Eleisha and her band have had a lull in their searches when, suddenly, Wade discovers something that makes him think that there might be another in Seattle. On the spur of the moment, the crew drives there, but when they make contact, the vamp tells them never to contact him again. Startled, Eleisha has to rethink her plan and how foolish it might have been to set out without knowing more.
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This Haunted World is a dark and disturbing graphic novel that will be published at first digitally. The storyline is very disconcerting and the artwork is shadowy, at times violent, and others gloomy.

This Haunted World is set in an apocalyptic world that is full of suffering and blood. Many believe that this is what is called the End Times and God is finally punishing humanity for its greed and ego. Whatever religion you believe in, all can agree that this is the beginning of the end of civilization. The characters we follow are all shades of a sort. We don’t really know them, as they don’t know themselves, only chaos and death. We have a Corporal who has just (barely) survived a raid, a student who is accused of murders, a Senator and a tribal leader. Read More »

Garrick of Hawkwood was furious and embarrassed when he first saw Fairfield, believing the king had sent him on a fool’s errand, that his assignment, to marry the Widow d’Arcy and claim Fairfield and its lands for the crown, was simply a joke to Henry. When the grizzled porter referred to Fairfield as Castle Ladyslipper, Garrick was certain he was in the wrong place, and looking around, he wondered why there were so few men to defend the castle and its grounds. As Garrick entered the castle proper, he was introduced to Emma, the widow’s stepdaughter, the current lady of the manor, who was not at all pleased at his arrival. Informing Garrick that Lady Helene was currently in France, and therefore, not available to be married, Emma hoped to save Fairfield from being taken over.
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Donovan Vicar had a special talent – he was able to “feel” the vibrations of the people around him, telling him if they were good people or if they were surrounded by an aura of evil. Walking home through the park, Donovan encountered a man who had waves of evil emanating from his body, and the aura was enough to make Donovan feel ill. Discussing the event with his spiritual mentor, Mason, Read More »

Jesse James Dawson is a Champion. No, not like from the Queen song. I’m talking a man who fights big bad demons on behalf of those foolish enough to sell their souls but wise enough to realize, “Oh, hell. I sold my soul to a demon! I need help!”

He may not be rich in a financial sense, but he’s rich in spirit. He’s an honorable man with a good family and a kind heart. He’s even friendly with Axel, the demon-of-unknown-class who likes to appear as a squirrel for a lively game of chess, both literally and figuratively. Jesse has just accepted a contract to help an aged sports star when all hell breaks loose. Champions are disappearing from around the world. The demons aren’t playing by the rules, and Jesse is likely the next target.
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After her father’s death, Tava Ell Var finds herself at the mercy of a plains warband. They rescue her from the fate her village is about to impose, allowing her to be the free spirit that she is and not a slave in some man’s house. The warband’s request is that she give them a year before making a decision about staying with them to learn their ways and discover how well of a fit she will be into their way of life.

Kodan Sin Siin, the Shifterai leader, knows Tava is better suited to living with the Shifterai on the plains than she ever was in her village after he discovers her secret: she’s a shape shifter. Read More »

The third book of the acclaimed Atlantis series, Atlantis Unleashed, packs a punch exploring a lot of new settings for its heroic cast and taking some great risks with its edgy hero, Justice. The novel continues the storyline of the Atlanteans’ search for the missing gems of the mystical Trident of Poseidon but takes the ongoing quest away from the vampires already met throughout the series; instead, Day takes her readers through a story of healing and self-acceptance, largely centered in the lush jungles of Guatemala.
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Lily has her hands full spending her days doing schoolwork and getting ready for the Fall formal and spending her nights fighting to protect Chicago’s unsuspecting citizens from the Reapers and other things that go bump in the night. When Lily discovers a Reaper draining a classmate in broad daylight, her attempts to defend the classmate fall flat when she finds her Firespell is gone. But it’s not just Lily. All of Chicago’s Adepts have lost their power and they are convinced the Reapers are behind it—until they learn that the Reaper’s magic is gone. too. Lily forms an uneasy alliance with Sebastian, the Reaper who is responsible for accidentally giving her Firespell in the first place. Read More »

Sixteen-year-old Sam Reading hears creaking in the cabin every night when she and her parents stay there during the summer. No one else hears the sounds, but Sam knows she is not imagining things. One night, she dares to look and sees a man there. When she spots him and speaks to him, the man tells her is name is Harrison Benning and that he died there in the nineteenth century. When Sam asks about his visibility on that particular night, Harrison explains that every year on the summer solstice he becomes corporeal, but just until dawn the following day. Over the next few years, the relationship between Sam and Harrison progresses to become more than just a friendship.
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Prophetic visions, ritualistic killings, and ancient druids – Catherine Anne Collins brings all of these to modern-day Salem in A Witch’s Legacy.

