Buy on Amazon Darwin’s Children (Volume 1) By: Natasha Larry Published by: Penumbra Publishing Released On: 2011-06-08 ISBN: 1935563513 Genre: YA, Paranormal Pages: 260 Author’s Website: Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/natashalarry Recommendable for people who: Enjoy ya, paranormal, action Synopsis (from Amazon): Life can get pretty complicated for any seventeen-year-old girl, but for a home-schooled telepathic black girl trying to survive in a prestigious private school in small-town Jonesborough, Tennessee, it can be maddening – especially when her telepathic father keeps eavesdropping on her thoughts! Jaycie Lerner’s family isn’t the usual mom-dad-kid…
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13 Curses by Michelle Harrison
Buy on Amazon 13 Curses By: Michelle Harrison Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Released On: 2011-06-07 ISBN: 0316041505 Genre: Middle Grade/Fantasy Pages: 496 Author’s Website: http://www.michelleharrisonbooks.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MHarrison13 Recommendable for people who: fairy tales, adventure Synopsis (from Amazon): The 13 Treasures have become the 13 Curses. When fairies stole her brother, Red vowed to get him back. Now trapped in the fairy realm, she begs to be seen before the fairy court where she strikes a bargain: Her brother in exchange for all thirteen charms from…
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Buy on Amazon Envy (Empty Coffin) By: Gregg Olsen Published by: Splinter ISBN: 1402789572 Genre: YA, Paranormal Pages: 304 Author’s Website: http://www.greggolsen.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/Gregg_olsen Series Website: http://www.emptycoffinseries.com/ Recommendable for people who: Enjoy mysteries, thrillers, teen drama Synopsis: Murder is such a dirty word…New York Times bestselling adult true crime author Gregg Olsen makes his YA debut with EMPTY COFFIN, a gripping new fiction series for teens based on ripped-from-the-headlines stories…with a paranormal touch.Crime lives–and dies–in the deceptively picture-perfect town of Port Gamble (aka “Empty Coffin”), Washington. Evil lurks…
Read MoreAll Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
Buy on Amazon All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 7) By: Charlaine Harris Published by: Ace ISBN: 0441015816 Genre: Fiction-Paranormal, Horror, Romance Pages: 352 Author’s Website: http://www.charlaineharris.com Recommendable for people who: Enjoy vampires, suspense, horror Synopsis: Betrayed by her longtime vampire love, Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse must now not only deal with a possible new man in her life-the oh-so-handsome shapeshifter Quinn-but also contend with a long-planned vampire summit. With her power base weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans, the local vampire queen is vulnerable to those…
Read MoreThe Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams
Buy on Amazon The Stranger You Seek: A Novel By: Amanda Kyle Williams Published by: Bantam Released On: 2011-08-30 ISBN: 0553808079 Genre: Mystery, Thriller Pages: 304 Author’s Website: http://www.AmandaKyleWilliams.com Author’s Twitter: @AKyleWilliams Facebook: FANPAGE Recommendable for people who: like murder mysteries, crime drama Synopsis (from Amazon): The papers have called me a monster. You’ve either concluded that I am a braggart as well as a sadist or that I have a deep and driving need to be caught and punished. In the sweltering heat of an Atlanta summer,…
Read More13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
Buy on Amazon 13 Treasures By: Michelle Harrison Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Released On: 2011-05-10 ISBN: 0316041475 Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy Pages: 384 Author’s Website: http://www.michelleharrisonbooks.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MHarrison13 Recommendable for people who: fairy tales, adventure Synopsis (from Amazon): Tanya is no ordinary girl. She can see fairies. But not the fairies we imagine. Evil fairies who cast spells on her, rousing her from her sleep and propelling her out of bed. At wit’s end with her daughter’s inexplicable behavior, Tanya’s mother sends her away to…
Read MoreDefinitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Buy on Amazon Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 6) By: Charlaine Harris Published by: Ace Trade Released On: 2010-03-02 ISBN: 0441019374 Genre:Fiction-Paranormal, Horror, Romance Pages: 352 Author’s Website: http://www.charlaineharris.com Recommendable for people who: Enjoy vampires, suspense, horror Synopsis (from Amazon): The new Sookie Stackhouse novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Dead as a Doornail. Spiked with a "frothy fusion of romance, mystery, and fantasy" (Publishers Weekly), this "deliciously fiendish…increasingly riotous series" (Dallas Morning News) sends the supernaturally gifted cocktail waitress to New Orleans, where she has to…
Read MoreBlood Reaction by DL Atha
Buy on Amazon Blood Reaction: A Vampire Novel (Volume 1) By: DL Atha Published by: Foxboro Press Released On: 2011-05-21 ISBN: 0979335604 Genre: fiction/fantasy/thriller Pages: 316 Author’s Website: http://bloodreaction.com/ Recommendable for people who: enjoy vampire, thriller It looks like the e-book is only .99 at the time of this posting. Purchase HERE Synopsis (from Amazon): Annalice, a single mother and physician, is ready to immerse herself in the mundane chores of her farm as a diversion from her hectic professional life. But she becomes the victim of a home…
Read MorePandoras Succession by Russell Brooks
Buy on Amazon Pandora’s Succession By: Russell Brooks Published by: Russell Brooks Released On: 2011-04-30 ISBN: 0986751316 Genre: action Pages: 282 Author’s Website: www.russellparkway.com Author’s Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/authorrussell Facebook: HERE Recommendable for people who: enjoy action, spy, warfare Synopsis (from Amazon): Where would you hide if you learned the CDC and a major pharmaceutical company unleashed a hyper deadly microbe on the human race? CIA operative, Ridley Fox, never stopped hunting his fiancée’s killers—a weapons consortium called The Arms of Ares. When an informant leads him to an old bunker outside…
Read MoreBeautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Buy on Amazon Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures, Book 2) By: Kami Garcia Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Released On: 2010-10-12 ISBN: 9780316077057 Genre: YA, Paranormal Pages: 512 Facebook Fanpage: HERE Series Website: http://www.casterchronicles.com/ Author’s Website: http://www.kamigarciamargaretstohl.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/kamigarcia http://twitter.com/mstohl Recommendable for people who: Witches, Mysteries, Teens, Synopsis (from Amazon): Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had…
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