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  by Dee Gentle
Leslie Tramposch: Managing Editor - Sara Reyes: Marketing and Publicity

June 2007 Issue


Fanged Fantasies
Spotlight on Vampire Romance: Part 1
Featuring 
 
Interviews with:
| L. A. Banks | Margaret L. Carter | Nathalie Gray |
| Chris Marie Green | F E Heaton | Doreen Orsini | Jaden Sinclair |
 
Special Features:
Publisher Spotlight: Dark Eden Press
Changeling Press: Summer ESCAPEŠ
Vampire Links of Interest
 
 Chat with Featured Authors
at PNR CHAT, monthly - 3rd Monday, 9pm Eastern


Whether they are the hunters or the hunted, vampires have taken a HUGE bite out of the paranormal romance genre. Discover for yourself
the lure of the undead...

**Disclaimer: This is by no means to be construed as an all inclusive list of available titles.
Any omissions are completely unintentional

January Offerings


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Warner Forever
January 1, 2007
ISBN #0446617849
EAN: 9780446617840
386 pages
Paperback

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TEMPTED IN THE NIGHT
by Robin T. Popp

Night Slayer series: Book 3


Someone is trying to kidnap notable biochemist Bethany Stavinoski - and she has no idea why. Only former SEAL Dirk Adams seems capable of protecting her against a seemingly inhuman foe that lurks in the shadows and attacks only at night.

Their search for answers leads them down a path of complex secrets filled with many dangers, not the least of which is the lure of forbidden temptations.

 
 
Don't miss the next two books in this exciting series:
Night Slayer series: Book 1 ~ Out of the Night
Night Slayer series: Book 2 ~ Seduced by the Night
 

Signet Eclipse
January 2, 2007
ISBN #0451220072
368 pages
Paperback


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THE REST FALLS AWAY

by Colleen Gleason

The Gardella Vampire Chronicles: Book 1

Beneath the glitter of dazzling 19th-century London Society lurks a bloodthirsty evil....

Vampires have always lived among them, quietly attacking unsuspecting debutantes and dandified lords as well as hackney drivers and Bond Street milliners. If not for the vampire slayers of the Gardella family, these immortal creatures would have long taken over the world.

In every generation, a Gardella is called to accept the family legacy, and this time, Victoria Gardella Grantworth is chosen, on the eve of her debut, to carry the stake.

But as she moves between the crush of ballrooms and dangerous, moonlit streets, Victoria's heart is torn between London's most eligible bachelor, the Marquess of Rockley, and her enigmatic ally, Sebastian Vioget.

And when she comes face to face with the most powerful vampire in history, Victoria must ultimately make the choice between duty and love.


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Ellora's Cave
January 1, 2007
ISBN #1419909118
EAN: 9781419909115
e-Book

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I'LL BE HUNTING YOU

by Shiloh Walker

 

What happens when a woman loses the man she was born to love? Tori doesn't know. Declan has been her lover, her friend, her confidant — now he is gone. With grief and heartache driving her insane, Tori has become a liability to those she knows and loves.

Until a fellow Hunter arrives on her doorstep with a mysterious message. You must go…

Tori doesn't want to go anywhere. But now she can't resist. What is waiting for her is something she never dared to hope for.


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Zebra
January 1, 2007
ISBN #
0821779354
EAN:
9780821779354

384 pages
Paperback


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WHEN DARKNESS COMES

by Alexandra Ivy

 

Guardians of Eternity

It should have been a dream-come-true.  What woman wouldn’t want to trade in her humdrum job and boring life to become a goddess?  A goddess who is not only immortal, but also bound for an eternity to a drop-dead gorgeous vampire?  Unfortunately being a goddess isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, as Abby Barlow soon discovers.  In fact, within a few hours she is on the run from a horde of demons, a pack of zombies, and a powerful wizard who is intent on sacrificing her to his dark prince.

And if that isn’t bad enough she’s lost her job, her rent is due, and it turns out that being the savior of the world doesn’t come with a paycheck.

Welcome to the Guardians of Eternity!

