Bruno DiCesare is enjoying Carnevale in Venice. This is the one week each year he can wander the streets freely, since everyone wears costumes and masks throughout during the wild festival. He is not the only unusual creature drawn to Carnevale, although he is one of a kind. Transformed centuries ago into a half-man, half-chimera, Bruno cherishes the change from his usual solitary existence. (more…)

Blood Trade, the splendid sixth full-length installment in the fabulous Jane Yellowrock series, begins a few months after the events at the end of the previous book. Jane comes to the realization that she may well be depressed, given that by having accused Rick of trying to kill her, she may have put an unmovable wedge between them forever. Or it could be because Bruiser, someone she considered a friend, held her down while Leo fed from her (though he was controlled by another at the time). (more…)

Rebecca is about to turn seventeen. She lives with her Gram who suffers from early-onset dementia. Rebecca does everything for her Gram, and also has to go to school, worry that Gram might set the house on fire, or something worse, as she hides the fact that she is the caregiver, not just a teen. (more…)

Blood and Magick, the terrific third installment in the exciting Deacon Chalk, Occult Bounty Hunter series, begins with Deacon, Tiff, Kat, and Larson all having dinner together at a nice restaurant. When Deacon cuts into his highly-anticipated dessert, a sour stench fills the air, and, as can be expected for our hero, all hell breaks loose. After an explosion of glass and debris knocks everyone down, Deacon checks on Tiff, sending her to look for Kat and Larson. Despite a big surprise regarding Larson, Deacon’s attention immediately gets drawn to the large hole blown in the wall. (more…)

Designs on a Warrior by Marisa Chenery tells the story of one of six ancient warriors given power by their Anglo-Saxon god, Tiw, the Sky Father, to protect mankind from evil werewolves. It takes place in present day England where two college roommates go to relax after graduation. Maggie is from England, and Cydney is visiting with her and looking for fun. Wulfric and Cydney meet accidently while he is on patrol, and the attraction is instantaneous. (more…)

In Chasing Tail, Julie Cox takes a different approach to telling a shapeshifting story. Instead of the usual one main idea with numerous chapters and characters, it is six separate tales linked together by various characters and situations. There is still one main idea but packaged differently. The reader will read about the shapeshifters dealing with each other, themselves, and their sexual lives. Each tale finds at least two individuals dealing with struggles, dilemmas, and relationships. Julie Cox herself says that each story has something to do with rules. She also incorporates their feelings on their society and how it relates to society as a whole.
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Myra Nour begins her book with a question: what happens when the gods plays tricks on humans? The story is her answer.

Madria is happy with her life, but when change happens she adjusts as best she can. She knows where her control lies and enjoys using it when able. Antonius is a simple man content to live out his life as the farmer he is. When his life is turned upside down by the lovely Madria, he’s not quite sure why his fortune improved but is glad that it did. (more…)

Melena is just beginning to enjoy her life out of the Military when her roommate, Aniya, goes missing while meeting a man in Fairbanks, Alaska. When Aniya fails to contact Melena, her mother and other friends, Melena has no choice but to drop everything and search for Aniya. Melena has a special talent, a built in lie detector, and she is known as a “Sensor”. Facing Vampires, Melena has her own worries. Terrified that Aniya is with the Vampires, she gets a chilling phone call from her, “GO HOME NOW”. She knows that there is no way she can abandon her, but once she finds Aniya, she is faced with a bigger problem. How will they both make it out alive? She meets a man who makes her heart race, but the timing is bad. Can he help save her and her best friend? How can you hope to love someone when you have kept to yourself your entire life?
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In Dragon’s Heart, we learn that dragons are real. They existed on the Earth in a time of free-flowing magic until the time of man brought the fear about any who are powerful and different. When their species became hunted due to the betrayal of one of their own, they had to flee to another world called Akgon. But leaving Earth cut them off from much of their powerful magic and their truemates, many of whom had to shed their dragon bodies and go incognito as human. Their kind are called the brethren and they are back to reclaim their magic. Draakar, the Dark Lord, the King of the dragons, comes to find his true mate, a crucial enterprise for the survival of his people and for his own heart.
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Berani is exotic and untamed as the rainforest of Malaysia which she calls home. The granddaughter of the shaman of her clan, she wants only to protect her family and keep the strangers from destroying the land. She’s not prepared for the battle she is thrust into and must work with an unlikely hero whom she can’t get out of her mind and who is determined to win her or be destroyed trying.
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Jennifer White, a school teacher from New Jersey, is on the trip of a lifetime. Her fiancé, Seth Richards, took her on a trip to Serengeti, Africa. Jennifer was having a wonderful time until, on the sixth day of her trip, she wakes up deep in the Serengeti Jungle very groggy and unsure of what has happened to her and to her fiancé who is nowhere to be found. Jennifer tries to get up and walk, but her knees give out and she falls back into the dirt.
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Burklin has a crap life. He is part of an unholy trinity dedicated to keeping the adolescent demon Lord Avnas “Max” McPhee alive. This is a difficult and messy task, since Max is a serial killer and a moron. Low man on the trinity totem pole, Garrick follows Max from crime scene to crime scene, cleaning up Max’s gory mess and stashing mutilated bodies behind Hoppy’s Diner.
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Mac McNamara is a special agent for the DEA. His team has been assigned to a possible drug smuggling operation in Texas near the Mexican border. So much for covert operations, the helicopter Mac’s team is using malfunctions and crash lands in the front yard of their suspect. Callie Johnson has no idea what’s going on when she sees a lot of heavily-armed men dressed in black military gear climbing out of the chopper.
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Mark Tavery is a dragon specialist for Searchlight. While on an investigation, Mark finds a genie’s lamp. When Mark rubs the lamp, out pops Luke, the most attractive man that he has ever seen. There is an immediate attraction between them, but Mark fights this attraction because of his past abusive relationship. Luke wants to give his Master Mark his heart’s desire. Luke also wants to give himself to his new Master.

