Ackley-McPhail, Danielle
BAD-ASS FAERIES
ISBN: 9781606592045
Mundania Press, 2009
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Clap Your Hands...NOW! Because you better believe the world is full of Bad-Ass Faeries! No matter where you look, they are headed your way, trailing attitude, bodies, and a dust devil of magic in their wake. Good or bad or just plain rotten, you’ll never look at faeries the same way again.
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Anthology
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Amy Brown, Ruth Lampi, Robert Quill, Travis Ingram
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Finalist for the 2007 Dream Realm Award for Best Anthology; Recommended Read at Fallen Angel Review; Recommended Read at Rites of Romance

Ackley-McPhail, Danielle
BAD-ASS FAERIES 2: JUST PLAIN BAD
ISBN: 9781606592069
Mundania Press, 2009
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Do you like to Dance with Danger? Well now's your chance! Don't worry about things that go bump in the night; count yourself lucky if these fae give you that much warning. In the finest tradition of the original Bad-Ass Faeries, the twenty tales in this collection delve into the darkest corners, exploring every tough and terrifying aspect the legends of faeries ever claimed...and then some.
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Fantasy
Illustrators: Christina Yoder, Ruth Lampi, Matt Hawk, Bryan Prindiville
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Winner of the 2009 EPPIE Award for Best Anthology; Top Pick Status at Night Owl Reviews; Recommended Read at Rites of Romance

Ackley-McPhail, Danielle
Edited by Mike McPhail
BREACH THE HULL
ISBN: 9780979690198
Dark Quest Books, 2009
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Hardcore Negotiations Have Begun! Get ready for plenty of action-packed military science fiction as the dogs-of-war are let loose on an unsuspecting universe in sixteen hard-hitting stories by: Jack McDevitt, John C. Wright, Bud Sparhawk, John G. Hemry (aka Jack Campbell), Lawrence M. Schoen, CJ Henderson, Patrick Thomas, James Chambers, Jeffrey Lyman, Tony Ruggiero, James Daniel Ross, Mike McPhail, and Danielle Ackley-McPhail
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Illustrator: Mike McPhail
Find out more! Winner of the 2007 Dream Realm Award for Best Anthology; Finalist for the 2007 Dream Realm Award for Best Cover Art

Ackley-McPhail, Danielle
THE HALFLING'S COURT: A BAD-ASS FAERIE TALE
Dark Quest, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9796901-6-7
The Lance Cosain and the bikers of the Wild Hunt MC come up against the warriors of the fae court. One group wants supremacy, the other just wants to be let be. Let the battle begin! Incorporates the stories “At the Crossroads” and “Within the Guardian Bell,” which first appeared in the best-selling Bad-Ass Faeries series.
Content is suitable for younger readers. Awards: Top Pick Status at Night Owl Reviews
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Ackley-McPhail, Danielle
Edited by Mike McPhail
SO IT BEGINS
ISBN: 9780979690150
Dark Quest Books, 2009
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Hardcore Negotiations Have Begun! Get ready for plenty of action-packed military science fiction as the dogs-of-war are let loose on an unsuspecting universe in sixteen hard-hitting stories.
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
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Science fiction
Awards: Finalist - Next Generation Independent Book Award for Best Anthology, Finalist - Next Generation Independent Book Award for Best Short Stories
illustrator: Mike McPhail
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Alexa, Camilla
PUSH OF THE SKY
Hadley Rille Books, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9819243-7-3
Collection of over two dozen short speculative works from the pages of Fantasy Magazine, ChiZine, Abyss & Apex, Space & Time and more, including SpaceWesterns.com's most-read story of all time, "The Clone Wrangler's Bride" and its sequel, "Droidtown Blues." Stories show the haven’t/couldn’t/didn’t-happen lives of androids, dragons, cavemen, clones, ghost girls, duppies, and personality surgery clients, while exploring similar themes as Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf: belonging and alienation, growing up, dying, love found, love lost, and crash-landing on Mars with your Mandroid to fight off giant Martian prairie squid.
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Alexander, Alma
WORLDWEAVERS #3: CYBERMAGE
ISBN: 9780060839611
HarperCollins Childrens/EOS, 2009
Thea Winthrop is out of sorts - magically and otherwise - in the third Worldweavers books. Her friends at the Last Ditch School are all changing, seemingly leaving her behind. But that's before the Federal Bureau of Magic comes calling again - to ask for Thea's help against the dangerous Alphiri. To stay ahead of the Aplhiri and the wiles of the FBM Thea needs her friends - all of them, including the powerful man once known as the New Wizard of the West, Nikola Tesla...
Fantasy
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Amiri, Cornelia
QUEEN OF KINGS
Eternal Press, 2009
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Macha of the Red Braids exudes the essence of female power. Defying and fighting two kings, she takes her father's place on the throne. With one goal in mind, she uses magic, battles, disguises, and skills of seduction to take the crown as sole ruler, the only woman listed as a High King of Ireland. She builds the famed kingdom of Emain Macha, marking off the borders with the pin of her cloak brooch. Yet a Champion, from the wilds of Connaught, throws the powerful battle queen off-guard when he comes to claim her heart. Has Macha met her match with Nath of Connaught? Will he pass the three trials she has set before him?