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Ballantine Books
January 30, 2007
ISBN #034549217X
352 pages
Paperback
 
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DEAD AND DATELESS

by Kimberly Raye

 

After re-making and successfully matching the geekiest vampire in existence, a knock-down drag-out with a deranged serial killer, and wild and crazy sex with a to-die-for-if-I-wasn't-already-dead bounty hunter/made vampire, Lil Marchette is certain the excitement of opening Manhattan's newest dating service is way over. She's been in business over three months now, she has a nice, steady client base to pay the bills and she's completely and totally over her infatuation with Ty Bonner aka to-die-for-if-I-wasn't-already-dead (he‘s a made vamp and she‘s a born one and it just ain't gonna happen). Things are bound to settle down.

Not!

 
 
Don't miss the first book in this fun series:
A Novel of Vampire Love: Book 1 ~ Dead End Dating

 


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Dell
January 30, 2007
ISBN #
055358846X
EAN:
978-0553588460
400 pages
Paperback


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KISSING SIN

by Keri Arthur

 

Riley Jensen Guardian Series: Book 2


From Melbourne’s gleaming skyscrapers to its throbbing nightclubs, Riley Jenson’s world is raging with danger and desire. A drop-dead-gorgeous werewolf—with a touch of vamp coursing in her blood—Riley works for an organization created to police the supernatural races. But when she wakes up naked and bruised in a barren alley, she knows only that she must run for her life.

Within moments Riley collides with the sexiest man she’s ever seen: steely, seductive Kade, who is fighting a life-and-death battle of his own. With old lovers and enemies gathering around her, Riley knows she is being pursued by a new kind of criminal. Because in Riley’s blood is a secret that could create the ultimate warrior—if only she can survive her own dangerous desires….

 
Don't miss the first book in this exciting series:
Riley Jensen Guardian Series: Book 1 ~ Full Moon Rising
 
Love Spell
January 1, 2007
ISBN #0505527103
EAN: 9780505527103
448 pages
Paperback
 
SHARDS OF CRIMSON

by Liz Maverick, Patti O'Shea, Carolyn Jewel, Jade Lee

 

FIVE BRAND NEW STORIES FROM THE ORIGINAL AUTHORS OF THE USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIES


It's been said there's no such thing as quiet here. Ever since the metropolis first became home to paranormals, discord was named queen. But who will be her king—vampires, werewolves, demons or men? One thing remains sure: This land is a battleground and conflict is eternal. Yet there are those who join together—strangers, enemies, lovers. Here, one silken caress can be deadlier than a bullet, but some still know joy. For darkness can become light, and in one sharp instant pain can become ecstasy, and hatred, love.

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Silhouette
January 30, 2007
ISBN #0373514379
EAN #9780373514373
304 pages
Paperback

 
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DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK
by Harper Allen

Darkheart & Crosse: Book 3

Ever since Tash's grandfather Darkheart revealed the big family secret—Tash and her triplet sisters were born of a vampire slayer—Tash's life has been a series of surprises. But none of that prepared her for the possibility of turning vamp herself.

That's the good news. The bad? The most gorgeous man she's ever laid eyes on is over two hundred years old. And one of her sisters wants to stake him, while the other wants to doom him to a life of tortured guilt. Worse yet, with a new Queen Vamp in town, it's up to Tash to infiltrate her army. As a semihuman, there's no danger of Tash falling under Lady Jasmine's control. Or so she thinks….

 
Don't miss the first two books in this exciting series:
Darkheart & Crosse: Book 1 ~ Dressed to Slay
Darkheart & Crosse: Book 2 ~ Vampaholic
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William Morrow & Co.
January 16, 2007
ISBN #0060590297
EAN #9780060590291
336 pages
Hardcover
 
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YOU SUCK: A LOVE STORY
by Christopher Moore

Being dead sucks. Make that being undead sucks.

Literally. Just ask Thomas C. Flood. Waking up after a fantastic night unlike anything he's ever experienced, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jody—the woman of his dreams—is a vampire. And surprise! Now he's one, too.

For some couples, the whole biting-and-blood thing would have been a deal breaker. But Tommy and Jody are in love, and they vow to work through their issues. Like how much Jody should teach Tommy about his new superpowers (and how much he needs to learn on his own). Plus there's Tommy's cute new minion, sixteen-year-old goth girl Abby Normal. (Well, someone has to run errands during daylight hours!)

Making the relationship work, however, is the least of Jody and Tommy's problems. Word has it that the vampire who nibbled on Jody wasn't supposed to be recruiting any new members into the club. Even worse, Tommy's erstwhile turkey-bowling pals are out to get him, at the urging of a blue-dyed Las Vegas call girl named (duh) Blue.

