has raised his beautiful girls for one purpose: to lure young men into their world of shadows. Like her sisters, Lorelei has been trained in the art of seduction and warned never to fall in love. But when she meets a handsome and charming classmate, she boldly defies her family and follows her heart—even if love is a poison. . . .

Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy 
Series: Fever #4 
Author's Website: KarenMoning.com 
Publisher: Dell 
ISBN: 0440244404 (ISBN13: 9780440244400) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback (First published August 2009)
 
Summary:  
They may have stolen my past, but I’ll never let them take my future.

When the walls between Man and Fae come crashing down, freeing the insatiable, immortal Unseelie from their icy prison, MacKayla Lane is caught in a deadly trap. Captured by the Fae Lord Master, she is left with no memory of who or what she is: the only sidhe-seer alive who can track the Sinsar Dubh, a book of arcane black magic that holds the key to controlling both worlds. 

Clawing her way back from oblivion is only the first step Mac must take down a perilous path, from the battle-filled streets of Dublin to the treacherous politics of an ancient, secret sect, through the tangled lies of men who claim to be her allies into the illusory world of the Fae themselves, where nothing is as it seems—and Mac is forced to face a soul-shattering truth. 

Who do you trust when you can’t even trust yourself? 

Drink of Me by Jacquelyn Frank
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series: Stand Alone 
Author's Website: JacquelynFrank.com 
Publisher: Zebra 
ISBN: 1420109855 (ISBN13: 9781420109856) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
In a world where emotion can be a deadly weapon, one slight, battered runaway holds the key to a dark and twisted enigma…

Drink of me, she whispers, her silver eyes trusting, pleading. What female dares speak such words to one of the Sánge? His people are scorned by every race for their fierce sensuality, their fearful rituals. And as Prime, Reule is the most telepathically gifted of them all.

But nothing has prepared him for the intensity of emotion radiating from the outlander rescued by his Pack. Terrified, tormented, but beautiful beyond measure, Mystique shatters his legendary control. As she reaches for him in the steamy heat of the healing baths, he knows this blind need can have but one end…

In blood, in knowledge, in ecstasy. 

Ecstasy in Darkness by Gena Showalter
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series: Alien Huntress #6 
Author's Website: GenaShowalter.com 
Publisher: Pocket Star 
ISBN: 1439175772 (ISBN13: 9781439175774) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
New York Times bestselling sensation Gena Showalter enthralls with a dark, tantalizing world of humans, otherworlders, powers beyond imagining, and a seductive vampire undone by his insatiable hunger for one woman. . . .

Growing up poor on New Chicago’s meanest streets, Ava Sans had two options: be the predator, or be the prey. No contest. Now, working for Alien Investigation and Removal, she’s been ordered to capture the biggest, baddest warrior of all—a vampire too beautiful to be real, with the ability to manipulate time. Once the leader of the entire vampire army, McKell has been deemed savage and unstable, spurned even by his own kind.

To McKell, humans should be nothing more than sustenance. Yet the petite, golden-skinned Ava is a fascinating contradiction—vicious yet witty, strong yet vulnerable, lethal but fiercely loyal.  Against his better judgment, McKell craves that loyalty, and much more. When the chase leads to seduction, McKell and Ava will race to discover the truth about his past. But the answers will come at a price, even for a woman who thought she had nothing left to lose. . . . 

Elegy Beach by Steven R. Boyett
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy Post Apocalyptic 
Series: Change #2 
Author's Website: SteveBoy.com 
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) 
ISBN: 0441019439 (ISBN13: 9780441019434) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback (First Published November 2009) 
 
Summary:  
Twenty-seven years ago, technology died. The fundamental laws of the universe had inexplicably changed. Now, Fred Garey's best friend Yan believes he's found a way to reverse the Change. But Fred fears the repercussions of such drastic, irreversible steps.

Entice Me at Twilight by Shayla Black
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series: Doomsday Brethren #4 
Author's Website: ShaylaBlack.com 
Publisher: Pocket 
ISBN: 1439166773 (ISBN13: 9781439166772) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Simon Northam, the Duke of Hurstgrove, straddles two worlds. Born into the British peerage and a life of luxury, he believed he knew who and what he was—until he found out he was a wizard. As a new member of the Doomsday Brethren, Duke must conceal his new identity from his family…and from his brother’s betrothed, Elisabeth, the woman he wants as his mate. But there’s more to Elisabeth than Duke knows—she’s an Untouchable, a human completely immune to magic. And evil wizard Mathias needs her to help him resurrect an ancient witch. Now, Duke must find a way to stop Mathias, protect Elisabeth, and make her his mate before it’s too late. 

