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TOP TEN ROMANCE TITLES
Fabulous news this week as DarkSiders are listed among the Top 10 romance titles as listed in the Sydney Morning Herald on 7 October.Here are the placings of our members -
#2 - Whitsunday Dawn by Annie Seaton
#3 - Echo Springs by Leisl Leighton, Daniel De Lorne, T.J. Hamilton & Shannon Curtis.
#9 - Heart of the Town - by S.E. Gilchrist, Susanne Bellamy, Lee Christine, & Lauren K. McKellar.
NEW RELEASES
Wicked by M.J. Scott is Book 1 in the Techwitch series and was released on the 9th October 2018.
My mother was a wicked witch. And all her spells ever brought was trouble. Since her death, with no power of my own, I’ve stayed far, far away from magic . . .
In a San Francisco struggling to recover from earthquakes and rising seas, and where technology can do things that are close enough to magic anyway, Maggie Lachlan is a computer whisperer. The one they call when no one else can find the elusive bug bringing a complex system to its knees. They call her the Techwitch. But she knows there’s nothing magical about what she does. It’s just hard-earned skill.
So when Damon Riley, owner of the world’s biggest virtual reality gaming company comes calling with a problem that his entire empire of geeks can’t fix, Maggie leaps at the job. Riley Arts is the kind of place she feels at home. Wall-to-wall tech. No magic. Except, perhaps, for the unsettling chemistry she has with the man in charge.
But she never imagined stepping into one of Damon’s games would reveal her mother lied about Maggie’s magic. Or that technology could break a spell she never knew she was under.
Now she has a demon hunting her and a whole world she knows nothing about to navigate. To save herself—and the world—she needs to learn fast.
Because, when it comes to magic, too many games are wicked. And if you lose, the price can be very, very high . . .
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Harper & the Unicorn by C.M. Simpson is an urban fantasy short story set in the Pixie Dust world.
When Harper goes after a lone unicorn without back-up she’s breaking every rule, and none. The only questions are: will her partner get to her before things go totally to pieces, and exactly how much havoc can one lone unicorn and a P.O.S. officer create before back-up arrives?
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The Hathe series by Mary Brock Jones is now available paperback on Amazon. It will be available on other platforms in the coming weeks.
Amazon US | Amazon Aus |
Amazon US | Amazon Aus |
Amazon US | Amazon Aus |
Embrace the Passion - Pets in Space 3 includes a story by Anna Hackett and is due for release on 9th October.
The pets are back in this new, exciting collection of eleven original stories from today’s hottest Science Fiction Romance authors! Feel the action and passion!
DESERT HUNTER (Galactic Gladiators Series) By Anna Hackett
Among the desert sands of an alien world, a man with secrets to hide finds himself face to face with the one woman who can bring him to his knees.
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Mission: Her Rescue by Anna Hackett is Book 2 in the Team 52 series and released on 9th October.
When archeologist January’s plane is shot down over the Guatemalan jungle, she knows she’s being hunted for the invaluable Mayan artifacts she’s carrying. Only one man and his team can save her…the covert, black ops Team 52, and the distrusting former CIA operative who drives her crazy…
Dr. January James has a motto: live life to the fullest. A terrible incident in her past, where she lost both her mother and her innocence, taught her that. Now she spends her days on archeological digs doing the work she loves. When her team uncovers a pair of dangerous artifacts in an overgrown temple, she knows they need to be secured and safeguarded. But someone else knows about the artifacts…and will kill to get them.
Working for the CIA, Seth Lynch learned the hard way that people lie and will always stab you in the back. He has the scars to prove it. He lives for his work with Team 52—ensuring pieces of powerful ancient technology don’t fall into the wrong hands. When he learns that the feisty, independent archeologist who works his last nerve has died in a plane crash, he makes it his mission to discover who the hell is responsible.
Deep in the jungle, Seth rescues a very-much alive January and it is up to him to keep both her and the artifacts safe. Hunted from every side, their attraction is explosive and fiery, but with January’s life on the line, Seth must fight his own demons in order to rescue the woman he can no longer resist.
