Releases January 26, 2010. This is the author’s first novel. You can follow the author on Twitter here.
One by one they go missing. And in the lake a voice cries out: “Save them. . . .”
In the darkness, in a lake in the middle of a prosperous college town, Rachel Matre feels the water caressing her bare skin, teasing her senses, drawing her body into a lush erotic embrace. For twenty years she has communed with the lake spirits this way—and told no one. The price is simple: She must help those in need.
But now a series of young women have gone missing. The police don’t have any bodies, or even a single suspect. Only the spirits seem to sense the truth. Through them, Rachel finds herself drawn into a madman’s web. She alone can save the missing women. But who can save her?
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I am very interested in this one. Jane Yolen was one of my most favorite authors as a kid, and I read White Jenna almost till it fell apart. And the Pit Dragon series! You can visit the author’s sites here and here. Releases February 2, 2010.
From award winning authors Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder comes a tale of two worlds-and one destiny…
Sisters Serena and Meteora were once proud members of the high court of the Fairy Queen- until they played a prank that angered her highness. Separated and banished to the mortal realm of Earth, they must find a way to survive in a strange world in which they have no power. But there is more to their new home than they first suspect…
A sympathetic Meteora bonds with a troubled young girl with an ornate tattoo on her neck. Meteora recognizes it as a magic symbol that will surely bring danger down on them all. Serena, meanwhile, takes in a tortured homeless boy whose mind is plagued by dark visions. The signs point to a rising power that threatens to tear asunder both fairy and human worlds.
And the sisters realize that perhaps the queen cast them from their homes not out of anger or spite- but because they were the only ones who could do what must be done…
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Releases February 16, 2010. This is book 2 in a series. The first is Dragon in Chains. Visit the author’s site here.
In this soaring epic, Daniel Fox weaves the ancient myths and legends of feudal China into a fantasy world of brutal war and brittle passion, immortal gods and mystical creatures.
With the long-chained dragon now free and the rebels’ invasion smashed by her exultant fury, the balance of power has changed. Young emperor Chien Hua is no longer struggling for survival; now he is ambitious to strike back. As treacherous General Ping Wen whispers in the emperor’s ear, not even Chien Hua’s beloved concubine or his most trusted bodyguard can reason with him. Worse, prolonged exposure to magical jade is changing him radically: His increasingly godlike powers are making him dangerously rash.
But with the dragon patrolling the skies above and the strait beneath, the emperor’s forces have no hope of launching a counterattack—until a goddess moves to interfere. Yet neither the clash of armies nor the opposing wills of goddess and dragon can decide ultimate victory or defeat. The fate of the war lies in the blood-deep bonds between the dragon and the boy Han, her jailer and her liberator—and in the prices both will pay for their freedom.
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Releases March 2, 2010. Visit the author’s site here.
An edgy, erotic blend of fantasy and romance-from a debut author whose star is on the rise.
In a dark and seedy underground of burned-out rock stars and angels- turned-vampires, a revolutionary neuroscientist and a fallen angel must pit medicine against mythology in an attempt to erase their tortured pasts…but at what cost?
Olivia, vampire and fallen angel of desire, is hopeless…and damned. Since the fall from Eden, she has hungered for love, but fed only on desire. Dominic O’Shaughnessy is a neuroscientist plagued by impossible visions. When his research and her despair collide at L’OtelMathillide- a subterranean hell of beauty, demons, and dreams-rationalist and angel unite in a clash of desire and damnation that threatens to destroy them both.
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Releases March 30, 2010. Visit the author’s site here.
At the edge of the known world, an ancient nomadic tribe faces a new enemy-an Empire fueled by technology and war.
A young spiritwalker of the Aniw and a captain in the Ciracusan army find themselves unexpectedly thrown together. The Aniw girl, taken prisoner from her people, must teach the reluctant soldier a forbidden talent – one that may turn the tide of the war and will surely forever brand him an outcast.
From the rippling curtains of light in an Arctic sky, to the gaslit cobbled streets of the city, war is coming to the frozen north. Two people have a choice that will decide the fates of nations – and may cast them into a darkness that threatens to bring destruction to both their peoples.
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Releases May 1, 2010. For future info on this book (couldn’t find any yet on author site) click here. Amazon says the below description refers to an out of date of out of print version, so I suspect this is a reprint, possibly even titled something else previously.
