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Tuesday, 2 April 2019

DarkSider News for April!

Welcome!

Books, books and more books. Check out the latest from the DarkSiders...


NEW RELEASES


Griff by Anna Hackett (Book 17, Hell Squad) was released on 19 March.


As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival…

Squad Three berserker Griff lived through hell long before the alien invasion. Once, he’d been a dedicated cop, but then in a gut-wrenching betrayal, he ended up behind bars in a supermax prison. After the aliens invaded, he managed to escape and join the soldiers fighting back…and came face to face with his best friend’s little sister—the bold, vibrant, off-limits woman he’s always wanted. Now the beautiful, tattooed Indy is his squad’s comms officer…and she hates his guts.

Indy Bennett lost her parents and brother in the alien attack, and every day, she vows to suck the marrow out of life. She’s also doing her bit in the fight, as Squad Three’s comms officer, even if it means seeing the man who broke her young heart. Griff was once her brother’s best friend, a boy she adored, but now she knows she needs to steer clear of the hard-edged man who still draws her like a moth to a flame.

Griff vows to claim Indy as his. The only problem is, Indy is having none of it. As their fiery attraction explodes, they find themselves embroiled in the hunt for the aliens’ unexplained octagon weapon, and a mysterious survivor town where all is not what it seems. Both Griff and Indy will have to learn to let go of the hurts of the past if they have any chance of not just surviving, but having a future.



Available from:
Amazon US | Amazon Aus | 
Paperback (Amazon)





Envy by Lana Pecherczyk (Book 1, Deadly Seven) was released on 12 March.



Crime rages in Cardinal City. The fanatical Syndicate’s answer is to be judge, jury and executioner, even if that means destroying half the world to eradicate sin. The only thing standing in their way is a family of fearless vigilantes known as the Deadly Seven.

Created in a lab with his brothers and sisters, Evan Lazarus can sense deadly levels of envy, but when he’s blamed for a mass tragedy, it tears him and his heroic family apart. As the Deadly Seven self destructs, Evan loses himself in the city’s ruthless cage-fighting scene, slowly falling prey to the sin he was created to fight. His only hope is to find a partner who embodies his sin's opposing virtue, the last thing he expects to find is his soulmate…

Doctor Grace Go almost died in the blast that killed her parents, and learned a valuable lesson: envy eats nothing but its own heart. So she forged a life filled with purpose and now seeks justice for the survivors. When she crosses paths with a fiercely protective but damaged hero, a desire she thought long gone is ignited. But Grace is wary of risking her brittle heart on a disgraced hero, even if she can’t seem to stay away from him.

When a figure from Evan’s past emerges, in league with the Syndicate, their evil scheme threatens to destroy everything Evan holds dear. Pushed to the limits, he will have to pull his family from the brink of oblivion and become the hero the city needs, or will envy drive him to destroy Grace and his only chance at love and redemption forever?


Available from:
Amazon US | Amazon Aus




The audiobook version of Levi by Anna Hackett (Book 15, Hell Squad) was released 11 March.


In the middle of an alien invasion, a bad-boy berserker collides with a spunky mechanic on a dangerous sabotage mission.

Levi King has always lived rough. Raised by a biker dad, he fought for everything he had - including being president of the Iron Kings motorcycle club. But when the aliens invaded, he lost it all. Now, he wades through the muck with his fellow berserkers, fighting to protect the last of the human survivors. He fights hard and parties harder and follows no one's rules but his own. But then he finds himself fascinated by a mouthy, auburn-haired mechanic who isn't afraid to give him a piece of her mind.

Chrissy Hagan survived months of alien captivity, and now, she's found a purpose at the Enclave - as mechanic in charge of the armored Hunter vehicles. She keeps her babies purring...and hates every scratch the soldiers put on them, especially when a certain arrogant, cocky, and annoying biker is responsible. Did she mention annoying? What about tattooed, man-bunned, and far too sexy? Chrissy and Levi do more than strike sparks of each other...they start full-blown infernos, and she isn't afraid to use her wrench on his hard head when required.

But then a vital mission requires Chrissy to step out of the safety of the Enclave and sabotage and steal an alien vehicle. Working side by side, desire burns white-hot. Levi discovers he will give everything he's got to keep Chrissy safe and claim her as his...if they both get through the deadly mission alive.


