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| Series: Indigo Court #2 Date/Publisher: June 2011 by Berkley Cover Artist: Tony Mauro? Cover Source: Life on the Fringe Author Comments: I can show you the NIGHT VEIL cover now! I love the stark brilliance of the white and red. My Thoughts: |  |
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| Series: Personal Demons #2 Date/Publisher: July 5th 2011 by Tor Teen Cover Artist: Cliff Nielsen Cover Source: Lisa Desrochers Author Comments: Here it is in all Gabe’s glory! My Thoughts: |  |
Luc Cain was born and raised in Hell, but he isn't feeling as demonic as usual lately--thanks to Frannie Cavanaugh and the unique power she never knew she had. But you can't desert Hell without consequences, and suddenly Franie and Luc find themselves targeted by the same demons who used to be Luc's allies.
Left with few options, Frannie and Luc accept the protection of Heaven and one of its most powerful angels, Gabe. Unfortunately, Luc isn't the only one affected by Frannie, and it isn't long before Gabe realizes that being around her is too...tempting. Rather than risk his wings, he leaves Frannie and Luc under the protection of her recently acquired guardian angel.
Which would be fine, but Gabe is barely out the door before an assortment of demons appears--and they're not leaving without dragging Luc back to Hell with them. Hell won’t give up and Heaven won’t give in. Frannie's guardian exercises all the power he has to keep them away, but the demons are willing to hurt anyone close to Frannie in order to get what they want. It will take everything she has and then some to stay out of Hell's grasp.
And not everyone will get out of it alive.
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| Series: Walker Papers #6 Date/Publisher: April 1st 2011 by Luna Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: the essential kit Author Comments: I just turned in the final edits on SPIRIT DANCES, which means the Walker Papers series is officially 2/3rds in the can. In celebration, I give you the cover! (Behind the cut, ’cause it’s large.) My Thoughts: |
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| Series: The Elder Races #1 Date/Publisher: May 3rd 2011 by Berkley Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Wicked Scribes Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
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| Series: Changeling #1 Date/Publisher: May 31st 2011 by Brava Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Wicked Scribes Author Comments: Just got the cover art for the first book in my upcoming shapeshifter series with Kensington. This story is classed as paranormal romance, but you'll find plenty of action and suspense in it. I'm really excited and looking forward to the release in May. It's soooo hard to wait, so I thought I'd share a preview with everyone! My Thoughts: |  |
He roams the moonlit wilderness, his every sense and instinct on high alert. Changeling wolf Connor Macleod and his Pack have never feared anything — until the night human Zoey Tyler barely escapes a rogue werewolf’s vicious attack.
As the full moon approaches, Zoey has no idea of the changes that are coming, and only Connor can show her what she is, and help her master the wildness inside. With her initiation into the Pack just days away and a terrifying predator on the loose, the tentative bonds of trust and tenderness are their only weapons against a force red in tooth, claw … and ultimate evil.
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Retribution by Sherrilyn Kenyon
| Series: Dark-Hunter # 20 Date/Publisher: August 2nd 2011 by St. Martin's Press Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Michelle's Book Blog Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
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| Series: Zombie Therapy #3 Date/Publisher: June 2011 by Orbit Cover Artist: Lauren Panepinto Cover Source: Orbit Books | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
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| Series: Numbers #2 Date/Publisher: March 1st 2011 by The Chicken House Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Dark Faerie Tales Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
Adam sees 'numbers' - when he looks in peoples' eyes he can see their death-dates, just like his mum Jem used to. Adam has trouble dealing with his awful gift, and when he realizes that everyone around him has the same series of numbers, he becomes deeply afraid of what might happen in 2025.
Desperate to find out what could be about to go wrong, Adam spends hours researching possibilities - war, nuclear accidents, killer viruses. He knows something big is coming, but what? And is there anything he can possibly do about it?
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| Series: Blood Singer #3 Date/Publisher: March 1st 2011 by Tor Books Cover Artist: Rachel E. Davis Cover Source: Goodreads Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
In a world where magic is real and the supernatural is almost normal, bodyguard Celia Graves has survived a vampire attack which made her a half-vampire and awakened her latent Siren abilities. She’s battled a Siren Queen to the death and twice faced down a demon that wants to kill her--slowly. She’s also had her heart broken--twice--by her old flame, magician Bruno DeLuca.
Perhaps the worst thing was the discovery that Celia’s life has been warped by a curse laid on her during childhood--the cause of everything from the death of her little sister to the murder of her best friend the same night that Celia became an Abomination.
An ancient rift between the demonic dimension and our own--sealed during the destruction of Atlantis--begins to open, threatening to loose all the demons of hell on humanity (including the one personally bent on destroying Celia). Celia’s hellish recent experiences have given her the unique combination of abilities needed to close the rift. But to overcome the curse, which nearly guarantees her failure, she’ll need to join forces with people she no longer trusts...and put people she has come to care about directly in harm’s way.