When an ancient bear made of gold is found walled up in a dilapidated St Petersburg bathhouse, three people are drawn into a journey along the frozen pathways of Russia’s primitive and terrible mythology. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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I couldn’t find a blurb for this one yet, but as the McGrath covers are so standout, it would be ludicrous no to at least point it out for folks to keep an eye out for. The author has written past books witht he word Daemon in the titles, so I guess it’s possible this one is a shoot-off or part of a series. Releases May 4, 2010.
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A beautiful cover to follow up the first book, Naamah’s Kiss. I have the first in the TBR pile still (It’s a tome!), andseeing this one has reminded me I need to get a move on. Releases June 14, 2010. Visit the author’s site.
Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author of the Kushiel’s Legacy series, delivers book two in her new lushly imagined trilogy featuring daughter of Alba, Moirin.
NAAMAH’S CURSE
Far from the land of her birth, Moirin sets out across Tatar territory to find Bao, the proud and virile Ch’in fighter who holds the missing half of her diadh-anam, the divine soul-spark of her mother’s people. After a long ordeal, she not only succeeds, but surrenders to a passion the likes of which she’s never known. But the lovers’ happiness is short lived, for Bao is entangled in a complication that soon leads to their betrayal.
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Releases June 22, 2010. I thought this one had a beautifully eye-catching cover. Visit the author’s site for more info.
In the holy city of Othir, treachery and corruption lurk at the end of every street, just the place for a freelance assassin with no loyalties and few scruples.
Caim makes his living on the edge of a blade, but when a routine job goes south, he is thrust into the middle of an insidious plot. Pitted against crooked lawmen, rival killers, and darkest sorcery, his only allies are the socialite daughter of his last target and a guardian spirit no one else can see. But in this fight for his life, Caim only trusts his knives and his insticts, but they won’t be enough when his quest for justice leads him from Othir’s hazardous back alleys to its shining corridors of power. To unmask a conspiracy at the heart of the empire, he must claim his birthright as the Shadow’s Son . . .
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Dude. I am cracking up at this:
“Olivia, vampire and fallen angel of desire”
this has got to be one of the cheesiest lines ever. *g*
Having said that , some interesting covers there!
Well of course lol! Because that’s what angels are all about – lust and…well, lust. :D
WOW, some of those covers really take your breath away – I am a total cover hog, if it does not “look” good I cant buy it! :)
I do so love my books to come with beautiful covers too! It certainly doesn’t hurt. :)
Hi :)
Thank you for the excellent post.
I really enjoyed seeing all those beautiful covers.
I hope you have a wonderful week and a Happy Thanksgiving.
All the best,
RKCharron
xoxo
You have a great Thanksgiving as well!
Some lovely covers there.
I love Jane Yolen, and I’ve enjoyed the Midori Snyder I’ve read as well, so that one sounds like a sure read.
Kim Wilkins is an Australian author and I know I’ve seen Veil of Gold around this part of the world. It sounds like this is probably the US release.
Thanks, Kerry. I was pulling my figurative hair out trying to figure out the Wilkins book lol.
Cover love! These are just beautiful KMont. Now all I have to do is read the blurbs, lol! JK… I MUST get to Naamah’s Kiss before the next book releases, it’s still sitting on my TBR pile too. :(
Heeeey, maybe we ought to do a Naamah’s Kiss “race to The End”. :D
I’m pretty sure you would win tho!
I absolutely CANNOT WAIT for the Jane Yolen/Midori Snyder team-up. :) Thanks for the great post – I didn’t know about this one… How could I not know??
Also, the Camille Bacon-Smith looks to be the long awaited sequel to this:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/camille-bacon-smith/daemon-eyes.htm
which kinda has a cult following, and was actually an omnibus of two earlier books.
Thanks, Karen! Cult following, you say? Hmm, might be a good idea to check the previous books out then.
Oh god these covers make me itch to go to Amazon and start clicking “add to cart.” Must resist *struggles against invisible force* …2010 is going to be an expensive book year. Perhaps I should use my pitiful 401k hmmmm?
Well, that post certainly didn’t help my TBR list! I’m a totally superficial reader and book covers are probably half the reason I’ll buy a book! Great post.
LOVE those covers! some of the blurbs sound good too ;)
What a great list of books, some fantastic covers there – a few more to add to my tbr! :)
Great roundup and many new to me. The Kim Wilkins is indeed a reprint and was released by Tor in HC in 2008.