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Kept in the Dark of Love and Lust by M.L. Tompsett was released on 18 March.


Hard working city girl, Misty Statesly travels to a coastal town in Victoria to save her job from sabotage and hopefully win over her new clients from a sleazy work colleague.

The feeling of déjà vu fills Misty when she runs into a gorgeous guy in the town’s supermarket and it happens again when she meets her new client – Braven O’Geary.

Braven is mesmerised by the mark on the inside of Misty’s thigh when they find themselves in a compromising position. A matching mark he had given his soul mate whom he was lead to believe had died in a car accident with her parents, some sixteen years earlier.

Can Braven and Misty outwit the cat shifter clan and survive the evil plot his ex-fiancé and the Alpha have orchestrated? Will Misty regain her lost childhood memories, and fight for the man she loves, embracing her new strange world or will she die this time for real?


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BloodWish by Tima Maria Lacoba (Book 4, The Datonville Legacy) has now been released in print. 


Escaping from a venomous gargoyle 
Searching for a hidden diary 
And running from a vengeful vampire hunter wasn’t how Laura Dantonville expected to end her family curse. 

Alec and Laura’s story comes to an electrifying conclusion in this final instalment of The Dantonville Legacy Series.

What do you do when the price of ending a curse means losing the one you love?

As Laura and Alec await the birth of their child, the end of the curse seems in sight.

To fulfil the prophecy, they must travel to Drunvela, in Scotland, the place where everything began and where it must end.

But two deadly foes stand in their way.
Each determined to exact their revenge and destroy every last descendant of the House of Dantonville.


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The Datonville Legacy: The Complete Series by Tima Maria Lacoba was  released on 12 March.

This box set contains all four books of the Dantonville Legacy Series, plus a bonus copy of the prequel, Laura's Locket. Within these 2,600 (kindle) pages you will enter the dark world of the BloodGifted: an action-filled sexy paranormal romance that'll have you laughing aloud one moment and biting your fingernails in the next.


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Hearts Enchained by Delwyn Jenkins (Book 2, Dragon Alliance) was released in January.



Sorcha Meehan is desperate to go home – and she knows she never will. 

Trapped on an alien planet, Sorcha gives into loneliness and temptation to spend an unforgettable night in Jax and Kaelum’s bed. For a breathtaking moment she finds a place with her Enforcers – until she discovers she’s nothing more than a convenient smoke screen.

Jax is scarred and broken, and the only thing holding him together is his relationship with Kaelum. A relationship that is absolutely forbidden and one Jax will do anything to protect. The night they share with Sorcha is beyond anything he ever imagined but he has too much at stake to risk doing it again.
When Sorcha is kidnapped, Jax must face every one of his demons in order to rescue her. Racing into the heart of enemy territory, Jax and Kaelum risk everything to bring Sorcha home.


Buy links from Books2Read




Freedom's Fall by Delwyn Jenkins (Book 3, Dragon Alliance) was released on 7 March.



Tansy Coleman is a fighter. She survived being kidnapped from Earth, she even survived her captivity as a rich man’s mistress. Now she’s free – and safe – she’s ready to embark on her long road to recovery.

Determined to build a life with Rye and Dev - the two sexy dragon-riders who rescued her – she must not only face her demons but conquer them. With Dev and Rye’s help she tries to reclaim her sensuality, but the scars of her imprisonment run deep.

Tansy found the courage to fall in love - now she has to find a way to fall into freedom.


Buy links from Books2Read




Non spec-fiction


Where Angels Fear by D.K. Hood (Book 5, Detectives Kane and Alton) is now in audio book format.




As she opened her eyes and took in her surroundings, a feeling of terror ran through her weakened body. She knew exactly where she was. And she knew exactly what was about to happen to her....

When Ella Tate stumbles into Black Rock Falls, her exhausted and bloodied body is a terrifying sight, but not as frightening as the story she has to tell. Ambushed on their way into town when they stopped to help a man by the side of the road, Ella and her friend Sky ran when he pulled a knife on them. But only one of them got away.

As Detective Jenna Alton investigates the case, she looks into the history of missing persons in the town and uncovers more cases - all young people. All stopped on the same stretch of road into town. All vanished without a trace.

