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Eventide (Dark Ink Chronicles #3)  by Elle Jasper Urban fantasy*Paperback, 1st Edition, & e-book, 336 pages Published March 6th 2012 by Signet Newly-bitten tattoo artist Riley Poe feels herself changing in unimaginable ways. Eli Dupre, her vampire lover, has seen the change in her and fears for her humanity. His rival, Victorian, tells her she must see the patriarch of the vampire cult that attacked her to save her soul. In the vampire cult's fortress in Romania, Riley will face her worst fears-and the dark powers threatening to destroy her. And she'll have to do the one thing she's been determined not to do—put her trust in Eli. I enjoy tough, gutsy, kickass females in urban fantasy and that's why I enjoy reading about  Riley Poe. Smart-mouthed, fierce, independent and loyal, she's a tattoo artist with a heart of gold and some mean hooks. In the third book,  Eventide , she's struggling with the strigoi blood of the Arcos brothers now insid...

Emily's Trial (Akasha Chronicles #2)  by Natalie Wright YA fantasy*Paperback, 203 pages Published October 2nd 2012 by Boadicea Press Two years ago, Emily’s journey began. She learned the ancient magic of her Celtic ancestors,and became a modern Celtic Priestess. The golden torc, forged by faerie hands, is still wound around her arm, fused to her soul. She was entrusted with powerful magic – secret knowledge.  But even a Priestess can feel desire – temptation – and the quest for love. Will passion entice  Emily to use her sacred magic in a forbidden way? Can new love take root in a world of nightmares? And will her friendships survive Emily’s Trial?  The Journey Continues . . . Excerpt: From Ch. 1: The Apocalypse didn't start with four horsemen, harbingers of the horror to come. It didn't start with a plague, or pestilence, or even zombies rising from the dead. It came slowly, and without warning. It crept up on people in the shadow...

Here (Here Trilogy #1) by Ella James E-book, 210 pages Published February 15th 2012 by Barkley's Books (first published January 1st 2012) Milo Mitchell's life used to be charmed, but that was before her family dissolved, she went a little crazy, and her best friends started acting more like strangers. Spending Saturday morning in a treehouse with a stun gun for company and a herd of deer for friends is the only exciting thing in her life...until she shoots a fawn and finds her dart stuck in a guy. Her gorgeous victim is dressed in a Brioni tux and armed with a hanky. He has no idea who or where he is. Afraid her dart caused his amnesia, Milo takes him in, names him Nick, and vows to help him solve his mystery. Soon the pair find Nick's face in a newspaper obituary, and Nick beings to have strange, ethereal memories of Milo--who is sure she's never met him. Suddenly Nick knows things he shouldn't know and is doing things he shouldn't do....

The Darkening Dream by Andy Gavin YA fantasy*Paperback & e-book, 382 pages Published January 10th 2012 by Mascherato Publishing  (first published December 22nd 2011) Purchase:  Amazon Even as the modern world pushes the supernatural aside in favor of science and steel, the old ways remain. God, demon, monster, and sorcerer alike plot to regain what was theirs. 1913, Salem, Massachusetts – Sarah Engelmann’s life is full of friends, books, and avoiding the pressure to choose a husband, until an ominous vision and the haunting call of an otherworldly trumpet shake her. When she stumbles across a gruesome corpse, she fears that her vision was more of a premonition. And when she sees the murdered boy moving through the crowd at an amusement park, Sarah is thrust into a dark battle she does not understand.  With the help of Alex, an attractive Greek immigrant who knows a startling amount about the undead, Sarah sets out to uncover the truth. ...