Some BIG cover reveals this week including the highly anticipated next Kate Daniels and Allie Beckstrom covers. I’m also adding a new thumbs up 
*Covers may not be final*
Publication Date/Publisher: June 2011
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Cover Source: Ilona Andrews
| Different artist I think. I think that is a lot closer to how we picture Kate. | |
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Always a witch by Carolyn McCullough
Publication Date/Publisher: August 2011
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Cover Source: SciFiGuy
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The adventures of Tam and Gabriel continue with more time travel, Talents, spy work, and of course, the evil Knights.
Since the gripping conclusion of Once A Witch, Tamsin Greene has been haunted by her grandmother's prophecy that she will soon be forced to make a crucial decision—one so terrible that it could harm her family forever. When she discovers that her enemy, Alistair Knight, went back in time to Victorian-era New York in order to destroy her family, Tamsin is forced to follow him into the past. Stranded all alone in the nineteenth century, Tamsin soon finds herself disguised as a lady's maid in the terrifying mansion of the evil Knight family, avoiding the watchful eye of the vicious matron, La Spider, and fending off the advances of Liam Knight. As time runs out, both families square off in a thrilling display of magic. And to her horror, Tamsin finally understands the nature of her fateful choice.
Managing Death by Trent Jamieson
Publication Date/Publisher: January 1st 2011 by Orbit
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Cover Source: Goodreads
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Mammoth Book of Dracula by Anthology
Publication Date/Publisher: March 2011 by Running Press
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Cover Source: SciFiGuy.
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Vampire tales offering a fictional history of the most memorable vampire of them all - Count Dracula.
How will the King of Vampires adapt to the social and technological changes brought by the twenty-first century? Could the Count’s condition be cured by modern medicine? How does the mythology perpetuated by literature and movies affect the existence of a real bloodsucker? What if Dracula found himself ruler of a world controlled by vampires? Or perhaps political and ecological catastrophe will result in the Count’s final destruction? This tribute to the world’s greatest vampire collects together more than 200,000 words of Dracula fiction by masters of dark fantasy such as: Hugh B. Cave, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Basil Copper, John Gordon, Brian Hodge, Nancy Holder, Nancy Kilpatrick, Roberta Lannes, Thomas Ligotti, Paul J. McAuley, Nicholas Royle, Guy N. Smith and many more.
It also includes a brand new story from Charlaine Harris.
Publication Date/Publisher: April 5th 2011 by Signet
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Cover Source: Wicked Scribes
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Demon Hunting In Dixie by Lexi George
Publication Date/Publisher: May 1st 2011 by Kensington
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Cover Source: Wicked Scribes
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Demon Hunting in Dixie, Lexi’s debut novel with Kensington Books about a feisty small-town florist who meets an ancient, inter-dimensional demon hunter in pursuit of a rogue demon, comes out on April 26, 2011.
The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter
Publication Date/Publisher: March 1st 2011 by Harlequin
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Cover Source: Michelle's Book Blog
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Keeper of the demon of Secrets, Amun can manipulate the darkest thoughts of anyone nearby. But when new demons possess him, the immortal warrior must be chained and isolated to protect those he loves. Death is his only hope of release—until he meets Haidee, a fellow prisoner whose beauty and hidden vulnerability draw him into a reckless test of his loyalty…
Haidee is an infamous demon assassin, raised to despise Amun’s kind. Yet how can she hate the man whose touch sets her aflame? But to save him, she must give herself body and soul…and face the wrath of a powerful adversary sworn to destroy her.
Publication Date/Publisher: Available as a free read on Kelley’s site
Cover Artist: Xaviere Daumarie (Angilram)
Cover Source: Bite Club
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This free online graphic novella tells the story of Elena’s “becoming” a werewolf—that dark period from the time Clay bites her through her escape to Toronto.
Publication Date/Publisher: April 26th 2011 by Del Rey
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Cover Source: The THRILLIONTH page
| I've said it before and I'll say it lots more: Del Rey has been completely lovely to work with. Tricia and the art dept. deserve mad props for this cover, and for the Hexed and Hammered covers as well. They brought Atticus to life and they incorporated my suggestions beautifully; I will build them a shrine and leave them offerings of gummi bears and beer. | |
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Atticus O'Sullivan has been running for 2,000 years, and he's a bit tired of it. After he stole a magical sword from the Tuatha Dé Danann (those who became the Sidhe or the Fae) in a first century battle, some of them were furious and gave chase, and some were secretly amused that a Druid had the cheek to defy them. As the centuries passed and Atticus remained a fugitive—an annoyingly long-lived one, at that—those who were furious only grew more so, while others began to aid him in secret.
Now he's living in Tempe, Arizona, the very last of the Druids, far from where the Fae can easily enter this plane and find him. It's a place where many paranormals have decided to hide from the troubles of the old world—from an Icelandic vampire holding a grudge against Thor to a coven of Polish witches who ran from the German Blitzkrieg.
When Atticus hears from the Morrigan that his nemesis, Aenghus Óg, has found him once again, he decides to stay and fight rather than run. In so doing, he becomes the center of a power struggle amongst the Tuatha Dé Danann, where the sword he stole is the key to a plot to overthrow Brighid, First among the Fae. To thwart this determined deity, Atticus will need all the power he can muster to deliver himself from evil.
