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Preternatura Books Club: Vampire Hate Groups (& 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. We begin today with the second twelve chapters of GUILTY PLEASURES, book one in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton.
Today's giveaway will be a mystery grab-bag with three books from m...

Make My Day, Punk: W*n #Dystopian KOP KILLER by Warren Hammond

Let’s talk about boys and girls, and how they’re different. No, not THAT. Get your minds out of the gutter. Naughty, naughty. I’m talking about writing.
For reasons I don’t quite understand, urban fantasy is dominated by women authors, and I’m down with that since I am one. But there are some really awesome UFs by male authors out there too (hello, Jim Butcher?) and they’re…different. Science fiction tends to have more male authors. Dystopians seem evenly split. But they’re different, dependin...

New Releases August 19-26 and Reader's Choice C*ntest

Funny how all the heavy release weeks are the first and last weeks of the month. Which lets us catch our breaths for a couple of weeks. In other words, this is a light week. Next week? Not so much, so get ready!
Now…Reader’s Choice time. As always, leave a comment telling me the book here you’d most like to win, and maybe random.org will make your wishes come true. International? Of course! As long as Book Depository delivers to your country, please do enter.
Now, here we go….  

Savage Redem...

Did You Win a Book This Week?

Where's "Scene-Snippet Sunday," you might ask? It's over at my "official" website (this is my "unofficial website, I guess). You can find a snippet from River Road HERE.

In the meantime...did you win a book this week? Here are the weekly winners. If you see your name, please email me HERE with your mailing info. Coming up this week: A great Q&A with author KD McIntire with a chance to win the first two books in her Lighbringer series; a new installation of our Preternatura Book Club; a cou...

Going, Going, Gone--Last Chance to Enter Weekly C*ntests

Last call for this week's contests! But if it's before midnight central time U.S. on Saturday night, go for it!

To win The Corpse Goddess (ebook) by Kristi Jones, click HERE.

To win Magic Gone Wild (print ARC) by Judi Fennell, click HERE.

To win your choice of this fall's Preternatura Book Club reads (print or ebook-your choice), click HERE. (And thanks to all of you, by the way, for the great discussion on kickass heroines and the Anita Blake series!)

To win Glitch (print) by Heather Anastasiu,...

Q&A with #UF Author Kristi Jones (& W*n The Corpse Goddess)

I always love finding new urban fantasy authors, and today I'm happy to introduce you to Kristi Jones, who has a new book, The Corpse Goddess, that is about a Valkyrie facing "death duty." Great spin on the urban fantasy zombie trope!

Kristi Jones spent her childhood exploring European castles, crumbling manor houses and ornate cathedrals, always looking for secret passages and hidden rooms. She holds a degree in European history and loves to throw ‘ordinary’ characters into extraordinary circ...

Hapless Genie + Pro Footballer = MAGIC GONE WILD by Judi Fennell (W*n a Copy!)

Today's featured book is by an author I was fortunate enough to meet at Authors After Dark last week, where we shared a panel on humor in urban fantasy and paranormal romance. And, yeah, I was a fangirl and went over to get a book signed later in the week. She's as much fun in person as you'd think from reading her books! You can learn more about Judi from her website.

Judi writes terrific light paranormals with lots of sexy humor. The new book, Magic Gone Wild, which was released August 1, is...

Preternatura Book Club Looks at: Kickass Heroines, Modern #UF (& C*ntest)

Welcome back to the Preternatura Book Club! We have an ambitious fall reading schedule but a new twist--while I encourage everyone to read along with the chosen books, you can still contribute to the conversations and win one of the giveaways. 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. We begin toda...

Meet #YA Author Heather Anastasiu & W*n GLITCH

Ready for a new dystopian YA read? Today, I'm happy to welcome debut author Heather Anastasiu, whose book GLITCH was released last week. Heather lives in Minnesota, has pink hair, and loves tattoos--which you can see at her website .

Want to win a copy of GLITCH (which is the first in a new trilogy)? Read on...ABOUT GLITCH: Zoe lives in a world free of pain and war. Like all members of the Community, a small implanted chip protects her from the destructive emotions that destroyed the Old W...

New Releases Aug. 12-19 (& Reader's Choice C*ntest & Weekly Winners)

Zzzzzz. Yeah, yeah, okay, I'm awake. Sort of. 
Kind of a slow week on the new releases, but you'll find them below and, as always, Monday is Reader's Choice day--pick out the book you'd most like to read, leave it in a comment, and at the end of the week I'll pick a winner!
First, however, the winners from last week's Authors After Dark extravaganza. If you see your name here, please email me with your snail-mail address.

ROGER won the New Orleans glass water-meter replica paperweight. (Thi...