A Love Letter to a City (with Wizards) by Suzanne Johnson On Sunday, August 28, 2005, I piled in a car with two dogs (one a ninety-pound behemoth), an elderly parent, a friend, and her ailing cat, and left home for a short trip. Two days later, life as I knew it had changed, and my two-day trip turned into eight weeks. I was a New Orleanian, and when I left on August 28, it was a last-minute run from a storm called Hurricane Katrina. You probably know what happened…

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…

CAROLYN This month has been a great reading month, I’ve read lots of fab (mostly zombie) books. But these three are my recommendations of the month. To start off with, WHITE HORSE by Alex Adams [UK|US] turned out to be a surprisingly great dystopian (review coming soon), DRAGON BOUND by Thea Harrison [UK|US] was a fantastic paranormal romance (review coming soon), and PLAGUE TOWN by Dana Fredsti [UK|US] was a fast-paced zombie horror with a great leading heroine (review here). All receiving an 8/10 from me, and all three I would recommend you read!…

‘Debut Author Spotlight’ is a Saturday feature at Book Chick City. We will be showcasing a debut author each week from the genres of horror, urban fantasy and paranormal romance. We will give you all the relevant book information as well as an insight into the author. THE AUTHOR Suzanne Johnson writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Her Sentinels of New Orleans series kicks off April 10 with the release of Royal Street. Suzanne, a longtime New Orleans resident who lived in the city at the time of Hurricane Katrina,…

ROYAL STREET (Sentinels of New Orleans #1) by Suzanne Johnson PUBLISHER: Tor RELEASE DATE: April 2012 FORMAT: Advance Reader Copy, 336 pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy As the junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco’s job involves a lot more potion-mixing and pixie-retrieval than sniffing out supernatural bad guys like rogue vampires and lethal were-creatures. DJ’s boss and mentor, Gerald St. Simon, is the wizard tasked with protecting the city from anyone or anything that might slip over from the preternatural beyond. Then Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans’ fragile levees, unleashing…

Book Chick City’s annual halloween event, All Hallows Eve, runs for the entire month of October and celebrates all things that go bump in the night – from werewolves to demons, vampires to ghosts, and of course not forgetting zombies!!! ;D There will be lots of reviews, guest authors and yummy giveaways! And, as it’s now tradition, BCC’s Giveaway Bonanza, which will be posted on the 31st… Halloween itself! So join us for a month of fun and fright… but of course, only if you dare… mwahahahaaa ;D On August 28, 2005, Suzanne…