August 30, 2011

Giveaway: Hades by Alexandra Adornetto

In celebration of the release of 'HADES' Macmillan Children's Publishing Group has a new trailer, and a giveaway!

Bethany and Xavier are even closer since battling Jake Thorn and his evil influence (in Halo) and Beth and her angel siblings must still protect Venus Cove from the Dark Forces.

When a party game – a séance – inadvertently releases Jake from the Underworld, he disguises himself and tricks Beth into taking a ride on his motorcycle. When the highway opens up and swallows them, Beth learns too late that she’s now a prisoner in hell. What happens to angels there? As her archangel brother, Gabriel, her sister Ivy, Xavier, and her best friend, Molly search for her, Beth must weigh Jake’s bargaining for her freedom: one night with him, and she will be released back to Earth.
Can Jake be trusted in this wager? And is he also using Beth to engineer the fall of the archangel Gabriel? Xavier has already lost one love – when Jake tricks him into thinking that Bethany is dead, his grief and anger result in a betrayal that will leave Bethany – and readers – wondering if he is so good after all.

It will be up to Beth to use everything she’s learned about her powers as an angel – and about love – to free herself and those she loves from the clutches of Hades


This is for one copy of Hades!  The winner will be chosen by Random.org.  All information entered in the form below will be promptly deleted once a winner is chosen.

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August 28, 2011

In My Mailbox – Vlog 15

I get to show of my goodies for the week! With In My Mailbox I also like to tell you where I found them, what kind of deals are up for grabs. Occasionally I'll even try a different method of buying books to see if it's faster and cheaper somewhere else. (This post also follows The Story Sirens' weekly meme, In My Mailbox.) 


The new Delirium cover.

Get the goodies:

Amazon: Goodreads:
Death Most Definite (Death Works) Death Most Definite
Hexed: The Iron Druid Chronicles Hexed
Hammered: The Iron Druid Chronicles Hammered
The Iron Palace: The Shadowed Path: Book 3 The Iron Palace
Dead on the Delta Dead on the Delta
Delirium Delirium
Before I Fall Before I Fall
Ascendant Ascendant
The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire, Book 1) The Greyfriar

August 24, 2011

Cover Coveting(6)

All cover art is not final.

That’s right more covers.  It feels like I’m not getting anytime for reviews anymore!!  Oh, well. I can live with it for more covers.


Flesh and Blood by Kristen Painter

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Amazon: Flesh and Blood (House of Comarré)
Goodreads: Flesh and Blood
Source: Goodreads
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: House of Comarré, Book 2

Shera’s Thoughts: 

Guilty confession, when these covers came out I was too busy drooling over them I forgot to post them!

Even cooler then the first. It’s the awesomest cover ever.  This is one that you’ll always be comparing other covers to.

Author’s Thoughts:

N/A

Previous Books:

Blood Rights (House of Comarré)Flesh and Blood (House of Comarré)Bad Blood (House of Comarré)

Bad Blood by Kristen Painter

badblood

Amazon: Bad Blood (House of Comarré)
Goodreads: N/A
Source: Bad Blood
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: House of Comarré, Book 3

Shera’s Thoughts: 

Ooo, even better then the last.

It’s so fun wondering where the ribbon will pop up next. 

Author’s Thoughts:

N/A

Previous Books:

Blood Rights (House of Comarré)Flesh and Blood (House of Comarré)Bad Blood (House of Comarré)

Bewitching by Alex Flinn

bewitching

Amazon: Bewitching
Goodreads: Bewitching
Source: ATUF
Genre: Paranormal YA
Series: Kendra Chronicles, Book 1

Shera’s Thoughts: 

Finally Flinn gets a decent cover.

Author’s Thoughts:

It's not completely final. For example, it will say #1 New York Times bestselling author, but I'm guessing only my publisher and my mom would notice that difference.

Books you might want to read before this one:

Beastly Movie Tie-in EditionCloaked

Knight’s Curse by Karen Duvall

knightscurse

Amazon: Knight's Curse (Luna Books)
Goodreads: Knight's Curse
Source: ATUF
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series: Debut

Shera’s Thoughts: 

Very cool idea with the stain glass window.

Yet it’s just not doing it for me.

Author’s Thoughts:

N/A

Previous Books:
N/A

Airel by Aaron Patterson & Chris White

airel

Amazon: Airel
Goodreads: Airel
Source: ATUF
Genre: Paranormal YA
Series: Ariel Saga, Book 1

Shera’s Thoughts: 

Oooo, ahhhhhhh.  Now this is rich and dramatic.  Just when you think they can’t do anything more for the prom dresses. They pull it back in the game!

