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Event: Piatkus at Little Brown HQ – A little get-together with publicists & bloggers!
by Carolyn • Posted in Book Chick City Events
On May 12th I was invited to Little Brown HQ in London to meet the publicists and editors at Piatkus, a commercial imprint within LB, who I’ve been in contact with and emailing for some time regarding books to review on BCC. It was really great to finally meet Donna, Paola, Maddy and Lucy, and all the other lovely ladies at Piatkus. I met lots of bloggers too including Sarah from Feeling Fictional and Vivienne from Serendipity.
Photo Courtesy of Sarah at Feeling Fictional
The LB offices are just gorgeous and everyone was so friendly. There were drinks and nibbles, and lots of delicious cupcakes! After we had chatted for a little while and introduced ourselves we were shown a presentation of all the upcoming books Piatkus has in store for us over the coming year – and I can tell you there are some yummylicious bookie goodies on the horizon – some are even in your bookshop as we speak!
Piatkus is the publisher that gives UK readers authors such as Christine Feehan, J. R. Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Keri Arthur, Larissa Ione, Kat Richardson, Nora Roberts and Julia Quinn, among many others. They are also releasing a new urban fantasy series by debut author, Darynda Jones, which sounds awesome!
So here are a selection of the books that we talked about and gushed over:
PARANORMAL ROMANCE | URBAN FANTASY
• Retribution by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Brand new cover style launching this year for the ‘Dark Hunter‘ series – a sample is below for ‘Retribution’ (Dark Hunter #20), which will be released Aug 2011. Really want to begin this series. ‘Alterant‘ (Balador Code #2) published Sept 2011.
• Savage Nature by Christine Feehan
Piatkus has released three series by Christine Feehan: ‘Leopard‘ series, ‘Carpathian‘ series and ‘Sisters of the Heart‘ series. All look absolutely fab!
• Darkness Unbound by Keri Arthur
‘Dark Angel’s‘ is a brand new series from Keri Arther – I cannot wait to read this book as it sounds so good – I was very lucky to receive an ARC so I will be reading it very soon indeed! It’s a pin-off from the Riley Jensen Guardian series. I love the cover too!
• First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
This sounds SO good – I love finding new urban fantasy series to read. I love the look of the covers too, they are sexy but gritty – I hope the ‘Charley Davidson‘ series can match up! ‘First Grave on the Right‘ is the first book to be released Nov 2011 with ‘Second Grave on the Left‘ & ‘Third Grave Dead Ahead‘ being published Jan & Feb 2012 respectively.
• Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione
This is a new series (although already published in the US) to hit the UK. ‘Lords of Deliverance‘ series begins with ‘Eternal Rider‘ (already released) followed by ‘Immortal Rider‘ published Dec 2011. Ione’s ‘Demonica‘ series will be published in the UK from July 2011. These covers alone would make me read this series – much better than the US versions!
• Fated by S. G. Browne
I read and enjoyed Browne’s ‘Breather’s‘ which is a black comedy featuring zombies. ‘Fated‘ is not a sequal to ‘Breather’s‘ but a completely new story, and it sounds really interesting. I am fortunate to have an ARC of this too, can’t wait to read it.
HISTORICAL FICTION | HISTORICAL ROMANCE
• Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
A new series for historical romance fans – Julia Quinn’s ‘Smythe-Smith Quartet‘ – I found my love of historical romance last year and I gobbled this up in one day! (review coming tomorrow) Don’t you think this cover is just so cute!?
• A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James
‘A Kiss at Midnight‘ and ‘When Beauty Tamed the Beast‘ are the first and second in a new quartet of Regency fiction with a fairytale twist. Published August & September 2011 respectively. I must say I just love the cover! Looking forward to reading this one.
• Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt
From New York Times bestselling author comes a new historical romance series. ‘Scandalous Desires‘ is the third book in the series, which will be published in Nov 2011. Book one, ‘Wicked Intentions‘ and two, ‘Notorious Pleasures‘ are already released and in your bookshops now.
• The Women of Fire Series by Claire Lorrimer
This is an epic historical romance series brought back into print for a new generation of readers. ‘Scarlett‘ (Book #1) published Oct 2011, ‘Antoinette‘ (Book #2) published Nov 2011, and ‘Chantal‘ published Dec 2011. This sound like a really exciting series.
• Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue by Stephanie Laurens
This is the first book in a brand new series linked to the authors popular ‘Cynster‘ series. It’s set in Scotland and is said to be ‘an adventure guaranteed to keep you enthralled‘ – well, another book to add to my ‘must read’ list. Published September 2011, with book #2 ‘In Pursuit of Miss Eliza Cynster‘ hitting shelves in Oct 2011.
GENERAL FICTION
• The Guardian Angel’s Journal by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
This sounds like a fantastic read with a supernatural element – sounds like my kind of book.
• Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton
In 2010 ‘Sister‘ was the fastest selling debut by a British author and this is the second novel by Rosamund Lupton. Both books sounds really good and I’ve heard both have a supernatural twist.
• The Apothecary’s Daughter by Charlotte Betts
This is a debut novel in historical romance and it’s set in London at the time of the plague, just before the Great Fire of 1666 and will be published August 2011. There was a lot of buzz and excitement about this book, so I for one cannot wait to read it.
As you can see there is lots to look forward to – Piatkus was so generous, I came away with a bag full of ARCs and finished copies – I have lots of reading to do!
Yummy ARCs
Delicious Finished Copies
Thanks so much to all at Piatkus for such a fantastic afternoon – much fun was had! 
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15 Comments
Was such a fun afternoon and great to meet you! Oh the lovely books
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Ohhh yummy ARCs indeed!
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We had such a fabulous time there. It was like Christmas. I can't wait to read your review of Just Like Heaven tomorrow. It was so lovely to meet you too. I shall add a link into my post later on too.
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Looks like a great night! I'm glad to see you did enjoy Just Like Heaven.
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You look to have had a great day. I love Piatikus books I have read the Guardian Angels Diary and Sister and I have just put in an order for 'Afterwards@ I hope you enjoy them as much as me and I cant wait to read the others.
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Kiss At Midnight By Eloisa James is brilliant! I bought it from the US before the rather different UK cover was realeased. I do prefer The UK cover for "When Beauty Tamed the Beast."
Bother are great books and I can't wait to read your review
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Oh, you must read new series from Eloisa! They are my favorite – absolutely fabulous, and I do prefer UK covers, they feel more fairy-talish
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Coming from the States, I prefer the UK covers for Larissa Ione's books over the US. Look forward to all the reviews.
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Oh wow! All the books look great… many of them I must add to my TBR list. I wouldn't know which to read first! Glad you had a great time.
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It sounds like you had a great time and it must have been fun to finally meet the people you've gotten to know through e-mails and comments.
There are some great titles listed here – I'll definitely be keeping my eyes open.
Shelagh
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Sounds like a fun event. I really like the look of quite a few of those books…I will have to keep an eye out!
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Wow! Your so lucky =)
Some great books to look out for, thanks!
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I'm so jealous, all those yummy books! Sounds like a great event. I definitely want to read Retribution too
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Exciting! Sounds like you had a wonderful time and came away with some great books!
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Thanks for stopping by everyone! It was a great day, can't wait to read all the lovely books and ARCs – hopefully you will see the reviews popping up soon
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