Charlaine Harris Tours NZ (and Aus)

September 2nd, 2010

Hot off the press… we’ve just received the latest annoucement from Hachette NZ about Charlaine Harris’ author tour in October!

CHARLAINE HARRIS AUTHOR TOUR: TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Fans of HBO series True Blood and lovers of the Sookie Stackhouse novels the show is based on are in for a treat come October.

Charlaine Harris, author of the bestselling series of books which spawned the critically-acclaimed TV show, will be touring New Zealand for the first time from October 4 – 6.

Charlaine will speak at two public events – one in Auckland and one in Wellington – and tickets, which have just gone on sale, are already in hot demand.

As well as the two speaking events, Charlaine will also appear at one in-store signing session, which takes place at Whitcoulls Botany Downs on Tuesday October 5 from 1pm – 1.20pm.

Details of Charlaine’s public appearances are available on the Author Tours section of www.hachette.co.nz or in full below.

Monday October 4, 6.30pm – WELLINGTON

Dominion Post Write Stuff Event in conjunction with Borders Lambton Quay
Location: The Ballroom, Duxton Wellington
Tickets: $20, phone 0800 50 50 90 or visit The Dominion Post, 40 Boulcott St, Wellington

Tuesday October 5, 1pm – 1.20pm – AUCKLAND

Book Signing, Whitcoulls Botany Downs
Location: Whitcoulls Botany Downs, phone: 09 984 5408
If you can’t make the session, please phone the store to find out about pre-ordering a copy.

Wednesday October 6, 7pm – AUCKLAND

The North Shore Libraries Foundation presents Charlaine Harris in conjunction with Paper Plus Takapuna
Location: Westlake Boys High School Auditorium
Tickets: $15, on sale at Event Finder or Auckland Paper Plus stores.

Sookie Stackhouse books

(The books that True Blood is based on)

  1. Dead until Dark
  2. Living Dead in Dallas
  3. Club Dead
  4. Dead to the World
  5. Dead as a Doornail
  6. Definitely Dead
  7. All Together Dead
  8. From Dead to Worse
  9. Dead and Gone
  10. Dead in the Family

We have a list of all the books Ms Harris has written, as well as fangtastic reviews on our author page for Charlaine Harris

AUSTRALIA

September 25 – 26, 2010 Hub Production’s True Blood Events – Sydney and Melbourne Australia

Monday September 27, 2010, 7:00pm
Charlaine Harris ‘in conversation’
Federation Ballroom, Hotel Grand Chancellor
Tickets from $15 – includes author talk, Q&A, book sales and book signing.
see ELLISON HAWKER BOOKSHOP for more details.
90-92 Liverpool St , Hobart , Tasmania | 03 6234 2322 | info@ellisonhawker.com.au

Thursday September 30, 2010, 6 for 6:30pm
‘Sundowner Event’
Hyatt Regency Perth
Tickets $25 – includes tea & coffee, author talk, Q&A, book sales and book signing.
DYMOCKS GARDEN CITY
Shop 33/34 Garden City, Booragoon , W estern Australia | 08 9364 7687 | garden@dymocks.com.au

Thursday September 30, 2010, 1:00-2:00pm
‘Instore Book Signing’
DYMOCKS MIDLAND GATE
Shop 96, Midland Gate Shopping Centre, Midland Gate, Western Australia | 08 9274 7766 | midland@dymocks.com.au

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September Debut Novels

September 1st, 2010

Teen Paranormal

Book Title: Braced to Bite

Half-Blood Vampire # 1

Author: Serena Robar

Colby Blanchard is the popular cheerleader with the grades, the hunky boyfriend, and the homecoming crown in the bag. Then things go bad-like turning-into-a-vampire bad. And complicating things is the fact that her orthodontist father has removed her canine teeth to give her a perfect smile, so she can’t even do the vampire thing properly. Luckily, he’s fitting her with some new headgear so she can feed. (So now she’s not just a vampire but a dork.)

This lighthearted debut will have Buffy fans of all ages laughing and shuddering as Colby battles the Vampire Council, resists her attraction to a fellow vamp, and hunts down the rogue bloodsucker who got her in this mess in the first place-all while trying to snag a date for homecoming.

