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New Releases July 24-31 & Reader's Choice C*ntest

Remember the last couple of slow, lazy weeks? Not many books to choose from? Well, that’s over. Get ready. In fact, this list is so loaded (uh, hello--Kate Daniels, Kitty, Sands...Does everything have to come out at once?) I will run it two weeks. So a pick this week, and another pick next week.

First, the commercial messages. My alter-ego Susannah Sandlin is over at The SeraphineMuse  as the Redemption Virtual Tour continues. And, yep, another chance to enter the giveaways, including a $5...

Jean Lafitte Discovers Modern Plumbing (& Did You W*n a Book This Week?)

Welcome to Scene-Snippet Sunday!

Every Sunday, I share a snippet of a scene from one of my books--a different one for my various sites. Over at the Susannah Sandlin blog today is a scene snippet from book two in the Penton Legacy series, Absolution. At my official website is a scene from the second Sentinels of New Orleans book, River Road, wherein the undead pirate Jean Lafitte talks on a cell phone. And in this scene, also from River Road, he waxes enthusiastic over modern plumbing.

DJ has be...

Going...Going...Last Chance for This Week's C*ntests

It's Saturday, which means I have a bunch of blog posts to write, errands to run, laundry to do...all that fun stuff. I hope you have a few minutes to stop by  Books Books The Magical Fruit  today, where I'm wearing my Susannah Sandlin hat and answering a bunch of fun (and hard) questions. Really hard questions!

First, links to the contests that are still open, and then I'll tell a story that I make reference to in the above interview.

To enter the giveaway for both Ministry of Peculiar...

#Steampunk Friday--The Janus Affair and Two-Book Giveaway

The quick commercial message: Redemption, a new vampire romance-apocalyptic-mashup is being featured at the Reading on the Wild Side blog today--go over and enter for another chance to win the Amazon gift card or one of the Redemption giveaways.

Now...it's Friday, I started a new dent in my TBR pile yesterday--thanks for entering! So, what shall we do today...Let's look at a new steampunk!

Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris started their Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series last year with Phoenix...

Towering TBR Thursday--Take Some of These Books...Please!

First, if you missed the "Live with Tamaria" radio interview last night, go over to Susannah Sandlin's website and click the link at the top of the righthand column.

Now...

You think I'm joking about toppling TBR piles, don't you? I'm expecting a producer from "Hoarders: Buried Alive" to show up at my door any day now. So I photographed my TBR "pile" (that term is a joke at this point) just to prove it. Note that these books are in no order whatsoever. The only common denominator is that I have...

Cover Reveals! And Royal Street Annotated--A New Chapter is Up!

Haven't read Royal Street? (And, why not, I must ask--LOL.) No worries--this is a spoiler-free feature each week or so as I go through the book pulling out some Easter Eggs and annotations. Today's takes a kind of gross turn, I have to warn you.

First, today's commercials. I'm over at For What It's Worth Reviews today with five reasons why visiting New Orleans in August (as many of us will be doing for Authors After Dark in just a couple of weeks) is sheer insanity. It involves raccoons and pa...

Q&A with #YA author Amy Kathleen Ryan: W*n GLOW and SPARK

First, today's commercial interruptions...It's Cover Reveal day at Susannah Sandlin's blog--she is revealing the final cover for book two in the Penton Legacy series, Absolution, which comes out October 9. And book one, Redemption, is currently No. 6 among romance series at Amazon's Kindle Store. Check it out!


But here, we're talking about YA today. It is release day for Spark, the second book in Amy Kathleen Ryan's sci-fi/romance YA, and I have both Spark and book one in the se...

New Releases July 16-23 & Reader's Choice C*ntest

It’s another kind of slowish week in the world of speculative fiction releases, but some interesting titles. Might be a good week to pick a new author to try! (But next week, get ready!) I think my pick this week would be to choose the first book in Ian Tregillis’ Triptych series. The second one comes out this week but it’s a new series to me and it sounds interesting. Seed also sounds interesting, if creepy.

First, the commercial interruptions. The giveaway at Dark Faerie Tales continues for...

Weekly W*nners & Scene-Snippet Sunday

It's Scene-Snippet Sunday time! There's a scene snippet from alter-ego Susannah Sandlin's vampire paranormal romance, Redemption, over at that blog. Find it HERE. I have a snippet from River Road, the followup to Royal Street that's coming in November, over at my "official" website HERE.

And just for really long-term tease, here's a snippet from Elysian Fields, book three in the series. It won't be out until August of next year, so enjoy the snippets!

In this scene, near the beginning of the b...

Did You W*n a Book This Week?

It's Saturday, so it's time for "last call" -- all my weekly contests end at midnight tonight Central time U.S., so...enter, already!

To win Laura Kaye's paranormal romance West of Want, click HERE.

To win Ari Marmell's two Widdershins fantasies, click HERE.

To win the Eye of the World and Girl Genius Omnibus graphic novels, click HERE.

To win this week's Reader's Choice contest of your most-wanted new read, click HERE.

Tomorrow, come back to find out the winners, read a new "Scene-Snippet Sunday"...