Making use of her interior designer skills, Cassandra’s brother has sent her to his new house in Salem to decorate the place, hoping that by being in the town most famous for witches, Cassandra will embrace her own inner witch. While there, she meets others with powers, including sexy cop, Samson. Things get weird, though, when murder victims start showing up based on the seven deadly sins and Cassandra has visions of the murders. On top of that, Cassandra and Samson both seem to be having dreams of Avalon long ago. Are these events somehow connected?
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Deliver Me from Darkness, the terrific first installment in the Paladin Warriors series, hooks the reader on page one. Former Paladin (angelic warrior) and now vampire Roland just knows he will regret allowing his friend Calhoun to bring an injured woman to hide out in his apartment. The woman had shown up at Calhoun’s place, asking for his help, and then passed out. In order to avoid temptation, Roland works hard to keep his distance from humans, especially innocents, and he knows the woman belongs in that category. Once she awakens, Karissa immediately identifies Roland as a vampire, and in an attempt to get away from him, she teleports to a different part of the apartment.
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Amanda Flynn contracted an mysterious virus years ago, a virus that kills almost everyone who contracts it. Those that do survive become violent and kill with no qualms. Amanda is different. She has gained the supernatural strength and the ability to use her mind to control others and read their minds, but she resists the urge to kill. But these powers tempt her to see just how far she can take these extraordinary abilities. A spate of violent deaths in a Colorado town has convinced Amanda that the virus has been released and the government believes she holds the key to a vaccine. But no government, no agents can detain a woman who holds such power.
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Well here we are on book four of the Collegium Chronicles. I cackled when one of my all-time favorite creatures put in an appearance. If you love Lackey like I do, you will be tickled to know the Suncats show up in this book. Here we move more into the romance with Bear and Lena as well as Mags and Amily.

This story dwells a lot more on the young ones learning to stand up for themselves. There are some SERIOUS plot holes. One had me paging backwards and rereading an entire chapter to see if I have missed something. I had not. Too much is not explained.
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Did you read my last review of this series where I was singularly underimpressed? Color me surprised but this one did not do it for me, either. You get dibbles and dabbles of story but so much is left to the guessing of the reader. And, children, this cranky old Southern Belle does not like to have to guess. I did enjoy the kirball, although it is such a nod to quidditch that it is hard to divorce my Hogwarts from my Heralds.

I am enjoying the newness of the Collegium and the old guard vs. the new guard. That is an interesting bit that I wish would be delved into more. Read More »

Jim Oster, a bio-engineer, inadvertently tears a hole between two realities, and in the process, his beloved wife Val is killed. A grieving Jim must enter this world and find the Dark Gulf, a place where souls eventually ascend or are forever swept away in darkness, if he ever hopes to be reunited with his wife.
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Zoria hated working the day shift. Everyone was at home, sleeping, and there were hardly any customers at the convenience store. Awakening for breakfast and watching the late news, she was irritated by a clip of a speech from the President, talking about the importance of positive human-vampire relations for the good of the country. With the President being a vampire, as well as her boss and her landlord, she knew it was not a good idea to publicize her dislike for vamps.
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Catherynne M. Valente follows up on Habitation of the Blessed with a solemn, melancholy journey back to the mythical lands of the Ancient and Medieval Middle East. Prester John, a priest of the Catholic Church, has settled and become king of a nation of legendary creatures. John has married the blemmye Hagia (a humanoid who lacks a head and has facial features in her torso) and sired a daughter with her named Sefalet. Sefalet is bald and featureless, with her mouth and eyes in each of her hands, one of which speaks ugly predictions of death and desolation. Sefalet intensely feels a sense of anguish and alienation at her strange identity as the flawed daughter of the King and Queen.
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Lara Nance sure knows how to tell a good ghost story. Memories of Murder perfectly blends the paranormal with a cozy mystery – with some romance thrown in for good measure.

Desperate to escape her past after killing an attacker with magic, Maeve McKenna sheds her witchy ways and takes a position as the resident RN at a small-town nursing home. On her first day of work, her arrival is greeted by one of the Alzheimer’s patients jumping off the roof of the building. Everyone else thinks it was a result of his condition, but the more Maeve learns about the patient’s life, the more she thinks there is something wrong with his diagnosis.
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Abby Cooper, psychic extraordinaire and FBI profiler, has been recruited by the CIA as a spy. Some nasty criminal types have stolen a drone from the U.S. military, a drone which contains powerful software that has the ability to detect a person’s unique aura. With the software in the wrong hands the world’s leaders can be targeted and terminated by identifying their one-of-a-kind aura. With no time to spare, Abby and Dutch Rivers work hand in hand to retrieve the software before something terrible happens. But Abby quickly finds out that world leaders are not the only targets.
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Can a vampire get a chance at redemption? It is possible, if you ask Gabriel Strickland. One-time vampire turned twice-baked vampire, Gabriel is getting a new lease on life. When an errant shard of a baseball bat stabs him in the heart, he awakens to find himself not quite dead, but not quite mortal, either. Stuck somewhere in between, Gabriel is left to make his way in the world with the help of an employment agency and a halfway house full of paranormal creatures. So, what is a vampire to do but get a job?
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