And that really sucks.


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Ace Books
January 30, 2007
ISBN #0441014739
EAN #9780441014736
304 pages
Paperback

 
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BLOOD BOUND
by Patricia Briggs


Mercedes Thompson: Book 2

 

Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind.

But this new vampire is hardly ordinary-and neither is the demon inside of him.

 

Don't miss the first book in this exciting series:
Mercedes Thompson: Book 1 ~ Moon Called

 

Additonal
January
Releases
MORE TITLES
Soul of the Night by Barbara Sheridan and Anne Cain

Eternal Surrender by Ann Jacobs (d'Argent Honor: Book 3)

Novel Experience by Sandy Lynn

Beloved Forever by Kit Tunstall

Dark Angel by Lucy Blue (Bound in Darkness series: Book 3)

Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake: Book 3, reissue)

The Damned by L.A. Banks (A Vampire Huntress Legend: Book 6)

Devotion Calls by Caridad Piņeiro  (The Calling: Book 5)

 
February Offerings
 
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St. Martin's Griffin
February 6, 2007
ISBN #0312352360
EAN #9780312352363
432 pages
Paperback
 
THE WICKED

by L. A. Banks

 

A Vampire Huntress Legend: Book 8

Damali and Carlos have finality tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after. There are bigger problems on the horizon. Eve's son, Cain, has escaped his banishment in order to assume his father's throne and is now the new Chairman of the Vampire Council. He is amassing a new army, which includes resurrecting one of the Neterus' old foes--the deadly Fallon Nuit. But Carlos isn't about to let that happen. The coming battle will be the battle to kick off Amageddon.

 
Don't miss the first seven books in this exciting series:
Vampire Huntress series: Book 1 ~ Minion
Vampire Huntress series: Book 2 ~ The Awakening
Vampire Huntress series: Book 3 ~ The Hunted 
Vampire Huntress series: Book 4 ~ The Bitten
Vampire Huntress series: Book 5 ~ The Forbidden
Vampire Huntress series: Book 6 ~ The Damned
Vampire Huntress series: Book 7 ~ The Forsaken


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Avon
February 13, 2007
ISBN #0060849916
EAN #9780060849917
384 pages
Paperback


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NIGHT OF THE HUNTRESS

by Kathryn Smith

 

Brotherhood of the Blood: Book 2

 
When the vampire Bishop returned to Romania for the first time in centuries he never imagined he would find himself the prisoner of a vampire slayer. Nor did he expect to risk his own life to save hers. Marika has spent most of her life killing monsters like the one who killed her mother, and hiding her most dangerous secret. She would use Bishop to her own advantage, but when Marika's own life is threatened she realizes Bishop is her only ally -- and the one man who has ever laid claim to her heart.
 
Don't miss the first book in this exciting series:
Brotherhood of the Blood: Book 1 ~ Be Mine Tonight

 

 


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Avon
February 1, 2007
ISBN #0060774126
EAN #9780060774127
384 pages
Paperback

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BITE ME IF YOU CAN

by Lynsay Sands

Argeneau Series: Book 6

One minute Leigh is walking home in the early hours of the morning, and the next a vampire is sinking his teeth into her neck. Turns out it was a rogue vampire marked for termination, but it does Leigh little good because the damage has already been done. She’s become one of them.

Lucian Argeneau, hunter of rogue vampires, has been alive for over two thousand years, and there’s very little to excite him anymore. Food has become tasteless, sex is ordinary. Then Leigh drops into his life. Suddenly he finds himself craving coffee… and imagining the sassy brunette atop the black satin sheets on his nice big bed. It’s Lucian’s job now to enlighten Leigh on the inner workings of being immortal… and tutoring her is igniting a fire in him that hasn’t burned in centuries.

But until they stop a renegade bloodsucker from destroying the human race, the passion will have to wait!