Fantasy
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Boyett-Compo, Charlotte
KISS OF THE WIND
ISBN: 9781419917226
Ellora's Cave, 2009
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Imprisoned in a mountain fortress, the Wind Lord Aeral looks down on the world with longing. Tortured by isolation, his only relief is to send his mind into the village below. On this cold, wind-laced night he ventures into the cottage of the chieftain and finds his heart captured by the man's beautiful daughter.
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Boyett-Compo, Charlotte
WINDCHASER
ISBN: 9781419918117
Ellora's Cave, 2009
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Ranulf MacKirnan is wanted by every law enforcement agency in the megaverse. He's a one-man crime spree with a heart of gold and a wicked grin that not only sets the bodies of every woman he meets to quivering but is guaranteed to loosen her purse strings. No woman is safe from the plundering fingers of the criminal known as the Windchaser.
Fantasy
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Boyett-Compo, Charlotte
WINDWARRIOR
ISBN: 978-1-60394-293-5
New Concepts Publishing, 2009
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For decades her people have been at war with his. His troops have devastated the land and spread destruction from one end of her country to the other. But the land was not the only thing the infamous Black Baron had destroyed. On a dark night of drunken revelry, he had destroyed her innocence.
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Brozek, Jennifer and Amanda Pillar (co-editor)
GRANTS PASS
ISBN: 9197760560/978-9197760560
Morrigan Books, 2009
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The apocalypse has arrived. Humanity was decimated by bio-terrorism; three engineered plagues were let loose on the world. Barely anyone has survived. Just a year before the collapse, Grants Pass, Oregon, USA, was publicly labeled as a place of sanctuary in a whimsical online, "what if" post. Now, it has become one of the last known refuges, and the hope, of mankind. Would you go to Grants Pass based on the words of someone you've never met?
Horror
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2009 Australian Shadows Award for edited publication
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Bush, Emilie P
CHENDA AND THE AIRSHIP BROFMAN
ISBN: 1449542549
EmitoneB / Create Space, 2009
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When wealth and charm fail, an airship and the gods prevail... Chenda Frost lived as a spectator in her own life until the murder of her recluse war hero husband. Caught in a mystery about her destiny, she boards an airship with Geologist Candice Mortimer for an adventure in the air, across a desert, through a mountain and under the sea. Along the way, she loses everything she's ever known, but gains true friendship and a formidable gift from the gods. A ripping good yarn!
Science fiction
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
awards: Steampunk
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Carter, Margaret L.
LION'S BOWER
Ellora's Cave,
ISBN: 978-1-41992-122-3
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Diera invades a sorcerer's garden to offer herself in exchange for her brother, who has trespassed in search of a magical fruit to cure his baby daughter's sickness. Discovering the reclusive sorcerer to be half man and half cat, she quickly overcomes her fear and embraces her fate as his lover. But what will she do when faced with a choice between her family and her new life?

Chng, Joyce
WINGED: A NOVELLA OF TWO GIRLS
ISBN: 978-9810838638
Amazon, 2009
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Winged. Flight. Two girls on the threshold of adulthood and filled with potential. Part coming-of-age story, part steampunk, part speculative fiction - Winged is a multi-leveled tale of two girls, in different worlds, both seeking their own paths.
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Clegg, Jaleta
NEXUS POINT
ISBN: 978-1-936021-03-1
Cyberwizard Productions, 2009
Stranded on a primitive world, facing death at the hands of the natives, betrayed by her crew, with drug smugglers hunting her, Captain Dace has one hope of rescue - convince the Patrol agent trying to kill her she's innocent. Science fiction
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
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Colette, Marcia
STRIPPED
ISBN: 978-1-60504-640-2
Samhain Publishing, 2009
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The prequel to HALF BREED. If you want to go through the hell that brought Alexa and Matt together, here is it. Suffering from amnesia, half-werewolf and sniper Alexa Wells is trying to put her unusual life back together while being stalked by a lunatic who's a master at mind control.
Fantasy
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Crawford, Courtney
THE PATH FROM THE SHADOWS
ISBN: 9781432730109
Outskirts Press, 2009
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Azlee became a priestess at six, when Priest-Mother ripped her from her mother's side and took her to the Convent. Though resigned to her fate, she is nearly always sad and lonely. Because she can see other places and times, she is asked to accompany a band of warriors on a frightening mission to destroy a wizard who poses a threat to the kingdom. It is on this quest that she experiences love for the first time. As a priestess she is forbidden to love a man. A battle is being waged inside her between her heart and the rules ingrained in her. When the man she loves gets lost in a realm of evil, will she risk everything to rescue him?
