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Monday 20 August 2018

DarkSider News for August - Part 4!



Welcome to the latest DarkSider News!
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Note: From now on, we'll  be breaking up  the news  into DarkSider News (about releases, sales, covers etc), and  DarkSiders Around The Web (on sale items, blog posts, cover contests etc). This is we can maximise each blog post. 



NEW RELEASES



Elements of Magic by LJ Swallow is Book 2 in the The Demon's Covenant  series and was  released on 14th August (apologies, the incorrect date of 15th September was put in a previous post).




A day spent tracking down demon-filled magic boxes? Frustrating. 
Four powerful and sexy men in my life? Distracting. 
A night out in a fae drug den? Well, that ends badly. Really badly.

I never found a cure for the curse I’m marked with, and I didn’t locate the demon-filled box I lost. I did manage to persuade the four men in my life to cooperate. Mostly. Now all we need to do is work out how to find the dangerous Sunde boxes and keep them out of the demon prince’s hands.

A visit to a magic addicted fae reveals my real connection to the boxes. We also discover a secret alliance between rogue fae and the demon prince. One that could destroy the fae court.

In the middle of all this, I’m trying to deal with Dex’s true identity. And now, after five years in his life, the Collector finally decides to tell me who he is. I hope Morgan and Cillian don’t have any surprises for me, because I'm starting to lose touch with my reality. Life was simpler when it was just me, my daggers, and my good friend whiskey. 

Although, with four guys determined to protect and help me, life has also got interesting. Everybody likes a little attention, right?

Elements of Magic is the second book in this slow-burn reverse harem urban fantasy series. If you love fast-paced supernatural action, magic, adventure and romance, all led by a kickass heroine with a very British sense of humour, start the series with Held by Magic.


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Non spec-fic titles


Mission: Her Protection by Anna Hackett is Book 1 of the Team 52 series. It was released on 14th August.




When Rowan’s Arctic research team pulls a strange object out of the ice in Northern Canada, things start to go wrong…very, very wrong. Rescued by a covert, black ops team, she finds herself in the powerful arms of a man with scary gold eyes. A man who vows to do everything and anything to protect her…

Dr. Rowan Schafer has learned it’s best to do things herself and not depend on anyone else. Her cold, academic parents taught her that lesson. She loves the challenge of running a research base, until the day her scientists discover the object in a retreating glacier. Under attack, Rowan finds herself fighting to survive…until the mysterious Team 52 arrives.

Former special forces Marine Lachlan Hunter’s military career ended in blood and screams, until he was recruited to lead a special team. A team tasked with a top-secret mission—to secure and safeguard pieces of powerful ancient technology. Married to his job, he’s done too much and seen too much to risk inflicting his demons on a woman. But when his team arrives in the Arctic, he uncovers both an unexplained artifact, and a young girl from his past, now all grown up. A woman who ignites emotions inside him like never before.

But as Team 52 heads back to their base in Nevada, other hostile forces are after the artifact. Rowan finds herself under attack, and as the bullets fly, Lachlan vows to protect her at all costs. But in the face of danger like they’ve never seen before, will it be enough to keep her alive.


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Kiss Me: An Asian Hero Box Set is a limited time only box set featuring stories by DarkSiders Imogene Nix and Dakota HarrisonIt was released on 12th August.




Two Worlds, One Kiss, a Lifetime of Love 

This set features EIGHT sweet contemporary romance novellas featuring handsome Asian heroes. 

From Australia's vineyards to the bright lights of Hong Kong, these stories have something for anyone looking for a little international flair in their romance.

This set will only be available for a limited time only, so don't miss out!

Joanne Dannon - An Unexpected Forever

Khardine Gray – Kisses and Blossoms

Imogene Nix – Hero of Heartbreak Hill

Aislinn Kearns - Until You

Dakota Harrison – Once Upon a K-Pop Prince

Fiona Marsden – Beautiful Stranger

Terri A. Wilson – A New Ending

Zena Oliver - Seven-Day Cruise



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PRE-ORDERS



Cursed by Shona Husk will be Book 1 the upcoming Coven of the Raven series. It is expected to be released on 13 September.




Oskar Quigley knows exactly when and how he'll die.

Living with a death curse isn't easy, but after generations of research handed down to him he thinks he knows how to defeat the Thomas, his great uncle and a witch gone bad who caused the problem. There's just one thing he never accounted for: another victim. 

