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50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by L. Wisdom

17 January 2009 Jackie 1

I have been hearing so many things about Linda Wisdom’s Hex series that when I was given the chance to read her upcoming novel, Wicked by Any Other Name, I immediately started the first novel in the series, 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover. The sizzling love affair between Jazz […]

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Weekly Geeks v9.02:

17 January 2009 Jackie 2

Here’s the details for this weeks Weekly Geeks: For those who have been with the group, either from the start or joined within recent months, what does being a member mean to you? What do you enjoy about the group? What are some of your more memorable Weekly Geeks that […]

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Not Another One…

17 January 2009 Jackie 0

If you’ve just join me at Literary Escapism, then you probably weren’t around for the release of the last Mary Janice Davidson cover for Undead and Unworthy.  I personally hated that cover since it varied so much with what the rest of the series looked like and it didn’t portray […]

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Of Sites and Covers

16 January 2009 Jackie 0

The Deadline Dames finally have a website, although there isn’t much up at the moment.  It’s still getting started, but once Toni Andrews, Keri Arthur, Jenna Black, Rinda Elliott, Jackie Kessler, Karen Mahony, Devon Monk, Lilith Saintcrow, and Rachel Vincent get started, I’m sure there’ll be all shorts of fun […]

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FYI…Mr. Linky is Down

15 January 2009 Jackie 0

For those of you participating in the New Author Challenge, just a heads up but Mr. Linky is currently down. Hopefully he’ll be back up tomorrow, but until then, all reviews will have to wait. It sucks, I know. Once I notice it running again, I’ll let everyone know.

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4 Hot New Covers

14 January 2009 Jackie 5

Today must have been the day to release covers because I have come across four that are hot. The first cover is for Lauren Dane’s Laid Bare. It comes out August 4, 2009 and I’m not sure if it’s the third novel in the Federation series (Undercover and Relentless), but […]

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The Pretties

14 January 2009 Jackie 3

I never knew Poe’s birthday was so celebrated, but apparently it is.  io9 is reporting on the various celebrations and people are having fun with it. Interviews: Jim C. Hines, author of The Stepsister Scheme, by Jeri Smith-Ready CA Milson, author of The Chosen, by Calliope’s Coffee House Chandra Rooney, […]

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Witch Heart by A. Bast

13 January 2009 Jackie 1

The third novel in her Element Witches series, Anya Bast brings us another great story with Witch Heart. With the immense powers of an earth witch, Claire isn’t destined to be a demon’s handmaiden. Yet this has been her fate since she was six, when her warlock mother brought her […]

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Guest Author: Rae Lori

13 January 2009 Jackie 19

I would like to welcome Rae Lori, author of two great new series, to Literary Escapism today.  The first novel in her Ashen Twilight series, A Kiss of Ashen Twilight, comes out February 2nd.  The first novel in her Awakening series, Nocturnal Awakening, comes out May 15th. Make sure you […]

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Award Season

12 January 2009 Jackie 4

I have to share this….it’s the French cover for Richelle Mead’s Succubus Blues, done by the artist Jean-Sebastien Rossbach. I haven’t read this series yet, but after seeing this, I think I need to move it up on my list. CONTEST ALERT – Lauren Dane is having a contest for […]