The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima (Seven Realms series book 3)

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t read the first two books of the Seven Realms series, Stop! I don’t want to ruin one of my favorite series for you. A definite read.


Princess Raisa/Rebecca Morley is on her own since being kidnapped by Micah Bayar in Oden’s Ford and escaping during an attack by Gerard Montaigne. Soon things are looking up for her when Edon Byrne, captain of the Queen’s Guard, and his triple come to her rescue and accompany her home to claim her birthright. Unfortunately tragedy strikes as they attempt strikes as they attempt to cross back into the Fells. Mortally wounded, it seems that whoever is out to kill Raisa has succeeded until Han Alister stumbles onto the scene while searching for Rebecca. Realizing he has found Rebecca, Han races to get her help at the Marissa Pines Camp but a high cost to his own health. Upon their arrival at the camp under the effects of the poison, they are both treated.

For Han, finding and saving Rebecca, the one remaining person he truly cares for, is all that matters. His world comes crashing down when he discovers Rebecca’s true identity and that a future with the Queen of the Fells is impossible. Feeling hurt and betrayed, Han realizes he must honor his pledge to the Demonai clan and help Raisa ascend the throne. For Raisa, she realizes that she is in for the fight of her life with no one to trust and everyone wanting something from her. She has become the ultimate political pawn if she can survive to be queen.

Will Raisa survive to ascend the Gray Wolf Throne? Can Han put aside all of his mixed emotions and keep his promise to the Demonai? In this thrilling episode to the Seven Realms series, readers will eagerly devour Chima’s latest installment as she sets up for the thrilling conclusion in a as yet unnamed book four that she is currently working on.

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Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

“Why do I care so much about him, and why do I wish I didn’t? How can one person make me so confused all of the time?”

Anna Oliphant was looking forward to her senior year of high school in Atlanta, Georgia. Bridgette is her loyal best friend; she has a dream job at the movie theater and a major crush that is beginning to go somewhere. Now all of sudden her best-selling author father has decided to enroll Anna in a French boarding school, the School of America in Paris (SOAP). This isn’t exactly how she wanted to spend her last year of high school, until she meets the beautiful, charming and smart Etienne St. Clair.

Unfortunately Etienne has a serious girlfriend and is the object of most everyone’s crush. Gorgeous with great looking hair, Etienne is on the short side but everyone’s friend. His mother is American, father is French and Etienne was raised in London before attending school at SOAP. Anna and Etienne hit it off right away but Anna tries to distance herself and deny her increasing attraction.

As the school year on, readers will pick up on the undeniable attraction between the two and will be left breathless wondering if and when Anna will receive her French kiss.

A companion novel, Lola and the Boy Next Door is due out September 29, 2011.

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Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer (Nightshade book 2)

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t read the first book in the series, Nightshade, STOP! I don’t want to ruin one of my favorite series for you.

It has been one week since the climatic events at Rowan Estate and Calla is slowly realizing where she is. Calla doesn’t trust the Searchers, a Guardian’s sworn enemy, but is relieved to see that Shay is ok. She soon realizes that everything she has known about her life is a lie to keep her enslaved to the Keepers’ cause. When Calla decides to join the Searchers in their war against the Keepers, their first mission to her relief is to go back to Vial to rescue her pack.

What has happened to Calla’s loved ones since her defection from Vial? Will she be able to rescue her pack or will they want to be rescued? And will Calla be able to choose Shay or does her heart belong to Ren? Once again readers will be left in suspense at the end of the book and eagerly awaiting the next book in the Nightshade series, Bloodrose, due out on February 21, 2012.

Shadow Days, a Nightshade novella (Available as an ebook)

A brief glimpse in the life of Shay Doran from the time his uncle decides to move him from Portland to Vial, Colorado until the beginning scene of Nightshade.

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Haunting Emma series by Lee Nicholas

Deception - Book One

“You really don’t know, do you?” There was an incredulous expression on Bennett’s face. “I can’t believe they didn’t tell you. I thought you were playing games, pretending you didn’t know, keeping secrets from me and – “


Seventeen-year-old Emma Vaile is left alone in San Francisco when antique-collecting parents disappear while on a mysterious business trip, she. Her brother Max is unreachable in Asia and her best friend Abby, now at college, is no longer speaking to her. When Abby’s mother and her parents’ sole employee abruptly quits her job, Emma is truly left to her own devices. She soon makes some new friends at her school, but when they decide to throw a party at Emma’s house, against her better judgment. When the police arrive, Emma soon discovers that they are not there to break up the party but to her horror because she was living alone underage. She soon finds herself in the custody of Child Protective Services. The next morning, Emma finds out she has a new guardian, Bennett Stern. Bennett was a friend of Emma’s brother he met in college until an argument between the two caused them to never speak again.

The next day, Emma finds herself on a plane with Bennett to Echo Point, Massachusetts. He enrolls her at Thatcher Academy and moves her into his parents’ mansion/museum. Soon Emma finds herself having vision of a previous life and visited by ghostly apparitions. She believe it is all connected to the Incident that occurred ten years earlier. Her parents had her committed to a mental institution after she wandered off with a dangerous ghost. Even though she has made new friends quickly, Bennett is the only person Emma feels like she can trust her fears to. And Bennett is about to fill her in on her ghostly secret.

Just what is going on with Emma? What do her visions mean? Where are her parents and brother Max? Why did they leave her? How did Bennett Stern know she was in trouble? Why has he brought her to Echo Point? But most importantly, why does Emma Vaile see ghosts?

