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Title: Protector (Anniversary of the Veil #1) Author: Vanna Smythe Genre: Fantasy Blurb: Kiyarran just wanted to become a Protector of the Realm, a member of an elite order of fighters. Strange and powerful magical abilities awaken inside him once his wish comes true. The Priesthood that secretly controls the realm see his skill as a threat, and Kiyarran begins to learn that little about life as a Protector is what he thought it would be. To top it off, Kiyarran is falling in love with Princess Issiyanna, his friend of many years. Issiyanna faces and arranged marriage, but she has been dreaming of another man, her one true love. Now her long gone mother is calling to her, promising she will return and take Issiyanna to meet the man from her dreams. The world is split in half by a barrier called the Veil. A terrible sacrifice was made to put it in place and now, as the 1000th Anniversary of the Veil draws near, a second sacrifice is called for to keep it in place. Both Kiyarr...

Murder on Spyglass Lane by J.M. Griffin  Genre: Mystery Synopsis:  Artist Sarah McDougall is burdened with a ‘gift,’ visions. After a life-threatening, horrific incident Sarah tries to outrun her unwanted ability by moving to Florida from New England. She considers that life as a seer is more of a curse than a gift. She doesn’t understand that her abilities can also be used to make wrongs right. Sarah and her Bassett Hound, Sparky, move into a quiet neighborhood edging the thirteenth hole of a golf course on Spyglass Lane.  Settled into a routine of nightly jaunts across the course, Sparky leads Sarah onto the thirteenth hole sand trap where Sarah envisions a dead body buried beneath the sand. Panic stricken that she has not escaped her affliction, combined with horror at her discovery of the dead woman, Sarah takes Sparky home in haste. As she nears her front door, Sarah becomes overwhelmed by another vision. Across the street, her mysterious neighbo...

Publisher: Quad City Press Category: Thriller/Suspense/Horror/YA Date: March 9, 2012 Available in Print and Kindle: 252 pages Tad McGreevy has a power that he has never revealed, not even to his life-long best friend, Stevie Scranton. When Tad looks at others, he sees colors. These auras tell Tad whether a person is good orevil. At night, Tad dreams about the evil-doers, reliving their crimes in horrifyingly vivid detail. But Tad doesn’t know if the evil acts he witnesses in his nightmares are happening now, are already over, or are going to occur in the future. He has no control over the horrifying visions. He has been told (by his parents) never to speak of his power. All Tad knows is that he wants to protect those he loves. And he wants the bad dreams to stop. At Tad’s eighth birthday party (April 1, 1995) in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the clown his parents hire to entertain Tad’s third-grade classmates is one of the bad people. Pogo, the Killer Clown (aka Michael Clay) is a serial kille...

We are today's stop on the Dead Radiance blog tour presented by Reading Addiction Book Tours . On a crowded paranormal market filled with vamps, shifters and werewolves (just to name a few), author T. G. Ayer offers readers something different: Valkyries. Read on. Title: Dead Radiance (Valkyrie Series #1) Author: T.G. Ayer Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Format: paperback (354 pages) and ebook Publisher: Evolved Publishing (March 25, 2012) Blurb: Bryn Halbrook had always seen the glow. But it is only when her best friend dies that she discovers the meaning of those beautiful golden auras - Death. Alone, lost in the foster system, she struggles to understand who she is and why she was cursed with the ability to see the soon-to-be-dead. The new foster kid, Aidan, isn't helping any. Mr. Perfect seems to fit in no matter what, making her feel even more pathetic. But when his affections turn to her, Bryn finds him hard to resist. Impossible actually. A mystery himself, A...

Meeting Destiny (Destiny #1) By Nancy Straight Genre: Paranormal Romance ISBN: 978-1-4507-2109-7 (E-book) / 978-1468121377 (Paperback) ASIN: B003U2RUP8 Number of pages: 295 Word Count: 98,000   Other books in series: Book 2 Destiny’s Revenge and Book 3 Destiny’s Wrath have been  released Blurb:   Lauren is visited in her dreams for years by a stranger claiming to be her destiny. Destiny becomes reality when paths cross during a failed robbery attempt. Lauren and the stranger experience chemistry like no other and now her doubt over her long time relationship with her high school sweetheart is not her only secret…someone else knows about her keen intuition and sixth sense. A mysterious clairvoyant seeks Lauren out and tells her not only of her life now but what the future may hold. Soon Lauren is in the middle of a murder investigation and a questionable friendship with the key suspect. Law enforcement, friends and family are concerned for Lauren but unfortu...

If we thought the cover for Witch Song by Amber Argyle was gorgeous, look at the cover of the next book in the series, Witch Born . Isn't it delicately beautiful? The art department at Sterling Publishing has outdone themselves with this cover. The look in Brusenna's eyes, the way she holds the pendant....this cover says pick me up and read me now! Genre: YA paranormal Paperback, 330 pages Expected publication: September 5th 2012 by Starling Publishing Blurb: Brusenna thought it was finished.  She defeated the Dark Witch, saving the Haven Witches from imprisonment and death. She found love and a place to belong.  She was wrong.  Haven is not the sanctuary it appears to be. Even love is in danger of slipping away like water through cupped hands.  Some things can't be saved.  A new threat merges with the old as the Witches’ dark history begins to catch up with them. Only Brusenna knows the extent of the danger and how to stop i...

Happy 4th of July! Today may be a holiday in the U.S. but we're still talking and thinking books.  Waiting on Wednesday  is a weekly meme hosted by Jill over at her blog,  Breaking the Spine . It's easy to participate in this meme--all you need to do is post the title(s) you're really really waiting to read. Here are our picks: Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway Genre: Paranormal  YA Expected  publication: paperback, January 15th 2013 by Spencer Hill Press   Blurb: Jodi Marshall isn’t sure how she went from normal teenager to walking disaster. One minute she’s in her junior year of high school, spending time with her amazing boyfriend and her best friend. The next she’s being stalked by some guy no one seems to know. After the stranger, Alex, reveals himself, Jodi learns he’s not a normal teenager and neither is she. With a kiss that kills and a touch that brings the dead back to life, Jodi discovers she’s part of a branch of necro...