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Paranormal Romance Tuesday: KING OF DARKNESS by Elisabeth Staab

Today'sfeatured book is KING OF DARKNESS, anew paranormal romance by Elisabeth Staab
Youknow how I love a good (meaning so good he's bad) vampire romance, so it's fun to look at anew one today, released Feb. 1 by author Elisabeth Staab…and, of course, youcan win a copy. In this case, I'm giving away an ARC of the book—another copyof which is on my own towering TBR pile. Read on!ABOUTTHE BOOK: ETERNAL COMMITMENT IS NOT ON HER AGENDA...Scorned by the vampirecommunity for her lack of power...

New Releases Feb. 6-13 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 prettygood-sized list this week, although not as long as I'd first thought—I thinklast week's was tougher.
Whatdo you want to read? Leave a comment and tell me, and I'll draw one name to winhis or her choice. International, as always. And if the book is in a series youhaven't started, you can always pick the first one in the series instead.
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Holy Cow at the Winners! Are you one of them?

LOTS of winners this week because of the big Friday "second chance" giveaways. The postal service is gonna love me. Lots coming next week kicking off with a ginormous Reader's Choice contest tomorrow, so stay tuned.

A quick pause for a commercial interruption. I was SO EXCITED (can you tell) yesterday to see that Royal Street was given a starred review (that's a really good thing) in the Feb. 6 issue of Publisher's Weekly. You can read it HERE.

Winners: if you see your name here, please email y...

From the Royal Street Playlist--And Last Chance for Weekly Contests

I've shared quite a bit of my series playlist here on the blog, and if you're a regular reader you recognize Zachary Richard...because, sigh, I love his music...er, I mean my character DJ loves his music.

Anyway, by an unfortunate coincidence, at the time of Hurricane Katrina, I was reading a book by John Barry called Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927--it was the only book I had with me when I evacuated. Stupid, right?

Anyway, this song by Zachary Richard, "Big River," is about t...

Huge Unclaimed Books Day--Come and Get 'Em

Yes, it's a sad, sad story. Person wins book on blog, but never comes back to see if they won. Or they didn't leave an email. So here sits poor Suzanne, surrounded by piles of books she needs to move on their way to make for her own ever-exploding TBR pile. So it's Fire-Sale Friday!


Here are the books I have up for grabs, in no particular order. A few are ARCs, but most are not. All genres. Leave a comment to win one at random, or if you have a preference among them, tell me. Every single...

Meet Author Tes Hilaire and Get a Copy of DELIVER ME FROM DARKNESS

Today,I'm happy to welcome Daphne Award-winning author andTennessee native Tes Hilaire (although she was "displaced" to the cold, farenvirons of upstate New York at an early age and had to make her way Southagain). Tes' new paranormal romance, Deliver Me From Darkness, was releasedFeb. 1 by Sourcebooks Casablanca. For more on Tes, you can visit her website atwww.teshilaire.com, or read the Q&Abelow, of course!
Sourcebooks Casablanca is givingaway two copies of Deliver Me fromDarkness to...

Preternatura Book Club: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs, Chapter 6

Welcome to this week's "meeting" of the Preternatura Book Club! Today, we pick up chapter six of Moon Called, the first book in Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series. I'm switching to one chapter a week from here on out with this book since the chapters are so long. Weigh in--what do you think about this series or this book so far?
MOON CALLED, CHAPTER 6Mercy has taken Adam, the injured alpha of the Columbia Basin Pack to the Marrok in Montana. Adam's in a secure room being treated by the...

From the ROYAL STREET files: Ten-Sentence Tuesday, and Sid-Mar's

Yeah,I know—it's supposed to be Six-Sentence Sunday, but sometimes you have to stepoutside the box, right? Today, I'd like to introduce you to Sid-Mar's ofBucktown, one of my favorite New Orleans restaurants. I spent many eveningsdowning oysters either in their screened-in porch or the back patio overlookingLake Pontchartrain. (Sid-Mar's is named for owners Sid and Mary, by the way.)
Here'sSid-Mar's as it looked when the following ten-sentence excerpt takes place,from Chapter 2 of Royal...

New Releases Jan. 31-Feb. 5 and Get Your Choice

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 prettygood-sized list this week (next week's is HUGE).
Whatdo you want to read? Leave a comment and tell me, and I'll draw one name to winhis or her choice. International, as always. And if the book is in a series youhaven't started, you can always pick the first one in the series instead.
TheFaceless , by Simon Bestwick (Jan. 31, Solaris)Inthe...

From the ROYAL STREET Playlist--Ernie K-Doe (And Did You Win a Book This Week?)

 HappySunday!
Today,from my Royal Street playlist, I'dlike to share a classic New Orleans song, Ernie K-Doe's "Mother in Law"—love thisold song! There's a bar in New Orleans called Ernie K-Doe's Mother in LawLounge on Claiborne in the Treme neighborhood. Ernie opened it in 1994; he diedin 2001. The lounge drowned under nine feet of water in Hurricane Katrina in2005 but was reopened by Ernie's widow in 2006.

Now,on to the business of the day. Did you win a prize last week? Here are ourweekly...