Eternal : More Love Stories with Bite by P. C. Cast
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: YA Paranormal Romance 
Series: Anthology 
Author's Website: PCCast.net 
Publisher: Smart Pop 
ISBN: 1935618016 (ISBN13: 9781935618010) 
Media: Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Now Eternal: More Love Stories With Bite presents all-new YA stories featuring vampires, the romantic heroes and heroines that still hold the reading public enraptured. A mix of writers from the first anthology and new contributors makes for a fresh new collection with all of the dark romance of its predecessor, and a book that’s sure to thrill vampire romance fans old and new.

Authors: Heather Brewer, Rachel Caine, Claudia Gray, Nancy Holder Jeri Smith-Ready and Lili St. Crow.

The book includes an original introduction by Cast.

Geist by Philippa Ballantine
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Fantasy 
Series: Book of the Order #1 
Author's Website: PJBallantine.com 
Publisher: Ace 
ISBN: 0441019617 (ISBN13: 9780441019618) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Between the living and the dead is the Order of the Deacons, protectors of the Empire, guardians against possession, sentinels enlisted to ward off the malevolent haunting of the geists... 

Among the most powerful of the Order is Sorcha, now thrust into partnership with the novice Deacon, Merrick Chambers. They have been dispatched to the isolated village of Ulrich to aide the Priory with a surge of violent geist activity. With them is Raed Rossin, Pretender to the throne that Sorcha is sworn to protect, and bearer of a terrible curse. 

But what greets them in the strange settlement is something far more predatory and more horrifying than any mere haunting. And as she uncovers a tradition of twisted rituals passed down through the dark reaches of history, Sorcha will be forced to reconsider everything she thinks she knows. 

And if she makes it out of Ulrich alive, what in Hell is she returning to?

Ghost Town by Rachel Caine
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: YA Urban Fantasy 
Series:  Morganville Vampires #9 
Author's Website: RachelCaine.com 
Publisher: NAL Hardcover 
ISBN: 0451231619 (ISBN13: 9780451231611) 
Media: Hardcover 
 
Summary:  
The fragile peace between humans and vampires in Morganville is in trouble, and when Claire takes drastic action, she's put under serious pressure to re-establish the barriers that keep the town residents inside, and wipe the memories of those who leave. But working with her half-crazy vampire boss Myrnin means that things don't always turn out as planned ... and as the people of Morganville begin acting strangely, Claire and her friends must solve the mystery and try to put things right. But one by one, her allies are turning on her ... even the ones she trusts most. 

Harvest Hunting by Yasmine Galenorn
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series:  Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon #8 
Author's Website: YasmineGalenorn.com 
Publisher: Berkley 
ISBN: 0515148539 (ISBN13: 9780515148534) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
We're the D'Artigo sisters: sexy, savvy operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But being half-human, half-Fae means our supernatural talents can go haywire at any time. My sister Camille is a wicked good witch whose life recently took a drastic turn. Menolly's a vampire who's still getting the hang of being undead. And me? I'm Delilah, a werecat with a very interesting love life. But life isn't all fun and games. We're on the trail of the demon general who has decided that we've become quite a nuisance...

It's Samhain, and the Autumn Lord, has called for my training to begin with the Death Maidens...and I find that I like it. But we've got problems: werewolves are going missing and a new magical drug, "Wolf Briar," is being used as a weapon. My dear Chase and I have come to a delicate crossroads and there's no turning back from our decision. And most dangerous of all: Stacia Bonecrusher has put a bounty on our heads. Now it's a race to take out the demon general before she realizes the sixth Spirit Seal is within her reach... 

Haunted by Your Touch by Jeaniene Frost, Sharie Kohler & Shayla Black
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series: Anthology 
Author's Website: JeanieneFrost.com | ShaylaBlack.com | SharieKohler.net 
Publisher: Pocket Star 
ISBN: 1439166765 (ISBN13: 9781439166765) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Enter the dark realm of Nocturna in Jeaniene Frost’s red-hot tale, where blisteringly sexy Raphael dominates the demons of a lawless dimension and tries to help a beautiful young woman avenge her cousin’s disappearance. Shayla Black’s gorgeous Doomsday Brethren hero, Raiden, vows to fight for his magical lover and their unborn youngling—no matter the cost—after he drives her into the arms of another man and she falls under attack. Lycans rule the night in Sharie Kohler’s suspenseful story, as a fiery woman stalks mysterious Luc, the undeniably hypnotic being she believes can save her from turning . . . if she kills him. Danger beckons in these captivating paranormal tales that will tempt readers to the edge and leave them begging for more.

