UNVEILED (Alex Crocker Seer #2) | RELEASE DATE: May 2013 PUBLISHER: Malachite Quills | GENRE: Urban Fantasy | ARTIST: Unknown With strength comes vulnerabilities. With love comes loss. With power comes pain. The world Alex now belongs to hinges on such balance. Her every step seems to be lurching her precariously closer to one wrong side or another. Alex had known her life as a Seer wouldn’t be easy. She knew her gift would be difficult to control and constantly sensing others’ emotions would be overwhelming. She even knew she’d be hunted for…

FEARSOME DREAMER (Fearsome Dreamer #1) | RELEASE DATE: September 2013 PUBLISHER: Hot Key Books | GENRE: Fantasy | ARTIST: Unknown There is a world where gods you’ve never heard of have wound themselves into hearts, and choice has led its history down a different path. This is a world where France made a small, downtrodden island called England part of its vast and bloated empire. There are people here who can cross a thousand miles with their minds. There are rarer people still who can move between continents in the…

THE LADY IS A VAMP (Argeneau #17) | RELEASE DATE: February 2013 PUBLISHER: Gollancz | GENRE: Paranormal Romance | ARTIST: Unknown One late night leads to… Kidnapped. When Jeanne Louise Argeneau left work, she never thought she’d end up tied down by a good-looking mortal. More attracted than annoyed, she quickly realizes there is more to her abductor than meets the eye. One desperate act leads to… Love? Paul Jones has need of a vampire, and only Jeanne Louise will do. He just has to convince this beauty of a Vamp…

RISING DARKNESS (Game of Shadows #1) | RELEASE DATE: April 2013 PUBLISHER: Piatkus | GENRE: Paranormal Romance | ARTIST: Unknown In the hospital ER where she works, Mary is used to chaos. But lately, every aspect of her life seems adrift. She feels disconnected from herself. Voices appear in her head. And the vivid, disturbing dreams she’s had all her life are becoming more intense. Then she meets Michael. He’s handsome, enigmatic and knows more than he can say. In his company, she slowly remembers the truth about herself ….

KNOWN DEVIL (Occult Crimes Unit Investigation #3) | RELEASE DATE: July 2013 PUBLISHER: Angry Robot | GENRE: Urban Fantasy | ARTIST: Timothy Lantz My name’s Markowski. I carry a badge. Also, a crucifix, some wooden stakes, a big vial of holy water, and a 9mm Beretta loaded with silver bullets. A new supernatural gang is intent on invading Scranton – as if I didn’t have enough to contend with! Supernatural gang warfare? Not on my watch! File Under: Urban Fantasy [ Fang Warfare | Invading Forces | Uneasy Alliances | The…

DARKNESS UNMASKED (Dark Angels #5) | RELEASE DATE: June 2013 PUBLISHER: Piatkus | GENRE: Urban Fantasy | ARTIST: Unknown The sexy, exciting, suspenseful adventures continue in New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur’s Dark Angels series, starring Risa Jones, a half-Aedh/half-werewolf. She can speak to the souls of the dying and the dead, and can see Reapers, the collectors of souls. Shortly after her fight on the astral plane, Risa receives a phone call from Madeline Hunter, the leader of the vampire council, ordering her to investigate the death of…

DEATH’S ANGEL (Lost Angel #3) | RELEASE DATE: December 2012  PUBLISHER: Headline | GENRE: Paranormal Romance | ARTIST: Unknown It’s time for Azrael’s story… As the former Archangel of Death, Azrael has always stood apart from his brothers. Cursed to rule from the darkness, he is not only one of the four favored archangels, but the very first vampire, and king among his kind. Sophie Bryce is a woman scarred by the dark secrets of her past. Though she is overwhelmingly attracted to the brooding archangel, she simply cannot believe…