There is something killing magical beings along the coast of Florida, and Mark is determined to find out who it is and why. He hopes to talk them into going to Searchlight and getting the free manmade blood that will nourish and help them to survive. Mark is pretty sure that it’s a dragon killing these creatures.
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Chantrea (Trea) Morgan lives with her parents, who happen to be mated panther shifters. Trea’s about to go into “heat”, her time to change into a panther. Since her parents have kept her from dating and she has no friends, they have decided to sell their secluded home and go to “Sanctuary”, which is a special place for panther shifters to live safely, and in Trea’s case, possibly find a mate. Trea falls asleep and wakens to a shotgun going off right outside her home. Tragedy strikes, and Trea takes her parents’ truck, heading for Sanctuary with two killers after her. Once she arrives at Sanctuary, she has to deal with the terror of someone wanting to kidnap her to expose her for money—even kill her. Luckily, she finds her mate, Hudson, but will she survive the change from human to panther? And what about the men that are after her?
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Natasha Hemingway was still discovering the psychic abilities that had first made their appearance four months earlier during a deadly car accident. Her roommate, Annette, who worked at Desires Unleashed, had introduced her to Xavier, a vampire who seemed to be developing a great interest in Natasha…and not just for feeding purposes. After Natasha worked with the elite S.U.I.T division, helping to solve a string of murders, she met Darian, another vampire who owned Desires Unleashed, the most successful vampire-owned nightclub in Chicago.
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Robyn Meacher was abandoned at birth by her mother and never knew who her father was. Robyn has been bounced from foster home to foster home until she ends up at Highfields Foster Home under the care and supervision of the cruel Mrs. Alfrey. One day, Robyn is asked into (more…)

Heidi Peacock is half Fae/ half Werewolf and has been on the run for all of her adult life. As a child she witnessed the brutal deaths of her parents and the kidnapping of her twin brother, Lexi. Ever since, she has been living an anonymous life while trying to take care of her crazy Fae aunt Lou and keeping a step ahead of any werewolf that might be around. Fate has other plans for Heidi, though, and it all starts to unravel when Robson Trowbridge, son of an Alpha and Hedi’s first crush, walks into her Starbucks one day.

Heidi is not the only one in hiding or the only one who has lost her entire family. The same wolf responsible for the death of Heidi’s parents also killed Robson’s family and managed to frame him for it. Robson has been Rogue ever since but has come back to help a member of the pack. Heidi and Robson find themselves thrown together in order to rescue Aunt Lou and possibly exact revenge on the wolf responsible for destroying their lives.
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Simone and Selena are twin wolves. Selena has a black aura and admits to Simone that she killed their parents. Simone is shocked by her admission but she knows that her sister wants her to turn evil also. She refuses, and her sister attacks her, but Simone is pure of heart and cannot kill her twin; if she does, she will become like Selena, a Hrothega, a two legged wolf with super strength.
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Dreams led Bruno, a lone wolf shifter, back to the pack that cast him into the wind. For years he had been on his own, spreading the message of a loving God, a God that he clung to when his torment of abandonment ravaged his soul. Night after night he was plagued by visions of Serena, his only love, and all consuming evil tempting her to cross over to be one with it.
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