New Book Releases for Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Steampunk, Urban Fantasy & More - Week of October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween! I hope everyone has had a fun Halloween weekend.

I've changed the format up a bit. I'm not going to include the ISBN, publisher or book format anymore. It was very time consuming trying to hunt this information down, especially when several sources listed different publisher for the same book. Also, now a days a book is usually issued in more than one format on release day i.e paper, audio and electronic.

I have always and will continue to link to Goodreads for each book so you can see all the different formats available, read any reviews that may be listed and Goodreads has links to purchase the books, you don't even need a membership to view this information. In case your wondering, a Goodreads' membership is free. To me, Goodreads has always been a one stop-source for books in any format.

Enjoy!



Edge of Twilight by Maggie Shayne
Release Date: 11/1/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Wings in the Night #10
Author's Website: MaggieShayne.com

Summary:

His name is Edge, and he is the last of a band of Immortals who have been hunt4ed down and murdered by Frank Stiles -- an enemy determined to unlock their deepest secrets. Vengeance has become Edge's obsession. To claim it, he must find the young woman whispered to be the Golden Child. A legend among the undead, Amber Lily is the only half human, half vampire ever born, and is possessed of power even she is unaware of. Amber alone understands the dangerous threat of Frank Stiles. Only she may hold the key to his vulnerability . . . and his doom. Amber shares Edge's need to get to Stiles. But she needs to keep him alive for reasons of her own. Edge is exciting and dangerous, and despite her own instinct for self-preservation, Amber is drawn into his hunt. In doing so, she will cast her fate to the wings of the night, to a passion that may be her destiny, to an evil she may not be able to defeat -- to the edge of twilight where only the Immortals belong.


Luck of the Wolf by Susan Krinard
Release Date: 11/1/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: NA
Author's Website: SusanKrinard.com

Summary:

Branded an outcast by the noble branch of his werewolf clan, Cort Renier had come to San Francisco seeking fortune—and revenge. What he found was a mysterious beauty who could not—or would not—reveal who she truly was. At first glance she seemed vulnerable and afraid, like so many girls caught up in the debauchery of the city's whiskey-soaked gambling dens. But one look into her stunning turquoise eyes and he knew he'd found the winning hand. Aria di Reinardus had reasons of her own for concealing her identity, but Cort's kisses were more than enough to convince her to go along with his plan to transform her into a missing heiress and return her to her "family." But they were not the only ones with secrets to keep and vengeance in mind, and they were about to discover that some destinies couldn't be outrun....


The Shifters by Alexandra Sokoloff
Release Date: 11/1/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: The Keepers Trilogy #2
Author's Website: AlexandraSokoloff.com

Summary:

Charged with overseeing the shapeshifters of New Orleans, Caitlin MacDonald has her reasons for being wary of their kind. So when charismatic bounty-hunting shifter Ryder Malloy blows into town claiming to be on the trail of a horde of malevolent entities called Walk-Ins, Caitlin has no reason to trust him—with her city or her heart. But as tourists start dropping dead from supernatural possession, Cait must team with Ryder to navigate his shadowy, ephemeral world... Fiercely independent, Ryder usually hunts alone—but this case requires an exception. To prevent a supernatural massacre, he needs the beautiful Keeper on his side—and, if possible, even closer. In his world, appearances can be deceiving and deadly. And the only way they'll survive is if this woman who tempts him like no other trusts in him completely....


The Wolf Prince by Karen Kelley
Release Date: 11/1/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Stand Alone
Author's Website: AuthorKarenKelley.com

Summary:

Darcey is used to being a man magnet - for men who want her money. But when a hot hunk named Surlok saves her from a wolf attack, she can't help but think he's different from the rest. So what if he's broke - and claims to be a prince from another planet? All he needs is a little grooming. If only he would stop scaring off the maids by swimming naked in her pool. Not that Darcey minds...Especially since life is becoming way more fun with Surlok in her guest house. Suddenly this pampered princess doesn't mind camping - as long as she gets to cuddle with Surlock. But then he changes into a wolf before her eyes, proving he's the alien he says he is. At least that doesn't mean he's right about her being an alien. Or does it? There's only one way to find out. She's already given into her lust. Now she'd just have to surrender her heart to the very human emotion threatening to consume her...


