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	<description>Welcome to my alternate reality. Escaping into new worlds, meeting new characters and exploring different societies is the only way we have of leaving the harsh reality of life behind us...if only for a little bit.</description>
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		<title>Guest Author: Jeaniene Frost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I get to welcome the fabulous author Jeaniene Frost to Literary Escapism.  Jeaniene has just released the second novel in her Night Huntress series, Eternal Kiss of Darkness.
n immortal war has been brewing in the darkness&#8230;and now one woman has stumbled into the shadows.
Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she&#8217;s only imagined in her ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/12905/guest-author-jeaniene-frost</link>
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		<title>Interview: Ann Aguirre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the chance to talk with Ann Aguirre about her amazing Sirantha Jax series while at the RT Booklovers Convention earlier this year and man did I find out a bunch of things.  First off, everyone has bought their copies of the latest Jax novel, Killbox, right?
TALK IS CHEAP WHEN LIVES ARE IN JEOPARDY
Sirantha Jax is a “Jumper,” a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster than light ships through grimspace. With no tolerance for political diplomacy, she quits her ambassador post so she can ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/12887/interview-ann-aguirre</link>
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		<title>Guest Author: Anya Bast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/11686/guest-author-anya-bast</link>
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		<title>26 Reasons to Hit the Bookstore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s a ton of great authors here&#8230;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 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/12163/26-reasons-to-hit-the-bookstore</link>
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		<title>No Mercy Coming Soon&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the trailer St. Martn&#8217;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 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/12870/no-mercy-coming-soon</link>
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		<title>August Contests Ending Soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the final week for all the August contests.  Have you entered yet?  The following contests will end this Friday:

Aug 2nd &#8211; Syrie James is giving away a copy of Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker.
Aug 4th &#8211; LE is giving away a copy of Marjorie Liu&#8217;s A Wild Light.
Aug 5th &#8211; Tracey O&#8217;Hara is giving away a signed copy of Night&#8217;s Cold Kiss.
Aug 6th &#8211; Jocelynn Drake is giving away signed copies of Pray for Dawn and Wait for Dusk
Aug 10th &#8211; Rowena Cory Daniells is ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/12846/august-contests-ending-soon</link>
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		<title>Guest Blogger: Kitt &amp; Noa from Paperback Dolls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t actually wrote a guest article for anyone that wasn&#8217;t a part of a feature and I had no clue what to write about.  Then, the girls gave me a great idea &#8211; 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 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/12855/guest-blogger-kitt-noa-from-paperback-dolls</link>
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		<title>Sunday Surprise!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/10698/sunday-surprise-49</link>
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		<title>Guest Author: David Doub</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Literary Escapism is excited to welcome David Doub, author of the graphic novel, Dusk and Dusk &#8211; 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 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/11778/guest-author-david-doub-2</link>
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		<title>Cover Fabulousness!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t know about you guys, but I so cannot wait for either of these now.  I am totally loving them.


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		<link>http://www.literaryescapism.com/12829/cover-fabulousness</link>
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