Posted December 3, 2013 by Carmel in Fresh Meat / 20 Comments
Urban Fantasy:
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Kicking It (Anthology)
by Faith Hunter, Kalayna Price, etc
Urban Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Featuring stories by FAITH HUNTER * KALAYNA PRICE * RACHEL CAINE * CHLOE NEILL * ROB THURMAN * SHANNON K. BUTCHER * LUCIENNE DIVER * CHRIS MARIE GREEN * CHRISTINA HENRY
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine has modern-day potions witches Holly and Andrew facing off against a firebrand politician who wears literally killer boots in a Texas-sized rodeo of trouble.
Boot-loving Cadogan vampire Lindsey must team up with off-again, on-again vampire partner Luc when a woman from her past is targeted by supernaturals in New York Times bestselling author Chloe Neill’s all-new adventure.
And New York Times bestselling author Rob Thurman features Trixa Iktomi from her Trickster series dealing with magical vengeance and magical footwear.
Taking kick-ass urban fantasy literally, USA Today bestselling authors Kalayna Price and Faith Hunter bring together the best of the genre to once again prove when you’re fighting supernatural forces, it helps to keep your feet on the ground.[/learn_more] |
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Darklove (Dark Ink Chronicles #5)
by Elle Jasper
Urban Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Utterly destroyed, or lost forever?
This is the question that plagues Riley Poe. After her vampire lover, Eli Dupre, was seemingly murdered by a fallen angel, she receives word that he’s actually trapped in an alternate dimension, where hell on earth is revealed and dark forces reign. Riley’s been there before, and it nearly ripped her to pieces.
But her efforts to find Eli are thwarted by a new foe: a powerful, unstoppable vampire is slaughtering humans. Riley knows how to handle a vamp, and with the WUP team by her side, she’s determined to take down the rogue.
But what she finds rocks her to the core, as she discovers a startling connection between the slaughter and Eli, who might not be missing after all—and who might not be the same vampire she fell in love with. [/learn_more] |
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Flamebound (Lone Star Witch #2)
by Tessa Adams
Urban Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]After Xandra’s nasty run in with the Arcadian Council of Witches—where she was almost killed and her boyfriend, Declan, was almost framed for it—her plan is to lay low and figure out why its members would torment the people they are supposed to protect. Declan, temperamental and protective warlock that he is, doesn’t feel so reticent. And when violence erupts again, there’s no stopping him from pursuing revenge…
When a council member is murdered in a fashion that screams dark magic, Declan claims someone else beat him to it. Xandra doesn’t want to believe he could commit such a brutal act, but she knows he has a dark side—one that his former love interest Tsura understands better than she ever will. With Tsura back in town, Xandra doesn’t know whom to trust. And a killer targeting witches and wizards is still at large…[/learn_more] |
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Alien Research
(Katherine “Kitty” Katt #8)
by Gini Koch
Urban Fantasy / Sci Fi
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]When rumors of a new super-drug surface, the FBI comes to Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini for help. It becomes quickly apparent that the drug is merely the tip of a deadly iceberg and a much more insidious plan is underway involving Titan Security, Gaultier Enterprises, and YatesCorp.
As newly discovered A-Cs and hybrids begin to surface, each with expanded and deadly talents, more and more signs point to a new evil genius who’s using the A-Cs and their enemies both as guinea pigs. Then Area 51 and the Dulce Science Center go silent while Alpha Team, Airborne, and most of the worldwide A-C Security team are there for training. And if that’s not bad enough, Centaurion Division is hit with more bad, and deadly, news: Chernobog the Ultimate, isn’t a hacker myth, he’s a real person — and he’s on the bad guys’ side.
