February Book Releases

Title: Kiss of the Vampire Series: Warriors of the Rift #1 Author: Garner, Cynthia Release Date: February 1st Once a generation, the rift between the paranormal world and the human world opens, allowing supernatural entities to cross. Vampire, demon, or shapeshifter, they can save the world-or send it spiraling into chaos.< Half-demon, half-human, Nix de la Fuente is accepted by neither and mistrusted by both. Determined to prove she's more human than not, she devotes herself to solving crimes between the world's mortals and its most unsavory undead. But her latest case brings her face to face with the one vampire she could never resist . . . Called in to investigate a string of violent murders, special agent Tobias Caine isn't interested in rekindling his relationship with Nix. Yet one look and the vampire knows his need for her is as strong as ever. Once, their all-consuming passion nearly cost Nix her fragile hold on her humanity. Now, as their hunger for one another intensifies, exposing them to an unimaginable danger, it could cost them both their lives.

Title: Miss Hillary Schools a Scoundrel Series: Author: Grace, Samantha Release Date: February 1st An exciting debut in a series that introduces the first of four debonair Regency bachelors who have it all: wealth, influence, and women swooning at their feet. Love 'em and leave 'em Lord Andrew Forest receives a dose of his own medicine when jaded heiress Lana Hillary beds him then disappears without so much as a by-your-leave. Tossed aside like an old hat by the only woman to capture his heart, Drew is determined to intercept Lana before she reaches London and convince her to marry him. He'll teach the little vixen a thing or two about how to love a man.

Title: The Lord of Illusion Series: The Elven Lords #3 Author: Kennedy, Kathryne Release Date: February 1st Acclaimed for her world-building, Kathryne Kennedy's third book in her haunting new historical paranormal romance series features transcendent writing. Rebel Drystan Hawkes dreams of freeing England and discovers the key to opening the door to Elfhame lies with Camille, a young slave woman. Drystan sets off to rescue her and find the key that will send the dreaded elf lords away forever. But who is rescuing whom?

Book Trailers: New Releases January 22nd-28th

Since it's a rather gloomy Monday where I'm located, I thought we could all use a pick-me-up. In that line of thought, we've decided to start doing a weekly post featuring the trailers of books being released that week. If you ever get a chance to look around, it's amazing to see how much book trailers have progressed, offering such gems like A Monster Calls or Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Actually, the trailer for the latter was what inspired me to go out and buy the book the day it was released.

Behind the cut are the trailers for the books coming out the week of January 22nd - 28th. Hopefully they'll add some inspiration to your reading list. For more January book releases, see our January Coming Soon post.

January Book Releases

Title: A Demon Does It Better Series: Demons #2 Author: Linda Wisdom Release Date: January 1st Bestselling author Linda Wisdom, with 13 million category romances sold, is working to build her single title audience with the hottest new area of the romance category– sexy demon heroes. Lovely witch Lili Carter takes a job at a paranormal hospital where patients have been disappearing. There she encounters Jared, a dangerously sexy demon on a mission that gets Lili into a world of trouble. Lili can't avoid Jared for long and soon they find themselves creating a whole new kind of magick...

Title: Midnight Reckoning Series: Dark Dynasties #2 Author: Kendra Leigh Castle Release Date: January 1st Two separate worlds . . . One passion that binds them Wild and passionate by nature, Lyra Black is not just any werewolf. She's the future leader of the powerful pack of the Thorn-if she can stay alive long enough to inherit the title. One of the Cait Sith bloodline of vampire cat-shifters, Jaden Harrison has no interest in the wars plaguing the world of night. But when he rescues Lyra from a violent attack, they're both captured by an insatiable desire that threatens to overwhelm them and bind them together for eternity . . . just as ancient enemies prepare to strike. And when they do, the Thorn and the Cait Sith-and Lyra and Jaden's love-may never recover from the deadly blow . . .

Title: Hold Me If You Can Series: Soulfire #3 Author: Stephanie Rowe Release Date: January 1st Stephanie Rowe is an acclaimed author whose high-octane romances are attracting a growing readership. The third in a paranormal romance series packed with danger, sensuality and clever twists features Nigel Aquarian, a warrior with an artistic bent, and Natalie Fleming, a chocolatier who has a new lease on life. But her freedom comes with a dangerous gift she doesn't want. Nigel and his fellow warriors have only just escaped imprisonment when an even worse threat emerges. Natalie is the only woman who can help Nigel—but she's also the one most likely to bring him down.