Heaven's Spite by Lilith Saintcrow
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy 
Series: Jill Kismet, Hunter #5 
Author's Website: LilithSaintcrow.com 
Publisher: Orbit 
ISBN: 0316074179 (ISBN13: 9780316074179) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback  
 
Summary:  
When a new hellbreed comes calling, playing nice isn't an option. Jill Kismet has no choice but to seek treacherous allies - Perry, the devil she knows, and Melisande Belisa, the cunning Sorrows temptress whose true loyalties are unknown.

Kismet knows Perry and Belisa are likely playing for the same thing--her soul. It's just too bad, because she expects to beat them at their own game. Except their game is vengeance.

Nobody plays vengeance like Kismet. But if the revenge she seeks damns her, her enemies might get her soul after all...

Highborn by Yvonne Navarro
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy 
Series: Dark Redemption #1 
Author's Website: YvonneNavarro.com 
Publisher: Pocket 
ISBN: 1439191735 (ISBN13: 9781439191736) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE. BRYNNA MALAK MIGHT BE THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.

Brynna is a fallen angel trying to earn redemption. She’s escaped from Hell in search of a new life on Earth, but Lucifer’s deadliest hunters are hot on her trail. Police Detective Eran Redmond is after her for a different reason: he needs Brynna to help him find a serial killer who is terrifying Chicago . . . and the trail leads them right to Hellspawned demons of the most dangerous kind. She’s also got a very human problem: dealing with a stubborn, attractive cop who makes her long for everything she knows she can’t have.

Staying alive long enough to earn a shot at Heaven will mean breaking some major rules in the mortal world, as she learns just how complicated and wonderful being human can be. With so much stacked against her, even Brynna has to wonder if she’s crazy. But she’s not giving in without a fight.

Not a chance in Hell. . . 

His Darkest Embrace by Juliana Stone
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series: The Jaguar Warriors #2 
Author's Website: JulianaStone.com 
Publisher: Avon 
ISBN: 0061808806 (ISBN13: 9780061808807) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
A solitary hunter with no regard for the human world, Jagger Castille is a shifter living on the edge. It will take the woman who calls him enemy to give him a reason
to live.

Jagger is a creature of the night--Skye Knightly soars in the sun. Natural adversaries, they have been joined by destiny in a mission entrusted to Skye's family centuries ago: Nothing less than the salvation of the Earth.

Wounded and bitter, Jagger sought escape in the solitude of the jungle, driven by a need to disappear forever… until a mysterious shifter who calls to his soul and feeds a yearning long forgotten, pulls him from his dark path. A courageous warrior, Skye's passion is equal to Jagger's own—but can she trust a man on the edge? A man whose secrets are as devastating as her own?

Each is the other's sole hope for survival. But a dark and twisted truth is leading them toward the ultimate sacrifice for a love they may never live to claim. 

How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days by Saranna DeWylde
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series: 10 Days #1 
Author's Website: SarannaDewylde.com 
Publisher: LoveSpell 
ISBN: 0505528673 (ISBN13: 9780505528674) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
GOT DEMON?

Grace does. She’s got more demon than she can saddle. In fact, she’s got a sinfully sexy Crown Prince of Hell named Caspian. She’s also got ten days to get rid of him or Bad Things shall ensue. See, her Russian mobster ex-boyfriend didn’t take kindly to her smutty Mephistophelean contract. It's not that she's conspiring with fiends; that was his idea. It’s that she’s conspiring against him with outrageous devilry that runs the gamut from embarrassing to a dead hooker turned dominatrix demon gunning for his soul.

One should never trust demons, let alone shag them. They don’t have hearts. Yet Grace is buying hers some slightly tarnished armor and hoping that once he’s been shoveled into it, kicking and screaming, he’ll find it’s just his size. This wicked witch needs a white knight—or at least a Prince of Darkness for a Happily Ever After. 

Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: YA Urban Fantasy 
Series: Blue Bloods #5 
Author's Website: Melissa-delaCcruz.com 
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH 
ISBN: 1423121287 (ISBN13: 9781423121282) 
Media: Hardcover 
 
Summary:  
After inheriting the dark Van Alen Legacy, Schuyler fled to Florence--with her forbidden love, Jack. Now the two of them must embark on the mission Schuyler was destined to complete: to find and protect the seven gates that guard earth from Lucifer, lord of the Silverbloods.