Author’s Thoughts:

N/A

Previous Books:
N/A

A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton

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Amazon: A Beautiful Evil
Goodreads: A Beautiful Evil
Source: ATUF
Genre: Paranormal YA
Series: Gods and Monsters, Book 2

Shera’s Thoughts: 

This is such a huge step up from the first book’s cover.  Feels like the need to do a makeover.

Oh, and speaking of feelings—feels like a deja vu.  Remember the Shifting cover.  A Beautiful Evil definitely pulls out better.

The Deja vu cover:

Previous Books:

A Beautiful Evil

August 23, 2011

Author Gossip(2) & Cover Coveting(4)

Cha-cha-cha changes! And I wasn’t kidding! 

As you can see the the blog has gone under some modifications and now some of the posting styles.  Let me know what you think.  Right now I’m aiming for a more polished look. Hopefully.


Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1)
Certain books you’re just waiting about the news that they’ve been optioned for a movie.  Others you just know will never make it.  Mostly certain PNR titles. However, if the relatively clean Sookie Stackhouse books can be made into dirty HBO junk it starts giving you hope.  One of those hopeful titles is now getting some daylight.

Karen Marie Moning’s Darkfever series has been optioned by Dreamworks!!  The buzz has been all over the place.  So I feel the need to be a kill joy.  You’ll remember quite a long while back—probably only I remember—that I posted that 20th Century Fox under its New Regency banner had acquired the rights.  That’s the problem, rights get acquired all the time, there’s no guarantee that it will actually make it to the big screen.  So until the director is picked, and the script writer gets fired up, I won’t hold my breath.(Source)

Wicked Enchantment (Dark Magick, Book 1)
On the shorter side the fabulous Anya Bast will be starting a new series called Brotherhood of the Damned. The first book is called Embraced of the Damned. Not much has been released about the series.  So far I’m convinced it’s a vampire themed series.  She’s done Witches and Fairies, with all new twists.  So I’m hoping she’ll add her own spin on Vampires or Werewolves next. 

It’s sad to see the Dark Magick series coming to an end, but I know Bast will keep us on our toes for her new series!


All cover art is not final!!


Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer

bloodrose

Get the book: Bloodrose: A Nightshade Novel
Source: Goodreads 
Genre: Paranormal YA
Series: Nightshade, Book 3

Shera’s Thoughts: 

Pretty sure I’ve posted this before, but a pretty cover is ment to be shared.

Author’s Thoughts:

N/A

Previous Books:

Wolfsbane (Nightshade, Book 2)Nightshade: Book 1

Witchful Thinking by H.P. Mallory

witchfulthinking

Get the book: Witchful Thinking
Source: N/A
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Jolie Wilkins, book 3

Shera’s Thoughts: These area tad to cartoony and childish for me. However, this has to be the best cover this series has recieved!

Author’s Thoughts:

N/A

Previous Books:

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble: The Jolie Wilkins Series, Book 1Toil and Trouble, a Paranormal Romance (Jolie Wilkins Series, Book # 2)

Horizan by Sophie Littlefield

horizon

Get the book: N/A
Source: Wicked Scribes
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Dystopian with Zombies
Series: Aftertime, Book 3

Shera’s Thoughts: 

This series has pretty awesome zombie covers. By that I mean I don’t want to throw the cover across the room! 

Zombies on covers freak me out.

Author’s Thoughts:

N/A

Previous Books:

Aftertime (Luna Books)Rebirth (Luna Books)

Tempted by Blood by Laurie London

temptedbyblood

Get the book: Tempted by Blood
Source: Wicked Scribes
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Sweetblood, Book 3

Shera’s Thoughts: 

Stunning indeed.  Yet the lighting and the blue hew don’t mix well.

I’ll take the authors lead and get lost in his eyes.

Author’s Thoughts:

I wasn't sure I had the okay to show the cover for Jackson and Arianna's story, Tempted By Blood, but it's showing up out there, so I wanted to make sure you all saw it. It's the third book in the Sweetblood series and it'll be out early next year. I'm loving this cover!!!

Originally scheduled for release in February (some digital catalogs have it listed for late January), it might actually get moved to March, depending on my publisher's schedule. I should have an official release date soon. And when I do, I'll let you know.

In the meantime, I'm going to get lost in those eyes...

Previous Books:

Bonded by Blood (Hqn)Embraced by Blood (Hqn)