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Illustrator: Don Summers
Semi-Finalist in the 2008 Faulkner/PEN Awards
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Dare, Livia
IN THE FLESH
ISBN: 1420100904
Kensington Zebra, 2009
AN INFAMOUS BEAUTY. A DARING WARRIOR. . . For five years, Sapphire has been the King of Sari's most treasured concubine. Independent at last, she refuses to put herself in anyone's control again. But now another's meddling has led her into the path of proud, arrogant Wulfric, Crown Prince of the rival kingdom of D'Ashier. . . a man who is dangerous to her in every way. AND A SEDUCTION THAT COULD DESTROY THEM BOTH The daughter of Wulfric's fiercest opponent, Sapphire is a prized warrior in her own right and highly skilled in the sensual arts - in short, Wulfric's perfect match. A lasting union is unthinkable, but the bargain they strike - to spend one night together, and then part - proves impossible in the face of a desire powerful enough to bring two countries to the brink of war, and two hearts to the point of surrender. . .
Fantasy
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Day, S.J.
EVE OF DARKNESS (Marked, Book 1)
ISBN: 0765360411
Tor Books, 2009
Cursed by God, hunted by demons, desired by Cain and Abel... All in a day's work. For Evangeline Hollis, a long-ago fling with a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks just became a disaster of biblical proportions. One night with a leather-clad man of mystery has led to a divine punishment: the Mark of Cain. Thrust into a world where sinners are drafted to kill demons, Eve knows her learning curve must be short. A longtime agnostic, she begrudgingly maneuvers through a celestial bureaucracy where she is a valuable but ill-treated pawn. She's also become the latest point of contention in the oldest case of sibling rivalry in history... But she'll worry about all that later. Right now she's more concerned with learning to kill while staying alive. And saving the soul she'd never quite believed she had.
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Day, S. J.
EVE OF DESTRUCTION (Marked, Book 2)
ISBN: 076536042X
Tor Books, 2009
When you're learning to hunt demons, homework can be hell... Class is in, but Evangeline Hollis is far from being the star pupil. She's struggling to get through the required training to be a full-fledged Mark -- one of thousands of sinners forced to hunt demons for God. When her class goes on a week-long field trip to an abandoned military base, passing the course suddenly isn't just a matter of pride... it's a matter of life and death. There's a demon hidden among them, killing off Eve's classmates one by one. As the body count rises, a ragtag team of ghost hunters from a cable TV program unwittingly stumbles into the carnage. Now keeping the Mark system secret competes with the need to keep the "paranormal researchers" alive. With Cain on assignment and Abel investigating a new, terrifying class of demon, Eve must fly solo on her hunt to stop a killer before he strikes again.
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Day, S.J.
EVE OF CHAOS (Marked, Book 3)
ISBN: 0765360438
Tor Books, 2009
How do you tell Satan that you ran over his hellhound? Evangeline Hollis has no idea and she doesn't want to find out. Living with the Mark of Cain - and the two sexy brothers who come with it - is trouble enough. She doesn't need to borrow more. Too bad Satan is too pissed to oblige her. Incensed at the loss of his pet, Satan has put a bounty on Eve's head, and Hell's denizens are converging en masse. The proliferation of Infernals is complicating Eve's hunts and creating chaos in her once orderly life. They've also brought her to the attention of an overzealous reverend who is certain she's Jezebel reincarnate. How can a Mark drafted by God strike a bargain with the Devil? Eve's about to find out...
Fantasy
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Dellamonica, A.M.
INDIGO SPRINGS
TOR, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-76531-947-0
Magic, once the province of fairy tales and big-budget motion pictures, was now an undeniable reality in Indigo Springs. Giant wasps attacked police lines at the site of a hostage crisis as a woman escaped on a flying carpet. Trees grew to impossible heights throughout the town, and dozens went missing; of the thousands who fled their homes, none was able to return. The town of Indigo Springs remained enclosed and inaccessible within a mystical forest. Was the woman known as Sahara Knax really a goddess, or was she merely an opportunistic cult leader capitalizing on a catastrophe not of her making? Knax has taken credit for triggering the so-called "Ecological Apocalypse," allegedly to warn a careless human race to mend its ways. Can she really lead us to a cleaner, brighter future, or is something more ominous at work?
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Devoti, Lori
AMAZON INK
Pocket Books/Juno, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-43915-427-4
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Meet Mel: business owner, mom, and natural-born Amazon. It’s been ten years since she left her Amazon tribe in order to create a normal life for her daughter, Harmony. True, running a tattoo parlor in Madison, Wisconsin is not everyone’s idea of normal, but Mel thinks she’s succeeded at blending in as human. But when someone starts targeting young Amazon girls, her mother love goes into overdrive. Mel is quite a force, even when facing a barrage of distractions including a persistent detective, a sexy tattoo artist, and a seriously angry Amazon queen. To find answers, she’ll have to do the one thing she swore she’d never do: embrace her powers and admit that you can take the girl out of the tribe, but you can’t take the tribe out of the girl.