Read More | Buy Braced to Bite | Read an excerpt

Teen Paranormal

Book Title: Infinite Days

Author: Rebecca Maizel

For 500 years Lenah Beaudonte has been a vampire. 500 years of seduction, blood and destruction. But she is sickened by her dark powers – and longs to feel the sun on her skin, grass under her bare feet, and share the breath of a human kiss. She wants to be mortal again. But is she really capable of being human, after her long years of darkness? Waking up as a sixteen-year-old girl brings Lenah many things – the life she has missed, taste, touch, love. But a vampire soul is not easily shed. And her coven – the four vampires she led in decadence and thrilling destruction – want their queen back…

Read More | Buy Infinite Days | Read an excerpt

Teen Paranormal

Book Title: Burnt Snow

The Book of the Witch # 1

Author: Van Badham

Sophie is in the last term of Year 11. She’s used to moving around with her accountant father and free-spirited mother, so the move to a small town on the South Coast in NSW doesn’t seem too out of the ordinary – at first.

But things are changing around Sophie. A new school means a new start – and she’s tired of her mother’s superstitions and control. When she’s recruited to the ranks of the school’s popular girls, Sophie seizes the opportunity to remake herself… and unleashes forces a lot more threatening than whether she can hide her true nerd nature from the high school bitch brigade.

Read More | Buy Burnt Snow | Read an excerpt

Paranormal Romance

Book Title: Forbidden
# 1

Author: Christina Phillips

First in a new erotic historical series of magical heroines and sexy warriors.

Carys knew from the moment she first spied on Maximus in his naked barbarian glory that he was a dangerous Roman centurion-his taut, battle-scarred flesh marking him as a fearless warrior. But her desire for him was as undeniable as it was illicit.

Charged by his emperor to eliminate a clan of powerful Druids in Britain, Maximus never expects his mission to be thwarted by the clan’s ethereal princess, Carys. Falling under her spell, he doesn’t realize her true heritage-until he captures her heart as well as her body.

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Weekly Most Popular 23-29 August

August 30th, 2010

Most popular books, across Fangtastic Fiction sites, for the week 23 August – 29 August

1.

Blameless Gail Carriger
Blameless Quitting her husband’s house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, u … Read More
2.

13 to Life Shannon Delany
13 to Life Something strange is stalking the small town of Junction…

When junior Jess Gillmansen gets called out of class by Guidance, she can only presume it’s for one of two reasons. Either they’v … Read More
3.

Unholy Magic Stacia Kane
Unholy Magic The second book in this edgy urban fantasy trilogy.

Chess is a fiercely independent witch and talented Debunker — working for the Church of Real Truth to exorcise ghosts and expose human liars. But she has a dark little secret that is c … Read More
4.

Secret Ones Nicole Murphy
Secret Ones She?s from an ancient clan. He has no family. Can they save the world … together?

Maggie Shaunessy is used to keeping secrets. She?s a fantastic teacher, but she?s also gadda, part of a hidden, powerful race – and she … Read More
5.

Soulless Gail Carriger
Soulless Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. … Read More
6. Death Most Definite Trent Jamieson
7. Lover Mine J.R. Ward
8. Caleb Sarah McCarty
9. The Red Thread Dawn Farnham
10. Changeless Gail Carriger

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Weekly Most Popular 16-22 August

August 23rd, 2010
1.

The Red Thread   Dawn Farnham
The Red Thread Like Chinese silk, The Red Thread is, by turns, gentle and strong, exploring a love that breaks through the divide of race and culture, a love that is both deeply physical and a marriage of souls.

Set against the … Read More
2.

Devil’s Playground   Jenna Black
Devil's Playground Morgan Kingsley, a kick-ass exorcist, can deal with Lugh, the super-sexy demon living inside her, but does he have to moan softly during her intimate moments with her mortal lover? Understandably, Brian is reluctant to share the pleasures of Morga … Read More
3.

Secret Ones   Nicole Murphy
Secret Ones She?s from an ancient clan. He has no family. Can they save the world … together?

