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New Releases Sept. 1-7 and Reader's Choice C*ntest

First, a note. If you’re an avid reader and would like to write reviews of your own, Annie over at Booked and Loaded is in search of associate reviewers. It’s a great up-and-coming site, and I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Annie first at a Royal Street book signing in Dallas last spring and again at Authors After Dark. If you’re interested, click HEREand find out the details.
Now..don’t forget: the first and last weeks of each month are HEAVY release days, and the first week of S...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

Scene-Snippet Sunday: River Road (& Weekly W*nners)

Each week in this space, I feature a "snippet" from a current or upcoming work, but this week, I want to introduce you instead to a setting from my November release, RIVER ROAD. If you've been following the news this past week, you already might have heard about it. About half of the book is set in New Orleans; the rest is set in Plaquemines Parish about three years post-Katrina.

Plaquemines took a hard, devastating hit this week from Hurricane Isaac. Because of the angle of the storm, this ar...

#YA Friday: W*n BROKEN ILLUSIONS by Ellie James

Today's featured book is BROKEN ILLUSIONS, a YA urban fantasy novel from author Ellie James released in late May. I love a story set in New Orleans, of course (duh), so I was anxious to read the first book in this series, Shattered Dreams. This one intrigues me because it’s set during Mardi Gras, so I’ll be reading it soon wearing my critical hat to see if it gets Mardi Gras right. (This one, second in the series, can stand alone.). See what you think, and comment to be entered t...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

Q&A with #UF Author Jill Archer & W*n a new Ace-Roc Books Sampler

Today, I’d like to welcome to Preternatura author Jill Archer, whose debut urban fantasy Dark Light of Day will be released on September 25 by Ace Books as the first in the new Noon Onyx series—although this is urban fantasy with a twist, as you’ll see. Jill now lives in rural Maryland after spending ten years as what she calls a “dirt lawyer,” specializing in real estate “and anything involving exceedingly lengthy legalese-like contractual monstrosities.” You can learn more abou...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

Preternatura Books Club: Urban Fantasy Gets Religion (& W*n Some Books)

Welcome back to the Preternatura Book Club! We'll be talking about topics that are related to the book we're reading but are general enough for you to pipe up and voice an opinion.
Each book read will last four weeks, which is a much faster schedule than we've done on previous books. Today, we tackle chapters 24-36 of GUILTY PLEASURES, book one in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton.
Today's giveaway will be a trio of new books: Shannon Delany’s RIVALS AND...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

An Angel Goes Rogue: W*n #UF THE TAKEN by Vicki Pettersson

Are angels and demons the new vampires? Seems like a bazillion-and-one angel/demon books have come out in the last couple of years, but today’s featured book sounds like a great new take on angels, and it’s nice to see a new urban fantasy series, Celestial Blues, starting up from Vicki Pettersson. This one’s been out a few weeks, so if anyone has read it, what did you think?
ABOUT THE TAKEN: Griffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was back when gumshoes hoofed the streets . ....<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

New Releases August 27-Sept. 1 and Reader's Choice C*ntest

Remember how few releases there were the last two weeks? How easy the decision as to what book you’d most like to win? Not this week, as August 28 in particular is a huge release day in all our favorite speculative fiction genres. Gotta admit I’d have a hard time choosing this week—there are lots of series books I’d need to go back and get the first book of (which you can do, by the way), but I think I’d pick the first book in Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim series—I haven’t read t...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

Weekly W*nners and an Audiobook G*veaway

Ever wonder why I use those asterisks in my titles? I hate it. But I belong to a couple of tribes on Triberr, and it flags words like "contest" and "win" and "giveaway" as promotional, and it makes it hard for my tribemates to retweet my blog posts. So, sorry about that.

Okay, a few things going on today. First, my alter ego Susannah Sandlin has the entire first chapter of her paranormal romance REDEMPTION available to read today, plus is giving away an unabridged audiobook to a commenter. Hop...

#Fantasy Friday: W*n HUNTER AND FOX by Philippa Ballantine

Today's featured book is HUNTER AND FOX, a fantasy novel from author Philippa Ballantine released in late June. I know Pip Ballantine’s writing from her Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences steampunk series with her husband Tee Morris, so this is a new fantasy world for me. See what you think, and comment to be entered to win a copy!
ABOUT THE BOOK: In a world that is in constant shifting, where mountains can change to plains and then to lakes, Talyn is the Hunter for the Caisah, and a wreck of a...

Q&A with #YA Author KD McEntire & W*n REAPER & LIGHTBRINGER

Today, I’d like to welcome to Preternatura author KD McEntire, whose debut YA urban fantasy/romance Lightbringer was released last November. KD lives in the Kansas City area, and is celebrating the release (tomorrow!) of the second in her series, Reaper. You can learn more about KD and her books at her website.
Want to win copies of both Lightbringerand Reaper? Read on…
ABOUT LIGHTBRINGER: Wendy has the ability to see souls that have not moved on—but she does not seek them out. They seek h...