Now Kitty and company must find the real Dr. Feelgood and stop him or her before the latest version of Surcenthumain hits the streets and more people they love are harmed, or worse. But when the inconceivable happens, Kitty’s focused on two things only: reviving the ACE entity before their enemies realize Earth’s best protection isn’t actually active…and revenge. [/learn_more] |
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A Cursed Moon (Weird Girls #2.5)
by Cecy Robson
Urban Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Meet the furry big brother that the Wird sisters never had…
Bren is a cocky, brash hound of a werewolf who loathes the idea of belonging to Aric’s pack—much less finding a mate. But Bren’s hotheaded behavior lands him in the doghouse when he defies Aric’s authority in front of his pack, bringing up a sore subject that’s bound to make the Alpha wolf’s blood boil…
Luckily for him, no one can stay mad at Bren and his wild charm for long. And when some frightening ghosts launch a hostile paranormal takeover, Bren will team up with Celia Wird to take down the evil ghouls before they hurt someone they both love…
Includes a preview of the upcoming Weird Girls novel Cursed by Destiny![/learn_more] |
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Dark Descent (Nyx Fortuna #2)
by Marlene Perez
Urban Fantasy
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]The second in a line of three exciting new urban fantasy novels where the son of the Fates must travel to the underworld…
Nyx Fortuna is still reeling from Elizabeth’s betrayal, but Nyx’s cousin Claire has run away and he has to find her and bring her back or Elizabeth will suffer at the hands of his aunts, the three Fates. Claire has gone into the underworld of Minneapolis, where no one, not even the Fates, can follow. But Nyx must journey to a place where Hecate’s dark magic has Claire in her thrall. Saving his cousin means releasing Hecate from her underworld prison and perhaps fulfilling the prophecy foretelling the Fates’ downfall.[/learn_more] |
Paranormal Romance:
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The Accidental Werewolf 2:
Something About Harry (Accidentally Friends #8)
by Dakota Cassidy
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]He’s in a furry situation.
Accountant Harry Ralph Emerson has always been a by-the-numbers kind of guy. But when he finds himself trapped at work sprouting an obscene amount of hair, he knows his odds for maintaining normalcy are zero to none. After a frantic internet search, Harry goes through the OOPS—Out in the Open Paranormal Support—checklist and comes to a disheartening conclusion: He’s turning into a werewolf and he needs help ASAP.
She might be the only solution.
Werewolf Mara Flaherty has long carried a torch for Pack Cosmetics’s sexy single accountant, even after her attempt to seduce him went down in flames. When her sister-in-law, Marty, shows up to handle Harry’s OOPS emergency, she tasks Mara with showing the hirsute hottie the ropes. But Mara knows Harry’s condition is a result of her lab experiment gone wrong—and the previously mild-mannered object of her affection is about to give her a piece of his mind… [/learn_more] |
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Legend of the Highland Dragon
by Isabel Cooper
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]The MacAlasdairs are not like other men.
Descendants of an ancient alliance, they live for centuries, shifting between human and dragon forms. Some wander the earth; some keep to their lands in Scotland. And Stephen MacAlasdair, the newest lord of the family, must go to London to settle his father’s business affairs. He brings an object of great power and greater darkness. He finds an enemy from his past, whose wrath is still living and deadly. And he meets an ally he’d never have expected.
1894 London, doesn’t provide an easy life for women of the lower class, but Mina Seymour has managed to work herself up to a position as the secretary of a famous scholar. When a tall, dark Scottish stranger demands to see her employer, Mina is irritated; when MacAlasdair’s departure leaves the professor worried, she’s suspicious. Determined to figure out the situation, she investigates further – and finds a world and a man she could never have imagined.[/learn_more] |
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Prince of Shadows (Paladin Warriors #3)
by Tes Hilaire
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Valin has never quite fit in among the rest of his Paladin brothers. His power to manipulate darkness and slip into the shade puts him at odds with the Paladin’s purpose of eradicating evil with the power of God’s Light. Only his dark edged humor hides his true nature from his brothers.
