April 27, 2012

Author Gossip and Cover Coveting()

It’s been a while since I’ve done any dishing on some good gossip! Hopefully some of this is good enough. 


  • Karen Chance has the first two chapters up for Fury’s Kiss!
  • Kresley Cole posted some info about her releases this year. (Thanks to Wicked Scribes for getting the scoop!)
    • June 19th Lothaire will get it’s paperback release! Yeah!! It’s been a pain waiting, and to reward us it will have a sneak peak of her spinoff series of IAD.
    • Poison Princess is the title of her YA debut of the Arcana Chronicles. It will be released October 2nd, and then the second will follow fall 2013.
    • Her spinoff series of IAD is Dacian books, the first one is Shadow Claim and it will be released November 27th. Summer 2013 will see the release of the second book! Also keep you’re eyes peeled next week for the release of the cover for the first book!!
    • IAD will not be silent in 2013 she will release the next book in the spring.  Cole is going to be one busy gal! And her fans thank her.

    Here’s some teasers for Golden Lily by Richelle Mead!!

    Also I noticed a number of Patricia Brigg and Kim Harrison fans missed this one:


    All cover art is not final.



    Fury’s Kiss by Karen Chance 
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    Get it: Goodreads | Amazon
    Source: Karen Chance’s Newsletter 
    Genre: Urban Fantasy 
    Series: Dorina Basarab, Book 3

    Shera’s Thoughts: 

    Best one yet!! Just when you think they can’t make another amazing gun toting cover they do!! I just love how her head is resting on it!

    Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. But so far, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing...

    Dory is used to fighting hard and nasty. So when she wakes up in a strange scientific lab with a strange man standing over her, her first instinct is to take his head off. Luckily, the man is actually the master vampire Louis-Cesare, so he’s not an easy kill.

    It turns out that Dory had been working with a Vampire Senate task force on the smuggling of magical items and weaponry out of Faerie when she was captured and brought to the lab. But when Louis-Cesare rescues her, she has no memory of what happened to her.

    To find out what was done to her—and who is behind it—Dory will have to face off with fallen angels, the maddest of mad scientists, and a new breed of vampires that are far worse than undead…

    Previous Book(s) in Series:

    Midnight's Daughter (Dorina Basarab, #1)Death's Mistress (Dorina Basarab, #2)


    Moonshifted by Cassie Alexander 
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    Get it: Goodreads | Amazon
    Source: Wicked Scribes
    Genre: Urban Fantasy 
    Series: Edie Spence, book 2

    Shera’s Thoughts: 

    These covers really have grown on me. Even though she looks a little “hussy” on this cover.

    The cover gets the point across, wolves be here! Hospital setting, which really excites me.

    Check in to County Hospital’s secret ward—where paranormal activities lead to medical emergencies for one tireless nurse…

    After surviving a brutal vampire attack, Nurse Edie Spence is ready to get back to work—attending to supernatural creatuers in need of medical help. But her nursing skills are put to the test when she witnesses a hit-and-run on her lunch break. The injured pedestrian is not only a werewolf, he’s the pack leader. And now Edie’s stuck in the middle of an all-out were-war…

    MOONSHIFTED

    With two rival packs fighting tooth and nail, Edie has no intention of crossing enemy lines. But when she meets her patient’s nephew—a tattooed werewolf named Lucas with a predatory gleam in his eye that’s hard to resist—Edie can’t help but choose sides. The question is: can she trust this dangerous new ally? And can she trust her own instincts when she’s near him? Either way, Edie can’t seem to pull away—even if getting involved makes her easy prey…

    Previous Book(s) in Series:
    Nightshifted (Nightshifted, #1)

    Death’s Rival by Faith Hunter  
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    Get it: Goodreads | Amazon
    Source: Wicked Scribes
    Genre: Urban Fantasy  
    Series: Jane Yellowrock, book 5

    Shera’s Thoughts: 

    Another great cover, love the tiltled title.

    Though her pants are really freaking me out.

    Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker you don’t want to cross—especially if you’re one of the undead…

    For a vampire killer like Jane, having Leo Pellisier as a boss took some getting used to. But now, someone is out to take his place as Master Vampire of the city of New Orleans, and is not afraid to go through Jane to do it. After an attack that’s tantamount to …a war declaration, Leo knows his rival is both powerful and vicious, but Leo’s not about to run scared. After all, he has Jane.

    But then, a plague strikes, one that takes down vampires and makes their masters easy prey. Now, to uncover the identity of the vamp who wants Leo’s territory, and to find the cause of the vamp-plague, Jane will have to go to extremes…and maybe even to war.

    Previous Book(s) in Series:

    Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock, #1)Blood Cross (Jane Yellowrock, #2)Mercy Blade (Jane Yellowrock, #3)


    Endgame by Ann Aguirre 
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    Get it: Goodreads | Amazon
    Source: Wicked Scribes
    Genre: Sci/Fi 
    Series: Sirantha Jax, book 6

    Shera’s Thoughts: 

    Another great edition to the series. Every time I see a new cover for these books I think, “No, this ones my favorite!”

    Wonder what that thing she is sitting on is?

    REGRET NOTHING.

    Sirantha Jax has the J-gene, which permits her to “jump” faster-than-light ships through grimspace. She loves nothing more than that rush, but the star roads have to wait…

    Her final mission takes her to La’heng, a planet subjugated during first contact. Since then, the La’hengrin homeworld has been occupied by foreign conquerors.
    All that’s about to change.

    Now, as part of a grass-roots resistance, Jax means to liberate the La’hengrin. Political intrigue and guerrilla warfare are new to her; this will be the most dangerous game she’s ever played—spies and conspiracies, a war of weapons and hearts, and everyone might not make it out alive…

    Previous Book(s) in Series:

    Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, #2)Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, #3)Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)Aftermath (Sirantha Jax, #5)


    Midnight’s Warrior by Donna Grant 
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    Get it: Goodreads | Amazon
    Source: Wicked Scribes 
    Genre: Paranormal Romance
    Series: Dark Warriors, book 4

    Shera’s Thoughts: 

    I like how the couple is posing. Too many times it looks like the guy is in a macho pose and the girl is just clinging on.

    OK, so this is what they’re doing here too. However, they actually look like a couple. I’m not afraid that the lead is going to bite him somewhere and give him rabies.

    N/A

    Previous Book(s) in Series:
    Midnight's Master (Dark Warriors, #1)Midnight's LoverMidnight's Seduction

    Drive Me Wild by Christine Warren 
    drive-me-wild

    Get it: Goodreads | Amazon
    Source: Wicked Scribes
    Genre: Paranormal Romance
    Series: Other Series ?

    Shera’s Thoughts: 

    This is not doing a thing for me. I will say that I like how the guy’s eye matches the leopards.

    N/A

    Previous Book(s) in Series:
    N/A

    Undead To The World by DD Barant 
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    Get it: Goodreads | Amazon
    Source: Wicked Scribes
    Genre: Urban Fantasy
    Series: The Bloodhound Files, book 6

    Shera’s Thoughts: 

    Ahhhhh, another fantastic cover. If the first three books would have had cool covers like books 4-6 I would have jumped on this series. Shallow? Yes. But that is the power of cover magic!

    *sparkly hands!*

    N/A

    Previous Book(s) in Series:
    Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, #1)Death Blows (The Bloodhound Files #2)Killing Rocks (The Bloodhound Files #3)Better Off Undead (The Bloodhound Files #4)Back from the Undead (The Bloodhound Files #5)

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