Maggie Shaunessy is used to keeping secrets. She?s a fantastic teacher, but she?s also gadda, part of a hidden, powerful race – and she … Read More
4.

Moon Sworn   Keri Arthur
Moon Sworn A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson works for Melbourne s Directorate of Other Races, an organisation created to police the supernatural races – and protect humans from their depredations. More werewolf than vampire, Riley is vulnerab … Read More
5.

Black Magic Sanction   Kim Harrison
Black Magic Sanction Having barely escaped being skewered by the criminal vampire overlord of Cinncinati, Rachel now has even bigger problems to contend with.

The demon, Algaliarept, although banished back into the everafter has infected others of his kind wi … Read More
6.

Red Demon   Deidre Knight
Red Demon

After assuming the power of life and death for the immortal Spartan brotherhood, Aristos Petrakos still hasn’t mastered his unpredictable, newfound abilities. And now a medium brings him a message from the o … Read More
7.

Soulless   Gail Carriger
Soulless Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. … Read More
8.

Bonds of Justice   Nalini Singh
Bonds of Justice Max Shannon is a good cop, one of the best in New York Enforcement. Born with a natural shield that protects him against Psy mental invasions, he knows he has little chance of advancement within the Psy- dominated power structure. The last case he … Read More
9.

Unholy Ghosts   Stacia Kane
Unholy Ghosts The world is not the way it was. The dead have risen and constantly attack the living. The powerful Church of Real Truth, in charge since the government fell, has sworn to reimburse citizens being harassed by the deceased. Consequently, there a … Read More
10.

Jealousy   Lili St. Crow
Jealousy Love is a battlefield.

Just when Dru thought she was safe, everything exploded her face. Her mom and dad are long gone, her protectors Graves and Christophe kinda want to rip each other’s throats out, and a four-hundred-year-o … Read More
11. Halo   Alexandra Adornetto
12. Lover Mine   J.R. Ward
13. As Shadows Fade   Colleen Gleason
14. Changeless   Gail Carriger
15. Claire de Lune   Christine Johnson
16. My Soul to Keep   Sharie Kohler
17. No Mercy   Sherrilyn Kenyon
18. Tsunami Blue   Gayle Ann Williams
19. An Original Sin   Nina Bangs
20. Silver Borne   Patricia Briggs

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Weekly Most Popular 9-15 August

August 16th, 2010

Most popular books, across Fangtastic Fiction sites, for the week 9 August – 15 August

1.

Lover Mine J.R. Ward
Lover Mine John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was- or his true identity. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war, he will need to call up on both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate.
2.

Halo Alexandra Adornetto
Halo Nothing much happens in the sleepy town of Venus Cove. But everything changes when three angels, Ivy, Bethany and Gabriel are sent from heaven to protect the town against the gathering forces of darkness…But the mission is threatened when the youngest angel, Bethany, is sent to high school and falls for the handsome school captain, Xavier Woods…Things come to a head when the angels realize they are not the only supernatural power in Venus Cove. There’s a new kid in town and he’s charming, seductive and deadly. Worst of all, he’s after Beth.
3.

Jealousy Lili St. Crow
Book Title: Jealousy Love is a battlefield.

Just when Dru thought she was safe, everything exploded her face. Her mom and dad are long gone, her protectors Graves and Christophe kinda want to rip each other’s throats out, and a four-hundred-year-old nosferat named Sergej won’t stop hunting her until his bloodthirsty army of suckers has torn her to shreds.
4.

Unholy Ghosts Stacia Kane
Unholy Ghosts The world is not the way it was. The dead have risen and constantly attack the living….Enter Chess Putnam, a fully-tattooed witch and freewheeling Debunker and ghost hunter. She’s got a real talent for nailing the human liars or banishing the wicked dead. But she’s keeping a dark secret from the Church: a little drug problem that’s landed her in hot and dangerous water. Chess owes a murderous drug lord named Bump a lot of money. And Bump wants immediate payback. All Chess has to do is dispatch a very nasty species of undead from an old airport. But the job involves black magic, human sacrifice, a nefarious demonic creature, and crossing swords with enough wicked energy to wipe out a city of souls. Toss in lust with a rival gang leader and a dangerous attraction to Bump’s ruthless enforcer, and Chess begins to wonder if the rush is really worth it. Hell, yeah.
5.

