Posted November 12, 2013 by Carmel in Fresh Meat / 12 Comments
Urban Fantasy:
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Chimera (MetaWars #4)
by Kelly Meding
Urban Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]A mysterious and dangerous conspiracy deepens, threatening the superpowered Rangers and pushing Flex to join forces with one of her team’s mortal enemies: a Bane called Chimera.
Growing up with blue skin never made Rene “Flex” Duvall feel like at outcast. She learned early on to put people at ease with her wit and exuberant personality. So she’s certainly not going to let her façade crack when she and her teammates suddenly face a new breed of genetically manipulated and brainwashed Metas: the well-trained teenage criminals known as the Recombinants.
When a desperate battle leaves one of their friends wounded, Renee and Ethan follow a clue to Manhattan Island, where the Banes have been imprisoned. There they find a Bane named Chimera, who refuses to cooperate despite possessing information that could help them stop the Recombinants. Chimera’s emotional scars are as devastating as Renee’s physical scars, and soon the two find common ground in shared pain. Against her better judgment, Renee forms an alliance with this Bane. They both can gain much from working together, so the only question is who has more to lose by cooperating…[/learn_more] |
Steampunk:
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Long Live the Queen
(The Immortal Empire #3)
by Kate Locke
Steampunk
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Xandra Vardan thought life would be simpler when she accepted the goblin crown and became their queen, but life has only become more complicated. Everyone — vampires, werewolves and humans — wants the goblins on their side, because whoever has the goblins — wins.
Queen Victoria wants her head, Alpha wolf Vex wants her heart, and she still doesn’t know the identity of the person who wanted her blood. What she does know is that a project from one of the ‘secret’ aristocrat labs has gotten free and she’s the only one who can stop the perfect killing machine — a sixteen year-old girl. With human zealots intent on ridding the world of anyone with plagued blood and supernatural politics taking Britain to the verge of civil war, Xandra’s finding out that being queen isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and if she doesn’t do something fast, hers will be the shortest reign in history.[/learn_more] |
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Fiddlehead (The Clockwork Century #6)
by Cherie Priest
Steampunk
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Young ex-slave Gideon Bardsley is a brilliant inventor, but the job is less glamorous than one might think, especially since the assassination attempts started. Worse yet, they’re trying to destroy his greatest achievement: a calculating engine called Fiddlehead, which provides undeniable proof of something awful enough to destroy the world. Both man and machine are at risk from forces conspiring to keep the Civil War going and the money flowing.
Bardsley has no choice but to ask his patron, former president Abraham Lincoln, for help. Lincoln retired from leading the country after an attempt on his life, but is quite interested in Bardsley’s immense data-processing capacities, confident that if people have the facts, they’ll see reason and urge the government to end the war. Lincoln must keep Bardsley safe until he can finish his research, so he calls on his old private security staff to protect Gideon and his data.
Maria “Belle” Boyd was a retired Confederate spy, until she got a life-changing job offer from the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Pinkerton respects her work, despite reservations about her lingering Southern loyalties. But it’s precisely those loyalties that let her go into Confederate territory to figure out who might be targeting Bardsley. Maria is a good detective, but with spies from both camps gunning for her, can even the notorious Belle Boyd hold the greedy warhawks at bay?
Another rollicking alternate history from Cherie Priest—Fiddlehead is the fifth book in the Clockwork Century steampunk series that started with Boneshaker. [/learn_more] |
Paranormal Romance:
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Bittersweet Magic (The Order #2)
by Nina Croft
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Roz has been indebted to the demon Asmodai for five hundred years, and her freedom is just around the corner. All she has to do is complete one last task for him—obtain a key that had been hidden in a church centuries ago.