Fantasy
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Devoti, Lori
DARK CRUSADE
Silhouette Nocturne, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-37361-809-5
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Exiled rogue shapeshifter Kerr Vik once saw being transported to Gunngar as a fresh start. Until the one person he most regretted leaving behind—captivating witch Heather Moore—stumbles through the portal and finds herself right in the middle of a witch hunt. Heather has courageously come to Gunngar to redeem herself. But Kerr knows that if she braves it alone, she will die. He must somehow send her back through the portal. And it’s not long before a collision of truth, love and duty complicates Kerr’s mission by forcing him to choose sides: should he save this forbidden love or protect his honor? Fantasy
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Firebird, Odellia
TYAL, THE DAUGHTER OF FLAMES, BOOK I, A NEW NAME
ISBN: 978-1440432620
Soundz Intriguing Publishing, 2009
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Ayanagou grows up thinking she is human, but then discovers she has wings growing on her back and a power she has yet to discover. In a world driven by war, she finds herself chased by the Black Queen, ruler of the Dragon Empire. Ayanagou tries to find out why. Her quest to find who she truly is will bring her far beyond she imagined.
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Fletcher, Jane
THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE IDOL
Bold Strokes Books, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-60282-085-2
The Protectorate of Lyremouth promises liberty for all its citizens, but this does not mean that everyone is equal. When Jemeryl is summoned to Lyremouth, she suspects a ploy to separate her from her lover, Tevi. After all, many disapprove of their relationship—not because they are both women, but because Jemeryl is a sorcerer and Tevi is not. The task she is given, to track down an ex-lover who has turned renegade on the Coven, does nothing to assuage her doubts, especially since she is sure that she has been told only half the story. Actually, she’s wrong—she hasn’t been told even a tenth of it. When Jemeryl does not return, nobody can stop Tevi from going after her.
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Flewelling, Lynn
SHADOWS RETURN
Bantam Spectra, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-553-59008-1
With their most treacherous mission to date behind them, heroes Seregil and Alec resume their double life as dissolute nobles and master spies. But with most of their allies dead or exiled, it is difficult for them to settle in. Hoping for diversion, they accept another assignment, but en route, are ambushed, separated, and sold into slavery. Clinging to life, Seregil is sustained only by the hope that Alec is alive. But it is not Alec's life his strange master wants—it is his blood. For his unique lineage is capable of producing a rare treasure, but only through a harrowing process that will test him body and soul and unwittingly entangle him and Seregil in the realm of alchemists, madmen, and an enigmatic creature that may hold their very destiny in its inhuman hands.
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Godsey, Tracy
BRIDE OF TRANQUILITY
ISBN: 978-1-893687-99-8
Yard Dog Press, 2009
All Jake Coletrain wants is to marry his girlfriend, Rachel Thorne. But first, he has to deal with her pet ferrets, a ghost hunting reality show, a UFO convention and his Renaissance wedding planners. Then the murders start.
Fantasy
illustrator: Brad Foster
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Harmon, Kelly A.
BLOOD SOUP
ISBN: 9781926704531/1926704614/978-1926704616
Eternal Press, 2009
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The prophesy states: "A girl child must rule or the kingdom will fall to ruin." King Theodicar naturally hopes for a male heir. Queen Piacenza of Omera, where the first born rules, no matter the sex of the child, is certain the baby will be female. This causes no end of friction between them. When the queen finally gives birth, everyone is equally surprised, and Theodicar is faced with a terrible choice. His decision will determine the fate of his kingdom. Will he choose wisely, or will he doom Borgund to ruin?
Fantasy
Blood Soup won the Fantasy Gazeteers Novella Contest before Eternal Press picked it up for publication.
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Jones, Rosemary
CITY OF THE DEAD
Wizards of the Coast, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-78695-129-1
Something is causing trouble in the City of the Dead. Sophraea Carver, born and bred next to the historic graveyard, is determined to solve the mystery before it places all of Waterdeep in peril. Watch out for the shrubbery in this new Forgotten Realms adventure from the author of Crypt of the Moaning Diamond.
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Kelso, Sylvia
RIVERSEND
Juno Books, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-80957-329-5
The stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed AMBERLIGHT. Fighting doubt and convention, beset with great challenge and profound change, Tellurith leads her displaced House to a new beginning and a different life in Iskarda—a life that includes men and women as equals. But the traditionalist Iskardans are outraged by Tellurith’s policies and appalled by her love for two husbands: Alkhes, the rough, dark Outlander who brought Amberlight its doom, and golden Sarth, epitome of the urbane men of the Amberlight Towers. To achieve Tellurith’s dream, both men must re-shape their lives. To preserve the dream, all three must journey to the imperial capital, where they face deadly menace and perilous machination.