Warrior Ascended Addison Fox
Warrior Ascended First in a dark and sexy paranormal romance series starring the immortal warriors of the zodiac

Charming, proud, and impulsive, Leo Warrior Brody Talbot is fighting what may be his final battle. Enyo, the Goddess of War, plans to fulfill an ancient prophecy to destroy humanity by harnessing the dark power of the Summoning Stones of Egypt. There’s only one person who knows enough about the stones to help Brody stop her-beautiful museum curator Ava Harrison.
6.

Black Magic Sanction Kim Harrison
Black Magic Sanction Having barely escaped being skewered by the criminal vampire overlord of Cinncinati, Rachel now has even bigger problems to contend with.
7.

No Mercy Sherrilyn Kenyon
No Mercy Shapeshifter Dev Peltier thought he knew it all. But one night when a Dark-Hunter, who is also an official member of the Dogs of War, sashays into his bar, he realises that he might have met his match. Samia, aka Sam, was one the fiercest Amazon warriors in her tribe. But an act of brutal betrayal made her a Dark-Hunter and she’s been angry ever since.
8.

Soulless Gail Carriger
Soulless Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there?
9.

Shadow Chase Seressia Glass
Shadow Chase In a job like this, one mistake can cost you everything.

As a Shadowchaser, Kira Solomon has been trained to serve the Light, dispatch the Fallen, and prevent the spread of chaos. It’s a deadly job, and Kira knows the horror of spilling innocent blood. But now she has a new role, as the Hand of Ma’at, the Egyptian Goddess of Truth and Order, and an assignment that might just redeem her.
10.

Nights Cold Kiss Tracey O’Hara
Nights Cold Kiss Since witnessing the murder of her mother, Antoinette Petrescu has burned with fiery hatred for the vampire race—even for Christian Laroque, the noble, dangerously handsome Aeternus who rescued her. Now an elite Venator, Antoinette must reluctantly accept Christian’s help to achieve her vengeance—even as he plots to use the beautiful, unsuspecting warrior as bait to draw out the bloodthirsty dreniacs.
11. Secret Ones Nicole Murphy
12. Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay
13. The Red Thread Dawn Farnham
14. Moon Sworn Keri Arthur
15. As Shadows Fade Colleen Gleason
16. Red Demon Deidre Knight
17. Bonds of Justice Nalini Singh
18. Claire de Lune Christine Johnson
19. Guardian of the Dead Karen Healey
20. My Soul to Keep Sharie Kohler

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Weekly Most Popular 2 – 8 August

August 9th, 2010

Most popular books, across Fangtastic Fiction sites, for the week 2 August – 8 August

1.

Unholy Ghosts Stacia Kane
Unholy Ghosts The world is not the way it was. The dead have risen and constantly attack the living….Enter Chess Putnam, a fully-tattooed witch and freewheeling Debunker and ghost hunter. She’s got a real talent for nailing the human liars or banishing the wicked dead. But she’s keeping a dark secret from the Church: a little drug problem that’s landed her in hot and dangerous water. Chess owes a murderous drug lord named Bump a lot of money. And Bump wants immediate payback. All Chess has to do is dispatch a very nasty species of undead from an old airport. But the job involves black magic, human sacrifice, a nefarious demonic creature, and crossing swords with enough wicked energy to wipe out a city of souls. Toss in lust with a rival gang leader and a dangerous attraction to Bump?s ruthless enforcer, and Chess begins to wonder if the rush is really worth it. Hell, yeah.
2.

Lover Mine J.R. Ward
Lover Mine John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was- or his true identity. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war, he will need to call up on both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate.
3.

Secret Ones Nicole Murphy
Maggie Shaunessy is used to keeping secrets. She’s a fantastic teacher, but she’s also gadda, part of a hidden, powerful race – and she has a habit of annoying the wrong people.
4.

Black Magic Sanction Kim Harrison
Black Magic Sanction Having barely escaped being skewered by the criminal vampire overlord of Cinncinati, Rachel now has even bigger problems to contend with.
5.

