Today’s Spooky Legend story and characters fit together perfectly, that’s because we have a real life mermaid telling us the legendary Mermaid of Zennor story. Jaclyn Dolamor’s Esmerine from BETWEEN THE SEA AND SKY (available now from Bloomsbury Childrens USA).  If you missed my review, I said, “I was completely swept away by this tender and mournful love story.” Want to read it yourself? Jaclyn is giving away a copy & MAGIC UNDER GLASS.  See details below. 

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The Mermaid of Zennor 
by
Jaclyn Dolamore

 

ESMERINE: Alan, when you were a messenger, did you ever hear any stories about mermaids from other parts of the world? I heard there are mermaids up in the north, and I wondered what they were like.
ALAN: Well, once I did hear some travelers telling a story of the mermaid of Zennor. She sounds like the opposite of you. She didn't leave the sea, she bewitched a man to follow her into it and no one ever saw him again.

*This title will be released on November 1, 2011*

Title: Drink Deep Author: Chloe Neill Series: Chicagoland Vampires #5 Cover Art: N/A Genre: Urban Fantasy Excerpt: Yes Source: Publisher Reviewed by: Julia Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: New American Library; November 1, 2011 ISBN-10: 0451234863 ISBN-13: 978-0451234865 Sexual Content: Kissing, references to sex. Rating: Near Perfect - Buy two copies: one for you and one for a friend.

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Today’s Spooky Legend is taking us back to a game we probably all played back in junior high: Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board, courtesy of Jessica Sims’ (aka Jill Myles) Bathsheba from BEATY DATES THE BEAST (available now from Pocket Books), the first in the new Midnight Liaisons paranormal romance series which I called, “Super sexy, super fun, and full of super hot shifters.” Want to see for yourself?  Enter the giveaway to win a copy.  See details below.  

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Bathsheba on Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board
by
Jessica Sims

So…back in the day, I was a big fan of slumber parties. What teenage girl isn’t? Well, if you’ve ever been to a slumber party, you’ve probably played everything from Ouija boards to Bloody Mary. My favorite was always “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” In theory, it’s about harnessing your powers of levitation to lift a friend off the ground. Or it’s about summoning spirits to cause him/her to levitate by the focus of your mental energy. Or…something along those lines.

(Mostly, it’s just about freaking your friends out.)

*This title will be released on October 25, 2011*

Title: Between the Sea and Sky Author: Jaclyn Dolamore Series: N/A Cover Art: N/A Genre: Paranormal YA Excerpt: No Source: Publisher Reviewed by: Abigail Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (October 25, 2011) ISBN-10: 1599904349 ISBN-13: 978-1599904344 Sexual Content: Kissing Rating: Excellent - Loved it! Buy it now & put this author on your watch list.

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*This post was accidentally posted yesterday for a brief time.*

Today’s Spooky Legend introduces us to a new character from a familiar author and guarantees you won’t be eating chili tonight.  Kelly Meding’s Teresa West, from the first book in the new MetaWars urban fantasy series, TRANCE (available on October 25, 2011 from Pocket) is taking over the blog.  If you missed my review of this new superhero infused series, I said, “there is a real X-Men/The Incredibles vibe to this story that really worked.“

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Teresa West on Finger-lickin' Chili 
by
Kelly Meding

So raise your hand if you haven't heard the one about the woman who said she found a human finger in her bowl of fast food chili?  Raise your hand if, when police discovered it was all a setup, you laughed and said "I knew it," even though you actually believed it at the time?

Thought so.