When a distinctive pink sweater belonging to Sky turns up in Black Rock Falls, Jenna follows the trail to a derelict building on the outskirts of town. But she isn’t prepared for what lies behind those doors. Can she stop the killer before more lives are lost?


Available from Audible.



Emotion in Chains by Carolyn Wren (Book 4, Love Under Fire) was released by Serenity Press on 22 February.


Kidnapped, held in chains, beaten and without hope. 

Wealthy businessman James ‘North’ Northam believes he’s a dead man, until his daring rescue by a woman who disappears before he can thank her. Unable to forget his mysterious saviour, he vows to find her.

Omega has always kept her covert identity separate from her real life, but when James Northam invades her world and her privacy, he gets under her skin and lowers her defences. Suddenly, her plan to deny everything doesn’t seem to be working.

As their unlikely attraction grows, neither North nor Omega realise someone else from her past is also searching for her.

Only this time it’s for revenge.

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eBook

Paperback 



PRE-ORDERS



Embodied by Shona Husk (Book 3, Coven of the Raven) is due for release 13 April.


A love potion gone wrong leads to a goddess hijacking Alexis’s body. Now Alexis will do anything to catch her boss’s eye. It’s unfortunate that he starts to notice her for all the wrong reasons. Such as the army of cats following her around.

Peyton Kilpatrick has always kept his relationship with Alexis professional despite the simmering interest. But something has changed, she crackles with magic and she wants more from him than he’s able to give. As a witch and a lawyer his life is complicated enough, throw in a hell hound bite that causes all kinds of side effects around the full moon and he really isn’t boyfriend material.

When Alexis finally gets Peyton in bed, things get hairy. Peyton reveals what he is and convinces her to give up her new-found power. If she doesn’t get rid of the goddess inhabiting her body, she’ll die.


Pre-Order links via Books2Read.





Nightworld Academy: Term One by LJ Swallow (Book 1, Nightworld Academy) is expected to be released on 17 April.



I'm told my curse is a gift. A valuable one that could cost me my life.

My lifelong visions are weird, but my new school is weirder. All lessons take place in the evening, and the majority of students are on an advanced program where they take extra classes late into the night.

The pupils here are predictable for an English boarding school. There's Ash, the rugby team captain and the school’s most popular guy. Then there’s Andrei, the moody guy with a bad attitude who takes pleasure in annoying me. And Jamie who’s studious and friendly but intense.

I thought I had the school figured out: the mean girl, the quirky friend, the nerd, the emo, and the jock. But on the evening I swear allegiance to my new school house, things spin out of control, and I realise I’m dealing with more.

Much more.

One of us will die, and I know who.

Welcome to the Nightworld Academy, attended by vampires, shifters, and witches. A place filled with harmony and mutual respect between the supernatural races.Sometimes.


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Nightworld Academy: Term Two by LJ Swallow (Book 1, Nightworld Academy) is expected to be released in June.



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A Stranger's Embrace by Imogene Nix (Book 2, Celtic Cupid) is due for re-release on 3 June.

Cupid is at it again with a little more divine intervention, but can love survive the danger ahead?

Jane has been living a lie, with her daughter Frannie. They’ve been on the run from her abusive husband for years eking out their existence while Jane’s hidden herself with disfiguring makeup and unflattering clothes.

Davis Formosa, world famous science fiction author has been intrigued by the quiet and unassuming waitress at the diner he has taken to frequenting, unaware that she is his soulmate. But things change when the quiet woman is unmasked.

But Cupid in the guise of Jake has his work cut out helping these two to find their happy ending, especially in the face of increasing danger.

Pre-order links from Books2Read



Revenge On Cupid by Imogene Nix (Book 3, Celtic Cupid) is due for release on 3 June.


Sometimes magic isn't enough.

After years of hiding, it's finally Jake's turn to find love… Or is it? Will Cupid's arrow bite him or bounce off the woman who could complete his life?

Diocail, in the guise of Jake, must find his predestined mate and make her fall for him before his father will allow his return, but when Simone, is revealed as the one for him, it becomes clear that there is more than meets the eye.

Simone is hurt when long-term lover Nathan cheats on her, then does the unthinkable, and sacks her as well. An encounter with Jake fuels her desire, but she's not willing to risk her emotions again. When a woman from Jake's past, starts to mix things up, the situation goes from bad to worse.