As the Blue Blood enclave weakens yet further, fate leads Schuyler closer to a terrifying crossroads--and a choice that will determine the destiny of all vampires. 

Shotgun Sorceress by Lucy Snyder
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy 
Series: Jessie Shimmer #2 
Author's Website: LucySnyder.blogspot.com 
Publisher: Del Rey 
ISBN: 0345512103 (ISBN13: 9780345512109) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
For Jessie Shimmer, everything changed when she went to hell and back to save her lover, Cooper Marron. After tangling with supernatural forces and killing an untouchable spirit lord, Jessie finds herself gifted—or perhaps cursed—with dark powers. And when she and Cooper make love, her pleasure throes light the whole house on fire. What is a sorceress to do?

Jessie is about to find out. The circumstances of her birth, the mystery of a father she never knew, and the help of a cuddly ferret turned fearsome monster have made Jessie not just an outlaw from mundane society, but an accidental revolutionary in the magic realm. Encountering portals stitched into thin air and a fiercely sexy soul harvester, Jessie rushes headlong among enemies, horrors, wonders, and lovers into a place of self-discovery—or destruction. 

Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy 
Series: The Dresden Files 
Author's Website: Jim-Butcher.com 
Publisher: Roc Hardcover 
ISBN: 045146365X (ISBN13: 9780451463654) 
Media: Hardcover 
 
Summary:  
We are delighted to announce a project fans have long been clamoring for: "Side Jobs," a compilation of Dresden Files short stories. Slated for November 11th, this anthology brings together the following stories: 
- "Restoration of Faith" 
- "Vignette" 
- "Something Borrowed" -- from My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding 
- "It's My Birthday Too" -- from Many Bloody Returns 
- "Heorot" -- from My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon 
- "Day Off" -- from Blood Lite 
- "Backup" -- novelette from Thomas' POV, originally published by Subterranean Press 
- "The Warrior" -- novelette from Mean Streets 
- "Last Call" -- from Strange Brew 
- "Love Hurts" -- from Songs of Love and Death 
And exclusive, all-new material!

Soul Stealers by Andy Remic
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Steampunk Fantasy 
Series: Clockwork Vampire Chronicles #2 
Author's Website: AndyRemic.com 
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited 
ISBN: 0857660675 (ISBN13: 9780857660671) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback (First Published April 2010) 
 
Summary:  
The sequel to Kell's Legend -- more blood-soaked, action-packed, vampire-laced dark epic fantasy. Kell is being hunted. The vampires are fighting back against him, and the mighty hero finds himself the prey of two beautiful but deadly vampire assassins. Their bronze fangs are coming for him. He will strike back.

Stronger than Sin by Caridad Piñeiro
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series: Sin #2 
Author's Website: Caridad.com 
Publisher: Forever 
ISBN: 0446543845 (ISBN13: 9780446543842) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Dr. Liliana Carrera nearly lost her life to Wardwell scientists. She won't let them harm other innocent victims, like her new patient, Jesse Bradford. The former pro athlete had the best hands in the NFL . . . until an injury forced him to undergo Wardwell's experimental gene therapy. Now Jesse's gorgeous body is superhuman-but his strength comes at a price.

With Wardwell threatening his family, Jesse can't tell Liliana all he knows. Yet he can't resist her compassion . . . or her healing, erotic touch. As their passion flares, Jesse's body becomes dangerous and volatile. For evil men are plotting to change the face of humanity-and will destroy whoever stands in their way.

Tempted by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: YA Paranormal 
Series: House of Night #6 
Author's Website: PCCast.net 
Publisher: St. Martin's Press 
ISBN: 0312609388 (ISBN13: 9780312609382) 
Media: Paperback (First published October 2009) 
 
Summary:  
So…you’d think after banishing an immortal being and a fallen High Priestess, saving Stark’s life, biting Heath, getting a headache from Erik, and almost dying, Zoey Redbird would catch a break.  Sadly, a break is not in the House of Night school forecast for the High Priestess in training and her gang.  Juggling three guys is anything but a stress reliever, especially when one of them is a sexy Warrior who is so into protecting Zoey that he can sense her emotions.  Speaking of stress, the dark force lurking in the tunnels under the Tulsa Depot is spreading, and Zoey is beginning to believe Stevie Rae could be responsible for a lot more than a group of misfit red fledglings.  Aphrodite’s visions warn Zoey to stay away from Kalona and his dark allure, but they also show that it is Zoey who has the power to stop the evil immortal.  Soon it becomes obvious that Zoey has no choice: if she doesn’t go to Kalona he will exact a fiery vengeance on those closest to her.  Will Zoey have the courage to chance losing her life, her heart, and her soul?  Find out in the next spectacular installment in the House of Night Series, Tempted. 