Betrayal - Book Two

“I’m losing my powers Emma. I can feel it already. I woke up this morning and … it’s already happening. How would I explain to my parents that I can’t find my sister’s killer because I’m in love? I’m sorry, but I can’t do this.”


Emma Vaile has discovered she is the most powerful ghostkeeper in centuries. She even shares the same name and physical likeness of her predecessor. Emma’s powers to summon, compel, communicate and even dispel are great when it comes to the challenge of battling the ever increasing powers of Neos. Unfortunately it puts the brakes on her burgeoning relationship with fellow ghostkeeper and Emma’s soul mate, Bennett Stern. When two ghostkeepers fall in love, the weaker one loses their powers. Until Neos is defeated, Bennett cannot risk being around Emma.

With Bennett out of the picture, things at Thatcher Academy are even worse with the death of Coby. The entire student body blames Emma for Coby’s suicide and she cannot tell them Neos is the real reason for Coby’s death and that she barely escaped with her own life. Help arrives for Emma when the Knell sends two new ghostkeepers to Echo Point to join Emma and Natalie’s tea, teen heartthrob Lukas and Simon, a British ghostkeeping scholar. Simon’s job is to get Emma back into training. As the team gets stronger, so does Neos. What’s worse is that someone will betray them and Emma never sees it coming.

Who betrays Emma? Is she able to defeat Neos? Why are her parents and Max still missing? Can Emma set things right over Coby’s death? And will Emma and Bennett to able to find their way back to one another?

Look for the next book in the Haunting Emma series Surrender in December 2011.

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Plague by Michael Grant (Gone series book 4)

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't read the first three books in the Gone series, Stop! I don't want to ruin the story for you.

“It’s been eight months since all the adults disappeared. Gone. They’ve survived Hunger. They’ve survived Lies.”

Despite everything that everyone trapped in the FAYZ has been through, things are peaceful. Unfortunately the peace is short-lived. Water is becoming scarce in Perdido Beach and Sam Temple is leading an expedition 20 miles to the north to see if Lake Tramonto is a possibility for relocation. Tensions are running high between Sam and Astrid as she struggles with her religious beliefs in the new FAYZ society and caring for her autistic brother, Little Pete. The Darkness has found a way into the mind of the Nemesis and begins controlling it. A highly contagious and often fatal illness soon spreads like wildfire through Perdido Beach and an army of highly intelligent and enormous insects unleash a reign of terror.

Panic ensues in the FAYZ when no one left in Perdido Beach is able to come up with a solution. Can Sam, Astrid, Caine and Diana put aside all of their differences to save not only themselves but those they love? And who are the latest causalities and who will survive to appear in the next Gone installment, Fear in 2012.

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Blessed by Cythnia Leitich Smith

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't read Tantalize, please stop! I don't want to ruin the story for you. It would also be helpful if you have also read Eternal to learn more about Zachary's back story.

Quincie Morris is trying very hard to hold it all together. Bradley, the chef for her family’s vampire-themed restaurant, turned out to be a real vampire. So did her uncle/guardian. Unbeknownst to her, they had already turned Quincie into one of the undead and used the restaurant to create more vampires. With her best friend, the hybrid werewolf Kiernan, off to join a pack Quincie is left alone to deal with being one of the undead and trying to find a cure for all of the Sanguini customers who knowingly consumed Brad’s bad blood.

When Quincie hires Nora as her new chef, things start to look up for both Quincie and her restaurant. It turns out Nora’s previous employer was a vampire and she has brought along reinforcements, namely Zachary, Quincie’s guardian. Can Quincie and Zachary find a way to foil Brad’s plan before Austin is overrun be vampires? Can Quincie’s soul be saved and can Zachary earn back his angel wings? What has happened to Kieran? And what are Brad’s true motives?


Interspersed with Brad Stoker’s Dracula story, Smith wraps up her “trilogy”.

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The graphic novel, Tantalize - Kieren's Story is due out August 23, 2011 and will tell the story through Kieren's werewolf eyes.

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater (Wolves of Mercy Falls book 3)

SPOLIER ALERT! If you haven’t read the first two books in the series, STOP! I wouldn’t want to ruin the series for you!

All Sam Roth ever wanted was to be human. He hated shifting every winter into a wolf. Now that his wish has come true and he is with Grace, the girl of his dreams. But Grace is now the one who cannot seem to stay firmly in her own skin and the town of Mercy Falls eyes Sam with suspicion regarding Grace’s disappearance. Cole St. Clair is not only battling the wolf thing but his own demons. Finding a cure for the wolf’s bite is now his number one priority but Isabel Culpepper intrigues Cole even more. With demons of her own, Isabel holds Cole at arms’ length, while supporting Sam and Grace the best she can.

When fellow teenage wolf/”runaway” Olivia is found dead, the people of Mercy Falls are out for blood and Isabel’s father is leading the witch hunt for the wolves. When Tom Culpepper gets the protection lifted against the wolves and an ariel hunt is planned, time is running out for everyone involved. Can Sam not only save Grace but the wolf pack he considers his family before it’s too late? Will Cole be able to find the right trigger for the wolf disease and a cure before the hunt takes place? Will Isabel be able to be there for her friends?

Carefully read the last chapters and all of your questions about your favorite wolves will be answered with some speculation about the future.

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