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Feature Friday: Lenobia's Vow, New House of Night Novella by PC and Kristin Cast

Today'sfeatured book is LENOBIA'S VOW, anew novella from mother-and-daughter writing team PC and Kristin Cast. This isone of a series of novellas that will tell some of the backstories of some ofthe House of Night series' characters. In this one, we learn the story ofLenobia, the horseback riding instructor.
Wantto win a copy of Lenobia's Vow? Readon…
ABOUT THE BOOK: The second of the House of Night Novellas brings us Lenobia, thestrong, beautiful horseback riding instructor, who guides Zoey...

Meet author Rosalie Lario and Get BLOOD OF THE DEMON

I'm excited to welcome Rosalie Lario to Preternatura today—her Demons of Infernum paranormal romance series hasturned me into a fan. A resident of Florida, Rosalie was trained as a corporateand real estate lawyer, but—lucky for us—she realized after a few years thatwasn't quite what she wanted to do. Her Demons of Infernum series follows aquartet of half-demon brothers (and you have to read them to find out what the "otherhalf" is) who manage to be kickass and funny as can be all at once...

Preternatura Book Club--and a Chance to Win ROYAL STREET

Today's episode of the Preternatura Book Club is interrupted by this commercial message:


I'm guest-blogging today over at The Qwillery, and leaving a comment will get you entered for a signed copy of ROYAL STREET. Yep. It will. Note that this is a delayed gratification contest--you'll receive your book as soon as I have author copies in hand, probably around the end of March. So....go and comment!


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Meet Alyxandra Harvey and win STOLEN AWAY or DRAKE CHRONICLES Omnibus

I'm thrilled to welcome to Preternatura author Alyxandra Harvey, whose wonderful Drake Chronicles series has a new addition today with today's release of ane-novella, A Killer First Date (right). A Canadian author, Alyx released a standalonenovel in 2011, Haunting Violet, thatwas nominated for the Teen Choice Books Awards and the Ontario LibraryAssociation Red Maple Award, and her novel StolenAway was released in the U.S. in January.The fifth Drake Chronicles book, Blood Moon, will come out...

New Releases Feb. 11-17 and Reader's Choice Contest

Ifit's Monday, it must be time to look at the new releases in speculative fictionthis week—and you get to pick which one you'd like to win! We have a smallishlist this week, but maybe you can find something interesting here. As someonewho was introduced to the "modern" vampire by Anne Rice, I'm interested inseeing how she tackles werewolves in her new book that comes out this week.And the Brave New Love anthology of dystopian love stories looks kinda cool. Because, uh, you know, my TBR pile...

Did You Win a Book This Week?

Sorry I'm off schedule this week, thanks to a Blogger glitch, but--finally--here are this week's winners! Please email me HERE if you see your name. If you're waiting for a book from me, be patient. I'm trying to get caught up!

So, here goes...

RAIHANA won the Reader's Choice contest--she chose Born Wicked.

BARB P won King of Darkness by Elisabeth Staab.

LINDSAY/BOOK VLOGGER won The Wood Queen, by Karen Mahoney.

VAN PHAM won Blood and Bullets, by James Tuck.

Congrats to the winners!

Coming up this w...

From the Royal Street Playlist: Dr. John (and Last Chance to Win)

Good old Blogger....This was scheduled to post at 9 a.m. Saturday and here it is, 9 p.m. and it never posted. So....I'll extend the deadline to enter until noon CST on Sunday. Go to it!

Ah, it doesn't get much better than New Orleans' own Dr. John playing "Iko Iko." Just makes you wanna dance in the streets!



It's time for your weekly reminder--you have until midnight CST in the U.S. to enter this week's contests!

To win a copy of BLOOD AND BULLETS, the new urban fantasy from James Tuck, click HE...

Review & Giveaway: BLOOD AND BULLETS by James Tuck

Today'sfeatured book is BLOOD AND BULLETS, firstin a new urban fantasy series by James R. Tuck. It's always interesting to read an urban fantasy written by a guy after reading so many series written by women. Yes, Virginia, there is a difference. Don't be jumping on me--it's true!


Blood and Bullets, James Tuck's debut novel, has a very noir-detective feel to it, with humorous asides, gnashing vampire teeth, and gore galore. Deacon Chalk responds to the death of his family by becoming a...

YA Thursday: THE WOOD QUEEN by Karen Mahoney--Get a Copy!

Today'sfeatured book is THE WOOD QUEEN, a newparanormal YA by Karen Mahoney. I haven't had a chance to read it yet myself,but I really loved the first book, TheIron Witch, so I'm anxious to see what Donna and her hot fey guy Xan andher *cough* wimpy BFF-who-loves-her Navin get up to in this one. Not that I'mchoosing sides or trying to influence her in the least, of course.
Wantto win a copy of The Wood Queen? Readon…ABOUTTHE BOOK: Donna Underwood is in deep trouble.An ancientalchemical order...

Preternatura Book Club: MOON CALLED by Patricia Briggs, Chapter 7

 Welcometo this week's "meeting" of the Preternatura Book Club! Today, we're looking atChapter 7 of the first book in Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series, Moon Called.
Sofar in the story, we've had mostly setup, with Mercy taking in a newbiewerewolf, who's murdered shortly after she turns him over to her local alpha,Adam Hauptman. Adam is badly wounded, and Mercy hauls him up to Montana, to thepack of the king of all werewolves, the Marrok. We meet Samuel, the Marrok'sson, with whom Mercy...