Don't miss the first five books in this exciting series:
Argeneau Series: Book 1 ~ A Quick Bite
Argeneau Series: Book 2 ~ Love Bites
Argeneau Series: Book 3 ~ Single White Vampire
Argeneau Series: Book 4 ~ Tall, Dark, and Hungry
Argeneau Series: Book 5 ~ A Bite to Remember


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Silhouette Nocturne
February 1, 2007
ISBN #0373617569
EAN #9780373617562
304 pages
Paperback


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BLOOD SON

by Erica Orloff

 

And now Elizabeth Martin was on a wild-goose chase halfway around the world to save him from madness. She didn't believe a word of his cryptic e-mail about vampires and drinking blood. Nor did she believe the drunkard who spoke of vampires ruling the small Czech village where he was last seen. Until she was put in contact with a mysterious Dhampir--the offspring of a vampire and a human. Reputed mercenaries who'll do anything--or betray anyone--for a price.

Elizabeth takes an instant disliking to Josef Darecky.

He's too edgy, intense and moody…and he arouses desires that could compromise her mission. But he's also the only man who can save her brother, who is half-turned already. And, as she forms an unlikely bond with the half-blood mercenary, she senses that only by trusting him--and winning his trust--can the vampires be fully destroyed.…

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Mardi Gras Publishing
February 1, 2007
ISBN #1934329215
EAN #9781934329214
e-Book
 
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ETERNAL BONDS: BLOOD BROTHERS

by Teresa Wayne

 

Eternal Bonds: Book 1

In the dark depths of eternity, exists a blood lineage so terrifying, known to Romania as the secretive direct decedents of Dracul, the Impaler — twins of good and evil, and recognized only to humanity as a myth. Thought to both be destroyed in a raid during the Turkish defeat of Romania, yet somehow survived. Now only one brother holds the key to peace, while the other searches to destroy it.
 
 

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Zebra Books
February 1, 2007
ISBN #082177834X
EAN #9780821778340
384 pages
Paperback


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DEAD SEXY

by Amanda Ashley

 

A killer with a twisted idea for fun is really putting a crimp in Regan Delaney’s style. The former vampire hunter doesn’t know what to make of such a madman whose handiwork bodes ill for the living—and the undead! His chilling M.O.—mutilation followed by blood draining—has landed Regan the case, but all the evidence is as confusing to her as the vampire who may be the only one who can help piece it all together.

Joaquin Santiago is Master of the City, a seductive creature of the night unrivaled in power and control. With Regan, though, he may have met his match. She’s unlike anyone he’s ever known, all fury and flame, firing his desire in ways never imagined. But before he can enter her world, or she his, they are drawn into the game of a depraved and elusive killer whose sick idea of winning is to kill the competition.

 

 

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Ace Books
February 1, 2007
ISBN #0441014674
EAN #9780441014675
336 pages
Trade Size
 
NIGHT RISING

by Chris Marie Green

Vampire Babylon: Book 1

Welcome to Hollywood—after dark…

Stuntwoman Dawn Madison is a girl with a lot of attitude—and a lot of issues, mostly about living up to the legacy of her mother, a world famous movie star/sex symbol, whose death left Dawn to be raised by her dad Frank, nobody’s notion of single-father-of-the-year. Now that she’s all grown up, she and Frank aren’t on the best of terms, to say the least.

Still, he is her dad, and when he vanishes while investigating the bizarre sighting—caught on film—of a supposedly long-dead child star, she comes home to Tinseltown to join the search for him. Working with his colleagues—a psychic short in stature but big in dreams of stardom, a beautiful Latina techno-geek, and the P. I. firm’s never-seen boss—she discovers an erotic and bloody underground society made up of creatures she thought existed only on the screen.

They are devious. They are deadly. And some of them are dangerously attractive…

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MIRA Books
February 1, 2007
ISBN #0778324184
EAN #9780778324188
384 pages
Paperback

 
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POSSESSION
by Jennifer Armintrout

Blood Ties: Book 2

My father always said fear was a weakness. Well, that's easy to say when you don't have to worry about vampire slayers or holy water. I hate fear, but undead life goes on. In the two months since I was attacked in the hospital morgue and turned into a vampire, I've killed my evil sire, Cyrus, fallen in love with my new sire, Nathan, and have even gotten used to drinking blood. Just when things are finally returning to normal--as normal as they can be when sunlight can kill you--Nathan becomes possessed. And then he slaughters an innocent human.

Now it's my job to find Nathan before the Voluntary Vampire Extinction Movement does, because they're just waiting for an excuse to terminate him--and anyone foolish enough to help him. But it gets worse. It turns out that Nathan's been possessed by one of the most powerful and wicked vampires alive--the Soul Eater. And who knows what vile plan he's concocted?

