Maurin Kincaide certainly has led an interesting life-from unloved troubled child to Regulator for the Council (the collective heads of the supernatural community in Salem) and daughter of the Lord of the Wild Hunt-she has been dealt a complicated hand. Now, when things seem to be calming down, Maurin finds herself the object of an assassination order. To complicate matters, it seems the Dark Court is also hunting Maurin, and her father, magic dog, and boyfriend have all disappeared. Read More »

Stories of the Fey seem to have been around since the beginning of time, coming in all shapes and sizes and the deeds attributed to these beings are just as widely diverse. A Chimerical World: Tales of the Seelie Court contains nineteen stories pertaining to what we have labeled the good fey. We tend to think of the Seelie as goodness and light, but they are just as quick to abduct a human or cause pain and mischief. Read More »

In legend and stories the Fey are separated into two groups: the Seelie and the Unseelie. Though many believe the Seelie stand for goodness and the light and the Unseelie stand for darkness and evil, both courts are known troublemakers. A Chimerical World: Tales of the Unseelie Courtcontains nineteen short stories by various authors that will entice and shock you. We get a glimpse of the depravity that darkness can hide, plus we learn that sometimes being associated with the dark does not always equate to evil. Read More »

River Weston had designed the best video game of her career, called Hollow Man. It allowed users to project an image of themselves into a dangerous situation, making it seem as though they are present. Her technology was amazing, and with the breakdown of social guidelines and the world in chaos, it seemed that maybe River’s game could be useful on many levels. River’s Fae magic was the secret addition, the added touch that helped make her program so successful, but the program revealed a small glitch, producing a buzzing sound that foretold the demise of the user. Read More »

The Cursed, the entertaining first installment in The League of the Black Swan series, opens with wizard Luke Oliver receiving an unwelcome visit from Maestro, an envoy from the League with an assignment for Luke-one he definitely does not wish to undertake. In Bordertown, the area of Manhattan populated by the supernatural as well as humans, bike messenger Rio Jones, a young woman with the ability to read minds, witnesses the kidnapping of a young girl. After calling the police, Rio goes back to her apartment, determined to leave and seek out the assistance of Luke Oliver in tracking down the girl, based upon the dangerous thoughts she picked up from the kidnapper. Read More »

Marissa Locks was sold to Grimm to save her little sister. She is just waiting for the day when she accumulates enough glitter to be free of her contract and can go home to see her family. But in the meantime, she works for the fairy godfather, doing odd jobs, saving people, helping princess’ find their happily-ever-after-until the day that she dares to hope for a little more. Then everything goes to hell in a hand-basket.
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Nat is one of the marked-people whose eyes are a different color, who bear some kind of mark on their body and possess some kind of power. Not accepted in society, the marked are either executed or shipped off to government facilities where they are studied and used.

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Months have passed since Nat and Wes said their goodbyes. Nat is busy defending the Blue from government attacks, and Wes has resorted to racing cars while waiting for news about his sister. When Nat receives a telepathic distress call from her Sylph friend, Liannan, she sets off to find and save her. Read More »

In the sixth novel in the Connor Grey series, Mark Del Franco takes the reader deeper into the escalating situation between the Elves and the Faerie contingents, and now things are right on the brink of war. Disabled druid, Connor, always seems to make more enemies than friends, including the Murdocks-with the exception of Leo Murdock, Connor’s steadfast friend in the Boston Police Department Homicide division. Connor is wanted by the authorities in the aftermath of the Guildhouse’s destruction and the death of the Elven King, even though he actually saved lives in the situation. Read More »

Shifting Shadows, a superb collection of two novellas (one new, one previously-released) and several stories (three new) covers a wide-range of characters within the world of Mercy Thompson.

