Today, I get to welcome the amazing author Anya Bast to Literary Escapism. Anya is getting ready to celebrate the release of her second Dark Magick novel, Cruel Enchantment.
Even the most powerful hands need a delicate touch…
Emmaline Gallagher is a master of wielding personal glamour. As a free fae who lives among humans, she must hide her true self at all times as she works undercover within the powerful Phaendir—for if certain factions within the Phaendir gain control, the fae will be wiped from existence. Now, an object of …

As if anyone needs a reason to run to their favorite bookstore, but check out all the fabulous titles that have hit the shelves today. There’s a ton of great authors here…why are you still reading this, go to the bookstore now! *grin*

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto
The Beast Within – an anthology featuring Erin McCarthy, Bianca D’Arc, Jennifer Lyon
Love Bites by Adrienne Barbeau (Vampyres of Hollywood #2)
When Blood Calls by JK Beck (Shadowkeepers #1)
Sparks by Laura Bickle
A Star Shall Fall by Marie Brennan (Onyx Court #3)
Blameless by Gail Carriger …

Check out the trailer St. Martn’s Press has for the next Dark-Hunter novel, No Mercy, featuring Samia and Dev!

Live fast, fight hard and if you have to die then take as many of your enemies with you as you can. That is the Amazon credo and it was one Samia lived and died by. Now in contemporary New Orleans, the immortal Amazon warrior is about to learn that there’s a worse evil coming to slaughter mankind than she’s ever faced before.
Shapeshifter Dev Peltier has stood guard at the front of …

It’s the final week for all the August contests.  Have you entered yet?  The following contests will end this Friday:

Aug 2nd – Syrie James is giving away a copy of Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker.
Aug 4th – LE is giving away a copy of Marjorie Liu’s A Wild Light.
Aug 5th – Tracey O’Hara is giving away a signed copy of Night’s Cold Kiss.
Aug 6th – Jocelynn Drake is giving away signed copies of Pray for Dawn and Wait for Dusk
Aug 10th – Rowena Cory Daniells is …

Recently, the girls at Paperback Dolls asked if I would be willing to do a guest article and I thought why not.  Then I got worried.  I haven’t actually wrote a guest article for anyone that wasn’t a part of a feature and I had no clue what to write about.  Then, the girls gave me a great idea – which fictional characters would I want as a babysitter?  Initially, I was going to come up with a best and worst list, but it was hard.  So if you want …

Death Most Definite by Trent Jamieson
Steven de Selby has a hangover. Bright lights, loud noise, and lots of exercise are the last thing he wants. But that’s exactly what he gets when someone starts shooting at him.
Steven is no stranger to death-Mr. D’s his boss after all-but when a dead girl saves him from sharing her fate, he finds himself on the wrong end of the barrel. His job is to guide the restless dead to the underworld but now his clients are his own colleagues, friends, and family.
Mr. D’s …

Today, Literary Escapism is excited to welcome David Doub, author of the graphic novel, Dusk and Dusk – Volume 2!
Eve’s life is a living hell of her own choosing. She struggles to survive in a dark world of magic and horror, all in an attempt to please her vampire master. Now Eve has crossed a line and and innocents have been harmed. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by a well meaning cabal of occultist that’s mandate is to police the occult world. What will happen when these two forces clash? Is …

Okay, so I had to come out of hiding to post these.  Check out the gorgeous covers Jeaniene Frost and Nalini Singh have been blessed with!  Are these not fabulous?  I don’t know about you guys, but I so cannot wait for either of these now.  I am totally loving them.

Today, I get to welcome Carolyn Crane to Literary Escapism. Carolyn is getting ready to release her second Justine Jones: Disillusionist novel, Double Cross, in September.
SOME SECRETS COME BACK TO HAUNT. OTHERS COME TO KILL…
Justine Jones has lived her life as a fearful hypochondriac until she’s lured into the web of a mysterious mastermind named Packard. He gifts her with extraordinary mental powers-dooming her to fight Midcity’s shadowy war on paranormal crime in order to find the peace she so desperately craves.
But now, serial killers with unheard-of skills are …

While I was at the RT Booklovers Convention, I had the amazing opportunity to talk with Vicki Pettersson, author of the Signs of the Zodiac series. On May 25th, I posted a part of our conversation; today, here’s the rest.  If you haven’t already picked up Vicki’s fifth Zodiac novel, Cheat the Grave (click here for Jennifer’s review) – why not?!
Joanna Archer is working hard to put the painful events of her recent past behind, doing her best to embrace mortality after being superhuman.
But when she is stalked by a …

At 3:21 this afternoon, I had this bundle of joy in my arms.  Well, this picture was taken a little later, but you know what I mean.  Yes, I am a proud mama again and so is Daddy over here (he’s been holding him more than me *grin*).
Would anyone like to meet Simon?
The new monkey came in at 8lbs 3oz and was a whopping 20.5 inches long.  Which means, we definitely have a winner from the Baby Pool.  Sara M, from Sara’s Urban Fantasy Blog, nailed all the information on …

During a recent trip through Barnes & Noble, I came across The Necromancer by Michael Scott and I have to say the cover definitely caught my eye. When I went looking for more information, I found that it’s the fourth novel in the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series and all of the covers are just as amazing. So I definitely had to feature them this week.  I cannot be the only one that thinks these covers are not gorgeous, right?
The Alchemyst
He holds the secret that can end …