Now Jake has to make Simone see that they have a future, and he has to deal with a deranged goddess—and all without the magic of Cupid.


Pre-order links from Books2Read





Non spec-fiction 


Whisper in the Night by D.K. Hood (Book 6, Detectives Kane & Alton) is expected to be released by Bookatoure on 20 June.



She opens her eyes and struggles to make out the dark room around her. One thing she knows instantly – her wrists are bound and she’s tied to a chair, unable to move. As she screams for help, she hears footsteps outside. He’s coming…

Fifteen-year-old Lindy Rosen has been having nightmares for weeks, waking in a panic, screaming that there’s a man in her room watching her sleep. Her parents assumed it was her overactive imagination, but when one morning they find Lindy missing from her bedroom, they’re not so sure. Detective Jenna Alton is called in to investigate.

Within hours of the schoolgirl going missing, the kidnapper reaches out to Jenna with a video of Lindy bound and tied to a chair, crying to be set free. And a simple message – you’ve got 24 hours to find her or I kill her.

Jenna’s team work around the clock to try to find Lindy before the deadline, but time runs out, and Jenna receives a devastating message. The killer has made good on his promise. He’s playing a dangerous game. And no one knows what his next move will be.

But just two days later, one of Lindy’s school friends is taken in the middle of the night and the countdown begins again.



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COVER REVEAL



Warrior Born by Kathrine Leannan (Book 1, Katana) now has a new cover.


When the God of War wants you dead, there are few places to hide.

Connor MacDonald doesn’t know of the bargain struck between her parents and the Gods nearly 200 years ago in the Highlands of Scotland, sealing her fate as Daughter of the Sword.

But when Bishamon, the Japanese God of War, decides to create the final battle of the mortal realm, the gods from all beliefs are called upon to stop him at any cost – before he seeks revenge upon Connor and those she holds dear.
When faced with the truth about her past, Connor is thrust into a deadly game where she is a pawn, forced to obey the whim of the deities who watch her every move.

Endowed with the spirit of the Ancient Celts and the skill of the immortal Samurai, Connor must become one with her katana and embrace the will of the gods if she is not only to survive, but kill Bishamon before wreaks havoc on the past, the present and the future of mankind.


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Redemption by Christina Phillips (Book 1, Fallen) will be released in July.
This book was previously published by Penguin US under another title and pen-name, but the current book has been completely re-imagined, rewritten and edited.


A fallen archangel saves a woman from a deadly fate, and unleashes an ancient power that could destroy the universe itself…

Gabe has no time for humans after the way they betrayed the ones he loved so long ago. But when he snatches a woman from the jaws of the hellish Guardians, he’s compelled to protect her at all costs. Even if she does drive him crazy with her smart mouth and refusal to fall under his archangelic spell.

Desperate to discover her true heritage, Aurora opens a rift between dimensions. But before she can enter her mother’s world, the most breathtakingly gorgeous man she’s ever met teleports her to an impossible island.

Thrown together, they can’t ignore the scorching lust that risks consuming them, or the threat to Aurora’s existence. When raw sex evolves into something far more dangerous, it’s more than their lives that are on the line.

As Gabe and Aurora race against time to outwit the Guardians, they come closer to uncovering an explosive revelation that will challenge everything they’ve ever believed in.

But deep in the shadows, the immortal Guardians lurk. And they have no intention of allowing Aurora to escape their clutches. Even if it means defying the wrath of an archangel.






Non spec-fiction



  Rough and Ready by Cathleen Ross (Book 2, Outlaw Warriors) is due for release on 15 April.


Before special ops soldier Hugo Boudreaux can move on, he has one last thing to do–fulfill a wartime debt to the friend who saved his life. He must infiltrate a vicious Louisiana MC club to stop their next illegal weapons shipment and send the president to jail. What he didn’t plan on was ending up an unwilling bodyguard to the man’s daughter–innocent and attractive nurse Alice Kaintuck.

Alice wants a normal life with a nice guy. But her rough-edged bodyguard is the sexiest man she's ever met. Suddenly she can’t stop thinking about just how hot he makes her. Before she knows it, she’s tumbling into his muscular arms…though she'll be damned if she'll fall in love with a man as dangerous as her father. Only Hugo doesn’t make love, he consumes her and turns her life upside down with his carnal, erotic sex. Dreams of nice guys vanish when her enemy becomes her obsession…








Congratulations to all our DarkSiders!