“Silver” introduces Samuel, relating the story of how he came to be a werewolf, and his encounter with the fae in the woods near where he was held in the thrall by the person responsible for his Change. Read More »

Cate Masters takes her readers on a wild roller-coaster of a ride in Goddess, Awakened. From start to finish, readers will love the story of Jocelyn Gibson, a unique character who is sassy and easy to relate to. Read More »

Merit would love to be able to spend one day without having to get up and be responsible. But between being Sentinel for the Cadogan House and its master being her lover, it just never happens. The supernatural community always seems to be full of action. In House Rules, Cadogan House is in the process of withdrawing from the GP, the organization which oversees the vampire houses. They hope that to be able to go quietly, but are working to put measures in place in case they cannot. Read More »

Shadows of Kings is the first book in the Dragon Rising series, setting the stage for the series, and with the second book, Shades of Virtue, the play has begun.

The invasion by the Horde, a race of brutish and mindless killers, had been stopped. The cost to stop the invasion had been huge, with many noble Knights lost, kingdoms devastated, and the King himself slain. Peace has come to the land, but it is an uneasy peace as kingdoms vie with each other for power, wealth and prestige. The Order of the Dragon has withdrawn and is trying to build its own nation on the frontier. Allies are becoming enemies, saviors are now looked upon with suspicion, and the hidden, unknown enemy lies outside the boundaries of the lands still weaving plots and directing evil acts. Read More »

The Harhn are invading the lands of Hugue, domain of men, after fifty years of quiet. The green, savage monsters have invaded before, but this time is different. The Harhn Horde usually strikes in mindless fury, more intent on destruction than conquering lands. This time, however, they seem well-organized, making strategic moves and attacking defended fortresses. Worse yet, sorcerers travel with them. Read More »

The wonderful Fire Kin, the fourth and final installment in the Half-Light City series, grabs the reader from the first page and keeps them enmeshed in the story until the very end. Asharic, Fae warrior exiled thirty years earlier for having killed another in a duel, now a mercenary, receives an offer from the Templars of the City to help defend them in an uneasy peace with the Blood (vampires) and the Beast Kind (werewolves), that since the death of the Fae queen may descend into war at any time. Asharic agrees, realizing that the queen’s death also means the end of his exile, along with the added bonus of giving him the chance to possibly see once more a woman he thought lost to him forever. Read More »

Harry Dresden has been on Demonreach, an island (and living entity) that serves as a prison for some of the worst of the worst demons. He’s spent the year healing, training, and trying to come to grips with the Winter Mantle that is now a part of him. He knows that time is running out for him, though. Queen Mab has not yet called him into service as her Winter Knight and the parasite in his head that kept him alive is getting stronger and a lot more painful. Read More »

Hounded, the fabulous first installment in the Iron Druid series, grabs the reader from the first page and does not let go for the duration of the novel. Atticus O’Sullivan, minding his own business on his way to lunch, faces an attack by a group of fae outside of his bookshop. The sole surviving Druid, Atticus appears only twenty-one, though twenty-one hundred more Read More »

Once a strong force to be reckoned with, the Oversight, a secret group of half-fae operatives tasked with keeping the peace between mundane London and the magical otherworld, are woefully understaffed. Whittled down to just a group of five, the unorthodox arrival of Lucy Harker, a girl seemingly with the power to join their ranks, may in fact mark the beginning of the end. Read More »

Augustine Robelais is finally back home in New Orleans after being on the run. All he really wants is to return to Olivia Goodwin, retired movie star and Augustine’s “adoptive” mother, and his somewhat lazy lifestyle of partying the nights away in the French Quarter. Unfortunately a string of vampire murders bring the Elektos, the policing force of the supernatural world, straight to Augustine’s door with an ultimatum: help them stop the vampires or end up in the fae version of Alcatraz. Determined to avoid both of those things at all costs, Augustine is ready to run again. Read More »

Night Broken, the exciting eighth installment in the superb Mercy Thompson series, picks up just a few months after the events at the end of book seven, Frost Burned. The pack has been coming to terms with the loss of a beloved member, and getting back into some semblance of a normal routine. One surprise Mercy does not need-a frantic phone call from her husband Adam’s ex-wife, Christy, who seems to have acquired a dangerous stalker after a brief time with him in Reno. Read More »