Touch of Temptation by Rhiannon Byrd
Release Date: 11/1/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Primal Instinct #6
Author's Website: RhyannonByrd.com

Summary:

THE MORE DANGEROUS THE DESIRE… THE MORE DELICIOUS THE SURRENDER Kellan Scott, the Lycan shape-shifter, has vowed to redeem his playboy past…even allowing himself to be captured by his enemies to save a woman he’s never met. Once imprisoned, stealing into Chloe Harcourt’s cell is the easy part— withstanding her irresistible beauty is next to impossible. Chloe has struggled to keep her unusual powers over other people’s emotions in check, never trusting that any man could truly love her for herself. Until her mesmerizing rescuer awakens a primal craving for contact. Their all-consuming passion is their strongest weapon against their sadistic captor. But Kellan’s biggest battle may still lie ahead: to convince Chloe he’s worthy of her undying love…or die trying.


Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels and Heavenly Hosts Edited by Stephen Jones
Release Date: 11/1/2010

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Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy
Series: Anthology
Author's Website: StephenJonesEditor.com

Summary:

IN THE DARKNESS, SOMETHING WICKED SPREADS ITS WINGS THE ETERNAL BATTLE between fallen angels and their Heavenly counterpoints plays out daily here on Earth. Without warning, ordinary people find their lives forever changed by the intervention of divine beings. But meddling with the living does not always go according to plan and the angels themselves fall under an all-too-mortal spell--longing for love or thirsting for wicked revenge. With stories from such world-renowned authors of fantasy and horror as Michael Bishop, Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Graham Masterton, Robert Silverberg, Michael Marshall Smith, Lisa Tuttle, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Jane Yolen, Visitants presents a breathtaking collection of stories in which Heaven's hosts reveal themselves on Earth and fallen angels struggle toward final redemption.


Afterlight by Elle Jasper
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Dark Ink Chronicles #1
Author's Website: ElleJasper.com

Summary:

The Dupres have been Savannah's guardians, appointed by a band of root doctors and hoodooists, for nearly two hundred years. They've all grown...complacent. Now, the Arcos brothers, who've long been entombed at Bonaventure, have been inadvertently freed by a group of teenagers horsing around in the cemetery. Determined to take revenge on the city who entombed them, the Arcos' gather strength in the city's youth. Within the moon's full cycle, the gang's quickening will be complete--they'll become vampires. Newlings, out of control and craving human blood will ravage the city. The one thing the Arcos' didn't count on was the powerful love of a sister. Riley Poe will stop at nothing to get her brother back. The one thing Riley didn't count on was the powerful love of a vampire. Eli Dupre will do anything to get her. Follow Riley, Eli, and the vampires of the Dupre House into the shadowy, underside of Savannah.


Blood Spells by Jessica Andersen
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Nightkeepers #5
Author's Website: JessicaAndersen.com

Summary:

Mayan lore and modern science warn that 12/21/2012 will bring a global cataclysm. Dark forces stand poised to crush mankind. The only hope rests with a secret group of modern magic-wielders called the Nightkeepers. But as Patience White-Eagle and her husband, Brandt, team up as a mated warrior pair, they will face a deadly threat that will test their powers—and their love...


Confessions of a Vampire's Girlfriend by Katie Maxwell aka Katie MacAlister
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Series: Omnibus
Author's Website: KatieMacAlister.com

Summary:

GOT FANGS? Originally published January 2005 All sixteen-year-old Francesca Ghetti wants to do is have a normal life where she’s one of the crowd, blending in so no one will know just how much of a freak she is. Dragged to Europe by her mother to join GothFaire, a travelling band of psychics, magicians, and assorted other oddities, Fran has to cope with not only the normal angst of always being a fish out of water, but also with her own fate as a psychometrist. Enter one Moravian Dark One (referred to by most people as vampires) named Benedikt who claims Fran is the key to redeeming his soul, a mysterious horse who seems to have an involved past, an immortal friend who remembers what Mozart was like, and a demonologist who thinks he’s Elvis, and you can understand why Fran despairs of ever fitting in. CIRCUS OF THE DARNED Originally published January 2006 I’ve given up all hope of having a normal life. As if things weren’t freaky enough traveling around Europe with a group of witches, mediums, and magicians who make up my home-away-from-home (aka the GothFaire), now I also have to cope with a mysterious man who wants to steal my horse, and a time-travel counselor who insists I’m Cleopatra reincarnated. I just want to go on a date with Benedikt, but when your boyfriend’s a vampire, nothing is easy. Not only is Ben keeping secrets from me, but somehow, I raised an entire battlefield of warring Viking ghosts–all of whom refuse to be sent back.