Kempe, C. Margery
CHASTITY FLAME
ISBN: 978-1-60777-223-1
Ravenous Romance, 2009
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"Step aside, 007, and make room for Chastity Flame. Ms. Flame outwits, out-spies and definitely out-sexes James Bond in this rollicking, witty and exceptionally well-written erotic spy thriller. If you're a fan of British media, look for the in-jokes. If you're not, there's more than enough humor, action and hot sex to satisfy any lover of romantic suspense!" Dana Fredsti MURDER FOR HIRE
Fantasy
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Kenyon, Kay
CITY WITHOUT END
ISBN: 978-1-59102-698-3
Pyr, 2009
Book 3 of "The Entire and The Rose," the ongoing saga of Titus Quinn and his journey in a parallel universe. Called by SFReviews, "Riveting and inventive," this series was heralded by The Washington Post as "A splendid fantasy quest."
Science Fiction
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Series twice short-listed for the American Library Association Reading List Awards.
Illustrator: Stephan Martiniere
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Kernaghan, Eileen
WILD TALENT: A NOVEL OF THE SUPERNATURAL
Thistledown Press, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-89723-540-9
It’s 1888. Jeannie Guthrie, a sixteen–year–old Scottish farm worker, possesses a frightening talent. Believing that she has unintentionally killed her ne’er–do–well cousin, her fear of being sentenced as a witch propels her to flee her home to London. There, she is befriended by the free–spirited and adventurous Alexandra David, and introduced to Madame Helena Blavatsky’s famous salon where she begins to understand the source of her strange powers in the perilous Beyond.
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Killeen, Debra
LEGACY OF THE ARCHBISHOP
Helm Publishing, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9820605-1-3
The peace of winter is broken in the Kingdom of Myrridia by the murder of Archbishop Francis McHenry. Bishop Edward Fitzroy must search for McHenry’s slayer, disrupting his contented life as Primate of Myrridia. In his search, he is confronted by a ghost from his past, his seminary rival and now Dark adept Aldric Smithson. Aldric harbors old resentments and will stop at nothing to attain the destruction of Myrridia’s Church and Edward Fitzroy, whose Magic may not prove powerful enough to triumph. With power comes responsibility, but who is responsible for the fate of the innocent when those with power run amok?

Kress, Nancy
STEAL ACROSS THE SKY
Tor, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-76531-986-9
The aliens appeared one day, built a base on the moon, and put an ad on the internet: “We are an alien race you may call the Atoners. Ten thousand years ago we wronged humanity profoundly. We cannot undo what has been done, but we wish humanity to understand it. Therefore we request twenty-one volunteers to visit seven planets to Witness for us. We will convey each volunteer there and back in complete safety. Volunteers must speak English. Send requests for electronic applications to witness@Atoners.com." At first, everyone thought it was a joke. But it wasn’t. Just ask three of those volunteers what they found on Kular A and Kular B.
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Kutoji, Rin
HOME TO FIRE ISLAND
Klosm Publishing, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9821076-2-1
Book 1 of The Amazing Adventures of Delores the Dragon and Hannah the Slayer.
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Kutoji, Rin
THE QUEEN WHO LOST HER MARBLES
Klosm Publishing, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9821076-3-8
Book 2 of The Amazing Adventures of Delores the Dragon and Hannah the Slayer.
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Laity, K. A.
UNIKIRJA
ISBN: 978-0982172506
Aino Press, 2009
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The schemes of witches and sages and giants. Doomed marriages and supernatural bargains. The magic of music, of the sauna, of family. A fish who's a girl, a girl who's a wolf. The creation of the world. Tales from the Kalevala and Kanteletar, the ancient myths and folktales of Finland, receive new life and meaning in these imaginative retellings. Mixing the realistic with the fantastic, the mythic with the modern, the dream-tales of Unikirja reinterpret the beauty of the original, time-honored Finnish stories for contemporary readers.
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Finlandia Foundation Grant 2006, Eureka Short Story Fellowship 2005
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Lange, Sue
UNCATEGORIZED
BookViewCafe.com, 2009
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Collection of Sue Lange's previously published stories variously described as "different," "irreverent," "energetic," "funny," "thought-provoking," "delightful," and "sobering," "quirky and electric"
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Illustrator: Deb Deysher
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Lee, Bonita
AKUMA'S SPIRIT
Klosm Publishing, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9821076-0-7
Book 1 of the Rosea Dementia tale of horror and romance. A young demon has forced her aunt out of retirement and back into a world of mutants, murder, espionage and fun.

Lee, Bonita
ROSE-TINTED INSANITY
Klosm Publishing, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9821076-1-4
Book 2 of the Rosea Dementia tale of horror and romance. Lisa has made peace with her mutant genes and overbearing Aunt, until a brutal rape and drug addicted mutants force Lisa to confront her own demons.