Mylla has been Thomas's servant for as long as she can remember, but her memories can't be trusted. The marks on her wall add up to decades, and her diary is a muddled collection of rambling. When Oskar arrives to tend the gardens she needs to warn him that bad things happen, difficult when she can only talk on Thomas' command. But she doesn't need to talk to steal a few moments for herself in Oskar's bed as she tries to convince him that magic is real. 

With time running out and Thomas's suspicions growing, Oskar is forced to act. But if living with a death curse is hard, learning to live is even harder.


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Arcane Awakenings: Books Three and Four by Shelley Russell Nolan contains the next two novellas in the Arcane Awakenings series which will be released 21st August.


Freedom comes at a cost.

In Hidden Aftershock, after escaping from the Wood Estate and being reunited with her family, Angel is finally free to enjoy her life. But she knows it won’t last. Dr Wood is still out there, determined to complete her research. When unexplained earthquakes rock Easton, and Angel’s dreams point her in the direction of the Estate, she makes a decision that could end her freedom for good.

Then in Blind Sight, after being blinded in a car accident, Belinda begins having visions of future events. When her ability becomes public knowledge, she is targeted by a ruthless scientist. Only by joining forces with Angel and the others will Belinda have any hope of escaping the trap he sets for her.

Angel and Belinda must overcome their limitations to gain the freedom they deserve. But will the cost of that freedom prove to be too high?


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Amazon US | Amazon Aus | KoboB&N |  Google Play |  iBooks |





Non spec-fic titles



Uninhibited by Mel Teshco is Book 5 (& final) in the VIP Desire Agency series which will be released on 28th August.



Can call girl Anna see past Benedict’s less-than-perfect physical façade to the man who loves her?

Anna was once a spoilt daddy’s little princess…until one fateful New Year’s Eve she is witness to her father shooting his best friend over a botched gun and drug deal. She soon uncovers her family’s nefarious past and despises what her surname, Leon-Zade, represents. It’s a name synonymous to the biggest organized crime family in Australia. She can’t be what her family wants her to be anymore. She runs away and becomes Candy, a beautiful and desired call girl.

Benedict Knight is the first to admit that he’s far from perfect, inside or out. His huge battered body, thanks to his ex-rugby days, isn’t the prettiest to behold, and he’s done things he knows are best left in the past. It doesn't stop him from wanting the most exquisite, perfect escort on the planet, and no price is too high to obtain her. He’ll stop at nothing to bring Candy to his huge cattle station for a weekend and enjoy her all to himself.

Except Benedict knows Candy is really Anna, daughter of a well-known and notorious family. She hasn't just locked her past away, she's locked her emotions away, too. Benedict's new goal is to release all of Anna’s emotional inhibitions and show her that bringing in the New Year doesn’t need to be a tribute for lies and deception. He intends to prove that it’s not just about resolutions…it’s about facing her fears and trusting her heart.



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COVER REVEAL


Rain by Nicole Hurley-Moore is part of the Tales from the Hearthfire series first published in 2013. Since the publisher closed it's doors, it hasn't been available. Soon however, it will make it's return with a brand new cover.




1216 AD

On the mountain, high above the village of Farran – Nuri is caught between heaven and hell. Two men fight for her love and her soul.

The first is Maras, an elemental being who follows the storms. Nuri knows that he is not human, he’s something more. She believes he is her beautiful fallen angel. But he is transient and is bound to the elements and their love may be as fleeting as the storm itself. The second is Brother Erebus, a pious monk whose tortured soul is twisted by his desire for her.

But Nuri may sacrifice more than her heart when the Church brands her angel a demon. As Brother Erebus will do anything to protect her soul from the silver haired devil, even if he has to crush her body to do it.





Harper & the Unicorn by C.M. Simpson is an urban fantasy short story set in the Pixie Dust world.









SALES



The Legend of Gentleman John byTJ Nichols will be out in December as part of the Dreamspinner Press Advent Calendar.  There are fairies and bushrangers and it's set in Tasmania (where TJ grew up).






Juanita Kees has signed a contract with Harlequin Escape to publish Book 3 of the Wongan Creek series, Shadows over Wongan Creek.  It brings a whole new suspense element and threat to town as secrets abound in the small Western Australian farming community. Old secrets resurface and new ones simmer, drawing the community together as gold fever threatens to tear their town apart.





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