Thanks for sharing in our news. Until next time, happy reading!

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

DarkSider News for February!

Welcome!

Fall in love with the DarkSiders this Valentine's Day...




NEW DARKSIDER

Welcome to Tima Maria Lacoba to the DarkSiders!

A former ancient historian and archaeologist, Tima Maria Lacoba accidentally smashed a 3,000 year-old Egyptian vase while on her first dig. Her supervisor made her glue it back together again. It took a week. From there she went on to specialise in Late Romano-British archaeology and the military forts along Hadrian's Wall, because buildings don't smash as easily. Now she's combined
her love of history with another passion - storytelling - to create a dark tale of Roman soldiers who've been waiting nearly two-thousand years to be released from an ancient curse.

Tima has always been a storyteller, but it wasn't until five years ago that she seriously ventured into writing. The result was BloodGifted and Laura's Locket.

In 2011 BloodGifted was shortlisted in the Atlas Award and eventually came fourth place. 

In 2012 it was listed among the top ten in the Choclit Search for an Aussie Star Contest.

In 2013 Tima was offered a publishing contract but declined in favour of going indie, preferring to be in charge of her own creative work.

In 2017 BloodGifted was nominated for the Golden Stake Award in the International Vampire Film and Arts Festival.

Laura's Locket, BloodGifted, BloodPledge and BloodVault, are the first four books in the Dantonville Legacy Series.  Book 5, BloodWish, is due for release later this year. 

She also intends to satisfy her fans' requests by writing individual books on the other characters who feature so prominently. Terens, Cal, Jake and Sam will each have their own story.

Currently, Tima lives on the Central Coast, an hour's drive north of Sydney, in Australia. Between bouts of writing, she can be found in the kitchen baking her favourite chocolate recipes, or in her garden pulling out yet more weeds.  These activities are responsible for forming more gothic, paranormal romance stories in her mind for future books.





NEW RELEASES


Blood Wish by Tima Maria Lacoba (Book 4, The Dantonville Legacy series) was released on 15 December 2018.


Escaping from a venomous gargoyle 
Searching for a hidden diary 
And running from a vengeful vampire hunter wasn’t how Laura Dantonville expected to end her family curse. 

Alec and Laura’s story comes to an electrifying conclusion in this final instalment of The Dantonville Legacy Series.

What do you do when the price of ending a curse means losing the one you love?

As Laura and Alec await the birth of their child, the end of the curse seems in sight.

To fulfil the prophecy, they must travel to Drunvela, in Scotland, the place where everything began and where it must end.

But two deadly foes stand in their way.
Each determined to exact their revenge and destroy every last descendant of the House of Dantonville.


Buy links available at Tima's website.



Wicked Heat: Part 3 by Mila Young and T.F. Walsh (Book 3, Wicked Heat series- part of the larger Lick of Fire series) was be released on 2 October 2018.




A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance

When you spend your life with one foot in the grave, it’s best not to have the other foot in hell.
And with four guys trying to save my soul, things could be worse, well, only if I don’t find a way to save theirs first.

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Path Unchosen by Kim Cleary (Book 1, Daughter of Ravenswood series) was re-released on 30 January.




When everyone lies, who can you trust?

Judy Hudson has no idea of her power, or vulnerability. Adrift without purpose, or ambition, all she knows is fear and suspicion. That is about to change.

Purah—a beautiful, otherworldly stranger—whisks her to a mysterious, old mansion and reveals a life-changing secret.
Judy is a witch who can raise the dead. She's dangerous, and she can do great harm. But her's is not the only secret in Winterhurst.

A powerful sorcerer is waiting for her and the perfect moment to strike. He must be stopped before an innocent town is destroyed. As Judy discovers her identity and heritage, she learns she is the key to stop an ancient evil.

Can she learn to harness her gift, and resist a lure that promises power beyond her wildest dreams?


Available from:
Amazon US | Amazon Aus |







Truth Unveiled by Kim Cleary (Book 2, Daughter of Ravenswood series) was re-released on 12 February.



Betrayed by the one person she thought she could trust forever, Meagan faces the most powerful necromancer who ever lived. Alone.