Long-Ewing, Kimberley
REVENGE OF THE NATURE IMPS
ISBN: 978-0979282430
Mystic Sheep Studios, 2009
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The Nature Imps have been sent to stop the Urban Fey. First, they try enlisting the help of two dogs to stop the Urban Fey propaganda from spreading. Then they come up with an even more ambitious plan. They want to trap the Urban Fey forever during their Midsummer Ball. But they need Baba Yaga's help. Will they end up in her stew instead?
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Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
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Lori, Rae
A KISS OF ASHEN TWILIGHT
Lyrical Press, Inc., 2009
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Will it be love or death when fairy and vampire come together? An attack on her family drives Ariya to seek protection at the Ashen Twilight House. Once there, she encounters only more danger, along with the dark rescuer who haunts her dreams. Jace Archane is a vampire on the hunt, and distractions like Ariya are the last thing he wants or needs.But their survival might just hinge on one another when a vicious elemental creature threatens the underground world of Nightwalkers, Lycans and Shifter Elves. Caught between a shared enemy and otherworldly love, Jace and Ariya must unite before fear can tear them apart. Book 1 in the Ashen Twilight series
Fantasy
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Lundoff, Catherine
NIGHT'S KISS: LESBIAN EROTICA
ISBN: 1590210344
Lethe Press, 2009
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Sixteen stories about aliens and Elvis impersonators, goddesses and rodeo cowgirls. A multigenre erotica collection from award-winning author Catherine Lundoff.
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Malcohn, Elissa
DEVIATIONS: APPETITE
ISBN: 978-0-9819764-1-9
Malcohn Enterprises, 2009
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The Covenant's destruction plunges Basc and Crossroads into famine and an uneasy alliance in the face of invasion. TripStone prepares to be an advance scout in a plot to destroy Destiny Farm before it destroys her people. Her ticket into Promontory is the meat trader BrushBurn, but their mutual attraction and unsettling intimacy place both at risk. Unaware of the fate that has befallen Crossroads, TripStone's comrade Ghost and his pregnant wife Piri search for a home where they can raise their hybrid child in peace. But no place is safe, and Piri risks giving birth in the deepest heart of danger.
Science Fiction
Illustrator: Elissa Malcohn
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Malcohn, Elissa
DEVIATIONS: COVENANT, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-9819764-0-2
Malcohn Enterprises, 2009
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TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death, increasing his jeopardy when he shelters a teenage runaway sickened by fasting. Their worldview shatters when they harbor a Yata woman raised to be livestock instead of a god, but Crossroads itself is imperiled. Hidden in the far woods, a secret Yata militia is preparing to alter the balance of power.
Science Fiction
Illustrator: Elissa Malcohn
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Malcohn, Elissa
DEVIATIONS: DESTINY
ISBN: 978-0-9819764-2-6
Malcohn Enterprises, 2009
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Repeated acts of sabotage threaten Promontory's Destiny supply. The more TripStone learns about Promontory and the trader BrushBurn, the more she doubts her mission to destroy Destiny Farm. Across town, the very people hiding Ghost and his new family are under pressure to unlock the drug's secrets -- while Crossroads, on the brink of bankruptcy, faces certain invasion.
Science Fiction
Illustrator: Elissa Malcohn
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Martin, Gail Z.
DARK HAVEN (Chronicles of the Necromancer #3)
Solaris Books, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84416-708-1 (UK)/ -598-8 (US)
In DARK HAVEN, the effects of Jared the Usurper's reign of terror strike at the stability of the Winter Kingdoms. Undead forces align against Lord Jonmarc Vahanian of Dark Haven in a struggle for power between mortals and the vayash moru. King Martris Drayke prepares for his wedding—and for war. Only one thing is certain—the Winter Kingdoms will be changed forever, and innocence is the first casualty.
Content is suitable for younger readers.

Matthews, Phoebe
MUDFLAT TOY BOY
ISBN: 9781606012086/1606012096
BookStrand, 2009
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Some guys don't take no for an answer, even when they have to slay monsters and behead dead things to keep their woman's attention.
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Cover artist: Jinger Heaston
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Micklem, Sarah
WILDFIRE
ISBN: 978-0-7432-6524-9
Scribner, 2009
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Sire Galan has forbidden his servant and lover Firethorn to follow him to war, but she disobeys. On the journey, she is struck by lightning; the injuries leave her unable to speak clearly, estranged from herself and set apart from others. She feels cursed, but others see her as blessed, and search her garbled utterances for hidden prophecies. Is she a charlatan or a true seer? Even Firethorn cannot answer that question.
Fantasy
Cover by Mark Stutzman
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Norris, Christine
THE ANKH OF ISIS
ISBN: 1605042927
Samhain Publishing, 2009
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Megan gets lost in books. Literally. The Library of Athena, Book 2 Megan Montgomery is looking forward to a nice, quiet Easter holiday. No school, no homework, time with her friends. Then her father informs her Mr. Hemmlich, a potential client and archaeologist, is coming to stay with them for the entire week. Her dreams of goofing off go up in smoke-until Hemmlich arrives with his handsome teenage son in tow. Things are definitely looking up. Megan's excitement quickly turns to suspicion when Hemmlich starts asking questions about the manor and its builder, Sir Gregory. Is it just admiration for Sir Gregory's work? Or could Hemmlich know about the Library of Athena, the secret room full of magic books hidden deep beneath the manor? It shouldn't be possible. But then again, if she can get sucked inside a book...