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And my picks for Best & Worst…
Best Cover: Tie – NIGHT VIEL & DEMON SONG
Worst Cover: DRAGON BOUND
So any new to you covers? Which are your Best & Worst picks?
Imagine another dimension where the world actually had shifters who could change from human form to wolf. Who kept their differences secret from the human population to prevent from being abused or analyzed to learn of their curative powers or longevity, or wanted them destroyed because they were “alien” to what most humans thought were normally acceptable. Enter the world of wolves—werewolves, that is. Why urban fantasy romance? Why werewolves? Why wolves? 
Suspending belief is the fun for me. I write everything from romantic suspense to romantic comedy, although my suspense has humor and my comedy has conflict. In my werewolf stories, I get to add an additional dimension. My love of the paranormal, of fantasy, yet I love true stories, so making them as realistic as possible is the fun for me. Adventure, mystery, suspense, romance and humor are all ingredients in my stories that I can’t live without. I don’t plan anything, don’t have a cookbook recipe on how to do it. It just happens. Oftentimes when I’m doing final edits on a book, such as #7, after they’ve been approved by my editor, I’ll already be writing book #9, so it’s been a while since I’ve reread the earlier book. And I wonder how I ever got from the beginning to the ending when it sounds like I’ve planned it out all along. But I’m not quite there yet with the current book I’m working on. Some writers work best with planning their stories from the beginning. If I tried to force myself to do that, I’d just stare at a blank monitor all day. 
While I was doing final line edits on Heart of the Highland Wolf, I didn’t even remember some of the scenes. As I write, they just come to me. An idea will flit across my brain, and if I can catch the trigger and think about it a little, sometimes it will turn into a full fledged scene. I’ll be getting dressed for work, and I won’t consciously be thinking about the current story I’m working on, which right now is book 9, The Wolf and the SEAL, but all of a sudden, I’ll begin to hear the dialogue, sometimes see the setting that the characters are in, and if I don’t jot it down, even an hour later, it can be gone. So I have to catch the scene right then and there. Sometimes, I’ll turn off the lights at night and I’m planning on sleeping, not writing, and that’s when a scene comes to me. It’s dark. My mind is free to wander when it’s supposed to shut down. And then here is a terrific scene. 
On come the lights and I’m back to writing. Usually it’s a short scene and then I can go to sleep after that. But if I think to remember it in the morning, forget it. So how to come up with the ideas? Questions help to evoke more thoughts, more scenes. Brainstorming. Is Bigfoot real? Some think so. Sometimes a kernel of a notion sticks in the memory banks, and someday that one little bit of information becomes part of a story. In Legend of the White Wolf, Bigfoot, or the notion some think he’s real, came to be in the story. It all started with my mother taking a course for senior citizens at Baylor University. It had to do with demystifying myths, or some such thing. The instructor told them a story about Bigfoot, and for a year or so, I thought about it, and finally found just the place to introduce it. 
It’s a true story, you see. But making it part of a fictional work, makes it more fun and more real. Creatures that have been myths for ages are finally unearthed and then the myths become reality. So in my world, werewolves are myths—to regular humans. But for werewolves, perfectly real. I love to banter back and forth about the myths and how unreal they are as I write my tales. We were having a discussion about vampires on an author loop the other day, and it made me smile. But vampires are supposed to be written a certain way. So are werewolves. Hmm? 
To me that’s half the fun of writing urban fantasy. As authors, we decide what’s real and what’s not. And hopefully our readers will play along and become part of the—pack. :) In Wolf Fever, the cast from Destiny of the Wolf is back. About the time I was writing the story, the World Health Organization was warning about a possible flu epidemic. So that got me to thinking about werewolves, and how they would handle such a crisis. Carol, the psychic nurse, sees the crisis coming, but no one believes her. And Chester Ryan McKinley wants to prove she really doesn’t have psychic powers, while she believes his interest in seeing her goes so much deeper. And somehow from that beginning, the end eventually comes! I have to warn that even if you have your flu shots, you might get Wolf Fever. In book stores now! Thanks so much, Abigail, for having me! And good luck to everyone who comments! ![[image[13].png]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcNGgxG73Ytzvh41DhYZGmNHC7tPKZ0RPKpVwwVaJ77iMwZKIfaY1ZWUNilePbDNwSgL_N0LrQ_a92g0e-o19UtLux_qjBTArok6TyMoEAXIUOJHNYiBhyphenhyphenc5XEL6AfIRvZBLmw90YwEU/s1600/image%5B13%5D.png)
With over 71,000 copies sold, Terry Spear is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. She received her MBA from Monmouth University. An eclectic writer, she dabbles in the paranormal as well as writing historical and true life stories for both teen and adult audiences. Spear lives in Crawford, Texas. 