With the Soul Eater and my possessed sire on the loose, I have a lot to fear. Including being killed. Again.

Don't miss the first book in this exciting series:
Blood Ties: Book 1 ~ The Turning
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Signet Eclipse
February 6, 2007
ISBN #0451220633
EAN #9780451220639
304 pages
Paperback
 
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BENEATH THE SKIN
by Savannah Russe
 
Darkwing Chronicles: Book 3

For a vampire, temptation is never far away...

If you passed Daphne Urban on the streets of New York, you’d see a sleek young brunette dressed to kill. You’d never know she was a vampire. But the government knows.

Their ultimatum: Spy for the United States, or be terminated. And after all these centuries, Daphne is not ready to call it quits....

After a recent break-up, vampire Daphne Urban must somehow take her mind off her personal life. So she’s glad to throw herself into her work, joining her fellow antiterrorist agents to chase down a ruthless enemy—a professional who goes simply by "Gage". Mysterious, cruel, and unstoppable, this assassin is dead-set on killing a certain presidential candidate...

Team Darkwing has to find Gage before it’s too late. But during the mission, Daphne finds herself inexorably drawn back into the life she once rejected: New York’s secret vampire underworld, where all pleasures are pursued and no desire is forbidden. Especially the craving she has so long resisted—living human blood...

Don't miss the first two books in this exciting series:
Darkwing Chronicles: Book 1 ~ Beyond The Pale
Darkwing Chronicles: Book 2 ~ Past Redemption

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Linden Bay Romance
February 1, 2007
ISBN #1602020272
EAN #9781602020276
176 pages
Trade Size


 
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FORBIDDEN
by Samantha Sommersby
 
Forbidden: Book 2

The past two months have been the longest of Byron Renfield's three hundred and seventy-nine years. After almost four centuries of dedicated service to his clan, four centuries spent in the pursuit of redemption, the powerful vampire did the inexplainable and unforgivable. In an impulsive act of passion he claimed the beautiful Violet Deeds, a human, as his mate. When Violet found herself stranded on a remote island occupied by the charismatic Byron she never imagined that she would be saving him, but the fiery red-headed psychiatrist did just that-bringing the immortal to life and introducing him to love. Now, afraid of retribution from his clan and concerned for Violet's safety, Byron takes steps to protect them both. But will it be enough? Irrevocably bound together, as the tie between Byron and Violet strengthens they step into one another's worlds, awakening long buried desires and threatening the balance of society and nature. A kidnapping, an underground world of rebel vampires, an elaborate network of elite clansman led by an ageless prophet, and a rescue mission that will keep you on the edge of your seat all come together perfectly in this thrilling sequel to Samantha Sommersby's Forbidden: The Claim. An erotic romance you won't be able to put down, Forbidden: The Awakening will have you begging for more!

Don't miss the first book in this steamy series:
Forbidden: Book 1 ~ The Claim

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Samhain Publishing
February 1, 2007
ISBN #1599983281
EAN #9781599983288
e-Book

 
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CARINIAN'S SEEKER

by T. J. Michaels

She’s his target…and his mate. Aw, hell!

Beautiful genius, Carinian Derrickson, wants to live long enough to date a man from the future generations of spacemen, complete with ray guns and starships. She’s not crazy, she’s just afraid of dying young of some dreaded disease, like all the rest of her family. Her research into gene therapy has shown her the way to extend her life is by emulating traits only before seen in fiction. Vampire fiction. Only the beings that shouldn’t exist are very real indeed.

Unknown to her, there’s a bad boy vampire in the lab next door with a goal quite the opposite of hers. If he has his way, he’ll bring the Vampire Council of Ethics (V.C.O.E.) to its knees.

Jon Bixler is a Seeker for the Council—an assassin and undercover operative in a world of humans. Bix must get close enough to this rogue to find out exactly how he plans to dismantle the Council. And Carinian is just the ticket. But when he meets her, all his vampire common sense flies out the window as his libido leaps off the charts. What’s he going to do now that the woman is in danger and secretly trying to do the impossible?

Bix and Carin can’t deny the combustion of love and lust between them. They accept their mating. But can they stay alive long enough to enjoy it?