Crossroads by Moira Rogers
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Southern Arcana #2
Author's Website: MoiraRogers.com

Summary:

He’s the last man she should ever want. She’s the last woman he can ever have. Coming from a family with psychic gifts, Derek Gabriel was aware of but separate from the dangers of the supernatural world, until a rogue wolf shifter stripped away his humanity. The change he barely survived didn’t drive him insane, but the cultural bias against him as an inferior transformed wolf might. And it doesn’t help that he’s fallen for the daughter of the most powerful wolf in the country. Almost from the moment she was born, Nicole Peyton started planning her escape from the strict confines of elite shapeshifter society, an old-fashioned world where women are valued only for their bloodlines and bank accounts. In New Orleans she has a bar she loves, friends in decidedly low places, and a smoldering sensual tension with an incredibly attractive and deliciously unsuitable man. Their forbidden longing erupts into unbridled need—until Nick’s sister burns into town with a strike team hard on her heels. Saving her means Nick has to play by the Conclave’s rules…and give up the man she is growing to love Unless Derek does something completely crazy—issue a challenge that could shake the foundations of their world Warning: This book contains forbidden lust, strip poker, instinct-driven sex in odd places, devious shapeshifters, and love and loss in a world of paranormal politics and supernatural schemes.


Devil at Midnight by Emma Holly
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Midnight #9
Author's Website: EmmaHolly.com

Summary:

For years, mercenary captain Christian Durand has done everything he can to protect his men. When a beautiful ghost appears to offer comfort, he assumes the strain has finally pushed him over the edge. All he knows for certain is that this woman tugs at both his heart and desires. But now that a vampire queen has set her immortal sights on Christian, he must choose between his darker urges and a powerful love that spans centuries.


Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Science Fiction Romance
Series: Enemy #1
Author's Website: MarcellaBurnard.com

Summary:

After a stint in an alien prison torpedoes her military career, Captain Ari Idylle has to wonder why she even bothered to survive. Stripped of her command and banished to her father's scientific expedition to finish a PhD she doesn't want, Ari never planned to languish quietly behind a desk. But when pirates commandeer her father's ship, Ari once again becomes a prisoner. Pirate leader Cullin Seaghdh may not be who he pretends to be but as far as Cullin is concerned, the same goes for Ari. Her past imprisonment puts her dead center in Cullin's sights and if she hasn't been brainwashed and returned as a spy, then he's convinced she must be part of a traitorous alliance endangering billions of lives. Cullin can't afford the desire she fires within him and he'll stop at nothing, including destroying her, to uncover the truth.


Firewalker by Allyson James
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series: Stormwalker #2
Author's Website: AllysonJames.com

Summary:

When Mick goes missing, it's up to Janet to find him and figure out how to keep him safe. She'll need a little help from her friends, old and new: Nash and Coyote; Cassandra, a wicked Wicca, and a few strange beings who are stirring things up in Magellan.


Game Over by Taylor Keating
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Guardian #1
Author's Website: TaylorKeating.com

Summary:

Video game designer River Weston is ready to sell her soul to smooth out the glitches in her latest project. When she unwittingly taps into a parallel dimension via cutting-edge technology, a Dark Lord is quick to take her up on her inadvertent offer. Trapped in the world she thought she’d created for her game, River finds herself in a very real alternate dimension that she must escape from before her soul can be used to unleash evil--upon this dimension and many others. River’s only ally is the sexy and mysterious Chase Hawkins. A prisoner of the Dark Lord, Hawk is a man adrift—literally. His body safe at home under the watchful care of the Guardians’ scientists, his astral-traveling spirit has been enslaved by his people’s worst enemy, the Dark Lord. Clinging desperately to his sense of self, Hawk is determined to turn the tables on his captor before the connection to his body is lost. When the beautiful, achingly familiar River enters the picture, he vows he will do everything he can to save her from her bleak fate. Drawn together with an inescapable force, Hawk and River must wrest her soul from the Dark Lord’s grasp before it’s too late.