After a cold and lonely childhood, Meagan thinks she’s finally found peace in her ancestral home of Ravenswood Manor. But just as she tentatively starts to find friends, a strange voice in her head compels her with tempting power and abilities beyond her wildest dreams.

Her great-grandfather, Quintus – a man known both for his magical talent and cruelty – is at play, and she turns to her father’s spirit for help. But when he disappears, Meagan must properly raise him from the dead for the chance to be rid of Quintus. During the incantation, the one person Meagan thought would never betray her – does. Quintus rises instead of her father.

Now walking again and determined to recover his power, Quintus will turn everyone Meagan holds dear into mindless slaves unless she joins him. Can Meagan find a way to defeat one of the most powerful necromancers who has ever lived, or will she lose everything in the battle?



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Wicked Games by M.J. Scott (Book 1, TechWitch series) is now available in paperback.  


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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Sinner by Lana Pecherczyk (Prequel, Deadly Seven Originals series) was released on 12 February.




The selfie generation grew up. 

And with them, the sin of greed exploded on an astronomical scale. Of course, where one went, the rest were sure to follow. Wrath, sloth, gluttony, pride, envy, lust… all climbed in severity until deadly sin consumed Cardinal City. Violence, murder, and mayhem were only the beginning. To save their city, top scientists created a band of brothers and sisters as deadly as the sins they were destined to fight. But before they were waging a war on crime, they were children born in a lab with no one to look out for them… except a deadly assassin pretending to be a nun and a tortured man running from his past.

Biolum Industries think Sister Mary Margaret is an innocent nun caring for children in their lab, but she has a dark secret: one that could destroy the world, or save it.
Flint Fydler wants the simple things in life, to do his job and to pay off his shameful debt. But no matter how hard he tries to ignore the secret project behind a guarded door at Biolum Industries, and the beautiful and fearless nun who works there, he can’t avoid the inevitable fact he is being lied to.
When Flint’s mission to reveal the truth uncovers more than he bargains for, Mary bribes him to help with her rescue mission. As their quest draws them closer together, Mary has no choice but to reveal her own deadly secret, and Flint must face the undeniable truth: paying his debt may have nothing to do with money, and everything to do with his heart.

If you're obsessed with superhero movies, but want more romance, then The Deadly Seven is for you. Featuring fated mates and a band of brothers and sisters, tortured alpha heroes, kick-ass heroines, vigilante justice and a steamy romance in each book. It's The Black-Dagger Brotherhood meets Batman.


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Non spec-fiction 



Hero of Heartbreak Hill by Imogene Nix was released in 1 December 2018.



Second chances can be a killer...

When Connor meets Kelly it's clear that she's been hurt before and the reason she fights the growing attraction between them.

When her past raises its ugly head, the question becomes: can the outback town of Heartbreak Hill—and Connor—heal her broken heart?


Buy links available on Imogene's website. 






Lawson's Bend by Nicole Hurley-Moore was released in February 2019.


For a long time Lawson's Bend had held little for Henny. Almost ten years ago she'd got out and vowed never to come back. But sometimes things change . . .

In the hot summer of 2008, Henny Bolton loses her best friend on a night they should have been celebrating their futures. It's a loss about which she remains grief-stricken.

Right after the accident, Henny flees the small country town and true to her word, she's not been back.

Stephen Drake never left Lawson's Bend. He once had ambitions for a different life but staying close to family became more important after that tragic night.

But when Henny's mother dies suddenly in a fall near the old quarry, and Henny is forced to return to Lawson's Bend, it's apparent that questions need to be asked. Was it really an accident?

Her plan was to get out of town again as quickly as possible. But then there is Stephen . . .



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ebook






Non fiction

Cultivating Creativity: reconnecting with yourself and becoming more self-aware through writing by Lilliana Rose was released on 8 January.


When writing it’s too easy to become stuck or confused, and unsure of what direction to take. Writers are adventurers. All explorers are scared and suffer setbacks. They may think they’ve mapped out the path where they are going, but life doesn’t go to plan.

Adjust. Adapt. Be fearless. Keep creating. Swim on in the sea of words, drinking it all, and following the natural flow of the ideas until you are making your own path, either on land or sea or even in between the stars. But how can you do this day to day? Especially when life is busy, and writing is solitary and slow. How do you find your own writing journey when there are so many directions to take?