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Imajinn
February 8, 2007
ISBN #1933417951
EAN #9781933417950
240 pages
Trade Size
 
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GRAVE ILLUSIONS
by Lina Gardiner
 
New York City is in the grasp of a deadly, unseen enemy. At least unseen by normal society.

Lieutenant Jess Vandermire, New York City police officer, is uniquely specialized to recognize and fight this threat. It’s her job to forge a black ops team, an assortment of men and women who wouldn’t be considered for the job under normal circumstances.

But these aren’t normal circumstances. The team has to be tough, and if need be, they have to be expendable. Jess understands what she’s fighting and what’s at stake. For her, it’s all about retribution until ex-cop John Brittain is recruited to her team.

Suddenly, her priorities aren’t quite so easily definable. John Brittain has a chip on his shoulder and is as tough as they come. But is he ready for the whole truth? That combating “super” vampires whose primal need for blood and the addictive drug “Sunshine” is only the beginning of their problems? And when Jess tells him the truth about herself, will he stay and fight or will he turn against her and not only threaten their lives but destroy the fragile relationship developing between them?

Additional
February
Releases
MORE TITLES
Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur  (Riley Jensen, Guardian Series: Book 3)

X-Rated Bloodsuckers by Mario Acedvedo

Wicked Pleasure by Nina Bangs (The Castle of Dark Dreams Trilogy: Book 2, reprint)

Rubies of Fire by Lynne Connolly (Dept 57: Book 3)

Blood Moon by Dawn Thompson (Blood Moon: Book 1)

Kiss and Tell by Sandy Lynn (Bloodmates: Book 1)

Sex, Lies and Vampire Hunters by Myla Jackson

 
March Offerings
 
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Onyx
March 6, 2007
ISBN #0451412354
EAN #9780451412355
480 pages
Paperback
 
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LOVER REVEALED
by J. R. Ward


The Black Dagger Brotherhood
: Book 4

Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world-to engage in the turf war with the lessers. His heart belongs to a female vampire, Marissa, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league. And if he can't have her, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers.

But fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, he's found by a miracle, and the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back, though even her love may not be enough to save him.

Don't miss the first two books in this dark fantasy series:
Black Dagger Brotherhood: Book 1 ~ Dark Lover
Black Dagger Brotherhood: Book 2 ~ Lover Eternal
Black Dagger Brotherhood: Book 3 ~ Lover Awakened


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Broadway Books
March 1, 2007
ISBN #0767920139
EAN #9780767920131
368 pages
Trade Size


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THE VAMPIRE OF VENICE BEACH

by Jennifer Colt

McAfee Twins: Book 3

Two Pairs of Private Eyes Are Better Than One...

A fanged foe is threatening Venice Beach. Can the McAfee twins stop him before he drains the city dry?

Crime-fighting sisters Kerry and Terry McAfee are used to nabbing killers while wearing high heels. But when their pal Darby Applewhite—a.k.a. Ephemera, Queen of the Undead—hires them to work crowd control at the annual Venice Goth Parade, they find themselves sporting black jumpsuits and white makeup instead. Ephemera plans to promote the opening of the highly anticipated Dark Arts Galley by popping out of a coffin just as the guests are brought inside. But when the coffin lid rises, she pitches forward onto the street—and Kerry and Terry are shocked to discover that the Queen of the Undead is in fact dead after all!

Suddenly the parade of harmless misfits is transformed into a stream of potential suspects, and it’s up to the twins to find their friend’s killer. Soon they’re plunged into a nefarious world that includes dentists specializing in prosthetic fangs and a goth cult led by a thug with a forked tongue. Will threats scrawled on their Harley in blood and amorous advances from sexy Detective John Boatwright derail the twins from getting their ghoul? Not bloody likely.

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Triskelion
February 28, 2007
ISBN #1933874740
EAN #9781933874746
398 pages
Paperback
 
HUNTING DIANA

by Doreen Orsini

How does Frank Nostrum manage to lure the strongest vamps in Mina's Cove into his pen? How does he keep them there until they meet their death beneath dawn's fiery rays? When one of their own kind, one secretly driven by jealousy, declares that his daughter is the lure, the elders of Mina's Cove pass sentence: the hunter's daughter must pay for his crimes with a single kiss, a drop of blood, a hunger denied. Torn between duty and honor, Lucian, the vampire sent to carry out the sentence, sates Diana's hunger while he searches for proof of her innocence.