Moon Sworn Keri Arthur
Moon Sworn A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson works for Melbourne’s Directorate of Other Races, an organisation created to police the supernatural races – and protect humans from their depredations.
6.

As Shadows Fade Colleen Gleason
As Shadows Fade Directly descended from the very first vampire hunter in the Gardella family, Victoria knows she must continue the lineage so humanity will have protectors against the undead. While Sebastian Vioget appears to be both the perfect warrior and lover to ensure the Gardella legacy, Victoria cannot forget Max Pesaro—the former slayer still haunted by the vampire queen Lilith’s obsession with him.
7.

Bonds of Justice Nalini Singh
Bonds of Justice Max Shannon is a good cop, one of the best in New York Enforcement. Born with a natural shield that protects him against Psy mental invasions, he knows he has little chance of advancement within the Psy- dominated power structure.
8.

No Mercy Sherrilyn Kenyon
No Mercy Shapeshifter Dev Peltier thought he knew it all. But one night when a Dark-Hunter, who is also an official member of the Dogs of War, sashays into his bar, he realises that he might have met his match. Samia, aka Sam, was one the fiercest Amazon warriors in her tribe. But an act of brutal betrayal made her a Dark-Hunter and she’s been angry ever since.
9.

Halo Alexandra Adornetto
Halo Nothing much happens in the sleepy town of Venus Cove. But everything changes when three angels, Ivy, Bethany and Gabriel are sent from heaven to protect the town against the gathering forces of darkness…But the mission is threatened when the youngest angel, Bethany, is sent to high school and falls for the handsome school captain, Xavier Woods…Things come to a head when the angels realize they are not the only supernatural power in Venus Cove. There’s a new kid in town and he’s charming, seductive and deadly. Worst of all, he’s after Beth.
10.

Claire de Lune Christine Johnson
Claire de Lune Torn between two destinies?

Claire is having the perfect sixteenth birthday. Her pool party is a big success, and gorgeous Matthew keeps chatting and flirting with her as if she’s the only girl there. But that night, she discovers something that takes away all sense of normalcy: she’s a werewolf.
11. Changeless Gail Carriger
12. Moonshine Alaya Johnson
13. Lover Mine J.R. Ward
14. Power and Majesty Tansy Rayner Roberts
15. Lion’s Heat Leigh Lora
16. An Original Sin Nina Bangs
17. No Mercy Sherrilyn Kenyon
18. Spirit Bound Richelle Mead
19. The Demon in Me Rowen Michelle
20. Silver Borne Patricia Briggs

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Chat Night! Sex and the SF Writer with Kim Falconer

August 4th, 2010

We are so incrediably excited – Tuesday 10th August is our first ever chat in our brand new shiny chat room!

AND it’s with the incredably lovely Kim Falconer!!

The intention of our Fangtastic chat room is to create a place where visiting authors can answer your questions, discuss their books and generally have fun with topics about writing.

Our first ‘themed’ topic is “Blood Honey Sex Magic: Sex and the SF Fantasy writer”. If you’re visiting Fangbooks, we’re pretty sure you’ve got an opinion – so come along and share your thoughts, ideas and opinions (and you get to ask Kim all sorts of interesting questions too!)

Kim Falconer: Blood Sugar Sex Magic


Tuesday, August 10
8pm – 9pm (Sydney Time)

Feel free to leave questions in the comments section and we’ll make sure that Kim has a chance to answer them on the night.

Our chat room is open 24hours if you just want to pop in and see how it all works – but is only ‘manned’ when a chat is on.

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Weekly Most Popular 26 July – 1 August

August 3rd, 2010

Most popular books, across Fangtastic Fiction sites, for the week 26 July – 1 August

1.   Secret Ones Nicole Murphy
  Maggie Shaunessy is used to keeping secrets. She?s a fantastic teacher, but she?s also gadda, part of a hidden, powerful race – and she has a habit of annoying the wrong people.
2.   Claire de Lune Christine Johnson
  Claire de Lune

Torn between two destinies?

Claire is having the perfect sixteenth birthday. Her pool party is a big success, and gorgeous Matthew keeps chatting and flirting with her as if she’s the only girl there. But that night, she discovers something that takes away all sense of normalcy: she’s a werewolf.

