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Showing posts with label Battle of the Covers. Show all posts
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Sunday, 14 October 2012

Battle of the Covers: The Fever Series

Our Author of the Month, Karen Marie Moning, is the creator of the successful Fever series.  And just as the series is amazing, it also has some pretty amazing covers.  But we would like to know which you like best!  I know, I know... it's hard.  But, lets give this a shot.

         
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Darkfever 
"My name is MacKayla, Mac for short. I'm a sidhe-seer, one who sees the Fae, a fact I accepted only recently and very reluctantly.

My philosophy is pretty simple - any day nobody's trying to kill me is a good day in my book. I haven't had many good days lately. Not since the walls between Man and Fae came down. But then, there's not a sidhe-seer alive who's had a good day since then."


When MacKayla's sister was murdered, she left a single clue to her death - a cryptic message on Mac's cel phone. Journeying to Ireland in search of answers, Ma is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to master a power she had no idea she possessed - a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae...

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister's death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysteriou Jericho...while at the same time, the ruthless V'lane - an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women - closes in on her. As the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac's true mission becomes clear: to find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book - because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control both worlds in their hands....

           

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 Bloodfever 
I used to be your average, everyday girl but all that changed one night in Dublin when I saw my first Fae, and got dragged into a world of deadly immortals and ancient secrets. . . .

In her fight to stay alive, MacKayla must find the Sinsar Dubh—a million-year-old book of the blackest magic imaginable, which holds the key to power over the worlds of both the Fae and Man. Pursued by assassins, surrounded by mysterious figures she knows she can’t trust, Mac finds herself torn between two deadly and powerful men: V’lane, the immortal Fae Prince, and Jericho Barrons, a man as irresistible as he is dangerous.

For centuries the shadowy realm of the Fae has coexisted with that of humans. Now the walls between the two are coming down, and Mac is the only thing that stands between them.

          
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Faefever 
The New York Times bestselling author of Darkfever and Bloodfever returns to Dublin’s Fae-infested shores in a bold, sensual new novel. Hurtling us into a realm of seduction and shadows, Karen Marie Moning tells the enthralling tale of a woman who explores the limits of her mysterious powers as she enters a world of ancient sorcery—and confronts an enemy more insidious than she could ever have imagined. He calls me his Queen of the Night. I’d die for him. I’d kill for him, too. When MacKayla Lane receives a torn page from her dead sister’s journal, she is stunned by Alina’s desperate words. And now MacKayla knows that her sister’s killer is close. But evil is closer. And suddenly the sidhe-seer is on the hunt: For answers. For revenge. And for an ancient book of dark magic so evil, it corrupts anyone who touches it.

Mac’s quest for the Sinsar Dubh takes her into the mean, shape-shifting streets of Dublin, with a suspicious cop on her tail. Forced into a dangerous triangle of alliance with V’lane, an insatiable Fae prince of lethally erotic tastes, and Jericho Barrons, a man of primal desires and untold secrets, Mac is soon locked in a battle for her body, mind, and soul.

As All Hallows’ Eve approaches and the city descends into chaos, as a shocking truth about the Dark Book is uncovered, not even Mac can prevent a deadly race of immortals from shattering the walls between worlds—with devastating consequences.…
          
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Dreamfever
MacKayla Lane lies naked on the cold stone floor of a church, at the mercy of the erotic Fae master she once swore to kill. Far from home, unable to control her sexual hungers, MacKayla is now fully under the Lord Master’s spell.…In New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning’s stunning new novel, the walls between human and Fae worlds have come crashing down. And as Mac fights for survival on Dublin’s battle-scarred streets, she will embark on the darkest—and most erotically charged—adventure of her life. He has stolen her past, but MacKayla will never allow her sister’s murderer to take her future. Yet even the uniquely gifted sidhe-seer is no match for the Lord Master, who has unleashed an insatiable sexual craving that consumes Mac’s every thought—and thrusts her into the seductive realm of two very dangerous men, both of whom she desires but dares not trust.

As the enigmatic Jericho Barrons and the sensual Fae prince V’lane vie for her body and soul, as cryptic entries from her sister’s diary mysteriously appear and the power of the Dark Book weaves its annihilating path through the city, Mac’s greatest enemy delivers a final challenge.…

It’s an invitation Mac cannot refuse, one that sends her racing home to Georgia, where an even darker threat awaits. With her parents missing and the lives of her loved ones under siege, Mac is about to come face-to-face with a soul-shattering truth—about herself and her sister, about Jericho Barrons…and about the world she thought she knew.
        
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Shadowfever
“Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it’s good.”
 
MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever.

Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of years.

What follows is a shocking chain of events with devastating consequences, and now Mac struggles to cope with grief while continuing her mission to acquire and control the Sinsar Dubh—a book of dark, forbidden magic scribed by the mythical Unseelie King, containing the power to create and destroy worlds.

In an epic battle between humans and Fae, the hunter becomes the hunted when the Sinsar Dubh turns on Mac and begins mowing a deadly path through those she loves.
Who can she turn to? Who can she trust? Who is the woman haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself and what is the destiny she glimpses in the black and crimson designs of an ancient tarot card?
 
From the luxury of the Lord Master’s penthouse to the sordid depths of an Unseelie nightclub, from the erotic bed of her lover to the terrifying bed of the Unseelie King, Mac’s journey will force her to face the truth of her exile, and to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it.
NOW IT'S TIME TO VOTE!
 