In Dreams Begin by Skyler White
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Stand Alone
Author's Website: SkylerWhite.com

Summary:

“Close your eyes tightly—tightly—and keep them closed . . .” From a Victorian Ireland of magic, poetry and rebellion, Ida Jameson, ...more “Close your eyes tightly—tightly—and keep them closed . . .” From a Victorian Ireland of magic, poetry and rebellion, Ida Jameson, an amateur occultist, reaches out for power, but captures Laura Armstrong, a modern-day graphic artist instead. Now, for the man or demon she loves, each woman must span a bridge through Hell and across history . . . or destroy it. “Every passionate man is linked with another age, historical or imaginary, where alone he finds images that rouse his energy.” W. B. Yeats Anchored in fact on both sides of history, Laura and Ida, modern rationalist and fin de siècle occultist, are linked from the moment Ida channels Laura into the body of celebrated beauty and Irish freedom-fighter Maud Gonne. When Laura falls—from an ocean and a hundred years away—passionately, Victorianly in love with the young poet W. B. Yeats, their love affair entwines with Irish history and weaves through Yeats’s poetry until Ida discovers something she wants more than magic in the subterranean spaces in between. With her Irish past threatening her orderly present and the man she loves in it, Laura and Yeats—the practical materialist and the poet magus—must find a way to make love last over time, in changing bodies, through modern damnation, and into the mythic past to link their pilgrim souls . . . or lose them forever.


In the Company of Vampires by Katie MacAlister
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Dark Ones #8
Author's Website: KatieMacAlister.com

Summary:

If only a broken heart were all she had to deal with… …but there are Viking ghosts, gods, werebeings, and one sexy as sin vampire on Francesca’s case. And her biggest trouble is Loki, the trickster god. When Fran arrives at Goth-Faire to deal with him, things go from bad to worse, for her immortal ex, Benedikt, is there…with a new girlfriend. Shapesifters, Vikings, and a town filled with deranged opera fans…it’s a good thing Fran’s no ordinary mortal…


Jeweled by Anya Bast
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance Erotica
Series: NA
Author's Website: AnyaBast.com

Summary:

Defined by magic. Ruled by desire. In the Court of Edaeii, magic-imbued Evangeline is rewarded for her gift with a sapphire stone set in the perfect curves of her flesh. Her greatest rival in the royal court is the enigmatic Anatol, instilled with his own powers to manipulate illusion. He may better her in magic, but he is her absolute equal in a ferocious sexual energy begging for release. They share something else—they’re both targets of low-born revolutionaries bent on over-throwing the palace of the privileged few. Rescued from the mobs by Gregorio, a brilliant insurgent, they’re given sanctuary. But in this warm refuge, Evangeline soon finds herself torn between the magic of one man she has always desired, and the excitingly new and radical moves of another. For her, there is only one choice. Evangeline, Anatol and Gregorio come together as one to explore the possibilities of love beyond reason, and to indulge—for as long as they can survive—in pleasure without limits.


Living Nightmare by Shannon K. Butcher
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Sentinel Wars #4
Author's Website: ShannonKButcher.com

Summary:

For nine years, the Sentinel Nika has had one goal—to save her younger sister from the Synestryn who hold her captive. Now, the psychic bond Nika forged with her sibling on that terrible night is fading, and time is running out. But the one man who can unlock the power inside her may be the greatest danger to her.


Magic at the Gate by Devon Monk
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series: Allie Beckstrom #5
Author's Website: DevonMonk.com

Summary:

Allie Beckstrom's lover, Zayvion Jones, is a Guardian of the Gate, imbued with both light and dark magic and responsible for ensuring that those energies don't mix. But Zayvion lies in a coma, his soul trapped in death's realm. And when Allie discovers that the only way to save Zayvion is to sacrifice her very own magical essence, she makes a decision that may have grave consequences for the entire world.


Marked By The Moon by Lori Handeland
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Night Creature #9
Author's Website: LoriHandeland.com

Summary:

Julian Barlow was once a Viking. Then he watched his brother fall in battle, shouted his fury to the heavens and changed. He became the berserker of legend, a warrior who, in the heat of combat, transforms into a wolf. Centuries later, he's settled into his own Alaskan village full of werewolves; he has a wife he adores. Until Alexandra Trevalyn, werewolf hunter, kills her. Dying is too easy for the woman who murdered his wife, so Julian devises a better way for Alex to suffer. He'll make her just like him.