3.   Red Demon Deidre Knight
  After assuming the power of life and death for the immortal Spartan brotherhood, Aristos Petrakos still hasn’t mastered his unpredictable, newfound abilities. And now a medium brings him a message from the other side—a romantic message Ari doesn’t want to hear…
4.   Moon Sworn Keri Arthur
  Moon Sworn A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson works for Melbourne s Directorate of Other Races, an organisation created to police the supernatural races – and protect humans from their depredations.
5.   Black Magic Sanction Kim Harrison
  Black Magic Sanction Having barely escaped being skewered by the criminal vampire overlord of Cinncinati, Rachel now has even bigger problems to contend with.
6.   Would-Be Witch Kimberly Frost
  Would-Be Witch In the small town of Duvall, Texas, the only thing more troublesome than gossip—is magic.
7.   As Shadows Fade Colleen Gleason
  As Shadows Fade Directly descended from the very first vampire hunter in the Gardella family, Victoria knows she must continue the lineage so humanity will have protectors against the undead. While Sebastian Vioget appears to be both the perfect warrior and lover to ensure the Gardella legacy, Victoria cannot forget Max Pesaro—the former slayer still haunted by the vampire queen Lilith’s obsession with him.
8.   Devil’s Playground Jenna Black
  Devil's Playground Morgan Kingsley, a kick-ass exorcist, can deal with Lugh, the super-sexy demon living inside her, but does he have to moan softly during her intimate moments with her mortal lover? Understandably, Brian is reluctant to share the pleasures of Morgan’s flesh with a gorgeous rogue from the Demon Realm.
9.   Bonds of Justice Nalini Singh
  Bonds of JusticeMax Shannon is a good cop, one of the best in New York Enforcement. Born with a natural shield that protects him against Psy mental invasions, he knows he has little chance of advancement within the Psy- dominated power structure.
10.   Soulless Gail Carriger
  SoullessAlexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there?
11. Changeless Gail Carriger
12. Moonshine Alaya Johnson
13. Lover Mine J.R. Ward
14. Power and Majesty Rayner Roberts, Tansy
15. Lion’s Heat Leigh Lora
16. An Original Sin Nina Bangs
17. No Mercy Sherrilyn Kenyon
18. Spirit Bound Richelle Mead
19. The Demon in Me Rowen Michelle
20. Silver Borne Patricia Briggs

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August Debut Novels

August 1st, 2010

Paranormal Romance

Book Title: Tsunami Blue

Author: Gayle Ann Williams

With her badass rain boots, her faithful dog, and the ability to predict the monster tsunamis that have reduced the US to a series of islands, Kathryn O’Malley isn’t afraid of much. Cut off from all society, she takes to the airwaves as Tsunami Blue, hoping to save something of humanity as the world around her crumbles. But Blue should be afraid—because her message reaches the wrong ears.

Now she’s the target of ruthless pirates known as Runners who want to use her special talents for their own profiteering—as soon as they can find her. Blue’s only shot at survival lies with the naked stranger who washes up on her rocky beach. A man who might just be working for Runners himself. Torn between suspicion and attraction, the two will have to navigate a surging tide of danger and deceit if they hope to stay alive.

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Teen Paranormal
Book Title: Eighth Grade Bites
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod # 1

Author: Heather Brewer

Finally releases in ANZ! This is a GREAT series, definate must read

If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic.

Junior high school really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod, and not in the good slurp-up-the-blood kind of way. A gang of bullies harasses him daily, the principal is dogging his every move, and the girl he really likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has to hide the fact that he’s a vampire.

~ALA 2008 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers~

Read More | Buy Eight Grade Bites | Read an Excerpt

Traditional Fantasy

Book Title: Tymon’s Flight

Chronicles of the Tree # 1

Author: Mary Victoria

The World Tree rises up out of the seething clouds like a green mountain, lifting its children up to the light. All creation nestles in its gigantic branches: all take shelter beneath its canopy. There is no world besides this one — or so the priests in Argos city would have everyone believe. What then if the green God should wither away, or withdraw Her blessings from her children?

