Grace Menary-Winefield – Editorial Assistant As an Editorial Assistant at Piatkus Books, I get to read a lot of gory, sexy, magical and sometimes scary genre fiction. It certainly keeps the excitement up in the offices! Of course, I’m around to help out the editors as well, keeping their lives in order just that little bit more and easing their administrative load so they can focus on bringing exciting new talent to the Piatkus imprint! Life can be busy! Oh yes, deadlines loom and proofs are rushed to production in…
Fangirl by Angel Lawson Self-Published (July 2012) Ebook, 303 pages Contemporary Romance This was a freebie on Amazon Kindle and I *thought* it would be some zombie book and therefore would have fitted into the zombie event we had back in November. I was wrong, but rather than be completely disappointed, this book was an enjoyable little romance. There are a lot of “What if’s” in the book and the author manages to write in such away that you are experiencing the events that the main character, Ruby, is going through….
Flesh by Kylie Scott (Flesh #1) Momentum (Oct 2012) Ebook, 284 pages Erotic Zombie-Apocalyptic Romance Flesh is an erotic romance set in a zombie-apocalyptic world. Ali is a woman in her 30s who has been hiding in an attic since the zombies started walking the Earth. After two months she decides to head out only to come face to face with Dan. Frightened senseless Ali reacts and holds a shot gun to his face. She’s scared, thinking that he wants nothing from her but to rape her. Dan on the…
NEW SERIES ALERT THE SERIES: Marriage Mart BOOK #1 : A Wedding in Springtime | Release: May 7th 2013 Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca | Genre: Historical Romance Five minutes into Miss Eugenia Talbot’s presentation at court, notorious rogue Mr. William Grant made her laugh, ruining her debut. To hush up the scandal, Eugenia’s aunt hires a matchmaker to quickly find a suitor— anyone except the infamous William Grant—to help restore Eugenia’s reputation. But amiable Eugenia shows a disturbing tendency to follow her heart, and is again caught in the company of…
Lightning Rider by Jen Greyson TWCS Publishing (May 2013) Ebook, 314 pages Paranormal Romance When we first meet Evy, she is riding her motorcycle through a storm trying to stop her good for nothing ex-boyfriend from robbing her blind. During her race through the storm, we learn that lightening has always caused her physical discomfort if not pain. This time not only is there pain but hallucinations, lightning dancing off her skin and an amazing rope of lightning she can swing like a bullwhip. Maybe the day isn’t so bad after…
Each month we’ll be sharing our best reads from the previous month. Theses books won’t be limited to new releases, but they will be books we loved and want you guys to know about. So here are our April recommendations. CAROLYN Love with a Chance of Zombies by Delphine Dryden is a fun novella packed full of lust, sex and zombies. But don’t worry, the sex isn’t between zombies or human and zombie, but between two humans – the best kind. Sex with a zombie? Um, no. But, being a huge…
Jenni Hill – Commissioning Editor I’ve wanted to get into publishing for a long time, probably because I was always the kid with my ‘nose in a book’! While studying English at university, I met Matt Smith, Editor of 2000 AD comics, who was speaking at a local library. I still don’t know how I worked up the nerve, but I asked for work experience with him and he said yes! Work experience is the most useful thing you can do if you want to get into publishing – even…
Lots of great deals on Amazon at the moment, both UK and US. I’ve also indicated what genre: Urban Fantasy [UF] | Paranormal Romance [PNR] | Historical Romance [HR] Contemporary Romance [CR] Erotic Romance [ER] Time-Travel Romance [TTR] – All prices were correct when writing this post. Free £0.00 • Temporary Arrangement (The Renaldi’s #0.5) by Karen Erickson • [CR] £0.00 • Indiana Wild (Spirit Pass) by S. E. Smith • [TTR] £0.00 • A Bit of Bite by Cynthia Eden • [PNR] £0.00 • The Accidental Demon Slayer (Biker Witches #1) by Angie Fox • [PNR] £0.99 (and under) £0.49 • He Watches Me (The Seen…
Playing the Maestro by Aubrie Dionne Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 190 Pages Contemporary Romance Melody Mires has banned herself from dating musicians, especially since her latest nightmare, Blake, the individual that runs the orchestra that suffers from a VERY huge ego. She vows to find a man outside of the music industry. However, a little hurdle comes in the form of the failing orchestra’s new conductor: Wolfgang Braun. Wolf is young, fresh German conductor that has been roped in to help the struggling orchestra where Melanie is the main flutist….
Sandy James is the author of The Alliance of the Amazons urban fantasy series from Carina Press. The series begins with The Reluctant Amazon, followed by The Impetuous Amazon. The Brazen Amazon, book 3, is released May 6, 2013. The series concludes with The Volatile Amazon coming this September. Sandy joins us today to talk about her Alliance of the Amazons series and what other projects she has planned in the future. Hi Sandy, welcome to Book Chick City. First of all, can you explain to our readers what your…
May’s book club pick is On the Edge by Ilona Andrews, the first in the urban fantasy series The Edge. I’m a really big fan of Andrews’ Kate Daniels series and have wanted to give The Edge series a go, but haven’t quite got around to it. So I thought this was a great opportunity to read and discuss it with others. Rose Drayton lives on the Edge, between the world of the Broken (where people drive cars, shop at Wal-Mart, and magic is a fairy tale) and the Weird…
Angel’s Ink by Jocelynn Drake (The Asylum Tales #1) Harper Voyager (Oct 2012) Paperback, 338 Pages Urban Fantasy Having really enjoyed the two short prequel novella’s; The Asylum Interviews: Bronx and The Asylum Interviews: Trixie, I couldn’t wait to delve into the first full length novel in this series, Angel’s Ink. Thankfully, my enthusiasm was rewarded as Drake has pulled out a novel with a hero that could easily rival both Jim Butcher’s, Harry Dresden, and Kevin Hearne’s, Atticus. This really was a book that took you on a really wild ride….
A Stitch In Time by Amanda James Choc Lit (April 2013) Paperback, 301 pages Time-Travel Romance It took me about 3 or 4 chapters to get into A Stitch In Time. I wasn’t even sure at first if I was going to like it. But, as soon as the story got going and got used to the author’s writing style, I was whisked away and the story became a complete page-turner. A Stitch In Time is a contemporary, time travel romance and I found the time travel concept refreshingly unique….
Welcome to Monday Mashup where we talk about everything and anything we’ve come across around the internets. It could be an interesting article, a book trailer, a fun piece of news we feel you should know about, or maybe a stylish pair of shoes (if Laura has her way!) or something zombie-ish (if Carolyn has her way!). Basically, it’s a bit of a mashup! Enjoy… Hi everyone, it’s Laura with today’s Monday Mashup. Anyone fancy starring in an erotic non fiction *gulp*? Amazon To Pilot TV Shows Online In a…
Keeping Secrets in Seattle by Brooke Moss Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 204 pages Contemporary Romance Every so often a book comes along that completely grabs you and won’t let go until you’ve devoured every last page. For me, one such book was Keeping Secrets in Seattle by Brooke Moss. The book has a fairly simple premise which we’ve all seen several times before: out of two best friends who have known each other years, one has romantic feelings for the other. In this case, the friends are Violet Murphy…
