The Shadow Reader hits the ground running as the fabulous first installment in what promises to be a terrific trilogy. First, some background: at the age of sixteen, McKenzie Lewis began seeing things and beings she could not explain, soon learning that she was experiencing the Fae. Prized for her ability as a human with the Sight, and also because she could read shadows and map where the Read More »

Life has dramatically—and permanently—changed for Harry Dresden. After a sniper almost ended his life, he was saved by Mab, the Winter Queen of the Fae. Of course, Mab does nothing out of the goodness of her heart, and Harry awakes to find that he is the new Winter Knight. Read More »

Harry Dresden wakes up dead, or at least he thinks he is dead. The last he remembers is getting shot and falling off his boat into the cold, cold water. But of course even something as elemental as life or death is never that simple for Harry. Yes, he is dead, but it sure is not what he expects, again par for the course of Harry’s life. Inside of arriving at his ultimate destination, he is somehow stuck “In Between.” Apparently there was some cheating done in the manner of his death and he has been offered a chance to make it right. Read More »

Meet Daisy Johanssen, part-time file clerk at the local police department, who also happens to be half demon and the agent/enforcer for Hel, the goddess who oversees the eldritch (supernatural) community of the small town of Pemkowet, Michigan. After listening to a band with her friend, Jen, chasing off a fairy attempting to turn a child into a changeling, and a few hours sleep, Read More »

When Dead Letter Day, the terrific third installment in the always-entertaining Messenger series, begins, Melina finds herself face-to-face with Chuck, alpha of local werewolf pack, in an effort to track down her good friend, Paul. Chuck and the rest of the pack, unhappy with Paul’s choice of a girlfriend (Melina’s pal, Meredith, who happens to be a witch), do not appear very concerned about his absence, believing him to be off doing some soul-searching regarding his life choices. Read More »

Cursed, the terrific first installment in the Fallen Siren series, grabs the reader immediately and holds them until the end. Emma Monroe, an FBI agent specializing in missing persons cases in San Diego, gets a shock when Zack Armstrong arrives to take the position as her new partner. Just over a year ago, Emma and Zack worked a case together in Charleston, which they solved, but they also ended up in bed together that final night they worked together. Read More »

An electrifying roller coaster ride, On Midnight Wings, the fifth installment in the magnificent Maker’s Song series, picks up the action right where book four leaves off. After retrieving Annie, Heather’s sister, from the sidewalk where her father unceremoniously dropped her while trying to escape, Lucien de Noir, Dante’s father and one of the Fallen, mulls over the fact that his son was shot and taken away by person or persons unknown, with Heather also missing. Read More »

Blood Price, the fabulous first installment in the Blood series, hooks the reader from the first page and does not let go even after the last page gets turned. Former homicide detective and current private investigator Vicki Nelson comes upon an attack in a Toronto subway station, arriving too late to help the victim but in time to see some sort of shadow disappear into the darkness of the tunnel. Vicki’s deteriorating eyesight, Read More »

For six years, Madeline Corso has been kept practically a prisoner by the Sisters of Justice, a group of female warriors connected to her mother. When she was seventeen, Madeline’s mother, a witch, was murdered by three men, and at the time of her death, placed upon Madeline a curse that compelled her to hunt down and kill those responsible. Read More »

Touched is the story of Marnie Baranuik, a woman who has powerful psychic ability due to her bond with a vampire, Harry, Lord Dreppenstedt, a four-hundred- plus-year-old she inherited from her grandmother. She can read objects by touching them, and also feel others’ emotions. She is recovering emotionally from an FBI case that went terribly wrong, in which she was shot and gravely wounded. Read More »

Forsaken By the Others, the thrilling fifth installment in the H&W Investigations series, begins right where book four left off, with Shiarra waking up next to Royce, somewhat shocked at herself. Worrying that she will now be bound to Royce in ways she does not wish to be, despite Royce’s assurances otherwise, Shiarra soon gets distracted by a startling discovery. Read More »

Thieves’ Quarry, the terrific second installment in the outstanding Thieftaker Chronicles, picks up three years after the events of book one. Ethan Kaille finds himself once more at odds with fellow thieftaker and adversary Sephira Pryce, when the latter swoops in once again to take the goods after he has done all the work to find the thief. Ethan heads to the Dowsing Rod, the public house owned by his lady friend, Kannice, and there meets with his friend and sometime assistant, Read More »

Dark Days, the stupendous sixth and final installment in the superb Black London series, grabs the reader by the throat with its opening scene and does not let go until its final satisfying page. Plagued by particularly disturbing visions, Jack Winter feels less than enthusiastic but not particularly surprised when Belial, the demon who previously held his soul and enjoyed torturing him, shows up. Read 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). Read 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. Read More »

Nyx Fortuna has a plan: he wants to avenge the death of his mother, the fourth Fate that no one ever hears about, which means tracking down her three sisters (the ones he holds responsible) without them knowing who he is. Having followed the three Fates to Minneapolis, Read More »

Lucifer has made grievous errors: he has fallen in love with Eve and presented her with the apple, the forbidden fruit. Eve, of course, takes that fateful bite. In his anger, God has made Lucifer a Vampire and cast him away. Lucifer’s only chance of redemption is to find the artist who bears his “symbol.”

In order to return, he must find her to study her art which will reveal the path back to Heaven. Read More »

This highly inventive first book in The Bloodhound Files series grabs the reader with its first line and maintains that grip for the duration of the novel. FBI profiler Jace Valchek thinks she is having a very vivid dream about being sent on special assignment but quickly discovers that she is actually in an alternate reality. In this parallel world, lycanthropes comprise forty-three percent of the population, vampires thirty-seven percent, golems nineteen percent, and humans – less than one percent. Jace’s new boss, the vampire David Cassius, explains that she was brought there to aid in the capture of a deranged serial killer. Since supernatural beings are immune to insanity, they don’t have much experience in dealing with the condition, hence Jace’s involvement. When the killer is captured, Jace will be returned to her own reality. Read More »

This exciting third novella featuring Deacon Chalk, Occult Bounty Hunter, opens with our hero in the hospital room of a young were-bat (in human form) who had been severely beaten. The girl had been delivered to Larson’s clinic, which caters to the local were population, by the young man, Sully, another were, whose car she had landed in the road in front of. The forty-puncture wounds found in the patient, and an unmistakable odor on her body, lead Deacon to suspect the involvement of vampires. When the young woman shifts into her animal form and seems to be rabid, Deacon knows he must find the responsible party before the infection spreads amongst the were community. Read More »

The Hour of Dust and Ashes, book three in the exciting Charlie Madigan series, picks up just a week after the events at the close of book two. Charlie and her friends won a battle against a being from another world, but things are in disarray after the event. Hank, Charlie’s siren partner, has to heal so he can rejoin her on the task force where they police off-world visitors in Atlanta. Bryn, Charlie’s sister, has become addicted to ash, the drug brought to Earth from Charbydon, a parallel world closely resembling Hell. If that were not bad enough, there have been signs that those addicted may also be possessed by spirits, but no one knows to what end.
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