The Emerald Flame by Frewin Jones
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: YA Paranormal 
Series: Warrior Princess #3 
Author's Website: AllanFrewinJones.com 
Publisher: HarperTeen 
ISBN: 0060871490 (ISBN13: 9780060871499) 
Media: Hardcover 
 
Summary:  
Branwen has accepted the role that the Shining Ones have bestowed upon her. She is now in the next stages of her journey—this time on a seemingly impossible mission to rescue the spirit of the wind. With her fearless friend Rhodri by her side, the spirits guiding her, and growing feelings for the dashing Iwan, Branwen must overcome terrifying odds if she is to succeed in her quest. 

This heart-pounding teen series, which School Library Journal calls “exciting from start to finish,” will appeal to fans of Tamora Pierce and takes readers on a mystical adventure as Branwen answers the call of her destiny. 

The Exorsistah by Claudia Mair Burney
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: YA Paranormal 
Series: Exorsistah #1 
Author's Website: RagaMuffinDiva.blogspot.com 
Publisher: Pocket Star 
ISBN: 1451610939 (ISBN13: 9781451610932) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
She just wants a home, a hottie, and some kickin’ boots. Does she really have to fight the devil to get them?

After the creep who’s married to her friend Kiki tries to assault her, Emme Vaughn finds herself in an all-night Walgreens at 3 a.m. with a quarter in her pocket and a rumble in her stomach. She sure does wish she’d gotten to eat her french fries before she had to kick and run. But God has his plan, and apparently tonight he means for her to whip some serious demon butt.

Ever since her mom went crazy, Emme’s been wary of the gift they share for seeing demons, but she’s not about to let one get to her. So when an ugly beast lurks into Walgreens behind a dude who’s clearly up to no good, Emme tells it exactly where it can go. Problem is, the beautiful guy beside her at the magazine rack just helped her conquer the nasty duo, and now he wants her to join a group of demon-fighters led by an aging exorcist bombarded by requests to deliver people from evil. Shoot, and all she really hoped for was some breakfast.

The Fledgling Handbook 101 by P.C. Cast, Kim Doner
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: YA Paranormal 
Series: House of Night 
Author's Website: PCCast.net | KimDoner.com 
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin 
ISBN: 0312595123 (ISBN13: 9780312595128) 
Media: Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Merry meet, fledgling.  I trust this guide will serve you well…. Every vampyre fledgling who arrives at the House of Night receives a copy of "The Fledgling Handbook 101", and now, fans can have one, too, with this gorgeous must-have edition.  Inside you’ll find original stories, the complete vampyre history, inside info into rituals, vamp biology, and the Change, and much more.

The Road to Bedlam by Mike Shevdon
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy 
Series: Courts of the Feyre #2 
Author's Website: Shevdon.com 
Publisher: Angry Robot 
ISBN: 0857660616 (ISBN13: 9780857660619)
Media: Mass Market Paperback (First Published July 2010) 
 
Summary:  
The sequel to Sixty-One Nails.

"THERE'S BEEN AN ACCIDENT. IT'S YOUR DAUGHTER." 

But Alex isn't dead. She's been snatched because she came into her magical power early. Her father, Niall Petersen, must use his own wayward magic to track her down and save her from the madness of Bedlam. 

File under: Urban Fantasy [ Undying Madness / Insane Magic / Secret Realities / Stolen Children ]

The Spirit Rebellion by Rachel Aaron
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Fantasy 
Series: The Legend of Eli Monpress #2  
Author's Website: RachelAaron.net 
Publisher: Orbit 
ISBN: 0316069116 (ISBN13: 9780316069113) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Eli Monpress is brilliant. He's incorrigible. And he's a thief.

He's also still at large, which drives Miranda Lyonette crazy. While she's been kicked out of the Spirit Court, Eli's had plenty of time to plan his next adventure. But now the tables have turned, because Miranda has a new job -- and an opportunity to capture a certain thief.

Things are about to get exciting for Eli. He's picked a winner for his newest heist. His target: the Duke of Gaol's famous "thief-proof" citadel. Eli knows Gaol is a trap, but what's life without challenges? Except the Duke is one of the wealthiest men in the world, a wizard who rules his duchy with an iron fist, and an obsessive perfectionist with only one hobby: Eli.

