*Covers may not be final*
| Ascension (Ascension #1) by Caris Roane |
| Publication Date/Publisher: December 28th 2010 by St. Martin's Paperbacks |
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| Cover Source: Caris Roane |
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My Thoughts: |
| N/A | How is it that I’m only just hearing about this series? How beautifully romantic is this cover? |
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Book Description:
On The Wings of Desire
Alison Wells is no ordinary woman. Born with super-natural powers, she can never make love to a man without putting him in grave danger. But when her special vision reveals a glorious muscled man soaring overhead on might wings, she feels an overwhelming attraction she cannot resist-even as he tells her “I have come for you. Your blood belong to me.”
In the Heat of Passion
Kerrick is a vampire and a warrior who has fought his hunger for a woman’s love for the past two hundred years. As a Guardian of Ascension, he is sworn to protect Alison from the death vamp armies who crave her blood and her power. But Kerrick has cravings of his own-a forbidden longing to open his heart and veins to Alison. To share his blood…satisfy his thirst…and seal their fates forever.
| Burning Skies (Ascension #2) by Caris Roane |
| Publication Date/Publisher: April 26th 2011 by St. Martin's Paperbacks |
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| Cover Source: A Great Book Is The Cheapest Vacation |
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| N/A | Another beauty in this series…kind of reminds me of Jill Myles latest cover. |
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THE HUNGER WITHIN
A vampire warrior in exile, Marcus Amargi resists the call to return to the ranks of the Guardians who fight the death vamp armies. Here on Mortal Earth, Marcus has another battle on his hands—the seductive lure of Havily Morgan. The woman meant for him. Whose blood he craves. The one who comes to him in dreams—and demands his surrender…
THE FIRE UNLEASHED
A beautiful immortal with extraordinary powers, Havily lives in the realm of Second Earth but, in her fantasies, yearns for her winged lover Marcus. Soon, their bond will be put to the ultimate test. When their bloodthirsty enemies set the night on fire with sky-blazing weapons, Marcus and Havily must unite body and soul, to unleash the full power of their passion—and fight fire with fire…
| Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton |
| Publication Date/Publisher: April 26th 2011 by Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| Cover Source: /- LA FEMME READERS -/ |
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| N/A | I love the red/black color scheme. The image has a sort of Snow White vibe. |
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For Nick Pardee and Silla Kennicot, the cemetery is the center of everything.
Nick is a city boy angry at being forced to move back to the nowhere town of Yaleylah, Missouri where he grew up. He can’t help remembering his mom and the blood magic she practiced – memories he’s tried for five years to escape. Silla, though, doesn’t want to forget; her parents’ apparent murder-suicide left her numb and needing answers. When a book of magic spells in her dad’s handwriting appears on her doorstep, she sees her chance to unravel the mystery of their deaths.
Together they plunge into the world of dark magic, but when a hundred-year-old blood witch comes hunting for the bones of Silla’s parents and the spell book, Nick and Silla will have to let go of everything they believe about who they are, the nature of life and death, and the deadly secrets that hide in blood
| Possession by Elana Johnson |
| Publication Date/Publisher: June 2011 by Simon & Schuster |
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| Cover Source: Elana Johnson |
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| In the words of Stevie Wonder, isn't she lovely? Okay, I'm off to die now. Or maybe just smile a little more. | One strong bold image. I think its a nearly perfect cover. |
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Book Description:
From Publisher's Marketplace: Elana Johnson's CONTROL ISSUES, set in a brainwashed society where those gifted with mind control best join the powers that be, but one rebel girl tries to beat them at their own game.
| Invincible (Chronicles of Nick #2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon |
| Publication Date/Publisher: February 1st 2011 by St. Martin's Griffin |
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| Cover Source: Tynga's reviews |
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| N/A | I like that Nick looks subtly older here. And I always love it when there is continuity in a series. |
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Book Description:
Just when he thought things couldn’t get any worse...
Nick Gautier’s day just keeps getting better and better. Yeah, he survived the zombie attacks, only to wake up and find himself enslaved to a world of shapeshifters and demons out to claim his soul.
His new principal thinks he’s even more of a hoodlum than the last one, his coach is trying to recruit him to things he can’t even mention and the girl he’s not seeing, but is, has secrets that terrify him.
But more than that, he’s being groomed by the darkest of powers and if he doesn’t learn how to raise the dead by the end of the week, he will become one of them...
| Hard Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #4) by Chloe Neill |
| Publication Date/Publisher: May 2011 |
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| Cover Source: The Daily Snark. |
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| And it's GORGEOUS!! | I have to agree with Chloe. It’s gorgeous. I like how it’s the same outfit from Twice Bitten but looks totally different here from the different angle. |
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| Publication Date/Publisher: January 1st 2011 by Snowbooks |
| Cover Artist: Anna Torborg |
| Cover Source: Good Girls – Bad Juju |
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| Here’s the cover to my forthcoming UNSEEN WORLD. Thanks to Anna Torborg who is just an AMAZING cover artist. | This is a reissue from 2008. I like the continuation of the comic book style covers from Sean’s other series but I would have preferred an animated model. |
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Marshall Conrad's superpowers could save the world...if he ever figures out how to use them.