This book is also listed as: Young Adult
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Awards: Top Ten Finisher, P&E poll, YA category
Illustrator: Christine Clavel
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North, Pearl
LIBYRINTH
Tor, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-76532-096-4
For as long as she can remember, Haly has heard the voices of books. Growing up in the Libyrinth, a library so large that people sometimes get lost in it and never come out, she has been surrounded by words and stories her entire life. When the Libyrinth’s mortal enemies, the illiterate Singers, discover her unique ability, they are determined to use her to destroy her home forever. In order to save all that she loves, Haly must learn to think and dream like a Singer.
This book is also listed as: Young Adult
Science Fiction
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Nye, Jody Lynn
A FORTHCOMING WIZARD
TOR, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7653-1434-5
Halfling Tildi Summerbee tended house for her brothers until forced to assume the identity of her recently deceased brother and accept his position as apprentice to a great wizard. Now she is guardian of a very special book that can alter everything in existence: a race of centaurs can die with an editor's pen, a mountain range can flatten with a revised rune, and life as Tildi has known it can change in the blink of an eye. Some want to destroy the book. Others want to use it to erase the elves, centaurs, werewolves, and other mythical beasts. Fortunately, Tildi is joined by a group of female questers who help her contend with betrayals of the heart and those of world-shattering consequence as well.
Content is suitable for younger readers.

Rambo, Cat
EYES LIKE SKY AND COAL AND MOONLIGHT
Paper Golem Press, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9795349-5-9/ and -4-2
Cat Rambo's remarkable collection of fantasy short stories includes favorites such as "Magnificent Pigs" and "The Dead Girl's Wedding March."

Roberts, Shauna
LIKE MAYFLIES IN A STREAM
ISBN: 978-0-9825140-0-9/978-0-9825140-1-6
Hadley Rille Books, 2009
In ancient Mesopotamia, a priestess of Inanna must risk her reputation and her life to save her family - and civilization itself - from destruction at the hands of the tyrant Gilgamesh. Like Mayflies in a Stream draws from the ancient 'Epic of Gilgamesh' as well as from historical records and archaeological evidence as it tells a story of adventure and the clashes between civilization and wilderness, civic order and freedom, and romance and sexuality.
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Illustrator: Debbie Hughes
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Romanko, Karen A., Ed.
CINEMA SPEC: TALES OF HOLLYWOOD AND FANTASY
Raven Electrick Ink, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9819643-0-0
CINEMA SPEC: TALES OF HOLLYWOOD AND FANTASY views moving pictures in all their forms, real and imaginary, from shadow plays to classic films, from videocassettes to animated tattoos. 32 authors have contributed flash fiction, short stories, and poetry to the anthology, transporting us back to a time when flames flickered and paintings waltzed on cave walls, and forward to possible futures when the heavens themselves might serve as vidscreens. Along the way, we make multiple stops in Hollywood, the one we know and the one that could never exist, from ‘30s noir to extraterrestrial infiltration, from a magical gangland to destruction after The Big One. Come join us in the dark. This book is also listed as: Anthology
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
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Schaff-Stump, Catherine
HULK HERCULES, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER
Tony and Bianca Vanelli are noticing strange things about their Uncle Leo. Sure, Uncle Leo's wrestling identity is Hulk Hercules, but that doesn't mean he's really Hercules. Does it? Only Leo and Nonna know for sure, and they're not telling. Join Tony, Bianca, and their friend Hannah in the first of the MYTHtery kids books.
Content is suitable for younger readers.

Sherman, Delia
THE MAGIC MIRROR OF THE MERMAID QUEEN
Viking Juvenile, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-67001-089-9
Neef, the official Changeling of Central Park, has survived a life-threatening quest, but that’s nothing compared to her first experiences at Changeling school. At Miss Van Loon’s, she meets her counterparts from all over Manhattan, learns the basics of diplomacy, and, of course, gets in trouble. This time Neef must recover the Magic Mirror, or else New York Harbor’s Mermaid Queen will turn all of the city’s fresh water to salt—and everything will die.
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Simner, Janni Lee
BONES OF FAERIE
ISBN: 9780375845635
Random House, 2009
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The war between humanity and Faerie devastated both sides. Or so 15-year-old Liza has been told. Nothing has been seen or heard from Faerie since, and Liza's world bears the scars of its encounter with magic. Trees move with sinister intention, and the town Liza calls home is surrounded by a forest that threatens to harm all those who wander into it. Then Liza discovers she has the Faerie ability to see - into the past, into the future - and she has no choice but to flee her town. Liza's quest will take her into Faerie and back again, and what she finds along the way may be the key to healing both worlds.
