Waiting in Wednesday #34

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine

Mahala: a city built in the dark depths of a valley. A city built up in layers, not across – where streets are built upon streets, buildings balance precariously upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from its lofty perch at the sunlit summit & where the forsaken lurk in the shadowy depths of the Pit.

Rojan is a bounty hunter trying to make his way in the city. Everyone knows he’s a womaniser, a shirker of all responsibility, but they don’t know he’s also a pain-mage: able to draw magic from his own & other people’s pain. He’s not keen on using it (not least because it’s outlawed), but when his niece is abducted and taken to the dark depths of the Pit, he may just be forced to unleash his power…

 

Fade to Black by Francis Knight

 (Rojan Dizon #1)

Expected publication February 7 2013 by Orbit

Fantasy

Series includes: Before the Fall

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When you’re near the top of the Underworld Detection Agency, the claws really come out…

Quick thinking and loyalty have taken human Sophie Lawson a long way in the UDA—along with a healthy dose of magic immunity. But when her old boss Pete Sampson asks for help after a mysterious two-year disappearance, she’s determined to find out what high-placed demon has put two ruthless werewolf killers on his tail. Of course, sucking up to her icy vampire department head and negotiating a treacherous inter-office demon battle are the kind of workplace politics that could easily get a “breather” way worse than reprimanded. And sexy fallen angel Alex is doing whatever it takes to heat up Sophie’s professional cool and raise feelings she’s done her best to bury. Too bad their investigation is about to uncover the Agency’s darkest secrets…and powerful entities happy to sign one inquisitive human’s pink slip in blood…

Under the Gun by Hannah Jayne

 (Underworld Detection Agency #4)

Expected publication 5^th February 2013 by Kensington

Urban Fantasy

Series includes

Under Wraps, Under Attack, Under Suspicion, Under A Spell

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Father Esteve hires Xavi to trace the true owners of the gold found in the crypt of San Pedro-by-the-Wall, but it’s an old and tangled web. Someone has an undisclosed agenda, and a rising tide of anti-vampire reaction sweeps through Barcelona. It’s focused on Xavi and Andreas, which causes additional problems with the vampires of Renaissance. Then Xavi meets a handsome young man who isn’t all he seems, and that’s when things begin to get even more complicated…

Fool’s Rush by Chris Quinton

 (Fool’s Odyssey #3)

Expected publication 1 February 2013 by Manifold Press 

Paranormal GLBT Romance

Series includes

Fool’s Errand & Fool’s Oath

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In the wake of the Magister’s rampage, chaos rules. Left reeling, the Others and the humans scramble to create a some sort of unity in the face of growing unrest and violence from anti-Other hate groups federation—and ruthless PR guru Molly Ryan is the witch who can do it. She grew up in the human world but there’s nothing left for her there. She’s lost her PR firm, her friends and she’s decided to put all her fight toward aiding the Others in this dark, new reality. If there’s anything left for her there, she’s going to fight for it. But Gage Garrity, one of the few Others who survived the massacre, fears that the crusade will expose Molly to greater dangers than ever before.

Now, together, with magick on their side, they’re on the road in a desperate struggle to unite a torn world. From state houses to television news to legislative conference rooms across the country, they’re fighting the good fight. And it’s bringing out a passion in both of them they never expected—one as volatile, intense, and all-consuming as their relentless battle for world unity. A battle that could be their undoing…

Going Under by Lauren Dane

 (Bound by Magick #3)

Expected publication 5 February 2013 by Berkley Sensation

Paranormal Romance

Series includes

Heart of Darkness, Chaos Burning, Burning Wild

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Vampires Gone Wild is an anthology of four vampire novellas, written by Kerrelyn Sparks, Pamela Palmer, Kim Falconer, and Amanda Arista. Kerrelyn’s novella features the Russian Vamp, Mikhail, as the hero!...more

Vampires Gone Wild Anthologies

w/ Kerrelyn Sparks, Amanda Arista, Pamela Palmer & Kim Falconer

Expected publication 12 February 2013 by Avon Impulse

Paranormal Romance

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A kiss doesn’t mean eternity . . .
Valerie Moyer doesn’t believe in vampires—until she is kidnapped by a fanged psychopath! After escaping her bloodthirsty captor, she’s through with creatures of the night. Until she finds herself under the protection of the darkly handsome Anders. Not only is she expected to accept that Anders is immortal, but also that she is the woman destined to be his life mate!

. . . Or does it?
Anders felt a connection to Valerie from the moment he cradled her bruised body in his arms. But before he claims her, he must destroy the vampire who almost stole her from him forever. His job would be easier if Valerie didn’t fight him every step of the way. Still, Anders loves a challenge, and the green-eyed beauty is worth fighting for!(

 

Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands

 (Argeneau #18)

Expected publication 26 February 2013 by Avon

Paranormal Romance

Series includes

A Quick Bite, Love Bites, Single White Vampires, Tall, Dark & Hungry, A Bite to Remember, Bite Me If You Can, The Accidental Vampire, Vampires Are Forever, Vampire, Interrupted, The Rogue Hunter, The Immortal Hunter, The Renegade Hunter, Bitten by Cupid, Born to Bite, Hunger for You, The Reluctant Vampire, The Bite Before Christmas, Under a Vampire Moon, The Lady is a Vamp,

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It’s 1991, and a group of English football fans are driving across Belgium; their trip takes them through the site of a former battle, and that’s when a strange sequence of events begins. For Dennis and Allan, colleagues who cordially dislike each other, this means journeying further still – into what appears to be the past, and into the lives of two men who travelled this way seventy-five years earlier, whose unfinished love-affair remains to be played out in full. As they move backwards and forwards in time Dennis and Allan have only themselves to rely on, no markers to show them where they’re going, and no real certainty of ever finding their way home again.

Between Now and Then by Adam Fitzroy

Expected publication 1 February 2013 by Manifold Press

GLBT romance

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