Publication Date/Publisher: May 2011 by Harper Collins
Cover Artist: Karen Pearson
Cover Source: /- LA FEMME READERS –/
| Here it is!! The cover of DIE FOR ME, in all it’s amazing, dark, spooky glory! Yes, that’s Pont Neuf behind Kate, and Pont des Arts just visible behind that. Is it allowed to have a crush on your book cover? Because I’m a bit head-over-heels. | |
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DIE FOR ME is the first of three books about Kate, a sixteen-year-old American who moves to Paris after the death of her parents. She finds herself falling for Vincent, who she discovers is not the typical French teenager he appears: he is something else entirely.
Never Cry Wolf by Cynthia Eden
Publication Date/Publisher: June 28th 2011 by Kensington
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Cover Source: Wicked Scribes
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Forgotten Sea by Virginia Kantra
Publication Date/Publisher: June 7th 2011 by Berkley
Cover Artist: Tony Mauro
Cover Source: Wicked Scribes
| With cover art by the fabulous Tony Mauro and design by Rita Frangie. I love it! It really is Morgan. | |
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Publication Date/Publisher: July 5th 2011
Cover Artist: Aleta Rafton
Cover Source: Kalayna Price
| Personally, I think the it's absolutely striking. It retains the ethereal and contemplative aspect of the first while the closer crop and forward angle of Alex's body adds an edge of power and assertiveness. The cityscape visible behind the cemetery is a gorgeous touch, and I love that they kept the subdued blue greys with just the splash of color being Alex's shirt (green this time). In short, I love it! | |
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Magic on the Hunt by Devon Monk
Publication Date/Publisher: April 5th 2011 by Roc
Cover Artist: Larry Rostant
Cover Source: Wits and Pieces - Cover - MAGIC ON THE HUNT
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Vowed in Shadows by Jessa Slade
Publication Date/Publisher: April 5th 2011 by Signet
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Cover Source: Wicked Scribes
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The Demon’s Surrender by Sarah Rees Brennan
Publication Date/Publisher: May 2011 by Margaret K. McElderry
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Cover Source: Angieville
| Here is the cover of The Demon's Surrender! It is my very favourite of the three US covers. Behold - The Alan Cover! | |
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Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
Publication Date/Publisher: January 25th 2011 by Random House Publishing Group
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Cover Source: SciFiGuy
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Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior wants to tuck him away in the Case Progression Unit. Then Peter's ability to speak with the lingering dead brings him to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who investigates crimes involving magic and other manifestations of the uncanny.
Nightingale's also a wizard--the last registered wizard in England. Suddenly Peter is plunged into a world where gods and goddesses mingle with mortals, and ancient evils long thought laid to rest are making a comeback on a rising tide of magic.
Publication Date/Publisher: April 26th 2011 by Scholastic Inc.
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Cover Source: La Femme Readers
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She knows what it's like to die. Now Death wants her back.
Seventeen-year-old Pierce knows what happens to us when we die.
That's how she met John Hayden, the mysterious stranger who's made returning to normal life—or at least life as Pierce knew it before the accident—next to impossible.
Though she thought she escaped him—starting a new school in a whole new place—it turns out she was wrong. He finds her.
What does John want from her? Pierce thinks she knows... just like she knows he's no guardian angel, and his dark world isn't exactly Heaven. But she can't stay away from him, either, especially since he's always there when she least expects it, but exactly when she needs him most.
But if she lets herself fall any further, she might find herself back in the place she fears the most.
Between the Sea and the Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore
Publication Date/Publisher: June 7th 2011 by Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
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Cover Source: La Femme Readers
| It's set in the same world as Magic Under Glass but instead of being Victorian England/America-ish, it's based on Italy around 1800. (And man, I did way too much research on actual Italy for it being a made up Italy...) | |
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For as long as Esmerine can remember, she has longed to join her sister as a siren, the highest calling a mermaid can have. But when her sister runs away to the mainland, reportedly to elope with a human, Esmerine is sent to retrieve her.
Using magic to transform her tail into legs, she makes her way unsteadily through the streets of New Sweeling. There, she will come upon a friend she hasn't seen since childhood - Alandare, a boy, now a man, who belongs to a winged race of people. Together, Esmerine and Alandare put aside their differences to find her sister, and in the process discover a love that cannot be bound by land, sea, or air.
A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young
Publication Date/Publisher: June 21st 2011 by Balzer & Bray
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Cover Source: La Femme Readers
| I just want to say that I'm SO HAPPY WITH MY NEW COVER!!! | |
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In which a 17-year-old discovers that by performing the good deeds that her body compels her to, she will disappear into the light and be Forgotten, but by fighting “the Need,” her fate could be even more dire.
So any new to you covers? Any contenders for Best Sneak Peek Cover 2011? Which one is your favorite? I’m ecstatic that MAGIC SLAYS is one step closer to being in my hands, but GRAVE DANCE and FORGOTTEN SEA are my top picks.
Your blog always make me wanna read Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Adult books. :P
ReplyDeleteEleni - Well I'm biased, but aren't they the best :)
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ReplyDeleteI love that dress the girl is wearing in Always a Witch. So pretty!
Edna - Doesn't it look like a Lauren Kate cover?
ReplyDeleteFirst time "commenter" here! I've recently stumbled upon urban fantasy and found your blog - I love it! And this new covers section is my favourite :)
ReplyDeleteSo I was intrigued by the resemblance between the Always a Witch cover with the Fallen ones, did a bit of research, and found that they're by the same artist and feature the same model: Fernanda Brussi (http://gilraen-ar-feiniel.deviantart.com/gallery/)
ennelya - Welcome to ATUF! And thanks for the cover sleuthing you did. The artist does some amazing work, but I wish the Fallen style covers had remained exclusive to that series.
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