It seems that everyone is hunting for Eli Monpress. 

Vampire Uprising by Marcus Pelegrimas
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy 
Series: Skinners #4 
Author's Website: MarcusPelegrimas.com 
Publisher: Eos 
ISBN: 006198633X (ISBN13: 9780061986338) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
A legendary Skinner has passed. Among the articles he left behind are runes, potions, and powerful weapons to aid in the ongoing war against the unspeakable creatures that prowl the shadows outside normal human consciousness. But there is something else: the remains of a terrifying beast no other Skinner has ever encountered. And it isn't dead.

Skinners, partners, lovers, Cole Warnecki and Paige Strobel are well armed with the tools the late Jonah Lancroft provided. But even his best weapons may not be enough to defeat the monstrosity they now face. A new terror has risen up to infect them both with its virulent malevolence, even as Paige confronts the secrets of her astonishing past. The purest evil walks the world again—the First Deceiver, humankind's darkest nightmare, the self-proclaimed King of the Full Bloods. 

When Wicked Craves by J.K. Beck
Release Date: 10/26/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance 
Series:  Shadow Keepers #3 
Author's Website: JKBeck.com 
Publisher: Bantam 
ISBN: 0440245796 (ISBN13: 9780440245797) 
Media: Mass Market Paperback 
 
Summary:  
Their love could bring the most potent pleasure—or the darkest nightmare.

A danger to both the human and shadow communities, Petra Lang is cursed never to love. For one touch of her skin unleashes the vilest demons imaginable. Sentenced to death by the shadow authorities, who fear she’ll turn her curse against them, Petra is rescued at the last instant by vampire advocate Nicholas Montegue. As their bodies merge and transform into mist, Petra feels an urgent erotic longing.

Nicholas fought long and hard to save Petra—and nearly paid the ultimate price. He risked his own life to spare hers, yet he knows he can never give in to the explosive attraction he feels for her. But the deep yearning they share can only be deferred for so long. Together, they must find a way to lift the curse. For only a love this strong has the power to overcome such monstrous evil.

Orphan of Destiny by Michael P. Spradlin
Release Date: 10/28/2010

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Genre: YA Fantasy 
Series: The Youngest Templar #3 
Author's Website: MichaelSpradlin.com 
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile 
ISBN: 0399247653 (ISBN13: 9780399247651) 
Media: Hardcover 
 
Summary:  
SPOILER ALERT: This book is the third book in a series and should be read after Keeper of the Grail and Trail of Fate.

Tristan and his companions—the fiery archer Robard Hode and the assassin maid Maryam—have escaped to England. But tragedy has occurred to Tristan's beloved abbey while they were on the Third Crusade, and Robard's home in Sherwood Forest suffers under the rule of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Many obstacles still prevent them from delivering the Holy Grail into safe hands. Tristan must defeat the evil Sir Hugh in one final battle. And he must learn the secret of his birth, a secret Richard the Lionheart and Eleanor of Aquitaine are willing to kill to protect!

Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
Release Date: 10/28/2010

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Genre: SciFi 
Series: Culture #9 
Author's Website: Iain-Banks.net 
Publisher: Orbit 
ISBN: 0316123404 (ISBN13: 9780316123402) 
Media: Hardcover 
 
Summary:  
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.

It begins with a murder.

And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.

Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture.

Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful - and arguably deranged - warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war - brutal, far-reaching - is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality.

It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the center of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether.

SURFACE DETAIL is Iain M. Banks' new Culture novel, a breathtaking achievement from a writer whose body of work is without parallel in the modern history of science fiction.

Three Quarters Dead by Richard Peck
Release Date: 10/28/2010

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Genre: YA Paranormal 
Series: NA 
Author's Website: NA 
Publisher: Penguin Group 
ISBN: 0803734549 (ISBN13: 9780803734548) 
Media: Hardcover 
 
Summary:  
Kerry is chosen by the coolest clique in school and so she thinks life has finally begun. But then it seems all over when her three friends are killed in a shocking car accident. Or are they? Only weeks after the accident, Kerry receives a text from one of the girls: We're all 3 here at my aunt's in the city. Take the 3:50 train. B there.

Exhilarating, terrifying suspense is crossed with a thought-provoking examination of peer pressure in Richard Peck's return to his contemporary teen- and ghost-story roots. This is a master author's gift to the Gossip Girl/Twilight generation: his own smart, stylish, and fun take on the paranormal.

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