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Battle of the Covers: Megan Hart's Cover Makeover

We've talked about this before and now another author is getting new covers.  What do we think about this latest cover makeover?????  These are from our Author of the Month, Megan Hart.

              
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TIME TO VOTE!! And don't forget to leave a comment and tell us what you think.

Thursday, 30 August 2012

Battle of the Covers: UK vs USA

Friday Harbor Series 
by Lisa Kleypas

Our Lisa Kleypas month is coming to an end and we didn't want to finish the month without asking for your votes on the battle of the covers.  This time around we'd like to know what you think of the Friday Harbor series.  They are both beautiful covers, but which ones do you like best?

 
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Saturday, 23 June 2012

Battle of the Covers: SHELLEY BRADLEY

Our Author of the Month aka Shelley Bradley has been reissuing her historical romances and all with new covers!  I think it's safe to say the new covers are awesome, what do you think?

One Wicked Night



     
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WAS IT ONE NIGHT OF PASSION...

When Lady Serena Boyce's husband, the elderly Duke of Warrington, could not give her an heir, he begged her to take a lover in order to conceive a child. She never dreamed it would mean falling in love. One look at the handsome stranger who rescued her from a thief, and virginal Serena was overcome with desire. Dark and compelling, Lucien Clayborne, Marquess of Daneridge, was everything her honor warned her against. Yet the anguish in his soul drew her nearer...and before the night was through, she had gifted him with her innocence.

...OR A LOVE THEY WERE DESTINED TO SHARE?

Then the duke was murdered, and Lucien discovered that Serena was pregnant. Still reeling from the death of his cherished daughter and enraged by his first wife's callous betrayals, Lucien's honor demanded that he make Serena his bride. But the rapture of their one night together had unlocked feelings he thought his heart had forgotten. And now, a chilling evil threatened their chance to claim a love that promised to last a lifetime.

Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes and Noble
 

Strictly Seduction



     
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OUR REVIEW
PURELY PASSION

As an innocent girl, Madeline Sedgewick learned that nothing comes without a price—even desire. Five years later, now widowed and deeply in debt, she’s certain that the stranger who bought her last husband’s notes of credit will demand swift, steep repayment. But she never imagines her creditor will be Brock Taylor, her baseborn former stable-hand turned newly wealthy entrepreneur—the man who stole her virginity and her heart. She’s even more stunned when he says that he’ll forgive her debts only if she becomes his wife.

Brock’s memories of their parting are no less bitter than Maddie’s, and his plans for their future are hardly a rekindling of their blissful first love. But seeing Maddie again—just as spirited, strong, and beautiful as ever—reawakens a desire he thought long dead. When she refuses his proposal, they strike a dangerous wager, with Brock’s self-made fortune and Maddie’s treasured independence at stake. It’s a wager only one of them can win—as long as they resist the other’s passionate seduction . . . and falling in love again.


Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes and Noble
 
Strictly Forbidden

     
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Blending the passion of Christina Dodd with the storytelling finesse of Mary Balogh, up-and-coming author Shelley Bradley returns to early Victorian England with a provocative story of dangerous desire.
Purchase Links: Amazon

Sunday, 27 May 2012

Battle of the Covers: USA vs UK Guild Hunter Series

Guild Hunter Series
by Nalini Singh

It's no secret that we love Ms. Singh's work, but you have to admit she also has some pretty good covers for her books.  Although her Psy-Changeling covers have already battled it out (and the US covers won) we couldn't leave her Guild Hunter series behind.  What do you think?

 
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The cover for the upcoming release, Archangel's Storm, has only been revealed for the US version, but it's pretty damn hot.


NOW IT'S TIME TO VOTE!!!  
Who has the best Guild Hunter covers?



Sunday, 18 March 2012

Battle of the Covers: UK vs USA Black Dagger Brotherhood

Black Dagger Brotherhood
by J.R. Ward

It's approaching that time of year again...the latest Black Dagger Brotherhood release is due out on the 27th March, this time with Tohrment and No'One front and centre. We for one are vey excited, we have spent the last 12 months since Lover Unleashed was released speculating and dissecting every single word to try and work out what happens next; if Qhuinn and Blay will finally get there heads out their arses; how much of a bastard are the bastards; if this book will be when the werewolves show their furry faces and what the new book cover will look like.

We have the answer to atleast one of those things, so what do you think of the covers for the latest BDB books? I am trying to patriotic and love the UK editions...but I would be lying, gawd those covers are ugly, what the hell have they done to John Matthew!? Although  US Lover Reborn cover, it reminds of a Michael Bay movie and not in a good way...! What do you think?

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Monday, 13 February 2012

Battle of the Covers: Cheesiest Historical Romance Covers!

In honor of our Historical Romance event, A SCANDALOUS AFFAIR, we are changing things up for this month's edition of Battle of the Covers! Instead of the usual USA vs. UK covers, we are going to be voting for the Cheesiest Historical Romance cover because face it, there were a lot of them that were very, very embarrassing to look at!

These covers have been getting better over the years but we'd like to go back in time a little bit to remember some of these godawful covers that ooze passion, seduction and love! Vote for your favorite cheesiest cover now!
Then Came You
by Lisa Kleypas

To Tame a Highland Warrior
by Karen Marie Moning

Tender Rebel by
Johanna Lindsey

Master of Desire
by Kinsley McGregor

Tender is the Storm
by Johanna Lindsey

Heart of the Hawk
by Justine Dare

Rogue
by Fabio

Time To Vote!!