But when he meets the vampire, Gabriella, something he thought was long buried begins to awaken within him. It is forbidden for a warrior of the Light to love a creature of the Dark. But maybe he was never made for the Light to begin with…[/learn_more] |
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Unclaimed (The Amoveo Legend #5)
by Sara Humphreys
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Tatiana Winters, from the Timber Wolf clan, is a spirited veterinarian who wants nothing to do with the Amoveo—the ancient race of shape-shifters who live secretly among humans. But when the Amoveo Prince’s horses fall sick, Tatiana reluctantly heads to his ranch to help.
When she meets Dominic Trejada, a handsome warrior from the Tiger Clan, they instantly clash and sparks ignite. But when danger stalks near, they will have to find a way to trust each other if they want to stay alive.[/learn_more] |
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Everlasting Enchantment
(Relics of Merlin #4)
by Kathryne Kennedy
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Kathryne Kennedy’s newest installment in a beloved series sparkles with sorcery and seduction…
Sir Gareth Solimere, knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, has been trapped inside Merlin’s relic for centuries, cursed until he finds his one true love. When he finally finds her in the unexpected form of a beautiful were-panther named Millicent Pantere, he has to use all of his charms to try to make her love him in return. But if he manages this feat, will he finally be free to live a normal life?[/learn_more] |
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Nightmaster (Nightsiders #2)
by Susan Krinard
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]In the Nightsiders miniseries, New York Times bestselling author Susan Krinard delves into two very different worlds, each filled with lust and power…
Rumors of war are rumbling in the vampire city of Erebus. Undercover agent Trinity Ward must pose as a blood slave to unearth the truth and keep the peace between vampires and humans. Acting now as a serf to Ares—a powerful Bloodmaster—Trinity must give herself to him….
Yet one look into his striking eyes turns submission into burning desire. The fiery beauty has the same effect on Ares, but as their passion grows so do the risks. Now Trinity’s betrayal could cost her the mission—and the man she loves.[/learn_more] |
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Immortal Desire (Desire #1)
by Denise Tompkins
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Bartending at Atlanta’s hottest nightclub—side by side with what may be the world’s hottest man—fuels Bailey’s already overactive sex drive. So she’s beyond frustrated at her inability to reach orgasm by any means….
Bar owner and incubus Griff knows all about Bailey’s intense lust—because he feels it, too. So he’s taken it upon himself to ease her through the cataclysmic Change from mortal to immortal succubus. He tells himself it’s about saving her life, nothing more.
But somewhere along the line, the purely physical passion they feel for one another has become something much more complicated….[/learn_more] |
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Tempted by His Wicked Kiss
by Zoey Williams
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]New York City, December 31—Countdown to Eternity…
Jackson Holloway is running out of time. To pay for his life of crime, he must find a pure soul to take his place in the Underworld before the clock strikes midnight. Medium Charlotte Simms seems like the perfect target—all he has to do is kiss her. But one kiss leads to a sensual encounter unlike anything Jack ever experienced in life. And now he must choose between love—and eternal damnation…[/learn_more] |
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Dark Wolf Running (Bloodrunners #5)
by Rhyannon Byrd
Paranormal Romance
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]In Rhyannon Byrd’s latest Bloodrunners romance, passion and secrets collide and only their love will save two werewolves and their pack.
With his sharp gaze locked on the most magnificent female he’d ever seen, Wyatt Pallaton did his best to hold himself back. Of course, Elise Drake was hardly just any female. Fiery and cool, strong, yet at the same time achingly vulnerable, she’d turned his entire world on its head.
No matter how bloody difficult it proved to be, he was done letting her pretend he didn’t even exist. Done with letting her fight her own battles. Done driving himself slowly into this maddening state of frustrated desire. One way or another, things were about to change.
Come hell or high water, she was done running….[/learn_more] |
Young Adult:
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Bitter Sweet Love
(The Dark Elements 0.5)
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Young Adult
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]In a sizzling prequel novella to her new series The Dark Elements, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout draws readers into the extraordinary, irresistible world of Wardens and demons.