Pegasus by Robin McKinley
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre:
Series: Stand Alone
Author's Website: RobinMcKinley.com

Summary:

A gorgeously-written fantasy about the friendship between a princess and her pegasus Because of a thousand-year-old alliance between humans and pegasi, Princess Sylviianel is ceremonially bound to Ebon, her own pegasus, on her twelfth birthday. The two species coexist peacefully, despite the language barriers separating them. Humans and pegasi both rely on specially-trained Speaker magicians as the only means of real communication. But it’s different for Sylvi and Ebon. They can understand each other. They quickly grow close—so close that their bond becomes a threat to the status quo—and possibly to the future safety of their two nations.


Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Psy/Changeling #9
Author's Website: NaliniSingh.com

Summary:

In his position as Tracker for the SnowDancer pack, Drew Kincaid must rein in rogue changelings who've lost control of their animal halves- even if it means killing those who've gone too far. But nothing in his life has prepared him for the battle he must now wage-to win the heart of a woman who makes his body ignite...and who threatens to enslave his wolf.


Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here by Christine Warren
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: The Others #10
Author's Website: ChristineWarren.net

Summary:

Danice Carter wakes up naked and confused. She can't figure out how she got into bed with a man she's never met, because there is no way she would forget meeting McIntyre Callahan. The man is everything she's ever fantasized about, a mind-bendingly mouth-watering hunk...who is just as puzzled about what's going on as she is. When they discover the explanation involves a fugitive from Faerie, some very tricky magic, and a theoretical hotel room, things start to get a little weird. Good thing the attraction between Danice and Mac makes all the sense in the world.


Rebel by Zoe Archer
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: The Blades of the Rose #3
Author's Website: ZoeArcherBooks.com

Summary:

On the Canadian frontier in 1875, nature is a harsh mistress. But the supernatural can really do you in... A Lone Wolf Nathan Lesperance is used to being different. He’s the first Native attorney in Vancouver, and welcome neither with white society nor his sometime tribe. Not to mention the powerful wildness he’s always felt inside him, too dangerous to set free. Then he met Astrid Bramfield and saw his like within her piercing eyes. Now, unless she helps him through the harsh terrain and the harsher unknowns of his true abilities, it could very well get him killed... And The Woman Who Left The Pack Astrid has traveled this path before. Once she was a Blade of the Rose, protecting the world’s magic from unscrupulous men, with her husband by her side. But she’s loved and lost, and as a world-class frontierswoman, she knows all about survival. Nathan’s searing gaze and long, lean muscles mean nothing but trouble. Yet something has ignited a forgotten flame inside her: a burning need for adventure, for life—and perhaps even for love...


Sea Storm by Christine Feehan
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Drake Sisters: #1, #3
Author's Website: ChristineFeehan.com

Summary:

In one trade package together for the first time-two stories of the Drake Sisters from the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon. This two-in-one package from the #1 New York Times bestselling Drake Sisters series includes: Magic in the Wind Ever since Damon Wilder sought refuge in Sea Haven, he's heard the same breathless rumor so suggestive that it carries him to Sarah's cliff-top home. But Damon has not arrived alone. Two men have tracked him to Sea Haven, and into the shadows of Drake House, where Sarah hides her own secrets. And danger is just a whisper away. Oceans of Fire A gifted daughter in a magical bloodline, Abigail was born with a mystical affinity for water, and possesses a strong bond with dolphins, swimming among them in the waters off Sea Haven. Until she witnesses a murder on shore, and flees for her life-right into the arms of the Interpol agent who once broke her heart.


The Greyfriar by Clay & Susan Griffith
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Steampunk
Series: Vampire Empire #1
Author's Website: ClayAndSusanGriffith.blogspot.com

Summary:

In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Millions of humans were killed outright. Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. Within two years, once great cities were shrouded by the grey empire of the vampire clans. Human refugees fled south to the tropics because vampires could not tolerate the constant heat there. They brought technology and a feverish drive to reestablish their shattered societies of steam and iron amid the mosques of Alexandria, the torrid quietude of Panama, or the green temples of Malaya. It is now 2020 and a bloody reckoning is coming. Princess Adele is heir to the Empire of Equatoria, a remnant of the old tropical British Empire. She is quick with her wit as well as with a sword or gun. She is eager for an adventure before she settles into a life of duty and political marriage to man she does not know. But her quest turns black when she becomes the target of a merciless vampire clan. Her only protector is The Greyfriar, a mysterious hero who fights the vampires from deep within their territory. Their dangerous relationship plays out against an approaching war to the death between humankind and the vampire clans. The Greyfriar: Vampire Empire is the first book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternate history. Combining rousing pulp action with steampunk style, The Greyfriar brings epic political themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism.