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PRE-ORDER
Binding Blood by Daniel de Lorne is Book 3 the Bonds of Blood series. It is expected for release by Escape Publishing on 20 December.
Daniel de Lorne's gripping, romantic, blood-drenched trilogy ends with Binding Blood, a story of pain, longing, love, and the long road to redemption.
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Blood for the Spilling by TJ Nichols is Book 3 in the Studies in Demonology series. It will be the final in the series and expected to be released on 27 November.
Sheets of ice are spreading across the human world, ushering in an ice age as the magic drained from Demonside turns that world into a desert. Angus and reluctant warlock Terrance have defected from Vinland to the Mayan empire - a land of dark and potential magic. But the Mayans aren't offering sanctuary for free.
Nor is the world willing to stand back as Vinland attacks, and the backlash will affect all magic users.
Mage Saka has no tribe. He is now just another refugee fleeing the dying Demonside. He knows the conflict brewing now will be worse than the First Demon War. Countries are bading together - not just against Vinland, but against all magic. Where will the powerful Mayan Empire stand?
Angus might have the power to fight Vinland and the Warlock College, but the cost will be terrible. Saka is torn between helping Angus and stopping him. And Terrance would do anything for Angus, but he's terrified the man Angus is becoming, even as Saka is warming to the idea of a relationship between the three of them.
No matter what choice they make, victory will be bittersweet, and when the ash settles and the snow melts, nothing will be the same.
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Her Outback Protector by Annie Seaton (Book 2 of Second Chance Bay series) is expected to be released on 10 December 2018.
When new hostess, Clare Templeton, joins the adventure charter to the remote waterways of the Kimberleys as a hostess, she is in jeopardy. Don Douglas steps in to make sure that she is kept safe. But he can't risk falling for this fascinating woman…or can he?
Destination Romance is and anthology, which will feature Carolyn Wren. It is expected to be released by Serenity Press in October.
Ten travellers with escape on the mind get an unexpected bonus when they stop by J'Adore Travel Boutique in Heart Springs. One by one, travel agent Maggie Redmont books them into the trip of a lifetime … and they have no idea their journey will lead to Destination Romance.
A London pub brings the past to the present. A cruise cures a fear of water. And a 'Golden Oldies Coach Tour' gets one couple out of the rut in more ways than one. Travel the highway of love with ten Australian authors, who deliver heart-warming stories of fresh starts and second chances, of healing and connecting, of temptation and desire.
From country New South Wales to the high seas, from London to the Greek Isles, Provence, Paris, Thailand, New Zealand and more, there's a romantic destination for everyone, proving that love is all around us. And, that reaching a destination is only the beginning.
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COVER REVEAL
Burning Blood by Daniel de Lorne is Book 2 of the Bonds of Blood series and has a new cover.
No one gets to choose who they spend eternity with.
Aurelia d’Arjou has vampires for brothers, but it is as a witch that she comes into her own power, keeping balance and control, using her strength to mitigate the death and pain that her brothers bring. When she is forced to take on the centuries long task of keeping the world safe from the brutal demon that wore her father’s skin, duty dominates her life. But rare happiness comes in the form of a beguiling, flame-haired oracle who makes the perfect companion…but for one thing.
Hame doesn’t want to be an oracle, but when a demon destroys the closest thing to a father he has, he has little choice but to aid Aurelia with his visions. Unable to love her as she would wish, their centuries-old friendship comes under attack when a handsome Welsh witch enters his life – and his heart.
As treachery and betrayal push Hame to choose between his closest friend and his lover, it becomes clear that when it comes to war, love doesn’t always conquer all, and happy endings are never guaranteed.
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Lawson's Bend by Nicole Hurley-Moore will be released in February 2019.
POETRY
Congratulations to all our DarkSiders!
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So inspiring seeing everyone's achievements. Great news, and so many new books for me to read :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful achievements. Helen thanks for putting this together.
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