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Beg for Mercy (Cambion #1) by Shannon Dermott YA paranormal*e-book, 473 pages* Published August 7th 2011 by Wicked Truth Publishing Everyone dreams of that first kiss. Of that magic moment when your lips finally meet those of that special person you’ve waited your whole life for. A little awkward, a little scary, a little hot and every bit amazing. We speculate that the whole world will shake and time will just stop. No one, however, ever imagines that kiss to bring Death himself knocking.  Sixteen year old Mercy Moore's life just got more complicated. The kiss that originally could have meant she would finally have a boyfriend now was the kiss that could have very nearly ended his life. A small detail her mother conveniently never told her will take her life for an abrupt u-turn. Dating, no love, was now completely and utterly impossible. And the boy well, that boy would never be the same. But life, however cruel, goes on. Far too soon for her taste, Merc...

Stealing Breath (Stealing Breath #1)  by Joanne Brothwell YA paranormal*Paperback & e-book, 258 pages Published March 8th 2012 by Crescent Moon Press Deep in the backwoods of North Dakota, twenty-one year old Sarah Ross is searching for a missing child when she is attacked by a glowing-eyed, transparent... creature. Sarah survives, destroying the monster by using mysterious abilities she didn't even know she had. Bloody and bruised, Sarah flees the scene and runs directly into Evan Valente, a handsome, charismatic stranger who helps her back to safety. But what is Evan doing out in the forest at five in the morning? Turning to a healer, Sarah is shocked to learn her eyes bear the mark of the Indigo Child-an evolved human with the ability to feel the emotions of others. But her indigo aura also makes her an easy target for those who wish to consume her powerful essence. Soon, Sarah is falling deeply in love with Evan and wants nothing more than to fo...

  The Doorknob Society  by M.J. Fletcher YA Urban Fantasy/ SteamPunk/Paranormal Date Published : February 9, 2012 Chloe Masters’ world changes in a heartbeat and all she did was touch a doorknob.  When she was young Chloe’s mother vanished. Wracked  by feelings of abandonment and anger she lost herself traveling with her father’s magic act, where illusions were part of her everyday life. Yet everything changes when they are pursued by a mysterious man in black out to kill her father. Touching a doorknob activates abilities she never knew she had and she finds herself thrust into a world of ancient societies and secrets. When her father disappears it is a race against time to find answers before she loses what’s left of her family. Now Chloe must choose who to trust, the man who will do anything for her or the one she can’t stop thinking about. Excerpt: I grasped the knob and twisted it....

Title:  Wisteria Author:  Bisi Leyton Genre:   Young Adult Paranormal Romance Date of Publication:   Aug 2012 Number of pages:  275 Cover Artist:  Olivia Smith Wisteria by Bisi Leyton: Sixteen year old Wisteria Kuti has two options—track the infected around the Isle of Smythe or leave the only known safe haven and face a world infested with flesh eating biters. But even with well-armed trackers, things go wrong and Wisteria ends up alone facing certain death, until she is rescued by the mysterious Bach. Uninfected, Bach is able to survive among the hordes of living dead. Eighteen year old Bach, from a race known as The Family, has no interest in human affairs. He was sent here to complete his Great Walk and return home as a man—as a Sen Son. The Family regard humans as Dirt People, but Bach is drawn to this Terran girl, whom he has never seen before, but somehow knows. Hunted by flesh eaters, cannibals, and the mysterio...

Reader Girls is featuring author Donna Alward today. She is a prolific romance writer and her latest series, The First Responders , has three titles already published this year (all three are shown below). The newest title is Into The Fire and the author has written a guest post on why she chose First Responders for her novella series. We welcome Donna Alward and hope you enjoy her post. My review of Into The Fire will be up shortly. Into The Fire ( First Responders, Book 3) by Donna Alward ebook, 118 pages*Published November 13th 2012 by Samhain Publishing, Ltd. Purchase:  Amazon   The heat is on... The last person firefighter Chris Jackson expects to rescue from a burning animal shelter is Ally Gallant—his ex-fiancée. Even though three years have passed since she gave him back his ring, one look at her frightened face in the haze of a smoky building is all it takes for him to realize he’ll still do anything to protect her. Ally’s put her...

Loving Summer by Kailin Gow YA-Mature/New Adult Contemporary Paperback & e-book, 250 pages Published May 28th 2012 by theEDGEbooks.com Purchase:   Amazon After not having seen childhood family friends, Rachel and her brothers Nathaniel and Drew in three years, sixteen year old Summer Jones, who has always spent her summers with the Donovans at her Aunt Sookie's Malibu beach house, discovers there is more to her long-time crush on one of the Donovan brothers this summer than meets the eye, especially when Astor Fairway, the handsome television star taking her aunt's acting coaching sessions, notices her. This summer, the summer she is noticed, would be the summer no one could forget. An excerpt: I hug her tightly again. I've missed Rachel so much. She's like the sister I never had. Talking of siblings... "Where are Drew and Nat?" I ask with a grin. "You didn't abandon them at the San Francisco airport, did you?...

Romantic Thriller with Supernatural Twist When We Collide by A. L. Jackson Publisher: Sapphire Star Publishing (11/2/12) Purchase: Amazon From the bestselling author of Pulled and Take This Regret comes a gripping new tale of loss and love. In a moment that will change his life forever, William comes face to face with the girl who, with one look, captured his heart. He is unable to ignore the buried desires and the hope for the future they’d once believed they’d have. Now William is ready to fight to take back what had been stolen from him six years before. But he never imagined what that fight might cost him. A.L. Jackson gives you an intimate look into the lives of a family bound by an unseen connection in this romantic thriller with a supernatural twist. Guest Post How to Avoid the Slush Pile Hi everyone. I’m A. L. Jackson, author of Pulled and Take This Regret , and I’m excited to share with you all today my tips on avoiding the s...