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The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy #1) by Marie Rutkoski YA high fantasy, romance Hardcover, 368 pages Expected publication: March 4th 2014 by Farrar Straus Giroux As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.  One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin.  But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.  Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you wi

White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements #1)   by Jennifer L. Armentrout YA paranormal Paperback/eBook, 382 pages Expected publication: March 2014 by Harlequin Teen (first published February 25th 2014) One kiss could be the last  Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses.  Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever.  Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considerin

Rodeo Sweethearts (The Copper Mountain Rodeo 0.5)  by Lilian Darcy Contemporary romance eBook, 31 pages Published October 8th 2013 by Tule Publishing  Melinda and Rob MacCreadie have been married for nearly thirty years, but she is the worst wife for a hard-working Montana rancher and she knows it. With their five children grown and finding love, Melinda is daunted by the idea of accepting newcomers into the family. She and Rob still hold a secret that dates from before the birth of their triplets all those years ago. Rob is such a fine man, strong and good-looking and endlessly patient. He’s wise, too, but is he right to insist that it’s time to tell people what happened? Does he really understand how she feels?  Secrets have a way of reminding those keeping the facts under wraps of their presence. For a couple, Melinda and Rob McCreadie (Jamie's parents from Marry Me, Cowboy ), happily married for thirty years, the weight of keeping a secret takes

A Vampire's Christmas Carol by Cynthia Eden Holiday paranormal romance novella/ebook, 72 pages Published November 11th 2013 (first published November 6th 2013) This holiday season has bite. Ben Prescott hates Christmas—he’s a vampire, and to him, there’s certainly nothing jolly about the holiday season. While the humans are running around being merry, he’s hunting in the shadows. Ben plans to spend the holidays his way…by stalking deadly prey.  But fate has other plans for Ben. Three visitors are coming Ben’s way…A demon who will force Ben to face his past, a ghost who will show Ben the present he could have, and a shifter who will reveal the darkness that waits in Ben’s future. Unless Ben can change his ways, he may just turn into a real monster, one who can’t be saved by anyone or anything. ’Tis the season…to be undead. Ben’s redemption rests in the hands of the one woman he loved and lost—Simone Laurent. If Ben is going to have a chance at being