Piers, the Head of the Order and an ancient vampire, is intrigued by the woman who comes to him for help. She’s beautiful and seemingly kind, but she’s hiding something. And he’ll find out who she is and what she really wants once he uses his power to get inside her head. But Piers has no idea that Roz is immune to his mind-control…or that he is simply a pawn in her dangerous mission for freedom.[/learn_more] |
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Stolen Innocence
(Dueling With the Devil #3)
by Vivi Dumas
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]They say ignorance is bliss, but when it comes to love and mating, Charity Lovell wished someone had schooled her on the ins and outs. She fell hard when she saw the beautiful face of the fair-haired demon as he lay broken in Lucifer’s dungeon. Her body ached for him. Her heart cried for him. This had to be her mate, right? Who else could make her trade her soul to the Devil to save someone she didn’t know? Someone should’ve told her love wasn’t quite as straight forward as that.
Damon lived an uncomplicated life, even as the alpha of the Lake Charles pack and the son of Lucifer. He should’ve taken a mate years ago, but held on to the hope of love. Only one female came close to making him believe he still had a chance for happiness. Yet, her heart belonged to someone else. Once again, the feeling is back, stronger than ever. And again, his female has pledged herself to another. Damn demons were ruining his love life. This time Damon plans to fight for what was his and win his rightful mate.[/learn_more] |
Young Adult:
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Afterglow (Wildefire #3)
by Karsten Knight
Young Adult
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]The action thrills and the passion burns in this red-hot conclusion to the Wildefire trilogy.
Teenage volcano goddess Ashline Wilde discovers that her former love, Colt Halliday, has an evil plan to kill the Cloak, the benevolent beings that oversee the gods. And that’s not all—he also wants to merge Ash and her two sisters back into a single, too-powerful goddess, Pele. Ash must stop her trickster-god ex-boyfriend once and for all…and to do it, she’s going to have to feed a few flames.[/learn_more] |
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This Wicked Game
by Michelle Zink
Young Adult
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]For fans of Maggie Stiefvater and Holly Black comes a dark mystery set in a secret New Orleans voodoo society.
Claire Kincaid would love to be normal. But as a descendant of Marie Laveau, the most powerful voodoo queen in history, that’s just not possible. Even worse, Claire’s lack of interest in the craft makes her an outsider in her community, putting her secret romance with the voodoo Guild leader’s son at odds. But when mysterious strangers start requesting black market items from local voodoo shops, including the one her family owns, Claire decides to investigate. With the help of some unlikely allies and her gorgeous boyfriend, Claire must uncover the dark truths her family has kept hidden from her and unravel a dangerous plot that threatens to destroy every member of the Guild, including her family and the boy she loves. [/learn_more] |
Tags: Fresh Meat, November 2013
These are some cool releases. I’d definitely like to read Wicked Game 🙂
Lots of great titles out this week; I’ll definitely be visiting Amazon this afternoon!
Kelly Meding’s name on it and I’m there. I had Chimera (MetaWars #4) pre-ordered for my Nook. Now I just need to catch up on the series.
I read her first two MetaWars books; they are good but a little too super-hero-ey for my tastes. I prefer my UF heroines.
I got off easy this week 🙂 I wish they’d published more of Kelly Meding’s books on audio.
Thanks!
Well, in that case, you’re probably lucky in that respect because you don’t have to buy Chimera this week. :p
I had several go on the TBR list this week since I haven’t started their series (Bittersweet Magic & Long Live the Queen)…you added Chimera for me 🙂 I did pick up Mr. Red Riding Hoode (werewolves….tease much?) and No Place Like Oz (prequel novella to the new Dorothy Must Die series)
Ooh, I hadn’t heard of Mr. Red Riding Hoode; guess I’m off to check-out your new release post!
Yay for Stolen Innocence! I’ve been excited about it ever since the cover reveal back in August! I need to get reading!
It was delayed slightly but it’s up on Amazon now. Enjoy!
Long Live the Queen! Why does the series have to end?!? Thanks for keeping me updated 😉
Unfortunately all good things must come to an end. At least now it frees up some time for you to become addicted to a new series. 😉