The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: YA Paranormal
Series: NA
Author's Website: SarahSmith.com

Summary:

Since losing both of her parents, fifteen-year-old Katie can see and talk to ghosts, which makes her a loner until fellow student Law sees her drawing of a historic house and together they seek a treasure rumored to be hidden there by illegal slave-traders. Law Walker knew Katie Mullens before she was crazy. Before her mother died. Law knows Katie’s crazy now, but she’s always been talented. And she keeps filling sketch pads even though her drawings have gone a little crazy as well—dark, bloody. What Law doesn’t know is that these drawings are real. Or were real. Katie draws what she sees—and Katie sees dead people. People who have died—recently, and not so recently—in accidents, from suicide, even a boy who was trapped in a house that burned down more than 100 years ago. And it’s this boy who makes Law want to get to know Katie all over again. So what if his dad doesn’t want him dating a white girl? So what if people think Katie is dangerous? The ghost boy is hiding a secret that Law needs to know—and it’s much bigger, much more shocking than anyone ever expected.


Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Fantasy
Series: The Wheel of Time #13
Author's Website: DragonMount.com | BrandonSanderson.com

Summary:

The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight. The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel’aran’rhiod and find a way—at long last—to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways—the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn—have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men’s lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost. This penultimate novel of Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling series—the second of three based on materials he left behind when he died in 2007—brings dramatic and compelling developments to many threads in the Pattern. The end draws near. Dovie’andi se tovya sagain. It’s time to toss the dice.


Trolls in the Hamptons by Celia Jerome
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series: Willow Tate #1
Author's Website: CeliaJerome.com

Summary:

Willow Tate is a graphic novelist who earns enough money at her craft to keep her rent-controlled Manhattan apartment and still put food in the fridge. But when she decides to write about a ten-foot-tall troll who's a superhero, one suddenly appears, causing mayhem in Manhattan. When no one else can see the stony red giant, Willy thinks she's gone crazy, until she meets Agent Grant from the Department of Unexplained Events. According to him, Willy has managed to break ages-old cosmic laws that could destroy the Earth as we know it. Now she has to help him save the world, rescue a little boy, and stop a murdering kidnapper who wants to use the power of a little village in the Hamptons to become master of the universe...


Wolfsbane by Patricia Briggs
Release Date: 11/2/2010

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Genre: Fantasy
Series: Aralorn #2
Author's Website: PatriciaBriggs.com

Summary:

Shapeshifting mercenary Aralorn leads a dangerous existence. Now she must return home for her noble father, the Lyon of Lambshold, has passed away. But when Aralorn and her companion Wolf arrive, they find he’s not dead, but ensorcelled by the ae’Magi, using him as a conduit to destroy Aralorn and Wolf. She must overcome this mysterious mist or fall to the blackest of magic.


The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Release Date: 11/3/2010

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Genre: Fantasy
Series: The Inheritance Trilogy #2
Author's Website: NKJemisin.com

Summary:

In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city. And Oree's guest is at the heart of it. . .



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5 comments:

Anna said...

Edge of Twilight is a re-issue, but I'm loving the new cover. There are new books coming in the series called: Twilight Prophecy & Twilight Fulfilled. But I haven't found a date for them yet.

Happy Halloween :)

Donna said...

Hi Anna! Yeah, I should mark a book when it's a re-issue. Will do so in the future. :) Have you been reading this series? I haven't read any of the books in it. Good?

Melissa (My World...in words and pages) said...

A few great new releases here I have not heard of yet. So now I will have to look into them. Thanks! And a few that I've gone to get already. :) Thanks for the list.

Becky said...

What a great list! I am aching to go out and buy a couple of these. Just an FYI, there is a great paranormal romance that just came out at the end of October titled, "Stronger Than Sin" by Caridad Piñeiro that is another great one! Didn't see it on the list so thought I would mention it. It is quite the page turner! Once you start it you won't be able to put it down.

Donna said...

Melissa, I just came across Visitants on the B&N website last week and that one certainly has me intrigued. You're welcome for the list. :)

Becky, I did list Stronger Than Sin on my post last week since it released on 10/26. :) I appreciate you mentioning. I have the first book in this series but haven't read it yet. You make it sound like a good series, will move it up on the 'ol TBR list. Thank you!

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