Read More | Buy Tymon’s Flight

Urban Fantasy

Book Title: Death Most Definite

The Death Works Series # 1

Author: Trent Jamieson

Steve knew something was wrong as soon as he saw the dead girl in the Wintergarden food court. Nothing new, he saw dead people all the time, but this one was about to save his life…

Read More | Buy Death Most Definite

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Weekly Most Popular 19 July – 25 July

July 26th, 2010

Thought we’d start a new weekly topic here at fang, so you can be sure you’re not missing out on some of the most popular titles around.

Most popular books, across Fangtastic Fiction sites, for the week 19 July – 25 July.

  1. Nicole Murphy: Secret Ones
    Maggie Shaunessy is used to keeping secrets. She?s a fantastic teacher, but she?s also gadda, part of a hidden, powerful race – and she has a habit of annoying the wrong people.
  2. Gail Carriger: Soulless
    Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there?
  3. Gail Carriger: Changeless
    Alexia Tarabotti, now Lady Maccon, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears – leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions and an arsenal of biting civility.
  4. Deidre Knight: Red Demon
    After assuming the power of life and death for the immortal Spartan brotherhood, Aristos Petrakos still hasn’t mastered his unpredictable, newfound abilities. And now a medium brings him a message from the other side—a romantic message Ari doesn’t want to hear…
  5. Nalini Singh: Bonds of Justice
    Max Shannon is a good cop, one of the best in New York Enforcement. Born with a natural shield that protects him against Psy mental invasions, he knows he has little chance of advancement within the Psy- dominated power structure. The last case he expects to be assigned to is that of a murderer targeting a Psy Councilor’s closest advisors. And the last woman he expects to compel him in the most sensual of ways is a Psy on the verge of catastrophic mental fracture.
  6. Maya Banks: Wild
    When Duncan finds an injured cheetah, questions about how she wound up in his mountains—and going after the poachers pursuing her—can wait. First he brings her home. Then he checks in on his patient, and finds not a cat, but a gorgeous, very naked woman.
  7. Christine Johnson: Claire de Lune
    Claire is having the perfect sixteenth birthday. Her pool party is a big success, and gorgeous Matthew keeps chatting and flirting with her as if she’s the only girl there. But that night, she discovers something that takes away all sense of normalcy: she’s a werewolf.
  8. Sherrilyn Kenyon: Infinity
    Teenager Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is renowned. But his whole world is suddenly turned upside down on the night his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior, Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters – immortal vampire-slayers who risk everything to save humanity – and he quickly learns that the human world is only a veil for a much larger and more dangerous one that s filled with all kinds of evil. However, before he can even learn the rules of this new world, his fellow students start turning into flesh-eating members of the undead. Nick knows he s in real danger and he soon has a lot more to deal with than starting high school: he s under pressure to hide his new friends from his mother and his chainsaw from the principal while trying to impress the girl he has a crush on ? all without getting grounded, suspended…or killed.
  9. Jenna Black: Devil’s Playground
    Morgan Kingsley, a kick-ass exorcist, can deal with Lugh, the super-sexy demon living inside her, but does he have to moan softly during her intimate moments with her mortal lover? Understandably, Brian is reluctant to share the pleasures of Morgan’s flesh with a gorgeous rogue from the Demon Realm.
  10. Colleen Gleason:As Shadows Fade
    Directly descended from the very first vampire hunter in the Gardella family, Victoria knows she must continue the lineage so humanity will have protectors against the undead. While Sebastian Vioget appears to be both the perfect warrior and lover to ensure the Gardella legacy, Victoria cannot forget Max Pesaro—the former slayer still haunted by the vampire queen Lilith’s obsession with him.
11. The Bookman Lavie Tidhar
12. The Demon in Me Rowen Michelle
13. Lion’s Heat Leigh Lora
14. Lover Mine J.R. Ward
15. An Original Sin Nina Bangs
16. Moon Sworn Keri Arthur
17. Spirit Bound Richelle Mead
18. Black Magic Sanction Kim Harrison
19. Dark Flame Alyson Noel
20. Power and Majesty Tansy Rayner Roberts

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