There is much advice out there, some of it conflicting, how do you decide what is right for you? And what can be done to help the creativity to keep flowing?

Cultivating Creativity will help you become more self-aware and connected to your own individual writing process so the words will flow easily onto the page. And you can go forward, writing with confidence, and enjoy the journey.



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PRE-ORDER




Emerald Fire by Donna Maree Hanson (Book 2, Cry Havoc series) is expected to be released 28 February.




A book of manners, magic and mayhem.

After Edward and Jemima’s honeymoon is cut short by a severed head landing in their marriage bed, they must away to London to devise a way to defeat the ravenous beast, Geneck and Jemima must be the bait.
Newspaper headlines reveal carnage in London streets and the police and the secret brotherhood of magicians are pounding at the door, demanding answers from Edward.

Joined by Fulton, Edward and Jemima begin to scour the dark places of London: sewers and newly-constructed underground railway tunnels. Their only chance is to find Geneck’s lair and end him in daylight, when he is weak. But the monster’s minions protect him and the road to safety is not clear.

When Jemima is taken, Edward is beside himself. Who has taken her and how is he going to get her back? Deeper into magic he must go, and Milly and Aunt Prudence join in the fight to rid the world of Geneck. But will that be enough?


Pre-order from:
Amazon US | Amazon Aus



The Chocolate Affair by Imogene Nix will be released on 14 February.





Secrets, hidden truths and demons will find their way… Especially when chocolate is involved.

When Scheherazade Chocolates is bought out by an off-world consortium, Deanna's livelihood and that of her employees’ are jeopardized.

When that same consortium sends JD Ruan to assess the situation, Deanna is sure things can't get any worse...until they do.

What no one knows is JD's secret. He’s a demon and not just any kind of demon. He’s a pleasure demon.

Deanna has to come to terms with loss, second chances and pleasure demons before she can release herself to a future filled with so much more than she could ever imagine.




Pre-order links on Imogene's website.









Non spec-fiction 

Best in Show by Lilliana Rose is part of the collection, Outback Heroes (Australian Romance) and will be released on 21 February.



The Outback Governess - Sarah Williams

Jasmine Sea - Phillipa Nefri Clark

The Art of Dust - Mel A Rowe

Shadows in the Dust - Suzanne Cass

Torn Between Two Loves - Cheryl Wright

Best in Show – Lilliana Rose

Maxwell is a farmer who once burned by love has decided never to open his heart again. When exhibiting his cattle at the Show he meets Zoe, a city girl. Can she get this tough farmer to open his heart without being hurt? When circumstances force Zoe and Max together, will their love help them find a future together?




This collection become number one in Westerns Romance in America AND #1 in ALL romance categories on Amazon Australia.


Pre-order links available on Books2Read.




COVER REVEAL


Burn by Keri Arthur (Book 3, Kingdoms of Earth & Air series) is expected to be released 4 June.






Blame the Wine by Imogene Nix will be re-released soon with a new cover.


Cara is stuck with a job going nowhere and a hankering for the sexy gorgeous boss who doesn’t even know she exists.  Fate, in the guise of a temp position arrives… Where will it lead?

James is a geek.  No other word could possibly describe him.  He may be sexy and super brainy, but he’s totally clueless with women and especially the sexy plus size Cara.  But when his PA takes emergency leave before her wedding, the luscious Cara is the best applicant for the position.  It’s an opportunity he can’t pass up.

What will happen when two clueless, wannabe lovers get a little divine intervention.









EVENTS



Nicole Hurley-Moore will be having library talks at the following libraries talking about Lawson's Bend.


  • Wed 13th Feb, 6.30-7.30pm Sunbury Library
  • Thu 14th Feb, 10-11am, Boort Library Agency
  • Thu 14th Feb, 6-7pm, Kangaroo Flat Library
  • Fri 22th Feb, 2-3pm, Heathcote Library
  • Fri 22th Feb, 11am-12pm, Romsey Library






The following DarkSiders will be attending the Bookmarked & Sexy in Brisbane book signing on 2 March.

Cassandra L Shaw
Delwyn Jenkins
Imogene Nix
Keri Arthur

You can get tickets from Eventbrite. There are also buy 1 get one free tickets






Congratulations to all our DarkSiders!

Thanks for sharing in our news. Until next time, happy reading!
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