Poena's Top Ten for 2012

To be honest, I had to think long and hard about this list and most of the books I found by accident. Of course, once I started looking...well, ya know how that goes. LOL.

Exogene

The Seduction of Phaeton Black

Nightshifted

Fair Game

Born to Darkness

Iron Wyrm Affair

Discount Armageddon

Firelight

A Rising Thunder

Bear Meets Girl

Honorable Mentions (or w/o covers):
G.A. Aiken - How to Drive a Dragon Crazy
Ilona Andrews - Gunmetal Magic
Nalini Singh - Tangle of Need
Eve Langlais - Claiming Her Geeks

Arai's Ten Books for 2012

I was looking through the book release dates on FictFact the other day, marking down when my books for the series that I follow are coming out. It was then a downward spiral of, "ohh, this book looks interesting," and, "wow, I have to add that to my TBR pile."

Needless to say, this site is a black hole of wonder.

In this spirit, I decided to make a list of the top ten books I'm currently looking forward to in 2012. I say currently because, unfortunately, FictFact might have a new book that I stumble across tomorrow and I might end up being fickle. But, I promise, these are still going to be up at the top of my list.

December Book Releases

Title: Devil's Kiss Series: The Hellraisers #1 Author: Zoe Archer Release Date: December 1st	Title: Bad Blood Series: House of Comarré #3 Author: Kristen Painter Release Date: December 1st
Title: Immortal Rider Series: Lords of Deliverance #2 Author: Larissa Ione Release Date: December 1st	Title: Shaedes of Gray Series: Shaede Assassin #1 Author: Amanda Bonilla Release Date: December 6th
Title: Head Rush Series: The Disillusionists Trilogy #3 Author: Carolyn Crane Release Date: December 6th	Title: Left Hand Magic Series: Golgotham #2 Author: Nancy A. Collins Release Date: December 6th
Title: Daybreak Series: Dark Age Dawning #3 Author: Ellen Connor Release Date: December 6th	Title: Switchblade Goddess Series: Jessie Shimmer #3 Author: Lucy A. Snyder Release Date: December 27th
Title: Wicked Circle Series: Persephone Alcmedi #5 Author: Linda Robertson Release Date: December 27th	Title: Shadow City Series: Horngate Witches #3 Author: Diana Pharaoh Francis Release Date: December 27th
Title: The Mortal Bone Series: Hunter Kiss #4 Author: Marjorie M. Liu Release Date: December 27th	Title: Bedeviled Series: Dark Breed #2 Author: Sable Grace Release Date: December 27th
Title: The Demon Lover Series: Fairwick Chronicles #1 Author: Juliet Dark, Carol Goodman Release Date: December 27th	Title: Silver-Tongued Devil Series: Sabina Kane #4 Author: Jaye Wells Release Date: December 28th

November Book Releases

November 1st Drink Deep Chicagoland Vampires #5 Chloe Neill	November 1st Death Magic A Novel of the Lupi #8 Eileen Wilkes	November 1st Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale The Others #12 Christine Warren	November 1st Under Attack Underworld Detective Agency #2 Hannah Jayne
November 1st The Real Werewives of Vampire County Guardians of Eternity #7.6 Alexandra Ivy, Angie Fox, Tawny Taylor, & Jess Haines	November 1st Magic on the Line Allie Beckstrom #7 Devon Monk	November 1st Courting Darkness Sisters of the Moon #10 Yasmine Galenorn	November 1st Nightshine Kyndred #4 Lynn Viehl
November 1st Heart of Darkness Bound by Magick #1 Lauren Dane	November 1st Razor's Edge Edge #2 Shannon K. Butcher	November 8th Endurance Green Universe #2 Jay Lake	November 15th Tricks of the Trade Paranormal Scene Investigations #3 Laura Anne Gilman
November 22nd Autumn: Disintegration Autumn David Moody	November 29th Killing Rites The Black Son's Daughter #4 M. L. N. Hanover	November 29th Vampires Dead Ahead Night Tracker #5 Cheyenne McCray	November 29th Fate's Edge The Edge #3 Ilona Andrews