RELEASE DATE : April 2013 | PUBLISHER: Corgi Children’s Books | GENRE: Dystopia, Young Adult A fast and furious thriller featuring the coolest, toughest bad girl since Lisbeth Salander. Meet Jenna Strong. In Jenna’s world, ACID – the most brutal, controlling police force in history – rule with an iron fist. And it was ACID agents who locked Jenna away for life, for a bloody crime she struggles to remember. But Jenna’s violent prison has taught her a thing or two about survival. And when a mysterious rebel group breaks her out,…

SLASHBACK (Cal Leandros series #8) | RELEASE DATE: March 2013 | PUBLISHER: Penguin GENRE: Urban Fantasy | ARTIST: Unknown I stopped and let them circle me, first because it was intriguing and, second, because, honestly, what could they do? Only knives, but all armed, and that made them even more interesting. Interesting. Fun. Playtime… Taking on bloodthirsty supernatural monsters is how Caliban and Niko Leandros make a living. But years ago—before they became a force to be reckoned with—the brothers were almost victims of a very human serial killer. Almost. Unfortunately for them, that particular depraved…

LOVER AT LAST (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11) RELEASE DATE: March 2013 PUBLISHER: Piatkus GENRE: Paranormal Romance ARTIST: Unknown In the darkest corners of the night in Caldwell, New York, a conflict like no other rages. The city is home to a band of brothers born to defend their race: the warrior vampires of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. This is the eleventh novel in the stunning No. 1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series – the hotly anticipated story that finally unites Blay and Qhuinn… forever. CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS As…

SHADOWS (Ashes Trilogy #2) | RELEASE DATE: September 2012 | PUBLISHER: Quercus GENRE: Horror, Young Adult | ARTIST: Unknown Alex has escaped from Rule – but what new horrors face her in the ravaged world outside? Tom is safe – but what will he risk to find Alex? Chris – how much does he really know about the terrible darkness of Rule? And what are his true feelings for Alex? Ellie – where is she? (Goodreads) CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS I really like this cover. I think it’s a great continuation from the cover of the first book in the series. The…

LORD’S FALL (Elder Races #5) RELEASE DATE: November 2012 PUBLISHER: Piatkus Books GENRE: Paranormal Romance ARTIST: Unknown In the latest Novel of the Elder Races, two mates find themselves on different paths, torn between their duty to the Wyr and the passion that binds them… Before she met Dragos, half-human half-wyr Pia Giovanni was alone and on the run. Now, she’s mated, pregnant and heading south to repair the Wyr’s frayed relationship with the Elves. Being separated from Dragos is painful, but for the good of the Wyr demesne they need to…

HIDDEN (House of Night #10) RELEASE DATE: October 2012 PUBLISHER: Atom GENRE: Paranormal, Young Adult ARTIST: Unknown Neferet’s true nature has been revealed to the Vampyre High Council, so Zoey and the gang might finally get some help in defending themselves and their beloved school against a gathering evil that grows stronger every day. And they’ll need it, because Neferet’s not going down without a fight. Chaos reigns at the House of Night. (Goodreads) LAURA’S THOUGHTS While the colour on this cover is beautifully vivid, it does niggle me that…

DAYS OF BLOOD AND STARLIGHT (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2) RELEASE DATE: 8th Nov 2012 PUBLISHER: Hodder GENRE: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult/Crossover ARTIST: Unknown Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a new way of living – one without massacres and torn throats and bonfires of the fallen, without revenants or bastard armies or children ripped from their mothers’ arms to take their turn in the killing and dying. Once, the lovers lay entwined in the moon’s secret temple and dreamed…

ROYAL STREET & RIVER ROAD (Sentinels of New Orleans #1 & #2) RELEASE DATE: 27th Sept 2012 | 22nd Nov 2012 PUBLISHER: Headline Publishing GENRE: Urban Fantasy ARTIST: Unknown      ROYAL STREET: As the junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco spends more of her time mixing potions and retrieving pixies than she does sniffing out supernatural bad guys that slip over from the preternatural beyond. It is DJ’s eccentric boss and mentor, Gerald St. Simon, who is tasked with protecting the city. But when Hurricane Katrina hammers the…