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Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Chosen for the Spring 2009 Indie Next List
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Tan, Cecilia
MIND GAMES
ISBN: 978-1-60777-0794 / 978-1607777878
Ravenous Romance, 2009
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"Scorching hot with a touch of suspense. Cecilia Tan brings together love, suspense, and scorching sex in a story well worth reading." --ParaNormalRomance Reviews
Wren Delacourt is a somewhat lonely woman, whose latent psychic talents have made her pull away from most people, including her own sister Abby. When Abby goes missing, though, Wren hires a private detective to help find her. Does Derek hold the key to Wren's isolation and the mystery of her erotic dreams?
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Tan, Cecilia
THE SIREN AND THE SWORD (Magic University, Book One) ISBN: 978-1-60777-005-3
Ravenous Romance, 2009
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Kyle Wadsworth arrives at Harvard eager to start his new life as a college student away from the cold and distant great-aunt who has raised him. But he walks into a building that only magical people can see, confusing both himself and the administrators of Veritas, the secret magical university hidden inside Harvard. Soon the beautiful Jess Torralva is tutoring Kyle in the ways of magic, sex, and love. But when Kyle's best friend Alex is mysteriously attacked, Kyle is determined to use his newly learned skills in erotic magic to catch the culprit. But which is more important, his quest for justice or his search for true love?
Fantasy
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Tan, Cecilia
WOMEN OF THE BITE: LESBIAN VAMPIRE STORIES
ISBN: 9781593501587
Alyson Books, 2009
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A new anthology of lesbian vampire stories from the editor Susie Bright calls, "simply one of the most important writers, editors, and innovators in contemporary American erotic literature." Includes Jewelle Gomez, Cat Rambo, Sacchi Green, fifteen stories in all.
Fantasy
This book is also listed as: Anthology
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards
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Vandervort, Kim
THE SONG AND THE SORCERESS
ISBN: Hardcover 978-0-9785148-1-5/ Trade paperback ISBN: 978-0-9819243-8-0
Hadley Rille Books, 2009
Journey with nineteen-year-old Ki'leah Alrhiane Del'Sivahr, who flees an isolated life as High Princess of Si'vad to run away with her lover, the Palace Bard. When he fails to meet her on the road, fate sweeps Ki'leah into an alliance with a band of men and women known as the Fey-Velahr, a select company sworn to destroy a dormant sorceress - one of the legendary Rahar, thought to have been eradicated from Sildehna centuries earlier - before she wakes to seek a devastating claim to the Northern Kingdom. Despite her doubts and inadequacies, Ki'leah soon discovers that she is necessary to their mission. For she alone possesses information, carefully guarded within the lore of her royal ancestors, that will unlock the final key to Lyarra's whereabouts. But Ki'leah must rush to solve the riddle, for another also journeys deep into the mountains of Norr - not to destroy Lyarra, but to wake her.
Fantasy
Young Adult: Content is suitable for younger readers.
Illustrator: Ginger Prewitt
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Watkins, E. F.
DANU'S CHILDREN
ISBN: 978-1-60272-881-3/978-1-60272-496-9
Amber Quill Press, LLC, 2009
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Kevin O'Leary, a photojournalist, returns to his hometown of Carbonville, Pa., to investigate the death of his reporter cousin. He uncovers a war between a corrupt developer and a local activist group, CAVE, over the construction of a huge conference center outside the town. Kevin is attracted to Megan Carey, leader of the activists. But while the developer may be mobbed-up, Megan and her followers also claim to have powerful 'connections' - an earth god who will help them defeat the construction project, one way or another.
Horror
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Whiteside, Diane
CAPTIVE DESIRES
ISBN: 978-0425229989
Berkley Heat, 2009
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Danae Livingston is an author of scorching tales about a fantasy realm inhabited by her favorite hero, Alekhsiy. Now an obsessed fan wants her to rewrite her novels to his own twisted liking and have the legendary villain win. Little does she realize, but Alekhsiy is more real than she dreamed. He's the only one who can save her as fantasy and reality merge, swords and sorcery cross, and the sensual world of her vivid imagination becomes the most impossible one of all to resist - or escape.
Fantasy
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Wilkes, Ann
AWESOME LAVRATT
Unlimited Publishing LLC, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-58832-991-2
In the spirit of the cult classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, beautiful Aranna Navna plans to conquer the galaxy one planet at a time. She steals the Awesome Lavratt, a mind control device, from a freighter in Horace Whistlestop’s junkyard. She takes Horace, too. With the Lavratt, Aranna manipulates the thoughts and desires of everyone around her—-until she gets to the Emperor of Calistania. Then things go from bad to worse for Aranna. The Lavratt, however, has only just begun! Oh, the fun you can have from a small cube with mind control powers. Travel the galaxy with Tyrantz Lavratt. Silly science fiction at its best. All puns intended.
Science Fiction
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