Check out who has a sexy new cover. Jennifer Estep has unveiled the cover for the third Elemental Assassin novel, Venom, as well as the cover blurb, which releases September 28, 2010.

It’s hard to be a badass assas­sin when a giant is beat­ing the crap out of you. Luck­ily, I never let pride get in the way of my work. My cur­rent mis­sion is per­sonal: anni­hi­late Mab Mon­roe, the Fire ele­men­tal who mur­dered my fam­ily. Which means pro­tect­ing my iden­tity, even if I have to con­ceal my pow­er­ful Stone and Ice magic when I need it most. To the pub­lic, I’m Gin Blanco, owner of Ashland’s best bar­be­cue joint. To my friends, I’m the Spi­der, retired assas­sin. I still do favors on the side. Like rid­ding a vam­pire friend of her over­sized …

DON’T FORGET! Tomorrow is the last day to enter for a chance to win a copy of Shadowglass by Erica Hayes.

Check out what I stumbled across at Sordid Fantasy. It’s the cover for the next Midnight Breeds novel, by Lara Adrian – Taken by Midnight, which releases August 31, 2010.

Interviews:

• Jeaniene Frost, author of First Drop of Crimson, by Larissa’s Life
• Devon Monk, author of Magic on the Storm, by SciFi Guy
• Tracey O’Hara, author of Night’s Cold Kiss, by Kylie Griffin’s Blog
• Carrie Vaughn, author of Voices of Dragons, by All Things Urban Fantasy
• Eva Gordon, author of White Wolf of Avalon, at Bitten by Books
• Chris Marie Green, author of Deep in the Woods, at Nalini Singh’s Blog
• Julianna Stone, author of His …

Have you voted yet for the April New Author Mini-Challenge?  It’s going to be a battle royale, yet I have no clue who will be competing yet.  That’s up to you.  So far, it looks like it could be the Deadline Dames against Fangs, Fur & Fey.  Although, The Biting Edge, Femme Fatales and Something Wicked are not that far behind.  If there’s a site you are cheering for, make sure you go vote and get your friends to vote as well.

Celine Kiernan has unleashed the cover for the third novel in her Moorehawke Trilogy, titled The Rebel Prince, which releases October 18, 2010.

Richelle Mead announced the title to her sixth and final Vampire Academy novel.  We’ll be able to pick up Last Sacrifice on …

Before I announce any winners, I wanted to make sure everyone knew that LE is giving away a signed copy of Shadowglass by Erica Hayes. The contest ends Mar 16th, so there’s plenty of time to get entered.

Skyler White Contest

Last week, Skyler White paid a visit to Literary Escapism and was sweet enough to give away a signed copy of and Falling, Fly – to one lucky winner.  In order to enter, everyone had to answer the question: Who are some of your favorite characters?.  Now, without further ado, the winner is:

YAN who said: I feel like the oddball saying: Yelena and Valek. They’re YA characters from The Study Series that was recently reshelved in the teens section for some reason.

A couple of weeks ago, the FedEx man was amazing and dropped off …

Check out the cover for Maria Snyder’s third Glass novel, Spy Glass, which will be out in September.  Also, great news for our friends overseas – Spy Glass will be released in the US, UK and Australia all at the same time.  The first two novels, Storm Glass and Sea Glass, will be released in Australia starting in May.

Also, Maria Snyder released the title for her follow-up novel to Inside Out.  Everyone can be on the lookout for Outside In sometime next year (she’s just getting started on it).

Interviews:

• Jaci Burton, author of Bound, Branded and Brazen, at Nalini Singh’s blog
• Ann Aguirre, author of Hell Fire, at Moira Roger’s blog
• David Niall Wilson, author of Vintage Soul, by Patricia’s Vampire Notes
• Mario Acevedo, author of Werewolf …