Diana finds herself thrust into the arms and world of a creature she never believed existed. Can she trust him with her knowledge about his brother's death? Mina's Cove has been a haven to the peaceful vampires for nearly a century. Since the angels took pity on Mina and Dracula, blood still holds a strong attraction for these creatures of the night, but only when combined with passion. If Lucian fails to save Diana, the wrath of the angels will doom the vampires of Mina's Cove and all humans within their grasp.


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Silhouette Nocturne
March 1, 2007
ISBN #0373617585
EAN #9780373617586
288 pages
Paperback


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BLOOD SECRETS

by Vivi Anna

Valorian Chronicles: Book 1

A young human woman is found ritualistically murdered in a downtown Necropolis hotel. It is up to Caine Valorian, a 200-year-old vampire, and his Otherworld Crime Unit to solve the unusual crime, and quickly before the human press can jump onto the story and cause a panic. To add to their already tough case, a new member, Eve Grant, transfers to their lab at the request of the mayor. Not only is she green and eager to impress the boss, but she's human. The first human ever to work in an Otherworld unit. The mayor thought it would be great press especially now with the strange human murder.

Caine has his work cut out for him, especially with his unruly team who don't appreciate any help from a human. Not only is this the toughest case of his career, but he's unusually attracted to the new girl, which can only cause trouble for them all. However, as they sink deeper and deeper into the workings of the case, Caine and Eve become closer and closer. So close that neither of them can see past each other and at the real happenings behind the scenes. The more they poke and prod at the case, the more they realize that something is going on, that this murder is only one step toward a greater purpose. Someone in the Otherworld community is calling on dark forces, in a plot to wipe out the entire human population.

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Mardi Gras Publishing
March 3, 2007
ISBN #1934329355
EAN #9781934329351
e-Book

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BLOODMATE III

by Jaden Sinclair

Julian Marino suffered like no vampire should ever have to suffer. His pain runs so deep within him that the only thing that keeps him going is the thought of revenge. He is hell bent on destroying the one person who has crushed all of the hope within him.

Carissa Morris has suffered also. While Carissa has suffered greatly she has learned to deal with her pain and to go on with her life. She is called to help by one of the oldest of their kind. Help in the pursuit of justice for Julian.

Many, many years have passed since she saw Julian or Lucian. She has buried her feelings hiding her emotions deep inside of her. She is in the dilemma of having come face to face the one man who can give her the one thing she desires. Will she get her ultimate happiness with the one man whose heart is hardened with nothing left for her? Will she be able to show Julian that love will find a way to mend all the pain? Or is his heart like a stone, hardened and never able to soften or feel?

Can Carissa show Julian that there is another out there who can mend his broken soul? The soul he thinks is ripped out of his heart and body with nothing left but pain and hurt. Is she the woman strong enough to fight by his side and fight for him, or will the pursuit of revenge be the only thing Julian will live for?

 
Don't miss the first two books in this exciting series:
Bloodmate: Book 1 ~ Bloodmate
Bloodmate: Book 2 ~ Bloodmate II

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Zebra Books
March 6, 2007
ISBN #082177929X
EAN #9780821779293
352 pages
Paperback


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MIDNIGHT LOVER

by Rosemary Laurey

 

Forever Series: Book 5

Toby Wise is in Oregon, sorting out the complicated finances of Connor Corp. and fending off the FBI investigation of Laran Radcliffe's former money laundering. Toby suspects Piet Connor's nursing attendant, Laura Fox of being undercover FBI—a matter complicated by Toby's attraction to her. A fight with a vicious chupacabra, the appearance of another rogue vampire, and the discovery that Laura is NOT working for the FBI, so complicate their developing relationship, that the question of her mortality seems minor by comparison.

 
Don't miss the first four books in this exciting series:
Forever Series: Book 1 & 2 ~ Kiss Me Forever/Love Me Forever
Forever Series: Book 3 ~ Be Mine Forever
Forever Series: Book 4 ~ Keep Me Forever
 
Berkley Pub Group
March 1, 2007
ISBN #0425213773
EAN #9780425213773
336 pages
Trade Size
 
REAL VAMPIRES HAVE CURVES

by Gerry Bartlett

 

Real Vampires: Book 1

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