There's talk of a serial killer terrorizing the good people of Greenfield. Finding him should be easy for a guy with superpowers, but it's not that simple: Flying's not all it's cracked up to be, and this particular villain seems immune to Marshall's tricks.
Marshall's only helpers are an overweight shopkeeping witch, an old Siamese cat, and a hard drinking senior citizen who can lift automobiles. A crazy cast of corrupt cops, Ogres and other Netherworld surprises is all par for the course when you have to save a city from a baneful and simmering evil about to be unleashed.
| Skeleton Crew (Underworld Cycle #2) by Cameron Haley |
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| Cover Source: Cameron Haley |
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| …this cover is “prettier.” But it’s really pretty, and the story inside is still ass-kicking urban fantasy! (And the color is clearly, like, fuschia or something, not pink. No way that’s pink. Domino doesn’t do pink. Hopefully it will look even more fuschia and less pink when it gets the gloss on matte treatment.) | It’s hard to tell on the smaller image, but if you click the cover to see it full size you can see how the artist ‘aged’ the model. She’s only supposed to be 35! They gave her serious forehead wrinkles and heavy jowl lines…Otherwise it’s a cool cover. |
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| Seduce Me in My Drams (Three Worlds #1) by Jacquelyn Frank |
| Publication Date/Publisher: March 22nd 2011 by Ballantine Books |
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| Cover Source: Wicked Scribes |
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| N/A | This looks way too much like an IAD cover from Kresley Cole |
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| Blood Ties (Blood Coven Vampires #6) by Mari Mancusi |
| Publication Date/Publisher: August 2011 |
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| Cover Source: Boys that Bite |
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| At long last I can reveal the cover for Blood Coven Vampires Book 6, Blood Ties! This comes out in August AFTER Night School (which is out in January.) Yes, two Blood Coven books next year! Yay! And the cover is sweet!! - Mari | I love how light and airy this cover is. Most vampire books get stuck in dark, moody colors. This is a nice change. |
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The final battle is brewing between Vampires and Slayers. But for Sunny McDonald, the true war is being fought over her heart.
Though now officially back in the arms of her vampire boyfriend Magnus, Sunny finds she still can't forget the gentle mortal Jayden who once saved her life. And when the darkness threatens to steal his humanity, Sunny finds herself with a choice. Stay true to Magnus and the Blood Coven or defy them in a desperate attempt to save Jayden’s soul.
Meanwhile, the Blood Coven is gearing up for its toughest fight yet--going head to head with a splinter group of Slayer Inc who's regrouping in Tokyo, Japan, still determined to take over the world. In dark blood bars and hidden temples, it'll be Vampires vs. Slayers in a showdown that could cost Sunny not only her heart...but also her very life.
I didn't know Jackie Frank had a new series in the works. :)
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OOH Nick looks sexy on the cover of Invincible ;) Far less scruffy and little-boy-ish than on Infinity!
ReplyDeleteLove the Skeleton Crew cover and the fact that the heroine is in 'taking care of business' boots and not heels.
ReplyDeleteThanks for another great cover post.
NICK!!! I really wish that is books would come out closer together but at the same time I understand the need for wanting the time to do it right. Cover really fits the series I think.
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Paranormal Haven
I think Blood Magic, Possession and Hard Bitten are my favorites!!!
ReplyDeleteThey are so amazing!!!!
Thanks for posting them!
Fabulous collection of covers. There are quite a few here that have snagged my interest now. *grin*
ReplyDeleteMichelle - She is a busy lady. Info is pretty scare on the new series, but I let you know when I get more details.
ReplyDeleteBella - I really liked Infinity, but I am really looking forward to Nick growing up quick! Looks like Invincible is a big step forward :)
Jen D - I really like how realistic she looks too, but did you notice how old they made her?
Paranormal Haven - I know, the wait is awful, but the goods one make up for it. I have high hopes for Invincible.
yllektra - Blood Magic is the one I keep thinking about. Lots of good ones coming next year :)
Jackie - Me too. A few are brand new to me, and the ones I've been waiting for look good too.
Not to be picky but IAD is not JR Ward as indicated. Ward is BDB and IAD is Kresley Cole. Just thought you might like to know.
ReplyDeleteRe: SKELETON CREW. If you only knew the shit Domino goes through in this book, you wouldn't give her a hard time about a couple wrinkles.
ReplyDeleteOr, it's a new model. :)
Thanks for the coverage, Abigail. Nice bunch of covers!
Rory - Whoops. Typo on my part. Thanks for the catch :)
ReplyDeleteCameron - I'm all for covers realistically portraying the character. If Domino is depicted the way you imagined her in the next book then I stand corrected :)