Dez wasn’t just Jasmine’s crush. A gargoyle Warden like Jas, he helped her come to terms with her destiny—fending off demons and maintaining the balance between good and evil. He was her everything…right until the moment he disappeared without a trace. It didn’t help that Jas’s father had just announced that she and Dez would one day be mated. Hard not to take that personally.
And now he’s back, three years older, ten times hotter, ready to pick up exactly where they left off. But Jas isn’t taking that risk again. Dez has seven days to meet all her conditions and earn back her trust. Seven days filled with terrifying danger and sweet temptation. Seven days to win her heart—or shatter it all over again…
Don’t miss White Hot Kiss, book one in Jennifer L. Armentrout’s The Dark Elements series from Harlequin TEEN![/learn_more] |
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Forged (Altered #0.5)
by Jennifer Rush
Young Adult
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]Before Anna and Sam, there was Dani and Sam.
There’s one rule that all Branch operatives must live by: No attachments. When Dani O’Brien entered the Branch, she planned to trade her freedom so that her family could have a better life. But joining up with the mysterious organization is more than she bargained for. Branch head Connor watches over her closely–too closely. The training is brutal, the experiments are secret, and the missions promise to be anything but ordinary. The only thing getting Dani through each day is the hope that she’ll run into Sam–a young man, about her age, who wears the world on his shoulders.
Find out how it all began in this short-story prequel to Jennifer Rush’s thrilling and suspenseful Altered series.[/learn_more] |
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Annie and Fia (Mind Games #0.5)
by Kiersten White
Young Adult
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[learn_more caption=”Book Description”]This thrilling short story from bestselling author Kiersten White is a prequel to the psychological thriller Mind Games.
Annie has been blind since she was four.
Suddenly—for an instant—she can see. And what she sees will change her life forever.
Fia will do anything for Annie.
But she never realized how far she would have to go to protect her sister. And now she can never go back.[/learn_more] |
Tags: December 2013, Fresh Meat
Nothing this week that I need to read, but I do like a bunch of those covers 🙂
I loved The Accidental Werewolf 2 and I still need to read Kicking It and Cecy Robson’s books. *sigh* So much to do!
Half of this list is setting on my ereader from Netgalley or on my shelf in paperback from the publisher. I need to get to reading!
You sure do. December is already here!
I know. I know. I’ve been a lazy reader and prefer audios these days.
I got only two that I’m getting (thank God, I’m going broke with all the sales) I’m preorder Kinked, and I’m going to try The Accidental Werewolf.
Thanks!
Is Dakota Cassidy’s series available in audio? I must investigate… with the right narrator they’d be super fun listens.
Nope. I looked a few months ago. It would be good with King or Ronconi as the narrator.
If only Kicked was a bit cheaper I would snatch it up in the blink of an eye. Oh well, plenty of other books on their way to my home 🙂
I’m sure the price will probably drop after the holidays. 🙂
Have you read that Tessa Adam series? Is it any good?
I have not. Sorry.
I picked up A Cursed Moon (you know I love Cecy) and the first Accidental Werewolf (gotta catch up) as well as Something About Harry this week. So many others look good but gotta budget…some more goodies coming out this month 🙂
Budget? What’s that?? LOL
I want kicking it, but I’m waiting for my audible credits to kick in for the month – it’s too expensive for me to buy outright. Other than that, none are urgent buys for me, thank goodness – totally broke from all these saleS1
Kicking It is a little pricey. I hate when they do that. 🙁
Some of these are already on my list but I think I have a couple more to add to my never ending reading pile…thanks Carmel! LOL 😉
Hey, it’s your own fault for checking out my new release post. You knew what you were getting yourself in to. LOL
I gobbled up Cecy Robson’s A Curse Moon already, I am so loving this series. Thanks for sharing these releases 🙂
I’m jealous. Robson’s books have been on my to-read pile for way too long.